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Benghazi and how and why the issue has flared up to the point where it is consuming one of the most valuable commodities a president has, his time. his account omitted last wednesdays explosive house oversight contents and the talking points prepared by his top aides. the talking points delivered by susan rice on the 16th of september, five days after the attacks, oppressed a false narrative of the benghazi attacks. but president obama branded benghazi a terror event and dispatched to capitol hi...

The fact that the first kind of terror event of its kind since hes been president. really examining an after-action report. were there signs on the road to this particular plot that were missed by the intelligence community? what has to be learned from that? and how you really learn. this is a new state of terror that the country has to get used to. yes, to get its head around. an area of vulnerability to a smaller bore terror attack. i spoke to a former official who is an expert in this area wh...

This. any response -- any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: the bombings, classified as a terror event by federal law enforcement, a level 1 mobilization with all hands on deck. the fbi is in charge of the investigation working with boston and massachusetts police agencies. a federal source told cnn they have gone through packages. >> something just blew up. >> reporter: in the hours after the blast there were reports of other devi...

Involved. we do know that the injury, of course, was a result of the investigation. also, we know, as you indicated, that boston commissioners calling this a cowardly act and the fbi is leading this investigation. >> this cowardly act will not be taken in stride. we will turn every rock over to find the people who are responsible for this. >> and the fbi also calling this a potential terror investigation. of course, it is being treated by all accounts as though it is a terror event. now theyre a...

Way. >> jessica yellin is at the white house. the one thing we did not hear from the president was the word "terror." but this seems to be a terror event. what is the white house telling you why he chose not to say that formally? >> the president is being careful. ive been in touch with officials throughout the night. its their position that what happened in boston is an act of terror. but they dont yet know who carried out the attack and an investigation will have to determine whether it was pl...

Fatalities and scores of injuries including children. one of the dead, an 8-year-old boy. as a shocked nation watched, the president sopoke about the attack. >> make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this and we will find out who did this. well find out why they did this. any response -- any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: the bombings classified as a terror event by federal law enforcement, a level one mobilization with a...

And real ramifications as far as the federal government is concerned. go ahead, jessica, check with your sources. fran townsend, your law enforcement sources told you the federal government now does believe this was, in fact, a terror event. >> thats right, wolf. it may be, lets remember, you know, the memory of 9/11, september 11th, is not so far away, and when americans hear a terror attack, they are implicit in that in many respects that its a foreign-driven event, and i think what we know...

"the situation room". we begin with the state of unemployment in america, just three months before election day. both democrats and republicans have something to seize on in the newest jobs report. employers say they added 163,000 jobs to the u.s. economy in july. thats better than economists expected, and something for the obama camp to hang its hat on. but the romney camp is pointing to this figure, the overall unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 8.3%, because american household...

Force. >> joining us now, my new friend who has been here, lets talk about the big stories, and talk about the terror event -- well, i guess the foiled plot. is it going to become a political issue? >> i think its a very difficult issue and certainly in afghanistan, iraq, when it comes to these types of issues, talking to republicans today, its how to address it. >> you can see it now, the mayor was saying terrorists around the world and then sources saying, hey, we dont know what it is. is it i...

The right to travel and think and express yourself requires breathing room. it doesnt permit uniformty. >> we need a national ay i.d. card to prevent terror event but shouldnt go to far into personal privacy. who said yes to this? look at this. the hand goes up. how come? >> i thought maybe it would be a good idea that we identify people. there is a lot of illegals in the country and a system, they go to hospitals -- >> here is the thing. first of all, nobody should be high about -- i dont, i re...