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Historic figure, if he so chose. but i dont think he has either the intellectual firepower to sort of handle, you know, this issue, or the political focus and staying power to see it through. because you would have to take on part of your own base. i think many republicans -- and i believe many republican lawmakers would actually be relieved if the president were to lead on this issue and they werent out there on their own, naked against the nra. but again, you know, anderson, weve seen so many ...

In senior white house correspondent, jim acosta. theyre watching this closely at the white house because the stakes are pretty high there as well. >> reporter: thats right, wolf. the white house has been clear. the white house believes benghazi is a political exercise to damage hillary clinton. josh earnest said it was going to be up to this committee to prove its credible today, putting pressure on the panel, not the secretary of state. and after kevin mccarthy basically said it was set up to a...

Congressman, the majority leader kevin mccarthy of california and richard hanna of new york and other members of congress. we have assembled a team today to talk about whats expected and whats at stake during the coming hours. brianna keilar is here with us as is jim acosta actually over at the white house. and the alise lavitt. a lets start with dana up on capitol hill. i understand you have been able to speak with some committee members as they prepared for todays hearing. set the scene for us...

Property in arizona. >> 36% said they were satisfied with the way hillary clinton handled herself, 59% were dissatisfied so shes got work to do. amanda, the problem for the republicans now, theyre really on the defensive because of what kevin mccarthy, the republican majority leader of the house of representatives said, look at her number, look at her popularity. her numbers go down as a result of this select committee on benghazi. $4 million, $5 million taxpayer money spent. and the democrats a...

Political story, at least in the short terms. including raising the dead limit, possibly avoiding a government shutdown. hes -- the house republicans need to -- >> what are you hearing behind the scenes? >> it does seem to be there is where should he might accept, yet, that seems to be where all the reporting is. , where kevin mccarthy took his name out of the -- but we still need to hearty from paul ryan fifth. >> the other headline, i just dont like the guys, recordly said by george w. bush, r...

Different investigation on different agencies, different organizations, and different individuals. theres wrongdoing here, and i think it needs to stop. a spokesperson for the committee said in a statement that p podliskas claims are transparentally false. it says he was terminated for cause including for trying to put together a hit piece on administration officials including clinton. the statement says, quote, thus directly contrary to his brand-new assertion, the employee actually was termina...

I dont think ive ever seen a year like this before where you really do have complete chaos in both the nominating process for the republicans and the house, which valely surprising. >> let me play a little ben carson. a lot of people who say theyre not washington dance around this story. heres carson. >> i say kudos to representative mccarthy. for putting others before himself. this is not something we see very often in washington. i hope this is a trait that will be emulated by others as time g...

Ainsley earhardt, the co-host of "fox and friends." >> trying to change how you the public views her role in the benghazi terrorist attacks which left four americans dead. the democratic front-runner is seething on comments made on "hannity" last week by the house majority leader congressman kevin mccarthy. watch this. >> everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? but we put together a benghazi special committee, a select committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropp...

Said this committees intent was not to politically embarrass hillary clinton. is this a moment on a politician accidentally speaking the truth about their intentions? >> it very well could be. republicans are scratching their head about that comment. this was something that was a bit of a mistake and i think he might have to backtrack it because we have republicans like jason chaffetz criticizing that remark. and democrats are pouncing. so when your team is divided and the other side is pouncing...

Socially conservative. and what representative mccarthy has to deal with in the short term, however, is that if he does stand against the pathway to citizenship he may very well lose his seat because you do see about 30% of latinos in his district, and he is not the only one. we know about 14 gop-held seats where you have a sizable latino constituency and a very slim margin by which romney won in 2012. >> yeah. >> so short, medium, and long-term considerations. >> professor peterson, if the repu...