i'm frustrated that we could get two, whatever we call these things to darrell issa who knows a lot aboutent to jail and-- >> we're the only network covering the story, bob. >> no kidding. because we're sitting in front of guys like issa, and almost-- >> you don't think this hurts the president. >> of course it hurts the president, you know why? you're saying you can't prove and you're taking the word of darrell issa over eric holder? >> he is dually elected chairman. >> dually elected chairman out of a scam automobile operation. >> is it a good thing for the government to allow these machine guns to get to the hands of the-- >> yes, if the idea was it follow them and find out where the source was and that's done all the time and you know it and i know it. >> and i think that the story is unravelling and as you say, greg, they haven't had to deal with it, the administration because they've been dealing with the debt ceiling. >> yes, it's been completely avoided because we have the other-- the irony it's the most pro gun control administration ever. going after people who cling to their gu

joining medical cal congressman, darrell issa.. >> thanks for having me and covering it. it is almost impossible to believe that everyone, including cbs news and many newspapers and fox had reported on fast and furious. yet eric holder still didn't know anything about it. >> sean: why, for the benefit of our audience this was an idea ill-conceiveed from the beginning. they were gonna follow the guns from the lower level people involved in the cartels, in the hope that this would bring them to the kingpins the leaders of these cartels. tell us about the operation and why you think it was ill-conceived? >> if you are going to follow the guns, you put tracing devices on them, you monitor them. you have teams including predator aircraft making sure you know where they are. we had over 2,000 weapons, dozens of separate sales in which atf agents did no following or followed to the first house or in one case until the car was 40 miles north heading away from the mexican border. then they were ordered to turn around what you really have i

. >> reporter: at a hearing on capitol hill congressman darrell issa says a cyber attack is one of the greatest threats to u.s. national security. >> it is today possible to be a great warrior with nothing but your slippers in your bedroom and the desire to bring down some aspect of public or private infrastructure related to the internet. >> reporter: lawmakers want to know if homeland security is prepared for a future attack in the digital world and say the biggest threat from cyber warriors comes from china. >> then cia director leon panetta called cyber security the battle ground for the future. >> this has got to have a lot more attention and placed upon it. we certainly don't want to have the kind of incident that we would all regret. >> reporter: the obama administration says the nation's critical infrastructure is under constant attack by cyber criminals. an attack would harm consumers, businesses and government agencies posing a major risk. >> more disturbing, we also know that our adversaries are capable of targeting almosts of our critical infrastructure to disrupt, dismantl

why is darrell issa pursuing this? >> it is unlikely that he will get very far with this.ttle enterprise, the president raffling off a dinner with himself and said, we'll have joe, too. and people said gee, that is the white house and you cannot raise money in the white house, but, previous administrations have used the white house as back drops for political ads, and it is seems more likely what darrell issa is doing here is he is not trying to nail the administration to some big crime but he's saying we're watching, and if you continue to do this and make bigger use of the white house in the 2012 campaign, we will be watching. bill: i see but you think it is a stretch for him to prove anything in this circumstance, you don't feel he has the goods on him? >> based on what we have here, it is a minor violation, if one at all. the white house says it has been done many times by previous administrations. bill: republican and democrat? >> exactly. exactly. and, indeed, it has. the bigger issue is that -- is it part of a larger use of the white house for political purposes? an

we're joined by darrell issa with new details tonight. join me in 27 minutes for "special report." back to the glenn beck show. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: we're with the neilson family. they are plane crash thrivers. they are people that i think haven't sur viveed but are doing more than that and they are teaching others how to survive. on this program we talk about spooky things. and people's lives are about to change. your lives have dramatically changed. is anything really the same anymore? really? >> superficially, no. >> yeah, yeah. >> glenn: and not something that you would have on the other side picked. you would haven't said you know what i? i'll have a can of that, right? >> no. >> glenn: i think that is the way a lot of americans, that is why they don't want to look at what is ahead because they don't want a can of that. they i'll get served a can of that, whether they want it or not. some will. i want you on because i want to know what got you through. i think i know the answer but i watched the "20/20" and i didn't see god in that story. >> no. he didn't really show up in that story

patti ann: congressman darrell issa, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, patti ann.ill: let's get back to norway quickly here, downtown oslo, norway. there's been an explosion, several people have been wounded: the explosion happened near the prime minister's office, the government buildings, the oil ministry said to be on fire. we're learning a bit more about the recent history of terrorism in norway, and as we say this following information, as we say this there is no claim of responsibility and, frankly, at the moment we don't know why this happened or how it happened or who's responsible. but that blast comes as the country of norway has grappled with a number of home grown terror plots with links to al-qaeda and also six years, going back to 2005, after the uproar of the cartoon of the prophet mohamed. that originated out of denmark first, but last week a prosecutor in norway filed terror charges against an iraqi-born cleric for threatening politicians in that country with death if he is deported out of norway. also danish authorities are telling us they have fo

representative darrell issa, republican of california, gave an interview to the "wall street journal" in which he suggested he might further the conservative agenda through an occasional compromise. that provoked a tirade from rush limbaugh, which then produced a torrent of angry e-mails and phone calls to issa's office. issa quickly and publicly apologized to limbaugh and promised only opposition to obama. multiply that example a thousand fold and you have the daily dynamic of congress. it's depressing. but the fact that our politics are the result of these structural shifts means they can be changed. mickey edwards, a republican and former house member from oklahoma, has a highly intelligent essay in "atlantic" magazine suggesting a series of reforms that could make a difference. some are large scale, and others are seemingly small, crucial changes in congressional procedure. the essay is on or website. read it. some political scientists long hoped american parties would become more ideologically pure and co-herein, like european parties. they seem to have gotten their wish, and the

. >> reporter: congressman darrell issa and senator grassley are not prepared to call at it coverup buty say the testimony released today from the acting a.t.f. director nelson shows the justice department is actively withholding information and prohibiting people from telling the truth. in a letter today to attorney general eric holder the lawmakers warn him to stop stonewalling saying, "it's not a fishing expedition." time for d.o.j. to get out of spin mode and in disclosure mode. nelson claims he wanted to meet with congress about fast and furious and that the d.o.j. said no. they were more interested in protecting the administration politically. "it was frustrating," nelson said. "it appears thoroughly to us the justice department is trying to figure out a way to push the information away from the it will call appointees at the department." this doesn't surprise a former judge and u.s. attorney who reviewed the fast and furious indictment. >> there is no way you can have an operation of this size and this magnitude and not have the highest levels of the government i think know about

we also have learned that nelson met secretly on july 4th with congressman darrell issa and darrell grassley and complained of a doj cover up. inlet tere last night to the attorney general he said atf leadership appears to have been effectively muslim eld while the doj sent over falls denials and buried its head in the sand. that approach distort erred the truth and obstructed our investigation. the story is getting bigger and the question remains how high up the ladder does it go. back to you. patti ann: thank you. we are going to go now to our poll, the question is should captain america be removed from the superhero's name for foreign movie audiences? jon the back story here the movie by paramount is called captain america first avenge skwrer. when paramount is releasing it overseas they are giving companies the option of calling it first avenge skwrer. three companies have taken that option, russia. the ukraine and south korea. greg: 95% are saying no, america has no reason to apologize, leave that title in there. 4% say yes it's all about making money. if the name change brings in more

on july 4th, the holiday, nelson, with his personal attorney, went in and spoke to congressman darrell issa and senator charles grassley and basically revealed this. let's go to the full screen. he said that atf leadership appears to have been effectively muzzled by the department of justice, and while the doj sent over false denials and buried its head in the sand, that approach according to issa distorted the truth and obstructed our investigation. issa has been attempting as you know to get reames of documents out of the department of justice which is claiming that -- and he subpoenaed those, and they're knoll giving them to him, so now you have the atf director confirming the suspicions of investigators, that doj is covering up a botched operation through the doj, which runs the alcohol, tobacco and firearms. alisyn: what about those other agency that is you just referred to, what was their involvement? >> reporter: well, that's the remarkable thing that we're learning over the past 24 hours. okay, so the dea has a wire tap, and in this wire tap, it's revealed that a guy is wanting to b

violation of federal law and something we have to investigator, which is why i called on the chairman, darrell issations. >> it has been reported that some of the possible victims of the hacking, they were going after 9/11 victims, but folks who were british citizens. does that make a difference to you one way or another, even if the folks were 9/11 victims? but british citizens versus american citizens, you still want to find out? >> we do. we don't know where those intercepts occurred. we don't know if they occurred on u.s. soil. we don't know what the full range of the involvement is, and whether any of that effort took place in the united states. plus there are also federal criminal penalties for attempting to engage in corrupt activities on behalf of u.s. businesses with official representatives from other countries. so because of the uncertainly nature of these allegations, i am certainly not rushing to judgment against new comp, but i think it's important for the american people to get to the bottom of this and find out what was going on. >> congressman, we hear now the fbi is going to be lo

i want to bring in congressman darrell issa. he said, these rating agencies have no idea how to rate a $17 trillion economy like the united states. they have no idea how to rate the debt worthiness of a $14 trillion debt like the united states. how do you respond to that? >> yeah, i'm not going to raise that debate. what global investors think, they're the ones that put their money on the line and determine what interest rates we pay. and they listen to lots of different opinions in the rating agency is one. but they make up their own minds and ultimately the ones that policymakers, congressmen and administration have to satisfy. >> real quickly, does this get solved before tuesday? >> i am confident we'll make the right choices. and i think policymakers understand we don't want to drive this car over the cliff. makes to sense. and more than that, i don't think we're too far apart. if you listen to both sides, there is a lot of commonality in what they're saying. so, we just got to get it done and get it together. and i think if

nice to get your perspective and maybe darrell issa is listening and it will change a little bit. i suspect he's gradually turning up the heat. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> was it an accident or something sinister? the latest on the investigation into the concert stage that came crashing down. then it's time for these guys to fly and it's all thanks to a tiny yet very tough chihuahua. we'll show you what went down. but first, happy birthday to world championship boxer who turns 40 today and about to join us here on the curvy couch with his world champion brother. verizon claims i 4g lte is twi as fast as &t. we're putting them to the test against the speed of a rescue unit. go ! they're downloading a music album. the first network to finish gets rescued. does your phone know that we're racing ? done ! verizon's done ! i've got seven left ! the fastest networin america. verizon. built so you can rule the air. now powering the lg revolution. >> this is the greatest story. at the phoenix airport,a woman is being accused of groping a tsa agent. yeah, the woman was taken into

take a listen to what darrell issa who is investigating what really is going on had to say about thatparticipant in some cases was very much kept in the dark. the attorney general knew or should have known long before he says he did under this administration there seems to be a don't bother to enforce at all policy. so that disturbs us that there's less gun enforcement about illegal gun transactions under an administration that theoretically is more for gun control. >> and the other part of that, later on in that interview with bret baier, he goes on to say that he and senator grassley have been petitioning the white house and holder for information. they're getting documents that are completely redacted black with no information in it. there's a couple going on and he's on it. i think this thing will blossom into something very, very big. >> not only is taxpayer money being spent on this, of course, but we're learning that 43 weapons were found in a phoenix bus. some of these weapons are still here on american soil. they didn't go to mexico with the plans to track them. >> they stock

i want to know, i know darrell issa who is chairman of the over sight committee is going to investigate going to let up. it's very serious. >> what gives you cause to believe it might be similar to the fast and furious program? >> we've gotten reports and also my staff has looked into it. it's very possible it could be gun walking and that's unacceptable. again, a flawed program, very serious and very negligent and it's got to stop. >> we contacted the atf to try to get a comment on this and help this topic. they did not get back to us but you do say this. was this run out of the tampa office? >> yes. the castaway was run out of the tampa office. >> right. you say five firearms from illegal sales are the main source that ended up being connected to crimes, some as far as puerto rico? >> yeah, crime, ms-13 puerto rico, honduras and could have been gun walking and as far as i'm concerned it's negligent, flawed and again, we got to stop it so that's what i'm going to do. >> when you talk about gun walking, that's essentially when the authorities actually put out on purpose guns and then tr

us hostage with the debt ceiling, knowing that in a game of chicken that the irresponsible and darrell issa irrational plater has a distinct tactical the advantage over the irresponsible and irrational player, and if it's very dangerous and the unfortunate. i'm very pleased to be here at the afl-cio. i am a member of the afl-cio and of the four unions and i am proud to be a member of the writers guild first and foremost of the american federation of tv and radio artists and the screen actors guild and the directors guild and life walked picket lines and high understand and still get some residuals that were negotiated, residual payment schedule was negotiated by our union and walk the picket line to make sure we got those so i did about 12 bucks. [laughter] that makes the public service i am doing possible. [applause] >> to me there were some a wrongheaded things going on right now. having spoke at the panel on the middle class and i believe was heather who said creating the middle class is an end unto itself. the middle class is the engine of our economy. the middle class in our country ha