alisyn: fox news alert. we have breaking news on that controversial u.s. gun running program known as fast and furious, sources now sharing with fox news some bombshell details. fox news william la jeunesse is live in los angeles. what do we know william? reporter: well, alisyn, we ve been talking for months now that the alcohol, tobacco and firearms explosives agency was involved in this botched operation that sent guns to mexico. well now we re learning that it wasn t just the atf but other government agencies were involved, and, in fact, taxpayer money was likely used to buy these guns that were sent to mexico, and in fact, the guy who sent them there was actually an fbi-paid confidential informant. let s go with the director of the atf, his name is ken nelson, acting director, you can see him right here, now, he was scheduled to talk to congressional investigators
next week, and to speak to the inspector general on thursday. however, in a secret meeting, on july 4th, the holiday, nelson, with his personal attorney, went in and spoke to congressman darrell issa and senator charles grassley and basically revealed this. let s go to the full screen. he said that atf leadership appears to have been effectively muzzled by the department of justice, and while the doj sent over false denials and buried its head in the sand, that approach according to issa distorted the truth and obstructed our investigation. issa has been attempting as you know to get reames of documents out of the department of justice which is claiming that and he subpoenaed those, and they re knoll giving them to him, so now you have the atf director confirming the suspicions of investigators, that doj is covering up a botched operation through the doj, which runs the alcohol, tobacco and firearms. alisyn: what about those other agency that is you