tom donilon the national security advisor. he was a political operative.e counter for carter and mondale. he is also the guy working with jim johnson, corrupting fannie mae. somehow, he is national security advisor and he is known in washington as the leaker in chief. >> sean: caddell's allegation is critical to the investigation, because tom donalon leads the briefing every day inside the oval office. that suggests as the investigation continues we may ultimately find out that the president himself, was the one who, in fact, authorized the release of this highly classified information. here on more of the scandal author of the number one best sell lor "demonic" ann coulter and the fox news contributor pat caddell. you a democrat and you are saying you definitively know. >> i didn't say i definitively know. i said i definitively know who it was. there is a difference. dianne feinstein. this is a he said putting american policy and american lives in "jeopardy." the "new york times" review of mr. sanger's book by thomas ricks, one of the putzer prize winning

in the letter tom donilon's name is mentioned from a quote from the review of david sanger's new bookent's national security policy. it's true that he is quote the, but that in itself is no crime. president bush's national security advisers, condoleezza rice and stephen hadley, often spoke to the press also. nsa directors do that. now it would seem by including donnell i don't know's name in the letter, the senators are trying to tie him to the leaks problems, but when senator mccain was speaking to the press today and asked point blank if he thinks that donilon was the problem, was the leaker, he declined to say. so you're going to have to ask the 31 senators who sent this letter why they put donilon in the letter. >> thanks, jessica, appreciate it. lots more happening this evening. let's get right to susan hendricks. she's got a "360" bulletin. >> tropical storm debby has been downgrade to a tropical depression. it made landfall this afternoon along florida's northwest coast dumping more rain on already flooded areas forces thousands of residents to evacuate. more than 20 inches of

so you're going to have to ask the 31 senators who sent this letter why they put donilon in the letter. >> they put him in so yearly. >> thanks, jessica, appreciate it. lots more happening this evening. let's get right to susan hendricks. she's got a "360" bulletin. >> tropical storm debby has been downgraded to a tropical depression. it made landfall this afternoon along florida's northwest coast dumping more rain on already flooded areas forcing thousands of residents to evacuate. more than 20 inches of rain have fallen across northern florida, leaving roads like this under water. >>> house democrats are bracing for defections in thursday's vote on whether to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. his failure to release documents related to the botched gun running operation fast and furious led to the contempt resolution. >>> take a look at this. nothing really subtle about it. this fireworks safety demo on the national mall. it used mannequins and other props to make its point, fireworks can kill, to be safe this fourth of july. it sends the message home. which i

john brennan and national security advisor tom donilon. >> how could there not be a conflict of interest if the evidence points to one or more of the people according to reporting were the sources? for example, would it be a potential conflict of interest if the evidence pointed to tom donilon or john brennan? >> i don't want to get in hypotheticals. look at it as it develops. >> i ask for concept the resolution be agreed to. >> as they introduced a resolution to call for a special council to investigate the leaks. the senior democrat who chairs the intelligence committee backed the attorney general. >> to have a fight over how we do this now, will set back any leak investigation. >> some republicans portray the obama administration as hypocrites going with the u.s. attorney option because democrats push the bush administration for special council to investigate valley blame and lobbyist abrahamoff. >> i'm asking no more than the investigations worse than thi this. >> the administration said no administration tried more leak cases than the white house. >> i was hammered by the left two w

without and potential conflict of interest if it pointed to tom donilon or john brennan? >> reporter: they have the authority to follow the evidence wherever it leads in these investigations. >> we have tried more leak cases, brought more leak cases during the course of this administration than any other administration. i was getting hammered by the left for that two weeks ago. now i'm getting hammered by the right for not potentially going after leaks. >> reporter: one of the main criticisms we heard is the two u.s. attorneys, one in the district of columbia and the other in maryland may have personal relationships. they would recuse themselves and the department of justice would go outside geographically to find another u.s. attorney to lead those cases. but this story just continues to ramp up. shannon: washington has a long history of leaks, some to make somebody look good, on thers to make somebody look bad. president reagan had more than his share. coming up, michael reagan joins us with suggestions that the leaks could come from very high up in this administration.

donilon, the national security adviser and said i have a new communication strategy for you, and mr.nolon said what's that, and he said shut the "f" up. so it certainly is egregious what's already happened that they've made public. it's very clear that this information had to come from the administration. it couldn't have come from anywhere else. and americans should be deeply disturbed about this betrayal of two of our most important highly classified operations, not only the american people but our allies are upset about it. >> let me be very direct in this question. that is do you believe in any way, shape, or form that the president of the united states, who has been very tough on terrorism through the drone program, through a number of other things, would have anything to do with leaks of highly sensitive information that would help him in some political way? are you directly saying the president knows about this? or do you just mean someone somewhere in the administration is trying to make him look good? >> i have no idea whether the president knew or did not know. i have never

bill: and the letter calls out national security adviser tom donilon as a possible leak source. this live from the hill. jaime: we'll monitor the rest as well and there is plenty to sort out in the wake of the supreme court's decision on arizona's immigration law. now will police forces in the state react? what will they do? more on that when we come back other side of the break. [ creaking ] [ male announcer ] trophies and awards lift you up. but they can also hold you back. unless you ask, what's next? [ zapping ] [ clang ] this is the next level of performance. the next level of innovation. the next rx. the all-new f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection.

. >> reporter: the her singles out tom donilon as a likely source of the leaks to the "new york times members of the intelligence community can't even confirm if these programs exist yet you have the national security adviser talking about a covert action program. >> reporter: the senators questioned whether this u.s. attorney can be unbiased being that he donated to president obama's campaign. >> where is the outrage in this administration? where is there any indication that within the obama administration officials are outraged at the criminal leaks of classified information that put our agents and our friends at risk? >> reporter: more than 30 senators have signed onto the letter. none of them are democrats. dianne feinstein told fox she was good with the u.s. attorney option unless they do not reach a conclusion. megyn: an 11-year-old boy practicing before his little league game accidentally hit a woman in the face with a ball. now she is suing him for half a million dollars. "kelly's court" takes on the case. one top civil rights leader suggests the contempt vote against attorney

bill: and the letter calls out national security adviser tom donilon as a possible leak source. this live from the hill. jaime: we'll monitor the rest as well and there is plenty to sort out in the wake of the supreme court's decision on arizona's immigration law. now will police forces in the state react? what will they do? more on that when we come back other side of the break. [ creaking ] [ male announcer ] trophies and awards lift you up. but they can also hold you back. unless you ask, what's next? [ zapping ] [ clang ] this is the next level of performance. the next level of innovation. the next rx. the all-new f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection. bill: if that wasn't enough there is more tomorrow. and of course thursday you get healthcare judge i'm going to join you for that one. bill: i'll see you then, owe aeu. jaime: perfect. thanks so much for joining us. bill: "happening now" starts right now. catch you tomorrow. jaime: have a great day. jenna: the fast and furious controversy heating up again. republican lawmakers say the full house will vote on thursday, as