will be cleared or charged with rape. and, remember, he denied smoking crack before he admitted to smoking crack. now toronto's mayor denies offering a drug dealer thousands of dollars to keep that infamous crack-smoking videotape a secret. hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield. it's thursday, december 5th. welcome to "legal view." i want to start with news that's just developing now. i want to begin with news of an american teacher shot dead in liba. it happened in benghazi, a troubled city forever linked to the deadly attack on the u.s. compound in 2012. this follows a chilling new web posting from the american-bournemouthpiece for al qaeda, senior national correspondent nic robertson is following all the developments. can you get us up to speed be on the shooting, nic? >> reporter: the young teacher