Post Benghazi News Today

I just, 41 points doesnt make sense. it is the first post-benghazi poll, though, in iowa, which is her natural constituency. >> well, you know, its interesting and obviously well wait and see what the other polls that will start coming out show as well, but one sense is that theres been a settling at least for the time being because this is october, its not february. but its settling in the democratic field over the past three weeks given her debate performance and the fact that none of the othe...

Major city. whats going on as the local police are trying to figure out the tactical operations? and what are they dealing with? >> theyre doing a number of things. theyre probably warning about copycats. theyre probably putting out information to up security. buff the most important thaing theyre going to do is try to figure out if this guy has links to isis or terrorist cells so they can roll that up. that appears that isnt the case, but they wont leave stones unturned. >> you know a lot of st...

Individuals can use with their passports. jenna: have their passports as you just mentioned. part of the power of terrorism is fear. why make this announcement? >> well there is always an assessment as far as we know among those, should we release this information or not? there is also the fear of the post-benghazi, post-boston syndrome and if we dont something happened there is political problem. there is also this other possibility that we are sending a message to the public, to the public wil...

This attack was real. it was imminent. the sourcing of the information really was much more than they normally have. so what they have done is certainly very prudent in terms of the shutdown. i know theres been reports that some of the embassies are concerned they were not on the identified target list and they are being shut down unnecessarily. im sorry these things you have to err on the side of caution and thats whats going on here. >> andrea, talking about caution, so much of this has to be ...

Messages out there and the administration has to get it right because were still in the cross-hairs of groups like al qaeda. jenna: very interesting post-bin laden and post-benghazi. that is interesting combination. peter, great to have you as always. thank you. >> thank you. jon: >> the congressional summer recess starts today but that does not mean lawmakers should expect a break from very big issues causing gridlock on capitol hill. congress is on track to have one of the least productive ses...

You sort of see that yellow band right across the top there, its clearly an enormous number of u.s. interests abroad. in practical terms what does it mean to have that many consulates and embassies closed for a day or maybe more? >> in practical terms i dont think you can really protect that many embassies and that many consulates all together, all at once, for a period of a month and a half. i think the reality is that some of this concern and anxiety probably reflect the atmosphere in washingt...

Trying to cover up key facts about the assault. of course, the white house has said such witnesses are free to come forward. but tonight national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us what happened to one man who is still paying the price for blowing the whistle. >> his revelations to the media about the need for armored vehicles to protect the troops from roadside bombs changed the course of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. saving untold lives of service members. normally france gui...

Genesis of hillary clintons what. >> what difference does it make? >> bret: what difference does it make in a different phrase. thats the question you get from democrats who say this is a political witch-hunt? >> i would hope that republicans can answer that question with one word or two words. the truth. i mean, stop thinking about the political implications of this. dont race ahead of the evidence in front of you. you have seen some comments from republicans frankly that do this. its not clear...

Washington and the people who were in benghazi that night. its going to be incredibly difficult, i think, for the mainstream media not to pay attention to awful these accumulating details because they fill out this story. this narrative. this inaccurate narrative in a way that i think is not helpful for the administration. >> bret: a.b.? >> i think the mainstream media has been forced to cover this and already notes that this is going to be an explosive week with regard to this story. what the a...

Extremely damaging for the administration and potentially for hillary clinton and her presidential plans. the best thing for the administration to do is to be as forth right and open in airing facts as soon as possible. the longer that they are seen as slow walking, hiding, or intimidating anybody, the longer this lasts, the more painful it will be. >> bret: charles, in this testimony that we have already seen some of this interview with greg hicks, the number two guy, again, on the ground, he s...