i'm shannon bream.mber two of america's news headquarters live from the nation's capital starts right now. >>> lawmaker from both parties wasted no time tangling over different versions of the benghazi attack. steve centanni is following it right now. hi, steve. >> reporter: accusations flying. republicans claiming there was a coverup and democrats say it is an effort to discredit hillary clinton. e-mails show an effort by the administration to edit the controversial tacking points about what -- talking points about what led to benghazi. the central issue is sue you san rice's claim on five talk shows that a video created the conflict when in fact it was a terrorist attack. >> i would call it a coverup. i would call it a coverup in the extent there was willful removal of information which was obvious. it was obvious. mr. hicks sade in his testimony his jaw you dropped when saw susan rice do that. i was on another sunday morning show after susan rice. my jaw dropped. >> in that attack four americans were

. >> molly: good zbliem i'm shannon bream in for bret baier. he laid a wreath at arlington cemetery and gave a speech honoring our military. he is redefining untraditional warfare the war on terror that is. wendall goler on the mixture of procedure and politics. >> reporter: after placing a wreath at the tomb of the unknown, president obama told the stories of three servicemen and women who were buried at arlington national cemetery after giving their lives in afghanistan the past two months. >> it will be our task every single one of us on to honor the strength and love these brave americans felt f and our country. >> fewer americans are dying in afghanistan, he said. when you add to that the all volunteer service which touches fewer families, fewer americans truly understand the sacrifices being made in their names. >> even as we turn a page on a decade of conflict, even as we look forward let us never forget as we gather here today that our nation is still at war. >> reporter: but the president's critics say that is he that forgot on the war

shannon bream is live in washington with that. shannon?ll, jon, for fast and furious to the justice department's aggressive investigation into journalists phone records and personal email, g.o.p. criticism of holder's decisions has been steadily growing and they are not alone. over the last couple of years republican lawmakers have introduced multiple house resolutions expressing no confidence in holder and asking for his immediate resignation. but, now liberal media outlets, blogs, and even democrats are questioning holder's recent decisions. >> but it seems to me clear that the actions of the department have, in fact, impaired the first amendment. reporters who might have previously believed that confidential source would speak to them would no longer have that level of confidence. >> you may remember that 17 democrats joined house republicans in voting to hold the attorney general in contempt over fast and furious last year. now, in response to the most recent media tracking scandal, liberal pundit bill press has tweeted out a call tore

i'm shannon bream.x where more news is always on the way. >> chris: i'm chris wallace. today, the irs scandal. how far does it reach? >> it is inexcusable and americans are right to be angry about it and i'm angry about it. >> someone needs to be held responsible. someone needs to be in prison. someone needs to be prosecuted. >> this is not limited to the irs. this is a culture of intimidation. >> chris: the president promises to fix the problem as the white house goes into damage control and congressional investigations gear up. >> why did you mislead congress and the american people on this? >> mr. chairman, i did not mislead congress nor the american people. >> chris: we will talk with a member of the president's inner circle senior advisor dan pfei

correspondent shannon bream has a live update tonight from philadelphia. again, a warning, her report contains some disturbing language. good evening, shannon. >> good evening, bret. after weeks of testimony dozens of witness' and 10 days of deliberations the jury came back with a verdict today that seemed to come as enormous surprise to the man in the middle of the controversy. guilty of three counts of first degree murder and dozens more felony and misdemeanor charges of abortion doctor kermit gosnell convicted of killing babies after they were alive at his clinic following botched abortions now waits to see if the jury will recommend life in prison or the death penalty. >> i would say the jury did the best job it probably could. justice would mean what comes out of this is we start looking really closely as to what the women's movement doesn't want to too which is protecting the health of women. >> gosnell's attorney jack mcmahon says quote no one was cheering for his client and likened the defense' effort to sammon trying to swim upstream. >> am i disap

shannon bream has that part of the story. >> it's no secret that g.o.p. criticism of attorney general eric holder has been widespread. including the 131 house members, 8 senators and two governors who have publicly called for his resignation. >> attorney general holder seems to be aloof and unengaged when it is convenient and, yet, incompetent when it matters most. and we need an attorney general who is hands on, who is communicating with the president, that does not happen with eric holder. >> now add to the list of those who think it's time for holder to go. liberal talk show host bill press. the left leaning huffington post, esquire magazine even keith olbermann who records used by associated press reporters quote, unacceptable. if mr. holder continues to support this rogue action, he should resign. and when the attorney general appeared before the judiciary committee it was california democrat joe zoe lock ran assigning blame. >> it seems to me clear that the actions of the department have, in fact, impaired the first amendment. >> it's not unusual fo

i'm shannon bream in for bret baier. another major twist in the white house scandal that has garnered the most media attention this month since it involves the media. and it has a lot of people questioning the concept of the attorney general. and the justice department reviewing their own behavior. we have fox team coverage chief white house correspondent ed henry looks at the relationship and some possible cracks between president obama and eric holder. but we begin with correspondent doug mckelway and the latest on the investigation and a change of story from the attorney general. good evening, doug. >> good evening, shannon. late today the justice department acknowledged that attorney general eric holder signed off on the james search warrant. >> in a statement it said it, quote: took great care in deciding a search warrant was necessary, vetting the decision at the highest levels of the department including discussions with the attorney general. it is the latest in what many believe to be a shifting narrative by the

shannon bream is getting ready for her live shot. her now live outside the courthouse in philadelphia. shannon? >> reporter: megyn, as you know, this morning, the jury came back after a long weekend, they just basically did a half day on friday. came back this morning rngs told the judge they were deadlocked on two counts. there are minnesota than 250 counts and two co-defendants in this case. our producer who's been inside for the entire trial told us after the jurors came back from lunch, there was a lot of activity. the prosecutors were there, everyone was in the courtroom. she then told us that it appeared a verdict was in and everyone was told, they had to silence their technology. before she did that, her report to us is, there is now a verdict. and the courtroom is silenced to the outside world. we have to wait and see what's happening, whether the jurors made progress on those two counts -- and we don't know which of the 250 counts or the nine against his co-defendant -- may have been. the judge sent them back and said, give i

>> bret: shannon bream in d.c. shannon, thank you. let's dig a little deeper on this story with senior political analyst brit hume. good evening, brit. >> good evening, bret. in the matter of james rosen the justice department has gone where federal prosecutors have rarely if ever gone before. to obtain a search warrant for rosen's personal emails they claimed to a federal court by doing what journalists do ferret out secrets of government and report them, rosen has committed a crime. indeed they describe how he cultivated a state department official as a sowmplets set up a confidential method of communicating women h flattered him on the phone, gasped and asked him to provide information about state department action and intelligence on a foreign country now identified as north korea. all this as the fbi in a 36-page affidavit is in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy to divulge classified information. did rosen do this to help an enemy? the fbi makes no such claim. instead, it sites an email in which rosen tells his source, quote i

i'm shannon bream in washington. umber two of america's news headquarters begins in moore, oklahoma where casey stegall is standing by live. >> reporter: shannon, good to see you. tomorrow is the one week mark when this ef5 tornado went through. ef5 is as high as they are rated meaning packing winds of 200 or more miles per hour. that is about the strength of a category five hurricane and we know this was on the ground for a little more than 40 minutes doing just about damage to everything that it touched. you know, over the last week we have been on the ground here and have been able to talk to resident after resident after resident who tell us that they are just trying to salvage. they are just trying to clean up one shovel scoop at a time. for those who had insurance they are trying to work with adjusters to get claims filed and then there are those who had no coverage and may perhaps be working to apply for assistance. all of this, of course, wheel funerals are being held this holiday weekend and a community comes

obama's push to get democrats back in control of the house of representatives, but we begin with shannon bream on holder's outreach to the media. shannon? >> the invitations from the justice department have gone out, but a growing number of media outlets are saying no thanks to an off the record discussion with embattled attorney general eric holder. fox news will not attendant the doj meeting if it's off the record, according to vice president of news, michael clemente. same goes for cbs. cbs news does not plan to participate in the off the record meeting with attorney general eric holder. we would be willing to consider an on the record discussion. also taking a pass on any off the record opportunities, nbc, cnn, "the new york times," the associated press, and the huffington post. but there have been some takers. quote, abc news will attend the meeting and press for that conversation to be put on the record. politico editor-in-chief johnç harris says i feel anyone, whether an official or ordinary reader, should be able toç have an unguarded conversation in a position of accountability with

shannon bream looks at how liberals and democrats are turning on the a.g. now.

. >> molly: good zbliem i'm shannon bream in for bret baier.are the war on terror that is. wendall goler on the mixture of procedure and politics. >> rep

shannon bream is live in our d.c. newsroom.l us more about the letter. >> in that letter, the chairman of the house judiciary committee, republican from virginia is giving the attorney general one week to answer for inconsistencies in holder's sworn testimony asking how can you claim to have never been involved in the potential prosecution of a member of the media but you were admittedly involved in discussions regarding mr. rosen's emails. another question asked, how can you maria claim to have never heard of the potential prosecution of the press but were add a minimum involved in discussions regarding mr. rosen. the co letter said it's important to hear directly from the attorney general to figure out whether or not he may have committed perjury. trace? >> how are the democrats responding to this? >> the judiciary committee's top democrat sees things differently saying i believe attorney general holder who answered questions over four hours was forthright and did not mislead the committee. there's no need to turn a policy di

shannon bream is there. and parts of this are disturbing. >> reporter: good evening. it appears the jury is still considering the most serious charges kermit is charged with, four babies allegedly born alive at his clinic and then killed. today, jurors asked to re-hear the testimony of former clinic employee, linda williams. she has testified with regard to the infant known as baby c, as a mitting after gosnell delivered the baby, it was breathing and moving for 20 minutes before she snipped its spine, killing it. willia williams pleaded guilty to third degree murder in that case and a patient who died from a drug overdose. though the case has largely been ignored by the mainstream media, it is getting a lot of attention from the republican lawmakers who believe the gosnell case is not a rare exception. congresswoman marsha blackburn said 15 state investigations back up that claim. >> what we're hearing it doesn't matter if it's washington d.c. or new york city or virginia, or delaware or wherever, that this is more the norm and the gosnell clinic is not the outlier a

we go live to shannon bream.by live tonight which is huge development. >> reporter: personal emails and phone records they go far beyond james rosen's information. in a court filing dated october 13, 2011, government details numerous pieces of evidence it has collected including scores of phone records that have area codes and exchanges that match up to many fox news hard lines and cellphones. redacted version of that document we can't see the final four numbers on each of phone numbers but the area code and exchanges match up to fox employee and office phones including the phone lines that run to our work space at the white house, at the pentagon and at the state department. the records also appear to show the justice department gathered phone records rank today fox news executives. we have reached out to the justice department and white house for commented. white house press secretary tells our colleague, quote, can't comment on an ongoing criminal investigation. these new revelations come on the heel that has

>> bret: shannon bream, thank you. we'll continue to watch that trial. photo shopping pictures, a lot of people do it. but for a country to do it for world leader visits? one news organization in one country did. we'll show you. dennis rodman has a message for his good buddy, kim jong-un. we'll t >> bret: fresh pickings from the political grapevine. dennis rodman wants to be an unofficial ambassador to north korea and he's already making some requests. asking the nation's young dictator to free an american in prison this. the former nba star tweeted, yesterday, i'm calling on the supreme leader of north korea, or as i call him, kim, to do me a solid and cut kenneth bay loose. bay, a korean american, has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly fomenting revolution. he was working as a tour operator in china and often traveled to north korea to feed orphans. rodman visited kim jong-un in march and has said he plans to return to the country. >>> north korea has been from time to time accused of altering images used by state-run news agencies

shannon bream with a warning that her report contains disturbing language. >> ee they found him guiltyrdering three babies, kermit gosnell has elected to take a deal that will take the death penalty off the table. he will be sentenced to life without parole for two of the first-degree murder convictions and he will be sentenced tomorrow on the first-degree murder counted along with scores of felony and misdemeanor counts. he is giving up his right to any appeal. >> he won't have the death penalty, that is a good thing. so when you don't go to that stage, that is a good thing. the appellate process is not a very realistic possibility. >> reporter: a group of prominent african-american leaders denounced gosnell and said it's time to speak out about the impact abortion has on their communities. recent data shows that african-american women have abortions at a rated nearly four times that of their white counterparts. >> gosnell ran his bloody clinic where he made mail milt yons of dollars killing black children. he got away with it simply because he could. after all, no one really cares ab

correspondent shannon bream is live tonight in philadelphia. some of her report contains disturbing information. good evening, shannon. >> hello, bret. the jury wrapped up its fifth day of deliberations today with no verdict but did seem to signal wrestling with the most serious charges against dr. kermit gosnell. asking the judge for guidance today about the difference between the first and third degree murder charges asking about inif a is a side. charges are that he killed infants born alive at his clinic. there are scores of additional charges against gosnell along with conspiracy and corruption. he is also charged with 24 felony counts of performing an abortion more than 24 weeks into a pregnancy. a conviction on any of those particular felony charges could carry jail time and at age 72. likely gosnell may never again be a free man even if he is not found guilty on the murder charges but convicted on some of the lesser charges which also include 227 misdemeanor counts. gosnell's defense attorney jack mcmahon specifically mentioned the fox n

shannon bream live with the news in washington. shannon? >> well, harris, g.o.p.ders of the house judiciary committee say they can't swear the attorney general's testimony before them on may 15th and what they learned just days later after telling the committee he had never been involved with the potential prosecution of the press for disclosing material, the justice department admitted the attorney general did take part in the discussions about pursuing a search warrant giving the agency access to james rosen's personal email account. that search warrant was based on allegations that rosen had engaged in criminal activity. so, committee leaders say holder needs to clear up what they view as a conflict by answering questions, including this one. quote: how can you claim to have never been involved in the potential prosecution of a member of the media, but you were admittedly involved in discussions regarding mr. rosen's emails? today, white house press secretary jay carney said holder's positions are not inconsistent, that he testified truthfully and that the pres

shannon bream in washington, thank you.more about this with our news watch panel, jim pinkerton is contributing editor and writer for the american conservative magazine. helen ratner bureau chief of talk radio news service and a fox news contributor. jim you are fond of saying that information is to be free. since when does a reporter doing his job, when does that amount to criminal could h coconspiracy? >> according to glen green wrauld who works for a leftist center newspaper in the uk the justice department had every intention of throwing ro james rosen in jail and convict him of crimes. hay had a new vision of investigating leaks which as he says in his piece involves solicitation, that is it's not a crime to print classified information, it's a crime to leak classified information. they had to say james was soliciting the sources at the state department to give him stuff and that was a crime. this according to green walled is completely absolutely unprecedented in u.s. history. jon: nobody wants to see secrets that wil

. >> we take to you washington now with shannon bream. >> from texas to kansas, multiple tornado outbreaksreaking havoc across the country. and the nightmare isn't over. we go to the extreme weather center. and the scandal-plagued white house is doing damage control, sending a senior adviser to put out the fires on five sunday shows, claiming the president was not involved or informed that the irs was targeting the tea party. >> we didn't see the details or the report. we had no facts that such an investigation was coming to a conclusion. >> should the president have kept better tabs on the

>> the only thing i really feel comfortable saying, bill, is that which was included in shannon bream'sreport on "special report" with bret baier on monday which was a quote from me, which was the effect that as a reporter i will always honor the confidentiality of my dealings with all of my sources. >> bill: yeah, sure. you don't do that you are no longer a reporter and you are one of the best. so, rosen, we have got your back and cammeron has got your front and you are in good shape, man. you let us know how this goes. it's going to be an interesting book you are going to have some day. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. jesse watters talked to some of the president's most ardent supports, will they stand by their man. not a supporter of president obama. weigh in on the irs and >> bill: lou's the boss segment tonight. big controversy over apple keeping massive profits overseas to avoid paying taxes in america. >> is it true you told our staff you are not bringing the 100 billion home unless we reduce our tax rates? is thatccurate? >> i didn't remember saying tha

correspondent shannon bream is live again outside the courthouse for day eight of deliberations wrappingp with still no verdict. as always, we'll give you the warning. this report contains some disturbing language. good evening, shannon. >> reporter: hello, bret. today makes the second time the jurors have asked that the complete testimony of one of the prosecution's witnesses be read back to them. in both cases, the testimony came from former gosnell clinic employees. while deliberations continue today, baristas fo priests for a service for the babies retrieved from the clinic. review leaders have sent information citing a grand jury report and asking how those state officials conduct oversight of abortion clinics. democrats have not signed onto the effort but house minority leader nancy pelosi was quick to condemn gosnell's clinic today. >> think whatever went on there, and i only know what you all report on it, it's really disgusting. it's really disgusting. when we talk about reproductive health for women, that's not what we're talking about. >> reporter: earlier this week a group of

they just won't be allowed to tell us about it shannon bream is on fox top story live tonight in washington. shannon? >> well, shepard, executive vice president of news michael clementi says fox news will not attend the doj meeting if it is off the record. nbc, cnn, the "new york times," the associated press and huffington post are also among those taking a pass. >> when you've lost the press, especially a press that has been so supine and so supportive of this administration, that has bent over backwards to give them every break, then you're really, really in trouble which is why we are having this extraordinary attempt to kind of set the record straight on an off the record basis. there had been takers. meet with the attorney general keep the chat off the record all while continuing to report on his treatment of the press. political editor in chief i feel anyone whether an official or ordinary reader should be able to have unguarded conversation with someone in a position of accountability for a news organization when there is good reason. brad woodhouse, communications director for the d

here's correspondent shannon bream. >> the executive branch, i don't care which party, the executive branch cannot be its own judge. >> a bipartisan group of house members citing the wide-ranging evidence involving fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen has legislation to protect journalists who obtain information from confidential government sources. as new revelation showed how wide the net was in the rosen investigation. documents detail a lengthy list of phone numbers investigators probed, including subscribers records for phone numbers with area codes and exchange, that match up to phone lines into fox work spaces at the white house, state department and pentagon, as well as other fox offices and cellphones. the final four numbers of the numbers have been redacted, making it impossible to know who the justice department had tracked, however fox news has confirmed that two of the phone numbers are an exact match to both rosen's cellphone and his parents' hard-line at their home in new york. >> this seems to be incidents that are clear violations of the spirit and the

shannon bream live in the d.c. newsroom tonight. shannon? and phone records and we are learning tonight they go far beyond just james rosen's information. in a court filing made by the u.s. attorney's office dated october 13th, 2011 the government details numerous pieces of evidence that had t. has collected including scores of phone records that have area codes and exchanges that match up to many fox news office hard lines and employee's cell phones. in the redacted version of that government we cannot see the final four numbers in each of the phone numbers but the area code and exchange match up to fox employee and the office phones including the phone lines that run to our work space at the white house, pentagon, and state department. the records also appear to show the justice department gathered phone records linked to fox news executives. we have reached out to the justice department and white house for comment. white house press secretary jay carney tells our colleague ed henry he quote can't comment on ongoing criminal investigation.

>> bret: shannon bream, thank you. we'll continue to watch that trial. photo shopping pictures, a lot of people do it. but for a country to do it for world leader visits? one news organization in one country did. we'll show you. dennis rodman has a message for his good buddy, kim jong-un. we'll translate that next on the grapevine [ dog barks ] i want to treat mo dogs. ♪ our business needs more cases. [ male announcer ] where do you want to take your business? i need help selling art. [ male announcer ] from broadband to web hosting to mobile apps, small business solutions from at&t have the security you need to get you there. call us. we can show you how at&t solutions can help you do what you do... even better. ♪ if yand you're talking toevere. rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten

shannon bream live outside the course in philadelphia.s have asked a lot of questions about the charges themselves, right? >> they have. and it's giving us some clue as to where they may be in their deliberations. something a lot of folks may not know or may have forgotten is that gosnell actually has a co-defendant in this case. there are nine charges against her. more than 250 against him. up until today, most of the questions the jurors had been asking were about that co-defendant. but today, that changed. seemingly they have shifted to the gosnell case. they asked the judge about the various murder charges against him. signaling that they have moved into considering the most serious charges that gosnell is facing. his defense attorney says don't read too much into those juror questions. >> normal questions. that's a normal question in any homicide that i have been doing this for 35 years. that's a -- almost a standard question you get in almost any murder case was to define the charges that they're called upon to decide. >> along with

shannon bream is live outside the courthouse tonight. >> one of the keys we are watching for now is whethermit gosnell will take the stand next week essentially to plead for his life. you know, he never testified during the trial itself. in fact, the defense put on zero witnesses to tell its side of the case. gosnell's attorney today after the verdict if he thought that was a mistake. here is what he said. >> as a trial lawyer at the time that you make them. and it's like sports. it would be easy to, you know, second guess it after the fact and say i should have done that after i lost. but, i don't. i made the decision and i made it jointly with my client and we distant by it acting the to the verdict the communications director said this must have and enforce laws to access is and legal abortion while pro-life groups say it proves these clinics need more regulation. no decision from gosnell and legal team about whether we will see him on the stand next tuesday he ran that clinic more more than 30 years. the investigators shut down the place after a raid back in 2010. one that focused on th

i am shannon bream live in washington. we go to steve centanni for the latest on the irs scandal. >> reporter: democrats and republicans alike have

"special report," i'm shannon bream, proud and fearless, tonight, good night from washington. >> shepard: this is the fox report. tonight, dramatic video of a shooting in the streets of a major city. as cops take down some accused attackers. plus, a bridge collapses. right into the water. >> just holding on for dear life at that point. you go with it. >> shepard: dramatic stories of survival after cars plunge into a river. >> rescue these three people from the water was really a extraordinary. >> shepard: tonight, new clues about what caused the collapse. plus, the jodi arias fiasco. >> no unanimous agreement, sign foreperson. >> shepard: now a new jury may get to decide whether arias should die or teaching spanish and donating her hair after stabbing her ex-boyfriend 27 times. and -- >> what happened that evening was unprecedented. >> shepard: almost seven months after super storm sandy, a major tourist attraction makes a big come back just in time for memorial day. but first from fox this friday night, the collapse of a major interstate bridge. and drivers who were crossing a river sud

i'm shannon bream in for bret baier.t has garnered the most media attention this month since it involves the media. and it has a lot of people questioning the concept of the attorney general. and the justice department reviewing their own behavior. we have fox team coverage chief white house correspondent ed henry looks at the relationship and some possible cracks between president obama and eric holder. but we begin with correspondent doug mckelway and the latest on

i'm shannon bream. good night from washington. i kind of like it. >> shepard: there is breaking news now as fox reports. we're tracking major developments in the investigation into the boston marathon attack. first, there is now word that investigators have found an al-qaeda bomb making magazine on a computer at the home of an accused bomber. the al-qaeda magazine, inspire, contained instructions for would be terrorists. past articles have explained how to assemble explosives. now here is the other major development. sources are now telling fox news that katy russell, the wife of the now dead bomber, communicated with her husband after the attacks. and while investigators were trying to find him. as far as we know, she did not attempt to contact investigators. katy russell, as you may know, is just 24 years old. her father, an ivy league educated doctor, her mother, a nurse. katy's high school teachers say she was a talented artist, a nice girl, a good student. her high school yearbook entry lists her plan as college and the peace

i'm shannon bream. good night from washington.f like it. >> shepard: there is breaking news now as fox reports. we're tracking major developments in the investigation into the boston marathon attack. first, there is now word that investigators have found an al-qaeda bomb making magazine on a computer at the home of an accused bomber. the al-qaeda magazine, inspire, contained instructions for would be terrorists. past articles have explained how to assemble explosives. now here is the other major development. sources are now telling fox news that katy russell, the wife of the now dead bomber, communicated with her husband after the attacks. and while investigators were trying to find him. as far as we know, she did not attempt to contact investigators. katy russell, as you may know, is

shannon bream is outside the across. -- outside the courthouse.om today is the next phase. >> it is, and of course that's going to be very important because now we have the decision for kermit gosnell. a jury of his peers deciding whether he will live the rest of his life in prison. he is 72 years old. or whether they will serve up the death penalty for him, and as you know, many, many times here in this country, people die on death row because there is such a lengthy appeals process, through the state courts, the federal courts, the supreme court. and many times it takes years. so, prosecutors have said from the beginning they thought that gosnell would never be other free man again. regardless of which type of crimes he wag convicted of, because so many carry jail time and he is already 7 years old. -- 72 years old, his wife is on house arrest because she took a plea deal and actually testified, most of them against gosnell. she did not abuse spousal privilege but you have to wonder what testimony the jurors will hear now. they have been through

shannon bream is live in washington with the latest. >> reporter: we knew the government had gotten access to personal accounts and tracked his movement at the state department via his building pass. now, they cast a much wider net. in a court filing dated october 13, 2011, they detail numerous pieces of evidence it had collected including scores of phone records that have area codes and exchanges that match up to many fox news hard lines and cellphones. in redacted version we can't see the final four numbers but they do match up to phone lines that wind up to our work spaces, pentagon and state department. it shows the justice department gathered phone numbers to fox news management but it's impossible without the full phone number who the doj tracked. house members came out to proposed media shield bill and specifically talked about rosen's case. here a democratic from new york. >> the executive branch, i don't care who the president is or which party, executive branch cannot be its own judge. if they want to say that they have to get information, they have to interview journalists or wa

our shannon bream is live in washington. we now know there are leak investigations involving at least three of our colleagues. what is the latest on that? >> reporter: well, jenna as we learned yesterday an fbi agent filed an affidavit asking for a search warrant to get access to our colleague james rosen personal e-mail account, accusing rosen of committing a crime when he allegedly sought information from a state department employee. here is what first amendment attorney floyd abrams who handled numerous landmark cases in this a reason, told me about the suggestion that a reporter doing his job equates to a crime. >> it is a very dangerous claim. and the notion of pinning the label of criminal on the press because it gathers news from someone who may not have the authority to provide the news is extremely dangerous. >> reporter: we've also learned that a justice department inspector general report into a potential leak involving the gun-walking operation fast and furious quotes from the e-mails of fox reporter william la je

shannon bream joins us live from wawtionz. shannon?s to the justice department investigation into journalists' phone records and e-mail, g.o.p. criticisms of holder's decisions have been steadily growing, that's no secret. republicans have introduced multiple house resolutions expressing no confidence in holder and asking for his immediate resignation. there is one pending right now by arizona republican paul gosar. dozens of co-sponsors has signed on and he says holder is failing to uphold his constitutional obligations and is continuing to be evasive to both congress and the american people. now mid ra liberal media outletd blogs are questioning holder's recent decision. >> it seems to me clear that the actions of the department have, in fact, impaired the first amendment. reporters who might have previously believed that a confidential source would speak to them would no longer have that level of confidence. >> reporter: liberal pundit bill press tweeted out a call for holder to be fired and the left-leaning huffington post yesterda

i'm shannon bream.s news headquarters" starts right now. >>> just days before another hearing, fox news has learned that one of the witnesses to the benghazi attacks said everybody at the mission there thought it was a terrorist attack from the very beginning. elizabeth has details. >> reporter: ahead of wednesday's house hearing in response to the terrorist attacks that cost four lives in benghazi, we're getting a look into the testimony. gregory hicks is one of the men scheduled to speak on wednesday and included in his new testimony he reports quote, i think everybody in the mission thought it was a terrorist attack from the beginning. i never reported demonstration. i reported an attack on the consulate. if you want to say the final report is greg were we are under attack. he is in reference to christopher stevens who was murdered that night. darrell issa says the white house particularly susan rice continued to push the agenda that night in response to a propaganda video. the attack had traits of a

shannon bream is live in washington with more on this. there were these meetings that are supposedly being set up and certain media outlets have responded to the justice department and what have they said? >> well, jenna from cnn to the huffington post and many others they say they will not pharpt in the meeting participate in these meetings if they are off the record. the new york times says it isn't appropriate for us to attend an off the record meeting with the attorney general. the ap says we believe the meeting should be on the record and we have said that to the attorney general's office. if it is on the record ap executive editor will attend, if it's not on the record ap will not attend and instead off our views on how the regulations should be updated in an open letter. we are hearing that "politico" is going to send its editor and chief saying he will participate. he says this. quote, i routinely have half the record conversations with people who questions or grave advances about our coverage or news gathering practices. i feel a

shannon bream live in philadelphia. meant timor on the shock news. evil, the kermit gosnell case heirs this saturday night. jon: a bill will go to the desk of governor rick scott who is expected to sign it into you louisiana. it would people liza borings providers who do not provide medical care for infants born alive despite the attempted procedure. if you think things can get rough on capitol hill in this country check this out. lawmakers in venezuela coming to blows over that country's recent disputed election. rick is in the newsroom with the story and the wild video. rick. >> reporter: this is more like the jerry springer show than lawmakers. on one side the political heirs to the late president haoug and chavez on the other opposition party makers who are refusing to recognize the country's newly elected leader. here is what happened inside the national assembly as the two sides literally fought over a ruling to silence opposition lawmakers, and strip them of their power until they recognize nicholas maduro as the new president. the opposition