>> well, i think we begin exactly where darrell issa is taking his committee today.tempt of congress. it is time for the voice of congress to be heard, but also the voice of the american people. and, martha, think about this. if this were the previous president the left and the media would be bouncing off the walls with anger. but somehow this president gets a pass on something that is truly just outrageous. his repeated attacks on the constitution whether it be last friday's order on the immigration, saying, just don't follow the law, or now i'm going to declare executive privilege and not deliver the documents darrell issa and the committee is asking for. martha: you talked about the proper use of executive privilege and i was just talking to stev steve hayes moments ago and he brought up vice president cheney saeugt energy meetings at the white house fell under that, that he didn't have to release the names of who participated in those meetings because of executive privilege. don't think the other side would assert that that was also not an accurate use of it, per

. >> there is darrell issa in action. that was the house oversight committee chair, darrell issa, behaving in his usual way hammering eric holder for not turning over documents related to the so-called fast and furious campaign, the operation carried out by the atf. shortly after that, issa set a vote holder in contempt of court, or congress rather, for tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. they just wrapped up a meeting that says he's still waiting for the documents he wants and hopes to get them tonight. former speaker of the california house and wade henderson, let me go to wade first because i want to understand is there any reason why we should put any trust in the good intentions of darrell issa here? >> none at all. he is pursuing a politically motivated witch hunt to force holder to resign. he's using fast and furious as the vehicle to pursue that, but nothing could be further from the factual bases. >> when i look at this, i just look at it and i don't mean to use this term too much, but it's almost like a stop and frisk. here'

wide receiver that darrell issa never talks about. and then happened another smaller operation. >> but it didn't happen under the watch of holder. >> happened in a smaller operation. i don't know if we know if the guns made it to mexico or not. will is one case mentioned in the story where guns were allowed to be tracked bay whistle blower that complained about guns. dodson. >> clarify this to me. no one charged the united states government went out and bought guns and gave them to the straw buyers and allowed them to go into mexico, did they? did anybody charge that? >> issa has. >> you say we paid for the guns? >> his -- charges shifted many times. many of the republicans on the hill said that we have paid for the guns or u.s. taxpayers were -- funds were used. other times said that they let all the guns walk. you have to remember where this comes from. this is -- conspiracy theory on the right that the administration did this intentionally to drum up support for gun control. >> that's crazy. >> of cose it is. people believe it. >>

i have to interrupt you because darrell issa just started speaking. let's go to the hearing. >> in a canyon west of rio, rico, arizona, u.s. border patrol agents were engaged in a shootout with armed mexican bandits preying on illegal immigrants. one of the agents was 40-year-old brian terry, a 3-year veteran who had served as a u.s. marine and gone through boot camp in camp pendleton in my district. dufrg that fire fight, a bullet pierced agent terry's aorta and he died in that canyon. two weapons were found at the scene. they were later traced to an operation conducted by the department of justice called fast and furious. 16 months ago, this committee along with senator chuck grassley launched an investigation in to whistle-blowers' allegations regarding fast and furious. we became involved only after senator grassley was told he would not receive answers from the justice department because, in fact, he did not have subpoena power and was not the chairman. in the course of our investigation, the committee has uncovered serious wrongdoing by the just

those charges are a result of committee chairman darrell issa's request for more documents on operation fast and furious. the committee's been investigating how much the justice department knew about the operation's use of a tactic known as gun walking which allowed weapons to be smuggled from arizona to mexico. the justice department has so far declined to release some documents related to its own investigation of fast and furious. if the committee votes in favor of contempt, the next step would be a vote in the full house of representatives. as the committee members continue to assemble here on capitol hill, yesterday, committee chair darrell issa and attorney general holder met to discuss those documents that congressman issa requested. it was a 20-minute meeting during which mr. holder offered congressman issa a deal, saying that he wants an assurance from mr. issa that the transfer of those records that he had requested would satisfy a subpoena from the house oversight and government reform committee. mr. issa rejected, apparently, that deal and so here we are on capitol hill, movi

>> there's a lack of leadership on darrell issa's part.e doesn't bring in key players to testify in front the committee. whole mess has turned out to be right now. that's not why the attorney general is being held in contempt. we have to get that issue. >> why is he being held to contempt? >> all the complaints about the program which are justifiable investigations he resolved. >> they should resolve those. >> the family of the dead agents deserves answers. >> as to whether or not there was any sort of conversation to cover up the inepitudes. >> at that point the program was terminated. why is it necessary to dig into information. if you want to find out what's going on, look at the program. we're doing that. let's talk to the people from the atf and the agents and talk to the past attorney general. they're not offering to do that. >> how unusual is it, katherine, that the head of a committee has banned people from coming in to talk about this that have information? >> it's unusual. remember the death of the border agent was in december of

>> let's just say -- >> can anyone call darrell issa? >> if romney is on the phone with darrell issa he certainly has no interest in letting anybody know about it. >> interesting. we would like to know about it if anybody does know about it. coming up, vice president joe biden rallies the base with another fiery speech about the economy and the middle class. we look at campaign optics and new ads with the executive director of the dnc, next. [ male announcer ] considering all your mouth goes through, do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. listerine... power to your mouth. yoo-hoo. hello. it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall. [ male announcer ] great tasting tap water can come from any faucet anywhere. the brita bottle with the filter inside.  [ male announcer ] great tasting tap water can come from any faucet anywhere. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. gr

darrell issa's quest to bring down president obama and attorney general eric holder is completely full of holes. i'll show you why tonight. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> you can answer everybody's question but want everyone and then tell the judge he's not going to give you that, that is contempt. >> the contempt vote will go forward even though another investigative report exposes darrell issa's witch hunt. >> he has not lived up to his promises to the terry family. the full truth is too painful to him to take on. >> congressman cummings is here tonight and he'll response to darrell issa's reckless charge. will spineless democrats fold to the nra and vote for contempt? bob shrum and aulder will vote. luis gutierrez plays guess who's the immigrant on the house floor. >> i'm sure he learned all about american customs and felt more at home in her adopted company. i'm sorry, because i'm not a trained arizona official. >> the congressman joins me tonight. >> and the fate of the nation's health care will be decided tomorrow. either way, single payer is making a comeback. good

attorneys by bush's attorney general alberto gonzales darrell i see accused democrats of pursuing in his words a political witch hunt even though attorney general gonzales later resigned but now the democrats in the white house isis really quick to change his tune and the rest of his party is descending into this alternate universe as well where eric holder is guilty of some sort of crime trying to make us all lose our guns here to conservatism my show last night bringing up the attorney general and fast and furious virtually out of nowhere. the fundamental problem is that you said that they were doing something illegal they weren't doing anything illegal they were applauding the attorney general or violating holding the law well according to the attorney general in the fast and furious so i don't want to talk about you know according to the attorney general well i mean obviously you know they don't necessarily mean it's and yes i know he's testified about a program of the george bush started and then you know. then you know he's not actually you know he is that he won't comply with

what is darrell issa hiding. why is he so intent on creating a scandal that will go away because john boehner and the republicans need this like they need a hole in the head. >> do you think it is a serious issue that thousands of guns go across the border and one agent gets killed and probably hundreds of other mexicans are killed as a result of the guns walking across the border? is that a scandal? >> a couple of points. one, walking guns and walking drugs is an age old law enforcement technique, however discredited it is in the case. >> 3,000? >> this is not the first time this has happened. >> it was shut down under george w. bush. wide receiver was shut down, geraldo. >> it happens all the time. >> all the time? >> it as horrible idea and doesn't happen any more. it was hatched by local agents in the phoenix arizona. >> it was signed off by the deputy assistant attorney general and another official who is deceased. wiretap bomb shoal came out today. >> it was not a bomb shell. i saw the wiretap. it is absolu

darrell issa moments ago.ad, about a 20-minute meeting with the attorney general. and the deputy attorney general. to summarize he came with an offer of a briefing. we went through the process of what was being offered and responded as i think we have to. which is that the document that they may choose to given the future, we need to have before tomorrow. the documents necessary to cause postponement appear to be in their position. we are hoping we have them tonight. if we evaluate them partially it will give us grounds to negotiate postponement and possible resolution. >> eric: summarizing, darrell issa came out of the meeting what eric holder said if d.o.j. gives us the documents they may postpone but as of now, still no documents. no word whether or not they'll get him. quick thought before we turn to greg? >> bob: go home early and go to bed. not getting them. >> eric: at all. >> bob: not all of them. >> eric: it will come for a vote. >> bob: he wants a vote. >> andrea: i don't think he wants a vote. >> bo

congressman darrell issa and elijah cummings weighing in on fox news sunday and both saying it can bevoided but differing on how that would be done. >> it is regrettable we are here and certainly would like not to be here and if the president and attorney general holder would simply start producing the documents they know they could produce to us, they are not by any means going to be covered by executive privilege, it could be delayed or even eliminated. >> i'm calling on speaker boehner to come forth and show strong leadership because i know he will and sit down with the attorney general, to resolve the matter. the attorney general has made it clear that he is willing to work with this congress, he's already turned over 7600 documents, gone through millions of e-mails. >> jamie: joining me now the anchor of fox news sunday, chris wallace who has the discussion both sideddes of the aisle sayi they want to see more. should there be a question about a compromise? eric holder said he'd work with congress. should he have the option of a compromise? how do they feel about that or should t

we'll ask the man leading the charge against the attorney general, republican darrell issa. chair of the house oversight committee and xavier becerra who joinso joins our powerhouse roundtable. the provocative new essay about women still cannot have it all. we got the most debate and the best analysis. >>> good morning, george stephanopoulos has a well deserved morning off. here to discuss this stand-off between the president and the congress we're joined by the chair of the house oversight committee, darrell issa. good morning. >> thank you for having me. >> i have a lot of questions. let's take a quick look at ou we got to this point. just like the movie it was named after, it was fast, furious and deadly. the operation -- u.s. government agents allowed guns to pour across the border in mexico in an effort to track drug car tells. but they lost track of those guns. two of those weapons were found at a murder scene of border patrol agent terry. congress outraged launched an investigation. but the justice department first denied the program existed. quote, atf makes every ef

the headline was, darrel issa plans hundreds of hearings.entative darrel issa is already eyeing a massive expansion of oversight for next year, including hundreds of hearings creating new subcommittees and launching fresh investigations into the bank bailout, the stimulus, and potentially health care reform. issa told politico in an interview, i want seven hearings a week times 40 weeks. you gene, there we see the definition of a work year in congress, 40 weeks. but it didn't matter to darrel issa's committee what they were going to investigate. 's, we want to be seen investigating. >> exactly. and, you know, they should be careful what they wish for because i think there's a real danger politically in being seen to do nothing but investigate, especially if the investigations seem to be without substance and without reason. meanwhile, everybody knows what state the economy is in, everybody knows certain things that need to get done. and if congress isn't doing that, if instead they're busy trying to call administration officials on the carpe

if darrell issa is serious about this, darrell issa will sit down with the attorney general and try tor something out. what darrell issa has done very much chet up to extremely unpresented viewpoint. ronald reagan exercised this privilege. george w. bush exercised this privilege. the bottom line if you want to get the to bottom of what happened there are ways to do that what he is simply doing now is running the flag down until we get to the election. >> agree 100%. this has been ratcheted up to unprecedented level and right before an election. we shouldn't be having this but you know whose fault that is? it is eric holder's fault and the president's fault. they have had 18 months to turn over documents. they stonewalled from the very beginning. fact we're dealing with now is no fault of their own in fact the president invoked executive privilege that just goes to show more than anything else that he was either involved with gas and furious from the very beginning or he is involved with the cover-up. neither one of them are very good but the overall picture here we're looking at stonew

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and congressman darrell issa said if it comes through. he will pull back and hold the attorney general in contempt of congress. i have substantial concerns that it may not be enough to allow. delivery of the dumentos before the considered consideration of contempt on 10:00 would be sufficient to justify the postponement of the proceedings and allow for the review of materials and they seem delighted they are getting the meeting and chairman issa has agreed to our request and we look forward to a production session it is in the interest of all of the parties to bring it to a resolution. >>> and he will meet with holder on tuesday. right now the vote to hold him in contempt of congress is scheduled. that is subject to high. >> thank you, peter for the update . lawsuits in florida with the best way to look at voters fraud. and meanwhile florida is suing the feds for acess to immigration database to help them find nonu.s. citizens. great to have you here in the studio and thank you for joining us. >> let me ask you. why do you think that the

for her exclusive interview with darrell issa.g up, obama pal million-dollar donor bill maher at it again. see who he is slandering now. ♪ ♪ >> greg: so the "washington post," a paper, not an actual post wonders if any president can win the second term these days, citing pessimism and crazed media. due to the evolution of media we may never see two-term president again. as democrat if era of high definition politics it's channeling to effectively govern. further asks, greg gutfeld, barf. why are they writing this stuff now? i don't remember them pondering the pain of politics when they pummeled george bush. media is scared. [ inaudible ] never mind dismal job numbers, the horrible economy and glum mood of the uneasy nation. you're a bully if you bring it up. circle the wagon. the hero's self-esteem at risk. does shielding someone from reality do them favors? if you worry obama can't handle bloggers why do you think he will do fine with putin? who cares. for the media, obama deserves gold stars on the refrigerator paintings and to