there's elijiah cummings, he has a report out this morning as well.arts now of "america's newsroom," i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. months of delays now, that house committee finally getting the chance to question those who conducted the review at the department of state. the board's report blaming systematic failures for last year's terror attack, but it does not hold anyone there accountable. four americans dead, no arrests, no firings. lawmakers demanding to know why senior state department officials are being let off the hook. martha: chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us now. what are we hearing in there so far? >> reporter: well, thank you, martha, and good morning. the hearing began about 20 minutes ago with the republican chairman quite unexpectedly reading from a series of letters from the family members who lost one of the four americans at benghazi. the family of ambassador chris stevens asking that his death not be politicized and that ambassador stevens underthe risks of diplomacy in high-threat areas.