mr. pickering: it supported the f.c.c. and we were looking at multiple ways to get there and we believe there were paths to protect an open internet which has been a great success story for our economy and maintaining what all of our country and the consumers around the country have become accustomed to, they have equal access to go anywhere on the internet, have any commercial transaction, without having a preference or a priority or being blocked or throatled. we were very much in support of that. we think for new starts and new businesses and new business models, the open internet is critical to the economic deproth and continued success. host: were you off the reservation of being a former republican representative on that position? mr. pickering: i was in today's world, but back in 1996 and 2000 when the open internet first started it was republican-led and there was bipartisan consensus. chairman michael powell communicated a set of principles around net neutrality and kevin martin, chairman, was the first to enforce

somebody can be a good person, and i have no doubt that mr mulin and mr pickering both are. i don't doubt that this phone call was made to ms mill ns, saying don't send her to congress, she's not going to make a good witness, and i don't doubt there's a transcript. if you are going to write a report with specificity and particularity. i can't tell you a single question asked of a single arb witness, because there is in no transcript. my report is not that they did a bad or a good job. from the stand point of an investigation, it was an inadequate job. and i want to hopefully prove that to you. there used to be a stack out there. with mr smith, with the investigations, that congress and the arb have done. did any of the previous investigations or the arb have access to your emails? >> mr chairman, first of all, the witness you are referring to did appear before congress. >> that was not my point. >> your implication was that that point was stopped from going to congress, in fact, that did not happen. >> no, she definitely came. that's not my implication. my implication is the

mr. pickering both are but this is also what i don't doubt, i don't doubt that that phone call was made to ms. mills saying don't send ms. lamb before congress she's not going to make a good witness and i don't doubt there is a transcript from any interviews. if you're going to writhe a report and write with a report with specificity, you have to site the transcript. i can't tell you a single question asked of a single arb witness because there is no transcript. my point is not that the arb did a bad job of a good job, my point is from the standpoint of a serious investigation, it was an inadequate job and i want to hopefully prove that to you. there used to be a stack up there when mr. smith was with us about the previous investigations that congress and arb had done. did any of those previous congressional investigations or the arb have access to your e-mails? >> mr. chairman, first of all, the witness you were referring to did appear before congress. >> that was not my point -- >> well, but your implication was that that witness was stopped from going to congress -- >> no -- >> that did

mr. pickering both are. but this is also what i don't doubt. i don't doubt that that phone call was made to miss mills saying don't send charlene lamb before congress, she's not going to make a good witness. and i don't doubt that there's not a transcript from any of the a.r.b. interviews, and you may say why does that matter? if you're going to write a report and you want to write a report with specificity and particularity, you have to cite the transcript. and i can't tell you a single question that was asked of a single a.r.b. witness because there is no transcript. so my point is not that the a.r.b. did a bad job or a good job. my point is from the standpoint of a serious investigation it was an inadequate job. and i want to hopefully prove that to you. there used to be a stack up there when mr. smith was with us about all the previous investigations that congress and the a.r.b. had done. did any of those previous congressional investigations or the a.r.b. have access to your e-mails? >> mr. chairman, first of all, the witness you were refe

mr. pickering both are. but this is also what i don't doubt. i don't doubt that that phone call was made to miss mills saying don't send charlene lamb before congress, she's not going to make a good witness, and i don't doubt that there is not a transcript from any of the arb interviews, and you may say, why does that matter? if you're going to write a report, and you want to write a report with specificity and particularity, you have to cite the transcript. i can't tell you a single question that was asked of a single arb witness because there is no transcript. so my point is not that the arb did a bad job or a good job, my point is that from the standpoint of a serious investigation, it was an adequate job. and i want to hopefully prove that to you. there used to be a stack up there when mr. smith was with us about all the previous investigations that congress and the arb had done. did any of those previous congressional investigations or the arb have access to your e-mails? >> mr. chairman, first of all, the witness you are referring to did

mr. pickering are.t the ard did a bad job or good job, my point is from a standpoint of investigation, it was an inadequate job. >> interesting, he wasn't referring to you as ambassador, he said it was an inadequate job. what is your response to this implication it was inadequate at best and compromised at worst. >> one has to go to the specifics and the specifics there that i believe he put in place were things like we didn't do a transcript, but a record of the meetings. we were not a judicial inquiry or a court of law. we were there to make recommendations on security. was it at fault? did people handle it badly and how should it be aprooif proop? that's what we did. some allegations we didn't see all the right people. we saw all the people we could find that were available to us who participated. i believe the committee may have people, but they were individuals that left benghazi a year before the incident, so their relevance may be questionable. things like that that came up. look, i have been aro

mr. pickerring both are. but this is also what i don't doubt.i don't doubt that phone call was made to miss mills, saying, don't send sharlene lamb before congress. she won't make good witness, and i don't doubt there's not a transcript from any of the arb interview. you may sigh why does that matter? if you want to write a report with specificity and particularity you have to cite the transcript, and i can't tell you a single question that was asked of a single arb witness because there is no transcript. so, my point is not that the arb did a bad job or a good job. my point is from the standpoint of a serious investigation, it was an inadequate job. and i want to hopefully prove that to you. there used to be a stack up there when mr. smith was with us, about all the previous investigations, that congress and the arb had done. did any of those previous congressional investigations or the arb have access to your e-mails? >> mr. chairman, first of all, the witness you were referring to did appear before congress -- >> that was not my point. >> but

mrs. clinton's plan. >> did i tell the accountability review board that secretary clinton wanted the post made permanent, ambassador pickeringd, he looked both ways to the members of the board saying this is the seventh floor know about this? . >> reporter: the seventh floor is short hand for the executive suite at the state department where mrs. clinton's office was. stevens had to be in benghazi because of a budget with the state department, lou? lou: catherine, thank you very much, catherine herridge, our chief intelligence correspondent. >>> a biker in texas was stopped on a busy intersection, she saw a kitten fall out of a red car and sitting there frightened as it would be in the intersection. biker moved over, stopped traffic, left her bike, ran into the intersection, scooped up the kitten and hurriedly over to the side of the road. nice kitten. good kitty. the biker has since adopted the kitten, and you're going to love this wonderful eloquent poetic name, she named him skid mark! one man just found a creative way to carve a pumpkin, you're going to love this, too. a rifle carving a face into the pumpkin, he made the

mrs. clinton's plan. >>dy tell the accountability review board that secretary clinton wanted the post made permanent. ambassador pickering was surprised. >> he later told fox news that stevens had to be in benghazi that september 11th because of a budget deadline at the end of that month. brett? >> secretary clinton said today there was a lot of confusion about the attack. >> the mortar strike on the c.i.a. annex is the smoking gun evidence that it was premeditated terrorism. three mortars struck the c.i.a. in under 90 seconds, fired from more than a half-mile away. it was a professional hit that required training and planning, it killed former navy s.e.a.l.s, ty wood and glen doherty and it nearly blew off the leg of a diplomatic security agent. today mrs. clinton's emails show she didn't believe herself that a video was responsible for this terrorist attack. brett? >> let's bring in our special expanded panel for some thoughts on the day. steve hayes, senior writer for the "weekly standard," judge andrew napolitano and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. and a.b. stoddard. >> the lead for the day is hillary clint

mr. made mistakes have been punished severely. walmart come all the names. it is not so irrational the people are out there buying every stock. >> it is really now a stock pickerst to rally because the federal start to tighten. we will see the rationality continue. >> that is also why it is frightening. we see stocks dropped that tells you there are no buyers there. charles: both of you guys like spiffy command i get ai get a little jealous when the guy comes on a much better than me. 85,000 refugees have poured in the slovenia. they may be the latest country, if they don't austria will. look at that. the scene of humanitarian decoration right there. we will discuss it when we come back. : a dry mouth can be a common side effect. that's why there's biotene. it comes in oral rinse, spray or gel so there's moisturizing relief for everyone. biotene, for people who suffer from dry mouth. ...as a combination of see products.. and customers. every on-time arrival is backed by thousands of od employees, ...who make sure the millions of products we ship arrive without damages. because od employees treat customer service... ...like our most important delivery. od. helpi

mullen and ambassador pickering made it very clear that they thought that the high threat post should move to a higher level of scrutiny and we had immediately moved to do that. mr. cummings: thank you. mr. gowdy: the chair now recognizes the gentlelady from indiana, mrs. brooks. mrs. brooks: good morning, skip. thank you for being here today. in drawing what you just said very few, no requests for benghazi came to your attention, i'd like to show you something. this pile represents the emails that you sent or received about libya in 2011. from february through december of 2011. this pile represents the emails you sent or received from early 2012 until the day of the attack. there are 795 emails in this pile. we have counted them. there are 67 emails in this pile in 2012. d i'm troubled by what i see here. so my questions relate to these piles. did this pile in 2011 i see daily updates. sometimes hourly updates. from your staff about benghazi and chris stevens. when i look at this pile in 2012, i only see a handful of emails to you from your senior staff about benghazi, and i have several questions for you about this disparate because we know from talking to --

mr. pickering: it is the longest standing telecommunications association. it was founded 35 years ago.ost: