brand-new video has just come in from this morning. we ll bring you more on this as we get more information we ll go back to it. bill: there is also a suicide bombing attempt in sudan just this past week trying to takeout its leader. back to that in a moment. the news is breaking literally in so many different places, u.s. marines heading to yemen we got that word earlier today. reports of hundreds in the capitol city of s u.n. nah, trying to storm the city there as they did yesterday as well. demonstrators burning down a kentucky fried chicken restaurant there. my next guest has served as calm bass tkoer five times in five difference locations, iraq, pakistan, kuwait, lebanon, ryan crocker, mr. ambassador welcome to our program here and welcome to you. i want to begin with you and offer my condolances to your friend chris stevens and the loss of him and the three others in benghazi. how well did you know him? well, thanks, bill, and thanks for your kind words. i knew chris quite wel