mcmahon, and you didn't hear any of their frustrations. they testified that they reported this to their supervisors and nothing happened data that is why they were so frustrated. so i think we've got to figure out what happens when someone reports something they feel is illegal, wrong, dangerous or harmful to life. and i'm not just talking about what happened in fast and furious. i'm talking about going forward. agents on the ground who think someone should be arrested and they are being told not to make an arrest or when they're being told not to make a surveillance and the supervisor says don't do it and they say we should do it and they are complaining to someone else, that information has got to go up the line in order to have the proper law enforcement and proper protection for our citizens. so i ask anyone on the panel to comment, but i think this is a very serious, very serious blockade or serious problem if people who feel something wrong and harmful to the safety of americans or to mexicans is taking place, then someone should be

mcmahon, and you didn't hear any of their frustrations.they testified that they reported this to their supervisors and nothing happened data that is why they were so frustrated. so i think we've got to figure out what happens when someone reports something they feel is illegal, wrong, dangerous or harmful to life. and i'm not just talking about what happened in fast and furious. i'm talking about going forward. agents on the ground who think someone should be arrested and they are being told not to make an arrest or when they're being told not to make a surveillance and the supervisor says don't do it and they say we should do it and they are complaining to someone else, that information has got to go up the line in order to have the proper law enforcement and proper protection for our citizens. so i ask anyone on the panel to comment, but i think this is a very serious, very serious blockade or serious problem if people who feel something wrong and harmful to the safety of americans or to mexicans is taking place, then someone should be l

mcmahon we will get to you because you are the supervisor. so at some point, based on the ig's report in doj, they said we are going to try something different here. i'm assuming because that is the way things work in government and maybe i'm wrong, if someone says we need to have this operation and we are going to make a determination that for for the first-time atf is going to conduct business this way. we are going to let these guns walk. they maybe didn't say it but in essence that is really what happened. it is a different way of conducting business with atf. where would that plan have come from? i know you sat down with this group mr. noel, but somebody higher up than you made a determination that for the first time atf is going to run this. we have heard from this panel and we have heard from the panel prior today that this is a complete aberration to the way atf has done things. where would that have come from? >> well maam, importing the strategy together for this case the strategy came from several places. the department adjusted or

mcmahon? >> thank you for the question.he purpose of this investigation was to identify and disrupt and dismantle an entire organization that was linked the mexican drug cartel. that was the purpose. and to do so, we needed an extraordinary work on the part of the agent to achieve that goal. >> but it wasn't to let the guns of -- is that correct? >> no, sir, as i said in my statement, one of the things that frustrates me to some extent is that relief and at no time in our strategy was it to allow guns to be taken to mexico, no. >> i don't know if you heard the special agent, but he was almost in tears and very frustrated because he felt that all of this went against the very things that he stands for and these other agents stand for and with that i would like you to answer my question. >> without objection. >> i totally agree with you, that is not in the makeup of the agent. we do not allow guns to walk. what we did in this investigation was invested a large but individuals or breaking the law and we were trying to put the

mcmahon? >> thank you for the question.urpose of this investigation was to identify and disrupt and dismantle an entire organization that was linked the mexican drug cartel. that was the purpose. and to do so, we needed an extraordinary work on the part of the agent to achieve that goal. >> but it wasn't to let the guns of -- is that correct? >> no, sir, as i said in my statement, one of the things that frustrates me to some extent is that relief and at no time in our strategy was it to allow guns to be taken to mexico, no. >> i don't know if you heard the special agent, but he was almost in tears and very frustrated because he felt that all of this went against the very things that he stands for and these other agents stand for and with that i would like you to answer my question. >> without objection. >> i totally agree with you, that is not in the makeup of the agent. we do not allow guns to walk. what we did in this investigation was invested a large but individuals or breaking the law and we were trying to put the case

mcmahon is the atf deputy assistant director for field operations west. and i apologize as usual for never getting the names quite right. pursuant to the rules of this committee, all witnesses must be sworn. would you please rise and raise your right hand and take the oath? do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all witnesses had said in the affirmative. thank you. please be seated. now even for this committee, this is a large panel. so, if each of you take five minutes, we have 30 minutes. if you take or than five minutes, the guy next to you will also take more than five

the plug is pulled for charles mcmahon. that's when he realized he could not directly disobeyed an order from the ambassador. but he and valdez would have to manage this evacuation with the marines they had on hand. so, if i could, let me their author and it will tell you a little bit about these marines. again, they don't take orders -- they are not in the marine corps chain of command. they take orders from civilians. and aside from valdez to serve as an amtrak platoon leader during the war in did not, jim keane said in an artillery man and a scout during the war in the non. and they staff sergeant named mike sullivan had served as called in the range patrols, the artillery to him. and those were the only three men who at any expense with the war. the rest of these guys were ki kids. and -- i ought to see can't go through all of them, but i mean just some of them, big john, big bad john from boston. may be the strongest in the outfit. when he heard charles mcmahon 40 to 40 got killed him when he heard him in saigon, he ha

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it >> now jim mcmahon was and --in a serious accident. we will give you that story coming up.'ll be back in a moment. it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record four shows at once from any room and play them back on any tv. get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months. in the network, everyone can get along. >> and jim mcmahon the former chicago bear quarterback one of the few athletes to participate in every one of the lake tahoe celebrity events and the day after the event, his companion and limousine driver injured just outside of reno. 51 year-old mcmahon and his friend were talking to the hospital no major injuries police do not think that alcohol was a problem. we believ

joining me steve mcmahon. and former maryland governor bob ehrlich. guys welcome back. steve, any candidate running for office today, could win saying they want to raise taxes and increase spending? >> well, i think it would be a difficult road. i don't think there are many candidates out there that would say that. there is broad agreement there has to be major cuts in spending and deficit reduction across the board. >> sean: i didn't ask you this part. i'm trying to get you know cussed here. the last time somebody ran on raise -- focused here. the last time somebody ran on raising taxes, what was his name? walter mondale. how many states did he lose? >> in 2008 the president said -- >> sean: i didn't ask you that. how many states -- >> people who make more than $250,000 -- >> sean: i don't want your liberal. >> the president ran on raising taxes for people who make over $250,000 a year. and he won 390 electoral votes. >> sean: small business own there's create 70% of the jobs in the country. governor -- [ talking over each other ] >> he lost a few months ago. people ne

you want more information about the office of citizen complaints is deepening, senior investigator mcmahon is in the office. that concludes my remarks this evening. president mazzucco: thank you. commissioners, do you have anything to discuss with the director this evening? hearing none. thank you for giving us an idea of what the -- the occ what does on a daily basis. we're trying to move cases along faster. the occ has been very helpful in getting their investigations it done sooner than in the past. under director picks, it has been a great change -- director hicks, it has been a great change. just letting the committee know a lot of that our work has been done by director hicks. >> thank you. >> item 1.c. the commission president's report. >president mazzucco: i do not have anything to report tonight. commissioners, do you of anything to report on? hearing none, let's call for public comments. commission announcements -- are there any commission announcements? >> item 1.d is commission announcements. president mazzucco: anything we need to schedule at this time? vice president marshall

special agent mcmahon, was it your intention to go back and get these weapons? after this all took place. people left these stores, your intent was to go back and get all these weapons, correct? >> our intention was to prove they were doing something illegally when they bought those weapons, and that's easier said than done. proving that someone is a strong purchaser means you have to prove that the day they came in to fill out that form, that they lied when they answered one of the questions. and proving that, we have to prove that they knowingly lied when they filled out that form. so, once we determine someone is a strong purchaser we want to get the weapons that they are responsible for as quickly as possible. >> did you believe you could get these weapons back? >> again, i think our problem with this case is proven that a violation occurred in the u.s., and then determining how those weapons were being transported into mexico. we know that of all the people identified in this case, the purchasers, none of them were actually a sickly taking the weapons into

here to break it down, we have the strategist steve mcmahon and todd harris. since you're laughing so heartily, i have to believe you're laughing at something. we just had a kerfuffle with the congressman. what do you make of this republican strategy to basically pass a bill today that has no specificity in it, somewhere down the road cap the spending down to about 20% of gdp, and then try to get this two thirds vote for a constitutional amendment in the heat of battle? your shots about that. >> well, i like the plan that the house is going to pass today. i liked senator coburn's plan, i liked congressman ryan's plan. the point is republicans time after time are actually introducing plans. i agree with congressman walsh entirely. there is no piece of paper, no documents that exists anywhere that says president obama's plan to fight the debt, to reduce the debt and curb spending. is it doesn't exist. he barely even mentioned the debt in his state of union for six months he was awol in the discussions, and now he's talking about, oh, it's armageddon -- >> chris

. >> reporter: defense attorney edward mcmahon says the county is just amplifying the pain of a family already in agony. >> but we will do everything we can legally to keep this family together and to keep the prosecutor and the legal system from tearing this family apart because of what was obviously a very tragic accident. >> reporter: murphy has been released on $25,000 bond. she will be back in court in july to set a trial date. according to the group kids in cars an average of 38 children a year die heat-related deaths from being trapped in vehicles. >> it seems like we're hearing more and more stories like this. is there a -- what is being done to prevent it? >> i was reading a lot about this online. there was a time when children rode in the front seat of the car. now that they've been moved to the back seat of cars they are occasionally unfortunately being forgotten. there's some tips, for example, take a purse, cell phone, briefcase, put it in the back seat of the car with the child so you're forced to turn around and look at it. there is also some technology out there that ma

bring in the "hardball" strategists and experts democrats steve mcmahon and republican todd. you have a skidszoid, people who believe and those that pretend what they say they have. working for some businesses like merchandising, make a lie detector to see if you are trustworthy or not. should you do that to your candidates? does mitt romney really believe this tea party stuff, that michele bachmann really believes in her dream? you're laughing. is mitt romney the tea party stuff? >> i'm not sure he's trying to present hoimgs as a tea party -- he presents himself as a conservative, certainly. this is a classic battle that -- >> every republican primary. the movement conservative person and the more establishment person, but regardless of how it shakes out, when people are actually voting, this setup, this context could not be better for mitt romney. >> because -- >> because right now michele bachmann's presence is completely freezing out tim pawlenty and huntsman, the two guys that were trying to occupy this same space that romney is occupying. the better michele bachmann, th

. >> mcmahon is going to the vikings. he will make less money, " he just wants to be the no. 1 >> minnesota tried redstart and now they will try and hook on and mcnab. colihow old is he? 3e is not settled. paprithat old. h >> supposedly when plaxico was in prison, the giants' run to keep him on contracts, a lower deal, but his feelings were hurt. we will see what happens. >> if you watch a lot of espn, there is a guy named chris and a guy named john, they all did basically the same thing, they are all in good healthy competition. they are all tweeting. >> i do not know when they sleep. h >> , lori, she is cut to carquinez union the she wasn't doing this shoot her in an interest. ahoy >> obviously something and was not working. when you are dumped at the altar, (...) >> why are they not getting married? >> i do not know. he just changed his mind. you have to think it is one of those last minute, i have to do it now. >> i would suggest, never get married during a lockout. >> that is-. -- >> that is bad. >> and lastly, what