i think they believe they can bluff daryl issa because he didn't blink in the short meeting that theyhey had to play another card. one can conclude this. there was knowledge of fast and furious either before or as it was being implemented or knowledge of the coverup after the fact and it is most likely goes inside the white house and the documents that daryl issa is asking for i believe were prepared for the president's eyes. whether he saw them or not i don't know. i believe they were prepared for the president's eyes and that is why they are exerting executive privilege. otherwise they would have pus pushed eric holder under the bus and in order to protect the white house. >> sean: that means the president in the interview when said he had no knowledge of it until he saw it on the news that would have been an inaccurate statement and similarly the testimony before congress by the attorney general would have been false, correct? >> sean, i agree with that rationale. and having watched watergate unfold i will say that we will find out the whole truth to this. this really launched some

morning on a proposal to find attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress representative daryl issaolder to turn over documents about an investigation into gun smuggling, the fast and furious program. holder wants an assurance if he does turn them over, the congressman's subpoena will be satisfied. >>> u.s. military investigators are reportedly recommending disciplinary action for up to seven american troops for the burning of korans in afghanistan. no final decision has been made just yet. but they are calling for the troops to face administrative punishments rather than criminal charges for what was likely a mistake. the burning took place at a u.s. base back in february. triggering riots that left more than 30 people dead including two american soldiers. >>> wikileaks founder julian assange has taken refuge at the ecuadorian embassy in london. england is preparing to extradite him to sweden where he is wanted on sexual misconduct charges. assange claims the u.s. also has plans to indict him for document leaks. ecuador's foreign minister says they're weighing the request for asylu

holder met with congressman daryl issa yesterday to try and avoid the vote but they could not reach angreement. >> i think we have to in good conscience see documents that convince us that it's time to say that there's been insufficiency as to the southbound. we're willing to do that but if they have documents they believe makes the case, they certainly should give us to those first. >> i think we're actually involved more in political gamesmanship as opposed to trying to get the information they say they want. nevertheless, we are prepared to provide these terms to brief on these materials, answer questions about these materials. >> the committee considering this vote meets at 10:00 this morning. >>> the world is watching cairo, egypt this morning. >> ousted president hosni mubarak is said to be near death. that could hurt the young fragile democracy there. >> this is a developing story changing by the hour. our delia goncalves is following it live from the satellite center this morning. over to you. >> reporter: we've been following this story and the changing events throughout the m

. >> greta: house oversight chair daryl issa joins us. nice to see you chairman. >> thanks for having me on and for covering this important t p topic today. >> greta: the big news the president asserting the executive privilege. this is an 18 month long investigation. when did you first hear or get wind of the fact that he was going to assert this. >> 9:50 this morning. the 10:00 markup. we received an 8-page report. theoretically it was entirely done after we had a a meeting that went to 6:00 the previous meeting in which attorney general holder offered only to brief us on remaining information and then give us documents supporting that if we canceled our investigation or specifically considered all subpoenas as met. >> greta: you asked for a number of documents. he was offering 1300-pages? >> he described the 1300-pages and told us some of those pages we never asked for but he thought we should have them. >> greta: so you weren't even necessarily getting the pages that you wanted. that may be the attorney general -- >> if it is barack,

daryl darrell issa says the justice department is withholding information and confronted the attorney general, eric holder. >> we've looked at 240 custodians. prosed millions of records and produced before 7600. >> so 140,000 documents. how many are responsive but you're withholding at this time. >> we've produced 7600. >> look, i don't want to hear about the 7600. >> chairman i beg to allow. >> the lady is out of order. >>> well, well. no slapping though. yesterday darrell issa says leaked wiretap operations revealed they knew about the program though they denied it. democrats say congressman issa is mischaracterizing the documents. congressman issa seemed displeased with the attorney general. >> no question, congressman issa and republicans believe somebody at a high level signed off on the tactics in "fast and furious." the attorney general said the tactics were not good and the operation was not executed properly but didn't give issa every answer he looked for. >> have you and your attorneys produced internally the materials responsive to the subpoenas? >> we believe that we have

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daryl issa, the chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee already has more than 7,000 documents on the government's botched fast and furious ice sting commprogram. president obama preventing some documents in dispute of being turned over. we're watching that story unfold. we expect, by the way, the vote on the house floor if it happens to be during the 4:00 p.m. eastern hour. we'll have live coverage in the situation room during the 4:00 p.m. eastern hour. in about one hour, though, we'll know the u.s. supreme court's history-making decision on health care. we're following every angle of the story and how to impact you, how it could impact the presidential election. our coverage will continue in a moment. syou know, i've helped a lot off people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) what a strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> w

. -- daryl issa. holder today continue to talk about a constitutional crisis over this content vote, which is just the right house's way of pushing on the republicans. -- the white house's way of pushing back on the republicans. the stakes are very high here. >> in your story in politico suggest that perhaps the republican leaders do not want to keep the content issues. what are they concerned about? >> basically, their position is they want the justice department to cooperate. they feel they have a legitimate right. is a congressional investigation to get access to the justice department. it is an extraordinary movement by the justice department dropping an official letter to the congress. and that took place last year. they want all this information and they feel they have the right to ask for it. t for attorneydenc holder to offer this information. the justice department is saying, look, a lot of the material is being used in ongoing investigations. if some of it is court sealed, so they cannot giv

contempt charges, this is what the chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee daryl issa had to say. [video clip] i never thought this would come. after 18 months of investigation, through countless areas of negotiation in order to get the minimum material necessary to find out the facts behind fast and furious and the murder of border patrol agent brian terry, i thought we would find an accommodation sufficient to get the information to the american people while at the same time preserving the ongoing criminal investigation. i am proud to say that our committee has maintained the ability for the justice department to continue their ongoing prosecution. neither the majority nor the minority has allowed any material to become public that would compromise that. host: then the house voted to hold attorney general holder in contempt. the first call comes from melbourne, florida. caller: hello, how are you doing? i think they should drop this whole thing cricket is a ridiculous wch hunt by a political hack. host: what do you think they're trying to get done? caller: i think th

. >> daryl issa wants to know why so many people were authorized to work from home and then how they with the gsa and privatize it. >> can't blame them. >> coming up on the show, wisconsin's recall election just days away but governor scott walker is not the only one with his job on the line. up next the state's lieutenant governor rebecca kleefisch with how she plans to win the election. >> do you know who the president is? turns out some miss usa contestants are not so sure either. >> he don't know anything about politics. ♪ i don't know anything about politics. ♪ by what's getting done. the twenty billion doars bp committed has helped fund economic and environmental recovery. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to support scientists studying the environment. and the gulf is open for business - the beaches are beautiful, the seafood is delicious. last year, many areas even reported record tourism seasons. the progress continues... but that doesn't mean our job is done. we're still committed to seeing this through. >>> welcome back to fox friends. the wisco

. >> and issa is doing it because it's an election year. >> that's right. >> daryle mccarthy has -- [ joe mccarthy. >> yes. >> they are on a fishing expedition. >> yes. i'm sorry i screwed that up. joe mccarthy. that's what a listener pointed out. [♪ circus music ♪] >> what a tax hole. >> he is a tax hole. >> the attorney general has included the eight times he has testified on capitol hill with regard to this matter that he -- when he learned about it took this matter exceptionally seriously. >> and by the way the attorney general has a lot of stuff to do. he spends all of his time getting hauled into congress for this ridiculous -- >> you have to sit here and talk to me. that's your job. >> it makes me agree with nancy pelosi that make they wanted him to take his eye off of the ball in terms of voter suppression. >> jackie speier. >> there's no 20 minutes of a tape that has been wiped out. >> thank you. making comparisons to water gate. are you kidding me. >> i love her. >> i do too. the boner. >> the white house officials were involved in decisions that mislead the congress and cov