solve the spending problem. it is still pertinent. they have to make sure the government doesn t run out of money or credit. joining us, our congressional panel, utah s jason chafis and elijah couplings. plus, our political gurus on whether the president has been outmaneuvered by putin and the obama care battle between the white house and union allies. this is state of the union. good morning from washington. i m candy crowley. first this morning at least four people dead, more than 500 unaccounted for in flooding across more than 150 miles of colorado s front range. record breaking rains have touched an area roughly the size of connecticut. late this week it was so bad the national weather service issued an update for the foothills reading major flooding, flash flooding event under way this time with biblical rainfall amounts reported in many areas.
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
the border. judge jeanine: i went down to washington and was in the room during the hearing. you don t let guns walk period. let alone 2,000 of them. that is what we did. afterwards i spoke to judiciary member and republican congressman from utah, jason chafis. hassary rick holder been truthful and forthcoming? he has not demonstrated an ability to be truthful and forthcoming. the congress has a constitutional duty and right to send over a subpoena and they have to comply with that. he was bragging about the fact that he wasn t going to produce all of the materials to the congress. judge jeanine: of all of the things handed over by justice there is not one e-mail sent to or from eric holder. what does that tell you? lard to believe. all the documents that we received in the united states congress fit in less than one size of a legal box. there is more throughout. he even testified today there is more throughout and he has
the border. judge jeanine: i went down to washington and was in the room during the hearing. you don t let guns walk period. let alone 2,000 of them. that is what we did. afterwards i spoke to judiciary member and republican congressman from utah, jason chafis. hassary rick holder been truthful and forthcoming? he has not demonstrated an ability to be truthful and forthcoming. the congress has a constitutional duty and right to send over a subpoena and they have to comply with that. he was bragging about the fact that he wasn t going to produce all of the materials to the congress. judge jeanine: of all of the things handed over by justice there is not one e-mail sent to or from eric holder. what does that tell you? lard to believe. all the documents that we received in the united states congress fit in less than one size of a legal box. there is more throughout. he even testified today there
a conference call like this led by democratic leader peps we re going to see more specifics probably on wednesday. there s going to be a security briefing. they re going to be making more specific recommendations to members of congress and to their staff members who deal with security issues. brianna, also, some of them are talking about possibly, you know, need more security provided for them. are had some of them taking it upon themselves to take care of their own security? and what i mean by that is carrying guns. that s right. and we heard from one republican from utah, jason chafis, who says that he has a concealed carry permit. that he uses it sometimes, he ll have a women on him from time to time and in light of what happened to congresswoman giffords, he ll do this more often. one of the other things that he might do is propose the u.s.