one of those outspoken critics has been patricia smith, because her son, sean smith, a state department information officer, was one of the four americans killed in benghazi in september of 2012. patricia smith talked to anderson cooper a month after that attack. >> i told him if it's such a secret thing, fine, take me in another room, whisper in my ear what happened so i know and we'll go from there. but no, no, they treat me like at first i was so proud because they were treating me so nice when i went to that reception. they all came up to me and talked to me and everything. i cried on obama's shoulder. and then he kind of looked off into the distance. so that was worthless to me. i want to know, for god's sakes, or for allah's sake or for whoever's sake is there. i don't know where -- i look on tv and see bloody handprints on walls, thinking my god, is that my son's? i don't know if he was shot, i don't know -- i don't know. they haven't told me anything. they're still studying it and the things that they are telling me are just outright lies. >> that was patricia smith then. she is

. >> reporter: the labor department's top lawyer solicitor patricia smith said this week officials inirective to not credit dr. wheeler's negative readings in black lung cases. >> my judgment of his credibility, unless some one can convince us otherwise that anyone who has done that many readings and never found black lung isn't probably credible. >> in coal country hundreds of miners. >> something she says, officials at the labor department did not realize until after watching the abc news report. was the labor department unaware of dr. wheeler's one-sided findings over so many years? >> as far as i know, yes. >> reporter: for miners like steve day who gave up hope after dr. wheeler ruled he did not have black lung, labor department said he can reapply and not worry about what dr. wheeler is going to say. >> if you feel that dr. wheeler's evidence was part of your case you should file a new claim. >> those claims will be re-evaluated? >> yes. >> reporter: it happened after the case of wayne cordal, of richmond, virginia, came to the attention of officials in washington. >> it was a b

. >> reporter: patricia smith's shawn was one of the americans killed and told our san diego station kagtv she still has many questions about what happened. >> i'm glad they got one of them. there was a whole bunch that set fire to that place. >> reporter: abu khatallah will be tried in federal court in washington, d.c. >> tahman bradley live in washington. thanks. >>> the other top issue in washington this morning is iraq. president obama has decided not to use air strikes for now because there's not enough information on gooding its. >> the president is expected to brief top lawmakers on the crisis. meanwhile, on the ground the islamic militants continue their march towards baghdad and abc's alex marquardt filed this moments ago. >> reporter: it is a fight to save the capital from falling. here kurdish fighters from northern iraq pin down as rounds from nearby isis fighters are around them. they meet the oncoming of insurgent jihadists that attack town after town and shot at a convoy of civilians this man said, the bus was carrying 24 men of they killed them all. this morning, sunn

. >> reporter: patricia smith's son sean was one of the americans killed. she told our san diego station kgtv she still has many questions about what happened. >> i'm glad they got one of them. there was a whole bunch that set fire to that place. >> reporter: abu khatallah is charged with terror-related crimes, and he'll be tried at a federal court here in washington, d.c. reena and devin. >> tahman bradley live in washington. thanks, tahman. >>> the other top issue in washington this morning is iraq. president obama has decided not to use air strikes for now because there's not enough information on good targets. >> the president is expected to brief top lawmakers on the crisis today. meanwhile, on the ground, the islamic militants continue their march toward baghdad. abc's alex marquardt filed this report moments ago. >> reporter: it is now a fight to save the capital baghdad from falling. here kurdish fighters from northern iraq pinned down as rounds from nearby isis fighters land all around them. iraq's army is coming up from the south to meet the oncom

. >> patricia smith's son was one of the americans killed. she still has many questions of what has happened. >> i am flood they -- glad they got one. a bunch of them set fire. >> khattala is charged with terror-related crimes and will be tried in washington, dc in federal court. >>> it is 6:09. >> what do you not see in this picture? fog? right? >> meteorologist mike nicco what does it mean for temperatures this morning and later today? >> fog is not there. hope eric is getting rest and relaxation. you can see the lack of wind on live doppler 7 hd. all that means is we have high pressure and warmer than average temperatures. if you are taking bart everyone is in the low-to-mid 50's and san francisco and hayward and oakland and concord at 54 but pittsburg is warmer at 65 and temperatures today are five to nine degrees warmer than yesterday. the warmest day this week. enjoy. >> if you are headed up to the point at the sonoma raceway the events start on friday but the race is on sunday so expect heavy delays on 121 and 37. the san mateo and dum

i talked to one of the mothers, and an emotional and candid interview, patricia smith. she has so many questions. she says no one from the white house, not president obama, not hillary clinton, has answered. here she was. >> hillary clinton will be answering questions as part of a town hall in a couple of hours here on cnn. let me ask you, live on cnn, if you could ask her one question, because christiane amanpour will be doing so, what is your one question for hillary clinton? >> why did she not give security? to those people that were there? she sent them in there to do her thing, whatever it is that she was supposed -- they were supposed to do. which they did willingly, and my son i'm sure did willingly. and he would probably do it again, even knowing what the outcome is. but why can't they just tell me the truth? just the truth. that's -- that should be something that's allowable. she don't care. she wants to be president. >> well, our chief international correspondent, christiane amanpour, heard that interview, and pat smith's understandable emotional plea. hours l

patricia smith, mother of sean smith, calling out secretary of state hillary clinton and demanding answersed. >> who can tell you that? >> hillary. why did she not give security when she put people in harm's way? as they say, they don't never leave anyone behind, but they do. they left him behind. bill: sean smith's uncle is michael, and he's my guest back here with us as well. michael, good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. here we are again. bill: yeah. we haven't spoken since the arrest. what do you think of that? >> well, i want to thank, first of all, our intelligence people, our military people and the law enforcement folks that actually captured this attacker. that's the first thing. also i want to thank congressman duncan hunter for actually attaching an amendment to a defense policy bill back on may 21st saying that the obama white house had to establish some accountability with congress and let them know exactly where they were in the progression of capturing these attackers. so kudos to duncan hunter on that one. and also for cosponsoring frank wolf's bill. bill: so he's en

they gave consent, they tracked her phone line, and the next day, this man smith, calls patricia mcdonough -- again, the use that, and they got a woman to go into his house, and they find a phone book turned to patricia mcdonough's name. the supreme court confronted with this, was this a violation of privacy to put a trap and trace? no it is not because he voluntarily give that information to the phone company. fast forward 30, 40 years, and suddenly it is not just whether you call patricia mcdonough, it is where you are located, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. your social networks, your religion, who you wake up, -- what time you wake up, who you wake up with, where you go. for the courts or the administration to treat this as third-party information controlled by a case decided the same year "get smart" was on television and not acknowledging the interests at stake is missing the picture in terms of what is happening with technology and the intrusiveness of technology on privacy. >> in other words, never watch tv shows for reality. especially reality tv. it's the last place to find re