indeed that of his colleagues, glen dougherty, sean smith, tyrone woods. i know you all join me in honoring and appreciating their service and devotion as well. chris and i worked together for a time almost a dozen years ago. he was even then fully committed to his work. an authority already in the middle east. a fine student of arabic. much more. he gave me careful and cogent advice and council as we wrestled together with the many growing problems that even back then were en endemic to the country's work. i learned about benghazi, as the critical changes in libya began to unfold. his leadership there at a time of great importance and danger was a tribute to his courage and bravery. his skill and dedication as a diplomat. to his commitment to a new and better libya. benghazi in a real sense, as you have heard today, became his city. as it is with a deep sense of fate that in benghazi he and his colleagues gave that last full measure for his country and his many friends in the city where he died, continuing to defend and prosper their hopes and their aspir

diego and a lot of them are down there but in the room we have victor par and oscar lab tory and sean smith and adriane simy and carl with the local carpenters 22, danny campbell with the sheet metal workers and the operating engineers -- who am i missing? ramone hernandez right behind me. i should have looked back. [applause] and additionally

diego and a lot of them are down there but in the room we have victor par and oscar lab tory and sean smith and adriane simy and carl with the local carpenters 22, danny campbell with the sheet metal workers and the operating engineers -- who am i missing? ramone hernandez right behind me. i should have looked back. [applause] and additionally mike mc kenny with electricians and tim paulson with the labor council and mike casey president in the back of the room over there. this is a project of the kind that makes building trades workers salivate. it is a startingly beautiful design from what we have seen so far. i am going to embarrass myself and speak in norwegian and it's the kind of project where we can look forward to bringing our skills to work on a project that will fully demand those skills, so that is quite apart from the hours it will bring to us, it quite a part from the food we will put on the table and the house payments and so on. that's one of the reasons this project really excites us and it's a dramatic project. however, we are happy to try to minimize the drama of actually

sean smith's father ray said he thinks his son called 911 for help and didn't get it. i know you said you grieve for these four americans but the families have been waiting for more than two months. i would like to -- for you to address the families, if you can. on 9/11 as commander in chief, did you issue any orders to try to protect their lives? >> ed, i'll address the families, not through the press. i'll address the families directly, as i already have. and we will provide all the information that is available about what happened on that day. that's what the investigation is for. but as i said repeatedly, if people don't think that we did everything we can to make sure that we saved the lives of folks who i sent there and who were carrying out missions on behalf of the united states, then you don't know how our defense department thinks or our state department thinks or our cia thinks. their number one priority, obviously, is to protect american lives. that's what our job is. >> [ inaudible ]. >> ed, i'll put forward every bit of information that we have. i can tel

>> sean smith's father ray says he believes his son called 9/11 fo 911 for help andt get it. like for you to address the families if you can. on 9/11, as commander-in-chief, did you issue any orders to try to protect their lives? >> ed, i will address the families, not through the press. i'll address the families directly. as i already have. we will provide all the information that is available about what happened on that day. that is what the investigation is for. >> kimberly: is that moving forward, bob, with transparency? >> bob: that is exactly the right thing to say. the idea that somehow, you guys have great clarity monday morning quarterback. have you seen the drone pictures of a smoky area? they couldn't see, they wouldn't know if they were in kansas or nebraska. >> eric: wait, have you? >> bob: yes, i have. >> eric: drone pictures. >> bob: yes, i have. >> eric: is there a b.s. call on this? >> kimberly: bringing the bell every five -- ringing the bell every five seconds. >> bob: if you want to see drone pictures you can go to the internet. >> greg: i saw a drone pict

and as we have previously reported, sean smith mentioned in his online post that night they were very concerned he and chris stevens and others that policeman may have been photographing the conflict for nefarious reasons. they have made aware the e-mails, they continue to lament days after that an unwillingness to the administration to knowledge the attack was terrorism. according to one agent i spoke with, the response process was isolated at the most senior level of the obama adminiration and they could have made some degree of difference for the fbi team that wanted to get on the ground quicker than the 24 dayit took them to do so. neil: kudos to your incredible report, you're way ahead of the curve, but at the very least it would implied an administration that they were at best ignorant of things going on. not a great defense. >> these are classified protocols in place almost be immediately deployed in the event of a hostage situation, in the event an ambassador is missing or in the event such as after the u.s. embassy in africa that were struck by terror bombings. neil: there's

times during the cose of the 7-hour assault amssador chistopher stephens, foreign service officer sean smith cia operatives tie ron woods and glendora the from both former seals were killed in a firefight that move from the cause led to the cia and makes a mile away. a cautionary note tonight, if i may. want to be very ear that what we are reporting, regardless of sources, of the very best journalists anywhere. and on this broadcast we work diligently to be absolutely straightforward with you, so i hope you will join us in strong, clear-eyed skepticism as we try to come to a clear understanding of what has happened and what is happening washington and what happened and why in benghazi. we take all of this appear tonight. its effect on the benghazi investigation, the national securi avocatis, and how america willlikely onduct its intelligence operations moving forward. a roster of experts and insiders tonight, including washington beat and senior editor, fox is middle east affairs analyst, and the "a-team,"," best-selling auor "wall street journal" opinion page editor, weekly standard senior

sean smith's mother pat, ty wood's father charles said on this very show you didn't answer them directly, that you were not sincere, and they are still waiting. and as for that susan rice debacle ... >> for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on tellens that she had received, and d to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> outrageous? if she had nothing to do with benghazi, why did you even send her out? why not the secretary of state? or the other people above rice? might this have been a dress rehearsal t ao test whether she could follow those make-believe narratives? and by the way, to me, outrageous is a so-called professional repeating a story and a conclusion five times on national television without the facts. we all know you had the facts. the auto, the visual, the drone, the intelligence, the secure communications, and we all know that she could readily access those facts. but enough about that. and a this week your then cia director david petraeus finally talked and said his intelligence report w

this is consistent with online post from sean smith, avid gamer before it was overrun with terroristsith was killed. "assuming we don't die tonight we saw one of the police guarding the come pound taking pictures." the classified cable sent to hillary clinton noted by headquarters that the situation on the ground was so dire in the long-term the consulate would take the extreme step of moving in with the cia at the annex which also came under attack on 9/11. >> the conditions on the ground were such that literally the back were up against the wall. they had no options left. >> reservations about the libyan security, escalates violence, rise of demolition central to the classified table sent in mid-august, forshadows the commando style attack. >> if one could ask why didn't the state department respond to requests for enhanced security in benghazi, especially with the kind of information that this cable reveals. a number of explanations come to mind. to me it's the ide log call explanation that the war on -- ideological explanation that war on terror is over and al-qaeda is defeated. >

this about libya: >> i wanted to ask about the families of these four americans who were killed sean smith's father ray says he believes his son basically called 911 for help and they didn't get it i know you say you grieve for these four americans, that it's being investigated but the families have been waiting for more than two months. so, i would like for you to address the families if you can on 9/11 as commander and chief, did you issue any orders to try to protect their lives? >> ed, you know, i will address the families not through the press. i will address the families directly as i already have and we will provide all the information that is available about what happened on that day. that's what the investigation is for. but as i said, repeatedly, if people don't think that we did everything we can to make sure that we saved the lives of folks who i sent there and who were carrying out missions on behalf of the united states, then you don't know how our defense department thinks or our state department thinks or our cia thinks. their number one priority obvious solid to protect amer

ambassador chris stevens was missing and information officer sean smith was dead. rescue team flown in from trip ollie was stuck at the benghazi airports for several hours and after it got to the annex, which was a cia facility, there was another attack and tyrone woods and glen dougherty were killed. both veterans and cia personnel. other evidence indicates there were security concerns in mid-august and other incidents that chased the british and the red cross from benghazi suggests there should have been concerns even earlier than that. >> live at the white house. thanks. the crisis in syria now, it continues and there's a you knew video in a shows what appears to be rebel fighters killing a group of captured soldiers, executing them. and some say they may have committed war crimes. one of the men call them dogs, referring to the president. we aren't showing the video, which is on youtube, it is very graphic. and the u.s. is said to promote a new and unified leadership for the syrian levels. analysts point out a lack of organization against the anti-government fo

sean smith's father ray says he believes his son called 911 for help and they didn't get it. know you said i grieved for these four americans but the families have been waiting for more than two months. if i would like for you to address the families if you can. on 9/11 as commander in chief did you issue any orders to pry and protect their lives? >> i'll adress families not through the press, i'll address the families directly as i already have. and we'll provide all the information that is available about what happened on that day. that's what the investigation is for. but as i said repeatedly, if people don't think that we did everything we can to make sure that we saved the lives of folks who i sent there, and who were carrying out missions on behalf of the united states, then you don't know how our defense department thinks or our state department thinks or cia thinks. their number one priority is to protect american lives. megyn: he went on to say he told the national security team to do whatever they need to do to make sure that they are safe. >> reporter: right. but w

this information is consistent with an online post from sean smith, an avid gamer shortly before the was overrun by terrorists and smith was killed. he said assuming we don't die tonight, we saw one of our police that guard the compound taking pictures. the classified cable reviewed by fox news shows that the situation on the ground was so dire that in the long term the consulate a would take the extreme step of moving in with the cia at the annex which also came under attack on 9/11. literally their back up was against the wall. they had no options left. telling voters on air force one there is a robust investigation. that is the same talking point we had from the state department on the question surrounding that classified cable, shep. >> shepard: catherine herridge in washington. thanks. >> you are welcome. >> shepard: michael bloomberg says the show must go on and this sunday's new york city marathon will go on as planned with so much devastation in the big apple not everybody is in agreement. plus, the state of new jersey looking at ways to make election day a little bit easier

sean smith's father ray says he believes his son basically called 911 for help and didn't get it. i know you said you grieve for these four americans, that it's being investigated but the families have been waited for more than two months. i would like to -- for you to address the families if you can. on 9/11 as commander in chief did you issue any orders to protect their lives? >> ed, i'll address the families not through the press, i'll address the families directly as i already have. and we will provide all the information that is available about what happened on that day. that's what the investigation is for. but as i said repeatedly, if people don't think that we did everything we can to make sure that we saved the lives of folks who i sent there and who were carrying out missions on behalf of the united states, then you don't know how our defense department thinks or our state department thinks or our c.i.a. thinks. their number one priority is obviously to protect american lives. that's what our job is. ed, we're -- i'll put forward every bit of information we have. i can t

sean smith's father ray says he believes his son basically called 911 for help and they didn't get it. i know you've said you grieved for these four americans. that's being investigated but the families have been waiting for more than two months. so i would like to -- for you to address the families, if you can. on 9/11, as commander in chief, did you issue any orders to try to protect their lives? >> ed, i'll address the families not through the press. i'm address the families directly, as i already have. and we will provide all the information that is available about what happened on that day. that's what the investigation is for. but as i said repeatedly, if people don't think that we did everything we can to make sure that we save the lives of folks who i sent there and who were carrying out missions on behalf of the united states, then you don't know how hour defense department thinks are or our state department thinks or our cia thinks. their number one priority is obviously protecting american lives. that's what our job is. now -- ed, i'll put forward -- i will put forward ever

left him there and now as we learn every day, one of the most ominous premonitions we found out sean smithnd a someone taking pictures inside the consulate. when we saw it coming why didn't we react. what was the reason for not doing it and i want to thank fox news, you're the one the champions of the story, catherine herridge remarkable work. why? what is so damning about the information? and john 8:31, now you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. the american people are wonderful and for giving if you make a mistake, one thing they won't accept is being lied to or misled to protect somebody or an administration that seems complicit in a coverup really past being the smell test. this has a stench and people in pennsylvania that i walk and talk to are really outraged by the way this administration has handled this. it's appalling. >> brian: congressman, it seems like a different fall guy every day and now blue mountain is accusing the cia and a private security firm from wales, get that, hired to protect the embassies and are you saying the cia has the time line wrong or

reporters from foreign policy magazine found sensitive documents from the ambassador and sean smith sittingn the floor. and the fbi doesn't get there until weeks after. cnn found the ambassador's diary. why aren't the counter-terrorism folks involved? >> why was a decision made during attack not to send u.s. special operators, aircraft and the like one hour away in sigonella to repel the attacks? i look at this and say this man has failed as commander-in-chief and i hope the american people are going to hire a new one next week. megyn: thank you, colonel. the "wall street journal"'s peggy noonan described the arc of the president. the debate on the president's case for a second term. next. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. megyn: one of the most read items in the "wall street j