this is guy is high up in doj. he went before the u.s. senate in november. a month ago. that he could not remember whether he had ever seen a draft of that critical letter which now so wrong they had to withdraw it. i don't remember whether i ever saw a draft. he doubled down on that testimony in written form. to the u.s. senate. well, these documents that just came out on friday show that it was sent to him. and not only was it sent to him at least four times. at least four times. he forwarded it from his doj email to his private g mail. >> bill: is that fair? >> you tell me. when he is forwarding to private g mail is he praising lt. who is heavily involved in the drafting complaining who him this is worse than drafting the magna car attachment forward to the private email. big deal on doj and other agencies. he doesn't remember? he doesn't remember ever seeing the draft? >> take the fall then? >> i don't know i don't know whether he is going to take the fall or not. they have good reason to be pressing on this because the information from doj is coming out in drips and

reaction from one state that has been shut down by the doj. south carolina, their attorney general is here live. ron paul retains a lead in iowa ahead of the caucuseses. still struggling in new hampshire and elsewhere, in particular nationwide he is at least a distant third. we'll talk to his campaign senior adviser about his chances and their strategy right after this break. plus, we've got the final number on the cost of this little guy's gym membership. you know who is picking up the tab, you are. stay tuned. megyn: there is a new leader in the republican pack in iowa folks as we countdown to the caucuses, a week from yesterday. ron paul maintains a first place position against his rivals in the hawk-eye state ahead of next tuesday's contest. with all the last minute jocking for votes congressman paul leads the public policy poll with 24%. mitt romney is in second with 20%. newt gingrich third at 13. doug weed, a senior adviser to ron paul is here with me. good to have you. >> thanks, megyn. megyn: you have all these folks and ron paul cont

the doj withdrew it it was so riddled with inaccuracies.imony i have month recollection of seeing it before it was sent. the document dump shows brewer forwarded versions of the letter from his personal gmail and his deputy was deeply involved in the drafting of it and brewer praised him on it saying great work as usual. what should be done with brewer. neither he nor anybody else has been fired or disciplined. >> you hit it on head. the fact of the matter is no one has been disexplained or terminated. they reassigned the atf people. but no one has taken responsibility. what congress is doing is right. calling on this white house to have somebody stake responsibility. in private life if you make a false statement to congress you go to jail. you don't get to send a letter saying it was inaccurate, when withdraw it. you dent goat to withdraw it. you end up being indicted. there has to be responsibility. lenny brewer praising the author of the primary author of the letter. he says he can't remember read it. he forward it to his own gmail accou

when we were looking over some of the emails between doj, atf, and the u.s. attorney's office in phoenix, trying to parse the language of -- figure out how to respond properly to senator grassley in the letter, for me, it looked like that group was started to move into not a cover-up mode but one that is more intent on language and providing a straightforward response. at any time, would not have been easier, because the letter was directed to acting director nelson -- would have been easier -- and do you or anyone else know if acting director nelson said why don't i go into senator grassley and brief -- in to senator grassley and brief him rather than relying on someone who did not have the information to draft the letter that you later had to withdraw? >> a couple of things here. acting director nelson actually did come to the committee held by chairman issa on his own. >> but that was after the letter. >> that is fine. he did that on his own. but with regard to the formation of that letter, atf was intimately involved. you look at the emails, and there wer

megyn: do you think, is this about politics for the doj?ly, leslie, the administration would like to see, you know, typically democrats want to make the voter registration process as easy as possible, and republicans worry about voter fraud, and we see this every election con contest. but do you think there's a political motivation on behalf of the doj here, leslie? >> no, i don't. because south carolina's not the only state. the naacp did bring this to the department of justice, you know, department's attention and, quite frankly, this is their job. regardless if it's a democrat or republican in office, i don't want any american to have hardship or be prevented from voting, quite frankly, even if they're somebody who's not voting for the candidate i'm voting for. megyn: usually, they get a provisional ballot. the reason i ask, lars s one of the arguments that the civil rights group raised in challenging this law, they said, look, a lot of african-american folks may not have the means to pay for documentation to get state-issued ids, but th

the doj dump a stack of records indicating that doj officials were either incompetent or gave false information when congress started to ask questions. >> we got a deceptive letter sent to senator grassley saying there is nothing to look at, there is nothing wrong, there is nothing to worry about and that is a flat-out lie. it's not acceptable. megyn: william lajeunesse with more. >> reporter: that information was in a letter to senator grassley. three agencies prepared the letter. the assistant attorney general on behalf all three said we didn't knowingly let illegal guns go to mexico and none of our guns showed up at terry's murder scene. brewer blamed the atf acting director and agent in charge saying that he relied on their unequivocal denials. but is the attorney general's office entirely blameless? many don't think so. 25 people reviewed that letter before it went out, including brewer and several deputy attorneys general. people in justice knew that letter going to congress contained inaccuracies and they signed off it anyway. plus they released this nasty email throwing burke under the

. $335 million between the doj and countrywide financial.urchased by barveg of bank of america in 2008 and this is the largest fair practice lending settlement in the history of this country, according to eric holder. attorney general eric holder said they found that a federal probe found discrimination against some 200,000 qualified african-american and hispanic borrowers between 2004 and 2008. i have a statement that came to us in the last few minutes from bank of america. it says, we reach this settlement to resolve issues about countrywide historic practices that occurred before bank of america acquired the company. the whole story is at cnnmoney.com. a settlement between the doj and bank of america. brooke? >> poppy harlow, thank you so much. >>> a shocking hate crime. why you may be surprised to hear who is accused of attacking these amish people. >>> plus, a boy is molested, set on fire, and then dies years later. but he reveals the name of his abuser on his death bed. find out why his family was just awarded $150 billion but likely w

according to the doj, 82,000 minority citizens in south carolina are registered to vote but lack thentification the new law requires. these voters are nearly 20% more likely to be disenfranchised by this change than are white voters. now, the department of justice can do this. it can step in in south carolina's new law because of the voting rights act of 1965. under section 5 of the voting rights act, certain states, states with an egregious history of legalized racial discrimination and suppressing the my tinority vote, those sta must get something called preclearance. they're going to significantly alter their election laws. the department of justice has to sign off on it. south carolina is one of those states. kansas isn't. south carolina's republican governor, nickki haley, vowed t fight the doj all the way to the supreme court where this case, may, in fact, result in a court ruling not just on south carolina's voter i.d. law, but on the validity of voting rights act, itself. voting is good for our country, not just for the individual. want to assess the health of a democracy? th

according to the doj, 82,000 minority citizens in south carolina are registered to vote but lack thefication the new law requires. these voters are nearly 20% more likely to be disenfranchised by this change than are white voters. now, the department of justice can do this. it can step in in south carolina's new law because of the voting rights act of 1965. under section 5 of the voting rights act, certain states, states with an egregious history of legalized racial discrimination and suppressing the minority vote, those states must get something called preclearance. they're going to significantly alter their election laws. the department of justice has to sign off on it. south carolina is one of those states. kansas isn't. south carolina's republican governor, nikki haley, vowed to fight the doj all the way to the supreme court where this case, may, in fact, result in a court ruling not just on south carolina's voter i.d. law, but on the validity of voting rights act, itself. voting is good for our country, not just for the individual. want to assess the health of a democracy? the k

but it's clear that there have been missteps by the doj.tability? people don't feel like someone has been held accountable. >> there are concerns about document that have not been presented under holder's watch. that is a huge concern. why is he not being forthright putting forth everything that has been requested. he should produce the documents or step down. >> in april 2010 darrell issa received a memo that outlined "operation fast & furious." he did nothing at that point. the same acue saitions you want to point at eric holder, the same thing could be said about darrell issa. >> all they have to do is produce the documents. megyn: but the distinction is eric holder's department w running the show. this was a doj operation. >> he immediately went to his inspector general. megyn: i want to have a debate about what's actually happened. he heard about it. grassley sent a letter saying did the atf let guns walk and the doj said no we don't do that. that letter was so replete with inaccuracies they had to withdraw it. they never would have go

because the judge's position with the doj does not involve the wikileaks or the manning cases. the judge decided to remain on this case. >> now the defense has filed a motion to get that judge removed from this case. in the meantime, the case will continue. they are back in court tomorrow, which happens to be manning's 24th birthday and we're told 300 supporters are planning a rally and a march in his honor. 9news now. >> thanks for that report. >>> a victory today for the man behind wikileaks. britain's highest court ruled that julian can appeal his extradition to sweden where he is accused of sex offenses. the founder says the allegations are politically motivated. he has been living in england. his arrest came shortly after wikileaks published thousands of diplomatic cables, including unflattering views of world leaders and candid assessments of security threats. >> here is welcome news in virginia. congress has reached a deal to impose a parking cap at the mark center. the idea is to keep the traffic from getting any worse. once the mark center is fully occupied. the bill a

because of doj's on going investigation into wikileaks. the website operated by julian. manning is charged with aiding the enemy, stealing the government says, hundreds of thousands of military documents and giving them to wikileaks. after five recesses which amounted to less than two hours of court time, the military judge decided to stay on the case. >> denied, that's what a federal judge told prosecutors today at a preliminary hearing for hernandez. they had asked if the suspected white house shooter has some more psychiatric screenings just to make sure he is fit for trial. the judge said there's no evidence he is fit. ortega is accused of shooting an assault rifle. >>> a graduate student at george washington university has died from meningitis. they say that the person lived off campus. gw officials have contacted 35 people who may have come into contact with that student. they are advised to get checked out by a doctor. >> some good news for a change for commuters down in virginia. congress reached a dell to impose a parking cap at the mark center. the idea is to k

remember, the sec can impose civil penalties and make recommendations to the doj. i did not mean to overemphasize that, but i do not mean to minimize it, either. my experience in san diego tells me that decent people that were trying to do the wrong thing had their careers ended by simply a lack of attention. i have been trying to carry that message here, and we will see how it goes. in any event, this is the official statement. material information is what we will include. the investor is the centerpiece of this. we will tell our story. we will tell a story about what we are financing, risk factors associated with that. obviously, you could have a fall-off in mta revenues, but the big risk factor is seismic -- a calamity event. that is the real big one, at which held that, and our disclosure there runs across -- you know, is consistent across all of our enterprises to the city. so financial information, litigation. so what we would like you to do in reviewing the official statement is to the extent that you have knowledge in your capacity as board members about a

the doj has now sent a letter to 156 law enforcement agencies across alabama, reminding them of their, quote, legal obligation, and i'm quoting the letter, reads in part, to ensure that your enforcement of this law does not result in the unlawful stopping, questioning, searching, detaining, or arresting of persons or in the targeting of racial or ethnic minorities in a manner that violates the constitution. alabama says they are simply doing what the federal government will not do, which is enforcing immigration laws. but now there are some signs that alabama might be walking this back a little bit. the republican attorney general there, luther strange, has now sent out a notice to lawmakers in the state saying that parts of this law could be repealed to make it easier to defend in court, the parts he's talking about are forcing public schools to collect immigration status on the public school students, as well as forcing illegals to carry immigration papers. the republican governor in alabama, robert bentley, has said he does not want the law repealed, but he admits that it could be

practices taking place because they feared for their jobs but last year president obama signed into law the doj frank wall street reform and consumer protection act one of the provisions signed into that law was a major revamp of whistleblower rights now as ironic as i know it might seem that the obama administration would be agreeing to protect whistleblowers rights let's just keep going for the sake of the story whistleblowers are now guaranteed legal protection and paid cash rewards for tips made directly to the f.c.c. regarding illegal activity so as you can imagine the big banks now they're not really fans but it turns out that they found a few allies in their fight against these reforms g.o.p. lawmakers and fox news take for example new york republican congressman michael grimm he introduced a bill that would repeal the whistleblower protection part of doc frank and his plan would reduce rewards for rewarding on fraud but also force employees to report any possible crimes to their supervisors first before notifying the f.c.c. think we all know what happens when your reports of them your s

law requires but this is nothing new with the usa so that's why i was making a reference to doj a sense of missed almost a very broad sweeping statements which i don't think we have quite time to pick apart right. this movement but moving on now after the nine eleven attacks the u.s. . what was at a time just war on terror by moving into afghanistan some analysts it speculated that have been speaking to an aussie that around could potentially face invasion what do you make of that well i think that. into that direction but i don't think the usa and the present moment is capable of doing that i don't think it has the force to do that or the economy to do that i think the usa is trying to extricate itself from iraq and afghanistan i don't think it is in a position to go into another country and iran is three times as big as your rock. even in libya we've seen the us instead of taking a position. the fights through the others that took nato and the europeans the french and the british and what have you to do the work so i personally do not think there are certainly again. these are very sw

i'm not sure how the doj is going to rule.of an identification. that is not discrimination. that is good way to deal with it. >>> if you look at the primary voting turnout, you have fewer than 20% of eligible voters turning out. do we really want to make it harder for people to qualify, to voted to express a preference in a democracy? >> you have to prove who you are. >> picture i.d. >> people use ids for base can transactions, to buy cigarettes and alcohol. it's not an economic hardship. some states are offering it for free. this is a really bad argument. i think the obama administration is playing the race card. just like they are playing the class warfare card because obama has nothing to run on. and they are trying to drum up any minority voters by whipping up emotions. >> you will never believe what one woman claims that tsa claimed as a possible explosion i have. you definitely want to hear this one. >> heather: following that happy festive music. tsa agent confiscated ago cupcake at out of concern it could be an explosi

doj is arguing that the deputies may have contributed to the death of another inmate by using excessivecouple of weeks away until the republicans face the test for the white house. newt gingrich and rick perry stumbling in virginia are the stakes higher in iwampt a drought in tess tess create a drought of mistletoe. and so christmas went on without the proficiency icon. we'll let you know after ♪ [ singing ] [ male announcer ] if you think tylenol is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors recommend most for arthritis pain, think again. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain... two pills can last all day. ♪ when you pour chunky beef with country vegetables soup over it... you can do dinner. four minutes, around four bucks. campbels chunky. it's amazing what soup can do. president obama seened the fallen heroes act. and it is in new york city and in pennsylvania. a spokesman for the families say it is a wonderful holiday presence for those who lost loved ones on that tragic day. the campaign trail is buzzing with a mistake made by two gop presidential candida

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then we have the real stories, the doj looking at the racial component.e a real staying power. they matter in policy and what the president says about them because they are not something that you campaignç on. you are actually going to have to deal with this and the arizona law is suspect because it's taking a class of person, whether or not they are noncitizen, taking a class and giving them different treatment. that's something the courts tend to give a heightened scrutiny towards. >> if you look at iowa where the population grew by 84% over the last decade and nonimmigrant population grew by 2%, it's a very incendiary sensitive subject for iowans but other parts, new hampshire, for example, it's not so much of a hot button issue and negotiating that will be hard for gop nominee, let's say it's mitt romney who has come out of the gates in iowa with this fiery rhetoric then has to pivot back to a nu ansed position. >> it used to be the nixon strategy, go to the right then move back to the middle when you get in the general election. the republican party

the doj hoped to use the weapons to bust the big fishery responsible -- the big fish responsible formexican crime. but "fast and furious" is a huge disaster. the weapons are not carefully traced, and of the 2,000 guns let go across the border, 1400 are never recovered. it includes two guns used in the attack that killed agent terry. so who is responsible for this mess? >> i cannot be expected to know the details of every operation. >> during the congressional testimony this year, attorney general eric holder de thighs authorizing -- denies authorizing "fast and furious" saying he only found out about it recently. but brian terry's parents aren't buying it. >> i know they are lying. they are liars. >> they would have never let these guns out. maybe brian would never be in the desert. >> there is an investigation into the murder, but the obama administration has asked the judge on seal the court records. who are they trying to protect and why? >> congressman jason chavis from the great state of utah joins us. congressman, thanks for being with us. this whole case infeuar yates -- infur

because of doj's on going investigation into wikileaks. manning is charged with aiding the enemy. stealing, the government says, hundreds and thousands of military documents and giving them to wikileaks. the 23-year-old was arrested in kuwait may of 2010. he has been held ever since. the defense attorney asking the judge, quote, why are we here a year and a half later? why is this stuff classified? why is it going to cause harm? manning's case has gotten support from thousands worldwide and a handful of those supporters rallied outside ft. mead to protest the hearing. the prosecution said there is no bias because the military's judge is in the child ease exploitation division and has no connection with wikileaks or manning. after five recesses, which amounted to less than two hours of court time, the military judge decided to stay on the case. despite his decision to stay on the case, the defense has filed an appeal to try to prevent him from remaining on this hearing, but in the meantime, until a decision is made, the hearing will continue. they will be back in court tomorrow mor

the doj hoped to use the weapons to bust the big fishery responsible -- the big fish responsible forhe mexican crime. but "fast and furious" is a huge disaster. the weapons are not carefully traced, and of the 2,000 guns let go across the border, 1400 are never recovered. it includes two guns used in the attack that killed agent terry. so who is responsible for this mess? >> i cannot be expected to know the details of every operation. >> during the congressional testimony this year, attorney general eric holder de thighs authorizing -- denies authorizing "fast and furious" saying he only found out about it recently. but brian terry's parents aren't buying it. >> i know they are lying. they are liars. >> they would have never let these guns out. maybe brian would never be in the desert. >> there is an investigation into the murder, but the obama administration has asked the judge on seal the court records. who are they trying to protect and why? >> congressman jason chavis from the great state of utah joins us. congressman, thanks for being with us. this whole case infeuar yates -- in

but they said the doj is still stonewalling.oke with him earlier tonight. >> glad to see you. >> glad to see you, greta. >> explain this to me. you sent a a letter to the gun f department of justice about the gun running operation, project gun runner. >> there weren't any accusation necessary that letter either and they kind of want to make out that i was accusing them of a lot of things. all i wanted wags information. in fact most of this year all we've wanted from the justice department is just information. >> they responded on february 4th. >> yeah. >> and then during the course of several months that followed there's a lot of controversy going back and forth, back and forth about information they provided you or didn't. now you received a letter dated december 2nd in which they say they will withdraw the february 4th letter. what happened? >> well, in the meantime, even within a couple weeks after the february 4th response we got to them, we sent them some information that indicated very clearly that their letter had misinfo

the doj won't say who it's investigating, but the european union is investigating apple and five ebookshers for similar complaints. >>> the white house is defending kathleen sebelius's decision to overrule the fda and keep restrictions on the so-called morning after pim in place. the fda had planned on lifting the age restriction on the controversial contra septemberive. sebelius decided to keep the restrictions in place. that means girls under the age of 17 would need a prescription. she says some girls as young as 11 are physically able to have the pill physically, but argue that they're not ready to handle the emotional sides of the morning-after pill. >>> millions of people can soon brag that their work will be archived in the library of congress. that's right. twitter is working on archiving every single tweet ever created into the world's largest library, whether it's a picture of your dinner or response to a celebrity. it is going in the history books. the project is part of a study to catch the mood of the public during certain news events. twitter processes more than 140 milli

the doj had been expecting it lay off 203 agents next year but the attorney general now says it will be 102 sworn agents plus 21 civilians who will lose their jobs. harris, the attorney general, was able to find money in her budget to keep the rest of the agents on the job. >>> president obama will be in fort bragg, north carolina today to thank servicemembers who served during the nine-year war in iraq. that war will end in three weeks. all u.s. combat troops are supposed to be out of iraq by then. >> it's important for to us continue to have a security partnership with iraq but it's not going to be with our folks based inside of iraq. >> at the height of the war in 2007, about 170,000 u.s. servicemembers were in iraq. >>> good morning, folks. if you are headed outside? >> we have some freezing temperatures around the bay area, freeze warning up in the north bay again and those temperatures plummetting down into the 20s. not only that we have some fog visibilities to a half mile in the santa rosa area. could see some freezing fog with those cold temperatures slick road and ice on th