the house armed services subcommittee held a classified briefing with colonel george bristol today.e served as commander of a task force that operated in northern and western africa at the time of benghazi. fox news chief congressional correspondent mike emanu-el has the report. >> reporter: almost 11 months after the deadly terror attack another revelation of the journalists connecting a two-hour interview was one of the lead suspects will the fbi has not has lawmakers demanding answers. >> right now the media has been speaking to more of the individuals alleged to be involved and have information that we have information from our fbi. and it makes me wonder at this point, our people not pursuing answers to this investigation? >> press secretary jay carney referred reporters to the fbi and said president obama who stood with then secretary of state clinton before the caskets of the four americans killed wants accountability. >> the president absolutely instructed his team to do everything that they can to bring to justice those responsible for the deaths of four americans. >> repor

george bristol will meet with the house armed services today. this is happening one day before he retires. the pentagon claimed bristol had already retired and was unable to testify but that wasn't true. law americas hope he can explain why they didn't respond to the attack sooner. we have also learned that the islamic terrorist group long been suspected of being involved in the attack now says it is providing security in benghazi at the request of libya's settlement. >> the driver in that train crash that left 79 people dead in spain was on the phone and going 95 miles per hour when the train derailed. that's almost twice the speed limit. they made discoveries after opening the trains black box. moments before it had been going as fast as 119 miles per hour. the driver hit the breaks seconds before it flew off the rails while going over the curve. he is charged with neglect homicide. >> hollywood is mourning the loss of a legendary actor. >> no, really. >> i don't care. i am telling you there is no other arm. >> that is eileen brennan. some of

you had colonel george bristol testifying behind closed doors today, special ops taskforce leader inica, about military side of things. we're told that despite the white house claims that the u.s. was not prepared heading into the anniversary of the 9/11 attack. >> yeah. >> this is going to continue, right? >> it is going to continue. by the way, these investigations are to some extent partisan and do breakdown unfortunately on party lines. what charles said sadly is true, which is the majority of media outlets ignored it like it wasn't a story when it is, four americans died. no getting around a cable channel can find a suspect and the fbi can't. something was missed. let's bring it back to the beginning of this, their explanation of the murders, it was a spontaneous street demonstration in response to an internet video, there's been no evidence in the subsequent ten and a half months of investigation into what actually happened that they had cause to believe that. it was a lie from the beginning. we established that. it is worth repeating again and again. their first instinct was t

several law americas have been pressing the military to allow colonel george bristol to testify. the pentagon has been claiming he retired but turns out he was on active duty for the entire time. >> i find that a bit curious add it to the list some of the incompetence or deception from the pentagon it is one or the other. >> in a few hours the verdict will be handed down in the case against bradley manning. it is expected to come today at 1:00 p.m. he is leaking several hundred classified documents to wikileaks. if convicted he faces life in prison. >> downgraded to a tropical depression but winds and rains still battering hawaii and knocking out power to thousands of people on maui and the big island. maria molina is here with more for us. >> that's right. we have tropical depression flossie. maximum sustained winds 35 miles an hour. it weakened because there were conditions not conducive for strengthening. it is going to be producing more strong winds maximum 35 miles per hour with hire busts and also areas of heavy rain. while tropical storm warnings have been lifted across th

lawmakers also being stonewalled in their efforts to talk with marine corps colonel george bristol whoccurate position in the chain of command of the night of the benghazi terrorist attack. the pentagon has claimed bristol can be forced to testify because he is retired. the marine corporation times says that is entirely inaccurate reporting that he is on active duty through the end of this month. the senate foreign relations committee is expected to vote next week on some of the power, the president's nominee to become ambassador to the united nations. expected to be confirmed despite evading questions over her past remarks suggesting the united states should, among other things, apologize for its sense. >> we have nothing to apologize for. >> are you don't have any in mind now that we have committed or sponsored? >> i will not apologize for america. i will stand there proudly of confirmed behind the u.s. packard. >> i understand, but do you believe the united states has committed or sponsor crimes? >> heavily the as it's the greatest country on earth. lou: could be forgiven for thinki

george bristol the commander of the northwest africa task force. that means he would know and what military options would be available to protect the consulate when it was attacked. congress was pushing to meet with him for months and was repeatedly denied by the pentagon what military officials say was a clerical error. steven hayes, fox news contributor. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: colonel george bristol, what authority did he have in north africa last year. >> members of congress want to question him on, what exactly his rolly was as events of that night unfolded. they had been trying to get in touch with him as you point out and have him testify for months. his was a name you heard early in this investigation. then he so the of disappeared for a while. there was renewed interest in him because of some things he was saying behind closed doors, suggesting to people that he might have insight as to what happened that we hadn't yet heard. bill: okay, now, he has said that immediately he thought it was terrorism but then he's a

his name colonel george bristol, he was leading a special ops task force in northern and western africa at the time of the u.s. consulate attack in libya. according to the pentagon they cannot call him to testify once he's retired from active duty. last year's assault killed four americans including our ambassador stephens. what did colonel bristol tell the lawmakers? mike emanuel? >> reporter: colonel bristol told lawmakers essentially what they've heard from others in the military chain of command, there were a lot of challenges in terms of mounting a military response to the benghazi attack. bristol was in another african country on assignment on september 11th, and was essentially out of communication during benghazi. >> american lives were lost and i could hear in colonel bristol's voice today the passion and the heartbreak because of the american lives that were lost due to decisions that were made and misrepresented through a press release from the administration at the white house. >> she's referring to a white house statement that came out essentially saying leading up to the 9

colonel george bristol will appear before congress. congressman jason chaffetz joins us.. >> hey, greta. >>> what do you want to have the colonel asked, what types of questions? >> well, he held a key position. you look at the chain of command, what happened in benghazi. he was in charge of special forces for north africa. the pentagon hit him for a long time. they told us repeatedly over a long period of time that this person had retired. they didn't have an e-mail or an address. with him. then, voila, it ends up he was still on active duty. now, he's finally on wednesday going to appear before the armed services committee. ha did he know? when did he know it? what was his involvement? what did he know in the lead-up to benghazi, what happened that night and was anything nefarious going on with the cover-up? >> are you telling me that the military lied, pretended that he was unavailable and hid him from you? >> i don't know how many 35-year veterans or 35-year people, colonels, full bird colonel there in the -- somebody actively involved in the marines is mistakenly iden

he is he colonel george bristol. he is the former commander of a task force in northern and western africa. republican lawmakers have argued for months now that he has unique perspective on last year's attack that happened on september the 11th, which killed four americans, including u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens. meanwhile, lawmakers are are also pressing the fbi's previous director james comey to step up the investigation on benghazi. the fbi faced strong criticism immediately after that attack, following reports that it did not begin investigating the scene until weeks after the assault took place. mike emanuel with this news from capitol hill. mike? >> shep, late today, 8 congressional republicans sent a letter to newly confirmed fbi director james comey saying they want an update from him on the benghazi investigation in 30 days. they write, quote: we appear to be no closer to knowing who is responsible today than we were in the early weeks following the attack. this is simply unacceptable. also today

. >> reporter: the state department says they are making arrangements for george bristol to answer questionsbout the defense department's response on that night in ben ghazi. >>> john kerry is saying israel and the palestinians will meet again soon in washington to finalize a deal to resume their talks. kerry spoke with mahmoud abbas in ramallah. palestinians had been demanding geographic preconditions. those are preconditions which israel rejects. >> agreement that establishes the basis for resuming direct final status negotiations between the palestinians and the israelis. this is a significant and welcomed step forward. >> also in the middle east, several thousands protesters hitting the streets of egypt again today. this time to protest the ouster of morsi. no significant violence reported today. the day of prayer on this friday. about 60 people have been killed, however, in clashes since morsi's removal early in the month. >>> the leaks about surveillance technique have been irresponsible and irreversible. katherine has more tonight. >> reporter: keith alexander told the aspen security

at that point, then the marines said colonel george bristol was not set to retire until july 31st. senator graham sent the following letter to defense secretary hagel, quote: we were told my request could not be granted because colonel bristol recently retired and was now considered a private citizen. unfortunately, the liaison office could not assist in exacting him. however, the marine times today reported that colonel bristol has not retired and instead is on terminal leave. today the defense department admitted the mistake. they said that they would make colonel bristol available to lawmakers. but they did add that they never received a formal request from capitol hill for colonel bristol to testify. >> harris: with an update on benghazi tonight, jennifer griffin, thank you. a show of support for the mayor who says he is a hugger of men and women. but his critics are also out in force calling him a sexual harasser who needs to step down. we are still sweating out in a brutal heat wave. millions of people. it helps, i guess, to be a little close to the water, but the extreme hea

>>brian: that is colonel george bristol. they told everybody he can't talk to you, he's retired.ns out he's not retired. why is it important for him to talk before he's retired? when you retire you can be forced to sign a nondisclosure agreement. let's see how forthcoming he'll be. here's the bottom line. there was a terror attack going on, whether you knew about it or not, you have to find a way to help these people. there was no plan. why was it okay for them to die? >>steve: we need some answers. meantime, yesterday in newark, new jersey, outside the federal courthouse it was a circus. we're talking about the real housewives of the big house. theresa, she told us -- they both face 50 years in prison. they're accused of exaggerating their income while applying for loans before the big tv show, real housewives of new jersey, and how well they were doing in a bankruptcy filing after the first season. charged with 39 indictments yesterday, conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, making false statements on loan apps and bankruptcy fraud. there is a real possibility they're going

george bristol said to testify one day before he were attires.ber 11, 2012 when four americans including our ambassador to that country were killed. the trial of rv bradley manning begins today. he was found not guilty of aiding the enemy, but found guilty on 20 other counts including espionage and faces up to 136 years in prison. anthony weiner's wife is taking a long vacation from her job. her husband is vowing to stay in the race for new york city mayor despite his latest sexting scandal. those are your headlines. dennis: thank you. cheryl: let's move on from that story. dennis: coffee culture is everywhere. could the next buzz be in tease? >> where is the growth? they bought tijuana. they will build out 1000 new to locations throughout the country. you bought into this. you think that it is the future. >> it is the new water. we see a great future for it. >> put up the coffee stocks. you are trying to do what starbucks did. they do not just serve coffee in there. these are some examples that we are seeing right now. you come over and you get

colonel george bristol appearing before a closed arms services sub committee to share what he knows. he wassed commander of a task force in northern and western africa at the time of the september 11 attack. there's frustration in the slow pace into the investigation of this terror attack insisting the f.b.i. has never talked to certain people and lawmakers are saying it's unacceptable. they want more hearings now. ambassador bolton is the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and a fox news contributor. so ambassador, we don't know exactly what was said in the closed hearing but why is colonel bristol important to the broader story? >> well, i think it's one more witness who has been withheld by the administration who can fill in some of the specifics as to what we were capable of doing and what we might have done while the attack was in progress and why orders were given not to do more, even if they couldn't have reached a benghazi in time, obviously we had no way of knowing when the attack was going to finish. so this witness and others who have been withheld, i think, should be exam

colonel george bristol, marine commander of north africa during the benghazi attacks, and senator grahamr from him? he was right there. i need to hear from him. they said they were confused for a while with the administration, but now they understand and he will be allowed to talk to members of congress sometime this week. >> gretchen: it's also that the united states has identified five suspects. we've basically made no arrests as to who killed those four americans and coming up on almost a year ago now, you would think that those families would certainly want some answers or at least some arrests to happen. if we have identified these people, why are we not doing something? >> brian: one of the would be attackers was at a buffet on sunday at a major hotel two days after the attacks. >> steve: crazy. and so that's why it's so important to hear from the survivors who are being told that if you talk, you will -- in public, that is, you'll never work for the government again. a lot of them have families. they need the jobs. plus they're being told we'll sue you because you have signed agre

of give and take and people finally coming across that you can not no longer avoid it, colonel george bristolnorthern and western africa, will appear in a classified members only briefing with the house armed services subcommittee. why is this important? for the longest time the administration says you can't have him. then they said he retired. then the marine times published a report saying he's not retired. he's still active. so one of his last things he will do, we hope, will say candidly electric his perspective why special forces was not deployed to try to save those men on 9-11-2012. >> steve: and those are the four men who lost their lives on that particular day. so it does have a lot of people going, wait a minute. you said he was retired. he's not retired. he doesn't retire officially until august 1. so on the day before he officially retires from the military, he will sit down behind closed doors and talk about what he knows about what happened in benghazi. here is jason chaffetz with greta van susteren last night. >> i don't know how many 35-year veterans or 35-year people, colonel

george. >> the latest from the courtroom live, we go to wofl's holly bristol. the late southeast what? >> the defense rested their case today. called three witnesses to the stand. first a man by the name of dennis root, used to be a police officer in south florida. now a public safety expert, a self-defense expert. you name it. the defense used every single hat this man had in front of the jury. first of all, one of the things, they used this man to essentially coach the jury into what to do if they have evidence not the same from perch to person. if somebody testifies differently about what happened that night, then the next person, told them how to put that together, use that to the best of their ability. he also told the jury that he tells people when they get in fights, if you haven't won the fight within the first 30 seconds, you should switch tactics and he believed george zimmerman's force was called for and he was justified in doing what he did. he also told the jury that the evidence and george zimmerman's injuries match what the evidence nah was presented in court. so he was

george zimmerman. the man who is guilty of second degree murder. >> the latest from inside the courtroom, wofl fox orlando reporter, holly bristol joins us. >>ed good evening it seems two straight hours we heard a couple of things repeated over and over and over again. george zimmerman was a want to be cop, a liar, wrongly profiled a 17-year-old boy that only had skittles on him. followed him, murdered him, and the prosecutors kept telling the jury the same thing. go back and remember what was presented in the case. you want to remember the law, you want to remember witness testimony. eyewitness testimony, and you want to remember your god-given common sense and backed that up by saying this was a man who got out of a car, knew he had a gun and going after a teenager. >> any sort of reaction from the defense team tonight after the -- this is the first part of the closing arguments. they will gelt a rebuttal tomorrow. any rest for the defense team? >> none so far. they look like they are pretty confident going into tomorrow. >> the judge -- >> oh, oh. >> a little testy. >> i had say it's evident she is getting sick. sniffling, voice soundin