. >> reporter: the state department's chief of security, eric boswell, deputy charlene lamb, and an official in the near east division all resigned. the report called security in benghazi grossly inadequate to deal with the attack. >> clearly the state department had not given benghazi the security, both physical and personnel resources, it needed. >> reporter: the investigation found that senior state department officials ignored requests from ambassador stevens for more guards and security upgrades at the compound. the report also says the state department did not have a clear picture of the security situation in benghazi and should have realized the compound was a target. it criticized libyan militia who were assigned to protect the post. they disappeared during the attack. other failings include an inadequate number of state department security agents and a lack of technical staff. security cameras sat unused because no one knew hoto install them. >> the buildings did not meet department standards for office buildings in high-threat areas. and in a sense they fell through the cracks. >>

i want to remind our viewers who charlene lamb is. we haven't confirmed that she stepped down.ociated press is reporting the assistant sick to for diplomat sick security eric boswell and charlene lamb have steps down under pressure. so our viewers remember what his lamb said before congress not long ago with the wake of this controversy. remember this. watch. >> miss lamb, yesterday you told us in testimony that you received from mr. snored stro -a request for more security and you admitted you previously said if he submitted a request you would not support it. is that correct? iewnd the current conditions, yes. we had the correct number of assets in benghazi at the time of 9/11 for what had been agreed upon. >> she should be gone because the idea -- i'm not security expert. but there wasn't any security. i don't think we should expect a militia essentially to protect our ambassador and you might remember that when susan rice went on the sunday shows she claimed there were two people protecting the ambassador. they were navy seals but they were in the country for a different re

his deputy, charlene lamb, and an official from near east affairs. >> frankly, the state department had benghazi the security, both physical and personnel resources, it needed. >> hearings on the benghazi issue continue on capitol hill today. but secretary of state hillary clinton will not be there. she's still recovering from a concussion. her testimony is expected next month. >>> a giant blizzard is blowing across the middle of the country this morning, dumping up to a foot of snow from kansas to wisconsin. as gusty winds kick up, whiteout conditions have cars sliding off roads in nebraska. and long stretches of two major highways, interstate 70 and 80, had to be shut down in long stretches. visibility was so low, 600 flights had to be canceled in and out of denver. crews were working overtime to deice planes and clear runways. passengers were stuck there for hours. >> and this storm is impacting a very wide region this morning. >> that's right. for the latest, let's go to jim dickey at accuweather. >> good morning, rob and sunny. a powerful area of low pressure will bring blizzard co

. >> reporter: the state department's chief of security, eric boswell, deputy charlene lamb, and an officialn the near east division that overseas libya all resigned. the report called security at the u.s. post in benghazi "grossly inadequate to deal with the attack." career diplomat thomas pickering ran the review board. >> frankly, the state department hadn't given benghazi the security, both physical and personnel resources it needed. >> reporter: the investigation found senior state department officials ignored requests for ambassador stevens for more guards and security upgrades at the benghazi compound. the report also says the state department didn't have a clear picture of the security situation in benghazi and should have realized the compound was a target. and it criticized libyan militias who were assigned to protect the post. they disappeared when dozens of armed attackers approached on september 11. other failings include an inadequate number of state department security agents and a lack of technical staff. boxes of security cameras sat unused because no one knew how to install

his deputy, charlene lamb, responsible for embassy security. and an official from near east affairs. secretary hillary clinton responded to the report by adopting every one of the 29 recommendations, including more marine guards and asking for more than a billion dollars to increase security worldwide. but that has not silenced her critics. clinton is recovering from a serious concussion, after she fainted from the effects of a stomach virus. she cancelled her scheduled testimony about the report tomorrow, but a former u.n. ambassador is implying she is faking it. >> when you don't want to go to a meeting or conference or event, you have a diplomatic illness. and this is a diplomatic illness to beat the band. >> reporter: the state department was furious about that statement today and strongly denied it. and i can tell you, from all accounts, diane, the secretary, indeed, has a serious concussion and remains at home. >> and will she eventually testify, martha? >> reporter: well, a senior republican aide on capitol hill today told abc news that

resigning under pressure, eric boswell for diplomatic security, his deputy can charlene lamb responsiblembassy security and official from middle east affairs. hillary clinton responded to the reported by adopting every one of the 29 recommendations including more marine guards and asking for more than a billion dollars to increase security worldwide. but that has not silenced her critics. clinton is recovering from a serious concussion after she fainted from the effects of a stomach virus. a former u.n. ambassador is implying she is faking it. >> when you don't want to go to a meeting or conference or an event you have a diplomatic illness. this is diplomatic illness to beat the band. >> the state department was furious about that statement and strongly denied it. we have learned that hillary clinton will be testifying about benghazi in mid-january. >> larry: coming up, protecting your child's privacy online. a government law finally catches up to apps and social networks. also here tonight a bay area crime victim comes home from the hospital. vic lee follows up. >> i'm meteorologist san

charlene lamb resigned appropriately.aims -- one thing that is despicable is they blame it on the dead ambassador like you didn't cry out for enough security when we know he did send the requests up the line for security. somehow it's his fault that he was killed. >> the other interest thing is that admiral mullen said there is not enough time for the u.s. military forces to make a difference. saying there is a 20 to 30 minutes with respect to mission itself to rescue or not rescue. however, the report goes on to say that there were 3-1/2 to five hours where they didn't know where the ambassador was. at that point they thought it was possibly a kidnapping situation. they didn't know that he was dead at that time. it's really quite something. >> there are details in this that will come out in the coming days. >> a funny washington thing. not quite a whitewash, because it's kind of scathing and damning but so diffuse and foggy and decision tree that it's difficult to have a clear narrative on it. it helps hillary clinton wh

was it charlene lamb at state? was hillary clinton involved?those details have been disputed in subsequent reports and in terms of the laser targeting and it looks like there were two kinds of fights. there was one fight for the embassy and several, a few hours later there was another kind of sustained mortar fire on the positions what was the cia base but i think charlene lamb was in contact with the diplomatic security guards. but there is a whole another element to this. why weren't there more military assets into position that could have made a difference later in the evening? that is really a question for secretary panetta and the military. finally there is an intelligence question as well. i don't think hillary clinton will be able to talk about that element as well. gregg: well, an f-18 can get there in less than an hour from the closest base that was in italy. so somebody had to make that decision. do you suspect hillary clinton is going to say look, that wasn't my pay grade, that wasn't me? >> well, part of this is difficult because it

we are hearing is that is a little more double speak that they haven't resigned including that charlene lamb was dead serious when she said we have a right number of assets in if benghazi where four americans were killed. now we heard people were on the payroll still and they just have been moved around and they had their job. what do you know? >> it starts at the top of the food chain where the president says, well it was sloppiness and we shouldn't blame this person. i heard you say this yourself judge. they blame nobody or blame everybody so nobody specifically gets blamed except ambassador stevens. that's the only one they point to is the victim here. we have to remember it was an al qaeda terrorist attack. that's the genesis of it but the protection safety and security of the u.s. personnel we have thousands of people serving overseas. you have this incredibly damming report and internal report not even outside analysis. the president is saying sloppiness is what his quote was to us today. that's just inexcusable. >> well, i am sure that the families of those who were killed would agree

. >> charlene lamb is gone. she testified a couple of months ago on the hill. ask me i don't even remember who she is. the other thing that's disturbing that came out today and one of the senators mentioned this i think it was bob corker that people talk about well we need more money. john kerry brought this up. you can't cut the state department budget. senator corker from tennessee said look, we don't even know how the priorities are set at the state department because they are not telling us anything. nor do we know how far along they are in actually apprehending the people who did this and killed these people. our brave americans. we don't have anyone in custody apparently who we believe is at the center of all of this. i mean, someone in jail and morocco. is he still there? i mean, i don't think anyone knows anything. >> bill: there has been no information forth coming. you know, we asked secretary clinton to get involved with the marine case. the hammar case in mexico. and nobody can find her. i don't know. this is pretty spooky. and, remember, she will t

so did his administrative leave, his deputy, charlene lamb who testified before congress and was citedrepeated security requests. so she and some other officials placed on administrative leave. but my understanding is they won't be back at work. >> elise, there are two state department officials that are testifying today. what are we expecting there? >> reporter: well, as you know, it won't be secretary clinton. she was originally scheduled to testify, but she's still suffering from a concussion, so her deputies, bill burns and tom nyes will be testifying before the senate foreign reegsz committee and later this afternoon before the house international affairs committee. very interesting who will be chairing that hearing this morning, john kerry the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, tapped to be the next secretary of state booenwe understand. so he's trying to walk a fine line of being tough on these gentlemen and also showing some support for the department. take a listen about what he said yesterday about why it's so important to make sure the state department gets

state department's head of diplomatic security, eric boswell and head of the embassy security charlene lamb resigned. the state department official who oversaw libya also resigned, along with another unnamed official. today, republicans will try to dig deeper into the breakdowns that preceded the attack. here's the ranking republican on the foreign relations committee. retiring senator dick lugar speaking just a short while ago. >> many questions have been raised about this tragedy, including whether we had sufficient intelligence ahead of time and whether there was a breakdown in security protocols. >> the other person to watch at today's hearing is john kerry. he's currently chairman of the foreign relations committee. he's also the man expected to be the next secretary of state. this morning, he praised secretary clinton for embracing the review board's recommendations to ivprove security overseas but also said his colleagues on capitol hill must bear some responsibility for what happened. >> i want to be crystal clear about something else. congress also bears some responsibility here. c

. >> the key things range from more season and experienced staff as charlene lamb said they were trying to train up local libyans to train in benghazi, but it proved not work and a lot of temporary personnel. you need better staff and to enhance the facilities and start thinking about fire as a weapon. it was smoke inhalation that killed chris stevens and shawn smith when the terrorist who is went after the compound set it on fire. those types of things, more regular review of the threat information, one of the things the panel found is that the state department missed the warning signs. they were looking for a specific and credible threat instead of the five attacks that happened leading up to the september 11 attacks on benghazi. >> what about getting back to who is truly responsible in the deaths of ambassador chris stevens. the people who attacked the consulate, there were reports of arrests, but where are those people now? they were detained and perhaps not even arrested. where are they? >> they are still believed to be running around libya. we have seen interviews with that and va

eric boswell forced to resign, charlene lamb forced to resign.ents show lamb is the one who denied repeated requests for additional security. they have been forced to resign. scapegoats? >> we may not have seen the end of it. there may be additional people that may have to give up their positions. they made mistakes, honorable thing for them is to step down from their positions. the whole thing is a shame. we need a lessons learned from intelligence to military to state department to make sure it never happens again. congress and american people are deserving of more answers and transparency. >> gregg: independent counsel or special prosecutor? >> i leave that up to the congress. >> reporter: peter brookes, great to see you. >> heather: gregg, coming up a 12-year-old girl is behind a foundation with an amazing mission to help the most needy in her community. we will hear from lauren weaver, hi, lauren and her dad. stay tuned. constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. fo

three other individuals were officially relieved of their duties, including security official charlene lamb and raymond maxwell an individual who worked in the near east division which oversees libya. the fourth person has not yet been identified. >> margaret, when do you think hillary will testify? >> secretary clinton was supposed to herself today. she won't be because she suffered that concussion and canceled the appearance on saturday. she says she's happy to work with congress and lawmakers may ask her to testify in january. today bill burns and tom nye will take the questions including answering how they're addressing some of these new security issues. >> all right, margaret brennan >>> chilly start to the gay, cold temperatures developing especially inland. a few high clouds beginning to creep into our skies. we are going to see more of those clouds throughout the day today. and the temperatures yeah, it is cold in spots. 29 degrees still in concord. 39 in san jose. 32 at the freezing mark in livermore, this afternoon highs only in the 50s, skies will be mostly cloudy. chance of show

his deputy, charlene lamb, responsible for embassy security.t had not given benghazi the security, both physical and personnel resources, it needed. >> hearings on the benghazi issue continue on capitol hill today. but secretary of state hillary clinton will not be there. she's still recovering from a concussion. her testimony is expected next month. >>> a giant blizzard is blowing across the middle of the country this morning, dumping up to a foot of snow from kansas to wisconsin. as gusty winds kick up, whiteout conditions have cars sliding off roads in nebraska. and long stretches of two major highways, interstate 70 and 80, had to be shut down. visibility was so low, 600 flights had to be canceled in and out of denver. crews were working overtime to deice planes and clear runways. passengers were stuck there for hours. >> and this storm is impacting a very wide region this morning. >> that's right. for the latest, let's go to jim dickey at accuweather. good morning, jim. >> good morning, rob and sunny. a powerful area of low pressure will b

his deputy charlene lamb that testified at this hearing of the oversight committee several months agoenied all of those requests. what they're saying, what the board is saying is that the at this level the assistant secretary and the kind of bureau level is where the rubber meets the road. these are the bureaus that are supposed to implement security for the state department and there were a lot of questions at this briefing we just had by tom pickering and admiral mike mullen who led the arb, the advisory review board. they said secretary clinton really is not to blame here because the staff, if there were problems in security, they should have brought it up the chain of command to her attention. >> so they're sefkally saying she didn't know about it and she didn't know they didn't have adequate security there? >> exactly. >> what about this issue of money? obviously, security comes at a cost. is there some responsibility congress bears in not having that kind of adequate security there. >> reporter: very much so, suzanne. there were several recommendations, 29, in fact, that the pan

resignations today at the state department, head of diplomatic security, eric boswell, his deputy charlene lambthe oversight committee and was seen in a lot of these documents to have denied repeated requests for security and also raymond maxwell, the deputy assistance secretary. and one of the recommendations of this report, while they didn't find anybody legally breaching duties, they did say as part of their recommendations that management deficiencies should be addressed. >> they certainly did. what about secretary hillary clinton? >> she's largely avoided criticism of this. the secretary will not be testifying tomorrow before senate and house committees. she's ill and is suffering from a concussion and is resting under doctor's orders. but what the panel said, even though the secretary has publicly said that she takes responsibility, even in an interview that i did with her and was run on this show, wolf, she says she took full responsibility for everything that happens at the state department and those employees were under her watch, the panel said that this is really at a management leve

. >> tobacco include the susan rice for secretary clinton or charlene lamb were responsible, was thatthe conclusion of this report? >> the report concluded it was terrorists responsible for the deaths of our four colleagues. >> at the report concluded deliberate or less than deliberate effort to cover that fact at any time at the time of the events are subsequently? >> no commissary. >> is it fair perhaps to conclude that in retrospect, mistakes are made within the state department about the allocation of resources and the nature and extent of security that needed to be provided to benghazi? >> is certainly is. it is quite clear and candid in identifying problems that occurred. those problems are unacceptable. we take responsibility for them and we are working very hard and will continue to work hard relentlessly to fix them. >> mr. ambassador, there is an old saying in legal circles that when they say it not about money, it is about money. did ambassador pickering and admiral mullen include inter alia that the focus on lack of resources and views all the decisions, including meson, t