please send us guidance, because doj is the enforcer. send us guidance on how you intend to enforce the law and what you think we should take into consideration in granting a waiver. doj never sent them any guidance, and never put out any guidance to the states about how they were going to enforce the law. contrast that with in 2002 when the help america vote act was passed when the doj put out all kinds of guidance on how it was going to enforce the law. dod was supposed to designate particular foyfss on installations to be the basically the equivalent of voter registration facilities, the same way dmv offices are, the same way public assistance offices are. when did they do that? now remember the laws passed in october 2009. well, they did the designation on november 15th, 2010, two weeks after the election. and there is even a letter i think in march of 2011 in to congress in which they said not all the branches have done that. and one of the key problems for overseas folks in the military is they move around so much. and so many of t

please send us the guidance because doj is the enforcer. please send us guidance on how you intend to enforce the law and what you think we should take into consideration in granting a waiver. doj never sent them any guidance, and never put out any guidance to the state about how they're going to enforce the law. contrast that with the 2010 would help america vote act passed when doj put up all kinds of guidance on how was going to enforce the law. dod was supposed to designate, particular offices on installation to be basically the equivalent of voter registration agency, same way dmv offices are, the same with public assistance offices are. when did they do that? now remember the law was passed in october 2009. well, they did the designation on november 15, 2010, 2 weeks after the election. there's even a letter, i think it is march 2011 in which, to congress in which they said we still, not all the branches have done that. one of the key problems for overseas folks in the military is they move around so much. and so many of the ballots t

and doj is sitting on its hands and not doing what it should do. and there is actually a bill that was introduced in the senate on this. but it hasn't gone anywhere. >> it's access and information. if you can't access the ability to register to vote and the information in your district in under 60 seconds, you failed because it ain't going to happen. so you have to get them information and access. they have to be -- and i think it's a great idea. voter registration drives on base there is lots of organizations that can do it. you should be able to access how you need to register to vote. not necessarily go through the whole process, but how, and what people are voting on at home. and if it's over 60 seconds, i can tell you right now, especially those 18 to 24-year-olds, it ain't happening. i can order a pizza in ten seconds from my phone right now. and get it delivered probably before we leave here. that's the level of customer service. you got to understand that we -- this younger generation, my generation of vets, we access information differentl

will sheriff joe cooperate with the doj investigation? it is a showdown like no other. we'll ask him when he joins us live. >> let's get some facts. why would they be afraid to give us the facts? what are they trying to hide if there are any facts? what are they trying to hide? give it to us. we'll work together. there he is, poised to discover plum amazins, the amazing alternative to raisins and cranberries with more fiber, less sugar, and a way better glycemic index. he's clearly enjoying one of the planet's most amazing superfruits. hey, keep it down mate, you'll wake the kids. plum amazins. new, from sunsweet. megyn: new fireworks in the debate over building an oil pipeline from canada to the bull of mexico. supporters argue the pipeline will bring a steady supply of oil from a friendly ally, but critics fear it could cause environmental problems. the president has been trying to shelf a decision on this project until after the election, but my next guest is warning there will be a political price to pay if this thing does not go forward. jack gerard is president of

. >> there are doj guidelines that basically prohibit a prosecutor from demanding that someone resign from office as part of a plea bargain. however, a putative defendant is permitted if he chooses to do so to offer his resignation as part of the deal into order to encourage a prosecutor to either reduce the charges or to reduce the fine or something. >> reporter: thomas never admitted any wrongdoing but he did agree to pay back the $300,000 in installments of $50,000 each but last week, he missed second payment of $50,000. that was due back on december 31st. i'm stacy cohan. back to you. >> thank you. >>> in the race for the republican nomination for president, the candidates now turning to new hampshire where the first primary battle is set for next tuesday. mitt romney back in his political backyard just days after a win in iowa. he is touting an endorsement from a new hampshire favorite senator john mccain. mccain won the new hampshire primary during his failed bid for the presidency in 2008. >> i am really here for one reason and one reason only. that is to make sure that we make

and so the doj report also is calculated by the department using these codes, said they will count how many codes they have in the reports received, and the same is true for the profile, so what we noticed is we analyze the codes, and that is the method by which these two reports are counting, and we noticed that there are differences in how these codes are being used by crime type, so for the example of aggravated assault, we noticed the codes that associated aggravated assault cases were being used for one profile but were not being used to count of aggravated assaults in the other report. so it is really that we are continuing to rely -- if the department is continuing to rely on using these codes as their methodology by which crime is accounted for these two reports, those codes should be the exact same way for both reports. does that answer your question? commissioner turnan: i understand how we're coming up with different ones, but my question was how to get everyone to come together with one methodology. that is what i am talking about. has that dialogue begun? how do we do that

there's dog guidelines that basically prohibit a -- doj guidelines that basically prohibit a prosecutor from demanding that it unresign from office as part of a plea bargain. reporter: but the former district attorney said thomas could offer to resign, perhaps reduce the charges, possible fines and prison time the ward 5 council member is accused of stealing $300,000 in city grants and spending the money on himself. thomas has agreed to repay the city but degeneva said the feds could nail thomas on tax evasion charges. >> it makes sense that it unin mr. thomas' position would be negotiating -- that someone in mr. thomas' deposition would be negotiating the at this point for the simple reason when you reach a settlement with the city where you basically admit you shouldn't have taken the money, at this point wheey is t inevitably the federal government has to look at that and treat it as a criminal matter because it's simply too much money. reporter: we spoke to ward 1 council member jim graham tonight about harry thomas' possible resignation. >> there's a lot of complex emotions at a ti

the doj took the approach this is a state problem, and came at it, as you heard earlier and throughout, that that's the attitude of this justice department. this is always a state problem and we're not going to look at counties. i face this in the case of us v. alabama that i brought. i won't get in the particulars the case, but the question is why aren't the counties reporting this data to the ac? the answer, of course, from the justice department's perspective is we only look at the states, and so it sort of locks you into one model of resolution that i don't necessarily think is very helpful. i will -- obviously, this will be in the front and center this year. i mean, you're going to hear about these cases, so i guess the he question is what comes out of it. i can't predict. i think it's a county problem more than a state problem. >> okay. >> mr. secretary, can i say one word to that, which is we agree, actually, and would join you in moving toward a cleaner list to the extent that -- to the extent that we have the data that bearing out that this is problematic. so i don't think the

or i felt a majority of the group made some meants about some recommendations that have come out of doj, stating basically that absentee election ballots were late than the secretary of state would be fined and of course, we understand, nobody has worked harder, as you know, and nobody will work harder than secretaries of state from around this country to ensure that our military are allowed to vote. and i think that is something that we all agree on, it's a common bond that holds us together as a nation and organization, it's the one thing we agree on. the concern was that we would be sued that election absentee ballots are not handled by secretaries of state and we are held responsible. to answer your question about what one of the solutions might be, it was recommended this morning, and not by me, because my governor's birthday is february the third, but someone said if they are suing the state, why not the governor? why are they suing the secretaries of state? that is an interesting concept. but the governor, based on a recent supreme court, is the absolute authority. s so i think i

doj's looking at that. they will look at the transaction as well as the fcc. the applications for the verizon deal with three companies is part of what's called spectrum code has been filed and verizon and cox communications will file applications. so that's going the get some attention. we don't have the mega deal of all deals such as t-mobile, at&t, but we still have two fcc commissioners that are pending in the senate. senator grassley of iowa has placed a hold on jessica other the lightsquared issue. the fcc says we only give document toss the chairman of our authorizing committees, so he's placed a hold on those two. the fcc right now is three commissioners, commissioners copse' term is done, so they can do their work with three, but we're waiting on those other two to get confirmed, and we'll see when that happens. >> host: is at&t/t-mobile one of the big issues of 2011, is it just gone, no more? any further developments in that in 2012? >> guest: i would say we'd have to wait -- i think if the administration, if election results in a republican administ

the doj will get the transaction as well as the sec. the implications for the verizon companies is part of what has been filed and then for a rise in communications will file application. so that's going to get some attention. we don't have the deals of all deals such as t-mobile and at&t but we have a small transaction that will still get focus of people and don't forget we still have the two commissioners that are pending in the senator. senator grassley of iowa has placed a hold on the energy pie issue he wants the documents to relate to light square and the said we only get documents to the chairman of the authorizing committee, the house and senate commerce committees. cities placed a hold on those two. the three commissioners, commissioner copps commesso they can do their work for three. but we are waiting on the other to to get confirmed and we will see when that happens. >> ase at&t in 2011 is just gone, no more? any further d. phillips and in that in 2012? >> i would say we would have to wait until -- i think if the administrat

it occurred just hours after this doj shut down megaupload.to you. >> and let's get a check on the forecast now. rain arrives. >> we've been waiting for it. people are going when is it going to be over? sunday afternoon? >> we hope. >> and this is a live view from mount tam camera. it's windy and rainy with waves of rain and there is most of this is light but there is moderate to heavy rain and this is where it's heavy. there is a rather large area of moderate to heavy rainfall. so there are highlights, wide spread rain tonight. rain rainy and windy tomorrow. and finally snowfall coming to the sierra. there is high pressure giving way to advancing rainfall z behind that we've got a second strong storm, stronger one coming in tomorrow, and yet the third storm coming in late sunday so jet stream is active and storm track is active and we're going to get wet weather. there is at 7:00 we'll have a warely wide spread rainfall and that will move through during late night hours and overnight just areas of rain and showers, but by afternoon with arriv

we are very pleased that doj has stepped in.are concerned that the state is filing a lawsuit seeking to gut section five of vra and we're pleased that holder was here with us to speak to the crowd and make clear that he intended to do across the country what he has done in this state and that's to enforce the voting rights act and ensure that all people can vote. >> talking about attorney general eric holder. i want to talk more about the justice didn't. they blocked the south carolina law. do you think the voter id law will be on the books officially by the november election? >> i don't. unless they are willing to make some real series changes, i really don't see how this bill could go forward. it's a blatant violation of the voting rights act. it stands for all the things that our country stands against. this is a country that believes in one person, one vote. that believes in free and fair voting and the reality is this law puts in place the first financial barriers to voting since we got rid of the poll tax. what's worst is

anonymous is taking credit for going after the doj's web site. there is some huge developments in this case. we will get you updated as they become available. we are trying to reach out to these companies for comment. >> keep us posted jake. coming up -- a mother in jail accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old. >> somebody is stealing gas straight from the tanks of cars. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >> some students at one of the best type schools in the area were suspended because of what went down at a recent house party. >> at first the students just had to face their parents. after a principle when on a social media investigation, they were punished. >> it all started because of what students posted on facebook. should these teenagers be punished at school for drinking that happened at home decks out here i

how come the obama doj goes after mega up loads and has them held without bail for song sharing but allowsok at that, mega up loads for those who don't know. when it comes to the bankers oh wait, wait, let's wait three years, let's let some of the statute of limitations to run out and then maybe we'll do an investigation, we'll see later. thank you for joining us. the "countdown" is next, and the war room first ever

. >> there are dog guidelines that have -- doj guidelines that have permitted his resignation to be offered freely and without coercion as part of a deal in order to encourage a prosecutor to either reduce the charges or to reduce the fine or something. reporter: thomas was not home when we stopped by late this afternoon. his wife later told me off camera she had nothing to say about her husband's possible resignation which ward 1 council member jim graham says saddens him greatly. >> it was all there. he had important committees. he had an important future. he was very much involved in key decisions. all of that is lost as a result of the wrong things that he apparently did. reporter: thomas represents ward 5, a seat on the city council once held by his father. >> what's the latest with the civil case? he owes an awful hot of money. >> indeed. though -- lot of money. >> indeed. though he admitted no wrongdoing council member thomas agreed to pay back that $300 in $50,000 installments. the second one was due -- $300,000 in $50,000 installments. the second one was due last week and has not y

. >> the bills that would give the doj the broad and vague authority to shut down foreign websites they think are infringing aren't completely dead yet, but senate majority leader, a democrat, is frustrated by this speed bump, tweeting that there's no reason that legitimate issues raised about protect ip can't be resolved, counterfeiting and piracy cost thousands of jobs yearly. but reid is hopeful something will get done and soon. >> it's important for both sides on this issue to come together and work out the solution. continues to ensure a free and open internet. >> democrat senator says he had his hands on a petition with 14 million signatures of people who don't support the legislation and 10 million of those say they are voters. in washington, fox news. >>> coming up, a comic controversy. >> comic books that were once kid friendly got an edgy makeover, and a georgetown freshman visiting rutgers. she's going to have your sports coming up next. >>> a blast of winter today across our area. more than we've seen in quite a while. here's a look at what's happening now. precipitation mov

>> we've noticed that the doj site has been going in and out and we've talked with several anons, whoous itself is more of a culture, hard to get to the bottom of things. we've we've talked to several source and they are claiming responsibility. anonymous says that the shut down of mega upload.com is really the straw that broke the camel's back here. they say this is censorship and something that could possibly turn into a slippery slope. possibly leading to the shut down of larger file sharing sites like youtube. the department of justice says that mega upload.com is actually the 13th most visited site on the net was an illegal hub for copyrighted tv shows, images, computer games generating more than $175 million in what they say are illegal profits. now, almost immediately after mega upload was shut down, the cyber activists xath gathered online and began a denial of service on government websites. they're not breaching security for that. commuters blood a site with so much traffic that it causes that site to crash. i spoke with some anons who were watching the operation very closel

please send us guidance because doj is the enforcer.lease send us guidance on how you intend to enforce the law and what we should take into consideration? doj never sent them any guidance and put out no guidance to the states on how they're going to enforce the law. contrast that with 2002 when doj put out all kinds of guidance. d.o.d. was supposed to designate particular offices on installations to be the equivalent of voter registration agencies, the same way public assistance offices are. when did they do that? the law was passed in october of 2009. they did the designation on november 15, 2010, two weeks after the election. there is even a letter in march in which the congress said, not all of the branches have done that. one of the key problems for overseas folks in the military is that they move around so much. many of the ballots that get sent by election officials overseas come back with bad addresses. on one of the ways to solve that is to make sure that you -- the offices on every base that process people coming in that have

and he says, it's the department of justice going to shut down sites, they are going to shut down the dojthat is a violation of the freedom of speech. >> and anonwymous who calls themselves, they say that the last legislation was the straw that broke the camel's back. they want to stop the act or sof ash so sofa. >> it is a big part of the picture that's taking place. >> the justice department says it targeted mega upload.com as an illegal hub for copyrighted tv shows, and images and computer software and video games saying that the site generated more than $175 million in illegal proceeds. >> they were simply providing a service for people to upload files to. >> reporter: and right after they arrested mega upload founders, there was a virtual protest. a favorite weapon for these kinds of attacks is what is called a distributed denial of service or ddos attack which direct directs the flood of traffic to a website temporarily crashing the servers. it doesn't actually involve any hacking or security breaches and the attacks worked. the department of justice and fbi web sites went down. how

and also the doj just denied preclearance to south carolina for its photo i.d. law.resting new law in tennessee. state officials say the election officials will now be required to go through the state voter roles and compare those to a database to make sure no noncitizens are registered to vote. if there is any evidence that might be the case, those folks will be contacted and asked to prove that they are citizens. so a lot of new laws coming into effect this year. with the voter identification laws, proponents say they're trying to fight fraud, critics on the other hand argue they're going to end up disenfranchising some voter, poor and minority voters. one thing to be pretty sure of this year is as we approach november, more and more states will begin to roll out more laws affecting the election. >> okay. athena jones, thanks so much for that update. there are a few other unique laws that take effect today. utah is banning happy hour. california and oregon are prohibiting the sale of shark fins. shark fin soup. coming up, staying financially healthy in 2012. reduce

the radical doj lawyers i worked with blocked georgia's law that requires proof that only citizens aree. you heard that correctly. eric holder blocked the law in georgia that requires only citizens are registering to vote. the reason he did this is because they felt it was racially discriminatory against hispanics. that happened in 2009. this is the justice department at cs voter identification laws like they blocked in georgia or south carolina as a threat to our republic. but also views convicted felons participating in elections as an essential part of democracy. they are making a concerted effort. listen carefully. a concerted effort using the justice department to encourage felons to get the right to vote back on the november elections. this is the justice department, orders battlefield captors in afghanistan that our read their miranda rights but when it comes to louisiana governor bobby jindal, here's some news i am going to break here, justice department is using clandestine investigators wearing the electronic wires to go into welfare offices throughout louisiana to see if lou

is he racist against hispanics for having the doj file security for a governor trying to protect its citizens. megyn: there was a piece today that said even though he is suing her state, she showed up for the meet and greet, invited him to have lunch and have a tour of the border. pint sized jan refused to be intimidated biobama's confront national demeanor and now the back. he is the one that started the exchange with her that was tense. do they have a point? would you be singing a different tune if he were white or she were black or they were the same race? >> i think good for her that she is ambitious that she has her leather and wanted to have a conversation with him about immigration. i also think she wanted a confrontation. megyn: he started it. >> how do you know what she wanted. >> wait a second, david, let me finish. she wanted a confrontation on immigration because it is good right now for anyone on the right to show that they are standing up to the president, that they are being aggressive against the president, and that is where i do point fault at her, because she may no

so far, no official word from the doj. >>> in the first interview since the scandal that cost him hisjob joe paterno says he's not bitter. sandusky the assistant coach of 30 years stands accused of sexually assaulting several young boys. in 2002 when paterno was first told about the allegations he says he did what he thought was right. >> i said we have a problem i think. >> shannon: paterno battling lung cancer says winds to make it clear he is not a victim. paterno told the "washington post" if the accusations turn out to be true, "i'm sick about it." >>> some passengers aboard that italian cruise liner says the evacuation was terrifying and chaotic. we hear firsthand from an american woman from seattle who survived that is coming up. >> rick perry may be down but he says he's not out. the texas governor still taking swings at mitt romney for miss business record. we will talk to government perry, later in the show. you don't want to miss it. can you enjoy vegetables with sauce and still reach your weight loss goals? you can with green giant frozen vegetables. over twenty delicious

. >> maybe there is a way, martha to really for the doj to go after the pirating sites without maybek being the news and the bloggers that send you to those sites. martha: thanks a lot. good to see you. we'll see you on the 5. you can catcher i can on the fox news network. follow the money is on 10:00pm eastern monday, tuesday, wednesdays and friday. thursday, not so much. he has another show he does on thursday night. we'll talk about that later. bill: mitt romney says he will release some of the tax returns perhaps in april. that caused some boos last night in south carolina. former new hampshire governor john senunu is here live he is a romney supports. he will react to that. martha: a vicious attack at a jewelry store caught on video, and for what. wait until you see what the gunman got away with? >> he get me here. i fall down here, then he hit me in my head. i fall down. it's too scary. [ female announcer ] can only a prestige cream give you effective anti-aging results? challenge that with regenerist micro-sculpting cream. it hydrates better than creams costing as much as $500

they arrested four people including the site's founder, anonymous retaliated by shutting down the dojtes for major entertainment companies. here with the latest is amber lion. she spoke exclusively with members of anonymous. what did they tell you? >> they said that yesterday the shut down was the straw that broke the camel's back. we have seen a number of them all week, legislation sopa. they said after the website was shut down almost immediately anon started gathering in online chat rooms discussing what they were going to do and they began as a distributed denial of service attack against these u.s. government websites. that's a type of attack where so many computers flud a website with so much traffic that it causes it to shut down. i spoke with some of these anons watching this operation. it was called op mega upload. they're watching it very closely. and here's what they had to say. so anonymous sees the shut down of mega upload as a type of internet seven censorship? >> yes. it's a violation of freedom of speech. they are independent from any government and they regard the gov

the doj, the department of justice, has gone after, you know, voter id laws and immigration laws here the folks in south carolina are looking at a much broader picture than just one issue. and so i think that anybody we elect is going to be better than what we have in the white house right now. i think you're going to see the voters of south carolina make a decisive vote on saturday. >> i'm sure we will see you when we head down to south carolina on thursday morning. maybe we'll get you to come joyner in a diner somewhere in that state. appreciate your time, sir. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> he talks about voters are not really one issue voters. when you poll people the economy, the economy, the economy seems to be the big issue. i wonder that's why santorum is lowdown because he's been going with the values and social issues. >> santorum's theoretical strength once he emerged in iowa was his ability to appeal to sam's club republicans and blue collar republicans with economic message and background, contrast favorably with romney for those voters. he has not been able t

i was pronounced the doj -- doa, and i can get social security to pronounced my case.t can i do to get my case of the grand? >> i do not feel the republicans would do this for me. the president that we have, he is doing a good job, but he needs to have more time like john mccain said, i think it was the iowa for the new hampshire, but i believe the was the iowa, he stated that if obama had more time, he would bring this country around. he would do well with more time. what do you have to say about that? host: we will hear from wayne macdonald on how things are going in new hampshire. our cameras are at all local polling place in new hampshire to talk to primary voters. host: we are at war for an mcdonough school, new hampshire. what do you do for a living and how did you vote? guest: i will not tell you how voted. we worked in the cable industry. host: what have you made of the gop field this time around? guest: almost a process of elimination. a couple of people i eliminated right away. i spent some time, thought back on experiences from the last go around, and really

and i would just say that we had extensive conversations between doj, the white house, and congress on this issue, as we went through the drafting, and that would hold you would continue the dialogue with us regarding the regulations and how they are ultimately implemented. >> thank you very much, mr. vice-chairman. senator wyden? >> let me commend you and the vice chair of the way in which you put the focus in this committee on a bipartisan way, and i commend you for it. and all the witnesses in the table, i thank you for your outstanding service. it has been an extraordinary year. let me start with you, if i might, director clapper, with respect to iran. i have come to believe that iran's leaders are not going to give up their push for nuclear weapons capability unless they believe it is going to cost them their hold on power. do you share that assessment? >> senator wyden, that comports with the intelligence community assessments that if the decision is made to press on with the nuclear weapon and there are certain things they have not done yet to eventuate that, it will be based on

[applause] and the doj's comment away? you already on the love. john's soul train is team. baby genius brandish down the road and implies down in the layout. [cheers and applause] what did he say? stand. you've been sitting next to the. there's a permanent crease. stand here. they know what you're saying makes sense and all. and there's a midget standing tall and about to fall. stand. there is a cross for you to bear. things to go through if you're going anywhere. those are not just growth. to have young folk art tied into the superficial physical where they're told to be human, to be so they become addicted and self educated to keep them sleep walking. it is about the awakening. it's about the deep democratic awakening. they are called everyday. they are called ordinary folk. if you're fundamentally committed to the preciousness and the priceless mess of ordinary and everyday people. i don't care what color. i don't care culture, what civilization, what orientation. it begins with those catching, those called the wretched of the earth. and the problem of the framework to t

i was the point person on agriculture competition policies for doj for which brands view was you wouldtter off playing farm bill. [laughter] brad was happy when they asked me at the white house to come work in the national economy council. here is what i want to visit with you about today. what policy 101 is about, entrepreneurship, wireless broadband, and innovation and national priorities. last december and now little-noticed speech president obama use the following phrase. we are now facing our generations but that moment. many people are not students of history, meaning they did not understand what the lacerations but that moment was. for those who are not familiar with the concept, there was a time in the late 1950's when the soviet union were to be beating s in the space race. and that the vote and existential fear that the soviets are going to be ahead of us. they were first in space in the sense that they had sputnik. was it manned or unmanned? amanda in space, and that was a scary thought we had not done that and they had. that led to a national consensus and commitment to inv

so one of the dilemmas with this panel being the provocative person i am is that it's only doj who'sg this. where's everybody else who's involved in these issues? shouldn't they be here? shouldn't we be talking about how to create that common goal and that common language? we do know how to intervene. we have lots of effective interventions. you've heard about some of them. you've heard about a wonderful way of thinking about things in the court system. but we don't do it across the country. we don't have that common, shared language that everybody believes and everybody agrees with. i have an antidote; the defenders' association, a very controversial case where i was completely blindsided, um, and actually, frankly, called unethical by the public defender. and she was wrong. and i called her to task on it. and then was asked after calling her to task to give a talk about what it means to provide trauma treatment. well, it ends up that nobody, none of the attorneys in this, in this setting actually knew when they were requesting trauma-focused treatment what it was. and i had to teac