consulate in benghazi that killed ambassador christopher stephens. >>> new this morning officials say they have identified five suspects in the terror attacks in benghazi, libya. the men are under 24-hour surveillance wanted for questioning in the september attack on the u.s. consulate. the attack killed four americans including u.s. ambassador and bay area native chris stevens. officials say the white house already has enough proof to seize the five men aster error suspects but they are waiting for investigators to have enough evidence to try them in a u.s. civilian courtroom. >> a house panel expected to vote on changes to military law to try to cut down on the growing number of sexual assaults in the armed forces. among the charges, harsher penalties for service members found guilty of sexual offenses. the number of sexual assaults in the military continues to rise to try to curb the problem. both democrats and republicans support the new regulations. >> it's 4:44. the woman in charge of the irs's cincinnati office is expected to testify in washington today. lois lerne e r's attorn

ambassador christopher stephens, foreign service officer john smith, cia operatives glendora the entirest four state department and cia career employees have sought counsel from private attorneys to represent them in the face of white house threats to prevent them from divulging classified and permission to congress

ambassador christopher stephens, foreign service officer john smith, cia operatives glendora the entireon woods. at least four state department and cia career employees have sought counsel from private attorneys to represent them in the face of white house threats to prevent them from divulging classified and permission to congress about the events in benghazi. the prospective whistle-blowers' appeared to have considerable knowledge of what did and di not happen during the nearly eight hours see on our consulate and the cia and acts. apparently the obama administration is concerned their views don't support the so-called official account of events. former justice department official and republican counsel to the house intelligence committee says the state department threats are a violation of law. representing the state department employees. she talklked with fox news earlr today. here is what she said. >> state department is violating the law. interfering with the federal employees' right to provide information to congress which should not ever be interfered with. here is the threat. i

the person at fault was christopher stephens. requested extra security and he did not get it, and he was still in benghazi, he is the responsible party. that is who is responsible for this, folks. he should have left and been on the next plane out of there. host: what about christopher stephens being in benghazi? guest: he was taking orders directly from hillary clinton. hillary clinton wanted to make a permanent base in benghazi and want to utilize the money they had available to them. he was trying to do the job that she had intended. this was an overture from the secretary of state. the regard to the building and benghazi and the u.s. embassy in tripoli, there was an exception from the secretary of state. mrs. clinton is severely involved in this aspect. -- caller made the comment that is a sad state of affairs when you talk about four dead americans, are bravest men and women put in harm's way and we watched them die. this goes to the very soul of what our country is all about now. host: joseph tweets - guest: we need to get

ambassador christopher stephens and three other americans in benghazi, libya on september 11th. while many americans have no idea what's going on, factor viewers most like know that the obama administration at first told the world the attack was a spontaneous anti--american action. instead, it was a well-planned terrorist attack likely by al qaeda agents. so the testimony this week could be devastating to the obama administration and to hillary clinton who ran the state department at the time. the key question was there a coverup? five days before ambassador stevens was murdered, president obama spoke at the democratic national convention. >> we have blunted the taliban's momentum in afghanistan and in 2014, our longest war will be over. [cheers] >> a new tower rises above the new york skyline, al qaeda is on the path to defeat and usama bin laden is dead. [cheers] >> bill: part of president obama's platform last fall was the assertion that on his watch terror agencies were badly damaged. but if organized terrorists did indeed kill ambassador stevens, that claim would have been

the assassination of libyan ambassador christopher stephens still not defined after eight months and the justice department secretly obtaining the phone records of some journalists. today, the president met with the turkish prime minister who look at little confused and then answered questions about the three controversies. we begin with the irs deal. >> i'm outraged by this in part because look, i'm a public figure. if a future administration is starting to use the tax laws to favor one party over another or one political view over another obviously we are all vulnerable. >> bill: okay, mr. obama fired the irs acting director last night and replaced him today with another bureaucrat. but there is deep suspicion in some circles that the liberal obama administration created an atmosphere where far left zealots in the irs were basically unsupervised. they could do what they want. that's a hard charge to prove but, there is no question that mr. obama's administration is ideological. thus, suspicions run deep. today, mr. obama pledged a big irs cleanup. >> we will be putting in new leade

the man says the government is not telling the truth about the assassination of christopher stephens.oining us now from washington, ace correspondents james rosen and carl cameron. this is serious stuff floating around. we want to be very very precise in what we say. we know it was chaos in libya. we know that they, libyan ambassador asked for more security it. it was denied by the state department. all of that known, anybody paying attention has it. is there more to this story and did that man advance that story and will it become like the watergate thing a huge story? >> well it already has been a huge story for some time. if you are asking me is this a major scandal? the answer is yes because i define scandal as a situation where you have a major and important event and the official version of this event is riddled with inaccuracies and half truths and falsehoods. my colleague in los angeles broke that story earlier this week speaking to a special operator who had been on the ground in benghazi. contradicting benghazi assertions the military assets couldn't be deployed in time to s

second question armed teams on the night christopher stephens and three other americans were killed by terrorists. why didn't those teams help the ambassador? very specifically, why didn't they help? next question. when exactly, mr. president, were you convinced the benghazi attack was generated by organized terrorists and not by a spontaneous mob? two weeks after the attack still1 you were still referencing an anti-muslim video when you were just told days after the fact by your own national security people that al qaeda was most likely linked to the killing of the ambassador. finally, why was it necessary to seize phone records from the associated press? why? again, simple question hes. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction. with us one the stars of the five bob beckel. am i asking too much? the president is going to have a press conference tomorrow. shouldn't he answer each and every one of those questions? >> i think he ought to answer a lot of those questions. i don't think he should answer the question about the a.p. that's an ongoing national security issu

testimony yesterday was gregory hicks second in command in libya under the slain ambassador christopher stephens. mr. hidges described in visited detail how he tried to get help for the americans under siege in benghazi but was not able to secure cooperation in washington. after showing his displeasure with that, gregory hicks was demoted by hillary clinton. that is unacceptable. honest government is the corner stone of our democracy. there is no question, no question the state department screwed up in libya and mr. hicks, by all indications told the truth. and he was punished for doing that? disgraceful. today speaker of the house john boehner said congress would continue its investigation and hillary clinton certainly needs to come back to testify. mrs. clinton is up to her eyeballs in this. of course, this has political implications for the democratic party because she may very well run for president in 2016. bottom line, americans need to know the truth about what happened in benghazi, why our government mislead the world, and why they did not respond with more urgency on the day of the atta

did not protect its ambassador to libya christopher stephens and three other americans who were murdered by terrorists in benghazi last september 11th. so today, the house oversight committee tried to find out exactly who screwed up and why. at least some of the congress people did. a few committee members used their time to protect the obama administration, people like carolyn maloney and eleanor norton did that. there are three major areas of concern for those who want to know the truth. first, why did the white house not deploy a rapid security team when all hell broke loose in benghazi? state department official mark thompson, a counter terrorism expert testified this way. >> i alerted my leadership, indicating that we needed to go forward and consider the deployment of the foreign emergency support team. i wanted that considered, i notified the white house of my idea. they indicated that meetings had already taken place that evening, that had taken fest out of the menu of options. >> bill: thompson went on to say he was not told why the emergency support team was not deployed. the n

ambassador christopher stephens and three other americans in benghazi, libya. three whistle blowers are expected to testify and that could be very bad news for former secretary of state here now is pregame analysis monica crowley and alan colmes. i don't want to do any speculation. all right? expect that hillary clinton, first of all will be damaged by tomorrow's testimony? >> well, i think based on what we know so far, the preliminary stuff we have gotten as to what these whistle blowers behalf say tomorrow, i think hillary clinton is, in fact, a central figure in the scandal, if not the central figure in the scandal. three quick reasons. one, she, or her department, turned down repeated requests for security leading up to the attack even though benghazi was a long-time terrorist strong hold. repeated attempts against our compound there before the september 11th attack. secondly on the night of the attack, there is word from one of these whistle blowers, bill, that she actually cut out the state department's counter terrorism unit. they deny that. we will see

second question armed teams on the night christopher stephens and three other americans were killed by terrorists. why didn't those teams help the ambassador? very specifically, why didn't they help? next question. when exactly, mr. president, were you convinced the benghazi attack was generated by organized terrorists and not by a spontaneous mob? two weeks after the attack still1 you were still referencing an anti-muslim video when you were just told days after the fact by your own national security people that al qaeda was most likely linked to the killing of the ambassador. finally, why was it necessary to seize phone records from the associated press? why? again, simple question hes. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction. with us one the stars of the five bob beckel. am i asking too much? the president is going to have a press conference tomorrow. shouldn't he answer each and every one of those questions? >> i think he ought to answer a lot of those questions. i don't think he should answer the question about the a.p. that's an ongoing national security issu

ambassador christopher stephens were killed in the it was the work of terrorists.lated attempt to make it appear that it had simply been a protest gone wrong. constructed "talking points." republicans are pushing investigation into the attack. rejects charges of a cover- up. and it appears that americans are split over whether the obama administration the attack. a new pew research study says that people are almost evenly divided. and that more than half of those surveyed aren't even capitol hill is michael yaki. >> i think the president is right in saying that the republicans of trying to connect to some vast conspiracy. if you want to get answers to what happened in been gauzy there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do with. and so far the republicans are doing it the wrong way. >> lincoln this to a conspiracy is wrong. and when you start a hearing counting the outcome and the calling for the president's a peach said impeachment that is wrong. >> do you agree with many americans that there needs to be more investigation on the bin guys the accident?. >>

ambassador to lib christopher stephens.tate department officer sean smith and two former navy seals tyrone woods and glen doherty. important dates to know about. catherine herridge live at the state department. catherine? >> thank you, hairs. today the house government oversight committee issued a subpoena to ambassador thomas pickerring. the co-chair of the state department's internal review or the accountability review board to appear on capitol hill next week for a deposition. the republican chairman of the oversight committee congressman darrell issa wrote, quote: your refusal to it allow state investigators to interview you is inconsistent with your commitment to be tough and transpaint. i hope you will consider. the senior democrat issuing his own statement, quote: today's subpoena is a stark example of extreme republican overreach and shameful politicization of this tragedy. republicans are also keying in on a significant gap between the attack on 9/11 and the first emails released by the white house this week on the

chris is in reference to christopher stephens, the former ambassador to libya who was murdered that night. represent darrell issa said the white house, specifically un ambassador susan rice, continued to push the incident in response to a propaganda video. the president of libya said the attack had trace of a planned assault. >> the challenge is we're being told this may have been a protest when, in fact, clearly all evidence we have should have been no, the ambassador before he was killed believed he was under attack. everyone working in the mission, both in benghazi and in tripoli, believed it was an attack, and the president of libya believed it was a premeditated attack. >> reporter: the two other men who claimed to know what happened that night will come forward on weapons, former marine and deputy coordinate for operations in the state department's counter terrorism burbureau mark thompson and alsa security based off in tripoli before the cautio -- a securityr based in tripoli, mark thompson. he said he thought the consulate needed more security and the state department told him no.

ambassador to libya christopher stephens. state department official sean smith and two former navy seals tyrone woods and glen doherty. our james rosen live in our d.c. newsroom with more on this. james? >> pretty rough day for jay carney at the white house. >> that's right, harris. his was to be sure uninvisible duty today. the white house press secretary struggling to explain why interagency team labor day through 12 versions of the now infamous talking points that u.n. ambassador susan rice delivered on the sunday shows september 16th, five days after the attacks. spontaneous protest gone awry and later shown to be false never more so than now when the drafts of the talking points and emails regarding them are appearing in the "weekly standard" and on abc news and show how multiple early references to involvement by terrorist groups were were deleted. >> we knew that -- we believed, based on the intelligence assessment that extremists were involved and there were suspicions about what affiliations those extreme i.ists migh

special agents christopher lorick and stephen shaw were members of an elite hostage rescue team. men were based at quantico. the team is the first one that made headlines earlier this year. you see in the video, they successfully rescued a 5-year-old boy held hostage in an underground bunker in alabama. agents killed-the-captor, gypy lee dykes, who took the boy from a school bus. >>> and officially law in maryland, supporters are launching a new ad campaign to convince voters it was the right move. >> something had to be done. >> and here in maryland, we stood up. >> and joined the governor -- >> the ad starts rinning in the baltimore area, how supporters believe the law will be affective in preventing gun violence. the law will likely face legal challenge from the nra and could face a referendum in november. >>> new opposition as lawmakers resume immigration talks today. the union representing 12,000 u.s. citizenship and immigration services officers expected to speak out against the bill on capitol hill. that measure is currently in the senate's judiciary committee where the it

the men identified as 41-year- old christopher lorek and 40- year-old stephen shaw. the announcement was made yesterday, but we now know that the accident happened friday afternoon and what is being described as a training exercise involving at least one military helicopter. old special agents were based out of our area -- both special agents were based out of our area, at the marine base in quantico. the fbi director released this statement saying "they accept the highest risk each and every day when training and on operational missions to keep our nation safe." each man left behind a wife and two small children. we talked about this elite group very skilled group. this team three months ago rescued a five-year-old boy in alabama who was being held captive inside a bunker. reporting live in northwest washington, john gonzales, abc 7 news. >> thank you, john. president obama walks a fine line during a meeting at the white house with myanmar's president today. the president is trying to foster an ally in china's backyard while trying to defend human rights. activists

christopher lorek and stephen shaw were based at quantico. fbi said they were members of the elite hostage rescue team. >> in the wake of government scandals, it doesn't seem to be having an effect on president obama's approval rating. a cnn poll gives the president a 53% approval rating while a gallup tracking poll puts the president's approval rating at 50%. >> 5:16. it has been a violent morning at -- across iraq and afghanistan. >> jummy olabanji has the latest. she is live at our live desk. >> scott and greta, there have been several car bombings across baghdad and basram. in baghdad, there were nine separate bombings. in basram, two. nobody has claimed responsibly for either of the attacks. the ap has reported that these types of large-scale bombings are usually hallmarks of al qaeda. also this morning as we mentioned in afghanistan, a suicide bomber killed at least 14 people and about a dozen more. that attack happened in the bogra province, which is north of kabul. any new updates, we will make sure to pass them along. back to you. no

christopher lorek and stephen shaw belonged to an elite hostage rescue team. they were aboard a military sealift command ship when the accident happened. the f-b-i won't say exactly what took place, but it says no gunfire was involved and the cause of the incident is under review. a terror attack on moscow has been foiled according to security forces in that country. they say they killed two militants and detained another. all three are described as russian citizens "trained in afghanistan and pakistan." in dagestan at least eight people were killed and 20 injured in attacks. in one of the incidents bombs went off inside a busy shopping area and near a government building. in a separate attack, gunmen shot and killed three policemen and injured two others. the motive behind the shooting and bombing is not clear. islamic insurgents have been responsible for several deadly attacks in the area. the country also is tied to the alleged boston marathon bombers the brothers. north korea test-fired six missiles off its eastern coast over the weekend. the two most rece

christopher stephens, u.s. ambassador to libya, sean patrick smith, information management specialist. tyrone woods, a security specialist, former navy seal. glendora become a security specialist and former navy seal. -- glenn doherty. our goal in this investigation is to get answers because their families deserve answers. they were promised answers out the highest level when their bodies came home. the president was there, the vice president, the secretary of defense, and the secretary of state were there. we want to make certain those promises are kept on behalf of those individuals. we also want to make certain that our government learns the proper lessons from this tragedy so that it never happens again so the right people are held accountable. and when those watching these proceedings to know that we have made extensive efforts to engage the administration and to see and hear their facts. the administration however has not been cooperative. unfortunately, are minority has mostly sat silent as we have made

christopher stephens, u.s. ambassador to libya, sean patrick smith, information management specialist. tyrone woods, a security specialist, former navy seal. glenn doherty.security specialist and former navy seal. our goal in this investigation is to get answers because their families deserve answers. they were promised answers out-- at the highest level when their bodies came home. the president was there, the vice president, the secretary of defense, and the secretary of state were there. we want to make certain those promises are kept on behalf of those individuals. we also want to make certain that our government learns the proper lessons from this tragedy so that it never happens again and so the right people are held want those.i watching this proceeding to know that we have made extensive efforts to engage the administration and to see and hear their facts. the administration however has not been cooperative. unfortunately, our minority has mostly sat silent as we have made these requests. some examples.

ambassador and bay area native christopher stephens died in the attack on september 11th last year.lp from u.s. special forces after the attack that night, but it was eventually turned down. he claims the deaths of two americans could have been prevented. >>> lets@vx)ck now that morning commute with mike. how are we looking? >> still a mess for the san mateo bridge. this is over an hour we've had this crash. the better news i'm looking closely, i see the tow truck has moved over. only the right lane blocked, jammed all the way across the span because of the heavy back-up that started on the hayward side. two lanes open headed westbound. some accidents happening southbound 880 as folks heading to the dumbarton bridge, which is your alternate. that is clear for the dumbarton, 880 slows through the area and northbound. 101, 280, usual suspects. not bad but still slow into downtown. back to you. >> thank you very much.f)g we'll have another local news update in half an hour. hope to see you then. have a great morning. ♪ >>> it's 8:30 now on a wednesday morning, the 8th of may, 2013, it'

special agents christopher loric and stephen shaw were members of the elite hostage rescue team.istoric cemetery in adams morgan. one section of walter pearce park contains an old quaker burial ground. another section dates back to the late 1800's where many african-american slaves were buried. it is believed up to 10,000 people could be buried there. they want the area protected. amanda meadows, any problems on the roads >> ? we are in the thick of it right now. 123estion causing delays on near the toll road and the toll road is backed up as well. sligo creek parkway closed at university boulevard due to a crash. now to jacqui. >> cloudy skies this morning, 68 degrees in d.c., 66 in dulles. a few breaks in the clouds. we will get some showers today as the moisture comes in from the south. for the most part today will be dry and much warmer, low 80s. seven-day forecast features more warm temperatures through the rest of the week, but cooling down by the end of the week. >> thanks for watching. another news update at 8:56. ♪ i just want you to dance with me tonight ♪ ♪ come on and

ambassador to libya christopher stevens briefly spoke with his deputy gregory hicks. greg, we're under attack, stephensthe line went dead. during the house hearing, hicks recounted the night that ended with the death of stevens and three other americans. hicks testified that everybody knew it was a terrorist attack from the beginning. on monday, former fbi agent tim clemente said on this show that forces, u.s. force was have had time to deploy. the question that remains is, if that's true, why weren't they? among the many unanswered from benghazi. the last people on earth should be failing a performance review. yet today we're learning that 17 officers from the united states air force who have the authority to launch nuclear missiles have been stripped of their powers for poor performance. they're being sent back to training for up to three months on how to do their jobs. this may shock you. you know what? we heard of similar problems before. a 2008 pentagon report found a serious erosion of focus, expertise, mission readiness, resources and discipline in the program.e's nuclear weapons this coming fro