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0 there. there is a follow-up. emails released today proved that cia deputy director mike morell signed off on ambassador rice's talking points even though they were wrong. why hasn't he explained 8 months boss david petraeus on the record uncomfortable blaming the attack on a video. why hasn't morrell been fired like miller? second question armed teams on the night christopher stephens and three other americans were killed by terrorists. why didn't those teams help the ambassador? very specifically, why didn't they help? next question. when exactly, mr. president, were you convinced the benghazi attack was generated by organized terrorists and not by a spontaneous mob? two weeks after the attack still1 you were still referencing an anti-muslim video when you were just told days after the fact by your own national security people that al qaeda was most likely linked to the killing of the ambassador. finally, why was it necessary to seize phone records from the associated press? why? again, simple question hes. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction. with us one the stars of the five bob beckel. am i asking too much? the president is going to have a press conference tomorrow. shouldn't he answer each and every one of those questions? >> i think he ought to answer a lot of those questions. i don't think he should answer the question about the a.p. that's an ongoing national security issue. >> bill: just general though. just general. >> is there a reason why they can't say why susan rice who put susan rice on those talk shows no. that ought to be answered. >> bill: that's one they should answer, okay. >> two, what he did today with the irs by firing miller is the first step and it ought to be more substantive than that we ought to find out why and why it was the cincinnati doing this stuff. more importantly than all of this is the abuse ever the internal revenue service on looking into conservative groups. that happened to me in the 1970s, it happens now just as easily. >> bill: tomorrow, according to bob beckel, the president should be prepared to give us more why behind it but morrell. look at morrell, second in command at the cia still there. why is he there? he should have been fired, correct? >> you want the second in command to be misleading the world? if you believe that petraeus says. that's what petraeus says. again, petraeus says that he was an honorable married man too. >> i owned up to that. >> why keeping morrell? if he mislead everybody and we know now because those things were released today the emails were released after the factor demanded it. >> i'm sure that's why it was. >> why was morrell there. what about you, mr. president? don't you think that barack obama is in trouble now? don't you think he is in trouble? >> i mean, if he doesn't know that then i think he is a much more blind politician than i think he is. >> bill: don't you think the people are starting to turn against him and losing credibility not only with the folks but with congress. going to be harder to get immigration bill passed. hardered to get any immigration passed. isn't he weakening now. >> amazing second term presidents get in a scandal and amazing how many come through it like bill clinton and barack obama will as well. >> bill: the firing of miller, the irs chief tonight, this is the beginning of barack obama's come back? >> i believe in time the press will turn the other way. if they do some substantive things and answer some of these questions i think the answer is yes. >> all right. so you think the press, which is in love with the president, generally speaking. will take this as a sign that everything is going to go back to normal? >> i think they were in love with him and now they turned against him as the pretty wants to do they will turn back the other way. >> why would they turn back the other way. >> they are a mob mentality. if somebody writes it first they will write it second. >> bill: why would they turn back the other way? george w. bush they didn't turn back the other way. >> he is not the same politician. much better politician than. >> is it about politics. >> most all of this is about politics. >> a brief. >> philosophy and politics not necessarily crossed paths at least in my lifetime. >> bill: more on how the press handle this. tomorrow is is a very important press conference for president obama. >> yes, it is. >> bill: he has to explain the how and why of these things rather than just okay, i'm firing the guy. that's easy. all right? isn't that easy? i'm firing the guy. >> i think he better have some long meetings tonight getting ready for this press conference. >> bill: now, generally speaking, are you disappointed with your guy, beckel? you are a big obama guy. >> i am a big obama guy and i many disappointed particularly what happened with the irs. it shouldn't have happened. >> bill: not in benghazi? >> benghazi is a republican earth to try to get rid of clinton. >> bill: really you? think it's a republican effort to want to know why armed u.s. teams sent to benghazi. >> the interest someone in that administration let them die. >> bill: the ifns is. >> certainly is. >> bill: wasn't anyone in charge at the moment who made a correct decision. >> sounds like republicans on capitol hill investigated this things so times. george bush lost nine people on his lost under his watch. >> bill: nothing this big. >> four dead people. >> a lot of that was in iraq as you know. now, listen, don't you think, don't you think that the american people should know the answer to that very sim question? you had armed special forces in tripoli. they were told to stand down and not go to benghazi. don't you think, just nonpartisan. we should know why that order was given? >> we should know who gave the order, yes. >> so you are agreeing with me. pretty much throughout the whole segment. >> no. imro agree with everything you said. i agree with that part of it? >> 80% you agree with. >> 60. about 45% more than i normally do. >> bill: all right, beckel. seefor a big press conference tomorrow and all throughout this broadcast we are going to update you on everything that happens. next on the rundown, is the washington establishment turning against president obama? some say yes. to then we will talk to the national coordinator to the tea party patriots about being targeted by the irs. she was directly. we are coming right back. tony used priceline to book this 4 star hotel. tell 'em why.