miami dolphins is suing the lead and three football teams. gun violence in america: our exclusively interview with the acting a.t.f. director. why untraceable guns are a big factor in rising crimes. reporter: this is a ghost gun. we re going to try it out. o donnell: cnn in turmoil. after chris cuomo s firing, the president of the network resigns over a consensuous relationship with a coworker. and overcoming adversity. how one man wants to pay it forward. this is the cbs evening this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us as we follow a number of big news stories tonight. and we want to begin with a dangerous winter storm moving across the nation with a mix of heavy snow, freezing rain, ice, and brutally cold temperatures. the heaviest snow totals today are expected from st. louis to
responsibilities. i would wish he will feel the same way now. and is it that they have a grudge with you or they don t want to turn them over or they think they have a legitimate right on the privilege, or are they hiding something? what is your theory as this advances? a year ago, july 3rd and 4th, the former acting atf director, kenneth nelson, told us that he believed they were covering for high-ranking political appoint tees and it s one of the reason he came forward to give us voluntary testimony was he wanted to clear the air about what he knew, what he didn t know, and in fact correspondence he had once he discovered that guns were walking and that some of his atf agents were part of it. did he give you names? he did. and we pursued those and that s one of the problems is he gave us the names, he gave us the e-mails that he sent to, and those are some of the e-mails that we ve been denied. do you think those names he gave you, are those people obstruct being the invest
branches and their responsibilities. i would wish he will feel the same way now. and is it that they have a grudge with you or they don t want to turn them over or they think they have a legitimate right on the privilege, or are they hiding something? what is your theory as this advances? a year ago, july 3rd and 4th, the former acting atf director, kenneth nelson, told us that he believed they were covering for high-ranking political appoint tees and it s one of the reason he came forward to give us voluntary testimony was he wanted to clear the air about what he knew, what he didn t know, and in fact correspondence he had once he discovered that guns were walking and that some of his atf agents were part of it. did he give you names? he did. and we pursued those and that s one of the problems is he gave us the names, he gave us the e-mails that he sent to, and those are some of the e-mails that we ve been denied. do you think those names he gave you, are those people obstru
partisan show down between the obama white house and republican controlled house of representatives. the house oversite committee voted to hold the toerp general, eric holder, in contempt, accusing the nation s highest ranking law enforcement officer. the committee vote was hours after the democratic administration upped the ante. for months, a stare down between the congress and justice department. this morning, president obama invoked executive privilege, denying the committee the documents they demanded for months from the attorney general. it would be an unprecedented step for an attorney general to be found in contempt by the entire house. that vote is set for next week, and harsh statements from all sides tonight in washington don t suggest at the moment any opening for compromise. here is the chairman, darrell issa. there s still time for avoid tg, if in fact the documents we asked for are delivered by the time the house scheduled for contempt vote. democrats on th
atf leadership appears to be effectively muzzled while the doj sent over false denials and buried its head in the sand and the damaging revelations just keep coming. . in july, bill nuwell told congress he discuss the the case with the white house national security staffer as early as last september. an admission that once again directly calls into question president obama s rebeated denials that neither he nor attorney general holder had any knowledge of operation fast and furious. guns draws money. those are the the commodities of the cartel enterprises. meanwhile heads are now starting to roll. in august they announced acting atf director, kenneth nelson, and u.s. attorney dennis burke were leaving their posts. nelson to become an advisor on forensic science and burke to leave government all together.