the front man of the smashing pumpkins, billy corgin. why he feels so disappointed by president obama. and our in america. news flash it s summer and it s hot. wait a minute. that s news? this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, a little while ago, the house committee voting on partisan lines representing that eric holder be cited for contempt as part of the ongoing battle between congress and the administration of the fast even furious failed weapon sting operation that could end with an unprecedented event the united states congress holding a sitting attorney general in contempt. the measure goes to the full house next week. in a statement, the attorney general called the vote, quote, an election year tactic intended to distract attention. but does this battle come down to simple politics? or is it something more serious? i ll ask the special council lanny davis. we begin with a poll showing president obama with a 13-point lead over mitt romney among likely vot
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the results of egypt s presidential election are going to be delayed. they haven t announced when they ll have a winner. and a heat wave is baking the northeast. advisories are in effect across most of the region. now back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. the legal team for jerry sandusky rested their case today but they declined to call their own client to the stand. with closing arguments scheduled for tomorrow morning, this case could be in the jury s hands as soon as tomorrow afternoon. sandusky denies all charges the prosecution alleges he committed over a 15-year pan. kathleen cain is a former sex crimes prosecutor.
well, that trending phrase made its way to capitol hill in a couple of days. take a look at fellow nevadan and mormon harry reid yesterday. i don t want to answer that question. that s a clown question, bro. unlike bryce harper senator reid went on to answer the question that he had been asked. up next, the defense in the jerry sandusky trial rests without calling sandusky to the stand. is their last best hope a mistrial? that s ahead. you are watching hardball. the place for politics. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that s true. .but you still have to go to the gym. the one and only, cheerios .but you still have to go to the gym. high schools in six states enrolled in the national math and science initiative. .which helped students and teachers get better results in ap courses. together, they raised ap test scores 138%. just imagine our potential. .if the other states joined them.
but as time went on and the strength of the prosecution s case we had eight accusers here crying on the stand, raw emotion for days and days on end. i think maybe when the strength of that hit the defense, they thought better of putting jerry sandusky on any kind of record if they ever plan to appeal this. kathleen kane, diane makes reference to the bob costas interview. while that which the jury heard i thought was compelling during the course of the last few days we find there was a piece of that tape america never saw and this jury never saw which to my ear was a confession, was an admission of sorts. why do you think that wasn t introduced at this trial? that part of the costas tape. i really don t know. maybe they couldn t authenticate and it maybe the prosecution couldn t get the right witnesses up to authenticate the tape. but it was extremely damaging. the part they didn t show was probably more damaging than the part they did show. right. he virtually came out and sa