i think principally the attorney general from new york, eric schneiderman as well as other state attorneys general, i think the progress we're making there is very good. >> thank you. in 2009, you created a working group to review the departments of profiling guidance that came out in 2003 under then attorney general ashcroft. in april of this year, 64 members of congress wrote to urge you to revise that guidance. what's the status of the working group? and are there going to be changes to the guidance? and if you can, what would some of those changes be? >> well, we're in the process of looking at that earlier policy and in light of experience there are changes that need to be made ahead of meetings concerning this issue over the last two weeks, it would be my expectation to the extent that changes are to be made that those would happen relatively soon. we have an interagency -- we're working within the justice department and i suspect we'll have to have an interagency group because there are a number of agencies whose equities are impacted by the change. but it is something we continue t

at it let's look at who's pulling the strings that's precisely what new york attorney general eric schneiderman is trying to do in one of the most significant investigations in decades were guarding tax exempt groups funneling money into politics you probably didn't hear about about yesterday his office sent subpoenas to several high ranking officials at the national chamber foundation a nonprofit foundation linked to the u.s. chamber of commerce schneiderman wants access to their e-mail and bank records and has some serious questions about an eighteen million dollar loan given to the chamber and i won't i mean a large pile of money not paid back for years with no interest charge that money apparently went to pay for democrats nearing political campaigns as well as lobbying for legislation in congress the chamber as you may know is one of the largest outside groups with his hands in the political influencing game like crossroads g.p.s. americans for prosperity and others it's a nonprofit that doesn't have to disclose their donors this year the mass the vast majority of t.v. advertising for the

joining us to talk about that and also prescription drug abuse is the attorney general, eric schneidermanks for being with us this morning. if the prepared testimony, jamie dimon apologizes and said complicated bets, increased risks and traders didn't understand the complexity and started to unravel when it went bad and the bank made steps to fix. does that run through of what happened and apology at the end is enough? >> well, it may or may not be enough. the importanteni thing to recognize, in washington there's a huge struggle over how to r e rereregulate our markets. it was due to reckless deregulation to make bets that shouldn't have been allowed. this is not taking place against a blank canvas. this should inform lawmakers and rule makers to try to come up with a safer set of rules that everyone understands so we know the difference between something that's a straight out bet. i think mr. dimon's testimony will be taken into account i hope by the regulators and rule drafters. it should not be an exercise to beat him up over making a bad bet. it's about what type of bets should and s

new york attorney general eric schneiderman has launched an investigation into donations made to tax-exempt groups including the u.s. chamber of commerce that may have been illegally funneled into lobbying and political efforts. unlike so-called super pacs, tax-exempt groups do not need to disclose their donors despite heavy involvement in political campaigns. on tuesday, schneiderman issued a subpoena to executives at a chamber of commerce link foundation that may have illegally funneled millions of dollars for the chamber's political and lobbying activities. the group marks the first in years to examine tax-exempt groups which are expected to spend hundreds of millions of dollars this election year on advertisements attacking political candidates. colorados devastating wildfire crew worst tuesday as record heat continue to hamper efforts to contain the blaze. another 32,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes as the fire spread. it is said to be the worst wildfire in state history in colorado. colorado springs fire chief said the dry weather conditions are worse than he has ever wi

eric schneiderman, the wall street fighting attorney general from new york was there as well. >> yeahlots of different panel discussions on every subject under the, you know, under the rainbow, so to speak. but van jones brought the house down on saturday. schneiderman really brought a lot of heal heat as well. i think he will have a long future in the party. >> elizabeth warren? >> she was phenomenal. there was a great panel discussion during lunch on friday talking about the war on women with some of the senate candidates. a great speech. >> yeah. tammy baldwin from wisconsin, of course. >> from wisconsin. she is a woman. she would be the first woman senator from wisconsin. she would be the first openly lgbt in the country, and so yeah, there was a lot of focus on that issue as well. the policies that the republicans in congress have pursued and that mitt romney, you know, -- remember, all of these crazy things that people have seen the republicans in congress do from cutting planned parenthood and restricting a woman's right to choose on public health and everything else, if we los

new york attorney general eric schneiderman is taking a look at campaign spend and in particular honing group of influential corporations. according to the "new york times," he has subpoenaed e-mail, records and other documents from the national chamber foundation, which is affiliated with the chamber of commerce. they have illegally funneled $18 million to it. it's also looking into the connection between the foundation and a new york-based philanthropy that gave large grants to the foundation in 2003, 2004. the dollar amounts between the three entities seem to correspond. snyderman has jurisdiction because tax-exempt groups have to file reports and tax returns with his. officials in arizona are now saying it's going to be difficult to check people's immigration status without racial profiling. this week, the supreme court upheld arizona show me your papers law requiring officers to determine immigration status if they believe someone is in the country illegal lee. two million himself live in arizona, about a third. state's population and most of them are here illegally. police are goi