hire, brian terry's cousin and actually the spokesperson for his mother and sister, i would ask you to what lengths is your investigation into operation fast and furious gone and will everyone in that operation that had to deal with those specific weapons be brought up on charges facilitating the murder of brian terry? >> we're certainly working now to -- i mean this is an on going investigation. it is a very sensitive time. i'm not sure i can talk a lot about where the investigation is. i've indicated that i think we're pretty close to making some announcements. and we will hold accountable, seek to hold accountable those people responsible for agent terry's death w regard to people who were involved in operation fast and furious, we're endea r endeavoring to find out who made the determine toation for guns walk. i'm not at liberty to talk about the weapons that we used in the actual incident. that goes to ballistics reports. that will come out during the course of the trial. but we will hold accountable people who were involved in, as i've described this flawed investigation. and one

wilkinson has told you about brian terry's death. now he's being informed about an investigation involving the slain officer, involving a gun store in phoenix. did that not raise any sense of awareness, raise any sense of intrigue, if not mr. wilkinson, from you to say what investigation is ongoing? >> i was not told about this. i was unaware of this, and unless there is some indication -- >> you testified today are you a hands-on manager. >> what i was saying, unless there is some indication that the tactics that we are so against were employed there, what we know is this was something -- this was a tragic event connected to an ongoing investigation. we don't have -- >> involving a gun store and an ak-7 4 7. what else do we have to say? involving a cartel. december 15 to the end of january, you don't learn about a gun walking operation ongoing in your department and i'm supposed to go home and tell my constituency that's the facts? mr. attorney general, i have a haanimd if you are responsible those underneath your direction, i would

all of those people should be ashamed that brian terry is dead because they didn't do as good a job as they could. kenneth nelson has said that publicly and privately that he bears a great deal of that blame. the point here today is we want to know how justice will oversee every local operation, every state, every agency under your authority or in a joint exerc e exercise, joint task force that will come under your authority, how can you ensure the american people this won't happen again? or at least systems in place to give us confidence that it most likely won't happen. those are the items i ask you to come here today. i appreciate your being here voluntarily to answer. the committee's responsibility to ask. i hope we get the answers and commitments. recognize ranking member for his opening statement. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to welcome the attorney general today. mr. chairman when the committee started this investigation almost a year ago, you and i made pledges to the family of agent brian terry to find out what led to release of hundreds of firearms to criminal

martha: an attorney for the family of the murdered border patrol agent, brian terry, serving a notice of lawsuit against the atf or the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. if they're going forward we hear it will be a $25 billion lawsuit. the notice claims terry was killed with ak-47s knowingly sold under the fast and furious program. atf accused wrongdoing and failures not only quote negligent but in violation of atf's own policies and procedures. >>> back to election news this morning. do you think the florida primary is over? it is in the rear view mirror, right? guess what? it might not be. the gingrich campaign is gearing up to challenge the results of the florida primary that gave mitt romney are 50, all 50 of the state's delegates under the current rules. right now romney added up to 87 delegates after he got all 50 from florida. gingrich camp citing rnc rules that no state that holds the contest before april will be allowed to get winner-take-all. this is very interesting. gingrich would like the florida delegates divided proportionally like some other states. here is ric

we will not wait until the next groundhog day to get answers for the american people and brian terrynd others. on march 3rd, 2011, john dotson goes public. agent dotson is here today. he, too, deserves to have this nightmare of uncertainty, of having a temporary assignment, not being allowed to do the job for which he has dedicated his career put behind him. on october 11th, after months and months and months of this committee trying to get further documentation we issued subpoenas for documents. we were told two things. first of all, they are difficult and time consuming to give us. yet, ten times as many documents were provided to the inspector general. more than three times as many people have been able to be interviewed by the ig, sorry mr. attorney general, by your inspector general. during that period of time, whistleblowers have consistently brought us additional information. that information allows us to glean more than most of the documents we received through discovery. the minority can say what they want and issue the opinions they want, the memos they want, they have been

we're not going to be hiding behind any kind of privileges or anything. >> reporter: as for brian terry, his family is threatening a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit. and the government has six months to respond. rob? paula? >> let's just keep in mind, too, this whole story about mexico and the power and the violence of those drug cartels. the scary part is not how violent and wealthy they are. the scary part is it's the drug appetite from america that gives them the money that allows them to inflict the power and violence they do in mexico. that is the root issue. the drug problem in our country that funds the violence and cartels in mexico. there's a bigger problem we have to deal with. so. all right. >>> a wisconsin woman is charged with selling phony facebook stock before the company actually went public. marianne olsen is accused of scamming at least five people by telling them she owned $1 million in restricted facebook stock. prosecutors say she paid a contractor $28,000 in the fake stock for work he did on her house. capitalizing, obviously, on the week's big financial news. >

border patrol agent brian terry.partment officials have said that only a handful of rogue agents were in on that operation. but tonight there is word that officials at multiple federal agencies knew what was going on and did little to stop it. william la jeunesse is live -- along arizona's southern border. william? >> well, shepard, it was at this border check point about 70 miles south of tucson where ice agents stopped a load of southbound guns that belonged to an atf operation. a dispute ensued. then ice was told to back off and not interfere with fast and furious. >> there is going to be a disaster that's going to happen. someone is going to get killed. unfortunately, brian terry is that nightmare that came true. >> former tucson drug enforcement chief tony coal son says atf wasn't the only federal agency with a hand in operation fast and furious. >> on two occasions that i know of. that weapons that atf were trying to walk into mexico, ice actually intercreeded and seized those weapons. >> the dea also helped. p

proud of brian a. terry. in the justice department has been held accountable for his murder. some people have been quote moved around as eric holder said yesterday. and he says they still don't know who authorized this program. brian terry died in december 2010. back to our top story. reports that israel is inching closer to a possible military attack in order to stop iran's nuclear program. the lamb i can republic responded to those reports by offering to help any nation confronts the cancer, referring to israel. a quick look back at the history. january 1984 the u.s. declared iran a state sponsor of terrorism. the islamic republic has ignored five u.n. security council resolutions demanding that it stop enriching nuclear fuel. john bolton is the former ambassador to the u.n. and a fox news contributor. give us your perspective on this news. >> i think the reaction you are hearing from return, the continued threats against israel and the terrorist threats against the united states reflects their concern that

border patrol agent brian terry. the chairman of the oversight and government reform committee is darrell issa. he is my guest now from the hill. welcome, sir, to "america's newsroom". >> thanks, bill, and thanks for covering this. the terry family has waited more than a year to get answers. so far only 6% to 8% of the documents we know to exist have been delivered. a year is way too long. this investigation is dragging and obviously with attorney general holder coming tomorrow i wanted to make sure he understood that congress's patience is not infinite. bill: with that as a backdrop right now let's push from some answers from you. you i know you're not satisfied. you accused him of severe things. misleading congress and engaging in a cover-up. how so? cover-up is a serious charge. >> certainly. i want to make it very clear. we're still finding out what eric holder knew and what he knew it. very clearly on february 4th when we were deliver ad document that said we never walked guns, lanny breuer, his chief assistant

megyn: brian terry's family demanding a hefty settlement from the feds.y two mexican bandits carrying ak-47 rifles that had been part of "operation fast & furious." his family said they had to struggle to learn just what happened to him. >> brian did ultimately come home that christmas. we buried him not far from the house that he was raised in just prior to christmas day. megyn: terry's relatives are demanding of the government $25 million. government attorneys have six months to respond. if the claim is not settled within that time the family can use the bureau much alcohol, tobacco and firearms for wrongful death. threats within our borders from iran. the director of intelligence james clapper says with died on the run, iran may be more willing to launch terror attacks on american soil. catherine herridge has more. >> reporter: iran senior intelligence officials warn that the iranian regime is more willing to carry out attacks within the u.s. in response to pressure or strikes on its news jar program. the attempt on the saudi ambassador. witness after

prior to brian terry's death. >> yeah. i mean, they both admitted that they were aware of operation wide receiver and never connected the techniques that were used in wide receiver to operation fast and furious, and as a result did not take any action in that regard. and both have admitted that that was a mistake. >> let's go through this, i think in my limited time i want to make sure we do deal with wide receiver versus fast and furious. as of today do your law enforcement authorities such as the atf have the ability to see a straw purchase and rather than arrest them at the door with no evidence, follow them to the next location? >> see them? >> in other words, do, does law enforcement have the ability to follow suspected gun traffickers with the weapons in their car from location to location? >> to keep them under constant surveillance? >> yes. >> they certainly have that capacity. >> okay. so as far as we've been reported, every piece of evidence shows that in gun walker, i mean, sorry, wide receiver, every effort was

on behalf of brian terry's cousin, to what lengths has year investigation gone? will everyone in that operation that had to deal with those weapons be brought up on charges? >> we are working now, this is an ongoing investigation. it is a very sensitive time. i am not sure i can talk and all a lot about where the investigation is. i have indicated a think we are close to making some announcements. we will seek to hold accountable those people responsible for agent terry's death. with regards to people involved in the operation fast and furious, we are trying to find out who made the determination to allow guns to walk. i am not at liberty to talk about the weapons we used in the incident. that will come out during the course of the trial. we will hold accountable the people who are involved in this investigation. one other thing, i did not mean to imply that i should not be held accountable. i also think there is a thin as component to this. i ought to be held accountable for those things that are within my area of responsibility. i should be held accountable for

knew, approved and continued to approve this kind offa ppocess, this kind of a program long after brian terryto three memo's: in april 2010 weinstein tells breuer "the a-t-f let a bunch of guns walk" in a previous case, months later breuer suggests allowing straw buyers justice departtent said the alllgation that "a-t-f knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons to a strrw purchaser who then transported them intoomexico - is false." fast and furious was not just about who knew. it was who was kept from knowing; the u-s ambassador to mexico city,,the a-t-f agents in mexico." the report clearsstop a-t-f melson, billyyhoover or bill &pmacmahon and instead blames a-t-f ann the u-s attorneyss office in phoenix for lying orr cass. late today, congressman issa said hee belleved holder was actively engaged in a cover up and unless he turned over subpoena week, the oversight committee would begin contempt attorney general. holder appeared before hat committee thursday morning. in los angeles, william la jeunesse, fox news. 3 bad day for a colorado state la. laamaker....she was pulled over for d-u-i

back in 2010, two of those weapons turned up at the site of the deadly shooting involving agent brian terry. we're told ballistics on the bullet that killed the agent were inconclusive. in the suit, his family claims the government's gun-walking program led directly to his death. the terries are also suing the lone wolf trading company for its role in selling the firearms. tomorrow, the u.s. attorney general eric holder is set to appear before congress to answer questions about what he knew about the program. and the circumstances surrounding the death of agent terry. florida primary in the book. checkmark, move on. maybe not. the gingrich campaign tonight making a push to challenge the state's winner take all rule, sort of that's the rule. it wasn't really the rule. they sort of made it the rule. we will get to that they are doing it so that their candidate can take home some of the state's 50 delegates. as you know mitt romney won the primary by double digits. he he will be looking to capitalize on that this saturday in the nevada caucuses. mitt romney's three remaining rivals say they wi

border patrol agent brian terry. could you shed any light, or do you have any opinion on what the impact of the transit of those firearms would have on the violence and the crime we might see as a result? >> well, sir, this is not an intelligence issue, and it's one aspect i don't have responsibility for. it's a very unfortunate incident. obviously, guns, whether in a case like this or by any other means, would find their way into the united states and mexico certainly don't help the situation. >> do you know, general burgess or general clapper, officials were not advised about this fast and furious program. do you have anything you can tell us about their reaction to tell us about this reaction of the breakdown? >> no, i can't. it wasn't an issue conducted in the intelligence channels. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator coryn. mr. udall. >> thank you. gentlemen, thanks for the credible breadth and depth of your work and the tour you have taken us on the hot spots of the world. i w

haier, he was brian terry's cousin and actually the spokesperson for his mother and his sister, i would ask you, to what links under investigation into operation fast and furious gone? and will everyone in that operation that have to do with the specific weapon to be brought up on charges of facilitating the murder of brian terri? >> well, we are certainly working now, i mean, this is an ongoing investigation but it's a pretty sensitive time to go much i can talk an awful lot about where the investigation is. i think we're pretty close to making some announcements. and we will hold accountable, seek to hold accountable those people who were responsible for agent terry's death. with regard to people who were involved in operation fast and furious. we are endeavoring to find out who made the determination to allow guns to walk. i'm not really at liberty to talk about the weapons we use in the actual incident that goes to ballistic reports and i don't think i can comment on your. that will come out during the course of the trial. but we will hold accountable people who were involved, as i

border patrol agent brian terry. his mother posted this on facebook, this is for you, son, she wrote. mr. holder, how come you can never say my son's name. you never have. all i ever hear you say, i didn't find out or i can't say. i'm actually tired of hearing your double talk in answering questions, what a joke you are, my son was a real american, a warrior and a hero who was also protecting coward politicians like you. pretty strong language there from a mother who is bereefed. >> when you get evidence like that, as in the power of an ordinary individual now this the new media environment to punch through she's not waiting on the new york times for her to interview her, you which of course would never happen and no longer have to wait for john hayward and the attorney general holder has the sergeant schultz defense, i know nothing, hogan's heroes, and from a legitimate public mainstream publication, and stonewall, the famous watergate phrase. i think it breaks through. >> a perfect example of what we're talking abo

brian terry died in a shootout in southern arizona. scene were traced to a controversial operation run by the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. it allowed hundreds of weapons to be smuggled into mexico in hopes of tracing them to criminal gains. >>> in health news, a controversy over sugar. some say it's just as bad for your health as tobacco and alcohol. and should be regulated in the same way. terrell brown has that story. >> we all know too many sweets pack on pounds. but they're often too hard to resist. >> i love sugar. >> a commentary in the latest issue of nature says sugar is responsible for the high rate of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer and should be regulated. >> because of the way sugar is metabolized in the liver, it will turn sugar into fat causing insulin resistance and all of the diseases of metabolic syndrome. >> the author say it's time to put restricts on sugar similar to the ones on tobacco. >> what if we had an age limit to purchase soda, for instance. carding kids for coke. i think it's a great

she was friends with border agent brian terry who was killed by a gun traced back to fast and furioushaving me. >> alisyn: i'm sure that you, as well as brian terry's family has been watching these hearings, what do you make of them? >> the last hearing is a little more of the same. eric holder still dopt take any accountability for the program. the program was funded. there was, you know, somebody had to sign for it. he's not volunteering any information of who signed for it, who authorized for it and he's also stating that he's been getting dults, when you're giving 6400 documents out of 90,000 documents, ap stating that you're fully cooperating, i don't really consider that fully cooperating and a lot of answers he's given have been redacted. >> alisyn: not only has no one taken responsibility for what was done. no one we found out this week, has been penalized for it. something the congressman has brought up. >> why have you not taken steps to make sure that doesn't happen again? >> well, i have taken steps. and we're in the process of investigating that murder and the people who

and unfortunately brian terry is that nightmare that came true.n help lower olesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole gin oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. bill: fox news alert right now, court -rg the conservative vote after making a statement in the republican presidential battle rick santorum is about to step in front of that microphone steps away, cpac is the committee conference ongoing in washington. rick santorum right now riding a wave after three victories in one day in the battle of that nomination. the fox polling that came out 30 minutes ago shows santorum in second-place. chris stirewalt is there at cpac. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. bill: this is literally preaching to the choir now. we've got brand-new fox polling numbers that i want you to react to. number one in the race for the nomination, is it time to drop out? 54%, a clear majority say it's too soon. what do

including the scene of brian terry's murder in 2010. a u.s. border patrol agent. it was terry's death that led agents within the atf to blow the whistle on the botched operation by alerting congress. the fallout has led to calls for holder's ouster. >> the conclusion that i come to is there are some things in there that's being hidden that you don't want us to see. >> there's no attempt at any kind of cover-up. we're not going to be hiding behind any kind of privileges or anything. >> reporter: as for brian terry, his family is threatening a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit. and the government has six months to respond. rob? paula? >> let's just keep in mind, too, this whole story about mexico and the power and the violence of those drug cartels. the scary part is not how violent and wealthy they are. the scary part is it's the drug appetite from america that gives them the money that allows them to inflict the power and violence they do in mexico. that is the root issue. the drug problem in our country that funds the violence and c t cartels in mexico. >>> a wi

. >> okay, we know that the weapons were used to kill border patrol agent brian terry, correct? >> they were found at the scene of that murder. >> the other question that i have, i know that the organize -- ocedtf, had an i.c.e. agent participating on that task force was participate engine fast and furious. can you tell us what the role of what that i.c.e. agent was with respect to to fast and furious? >> my understanding is that it was very minimal. this is all learned after the fact. this was an atf operation, operated under the auspices of ocdef, but it was an otf operation. >> do you think they misplead the agent? >> i hope not. >> do you think he was informed about the operation? >> i do not. and i don't know whether the full extent and the number of guns being able to walk unsupervised into mexico was disclosed. i believe that the size and management of that operation was -- that lots of serious mistakes and should never be repeated. >> and i certainly agree with you. i i would like to follow-up with more on that with you in the future t next question i have is more along

>> you made no inquiry as to the investigation involving brian terry's death involved gun walking? >>> i have no indication. there was no indication, no basis to believe that gun walking was part of any of this. i knew nothing about gun walk org the use of that technique until february, and by february the 28th and early march, i said guess what? we're not doing gun walking. it tuque took me or month or less than a month. brought to my attention fairly rapid response to say don't ever do this again. >> we go to the gentle lady from california. ms. spear for five minutes. >> thank you. over here, attorney the last pe totem pole so to speak. >> she'll be moving up in future years. >> don't count on it. in any case, first of all, let me say that i think we can stipulate for the record that this hideous chapter in the attorney general's office, dating back to 2006 is one that we never want to see repeated. but i think it's important for tows recognize that this has been going on for a long time and but for the death of agent terry would it still be going on today and that's one of the

most importantly to agent brian terry, a proud son of michigan, my state. myue what's the difference between the case of joe paterno at penn state and the justice department under your leadership? >> i'm not going to get into the paterno case. i'll talk about jason weinstein. he knew about wide receiver. he told mr. brewer about it. he met with a fchtf. did he not know about the tactics, the inappropriate tactics, the gun walking tactics involved in fast and furious until later on and didn't connect those tactics with the ones that we used in wide receiver and admitted what he did was a mistake and indicate ed and did he fail in making that connection? >> and so he continues on, as do other senior officials. moved around as chessmen on a significant nature at this point in time. no admission other than brought on the carpet and brought into the public light that this thing has gone wrong, was set up to go wrong. and, frankly, i believe it was set up to go wrong in order to deal with second amendment liberties of law abiding citizens and pushing into a perce

brian: yeah. we call that saturday, steve. so that will be saturday, the day before the super bowl. thank you very much. steven tyler making some news. hey, my next guest has appeared as george bush, terryk caliendo, welcome back. >> good to be here. >> brian: you not only do these voice, but make picks. what kind of season did you have of? >> let's talk about something else. >> brian: one thing is you watch fox news. >> sure. >> brian: you get to see some of the commercials that pop up that stand out above the rest. >> two of my favorites are the new terry bradshaw one, the nutri system. i'm so tired of looking fat and ugly, so i took nutri system. terry, they can't fix ugly! what do you think? i was so tired of looking fat and ugly and i couldn't spell and then i took nutri system and my brain grew! how did that happen? i'm doing bill cosby's hand motions. why did that happen? the other is the prilosec otv commercial. it's beautiful commercial, the one with larry the cable guy. he comes out and at the end of it, like this nice tracking shot and larry is like, i have the burgers. cut to john madden. a big old boy at wal-mart. doesn't look anything like the rest of the commercial. avail

withholding information lost guns ended up on the crime scene where a united states border patrol agent brian terry 2010. >> i believe the american people deserve to have attorney general they can trust so asking for your resignation and i believe because grossly incompetent in preparing in front of congress i think he should resign >> among the worst things i have ever seen in congress old series of statements out of context with no context >> republican said eric holder continues to withhold information and wants to hold him at least in contempt head of the alcohol tobacco and firearms >> sparland can be killing your brain medical watch alarming study suggesting snoring may increase your risk of stroke and 90 year old man plunged into wisconsin river. gabrielle medical watch aggressive nature of prostate cancer. the task looking for markers similar information to biopsy without an evasive test or need for recovery. early anesthesia may alter a child like years after surgery. researchers looking at children over 10 year time frame those with multiple surgeries before age three doubled risk for lea

i know you also did not want to see the death of brian terry. none of us did. this was a horrible incident that we're dealing with a lot of consequences over time because we want to make sure it doesn't happen again. we've heard you want to make sure of that, too. i want to talk briefly about atf and the structure there. this was an acting director. you have to have concerns extra there, extra attention to it in the management based on an acting director and all that's up happened with atf. the structure with the fbi and they're going for an undercover operation, the field office proposal that goes through the svr in charge goes through headquarters and legal and legal has to determine is this entrapment and within the bounds of that? the u.s. attorney may get involved and goes to headquarters with a certain amount of money and length of time and such. it has a lengthy process up to the department of justice on that. is that a similar process to approve an operation like this under cover. >> i'm not sure that it is as robust as what you have just described with

on behalf of brian terry's cousin, to what lengths has year investigation gone?ill everyone in that operation that had to deal with those weapons be brought up on charges? >> we are working nell -- now, this is an ongoing investigation. it is a very sensitive time. i am not sure i can talk and all a lot about where the investigation is. i have indicated a think we are close to making some announcements. we will seek to hold accountable those people responsible for agent terry's death. with regards to people involved in the operation fast and furious, we are trying to find out who made the determination to allow guns to walk. i am not at liberty to talk about the weapons be used -- we used in the incident. that will come out during the course of the trial. we will hold accountable the people who are involved in this investigation. one other thing, i did not mean to imply that i should not be held accountable. i also think there is a thin as component to this. i ought to be held accountable for those things that are within my area of responsibility. i should be hel

who approved it and who signed off it and lawmakers says it's been 13 months since brian terry died.was uncovered. we know that already. >> bill: let's recap. this is the fifth time they called holder up. >> sixth. >> bill: and they want to embarrass him. >> because it's political. >> bill: it's a political thing. holder says he doesn't know. >> they are grilling him over the non-production of documents. >> bill: if you don't come up with them. he is going to be contempt with congress. come up with this stuff. it is political in any other way than the truth. but holder looks like he just don't know what is going on in something that is vitally important. >>> he says he has appointed the inspector general to investigate this to get to the bottom. apparently he thinks it does. holder says he does not believe the american people have lost faith. that they know it's political. this is basically a witch hunt. >> bill: let me stop you there. that is holder position. they are trying to get me because i'm democrat and close to barack obama. but if the family files a $25 million against the j

that is because brian terry, his family claims the failed program led to his death : >>> two possiblegs in the bay area, a 35-year-old barber was shot several times after leaving in berkeley. according to information, 38- year-old dorian wells was related to the victim. he was holding his one-year-old daughter when he was gunned down. >>> an end in is sight. leon panetta said the plan is to wine down fighting as soon as next year. live in the washington d.c. newsroom we have what has people so worried. >> reporter: they are slamming the defense secretary's plan on services committee california congress, until there is information it is premature. leon panetta said they want to end the combat mission and move troops into a training role but it has some officials worried based on a report with thousands, they detailed a strong drive retake afghanistan once coalition forces leave. it is not just questioning leon panetta's announcement, joe liebermen said in a statement there is no military rationale for accelerating the current timetable and former u.s. senate tow is weighing in on the t

a man died, brian terry, the agent, his family is now suing the government.on't think they have any chance whatsoever of recovering any money because of sovereign immunity. but what we're seeing here is a highly politicized fight over fast and furious and i remember that fast and fewer y the whole idea of tracking weapons was something that started in the bush administration. >> okay, wait. i cannot believe you went there. >> i did go there, because -- >> we have been over that so many times. fast and furious was a different program. >> it's the same idea! >> no one died. >> different program. >> handled differently. it is a nice try to blame him -- >> i'm not blaming it. but i'm saying it's the same idea that we can track weapons that are being illegally sold across the border to the drug dealers and -- look, it didn't work out of the it was botched. but why make it so politicized? >> okay. >> was it botched? >> yeah, it was botched because they couldn't follow all the weapons. >> they lost all the weapon. >> that was on eric holder's watch. that's why he wa