that clinton defenders insist are political. her relationship with friend sydney blumenthal for instance. who was blackballed from the obama administration. her e-mails printed out and stacked side by side as props to suggest that she was engaged in libya in 2011. not so much in 2012. instead of focusing on what clinton called the swirl and whirl of september 11, 2012. and the scrambled response to save americans on the front lines. cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is here with me along with cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin and paul begala and amanda carpenter. jeff, let me start with you. walk us through this marathon day of testimony. >> jake, this day was 17 months in the making. and clinton's appearance in that witness chair has been the top objective of this committee. but so far after hours of questioning and testimony there's much of a re-run of di visive arguments.