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Work again after two, three days. >> is there a -- what are they saying on the ground in algeria about al qaeda in the region? north africa is it grow something is recruitment on the incline? >> in my opinion, its a big intelligence failure world wide. they didnt coordinate the job to follow recruitment of people throughout the world. when you see all of the people from our many countries attacking the same facility in al geara, how are they gathering in the south of this area sni think this is ...

We still need answers, i think, from the department of defense. why wasnt there a military response to this? what about an intelligence failure. why didnt we know about this? i am worried about the spread of al-qaeda in that part of the world, libya and somalia, there is a lot of questions. >> gregg: this is an attack that went on for seven hours. sources tell fox news that those who were under attack pleaded three times with the c.i.a. for help for a rescue, for assistance. they painted a laser...

Local militias were hired. second, and this is what you have been alluding to there, second clinton is gone in a month. shes had a very successful run, but all of a sudden now theres this big problem at the end and she doesnt have a kans to early improve her record or convince people otherwise. this is an unfortunate period for her at the end of a great run. >> gross negligence. katty kay, it is significant. very significant report, and again, a lot of people are going to be asking when they can...

I have to say i dont know that theyre deliberately putting race in the equation, but maybe theres something unconscious about it. but a lot of the people who have been targeted in the situation have been african americans. i dont know how it works out that way. but it has. its a sad day. susan rice will be fine. shes going to go on and do great things for the country. but weve lost a public servant. and the president has been thwarted. and i think this boeds terribly for the supposed, new bipart...

Lets talk about the massive intelligence failure on 9/11. knowing you had that happening in 98, how could you miss what happened on 9/11 which resulted in the deaths of 3,000 people. what does this signal about the republicans that they will go to seemingly endless lengths to discredit susan rice. why are they doing this? >> some people think it has to do with the senate race. think how appalling that is that they are willing to trash a persons reputation, a person of susan rices. she has served...

>> lets bring in karen finney, msnbc political analyst and former communications director for the dnc. is this a communications problem with the american people. now, it is susan collins and bob corker. they are in on the frey to smear susan rice. >> i want to take one step back on this 1998 business susan collins was talking about. if we really truly want to go there, lets remember that those attacks in 1997 were when osama bin laden came to the floor and we had a clear sense of what he was abo...

An intelligence failure. you have to go all the way to 1998? because if you stop along the way -- >> may i add, susan rice may not be implicated in. there are a set of talking points and there is research going on thats circulated to the republicans that shes meeting with before or after the meeting. >> if we go to 98, talk about what the significance of that was. that was hen bin laden came to the fore, we had a sense of who he was, what he was about, one might say, there was a big, glaring, he...

>> thank you so much, guys. susan rice is extraordinary. couldnt be prouder of the job she has done. [ applause ] >> lets bring in karen finney, msnbc political analyst and former communications director for the dnc. is this a communications problem with the american people. now, it is susan collins and bob corker corker. they are in on the frey to smear susan rice. >> i want to take one step back on this 1998 business susan collins was talking about. if we really truly want to go there, lets re...

Attack. what was omitted, obviously, from the unclassified talking points but was, you know, already been reported as been in the classified. so i think that wherer with this -- where we are with this is there is an intelligence failure -- megyn: let me just stop you on that point. we already know james clapper, the director of national intelligence, his office after the fact, after the lawmakers on capitol hill pressed and pressed and pressed, he went up to capitol hill according to the senator...

Points came out different than i said that . meanwhile dianne feinstein and the republicans weighed in. >> gave the direction yesterday that the whole pcess is going to be checked out. we are going to find out who made changes in the original statement. >> what happened was, it was worked its way up through the system of the so-called talking points which everyone refers to and went up to the deputys committee and what i found fascinating about the investigation and my role here in my mind was t...