if they can replace kenneth melson, get somebody else in there and try to smooth this over with congressey can move on with their own internal investigation and maybe come out with something in a few months. but members of congress say no way. congressman darrel issa head of the house oversight committee is going to press hard. we got a statement from senator chuck grassley the republican from iowa who's been pushing hard on this. he said, "it would be a shame if the justice department makes mr. melson the only fall guy for this disastrous straeblg. there's plenty of blame to go around at both the atf and justice department. a resignation by the acting director would be by no means the end of our inquiry". grassley also said he'd be interested in hearing what melson has to say to him after he is kicked out of justice as we all believe will happen. >> and when president obama and eric holder were asked about the program, they both pointed to an investigation that's being conducted by the inspector general of the justice department. do we have any idea when the findings of that are going t

its like kenneth melson will take the political fallout for that. will it stop there?a justice department inspector general's investigation going on. eric holder, the attorney general, says he didn't know about it. the people in congress say that really hard to believe. because this was such an intricate and involved to pull off and at the time, even though looking back on it saying this was absurd, the atf was excited about this. they thought they were going to score some big name arrests once this operation was over with. >> we are going to stay, obviously, following this and see if the resignation comes today. drew, thanks. good work. >> which ranks the lowest in customer satisfaction? we will tell you after the break. >>> they are all coming out today to mark the summer s solstace. more on the summer break coming up. [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective.

acting atf director kenneth melson and hoover were said to be briefed weekly on the investigation. those guns hitting the streets. >> i don't think anybody really fathoms how long we're going to be dealing with this. i mean, the gun is not going to go away. it's not a one-time use. >> reporter: doddson and two other atf agents will testify at a hearing next wednesday. monday's hearing will explore whether the justice department obstructed justice in withholding information from congressional investigators. that agency says it is cooperating with the inspector general's probe. chris? >> the atf policy of clipping the little guy in order to land your big fish has translated to way too many guns according to your report. is there any proof this worked in any instances? >> reporter: not yet. the idea was to take down a major cartel. that didn't happen. insiders say they still hope that evidence that they have gleaned from some of this operation that went on over 15 months may eventually help do that. so far, it has not done that. and the argument on the other side from the insiders who

federal sources are now saying that kenneth melson could step down in the next day or two over operation fast and furious. it's a program that allows the illegal purchase of weapons, some of which ended up in the hands of mexican drug cartels. attorney general eric holder is expected to meet tomorrow with the head of the atf field office in chicago about potentially serving as an acting replacement. and a major victory for retail giant walmart. the supreme court ruling today that a massive job discrimination lawsuit brought against the corporation is too big and therefore not justified. the class action status may have potentially involved more than 1 million current and former female employees. >>> and the group charged with overseeing development of the internet voted today to relax the rules for naming websites. the change would allow any combination of letters or numbers to follow the dot rather than just com. .kids or dot shop or just a few of the examples. we could have a dot blitzer perhaps or dot wolf. >> dot lisa. >> next january, mark your calendar. >>> the fbi is trying a new

displayed on the screen now shows that two of the most senior leaders in a.t.f., acting director kenneth melson and acting deputy director billy hoover, were being briefed weekly on fast and furious. the documents show that both melson and hoover were keenly interested in the case and updates. a second document shows deputy assistant director for field operations, william mcmahonen, was so excited about fast and furious that he received special briefing on the program in phoenix scheduled a mere 45 minutes after his plane landed. a third and perhaps the most disturbing document indicates that acting director melson was very much in the weeds with operation fast and furious. after a detailed briefing on the program at the a.t.f. field division, acting director melson had a plethora of follow-up questions that required additional research to answer. and as documents indicate, mr. melson was interested even in receiving the i.p. address for hidden cameras located inside cooperating gun shops. with this information acting director melson was able to sit at his desk in washington and himself watch a