this is kris paronto and mark geist also amount as oz and tonto. there are parts of this book, "13 hours" the inside account of what really happened in bengha benghazi. we will begin here mark geist. where were you on september 12, 2012? >> guest: benghazi libya and that night i was actually having come up me in a case officer were having dinner with people we had to meet that night to talk to and we probably had just about wrapped up when i got a call from tyrone woods on the cell phone and he said you need to get back to be annexed as quickly as possible. there's something going on and there's trouble at the consulate. >> host: were you at the military and why we there are? >> guest: i was working as kris was too we were both private military contractors, contracted with united states government to protect case officers while they go about doing their job. >> host: kris paronto were we that night? >> guest: i was in the annex, the cia and xml is standing by. i was on the quick reaction force were oz because he was out in the town and i was basica

we will begin here, mark geist, where where you and september 12th, 2012? >> benghazi, libya. that night, we were having dinner with people we had to meet that night and talked to. we had just about wrapped it up when i got a call from tyrone woods and he said need to get back to the annex as quickly as possible, there is something else going on, there is trouble at the confluence. >> why were you there? >> i was working as chris was, private military contractors with the united states government to protect case officers when they go about their job. >> and where were you that night? >> i was in the cia annex and i was on the reaction force in the development count and standing by waiting for him to come back. basically you are on edge but it was another normal day and making sure our people are supported. >> what was the cia and next? >> a facility that is used to do clandestine operations. >> host: how far was that from where the ambassador was? >> three quarters of a mile, not far away. >> a couple short turn that you are there. >> was it a known facility? >> in east depart

talk with mark geist, 202-585-389 zero, free 891 for those in the mountain and pacific time zones. what time did the incident occur, the invasion? >> there are several time lines. my time line when i looked at my watch, i said that to everybody i have been interviewed by and the subcommittee, 9:30, that is what had on my watch when we were called in the incident began and we found out about it. .. >> >> we were able to get halfway there where they actually reinforce the positions were we would drive so we had to dismount to go on foot. it took at least 45 minutes to an hour to arrive from the initial call and by that time that was already a fire and the ambassador was missing. the building was filled with smoke and we are very able we could push them off to get in there to clear the compound to get to the people that we could the nobles took an hour to reach the consulate after the initial call. >> why? did you get the call right away? >> that is the $1 million question. >> we were told to stand down. we were delayed approximately 27 minutes of the compound we don't know house side