they came with heavy weapons which unfortunately are readily available in post-revolutionary lib libya. >> reporter: libya's interim president says it was coordinated by not by libyans. >> it was planned by foreigners, by people who entered the country a few months ago. >> reporter: libyan officials say they have rounded up dozens of suspects. the fbi is hoping to deliver a definitive answer on what happened but has been unable to reach the consulate in benghazi because it's still too dangerous. the waves of anti-american protests from north africa to asia appear to be ebbing but critics of current u.s. policy say the protests are not the problem. they're a symptom. >> if we all decide to rally around the video as a problem, we are going to make a sear yus mistake. >>> benjamin netanyahu says this is bigger than diplomacy. it's about the existence of the united states and israel. >> for them, we are you, and you are us. and at least on this point, they're right. >> reporter: brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> attacks in afghanistan over the weekend claimed the lives of both civilia

here we face what will be ironically tomorrow talk of $40 million more in aid to lib libya. what do you think about that? >> wasteful, reprint it and we cannot buy friendship, we buy more enemies. two types of foreign-policy offer. we give them money, if we don't come if they don't do it we bomb them. they kill us with our money, your open statement was fantastic. you hit the nail on the head on the ridiculousness of the form policy. i did not invent it, advisors advised us of that, we should give it serious consideration. neil: i have a senator here who says be careful what you wish for. we embolden radical elements and by not giving money, we hurt them. >> i think we have to be judicious in how we use taxpayer dollars, but i can guarantee you if we take action that makes enemies out of that part of the world, we will pay a very heavy price over time. >> we are in drone warfare. we overthrow government when we have wanted to dispose of them after propping him up, and people just get angry. we are stirring up to scurrying up. we did that prior to going into iraq, afghanistan

house homeland security adviser and a member of the security adviser committee and was recently in lib libya. and former cia officer bob bayer. so you have new reporting now on the sat ttatus of the fbi investigation. >> so you understand when this happens and the fbi opens the vks o investigation one of the first thing they do is say, please request for us to get to the crime scene and request that we will have access to the crime scene and to any individuals that the libyans take into custody. while the fbi has made that request. what we found out today, while the fbi has finally made it to tripoli, they haven't been on the ground in bengazi. they deployed their personal to a lotication in the region. they have conducted interviews of personnel who were there at the time of the attack. they made a request that the crime scene be secured. as we know from reporting, the state department -- we don't know whether that request was put to the libyans and whether that was denied. official i spoke to said if we get there now it is not clear whether it will be of use to us. look, one of the things

and that of course led to the torching of of the deathings of lib libya, and so this is an attempt to satirize those events and it is again causing a firestorm as far as reaction is concerned, ashleigh. >> jim bittermann live for us in paris. thank you, jim. >>> also for the american ambassador for china what should have been a normal drive around the embassy from beijing was far from normal. look at the sky view. you can see e ambassador gary locke's car. he is surprised by anti-japanese protest protesters, and this is the american ambassador trying to enter the embassy compound. this is strange, because the u.s. embassy is quite close to the japanese embassy where the demonstrators have been protesting the claim to the islands that are also claimed by ch china, and it is a longstanding dispute. ambassador locke was not hurt, but that car did sustain some minor damage with projectiles and people stomping on it. and protesting the japanese going after the u.s. ambassador. >>> around also, i want to let you know about a former navy s.e.a.l.'s funeral services being held in massachusett

in fact, the revolution in lib libya, which has gone so successfully when you consider the 40 years offree election. they elected what i would describe as a moderate rule of law, slate to run country. but those uprisings in libya, egypt, tunisia and now in syria are -- are the most profound rejection and defeat for the extremism of al qaeda and its allies and presumably this group that attacked the american consulate in benghazi yesterday. i understand that the results of some of the first elections of -- are unclear, in some sense unsettled to some people here, but the fact is they've chosen democracy. and people are self-governing and they're looking for a better life, and that's exactly the opposite of what bin laden, al qaeda, and i would guess the people who killed chris stevens yesterday desire. so senator mccain is absolutely right, this is the day -- i can almost hear chris stevens saying, come on, get up, stay in the fight; don't surrender to the crazies, to the fanatics, to the violent extremists. stand with the overwhelming majority, with the people of libya who want just wh

and president obama faces new questions about the deadly attack in lib yampt -- libya. with the white house changing its story about what happened on the assault in the u.s. consulate in benghazi there is new criticism of the president's foreign policy. will national security be a campaign issue? we'll sit down with obama senior advisor robert gibbs. and caught on tape mitt romney's comments of people who don't pay federal taxes thal not support him. can he find a way out of this mess. we'll ask governor scott walker. gibbs and walker only on "fox news sunday". new polls give a boost to the president. we'll ask our sunday group if the upcoming debates are romney's best chance to turn things around. a stop in a burger joint and kids on a campaign flight. we'll go on the trail on "fox news sunday". hello again from fox news in washington. with anti-american violence across the islamic world and growing questions about what really happened in the u.s. consulate in libya, national security has finally become part of the president's campaign. joining us now is obama senior a

jon: good to see you, arthel the white house is it calling the assault in lib libya a terrorist attack. what is the political fallout here. >>> governor romney saying he is the candidate of change going after comments by the president last night that you could not change washington from the inside. could change be the message the romney campaign is looking for. a fair and balanced debate. >>> two years after giant whale killed one of its trainers, seaworld wants a court to allow trainers back in the tank with the enormous orcas. all that and breaking news all "happening now." jon: good morning to you on this friday. "happening now", the ever-changing story of a deadly attack in libya. hello, i'm jon scott. arthel: i'm arthel neville in for jenna lee. a lot of confusion as new details are emerging about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. four americans were killed including our ambassador to libya but when asked about the attack president obama wouldn't give a clear answer exactly what happened. as you by now know the obama administration insisted the deadly violence grew out

in fact, the revolution in lib libya, which has gone so successfully whenou consider the 40 years of dictatorship they live under. they've held a free election. they elected what i would describe as a moderate rule of law, slate to run country. but those uprisings in libya, egypt, tunisia and now in syria are -- are the most profound rejection and defeat for the extremism of al qaeda and its allies and presumably this group that attacked the amecan consulate in benghazi yesterday. i understand that the results of some of the first elections of -- are unclear, in some sense unsettled to some people here, but the fact is they've chosen democracy. and people are self-governing and they're looking for a better life, and that's exactly the posite of what bin laden, al qaeda, and i would guess the people who killed chris stevens yesterday dire. so senator mccain is absolutely right, this is the day -- i can almost hear chris stevens saying, come on, get up, stay in the fight; don't surrender to the crazies, to the fanatics, to the violent extremists. stand with the overwhelming majority, w

not attacking libyans inside lib libya, but attacking western interests using libya because it's close to europe as a base to attack, europe, western interests inside europe, wolf. >> explains why the u.s. now reducing diplomatically presence in benghazi as well as in the capital of tripoli. nic robertson, thanks very much. chris lawrence is joining us now. he's got the latest on how the u.s. military is responding to this unfortunate situation in libya. and the potential for a whole lot more trouble. what are you learning, chris? >> reporter: wolf, we can now confirm that that u.s. marine quick reaction force has landed in libya. and they are now on the ground in tripoli. also, the pentagon has notified some american troops around the world that in the coming days, they may be moved also to american embassies in different parts of the world to try to beef up security for the american diplomats working abroad. the u.s. is in a fast reaction force of 50 marines to libya to "help with security and possible evacuations if needed." insurgents attacked the same u.s. mission in benghazi back

the white house has finally used the t-word conceding the deadly attack in libya was not add -- ad libbed over the anti-islam video. jay carney told reporters, quote, it is self-evident that what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. our embassy was attacked and the result was four deaths of american officials. that is self-evident. for more than a week though the obama administration called it a spontaneous act with the top spokesperson on monday saying i don't think we know enough. i don't think we know enough. >> i don't think we know enough. i don't think we know enough. she gave our preliminary assessment. we will have a full investigation now, and then we will be in a better position to put labels on things. >> i like her voice. >> while the white house has shifted its view, they don't have evidence the attack was pre planned, but then again they didn't need evidence to blame the anti-islam advise yow they never saw -- the anti-islam video they saw, right? right? >> why wait so long to call it terrorism? what is the deal? why are we so scared to call terror, terror? >> you kn

respect, he has disapproved of our approach to libya from the beginning, including the strategy that brought gadhafi to justice. >> this is not the approach to lib yashg but the murder of four americans in libya, and didn't the administration shoot first? didn't they come out and say, listen, as far as we can tell, this wasn't preplanned, this is just a part of -- >> at this point this is what we know and we are thoroughly investigating. that's exactly what you should do. that's what the responsible thing to do is. i was kind of shocked to see representative king attack ambassador rice for what she said last sunday here, and she was acting on the intelligence that was given to her by the intelligence community. to say she should resign, she is one of the most remarkable, splendid public servants we have. that's thoroughly irresponsible. >> let's move on the obama campaign and where we are kicking off the fall. i was -- one of the things i wanted to repeat to you is something ed rendell, former pennsylvania governor, a democrat, said about your campaign. the only reason they're up anyway is not because of anything great they did on offense or def

first interview with an american tv station, the president of libya, told nbc news the attack on the u.s. consulate was planned. he also says lib yanz and foreigners were responsible for the assault that killed four americans. jim maceda has more now on the u.s. response from cairo. >> reporter: a four-day stand-off outside the u.s. embassy in cairo ended early this morning. riot police charged the protesters and cleared outta rear square, arresting some 200 along the way. the city began to return to normal as did the country. but friday's day of rage sprea across more than 20 countries. in tunisia today, local citizens and security personnel, surveyed damaged cars and buildings at the u.s. embassy, now protected by armored vehicles. while a marine response team took up position at some western hotels. it wasn't all quiet. as far away as sitny, auydney, trail, protests broke out saying they had defiled their religion. with the whole middle eastern crisis, pope benedict xvi offered a message. he said people of different faiths now live together. in the arab world anger runs deeper than religion and america is a lightning rod. >>

lib yeah. they knew that al-qaeda was growing in strength on the ground in libya.people who were on the ground. >> you know what the president doesn't speak about this, if general petraeus who heads the c.i.a. materially misleads a congressional committee in private, this is empore ror having no clothes. the administration will never conduct an investigation. result of which we'll know before election day. the administration cannot now admit its pollties over there have been a failure. got rid of a bad guy, strong man and replaced him with people worse than he is. mob rule who will kill the people and destroy our assets. even though we ought to have known they were there and they were coming. the administration's behavior is criminally negligent. >> bret: if you look back, juan, at all of the statements and all of the focus of the media after 9/11, focused on romney's statement about the cairo embassy and what he said for two days it puts in a different perspective after you learn perhaps the administration knew it was a terrorist attack from the beginning. knew it

coordinated attack on the united states consulate in libya and murder of the united states ambassador on 9/11. there is no apparent to it. he was absolutely murdered. lib al-libi -- libyan officials made an arrest. no one will confirm the information. u.s. officials tell fox to be "cautious," about reports of arrests. according to reuters, quoting libya's interior minister four men are in custody and under investigation suspected of helping events at the u.s. consulate. "helping." f.b.i. and others are on the ground in the early stages of the investigation. top priority here? find out whether the strike on the consulate was a planned assault by terrorists rather than a rampageing mob angry other antimuslim video. catherine is in washington, dc, first on the reported arrests. >> this afternoon, the intelligence community is trying to knock down the report. this question was put to the state department. i saw the press reports before i came down. i was not able to confirm them. obviously, it would be a good thing if we are moving forward on this. >> the state department confirmed the investigation in benghazi at consulate is led by the libyan authorities

two dramatic stories unfolding in the middle east in lib yampt angry mobs attacked libya in bengazi.and three staff members were killed in a rocket attack. another american staff member was killed in a fire set by the protestors. right now the state department is only confirm thag victim. >> brian: in embassy protestors scaling the wall and trying to rip the american flag and they raised a black islamic flag and awn as al-qaida. >> steve: after that the american embassy apologized and the white house walked that back. what should that be. it is the president's abandonment of u.s. allies and special deputy assistant to president nixon and he joins us from the city of anges. good morning. >> good to see you. >> steve: good to have you on a morning with so much breaking international news. what do you make of the united states response after people go crazy regarding a dumb film that was clearly antimuslim and mohammed. >> the response was unforgivable. to in any way talk about our beliefs that our close to those who are condemning the film. good lord, we should be demanding an apology.

libya was an act of terrorism. the senate approved sending fund toz egypt and lib yampt continuing resolution passed by the house willa government shut down for six months and now headed to the president's desk. in that resolution. billion in aid to ei didn't want and 850 million to taliban and 20 million to libya. joining us now is congressman engle. and congressman blake from the homeland security committee. and second only to israel. can why should we give american tax dollars to countries. >> it is the bulk. we are sending way too much overseas it is going to the military and they are the stabilizing force right now in egypt. the money is and freedom of religion and freedom of speech. they are held in a pakistan jail right now . the senate voted on cutting aid to pakistan and until it is clear that pakistan is doing a better job of going after groups like al-qaida. we are talking about accountability. why are not more lawmakers backing this kind of move? >> i bake it. we give foreign aid not only because it is good for the countries we give it to. but good for the united states . we want to be careful. we don't w

ambassador and others in lib yampt a quick recap in libya. the bodies of stevens and three other americans and several other injured in the assault now, we understand in a u.s. military hospital in germany . off of the coast of libya one naval destroyer ready for more evacuation and equipped with cruise missiles and another destroyer is headed in that direction. 50 marines from a rapid terror force, and now there as well. and f.b.i. agents there as well. and looking at a coordinated terror attack and spreading tensions in the region, guys, thank you. >> steve: tony schaffer joins us live. we are talking about being involved in the intelligence community near a long time. i heard you on "fox and friends" first when asked where the sy -- cia was what is the answer? >> my sources tell me they are told to sit on our hands. they are all our friends now and don't be stirring up trouble by talking to the guys and groups because they may not like us. it is what colonel west said a policy of apiecement. they are not our frented and what our guys shoul

lib why where four americans were killed was a preplanned terrorist attack. >> specific question. this is the bottom line. did the obama administration play down what happened in libyahat happened in cairo because it would make obama foreign policy look better? >> absolutely no one intentionally or unintentionally misled involved in this. that is answer that the press secretary gave on september 14th. it's now september 23rd, we learn more information every single day about what happened. nobody wants to get more to the bottom of this than we do. >> jamie: joining me is chris wallace. good morning. we all learn more every day after this tragic event. one of the things we learn or seey to feel is that our people there should have been better protected. what did robert gibbs say about that? >> one of the things we were talking about is the fact that the story has change. he said the facts have changed. when susan rice sat down at the table with me last sunday, the same desk. i asked her and i specifically mentioned the fact that the president of libya was saying this was a preplanned attack. al-qaeda was saying it was revenge. she continued to say, there were other pe

from birth to libya -- on burma to libya -- from burma to lib ra, we have advance the rights and dignity of all human beings, men and women, christians and muslims and jews. terrorist plots must be disrupted. you're opposed the crisis must be contained. crisis must be contained. our commitment to israel's security must not waver and neither must our pursuit of peace. the iranian government must face a world united against its nuclear ambitions. the historic change across the arab world must not be defined by the age of extremists but by the hopes and aspirations of ordinary people reaching for the same rights we celebrate here today. now, we have a choice. my opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. [cheers] from all that we have seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost america so dearly. after all, you do not call russia our number one enemy unless you are still stuck in a cold war mindset. [cheers] you might not be ready for diplomacy with beijing if you cannot visit the olympics without insulting our closest ally. [chee

libya. on december 2nd, 1979, the u.s. embassy was shut down after a mob attacked and set fire to it. nearly 25 years later in february of 2004 a direct u.s. presence in lib was was re-established. two years later it was upgraded to the become the u.s. embassy that exists now in libya. bill: i want to go to the map quickly to give you a sense what we're watching today. tunisia we reported on that. that is where the arab spring began. we have uprising in libya. benghazi here on the mediterranean coast. tripoli, and cairo, capital city here and sanaa, the capital city, is popping today. the common border shared between egypt and libya runs 800 miles that these two countries share. take this section of the map. go in a little bit closer. give you a sense something you must keep an eye on as we move through the story. capital city of tripoli. here is benghazi and cairo well to the east several hundred miles. this is the town of de are. na, libya. in all likelihood you have not heard of derna before today. derna is town traysed to dozens and dozens of al qaeda foreign fighters that came from this town specifically and joined battles in afghanistan and iraq. as

advocates of american action in libya, and so the state department and secretary clinton being at the forefront of those urging the u.s. to act to save benghazi, to save the libpeople and to support the overthrow of gadhafi for them to suffer such a loss. this hasn't happened in decades where an american ambassador has been killed in the line of duty like this. i hi if there is an ants to the question, and i don't really know the final answer, but part of the answer is that that libya was a country that was ruled by a dictator for 40 years and its basic institutions were destroyed, and its tribal culture was what was left, and now it is really, really hard to rebuild on top of that, and people knew that, and that's why people like ambassador stevens who were so brave and so determined wanted to help them. >> sure. jamie ruben, appreciate your perspective, as always. who is responsible for defending a u.s. consulate, and what is the american response look like? we'll have a live report. we've got great news for them all. you can try snapshot from progressive before you switch your insurance. [ horn honks ] just plug snapshot into your car, and drive like you -

libya. we are back with the panel. slowly and grudging lie the obama administration acknowledging that it was a terrorist attack that took down the u.s. consulate in lib yampt brit, why did they have so much trouble saying it? >> i think the obama administration is deeply invested in the presence of barak obama and the outreach to the muslim world changed the fundmentams in the muslim world that was in the united states. and with drawing from iraq and out of iraq and gradually with drawing from afghanistan. the president has made speeches of the outreach and this changed things. and what happened the muslim world in the last week or 10 days is will powerful evidence that is changed. the administration is not prepare tod face that and they went in spin mode and it turned out badly when it was plain on most american's face that the september 11 and rounds of ammunition and attack on the embassy was denied by the for days and even now they keep falling back on the video. it was a terrible embarrassment. i am not sure it appeared that way in the coverage. but that is what it should be. >> chris: kasie? >> you can see as romney tried to deal with this as w

lib bea. >> the pentagon is flexing its military muscle in response to the consulate in benghazi, libya. tomahawks that can be programmed to hit specific targets in the country. also marines are headed there to help bolster security around the country. in tripoli, barbara starr is at the pentagon with the latest. barbara? >> john, brooke, a concern about everything that is unfolding overnight. here at the pentagon i can tell you a moment ago a senior pentagon official telling me they are monitoring that situation back in yemen around the clock, as they saw those pictures unfold and the protesters in yemen climb the embassy gate. where were the yemen security forces? yes, they got it under control. this is the issue now. local security forces able to control the situation. protesters should not have been allowed to get close enough to that embassy gate in yemen to be able to climb it. concern everywhere. the two war ships off the coast of libya, back in libya. they are there, equipped with tomahawk missiles, ready to go if enough intelligence is collected, of course, and the president ord

libya. this is not independently confirmed right now. this is breaking news we are following from overseas but the bbc is reporting that he died in a rocket attack this morning in the lib yap city of benghazi. >> this follows last night's attacks by appear angry mob on the consulate after a film produced in the u.s. insulted the prophet mohammed. >> let's check in with tucker and get the latest on the weather. another fall-like day for us. >> a fall-like start to the day. this afternoon, it will feel like late summer with temperatures in the low 80s. >> should be a beautiful day. just a beautiful day expected around here after a cool start. lets get to the headlines. sunny streak continues. expecting dry weather out there for your wednesday. next several days should be dry. init will be the beginning of the week before we have the chaps any of shower activity of the. even when that arrives think some you had be scattered. yesterday morning are we were fawning back into the 40s across parts of the region. 60 here in town. look at frederick, 46 degrees right now. that is chilly. 48 in martinsburg and winchester. cull ander too. a little warmer here but still, these tempe

lib yeah. citing curt reasons saying they hope to return them early next week but they will reassess. this comes two weeks and two days after the deadly attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi, libyadly denied that assault was terrorism, it was at the same time working with the assumption that it was just that. in the inves

three days before the lib i don't know attack, one ever the senior security officials in libya warneds. this was not about a youtube video. >> so why? why didn't they call it a terrorist attack? >> why lie? >> because this administration wants to believe when the death of usama bin laden, we really don't have this serious terrorist threat as we did. and that the war on terror, have you never heard them use that because it's a phrase they don't want to embrace. you know, i don't care what they call it, but the fact is, islamic radicals are still very operative. they want to kill us. this is not a group of people you sit down and reason with and simply curtailing free speech in this country does not moderate them. that's the insanity in all of this. >> the fact of the matter is hillary clinton was very clear yesterday. if you listened to her speak, it seems as though is there a fracture in this administration? this was not a woman wavering as alli talked about the president may have been doing in this univision interview trying to muddle his way through description of this. not the case

libya. i didn't want the conflict to last that long. that protracted and long conflict in lib ya what it did is create more time and more space for these independent militias, these are literally independent gangs that got their hands on weapons and fought in this resolution against qadhafi. but now the central government can't get these groups to give up their arms because to do so would be to give up their power. that's why having this thing go on for as long as it did which was a terrible idea. the fact is, though, the libyans don't even have control over large portions of the country. there are entire areas of libya that the government doesn't control. and there is an increasing body of evidence that shows that what happened in benghazi was not an anti-american protest. it was not as a result of a youtube video. it was an on, traitd anti-american terrorist attack -- orchestrated anti-american terrorist attack by terrorists. not by americans, not lie libyans, by terrorists. in addition to evidence that this was a terrorist attack, not a libyan anti-americanup rising, look a

libya. the investigation is underway. we know that they were armed -- the attackers at least in lib afterthe embassy were armed with rocketpelled grenades, you pick those up as you are heading toward the protest? >> you are exactly right. the white house has a handle on the intent of the attackers? they have no clue. common sense tells you it's bigger than a video. >> the problem is it goes to the rationale of the obama candidacy four years ago which was total condemnation of the bush policy. total condemnation of our position, especially in the muslim world. so the president, president obama preached empathy, preached an association based on his past and his education and based upon where he grew up and said, listen, i understand you. now the muslim world has rejected it and, in some ways, rejecting not only america but the obama presidential handout. >> that is certainly charles krauthammer's theory. he was on "special report" last night. >> this has nothing to do with us or our policies, it's about a video is either willfully or simply clueless. what's happened is as you poibilitied out beginning with the cairo speech,

lib rarity but we are perceived as the other, as different. and these are -- they are different from country to country. let's face it, in libya only the government but also among the people. you saw pro-american protests after those horrific deaths. so, you still have al qaeda influences, you have large numbers of militias, heavily armed militias in libya. this is a barely postwar -- postcism war environment. egypt is another case. egypt is struggling to find out what its national identity is and desperately in need of money. the egyptian leadership pleading with the imf, pleading with us for money. at the same time, teetering because of its long-standing fundamentalist beliefs, that is why the president sent a strong sig nam to president morsi last week saying not an ally, not an enemy. what happened really troubles me is afghanistan. this raid on friday you not on the insider raids over the weekend, but the friday raid on that camp bastion was not only organized, it was three heavily armed units in american army uniforms penetrating that base. that is the most troubling of all. >> it is unbelievable, our standing and how th