ambassador chris stevens sends a three-page cable from benghazi libya to washington, noting, quote, growingoblems with security, unquote. the libyan police and security forces were, quote, too weak to keep the country secure. ambassador stevens is getting ready for bed inside the main residence of a temporary complex made up of a series of rented villas. and also in the building is information management officer shaun smith and information security agents and fox's greg palkot went to benghazi to track the events of that night. >> on the other side of the u.n. mission walls in this benghazi neighborhood, all is quiet. no stirrings or any protests, no sign of the real hell about to unfold. >> 5,000 miles away secretary of state hillary clinton is at the state department and president obama is at walter reed medical center in maryland. >> this amateur video apparently captures the first outbreak of violence outside of the compound walls. suddenly, the compound is overrun. the mad mob of attackers break through here, the main gate, a weak point in the defense of the mission and move on here to

ambassador chris stevens sends a three-page cable from benghazi libya to washington, noting, quote, growingems with security, unquote. the libyan police and security forces were, quote, too weak to keep the country secure. ambassador stevens is getting ready for bed inside the main residence of a temporary complex made up of a series of rented villas. and also in the building is information management officer shaun smith and information security agents and fox's greg palkot went to benghazi to track the events of that night. >> on the other side of the u.n. mission walls in this benghazi neighborhood, all is quiet. no stirrings or any protests, no sign of the real hell about to unfold. >> 5,000 miles away secretary of state hillary clinton is at the state department and president obama is at walter reed medical center in maryland. >> this amateur video apparently captures the first outbreak of violence outside he compound is walls. overrun. the mad mob of attackers break through here, the main gate, a weak point in the defense of the mission and move on here to the understaffed libya militi

as you remember the attack killed four americans including ambassador chris stevens. man said to be involved is currently being detained. >> john folton former uss ambassador to the united nations talked about how the white house is handling the attack. >> part of the administration -- the problem here is many think they engaged in a cover up they made up the story about the attack. >> i will ask him about his take on the benghazi investigation with the new developments. about that man elizabeth just talked about who is in custody in libya. we don't know witness or suspects but yet we have not had access to him either. stay tuned for that. now iran showing off the art land it represents iran's first oil heavy presence in the state water. the ship is armed with surface to surface air missiles plus anti aircraft batteries. ahmadinejad is in port city iran. iran says it put 18 people on trial for their involvement in the killings of several nuclear scientists. this have you had yo showing the most recent attack since january. this showed 5 out of 10 scientists died. iran

ambassador to libya, chris stevens, and three others were murdered in a september 11th attack. now congressional investigators are pressing the obama administration to make the four wounded survivors available for interviews. fox news chief intelligence correspondent katherine harris with the report. ♪ >> for the first time since terrorist attack the diplomatic mission and the cia outpost none as the amex and benghazi, libya, the state department publicly confirmed how many of its employees were hurt and the nature of their injuries. >> one was smoke inhalation at the temporary mission facility. one at the amex, seriously injured, one -- another at the amex was less serioly injured. we also have a contractor. >> a diplomatic security source told fox is the state department agency was in the most serious condition suffered a severe head injury during the second wave of the attack when the index came under our pg and mortar fire. in a recent interview secretary of state confirmed one state department aides it was being treated at walter reed is latest january. >> i can tell you t

not a single arrest for the murder of chris stevens and three others. you call that outrage just., yeah, the attack itself, burning down a consulate, driving out the cia and killing an ambassador and three others electrified that region and certainly emboldened them. they were all hungering down expecting the united states to pounce on them. we essentially are conducting a criminal investigation. 9/11, 12 years ago, the major lesson was, that a terrorist attack is an act of war and it's not a criminal act requiring an investigation. and we're going back to pre-9/11 here, conducting a criminal investigation. the cia, bill, within 24 hours knew which organization conducted that attack. ansar al-sharia. that means they also know who the leaders of that organization are. the president should have issued a finding and authorized, targeting of that organization, much as we target the al qaeda leadership in pakistan and the al qaeda leadership also in yemen but failed to do so. bill: i think everyone thought we were going to pounce and we haven't. why not? >> well, it is, it is one, how

it's been six months since chris stevens and three other americans were killed after militants linked to al qaeda stormed the consulate in libya. president obama has vowed to bring the killers to justice but so far no one has been charged. out front tonight, susan candiotti who broke the story. we want to begin with her. what more do we know about al shibli? >> we've been trying to gather as much information as we can. two sources are telling me and cnn terror analyst that, in fact, al shibli, 46 years old, in custody, in libya. we don't know the exact location. and that one of our sources is telling us that he was just back from a trip to pakistan and had been in libya for a couple days when he was picked up. he comes from a town that's located about 50 miles away from benghazi. erin? >> and susan, what do you -- what do you know in terms of what they think his role may have been in the attack on the consulate? >> that's very good question. we have been digging into that. but the answer is it's unclear at this time. we do know that authorities have been looking at at least a dozen pe

the former ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed in an attack on the u.s. consulate last september. digit should and police were directly responsible for hundreds of deaths during the country revolution -- egyptian police were directly responsible for hundreds of deaths during the country's revolution. they used snipers to shoot into the crowds. the killings were authorized by former president hosey mubarak. .early 900 -- hosni mubarak nearly 900 protesters were killed. -- doctors hospital at hospitals near tahrir square said they were treated for wounds to their faces and che sts. we have with us a retired egyptian police colonel, part of the group that is trying to promote good relations between the police and the public in egypt. what could be the fallout from this report on the police force in egypt? it to record states that police were directly responsible for hundreds of deaths during the revolution. -- it directly states that police were directly responsible for hundreds of deaths during the revolution. >> they have been accused of killing protesters

four americans were killed including ambassador chris stevens in the assault on the u.s. consulate. greg palkot inside the consulate describing exactly how everything played out that fateful night. >> reporter: september 11th, 2012, 7:0 p.m. the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens takes his last meeting on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 in the large rest dengal building. it ends in an hour. he escorts diplomats at the main gate. makes small talk with in arabic with the guard. he goes back to his room to retire for the night. 9:40 p.m. some guards here up the street explosive going off. people are yelling and chanting. a mad mob of attackers break through the main gate gate, a weak point in the defense of the mission. they go to the you know staffed. barracks, they light up epbassey cars and move on. asian in tactical operations center sees and monitors scores of men pouring into the compound. at the annex a mile away which fox news confirmed was a cia installation, tyrone woods, a former navy seal and other agents can hear shots being fired in the vicinity of the consulate. source

empty since september 11th, 2012, when an attack on the consulate in benghazi left ambassador chris stevensnd three other americans dead. jones most recently served as u.s. ambassador to kuwait. meanwhile, libya's prime minister is in washington. he met with president obama and pledged to secretary of state john kerry that his country would find the truth in the investigation of the attacks. >>> now to business. fueled by better-than-expected retail sales, the dow posted another record-breaking day. and the index hasn't suffered a daily loss this month. it is currently enjoying its longest winning streak in 16 years! for more on what to expect from the markets today, let's check in with cnbc's geoff cutmore, who is live for us in london. geoff, i don't know a lot about the markets, but the profit takers can't be far away. are people starting to get nervous? >> well, everybody is talking about that, and yet, we continue to make sequential gains. nine days in a row that the dow has managed to finish in positive territory. it did get a help yesterday from that retail sales number, which was tw

the september 11th attacks at the compound in benghazi which killed 4 americans ambassador libya chris stevens. evidences returning to the country from a trip to back stan. they reportedly a former member of the libyan islamist fighting group that over through the khaddafy regime back in the 90s. if you remember a 26-year-old tone nearbyian was detained but released a months ago due to lack of evidence. a state department official speaking exclusively to katherine harris were among the americans injured during the terrorist attack. according to officials two were injured including one seriously. one of the agents injured were visited at marshall reed medical center. he sat down with us to talk about the condition of the benghazi survivors. >> i can tell you i visited with one of my survivors. he's a remarkably courageous person doing very, very well. i talk to do his wife and talk to do her. >>> no word on any role the state detainees played in the attack. also unknown if it will develop any charges. >> patti ann th-- have a good d elizabeth. thank you. >> joining us now for the fox business n

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ambassador chris stevens. al-shibli comes from a town 50 miles from benghazi.group called the libyan islamic fighting group. in 2004, the libyan government reported al-shibli to the united nations on its most wanted list and listed an interpol red alert seeking his arrest. we also know back in 1998 he was wanted by the libyan government in connection with the murder of a german intelligence official and his wife. this is someone who's been on the radar, certainly, for a long time. we know that the fbi is not giving us any comment about this suspect, who is in custody at this time, and we know of, again, no charges that he may be facing at this time. >> okay, susan, thank you. appreciate it. >>> newly elected pope francis began his first day as the leader of the catholic church by celebrating mass with the cardinals who elected him. but what's making news today is exactly how he got to that mass, after stopping by his hotel to pick up his own luggage, mind you, and pay the bill himself. he refused a private car. he hopped on the bus with the other cardinals. new

four other americans died in the assaulted including our ambassador chris stevens. g.o.p.hey wanted access to the survivors. catherine herridge is live in d.c. it's stunning for six months the administration wouldn't even reveal the nature and number of the survivors. what do we know about the total number of them? >> they tell fox news about 37 u.s. personnel were in benghazi for the state department and c.i.a. on 9/11 with the deaths of ambassador stevens, shaken smith and the former seals who worked for the c.i.a. annex. about 33 people were evacuated on 9/11. for the first time in the last six months since the attack, on the mission and the c.i.a. out post known as annex they went on the record of how many employees there were hurt. >> one with smoke inhalation at the temporary mission facility. one at the annex who was seriously injured and another at the annex who was less seriously injured and we also had a contractor. >> reporter: to get this information, saying the state department has been clear from the beginning but we went back to the lexus search and we found

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ambassador to libya six months after militants stormed our embassy in benghazi and killed ambassador chris stevensicans. debra k. jones is a career diplomat who served in american embassies in kuwait, united arab emirates and syria. she also worked in u.s. embassies in turkey and ethiopia. if confirmed she would head the diplomatic mission in tripoli where we have seen increased tensions and tighter security since ambassador stevens' murder. florida's lt. governor abruptly resigned on wednesday after the feds linked her to illegal gambling ring. the republican governor rick scott said he accepted jennifer carroll's resignation. she stepped down hours before federal and state announced they have charged 57 people in an alleged conspiracy. they say the suspects posed as a nonprofit charity to help veterans but in reality, lined their own pockets. officials say the group operated illegal casinos in several states, all disguised as internet cafes. the now former lt. governor is not charged with anything. she was the co-owner of a public relations firm that did work for that group. she says she is coop

the person i blame is not chris stevens. the president of the united states. >> bret: secretary clinton said why does it matter that that hearing? others said it's political effort in your part to get points before your re-electio re-election. >> that's what they say. >> but nobody said that when they asked the bush administration to tell the truth about iraq. we challenge the construct that everything was going fine in iraq. that we didn't need a surge of troops. we challenge the interrogation policy of the bush administration. it mattered to me to make sure that when we are at war the truth comes out. we make appropriate adjustments. to secretary clinton, madam secretary. here is why it matters. i want to know why the system got so broken that you could not understand what was being said in libya. when our ambassador tells your state department on your watch we can't defend the consulate from a terrorist attack. by the way, benghazi is full of al-qaeda flags, how could you not read that input? how could you not get that in

august of 2012, she visited libya with her employer, mcandrew and forbes and met with ambassador chris stevens. >>> now keeping them honest a massive action to break up with authorities call a $300 million illegal gambling operation, a scam that suckered people into convenience casinos with the lure of helping america's combat veterans. it now looks like only a tiny fraction of the hundreds of millions in gambling proceeds actually went to vets. 57 people have been charged and half a dozen states. most significantly, in florida, where the scandal triggered the resignation of the lieutenant governor. we'll tell you why in a moment. drew griffin has the story and joins us tonight. drew? what's the basic charge here? >> you've got these internet cafes, supposedly you would go in, rent space on a computer and surf the internet, but that's not what was going to happen here, according to the indictment. it was actually sit down at a computer and start gambling, that these were actually internet gambling halls, all consolidated under the umbrella of the allied veterans of the world, a nonprofit chari

ambassador there chris stevens plus the state department official sean smith and two form are navy sealss and gene doherty. jen griffin is at the pentagon. do we know why this is happening now? >> for one the war is winding down in afghanistan. marines have been asked to fight in desert wars during the past 12 years. now they are getting back to doing what they did in the past. special operations teams composed of 14 marines would now be placed on navy ships. this will position the marines to serve as critic reaction units worldwide. given the growing number of contingencies. also in the benghazi attack occurred, the military was criticized heavily for not moving a reaction force in faster or having units in a better position to help. >> it's a great idea. all we are really seeing is the marine corps return to its roots as a maritime service. the marine corps has spent so much time involved in land wars in afghanistan and iraq the marines really didn't have the ability to put their special forces on ships. >> this idea will be tested by the pentagon in a war game next month. shepard. >>

the second question that comes to mind is why was chris stevens there on september 11?is is the question i get. no one wants to answer this question. it makes no sense for an ambassador to sit in a location where they were denied additional security. he described the ghazi as an absolute -- he described benghazi as a zoo of violence. someone has to answer why he was there. it did not make sense. it was a symbolic day for terrorist. you do not go in without a good reason. someone has to answer the question why did he go there. the administration does not want to answer that question. i do not know why, but i will keep digging. >> of final question is -- the fact that this attack occurred when the president said when osama bin laden is dead and we have al qaeda on the run, and wanted it to appear that militant islam was impotent, and yet we have seen him that attack, we saw the algeria attack at the bp facility. libya, mali, algeria, al qaeda affiliates in north africa. what is this telling us about the level of multinational corporation and sophistication of terrorism an

she will replace ambassador chris stevens. was killed in that brutal attack on our consulate in tripoli on september 11th last year. new nominee to be confirmed by the. >>, by the senate, that is choice of president obama who has named her the new ambassador to libya. jenna: i'm sorry, jon. with this shaking of my head. we were trying to decide how many votes have actually happened over the last several hours. here's why there can be some confusion. last night we had the first vote. and this morning there were two rounds of voting that take place. so you have two rounds of votes in the morning and usually two rounds in the evening some this morning there were two rounds of votes but only chimney shot that showed the smoke released. because if they're able to find a pope in the first round of vote we would see white smoke come out. since they could not find a pope in the two rounds, we see black. so what we're seeing here is, we believe that they started voting about an hour ago and maybe toward the end of that first round of vo

connection with the case, which resulted in the deaths of four americans, including ambassador chris stevens. the 46-year-old al shibly comes from a town about 50 miles from benghazi. he was a member of a militant organization called the libyan islamist fighting group, trying to overthrow the gadhafi regime in the mid '90s. in 1998 he was named with two other libyans for his alleged involvement in the murder after german counterintelligence official and his wife who were killed in 1994. and by the way, an arrest warrant for osama bin laden was also issued at that same time by libyan authorities. now in 2004 the libyan government reported that al chabili was reported to the united nations as one of the most wanted and issued an order seeking his arrest. the fbi is not commenting on our report. >> let's see what happens next. at some point i'm sure they will be commenting. susan, thanks very much. lots more news coming up here in the situation room including in detroit it is deeply in debt, billions in the red. now michigan's governor taking direct action. i'll speak live with the governor. >>

consulate including our ambassador chris stevens. senator susan collins says she wants some simple questions answered. quote, are any of the suspects believed to be responsible for the deaths of these four americans including ambassador stevens in u.s. or libyan custody? how many suspects in the attacks are still at large? a few other questions after that. virginia republican congressman frank wolf has been fighting for answers in benghazi. he is our guest now. sir, good morning, welcome back. >> good morning. good morning. bill: i would imagine those questions are the same ones that have been elusive for you, sir? >> they are. they are good questions. the answer is there has been somebody picked up in egypt. they will not allow the fbi to interview them. we've given the egyptian government $250 million two weeks ago and they have a suspect in custody and they won't allow us to talk to them. there was somebody picked up in tunisia. he has been released. we give the tunisians $320 million a year. there have been no federal employees g

militants stormed the american consulate, killing four americans, including chris stevens. there are reports now a suspect has just been detained in libya. while his alleged role is unclear in the attack, the fbi has interviewed him in a libyan prison. meanwhile, we're also learning about three american security agents injured in the 9/11 attack. one suffered smoke inhalation while another remains in serious condition at walter reed center. >>> the u.s. says an iranian fighter jet chased an american drone over the persian gulf. the incident happened on tuesday. the pentagon says the iranian jet backed away when the american flight of a plane escort, the un-- escorting the unmanned drone issued a warning. the drone was on a routine mission. >>> a united nations mission is looking into the drone program. pakistan said they did not consent to any strikes. pakistan estimates that at least 400 civilians have been killed in such strikes but the u.s. says pakistan consented to the strikes and the death counts are actually lower. >>> president obama is leaving the white house to ta

a second question that comes to mind for me is why was chris stevens there on september 11. this is the question i get radio silence. no one wants to answer this question. it makes no sense for an ambassador to be sitting in a location where they were just denied additional security. i got his last memo to hillary clinton 11 hours before he died and he described benghazi as a decoo of violence. i'm worried they can't protect us. they are threatening to pull our security. somebody has to ask why he was there. it was a symbolic day for terrorist. it was the most insecure lokes at the time. you don't go in without a good reason. so someone has to answer the question why did he go there and the administration doesn't want to answer that question. i don't know why but i'm going to keep digging. >> final question and it's important to keep answers brief on this but the fact that this attack occurred at a time when the president said well osama bin laden is dead and we've got al qaeda on the run and wanted it to appear that militant islam was impotent and yet we've seen from that a

us a may remember, the attack killed four americans including chris stevens. one man suspected of being involved in the deadly attack is being detained. gregg, back to you. >> gregg: thanks. >>>. >> heather: new troubles for carnival cruises. cruise ship legend arriving in tampa, skipping the cayman islands. a company spokesman says passengers got off the ship with no problems and should depart on time this afternoon for the next trip at a reduced fee. with one itinerary change. the legend's malfunction is a latest in a growing list of problems for carnival with three other ships reporting serious issues in just the past month. so, what does all this mean for the future of carnival and entire cruise industry? our panel will debate it fair and balanced a little later in the show. >> gregg: can't be good. >>> a tragic accident in southern pennsylvania, police now why a chartered bus carrying a woman's lacrosse team veered off a turnpike and slammed into a tree. the crash killing the driver and the seton hill university team's pregnant coach. 30-year-old christin

militants stormed the american consulate, killing four americans, including chris stevens. there are reports now a suspect has just been detained in libya. while his alleged role is unclear in the attack, the fbi has interviewed him in a libyan prison. meanwhile, we're also learning about three american security agents injured in the 9/11 attack. one suffered smoke inhalation while another remains in serious condition at walter reed center. >>> the u.s. says an iranian fighter jet chased an american drone over the persian gulf. the incident happened on tuesday. the pentagon says the iranian jet backed away when the american flight of a plane escort, the un-- escorting the unmanned drone issued a warning. the drone was on a routine mission. >>> a united nations mission is looking into the drone program. pakistan said they did not consent to any strikes. pakistan estimates that at least 400 civilians have been killed in such strikes but the u.s. says pakistan consented to the strikes and the death counts are actually lower. >>> president obama is leaving the white house to ta

the attack killed four americans, including ambassador chris stevens. one man suspected of being involved in the dead he attacks is currently being detained. >> all right, elizabeth. thank you. republican senator rob portman made headlines, saying he has had a change of heart about same-sex marriage. since learning his son is gay, he no longer opposes the idea, writing, i wrestled with how to reconcile my christian faith with my desire for will to have the same desires to pursue happiness and fulfillment. and it became to the bible's overarching themes of love and compassion and we are all concern children of god. joining me now, tony perkins, president of the family search council. thanks for joining us today. >> good afternoon. >> this is a very, very difficult, delicate balance for a lot of family who is say, this is not something that i have believed in. my religion doesn't agree with this. but this is my child. and now i see it differently. >> shannon, that's right. i support senator portman for his very public display of his unconditional love for

alisyn: in fact we do know that ambassador chris stevens had sent back messages and alert saying thend him there was deteriorating he felt. stephen yates, thanks so much for your insight into this. it always helps. >> thank you, alisyn. bill: i was with these marines, the marine expeditionary unit which this discussion involves here in afghanistan when they first went into kandahar in 2001 and they are, they are so capable and so qualified, that they're the kind of guys you need on those ships in the mediterranean if you need an emergency. alisyn: that is very comforting. sound if they haven't decided if they will do the plan they will have war games next month to see it work. bill: we'll follow it then. there is a mysterious death on a cruise ship. launching a special investigation. why the feds are getting involved here. we'll give you the clues on that. alisyn: plus the search expand for a missing brown university student. why it is now moving to other states. >> he left a short, vague note. the police have gone through everything. the fact we're 10 days in and still have no word

it has now been nearly six months since four americans including our ambassador there, chris stevensthe u.s. consulate. california congressman adam schiff is now saying this. it is going painfully slow. we do not have the access to all the people we would love to have access to in this investigation. right after these killing, president obama promised to find those who were guilty. listen. >> we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake, justice will be done. martha: justice will be done and we will not waiver. it has been six months. i'm joined by former u.s. ambassador it u.n., john bolton, a fox news contributor. ambassador, good morning. >> good morning, martha. martha: i want to play a little bit of sound. condoleezza rice was on earlier this morning. she also responded to the length of time it is taking. john kerry said we're working on it. it is just taking time. here is what the former secretary of state said. >> on this question of bringing people to justice, there i would agree with secretary kerry it takes time.

as you know that ambush left four americans dead, including ambassador chris stevens. steve centanni live in washington with details for us. >> reporter: the plan is for small groups of special operations forces to be in the middle east and be ready for any emergency, like benghazi. they'd be based aboard the ships of a naval amphibious assault group which carries about 2200 marines and various aircraft. there are usually two or three of these groups forward deployed around the world. the special ops group would be called rapid reaction forces and one tool they could use would be a tilt rotor aircraft that can take off vertically or horizontal leave. the chairman of the house intelligence committee talked about the plan today. >> bee have these units that are deployable around the world for quicky action especially at embassies and other things. this is a prudent placement of resources. no one should read that this means that marines will be on the ground in syria, anything hike that. what it does mean is that we are in a better position if something like benge arhappe

ambassador chris stevens. guest is demanding answers on this and access to the survivors of the attack. that is one of the big issues right now of the why can't we speak to them to find out what they knew. joined from cpac by utah congressman, jason chaffetz, member of the house oversight and government reform committee. good to have you here, congressman. good morning to you. >> good morning. martha: it is interesting. we're learning about a man who has been detained being questioned by the fbi. his name is perhaps chalabi. we know, let's pull up the map of the area, this is hotbed of terrorism where he is from. it is to the east of libya. he clearly has been involved with terrorist groups in the past including possible acap. what do you think about the arrest whether he saw what happened or whether he was actually involved? >> this is a very positive development t has been more than six months. i was very concerned at the beginning of this investigation because you had journalists going in there, getting amb

three, because the president did nothing to rescue those at the consulate including ambassador chris stevens but benghazi was not just a national security failure. it was also a constitutconstitut ional failure. the president has a constitutional duty to act as commander-in-chief and he failed to do so. he did not as he once claims in a tv interview with a reporter in denver, one of the few reporters that got past the hockey goalie, he did not issue those three directives that he claimed when he knew what was going on in benghazi. nor did he communicate with his cabinet throughout the evening after learning of the attacks and we now know that the cabinet members did not talk to each other either. president obama's dereliction of duty, because that is what it was, in benghazi reinforce the global perception of growing american weakness. al qaeda has lost its leader but it has regained its momentum. we have done little to challenge chinese ambitions in the western pacific. we have capitulated russian demands on missile defense in europe and most of all we have failed to prevent iran from advan

three is because the president did nothing to rescue those at the conflict, including ambassador chris stevensut benghazi was not just a national security failure. it was also a constitutional failure. the president has a constitutional duty to act as the commander in chief and he failed to do so. he did not, as he once claimed in a tv interview with a reporter in denver, one of the few reporters he got past the hockey goalie, he did not issue what he claimed was going on in benghazi. nor did he communicate with his cabinet throughout the evening after learning of the attacks, and we now know that the cabinet members did not talk to each other either. president obama's dereliction of duty, because that's what it was, in benghazi, reinforced a global perception of growing american weakness. al qaeda had lost its leader, but regain its momentum. we have done little to challenge chinese ambitions in the western pacific and we have to pick deleted to missile defense and most of all, we have failed to prevent iran from advancing towards detaining nuclear weapons. in speeches, of course, the obama a

and i knew ambassador chris stevens. wonderful officer.enghazi on the anniversary of september 11, probably shouldn't have been there. but i think those are the kinds of questions and then what happened during that awful, seven, eight, nine hours that unfolded? so those are the kinds of issues that i think we really want to get at. i still don't think we have answers to them. then finally on this question of bringing people to justice, there i would agree with secretary kerry. it takes time. the libyan government, such as it is, is not really in a position to investigate and bring people to justice. that may take some time. >> gretchen: he also answered questions about the iraq war. here he is on that. >> i think the president made the right choice to get out of there. i think we can be proud of what we achieved. i think our troops did an absolutely stunning job. he deserves credit for what the troops did when they went in. there is a different issue obviously about the choice of it, but our troops were extraordinary. our military always p

benghazi that left four americans dead, president obama announces a replacement for ambassador chris stevens. her name is debra jones. she is currently a scholar at the middle east institute in washington. >>> should the work requirement for welfare be waived? the house says no. lawmakers passed a bill preventing the obama administration from waiving the work requirement. last summer the obama administration said it would grant waivers to some of the rules but not one state applied. is that an i.e.d. in your pocket? the t.s.a. wouldn't know. agents at newark airport completely outmatched by an undercover fed who stuck an i.e.d. in his pants and slipped past two security check points. even worse, the t.s.a. excuse now, a member of the t.s.a. blog team says it's just too darned hard for agents to find bombs. >>steve: that says it all. >>alisyn: they're busy frisking grandmothers. >>steve: every one of them. >>brian: why can't you straighten this out? it's right by your house. can you just go in there -- >>steve: every time we go through, we pretty much get strip searched. they figure my wife i

the person i blame is not chris stevens, i blame the president of the united states. >> clayton: now,rvivors of benghazi were pushed by someone in the the executive branch not to talk, that would not only constitute a coverup and a scandal, it might be a violation of whistleblower law. we asked former congressman and lt. colonel allen west about this earlier this morning and here is what he said. >> i'm sure that it has to be a criminal offense when you talk about whistleblower stat status, but it's morally wrong. and if it's for political gain, it's unconscionable. as i said in the beginning, this cannot be new normal, we try to hide this from the american back going back to susan rice going on the morning showers and tried to make this an incident, some obscure video. >> alisyn: jay carney was asked about this at one of the press hearings and he said that he doesn't know anything about this and that he does not believe that anybody in the white house would ever have told them to keep the story quiet. we now know there were 37 personnel in benghazi on the day of the attack. they were

months since the terrorist attack in benghazi that killed four americans, including ambassador chris stevenseems we have more questions now than answers about what actually happened that day while a new documentary is being filmed right now is hoping to find the truth for the american people. listen. >> a lot of us think needlessly. >> did you issue any orders to try to protect their lives? >> surprising, he was awol. >> established -- do nothing. >> the media played it whichever way obama wanted it played. >> you cannot say that the story of benghazi has been honestly and truthfully told. >> the people in the white house are guilty of murdering my son. >> wow, buzz jacobs is one of the film makers behind that documentary. benghazi, 9/11. a former white house security council staff member under president george w. bush. he joins us right now to shed some insight on what he is trying to do. my standing is that you are merely searching for the truth and in searching for the truth, let the chips fall where they may. >> that's right, kelli. thanks for having me on. i really appreciate it that's

facility known as the annex and a third suffered smoke inhalation at the consulate where ambassador chris stevens was killed. now, somebody is reporting on and ondition of anonymity, unfortunately this ought to be reported publicly. we have long since given up on this administration being anything but in last place when it comes to transparency. but the hope that springs eternal in the human breast causes us to hope that surely at some point a light will go on and someone will say, you know we promised for years that we would be the most transparent, just like jimmy carter promised, and really we prosecuted more people for trying to be transparent in government than any other administration. we have shut off more information. this administration has gone further than that. they turned over boxes and boxes of documents that prove and are relevant to american individuals and american groups funding terrorism. but when members of congress asked to see those documents, we are told we can't have them. there's a problem. as i pointed out to the attorney general, you gave them to the terrorists. don't y

chris cillizza an msnbc political analyst. stevenator. >> do you think he's been briefed by the cia or that he will and if not, should he? >> well, number one, the answer is had he been briefed, i can feel pretty confident in saying no. will he be debriefed? i mean who knows. it's dennis rodman. as someone who has been a fan of basketball for a long time, he's sort of been the most unpredictable of unpredictable folks operating on the national stage. he hadn't been operating on the national stage frankly until very recently. i mean, this story, if a week ago i told you that dennis that dennis rodman would go to north korea and be the basketball diplomat, there's no chance you would believe me. now, all of that said, i'd love to have that coat he had on. >> steven, meadowlark lemon said to be heading for hugo chavez. steven a., what is the real downside, if there is one, to all of this? >> well, there's no real downside outside of the sadness that gets attached to dennis rodman because you realize how pathetic he can be. the reality o