representatives had holder in front of the judiciary committee and he was asked a question by hank johnsonmocrat from atlanta about the a.p. situation. and in the course of his response the attorney general said the following, first of all, you have a long way to go to try to prosecute the press for the publication of material. this has not fared well in american history. he said with regard to the potential prosecution of the press for disclosure of material this is not something that i have ever been involved in, heard of or would think would be wise policy. he later goes on to say the focus should be to those people who break the oath, not reporters who gather this information. that should not be the focus of these investigations. it raised a doubt in my mind because the department of justice guidelines on this are very clear that any kind of subpoenas like we saw issued on rosen or the ap have to bear the approval of the attorney general before the re quest can be made or if the attorney general recuss himself they have to have the approval of the deputy attorney general. when the mate

he asked flat out to see the conflict between what holder said in response to congressman hank johnson the 15th and the fact that he turns out to assign to him. i don't see the conflict he says. really? what planet are you on? this was not only nixonian but it is clintonian. what the definition of a lie is. >> holder june the 5th will explain his involvement. >>> several schools are tracking kids with iris scans and they forgot to tell the parents. >> and their hours are being cut back in order to safe money. we have heard a lot about this. why are government workers collecting unemployment. so much for the sec ster. we wi-- sequester. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] just when you thought you had experienced performance, a new ride comes along and changes everything. ♪ the 2013 lexus gs, with a dynamically tuned suspension and adjustable drive modes. because the ultimate expression of power is control. this is the pursuit of perfection. 100% whole grain brown rice and wheat and bake it with real sweet potato or savory red bean? a new line of triscuit crackers with a delicious ta

. >> i want to go to a clip of georgia democrat hank johnson questioning the national security and administration director keith alexander, asking whether the nsa spies on u.s. citizens. nsa routinely intercept american e-mails? >> no. interceptednsa american cell phone conversations? google searches? >> no. >> text messages? >> no. >> amazon orders? bank of order? >> no. >> would judicial consent is necessary to involve this for americans. >> within the u.s., the fbi lead. if it was a former actor, the fbi would still have to leave, and they can do so with other intelligence agencies as authorized. to conduct that kind of collection in the united states would have to go through a court order. the court would have to authorize it. that was general keith alexander, a democratic congressman being questioned by congressman johnson. use theof it is how you term intercept, whether or not -- what they are saying is we are not looking at it, but we have, whether or not they are collecting and storing it. >> so the mistake was not asking are you collecting? >> he also said we do not collect against u.s.

hank johnson, a democrat of georgia, gave him a setup question about the ap so he could pont phi katd of the leaker, respect the press. rosen is in 2010. holder is attorney general back then. did he recuse himself from that or did he authorize it or did the fbi violate these district doj guidelines that resident freedom of the press, respect the role of journalists by saying it's only in the most extraordinary of circumstances, and only with the highest test made possible, and only with an agreement by the attorney general, shall you ever do these kind of things involving journalists. >> sean: well said. now, there have been poll numbers, "washington post," abc news poll among them, coming out showing where the american public is on all these scandals, the impact it's having on the white house. you, as i understand it, have your infamous white board. what have you got? >> well, abc news/washington post came out this week, 74% of those surveyed believe that it is inappropriate to do what the irs did, and that is target conservative groups. by 45/42, they believe that president obama i

carney is asked flat out do you see conflict between what holder said in response to congressman hank johnson the 15th and the fact that he now turns out to have signed the rosen one and i loved it. carney says "i don't see the conflict." i mean really? what planet are you on? this was -- this is not only nixonian. it was clintonian. a definition of what is lie it. >> sean: you had all of the senators and democratic congress men. durbin and summer and franken wrote letters to the irs saying go investigate the groups. now, they are feigning outrage that they actually did what they requested. >> dick durbin went on sunday with chris wallace and he asked him about the letter october 1went after crossroadsi have been associated with. i will say that about dick durbin he is not like schumer and others running away from the letters they said fe ibming surprise that the irs would do what they told him to do. durbin said, of course, i wrote that letter and i'm proud of it. i tell you why i did it because cross roads was racing millions and rove was boasting about it i wanted to pick a conservative gr

they tried to get this very sophisticated one, no, he was really answering narrowly a question of hank johnson not to remember going after the records qthe media. it's just impossible forç the attorney general, because -- >> it is impossible. i agree with you. >> greta: that's impossible. >> look, i had the same reaction when he talked about fast and furious, said he was unaware of it. ym d the desk of his chief of staff, and he claimed never to know about it. either it was lying then orç incompetent. you're right, in this one, i just can't believe, having signed off on that subpoena, having supposedly lived up to the guidelines of the justice department in doing so, he wouldn't be able to recall it. >> greta: karl, stick around. we have much more to talk about, including why did the former irs commissioner visit the white house more than 150 times andç did the targeting investigation come up in those trips? that's next. also the tea party is sick of being targeted. group leaders gathering inç washington today. they have a new plan. the latest coming up. plus, you will recognize president

the panel looking at a statement holder made when hank johnson asked him whether the doj could prosecuter. does that contradict holder's claim that he was not up to speed on this whole issue? cheryl: we will continue to follow that breaking news and also the markets today. home prices really jumping. we will talk about cash in on that and why it is so important to the overall economy. dennis: the quality of the movies or the horrible boreal day whether. first, let's take a look at some of today's s&p winners and losers. ♪ are you stl sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. >> once again, major gains right now for the major averages. the dow, but i want to do a couple things differently with the leaders. these are leaders, the names early in the dow now, that's by a percentage basis. look at volume, the most active stocks op the dow 30 by volume, and bank of america, the financials talk about twice in the hour of "markets now," ge, mi

you just played holder's response to a question asked by democratic congressman hank johnson of georgiach warrant, but he said that he had never heard of it. he thought it was a bad policy. yet mr. isocof says he signed off on the search warrant a couple years beforehand. now that is misleading congress, whether it's perjury or not depends upon how mr. holder answers the questions that chairman and i have requested him to do so. we wanted answer no later than wednesday of next week, june 5th. >> megyn: he told you in the soundbite he had never heard of nor been involved in the potential prosecution of journalists in these leak cases. yet to show the viewers whether he signed off according nbc and daily beast. this is what the u.s. attorney alleged the f.b.i. alleged to get the search warrant against james rosen, something holder would have known if he signed off on it. he said i never heard of it happening, look what the f.b.i. alleged to the thing he signed off according to the report. number one, there is probable cause to believe that the reporter, james rosen, is committing a violat

congressman cedric richmond and sanford bishop, .oth proud alumni of the school as well as congressman hank johnsonnd one of my dear friends and a great inspiration to us all, the great john lewis is here. [applause] your outstanding mayor, house.im reed in the to all the members of the morehouse family, most of all congratulations to this distinguished class of morehouse men, the distinguished class of 2013. [applause] i have to say that it is a little hard to follow, not dr. wilson but a skinny guy with a .unny name tadela, he is going to be doing something. i have to also say that you all are going to get wet. i would be out there with you if i could. but secret service gets nervous. so i am going to have to stay here drive. -- dry. but know that i am there with you in spirit. some of you are graduating summa cum laude. some of you are graduating magna cum laude. i know some of you are just graduating thank you laude. [laughter] that is appropriate because this is sunday. i see some moms and grandmas here in their sunday best. although they are upset about their hair getting messed up. [laughter

attorney general holder speaking before house committee in response to a question by congressman hank johnsonhad to confront this question during the bush administration. there were leaks of classified information and in each and every instance, the focus was on the potential leak, not the reporter who received it. you can imagine who would have happened if the "new york times" which was the recipient of a number of those confidential leaks if the bush administration had asked for the phone records secretly of up to 100 editors and reporters at the "new york times"? you can imagine what would happen if the bush added minute strags h administration had gone in and filed for secret information alleging that a reporter for the "new york times" was part of a criminal conspiracy? we know what would be happening today. look, the focus ought to be on the people that do the leaking. the press is supposed to try to collect information and report it. that's their job under the first amendment. and this is really chilling. >> everybody remembers scooter libby went to jail for that leak and president bus

congressman cedric richmond and sanford bishop, both proud alumni of this school, as well as congressman hank johnsonion to us all, the great john lewis is here. we have your outstanding mayor, mr. cassim reid in the house. to all the members of the morehouse family and most of all congratulations to this distinguished group of morehouse men, the class of 2013. i have to say that it's a little hard to follow not dr. wilson but a skinny guy with a funny name, besega tadilla. he's going to be doing something. i also have to say that you all are going to get wet. and i'd be out there with you if i could. but secret service gets nervous, so i'm going to have to stay here dry. but know that i'm there with you in spirit. some of you are graduating sum cum laude, some of you are graduating magnum cum laude, some of you are graduating thank you cum laude. i see moms and some grand moms here in their sunday best. although they are upset about their hair getting messed up. michelle would not be sitting in the rain. she she has taught me about hair. i want to congratulate all of you, the parents you, the grandp

later on carney is asked do you see conflict between what holder said in response to hank johnson ofthe 15th and the fact he turns out to have signed the rosen one? carney says, quote, i don't see the conflict. really? what planet are you on? this is not only nixonian, it's clintonian. it's the definition of a lie. >> the difference is ed henry asked the question and major garrett asked follow up. then it was back to, yeah, what does the president have for lunch today. now they are following up on the story. jay carney can't handle it. >> meanwhile, i'm sure he doesn't like this. there is a new youtube video out produce bid revealing politics. they said a number of reporters and pundits made comparisons between nixon and president obama. they looked at that time first 20 minutes of nixon's first watergate speech and saw a lot of comparisons. they put together a video -- revealing politics did. here is a portion of it. >> i first learned from news reports. >> i first learned about it from the same news reports i think most people learned about this. >> the comments i made during this

as well as congressman hank johnson and one of my dear friends and a great inspiration to us all, the great john lewis is here. [applause] mr. kasim reed in the house. to all the members of the morehouse family, most of all congratulations to this [applause] little hard to follow, not dr. funny name. basiga tadela, he is going to get wet. i would be out there with you if i could. so i am going to have to stay here dry. cum laude. i know some of you are just graduating thank you laude. [laughter] that is appropriate because this is sunday. i see some moms and grandmas here in their sunday best. their hair getting messed up. [laughter] michelle would not be sitting in the rain. [laughter] i want to congratulate all of you, the parents, the sisters, the family and friends who supported these young men in so many ways. just think about it -- your son, your brothers, your nephews, they spent the last four years far from home and yet they are still here today. graduates, give the bread -- give a big round of applause for[applause] in long lines to get into today's ceremony, and i would apol

the panel is looking at a statement that the attorney general made during an exchange with hank johnson of georgia about whether doj could prosecute reporters under the espionage act of 1970. here is that exchange. > >> in this congress we have had famousf bills, the most of which in my mind was the helium legislation and we wanted to ensure that we had to keep everything moving forward here in america. we certainly need to protect the privacy of individuals and we need to protect the ability of the first of the press to engage in its first amendment responsibilities. to be free and to give us information about our government so as to keep the people informed. think it is a shame that we get caught up and so-called scandals and oversight of unimportant matters when we should be here addressing these real problems that things like the ap scandal illustrate for us. i will yield the balance of my time to you. >> i would say this. with regard to the potential prosecution of the press or the disclosure of material, that is not something that i have ever been involved in or heard of or with t

johnson. a family company. >> catherine: who's the most trusted person in america? hanks hanks -- who's from concord -- earned the highest score. as 65 percent of those polled said he is >> catherine: trustworthy. sandra bullock ranked second, and is the most trusted woman on the list. actors took home five of the top ten on the list. as for others who made it. director steven spielberg came in 6th on the list. bill gates 7th. his wife, melinda, ranks 9th. and actor/director clint eastwood ranks a *lucky 13th. the first lady of the united states -- michelle obama -- comes in at 19th. colin powell and hillary clinton are also up there. but our president didn't fare as well. he's 65th out of a hundred. who's the last on the list? fox news anchor shepard smith. when we come back. we'll recap all of our top stories, including how to fix the bay bridge bolts. and whether the labor day [ man ] we have a go for auto sequence start. t-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... ignition. [ male announcer ] launch your internet experience on at&t's newly expanded advanced digital network and connect m