not accept it and greece could get the boot. central banks are standing by ready to take any action if needed to keep the financial markets stable. for now, greece remains in the euro, but tomorrow night could be a different story. heather: back here in the u.s. many major banks on high alert ahead of the parliamentary elections. hundreds of employees at big wall street firms, some part of special teams will be on standby awaiting the pivotal election. they are preparing for the worst case scenario. coming up, how all of this could impact wall street and our nation s economy. gregg: new twist on government s investigation into operation fast and furious. attorney general eric holder striking a deal allegedly with congress to avoid possible contempt charges. it will be enough? congressman dan burton deciding
congressman. he joins us, as well. congressman burton, the rig exploded 11 days ago. it wasn t until thursday that janet napolitano on behalf of the administration said, finally this is a spill of national significance. wand on thursday she admitted she didn t even know if the defense department had the equipment that could help. has she and her boss, the president, been slow to recognize this catastrophe and inherent danger? i ve been critical of janet napolitano in the past and the president. i think the government of the united states is doing everything they can to control this terrible disaster. i m confident they are going to continue to do that. the big problem i have is what happened out there, what caused the explosion. also i hope we can find that out, but secondly, i would like to find out if there is any additional measures that could be taken to shut off the valve
i know that everybody that works for the federal government feels the exact same way. thank you very much everybody. [ applause ] gregg: president saying we are now facing an unprecedented environmental disaster. all hands are on deck. he did say that bp is in the end responsible for this and will biash the costs, but he, as president, will oversee and do what this government can do to assist. twice he said we ve made preparations from day one, not just once, preparations from day one to position the people and equipment for a worst case scenario. is the president responding to criticism that his administration was slow-foot ed. dan burton joins us now, on the house and government reform committee and democrat martin frost is a former texas
megyn: it s a right of passage for college students. spring break. one state is warning young people to keep the party in the good old usa. they are being told to stay out of mexico. saying border cities are far too dangerous. several universities issued similar warnings last year and last month the state department updated its travel alert to mexico because of violence that country particularly in the border towns. three navy seals are facing court-martial accused of roughing up an accused terrorist suspect. i talked to dan burton about the case. he wants the charges dismissed. the indiana republican says these navy seals should be celebrated as heros. these guys lay their lives on
the east coast last october. a navy seal accused of hurting an al-qaeda terrorist, dan burton has called for the charges to be dropped. i joined the navy, not really knowing what to do, and within the first couple of years, i realized that i wanted to really protect the country the best i could, and i knew the best way to do that was to become a navy seal. reporter: coming up in the next hour on america live , the entire interview with matthew mccain. burton calls him a hero, i think most americans regard all of these guys as heroes, and they re outraged they are facing court marshal charges for such things as punching a renowned terrorist in the stomach. megyn: i ll it will you what, at the top of our next hour, we ll have a guest who is not so outraged and is going to defend the prosecution of these seals. they ve got 160,000