melson the only fall guy for this disastrous straeblg. 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 to be released? >> we don't. the members of congress think they're being stone walled. we've gone over this, why does it take five, six months to find out who in your own department approved anything. that should be a decision that you can come back with in five minutes. but the stonewalling, according to congress, continues while atf, the department of justice try to fix this. >> all right, drew, appreciate the followup. we'll continue to follow it. >>> why the

s responsible adults like their acting director ken melson, he didn't know. >> memos released last week show that melson not only knew about operation "fast and furious," but he got weekly briefings. >> the acting director of the a.t.f. has set up a video feed in his office so he could watch some of those straw buys taking place. >> jon: you're baiting me. [laughter] so the head of the a.t.f. didn't just know about this plan, he was tivo-ing it. [laughter] well, not to worry, folks, the house oversight committee has launched an investigation, and the department of justice, of which the a.t.f. is a subsidiary, is fully cooperating with it. they handed in a 900-page report to the congressional committee detailing the entire buying of assault rifles operation. >> sir, if you're going to count pages like this as discovery, you should be ashamed of yourself. the pages go on like this forever. you have given us black paper instead of white paper. you might of well has given us a ream still in its original binder. >> jon: what? no, no, you don't get it. you're upset? they gave you... those are

melson wasn't present as a fire congressional hearing just last week but was raked over the coals foredly watching live video feeds of fast and furious gun sales on his computer. >> who authorized this program that was so felony stupid that got people killed. >> reporter: now melson is expected to lose his job. >> i think it would be a shame if melson's departure is the only one and that he would be the one that presumably is solely responsible because we have a feeling it's much broader and maybe goes a lot higher than just melson. >> reporter: the head of the atf chicago bureau will meet with attorney general eric holder tuesday. lawmakers officials say they will discuss the possibility of the replacement of the director. melson continues to focus on leading the agency and refused to comment on what it called speculations. >> is he controversial, trafer, this supposed new acting head? >> he was. president obama nominated him to be pearlnent head of the atf. at the time the nra said he's pro gun control and they repeated those objections. >> the national rifle association, the pro-gu

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 live feed of straw buyers entering the gun stores and purchasing dozens of ak-47 variants. earlier this month the mexican government reported that more than 34,000 lives have been lost in the 4 1/2 years. and scores of others remain missing. last year 111 u.s. citizens were killed in mexico which has been the most violent year in the drug war's history, according to the u.s. state department. when senator grassley, who we welcome here today, and i first learned about operation fast and furious earlier this year, we were both shocked that such a brutal and reckless and blatantly reckless program had ever been conceived, authorized or executed by federal law enforcement. candidly at first i believed that it had to be as it was being alleged, an operation that was a few loose cannons and could not have possibly been pr

melson came from baton rouge to speak to her, and i've read about your program. but i've spoken to folks who criticize it and say really the cost savings are not there. in your testimony you ghei an an -- gave an anecdote that spoke of an individual, but the spread sheet pace has been shown to not save money s. that a fair or unfair criticism? >> i think it's unfair. there has been a definitive government study, two of which, actually, that looked at the medicare cost in pace and found at worst we were budget neutral. on the medicaid side, there has never been a defin ty study of cost. having said that, we continue to see states add today the list of pace states. to the extent that you set your rates appropriately, all of which are senately below nursing home -- significantly below nurse being home cost, then you will save money. >> now, again, maybe the criticism was that by keeping people out of the nursing home, they're still getting nursing home per diems, that you, again, there are medicaid savings that are not realized. now, again, i'm channeling right now,

especially the republican members of the committee, and a big issue, and according to sources, kennith melson from his position apparently. >> thank you. >>> take a look at the wildfire. blazing flames racing through arizona, leaving behind a charred landscape and destroying homes. are firefighters closer to winning this fight? we will bring you up to speed right after the break. >>> 35 minutes past the hour, and here is a look at some of the news you may have missed. check out the black smoke spreading over sierra vista. firefighters are opening forecast of calm winds and higher humidity this week will help them contain the blaze. thousands of firefighters are battling the inferno that has charred nearly 27,000 acres. jan brewer declared an emergency in the area. homes in the area have been evacuated in the area, and critical conditions are forecast for several states in the southwest. >>> flashing lights from emergency vehicles replace disco lights after a texas rave party spun out of control this weekends. a 19-year-old man died and some 25 people taken to a local hospital for treatment an

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.

>> we expect the acting head director of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms, ken melson may be going soonement sources who spoke to our producer, terry freeden, he is expected to resign under pressure. the timetable here is not clear, but this may happen within the next day or two. it's a result of all the attention focused on this program, fast and furious, which not only allowed weapons to walk into mexico, but the icing on the cake is when two of the weapons associated with this program showed up near the body of brian terry. he's a border patrol agent who was killed just a few miles from the mexican border, brooke. >> jeanne, might this go beyond the atf? there was a congressional report saying the program was authorized not only at the highest levels of the atf but the highest levels of the department of justice here. might other people be forced out? are a >> reporter: some people might, but we just don't know what the upshot of the investigations are going to be. right now the inspector general of the department of justice are looking at this as well as the congressional and atf in

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

den neth melson is expected to resign.xt day or two after the controversy surrounding the atf's operation fast and furious. the operation let weapons flow into mexico with the goal of trying to track down cartel member. two guns of the program turned up at the scene where a u.s. border agent was killed last year. >>> scary moments caught on tape when a car flies up and over the wall. this was at a racetrack in indiana. four people ended up in the hospital. they were all volunteer workers at the track. there you see the car. luckily no one was killed in that. no fans were in danger. witnesses say they didn't see the car coming until the last second. >> wow. >>> homeowners checking their pools twice in a neighborhood in citrus county, florida. officials say 17 alligators busted out of a nearby gator farm, dug underneath the fence and escaped. >> 17 of them. >> 17 gators. >> not two, not three. >> they managed to capture some of them, thank goodness, but eight are still on the run. >> wait until i tell my wife there's eight u