mr. shapiro came there as well. reporter: enters shapiro is part of the want of principle gatekeepers. no consulting group knows more about the been caused the attacks and the scandals impacted. ashley: thank you very much. here to discuss the kangaroo court boycotted by democrats. we have fox news contributors and thank you both for being here. i appreciated on this friday night. nancy pelosi was making some pretty interesting events and she says conservatives have run out of ammunition with obamacare. they've been there and done that with benghazi. how much of that resonates with the average person out there? you think that she has a point? >> certainly among the left, yes, they will be with her. about 61% want to know if they really send e-mail that showed the white house was involved in structuring the talking points for television for susan rice's appearance. and i don't think nancy pelosi runs the risk of looking that she doesn't care. but somehow this terror attack on the anniversary of 9/11 in which an ambassador and three other americans are killed, somehow it is all idle. but

mr. shapiro and the engagement, was libya different in state department interface, and if so, how?>> either -- the answer is, yes, it was different, and it was different because our other engagements, where we were engaged military, where we were supporting the policy of the united states, we worked with a c.t. type focus, counterterrorism type focus. this was the first activity that did not start out as a counterterrorism effort that employed the combat power for africa command. >> thank you. mr. lynch, are you next? the gentlelady is recognized. >> thank you, chairman. even the atrocities that gaddafi committed, it is no question that libya is much better off without him. after 42 years of rule, we have a delicate transition to a democracy. dr. wehrey, you testified recently that overwhelmingly the country's political leaders are rejecting violence for political means and that they are committed to some sort of a democratic path forward and that they will have greater cooperation with the u.s. can you explain in more detail what their willingness is or how that willingness to coo

mr. shapiro, under someone who had special authority for one country with africa, and the near east was run by other people. you had one country libya that was being run by different group of people. you mentioned this earlier. they determined that there are not you got to go. is that correct? >> when you say he got to go, you're talking about -- >> if the assistant secretary shapiro -- if he had called the combatant commander and said we need you to put all assets on the target, would you have been taking action at that command in concert with the european command to begin moving assets toward benghazi sooner? >> from my perspective working at a staff officer at j2, what i saw going on and surrounding, it appeared to me had the state department made such a request within the authority that existed on the part of the combatant commander, they could have done more. >> and within the joint interagency arrangement, you saw for, during, and after 9/11, the decision did not belong to the department of defense. it belonged to the department of state? >> there are certain things that a combatant c

mr. shapiro and the engagement, was libya different in state department interface, and if so, how? >> either -- the answer is, yes, it was different, and it was different because our other engagements, where we were engaged militarily, where we were supporting the policy of the united states, we worked with a c.t. type focus, counterterrorism type focus. this was the first activity that did not start out as a counterterrorism effort that employed the combat power for africa command. >> thank you. mr. lynch, are you next? the gentlelady is recognized. >> thank you, chairman. given the atrocities that gaddafi committed, it is no question that libya is much better off without him. after 42 years of rule, we have a delicate transition to a democracy. dr. wehrey, you testified previously that overwhelmingly the country's political leaders are rejecting violence for political means and that they are committed to some sort of a democratic path forward and that they will have greater cooperation with the u.s. can you explain in more detail what their willingness is or how that willingness

mr. shapiro, under someone who had special authority for one country with africa, and the near east was run by other people. you had one country libya that was being run by different group of people. you mentioned this earlier. they determined that there are not you got to go. is that correct? when you say he got to go, you're talking about -- but if the assistant secretary called theif he had divinity combatant commander and said we need you to put all would youthe target, have been taking action at that command in concert with the european command to begin moving assets toward benghazi sooner? >> from my perspective working i a staff officer at j2, what saw going on and surrounding, it it appeared to me had the state department eight such a request within the authority that existed on the part of the combatant commander, they could have done more. >> and within the joint interagency arrangement, you saw 9/11, theg, and after decision did not belong to the department of defense. it belonged to the department of state? >> there are certain things that a combatant commander can do, but a gre

mrs. clinton's closest aides are likely to be under the microscope. >> anyone else under the state department you interacted with. >> shapiro was there as well. >> andrew shapiro is among the founding partners at beacon. their online biosuggests that no one else knows more about the benghazi attack. >> pe loes i described a -- a good run is better than a bad stand with the recess no immediate pressure on a decision. >>> a delicate balancing act today for president obama. he was pushing his green energy policies in california, but in doing so, he was getting pushback from another core support group, big labor. >> reporter: as a san francisco bay area walmart, president obama praised the owners for installing solar panels, led light bulbs. >> this is going to be make a difference, it's the right thing to do for the planet and for the bottom line, because when you save that money, you can pass that money back to consumers in the form of lower prices, or you can use it to create more jobs. >> mr. obama announced executive actions and corporate commitments he says will have the impact of taking 80 million cars off the street by increasing energy efficiency