univison. the president: there may be a situation here in which a serious mistake was made if that s the case we ll find out and hold somebody accountable. sean: may 3rd, attorney general holder testified before the house judiciary committee. when did you first know about the program? i m not sure of the exact did it. i probably heard for the first time over the last few weeks. sean: rewind to a 2009 arms trafficking conference in mexico where holder delivered a speech not only acknowledging the project but bragging about its expansion. saying my department is committing 100 new atf personnel to the southwest boarder in the next 100 dayjqu to supplement our ongoing project gun runner. it is ironic when the dam first broker rick holder promised to get to the bottom of the problem. we know now that rick holder has been the source of thela6 problem all along. sean: june 13th, first hearing was
univison. the president: there may be a situation here in which a serious mistake was made if that s the case we ll find out and hold somebody accountable. sean: may 3rd, attorney general holder testified before the house judiciary committee. when did you first know about the program? i m not sure of the exact did it. i probably heard for the first time over the last few weeks. sean: rewind to a 2009 arms trafficking conference in mexico where holder delivered a speech not only acknowledging the project but bragging about its expansion. saying my department is committing 100 new atf personnel to the southwest boarder in the next 100 dayjqu to supplement our ongoing project gun runner. it is ironic when the dam first broker rick holder promised to get to the bottom of the problem. we know now that rick holder has been the source of thela6 problem all along. sean: june 13th, first
sean: welcome. tonight we investigate operation fast and furious the controversial program initiated by the justice department s bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. it was called project gun runner. when the program began under the bush administration in 2006, its purpose was to reduce firearms and explosives related to violent crime associated with mexican criminal organizations operating in the u.s. and mexico by preventing these organizations from unlawfully acquiring and trafficking firearms and explosives. the program that began with the best of intentions expanded dramatically after president obama took office and veered sharply off course empower the activity that it set out to suppress. in 2009 congress kwaeuf the atf, 21.9 million dollars to support and expand the program called project gun runner. one of the offshoots of the
controversial gun-running program gone bad. act being director of the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, kenneth melson is expected to step down any day. project gun runner known as operation fast and furious resulted in more than 1700 weapons smuggled from the u.s. to mexico. now officials believe these weapons may be connected to the deaths of at least two americans through the release of internal government documents last week, it has been revealed that melson was intimately involved in overseeing the operation and received regular briefings. yesterday on fox & friends, committee chair darrell issa was asked if he thinks melson should lose his job? he should he was part of the bad judgment. it wasn t just him. they had to go to justice to get money. to get fbi agents, all the other people that helped coordinate this and get the wiretaps. this was a program so stupid from the start. sean: issa suggested that
the house oversight committee is holding a high-profile investigation today in so-called project gun runner, the controversial effort by the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and explosives created to keep the hands out of mexican drug cartels. senator charles grassley and darrell issa have heard from whistle-blowers in arizona who claim to have heard irresponsible methods by border patrol agents including overs intentionally allowing guns to cross into mexico in order to trace them to higher-up drug cartel members. and the scram softball on to make same-sex marriage a reality in new york. and it is really close. two state lawmakers recently changed their minds and are now backing the bill, leaving the gay marriage bill one vote shy of passage. the senate meets today behind closed doors to debate the bill. advocates hope the bill will pass before the end of the legislative session four days from now. movie night at the white house.