kris paronto and mark geist, also note as eyes and tonto. they are parts of this book, "13 hours: the inside account of what really happened in benghazi." we will begin here, mark geist. where were you on september, 2012? >> guest: benghazi, libya. that night i was out having dinner with the people we had to meet that night and talk to. where just about wraps it up when i got a call from tyrone woods on a cell phone and he said we need to get back to the nx as quick as possible. there's something going on. there's trouble at the consulate. >> we remembered the military? spirea bear? >> guest: we were both private military contractors, contracted that the united states government to protect case officers while they go about doing their job. >> host: kris paronto, where we do that night? >> guest: as the cia annex. i was on the quick reaction force in talent and basically i was standing by, waiting for him to come back so we could call it a night. it was basically you are on edge, but it's another normal day for us. operations going on and we'

. >> and now from booktv's recent coverage of miami book fair international, kris paronto and mark geist, members of the cia and next secured a team that responds to the attack on the u.s. special mission in benghazi, libya, on september 11, 2012. they discuss 13 hours -- "13 hours: the inside account of what really happened in benghazi." this is about 40 minutes. >> joining us are two members of the benghazi response team. this is kris paronto and markems geist, also known as oz and tonto. they are parts of this book, "13 hours: the inside account of what really happened in benghazi." we will begin here, mark geist.o where were you on september 12, 2012? 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 stat

mark phillips digs for the facts behind the story of a christmas truce. steve hartman tags along on one man's very long trip to the office. bill geistatches "gone with the wind" fans going all out but first headlines for this sunday morning. 21st of december. first day of winter. new york city is mourning the shooting death of two police officers killed in their patrol car yesterday afternoon. gunman may have target them for the chokehold death of eric garner in new york and michael brown case in missouri. we have report from mark albert. >> the ambush came in a brooklyn neighborhood. police say man named ishmael brinsley shot wenjian liu and rafael ramosz you are our hearts are heavy. we lost two good men who devoted their lives to protecting all of us. >> after the shooting brinsley killed himself in a subway station. he posted this message on instagram three hours before the shooting. it has not been independently verified. it reads, quote, i'm putting wings on pigs today. they take one of ours let's take two of their's. rest in piece mike brown and eric garner this may be my final post. >> frustrated with the results of staten i

. >> and now from booktv's recent coverage of miami book fair international, kris paronto and mark geist, members of the cia and next secured a team that responds to the attack on the u.s. special mission in benghazi, libya, on september 11, 2012. they discuss 13 hours -- "13 hours: the inside account of what really happened in benghazi." this is about 40 minutes. >> joining us are two members of the benghazi response team. this is kris paronto and markems geist, also known as oz and tonto. they are parts of this book, "13 hours: the inside account of what really happened in

. >> host: mark geist, kris paronto, here is the cover of the book. they were members of the nx security team, "13 hours: the inside account of what really happened in benghazi." you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> the later correspondent, joan biskupic was also not there. her most recent book, "breaking in: the rise of sonia sotomayor and the politics of justice". joan biskupic, what have we learned about sonia sotomayor? >> guest: >> we learned what she's been doing. this book is a political history that tells you how she got out of the supreme court of what her life has been like since. it picks up where her memoir left off. you learn in the opening chapter how she persuaded her fellow justices to solve with her. you also learn how she has been in effect did behind the scenes on the law and sometimes she hasn't been so factor. >> host: you've also written a biography of antonin scalia. how are they different? how are they the same? >> guest: they are a lot the same in some ways. both new yorkers. run from queens, one from the bronx. very distinc