of afghanistan and how much he agrees with his former boss s agrees with his former boss s gop critics. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with today s verbal fireworks on capitol hill in washington on the face of pointed attacks by republicans, the attorney general eric holder today rejected calls for his resignation and refused to take the blame for a program that sent u.s. guns to mexico s drug gangs in an effort to trace gun smuggling. attorney general holder says he shut down the program dubbed operation fast and furious shortly after it came to his attention. he says that was after one of those smuggled guns was found at the murder scene of a u.s. border patrol agent. some republicans accuse general holder of covering up what he knew. others today listen to this called him incompetent. i believe that the american people deserve to have an attorney general that they can trust. and for that reason i have asked for your resignation. and i believe that because
in foreclosure. as though that was a success. if you can have the conservator to pay to supervisor them maybe you can run them better than bonus. we asked them to come back and tell them what impediments were to do their job faster or get the homes back to compliance or liquidated. they said they would. it includes what congress may be helpful. we re the reform committee not just the oversight committee. bret: i want to ask you a question about operation fast and furious. your investigation in to that operation. where it stands and what you are getting or hearing from the justice department. we believe we connected the two ends. lannie brewer admitted wrongdoing and failure. eric holder corrected the record on what he knew and
in foreclosure. as though that was a success. if you can have the conservator to pay to supervisor them maybe you can run them better than bonus. we asked them to come back and tell them what impediments were to do their job faster or get the homes back to compliance or liquidated. they said they would. it includes what congress may be helpful. we re the reform committee not just the oversight committee. bret: i want to ask you a question about operation fast and furious. your investigation in to that operation. where it stands and what you are getting or hearing from the justice department. we believe we connected the two ends. lannie brewer admitted wrongdoing and failure. eric holder corrected the record on what he knew and
and let s get back to our new america s asking town hall. you ask the questions, and we try to get you the answers you need before election day. let s bring our panelists back in, peter maurici, terry holt and peter. that question asked just before the break which i so cleverly was able to get up on screen through harris help, do you think that john caseic will carry ohio? peter? this. well, that s a close race, john. i don t know. you know, ohio is one of those states as perennially that, you know, it s a bellwether state, it s a swing state, use whatever term you want. i know the president and the first lady are going to be this ohio for a big rally in the next couple weeks, but that one s going to come right down to the wire as are a lot of these other races around the country. jon: all right. here s a question from annie brewer. peter maurici, this might be a question for you although it s