. >> bring in ray mcgovern. ray mcgovern briefs presidents for decades. he says this was an intelligence failure. this was a conflict, it became a diplomatic facility. what does all of that mean? i don't mind asking these questions. i'm not afraid of asking the hard questions. but you know what? you've got to detoxify the atmosphere so that i can trust the answers. >> that's what the democrats are doing. >> i'm not -- no, you know what, this is not about democrats or republicans. this is about american people getting the answers. >> ron, last word. >> yeah, no. that's what the democrats are doing. they're trying to put up a smokescreen, have a fog machine go around this whole thing by simply calling it politics and calling it a kangaroo court. you know what, we just found out last week that the white house lied. they said they were not part of covering this up. when we found an e-mail from ben rhodes, a white house staffer, telling susan rice, talk about the anti muslim video, stay away from administration policy. that's a golden nugget. oh, my gosh. >> w