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Taking a leave of absence along with her producer. their october 27th report featured a security contractor who claimed among other things that he tried to fight off the attackers from inside that embassy compound. the contractors story was later discredited, and logan made an on-air apology. the benghazi assault happened back on september 11, 2012. it led to the deaths of four americans, including the u.s. ambassador chris stevens. and alec baldwins show on the cable network msnbc is not comi...

Been broadcast at all. >> discredited pretty quickly, i might add. >> and cbs shouldnt have dug in their heels. >> brian, we appreciate you. now host of reliable sources. congratulations. well talk next hour. you have something else were going to chat about as well. thank you so much. >> thanks. >> i want to move on and talk about tails of double-agent spies, interrogations, millions of dollars in cash payoffs. it is not cold war fiction. it is an actual cia program that began in the aftermath o...

But its big news here because "60 minutes" is the most esteemed, most prestigious news magazine on american television. its the kind of magazine that doesnt make mistakes. thats why its going to get so much attention today. >> brian, why did it take them so long? >> you know, its been exactly 30 days since this was broadcast. what the standards record which came out about an hour ago, suggests is that this shouldnt have gotten on the air in the first place. this report shouldnt have been broadca...

Seems more like alec baldwin didnt want to do it anymore. msnbc sure didnt want him to do it, so they went their separate ways. i think he probably quit, but if he hadnt quit, he probably was going to feel the shove sooner rather than later. >> in terms of the shove, tell me this, brian. you have martin bashir, another host on msnbc, apologized for a horrible remark he made about sarah palin. it is so graphic, i am not repeating it here on television. he didnt even get suspended, so wheres the l...

Around for a while. so far, though, they havent taken any disciplinary action. >> were watching. we know you are. and brian, before i let you go, welcome once again to the cnn family from "the new york times." were thrilled to have you here. theres a little initiation i want to get you through quickly that we do on my show with our new colleagues. were going to do a little word association. you with me? >> im with you. lets try it. >> okay. im going to throw one thing out and you tell me what fi...