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Will the justice department not take on this case? my ranking member elijah cummings continues to say this case is over and has been saying it for more than a year. but it's amazing that until the justice department actually does a criminal investigation, hopefully with a special prosecutor, the american people aren't going to believe for a moment that, in fact, nobody's at fault here, this was just an accident, some rogue people in cincinnati as lois lerner and the president would have had you believe. >> so what can you do to push the doj or to dig into what they are or aren't doing? >> we a...

Arrest at this point for several days. can you tell us anything about what happened? >> well, we condemn excessive use of force. it's unacceptable in our system if police use excessive force. from what i understand about the facts of the case, this is not just an incident bystander who was pulled off a schoolyard. he was with six other people. they were masked. they through petrol bombs and molotov cocktails a the our police. three of them had knives, from what i understand. that does not excuse any excessive use of force, and our justice ministry is opening an investigation. just in the case ...

The fact is that he talks about selective release. he is free to release the counterpoint of anything we do. when we do these reports, he's free to produce a minority report. but back to the question of releasing selectively. of course you shouldn't show your whole hand. did you ever see a u.s. attorney hand out an entire case or throw out all the transcripts? we do try to keep the american people informed. we're doing -- partly doing that by being on with you today because it's important they understand. conservatives were targeted for their political beliefs. progressives weren't. lois lerne...

Now we have to ask, how long will the justice department not take on this case? my ranking member elijah cummings continues to say this case is over and has been saying it for more than a year. but it's amazing that until the justice department actually does a criminal investigation, hopefully with a special prosecutor, the american people aren't going to believe for a moment that, in fact, nobody's at fault here, this was just an accident, some rogue people in cincinnati as lois lerner and the president would have had you believe. >> so what can you do to push the doj or to dig into what they...

Worried these american passport-holding jihadists can come in legally. by the way, they have the ability now to produce bombs that can get through our security measures. so we're on the case trying to look for ways to stop those kinds of bombs to get on airplanes. this whole rise of isis, which is now by the way calling itself the islamic state, has become a national security threat. it was a long time ago, but it's a clear and present danger right now to the united states. >> yeah, how does the administration balance that against the president being very clear he wants us out of iraq? that wa...