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Welcome back to "hannity." so the benghazi select committee has been denounced by democrats as many more than that political ploy to take down hillary clinton but it is so important to remember why this committee was formed. four great americans murdered on the night of september 11, 2012 and their families deserve answers. so do we as citizens. how do they feel about the hearings today and what did they get out of hillary clinton? joining us now, michael igmire, uncle of sean smith, 1 of the 4 ...

Security was because of funding. i dont know why democrats brought that in there. it wasnt like the security requests were denied because of funding saying were not sending security to benghazi because we dont have the money, the united states of america. that never happened. thats a false narrative put out by the democrats. >> youre saying we dont know why -- we still dont know why they were declined? >> whats the answer? whats the answer? >> i would love for hillary clinton since shes in charg...

After 11 hours, what you think just happened today. >> well, they relitigated what the previous committees had done. i think, rachel, that there could have been a better inquiry into the security failures, what the system was in the state department, where security requests didnt get up to the top, where people who were in charge did not respond in any way really as far as we can tell to, you know, requests from ambassador stevens. but that was not the hearing we saw today. there was so much foc...

To a number of requests for additional -- >> you -- >> republican congressman peter roskam of illinois playing the part of the paper-ripping performing attack dog today in one of the i think more failed moments of todays confrontation. i want to go now live to andrea mitchell whos nbcs chief foreign affairs correspondent who not only covers the state department but has covered hillary clinton forever. shes been monitoring these hearings all day and shes on capitol hill. andrea, i just have to as...

President. >> hearing 600 -- >> no. >> hearing that 600 separate security requests were made and they were denied, do you blame them for what happened? >> absolutely. i blame them for instituting an illegal regime change, for running guns, for lying about it, for not protecting our people. thats the first rule of thumb for military protocol. you never leave anyone behind. and if you cant rescue them and keep them whole, you at least bring home the body. and its just horrific that we have this wo...

Committee investigating the benghazi terror attack. joining me now is mr. bernard goldberg. do you think my analysis in the talking points and catherine heritage reportage in the a block was fair? >> yeah, i do. i do. you made a point in the talking points that she didnt take -- mrs. clinton didnt take a full control of security requests for added security and yet the number of security people on the ground in benghazi was the same before the requests were made as after the requests were made. s...

Issue with the committee by any way by the way, and one place that was not thorough is security requests sent up through the state department. and remember that we didnt have jurs dick is shen over the state department, and the fbi said it was not safe and the review board found some violations, not violations burk that they had not responded well to the security requests by the individuals there, and that is one of the weaknesses that i saw to d today. i wish she had been a lot more aggressive ...

Yet no increase in security. >> heres basically what happened to their requests. >> congress never fully funded the security requests. >> what terms did you use? what were the parameters? >> did you ever talk to ambassador stevens, yes or no question, madam secretary. >> ive been racking my brain about what more could have been done. >> she must take responsibilities for failures that happened at the state department under her watch. >> we really didnt learn anything that the other eight investi...

Importance. people with whom he worked, the people who around him and with him they very well understood the dangers they were confronting. they did the best they could under the circumstances and many of the security requests as i just detailed were agreed to, others werent. >> gentle lady from california is recognized. >> thank you, madam secretary, i want to begin by thanking you for your patience. [ laughter ] >> and your endurance during todays hearing. its been quite a long day. i also wan...

Those are your headlines. ill see you back here in a little bit. >> all right, thank you, heather. meanwhile back to a fox news alert. bombshell in the benghazi investigation. yesterdays hearing regarding calls for help to bulk up security at the u.s. consulate. >> thats over 600 requests. youve testified here this morning that you had none of those reach your desk? is that correct? >> thats correct. >> mr. blumenthal wrote you 150 e-mails. it appears from the materials that weve read that all o...