this is not about eric holder. it is about the department of justice and justice in the united states of america. have the guts. i hope we have the guts and perseverance to get to the bottom of this. in all of my 30 years of being in the united states congress, the way he was treated when he was here testifying before this committee, i must admit i have never seen anybody treated in that fashion. congressman patrick meehan. is a pennsylvania republican. good to see you. has eric holder be disrespected by your committee previously? i don t believe he has been disrespected by the committee. and we can t look at this as something about eric holder. what rereally need to be looking at this is investigation into tactics by the atf which clearly violated the department policy that led to the death of a border agent who was left to bleed out in the desert. we are trying to get to the bottom of a situation that that same attorney general has
justice and justice in the united states of america. have the guts. i hope we have the guts and perseverance to get to the bottom of this. in all of my 30 years of being in the united states congress, the way he was treated when he was here testifying before this committee, i must admit i have never seen anybody treated in that fashion. congressman patrick meehan. is a pennsylvania republican. good to see you. has eric holder be disrespected by your committee previously? i don t believe he has been disrespected by the committee. and we can t look at this as something about eric holder. what rereally need to be looking at this is investigation into tactics by the atf which clearly violated the department policy that led to the death of a border agent who was left to bleed out in the desert.
i agree. it is really astounding. joe, 20 years ago in american politics, this would be inconceivable. i can t think of a politician who would be able to do this without crushing embarrassment. he probably would have been better off going with the issue he went with with on bullying. i just don t remember yeah. but what he is saying is this. and rereally should watch this. he is saying that because he was in favor of a structured bailout and that there eventually was a structured bailout that he proposed the structured bailout. there is one small problem with this, which is there could not have been a structured bailout if the government hadn t written the check in advance. that was the only way they could go through this process as mitt romney full well knows. and governor strickland, every al tern tifr was explored at the time, every private
say about this other than he ought to be ashamed. yeah. i agree. it is really astounding. joe, 20 years ago in american politics, this would be inconceivable. i can t think of a politician who would be able to do this without crushing embarrassment. he probably would have been better off going with the issue he went with with on bullying. i just don t remember yeah. but what he is saying is this. and rereally should watch this. he is saying that because he was in favor of a structured bailout and that there eventually was a structured bailout that he proposed the structured bailout. there is one small problem with this, which is there could not havetured bailout if the government hadn t written the check in advance. that was the only way they could go through this process as mitt romney full well knows.
in the race for the republican presidential nomination. we re just getting news moments ago new jersey governor chris christie will hold a news conference not part of his schedule today. that will happen at 1:00 p.m. eastern in the state capitol at trenton, new jersey. the topic is not announced in terms of this news conference. we heard he would make a decision over the next few days and he would announce something soon. that s what we expect will happen. whether or not he will toss his hat in the ring for the presidency is unknown at this point. rereally has not said a whole lot to any reporters or responded to any questions about this over the past few days after responded quite vigorously to them in the past with a big no. meeting with family and closed a advisors and considering whether or not they should decide to change their mind about all this. we ll take you live to trenton when that gets underway. soin the meantime, folks, after four long years in jail, amanda knox is now