blumenthal was advising you? >> he wasn't advising me. mr. chairman -- >> did he know he was your most prolific e-mailer that we have found on the subjects of libya and benghazi? >> that's because i didn't do most of my work about libya on e-mail. >> that's fair. i'm not challenging that, madam secretary. i am not challenging that. all i'm telling you is that documents show he was your most prolific e-mailer on libya and benghazi. and did the president, the same white house that said "you can't hire him" did he know he was advising you? >> he was not advising me and i have no reason to have ever mentioned that or know that the president knew that. >> all right. i want to draw your attention to an e-mail about libya from mr. blumenthal to you dated april 20 2011 and it will be exhibit 67. "this is informative. shall we pass this on -- then in pa parentheticals, unidentified -- to the white house?" why would wow take that off? >> a lot of information i reviewed over the yours you often don't have the source of if intelligence. you look at the i

and then it went into this kind of tangent about sidney blumenth blumenthal's e-mails. d.c.who he is. what the republicans are trying to do with that is say listen this guy who really didn't know what he was talking about with libya had direct accession to the secretary of state. meanwhile, she wasn't paying attention to people asking for more security, who are career professionals within the state department. i think they should have gone further to talk about why that was a bad idea, how the policies have failed in libya. look what happened earlier this year, 21 christians murdered on the beaches there. so we should have a broader discussion about what the libya policy is, what the strategic objections were. i hope they get that in the second half of the hearing. >> some of the republicans, paul were making the charge, congressman pompeo, she was relying on blumenthal for information about libya, she wasn't relying on her bureau of intelligence and research, the cia, all the other bureau of middle eastern affairs at the statement department. she rejected that assertion imm

blumenthal's deposition. you personally asked him about the clinton foundation and you personally directed your staff to ask questions about clinton, the clinton foundation which they did more than 50 times. now, these facts directly contradict the statements you made on national television. >> no, sir. with all due respect, they do not. we just heard e-mail after e-mail after e-mail about libya and benghazi that sidney blumenthal sent to the secretary of state. i don't care if he sent it by morse code, carrier pigeon, smoke signals. the fact that he happened to send it by e-mail is irrelevant. what is relevant is that he was sending information to the secretary of state. that is what's relevant. with respect to the subpoena, if he had bothered to answer the e telephone calls of the committee he wouldn't have needed a subpoena. >> will the gentleman yield? >> i would be happy to. you have to make sure the record is correct. >> that's exactly what i want to do. >> go ahead. >> i'm about to tell you. i move tha

tell you the only reason we have çó blumenthal.re secretary of state e-mails. they are not blumenthal and she wanted all of her e-mails and saying since march. i want the entire world to see blumenthal's e-mails are part of that. the parlimitarian to theed me the motion is not in order for a hearing but at the latest we'll take a vote and the first week we are back be. take up the transcripts you want and while we are there take up the 20 outstanding discovery request that we have to different executive branch. >> mr. chairman, allegations made against him are refoughted. >> that is your opinionxd adam. >> if you disagree. release the transcript. >> what allegation. >> why conceal the transcript. you have the power to release. >> i tell you why, i am not releasing one transcript of someone who does not know anything about libya while people who risk their lives. you don't want the 18 dsan agents and cian agents, the only transcripts that you want released are miss mills and sidney blumenthals and we'll take it up. >> the only perso

mills and sidney blumenthal's. so we'll take all of this in november. >> the only person you are interested in asking about during her entire questioning were sidney blumenthal. if you're so interested in him, release the transcript. you released his e-mails, they're the only witness. so you're asking why are we only ask asking for his. >> i'm going to ask the gentleman from california to do a better job of characterizing. these are not sidney blumenthal's e-mails. these are secretary clinton' >>> the hear williing will come to order. the question on the motion to include the document in the record the chair opposes the motion. those in favor of the motion may signify by saying aye. those opposed by no. >> roll call. >> mr. chairman, i ask for a recorded vote. >> recorded vote has been requested. chairman's vote -- yeah, i'm sorry. secretary call the roll. >> mr. westmoreland. >> no. >> mr. westmoreland votes no. mr. jordan. >> mr. who? >> sorry, mr. jordan. >> no. >> mr. jordan votes no. mr. ross consume. >> no. >

john: i have to say, the obsession with sidney blumenthal, for people like us who knows in the blumenthal- no sidney blumenthal and her relationship with him, we have talked about that for a long time. it's an interesting relationship. he's an interesting dark figure in her life. fascinating stuff. you might even put in a book about presidential elections. to the millions of americans who are supposed to care about this on the matter of benghazi, whether her e-mail system exposed classified information to the world, those people don't care about sidney blumenthal at all. we have a couple tidbits about things she said to the egyptian prime minister about the source of the attack immediately after but these are small things , compared to what they have claimed is a big thing. mark: the hearings will continue into the evening. as of now, on the substance, on the back-and-forth of the facts and questions, trying to trip her up, the democrats and the clinton folks are happy. the republican critics are disappointed because they have not brought to the fore the kind of new information this commi

blumenthal's transcript released? >> i would like to have all of them released. >> if you think you've heard about sidney blumenthal so far, wait till the next round. >> more on blumenthal later in the show. as for one point the republicans trying to make that blumenthal had better access to clinton than the deceased ambassador stephens. this tweet from the former american ambassador -- as ambassador of russia, i enjoyed multiple ways of communicating with secretary clinton. e-mail was not one of them. >> the ambassador said he always had constant communication with you but never had your e-mail address. i would hope that ambassadors would have more direct and immediate lines of communication, and ambassador stephens certainly did, correct? >> yes. >> the information that we found out, as you pointed out, was not always flattering. there was no question that mistakes were made and we hopefully learned from them. but that was investigated. so what is the purpose of this committee? >> we'll speak with that former u.s. a

blumenthal's released.ant the survivor's released, the only one you asked for is sidney blumenthal, that one and miss mills. >> that's not true. >> that's two out of 54. you want to ask for some facts-- >> a recorded vote on the blumenthal. you said from the beginning, we want the truth, the whole truth and nothing, but the truth. why don't we put the entire transcript out there and let the world see it. what do you have to hide? >> these only e-mails you have released in. the fairness to mr. blumenthal and the american people in the interest of a complete record if you're going to release his e-mails and release the transcript where he has the chance to give the context of the e-mails. >> you keep referring to the blumenthal e-mails i'd hasten to remind you, the only reason we have the blumenthal e-mails is because they were sent to the secretary of state. that's why they were released. they're not blumenthal e-mails. she's said since march, i want my e-mails released and sidney blumenthal's e-mails were p

blumenthal was a friend of yours and had your personal e-mail address. you say chris stevens was a friend of yours. times forumerous extra protection. did he have your personal e-mail? sec. clinton: congressman, i do not believe that he had my personal e-mail. he had the e-mail and the direct line to everybody that he worked with for years. john: that was congressman-- tip, republicans have hours and poke and prod at hillary clinton. did they report or charged anything that was genuinely or relevantly new about benghazi today? mark: a little bit, something that no american i know cares about, which is her relationship with cindy blumenthal. beforeevents in benghazi security in olivia, during the evening of september 11 that year and afterward, they plowed a lot of familiar ground. on the e-mails, they also largely plowed familiar ground. there is some a nuanced new stuff, but nothing that will breakthrough for the american people as a smoking gun, brand-new information that we're hungry to know more about. john: i have to say, the obsession with cindy bl

they're not blumenthal's e-mails.f her e-mails released -- >> the blumenthal e-mails, lesser known robert loveland book. let's talk about today's benghazi hearing along with everything 2016. amanda, let me start with you. how are the republicans doing, do you think? >> well, let's be honest. the next election is not going to be a referendum on blumenthal's e-mails or cheryl mills' e-mails but it will be a referendum on the obama-clinton foreign policy. >> in her character. >> yeah. and her judgment. that's what this hearing is really about. it's a perfectly reasonable thing to have a hearing about what were the decisions that led up to the situation in benghazi? what were our strategic interests there? and why was it so important we had an ambassador there who was in a compound that was not secure, did not have the right military protection, did not have the right protection of the host nation and the fallout that became of that? so, yes, it is a question of hillary clinton's judgment. yes, it is political. and i know

blumenthal. uniquely listening to sydney blumenthal. he had access that the american ambassador didn't. >> we have to go back in. >> there's three republican members of the select committee making the case between part one and part two. the chairman is already in his seat getting ready for part two. he's been alone in that office building up on capitol hill during this lunch break, as it's being. called, getting ready for part two. dana bash is outside the room and is with one of the top democrats on the committee. we're anxious to get his reaction. >> that's right, congressman, thank you for coming out here. you really got under trey gowdy's skin. was that your intention? >> no, u by thought it was important to set up the context of the hearing and where this all began was when that stop hillary pac submitted signatures to us calling her to testify and the committee has cancelled on all the other witnesses since january. this is the only hearing they were interested in. they can't tell us if the

blumenthal was advising you? >> he wasn't advising me. mr. chairman -- >> did he know he was your most prolific e-mailer that we have found on the subjects of libya and benghazi? >> that's because i didn't do most of my work about libya on e-mail. >> that's fair. i'm not challenging that, madam secretary. i am not challenging that. all i'm telling you is that documents show he was your most prolific e-mailer on libya and benghazi. and did the president, the same white house that said "you can't hire him" did he know he was advising you? >> he was not advising me and i have no reason to have ever mentioned that or know that the president knew that. >> all right. i want to draw your attention to an e-mail about libya from mr. blumenthal to you dated april 20 2011 and it will be exhibit 67. "this is informative. shall we pass this on -- then in pa parentheticals, unidentified -- to the white house?" why would wow take that off? >> a lot of information i reviewed over the yours you often don't have the source of if intelligence. you look at the i

blumenthal was advising you? >> he wasn't advising me. mr. chairman -- >> did he know he was your most prolific e-mailer that we have found on the subjects of libya and benghazi? >> that's because i didn't do most of my work about libya on e-mail. >> that's fair. i'm not challenging that, madam secretary. i am not challenging that. all i'm telling you is that documents show he was your most prolific e-mailer on libya and benghazi. and did the president, the same white house that said "you can't hire him" did he know he was advising you? >> he was not advising me and i have no reason to have ever mentioned that or know that the president knew that. >> all right. i want to draw your attention to an e-mail about libya from mr. blumenthal to you dated april 20 2011 and it will be exhibit 67. "this is informative. shall we pass this on -- then in pa parentheticals, unidentified -- to the white house?" why would wow take that off? >> a lot of information i reviewed over the yours you often don't have the source of if intelligence. you look at the i

blumenthal's e-mails. >> mr. blumenthal's what now?ress and he sometimes sends her e-mails. everyone freak out. for the 99.9999% of people who live in the normal world, blumenthal is about as real and threatening of a figure as charlie brown's pumpkin. he covered bill clinton's run for arkansas and he covered the administration in the second term and he worked for hillary clinton when she ran for president in 2008 and clearly he remains a friend of the clintons today. when you have been a friend of the clintons for a long time, and you have been through wars together, you have been partisan wars and the wars of impeachment and personal scandal and dynasty, when you have been with them that long, you become part of the clinton story, through thick and thin, for past and for probably future. for republicans that week at the mammoth benghazi hearing, who was friends enough with hillary clinton to e-mail her, and who didn't e-mail her, that became a bizarre side show to that hearing. but even people who know that sid blumenthal has nothing

album blumenthal to you. "this is informative should we parentheticals, unidentifiable, to the white house." why would you take off the identifier secretary clinton: because it was important to evaluate the information and from a lot of intelligence that i have certainly reviewed over the years, you often don't have the source of the intelligence. you look at the intelligence and determine whether or not it is credible, whether it on.be followed up trey gowdy: i'm going to accept the fact that you and i come backgroundsnt because i can tell you an unsourced comment could never be courtroom.a secretary clinton: we're not talking about courtrooms but intelligence. trey gowdy: we're talking about credibility and the ability to assess who a source is and whether or not that source has been to libya, knows anything about libya or has in libya, allests of which would be important if you were going to determine the credibility which i think is why you probably took this information off of what you sent house.white j

>> cindy blumenthal is a classic figure who is now -- sydney blumenthal is a classic figure. he is hillary's annoying friend. she would pass on some of his intelligence higher up as that benghazi thing was showing. secret email servers while top state department officials like investor stevens did not. -- ambassador stevens did not.>> they are trying to's -- to turn sydney blumenthal into a figure whispering strategy into hillary's here. >> she withstood the 11 hours of bad debt -- of badgering and i can't remember another man or woman being subjected to that over that amount of time and doing as well as hillary clinton did. they chose several people on the republican side and they hammered away at her as though they were in a courtroom and they were going to create reasonable doubt in the minds of one juror. different. in tone and in style. republicans really felt on their face. one more time, republican clinton. this is another hurdle that she has gotten over on her way to likely capturing the democratic nomination. >> moderator: who was senate -- who was hillary clinton's

i move that we put into the record the entire transcript of as i had they've blumenthal. if we're going to release the emails, do the transcript, that way the world can see it. >> is that a motion? >> the motion i guess seconded. they have informed us that we have a right to recorded vote on that motion. >> you want the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, that's what we have. put it for the world to see it. >> there was a debate and the battle was being fought by the ranking member elijah comings there then what happened? they take the break. >> they take a vote and along the party line will not enter the blumenthal transcript into the record. the democrats were saying if you want to see this and get it in the open, here is the opportunity. republicans shut it down. this is a chance for the democrats to push and try to turn what was really a big focus on sidney blumenthal through the character on the outskirts of this drama, republicans bringing him into the mix because there were so many emails exchanged between him and the secretary saying hey, you had thi

blumenthal sent me every week. that was a special friend. >> it was information that had been shared with him that he forwarded on. and as someone who got the vast majority of the information that i acted on from official channels, i read a lot of articles, that brought new ideas to my attention. and occasionally people including him and others would give me ideas. they all went into the same process to be evaluated. >> yes, ma'am. i will tell you that the record we received today does not reflect that it simply doesn't. we have read emails. we read everything we could get our hands on, taken us a long time to get it. you just described all this other information that you relied upon and it doesn't comport with the record that this committee has been able to establish today. i want you to take a look to the chart in the left. see increasing number of requests, over 600. i think data matters. pictures are a lot. increase in the requests, bottom line is increase in the security. you notice slope of those two lines ar

the only one that you have asked for is sidney blumenthal, and that one and ms.ills. >> yes. >> and that is 2 of 54 and if you want some fact witnesses. >> and put a vote on the blumenthal, and you said from the e beginning that we want th truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and why don't we put the entire transcript out there and let the world see it? what do you to hide? >> nobody recommended closing, but you had two ambassadors who made several, several request, and here is what because cli happened to the requests, they were torn up. >> well, even with the several breaks, it was a test of endurance for everybody. let's bring in the cnn political commentator strategist donna brazile, and our contributing editor are from the editor review, amanda carpenter, and so what did you hear, amanda? >> le with, three clear things, nobody knew what hillary clinton's policy was and why we had an ambassador in such a dangerous situation, and although hillary clinton does take responsibility for the security situation there, it is unclear what she did or did n

blumenthal's deposition. you personally asked him about the clinton foundation, and you personally directed your staff to ask questions about clinton, the clinton foundation, which they did more than 50 times. now, these facts directly contradict the statements you made on national television -- >> no, no sir. with all due respect. they do not. we're -- we just heard e-mail after e-mail after e-mail about libya and benghazi that sidney blumenthal sent to the secretary of state. i don't care if he sent it by morse code, carrier pigeon, smoke signals, the fact that he happened to send it by e-mail is irrelevant. what is relevant is that he was sending information to the secretary of state. that is what's relevant. now with respect to the subpoena, if he'd bothered to answer the telephone calls of our committee, he wouldn't have needed a subpoena. >> will the gentleman yield? >> i'll be happy to. but you need to make sure the entire record is correct. >> that's exactly what i want to do. >> then go ahead. >> tha

blumenthal wrote you 150 e-mailings. it appears from the materials we've read all of those reached your desk. can you tell us why security requests from your professionals, the men that you just testified, which i agree, are incredibly professional, incredibly capable people, trained in the art of keeping us all safe. none of those made it to you. but a man who was a friend of yours,ed who never been to libya, didn't know much about it, least that's his testimony, didn't know much about it, every one of those records he sent on to you that had to do with situations on the ground in libya, those made it to your desk. you asked for more of them. you read them. you corresponded with him. yet the folks that worked for you didn't have the same courtesy. >> well, congressman, as you're aware, he's a friend of mine. he sent me information. he thought might be of interest. some of it was. some of it wasn't. some of it i forwarded to be followed up on. the professional also and experts who reviewed it found some of it useful, som

mills and sidney blumenthal's. so we'll take all of this in november. >> the only person you are interested in asking about during her entire questioning were sidney blumenthal. if you're so interested in him, release the transcript. you released his e-mails, they're the only witness. so you're asking why are we only ask asking for his. >> i'm going to ask the gentleman from california to do a better job of characterizing. these are not sidney blumenthal's e-mails. these are secretary clinton's e-mails. if you think you've heard about sidney blumenthal so far, wait until the next round. with that, we're adjourned. >>> the hear williing will come to order. the question on the motion to include the document in the record the chair opposes the motion. those in favor of the motion may signify by saying aye. those opposed by no. >> roll call. >> mr. chairman, i ask for a recorded vote. >> recorded vote has been requested. chairman's vote -- yeah, i'm sorry. secretary call the roll. >> mr. westmoreland. >> no. >> mr. wes

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blumenthal sent every week. that's a special friend. >> well, it was information that had been shared with him that he forwarded on. as someone who got the vast majority of the information that i acted on from official channels, i read a lot of articles that brought new ideas to my attention and occasionally, people including him and others would give me ideas. they all went into the same process to be evaluated. >> i will tell you the record we have received to date does not reflect that. it simply doesn't. we read the e-mails, we read everything we could get our hands on. it has taken us a long time to get it. you just described all this other information you relied upon and it doesn't comport with the record this committee has been able to establish. take a look at this chart to the left. you will see the increasing number of requests, over 600. i think data matters. the pictures are worth a lot. you see the increase in the requests and the bottom line is the increase in security. you will note the slope of t

blumenthal had each of those and did each of those things. man, who provide you so much information to you on libya had access to you that were different than a very senior diplomat had to you. they had a picture of a man -- you said you didn't recognize who hewere you ever briefed thae was present at the compound the night that ambassador stevens was killed? >> we're trying to track down the basis of your question, congressman. we have no information at this time. >> my question is, as$u+w yes oo question, it's simple -- >> i don't have any information that i can provide to you yes or no. i know nothing about their do. >>y sew answer of question is were you briefed, the answer is -- >> we don't know anything about so it how could i be briefed about something we know nothing about? >> thank you. are all arbs created equal? >> well, there have been 19, including the one that we empanelled after benghazi. they've all been led by distinguished americans. they've all been set up in accordance with the laws and rules that the congress established

the e-mails between she and blumenthal, blumenthal was not sending unsolicited e-mails, she sent themlly every time they comprehended. blumenthal was not allowed to work at the state department. it's not just that she chose not to hire him. it's that the obama administration had an issue with sidney blumenthal working at the white house. here you have the guy who had been blackballed. he makes an explicit case based on the president's polling numbers for ramping up military action in libya. draw up the connection, says we need to do more, the united states needs to do more so that the president does better politically. the second batch of e-mails have sidney blumenthal making the case for u.s. contractors. he wants to edge out the french contractors moving into libya to get contracts from the post-moammar gadhafi government. he wants u.s. contractors to have the most high priority. well, the u.s. contractor he likes is osprey global services, which he is working on, brokering a deal between this company and the new libyan government and basically asks hillary clinton to do his bidding

the e-mails between she and blumenthal, blumenthal was not sending unsolicited e-mails, she sent them to him virtually every time they comprehended. blumenthal was not allowed to work at the state department. it's not just that she chose not to hire him. it's that the obama administration had an issue with sidney blumenthal working at the white house. here you have the guy who had been blackballed. he makes an explicit case based on the president's polling numbers for ramping up military action in libya. draw up the connection, says we need to do more, the united states needs to do more so that the president does better politically. the second batch of e-mails have sidney blumenthal making the case for u.s. contractors. he wants to edge out the french contractors moving into libya to get contracts from the post-moammar gadhafi government. he wants u.s. contractors to have the most high priority. well, the u.s. contractor he likes is osprey global services, which he is working on, brokering a deal between this company and the new libyan government and basically asks hillary clinton to

blumenthal was advising you? >> he wasn't advising me. >> did he know that he was your most prolific emailers that we have found on the subjects of libya and benghazi. >> that's because i didn't do most of my work about libya on email. >> i'm not challenging that. my question to you is did the president, did he know that he was advising you? >> he was not advising me and i have no reason to have ever mentioned that or know that the president knew that. >> she went on to say that she used some of the emails and memos, took his name off of it and circulated it in intel circles and at the white house. >> most americans don't know who sid blumenthal is we've discussed these very emails. here in the last couple of weeks. we talked about how clear it is that he's a friend, the emails are solicited. there's a back and forth. there's 500 or more of them. she's very encouraging and enthusiastic. he gives her all kinds of advice, disparages other people. it's a free-flowing of information and they're in constant contact. w

blumenthal's transcript released? >> i would like all of them released. >> survivors even their names? have you ever heard after judge calling d.a. or defense attorney, don't call that witness? >> mr. chairman, i don't really care what you all say about me. it doesn't bother me a bit. i did the best i could during those four years and thought everything that i was emailing that was work-related was being preserved. >> i'm telling you, madam secretary, i got eight emails the first time i asked. now i have over 1500. so there is some disconnect there. abby: it was a long day yesterday. we have fox team coverage to cover it all. "fox news sunday" anchor chris wallace is in washington. but we begin with chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. reporter: thank you, abby. fox news was first to report on september 11th, six days after the attack there was no protest in consulate in benghazi. we took a lot of heat for that reporting and stuck with it and in the end we were correct. former navy seals ty woods and g

blumenthal wrote you 150 e-mails. >> from sidney blumenthal. >> an e-mail from sidney blumenthal. >>ut sidney blumenthal -- >> it was an e-mail from mr. blumenthal. >> mr. blumenthal had some e-mails you that didn't. >> before you give mr. blumenthal too much credit -- >> this is an e-mail from bluman that'll -- >> here's another blumenthal e-mail. >> blumenthal's e-mails. >> mr. blumenthal's e-mails. >> mr. blumenthal's sidney bloomenthal has secretary clinton's e-mail address and sent her e-mails. everybody freak out! for the 99.9999% of the people who live in the normal world, sidney bloomenthal is about the threatening a figure as charlie brown's great pumpkin. he's a real person and first met bill and hillary clinton in the '80s. he joined the bill clinton presidential administration in the second term. he worked for hillary clinton when she ran for president in 2008. and clearly mr. bloomenthal remains a friend of the clintons today. when you have been a friend of the clintons for a long time and you have been through wars together, through partisan wars and the war of imimpeac

jake sullivan is e-mailing ambassador stevens asking the ambassador to look at a memo sidney blumenthal sent you. and in fact, mr. sullivan writes to the ambassador, chris, checking in with you on this report. any reactions? all right. that's on exactly the same day that, i believe, our ambassador's papers were accepted in libya. the day after an ied attack on our compound, and chris stevens is being asked to read and react to an e-mail by sid me blumenthal from your deputy chief of staff. this is what he's writing on the 7th. this is after he's been turned down on a request for more security. this is our ambassador. appreciate you giving this proposal consideration even if the conclusion was not favorable

blumenthal's transcript released?> i would like to have all of them released. >> there has been focus on the obama administration narrative that an internet video is to blame. used clinton's e-mails to go after that issue. >> one hour after he told the american people you say two officers were killed by an al qaeda like group. shelley american people one thing and your family an entirely different story. >> clinton later said the video still was a factor in the attack, but bottom line, thisline, this was eight weeks to the day before the 2012 presidential election, and he noted that libya was supposed to be a foreign-policy highlight. charles: thank you very much. what is next? what is going to be the ultimate outcome? speaking of politics, what will it mean for hillary's campaign? the video thing, hillary saidthing, hillary said she was informed a day later, so she was mixed up, but we know politics played a big role. although sunday talk shows, she fell on ahis sword for the team and told the same story over and ove

blumenthal had each of those and did each of those things. this man upon whom provided you so of information on libya had access to you in ways that were different than a senior diplomat had to you and your person. i'd ask, i had a picture of a man named hammid, you didn't recognize who he was. were you briefed he was present at the compound the night ambassador stevens was killed? >> we were trying to track down the information, we have no yes or no at this time. i don't have information i can provide to you yes or no. >> did he ask the question were you briefed and the answer is? >> we don't know anything about it, how can i be briefed about something we don't know anything about. >> right, thank you. are all arb's created equal? >> well, there have been 19 including the one that -- liz: nearly five hours into this testimony, finally a brief bit of discussion about the attack itself from september 11th, 2012 at the consulate in benghazi, libya, and i want to let representative lee zeldin respond. we heard hillary discussing what it was like

referring to blumenthal e-mails. i would hasten to remind both of you the only reason we have blumenthal e-mail is because e-mail the secretary of state. those are her e-mails. they're not blumenthal's e-mail, and she wanted all of her e-mails released. she has been saying since march, i want the entire world to see my e-mails. well, the sidney blumenthal e-mails are part of that. host: again, watch the entire hearing any time at c-span.org. richard's on the line, a republican from south carolina. caller: i really appreciate you taking my call. called safire once hillary clinton a congenital liar. i have a message for the democrats. mr. cummings, if hillary clinton had come to you knowing what you the now, that she knew video had nothing to do with it, and your son had been killed, and she looks you in the eye and said you know what, we are going to get this guy that made that video that caused this event to happen, how would you feel? politics somewhere else. i don't care about politics on either side of the line. w

so much fixation on sid blumenthal? be this there seems to notion that blumenthal was effectively her libyan advisor, that she was essentially ignoring suggestions and advice particular, chris stevens, the ambassador, while sid blumenthal had her ear. it's something hotly disputed by clinton and her team, who say, look, you don't classified briefings, all the cables she was receiving, all the other advice she was getting, just you see sid blumenthal's e-mails doesn't mean he was her advisor on libya. >> before we go on to the next segment, i want to check off the you said.gs don't lie. check. don't speculate. prettyte much, check. don't joke. didn't joke except for that one little laugh at martha roby. it says, don't interfere with f.b.i. and stay out of the congressional food fight. so maybe she was reading what josh.ote, >> she may have been using that as her script. i don't know. >> i don't think so. that's okay. good script. her -- slod fid solidified her front-runner status. support ofwon the afscme, the democratic

blumenthal did and did both of those things. he had access to you in ways that were very different than the access that a very senior diplomat had to your and your person. i had a picture up here a bit ago of a man named wisami wisamin habid. was he present at the compound the night that ambassador stevens was killed? >> we're trying to track down the basis of your question, congressman. we have no information at this time. >> my question is a yes or no question. it's pretty simple. >> well, i don't have any information that i can provide to you yes or no. >> the answer to the question is were you briefed, and the answer is? >> we don't know anything about it. so how can i be briefed about something i don't know anything about? >> are all arbs created equal? >> well there have been 19 including the one that we impaneled after benghazi. they've all been led by distinguished americans. they've all been set up in accordance with the laws and the rules that the congress established when they created the legislation to establish arbs

sid blumenthal was not my advisor official or unofficial about libya.e was not involved in any of the meetings, conversations, other efforts to obtain information in order to act on it. on occasion i did four ward what he sent me to make sure that it was in the mix. so if it was useful, it could be put to use. and i believed in response to the email you pointed out originally from, ambassador stevens, he actually said it rang true and it was worth looking into. so i think it's important that we separate out the fact that mr. blumenthal was not my advisor. he was not an official of the united states government. he was not passing on official information. he, like a number of my friends who would hand me a newspaper article. or. i am listening to you. carefully. i have to say, i was kind of surprised. finally getting you up here to testify. we spent almost $5 million we interviewed witnesses. when they finally got the chance to question you, they ask you -- trish: listening to hillary clinton testify on capitol hill. she just answered a ton of questions.

blumenthal by the numbers. republicans asked more than 160 questions about mr. blumenthal's relationship and communications with the clintons but less than 20 questions about the benghazi attacks. republicans asked more than 50 questions about the clinton foundation but only four questions about security in benghazi. republicans asked more than 270 questions about mr. blumenthal's alleged business activities in libya but no questions about the u.s. presence in benghazi. republicans asked more than 45 questions about david brock media matters -- i have no idea what that is even and affiliated entities -- but no questions, no questions about ambassador stevens and other u.s. personnel in benghazi. that's sidney blumenthal by the numbers. now, there were a couple lines of questioning i did understand. one of them was about the accountability review board report. now not the one actually that's relevant today about benghazi but one written 17 years ago about a different attack, in tanzania. mr. pompeo put up a very

blumenthal: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. by voice vote, this body has extended the highway funding program, which is a good thing, and it has also included in that extension a delay in the deadline for positive train control, which was inevitable. none of us opposed a delay in positive train control. what we opposed was an extension of that delay with inadequate accountability and excessive time. this delay in positive train control, let's be absolutely clear, is really a delay until 2020 -- not 2018, because when railroads hit 2018, they can apply for two more years, and that second extension is dependent only on having completed work on half the system, and much of that determination is within the control of the railroad itself. that will be the 50th anniversary of the ntsb calling for positive train control. we're not talking here about a novel, untested technology. in fact, five

blumenthal 35 times. e-mails 76 times. made a promise that you were keeping the focus on benghazi. do you feel as if you did as much or -- even some republicans were wondering why you were going down the sidney blumenthal -- what some called the rabbit hole. >> >> i don't think it's a rabbit hole, chuck and i'll tell you why. i respect that other people have different perspectives but to me those are not sidney blumenthal's e-mails they are secretary clinton's e-mails to or from sidney blumenthal and every one of them relates to libya and benghazi so i'm not reading blumenthal e-mails about bridesmaids dresses or wedding plans or yoga. these are all about libya and benghazi and to the extent that he was one of the more prolific e-mailers to her on the subject matter how do you not ask how does this person who has no formal role in government and no expertise in libya or benghazi, how does he have unfettered access to you but the ambassador -- there is not a single e-mail to or from him. so i get people want to refer to the

. >> our ambassador was asked to read and respond to sidney blum blumenthal blumenthal. >> we are better than using taxpayer dollars to try to destroy a campaign! >> reporter: in the end, chairman gowdy admitted the committee walked away with little new information. >> i don't know that she testified that much differently today than she has previous times she's testified. >> reporter: the latest quinnipiac poll shows clinton still in the lead among likely democratic voters in iowa with rival bernie sanders trailing close behind. this is the eighth investigation into the benghazi attacks this morning. some house democrats are showing signs they may actually quit the committee investigating the attacks again, saying they haven't uncovered anything new and it's aimed at undermining clinton's presidential campaign. >> don champion here in new york, thank you. >>> we will talk to the moderator of "face the nation" and cbs news political director john dickerson about the benghazi hearing coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> this morning, it appears all but certain that paul ryan will be the ne

richard blumenthal joins me now. senator, if we couldn't get something like this post-sandy hook with 20 young americans slain in a school setting, why might this time be different? >> this time should be different. history shows that time is necessary to accomplish effective measures to prevent gun violence. the president of the united states, ronsd reagan was almost assassinated. and jim brady paralyzed. it still took 12 years to accomplish the brady bill. in stockton, california, more than 30 people were mowed down by an assault weapon. in fact, an automatic machine gun. and the ban took five years to establish. so every reform has a tipping point. this horrific, unspeakable tragedy, must like sandy hook could be the tipping point. and that's why we're introducing a very common sense, sensible measure to close the loophole in the existing law. so that no gun will be sold without a background check. >> what say default sale? explain, i think people probably don't understand that this even exists. >> absolutely righ

a gain she got all of her intelligence from sidney blumenthal. classic investigative hearings could those were bipartisan. you had the opposition already tandem to search for the truth. in this case, the democrats are there to play defense for hillary clinton. unique --e most heated exchanges have been between -- they are using their time to let her come back and address things that they know she wants to address. momentum is important. because of the time limits on the republicans, their time runs out and it gets back to democrats. there is a stage aspect of it where the democrats are working very much hand in glove with hillary clinton and her advisers to slow down the hearing, change the focus and let her say her on things were republicans have created a distortion or made some points. david: thank you, mark halperin. up, hitting all the angles on one of the biggest tech giants and its earnings. alphabet. we'll break down what to look for in the report and the latest rollout of its subsidiary, youtube ♪. ♪ ♪ david: welcome back to the bloomber

but i can tell you sidney blumenthal by the numbers. so, here's sidney blumenthal by the numbers.epublicans asked more than 160 questions about his relationship and communications with the clintons, but less than 20 questions about the benghazi attacks. republicans asked more than 50 questions about the clinton foundation. but only four questions about security in benghazi. republicans asked more than 270 questions about mr. blumenthal's alleged business activities in libya, but no questions about the u.s. presence in benghazi. and republicans asked more than 45 questions about david brock, media matters, i have no idea what that is even, and affiliated entities, but no questions -- no questions -- about ambassador stevens and other u.s. personnel in benghazi. that's sidney blumenthal by the numbers. now, there were a couple lines of questioning that i did understand. one of them was about the accountability review board report. now, not the one that's actually relevant to today about benghazi, but the one that was written 17 years ago about a different attack in tanzania. there w