senior producer mark lavine. they did not subpoena emails or in that investigation. what matters is this is happening again and again and again and it really is a time to call a halt to it. on capitol hill, measures aimed at protecting reporters against being forced to reveal confidential sources have been introduced in both the house and senate. and do have bipartisan support. the president has said he will support legislation that strikes the appropriate balance. bret? 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
scort department of the scort home land security is finding the best training and the report recommends that the doj need toz figure out what to share. thank you very much. right now president obama is expected to meet with congressional leaders next week about the dreaded fiscal cliff. leaders from the white house and congress are calling for a prelimary meeting and call constructsive so they can find an answer before everyone s taxes go up. we are joined by ben ferguson and mark lavine. thank you for joining us here on the holiday weekend. thank you, uma. nconservatives are blastinglet
continue to spend money we don t have. look at the white house. they are borrowing 47 cents of every dollar spent in the budget this year. it is it not going to work and they will have to give and we ll go after the rich and take their mon yeby the way. it is the wealthy people who create jobs and businesss and not poor people. mark, you see a give on the demdemic side when it come to entitlements that need addressed? someone has to pay for the bush war in iraq and recession and the idea. that is it nothing compared to. take those food stamps away and instead of a gold coin from ebneasar scrooge. and i think one thing to agree on. ass president obama put that is signed by the senate and signed by obama and we make
regarding the killing of ambassador chris stevens and three others at the consulate there in libya. now the director of national intelligence is weighing in. is he giving cover to susan rice for the administration s wobbling evolution on the truth? we may see how this argument is now about to play out. right? we had a debate on the show a little while ago. fascinating because i was hearing from mark lavine, radio talk show host. argument from the left that this intelligence may have been muddled from the beginning and they were making their way to uncover it this is what the director of national intelligence is now saying it was on us, basically, not the white house. read. this in the intermeet adaftermath there was information that led us to assess that the attack began response stainously following protests earlier that day at our embassy in cairo. we provided that assessment to the white house and men s of congress who used that information to discuss that attack publicly and prov
groups like hamas are able to raise millions of dollars by keeping the conflict with israel alive. so there is a vested interest in war in that region, billions of dollars at stake. back here, the president met with israeli prime minister netanyahu who said today that israel will not give up the territory. mr. obama says he still stands behind his suggestion. these guys do not, do not like each other. talking points hates to be cynical but there is a better chance of iran joining nato than any deal between israel and the p.a. it s just the way it is. that s the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction. joining us from washington radio talk show star mark lavine. here in new york, goal stein, children s rights institute. you are involved with the jewish fundraising and activities in your role as a human rights activists and a kids advocate. how is this playing? frankly i think obama dug himself a very deep hole. look at the facts. in one swoop he has completely