department will probably dispute that. but facts are stubborn things. the justice department issued no summons and enforced no subpoenas against swiss banks. in fact even though in 2011 the justice department indicted a handful of individual credit suisse bankers for engaging in illicit banking practices today it failed to prosecute these indictments but since 2011. instead the justice department opted to play the role of the diplomat helping to negotiate with the swiss government creation of a program that allows the banks to voluntarily disclose their tax evasion practices without the risk of prosecution in the u.s.. as a result of the program some banks may not even have to admit wrongdoing for the misconduct. ndb's executions will simply pay the fines on the list of accounts they hold, a slap on the wrist for their role in concealing billions from the u.s. treasury and a payment that may be deemed by banks wishing to engage in the wrongdoing as an acceptable cost of doing business. as a result of the practices by the credit suisse and other institutions as recently 2011 it has been estimated the united states has been deprived of $337.3 billion in potential revenue, the largest amount of revenue lost during

, she's a junior official in the department of justice and the highest ranking member of the department of justice that we work with. >> you suspect that she may be in the lead of they investigation? >> we were teld she is. >> the truth of the matter is that you don't know and in fact, attorney general eric holder has said that she is not. so do you really mean to come in and say the attorney general of the united states is a liar? >> with due respect no one has called the attorney general of the united states is a liar. we have been told that the highest ranking official at the department of justice is miss bosserman. that is what we've been told by the department of justice. >> mr. sekulow and mr. karth wright, didn't say that she was not the head of the investigation. >> he did not know her is what he said. >> he said she's part of the team, but mr. sekulow said she's the highest ranking official part of the team which would lead one to believe she's heading the investigation. plus we have what took place in practice. people we have interviewed, the committee staff has int

you're the face of the department of justice. as you know, there are thousands of people whose faces will never be in the news but are out there every single day, throughout the country, and abroad, keeping us safe. we pray for their safety. we appreciate what they do. they deserve our gratitude and respect. senator grassley. >> before i read my statement, i'd like to say to general holder, obviously you and i were bit by different political bugs but -- and we have policy differences. maybe we got more agreement than what you and i might realize at a particular time. and i think those policy differences are legitimate and we can live with them. in my statement, i'm going to make some comments about some administrative action where i think there's no excuse for and congress isn't being respected by your department and whether it's you or people within your department, i think the very least we ought to have responses to things where there should be no political differences. just wanting information. so i hope you appreciate the fac

the internal appeal of the five week and the department of justice the then minister has ordered roof you'll know all of the cost by sticking his department and just beyond the means to achieve. a colleague michael who also backed mr chester said the documents relate to a period between two present and seven and two cousins and nine when the default was apparent. there were also words of support for the minister from the car stuck and catch rabbits who also raised issues but the minister's comments were told that this was the philip morris mccain. it would appear. so does that cooperates and i could show them the opportunity arises he was. that's right are not quite to the iffy at best and the pony was on her the mister who would give me the color. this year. it is to be correct. the opposition movements and the issue though he needs to commit to the dog he needs to set the record straight he needs to apologize. we also need to hear from indicating that what he is going to do in addition to this and we are calling for the establishment of an independent inquiry into place here in anot

>> as you're aware in that august department of justice memo, they set out eight criteria for any stateoving towards legalization in terms of state's responsibility in implementing legalization efforts in terms of marijuana. clearly one of the criteria the department of justice is looking at is preventing the state's responsibility and preventing the transportation of marijuana in states where it's legal to where it's not. it's incumbent upon the states to ensure that that does not happen. our role in terms of office of national drug control policy is to monitor, not only the public safety, that criteria they've laid out but other public health and safety criteria to determine what is the impact of legalization in those states as it affects those criteria. >> do you have concerns as to what you're seeing from the monitoring? >> at this point we're still gathering data and i think it is premature to speculate in terms of those criteria and what the impact is. >> looking back to what you described as your own charter, there's an expectation on behalf of congress that there would be an act

>> as you're aware in that august department of justice memo, they set out eight criteria for any state moving towards legalization in terms of state's responsibility in implementing legalization efforts in terms of marijuana. clearly one of the criteria the department of justice is looking at is preventing the state's responsibility and preventing the transportation of marijuana in states where it's legal to where it's not. it's incumbent upon the states to ensure that that does not happen. our role in terms of office of national drug control policy is to monitor, not only the public safety, that criteria they've laid out but other public health and safety criteria to determine what is the impact of legalization in those states as it affects those criteria. >> do you have concerns as to what you're seeing from the monitoring? >> at this point we're still gathering data and i think it is premature to speculate in terms of those criteria and what the impact is. >> looking back to what you described as your own charter, there's an expectation on behalf of congress that there would be an a

part of the premise of this hearing is that the witnesses have concerns about the department of justice's investigation of the irs for the improper treatment of tax excemt organizations. has, quote, the appearance of substantial and material conflict of interest, end quote. he has made that claim because a career prosecutor who is one of at least 13 doj and fbi employees involved in the investigation made political donations to the dnc and the president's campaign. i'm here to tell you we have consulted with legal experts. they have flatly rejected chairman jordan's interpretation of the law. one such expert is professor bruce green of fordham university law school who for the last 27 years has taught courses related to legal ethics and criminal law and procedure, including a seminar on ethics. professor green also served as social counsel in the independent office. who prosecuted individuals in the iran/contra affair. and later served as appointee of then new york city mayor rudy giuliani for the new york city conflicts of interest board. quote, this scenario does not constitute a confli

the department of justice -- we're only going to hear from -- i do plan to try to have a continuum of dialogue on where we are going with this. we invited the department justice. if they want more time, we will give them the time. and otherve dea agencies. we also have those who have worked in the field to help the country and our citizens deal with illegal narcotics question. recall for the benefit of my colleagues of the from 1998-2001, they held a hearing on the subject of marijuana, saying that we would invite some of the folk to participate in the discussion about where we are going. thing we have to $25ider today is about fiscal 2012 and a whole host of other act to the divided for 40% prevention and treatment programs. financial stake in some of these programs and where we are going. 50 federal agents have administered programs aimed at drug abuse and prevention despite illicit drug use. it is increasing with our adolescence. marijuana accounts for 80% of thatist of drugs adolescents buy. the 2011 statistics show that adolescent use of marijuana was the highest it has been in e

also, you know, politically, so the department of justice antitrust division there's an assistant attorney general in charge of that, that's a presidential appointment. it's a political appointment. antitrust division has some great career people there, but it is a political appointment. and, of course, the fcc commissioners are political appointees. so you're going to see probably the same philosophy given whoever the president is at doj and the fcc to work through these things. but come at it from different perspectives, the whole antitrust body of laws is different from the public interest body of law that, as craig pointed out, public interest is sort of ill-defined and broad and all the rest, antitrust has, you know, well over a century of precedent there. but i can't think of when the two agencies have diverged, and so i'm sure they will reach the same conclusion at roughly the same time, not necessarily exactly at the same time. but it's a very interesting process to watch from the outside. >> host: craig aaron, will congress play a role in this? >> guest: absolutely. i mean, i thin

the obligation is not on the department of justice. it's on the lawyer. the lawyer has to avoid the appearance of impropriety. if you're heading up the investigation and we're assuming she is. know one has ever been very clear on that. you can't head up the investigation in an impartial method if the public thinks there's even a potential for bias or an inappropriate position. it was very simple for the department of justice to solve this. they didn't have to go in and ask for her political position. she should have the -- she has the affirmative obligation to tell her supervisor, i could be compromised in this, it would be best if someone maybe from public corruption took a look at that. i'm just saying that for the record so we're clear on the evidence. but what we have right here in the few moments i have left. >> she may have said -- she could have said that and the department say no, we want you to head the investigation. that's my hunch. >> that's why i'm saying that i don't want to impugn her integrity. i don't think it's fair to do that. >> i agree

career-pointed servants who work on merger transactions like this and they integrate and the department of justice or the federal trade commission. they work very well together and are meeting and talking throughout the day and some of the durations go beyond a year. and they are looking at economic, competition, consumer protection issues, integration of technology issues. and so it is rare i get asked, what if doj went one way and the fcc wept went the other, and i don't think that has happened with me because the teams are integrated. there is an assistant attorney general in u pointed and the fcc commissioners are also a political appointee so you will see the same philosophy given whoever the president is at doj and the fcc to work through these things. they will come at it from different respectives. it is different from the public interest which is more define. anti-trust has a century of precedent there. i cannot think of when the two centuries diverged but i am sure they will reach at the same time. >> craig aaron, will congress play a role in this? >> guest: absolutely. the signals comin

, she's a junior official in the department of justice and the highest ranking member of the department of justice that we work with. >> you suspect that she may be in the lead of they investigation? >> we were teld she is. >> the truth of the matter is that you don't know and in fact, attorney general eric holder has said that she is not. so do you really mean to come in and say the attorney general of the united states is a liar? >> with due respect no one has called the attorney general of the united states is a liar. we have been told that the highest ranking official at the department of justice is miss bosserman. that is what we've been told by the department of justice. >> mr. sekulow and mr. karth wright, didn't say that she was not the head of the investigation. >> he did not know her is what he said. >> he said she's part of the team, but mr. sekulow said she's the highest ranking official part of the team which would lead one to believe she's heading the investigation. plus we have what took place in practice. people we have interviewed, the committee staff has int

and the integrity of the department of justice. , the inspectoro general with the department of the irs concluded that had improperly targeted conservative citizen groups, tea party groups, pro-israel groups, pro-life groups. the day that was made public, president obama described what had occurred as "in toleralbe." he said americans have a right to be angry about it and i am angry about it. likewise, that same day, you said the irs is targeting conservative citizens groups being "outrageous and unacceptable." that was eight months ago. in the eight months that have d, the head of the office has gone before congress and has pleaded the fifth. she raised her hand and said if i testify i will incriminate myself. for a senior government official to plead the fifth is a major occurrence. in the 280 days sense that inspector general report, nobody has been indicted. not a single person. that --80 days sense since that inspector general report, no indictments were planned. were unwilling to answer a question whether even a single victim of the targeting has been interviewed in the 280 days t

they integrate very closely with the department of justice or the federal trade commission. they work very well together. they are meeting were talking to each other throughout the day for the duration of the review of the transaction. at all sorts of issues. economic issues, competition issues, consumer protection issues, sometimes integration of technology issues. askedrare -- i often get what if they went to different ways? i have been in this business for a quarter-century. i do not know when that has happened. i do not think it has ever happened. that is because the teams are integrated. they tend to arrive at the same destination. there is an assistant attorney general in this case who is in charge of presidential ointments. thus appointments. the fcc appointments are also political. you will see probably the same philosophy given whoever the president is at the fcc. they will come at it from different perspectives. public interests are more ambiguous. century ofas over a interest. i cannot think of when the two agencies have diverged. i am sure that they will reach the

able to arrest and extradite a number of cyber criminals involved with the help of the department of justice, the ffice of international affairs and the state department. the dave anda few, busters intrusion happened in 2007. we were successful in arresting arrested e actually the person.dicted in the case in 2007 we were extraditing sergei. other re a number of successes we've had, high value hackers nd high value that have been attacking our infrastructure with assistant of international law enforcement and relationships e've been able to arrest those people and bring them to justice. >> one of the things we talked was the time between the companies confirming the breaches and then letting know and how quickly they can find out what their policies are. assume, mr. ramirez, you would wanted to that to happen as soon as possible. questions i want to know having been in the law enforcement there is this thing to catch people. when a data breach is this big you come down on the side of public know immediately. how do you strike that balance with putting information out then also trying to find

able to arrest and extradite a number of cyber criminals involved with the help of the department of justice, the ffice of international affairs and the state department. the dave anda few, busters intrusion happened in 2007. we were successful in arresting arrested e actually the person.dicted in the case in 2007 we were extraditing sergei. other re a number of successes we've had, high value hackers nd high value that have been attacking our infrastructure with assistant of international law enforcement and relationships e've been able to arrest those people and bring them to justice. >> one of the things we talked was the time between the companies confirming the breaches and then letting know and how quickly they can find out what their policies are. assume, mr. ramirez, you would wanted to that to happen as soon as possible. questions i want to know having been in the law enforcement there is this thing to catch people. when a data breach is this big you come down on the side of public know immediately. how do you strike that balance with putting information out then also trying to find

over the last few months i've grown more concerned about why the department of justice hasn't prosecuted any of the few n.s.a. employees who willfully abuse their surveillance authority. which do have examples of where it's been abused and refer to the justice department. i haven't had an answer yet. did i write a letter to the attorney general about this back in october. still, no response. few weeks ago at a hearing i pressed the attorney general for an answer. he didn't have one. he committed to get me a response, but i'm still waiting. it's good that these abuses have occurred only on a few occasions but the american people need to know if the department has taken these referrals seriously. a month ago the president finally weighed in on these important surveillance reform matters. it was past time for our commander in chief to become engaged on this issue. after all, surveillance authorities are critical to our national security. some of the reforms in his speech concern me, like the idea that we would recognize privacy rights of potential foreign terrorists. i don't quite understan

the obligation is not on the department of justice. it's on the lawyer. the lawyer has to avoid the appearance of impropriety. if you're heading up the investigation and we're assuming she is. know one has ever been very clear on that. you can't head up the investigation in an impartial method if the public thinks there's even a potential for bias or an inappropriate position. it was very simple for the department of justice to solve this. they didn't have to go in and ask for her political position. she should have the -- she has the affirmative obligation to tell her supervisor, i could be compromised in this, it would be best if someone maybe from public corruption took a look at that. i'm just saying that for the record so we're clear on the evidence. but what we have right here in the few moments i have left. >> she may have said -- she could have said that and the department say no, we want you to head the investigation. that's my hunch. >> that's why i'm saying that i don't want to impugn her integrity. i don't think it's fair to do that. >> i agree

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we're suing the department of justice actually because it exercised unilateral power by cutting a dealrgan chase behind closed doors where jpmorgan chase paid the executive branch $13 billion, and the executive branch acting through the department of justice gave jpmorgan chase complete, blanket, civil immunity for massive, pervasive illegal conduct relating to inflating the subprime mortgage bubble that caused the crash in 2008, which was the largest crash since 1929 and it caused the worst economy sips the great depression. neil: who caused that? are you saying jpmorgan did or the government looking the other way? >> there is plenty of blame to go around but certainly the crisis was caused by pervasive, fraudulent, illegal, and sometimes criminal conduct by the too big to fail banks on wall street. neil: on that point, i don't mean to jump on you because that is crucial point. the banks say, and jpmorgan says, punishment mete the out, 13 billion more than enough, leave us alone. >> and you're right. that's what they do say and what we're saying is, cutting a back-room deal that is se

help them bring to justice the criminals who committed this widespread attack business, american and consumers. on the evening of december 12, we were notified of the justice department of suspicious activity involving payment cards used at target. we merely started our internal investigation. theecember 13, we met with justice department and the secret service. on december 14, we had an leadendent team of experts a thorough forensics investigation. on december 15, we confirm the had in our system am installed malware and potentially stolen guest payment card data. over the next two days we began notifying the payment card processors and card networks, preparing to notify our guests and equipping our call centers and stores with the necessary information and resources to address the concerns of our guests. our actions leading up to her a public announcement on december 19 and since have been guided by the principle of serving our guests. we have been moving as quickly as possible to ensure accurate and actionable information with the public. we know that the breach affected two types of data. payment card data which affected proximally 49 million guest and certain pe

to arrest and extradite a number of significant cybercriminals abroad with the help of the department of justice, the office of international affairs and state department. just to name a few. the dave & busters intrusions that happened in 2007. we were successful in arresting an individual. we arrested and extradited alexander supe. in 2007 we were successful in extraditing sergei living into. there's a number of other successes we have had of high-value targets, high-value hackers that event attacking our financial infrastructure that with the assistance of international law enforcement and relationships we've been able to arrest those people and bring them to justice here domestically. >> one of the things we talked about earlier was the time between the companies confirming the breaches and then letting customers know how quickly they can find out what their policies are. and i assume, ms. ramirez, you want to do as soon as possible but one of the questions i want to know, having been in this law enforcement before is, there's also this thing we want to catch people an at i would think when t

katie marzullo joins from san jose. >>> i talked with the spokeswoman for the department of justice. she says investigators are going through the evidence and it could lead to additional charges what mario cuestas surfaced is possession and sale of narcotics sex acts with minors and child me lastation. the department of justice is heading up the task force investigating the 53-year-old firefighter has not determined how many potential victim could exist. >> if there are other victims out there, people that have information, please give us a call. >> investigators are examineing evidence collected from his home and office. we captured this video of the raid in progress at the fire department's administration building. >> computers and other items were received. we will see if we find anything else. >> it is believed he contacted some victims online. he has been investigated for months after being tipped off. mario cuestas is accused of selling meth to teens, sex with minors and child molestation. he worked out of fire station one until six months ago when he was forced into the role of

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fox news learning the department of justice is about to extend federal benefits to same sex couples no matter where they live as long as they are legally married. the attorney general, eric holder, expected to make those remarks in a speech tonight to the human rights campaign. molly henneberg live in washington with more on this. molly? >> reporter: attorney general eric holder says he will not let the department of justice, quote, be simply a bystander in the battle over gay marriage. so he's announcing tonight new changes at the department which will take effect on monday recognizing in certain ways same sex couples, including giving them the right not to have to testify against each other in federal court. moreover, he's expected to say at a gay rights gala in new york city tonight, quote, under this policy, even in states where same sex marriages are not recognized, the federal government will not use state views as a basis to object to someone in a same sex marriage invoking this right. 33 states have passed measures defining marriage as between one man and woman. even in those s

over the last few months i've grown more concerned about why the department of justice hasn't prosecuted any of the few n.s.a. employees who willfully abuse their surveillance authority. which do have examples of where it's been abused and refer to the justice department. i haven't had an answer yet. did i write a letter to the attorney general about this back in october. still, no response. few weeks ago at a hearing i pressed the attorney general for an answer. he didn't have one. he committed to get me a response, but i'm still waiting. it's good that these abuses have occurred only on a few occasions but the american people need to know if the department has taken these referrals seriously. a month ago the president finally weighed in on these important surveillance reform matters. it was past time for our commander in chief to become engaged on this issue. after all, surveillance authorities are critical to our national security. some of the reforms in his speech concern me, like the idea that we would recognize privacy rights of potential foreign terrorists. i don't quite understan

and the way to get that is reqequire the department of justice to submit this settlement to a federalee if it withstands the scrutiny of the ght of day for the american people. neil: you know, i would sooner think get government upon us to find out this money earmarked to shareholr relief and those who were burned and relief for them, that actually goes to that intended purpose. i doubt that very much. >> well, it is actually not even all for that. $2 billion was a penalty -- neil: that's right. >> paid to the u.s. treasury. but, neil, ask yourself, if jprgan chase had 300 or $400 billion in liabilities do you think a $13 billion settlement would be very much? it wouldn't even be a slap on the wrist. neil: what would b what would be? >> well we don't know any of the facts. we do not know how much money jpmorgan chase made from its illegal conduct. we don't know how much investors lost. we don't know how much liabilities at stake. the department of justice didn't not even disclose whichaws they alleged jpmorgan violad, who violated them or how. neilall right. >> they constructed this d

he began work in 2012 and submitted fingerprints which cleared the fbi and the department of justice. it had not received any reports of any illegal activity involving cuestas. the fire department says it plans to conduct its own investigation. department of justice investigators tell me it is possible there may be even more victims. coming up at 6:00, i'll tell you where else investigators found evidence. reporting live in san jose, nbc bay area news. >>> who does the expensive flashy car belong to? that's what police want to know afterthey crashed into a person's home and ditched the high priced car. it happened on maywood avenue. we spoke with the homeowner and neighbors who were stunned when they walked out their front door. >> reporter: they were still cleaning up a day after neighbors say the driver of this car was on a joyride on their street. >> our house actually shook, physically shook. you thought there was an earthquake. >> reporter: the skid marks are visible. a chain link fence has seen its better days. >> surprised. i've only owned my home for about six months. this is

it is continuing to this day, and the department of justice investigation is a sham. it is a non-existent investigation. with regard to point number one, let me tell you in one sentence what the irs scandal is. the irs at the direction of some political elites in washington, not in cincinnati, but washington, took what had been for decades a process of reviewing applications for exempt status that a 5013c company would expect to take three to four weeks and they converted the process into one that took three to four years and in some cases is still not over. number two, the line agents in the irs had their work disrupted and halted by washington. in 2010, true the volt filed its application for c 3 status and did not obtain that c 3 status until we sued the irs. so in september they granted it. people shouldn't have to sue to get their tax-exempt status. when lois lerner and president obama accused line agents in cincinnati of being responsible, ladies and gentlemen, that is a lie. i knew when lois lerner said that in may of 2010, when she admitted that it was happenin

that shocking story comes from a department of justice report that accuses the missoula county attorney's having something they call an institutionalized bias against women in sexual assault cases. got a couple hard-to believe stories too. in one case police obtained a confession from a man who actually admitted to raping a woman. he admitted it, he confesses and yet no charges are filed. they said insufficient evidence. in another case, a woman said she had been drugged and raped by someone she knew. police actually found the video of the man apparently slipping a drug into the woman's drink. they also found some prescriptions for things commonly used as date rape drugs. but no charges resulted. again, prosecutor says insufficient evidence. cnn has reached out to this prosecutor, the miss soul la county attorney, fred van vulkenberg. so far, no response. he did tell cnn's affiliate, kpax, the allegations in the report are, quote, ridiculous. he called the report retaliation. retaliation, because he had filed a lawsuit last week claiming the doj did not have the authority to investigate h

i am monitored every day by though white house, department of justice.u, the media, and my wife, so i can take another monitor any daye. >> all right. we're going to take a break and come back with our questions from our guests on sheriff joe about his policies, what they mean for those that call themselves the dreamers. stick around. we'll be right back. ♪ >>> welcome back. he has been dubbed america's toughest sheriff. sheriff joe arpaio is here breaking down some of his most controversial positions and answering your questions. we have a question from a man who was arrested during one of sheriff joe's workplace raids. what is your question for sheriff joe? >> my question was the american dream usually to come over here and better themselves. i was brought here at the age of three, so i'm -- i finished high school, but after high school, i pretty much can say i don't have an american dream anymore. so my question to him is, what does he think should be done with people like us, in my situation. >> sheriff joe what should be done with people like her, w

certainly once i got the opinions from the department of justice and there were a number over the years addressing the program that the techniques did not cross the legal line into torture. and i still don't believe that. but you know one of the things i tried to do in the book was certainly not be a cheerleader for this because it did get a lot of those in the agency in the kind of trouble that i didn't anticipate in the beginning. and i wasn't alone in this. no one was deeply involved in this program and it went on for six years. we were enthusiastic boosters of it. if we thought that the program was not working and wasn't yielding results of sums critics have charged, we wouldn't have done it. we would not have continued it and i certainly wouldn't have continued it. it was politically growing toxic lead a month. so i don't think it was torture and i also think it yielded benefits. listening to feedback from the cia i was convinced because they were convinced that it was providing worthwhile hugely important intelligence. >> host: so there is certainly a body of work that suggests th

that are separate and independent of the department of justice. should you -- should the federal reserve be using these powers in reaction to this type of criminal behavior? >> well, so our obligation has to do with safety and soundness. and to the extent that these practices are illegal and we have an institution that is discovered not to be complying with the law, we have an obligation to act to make sure that it comes into compliance and if we detect behavior that's criminal, we -- it's our obligation to refer that to the justice department for prosecution. >> so one of the powers you have directly is to remove executives of banks when they misbehave. is it your intention to pursue this issue in any way to explore whether that type of action is appropriate in this situation? >> i -- i will discuss, you know, with my colleagues what's appropriate. i don't have a definitive answer for you. >> thank you very much for pursuing that. i'll certainly want to follow up with you because when we're talking over a billion dollars of tax evasion and of 22,0

but it does not change the competitive dynamics one iota in any individual market, so the department of justice and the sec will not be reviewing this in the traditional -- through the traditional lens of hhi, which is the concentration index you would use. you could argue that it could actually lead to lower bills in that the combined entity, if the merger is allowed, will have more leverage to get lower programming costs, so that could flow through to consumers. >> ok, so cheaper programming, that is good, but think about the fact that more and more viewers are choosing to stream their video, so is there even if future for cable television? asked ceo john kline. >> it is all about size, delivering of content thomas etc., whether you're in the former phone company, verizon, at&t, all of these guys have to get as big as possible as fast as possible. >> and so in the cable industry at least, this is pretty close to a monopoly now. >> i do not know monopoly, but ourverizons and at&ts national networks, but a cable programmer is localized, and that might be changing. you suddenly have a company th

i am monitored every day by though white house, department of justice.clu, the media, and my wife, so i can take another monitor any daye. >> all right. we're going to take a break and come back with our questions from our guests on sheriff joe about his policies, what they mean for those that call themselves the dreamers. stick around. we'll be right back. >> every sunday night, al jazeera america brings you conversations you won't find anywhere else... >> your'e listening because you wanna see what happen... >> get your damn education... >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> oh my... while you were asleep news was happening. >> here are the stories we're following. >> find out what happened and what to expect. >> international outrage. >> a day of political posturing. >> every morning from 5 to 9 am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. >> tell us exactly what is behind this story. >> from more sources around the world. >> the situation has intensified here at the border. >> start ever

there's not a smidgeon of corruption in the irs targeting of conservative groups has now has house republicans questioning whether the justice departmenthis candaene sca today they made a big deal of the fact that one of the lead prosecutors for the justice department, a woman named barbara bosserman, actually made campaign contributions over the years to president obama. george, is that a legitimate concern? >> sure. there are six ongoing investigations, not one of them finished, two in the house, two in the senate, one in treasury and one in justice. subtract the two from the administration because they can't be trusted to investigate itself. still, not one of them has come to a conclusion. in the hearings today there were -- there was a story of two women. one was the lawyer who represents many of the tea party groups and who testified today that the harassment and delay of these groups is ongoing. now i know her to be, a, a woman of absolute integrity, of terrifying tenacity and prodigious legal talent. that's not why she's not only my friend and my lawyer, and if she says it's ongoing, it is ongoing. she represents the other woman

many kids are locked up, and what is the significance of this intervention by the federal department of justiceepartment and education? >> well, there are about 30% of the kids that are locked up, there's about 270 beds there are -- have special needs, special education. but that's really low for a facility. the estimates typically are around 70%. so at least 1/3 are -- have the diagnosis, have the paperwork to be in special education. but the lawsuit alleges that there's probably a lot more that haven't been identified and haven't received the services. the federal lawsuit is a pretty big deal. it's rare for the feds to weigh in on a case like this. and it sort of signals that they felt pretty strongly that the party involved which are the probation department and the county office of education which sort of have been pointing the fingers at each other, the fed weighed in and said you're both responsible for the education and services that the children need. >> what kinds of disabilities, tom, do the juveniles have? what are the conditions like in solitary confinement for them? >> they run the

the caller did not identify their location as the department of justice. it would only say a man with chest pain and abnormal breathing was on the fifth floor. we are told the vehicles belong to the security detail of attorney general eric holder. by noon, a spokesperson for the department of justice said it was eric holder, that the 63-year-old was in a staff meeting when he began feeling faint with shortness of breath. news ericll abc holder retreated to a private office where his security detail insisted he go to the hospital. 82nd attorney general was making jokes on his way to the hospital. did starr refused comment, but in a goodholder was disposition and good condition, so much so that by 1:30 he had been released. his security detail raced back to their unit. he has an active schedule this month, a trip to sweden to discuss gay marriage. we call on congress to create a strong national standard. >> and testifying before a senate committee on the massive cyber breaches at target and neiman marcus. holder has been in office since 2009 and consistently