what is eric holder's response been?g to do whatever he can to try to wiggle out of this but the thing is, even senator grassley recently said he gave a letter personally to eric holder about the controversy about how bad this was. he got weekly briefing from his staff about the "fast and furious". he, he had e-mails that all those evidences are coming for ward that he did know about it. he told members of congress in testimony he just became aware of it two weeks before. that is a blatant lie to congress. it is trying to mislead congress. it is breaking the law. he should resign and he should go right away. in fact i think it doesn't do this president or his administration any good to continue to defend eric holder. eric holder is the chief law enforcement officer of this nation. nobody is above the law, not even eric holder. he must go. martha: it is interesting. we haven't heard anything over the course of the last month from the white house in response to this. it has gone from eight members of congress calling for h

megyn: new calls for attorney general eric holder to step down. publican lawmakers gathering a short time ago to say mr. holder has lost full credibility ames hot telling the truth -- and is not telling the truth about the botched gun running scheme known as "operation fast & furious." republican lawmakers upping the ante in a news conference a half-hour ago. >> attorney general eric holder cannot avoid responsibility for his involvement with a government program that directly led to the tragic death of a decorated border patrol agent. mr. holder has now lost credibility and should step down immediately. >> we have got to get to the bottom of this. we have to have cooperation from the justice department and all agencies as we do oversight. mr. holder, tell us what you knew, tell us who else knew, do the right thing and take responsibility for the actions you authorized. megyn: take responsibility it is a theme we have heard many times from both republican critics of mr. holder as well as the family of brian terry, the murdered border patrol agent w

and we debated whether we should believe eric holder.e him saying it was more like a few months. >> he admitted that he knew months before. and but -- the caveat was he said he admitted it to the senate when asked about it in his statement the response to senator leahy. megyn: why is it relevant? >> under the previous time frame it was outray just that the attorney general didn't know this major project was going on until two weeks before it blew up on the national scene. then he tried to say weeks, months, what's the difference. when you testify before congress tell the truth at the outset and you avoid this. the damage has been done. how significant that damage will be we'll see in the weeks ahead. he clearly knew of he had to correct the record because he made a big misstatement. you can call it whatever you want, but the statement he made previously was wrong. megyn: he made an admission about -- grassy was upset because in january of 2011 he gave up eric holder documents generated from this operation. holder wrote back to him in feb

target eric holder has take and lot of heat for his operation fast and furious.he program allowed criminals from mexico to buy assault weapons in order to track them down. at least one were used by mexican drug car tells to kill a border agent last december. holder was grilled in a congressional hearing last week over his knowledge of the program. he testified he didn't know about the operation and it was not directly tied to terry's death and passed on the opportunity to apologize to terry's family. florida's allen is west is one of the dozens of congressmen who believe that holder is not telling the wole truth. >> if the president does not agree with that stance perhaps the president of the united states of america is also complicit in this horrible tragic event operation fast and furious. >> mike: congressman allen west is joining me now. congressman, thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> mike: you have called for the resignation of eric holder. do you think it is going to happen? >> well, i would pray that it would happen. i would hope that we

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[applause] >> you have called for the resignation of eric holder. it is going to happen? >> well, i would pray that it would happen. i would hope that we would have people that would step up to the plate and show honor and character because it is not just operation fast and furious, it goes all the way back to february of 2009 and holder said america was a nation ofs. the fact we see him bring a lawsuit against sovereign states that are trying to protect borders and securing their citizens from illegal immigrants in arizona and alabama. so i say that it is either ineptness and incompetence or outright misleading the congress and the american people. >> during the bush administration there was a lot of controversy over attorney general alberto gonzalez and it had to do with the firing of some u.s. attorneys. there were calls for his resignation, and he eventually did resign. democrats are saying this is retaliation. that it's not so much eric holder has done something outrageously wrong but the republicans are just trying to pay them back for what ha

megyn: embamghts dollars attorney general eric holder is now pointing fingers at the media and one website. when asked yesterday to comment on increasing calls for his regs nation over the botched fast & furious gun running scandal mr. holder accused the reporters' bosses of trying to bring him, holder, down. trace gallagher has this story from our l.a. bureau. trace. >> reporter: it's interesting, megyn, because the attorney general eric holder has largely ignored calls for his resignation, he's hardly answered questions about it at all, and there is no sign that he's considering stepping down, there does not appear to be internal pressure from the administration, bhu the daily caller, the conservative website of tucker karlson, asked for holder's reaction to 51 members of congress calling on him to resign, here's what holder said to the daily caller. listen: >> you guys need to stop this. >> it's not an organic thing, you guys are behind this. other liberal sites have chimed in saying this is not a grassroots movement of conservatives calling for holder to step down, so we did research a

eric holder did not apologize to brian terry's family.ath, he told us essentially he didn't feel that that was appropriate. and more importantly he didn't feel there was a link between the two fast and furious weapons found at brian terry's murder site. that would cause there to be a direction connection. we're not happy with him. but we know where he stand and why. frankly, the president has full confidence in eric holder is the big question. >> bret: we'll continue to follow the stories mr . chairman, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, bret. >> bret: trying to find the $600 million missing dollars. and why you may not have heard about that. we'll hear another comment that may raise eyebrows from herman cain. >> bret: fresh pickings from the political grapevine. a u.s. regulator says he thinks something nefarious or illegal occurred at brokerage firm mf global. the company declared bankruptcy last month. a democratic member of the u.s. commodity futures trading commission tells reuters regulators are closer to finding out what happe

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don't miss it. jf >> it's time for attorney general eric holder to step down according to a growing groupans who want holder to resign over his gross mishandling of a failed gun-running operation known as "fast and furious." the white house has consistently ignored such requests, despite mounting pressure in recent weeks. but republicans are not staying no for an answer. yesterday 40 gop lawmakers sent a letter to the president pleading for him to ask for holder's immediate resignation. they were arguing, quote we ask you to fulfill this promise to the american people because, like you, they are upset and deserve answers. they also deserve accountability on behalf of their federal officials, especially those who are unelected like holder. now the white house has yet to respond to the most recent request. meanwhile holder returns to the hot seat next month when he it schedule today of it before the house judiciary committee about his role in the botched operation. but just how many blunders is he going to be allowed to get away with. joining me now, co-host of the five, she deals with beck

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eric holder did not apologize to brian terry's family., he told us essentially he didn't feel that that was appropriate. and more importantly he didn't feel there was a link between the two fast and furious weapons found at brian terry's murder site. that would cause there to be a direction connection. we're not happy with him. but we know where he stand and why. frankly, the president has full confidence in eric holder is the big question. >> bret: we'll continue to follow the stories mr . chairman, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, bret. >> bret: trying to find the $600 million missing dollars. and why you may not have heard about that. we'll hear another comment that may raise eyebrows from herman cain. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands ojobs. at our kearl project

israel and the united states to pressure iran to curb its nuclear ambitions >>attorney-general eric holdere some tough questioning before a senate committee today he testified about the failed atf gun walking program dubbed operation fast and furious it was an effort to disrupt the flow of illegal weapons of the united states border with mexico the operation failed when hundreds of guns wound up in the hands of mexican drug cartels to were even found at the murder scene of a border patrol agent eric holder told senators that he took immediate action to shut down the program >>officials estimate that 2000 guns wound up in the hands of mexican drug cartels because of the operation the botched operation has led some republicans to call for eric holder's resignation >>united's >>the u.s. supreme court hears arguments today in the case that could have big implications for privacy rights at the issue is whether police need to get a warrant from a judge before they can attach a gps device to a car to track a suspect. this case involves the arrest and conviction of a suspected drug kingpin in wash

eric holder was adamant that guns should not have been allowed to cross and unacceptable.ious which was launched to combat drug trafficking and violence on out southwest border. it was throughflawed in the con will feel the effects for years to come as guns that were lost during the operation as they continue to show up at crime scenes both here and mexico. this should never have happened and must never happen again. >> so as part of his testimony today on the hill, the attorney general talked specifically about the death of the border agent, brian terry. terry was killed near tucson arizona last dose and testimony got a little tense when holder was asked about this. >> have you apologized to the family of brian terry? >> i have not apologized to them but i regret what happened. >> have you even talked to them? >> i have not. >> would you like to apologize today for this program that went so long that took the life of a united states law enforcement agent? >> before you answer, that will have to be your last question. >> i certainly regret what happened to agent brian terr

again, folks, there are increasing calls today for attorney general eric holder to resign.testimony, thinks by one of his top lieutenants, means for his future. peter johnson jr. joins us live in ten minutes on that. we are are you ever flee two months out now from the first gop presidential nominating contest. by this time tomorrow we should have a firm date for the first in the nation primary in new hampshire. meantime we've got brand-new numbers from rasmussen reports showing former massachusetts governor mitt romney with a commanding lead in the granite state, 41%, followed by herman cain at 17%. ron paul is third at 11%. take a look at, well rick perry down at 4%. and jon huntsman at 7%. he's depending on new hampshire as well. joining me now is independent dent pollster and president of rasmussen reports.com scott rasmussen. and chris stirewalt host of power play. scott, let me start with you since you did the poll. it looks like a runaway for romney right noise it not. >> absolutely. this is in his backyard. i can't even imagine the circumstances in which he won't wi

jenna: you're still calling for the resignation of eric holder? >> never called for the resignation. unlike the president i don't have full confidence with eric holder but i want to work with whoever the president has confidence in to make real change. yes, i believe eric holder should have taken responsibility for failures on his watch as lanny breuer to a certain extent has. more importantly should have made a sincere apology to the terry family for his justice department's actions led to the death of their son, or cousin various family members. he didn't do that. i'm deeply disappointed of that, that is kind of change, the sign of change that american people believe this is admission this was wrong and wouldn't happen again. jenna: if i play the other side the american people want a system that works. that is the argument of the other side. regardless who you have in office what "fast and furious" shows is a dysfunctional department. people not talking to each other. things happening that shouldn't be happening and no one really held accountabl

jon: eric holder there, taking some heat.oining us now one of the attorney general's critics on this issue, arizona sheriff paul babeu of pinal county. you said that the attorney general should resign. that this is a scandal worse than watergate. anything you heard from him this morning change your mind? >> no. they started to walk out some of his testimony that was written early and with an acknowledgement finally that there were things that have gone wrong. acknowledgement to the point where there is an apology. why has it taken it nearly a year to apologize for the murder of one of our heroes in the border patrol where two of these guns, he says, well it is not known? well, this is what we call evidence in law enforcement. the two guns that were used to murder this hero in the border patrol were from "fast and furious", a program that was a part of his agency of the department of justice through atf. he's the boss. where's the accountability in washington? there's consequences for what they have done and they're not owning

attorney general eric holder, is he mentioned at all? one below so the only other one is eric holder. >> the attorney general is scheduled to testify next month in december. he is certainly a part of all these hearings. he is brought up constantly. it is obvious that senator grassley, representative issa really do want to hear what he knew and when. >> what do they want -- at this point what does the committee want out of him? what are they digging for? >> the committee got something they wanted today which was in february justice contacted senator grassley and said we have taken every effort to stop guns from crossing the border. and this gave senator grassley a chance to say, well, if you knew last year and nothing changed, you clearly haven't taken every effort. this was a tactic that was used in 2007 and then used again in 2010. >> well, i guess i'm just surprised that lanny breuer was sitting there quietly. it appears it was rather slow to getting the information to congress. rob, thank you. hope you come back. >> thank you. >> stra

i believe eric holder is one of those people.oing to line up all places in which the system failed to protect the american people and brian terry, and present that. that's our job. >> congressman daryl issa, thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> you're very welcome. >>> which presidential candidate called a rival privileged? it wasn't a compliment. congratulations. congratulations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire businesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bottom line... whoa ! ... as the people inside them. congratulations. because when you add verizon to your company, you don't just add, you multiply. ♪ discover something new... verizon. with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade,

and eric holder is not happy about it.he thinks the web site dailycaller.com is behind the movement to get rid of him. >> here to react, the founder of the daily caller and the fox news contributor tucker carlson. good morning to you, tucker. >> good morning. >> the attorney general believes that somehow the daily caller has so much power, they've had the ability to get 52 members of congress to ask for his resignation. >> that we run the house of representatives which is absurd. everybody knows that "fox & friends" runs the house of representatives. >> the whole thing is nixonian. you know. we have a marvelous picture of him waving his finger in the face of neil monroe, one of our reporters yesterday and accusing us of orchestrating that campaign and the truth is the facts are the fact of fast & furious, the idea that the federal government gave guns to mexican drug lords, the guns were used to kill people including americans are so overwhelming that we don't need to be a part of some diabolical plot. the justice departme

attorney general eric holder about this yesterday.in is very strong on this issue and i think eric holder is going to follow up on it. you know, this is really about the victims' families here. these are humble people. these are hard working people. they've waited years and years for justice and yet, they've gotten no response from law enforcement authorities. you know, those were the voices, those were the people that really motivated us in this investigation. and we feel like they deserve justice for their loved ones who were killed and assaulted. >> so at what level does the interaction have to happen to make sure sex offender like that on a farm in mexico gets extradited? is it state department? is this law enforcement to law enforcement, what is this? >> i think this begins with law enforcement to law enforcement. when chicago police department or a local police department has information, they go to the f.b.i. or the u.s. marshalls service. u.s. marshall service needs to pass on that information to prosecutors who then go to the

mexico's largest cartel. >> i cannot be expected to not details of every operation. >> reporter: eric holderani brewer both claim ignorance about the operation. the terries don't buy it. >> i know they are lying, they are just nothing but liars. >> reporter: tuesday lawmakers asked if holder wanted to apologize, he declined saying only. >> i certainly regret what happened. >> i bet if he lost his son he would think different. >> reporter: he has since says he's story. while the murder weapons are linked to fast and furious he says the weapons did not directly lead to the agent's death. >> i disagree with that. i think they are. brand-new ak-47's they were carrying. >> if they would have never left those guns walk maybe brian won't have been in that desert. >> reporter: to some officials brian was collateral damage. to his parents he was everything. >> i can't sleep anything about him, you know, i love him very much. >> reporter: i was in the terries living room yesterday where news broke that eric holder had written a letter of apology. they were stunned that neither the attorney who was wit

attorney general eric holder telling a u.s. -- at least one u.s. border agent was flawed from start to finish. as calls for holder's resignation grow some are wondering if the president may pay the price as well. here now michael goodwin. some republican7l[ñ are claiming that the attorney general lied to congress under oath when he first learned of the operation. they are demanding holder be fired by the president or resign. i don't know, if you look at the record of what holder said is that fair or unfair demand his resignation? >> as you know as a lawyer lawyers have an old saying when you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. when you have the law on your side, argue the law. eric holder has neither so he's doing the third choice which is to pound the table. that sort of where the attorney general of the united states is. i think the congressman who called for his -- the congressmen who called for his resignation, 30, 40 at this point. i don't think it has broken through into a larger group that would say this is a re

then appealed by eric holder to the 11th circuit court of appeals. eric holder did better including asking school kids about their immigration status. inconcluded in this the department of education came out when law was allowed to go for wafrd, thousands of students did not show up for class the follow being monday. does francisco have a point the law has chilling effect on education and harming children? >> the law is supposed to encourage illegals to go home to their home country and free up jobs for thousands that work outside of agriculture. to take burden of the taxpayers. this is small provision of the law not going into effect anyway. you have to remember what the state trying to do is encourage illegal immigrants to go home. perfectly legitimate and reasonable thing. the courts already ruled that is legitimate for a state to do to help its own workers and help its own taxpayers. that is all they're doing. if illegals leave the state, that is exactly what the state would like. megyn: so our viewers know the attorney general of alabama said to

and new fallout over this hearing that could have a huge impact on the future of eric holder. one senator says his confidence in holder is, quote, eroding. >> as guns that were lost during this operation continue to show up at crime scenes both here and in mexico. this should never have happened. and it must never happen again. to insure that it will not and after learning about the allegations raised by atf agents involved with fast and furious, i took action. [ male announcer ] attention medicare beneficiaries. time is running out to select your medicare coverage. the annual enrollment period ends wednesday, december 7th. so call now to enroll in a plan that could give you the benefits and stability you're looking for, an aarp medicarecomplete plan insured through unitedhealthcare. what makes it complete? this plan combines medicare parts a and b which is your hospital and doctor coverage with part d prescription drug coverage, and more, all in one simple plan starting at a zero dollar monthly premium, beyond what you pay for medicare part b. this plan offers you benefits lik

today sharyl tells us that attorney general eric holder was grilled about the program at a senate hearing. >> reporter: for the first time, attorney general holder made the difficult admission to congress. >> any instance of so-called gunwalking is simply unacceptable. regrettably, this tactic was used as part of fast and furious. >> reporter: that also means a letter holder's office sent congress last february denying gunwalking was wrong. >> i what i said is it contains inaccurate information. >> well, isn't that false? >> well, false... i don't want to quibble with you, but false i think implies people making a decision to deceive. >> reporter: holder defended his own actions. >> i took action. i asked the department's inspector general to investigate this matter. >> reporter: but republicans hammered away, asking about border patrol agent bryan terry who was murdered last december by mexican drug cartel members. two assault rifles from a.t.f.'s gun-walking operation fast and furious were found at the scene. >> would you like to apologize today for this program that went so wrong that