we knew quickly it was premeditated.members of congress on capitol hill, telling them this. there was a state department comment that this was an attack that had been planned and premeditated. what she said tonight dug the hole deeper rather than helped them out. >> bret: juan, i read this quote. it's part of the conference call we had this week, that originally we weren't invited to and the state department held. and this question about what prompted you to tie the attack in benghazi to the video? the state department official says that is a question you would have to ask others. that was not our conclusion. from the beginning. then you had testimony yesterday on capitol hill. in which this woman lamb says she was in constant contact. head video connection with the perimeter cameras there. they knew it wasn't a protest. it was calm all day. they were in constant contact with the people there. where was the disconnect with rice going out five days later. then the president on david letterman linking the video to the beng

all information, we saw no evidence to back up claims by others that this was a preplanned, or premeditatedack, that we saw evidence it was sparked by the reaction to the video. >> today, carney downplayed the e-mails noting they include nonclassified information called from social -- culled from social media flights telling reporters aboard air force one -- >> i and others made very clear that our preliminary statements were preliminary and an investigation was underway and as more facts became available we would make the american people aware of them. >> today, secretary of state hillary clinton backed up the white house account. >> posting something on facebook is not in and of itself evidence. i think it is under scores how fluid the reporting was at the time and continued for some time to be. >> carney added later the al-qaeda affiliated group claimed not to be involved in the attack. the only suspect now in custody in the terror attack is a member of the group described as the suspected participant and not commander of the assault. >> we don't know much about him, because we have not

. >> the best assessment we have today is that in fact this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. what happened initially was it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transfired in cairo as a consequence of the video. our current assessment is what happened in benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneousee racks to what had just transpired hours before in kaj row, almost a copy-cat of the demonstrations against our facility in cairo, which were prompted, of course, by the video. >> what our assessment is as of the present is in fact what began spontaneously in benghazi as a reaction to what had transpired some hours earlier in cairo. >> she is reiterating the same words over and over. >> that was a talking point she was sent out to deliver. >> by whom? >> i would -- my surmise and it's a surmise is that this was coordinated at the highest levels of the ad administration, in concert with what is a perpetual campaign. we know the white house and the campaign operation for barack obama it's almost like a seamless deal over there. they are working hand and glove together. if th

after the assault based on an interview with the head of the house intelligence committee in was premeditated commando style attack. then with my colleagues pamela brown, on the 17th after the ambassador wrote his comments, we reported there was no demonstration at consulate when the attack happened. then my colleague bret baier was the first to report that a guantanamo detainees was suspected of having a role into that attack. you make a good point. we've had three terrorist attacks on the obama administration's watch yet they have failed to call them as such or delayed in their branding as such. fort hood where i've done an extensive investigation, how can they brand that as workplace violence. it's just dishonest to if i could take my reporter's hat on for a moment. >> that what some of us was saying. this is so obvious to someone. very quickly because i don't want run out of time but i have to ask about new information on some of the security flaws that parental were at the consulate in benghazi. you uncovered some of those security flaws. tell us what they were. >> i spoke yesterday who

. >> best assessment we have today is that in fact this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. >>mbassador rice in her comments on every network over the weekend was very clear, very precise about what our initial assessment of what happened is. >> i'm simply saying based on the information we initially had available and had available, we do not have any indication at this point of premeditation or preplanned attack. >> certainly on that question, i would say yes. they were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy. >> we also reported that the ambassador specifically a rise in extremism and said he was on al-qaeda hit list. the information for that report was carolly vetted. some was found in a personal journal of ambassador stevens. we came through our journal upon our reporting. >> what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. >> there is no doubt that the kind of weapons that were used, the ongoing assault that it wasn't just a mob action. we don't have all the information yet. >> are you saying on september 12th high called it terrorism. he sedative terror

they delivered opening statements with the prosecution calling it premeditated murder fueled with jealousy and hate. she said giselle esteban was snapped when provoked and family and friends said it was a difficult moment as the last moments of michelle le's life were laid out for the jury. >> this is anticipation without all the details is becoming very difficult. >> they say michelle le was dating the father of giselle esteban's child. she was killed four months later. >>> and the mass shooting in oakland will be evaluated after making an outburst in court. during a previous hearing yesterday, one goh suddenly stood up and said i have a motion. his attorney talked about his mental state. >> he will be assessed by a psychologist to determine whether he is ready to stand trial. >> else accused of killing seven people during a shooting rampage at oikos university where he was once a student. >>> and we are just one day away from the first presidential debate for mitt romney and nevada. tomorrow night's debate will be held on the campus which is undergoing a renovation. there are some studen

. >> there was not a premeditated attack.ppened any initially it was a spontaneous reaction to what had transpired in cairo as a consequence of the video. >> they panicked. >> former white house chief of staff john sununu is senior advisor to mitt romney's campaign. >> this is purely political reaction in a white house that had prepared itself to establish a narrative of a president getting rid of the threat of terrorism using the death of bin laden to focus on that and waking up one morning and finding out that terrorism on 9/11 of this year was back full-fledged and even killing a u.s. ambassador. >> former obama state department spokesman p.j. crowley. >> i don't see a political agenda. i see the fog of war. the fact that we still do not know, it's not about politics. it's about the difficult task of reconstructing what happened and having full access to the site and to all the people that played a role in this. >> september 18th. >> did the administration have any sort of heads up that violence was increasing specifically

instead it was a premeditated attack. the reality 1* he owes not only a explanation, but the truth. >> he also owes an explanation hown additional resources were requested and not provided. >> what makes this worse in my opinion is we knew in realtime. we had testimony by charlene, i forget her last name from thete state department. they were watching in realtime. the intelligence community knew in 24 hours. he is saying to the american people he didn't know? i don't know what is worse, not knowing or lying. i suspect he did know. i suspect twos a cover up. i suspect there is probably going to be a revelation at some point down the line. in the next three weeks? i don't know. >> secretary clinton takes responsibility. president obama tries to catch up with her today. four years ago she made a powerful ad saying will he be ready for that 3:00 a.m. phone call? we may be learning that right now. >> i think glad things are going well. what is the unemployment there? >> we have been below average every month. we are actually o

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. >> it was a spontaneous, not a premeditated response to what had transpired in cairo. >> reporter: then white house press secretary jay carney eight days after benghazi. >> we do not have evidence that it was premeditated. >> reporter: the political battle over benghazi is drawing attention away from moments touted by both campaigns, whether it was romney on the economy. >> we just can't afford four more years like the last four years. >> reporter: or the jabs from the president on romney's record on china, his opposition to a bailout of the auto industry and even his wealth. >> i don't look at my pension. it's not as big as yours. >> reporter: in reflection of the romney campaign's desire to jump back into debate prep as soon as possible, advisors postponed what was billed as a speech on fiscal discipline. no word yet on when it will be rescheduled. wolf. >> jim acosta, thank you. and you don't want to miss the third and final presidential debate that happens monday night. the focus will be on foreign policy. cnn special coverage will begin at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> we all noi the

prosecutors contend the murder was premeditated and fueled with jealousy and hatred. the brother of michelle le embraced friends and supporters after opening statements. >> he's having a very difficult time with the first presentation like the rest of the family. >> reporter: cameras were not permitted inside the courtroom where the bones of le were presented. in court today both sides described esteban as a woman consumed with jealousy and hatred for le. the defense says it was a crime of passion. the defense says prosecutors can't prove first or second degree murder but today prosecutors set out to prove motive and premeditation. they shared one conversation during which esteban accused of meresiban of harboring feeling for le and threatening both saying you will be honest about le or i will take your life and hers. today scott meresigan testified that he and le were just friends but that esteban was convinced that the two were having a sexual relationship. esteban once sent meresigan a text saying that he had picked a wore over his family. >> we're just here for mi

in which, she pressed the idea now discredited that the benghazi murders were not premeditated but grewut of a protest that spun out of control. ambassador rice also spoke about the precautions taken before 9/11. >> the security personnel, the state department thought were required were in place. >> clearly that judgment turned out to be wrong. fox news learned that the coming hours will bring significant new details about the state department pre9/11 security decisions in benghazi from house lawmakers, bret, who have been reviewing classified documents in this case. >> bret: we'll follow all of that. thank you. please join me for a special look at the libya terror attack friday night. a one-hour presentation, "special report" investigates death and deceit in benghazi. it can be seen tomorrow at 10:00 p.m. eastern. so set the dvr. the clock many in washington hear ticking louder every day is countdown to the end of the year and what is the fiscal cliff. it's fast approaching. chief white house correspondent ed henry reports tonight on the latest salvos in this big game of political chic

that suggested that this was premeditated. weeks the administration went out and sold a totally different story. >> bret: to hear jay carney today try to repackage this today but kind of interesting. >> so say this is what we thought at the time and information eed. the most kind of mystifying part of this is that susan rice was definitive and so out over the tip of her skis as they say, on the sunday talk shows. why not say then we're doing an investigation to find out what happened? instead of sayingdy fintively it was spontaneous protest that got hijacked? that has caused more trouble than attack itself. >> bret: often the case in this town. >> often the case. >> bret: charles, to steve's point, shocking thing was the state department last night on the conference call. we weren't invited to it. they say it was an oversight. we pointed that out last night. they say everything is calm. ambassador walks the turkish diplomat out to the road. 4 is nobody there. they don't see people on video. security people say it's been that w

. >> in fact this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. >> reporter: we know the administrati did internallylassy as orta win 2 re hours from now in a house oversight committee hearing just across the street thats being billed simply as the security failures of benghazi. bill. bill: i'm looking at four witnesses. yet heads up what they will >> h atlbi e emic nordstrom, the regional security officer for libya in the state department already told congressional investigators abou 230 security incidents from last june to this july. these incidents pnt vienias fre be aou degrade quickly. certainly not a environment where posts should be directed to normalized operations and reduced security resources in accordance with an artificial timetable. e e' h f'soneari ode nreroaew the utah army national garth who was in charge of a security team in benghazi that left lib a few weeks before the attack. he told cbs as soon as he arrived in february there was pressure from theta depant snkhe setyce eareisfog r,nku. on that leading our coverage in washington. martha. martha: there is much more on

it wasn't preplanned or premeditated. like 20 guys were just walking out with her evening stroll and said there is the u.s. consulate, let's go attack it. >> to happen to see a video and got so upset. even giving that benefit of the doubt -- why did we not give the disclosure of information? >> from our perspective, we got out to you the information that we had as soon as we had. and it was available. what happened has been based on the best available information we have. >> every piece of information we look at and we make should we try future. megyn: so by what we can tell in black-and-white. remember the vice presidential debate, vice president biden said something about jay carney the next day saying that he was not that she and the president were separated from us. he said that they were never needing more security at the consulate. >> okay, let's be terrible. why were they not told about something like this when it comes to libya, a no man's land after the error screen. >> he said that he was asked, knowing that it

prosecutors contend the murder was premeditated and fueled with jealousy and hatred. the brother of michelle le embraced friends and supporters after opening statements. >> he's having a very difficult time with the first presentation like the rest of the family. >> reporter: cameras were not permitted inside the courtroom where the bones of le were presented. in court today both sides described esteban as a woman consumed with jealousy and hatred for le. the defense says it was a crime of passion. the defense says prosecutors can't prove first or second degree murder but today prosecutors set out to prove motive and premeditation. they shared one conversation during which esteban accused of meresiban of harboring feeling for le and threatening both saying you will be honest about le or i will take your life and hers. today scott meresigan testified that he and le were just friends but that esteban was convinced that the two were having a sexual relationship. esteban once sent meresigan a text saying that he had picked a wore over his family. >> we're just here for mi

information that we have at present is that in fact, what this began as was a spontaneous, not a premeditated response to what had transpired in cairo. in cairo, as you know, a few hours earlier there was a violent protest that was undertaken in reaction to this very offensive video that was disseminated. >> the u.n. ambassador susan rice. two sundays ago, took another three days before the administration began acknowledging what many experts say should have been obvious. >> let me begin by asking you whether you would say that ambassador stevens and the three other americans died as a result of a terrorist attack. >> certainly on that particular question, i would say yes. they were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy. >> two days later, secretary of state clinton made it even plainer. >> what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack, and we will not rest until we have tracked down and brought to justice the terrorists who murdered four americans. >> keeping them honest, if the white house wants credit for quickly labeling what happened in benghazi an act of terror, c

information that we have at present is that in fact, what this began as was a spontaneous, not a premeditated response to what had transpired in cairo. in cairo, as you know, a few hours earlier, there was a violent protest that was undertaken in reaction to this very offensive video that was disseminated. >> the spontaneous, not premeditated is the important part. that was four days after raw intelligence was available contradicting that. three days after the intelligence community may have apprised both lawmakers and the white house that such intelligence, preliminary though it may have been, in fact existed. so why then did susan rice say that? an intelligence official tells us she was working off a set of cia talking points. several senior administration officials tell us ambassador rice's use of the word spontaneous came directly from an assessment coming from congress and was not edited by the white house. but keeping them honest the white house had been in frequent contact with the cia days before that, and the cia reportedly had at least raw intelligence casting doubt on the idea this

. >> we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude this was premeditated or preplanned. >> reporter: later the administration said terrorists were behind the planned attack. clinton says in the fog of war, there's always going to be confusion. >> everybody had the same information. i have to say i know there's been a lot of attention paid to who said what when but i think what happened is more important. we were attacked. >> reporter: a group of republican senators issued a statement praising clinton for accepting responsibility but say blame rests with the president and his national security team. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >>> former senator and presidential candidate george mcgovern has been admitted to a hospice in south dakota. the democrat is best known for his unsuccessful 1972 campaign against richard nixon. mcgovern's family issued a statement saying they appreciate everyone's well wishes and they request privacy. george mcgovern is 90 years old. >>> former senator arlen specter will be laid to rest today. the former pennsylvania senator died of

the closing of the stables, and the timing of this warning indicate that there was some type of premeditated determination that on this date our park system would change. we would change so radically and so greatly that nothing would compare to it in 140 years. and so the point i'm making is is that at some point you have to reevaluate what has happened in the past, and you have to balance it with the needs of the present moment, and the needs of the present moment is that you have a very dense population of people in san francisco that need recreational opportunities, and currently they're having to drive out of the city to see those opportunities which creates a large environmental footprint, and that footprint could be reduced by bringing equestrians back to the city which would also offer a traffic resolution. it would slow down and impede this constant l.a. traffic we're seeing in our city. traffic calming is created by equestrians, and so by getting rid of the equestrians we have seen a complete increase in aggressive traffic and a reduction in the quality of life of san franciscans wh

rice went out five days later, she is virtual number two in the state department said it was not premeditated, not preplanned. this was a protest, out of the protest all this violence came, which was completely not true. >> let's hear what vice said. >> we weren't told they wanted more security again. we didn't know they wanted more security again. >>> question in the face of the diplomatic testimony at the issa hearing what justification is there for vice president biden to say they were not notified? >> i know what the white house is arguing saying that they only didn't know because the state department didn't tell them. that is not really a good excuse. there are four dead americans. the first ambassador killed since 1979. the vice president saying i didn't know about it, who ran the policy for decades. that doesn't ring true. >> nobody is saying it is not a good excuse. but we don't know where the. >> eleanor, there is a great massive breakdown of communication. we have four people dead and the president the next day the president flies out to las vegas to do his. >> the white house is sa

everybody over the age of nine could see that it was premeditated. that is why it was suppressed until it could no longer be suppressed. >> i am not aware of the conspiracy that charles has his own strange and wonderful sources -- >> how do you explain her -- >> i am going to try to explain my moderator's question about this. the problems were pulle -- the problem republicans have is that mitt romney has never c cracked the threshold of being a po it does punish the obama record, and there's no question that osama bin laden took the wind out of the cells of the republican candidates. it was an enormous credential for obama. but because romney chose paul ryan, he in no way filled out the emptiness of his own resume in foreign policy. for that reason, he has not been able to exploit what should be an advantage. >> can you explain why susan rice insisted that the attack on the embassy was the result of a demonstration? >> it is entirely possible -- may i -- >> i was asking mark. >> we like to hear from everybody. >> if you were actually trying to hide s

ambassador susan rice who said that there was nothing that showed this was planned or premeditated, whenon the 16th on on all the sunday shows and we heard from panetta on the 26th who said it was clear this was a planned act of terror. should the administration come out and say what it absolutely is or is not before they know? >> well, president obama said the buck stops with him, and the administration should investigate and come out with exactly what happened there. you know, i really find it interesting that the republicans are trying to use this for the election when -- when congressman ryan, my colleague, had a budget which cut $330 million out of diplomatic security which is less than what the administration requested. so, you know, i want to get to the bottom of it, and i want to find out if -- if there were any kind of improprieties, and if there are heads should roll, but i think using this to use cheap political gains before an election is not what the republicans should be doing at all. >> do you think that congressman issa released these documents specifically to set up gove

prosecutors can't prove first or second degree murder but today prosecutors set out to prove murder and premeditation. they shared one conversation during which esteban accused of harboring feelings for le and threatening them both saying you'll be honest about it or i'll take your life and hers. >> they basically documented every move this woman has made, know exactly every location she's been in over the course of the last couple of years. >> today, scott testified that he and le were just friends but that esteban was falsely convinced that a two were having a sexual relationship. esteban once sent a text accusing him of picking a his or her over his family, a depiction le's family would not address. esteban's family also declined to answer questions about giselle and the baby she had while in custody. in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the trial of the man suspected in the oi kus university mass shooting was put on hold today when the defendant's sanity came to question. 43-year-old appeared in oakland courtroom this morning. he faces seven koubts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. d