and landrieu, and that is being sponsored and led in the house of representatives by congressman chris smith and congresswoman karen bass. it's a straightforward, bipartisan bill that tackles a very serious problem, specifically making sure that american companies have the ability to compete in the growing african market, a market that economists call the next frontier, a market that is hungry for american goods and services. the african market is also one where others are competing. too often at the expense of american businesses and american employees, american products and american values. china, in ti ha particular, hasn aggressive strategy to help its companies invest in africa, leaving a trouble footprint across the continent of its environmental, and governance and values standards. the loss to american workers and american influence on the continent is enormous and inexcusable. that's why we introduced this bill, to make sure senior administration official brings desperately needed coordination and leadership to the u.s. export strategies in africa. it also makes sure that various ag

let me bring in chris smith, contributing editor for the magazine, who wrote this piece. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> you can see on the cover, this whole thing is sort of really about why new yorkers love new york, why we love new york. number 20 was because our mayor isn't afraid of gun control. would it surprise you if the mayor came out today and had something to say about this? >> not at all. because for virtually the entire 12-year run of michael bloomberg as mayor of new york city, this has been an important issue to him, and it's only grown over the years as he's gone to more emergency rooms in the middle of the night, you know, having to break bad news to the families of new york city cops or kids killed in just random or evil shootings. >> new york, as big cities go, is a pretty safe place to be. >> correct. >> he's been incredibly vocal. in fact, he started a super pac. he thinks he can take on the nra, doesn't he? >> exactly. this election cycle, he launched his very own super pac which is about protecting new york city, keeping guns out of the

republican congressman from new jersey chris smith. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> we just heard a lot in recent days about the accountability review board. you chaired a similar review board -- excuse me. you didn't chair, but you got -- you looked at a report like this in 1999 following the bombings in tanzania and kenya. at that time you found -- excuse me, at this time you foundry markable similarities this time you found remarkable similarities between that today. report and what we have seen between the accountability review board today. seems to make nearly identical points using language that is also verbatim. that suggests there was no follow-up to the recommendations, hos those whoo not learn from history let me he add this are condemned to repeat history. in 1999 after 220 people were killed at nairobi when they bombed the two u.s. embassies, 4,000 people were wounded. it was the ultimate wake up call. i chaired the hearings and i wrote a law to put -- to authorize security and upgrades for our embassie

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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 various capers and people tracked them down. they say they are not really feeling the heat. there is a tunesian man being held in custody in tunisia that the u.s. is trying to talk to. the fbi was allowed to speak to him. he doesn't have anything to say to u.s. officials. >> didn't have anything to say.

ben cardin, john boozman and mary landrieu, as well as support in the house from representative chris smith. at the heart of this bill is the creation of jobs in america. exporting more goods to africa will help create jobs here. every $1 billion in exports supports over 5,000 jobs. i believe we can increase exports from the united states to africa by 200% in real dollars over the next ten years, and we can't wait any longer. if there are some who say africa is so backward and so far behind, what is it in the united states they can afford to buy if they even wanted to, that is old thinking. let me give you some new reality. in the past ten years six of the world's fastest-growing economies are in sub-saharan africa. and in the next five years, sub-saharan africa will boast seven of the top fastest-growing economies in the world. the number of africans with access to the internet has increased over the last ten years fourfold to 27%, from 1998 to today the number of mobile phones on the continent have grown from four million to 500 million. and 78% of africa's rural population has access to

. >> smith: chris deckrow owns a small climbing company in michigan that typically works at the bottomof a chain of contractors. >> the good companies are going out of business because they can't afford their safety. they can't afford their insurance. they can't afford their workmen's comp. >> smith: deckrow showed us what's left over for him after each contractor, especially the turf vendor, takes a big cut. >> at&t pays the turfer $187 to install a remote radio head. the turfer then takes the contractor and pays them $93. i've seen seen as low as $40 to $50 and have been paid $40 and $50 to install that same item. >> smith: deckrow says the pricing has forced him to make hard decisions. he drives his trucks more than 100,000 miles a year without changing the tires. and he's cut his safety budget. >> this day and age, everybody's faced with the money versus safety. whether they'll admit it or not, everybody's had to cut back on something. we would love to replace every year, every two years, new harnesses and new safety gear for all our guys. it's not in the budget. but this is stuff

chris hayes. heather mcghee, karl smith, and also joining us via satellite is juliet schor.ceptual category that we use to think about the economy, i think it's fair to say when the numbers come out and think about is the economy in the recession, growing a little, growing a lot, shrinking, that's the way we think about the economy and we're trying to zero in about what that means and what it misses and the subconcepts inside of it for good growth and bad growth. juliet, i first came about you when you wrote "the overworked americans" asking why americans work so much. and i was talking about an envision in which no one is working because our robot create all of the value that we need and people have to figure out what to do with their day. you say that there's a way to get out of the bind that we are in in terms of carbon and growth and figuring out the way that we work. >> absolutely. one of my researches shows that work is concentrated in a smaller number of people. once we get out of the so-called growth imperative or the straight jacket of growth, that allows us to then

the committees of chris field, smith island, marion, chairman, which implies, and princess sand particularlyard hit the flood, wind, and rain damage. these committees continue to recover, our thoughts and prayers go out as well to our neighbors from the york, new jersey, delaware, connecticut and maryland, and other areas where today's heartfelt testimony shows just how lives and businesses were disrupted as they dealt with this as a property loss. october 31st a toward the affected sites with governor o'malley and fema and local officials to see firsthand the serious impact of the superstore while i reinforced the idea that the army corps beach engineering projects willie protected ocean city from major damage it was good to see because that is an investment we made over the years. i was nonetheless stunned to see the devastation to some of our communities and see what they suffered. three weeks after the event last week all americans watched thousands of families eating thanksgiving dinner in a shelter. .. it to those parts of our community most in need of assistance. madam chairman, i i w

ambassador to libya chris stevens state department official sean smith and two former navy seals tyrone glen doherty. what more do we know about these suspects. >> the head of the house intelligence committee would not identify the countries involved citing the sensitive nature of the investigation but confirmed there are other suspects in custody and federal agents are not getting the access they want. i will say i'm concerned about the multiple suspects taken into custody by other nations who could have strong information about the perpetrators to this event. earlier this month they detained a family roomer member of the egyptian islamist jihad benghazi attack. fox has told access has been blocked. lawmakers say federal investigators know who some of the players are but not their specific roles adding the investigation ♪ where they would like it to be. across the spectrum there is more that needs to be done. yes, we are still far from having definitive picture to what degree there was any level of command and control. and who was responsible. >> fox news asked the fbi for comment but

smith, tyrone woods. i know you all join me in honoring and appreciating their service and devotion as well. chris and i worked together for a time almost a dozen years ago. he was even then fully committed to his work. an authority already in the middle east. a fine student of arabic. much more. he gave me careful and cogent advice and council as we wrestled together with the many growing problems that even back then were en endemic to the country's work. i learned about benghazi, as the critical changes in libya began to unfold. his leadership there at a time of great importance and danger was a tribute to his courage and bravery. his skill and dedication as a diplomat. to his commitment to a new and better libya. benghazi in a real sense, as you have heard today, became his city. as it is with a deep sense of fate that in benghazi he and his colleagues gave that last full measure for his country and his many friends in the city where he died, continuing to defend and prosper their hopes and their aspirations for the future. many have commented since on chris's salient commitment to the people o

pacific joined by ben white, joan walsh, ben smith and msnbc's very own chris heys.ollow us on twitter -- wow, having a hard time with the teleprompter. "andrea mitchell reports" next. chris cillizza is filling in for her. good afternoon, mr. cillizza. >> i don't know what those words mean but assume they're compliments. >> $5 compliments. >> i'll take them. >> coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports," jim demint is out. the tea party leader announces his departure from congress. what does it mean for the senate and the future of the republican party? chuck todd, gop senator leader john barrasso and more. congressman john larson on what role house democrats can play in the budget negotiations. and the latest on the showdown in syria and defense secretary leon panetta's warning for president assad with former ambassador nick burns. male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50. pro-health for life is a toothpaste that d

should never forget and we want to send our deepest sympathies to the families of ambassador chris stevens, sean smith glenn dougherty and tyrone woods, these truly heroic americanamerican s who lost their lives in benghazi to a terrorist attack. their dedicated servers will always be remembered by the american people. as we get into the accountability review board evaluation that the pickering report, there is an indication they -- directly the quote was in the months and weeks leading up to the attack the response to deteriorating security situation was inadequate. from each of you, what was the response and what steps have been taken, and indeed could this tragedy have been averted? >> well, congressman, clearly as the arb report concluded there were inadequacies. there was not an active enough response to requests that were made from post. just to be clear, think typically those kinds of requests, and it was true in this case, tended to come up to the assistant secretary level in those bureaus and the arb was very clear in emphasizes and the importance of us reinforcing shared responsibility in th

, these attacks resulted in the tragic deaths of four brave americans, ambassador chris stevens, when dority, sean smith and tyrone woods. against the backdrop of so many unanswered questions about what happened at benghazi, but for semi- clear the boards with specific mandate. we were not asked to conduct an investigation into the attacks to find out who the perpetrators were or their motives. that is the statutory role of the federal bureau of investigation and the intelligence community. we enjoy excellent cooperation throughout the report. under a relevant statute, secretary clinton asked us to examine whether the attacks were security related. and whether it's security systems and procedures were adequate in implementing them properly. the availability of information and intelligence and whether anything else about the attacks may be relevant to appropriate security management of u.s. diplomatic missions around the world, we were also asked to look at whether in the u.s. government or contractor breached his or her duty. basically, we wanted to find lessons to be learned. better to protect american

smith's ability to escape. and yet the panel says this about chris stevens. his expertise in benghazi in particular caused, washington, to give unusual deferens to his judgments. really? then why did he never get the help he asked for? when his remains are returned to the united states, hillary honors him after he dies but never grave hi gave him the hee needed before he died. >> i was honored to know ambassador chris stevens. i want to thank his parents and siblings who are here today for sharing chris with us and with our country. what a wonderful gift you gave us. >> judge jeanine: but the report says there is really confusion as to who is ultimately responsible and empowered to make decisions. really? you don't know who is responsible? >> i'm in charge of the state department. 60,000 plus people all over the world. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> judge jeanine: i guess not. they said no single individual is responsible. no disciplinary action is recommended. but the wording of the r

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of these attacks resulted in the tragic deaths of four brave americans: ambassador chris stevens, glen doherty, sean smith and tyrone woods. against the backdrop of so many unanswered questions about what happened at benghazi, i will first make clear our board specific mandate. we were not asked to conduct an investigation into the attacks to find out who perpetrators are what their motives. that is the statutory role of the federal bureau of investigation and the intelligence community. we enjoyed excellent cooperation with both of them throughout the report. underwhelmed at that shoot from the secretary clinton asked us to examine whether the attacks are security related. other security systems and procedures are adequate and implemented properly. the impact of the availability of information and intelligence and whether anything else about the attacks might be relevant to appropriate security management of u.s. diplomatic missions around the world. we were also asked to look at whether u.s. government employee or contract or breach his or her duty. basically wanted to find lessons to be learned. other

. >> steve smith joining me now and jonathan capehart. steve, i want to you go to chris question barbara walters asked him seems to me to be a hurdle he would have to get over in any national campaign. i think barbara is asking what is in the very first set of questions that voters would have on their minds. >> there is no question that its an issue. there is no question it is a legitimate issue. the help of presidential candidates is always a part of a presidential race. it is as physically grueling an experience as you can possibly have. he has done a tremendous job during this crisis in new jersey. it is not analogous to running for president nationally over the course of four years. i think if he is going to be a serious presidential candidate, this is an issue that he is going to have to deal with. i say that as someone who admires him very, very much and hopes very badly that he will run for president as a republican. i think who could help remake the party. >> steve, i do think he handled that reasonably well in response to barbara's question. >> there is no quest