host: our guest joining us now, dan freedman, a hearst newspapers. there has been in the news a program known fast and furious as and -- know as operation fast and furious. guest: it was actually a project of the organized crime drug task force, justice program that seeks to root out entire criminal drug trafficking organizations, not just the small players. all whole organization from top to bottom. operation fast and furious was conceived of as just a operation, involving not only agents from atf, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms, but the dea and other federal law-enforcement agencies. the rules of those agents is unclear, but the atf part was to observe the purchases of 223's, based7's, on them military in-16. to observe purchases of these weapons in arizona, by so- called straw purchasers, sent in by cartel brokers to buy these guns, give them to the brokers who would then take them to mexico and sell them for sometimes three times the price. what happened essentially is that instead interdicting the forms before they got to mexico, t

there is wayne freedman coming up shortly. the news now starts with dancouring the internet for the sale of illegal fire work that's could spell trouble this holiday weekend. a local chain offers to help keep state parks open with the recycled bag program and the merced river rescue, saving lives of seven people. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. and what a nice day it is. 4th of july holiday weekend, and fun started. a lot of people have vacationed today to make this a four-day weekend. here is a look now live in emeryville. you can see a lot of people out on the highway. and they're starting plans. triple a projects 39 million people will travel 50 miles from home during holiday weekend. we hope everyone gets there safely. some people will run into trouble. there is an accident in san francisco. and this was a day to enjoy and people didn't find a trace. and this is now a look at problem that's have happened on the holiday weekend. this is a