if they can replace kenneth nelson, get somebody else in there and try to smooth this over with congressy 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, hezbollah of the house oversight committee is going to press hard. we got a statement from republican chuck grassley. he said "it would be a shame if the justice department makes mr. nelson the only fall guy for this disastrous strategy. 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. >> when president obama and eric holder were asked about the program, they both pointed to an investigation as being conducted by the inspector general of the justice department. do we have any idea when the findings of that are going to be released? >> reporter: we don't. there's a big comp

. - para que renuncie a su cargo kenneth nelson congresistas lo acusaron de aprobar y coordinar la operaciónnidos. para dirigir la agencia y que hoy por cierto, se reunió con el procurador general. cambiamos de tema y hablaremos de fumar. fumar mata, y si fumas estas acelerando su muerte. es lo que el gobierno de estados unidos quiere que sepa todo fumador y para que lo sepan, ordena el cambio de las cajetillas de cigarros con detalles muy graficos. estas nuevas advertencias son más las radicales en casi 50 años y nos muestra lourdes del río. quien fume en estados unidos sabrá exactamente loue le pasará en algunos años. >>> todos saben que el cigarrillo es dañino para la salud. pero la gente sigue fumando. la administración de medicinas y alimentos en su lucha por convencer a los estadounidenses para abandonar el hábito, de no colocar estas imágenes, en las cajetillas de cigarrillos son un total de 9 y muestran desde un cadáver hasta un fumador con una traqueotomía. acompañadas de advertencias sobre el riesgo de fumar. ana julia fuma hace 15 años" ver las fotos le afectó bastante. no es lo m

released e-mails, republican from california, which seems to insinuate the atf acting director, kenneth nelson, was watching these sales, knowing about these sales in real time. so for the department of justice to still not be able to tell us who authorized and at what level seems pretty ridiculous to the congress and the senators who are asking these questions. >> also, atf agents have testified this week about retaliation from their superiors for questioning the wisdom of the program. >> yeah. even though they were raising red flags from the very beginning. they're getting shunned in their offices. wei we talked to one agent who's literally retiring over this because he's sort of been blackballed. there were a lot of people who as soon as they heard about this plan, to let these guns just go into mexico, they raise the questions and they were told basically, you shut up. just imagine if this was the other way around. if mexico had some grand plan to do this in reverse and we were finding guns at crime scenes that the mexican government aloud into this country. >> yeah. >> it really seems out

. >>> kenneth nelson, the acting director of the atf is expected to resign in the next day or two amidoversy over "operation fast and furious" according to two senior federal law enforcement sources. controversial mexican gun trafficking operation let weapons slip into the wrong hands and led to the death of a border patrol agent. >>> and a victory for walmart! the supreme court ruled today that plfs in a discrimination case against female employees did not show justification for class action status. people are saying tonight that case was just too big to succeed, anderson. >> interesting. joe, thanks. >>> we have a cautionary tale about siblings rivalry with pets. somebody posted a video of a bird and turtle seemed to be getting along hanging out on the counter but apparently -- let's watch what happens. for whatever reason the bird has an issue with the turtle and, boom, right into the trash can. and so long turtle. a little kick there. let's see it again, shall we? [ laughter ] i love how the bird is like checking out out to make sure he g got rid of it. >>> the judge in the casey a

. >>> is kenneth nelson fall guy >> i was at home when i heard that he had passed. >> hear in los angeles >> here at home in l.a., yes. >> how did you hear? >> my father had kept calling and telling me to get over to his house because i love about two or three minutes away from him and to go over to his house. he heard something was wrong with him, that he was sick or something of that nature. i said okay. then he called and said i need you to go now. he said no, go to the hospital instead. he kept calling me. and it was my mother who initially said to me, my cousin, when i decided to go to the hospital, i was talking on the phone, i said please, tell me which way, how is he doing, because i didn't know he had passed, and i kept saying how is he doing, please tell me. he would never tell me. i said why can't you tell me. i heard my mother in the background say who is that. and he said it is latoya. she said give me the phone. she grabbed the phone and screamed as loud as she could, he's dead! and when she said that, i was driving at the moment, and i almost wrecked the car, ran into peopl

tdd# 1-800-345-2550 >>> is kenneth nelson fall guy head of the atf, the fall guy meant to answer questionshe botched operation? and potential new witness in casey anthony trial. george anthony's alleged mistress may take the stand tomorrow. learn what she has to say about how little caylee may have died. and duct tape and leaves, whether the defense witnesses helped or hurt the case, those stories and the ridiculous tonight on 360. >>> latoya, let's talk about michael. where were you when you heard he died? >> i was at home when i heard that he had passed. >> hear in los angeles? >> here at home in l.a., yes. >> how did you hear? >> my father had kept calling and telling me to get over to his house because i love about two or three minutes away from him and to go over to his house. he heard something was wrong with him, that he was sick or something of that nature. i said okay. then he called and said i need you to go now. he said no, go to the hospital instead. he kept calling me. and it was my mother who initially said to me, my cousin, when i decided to go to the hospital, i was talking

acting director kenneth nelson would be taking the fall for the program called "operation fast and furious." it was supposed to find out how guns purchased legally in the u.s. end up in the hands of mexico's drug gangs. the scandal is two guns from the atf program turned up at the scene when a u.s. border parlor agent was killed in arizona last december. homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve has been working her sources and joins us now. jeanne? >> reporter: joe, this is an embarrassment for the atf. this is an agency that is supposed to stop the illegal trafficking of firearms specifically. in recent years, its mission has been to stop trafficking to mexico. it has had some success in that regard, but when atf whistle-blowers stepped forward and said, no, their hands were tied, they were forced to stand by and watch as straw-buyers purchased weapons and passed them on to criminals and cartels. it is an embarrassment, particularly when you hear how they found out about the guns later. here's an excerpt of an interview that drew griffin did with an atf agent and whistle-blower. >>

document displayed on the screen now shows two of the most senior leaders in atf, acting director kenneth nelsoneputy director billy hoover were briefed weekly on fast and furious. the documents show that both nelson and hoover were keenly interested in the case and updates. a second document shows deputy assistant director for field operations, william mcmanhon was so excited about the breaching, he was scheduled 45 minutes after his plane landed. ed third document indicates that acting director knollson was very much in the weeds with operation fast and furious. after a detailed briefing on the program at the atf field division, acting director nelson had a pleat ray of follow-up questions requiring additional research to answer, and as documents indicate, mr. nelson was interested even in receiving the ip address for hidden cameras located inside cooperating gun shops. with this information, acting directer nelson was able to sit at his desk in washington and himself watch a live feed of straw buyers entering the gun stores and purchasing dozens of ak-47 variants. earlier this month, the mexi

kenneth nelson heads the federal bureau of the a.t.f. he's facing backlash for "fast and furious."he hope was that entire arms networks could be brought down. and congress is now investigating. >>> 8:19. the obama administration wants to extend a ban on mining near the grant canyon in arizona. the "l.a. times timeses" report that's want to put a ban on this. ken salazar says this will protect the colorado risker watershed from being contaminated. millions of people in the southwest get their drinking water from the river. >>> three kentucky miners are waking up at home. they were trapped underground. all of this happened as part of the mine's entrance collapsed. the miners were able to walk out on their own, almost 14 hours after this ordeal begin. state and federal regulators closed the money while they inspect for damage. >>> court is now in session. the new development in the trial of a mother accused of a horrible crime. >>> and we're hearing spiderman won't live past thursday. why that super-hero is about to meet its demise. man: we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on!

our producer says two federal law enforcement sources told him that kenneth nelson is expected to resignure, perhaps -- and i emphasize the word perhaps -- in the next day or two. and attorney general eric holder will meet with the head of the atf field in chicago as potentially serving as the head of the atf. it was a program under which atf agents assigned to the phoenix office watched people called straw buyers go into gun stores and purchase weapons. according to whistle blowing atf agents who testified on capitol hill last week in a fiery hearing, they were told to stop following the weapons and not to make any arrests, and the theory behind the program, they said, was that when the guns surfaced at a crime scene in mexico, then they might be used to make a larger case against a larger armed smuggling organization. threes whistle blowing agents said it was contrary to the u.s. atf policy and several members of congress, notely senator charles grassly, and congressman isa were highly critical of the atf. and they suggested that higher ups within the organization knew there was testim