because our arrest is only as good as a prosecution. we accomplish nothing if we make an arrest and we can t put ourselves in the best posture. there are no guarantees to reach a successful prosecution. so for those who have criticized the the men amen and women of t organization and the strategy decisions that we made relative to that, tough. i don t care. because what i know is that i can put my head on the pillow every night knowing we ve done the right thing for the right reasons. to give you an example, mr. gasser never did ask for an attorney. we have over ten hours of
organization and the strategy decisions with made relative to that, tough. joining me now is blake mccoy. watching the remarks made by the pa sheriff. talk about the tone before we get to the nuts and bolts of the case. there is no doubt the sheriff here was combative, defensive, even angry at times over the second-guessing of his decision not to initially arrest and file charges against ronald gasser last week. he said he simply needed more time to conduct the investigation. he said an arrest is only as good as a prosecution. that s why he was so upset by everything that transpired since then. again, all the second guessing that s gone on. another one of the more colorful moments of the news conference he read aloud some of the messages that elected officials here in jefferson parish have been receiving, some of the
they stick together decided not to endorse anyone at the moment. we re seeing mccarthy and people vying for other leadership posts to begin that courtship and sell a lot of the conservatives, other members of the house, republican conference, on how they envision republicans could advance their agenda. today, the beginning of that process. what do rank and file republicans want the new leadership team to do? depends which pockets of rank and file republicans we re talking about. if we re talking about those conservative groups, house freedom caucus they want a big say in leadership table, they want the opportunity to be involved in a lot of the strategy decisions and decision making processes. kevin mccarthy has not yet met with the group but plans to, probably later there is week i m told. there are more moderate segments of the republican conference. one member leading member, charlie dent of pennsylvania, told a few of us outside earlier meeting today that what he expects next l
crackdown on dissent. we begin with today s dramatic, intensely partisan confrontations between senate republicans and attorney general of the united states. a feisty appearance before the senate judiciary committee, attorney jenner i can holder refused demands that he apoint special counsel to investigate recent leaks of sensitive national security information. two people i pointed to look into matters are first rate prosecutors. special counsel, somebody new other than the two people that all of us could buy into? senator, i think you re missing something here. i think you re missing something here. i think you re missing the fact that this is a very big deal, and you re handling it in a way that creates suspicions where there should not be. republicans also confronted the attorney general over a program called fast and furious, it was designed to trace weapon smuggling, but ended up helping mexican drug cartels get guns from the united states, one of the guns f
together. tonight, a shocking ad campaign insulting american jews paid for by the government of israel. christmas. but up first tone the dramatic reshuffling of the race for president and a rare inside look at the focus groups used to help with the strategy decisions. suppose you re herman cain, trying to decide whether your candidacy can survive, or newt gingrich testing whether your rise in the polls can sustain tough scrutiny now of your record. who is newt gingrich? grandfather. grant father. who else? my uncle joe. your uncle joe. who else? it would be my favorite uncle. you know, he speaks boldly, positively but softly at the same time. anybody else? grant father. yeah, he might be that uncle but he d keep bringing in different wives. plenty to go around. okay. more from that focus group in a moment. but those first, why those impressions of gingrich, former massachusetts governor mitt romney matter so much right now. cain is at home toni