brian perry is working along the mexican border when he and a fellow agent spotted illegal immigrantsak-47's. a gun fight ensued and agent perry is killed. the subsequent investigation reveals two of the guns used in agent perry's murder are actually from the united states. part of the government sting operation fast and faur youriou. a group by the department of justice fast and furious allows gun dealers to purchase and smuggle illegal weapons. the guns were supposed to be tracked to nab big fish but the guns were never traced. >> no way to recover the guns except through a crime or an accident or an arrest. if wasn't just fatally flawed it was fatal to hundreds of people on both sides of the border. i sat down with representative isa. >> you said you have 8 percent of the documents requested. two-thirds of the subpoenas have gone unanswered. you made it clear at the beginning of the hearing you would take whatever legal actions were necessary to get the information you needed. what legal action are you contemplating? >> we have a series of actions, our last tool is in fact the poll

that program was shut down after the death of border security agent brian perry.ongressman beryl eisa --darrell issa is chairman of the committee. >> the committee will come to order. please close the outside doors. americans have a right to know that the money washington take from them as well spent. americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them. our duty on the oversight and government reform committee is to protect these rights. our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from their government. our job is to work tirelessly in partnership with citizen watchdogs to deliver the facts to the american people and bring genuine reform to the bureaucracy. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. today we are joined by the attorney general of the united states are a matter that this committee has invested in more than a year in research. in november of 2009, fast and furious opened. in december 2009, va meets with the atf and gets info on fast and f

nevada's republican governor, brian sandoval, endorsed rick perry early on but he hasn't backed anyonesince the texas governor dropped out. governor sandoval joins us now. thank you, governor, for being with us. >> it's my pleasure. thank you, jessica. >> first of all let's just dispose with the headlines. there have been some headlines that newt gingrich cancel add meeting with you amid reports you weren't going to endorse anyone. one of his advisers told the "washington post" "your republican presidential candidate coming into a state with a republican governor. it's common courtesy to meet him." sounding annoyed. are you insulted the speaker didn't meet with you? or is this much ado about nothing? >> i think it's the latter. it really did kind of get blown out of proportion. the speaker and i have talked on a few occasions. i have a lot of respect for him. we were called by a representative of his campaign asking for a meeting. i gladly accepted. after we accepted that we received notice that he had to cancel and it went from there. but it wasn't a problem at all. i'm just pleased t

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brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> former gop presidential candidates michele bachmann, rick perry and herman cain can kicked offpack here in washington. they jumped at the opportunity to reassert their political swagger, bachmann was humorous admitting her fight for the white house was filled with history lessons and geography lessons. >> running for president of the united states is really one series of humiliations after another. but it's also a very educational experience. and i learned three things when i was running for president. first of all i learned where john wayne was born. that's very important [ laughter ] >> and then second, i learned the day that elvis presley was born. these are vital issues to our republic. and third i learned never forget the three things that you learn. >> governor perry there at the end all in good nature. must be something in the water. nancy pelosi also trying a little comedy today. the house minority leader targeting the web of campaign finance law with a punch line, stop stephen colbert and his seven figure super pac. >> stephen colbert used to be my friend. i even signe

rick perry says he's rearmed and he's reloaded and ready to keep fighting and make a run for the offen white house some day. welcome back, briantalk about monday morning quarterbacking and guess who was right about gisele's side after the ga.

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brian, he needs to be precise his message. i agree with juan earlier, by romney saying he sees corporations as people. by making a $10,000 bet with r perryeral mainstream media wants to make him out to be the rich ceo that can't relate to common folk. >> the other people a -- thing that a lot of people are pointing to, we don't like what you're saying. that safety net flies in the thought of conservative thought that welfare is not to prop people up but keep people down. that's the conservative thought in many ways, don't you agree? >> you know, i mean, the whole notion of a compassionate conservative, brian, is someone who understands that the middle class especially coming through this recession may have fallen into the ranks of the poor and what you're trying to do is get people back up so the idea is to give people enough support so they can get back on their feet. it's not keep to them down. i mean, but historically i think this is a critical point. if we take this debate seriously and not just about the politics of it, charles murray has a very important book out in which he talks about the lack of industrious, total family breakdo

perry. and then newt gingrich and now it seems like rick santorum. but you never know. newt gingrich can come roaring back in. ron paul. time will tell. >> briann the final debate, it will be interesting. in the big picture, could you see a scenario where you two team up? >> i think tails possible to have people come together in our party, whether it's rick and i or others in the party, who knows? a little early to tell something like that. we have similar views on issues. very different backgrounds. >> brian: i don't mean to put you on the spot, but herman cain made a decision earlier and i want to get your reaction. he turned down "dancing with the stars." good or bad move? >> under no circumstances would i ever do "dancing with the stars." >> gretchen: "american idol" may be in your future. >> i'm afraid i can't make that cut either. >> steve: all right. we know you're awfully busy. it's great to have you on the curvy couch. >> thanks, great to be with you. >> steve: so we just heard from governor romney say he's become more conservative over time. coming up, governor sarah palin who is somewhere in the building, she's going to pass him in