they didn t really give away any secrets. that s right. publicly the administration says shep that wikileaks amounts to an intelligence train wreck. it was a very unfortunate and damaging actions. action that were taken put at risk individuals and relationships. but according to this recent filing by the defense. classified the reports by the defense intelligence agency concludes otherwise, quote. all of the information allegedly leaked was either dated, represented low level opinions or was already commonly understood and known due to previous public disclosures. it s going to be important for the government s case to prove manning stole classified documents and the release harmed sources and message, shep. shepard: catherine herridge in d.c. tonight. the feds are coming after six former executives mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac. proving they were lying to
what they were telling investors about their financial statements and their book and what the sec says is that those housing giants, the mortgage giants didn t tell the market about the mess of subprime mortgage exposure they were building. and it was the subprime exposure that contributed in part in creating the government bailout. so we now own fannie and freddie because of that exposure to that the sec said they did not adequately disclose. is the allegation this is a civil allegation are they saying, but for those lies we might not have gone into this horrible collapse? well, there are a lot of people think that think it was more obvious how much risk was building in the financial system and the housing market, if it were more obvious tcould have been stopped sooner and we have a lot less economic harm. the best place to have spotted
topping newt gingrich. fannie mae and freddie mac bailouts have cost american taxpayers to the tunes of tens of billions of glars. now so. former bosses at those mortgage giants could be in serious trouble. how prosecutors are now going after the executives. plus, accusations of radioactive smuggling. now responding to reports that somebody was trying to sneak some very dangerous material into the country. that s ahead from the journalists of fox news on a very busy night on fox report. capital one s new cash rewards card
mitt romney is picking up a significant endorsement in south carolina today. one that could help boost his standing with tea party republicans who continue to question his conservative credentials. romney now has the backing of governor nikki hailey, who herself was propelled into office with tea party support. can she convince those same tea party voters to back mitt romney? joe johns is joining us now. this is a huge day for mitt romney. tell us what we know. mitt romney continued to get a bunch of big endorsements. this goes up on the top shelf. republicans of south carolina have been telling the romney organization to make more of a play for voters in the state and stop acting like there s no way he can win there. the nikki hailey endorsement suggesting the romney camp is responding. the nomination race in the early state of south carolina, the first primary in the south, just got interesting. nikki hailey endorsing mitt romney for president. today is the day i m thro
and good morning, everyone. it s friday, december 2nd. ali and carol are both off today. i m christine romans along with alina cho on this american morning. so glad you got the memo. i know. we re both feeling a lot like christmas this morning. up first, the countdown is on for herman cain. he s heading back home to atlanta this morning in the decision to whether continue his campaign could be in his wife s hands. cain says we will know by monday at the latest whether he s in or out of the race, and yesterday for the very first time, cain admitted that getting out is an option. he okay knowledged he did give money to the woman he said she had a 13 jeer-year affair with . his wife only found out about ginger white when the rest of us did. that is correct, and she was hurt that she didn t know about this friend that i was helping financially. she was aware of many of the other friends that i have helped. ginger white spoke to lawrence o donnell on msnbc last night a