mr. gonzalez was in office. unlike with fast and furious mexico cooperated with wide receiver, but mr. le memory of it. >> i don't remember the specifics of that operation you just mentioned. again, i'm very much aware of the fact that president bush asked us to look to see what we could do, what measures could be taken, working with the mexican authorities to stop the flow of guns from the united states illegally into mexico. i don't -- i don't remember the specifics of this operation that people are i wil alluding to. megyn: gonzalez resigned after two years in office, a tenure marred by controversy. today he is in private practice and believes he knows what mr. holder is going through. >> i think he knew, like i did. you know you step into these jobs, it's hard. the attorney general is always involved in the most difficult and controversial issues, that's just the way it is. if you can't stand the criticism, you know, if you can't stand the scrutiny, and if you're afraid of making a mistake then you shouldn't be doing this job. megyn: he offered this prediction on mr. holder's future

mr. gonzalez, how are you? >> prison psychology reggie matias is called in to calm gonzalez down. >> you're going home friday, right? >> yeah. friday is my out day. i want to hurry up and make it out there before i do end up doing something stupid knowing i will regret it later on down the line. >> i was getting a little worried about you. the closer it gets to your date, the more worked up you seem to be getting. >> i'm glad you noticed that. i'm nervous, man. don't get me wrong. i'm really happy to be out there with my family again. you know? i'm not trying to get in trouble to purposely stay here. that's not what this is about. it's not purposely. it's just how i am. >> it's a big change. >> i want to get the hell out of here as soon as possible. i can't wait. >> gonzalez is not the only cutter at isp who's under stress. after less than a week of living in a general population dorm, john philbeck ran into a problem with another inmate and was moved back to the residential treatment unit. when he got there, mo

mr. gonzalez. for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. gonzalez: thank you very much. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this bill in its entirety, but especially to that provision with attempts to eliminate the elections assistance commission. i need to address a few points that have been made by the proponents of this bill. i was there when this original bill came up for consideration years ago and i have been there for the subsequent hearings in the committee of jurisdiction. first of all when it comes to the secretaries of state, they have been opposed to the creation of the election assistance commission from its very beginning. this is nothing new. their renewal of opposition basically used a form letter that didn't even change the 2006 date. the 2010 opposition letter referred and still used the same letter of previous years. but the most important thing to point out is the secretaries of state have multifaceted responsibilities and obligations

mr. gonzalez. for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. gonzalez: thank you very much. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this bill in its entirety, but especially to that provision with attempts to eliminate the elections assiance commission. i need to address a few points that have been made by the proponents of this bill. i was there when this original bill came up for consideration years ago and i have been there for the subsequent hearings in the committee of jurisdiction. first of all when it comes to the secretaries of state, they have been opposed to the creation of the election assistance commission from its very beginning. this is nothing new. their renewal of opposition basically used form letter that didn't even change the 2006 date. the 2010 opposition letter referred and still used the same letter of previous years. but the most important thing to point out is the secretaries of state have multifaceted responsibilities and obligations. on

gonzalez. >> more of the top stories in just a moment. first we have standing by meteorologist mr. here. >> waiting in the wings. >> waiting in the wings. >> with coffee in hand. >> it's tea, but either way. approximate. >> okay. it's caffeine and that's all that matters. looks like it will be a little milder. we will have some sunshine. >> everything is on course for a nice finish to the weekend. no doubt about that. you can make your plans to get out and enjoy sunshine time today. it would be a good day to spend some time outdoors. patchy fog first thing this morning. generally clear sky overhead which means as long as the sun comes up at 7:10 we will start warming things up very quickly. 27 manassas, warrenton, culpepper. martinsburg, west virginia. 37 up the road in haguers towns. no rain showing up for today. he will have a dry sunday. and most of us will have a dry monday as well. both of the rain out to our west will arrive monday night into tuesday. your sunday forecast looks good. temperatures boo the mid and upper 50s. perfect weather for football. jets and redskins kicki

mr. holder. it's specific to the house. it mimics other thing that occurred in recent history. when attorney gonzalezo him from the democratic side. we want to keep up the pressure. martha: our reporter's package a while ago, this traffic and movement of these guns, if the u.s. government had knowledge of it which it appears to be a lot of evidence they did, it's in violation of u.s. and mexico law. is it possible we would see that level in terms of how the attorney general will be dealt with on this? >> we should be. i think american citizens need to know they were used as collateral damage. all our lives were put in harm's way. our law enforcement in our states were put in harm's way as well as the mexican people who suffered countless hundreds of deaths because of these gs. martha: thank you very much, good to have you here today. the department of justice is taking action in another front. they issues a stern warning to those enforce a tough new immigration law in alabama. the doj's letter to police in alabama warning them about the ramifications they carry out that law, what the fallout will be.

>> cranston-gonzalez think i apologize to mr. cranston.but i do think it is relevant and we need to get some information. is there any, do you have any ideas how we can get members of this committee a where? >> i can, we are happy to continue to have conversation, have individual meetings, you know, have dialogue, work session. we do produce the annual report to congress here we also produce quarterly report that are delivered not go into, you know, -- >> do you think members are reading those? >> pardon me? >> i was speaking out of turn. go ahead. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the chairman would like to thank ms. galante for remaining with us. and with that the chair knows that some members may have additional questions for the panel. which they may wish to submit in writing. without objection to record will remain open for 30 days for members to submit written questions to these witnesses and record. the chair now calls the second panel. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> congress is back in session next week.