we saw that in libya. now many, including governor romney, believe that president obama's foreign policy has weakened america and emboldened our enemies. romney says iran, egypt and taliban and others no longer fear us therefore americans are in far greater danger than they were when president bush was in power. in short, governor romney believes in the big stick when necessary. that is crux of tonight's debate. whether america is in an exceptional country that has a moral right to lead the world, or whether we are a country no more entitled than anyone else. more romney is a huge advantages because of the libya business. i am sick and tired of hearing about it. president obama owes the american people, we the people, a press conference. he owes it to us to explain what the hell happened over there and why security was not what it should have been. this i don't want to hear any more excuses. i don't want to see any more finger pointing. i want to know the facts from the president's own mouth. more obama is

how much time will he spend on libya?ns in a way that the aggressive way they need to be asked to draw information out of the president. >> bret: that doesn't sound like get out of the way. >> ask the questions, be aggressive and then get out of the way. >> here is the thing. let mitt romney and obama interact. romney needs to be better prepared than he was in the last debate. he should not get up until he gets to the bottom of it. that is what i would do if i was him. >> the reason romney did not win the debate, second debate running away is he whiffed on the hanging curveball on libya. he missed it. lucky he gets a second chance. hammer bam pa bam on the statement he -- hammer obama that he is offended that he implied he misled. go through catalog of misleading and go after the statement that president made that every piece of information is laid out. honesty and leadership. it's not that people care so much about libya but they don't like the leadership lying about it. >> you said romney won on points. >> he won points

troops of walked and in fact there is not all of law and libya who brought an al qaida into libya and now into syria again it's the same western involvement with the support of but through dollars from qatar and saudi arabia that is handing the country over to a group of fun out there criminals who are hell bent on on bloodshed torture a slitting throats and what have you bringing the country back and to medieval darkness so. we have seen very clearly what these people are aiming to do they want to punish when they will leave for its stance against the invasion of libya by nato this is a form of collective punishment against the whole population for standing up for the end of pendants and the sovereignty of their country. on the violence and post revolt libya is being echoed in bahrain protesters call for the help of the international community hoping it could pressure the mother change that some experts think western interest nor the will of the people. babies board of directors are reportedly set to confirm the sale of its shares to the joint venture t n t a ten k. rather b.p. to th

force in libya. beyond its scheduled august departure. >> we weren't requesting additional security. we were requesting to keep security we had. that was taken away. >> you want to keep your team on the ground. the team in place already. >> yeah. my team was small part. m.s.d. >> bret: that stands for mobile security detachment team. >> a lot of those are exgreen berets, exnavy seals. there were three msd teams when i got on the ground. >> bret: august 5, 2012. the state department decides not to keep the s.s.t. in libya. and the m.s.d. team is being reduced as well. so who opposed it? >> charlene lamb. she denied the requests or ignored them or just didn't fill them. >> why is that? you knew about all the other attacks that had taken place. >> we had been training local libyans and arming them for almost a year. >> let me interrupt. >> why do you think the request was denied? >> i don't know. i really don't know. in the case of the s.s.t., that was provided to them by d.o.d. the state department did

he was concerned about some of the developments in libya.uld be in a very careful diplomat and taking noted of all the things that were happening. >> bret: september 11th, 2012, a mob gathers in cairo egypt. they scale the wuamgs and burn the american flag, angry over an obscure video produced in california. there is plenty of action in cairo. all is quiet at the compound in benghazi. still sometime before 6:00 p.m., ambassador stevens sends another cable to the state department reporting, quote, growing problems with security in benghazi. growing frustration on part of the residents with libyan police and security forces. these forces, the ambassador writes, are two awake to keep the country secure. few hours later he would be murdered. >> we weren't there. >> if you were, could you have protected ambassador stevens. sometimes in a firefight. >> bret: what exact happened in benghazi? greg palkot has been on the scene. up next, a timeline of heroism and disaster with no details you haven't heard before. in america tay we're running out of a

chicken reports of bani walid isn't the only victim of libya's new leaders. a year after the killing of warmer khadafi not only has the new government of libya made it illegal to criticize the february revolution of last year but a group of malicious affiliated with the country's defense ministry has the shelling parts of the country which were considered khadafi strongholds that bombing it from their home and rockets because they knew when he was one of the towns which stood against the intervention of the outside world in body while the local media report that the strikes have killed around a dozen people including children but apparently the people of bani walid are not the only ones persecuted by various militia groups in libya we saw the total wiping out of the thirty thousand strong town to want to go many are black libyans which the misrata brigades which are also laying siege to bani walid call themselves the brigades for the purging or black skin it's such as a wonderful humanitarian and freedom loving. and discourse that they wiped out the town they

troops of walked and in fact there is not all of law and libya who brought an al qaida and to libya and now into syria again it's the same western involvement with the support of but through dollars from qatar and saudi arabia that is handing the country over to a group of fun out there criminals who are hell bent on on blood torture slitting throats and what have you bringing the country a buck and to medieval darkness so. we have seen very clearly what these people are aiming to do they want to punish when there were leads for its stance against the invasion of libya by nato this is a form of collective punishment against the whole population for standing up for the end the pendants and the sovereignty of their country. lebanon has becoming golfed and protests triggered by the death of a top security official in friday's car bombing in the capital some rallies have turned violent with two people reportedly injured after the army opened fire in one of the roads blocked with burning tires and leading opposition group is demanding the prime minister quits warning the unrest will continue

that libya was normalized. of libya has provided more killers of americans than any other country in world. what is the punishment for lying? for incompetence? has anyone been prosecuted? lost their pension? lost their job? how about their parking space? words are nothing. nothing. words are like the empty words to pat smith trying to find out how we her only son died. nothing more than words. how do you sleep at night? now to our state department spokesperson, victoria newland and the refusal to discuss intelligence gathered at that attack in libya. >> you know, we never talk about intelligence issues from this podium. at all i'm not in a position to comment on that here today. >> that is not true. you talk about intelligence issue when you want to talk about them and it's in your interest to do so. >> that's fair. >> judge jeanine: fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins me. good evening. >> thank you for having me, judge. >> judge jeanine: good to have you on again. a lot going on

. >> it has been more than 6 weeks since terrorists over ran the united states in benghazi libya and murdered our ambassador and three other americans. it was 9-11, 2012 some of the most important questions still linger unanswered who did this and why? could the attack have been prevented or repelled after it began. what did the white house know and when? fox news has been on this story from the very beginning. this hour details you haven't heard. as we enter the final stretch of the race for the white house, which side is closer to the truth? those who argue this terrible tragedy was largely unforeseeable and unpreventable and the president should not be blamed or those who say we are seeing president obama's foreign policy unravelling right on our tv screens. >> it was supposed to be one of the triumphs of president obama's foreign policy. a libya without moammar qaddafi. qaddafi had been one of the world's worst sponsors of terrorism. families of the 189 americans murdered on pan-am flight 103 in 1988 knew that well. >> that's true, though, that after the 2003 invasion of iraq he

the under siege stronghold of gadhafi supporters in libya faces an assault by army linked militias we look at why the country still gripped by chaos a year after the western backed revolt with live reaction on the shortly on r.t. . scuffles break out between police and protesters in london where tens of thousands marched in the late show of anger against a sturdy that's sweeping europe. and a wave of violent protests in lebanon after the powerful car blast that killed at least eight and leaving a top security official opposition calls for an indefinite strike while the army reportedly fires on demonstrators. from a new center here in central moscow international news and comment live on r.t. the libyan army and loyalist militias are preparing for the final assault on the city of bani walid where supporters of the old regime have been besieged for more than two weeks the deadly battle comes a year after the capture and death of longtime leader moammar gadhafi and the nato military campaign just to warn you some of the images we're about to show are graphic over a dozen people including

nordstrom, that the libya i experienced briefly, i was in libya the same amount of time.i do not know, did he go to benghazi? >> i was not allowed to go. >> he and i both went to tripoli. it seemed to many people with too many weapons. lots of militia. no matter how many security personnel we might have had in the field, that was a problem at that time. would that be an accurate assessment? >> that was one of our major struggles, trying to figure out who was too. -- who was who. >> inherently unstable as we are trying to transition from gaddafi to something we hope is more democratic and more stable. >> correct. >> ambassador kennedy described it as we're going back and forth about needs assessment. it was your recommendation that the team be extended a third time. your view was, we are trying to graduate from that and we think we have the assets to do that. therefore, at that request was not honored because it was felt that it was not needed? or what? >> what we were trying to do is build a state department capacity to replace the personnel we borrow from the department

consulate in libya is a hot topic. it's an area the romney campaign thinks president obama is the most vulnerable. but governor romney stumbled on that very issue in last week's debate. >> you said in the rose garden the day after the attack it was an act of terror? it was not a spontaneous demonstration. is that what you're saying? >> please proceed. >> we want to get that for the record because it took him 14 days. >> get the transcript. >> he did, in fact, sir. so let me call it an act of terror. >> can you say that a little louder, candy. >> he did call it an act of terror. it did as well take two weeks or so for the whole idea of there being a riot out there about this tape to come out. you're correct about that. >> joining me now, former state department joel ruben and daily beast contributor zachary carib e caribel. libya is on the agenda, and the president most recently on the daily show with jon stewart admitted mistakes were made. we know about the intelligence and when it came into the white house. no doubt

troops of walked in fact there is no rule of law and libya who brought. to libya and and now. syria again it's the same was thrown involvement with the support of both through dollars from qatar and saudi arabia that is handing the country over to a group of criminals who are hell bent on blood torture slitting throats and what have you bringing the country a buck into medieval darkness so. we have seen very clearly what these people are aiming to do they want to punish and there were leads for its stance against the invasion of libya by nato this is a form of collective punishment against the whole population for standing up for their independence and the sovereignty of their country a chilling warning for some top flight footballers as we reported a few minutes. now listen now. i'm warning you if you keep screwing up like this we'll show you some different treatment sinister threats and paint ball rounds fired at a russian premier league team by masked man also ahead. i mean if mitt romney wins a movie macand. if that then by that same parties in new york asking which presid

libya, their scenario, libya can come out better than tunisia and egypt. because it has a special -- special types of resources that can come together to avoid a somalia like situation be met just quickly on tunisia, and i apologize to those who heard me speak a few minutes ago before, i saw the tunisia and arab spring is split into two oversimplify. there was an older, more working class, andrea angrier spur earning based on the algerian protests, which has been since 2005. there was an urban growth gender, more middle and upper class, more socially networked, more employed from a more hopeful, more human rights oriented. it kind of push the revolution over the top. at first arab spring that didn't succeed. we did a security report last may. our main concern was disarray and i am even more concerned about that immortalization of the police force in tunisia, not laid out in the embassy attack and the recent repeats, there are some very serious problems, particularly in libya and tunisia. problems with the police that need to be addressed. but most importan

caller: i lived in libya for several years. we worked for exxon libya. i am so proud of this committee. i am so proud of these two individuals who have spoken up. i am disgusted with the diplomatic people who are there who are playing into the whole situation this white house and this individual -- host: when did you work there? caller: back in the early 1970's. host: thank you for calling and. independent line. caller: in 1996, june 20, in an airport in moscow, russia, i was attacked by two tourists when they found out i was american. -- terrorists when they found that i was an american. the russian military is in charge of everything and they take those people and put the matter of the country. paul -- host: how did they attack you? caller: they tried to kill me. host: york tie and today's hearing? -- your tie-in today's hearing? caller: if you are an american, you are dead. host: let's go to our democrats line. caller: i live in new york city. on 9/11, this city is crawling with cops. we like it because it makes us feel better because we know, and i h

chris, it is a great loss for libya. we lost him as a friend and man that understands the history of the people of libya before and after. chris, he built the bridge between libya and the united states. a bridge of love, of hope. we never believed one day we would be able to raise against this dictatorship. i knew chris after he came back. i knew chris more. he would come to the house and we play tennis. after the tennis we come back home and have libyan breakfast. he is a man of principles and he is serious. i agree he never speaks about himself, what achievement he made. he is a guy when you look for him again. this is kind of different element but one time he told me story when he was serving in tripoli and then in benghazi. he walked on the street of benghazi and looked over his back and saw two people following. whereever he goes they follow him. hen he stop and he went up to them and he said hello, how are you. yeah, they speak with him. they invite for coffee. these people of course are service. maybe not to prote

he was concerned about some of the developments in libya.e would be in a very careful diplomat and taking noted of all the things that were happening. >> bret: september 11th, 2012, a mob gathers in cairo egypt. they scale the wuamgs and burn the american flag, angry over an obscure video produced in california. there is plenty of action in cairo. all is quiet at the compound in benghazi. still sometime before 6:00 p.m., ambassador stevens sends another cable to the state department reporting, quote, growing problems with security in benghazi. growing frustration on part of the residents with libyan police and security forces. these forces, the ambassador writes, are two awake to keep the country secure. few hours later he would be murdered. >> we weren't there. >> if you were, could you have protected ambassador stevens. sometimes in a firefight. >> bret: what exact happened in benghazi? greg palkot has been on the scene. up next, a timeline of heroism and disaster with no details you haven't heard before. what makes the sleep number store

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slicing and fatality libya dozens of civilians reportedly killed and injured in clashes as a pro-government militia pounds and conducting well it's time for over two weeks. that song comes exactly again since nato bombs the former regime from office promising freedom and democracy to even people. also the russian company wants snap is one step closer to becoming the world's leading oil producer as the board of b.p. reportedly greenlights one of the biggest of the energy. and accomplice in lebanon's capital kills eight people including a top security official violent protests erupt across the country and politicians say this syrian conflict is spilling out with a bold. new so russia and around the world this is r.t. with me our thanks for joining us an artillery barrage and multiple killings that's all the residents of really there's bani walid are still witnessing twelve months on from the nato backed revolt which toppled the country's regime and you might find some of the following images disturbing they received traditionally loyal to the ousted more my gadhafi has been the target of atta

into libya they're saying they have warships off the coast of libya they're saying also that they have deployed a predator and reaper drones over libya i do not think that the united states can bring any type of stability to libya based upon the history of what has happened over the last year to have their intervention has only brought about instability death and destruction and we're seeing a new chapter unfolding right now with this siege against me well lead us just very briefly a new chapter that we see in iraq and afghanistan are we looking at another situation like that just briefly of course everywhere the u.s. has gone over the last decade it has brought about nothing but destabilization massive debts and of course the displacement of millions upon millions of people there is no rational explanation there is no rational way out of this situation as far as the u.s. is concerned everywhere they go they breed destabilization to get instability as he added to pan african news watch joining me live in the u.s. thanks for you comments well coming up in the program this hour here on t

they are gaining rocontrol over much of libya. february 25th the u.s. state department withdraws all of its personnel from the capital. but six weeks later april 5th, 2011, it sends stevens with a 12 man team by charter boat to benghazi now under rebel control. as special representative to the rebels, stevens set up shop in a hotel. june 1st, 2011, a car bomb explodes in the parking lot in front of that hotel. stevens and his team decide it's too ding russ to stay the-- dano stay there. they settled on a compound west of the city. >> it was a resident from an owner who had a nice villa and several other buildings as well. >> not a lot of security? >> like any resident it is not a fortress. >> inside there are four buildings one large resident with a number of bedrooms in it. another has a can tina where the staff meets. across the way is tact kel operation center filled with offices for security staff phones and security monitors. finally the barracks a small house by the main gate of the compound. it will house a libyan security force. libya october 20

>> i was in libya approximately six months. >> mr. nordstrom, how many months were you in libya? >> approximately ten. >> ms. lamb how many times have you visited libya? >> i have not >> none since the security incidents in libya? >> no, sir >> how many times have you been to libya? >> none. >> we had numbers earlier from mr. nordstrom, you talked about three/five in libya. and you wanted 12 plus a back up of six. in your testimony mr. kennedy, you said the department regularly assessed risk for security a process which considered judgment for professionals using the best information available. so that process, i want to know how the decision was made. are you involved in that process ambassador kennedy? >> most normal occasions i am not involved. >> are people in the white house involved in that process? >> if there are disagreements between the post in the field and the diplomats -- >> would you classify what took place here a disagreement? >> no, sir -- a this didn't reach disagreement level. i would describe it as a dialogue -- >> this didn't reach a disagreement? >> no, sir,

the seed stronghold of gadhafi supporters in libya facing an assault by army legal issues we look at why the country still gripped by chaos a year after the western backed revolt. scuffles between police and protesters in london where tens of thousands marched in the latest show of anger against austerity that's been sweeping europe. a day of rage in lebanon with gunshots reportedly made by a one protest in the capital demanding the prime minister step down after a deadly car explosion friday. it's seven am in moscow i'm at très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the libyan army and loyalist militias are readying for their final assault on the city of bani walid where supporters of the old regime have been under siege for more than two weeks the youngest son of colonel qadhafi commies has also been killed in a battle that comes a year after the longtime libyan leader was toppled from power just to warn you some of the images in our reporting are graphic more than a dozen people including children have been killed many more injured during attacks during this blockade

president obama mentions the libya attack. spends most of his time campaigning. >> because nevada is a battleground state you are aware that we have an elex going on. >> from nevada, president goes on to campaign in colorado. september 13 on the state department question about security. >> we did evaluate, and threat stream. we determined that the security at benghazi was appropriate for what we knew. >> another statement about the anti-islam video. >> there is no justification. up in at all. for responding -- none at all, for responding to the video with violence. >> september 14. >> the unrest around the region has been if response to this video. we do not at this moment have information to suggest or tell you that would indicate any of this unrest is preplanned. >> president and secretary of state greet the bodies of fallp at joint base andrews. >> we have seen rage and violence at embassies over an awful internet video we had nothing to do with. >> it is hard for the american people to make sense of that. because it is sen

the under siege stronghold of gadhafi supporters in libya faces an assault by an army linked to militias we'll look at why the country is still gripped by chaos and a year after the western backed revolt. tens of thousands marched through london in the latest show of anger against austerity that sweeping the arab. and israeli troops intercepted gaza bound boat with an international act of ascension mandatory and aid on board stopping the latest attempt to reach the blockaded don't play by see. below welcome to r t where we bring you the latest news from around the globe twenty four hours a day seven days a week i'm karen tara well lebanon has becoming golfed in the protests triggered by the death of a top security official in friday's car bombing in the capital some rallies have turned violent with two people reportedly injured after the army opened fire in one of the roads blocked with burning tires the explosion that sparked the protests killed eight and injured around one hundred when it ripped through beirut's christian neighborhood now once admitted the terrorism but the lebanese pr

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beseeched stronghold of gadhafi supporters in libya facing an assault by army linked militias we'll look at why the country still gripped by chaos a year after the western backed revolt. scuffles break out with police and protesters in london where tens of thousands marched in the latest show of anger against austerity that sweeping europe. and a wave of violent protests in lebanon after a powerful car blast killed at least eight including a top security official the opposition calling for an indefinite strike while the army reportedly fire on demonstrators. three and in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the libyan army and loyalist militias are preparing for the final assault on the city of bani walid where supporters of the old regime have been under siege for more than two weeks the deadly battle comes a year after the capture and death of longtime leader moammar gadhafi and the nato military campaign there just to warn you some of the images in the upcoming report are graphic more than a dozen people including children may have been killed and ma

would you agree that the libya i experienced briefly, i was in libya the same amount of time as our colleague and i don't know if he went to benghazi -- >> i was not allowed to go. >> we both went to tripoli and it seemed a very volatile situation in terms of too many people with too many weapons, lots of militias trying to keep control over who is the good guy and to is the bad guy. the matter how many security personnel we might have had in the field, that was a problem and i gather it is still. is that an accurate assessment? >> that was one of our major struggles, just to figure out who was who. >> inherently unstable, as we are trying to transition from walmart gaddafi to something we hope this more -- trying to transition from gaddafi to simply hope is more stable. >> correct. >> ambassador kennedy described it not so much as a dispute as needs assessment. it was your decision it be extended a third time, correct? >> correct. mr. ambassador, your view was or your colleagues he was we are trying to graduate from that and we think we have the assets to do it, therefore, for whatever reaso

the under siege stronghold of gadhafi supporters in libya faces an assault by militias and why the country still gripped by chaos so yeah to the western backed rebels. tens of thousands marched through london in the latest show of anger against a sturdy that's sweeping europe. from a new center here in central moscow international news and comment line on. lebanon is engulfed in protests triggered by the death of a top security official in friday's car bombing in the capital some release of turned violent with two people reportedly injured after the army opened far in one of the roads blocked with burning times the opposition has called for an indefinite strike and for the government to be dissolved correspondent i mean the going to show is in the region following the developments but we have protests all over the country essentially last night and they continued this afternoon there was a huge gathering at the capital beirut but that's of course not the only place where people are protesting there grows a thing in that other towns as well they're blocking roads they're burning tires back

is that all because of libya? >> well, it would certainly seem to be that way, and it's a double problem for the president, one, there is the basic fact, and the fact that the administration was hoping to avoid with their public response, which was being held accountable for whatever failures at whatever level lead to this successful attack by islamists militants on a u.s. outpost on the anniversary of september 11th. that was never going to be a good thing or help the president's status on foreign policy with voters. and the handling of it, it has continued even until yesterday on the daily show with jon stewart the president continues to have trouble explaining what happened and explaining how he managed to talk about this in the way that he did. so, yeah, you'd have to say that libya is at the heart of that big drop. megyn: it's amazing what a difference that issue is starting to have in this election, because the same polling group did a poll on foreign policy about a week ago and asked about everything from c