Hearing yesterday. You can take place by phone, if you are a republican call 2027488001, if a democrat call 2027488000, independent call 2027488002. If not by phone, you can weigh in on social media, our to her handle is http twitter. Com cspanwj. Or you can send us an email at journal cspan. Org. It is frontpage news just about everywhere. Here is a sampling. The Washington Post, back in the benghazi hotseat. Her fromjust of different times in the day. Grilling,ndles panels the 2016 president ial race silently looms large. De financial times, clinton efiant in republican interrogation over benghazi. Another set of photos of the secretary at different points making different types of gestures throughout the day. Times, she is engaged in an intense session. Little new is revealed, that is the New York Times. A couple more before we get to your calls. Onnton pins responsibility stevens, this the front page. Plenty of the fireworks, but no spoken gun. Piece of Hillary Clinton responding to members of the committee. She and other administration here is a look. You pick the video narrative. You pick the one with no evidence, you did it because libya was supposed to be this Great Success story for the thea white house and clinton state department. A key Campaign Theme that year was that al qaeda was on the run. Now you have a terrorist attack. It is a terrorist attack and libya. Is 56 days before an election. You can live with a protest about a video, but a terrorist that pack well. Hillary clinton i needed to be talking about the video, i needed to put other people on notice that we were not going to let them get away with attacking us as they did. In tunis there were thousands of demonstrators were there only because of the video, breaching the walls of our embassy. I was calling everybody in the lesion government i could get. Finally, the president sent his guard to break it up. There is example after example, that is what i was trying to do during those desperate hours. Jordan im not insinuating anything, im reading what you said. We know the attack another nothing to do with the film, that is as plain as it can get. Why did you not just speak plainly . Did, if youton i look to my statement as to what i said to the Prime Minister, i said it clearly and again the next morning. Im sorry that it does not fit your narrative, congressman, i can only tell you what the facts were. As the democratic members have pointed out in their most recent collection, they support the process that was going on where the Intelligence Community was pulling together information. It is harder to do than it used to be, you have to monitor social media, that is where the claim was place. I think the community did the best job that they could. We all did our best job to try to figure out what was going on and to convey that to the American People. Some488000 host some early comments, if hurt hillarys campaign they failed. It made her look like a president. She another teacher says she is the epitome of evil. First color, democratic line. Morning, yesterday of loadsurs and hours of smoke and really nothing was shot out. Beingwere allegations thrown into a cake that will eventually just be another thing for the government and the American People. When youre listening to mr. Jordan, he and the other Congress Members who were really at finiteg jabs issues to pull together i think their anguish at whatever the core mission, which has failed, against clinton. It was redundant. She answered the questions thoroughly. She stuck to what she said. Her statements to the American People, she made it clear that she did speak clearly. She stated over and over again exactly what she said. She even gave more information on why she made the statement when she was questioned about the emails. Again, asked about her correspondence. She made it very clear, my job, secretary of state, was taking information and revealing it, making sure that it had any credence. Host what does all this mean to you . Caller basically, i think right now it is her moving forward, and for her to maintain her composure as she does very well. And for them to really look at the moving forward what we can keep ourore americans more protected. When they are sent overseas to these extremely hostile and volatile places. Host thank you for calling come want to hear from enough on the republican line. I did not get to watch the entire thing because i had to run to the bathroom several times. She was one of the best of liars. At this person ends up eating president , we would love to increase the white house to allow space for all the baggage, i mean whitewater or whether it is travel gate, to make room she is disgusting. I pray to god that she does never get elected as a leader of this country. Host did you learn anything yesterday . Caller i just learned that she is more of a liar than i thought. The one email where she said of awas not a result movie, this was a terrorist attack. Then her telling a lie about that is just it makes me want to vomit. What is wrong with people that they would support Something Like this . Host that was dean from london, kentucky. Another person writes it was the longest 11 hours of my life will stop the chairman made a fool of himself. What a waste of 4. 7 million. We have paul up now on independent line. Caller good morning. I was pretty much on the fence, but i think she came on very well. The republicans really went into total overreach. I think it certainly strengthened her. All politicians lie or trim the truth. Aty all make mistakes, she least partially owned up to hers. I think it showed her in a very good light. It will help her. Republican seat to reflect on how they behaved. Host lets hear from another democrat from iowa. Caller good morning. Host what did you learn yesterday. Caller i did not learn anything is that thererned is some good republicans, but those that was on the panel yesterday were so mean spirited. If i had any respect for them, i sure dont this morning after i stayed up all night watching the reruns again. I think hillary did a good job. I voted for her, i supported her when she ran in 2008. I am working hard for her this year. Thank you. Host thank you, i will. If you have not seen the hearing, go to the website. You can see the whole thing there. She testified at thing for a little more than nine hours, but use up on the hill for nine when you copy breaks. It is noon eastern time, it is saturday and sunday. What he will do is split up the hearing into two parts. You can watch those pieces here on cspan. A little bit more from yesterdays action, about two minutes worth from a democrat. I spent a lot of time on this, as the ranking on intel and a member of the investigation, that was a republican led investigation. Two of my colleagues are on the same committee and went to the same investigation. Intimatedues have that there was an effort to spin what happened. They have neglected to point out , as you might imagine, that the intelligence we got after an attack like this initially you believe one thing then gets more information. Get to more, and you understand something better. We were briefed by the director and it kept evolving. In the beginning, we got it wrong. I looked through that, and that initial intelligence within a few hours, there were some reports indicating it was a direct attack as you told the egyptian Prime Minister at the time. That was what was understood. Than 24 hours ago, we had intelligence both open source and signals intelligence that there was a protest. Was hijacked, then it became an attack. Your statements were indicative and reflective of what we knew then. It was not until a week or 10 days later when we got the video from the compound that we learned definitively there was no protest. Chronologysimple sheds a lot of light and the ambassador, said what you did at the time. Not a member here has shown that anything you said or the ambassador was inconsistent with what our intelligence agencies told us at the time. Thaty come of interest there are still a great number of people that believe the video was part of the motivation of some who attacked us on that night. Frankly, we spent more giving you inaccurate for visitation of the documents and the reports, instead of making an effort to demagogue on this. Writeshe New York Times the country divided. They also say mrs. Clinton was disarmed and irritated congssional republicans. As secretary of state, her response to the benghazi and her. Ontacts to Sidney Blumenthal as republicans on the committee grew more pointed, mrs. Clinton stayed the course. They were speaking in heartfelt terms about the death of ambassador stevens and the other americans killed and benghazi. We have a jack on the line, republican. Caller yes, im disappointed republicans one the Committee Questioned her. Especially jim jordan. Host what was missing . Caller i think the focus on items that were maybe important to them, but i could not see the value of trying to belittle secretary clinton. Robie trying to show that she did not care, or jim jordans little comments here told ine saying you private one thing, and to the public something else. Thatwerent really important in the final analysis. Looking at the whole presentation, i think that these comments are doing a disservice to our party in this upcoming election cycle. That,ught to reflect on and act more evenhanded. One acted politely, and given the courtesy, but the other two did not. I hope they are wellfunded, because they will needed. Host a couple more observations, Hillary Clinton took the opportunity to explain her worldview of diplomacy and a need for intervention abroad. She denied that mr. Blumenthal was one of her closest advisers on libya. In the end, mrs. Clintons response is probably doing. Ittle to win over critics the pointed questions from republicans that she endorsed four hours probably did not convince her supporters that she mishandled the attacks. Now to independent caller. Caller thank you for taking my call. I voted for obama in 2012. Now i am sad that what he did. All of the chaos in the middle east. Is and al qaeda in libya. They killed 21 christians on the the kiosk . Then after that, he cooperative with saudi arabia. This administration should take them to justice to find out what is going on. Now,f them what we have how do you fix it . Mary is on the line, a democrat. Rank you for getting up so early. What is your reaction . Caller good morning. The military, maybe my take away is a little different. She is hillary showed not fit to be commander in chief. She certainly had plenty of information about the dangers, but every time the republican questions would try to figure out why there was no protection, she was saying it was someone elses responsibility. When you are the secretary of state, or the commander in chief, it is not someone elses responsibility, it is yours. She did not want to accept that. You for calling, mary. The Washington Times made that part of their responsibility. They begin the piece by saying that the former secretary of state shoji privately told family and World Leaders at the 2012 attack was a terror attack and said that the ambassador was responsible for his own decisions regarding the skimpy security. That is in the Washington Times. A garbage from Georgia Exchange with Hillary Clinton on the Chris Stevens asking many times for some help out there. Here is the exchange you have a lot of emails from Sidney Blumenthal. You say he was a friend of yours, and he had to personal email address. You said that Chris Stevens was a friend of yours. Forsked it numerous times extra protection. If i had been mr. Stevens, and i think anybody out there would agree, if i had been mr. Stevens and i had a relationship with you, and i requested 20 or more times for additional security to protect not only my life, but the people that were there with me, i wouldve gotten in touch with you some way. I wouldve let you know that i was in danger, and that the situation had deteriorated to a point where i needed you to do something. Did he have your personal email . Congressman, i do not believe that he had my personal email. He had an email, and a direct line to everybody he worked with for years. They had gone through difficult challenges, dangerous assignments, he was in Constant Contact with people. Yes, he and the people working for him asked for more security. Some of those request were approved, others were not. We obviously are looking to learn what more we could do, it was not only about benghazi, but the embassy in tripoli. It is fair to say that chris asked for what he and his people requested because he thought but he would be helpful, never said to anyone in the state department that we just cant keep doing this. He was in Constant Contact with people on my staff, and others in the state department. An opportunity to talk to him about the substance of the policy. With respect to security, he took those requests where they belonged. I have to add, the Diplomatic Security professionals are among the best in the world. I would put them up against anybody. I cannot allow any comments to be on the record in any way criticizing or disparaging them. Host more of the testimony from yesterday. The select committee on benghazi , and a caller has been hanging on from indiana. Youre on the republican line. Caller thank you for taking my call, you played earlier the defendedwith where he her for saying that this was caused by a video. Many people, including leon panetta have said there was never any intelligence to suggest it was a video. Maybe another country where there were protests caused by a video, but never any intelligence on the ground suggesting that was what caused this. We still have not gotten an answer as to who told susan rice to go on the talk shows and spout off this was caused by a video in the midst of a president ial campaign. The president was taking his policy saying that al qaeda was on the run. Lie to theold this people that this was caused by a video. Jersey,rion, new independent, go ahead. Ok, actually i was waiting for a wild, now im on my way to work. The thing is, all i wanted to say is that none of these people care about the American People. Intois all be generated taking care of themselves. That is all they are interested in doing. Did you learn anything yesterday . Yeah, i did. I learned a couple of things. One is, basically hillary is as good a liar as her husband. Maybe better. She said constantly he was not an advisor. I dont know why she is talking about that so much. What else that i learn . I learned that they dont listen to each other. They do not care about the American People, not any of them. D. C. , iorganization in would for 20 minutes to get on, they spend all their time in shoring that they take possession of as much as possible. Sleep, it was because of damage to her president ial aspirations. Host all right, we would let you get on to work. Couple new Facebook Comments it would take a miracle for the clintons to admit wrongdoing is what it says. Gowdy isrites awesome, and the democrats suddenly care about how much money we spend. Clinton is the classic politician that makes everyone hate politics. Hank is on the line from tennessee, a democratic caller. Caller good morning. Toas just, i wanted to go sleep, but i was amazed at how these gentlemen on the committee andordan, west moreland they would never allow her to or theyhe question, made faces the whole time. Then they would just art answering the question themselves. It was a waste of money, time, and all it to did was make hillary look like she had more experience than they did. Host ok, appreciate you calling. We want to take a step back from this story. There is other news out there, including this headline from roll call this morning it is about paul ryan. He says to his colleagues im in. He is in is a candidate for speaker of the house. Were joined by phone right now. Caller good morning. Host the congressman sent a letter to his colleagues yesterday, what did it say . Was 48he said that this hours, give or take, after telling his colleagues that they are pleased and almost begged to run for speaker after the majority leader bowed out. John boehner is looking to get out of there by the end of october. They said that he will unite behind me, if i can have the majority of your support, that i will run for speaker. Hours aree next 48 key factions. He was telling his colleagues what he needed to hear from them in order to proceed on thursday evening. He had theed that mandate he was looking for. Speaker, andun for reelections are next week. Host youre right it is not te that ity you wri is not necessarily a done deal. Guest anything can happen on capitol hill. Goingught mccarthy was into a closeddoor nominating meeting, and would, the nominee. It did not work out that way. There are loud influential voices outside for the Advocacy Community. Their thinking he is someone who is too cozy with leadership. He is someone who supported immigration reform, someone who has voted on government funding bills and increases without confessions. Majority from the conservative caucus. Not a formal endorsement, meaning there were some holdouts. Maybes came this weekend, two or three days talking to constituents. They were hearing from their people back home. To 218l has to get votes. Host where do you think he is in terms of that number . They wanted significantly more than that, were hearing. Guest right now, it is true. He is an very good shape, especially considering there was mostion to post most ust boehner at this time last month. Mccarthy did not have 218 votes in the back and even know it looked like he was ultimately going to become speaker it would take multiple rounds of voting on the house floor, potentially embarrassing efforts. Like i said, ryan is in much better shape. All signs point to yes, he is going to be the next speaker. But we would all look silly next week if we all promised that this w