attorney for arizona dennis burk resigned, a third person assistant u.s. attorney, emery hurley, was reassigned to a lesser job. >>> fema officials are promising federal aid for hurricane victims hurt by massive flood you but they do admit resources are scarce. the storm affected 13 states in development alone, 11 towns are cut off from the outside because of damaged roads, bridges and railroad tracks. today fema's director said there's just 800 million left. but he's planning to make sure emergency costs are met by taking money from longer-term projects. >> our focus right out, on the individuals, all of the costs associated with the first responders, national guard, making sure we're able to support that throughout all of the states. this is video beach homes damaged by hurricane irene. officials say 25 homes are a total loss and another 20 will un-- are uninhabitable. early estimates put the cost of storm damage tat more than $10 billion. even though we're far away from irene's damage, there's still a way to help. bay area residents are being asked to d

attorney for arizona dennis burke who oversaw prosecution of the case and burke's top deputy in phoenix, emory hurley, who's been reassigned. the key changes by the justice department are an answer to months of criticism and congressional hearings that started after a cbs news investigation. some of the sharpest criticism came from insiders like it a.t.f. special agent john dodson. you were intentionally letting guns go to mexico? >> yes, ma'am. i mean, the agency was. >> reporter: dodson went public at a time when his superiors were denying they ever let guns on the street. >> i have boots on the ground here in phoenix. they tell me, we've been doing it everyday since i've been here. >> reporter: dodson led a parade of whistle-blowers who told congress a.t.f. pursued a policy that let guns walk into criminal hands. the idea was to get to the kingpins of mexican drug cartels. instead, the guns have shown up at a dozen violent crime scenes in the u.s., including the murder of border patrol agent brian terry last december. and administration sources tell cbs news "nobody is naive enough t

attorney dennis burke is opposing the motion of the family of murdered patrol trooper to be victims.hey want to be heard in the case. that would mean they would have the right to confer and speak at sentencing. those guns were moved in the ill-fated operation fast and furious. john koran demanded answers from attorney general eric holder about if the feds staminged a similar gun problem in his step . next bad news from afghanistan. naturals from purina cat chow. delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. woman: day care can be so to save some money, i found one that uses robots instead of real people. 'cuz robots work for free. robot 1:good morning... robot 1:...female child. sfx: modem dial-up noise woman: flaws? yeah, um, maybe. anncr: there's an easier way to save. anncr: get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. welcome back to ames, iowa. the site of the republican presidential debate. one of the topics that will come up this evening is the am

in the justice department, and in arizona where this operation was based the attorney general dennis burke stepped down after approving the program, and testifying to congress about it. some members of congress say they don't believe that anybody involved in the "fast and furious" operation should get a pass, and they want to continue their investigation to see who else was involved an approved the operation. it was shutdown by attorney general eric holder when he heard about it, but i'm sure we have not heard the end of it. it is a problem for atf which has not had a full-blown director since atf became a part of the justice department, because the decision was made to make the head of the atf, an administrator a senate confirmed presidentially appointed position, and politics have intervened and they have not been able to get anybody confirmed to be the full director, so they have always had a sequence of acting directors. one point, tamron, the new director of atf will be the man who is the u.s. attorney in minnesota, todd jones who will do both. he will be the u.s. attorney and also ru

attorney, the top federal prosecutor there dennis burk has resigned.partment official says in essence that the attorney general eric holder had lost confidence in the two of them and he thought a fresh start was what atf needed here. that was the latest fallout of this operation that everybody in the justice department now concedes was a mistake. >> and very quickly we do know that atf is supposed to be a confirmed senate position. everybody though that runs atf is always acting because it's something that can't get confirmed in the modern day united states senate, correct? >> that's right because of the politics for the national rifle association which doesn't want a muscular atf, if you ask nra they say no, it's been policy differences over the nominee. there is a nominee now pending to take the change. it was changed when atf used to be part of the treasury department. when it was moved into justice the decision was made to make the director of atf senate confirmed. there's been no director confirmed. >> that was a poison pill that was enacted durin

kenneth nelson quit today and dennis burke u.s.ttorney in arizona resigned as well. >> president obama made a promise to veterans today as he addressed american legion convention in minneapolis. he saluted september 11th generation of veterans and relished a prospect of u.s. fors getting out of both iraq and afghanistan where nearly 150,000 americans are still serving. the president hailed the service men and women saying because of them america is moving forward from a position of strength. >> in a decade of war they've born a burden. more than two million service members deploying to war zones. hundreds of thousands have deployed again and again, year after year. never before has the nation asked so much of the all volunteer force. >> the president pledged to spend more on veteran assistance and said he'd work towards making sure the government processes military disability claims more efficiently. >> and a lesson on product rebates coming up next. >> a best mode of transportation two, wheels better than four. stay with us. >>> t

attorney for arizona, dennis burke, was interviewed by congressional investigators recently and he got sick in the middle of that and was not able to finish his testimony, that coming from multiple source necessar sources in arizona. we have received documents dated in 200 the showing 11 seizures of guns in the first three months of this program proving that those guns were going south to mexico very early on. back to you. gregg. jenna: a shocking new report on the state of aviation. you fly a lot, right. gregg: i do, i don't pilot but i fly. jenna: if you tphroeu at all. fly at all, this is a good question, could computers be teaching pilots how to forget how to fly tpwregz we are getting details about p president obama's jobs speech. jenna: a manhunt at this hour after a city councilman is gunned down in cold blood. details straight ahead. that's helpi drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the most advced mobile broa

attorney dennis burke says the family was not directly or proximately harmed by the illegal purchasethat the real victim is not any particular person, but society in general. yet, earlier this year, when indicting gun buyers, burke suggested the opposite. >> guns can be found in mexico sometimes within 24 hours, to be used by drug cartels. >> some believe burke has a conflict because he directed the operation that led to terry's death. >> you have to wonder whether the government's efforts to deny the family the status as crime victims is part of a strategy to avoid legal responsibility for some of the tragic mistakes of operation fast and furious. >> reporter: and those mistakes could lead to a wrongful death claim against the federal government, including burke himself, which is why, megyn, some see a conflict. the unusual part say the prosecutors is here this -- is to hear the argument from the defense attorneys but not the u.s. attorneys. megyn: folks, we have breaking news from moody's credit rating agency, new details on which states and local cities are most at risk for a down