that's worth what john cornyn did yesterday.h of just overzealous politicians, over playing their hand, shame on all of them. you know what? i have got to tell you i am not a big fan of eric holders to be honest. i am still disappointed that he didn't go after george bush and dick cheney for war crimes gone after rick scott. what took him so long? i am a critic of eric holder's but damn it, i am a defender of his when he is taken on by lippedsayby lindsey graham and john cornyn. let's stand with eric holder on this one. >> this is the bill press show. paul ryan and john boehner and mitch mcconnell on everything jeb bush says republican party a disgrace today and jeb bush is absolutely right! let's talk about it. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." to go to that extreme or be that extreme because that's not what the american people want. we do not have that kind of a candidate in mitt romney. he's given -- he's supported paul ryan and john boehner and mitch mcconnell on everything we have a big, big hour

particularly from texas senator john cornyn. he attacked the attorney general last week. >> you won't cooperate with legitimate congressional investigation and you won't hold anyone including yourself accountable. your department blocks states from implementing attempts to combat voter fraud. you leave me no alternative but to join those who call upon you to resign your office. >> but as the "huffington post" points out, cornyn sang a different tune when it was his party in the white house. when alberto gonzalez in 2007, cornyn said it was turning into a political witch hunt. he was upset that the leader of the effort was the chairman of the democrat senate campaign chuck schumer. cornyn said it quote, undermined the legitimacy of what is a legitimate inquiry. interesting. because now cornyn's now the chairman of the very same committee on the republican side and his buddies over at the republican national committee are actually using the fast and furious issue to raise money. let's not forget the senator's past experience. befo

so, senator cornyn, why now?unfortunately, it's been the culmination of stonewalling by the attorney general on the investigation into fast and furious, but now culminating with his attempt to place an obama campaign volunteer in the investigation of these leaks, these national security leaks that could well go to the very top of this administration. and the attorney general agreed with me that we need someone independent and nonpartisan to conduct this very sensitive investigation into two of our most classified programs dealing with iran and dealing with terrorism. but unfortunately, they all report to him, eric holder, and he's shown himself incapable of separating himself as a arm of the obama administration and an independent attorney general that's supposed to be the chief law enforcement for the country. jenna: so, senator -- >> so i think it's time for him to go. jenna: let me just stop you there because you have such a background in the legal field. when you say something like you ask for someone's resig

holder has upheld the constitution more than senator cornyn.ut of 10 questions, he does not give him a chance to answer one. mr. holder has not been given a fair chance. the gunrunning started under the bush administration. it was not addressed properly. it is a political witch hunt against mr. holder and it is not fair. host: ohio, independent caller, good morning. caller: can everybody remember alberto gonzalez and how corrupt the bush and administration was? they got away with everything. this man has been so low key and all of a sudden, the obama administration is in the cross hairs. we have a serious problem in washington and we cannot depend on these people to look out as far as breaking ball. the ethics committee, where are they? we need an independent ethics committee. how can a crook and a liar prosecute a crook and a liar? host: how you think the attorney general's time has compared to others like janet reno. >> i am a veteran. i have been all over the world. caller: we condemn other governments for what our own governments are doing.

texas republlcannsenator john cornyn says holder has violated the public trust by refusing to performmthes, "mister attorney general, it's more with sorrow than anger that i would say you leave me with no alternative but to join those who call pon you to resign your office." holder ssys he isn't leaving, and defended his actions, putting an end to the tactics used in fast and furious, and calling on the inspector general to mmde personnel changes at atf - and in the u.s. attorney's office that was involved of overseeing the changessof processes and procedures within atf to make sure this doesn't happen ever again. so i ddn't have any intention of resigning." lattr, cornyn explained why he's general.cornyn ssyy, "we can demonstrate haa high-level justice department offfcials &pknow about it, but there's been no accountaaility and, unffrtunately, he's just obstructed the congressionaa investigation to get to the bottom of it." public comments about house oversight hairman arrell issa's plan to hold a contempt of congress vote in his committee next week. issa has key information about who ng

i think that senator cornyn was right. >> sean: thank you for being here. also coming up, we investigate the media, brent bozel is back with media mash. and governor palin's daughter, drops by to talk about politics, her brand-new tv show. we have an amazing, great, great, great american panel and much more, coming up, straight ahead. [ woman ] for the london olympic games, our town had a "brilliant" idea. support team usa and show our olympic spirit right in our own backyard. so we combined our citi thankyou points to make it happen. tom chipped in 10,000 points. karen kicked in 20,000. and by pooling more thankyou points from folks all over town, we were able to watch team usa... [ cheering ] in true london fashion. [ male announcer ] now citi thankyou visa card holders can combine the thankyou points they've earned and get even greater rewards. ♪ and get even greater rewards. those surprising little still make you te notice. there are a million reasons why. but your erectile dysfunction that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps y

senator cornyn says he should resign, the attorney general.with senator cornyn >> if you asked me a few hours ago, i would have said yes. i am open to his so-called negotiation, but i don't like the fact that he is talking about a constitutional crisis because he has created this constitutional crisis. i think it's a situation of where, he is waking up to the fact that there is -- people serious about getting this information one way or the other. about and he should be held in contempt fhe doesn't give us this information because he's taking contemptible action. >> the backup is that the house subpoena documents last october in the investigation to what happened to the border agent who was murdered. now, we are in june. the house says they have not received the documents. the justice department says that, congressman issa is distorting the facts and they have provided information, other than that information in an ongoing investigation that they don't want to jeopardize. do you have any thought in terms of congressman irks issa and the allega

we should point out that senator cornyn, who took the lead along with lindsey graham, but senator cornyn in particular is one of 21 senators who voted against the confirmation of eric holder. so he already had a grievance against him. but it got very fiery there today. what do you think about the whole question of leak investigation, whether the attorney general is correct as democratic senators have said, and some republicans, that it is much quicker and easier to move ahead with u.s. attorneys investigating those national security leaks than to go through the whole process of finding a special counsel? >> well, the question, though, is do we really have an independent and aggressive investigation, because these leaks are very, very disturbing, andrea. there's no doubt in my mind that it's undermining national security and that is very, very important. it certainly looks like a pattern or at least the fact that it's happened repeatedly. this is very disturbing and i think it does call for the most aggressive possible investigation. >> you don't think that the u.s. attorneys who one of t

texas republican senator cornyn says holder violated the public trust refusing to perform the duties of his office. >> mr. attorney general, it's more with sorrow than regret. >> but holder says he is not leaving. >> i'm the inspector general that made personnel changes in the u.s. attorney's office involved and have overseen the changes of processes and procedures within the a.t.f. to make sure it doesn't happen ever again. i don't have any intention of resigning. >> later, cornyn explained why he is calling for a new attorney general. >> we could demonstrate the high-level justice department officials know about it. no accountability. he has just obstructed the congressional investigation to get to the bottom of it. >> holder made his first public comments about the house oversight chairman michael eisner's plan to hold contempt of congress vote next week. issa argued he is holding key information on who signed off on the tactics used in fast and furious he was asked about by the top republican in today's hearing. >> on what legal ground are you withholding that e-mail, the preside

>> yes, and not only have iç sd it and not only has former speaker pelosi said it, senator john cornynring, said he wanted the attorney general to resign, he looked at him and said because he has not cooperated with fast and furious, which by the way, isn't true, and because he is stopping states from dealing with voter fraud that doesn't exist. so we're not guessing here. they said voter fraud was part of what they wanted to hold him in contempt for, which is an outrangs abuse of power. it is clearly something that has nothing to do with fast and furious. everything to do with the republicans to suppress the vote and they want to try and handcuff the attorney general for protecting people voter rights in this country and iwitne i witness exhibit a would be john cornyn. >> indeed, there was that member of the house legislature in pennsylvania who was caught on tape saying as we know, they passed voter i.d. laws and that was going to help mitt romney within the presidential election. >> and he said that and we have it on tape as well as cornyn i so when you have people that will use the

how do you react to senator cornyn?rprised and real dismayed that a senator, any member of congress, but a senator from texas of all places. texas was one of the southern states from virginia to texas that tries to prevent and keep people from participating in the democratic process. the voting rights of 1965 wanted to make it simple and convenient for all of our citizens to become participants. i'm sick. i tell you, al. 50i78 sick and tired of people lecturing to us, those that were never denied the right to register to vote. those who never, ever had to pass a so-called literacy test or the number of jelly beans in a jar. to tell us we don't know what we're talking about. if the state government around our country fails to do what is right and just, it is the responsibility of the federal government, for the attorney general to enforce. there's no such thing as wholesale fraud taking place. voter fraud. >> congressman, your book is very, very inspiring. i want to read you a quote from the final chapter that really kin

. >> texas senator john cornyn thinks eric holder is not independent. he called on him to quit. he said the president has his back. >> mr. attorney general, it is more with sorrow than regret and anger, you leave me no alternative to join those. >> i have no intention of resigning. i heard the white house press officer say that the president obama has confidence in me. i have no reason to believe that that is not the case. >> cornyn's call for holder's resignation comes after 129 congressman and three other u.s. senators and mitt romney have done the same according to the daily caller . despite all of the talk on the hill, border patrol agency briantery is still dead . the fact that the family doesn't know what happened is not okay with senator chuck grassly. >> here we are one year later and the family is still waiting for answers and justice. the f.b.i. doesn't have the shooter in custody and the juice department is denying a subpoena for finding out how it would. helped. >> the attorney general said he would work with congress in order not to be in contempt. >> i am offering

cornyn's concerns? do you agree with him? >> i have great concerns about the positions he's taken.ctant to come forward with the information on the fast and furious program which was terribly bungled by his justice department, a true tragedy with loss of life and now what we have are these releasees that appear to come from the white house that make the president look like he's kind of a macho man in the run-up to the election. i think he's also caused loss of life and significant security breaches to our nation and i think we ought to have an independent council. >> do you think intelligence leaks from the white house have caused loss of life? >> i absolutely do. when you take a look at what's happening overseas and perhaps not of american citizens, but of others and are putting our people at risk and you take a look at what's happened with the leaks regarding the computer virus in iran, and you talk about that doctor who is now imprisoned in pakistan who aided in helping identify the location of osama bin laden. you take a look at the release of the information about the new terr

so it is -- you would have to be an idiot not to realize this. >> sean: should holder resign as cornyn says? is this worse than watergate? >> is it worse than watergate? we'll find out. it could be because it involves very, very sensitive, classified information about which people could be killed and that may be worse than watergate nterms of the taking of human life. i don't care if holder resigns or not. what i care about is an independent council should be appointed, a truly independent council that does not report to the attorney general, that reports to a court because, how can he possibly be reporting to attorney general holder? attorney general holder may have had information about this? he may know about this -- i am not saying he is a subject or a -- or -- or a focus of this investigation. but he may be and his boss might be. we don't know how high it went. the kill-list article sounds like it came right out of the white house? well, it had to. there were only so many people inside that room -- doesn't that tell us -- >> are the reporters lying whether they say it is coming fr

and for cornyn to say that part of the reason he should resign is because he has the justice department looking into the whole question of changing voting in states where you and i, the congressional caucus, civil rights groups have established there is no fraud. how do you say the attorney general ought to resign for protecting people's voter rights? >> well, i think that the sad thing about this is that in the united states of america, republicans and democrats, conservatives and liberals ought to be about wanting as many americans to vote as possible. this is the world's leading democracy. and for us to have to deal with a problem that doesn't exist and then ask the attorney general to resign because he wants to make sure that in a democracy everyone has a fair chance to vote is just asinine and shows you just how low we have sunk. i mean, we are going down, down, down in terms of credibility. not only to the people of this country but in this world. i'm here in kansas city and i talk to people and no matter what side they're on, they are disgusted at what they see. and people still

why are we hearing all kinds of references by senator cornyn about voter fraud? are we doing this in an election year? i think you and i know why. and i think you and i need to be real clear to everybody that we understand what is really going on in washington. >>> still ahead, how mitt romney learned the wrong lessons from his years at bain. his buddies there helped make him the man he is today. >>> and governor rick scott's all sunshine and smiles over florida's voter purge. but he's hiding a dark truth that voters need to know. that's next. ♪ ♪ we all need it. to move. to keep warm. to keep us fed. to make clay piggies. but to keep doing these things in the future... at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies. that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol - a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane. ♪ >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. but they haven't experience

but as texas senator john cornyn claimed, one of the attorneys happens to be a big fan of -- well, president obama's. he is ronald machin. wouldn't you know it? he was originally hired by eric holder in 1997. let's watch this. >> it would surprise to you know that he is a political contributor to president obama's campaign and served as a volunteer in obama for america and assisted in the vetting of potential vice-presidential candidates? >> i am confident that he has the ability, the capacity to investigate this case in a nonpartisan, independent, thoro and aggressive way. >> well, i would suggest the question that that raises by your answer is whether you have the independence and ability to conduct the investigation? >> sean: joining my to discuss the cloud that is now engulfing the presidency is the former mayor of new york city, he is also a former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, the one and only rudy guiliani. if it wasn't so serious, it would be funny. >> it is very issue very serious. i think it's more serious than people realize. these leaks were massive. this i

is it time as senator cornyn suggests for mr. holder to resign?y sekulow and julian epstein. the threat of us have been talking about this from the beginning. now it seems to be reaching critical mass on a larger level. mr. holder is taking incoming on all sorts of matters. is it time for him to go? >> i think senator cornyn is right. i think it's time for the attorney general to step aside. ultimately it's the call of the president and the attorney general himself. i think julian putting on his democratic strategist hat, i think there will be a strategy decision here. is this a liability going into the election. if it's a liability for the campaign it's not unusual for attorneys general to leave office shortly before the election and get this behind them. the problem is it's not just fast and furious. there has been a litany of things. now you have respected senators like john cornyn and others saying enough is enough. the decision becomes a political one that david axlerod and the president will be making. megyn: contempt of congress is controll

cornyn last night on fox news. >> he's a form ser supreme court justice. he spent about 20 years on the bench. he has a very keen understanding of the tension between the legislative branch and the executive branch and a very keen understanding of law. he is not a man to make rash or intemperate remarks. >> okay. first off, mr. corn inwas not a supreme court justice. he served on the texas supreme court for six years. not 20. and he is given to making intemperate statements. in fact, he justified violence against judges during the terry schiavo case and now he's pulling another stunt with mr. holder. is that right? >> well, i think so. i mean, in fairness, i don't suspect anybody tuning into fox news and seeing karl rove is going to say is he with the brookings institution. they will know who this guy is and where he's been before. the irony is even richer than you say. he came within a whisker of being indicted in the valerie plame case rather similar to this. the substance aside, even democrats in the intelligence committees on capitol hill are saying th

senator cornyn thank you very much for joining us. >> glad to do it. >> woodruff: what is your view ofhat this ruling by the court means for the country? >> well, the supreme court has done its job which means now the ball's back in congress's court. while the court said the mandate is constitutional, as you know, it's very, very unpopular, as is this law in general so i believe it's now incumbent on congress to take up health care reform once again and i think we need to start over and to build a system that doesn't take over the health care system but one that's more responsive to consumers, doesn't interfere with the doctor/patient relationship and focuses on reducing costs. that's one thing obamacare did not do. in fact, it raised premiums for most people that already had health insurance. >> woodruff: let me ask you about that, because the court has now ruled the act is constitutional. it passed both houses of congress. the president signed it. the debate has gone on for several years. why does congress... why do you and other republicans think it needs to be voted all over again?

bill: just thinking about what senator cornyn was saying.a moment here this landmark decision possibly giving the 2012 election a whole new battleground. who has the advantage. the president or governor romney? a terrific panel in a fair and balanced debate in just a matter of minutes. patti ann: george zimmerman is expected to ask a judge to grant him bail. that request coming up. [music] see life in the best light. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. would you mind if to be i go ahead of you?omer. instead we had someone go ahead of him and wifty thousand dollars. congratulations you are our one millionth customer. people don't li to miss out on money that should have been theirs. that's why at ally we have the raise your rate 2-year cd. you can get a one-time rate increase if our two-year rate goes up. if your bank mes you miss out, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sen

here is what cornyn wrote though. this is part of what he said. he writes, the gun-walking scandal has destroyed mr. holder's credibility. he continues, we need an attorney general will put justice before politics. is that typical talk? >> no. i think it is tougher than what you usually hear from john cornyn in particular. i think republicans are very frustrated and their frustration is frankly understandable. you've had the justice department stonewalling on these documents, own cooperation from people who might have knowledge when the justice department knew about the facts in the case. you have had stories that contradict one another. really from the beginning of this inquiry, and you're still not getting cooperation. only now is eric holder suggesting he will sit down and perhaps cooperate because he is potentially facing contempt of congress next vote next week. this is big deal. and it is not being treated as such. bill: that vote in effect is scheduled for june 20th, a week from today. >> right. bill: what do you think republicans do in the

today, senator cornyn, john cornyn of texas, republican of texas called on holder to resign over the fast and furious. now, he and dozens of republicans, house republicans come several senators and mitt romney have called on him to resign. he's not given any ground, he is offering to speaker john boehner to work out some kind of compromise and offer it the deputy attorney general to meet with speaker boehner or the german darrell issa. so far, no deal is happening. i think that probably there will be some kind of concession made by the justice department but right now holder can continually talk about constitutional crisis over this content which is a way of the white house pushing back on republicans. i think that civil dramatic the crisis we have had these issues before. but it's very high. >> your story in politico suggests perhaps republican leaders do not want to kick the contempt issue in the news. what are they concerned about? >> well, i think that if they cooperate that is basically the decision. they like the justice position to cooperate. they wanted and feel they have a l

i am texas senator john cornyn. as the 2012 election campaign heats up, rather than hope and change, president obama has opted for fear and envy. meanwhile, millions of american workers remain unemployed, and our biggest national problems loom large one of the leadership americans deserve. gimmicks will not solve those problems. january will bring us the largest tax increase in american history unless congress acts. some have called it tax-mag eddon. make no mistake. every single working american will see his or her taxes go up january 1 absent action. family budgets will be squeezed tighter appear disposable income will shrink, and many jobs will be destroyed. this would be a body blow for our economy, and it could easily push us back into a recession. everyone knows that, including the president, who seems to prefer campaigning to governing, demonstrating a disappointing unwillingness to lead. since president obama took office, millions of households across the country have seen their incomes shrink, while the cos