hillary clinton knew and didn't know about the terrorist attack that killed four americans in benghazi, libya, and the major media outlets have not only ignored the single biggest piece of news to emerge from yesterday's hearings, they have declared hillary clinton victorious. this despite clear-cut evidence she and other administration officials repeatedly misled the american people in the days and weeks after the terror attack. welcome to "the kelly file." i'm megyn kelly. notice anything different? it was just over three years ago the oox obama administration in throws of a re-election fight

and libya, prior to the benghazi terrorist attacks involved sidney blumenthal, end quote. he also claimed that mr. blumenthal was, and i'm quoting again, one of the folks providing her the largest volume of information about libya. secretary clinton, was sidney blumenthal your primary policy advisor or your primary intelligence officer? >> of course not. >> was the primary source of information you were receiving on libya? >> no, absolutely not. >> can you tell us then who you were receiving information and in what form? this is particular emphasis on email communication and email communication only. >> well, as i testified earlier, i did not primarily conduct business on email with officials in our government. and, i think the emails that have been produced thus far demonstrate that as well. as i said, i got intelligence briefings from the intelligence community. i had a very experienced group of senior diplomats who knew quite a bit about libya. deputy secretary bill burns had been our nation's top diplomat who actually had negotiated with q

kimberly hafnlg halkett reports. >> the attack on benghazi, libya killed four americans including the u.s. ambassador. u.s. state department revealed there were no protests outside the mission prior to the attack. >> what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. >> it spent more than $4.5 million to do just that. calling back to capitol hill, former secretary of state hillary clinton who was in charge at the time. since 2012 there have best multiple hearings and reports but few new details about the attack. instead what the republican-led committee did uncover is that during her time as secretary of state, clinton had been using a private server for government comeal e-maie-mail for potentiay classified information. >> whether she is ever brought to justice on those remains to be seen but the fact is she brought this on herself not the republicans and not the congress. >> reporter: but after a televised interview with the number 2 leader in the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, democr

come found benghazi, libya. >> this committee is the first committee, the only committee, to uncover the fact that secretary clinton used personal email on her own personal server for official business and kept the public record, including emails about benghazi and libya. >> reporter: in her opening statement, clinton said she was appearing in honor of the four americans who died in 2. >> i am here to honor those we lost and to do what i can to aid those who serve us still. >> reporter: this is the third time clinton has testified on capitol hill about the attacks. once again, she accepted responsibility for security lapses. >> why were there so many asks for more equipment and personnel and why were the requests denied in washington? >> before i left office, i launched reforms to better protect our people in the field and help reduce the chance of another tragedy happening in the future. >> reporter: democrats and even a few republicans have argued this hearing is nothing but a clinton's presidential campaign. clinton is the democratic front- runner for president. candidates in both

secretary of state is answering questions about the 20-12 attack on a u-s diplomatic post in benghazi, libya. hillary clinton?under oath and once again being grilled by lawmakers. sot jordan it's just 56 days before an election. you could live with the protest about a video. that won't hurt you. but a terrorist attack will. this house select committee created last year is under pressure to uncover new information on the september 11th, 2012 attack on a u-s diplomatic post in benghazi, libya. under the former secretary of state's watch...4 americans were killed including us ambassador chris stevens. sot clinton? i lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done clinton is facing this bipartisan, republican led house committee but the hearings have been described as just being partisan politics. but the hearings have been described as just being partisan politics. sot cummings : republicans are squandering millions of taxpayer dollars on this abusive effort to derail secretary clinton's presidential campaign. an abc news washingto

and libya prior to the benghazi terrorist attacks involved sidney blumenthal, end quote. he also claimed mr. blumenthal was, quoting again, one of the folks providing her the largest volume of information about libya. secretary clinton, was sidney blumenthal your primary adviser or your primary intelligence officer? >> no, of course not. >> was he the primary source of information you were receiving on libya? >> no, absolutely not. >> can you tell us then who were you receiving information from and in what form? because there's been a particular emphasis on e-mail communication and e-mail communication only. >> well, as i testified earlier, i did not primarily conduct business on e-mail with officials in our government. and i think the e-mails that have been produced thus far demonstrate that as well. as i said, i got intelligence briefings from the intelligence community. i had a very experienced group of senior diplomats who knew quite a bit about libya. deputy secretary bill burns had been our nation's top diplomat, who actually had knee g

americans in benghazi, libya when she was secretary of state. she claims it's political stunt to derail her campaign, but there's new information - eils from libya's ambassador - fueling allegations that clinton could've done more to protect diplomats on the ground. nbc's tracie potts is monitoring the hearing in washington. << hillary clinton shook hands before what's expected to be a full day of testimony. republican chair trey gowdy slammed eight previous investigations as incomplete. ignoring thousands of emails from hillary clinton's private servrv... he says... wowod've been irresponsible: rep. trey gowdy / (r) south carolina "that may be smart politics, but it is a lousy way to run a serious investigation." the committee's spent nearly a year and a half - and more than four and a half million taxpayer dollars... septememr 11, 2012 investigating why four americans died in the 2012 attacks in benghazi, libya. rep. elijah cummings / (d) maryland "republicans are squandering millions of taxpayer dollars in this ... secretararclinton's campaig

mission in benghazi, libya, killed the u.s. ambassador and three other americans. but three years later why it happened is still in dispute. u.s. state department later revealed there was no protest outside its mission prior to the attack. >> what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again senator. >> reporter: the select congressional committee on benghazi says for subpoena months it spent more than $4.5 million to do just that. calling back to capitol hill former secretary of state hillary clinton who was in charge at the time. since 2012 there have been multiple hearings and reports but few new details about the attack. instead what the republican led committee did uncover is during her time as secretary of state, clinton had been using a private server for government e-mail for potentially classified information. >> there is an fbi criminal into her e-mails. whether she's ever brought to justice remains to be seen. but the fact is she brought this on herself n

personnel in benghazi, libya.r the attack but it insists that she worked hard afterwards to protect the department workers.

clinton has appeared before a congressional committee to answer questions what happened in 2012 in benghazi, libya when four americans died. but the head of the committee insists those questions were different. >> this was diverse in scope. >> i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done. >> reporter: this is the 9th investigation in more than 17 months. four and a half million have been spent but turned up few new details. democrats he charge the true motivation of the congressional committee is to destroy carolina's presidential ambitions. >> americans are squandering millions of dollars on this abusive attempt to scuttle secretary clinton's put campaign. >> one from the ambassador who ultimately lost his life. >> why has no one been held accountable? how come a single person did not lose a single paycheck? >> ththe combative hearing wentn for hours. >> i move we put into the record the entire tript o transcript oy bloomebloomenbloomenthal. >> i would like us to get back to those times, congressman. beirut we lost far more a

diplomatic outpost in benghazi, libya in 2012. good afternoon everyone and thank you for joining us today. clinton was secretary of state at the time of the september 2012 attacks and said she is appearing before the panel to honor the memory of the four americans who were killed. weijia jiang has more. reporter: hillary clinton greeted members of the special house committee before facing tough questions about the deadly attack at a u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. >> where there's so many request for more security personnel and equipment and wireless west denied in washington? reporter: clinton said she was appearing in honor of the four americans who died in 2012. >> i'm here to honor those he lost and to do what i can to aid those who service still. reporter: this is a alert -- this is the third time he is testified about the attack. once again she kept the response >> before i left office i launched reforms to better protect our people in the field and help reduce the chance of another tragedy happening in the future. report

house. 54% disapprove of clinton' s benghazi. s focused on security at the post, during, and after the attack. >> we know them and each other the truth. re in libya. reporter: this is the eighth review of the attack. says the others were not thorough. there will also be a focus on the private e-mail servers at the state department released more benghazi-related e-mails sent by clinton and investor stevens. kenneth gordon, happy -- capitol hill. erika: police say what they found inside his teenager, the more troubling. oppositional as there was live ammunition inside the 16-year-old home but the weapons found were fake. policing another student came forward monday after the suspects are making threats verbally in text messages and also on social media. they say those threats referenced other school shootings. >> i think what is really important in this situation was now this -- the kids said or what we found, but we had a brief, young, courage-filled child they came forward. reporter: erika: the teenager involved has artie faced a judge and is undergoing a mental evaluation. today marks two years since the murder of a danvers teacher. friends are

>> i compare about her e-mails that they relate to libya and benghazi. there may be other entities evaluating her e-mails. my interest solely making sure that i get everything i'm entitled to so i can do my job. the rest of it, classification, clinton foundation, you name it, i have zero interest in which is why you haven't seen me send single subpoena or inter view is in earl person because i need to know that the record is complete . >> dickerson: last question. do you have everything that you need now from hillary clinton? >> no, sir. we don't have all the e-mails. state department will concede that. but in certain point you have to go ahead call the witness. we're still missing large bunches of information from the executive branch and from this administration. but it's been a year and a half i need to call her idea thanks so much, chairman. joining me is the top democrat, maryland representative ellijah cummings. mr. cummings, your reaction to the chairman? >> it's interesting that after 17 months $7 million and counting of taxpayer money that chair

consulate in benghazi, libya. abc' s kenneth mouton reports from washington. >> an intense and dramatic day on capitol hill. >> here' s what happened to their requests. kenneth: hillary clinton held her ground against the house select committee investigating the terrorist attack on a u.s. diplomatic post in benghazi. republicans pressed clinton for hours about what was done before, during, and after the attack that killed four americans, including ambassador chris stevens. >> i understand there are people in both parties who have suggested this investigation is about you. let me assure you it is not. >> i' ve lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been racking my brain about what more could of been done. kenneth: republicans were focused on clinton' s adviser sidney blumenthal whose e-mails reached clinton, but ambassador stevens' requests did not. >> i can only tell you that i know a number of requests were fulfilled, and some were not. >> republicans are squandering this abusive effort to derail se

diplomatic and cia facilities in benghazi, libya. we will show you part of the 8.5 hour benghazi hearing today. the rest, tomorrow at noon on c-span. the first part of the hearing is about 4.5 hours. representative gowdy: good morning. the committee will come to order. the chair notes the presence of a quorum. good morning. welcome, madam secretary. welcome to each of you. this is a public hearing of the benghazi select committee. just a couple of quick administrative matters before we start. madam secretary, there are predetermined breaks, but i want to make it absolutely clear we can take a break for any reason or for no reason. if you or anyone, just simply alert me, then we will take a break and it can be for any reason or for no reason. to our guests, we are happy to have you here. the witness deserves to hear the questions and the members deserve to hear the answers. so proper decorum must be observed at all times -- no reaction to questions or answers, no disruptions. some committees take an incremental approach to decorum. i d

answering questions about the deadly attacks on americans in benghazi, libya. in 2012. but she has been here before. now there is new information, though, fueling allegations that clinton could have done more to protect the men on the ground. tracie potts has the latest from washington. >> reporter: hillary clinton shook hands before what's expected to be a full day of testimony. rm chair slammed eight ignoring thousands of e-mails from clinton's private server, he says, would have been irresponsible. >> that may be smart politics, but it is a lousy way to run a serious investigation. >> reporter: the committee spent nearly a year and a half and more than $4.5 million investigating why four americans died in the 2012 attacks in benghazi, libya. >> republicans are squandering millions of taxpayer dollars on this abusive effort to derail senator... secretary clinton's presidential campaign. >> reporter: clinton began by focusing on ambassador chris stephens and the four americans who died. >> i took responsibility, and as part of that, before i left office, i launched ref

clinton is hoping to put that to rest today when she testifies again about the attack in benghazi, libya, in 2012. >> clinton was secretary of state at the time. four americans died in the attack including ambassador christopher stevens. abc's stephanie ramos is live in washington with the controversy surrounding today's hearing. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning to you, reena and phillip. it'll be a big event this morning. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton will once again answer questions on the benghazi attacks. her mission, to come away this morning hillary clinton will once again testify before a 11th, 2012 benghazi attacks. the assault on the state department's diplomatic compound in benghazi, libya, left four americans dead including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. >> was it because of a protest or guys out for a walk that decided they'd go kill some americans? what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened. >> reporter: that was former secretary of clinton nearly three years ago, testimony was supposed to be de

and libya prior to the benghazi terrorist attacks involved sidney blumenthal, end quote. he also claimed that mr. blumenthal was, and i'm quoting again, one of the folks providing her the largest volume of information about libya. secretary clinton, was sidney blumenthal your primary policy adviser or your primary intelligence officer? >> no, of course not. >> was he the primary source of information that you were receiving on libya? >> no, absolutely not. >> can you tell us then, who were you receiving information from, and in what form? because there's been a particular emphasis on e-mail communication and e-mail communication only. >> as i testified earlier, i did not primarily conduct business on e-mail with officials in our government. and i think the e-mails that have been produced thus far demonstrate that as well. as i said, i got intelligence briefings from the intelligence community. i had a very experienced group of senior diplomats who knew quite a bit about libya. deputy secretary bill burns had been our nation's top diplomat, wh

happened to the ambassador and we were desperate and we were trying to call everybody we knew in benghazi and libyaet additional help. what appears to have happened at some point later is that libyans found ambassador stevens and they carried him to the hospital in benghazi and libyan doctors labored nearly two hours to try to resuscitate him. i mentioned all of this because i want not just the committee members but any viewers in the public to understand that this was the fog of war, that the diplomatic security officers and later the cia officers responded with heroism and professionalism as they had been trained to do. we thought things would be safe once they took refuge in the ciaannex and as we know even though that was a highly fortified, much more secure facility than our diplomatic compound and one we had nothing to do with in the state department it turned out also to be a target for the militants which is where the two cia contractors mr. woods and mr. doherty died. but in looking at all of the information, the accountability review board and particularly admiral mullen who was focused o

but as day turned tonight in benghazi, libya, at 940 p.m. local time, they attacked. an alarm sounded. chaos ensued. >> the entire safe haven, which takes up part of the first floor of the main residence is black with fumes.y try to open it, but doesn't help. there's too much smoke. they drop to the floor trying to get air. but emp there now, they can't breathe. rescuers were forced to leave the facility under fire. >>> hours later, a new attack. despite pleas that help would never arrive. they later died in that assault. made by a film maker in california. some have sought to justify this vicious behavior that took place at the embassy in cairo yesterday. >> it was a story mrs. clinton repeated two days later, just steps away from the bodies of the dead at a ceremony, state side. >> the remains returned to the nation for which they died. it was there that they blamed the death of their loved ones on an out-of-control protest caused by that video. >> she came up and shook my hand and made the statement to me that we will make sure that the person who made that film is

diplomatic compound in benghazi, libya. cbs news' weijia jang. >> reporter: hillary clinton will face a grueling eight-hour grilling eight-hour grilling before the house committee investigating the 2012 benghazi attacks, testimony that could prove pivotal for her presidential campaign. >> can she weather a full day's worth of testimony in front of a committee that even some republicans have said is aiming to hurt her politically? if she can do that she will be on stable ground after a shaky summer. >> reporter: the republican-led committee will try to find out why the u.s. chose to remain in benghazi despite the escalation in violence. >> what i want to know is while violence was going off in libya, why was our security profile going down? >> reporter: ahead of today's hearing, democrats on the benghazi committee released the transcript of the closed door testimony of former clinton aide sheryl mills. mills testified that clinton was devastated by the event and very engaged in her response. weijia jang, cbs news, washington

and also did ambassador stevens ever advocate either leaving libya or abandoning benghazi? ntrary, congressman. he was a very strong advocate for staying in libya, including in benghazi. >> i think what we learned here is -- well, nothing, frankly. that we didn't know already. the security situation in libya was dangerous. >> right. >> without question. would you say that ambassador stevens was unaware of any aspect of that? >> no, would not. i think he was very aware. >> he knew the security situation in libya quite well. >> that's right. >> yet, i want to be clear on this. in hisomsn÷ communications with, and he had many, even if he didn't have your e-mail address -- did he ever say, you know -- did he raise the security issue directly with you? >> no, he did not. >> and obviously he chose to go to benghazi. he, as you have described earlier, as, all across the world today, diplomats are weighing the risks and the benefits in a lot of dangerous places, and he had to do that. and he chose to go to

and libya prior to the benghazi terrorist attacks involved sidney blumenthal, end quote. he also claimed that mr. blumenthal was, and i'm quoting again, one of the folks providing her the largest volume of information about libya. secretary clinton, was sidney blumenthal your primary policy advisor or your primary intelligence officer? >> no. of course not. >> was he the primary source of information that you were receiving on libya? >> no. absolutely not. >> can you tell us then who were you receiving information from and in what form? because there has been a particular emphasis on e-mail communication and e-mail communication only. >> well, as i testified earlier, i did not primarily conduct business on e-mail with officials in our government, and i think the e-mails that have been produced thus far demonstrate that as well. as i said, i got intelligence briefings from the intelligence community. i had a very experienced group of senior diplomats who knew quite a bit about libya, deputy secretary bill burns had been our nation's top diplom

but showing that libya, and for that matter benghazi, belonged to you in 2011. it was yours, so to speak. from your own records that we have, we saw a drop in your interest in libya and benghazi in 2012. not only do the records show your drop in interest in benghazi, it was even noticed by your own staff. i want to point this out to you -- i say this i want to point you to an e-mail in early february 2012 between two staffers at your libya desk that says you didn't know whether we still even had a presence in benghazi. let's not use my words. let's use theirs. this can be found at tab 31. the e-mail says -- it dated february 9, 2012. one writes to the other about annen can counter she had with you. "the secretary also asked last week if we still have a presence in benghazi" i think she would be upset to hear, yes, we do. but because we don't have enough security, they are on lockdown." and i say this is very troubling to me because it raises several issues i would like to ask you about. i'm struck by the first part, "the secretary asked last week if we still have

huma abebin was called to testify about the 20-12 attacks in benghazi, libya that killed four americans. the hearing was held behind closed doors. next week clinton herself will testify during a public hearing about the attack. the rules for the next republican presidential debate are finally set... c-n-b-c originally planned for a three-hour debate on october 28th. both donald trump and ben carson because of the length. c-n-b-c has now agreed to scale it back to just two hours. at least one of the candidates is man enough for a longer debate. carly fiorina/ presidential candidate i think we need to spend as much time as possible answering the american peoples questions so i'm all for 3 hours. i'm sorry that they apparently don't have the endurance to go the distance each candidate will also give opening and closing statements... something c-n-b-c didn't want to include. blue/purple flowers valley junction fort dodge is traveling to the welcome to subway, what can i make for you? you'll love our new rotisserie-style chicken. 100% white meat, herb-seasoned pulled chicken, fresh toasted w

that began the reign of terror in libya from which the benghazi catastrophe occurred. ey did not concentrate that much before on that. the reason for blaming the video was to shift blame away from how the administration handled libya on to an enraging video, which turned out not to be the cause of it. i think they will move there. they will be very aware that there is a 50-50 split in the country. after country believes that this committee -- half the country believes this committee is political and has gone too far. 54% also believe that secretary clinton has not been entirely forthcoming and answered all the questions about benghazi. they go at each other today with those two things in mind. her staff does not expect her to be as aggressive as she was in the first hearing when she said "what does it matter?" betty: maybe the key explosive moment. who is going to give her the hardest time during the hearing? >> i think it is going to be trey gowdy. he is the chairman of the committee. he has stuck to the script for 17 months of the committee's existence. his colleagues

compound in benghazi, libya. libya.in her opening statement this morning - the former secratery of state said her appearance is in honor of the attack.this is the third time clinton has testified on capitol hill in regards to benghazi.so far she's faced questions about security and personnell requests for the compound that were denied. clinton was ready to answer those questions. those requests and issues related to security were rightly handled by the security professionals in the department. i did not see them, i did not approve them, i did not deny them. today's hearings have those requests and issues related to security were rightly handled by the security professionals in the department. i did not see them, i did not approve them, today's hearings have been painted by democrats, and even some republicans as a politically-charged a politically-republicans as and even some by democrats, been painted hearings have today's today's hearings have been painted by democrats, and even some republicans as a politicall

the house committee is questioning hillary clinton on the attack in benghazi, libya. that hearing has been going on all day. we'll show you what's happening, coming up. people make mistakes. like paying too much for wireless. so switch to u.s. cellular and we guarantee we'll beat the price on your current verizon or at&t plan. that's right, guaranteed to beat. plus, right now we'll give you a $150 promo card when you switch. don't let your next mistake be missing out. switch to u.s. cellular today for a price that's guaranteed us mild with lows in the 50s. a few showers are possible friday morning, but the rain will start in the afternoon for most of us. we'll have highs in the lower 60s. wet weather continues into friday evening and night, so the high school football games are looking somewhat soggy. fortunately, lightning should not be a significant issue. rainfall totals of a quarter to half-inch are looking common, but some locally higher amounts may fall. we'll clear out on saturday, which gives us a pleasant weekend.tonight: turning cloudy low: 49-55 winds: e 10

diplomatic compound in benghazi, libya.go all the way until late this afternoon, maybe even early evening. dana bash is up on capitol hill right now. that room is quickly filling up, the longworth house hearing room. i take it the secretary's now meeting behind closed door with the chairman, trey gowdy? >> reporter: that's right. we are in the hallway. i'm standing next to our camera. you probably only see a lot of police officers and security but there's a whole line of cameras waiting for her to walk out of a room, a private room, where she -- and there's trey gowdy right there, the chairman, going out. so, he was in a room with hillary clinton. apparently went into greet her privately before he starts grilling her publicly, which is an interesting moment that we got to at least witness, the fact that he went in there. not something that always happens when you have any kind of committee hearing, particularly this kind of public and high-profile one. hillary clinton is behind closed doors in her holding room. we have seen

diplomatic buildings in benghazi, libya. four americans were killed. ambassador chris stevens, sean smh, glen doherty and tyrone republicans are searching for any mistakes made on secretary clinton's watch. democrats say the benghazi matter has been thoroughly investigated a a the hearing is only designed to damage her. her testimony began at 10:00 in the morning on thursday and lasted all day into the evening. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. >> reporter: the hearings starteteout cordially with h hd shakes. but things quickly grew tense. statement i made i clearly said it was an attack. >> calling it an attack is look k of course it was an attack. republicans accused clinton of ambassador chris stevens for security. georgia's westmoreland. >> how many instances would it have taken you to say, we need to look at security over there. >> no one ever came to me and said we should shut down our compound in benghazi. >> i'm not saying shut it down. i am saying protect it. >> it was this committee that uncovered clinton's use of a private e-mail system. >> th

representative on the ground in benghazi, libya. actually had hillary clinton's personal e-mail address. she was forced to admit no, he did not have that, but he had plenty of other ways to get in touch to talk to the security teams to talk to the department of state. that was the moment where it appeared one of the members was getting you should her skin. her entire game plan throughout what is expected to be about eight to ten hours of testimony on this today is to provide any soundbyte the republicans can use against her in the upcoming presidential election. republicans obviously looking for that moment if they can find it and looking to get to the bottom of what happened in benghazi. >> this is not going to be resolved today no matter how this all comes together. >> you do have someone sitting testifying before congress that could be the next president. >> absolutely. you saw that right from the get go, right? what we saw at the beginning, the opening statements of the chairman who says is a republican and the ranking member wh

personnel in benghazi, libya. she accepted responsibility for the attack but it insists that she worked hard afterwards to protect the department workers. an hour away from set closing bell. we have seen a global stock rally. given what we've seen for mario draghi but earnings helping things along the way. julie: a lot of contributing to them rally. major averages at the highest since august 19. of these that is true for the s&p 500. we have read -- reach the highest level since then. the nasdaq pretty much chasing each other. of returnst more this week. little bit more closely aligned today. the earnings are better than estimated. better than it acted economic data. part of mario draghi is the equation talking about the potential for more stimulus. when you look at the bloomberg terminal, you see it as a broad-based rally today. basically almost all of the groups are in the green today with health care the only are lacquer -- are the only lacquers . reported earnings that were better than estimated. consumer stap

libya. the question facing america not what happened that night in benghazi, those are important questions that we have to have better diplomatic security quite obviously. question for hillary clinton going into this race is, why did you support libya intervention that has failed? in the debate she owned the intervenge, she thought she said libya is in state of failure that should be what we're debating. the role of intervention -- u.s. should be playing in the middle east in these disintegrating states. everything is being missed actually. >> dickerson: the role of what you do after you come in. >> that's the key. this is the half way intervention. so it's going to be interesting when you into the general, if she goes into the general, is she going to have distance her stretch president obama's reluctant to actually fully commit in libya. >> dickerson: nancy, what do you make of clinton posture going into this, how is their feeling? >> she has some wind in her sails not only because of strong bee debate because of the gift that you talked about with kevin mccarthy, richard hanna saying at leas

facility in benghazi libya. committee that is faced own share of controversy lately. we'll talk to chairman republican trey gowdy and top democrat ellijah cummings. we'll talk about the democratic debate and presidential campaign with our political panel. journalism legend bob woodward. his new book, the last of the president's men, the story of a team player in the fall of the nixon white house. all ahead on "face the nation." good morning i'm john dickerson this thursday all eyes will be on capitol hill where the former clinton will testify in front of the house committee in vest gaiting the september 11, 2012 attacks. that attack resulted in the deaths of four americans including ambassador chris steven. we're joined by the chairman, republican trey gowdy who is in clemson, south carolina, this good morning, mr. chairman. i want to talk to you about some people from your open party who have talked about this committee remarks. but house majority leader kevin mccarthy suggested that this committee has driven down hillary clinton's l poll numbers. a congressman from

si rens..etc the assault by islamic militants on the state departments diplomatic compound in benghazi libya left 4 americans dead ....including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. sot clinton: " was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night decided they'd go kill some americans? what difference, at this point, does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened" that was former secretary of state clinton nearly 3 years ago.... testimony was supposed to be definitive on the attack....but republicans clinton's private email server may even come up..if related to benghazi. sot gowdy: "if you want a window into libya and what was happening in the weeks and months before these four were killed, why would you not look at the ambassador's e-mails?" in all there have been 7 congressional investigations into that attack..its time for the next round and this one is expected to go for 8 hours or more not including breaks. sot hrc: "i don't know that i have very much to add." clinton will face tough questions from 7 republicans and 5 democrats ... this latest round of te

and libya prior to the benghazi terrorist attacks involved sidney blumenthal, end quote. he also claimed that mr. blumenthal was, and i'm quoting again, one of the folks providing her the largest volume of information about libya. secretary clinton, was sidney blumenthal your primary policy adviser or your primary intelligence officer? >> no, of course not. >> was he the primary source of information that you were receiving on libya? >> no, absolutely not. >> can you tell us then, who were you receiving information from, and in what form? because there's been a particular emphasis on e-mail communication and e-mail communication only. >> as i testified earlier, i did not primarily conduct business on e-mail with officials in our government. and i think the e-mails that have been produced thus far demonstrate that as well. as i said, i got intelligence briefings from the intelligence community. i had a very experienced group of senior diplomats who knew quite a bit about libya. deputy secretary bill burns had been our nation's top diplomat, wh

is getting ready to answer more questions about the deadly attack on an american compound in benghazi, libya. that seige killed for americans, including the u.s. ambassador and glenn dority. eric and talent: -- eric is here with what we know will be a heated day in washington. erica: it' s testimony that will be a test for clinton as a could have a huge impact on her presidential campaign. the former secretary of state will answer to the special house committee investigating the 2012 attacks. clinton' s use of a private him a server may, but the focus will be any involvement clinton had with security decisions in libya. clinton testified before congress three years ago. she says she was unaware of requests for more security. >> we have learned through e-mails after documents, there were hundreds of mentions about security incidents, particularly in 2012. emily: republicans criticized for taking so long with this process argue officials have not been forthcoming with information, but democrats and even some republicans have suggested this is at least in part of political play to hurt clinton'

consulate in benghazi, libya in which four americans, including ambassador chris stevens were murdered. it is believed that mrs. clinton did not have the opportunity to tell the whole story including the time leading up to them benghazi attack. democrats say they are playing politics -- the republicans are the clinton campaign.>> i want to draw your attention to an this is informative. should we pass on in white house. if you want to pass something onto the white house, why would you take off the identifiers? because it was important to evaluate the information. from a lot of intelligence that i have reviewed over the years, you don't often have the source of the intelligence. you look at the intelligence and you try to determine whether or not it is credible and can be followed up on. >> i'm going to accept that you backgrounds. i'm going to tell you that an unsourced comment cannot be used in any courtroom. >> we are not talking about a courtroom, we are talking about intelligence. >> we are talking about the ability to assess what a source is and if that source has been to libya or

hillary clinton, is she telling the truth about benghazi, libya?t is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. former secretary of state testified for hours today in a politically charged house hearing about hers responsibility in the assassinations of american ambassador to libya christopher stevens and three other americans hire are the headlines, mrs. clinton do not believe she did anything wrong. the democrats on the committee do not believe she did anything wrong. it's been proven shortly after the attack on september 11th, 2012 hillary clinton believed it was organized terror attack. she mentioned the words al qaeda-like to her family. nevertheless, she went along with the obama administration's false narrative that the murders were ignited by inflammatory vape. most of the testimony today was numbing, almost impossible to sit through. but there were two nuggets. first, how mrs. clinton herself sees the situation. those requests and issues related to security were rightly handled by the security professionals in the department. i did

benghazi. so this was all a very live subject that was being debated. both in libya and with respect to what our response would be in washington. so we at chris stevens' strong urging and that of other experienced diplomats wanted to maun tan a presence in benghazi in some form. we reopened our embassy in tripoli. but this was a constant discussion about what we should do, when and where and that's why this e-mail from chris stevens about his recommendations is so informati informative. >> i'll get to that in a moment, but i have to ask you, i assume that your chief of staff was intimately involved in these discussions with you and with your top staff. >> she covered a broad range of issues. i'm sure she was involved in some of the discussions, but she had many other responsibilities so i can't say all of them. >> i would like to refer you to an update on tripoli operations provided to sheryl mills on september 14th. at the top of that two-page memo, assumptions were gradual winding down of operations over the next six months, transition to tripoli, only by january 2

testimony to congress next week over her role in the events that led up to the 2012 tacks in benghazi libya, which will no doubt include questions about her use of a private email server." hillary clinton / (d) presidential candidate) "what i did was allowed by the state department, but it wasn't the best choice." and it's a ahoice republican rivals will likely make sure thehe voters don't forort. in washington - i'm kristine frazao siouxland news. diana>> as far as what the voters think and if last night's debate will *actually* change public opinion... we'll have to wait and see. it will take a few days for the debate polls to be published. larry>> former secretary of state madeline albright made a stop in sioux city today... appearing at the peieie mansion on behalf of democratic presidential candidate hilary clinton. about 50 people were at this morning's event... as albright talked about the woman who she considers a close friend. albright discussed her work as secretary of state during bill clinton's time in office... along with hillary's achievements... including her performance in l

benghazi. the u.s. ambassador to libya and three other americans were killed in a raid on the consulate in 2012. >> it is the second time hillary clinton appeared before a congressional committee to answer questions about what happened in 2012 in benghazi-libya, when four americans died. the head of the committee economists this line of questioning is different. >> the questions linger. previous investigations were narrow in scope, and either incapable or unwilling to access the facts and evidence necessary. >> the former secretary of state is defend are her actions. >> i have lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been wracking my brains about what more could have been done. >> this is the ninth investigation in more than 70 months. $4.5 million has been sent, turning up few new details. democrats charging the true motivation is to destroy clinton's presidential ambitions. >> the parliament is spending millions to derail hillary clinton's presidential campaign. >> the hearing went on for more than 10 hours,