says the state the state department study of the proposed pipeline which took more than four years to complete contains quote insufficient information and went on to urge state officials state department officials to conduct a more thorough analysis of the oil spill risks and alternative pipeline routes as well as consider the greenhouse gas emissions that would be associated with the keystone x.l. pipeline. the e.p.a. raise similar concerns with the state department's handling the project back in two thousand and eleven so just how good a job is the state department doing at assessing risks and threats posed by the keystone x.l. pipeline joining me now for more on that is anthony swift attorney and keystone pipeline expert with the national resource defense council anthony welcome back it's good to be back terry to have you with us anthony first of all why is the state department in charge of the keystone x.l. pipeline i thought they did things like negotiate with foreign countries it's a really good question and it's certainly not in the area of the state department's expertise this

statement is a big black eye for the state department and a big blow to the keystone x.l. pipeline the e.p.a. basically reaffirmed was environmental groups and scientists have been saying for a long time the diff pipeline is dangerous because it's guaranteed to spill over some of america's richest farmland and most important freshwater it will cause massive amounts of pollution in the refinery communities which are already bearing the brunt of the fossil fuel industry is dirty energy and third that it will have a big impact on our climate the state department's been trying to argue that it doesn't matter whether whether or not we build that pipeline that that tar sands will be developed anyways e.p.a. went back and said look that isn't true this pipeline is a critical piece of infrastructure and if it's built it will have a big negative impact on our climate and sea jamie so you mentioned water what impact could this crude have on the waterways you know how is it going to a fact this valuable asset and others as it travels down. well we've seen a little bit of that in mayf

much of an advocate for jewish issues during the war becomes a major advocate after but the state department threatens to resign if chairman supports the state of israel ultimately he does come out to support the state of israel and immediately recognizes the state of israel and becomes a hero even though earlier he was criticized to be anti-semitic. i think fdr would have done the same thing he was strong on the establishment of palestine when he was governor he issued a statement saying he supported a jewish homeland in palestine he opposed those with innovation policy and constantly tried go back channels to pressure the british to modify the white paper and spoke out in favor of a jewish homeland at the end of his life, he is gravely ill and traveled to the suez canal to meet with the king of saudi arabia to persuade him to except the jewish state in palestine to offer incentives and got absolutely no where for that and was gravely ill so much he was operating on there of instead of flying back to the u.s. he goes to the conference to meet on pakistan and -- palestine spanish how many we

chief washington correspondent james rosen reports from the state department on oincredibly serious charge before congress starts a new round of hearing. good evening, james. >> good evening. secretary of state told lawmakers he doesn't want to spend the next year to come to capitol hill to talk about benghazi. new charges from within his own department could make that a reality. >> fox news has learned that at least three career state department employees and at least one more at the central intelligence agency have retained lawyers. or are in the process of doing so. in order that they can provide sensitive information to congress about benghazi. the four consider themselves whistle blowers and want their counsel to receive the security clearances that would enable them to review classified documents. the lawyer representing one of the employees at state told us the department is not providing a process for that and even worse is actively threatening her client and the others. >> i'm not talking generally. i am talking specifically about benghazi. that people have been threatened. not ju

to what we talked about earlier, between the state department and department of defense.we have seen some promising signs in our dialogue with pack and that we think make it worthwhile to continue our security system. >> censored viewers work hand-in-hand with department of defense everyday were talking about sequestration and the effects on the defense program we have, particularly in the international arena. just want to get your views as to how its effect to things on the ground at curtailing the aspirations you had during your tenure as secretary. >> it hasn't fully kicked in yet, so we are planning for it. obviously it will mean our security assistant accounts will have an across-the-board cut in foreign military financing with some important partners with the account at a time when we try to build partnerships overseas at a time when we are saying we would like our partners to do so more so we don't have to do so much. it seems they've to across-the-board cut our security assistance. more crack the week, my bureau, for example funds humanitarian de-mining programs a

they just put somebody in an office and say we just don't have an assignment for you. >> the state departmentng anyone is is threatened. secretary of state john terry reiterated a promise to help congress get answers. >> we have to demythologize this issue and certainly depoliticize it. american people deserve answers. >> reporter: darrell issa plans to hold a public hearing next wednesday and is hoping to have the state department client testify. but that won't happen unless she can fully advise her client, including about information that's classified. erin? >> thank you. >>> now stephanie miller and our contributor, reihan salam. according to one of the attorneys here, four state department and cia employees, at least four, make sure i'm saying this correctly. are being intimidated and blocked from cooperating with the congressional investigation to what happened in benghazi. it's not a small allegation. >> that's right. it's also part of a larger pattern. you see this in the bush administration, you see it in the obama administration as well. you have very aggressive leak prosecutions in

then he called the state department for help.fficials there said there was nothing he could do. >> the state department said the family won't allow it. it's intrusive. i've asked for wellness pness checks and the embassy writes letters to the family and the family simply refuses them. >> there may have been another reason for the state department's lack of interest. >> in the aftermath of 9/11, the united states was leaning heavily on egypt and its president for support in the war on terror. >> we've got a good friend. americans have a good friend. >> it would be a bad time to bring up a minor issue, like a kidnapping with a family with ties to egypt's president. suddenly, michael shannon felt very alone. michael shannon was told give up. force and bad tactics will only serve to put you farthest away from your objective, she writes. the children need to be with their mother. this is islamic law. and, finally, please don't worry about them. you should be happy for them. michael shannon's fight was only beginning. the lowest rate i

there is nothing from the state department nor will there be anything from the state department because and this is the question. are we or are we not doing the main enemy routine we the soviet union. we pick iran and up and going to talk about persecution of christians in iran. nowhere else because we view libya and egypt and all of the other muslim brotherhood controlled nations. whether they arrest americans or not. that's okay because they are against iran. and we are in our main enemy routine the way we were in the soviet union. >> i think that was more than 14 syllables. we'll let it go. >>well, you know, that was what was so mystifying about secretary kerry's at the same time where it didn't even mention the fact he was christian or that he was being sentenced essentially for apostsei. even if iran is the main hostile force. we're not even willing to speak up really much there either. so i wouldn'tn't go that far. as far as you have gone. >> there's a patent of going easy on our friends or people who want to be our friends. so that more of concentration on iran and less outspoken

republican congressman of california wrote to the state department's number two lawyer back on april th. attorneys representing department personnel in this matter will require clearance to possess and discuss top secret and sensitive compartments of information. >> they have had two letters from the chairman to 01 on april 16th, the other one april 206th specifically saying we want you to provide a process for a lawyer to receive classified affirmation. out and they get there and lie to the press corps? >> that is why we need to give them immunity. that is why we need a congressional investigation. the administration has lost its credibility. >> reporter: fox news learned the house oversight and government informed committee chaired by the congressman will hold a fresh round of hearings with the first slated to occur on wednesday of next week. lou: thank you. fox news chief washington correspondent. here now to talk about the administration and benghazi, the mixed messages and the appearance of a stone wall over more than seven months and now an investigation into the white house res

it messes up the lines of authority in the state department. ut against that pressure that was strong lobbying by coalition in the united states to have a special envoy for sudan, which was granted. john did a very good job. there were many other countries involved and i don't just -- those were the central players, those were the largest players. that led to a cease-fire in sudan that laid onto a a referendum and accretion of in this country in the world. so that is quite, create the conditions for a new country. that's another thing, you want everywhere but it shows there's a real focus on this sort of thing. it's amazing what can be skittish and the question, why did that happen? why do you think that this was different from what we are seeing now? >> kind of just add a little footnote to what paul said? the sequel is the state department religious freedom report when it came out last summer noted that south sudan, this place that it's in genocide level of religious persecution had no reports of persecution whatsoever, or note even reports of

the state department and u.s. forces always said that our military could not respond to that attack because it happened too fast. here is former joint chiefs chair admiral mike mullen on this back in december. watch. >> there simply was not enough time for u.s. military forces to have made a difference. having said that, it is not reasonable nor feasible to at the time they are u.s. forces at the ready to respond to protect every high-risk post in the world. martha: but now sources telling fox news that was not the case. a special operator with specific knowledge of the attack that night tells fox news that a response team could have swooped into benghazi within hours according to their knowledge of the events. and that would have possibly saved lives. remember the two former seals were killed in the final hour of that battle. so there are big questions ahead of the president's news conference this morning. adam housley joins me live on this in los angeles. good morning, adam. >> reporter: good morning, martha. we

state department directly funding these groups there's no evidence as of now it's. suggest that that's exactly what's going on but you know all roads and money filters down to have to. follow follow the money in that case and it goes far beyond just the criminality in the streets as you just outlined so many deaths at the hands of the police complete impunity for police crimes. there's a high rate as well of political assassinations and turning a journalist i mean i seriously many every day are showing me these heinous videos and articles of just people needlessly executed all over the country i mean what why are these crimes happening and on this large scale on who is responsible for the most part sure and you can do you can you know follow my twitter feed i'm always posting photographs and information of what's going on in honduras was central america but what's going on in honduras when it comes to journalists is really a troubling situation we've seen twenty five journalists killed in just the last couple of years alone and the this is a result of a climate that

congress is kind of held back that money what's going on is that the state department. and there's been several reports that have kind of corroborated this started with the associated press which discovered that the state department said you know we're not funding the police force under under this under this general is last name is we're not funding this police force we're funding funding separate units that were that were vetting beforehand that the problem is that all of these units eventually answer to one person and one general in hundreds so exactly who is the state department funding is the question the problem is that in honduras some of these police units. for lack of a better word. i mean there's been countless formal complaints of death squads style killings in honduras somewhere around two hundred over the last few years that are associated with what the police police reports confirm that there been somewhere around the sum of one hundred twenty nine civilian deaths directly related with police killings so the question is you know is the u.s. state department

state department to take a photo of adam and jason.their father a single image. these undercover pictures, blurred to protect their identities, will be the first michael shannon has seen of his children since august 22nd, 2001. >> listen, i want you to do something. i know he's got a computer in front of you. >> mm-hmm. >> i want you to just open up that computer, and i want you to hit play. >> i see it. and it -- i'm looking at a young man with a black and yellow tie. >> does he look familiar? >> no. are you serious? are you talking about the man with the tie? >> yeah. and then you should see another shot of a smaller boy. we believe these are your sons. >> it's been 11 my god, that could bem.e believe te looks like a man now, is adam. and the second -- >> is jason? >> -- who's about 12 years old is your son jason. >> reporter: michael shannon is stunned and in disbelief. >> where's the one with him holding jason? >> reporter: he asks for old photographs to compare. >> oh, here they are. >> reporter: in the confusion he gets the names

then he called the state department for help.ut officials there said there was nothing they could do. >> you've seen no photos. >> nothing. state department won't get any because they said that the family won't allow it, it's intrusive. i've asked for welfare and wellness checks, and the embassy writes letters to the family, and the family simply refuses them. >> the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon! >> reporter: there may have been another reason for the state department's lack of interest. in late 2001 and early 2002, in the aftermath of 9/11, the united states was leaning heavily on egypt and its president, hosni mubarak, for support in the war on terror. >> we've got a good friend, americans have a good friend. >> reporter: it would have been a bad time to bring up a minor issue like the kidnapping of michael shannon's two boys by the family with ties to egypt's president. suddenly, michael shannon felt very alone. and in the letter from nermeen khalifa's sister michael shannon was told, give u

congress has kind of held back that money what's going on is that the state department. and there's been several reports that have kind of corroborated this this started with the associated press which discovered that the state department said you know we're not funding the police force under under this under this general is lesson has been you know we're not funding this police force we're funding refined except units that were that were vetting beforehand that the problem is that all of these units eventually answer to one person one general and hundreds so exactly who is the state department funding is the question the problem is that in honduras some of these police units them for lack of a better word. and i mean there are. countless formal complaints of death squad style killings in honduras somewhere around two hundred over the last few years that are associated with with the police police reports confirm that there have been somewhere around the sum of one hundred twenty nine civilian deaths directly related with police killings so the question is you know is the

protect the state department.ll read this quote. specifically after a white house deputy's meeting on saturday, september 15th. 2012, the administration altered the talking points to remove references to the likely participation of islamic extremists in the attack. the administration also removed references to the threat of extremist linked to al qaeda in benghazi and eastern libya. including information about at least five other attacks against foreign interests in benghazi.senior state depart officials requested and the white house approved that the details of the threats, specifics of the previous attack. and previous warnings be removed to insulate the department from criticism that it ignored the threat he environment in benghazi. we're back with the panel. it goes on kirsten. >> what difference does it makes a secretary clinton would say democrats are claiming political hit job by the republicans and frequently these things do get politicized but i would say the democrats were welcomed to be part of this, i'

state department a legitimate authority? >> it's legitimate insofar as its actions are legitimate. it has actions that are not legitimate. >> and you've gone after the ones that you think are illegitimate? >> we don't go after. that's a bit of a misconception. we don't go after a particular country. we don't go after a particular organization or group. we just stick to our promise of publishing material that is likely to have a significant impact. [ticking] >> coming up... assange on possible prosecution by the u.s. justice department. >> there is the first amendment. it covers the case. and there's been no precedent that i'm aware of in the past 50 years of prosecuting a publisher for espionage. it is just not done. >> when 60 minutes on cnbc returns. ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. departure. hertz gold plus rewards also offers ereturn-- our fastest way to return your car. just n

and i'm just wondering, number one, whether you work with the state department, whether the state department works with the institute. >> whether it works -- i couldn't hear. >> whether the state department works with the institute of peace at all. >> oh, absolutely. work very closely with them, and i admire the work they do enormously. they do work on conflict prevention, conflict mediation, it's excellent work. >> thank you for that. secondly, two more questions. secretary clinton was here to testify about what happened in benghazi, and one of her recommendations was that we allow the state department when contracting for security in high-threat regions to use a best value contracting rather than the lowest bid. and mr. regal here filed a bill that many of us, i think, joined on to accomplish that. and i'm wondering whether you support that. >> boy, do i ever. i thank you for raising that. it is finish i just ran into in the other day in one of the stops i made many asia where the ambassador was telling me they have to hire security at the lowest price. folks, let's get serious. we, of cou

the state department and defense department. we are fortunate elliott will be here and will talk about half an hour. then we will convene in the atrium for cocktails and that will mention once again you have an opportunity there to purchase this remarkable book in our bookstore and i am sure he would be happy to autograph it for you. i thank you for coming and let me introduce elliott abrams. [applause] >> thank you very much. first, thank you roger for that introduction and as well for your support of the work of the council of foreign relations there are a lot of people i should mention but a senior editor of cambridge university press who got the transcript to say yes, we will publish this. [applause] i should add, i know there many of you in this audience that no longer read books on paper and i will be happy to use sign your candle if you have it with you. [laughter] -- amazon can do if you have it with you. why did i write this book? there is an explanation for much of this history of the bush and administration policy had

why the insufficient review by the state department. i wrote a piece a while back that suggested that one of the contractors even the state department hired to do some of the survey you had enormous conflicts of interest is that the case and if so why wasn't that caught. and is this well answer though well you know i should say there was. environmental groups are already pressing to state department investigator investigator general to look at the process this time around and see if there were conflicts of interest with the new contractor that did the review but what we know is from e.p.a. which has expertise on these issues the environmental review wasn't up to snuff and the e.p.a. also found the keystone x.l. was a project with significant environmental impacts in stark contrast with the state department's findings yeah ok so now this in the setup i talked about you know these problems that have a been identified in and various groups saying hey wait a minute stop pause take a look will there be a reevaluation will there be a new stud

you thought there you were going oh well in this case i think there are many places where the state department environmental review written by one of these companies is clearly wrong and is counter to many of the things that even oil industry analysts say is going on with this pipeline bill can you speak to what the environmental consequences in terms of global warming and carbon in our atmosphere will be of keystone being completed. and let me give you a piece of news that just came across the wires you may not know you know our most important policy is jim hansen just announced a search in your retirement from nasa after forty two years in order to fight climate change. jimmy johnson was big guy you'll remember in two thousand and eleven if we burn everything out of those tar sands on top of what we're already burning then it's game over for the climate that's pretty strong language from a pretty smart guy i think it's some snow pretty much what you need to know. that is game over for the planet that's extraordinary what's so uniquely dangerous anthony about tar sands or tar sea folks do nee

here's the state department spokesman yesterday followed by one of the state whistleblowers, one of the lawyers representing a state whistleblower on america's newsroom this morning. watch. >> i'm not aware of private counsel seeking security clearances or anything of that regard. i'm not aware of whistleblowers one way or another. >> they've had two letters from chairman issa, one on april 16th, the other on april 26th that specifically say we want you to provide a process for clearing a lawyer to receive classified information. how can they possibly get up there and just lie to the press corps and they don't do much about what the facts are when it's in print? >> you heard that state department spokesman. i am not aware of private counsel seeking security clearances or anything in that regard, not even aware of whistleblowers. what's going on here? >> when you start stonewalling, that's the problem. you have to keep stonewalling. if you say we're not going to answer that, we're not talking about that, we're going to say that this is just fox news talking about this, try to marginalize

then he called the state department for help.fficials there said there was nothing he could do. >> the state department said the family won't allow it. it's intrusive. i've asked for wellness pness checks and the embassy writes letters to the family and the family simply refuses them. >> there may have been another reason for the state department's lack of interest. >> in the aftermath of 9/11, the united states was leaning heavily on egypt and its president for support in the war on terror. >> we've got a good friend. americans have a good friend. >> it would be a bad time to bring up a minor issue, like a kidnapping with a family with ties to egypt's president. suddenly, michael shannon felt very alone. michael shannon was told give up. force and bad tactics will only serve to put you farthest away from your objective, she writes. the children need to be with their mother. this is islamic law. and, finally, please don't worry about them. you should be happy for them. michael shannon's fight was only beginning. [ male announcer

state department to take a photo of adam and jason.ars has denied their father a single image. these undercover pictures, blurred to protect their identities, will be the first michael shannon has seen of his children since august 22nd, 2001. >> listen, i want you to do something. i know he's got a computer in front of you. >> mm-hmm. >> i want you to just open up that computer, and i want you to hit play. >> i see it. and it -- i'm looking at a young man with a black and yellow tie. >> does he look familiar? >> no. are you serious? are you talking about the man with the tie? >> yeah. and then you should see another shot of a smaller boy. we believe these are your sons. >> it's been 11 years, but my god, that could be him. >> we believe that first boy, he looks like a man now, is adam. and the second -- >> is jason? >> -- who's about 12 years old is your son jason. >> reporter: michael shannon is stunned and in disbelief. >> where's the one with him holding jason? >> reporter: he asks for old photographs to compare. >> oh, here they ar

congressional republicans issuing a scathing report accusing the white house and state department of altering talking points about the assault, specifically taking aim at former secretary of state hillary clinton reading in part the committee's review shows that the leadership failure in relation to security and policy in benghazi extended to the highest levels of the state department including secretary clinton, end quote. national security correspondent jennifer griffin live in washington with more on that. jen. >> reporter: hi, jon. the 46-page interim progress report concludes the administration's reaction was quote a concerted attempt to insulate the department of state for blame following the terrorist attacks. the ror was prepared by the chairman of the armed services foreign affairs judiciary oversight and government reform and the select committee on intelligence. all of them republican. leading to accusations from democrats that this report is partisan and politicized. prior to the benghazi attack state department officials in libya made repeated "for additional security tha

it messes up the minds of authority and the state department. ut against the pressure that was strong lobbying by the coalition in the united states to have a special envoy for sudan which was granted. he did a very good job, and there were many other countries involved and it don't choose mean the american church. those with the central players, the largest players. that led to a cease-fire in sudan, and it led to a referendum and the creation of the news country in the world. so that is quite an effort to make a new, create the conditions for a new country. that's another thing, you want -- it shows it is a real focus on this sort of thing, it's amazing what can be -- >> and the question would be, why was the focus? why do you think this was different from what we are seeing now? >> can i just add a little footnote to what paul said. the sequel is the state department and religious freedom report when it came out last summer noted that south sudan, this place that had seen genocidal lever of persecute had no reports of persecution whatsoever or

many in the state department have favored from the very beginning, including secretary clinton, and generals should have gotten involved earlier on to prevent this from becoming the horrendous conflict it has become. >> "the dispensable nation." a powerful, powerful book. vali nas r is the dean of the johns hopkins university school of advanced international studies. my excellent alma mater. thanks very much for coming in. congratulations on the new book. >> good to be with you. >>> up next, the bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev's expert legal team, a who's who of defense attorneys. flex in... as soon as i met fiona and i was describing the problem we were having with our rear brakes, she immediately triaged the situation, knew exactly what was wrong with it, the car was diagnosed properly, it was fixed correctly i have confidence knowing that if i take to ford it's going to be done correctly with the right parts and the right people. get a free brake inspection and brake pads installed for just 49.95 after rebates when you use the ford service credit card. did you tell him to say all of t

i am wondering whether you work with the state department and whether the state department worked with the institute? >> absolutely. we work closely with them and i admire their work enormously. they do an amazing amount of work on conflict mediation and termination. it is excellent work. >> thank you. more questions, secretary clinton was here to testify about what happened in benghazi. one of her recommendations was that we allow the state department, when contracting for security in high-threat regions, to use a best value contacting, rather than the lowest bid. usill was filed that many of joined on to accomplish that. i am wondering whether you support that. >> i do. thank you for raising that. i just ran into this the other day in one of the stops i made in asia. the ambassador was telling me they have to hire security at the lowest price. folks. let's get serious. i absolutely support that. we have got to have the ability to make value judgments in the provision of security and our personnel. thank you for asking. >> i wanted to thank you for continuing the work of secretary cli

it had been the state department ability to move on. people forget that the epa administration, this is the president speaking, this is not the epa. >> was supposed to happen the state department say, this is in the national interest of the united states at this pipeline and we want to get this thing moving. we have heard it over and over from folks. we want to make sure again this is our best trading partners, the canadians, many going to the west coast and canada. gerri: there all sorts of strategic issues, job issues, economic issues here, there is also just good judgment and an architecture of values that will set the stage for the countries destiny for at least a century. we are the world's richest nation in terms of energy reserves. for this kind of a decision to be taken by the administration, this will be a pivotal issue in the 2014 election. don't you think? >> you have the senate races out there to be hotly contested, they will be asking the members would've a stand on this pipeline. this is a private line. it will create thos

thanks for joining us. >>> the state department is mourning the death of u.s.lomate ann smedinghoff. she was just 25 years old while she and four others were killed in a car while drivering textbooks to school children. secretary of state john kerry, who smedinghoff helped shepherd around. >>> the murder trial of jo did i arias is entering its 15th week. it's one piece in a courtroom drama that has seen anything, and i mean everything from tales of graphic sex to a booted jury to shocking videotapes of the parents from the alleged am meesh ya suffering defendant would is accused of killing her boyfriend travis alexander in 2008. >> maybe she did do it. i don't know. i cannot even imagine her doing it. >> she said she had a gun. what do you need a gun for? she goes, where i'm going, i might need one. >> attorney and legal analyst jamie boyd joins me now in studio. as we see there in the videotape, both jo did i's father and mother, she respect ofly describe her as a strange person with mental problems. however, the remaining jurors are not going to get to see th

>>gretchen: brand-new details on what the state department has to say now.ve: communication failure. the nation's top spy

even brought that person in to their office -- >> two years ago, the state department was alerted byow we're told the russian government that you ought to look at this, at this time, 24-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev, who had chechnyan roots, and they said he's a bad guy. i guess we went through the checking process. not exonerated is a wrong word, but he was cleared. and i'm wondering -- >> i know, he lives in a neighborhood. he lives in a neighborhood. he goes to these great schools. he has many associates. he has many friends. nobody knows anything about his irrational behavior? i mean, i know about my neighbors. if anybody ever started talking about the overthrow of the united states or starting acting in that kind of irrational behavior, i'd call up the f.b.i. immediately and demand that they interview that person and i'd want to know what kind of follow-up. >> neil: why do you think -- i'm sorry. what do you think then, that the f.b.i. did look into this or that the state department did, they interviewed the older brother and apparently found that nothing that would be so incrimina

the state department found that there would be 3900 construction jobs. one -- on the national level, one of the ways to think about this is thatst the chance -- it's the chance of getting a keystone xl construction job is similar to the chance of getting struck by lightning when considering the labor force. >> well, i understand any of those jobs to be important, but i sense that it's not the best path to follow if we rely on keystone xl as the job creator. let me put it into this context. cbo estimates that the sequester will cost 750,000 jobs this year alone. if this were really about jobs, we would not have gone forward with sequester. we could have passed our president's jobs bill in the last congress. i believe we would be taking the advice of many economists and making infrastructure investments and energy investments that we need to support a modern economy as the best way to create jobs and advance a safe climate. this project is not about jobs, it's about committing us to an oil-based economy for another 50 years or more. it's about committing u

the state department should not investigate whether state department did a good job. it is going to be congress. >> i am out of time. i have to ask you, when you say explosive, can you elaborate in any way in termless of information that we will hear about? >> if this a trial, you can't use hear say and you can't say what other people would have said and heard. drict - direct evidence and testimony is the compelling form of testimony and evidence . i would hope that if anyone has direct evidence and testimony, they would contact the oversight committee . we'll make counsel available to them and so there is it no punishment for them being forth come being. i am a lawyer, but trust me when i say that you want to follow the hearings that are coming up. >> congressman, breaking news for us. appreciate it and now the latest in the fall out from the horrific explosion in a texas explosion plant. damages say it would cost more than $100 million to restore the area. that is based on the number of homes destroyed, the property those homes and the cost of relocating ris rez in

department. overseeing the united states secret service and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. and he later moved to the interior department where he was assistant secretary for policy, management and budget, essentially the manager of the department of interior. before coming to the office of personnel management, john spent nearly a decade working on conservation as director of the fish and wildlife foundation, and then arguably the job he perhaps has enjoyed most, he became director of the national zoo. at the national zoo, he was so successful turning around a faltering institution that after he left they named a lion in his honor. john indeed was a lion, a lion on behalf of the federal employees, a lion on behalf of good government, a lion on behalf of integrity. john know he is a true leader and manager and an incredibly warm person with an unfailing positive outlook. mr. speaker, john berry will be greatly missed by all who serve our country and its civilian work force. i wish john and his partner, curtis, all the best as he begins the next phase in his career. i hope my

we were not able to view the state department emails to confirm that the quotes were accurate or thathey were taken out of context. the white house did not issue a flat-out denial, scott, but they did tell cbs news that the report, quote, appears to raise questions that have already been asked and answered in great detail. >> pelley: nancy cordes at the capital. nancy, thank you very much. the airlines today are pleading with the government to end the flight delays. will the levees hold? we're in the flood zone. and this doctor makes her rounds on the streets of boston. when the cbs evening news continues. continues. with free package pickup from the united states postal service a small jam maker can ship like a big business. just go online to pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. we'll do the rest. ♪ mr. wiggles and curling irons. for the little mishaps you feel, use neosporin to help you heal. it kills germs so you heal four days faster neosporin. also try neosporin eczema essentials. >> pelley: spring rains are the enemy in the midwest today. flooding threatens farm

republican congressman darrell issa of california wrote to the state department number two april mccloud april 16th. attorneys representing department personnel in this matter will require clearance to possess top secretive compartmented information. >> they have had two letters from chairman issa. one on april 16th. the other one april 26th that specifically say we want you to provide a process for clearing a lawyer to receive classified information. how can they possibly get up there and just lie to the press corps? >> and that's why we need to give them immunity. that's why we need a congressional investigation. the administration has lost its credibility. >> fox news has learned that the house oversight and government reform committee chaired by congressman issa will hold a fresh round of hearings on benghazi, bret, with the first of them slated to occur on wednesday of next week. >> okay, james, thank you. president obama promised to get to the bottom of the benghazi attack. why are the perpetrators still free? correspondent adam housley has part 2 of our exclusive investigation. >>

the report cites fragments of state department's e-mails expressing concern in the days after the attacksginal talking points could apply that they were not paying attention to agency warnings. even after changes were made, a senior state department official wrote that the edit still did not resolve all my issues of the building leadership. two days later after more changes, the talking points were used by the ambassador to theup suz rice on sunday's talk show. >> we did not have information present to lead us to conclude this was premeditated or preplanned. >> reporter: house democrats claim they were cut out of this investigation and we were not able to view the state department e-mails to confirm whether they were accurate or whether they were taken out of context. the white house didn't issue a flat out denial but did tell cbs news in a statement that the report, quote, appears to raise questions that have already been asked and answered in great detail by the administration. nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> well, france became the 14th country to legalize same-sex marriage n

four other state department workers were injured in the attack. a short time ago secretary of state john kerry spoke about the attack and the loss of life. >> it is a huge challenge for us. it is a confrontation with possibilities and everything that our country stands for, everything we stand for, is embodied in what anne stood for. >> now, she's the 25-year-old state department diplomat killed in yesterday's attack. she was assigned to kerry's detail when he was in afghanistan a little over a week ago. kerry said he called her parents after hearing about her death. >>> now, there are new developments this morning in the crisis on the korean peninsula. south korea says it believes north korea could test a missile as soon as this week. the close u.s. ally is not taking any chances. it's on what it calls military readiness posture. let's bring in cnn's jim clancy in seoul, south korea. why do they think a missile test could happen within days? >> well, they've been looking at that missile launcher and tracking those rockets. and they tell us they'v

a scathing new house report is faulting the highest levels of the state department that includes then secretary of state hillary clinton for a lack of security at the time of the benghazi terror attack. elizabeth pran is live in washington with the details. >>> members of the u.s. house of representatives releasing a progress report on the investigation into the assault on the american compound in benghazi which killed four americans. that report is the joint pork of republican chairman of foreign affairs jude dish ry over site and government reform and select committee on intelligence. there was a reduction in security before the attacks on benghazi. approved at the highest levels of the state department all of the way up to secretary clinton. that statement contradicting what she said back in january. >> the specific security request pertaining to benghazi are handled the security department. i didn't see those requests. they didn't come to me i didn't approve them or deny them. that's one of the findings bams dorr hick coreings and mullens made these requests don't ordinarily come

a state department spokesman said i'm not aware of any private counsel asking for security clearances, which is curious because apparently mr. issa, congressman issa wrote a letter to the department of state, the legal department on the 16th day of the month of april and then he wrote another letter on 4/26. the key is -- and if anybody at foggy bottom is watching -- there are people who want to tell us what happened in benghazi. give the attorneys the clearance so they can see that stuff and we can find out what happened. >>gretchen: let's talk about the latest update in the boston bombing situation. a new intelligence announcing that the investigation of course is going to be going on as to what happened with the communication failure with the f.b.i. and the c.i.a. potentially before the attacks happened. now could there also be more people of interest in this investigation? they tell us now that there has been female d.n.a. found on one of the bombs. so could it be from the female who sold the gun powder and those fireworks up in new hampshire to tamerlan? could it be the widow of