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molly henneberg is live in washington with more. >> molly: yes, jeff neally was aware of the charges. according to dophz. the documents include e-mails from him last fall when he was alerted to the travel expenses of those work from home gsa employees. he wrote an e-mail to a colleague, omg h, is a fine mess we have gotten ourselves in to. he sent details to other colleagues, this will take your breath away. don't share further. >> the irony of those e-mails is not lost on congressman darrell issa who wants more information from the gsa. he sent a letter to the gsa yesterday saying, quote, the fact that the excessive travel reimbursements shocked jeffrey kneelly speaks volumes. it appears that they failed to monitor travel reimbursements to highly paid officials working as virtual employees. 95 employees that give those travel spentsz the money over 2011 and 2012. now, the new administrator is promising an extensive review. he wants a closer look at, quote our travel policy and staff deployment according to his spokesman and says the gsa is going to eliminate any excessive spending. >

molly henneberg tracking all of this live in washington. washington is abuzz, molly. >> hi, jamie and kelly. yes, it is, eric holder hired two attorneys to work for him to dig into the investigates of the leaks. part of the controversy, they may not be independent enough. holder says a u.s. department to d.c. and donor to president obama's campaign and rob rosen stein, a u.s. attorney for maryland appointed by president george w. bush, will doggedly go after the facts. and the chairman of the house intelligence committee mike rogers wants to see how they will be separate from the department of justice's chain of command. and roger says, quote, the investigates must be complete, fair and balanced and the u.s. attorneys will meet to have the ability to follow the investigation wherever it may lead. and president obama said yesterday that the idea that the white house would leak sensitive information for political gain as some critics charged is quote, offensive and quote, wrong. >> as i think has been indicated from these articles, whether or

molly henneberg is live in washington. molly, hi. terry's family, frustrated with the proceedings on capitol hill, what can you tell us. >> reporter: they are upset because brian terry was killed 18 months ago and no one has taken responsibility for the fast and furious government operation that led to him being gunned down. >> we still don't know why these questionable and flawed tactics of operation fast and furious were allowed to take place and who authorized these tactics that resulted in putting military-grade assault weapons into the hands of the most dangerous criminals in north america. >> patti ann: he says othe only way to prevent it from happening again is to see who put it in place in the first place. >> patti ann: democrats are defending attorney general holder today. what do they say. >> reporter: that the white house turned thousands and thousands of documents over to the oversight committee and, attorney general holder is working on arrange ms to turn over additional materials and democrats said: the committee obtain

>> molly henneberg in washington, thanks very much. so, a big question today about whether the terry family might be able to get those documents, that the white house and the justice department are refusing to hand over. can the terry family do something to actually get them. brian terry's cousin joins us live in just a couple of minutes. minutes. >> strong new reaction today to what some are calling the first real debate over immigration, both president obama and governor mitt romney defending their mohels, just 24 hours apart in front of one of the most powerful latino groups in our country and now republican senator marco rubio is speaking out about both parties and slamming the national debate as being too political. take a listen. >> as long as this issue of immigration is a political ping-pong that each side use toss win elections and influence votes, i'm telling you, it won't get solved because there are too many people that concluded that this issue unresolved is more powerful. they want it to stay unresolved, it's easier to in

molly henneberg live in washington with more. molly?east one female member of congress is not convinced that the military is doing enough to prevent examine combat sexual assault of women in the military. and she points to this sex scandal in the air force as evidence of that. but top leaders in the defense department say the pentagon is taking this very seriously. 12 basic training instructors at lackland air force base in san antonio, texas, where every air force recruit reports for basic training, are being investigated for sexual misconduct. six of the 12 face charges ranging from rape to adultery. defense secretary leon panetta says there is, quote, no tolerance for this kind of behavior. and has ordered a full investigation. >> we have no place in the military for sexual assault. we've reached out to bring women into the military. i'm very proud of what we've been able to do. i'm very proud of what women have been able to do in the military. but we have to maintain strict discipline here to insure that sexual assault does not happ

. >> molly henneberg live with the news in washington. what is the reaction from the white house tonight to accusations that it has overstepped it's boundaries? >> reporter: hi, harris. the president said it was within his powers to make the change to the policy separate from congress. president obama contends this is legal, it's not amnesty, it's not a path to citizenship and in part it's just an effort to get the ball rolling on immigration as his supporters said today. >> it is a temporary step, but that's also because congress isn't doing anything right now. the immigration system right now is deeply flawed, it has to be fixed, but i don't think republicans have shown any willingness to do anything about it. >> the president said he found a common sense answer to the problem facing the immigration situation. harris? >> republicans say compassion for the young people is definitely important but they argue so is the rule of law. >> reporter: they may not agree with the plan of helping children of illegals find a legal way to stay here,

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molly henneberg has the latest information. >> molly: attorney general eric holder tapped a u.s. attorneys to lead separate investigations into several recent leaks. one of the probes have been started by the f.b.i. helder said in statement, i have confidence in their abilities to doggedly follow the facts. but the chairman of house intelligence committee has concerns that these attorneys who will report to holder will be available to investigate freely. he said, quote, i look forward to how they will be independent from the chain of command. president obama talked about the leaks yesterday and said his white house is trying to figure out where they are coming from. >> the notion that my white house would purposely release classified national security information is offensive. >> reporter: but one top senate republican suggests the president should look in-house. he talked about the articles that appeared there, and journalists identify some of the sources for their articles as administration officials. aides to the president, members of the president's national security team. mc

. >> rick: molly henneberg is live in our d.c. newsroom with more. hi. >> reporter: hi, rick, the topic political analysts say the election will hinge on and as you said, governor romney brought the political conversation back to the economy today, and is going to six key states the president won four years ago, one of those states is pennsylvania where he had several bus stops today including in cornwall and lebanon county and, republican senator john mccain won in '08. mitt romney started the tour in new hampshire, going to ohio, wisconsin, michigan and iowa and told support es today the president may want to take the focus off of jobs and the nation's economic situation but he doesn't. >> his last campaign had a campaign slogan, about hope and change and now he hopes to change the subject and doesn't want you to think about his record. but we are thinking about his record. the people of america recognize that whether you think he's a nice guy or you don't, one thing you know is he has been a disappointment. he has not gotten this economy going the

harris. >> harris: molly henneberg on the story, tonight, thank you very much.millions of mexicans are head to polls to choose a new president amid a drug war growing more violent by the hour and in increasingly threatening to spread over the border and whichever candidate takes the presidency has to find a way to contain the violence, william lajeunesse is streaming live from mexico city. william, who is the front-runner? >> reporter: well, i'll tell you all the candidates say the current strategy failed and, has done more damage than good and want to try something new and the front-runner, is proposing to go another direction to replace the army with federal police and yet he doesn't want to appear as going night or accommodating to cartels and critics consider him an intellectual light weight who has gotten by on good looks, actress wife and, he's related to 8 former governors and personally, he has admitted to cheating on his first wife and fathering two children out of wedlock with other women and he's leading a party known for its corruption an -- and cron

molly henneberg live in washington with more. hi, molly. >> hi. eric holder tapped ronald machin, a attorney for dc and a u.s. attorney for maryland to lead separate investigation noose several recent leaks. at least one of these probes has already been started by the f.b.i holder said in a statement, quote, i have every confidence in their abilities to doggedly follow the facts and the evidence in the pursuit of justice wherever it leads. but the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee, mike rogers, had some concerns that these attorneys who still will report to holder, will be able to investigate freely. rogers said, quote, i look forward to hearing how they will be independent from the chain of command. one top senate republican jpmorgan says the empty needs to appoint an independent prosecutor to lead this investigation. president obama talked about the media articles on the leaks yesterday and insisted that any information must be coming from elsewhere. >> as i think has been indicated from these articles, whether or not the i

molly henneberg is live in washington with the details. >> reporter: democrats on the house oversight committee are coming to the defense of the attorney general, eric holder, today after that committee voted along party lines to hold him in contempt of congress. today committee democrats said in a statement, quote, the committee has obtained no evidence that the attorney general was aware that gun walking was being used. to the contrary, the attorney general said he halted it and ordered an inspector general investigation and implemented significant reform measures. republicans want to know why holder will not provide specific documents they requested and why the white house intervened exerting executive privilege to keep some of the documents secret. one g.o.p. member says the justice department is not, quote beyond accountability. >> the frustration is not just the stonewalling but the evidence as well that there has been intimidation by the justice department of some of those people who were whistle-blowers. >> reporter: john boehner says the full house will vote on the contempt c

rick. >> rick: molly henneberg in washington. thanks. >> jamie: we saw some disappointing jobs numbers, raising fears that the economy could be slowing down. the national unemployment rate climbing to 8.2% last month as the struggling economy and the slowing growth of jobs is a bad combination to the millions of americans still trying to find work. for many it's a race against time as a key life line is about to run out. casey stegall has that story live in los angeles. hi, casey. >> jail oh, good to see you. you may remember it was in 2009 that the federal government created these emergency extensions to help tide over unemployed americans until the job market stabilized. what happened? the feds added 73 weeks of additional benefits to the already 26 weeks that most states offer. that brings the grand total to about 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. but earlier this year, those extensions expired. while congress managed to keep the program going, a timeline for it to end had to be set, which means more than 400,000 people are n

molly henneberg is live in washington.ve you learned. >> reporter: we are getting information in this second from the department of homeland security. i've been handed a statement from secretary napolitano which says our nation's immigration laws must be enforced in a firm and enforceable manner. discretion which is used in so many other areas is especially justified here. there is still a lot of unanswered questions in the change in policy. it was just announced this friday morning. the department of homeland security secretary jan aetna poll tan owe will be talking to reporters. young illegals will be able to stay in the u.s. and a employ for work permits if they meet criteria, if they are younger than 30 years old and brought to the u.s. before they turned 16. if they've been in the u.s. for at least five continuous years and have no criminal history. and if they graduated from a u.s. high school or earned an equivalent degree or served in the military. they can apply for that work permit which lasts for two years and c

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with more on this molly henneberg joining us from washington, d.c. >> good morning molly. >> good morning ainsley and patti ann. governor mitt romney had a sterling business record last night at a handful of fund raisers in new york city the former president said elt electing mi -- electing mitt roo be colamathus for the country. >> if we ever get out of this thing we are going to cut taxes so much we explode the debt and see just how high we can drive interest rates. that is their economic policy. it was their economic policy and it is and it doesn't work. >>> president obama raised $3.6 million at the events last night. in his remarks the president told supporters he has kept government spending in check. >> the two presidents over the last 30 years, 40 years who have had the lowest increases in government spend, you are looking at them right here. they are on this stage. >> that drew a quick response from the romney campaign which said that the idea of president obama as a fiscal conservative is quote laughable. a spokesman continued in a statement saying quote after promising to cut t

molly henneberg is tracking all of this for us and she's live in washington. hi, heather, president obama is likely gearing up for a trip tomorrow to the g20 economic summit in mexico but in his weekly radio and internet address today, he pressed lawmakers to end the, quote, stalemate in washington, and, pass his jobs plan. >> president barack obama: congress passed a few parts of the jobs bill, like a tax cut allowing working americans to keep more of your paycheck and, when it comes to growing the economy republicans in congress have not lifted a finger and would rather wait until after the election in november. >> reporter: the president made a major immigration announcement yesterday in the rose garden changing u.s. policy to let young illegal immigrants brought here to the u.s. by their parents, to stay here and get a work permit and not get deported. governor mitt romney on a factory tour in pennsylvania today says the president doesn't want to talk very much about the economy but, he, romney, does and suggested the president is selective about which amer

correspondent molly henneberg is live with the latest. hi, molly. >> reporter: they have a deal.wo-and-a-half-year deal we're told by lawmakers. but house and senate negotiators have to sign off on it. that should happen this evening. then the legislation can move toward votes in the house and senate. lawmakers want to get the bill done before they leave town on friday because it provides funding for states on transportation-related projects. that means jobs for constituents. to get it done, both sides had to give in on the key provisions. but rules the transportation bill has to be written and posted before midnight tonight to get a vote by friday. the white house and the republican leadership signaled during the day a deal was possible. >> we're moving i think toward an agreement, on a transportation bill. >> we are cautiously optimistic this will come together. >> multiple sources tell fox two of the most contentious provisions taken out of the bill. both backed by the republicans. republicans gave up a measure promoting development of the keystone oil pipeline, as well as lan

molly henneberg is live in washington.s this new evidence and why are they continuing to go back to this? >> reporter: martha, the newest charge by the u.s. anti-doping agency is that blood samples from lance armstrong in twrin and 2010 after he came out of his first retirement are quote, fully consistent with blood that has been boosted to enhance performance. the usada says it has 10 cyclists and other armstrong team employees who will testify armstrong was epdoing over a decade. the agency is bringing charges against five others associated with armstrong's cycling team. the usada said in a statement quote, we do not choose whether or not to do our job based on outside pressures or intimidation or any other reason other than the evidence. our duty on clean athletes and those that value integrity of sport is fairly and thoroughly evaluate all the evidence and when there is clear evidence of doping take action under the establishes rules. they can't bring legal or criminal charges against armstrong but they can take away h

of the aisle had to make hard choices and compromises to get the legislation through congress molly henneberg with more on that. >>> republicans wanted a provision in the bill pushing along the keystone oil pipeline and gave that up. democrats wanted to keep a series of environmental regulations on proceed projects and gave up some of those. in the end the republicans and democrats in the house and senate voted overwhelmingly to pass the bill. afterwards one of top republican senate negotiators put out a statement saying "our bill streamlines environmental review processes for the long-term and gives more authority and flexibility to the states to decide their own funding. >> because of this compromise millions of workers in the transportation and construction industries know that their jobs will not disappear. this is a two year bill that allocates $100 billion for highway and transit programs and funding was set to expire tomorrow night. greg? >> democrats are pointing out that the republican leadership ignored one of their open rules to pass this bill. how about that? >> house republican l

. >> molly henneberg was live with the news in washington and republicans and other critics are not convincedobama administration was planning to investigate the leaks and fielding any answers. >> that's right, harris, both sides say that the two u.s. attorneys who head up the investigations are good men and good lawyers, g.o.p. lawmakers are concerned because they will be reporting to attorney general issuing holder who reports to the president. the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee says it will be a challenge for the two u.s. attorneys if in fact it leads to high ranking people in the obama administration. >> some of the leaks, and public leaks, self-described aides or people in the situation, pretty small, but an important group of people. my question for the attorney general, good start maybe, but we need to find out if they'll have that independence. >> he wants to see what kind of power and autonomy the u.s. attorneys will have. he at this point has not called for an independent special prosecutor and other republicans have, including senator john mccain. harris? >

molly henneberg is live with the news in washington.mily is voicing frustration with the patrolleddings on the hill. >> reporter: right they are upset because brian terry was kill 18 months ago and they say no one has taken responsibility for the operation that lead to terry being gunned down. >> we still don't know why these questionable and flawed tactics of operation fast and furious were allowed to take place. who authorized these tack fix -- tactics that resulted in putting military grade assault weapons into the hands of the most dangerous criminals in north america. >> reporter: he says the only way to prevent this from happening again is find out who approved this plan. >> harris: one of the things we were watching for was whether or not there would be some sort of last minute deal struck between holder and house republicans. what are we hearing? >> reporter: right john boehner says the vote by the full house as far as contempt of congress charge will go forward next week unless the obama administration turns over documents that

molly henneberg is live in washington. ninnedcation these leak -- indication these leaks were politically motivated? >> mccain thinks so. he quoted sources as administrative officials and aids to the president. president obama insisted the information must be coming from elsewhere. >> as i think has been indicated from these articles, weather the information is true writers of the articles stated unequivocally they didn't come from this white house. that's not how we operate. >> the republican chairman of the house judiciary committee wonders how the president can be so sure when the investigation hasn't concluded yet. >> that is a little premature for the president to be able to say cat goreic cleave the white house didn't leak. >> any one convicted of leaking should face jail time. >>> what about the two people appointed to head up the leak investigations. what have you learned about them? >> they are u.s. attorneys who work for attorney general eric holder that is part of the controversy they may not be independent enou

this morning, molly henneberg has details.ood morning, steve, gretchen and brian. although just last week, former president bill clinton said that governor mitt romney had a sterling business record, last night at a handful of fundraisers for president obama in new york city, the former president said that electing mitt romney would be calamitous for the country. >> governor romney says no, austerity and unemployment now and then when we -- if we ever get out of this thing, then we're going to cut taxes so much, we'll explode the debt then and see how high we can drive interest rates. >> president clinton helps president obama raise $3.6 million at the events last night. you may remember that team clinton and team obama battled it out pretty fiercely during the democratic primary in 2008. president obama suggested that's all in the past. >>> we both agree that we have improved our gene pool because we married outstanding women. and so i could not be prouder to have called him president. i could not be prouder to know him as a

molly henneberg is live in washington. so, molly, what are the sticking points?er. well, you mentioned a couple of them, whether or not the keystone pipeline will even be included in this bill and the price tag. also republicans are pushing for fewer environmental requirements on certain construction projects. the chair of the house transportation committee, republican congressman john mica, just told fox that, quote: everything is still in play at this hour on transportation. and that the overall bill is just a struggle. earlier this hour the house speaker had this to say about the bill. >> it is clear that there are significant reforms in this bill. which will reduce the number of programs funded out of the highway bill, streamline the regulatory process and allow us to focus our highway dollars on fixing america's highways, not planting more flowers around the country. >> reporter: as of this morning, though, congressional leaders did not have updated figures from the congressional budget office on a cost for the bill. heather: molly, what's the time frame we'

. >> gregg: molly henneberg is live following the th story. momly, that probably doesn't really go over well with the white house i would admit. >> molly: president obama has said his administration doesn't operated by leaking national security details to the media. top political advisor the articles didn't point to the white house that leaked information. >> i think the authors of this work have said that the white house was not the source of this information. i can't say there weren't leaks but they weren't from there. >> molly: peter king says based on the highly sensitive details in the media articles the leaker has to be in the president's, quote, inner circle. >> gregg: that is what the journalists are saying. look, republicans are not convinced that the obama administration plan to investigate this will yield any meaningful answers. what is the latest on that. >> molly: both sides the two u.s. attorneys will head up the investigations are good men and good lawyers but g.o.p. law makes are concerned because they will still be reporting to