i want hillary to tell me why this is not so. >> ms. smithou get your answer eventually because you remind everybody what this is all about. >> she has to let me know. she has got to. i am the mother. or i was the mother. she wasn't. why does she know and i can't find out about my son. it has been three years. how long will it take before i find out something? somebody in the government should let me know something. >> ms. smith, i feel for you. i really do. and i really help this investigative committee can get it out of the papers in terms of what their motives are and get the answers you are looking for and give them to you. i thank you for coming on the program. >> trey gowdy said he would give me answers once it is done. i am waiting for the answers. i think he is doing a good job. i think he is trying to find answers. i think hillary and her department ought to stop sitting on the pot and give answers to some of these things instead of saying it is not my fault. >> thank you, ma'am. thank you very much. we will see you next time. >>> to

she has extensive -- ms. smith, gayle smith has extensive experience in african affairs. she worked at this agency during the clinton administration. she is exactly what we need to confront this crisis in europe. even the chairman of the foreign reels committee, the junior -- foreign relations committee, the junior senator from tennessee, said eftion "glad the executive branch nominated someone who has the kind of experience that smith has." her nomination has won support from prominent republicans, including bill frist, who was one of my predecessors as the majority leader here in the senate, and from richard lugar, the distinguished republican, former chair of the foreign relations committee here in the senate. a man who has expertise in foreign relations. they both see her as the person to do the job. but that does not affect the junior senator from texas. and we know how others feel about him. former president bush gave his opinion of the junior senator from texas two days ago. there's widespread support for her nomination. if ohm the republica only the rr would bring

wiener and i thank you, supervisor kim i support your legislation thank you very much thank you, ms. smith. >> one more thing please thank you to accost and the tenants union, to house of rights committee and all the people that helped me in the gay community thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hello supervisors my name my name is chung i as a business - i don't want street you live i don't know why she just making crazy policy in san francisco because today, we say amendment to the residential rent is the balance and the owner and the tenants she is just professional more and more froze and more and more building to the owners then the owners they lead to pay more fee subsidies and anymore property tax so if they long to want to continue their house and rent their house out for the tenants they need to pay more fee subsidies more money give one letter for our tenant we need to pay more rents fee subsidies so why we just making in san francisco so they can fly to german i didn't but none to help us. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> i'm for the city based on out of the over-the-co

smith votes aye. >> mr. shift. >> aye. >> ms.ez. >> aye. >> miss duckworth. >> aye. >> miss duckworth votes aye. >> clerk will report.9 yay is five. no is eight. >> the motion is not agreed to. madame secretary. >> my apology, sir. it was seven. >> motion still not agreed to. >> even south carolina math can figure that out. >> madame secretary, before we broke there was a question asked that i thought was fair question which is why was i talking about mr. bloomingthal's e-mails. i think it's fair question. i think it's equally fair to ask why you were reading mr. bloomingthal's e-mails? i think both are fair. i want to go to june of 2012 which is an interesting time period to look at. charlene lamb was an employee of the state department. it's tab 56. i'm not going to read it. it's tab 56 where she described benghazi as a soft target. attacked on americans not staffed adequately. it's a very haunting e-mail to ee months to the day when our four fellow citizens were killed. that's on june 7th, 2012. also on june 7th of 2012, your

you saw the lakes of smith & wesson, ruger for example both rising with comments from ms.ding to concerns that gun restrictions, they could become as yesterday talking about how gun sale loopholes could be closed. wanting to hold sellers more accountable for how the weapons are used. we saw people rushing in to buy these gun stocks ahead of these tougher restrictions. it's possible they could be coming. president obama also outlining similar measures he would want to push through, as well. >> a lot of business news there. thank you 73 >>> time now for sports. we begin with the nfl and the seahawks hosting the lions on monday night football. to seattle, boy are the seahawks glad to have cam chancellor back in their secondary. the safety made a game saving play when he knocked the ball out of the arms of detroit receiver calvin johnson, short of the goal line with less than two minutes to play in the fourth quarter. a touchdown would have given the lions the lead. but the loose ball was batted out of the back of the end zone, and ruled a touch back. turning possession over t

ms. julie andrews is here. she's with us again. and sam smith -- she's here with her daughter, by the way. look at her. the first human who made me fall in love with singing, sam smith says. >> and just in time for halloween, there's a new children's book out. >> and billy eichner is here. he's crazy. somehow he convinces celebs to participate with him, which is shocking. but he's got a game he's going to play with us called "hoda or yoda." >> hello, john. every time he shows up anywhere, he gets emmy-nominated. >> you're going to be emmy-nominated for your guest appearance on our show today. everywhere you -- >> all right. he's in a series called "the librarian". >> which apparently is great. >> we can't wait. >> and it's ambush makeover day. and unfortunately, it's by hoda, too. >> a good reason to have fun today. >> julianne moore, a lot of people love her and we found another reason to fall in love with her. >> well, you did. >> she's on "ellen" and she was talking about her hair issues. >> which i never knew she had, did you? >> no. when you see her hair, it looks like she wakes up like that. yest

smith. >> aye. >> mr. schiff. >> aye. >> ms. sanchez. >> aye. >> miss duckworth. >> aye. >> the clerk will report. >> and mr. gowdy. >> no. >> mr. gowdy votes no. yea 5, nos 8. >> and the motion is not agreed to. madame secretary -- >> my apology, sir. it was 7. >> motion still not agreed to. even south carolina math can figure that out. madame secretary, before we broke, there was a question asked that i thought was a fair question, which is why was i talking about mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i do think that's a fair question. i think it's an equally it fair question to ask why you were reading mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i think both are fair. so i want to go to june of 2012 which is an interesting time period to look at. charlene lamb was an employee of the state department ande-mail, read it, but where she describes benghazi as a soft target, attacks on americans not staffed adequate thely, a very haunting e-mail to read. it was actually three months to the day when our four fellow citizens were killed. and that is on june 7, 20

ms. foxx: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. smith: mr. speaker, last month, pope francis admonished a joint session of congress to follow the golden rule, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. he said the golden rule impels to protect and defend human life at every stage of development and it's wrong to remain silent and look the other way. establishing this select committee is the right thing to do we simply can't remain silent or look the other way. instead congress needs to thoroughly investigate profoundly disturbing conduct by top level planned parenthood officials. caught on tape, and i've watched all the tapes, planned parenthood's top leadership, not interns or lower level employees, showed callous disregard for human lives while gleefully calculated the gains from the sale of baby body parts. we know that every day, planned parenthood dismembers or chemically poisons to death approximately 900 unborn babies. since 1973, more than sev

ms. foxx: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. smith: mr. speaker, last month, pope francis admonished a joint session of congress to follow the golden rule, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. he said the golden rule impels to protect and defend human life at every stage of development and it's wrong to remain silent and look the other way. establishing this select committee is the right thing to do we simply can't remain silent or look the other way. instead congress needs to thoroughly investigate profoundly disturbing conduct by top level planned parenthood officials. caught on tape, and i've watched all the tapes, planned parenthood's top leadership, not interns or lower level employees, showed callous disregard for human lives while gleefully calculated the gains from the sale of baby body parts. we know that every day, planned parenthood dismembers or chemically poisons to death approximately 900 unborn babies. since 1973, more than sev

smith? >> aye. >> mr. schiff? >> aye. >> ms. sanchez? >> aye. >> ms. duckworth? >> aye. >> ms. duckworth votes aye. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. gowdy? >> no. ayes, 5, noes, 8. the motion is not agreed to. >> madame secretary -- >> my apologies. >> motion still not agree. ed to. even south carolina math can figure that out. >> madame secretary, before we broke, there was a fair question why was i talking about mr. blumenthal's e-mails. that's a fair question. it's a fair question to ask why you were reading mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i think both are fair. i want to go to june of 2012, which is an interesting time period to look at. charlene lam sent an e-mail, which you may be familiar with. it's tab 56. i'm not going to read it. she described benghazi as a soft target, attacks on americans, not staffed adequately. it was a haunting e-mail to read. it was three months to the day when our four fellow citizens were killed. that's on june 7th, 2012. also on june 7th of 2012, your deputy chief of staff is e-mailing ambassador stevens asking the ambassador to look at a memo sydn

ms. foxx: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. smith: mr. speaker, last month, pope francis admonished a joint session of congress to follow the golden rule, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. he said the golden rule impels to protect and defend human life at every stage of development and it's wrong to remain silent and look the other way. establishing this select committee is the right thing to do we simply can't remain silent or look the other way. instead congress needs to thoroughly investigate profoundly disturbing conduct by top level planned parenthood officials. caught on tape, and i've watched all the tapes, planned parenthood's top leadership, not interns or lower level employees, showed callous disregard for human lives while gleefully calculated the gains from the sale of baby body parts. we know that every day, planned parenthood dismembers or chemically poisons to death approximately 900 unborn babies. since 1973, more than sev

smith. >> aye. >> mr. schiff. >> aye. >> ms. sanchez. >> aye. >> miss duckworth. >> aye. >> the clerk will report. >> and mr. gowdy. >> no. >> mr. gowdy votes no. yea 5, nos 8. >> and the motion is not agreed to. madame secretary -- >> my apology, sir. it was 7. >> motion still not agreed to. even south carolina math can figure that out. madame secretary, before we broke, there was a question asked that i thought was a fair question, which is why was i talking about mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i do think that's a fair question. i think it's an equally it fair question to ask why you were reading mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i think both are fair. so i want to go to june of 2012 which is an interesting time period to look at. charlene lamb was an employee of the state department ande-mail, read it, but where she describes benghazi as a soft target, attacks on americans not staffed adequate thely, a very haunting e-mail to read. it was actually three months to the day when our four fellow citizens were killed. and that is on june 7, 20

ms. maria. >> maria: happy thursday, everybody, good morning, i'm maria bartiromo. it is thursday october 22nd, with me sandra smith 6:00 a.m. in the east coast. she will face questions on the 2012 attack that left four americans dead. politically motivated, republicans say the questions will be centered on the attack and not emails. we finally got answer from joe biden. >> unfortunately i believe we are out of time, the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. >> maria: big hurdle to the clinton campaign. even though he will not be in the race, he will not be silent. wisconsin congressmen paul ryan to replace boehner as speaker of the house, majority will support ryan, the vote did fall short by ryan has the vote to secure that job. turning to the markets, caterpillar, dow, all among those to report earnings for the third quarter. important meeting as well. take a look at futures. gains, and still third of a percent. over in europe, investors are waiting on decision from european central bank. many are expecting president to extend easying policy. major averages there, mixed, cac in paris and

smith: i yield the gentlelady 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for 30 seconds. ms. stefanik: when the nda comes across the -- across the president's desk, i hope he -- it is could important. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: i yield myself the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: i'll start with that last comment because it is a popular trope trotted out all the time about how sequestration was the president's idea and not our fault, which is fascinating. i don't think it's clear whose idea sequestration was but the reason we did the budget control act and sequestration was because the republican majority in the house was refusing to raise the debt ceiling. refusing to allow us to borrow money at a time when we had to borrow it. how do we think that would have impacted national security in our troops? i voted against the budget control act. but i've often said, i don't hold anything against those who voted for it. because they basically had a gun to their head. the budget control act wa

ms. julie andrews is here. she's with us again. and sam smith -- she's here with her daughter, by the way. look at her.

sean smith was one of those four americans who died in the 2012 attack. his mother, patricia jones, joins me now from san diego. ms. jones, thanks for joining us and my condolences for the loss of your son. >> hello, there. >> what do you make of these strong allegations now that this was all some kind of political witch-hunt against hillary clinton? >> i have a lot of thoughts on that. first of all, it is about hillary. this is her department. it was her area, her bailiwick, and she did all the instruction on what should be done there. why shouldn't they talk to hillary about it? >> the focus, though, or at least the allegation that is made here is that it's not being done so much to find out for you or americans as to what happened, but in some way to try to anyoneish her as a politician and her chances to apparently run for office. >> hillary is not a wonderful perp as far as i'm concerned. she promised me personally a lot of things when i was in washington she never came through and said anything on. she never got back to me. all she ever did was tell me i was not a member of the immediate family. i don't thin

ms. duckworth running for the senate so this is another opportunity for her to boost her profile. she's taking on senator mark kirk in illinois to elevate her profile a little bit there. mr. smith is a member of the armed services committee and so there are some serious names and some serious people for the democrats hope would bring a serious -- here and none of them have been critical of the gop select committee especially mr. schiff has suggested that maybe democrats might not stick with it. he floated the opportunity that democrats should pull out of the committee entirely which was some of the early speculation before this committee was named a lot of talk whether democrats should participate at all given me see this as a partisan witchhunt. ultimately they decided to stick with it because they figured it's better to have someone in the room but not in the room but there has been a lot of reluctance and skepticism among democrats that this would be a ferric investigation affair committee and to a person right now all of those democrats say the committee has been a partisan exercise and that's been there could position for last year and a half. >> host: julian hattem from t

ms. duckworth is running for senate, so this is another opportunity for her to boost her profile. she is taking on senator mark perk in illinois, hoping this will raise her and elevate her profile. mr. smith is the ranking member on the armed services committee. and so these are some serious names, some serious people who the democrats hoped would bring a serious front here. a lot of them have been relatively critical of the gop-led committee, especially mr. schiff has suggested that maybe democrats might not stick with it, that he's floated the opportunity that democrats should pull out of the committee entirely, which was some of the early speculation before this committee was made. there was a lot of talk about whether democrats should participate at all given that they see this as a largely partisan witch-hunt. they decided not to, to stick with it because they figured it's better to have someone in the room than not in the room. there has been a lot of skepticism this would be a fair committee and pretty much to a person right now all of those democrats say that this committee has been a partisan exercise and that's been their position for the last year and a half and it continues to

ms. clinton: that is correct. >> my focus is to make sure that we never put brave americans like ambassador stevens, sean smith, the ground again anywhere in the world without the protection they so rightly deserve. having flown combat missions myself and in some dangerous places, i understand the dedication of our men and women. i have a special affinity for the diplomatic corps because these are folks that go in without the benefit of weapons, military might, armed only with america's values and diplomatic words and a handshake to further our nation's interest. i am determined to make sure that we safeguard in the name of our heroic dead, our men and women in the diplomatic corps around the world. the bottom line for me, i'm a mission-driven person, with respect to examining what went wrong in benghazi it is clear. let's learn from those mistakes and figure out what we need to do to fix them. i have only been in congress, not quite three years. i have served on two other committees that have looked at the benghazi attack. so i have had a chance to really look at all of these documents. ,ne of the things that

ms. slaughter spm i'm pleased to yield one and a half minutes to the gentleman from washington, distinguished ranking member of the committee on armed services, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. smith: i rise in opposition to this resolution. as a member of the benghazi panel, i think what we learned from the benghazi panel is that this house majority is not to be trusted when it comes to formal -- when it comes to forming special investigatory panels. basically they form them for purely partisan reasons as representative mccarthy admitted just last week. second point here is one that's been made repeatedly. there's no evidence whatsoever that planned parenthood has violated the law. so what exactly is it that we are investigating? even the chairman of the house goth and oversight committee admitted there's no evidence that planned parenthood has violated the law. third, there is a house government oversight committee. in fact, just about every committee in congress has an oversight function. so why don't we use that instead of wasting taxpayer dollars on something like the beng

ms. brownley: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in strong support of this bipartisan bill, the read act which will ensure finally that science drives informed public policy. i want to thank chairman smith for his passionate leadership on this issue and today is a day i think that we can all celebrate and i want to thank you very, very much for all of your efforts. the read act will increase national science foundation research on dyslexia, including best practices on early identification and professional development for teachers and school administrators. it will also support research on the most effective teaching practices and curriculum models for students with dyslexia. the research this bill supports can make a difference a big, big difference in the lives of millions of american children. learning disabilities like dyslexia and attention related disorders affect as many as one in five children in our country. 's as my daughter hanna struggle with dyslexia that led me, quite frankly, to public service. out of real frustration, i ran for my local school board because as a parent, it was clear to me that our schools were unprepared to meet my daughter's needs and to meet the needs o

smith: i yield the gentlelady 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for 30 seconds. ms. stefanik: when the nda comes across the -- across the president's desk, i hope he -- it is could important. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: i yield myself the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: i'll start with that last comment because it is a popular trope trotted out all the time about how sequestration was the president's idea and not our fault, which is fascinating. i don't think it's clear whose idea sequestration was but the reason we did the budget control act and sequestration was because the republican majority in the house was refusing to raise the debt ceiling. refusing to allow us to borrow money at a time when we had to borrow it. how do we think that would have impacted national security in our troops? i voted against the budget control act. but i've often said, i don't hold anything against those who voted for it. because they basically had a gun to their head. the budget control act wa

ms. duckworth is running for senate. this is another opportunity for her to boost her profile. she's taking on senator mark kirk in illinois, hoping this will raise her and elevate her profile. mr. smith is the ranking member on the armed services committee. there are serious names and serious people who the democrats hope would bring a serious front here. and a lot of them have been relatively critical of the gop-led committee, especially mr. shift has suggested that maybe democrats might not stick with it, that he's floated the opportunity that democrats should pull out of the committee entirely, which was some of the early speculation before this committee was made, there was a lot of talk about whether democrats should participate at all given that they see this as a largely partisan witch hunt. ultimately they decided not to, they decided to stick with it that it's better to have someone if the room rather than not in the room. there's been a lot of skepticism that this would be a fair investigation and fair committee. to a person, all those democrats say this committee has been a partisan exercise, and that's been their position for the last year and a half, and it continues to

ms. lofgren: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserve -- the gentlewoman reserves her time, the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. franks: mr. speaker, i now yield to the gentleman, mr. smith, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: i thank my good friend, the chair, for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of s. 1300, the adopt i family relief act this bill seeks to remove obstacles for immigrant visas to be issued to adopted children. clearly the challenge of caring for orphans due to crises worldwide is increasing. rather than frustrate, however, or undermine the compassion and love of american families who seek to adopt, legislation modestly seeks to remove some of those barriers and smor those obstacles. i would point out to my colleagues, i have held a number of hearings on adoption in my subcommittee, the subcommittee on africa, global health and global human rights. one of those hearings several months ago, one of our witnesses made a very keen observation, that there are more than 50 million children orphaned on the continent of africa. if you put that number in perspective that would make those numbers of chi