christopher stevens was a participant. a full, strong, effective participant in his beloved democracy. chris, thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon, my name is tom pickering. chris stevens was a friend and a colleague. more than that he was among the very best our foreign service has to offer in support of our people and our country. a man destined for even greater challenges and successes. it is a special honor for me to be asked to be here and say a few words in his memory. i must begin by offer approximating my sincere condolences and passion to his family and friends gathered here this afternoon to honor his memory. in truth, what we say here our words, can only be a pale shadow for his service and sacrifice for his nation and people. indeed that of his colleagues, glen dougherty, sean 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 alr

speaker, i rise with my colleagues to honor, celebrate and remember ambassador john christopher chris stevensa son of northern california and the bay area, ambassador stevens tragically lost his life in the greatest service to his country. selflessly and courageously representing american values in a foreign nation he knew intimately and cared for deeply. in his diplomatic capacity, ambassador stevens brought a profound and prolific knowledge of arab world and

today we honor and celebrate ambassador john christopher stevens in this civic celebration of his life. i thank the stevens family for hosting this celebration here. amongst his many friends, his family, his colleagues from around the world who continue to reremember and celebrate his distinguished life and sacrifice he made for all of us. while we have lost a true hero to our nation, his accomplishments and generosity lives on in all the places he that served, promoting mutual respect and cooperation in international relationships. ambassador stevens is an inspiration to all of us. i did something personally. i texted my daughters who also grew up in the bay area. they have always reminded me that they love being san franciscans. now as young adults they pride themselves in being world citizens. this is that place. san francisco and the bay area, where we have our attitudes and evolve ourselves to be not only great san francisco and bay area citizens but the inter national status of our city and bay area promote us to be world citizens. i'm pride to be mayor of a city that embraces pe

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ambassador christopher stevens was one of four americans who died in that benghazi attack. hours before his death, stevens sent a cable to the state department warning of deteriorating security conditions. >>> 4:49. the u.n. security council is meeting this morning to discuss sanctions against north korea for detonating a nuclear device. the obama administration is negotiating with council members for stronger sanctions. a week ago north korea detonated its third underground nuclear test since 2006. it was the strongest blast to date. >>> some monster size goldfish up to a foot and a half long are pulled from lake tahoe in what biologists say are steadily multiplying in waters and that has biologists warnings. they say the fish eat and excrete nutrients which stimula stimula stimulate algae growth. >> could change everything there. have to keep it blue. >>> why a winery tossing perfectly good wine into the atlantic ocean. >> all right. we'll tell you why facebook is apologizing to one of its oldest users. >> a look here at the east shore freeway off in the distance. we see

you may recall bay area native ambassador christopher stevens was one of four americans killed in that benghazi attack. stevens had sent a cable to the state department warning of the deterioration in security conditions hours before the attack. >>> there is new hope for autistic children. researchers studied 34 people who had been diagnosed with autism by the age of five, and then seemed to overcome their symptoms. the study in a psychiatric journal says the change could be because of biological reasons. others say the children may have been initially misdiagnosed. doctors say there is no way to predict which children will recover and by how much. >>> there is a new easy tool in the fight against influenza. it's called the biomask, and it's used in hospitals to protect patients and health care workers exposed to the flu and other diseases. the mask maker series it's treated with copper and zinc ions and can kill the flu virus on contact. it is getting phrase. >> the mask is very efficient at screening out at least 95% of the particulates that we can breathe in. it whisks up the virus

place now four people were killed in that attack including the american ambassador to libya christopher stevens just a few days ago britain's foreign office has warned of a potential threat against the u.k. embassy in tripoli and britain has avoided has asked all its citizens to try as far as possible and avoid traveling to libya out of fear of this growing anger and potential threats against the british embassy there back in september if you remember there was the flighting of the trailer of and muslim video now that caused incredible across the region and we saw in places such as the capital sudanese city of khartoum british german as well as american embassies being attacked so what we are witnessing really is a chain. vanes that is seen anger targeted at waste in the embassies it's coming at a time that this region is in flux because of the arab spring we witnessed what is happening in syria where we have ongoing daily violence and certainly what we've seen is this growing anger venting itself on the streets or at our choosing bring us the latest live on this attack on the u.s. embassy in a

place now four people were killed in that attack including the american ambassador to libya christopher stevens just a few days ago britain's foreign office warned of a potential threat against the u.k. embassy in tripoli and britain has avoided has asked all its citizens to try as far as possible and avoid traveling to libya out of fear of this growing anger and potential threats against the british embassy there back in september if you remember there was the flighting of the trailer of and muslim video now that caused incredible across the region and we saw in places such as the capital sudanese city of khartoum british german as well as american embassies being attacked so what we're witnessing really is a chain of events that. is seeing anger targeted at waste in embassies it's coming at a time that this region is in flux because of the arab spring we've witnessed what is happening in syria where we have ongoing daily violence and certainly what we've seen is this growing anger venting itself on the streets right archies paullus there bring us the latest live on this attack on the u.s. emb

four americans were killed ambassador christopher stevens. 5:35 and 32 degrees on this thursday morning. >> still ahead, is the redskins' racist? that's the topic of discussion in d.c. today. coming up >> i'm nancy. i'm sareta. >> good morning, washington. >> hi, ladies. we're giving everyone a chance give a good morning greeting. sent a short video or a link clip.outube sure you ended by saying washington."g >> we want to check in with jacqui jeras. the weather forecast is not necessarily going to brighten our day. just think about hours, the top spectacular. clouds are filling in the head movingthat's in. ugly friday.n for more details, adam caskey. >> not a bad start to the day. temperatures are where they for early february, in the 20s to about 30 degrees. here is rockville outside the square building, in district of rockville. 31 degrees at this time at the storm chaser. high, thin clouds building in already, because i cannot see any starlights. cloudy today. let's look at the temperatures. keep in mind that the clouds inhibit the sun from warming us up much. now in the district an

been put in these kinds of risks and they did so with the full knowledge of the ambassador christopher stevensnd those two men should be i think, remembered. for their valor. >> could i add, we still, i would like to know where was the president of the united states for that entire night, we know he went to las vegas the next day for a campaign event, what did he do that night? >> well secretary panetta made it clear, he did not do much. >> right. lou: thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. lou: coming up tomorrow, fox news middle east affairs and terrorist analyst dr. walid phares will join us, and author columnist jedediah will be among our guest. up next, wall street legend global guru, best selling author, and old friend, jim rodgers is joining us to tell us why he still says that asia -- asia is still where it's at, economically speaking. we'll straighten him out. ♪ making the big romantic gesture. that's powerful. verizon. get a nokia lumia 822 in red for free. lou: my guest retired at the age of 37, he cofounded with george soros, a successful fun, he said age of watt wall st

the ambassador over there, christopher stevens knew security was bad outside of tripoli, all right? e embassy where stevens lived was protected by marines, they had enough there, but he knew when he traveled in the country didn't have enough security. he told the state department that in writing. all right? what else could he do besides resign. hillary clinton didn't read the memos, that's how people delegate sometimes, they delegate. she didn't read it, didn't know it, wasn't paying attention to it. >> panetta didn't know, department of defense is not paying attention, dempsey didn't know he's not paying attention. it goes down and the bottom line it is the state department didn't protect their guy it's their fault and that's that. >> and bill, the thing about this though is panetta and dempsey saying, and they said, well, we didn't -- we didn't have the time to deploy the aircraft. >> bill: they didn't. >> graham pushed them on it and mccain pushed them on it and i think at the end of this, when you think about how it all went down, it was 9/11 and they said there was 300, threats

ambassador christopher stevens. ted, panetta testified that benghazi was on a list of 300 areas of threat worldwide but no specific warning of an imminent attack. >> and frankly, without an adequate warning there was not enough time, given the speed of the attack, for armed military assets to respond. >> panetta noted that the independent review conducted after the attack reached the same conclusion. >>> former senator chuck hagel will have to wait a little longer to find out if he will be the next defense secretary. members of the senate armed services committee decided to delay hagel's confirmation vote which was scheduled for this morning. that's because republicans demanded more information. several senators want more detail of hagel's business dealings and content of past speeches he's made. democrats say the move is just political posturing and they fully expect hagel to be confirmed. >>> what could be a grueling day for president obama's pick to head the cia, john brennan will face tough questions from democr

is that there's echos the attack in libya on the embassy there and the killing of ambassador christopher stevens. >> thank you very much. let's bring in bob windrum in studio. you heard him report that the turkish interior minister said it's likely connected to leftist militant group. >> it's a violent group, been on the u.s. terrorist watch list since 2007, 2008. it is carried out suicide bombings going back to 2001. wanted to use them against tu turkish authorities. this is a marki isist leninist group. its flag is hammer and sickle. it is not an islamist group and this may have been in retaliation to turkish government raids last month against many of its members. >> turkish government raids. why then target the u.s. embassy at this particular time? >> this is a very anti-american, anti-western imperialism group and it has gone after the u.s. in the past. the only u.s. citizen killed during the 1991 gulf war by terrorists killed by this group. a businessman strapped to his chair, shot to death in his -- and then various slogans written on the walls of his office in blood. this is a very, very

four americans were killed including ambassador christopher stevens. >>> and sparks could fly when presidentick to head the cia answers questions at his confirmation hearing. democrats and republicans on the senate intelligence committee will likely grill john best friend brennan. the chief counter terrorism adviser is under scrutiny for the administration's use of drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists overseas. the senate intelligence committee will also likely grill him over his support for the bush administration's interrogation policies. brennan served in the cia under publish george w. bush -- under president george w. bush. >>> committee members should have secret documents about the controversial drone program before the hearing begins today. the white house says the justice department sent classified advice about the program to the senate and house intelligence committees. the documents reportedly state that it is legal for the government to kill u.s. citizens overseas if it believes they're high-ranking terrorist who are trying to kill americans. >>> new this morning, iran says

recall, a total of four americans died in the incident including ambassador and bay area native christopher stevens. >>> we should learn more about into the investigation of the battery problems with boeing's 787 dreamliner later today. that's when the ntsb will hold a news conference to update the progress. the faa grounded all dreamliner last month. "the wall street journal" reports boeing is working on a battery design change to try to minimize fire risks. >>> it is 5:21 right now. coming up, the new rules of the road. the chp cracking down on motorcycle lane splitters. you've seen them. >>> the moon over san jose. a nice live picture there on this thursday morning. we also like to call it friday eve. that's a very cool shot. one of the snapshot moments. it's 5:24. a daly city woman in trouble this morning for allegedly forging the signatures of dozens of san jose city officials. she was hired to collect signatures to get measure d on the november ballot. the district attorney's office says she forged the signatures of 80 city leaders in order to get that measure on the ballot. measure d passed

four marines were killed including ambassador christopher stevens. we're following this story and in our next hour, a man who has been to turkey several times. he has studied it and written about it. colonel ross peters is going to weigh in who he believes they could be behind the attack and why they targeted this embassy. >>> we have another fox news alert. there is gut-wrenching new details emerging from the hostage situation in alabama. one local official says the five-year-old boy who is being held in an underground bunker has been crying out for his parents. the parents meanwhile, are holding up the best they can. elizabeth pran is live with the latest. >> reporter: it still remains a very tense scene. all the attention on the command center behind us. i want to give you just how closely we are to the crime scene. white building, the suspect lived on the property directly behind that and that is where authorities tell us that is where the bunker is. this is exactly what witnesses and also police confirmed to us. this is four-inch in diameter. th

told for 50 minutes after the attack began and after the personal locater button of ambassador christopher stevens had already been pressed, that is according to the dod's only timeline that they released. when did they tell president obama? did they wait until their meeting at the white house that occurred at 5:00pm herein on the dave the attack, did they wait to tell the president and john bren on, or were they alerted right away. if they waited why did they wait. why was the marine fast team told to off-load the plane which delayed them by 90 minutes and change out of their marine uniforms into civilian clothes? that was a delay, it won't have allowed them to get there in time to help ambassador stevens but it was indyk tougher of a mentality of not wanting to send any sort of military presence into libya. why wasn't the fast team sent to benghazi where they could have secured the consulate and the cia annex so that the f.b.i. could get in? it took the f.b.i. 24 days to get in because the areas were not secure and at that point all of the evidence was not very useful. there are so many question

information as far as what, what was happening that night as these reports were coming in that christopher stevensers were in danger. what was the white house doing? they want more details on it. until they get those details senator john mccain said looks like he would support the filibuster. earlier in the week he was saying, suggesting he wouldn't. but he wants more answers. until he gets the answers looks like hagel could be stonewalled at least for this week. jon: how interesting and maybe ironic that the pivotal vote or the pivotal decision is being made by the guy the president obama defeated for the white house the first time around, john mccain. >> that's right. after that election, a lot of republicans thought that mccain and obama would form some type of an alliance. that mccain would work with the white house. that has not happened. mccain and obama do not get along. mccain has complained that over the years the white house would not reach out to him on immigration reform. so mccain now working with other senators on the democratic side and republican side on immigration. there has been

four americans were killed including our ambassador christopher stevens.back to 2008 for a moment the embassy attacked there in yemen with a car bomb as staffers showed up for work. at least 16 people were killed there. you remember the horrific 1998 simultaneous truck bombs that were detonated near two u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania. a huge death toll there, 244 people were killed. 4500 injured in that one. let's go back to here at home. look what is going on in the u.s. economy because we got brand new jobs numbers that just came out and they show sluggish hiring in the month of january. the labor department reported that the national unemployment rate jumped a little bit, now 7.9% up from 7.8% from the previous month. that doesn't really include people who decided they wouldn't look for work anymore and dropped out of the workforce for the time-being. the latest report showed employers added 15,000 jobs last month, not enough to really stimulate the economy -- 157,000. or create a new jobs growth picture. bring in fox business network senior corre

consulate in benghazi, libya, that killed ambassador christopher stevens and others. we will be live with the armed services committee starting at 10:00 a.m. on c-span. later, john brennan, the cia director joyce, testifying before the senate committee. he is expected to face questions on the cia drone program. we will be live with this program starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >> if you go to most american history textbooks, if you go to the back of the textbooks you have in the basement, you can take me up on my bet. my bet with you is that in your american history textbooks in high school, you'll find no mention of eugenics. if you go to your biology books, you will find no mention of the word "eugenics. a biology books signed by most of the places, montana university, great textbooks, but i did not see any mention of eugenics. that is because we, scientists, no longer believe in eugenics, so we do not have to study it anymore. it was so awful that we can somehow pretend it is not part of american culture. >> part of lectures in history, saturday night

substantialingent joshua hart, sergeant joshua kirk, sergeant michael scuza, sergeant christopher griffin, specialist stevenfc kevin thompson. we ask your blessing blessing u all of our service men and women at home and abroad as they support and defend our constitution. grant wisdom and guidance to those who lead our nation as sergeant romesha's example. we ask this and pray in your holy name. amen. >> please be seated, everybody. good afternoon. and on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. every day at the white house we receive thousands of letters from folks all across america. and at night upstairs in my study i read a few. about three years ago, i rece e received a letter from a mom in west virginia. her son stephen, a specialist in the army, just 21 years old, had given his life in afghanistan. she had received the condolence letter i had sent to her family as i send to every family of the fallen. and she wrote me back. mr. president, he said, you wrote me a letter telling me that my son was a hero. i just wanted you to know what kind of hero he was. my son was a great soldier, s

christopher griffin. specialist steven mace and pfc kevin kevin thompson.all of our servicemen and women at home and abroad as they support and defend our constitution. grant wisdom and guidance to those who need our nation as sergeant romesha's example guide our service and inspire our devotion, we ask this and pray in your holy name, amen. >> please be seated, everybody. good afternoon. and on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. every day at the white house we receive thousands of letters from folks all across america, and at night upstairs in my study i read a few. about three years ago i received a letter from a mom in west virginia. her son, stephan, a specialist in the army, just 21 years old, had given his life in afghanistan. she had received the condolence letter that i sent to her family, as i send to every family of the fallen, and she wrote me back. mr. president, she said, you wrote me a letter telling me that my son was a hero. i just wanted you to know what kind of hero he was. my son was a great soldier, she wrote. as

steven spielberg did not win best director. that went to ang lee. christophaltz won best supporting actor beating out tommy lee jones and robert deniro. we have a complete recap on our website. >> he is a three-time winner, daniel day-lewis. time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked, what do you think was the biggest snub at the oscars this year? >> keep sending those responses. 5:50. 29 degrees at the airport. >> time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. >> the trains are running well. no delays for mta usersr. 55 on 295 down towards 100. 55 on 100 towards 95. so for up to speed on the north and west sides of the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. we had a nice day yesterday. a little bit cool this morning. 30 at the airport. 28 in westminster. we expect lots of sunshine today with a high temperature in the upper 40's. here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. stay with us. >> good morning. danica patrick did make some racing history. jimmie john

saw christoph waltz win best supporting actor for "django unchained" earlier this evening and anne hathaway, best supporting actress for "les miserabl miserables." and we saw ang lee win over steven"lincoln." ang lee winning for "life of pi," the first director to ever win a 3-d movie. that is very interesting. now, while we're awaiting the announcement for best actor, i do want to ask joe zee, we got interrupted last time, joe, i want to ask about jennifer lawrence. when we see the ladies nominated for best actress, usually they are the bell of the ball. did she look like the bell of the ball to you? >> oh, my gosh, she looked like the bell of the ball. there is a saying we have that us fashion people like to say, the oscars is your wedding day. all eyes are on you and you have to have the perfect dress. and the pictures of you live forever. so in a way, jennifer lawrence is wearing her wedding dress. look at that dior gown, it really is spectacular. and, you know what, worthy of the win. >> joe, i don't want to put you on the spot, you're a fashion guy, i'm going to do it. is there anybody who missed the mark for you tonight? >> oh, you know there is always somebody who misses

steven's first choice for "lincoln." i would like to see that version. >> reporter: "django unchained" won two awards, best supporting actor for christoph waltz and writerector quentin tarantino for best screenplay. >> i have to cast the right people to make those characters come alive and hopefully live for a long time. and boy, this time, did i do it. >> reporter: also getting it right, best supporting actress, anne hathaway, and the dream she dreamed. >> it came true. >> reporter: mark wahlberg presented with seth macfarlane's ted. >> no b.s., we have a tie. >> reporter: winning outright, "the life of pi" was the night's big winner with four awards overall. >> thank you for taking a leap with me. >> reporter: and yes, we heard the people sing, from the cast of "les mis" to legend barbra streisand. ♪ of the smiles we left behind >> reporter: and dream girl jennifer hudson, who brought down the house with "and i'm telling you." meanwhile macfarlane was looking for his own love from the audience. >> will it be quevnzhane wallis or emmanuelle rivas who was 9 when this started. >> your jokes are tasteless and inappropriate and everyone ends up hating you.