parse his language and see what he thinks about the strengths and weaknesses not only here but overseas. we are off on monday, the dow off 258 on the close, so we re picking up where we left off. the bears are in charge and in force. martha: not a pretty picture, folks. how about this? there are new developments today in the controversial gun running operation that brought down the head of the atf. it had become known as fast & furious, and the whole program basically put about 1500 weapons into the hands of mexican during cartels to try and trace them and see where they went. didn t work out so well. and now according to the new documents that have just been released by the justice department, attorney general eric holder was briefed on this operation as far back as 2010. that directly contradicts his testimony from congress in may. watch this. when did you first know about the program officially
terrorists arsenal is one such good faith measure that is also in pakistan s national security interests. more than 250 u.s. troops were killed by roadside bombs last year in afghanistan and, again, much of the material seems to be coming from pakistan. well, jennifer, we thank you for that report. hopefully, pakistan can get this together with the united states quickly, without further delay. jamie: all right. and we ve got some new, big fallout, kelly, on the gun-running operation that went terribly wrong. republicans are now demanding to know if federal officials tried to cover up evidence in the death of this u.s. border patrol agent. we re going to have detail on that straight ahead. plus, we ve got breaking news out of new orleans. a massive storm set to bring up to a foot of rain to the big easy just as the army corps of engineers puts out a new warning about the levees in that city. janice dean, trace gallagher and the emergency services folks from louisiana will have all
special agent to have direct e-mail contact with the national security staff at the white house? he s a friend of mine. how many times did you talk to him about in case? the specifics of this case? i don t think i i don t think i had one specific conversation with him about the specifics of this case. could you take the word specific out and answer the general. did you talk to him about this case? i might have talked to him about in case. sean: o reilly is the first aide to president obama to publicly be accused of having knowledge to this operation. what remains unclear is whether he shared the information with anybody else inside the white house. one of the people most responsible for bringing this to the public s attention. congressman issa. [ male announcer ] 95% of all americans aren t getting enough whole grain. but actually, it s never been easier to get the whole grain you want from your favorite big g cereals. from cheerios to lucky charms, there s whole grain in
sean: to date president obama and eric holder have been able to an individual much of the failures for the gun running operation. as new details emerge the spotlight of the scandal is a light on the highest levels of the government, including the justice department and the white house. the american people deserve prompt and complete answers to the questions surrounding this operation. letting guns walk is not acceptable. this is one of the most government s history. this is one of the saddest days in my six months in congress? agent newell what were you thinking? this is the moe, curly and larry show. we are looking for rich are they lying or are you
do you want us to stop selling? oh no. continue to sell them. reporter: more than one gun shore panicked as boxes of assault rifles through off their shelves into trucks bound for mexico. i wanted to make sure none of the firearms sold per our conversation could or would end up south of the border or in the hands of the bad guys wrote the scots dale gun club. i m looking for reassures republicans the guns are not going south or in the wrong hands in response the atf lied, assuring dealers their guns would not see mexico. how many hundreds or thousands of weapons did you allow to be purchased, knowing they were going to mexico? the purchase was being done by a criminal organization. you facilitated it. you allowed it, did you not? reporter: newell authorized the operation. he believed sending guns south would expose the network to the smugglers transporters and