Preparing a report that partially blamed the benghazi attack on amateurish youtube antiislam video. They claim the president obama pressed upon the American People and upon the United Nations general assembly. He was push hard to explain what caused them to push the Youtube Video three days after that attack. The chief said simply he was not at the betray petraeus briefing and had nothing to say. There was demonstrable and incurable evidence of their involvement and no evidence of anything other than a terrorist attack. And the administration continued to press its false tale, despite fox news reporting and they reported within 24 hours, u. S. Intelligence agencies monomania that the attack was an act of terrorism with ties to al qaeda, but had also identified and located one of the leaders of the attack. Despite warnings hours before, state Department Emails reviewed two hours into the attack that the administration had been alerted that the terrorist group al sharia was already taking credit for the siege. And then the statement was made just 14 hours after that attack. You are right that this is not a situation that was exactly the same as what happened in egypt. And my suspicion is that there are folks involved in this who are looking to target americans from the start. Lou cbs did not air that particular statement. They waited weeks to release it. And another statement from a critical statement made by the president. Contrary to the evidence, ambassador susan rice run on five talk talkshows five days later and told the American Public that the murders of four americans in benghazi were not the result of a preplanned attack. The president made clear in yesterdays press conference that were ordered by the white house. Congressman nunes said it appears now that we have more questions than we have before. Questions that could finally be answered tomorrow when former cia director David Petraeus, brings as much anticipated benghazi testimony. Now that he has been removed from the obama administration. We take this up with congressman trey gowdy. Former pentagon official, k. T. Mcfarland, and bestselling author, ed klein. And former bush adviser, ron christie. Moments ago, ranking members of the Senate Intelligence committee spoke to the press that they had little to offer in regard to the actual testimony given. Dianne feinstein, the chair, said Committee Members were able to watch a film that was a composite, realtime document of the beginning to the end of the terrorist attack. She announced additional hearings that are closed and open hearing will take place in the future. However, she refused to comment on whether that reflected the obama adminiitrations descriptions of the events are at the cia agents in benghazi call for help for separate times. Tonight, the cia has launched an exploratory investigation into the conduct of David Petraeus. He is scheduled to testify in front of the house Intelligence Committee tomorrow. Joining me now is to congressman trey gowdy. He is a member of the House Oversight committee. This is a remarkable period in american history. We assume at some point, it perhaps as early as this evening, at least there will be a reaction is what they heard today. Does it trouble you that neither James Clapper or mr. Robert mueller my recommendation is they need to familiarize themselves before they come over oversight or a House Committee and if they think they are going to make it without disclosing that name, they are still sorely mistaken. Lou is deeply troubling, if not . It is one the administration claims to be mostly transparent since the earth cooled. Were going to find out what happened and when dossey without the voluntary health or with the voluntary help of the people. We will have Committee Hearings until the lord comes back if thats what it takes. We have four murderee americans. I also found the president s reaction to what the three senators said to be disappointing. He does get defensive when he is question we didnt send susan rice. If he is upset and frustrated, he has no one to blame but himself. Lou legislators keep forgetting to put for the fact that there were three senators on this committee, not just the two men, a number of them have stepped forward to say this is rough treatment of a woman, namely ambassador rice, forgetting that senator ayotte is also amongst those. How paternalistic is that, lou . Susan rice can think for herself. She has a career as a diplomat. She should have asked the intelligence officials what information are you sending me out. That fact is conveniently left out. But soon susan rice has been in government for a long time. If she thinks that she can go out and pear and Administration Talking Points and not be called on it, then she is going to be surprised. Lou are you hopeful about David Petraeus appearing before the Intelligence Committee in the house tomorrow . Hopeful that he will be straightforward and truthful . I think that he will be. Im cautiously optimistic that it will add to our body of knowledge. The reality is multiple witnesses within the body of knowledge. Susan rice is another one. Hillary clinton is another. We would not be doing are Due Diligence as investigators if we did not question the office. If the president thinks were being unfair to susan rice, he can comment. That is always an option, too. If he wants to be sent for my millions towards her company can come to congressman to the questions. Lou im going to be asking a number of people throughout this question, but under feinstein, her committee did not want to comment. I want to does ask you quickly wrap up here. For your viewers, is whether or not there is any grounds for not commenting on what seems to be a matter of fact issue. She was asked whether the cia operatives in benghazi, what about them calling for help . And can you think of any reason why that would not be a matter that could be shed with shared with the American Public . No, sir, i cannot. Lou and what about the administrations original versions of events . Your reaction . Theres a difference of not wanting to comment on something and not being able to. It is uncomfortable for anyone outside of the aisle, this was a fiasco, but there is a difference between not being able to shed light on something and choosing not to do it. I can think of no reason there is no legal bar to them providing answers be one of the Reagan Administration is going, turning one thing over after another with various investigations, its going to come in a situation where this administration cannot talk about much and Foreign Policy whatsoever. Congressman, you get the last word on this. On the president obama credit for being able to do one thing that i have not seen in the time that i know him, which is to get senator graham as upset as i have never seen him about anything. And he punches above its weight class. He is engaged on benghazi. Kelly ayotte, john mccain, jason chivers, some of us are young enough that we will be around matter how much they want to store mall. We will be around to get the answers, especially for the families of those four murdered americans. Lou coppersmith, we appreciate you being here and your efforts are congressman trey gowdy. Thank you. Lou much more on benghazi, and the testimony of general petraeus later in this broadcast. Negotiations about the fiscal cliff. Partisan rhetoric is rampant. Can this president and these leaders really reach a deal . Acclimate ron christie join us in moments. Final resolution. The deadly bp oil spill results in record fines and multiple criminal charges. We will have the latest 40 straight ahead. Lou negotiations to solve the socalled fiscal cliff begin in earnest tomorrow. Does anyone believe americas leaders can make a deal here . Monica crowley and ron christie join us here and just moments for that and much more. Its nice moneyline, stocks have been steadily falling since president obama won reelection. Today, no different. Just a matter of degree. The Dow Jones Industrial down 29 points. The s p lost. The nasdaq down 10 points. The dow has fallen 10 since election day. It has entered correction territory, down 10 or more. The weekly jobless claims surging by 78,000. That being attributed to the Superstorm Sandy and in corporate news, Texas Instruments gaining a fraction and announcing it will lay off about 1700 of its employees. About 5 of its workforce. Overseas, officially knowledge acknowledging that they are back into recession. The economy shrinking. A 10 year on note shrinking. The Housing Market is improving, but obstacles still block a faster recovery. It seems likely this point that the pendulum has swung too far the other way. That overly tightened lending standards may now be preventing creditworthy borrowers from violent homes. Thereby, slowing the revival of housing and keating economic recovery. Lou the good news is that i can do something about that. The wall street journal reported the federal Housing Administration has a 13. 5 billion deficit. Let me repeat that, 13. 5 billion deficit. It is not official, but it is all but certain. Oil giant bp and the Justice Department reaching a settlement over the deepwater horizon disaster in the gawker of the worst offshore oil spill in american history. Bp oil agreed to pay 1. 5 billion related to the death of 11 workers. Three of the employees were also indicted on criminal charges including manslaughter and lying to congress. And raising taxes on the wealthy to prevent the economy from going over that cliff. Aflcio president Richard Trumka it turns out hes not worried about 600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts. In prepared remarks and washington event today, Richard Trumka said, and please remember this, this is just beautiful there is, he said, no fiscal cliff. What we are facing is an Obstacle Course that was hastily thrown together in response to inflated rhetoric about our federal deficit. Richard trumkas remarks followed a meeting with the president and others earlier in the week. Joining us now to talk about taxes and the president s second term agenda, his legacy, and oh, yes, what happens to the rest of us. The author of what just happened, Monica Crowley and former special assistant to george w. Bush, ron christie. Monica, have to say, eloquent labor leader, Richard Trumka from a manufactured crisis. The mathematics dont matter. Well, apparently mathematics do not matter. According to the president of United States the United States from the math doesnt matter or he simply doesnt care. This is a president has now racked up 16. 2 trillion in debt and given us a recordbreaking four straight years of trillion dollar less deficit. In his press conference yesterday, when he was talking about the need to cut the deficit and bring this under control, he has credibility on this. He has had for years, including two years for of Democratic Congress to be serious about it. He has not demonstrated. There is nothing in his background or pattern or history that leads us to believe he will do just. Lou senator patty murray, wants to be the chair of the Senate Budget committee but of dollars that she cannot commit to actually passing a budget. What are we doing with your . We are dealing with a bunch of adolescents in the United States senate who dont leave. The Congressional Budget Office is very clear. It is the law of the land hed have to pass a budget. Harry reid hasnt passed a budget and over three years. Lou oh, please, youre just being unrealistic in their expectations. [laughter] human traditions, you are values that our lawmakers to actually follow the law. Is that too much to ask . We have had trillion dollar deficits for the last four years. They are protecting the trillion dollar deficits for the next four years. Lou when we come back and i want to talk to you about benghazi, petraeus, and the degree to which we should expect anyone to Pay Attention to what would be the impact if the president has his way on taxes and the House Republican leadership paidin and simply accede to his wishes without concerning themselves with the consequences. We will be right back with Monica Crowley and ron in just a moment. What role will the United States play . We will be talking with k. T. Mcfarland about that. General petraeus, benghazi, and this administration and its moments seems they havent been moving much lately. But things are starting to turn around because of Business People like you. And regions is here to help. With the experience and service to keep things rolling. From Business Loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. So switch to regions. And lets get going. Together. [ engine revs ] [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. 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This will end up, and i hope im wrong about this, this will end up being where americas enemies perceive a second term from another four years he had just our allies and embraced her enemies. You deal with the mouse, they are going to log on to mass there. Is the northern border, and now you have a wider war. They know they cannot rely on us. Lou you are one of my very favorite people. When you talk about gopher broke, a global freeforall, nothing to lose, this is language that is i hope not shared by benjamin netanyahu. They have much to lose. It is an accident issue for the israelis. It is a matter of deciding what in the world, and im fairly comfortable that the Israeli Government has made the decisions about how far they are going to have to go see to dinner strategy and their purpose. What are your thoughts . Agree with mark on this. I really believe that israel you have the syrians that are showing up on israel and also showing turkey. You have what is largely abandoned and overrun the. Lou let me put that into context. Syria will not show much of turkey. They are incapable of showing much of israel. The real issue is what is their view towards iran and what will be their goal . I dont think that they are in a position that they have much choice. Other than taking action. The United States president obama has not had israels accents in office. They continue to enrich uranium and get a nuclear weapon. They want to wipe israel off the face of the map. How can they not take this area sleep . The whole dynamic has changed with the sense of the Muslim Brotherhood in egypt. They are now running the show in egypt. The very first one meeting that the egyptian Muslim Brotherhood there is a new online fair to the israel people and the turks a couple of years ago started reaching out to the iranians, too. Now you have the full encirclement of israel by iran. Lou as we look at this, now we turn to northern africa. The role of al qaeda. House intelligence and Senate Intelligence committees do you think they will be forthcoming . Yes, i do. Another network reporting that david atrios wants to testify, but he knew within 24 hours that this was a terror attack and it was all al sharia. Lou if he said that, that makes him a liar. Correct, and he will have to explain his original testimony behind closed doors with some kind of video. He has some serious explaining to do. To my point, i think there is something more sinister behind us. I wonder if the administration said, we will allow you to keep your job. Tell them its about a video, rather than saying that the cia knew this was about a terrorist attack. Lou ron christie, Monica Crowley, thank you so much. Much more on the fiscal cliff deal. In gaza, and of course, general petraeus. As we take it up with the ateam coming up next. Is he right . Were republicans or two about a . The ateam joins me next. And the keystone pipeline, here we go again. 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