chris stevens, sean smith, glen doherty and tyrone woods served this country with courage and with honor. and they were killed under circumstances that most of us could never imagine. terrorists pour through the front gate of an american facility, attacking people and property with machine guns, mortars and fire. it is important that we remember how these four men died. it is equally important that we remember how these four men lived and why. they were more than four images on a television screen. they were husbands and fathers and sons and properties and family and friend. they were americans who believed in service and sacrifice. many people speak which is fully of a -- wisttfully about better world but do little about it. these four went out and tried to make it better and it cost them

killing americans tyrone woods and glen dorty. 6:00 a.m.k is finally over and libyan forces with 50 vehicles arrived to escort the measures to the airport. back home in the united states the story is just beginning. >> yesterday, our u.s. diplomatic post in benghazi, libya. was attacked heavily armed militants assaulted the come pound and set fire to our buildings. >> the obama administration begins to explain the attack. >> it's in response to a video, a film that we have judged to be reprehensible. >> this was not a preplanned attack. what happened initially it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo as a consequence of the video. >> an account that sect clinton's own emails to her family members on the night of the attack suggests was wrong. >> >> you are looking at an email you sent to your family. here is what you said. at 11:00 that night, approximately one hour after you told the american people that the video you say to your family two officers were killed today in benghazi by al qaeda-like group. >> at today

tyrone woods and glen doherty worked for the cia.mortar fire at the cia's outpost in benghazi, a short distance from the diplomatic compound. they were both former navy s.e.a.l.s and trained paramedics with distinguished records of service, including in iraq and afghanistan. as secretary of state, i had the honor to lead and the responsibility to support nearly 70,000 diplomats and development experts across the globe. losing any one of them, as we did in iraq, afghanistan, mexico, haiti and libya during my tenure was deeply painful for our entire state department and usaid family personally. i was the one who asked chris to go to libya as our envoy. i was the one who recommended him to be our ambassador to the president. after the attacks, i stood next to president obama, as marines carried his casket and those of the other three americans, off the plane at andrews air force base. i took responsibility. and as part of that, before i left office, i launched reforms to better protect our people in the field and help reduce the chance

really do came to the families us and we met with all four families, of chris stevens, shawn smith, tyrone woods and glenn diretty, i wanted to make sure i mentioned their names because sometimes they seem to get lost in all of this. but when we met with the families they only asked for three things. that's all. and they basically begged us do ot make this a political football. we football. we beg you. some of them with tears in their eyes. the second thing they asked for find out what happened on that night and they asked us for a third thing and that was do everything in your power to make sure this does not happen to someone else. ladies and gentlemen, i think that no matter how you look at when you have when you have th person in the republican party who comes forward the person plans with the speaker and the person who will continue to be -- who is one step away from becoming the speaker to tell you that this is all about a taxpayer funded political effort to derail the campaign of hillary clinton, ladies and gentlemen, that is a problem. i am not answering plans any questions. d so again i

tyrone woods and glen doherty worked for the cia. they were killed by mortar fire at the cia's outpost in benghazi, a short distance from the diplomatic compound. they were both former navy seals and trained paramedics with distinguished records of service including in iraq and afghanistan. as secretary of state i had the honor to lead and the responsibility to support nearly 70,000 diplomats and development experts across the globe. losing any one of them, as we did in iraq, afghanistan, mexico, haiti, and libya, during my tenure was deeply painful, for our entire state department and and usaid family and for me personally. i was the one who asked chris to go to libya as our envoy. i was the one who recommended him to be our ambassador to the president. after the attacks, i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket and those of the other three americans off the plane at andrews air force base. i took responsibility, and as part of that, before i left office, i launched reforms to better protect our people in the fi

tyrone woods, who you called rone. two other members, who remain anonymous, right? jack and db. >> correct. >> yes. >> so, you were set up to protect the an ex, which was the cia. >> the personnel at the annex, yes. >> this gives us perspective of the other facility there, which was what you guys call the consulate. where are we here? >> here's the consulate. and then here's us, our compound. >> so, pretty close. about three quarters of a mile as the crow flies, about a mile drive maybe. >> maybe a mile. and if you did the whole thing. >> so, this site was it, well protected? >> who wants to take it? >> it looked nice. it was a beautiful compound. it had orchards. had a really nice house. had a swimming pool. had their own security. >> they were their on security. >> diplomatic security. >> they didn't have like an american force like a marine attachment. they did it themselves. >> so, what did you tell them? >> me and my blunt nuz, in you get attacked, you're going to die. if you need us, just call us, we'll come get you. >> what's your reaction when you hear the a

tyrone woods, who you called rone. two other members, who remain anonymous, right? jack and db. >> correct. >> yes. >> so, you were set up to protect the an ex, which was the cia. >> the personnel at the annex, yes. >> this gives us perspective of the other facility there, which was what you guys call the consulate. where are we here? >> here's the consulate. and then here's us, our compound. >> so, pretty close. about three quarters of a mile as the crow flies, about a mile drive maybe. >> maybe a mile. and if you did the whole thing. >> so, this site was it, well protected? >> who wants to take it? >> it looked nice. it was a beautiful compound. it had orchards. had a really nice house. had a swimming pool. had their own security. >> they were their on security. >> diplomatic security. >> they didn't have like an american force like a marine attachment. they did it themselves. >> so, what did you tell them? >> me and my blunt nuz, in you get attacked, you're going to die. if you need us, just call us, we'll come get you. >> what's your reaction when you hear the a

tyrone woods and glen doherty worked for the cia.e killed by mortar fire at the cia's outpost in benghazi, a short distance from the diplomatic compound. they were both former navy s.e.a.l.s and trained paramedics with distinguished records of service including in iraq and afghanistan. as secretary of state, i had the honor to lead and the responsibility to support nearly 70,000 diplomats and development experts across the globe. losing any one of them, as we did in iraq, afghanistan, mexico, haiti, and libya, during my tenure was deeply painful for our entire state department and usaid family. i was the one who asked chris to go to libya as our envoy. i was the one who recommended him to be our ambassador to the president. after the attacks, i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket and those of the other three americans off the plane at andrews air force base. i took responsibility. and as part of that, before i left office, i launched reforms to better protect our people in the field and help reduce the chance

tyrone woods and glen doherty worked for the cia. they were killed by mortar fire at the cia's outpost in benghazi, a short distance from the diplomatic compound. they were both former navy s.e.a.l.s. and trained paramedics with distinguished service including in iraq and afghanistan. as secretary of state, i had the honor to lead and the responsibility to support nearly 70,000 diplomats and development experts across the globe. losing any one of them, as we did in iraq, afghanistan, mexico, haiti and libya, during my tenure was deeply painful for our entire state department and usa-id family and for me personally. i was the one who asked chris to go to libya as our envoy. i was the one who recommended him to be our ambassador to the president. after the attacks, i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket and those of the other three americans off the plane at andrews air force base. i took responsibility. and as part of that, before i left office, i launched reforms to better protect our people in the field and he

that when the families came to us we met with all four families of chris stevens, shawn smith, tyrone woods, and glenn daugherty. i wanted to mention their names. sometimes they get lost in all of this. when we met with the families, do you know what they said? they only asked us for three things. just three things. and they basically begged us, they said do not make this political football. we beg you. some with tears in their eyes, the second thing that they asked for they said find out what happened on that night and they asked us for a third thing and that was do everything in your power to make sure this does not happen to someone else. i think no matter how you look at it when you have the number two person in the republican party who comes forward, the person who makes plans with the speaker and the person who will it continue to be -- who is one step away from becoming the speaker to tell you that is all about a taxpayer funded political effort to derail the campaign of hillary clinton, ladies and gentlemen, that is a problem. i'm not answering any questions. and so, again, i came o

ambassador steven, shawn smith, and glen dowerty, tyrone woods those families' to know the truth that is the focus. >> reporter: the state department came under pressure for not addressing prior of state hillary clinton took responsibility. today the chairman of the benghazi committee, released a statement attacking bradley saying one month ago this staffer had a chance to bear his soul, and raise his claim, he did not do it. goudie's statement said he has never met the fired staffer, he is can say he near told him to focus his investigation on hillary clinton. christina: all right. thank you. >> today thousands mourn the 95 victims who died in yesterday's suicide bombing in turkey, turkish officials have declared three days of mourning, following yesterday's attack that targeted a peace rally net capital. about 160 people are still in the hospital today with injuries. in the meantime a turkish news members. >> new debate over last year's police shooting of a 12-year-old cleveland . who was carrying a -- cleveland boy who was carrying a pellet gun that was weapon. the prosecute are of

ambassador chris stevens and foreign officer sean smith and glen doherty and tyrone woods.oments of emotion. >> i wonder if you would like to comment on what it's like to be the subject of an allegation that you deliberately interfered with security that cost the life of a friend. >> congressman, it's a very personally painful accusation. it has been rejected and disproven by non-partisan, dispassionate investigators but nevertheless having it continued to be bandied around is deeply distressing to me. you know, i would imagine i've thought more about what happened than all of you put together. i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done or should have been done. >> at other moments in this contentious hearing clinton kind of sat back and allowed everyone else to do the shouting. >> would the gentleman yield. >> i'll be happy to but you need to make sure that the entire record is correct. >> that's exactly what i want to do. >> go ahead. >> i'm about to tell you. i move that we put into the record the

at the state department compound, which we are discussing, and we had our other two deaths of tyrone woods and glen doherty, at the cia annex -- >> reclaiming my time for just a moment, and i do appreciate that, but if you talk to the cia contractors that were at the annex and you ask them how they were armed and equipped, and then if you would, or could, talk to the diplomat security agents that were at the facility, i think you will see that there was a big, big difference in the equipment that they had to protect theirself. but you knew of the two what you called major incidents, but you don't recollect the other 18 that mr. morrell says happened. how many instances would it have taken you to say, hey, we need to look at security over there? three major instances, 30 instances, 40 instances, 50 instances? how many instances would you have been made aware of that would have made you say, hey, i don't care what anybody else says, we're going to protect our people. chris stevens is a good friend of mine. we're going to look after him. how many would it have taken? >> well, congressman, of

sean dying at state department compound which we're discussing and we had our other two deaths of tyrone woods and glen doherty at the cia annex. >> reclaiming my time for just a minute. i do appreciate that, if you talked to the cia contractors that were at the annex and you asked them how they were armed and equipped. and then if you would, or could, talk to the diplomatic security agents at the facility, i think you will see there was a big, big difference in the equipment that they had to protect their self. but, you knew of the two, what you call, major incidents but you don't recollect the other 18 that mr. morell says happened. how many instances would have taken to you, hey, we need look at security over there? would it be three major instances. 30 major instances? 40 instances? 50 instances? how many instances would you have been made aware of that would have made you say, i don't care whatever anybody else says we'll protect our people. chris stevens is a good friend of mine, we'll look at him. how many would it have taken? >> congressman, of course i made it abundantly clear we had

. >> other members of your team are not here, tyrone woods who you called rone and two other members who remain anonymous. >> yes, that's correct. >> jack and d.b. >> yes. >> so you were set up to protect the annex which was the cia -- >> the personnel at the annex, yes. >> this is -- this gives us a perspective of the other facility there which was what you guys call the cons. [ laughter ] where are we here? >> here's the consulate and then here's our compound. >> so pretty close, about -- >> three-quarters of a mile as the crow flies, about a mile drive, maybe a mile, if you did the whole thing. >> so this site, was it well protected? >> the no. it looked nice. it was a beautiful compound. it had orchards. had a really nice house, swimming pool. >> had a nice swimming pool. >> they had their own security. >> they were their own security. >> diplomatic security. >> the diplomatic security. they didn't have like an american force, like a marine detachment. they did it themselves. >> so what did you tell them? >> me in my bluntness, if you guys get attacked you guys are going to die,

that did the video. >> that's the father of tyrone woods. died in the attack. that's the heart of a scandalous reaction. after the attack. they knew it was a terror attack. they got it from gregory hicks, who was on the ground in tripoli. who told them that he had ended up demoted in the state department for having transgressed against the secretary. and yet, they go ahead, they put susan rice on that weekend. and tell a tale that is completely false. spontaneous demonstration, out of control, et cetera, of the video. i think that's where the emphasis ought to be. i think a.b. is right. the judge said there are three audiences, the main audience that matters unless she's indicted, is the people. american people watching this. they don't care about blumenthal. she had her way, when she lowered her voice, and talked about the sleepless nights, it was a gripping performance, which is the way i would put it. so i can remain neutral on this. but showing that she really cared, et cetera or at least giving that impression. and that's what's going to be shown. and the

. >> reporter: information officer and air force veteran sean smith, cia officers tyrone woods and glen doherty and ambassador chris stevens. >> i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket and those of the other three americans off the plane at andrews air force base. >> reporter: clinton has been here now all day into the night, testifying ambassador stevens never asked her for more security but had made request from other officials. for all the talk about hillary clinton's e-mails, she said she did most of her business offline in classified briefings and didn't even have a computer in the state department office. lester? >> andrea mitchell on capitol hill. let's turn to our political director, moderator of "meet the press." chuck todd. assuming no bombshells emerge going forward, does benghazi remain a potent campaign issue deep into 2016? >> it's a potent issue with the republican electorate. it is not going to go away in republican circles, but as a general election issue for hillary clinton, benghazi, it's hard to see that today somehow changed minds in a negative

ambassador chris steven, sean smith, glen doherty and tyrone woods. republicans are searching for any mistakes made on secretary clinton's watch. democrats say benghazi has been thoroughly investigated and the hearing is only designed to damage her. this is a live picture of her returning. her testimony began more than eight hours ago. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. >> reporter: the hearing started out cordle with handshakes, but things quickly grew tense. >> i think if you look at the statement i made, i clearly said that it was an attack. >> calling it an attack is like saying the sky is blue. of course it was an attack. >> reporter: republicans accuse clinton of ignoring requests from ambassador chris stevens for more security. georgia's lynn westmoreland: >> how many instances would it have taken you to say, hey, we need the look at his security over there? >> no one ever came to me and said, "we should shut down our compound in benghazi." >> well, i'm not saying shut it down. i'm saying protect it. >> reporter: it was this committee that uncove

cia officers tyrone woods and glen doherty. and ambassador chris stevens. >> i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket, and those of the other three americans, off the plane at andrews air force base. >> that was andrea mitchell reporting. and set your dvrs tonight, richle maddow sits down with hillary clinton for her first interview following her 11-hour marathon testimony before the benghazi committee. >>> a u.s. soldier has been killed in combat in iraq for the first time in four years. it happened during a hostage rescue mission carried out with kurdish forces, a key u.s. ally in the fight against isis. nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the dramatic details. >> reporter: the raid was supposed to rescue kurdish hostages. like these. held by isis in cages. u.s. intelligence have learned they were about to be executed. so when the kurds, washington's closest allies in iraq, asked for help rescuing them, u.s. forces agreed. at 2:00 a.m., america's special ops and kurdish forces in five u.s. h

cia officers tyrone woods and glen doherty. and ambassador chris stevens. >> i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket, and those of the other three americans, off the plane at andrews air force base. >> that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting. >>> turning now overseas to iraq where an american soldier has been killed in combat for the first time since u.s. forces withdrew from that country in 2011. it happened as american and kurdish commandos raided an islamic-state prison successfully freeing some 70 hostages, said to be facing imminent mass execution. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the details. >> reporter: the raid was supposed to rescue kurdish hostages like these. held by isis in cages. u.s. intelligence have learned they were about to be executed. so when the kurds, washington's closest allies in iraq, asked for help rescuing them, u.s. forces agreed. at 2:00 a.m., america's special ops and kurdish forces in five u.s. helicopters, headed for the town of hawija landing near an is

tyrone woods and glen daugherty worked for the cia.y were killed by mortar fire at the cia's outpost in benghazi zi, a short distance from the diplomatic compound. they were former navy s.e.a.l.s and trained paramedics with distinguished records of service in iraq and afghanistan. as secretary of state, i had the honor to lead and the responsibility to support nearly 70,000 diplomates and development experts across the globe. >> losing any one of them as we did during my tenure was deeply painful for our entire state department and usai.d. family. for me, personally. i was the one who asked chris to go to libya as our envoy. i was the one that recommended him to be our ambassador to the president. after the attacks, i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket and those of the other three americans off the plane at andrews air force base. i took responsibility. as part of that, before i left office, i launched reforms to better protect our people in the field and help reduce the chance of another tragedy happening in t

and the deaths of four americans, ambassador chris stevens, john smith, tyrone woods and glen doherty. the issue has been kept alive not just by republicans, but conservative talk radio. >> what questions to you think are unanswered on benghazi? >> the number one thing is i haven't heard anyone say what the problem was. >> chris argues that it is embarrassing that after all the investigations there are, in his view, big gaps in the benghazi narrative. >> from start to finish there are holes in the government story. we don't know where hillary clinton was that night, why the request for additional security were denied from the ambassador. >> benghazi committee chairman, one of three prosecutors say gone of the investigators had access to hillary clinton's emails. a full day has been set for the ceremony, so all have a chance to answer any questions. jamie mcintyre >>> al jazeera's political correspondent michael shure is live on capitol hill. this time hillary clinton, not just the secretary of state. she's a democrat. she is a committee run by republicans, a lot thing the probe is tak

tyrone woods and glenn doherty worked for the cia.re killed by mortar fire at the cia outpost in benghazi a short distance from the diplomatic compound. they were both former navy seals and trained paramedics with distinguished records of service , including in iraq and afghanistan. as secretary of state, i had the honor to lead and the responsibility to support nearly 70,000 diplomats and development experts across the globe. losing any one of them, as we did in iraq, afghanistan, mexico, haiti, and libya during my tenure was deeply painful for our entire state department and usaid family and for me personally. asked chris toho .o to libya as our envoy i was the one who recommended him to be our ambassador to the president. after the attacks, i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket and those of the other three americans off the plane at andrews air force base. i took responsibility and as part of that, before i left office, i launched reforms to better protect our people in the field and help reduce the chance o

according to tyrone woods father, she told him, they were going to do everything they can to get the person who made the video and punish him. that felt like the familiartina that the administration was playing after this. this e-mail is new. >> i want to bring our attention to somethings the chair of this select committee that he pointed out towards the end of this first session where he was talking about how hillary clinton had taken off the name of her close friend who she was getting information from, she took off that name before she forwarded that information to the white house. listen to this. >> if you were going to pass something on to the white house, why would you take off the identifiers? >> because it was important to evaluate the information and from a lot of intelligence that i've reviewed over the years, you often don't have the source of thel)Ñ intelligence. you look at the intelligence and you try to determine whether or not it's credible, whether it can be followed up on be. >> i'm going to accept the fact that you and i come from different backgrounds. an unsource

ambassador chris stevens, sean smith, glen doherty and tyrone woods. republicans are searching for any mistakes made on secretary clinton's watch. democrats say the benghazi investigated and the hearing is only designed to damage her. her testimony began at 10:00 in the morning on thursday and lasted all day into the evening. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. >> reporter: the hearings started out cordially with hand shakes. but things quickly grew tense. >> i think if you look at the statement i made i clearly said it was an attack. >> calling it an attack is look calling the sky blue. of course it was an attack. republicans accused clinton of ignoring requests from ambassador chris stevens for security. georgia's westmoreland. >> how many instances would it have taken you to say, we need to look at security over there. >> no one ever came to me and said we should shut down our compound in benghazi. >> i'm not saying shut it down. i am saying protect it. >> it was this committee that uncovered clinton's use of a private e-mail system. >> there is 795 e-

other more thanes killed shawn smith, an information officer, glen dougherty, a navy seal, and tyrone woods, also a former navy seal. they were killed when terrorists stormed the u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi. then a separate cia annex. this time there were no outbursts during the course of the hearing. no banging on the table like we saw in 2013. but the session in the first three and a half hours did end on a very, very acrimonious note. watch this. >> would the gentleman yield? >> you need to make sure -- >> that's exactly what i want to do. >> then go ahead. >> i'm about to tell you. i move we put into. the record the entire transcript of sydney blumenthal. we're going to release the e-mails. let's do the transcript. that way the world can see it. >> the motion has been seconded. >> we're not going to do that at a hearing. >> we have a wrote to record a vote on that motion. people want the truth. that's what we want. let the world see it. >> why is it you only want mr. blumenthal's transcript released. >> i'd like to have all of them released. >> so there you get a flavor of how

. >> in fact, charles woods, the father of benghazi victim tyrone woods, took note. immediately after his talk with mrs. clinton, that day. and today, he produced a copy to the media. they read, quote, we are going to have the filmmaker arrested who was responsible for the death of your son. and indeed, this talking point about protesters and a video in benghazi leading to the deaths of four americans was repeated again and again and again by administration officials. >> we don't have and did not have concrete evidence to suggest that this was not in reaction to the film. we have no information to suggest that it was a preplanned attack. >> what happened this week in cairo, in benghazi, and many other parts of the region -- >> tunisia -- >> was a result, a direct result of a heinous and offensive video. >> the natural protests that arose because of the out rage over the video were used as an excuse by extremists. >> families did not believe it. those at the benghazi consulate challenged it. and the media, mostly fox news, dug deeper into the story. eventually, it was

pam: tyrone woods' mother told newscenter 5 she is appalled saying, "this is not about politics. this is about respect for brave men who died fighting for their country and the american people. it is offensive to everyone." the mothers have teamed up, demanding cnn reform, and they want the "stop hillary" pac to pull the ads which ran in six so far, no response from the pac. barbara doherty: it just makes you cry all over again. you weep enough tears. you don't need to go through that agony more than we have to. pam: relatives of at least two of the victims say making money or political points using the deceased, just plain wrong. i'm pam cross, wcvb, newscenter 5. karen: fugitive drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman has reportedly escaped capture again and got hurt in the process. guzman broke out of prison through an underground tunnel in july and has been on the run ever since. mexican officials tracked the drug kingpin to the northeast section of the country. he managed to get away but suffered injuries to his face and leg. the prosecution will not be able to have their own me

. >> information officer and air force veteran sean smith, cia officers tyrone woods and glenn dohertymbassador chris stevens. >> i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket and those of the other three americans off the plane at andrew's air force base. >> clinton has been here now all day into the night testifying she never received requests for more security from chris stevens although the ambassador made those requests, hundreds of them to security officials but for all the talk about hillary clinton's e-mails she did most of her business off line in classified briefings and didn't even have a computer in her state department office. >> yeah, compose 11 hours of testimony under fire from this congressional security panel. and really looking composed. stark difference to her testimony in 2013 where she seemed a little irritated and at points retaliating but this time around since she won the first democratic presidential debate. joe biden is out of the race. she also had a lot riding on this. by the way, this appearance on national television. international televis

ambassador chris stevens, sean smith, glen doherty and tyrone woods.ere to honor the service of those four men. the courage of the diplomatic security agency and the cia officers who risk their lives that night. and the work their colleagues do every single day all over the world. >> kate is glen doherty's sister. she joins us with her impressions of the hearing. kate, i know you watched secretary clinton's testimony. what did you think? for you did he put any lingering questions you and your family have to rest? >> overall, i thought she did a fairly good job answering some of the questions. you know, as expected, a lot of the real answers that we're looking for were kind of brushed off or not answered in the detail that we would like but in general, it was what i expected it to be. >> when the attack first happened, i mean, it was initially linked to protest happening over an anti muslim movie and secretary clinton was pressed on what she knew when. >> at 10:08 on the night of the attack you released this statement, some have sought to justify the be