White house cover up revealed. You can see it tonight at 9 00 p. M. Eastern time, saturday 10 00 p. M. Eastern and sunday at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. That is it for this special report. Fair, balanced and unafraid. Greta goes on the record right now. This is all on the record. Stone walled. Memory loss at the white house. This was like two years ago. Dude, really . On the record searches for answers in benghazi. Plus union thugs intimidating care takers of the disabled. One woman taking her fight to the Supreme Court. I dont want to be forced to join a union. And you cant miss this. Ivanka trump on the record tonight. That first Big Development in benghazi. Speaker of the house john boehner announcing the house will form a select committee to investigate the benghazi atta s attacks. Also the Oversight Committee announcing it will subpoena secretary of state john kerry. Good evening, sir. Good evening, how are you . Good. What do you think about this select committee . Im glad the speaker did it. I had called for it several months ago despite the pact that im on one of the committees of jurisdiction. I think 20 months is too long to get answers to questions and i think with the ben rhodes memo that was the straw that broke the camels back with respect to the speaker. Not only are we trying to get questions with respect to benghazi were also investigating what appears to be a white house cover up and one of the worst explaza magss for why they din turn the document over is i think the speaker just finally lost his patience. Im glad he did what he did. What difference does this make . How does this make a big difference in the investigation . Well, instead of having the department of defense with Armed Services i mean, we were so pigeon holed or fragmented. Foreign affairs has jurisdiction
over the state department. Armed services over the department of defense. Oversi oversight fills in the gaps. If you want to have them all sitting at the same table, you need a committee that has the power to do that and a select committee would have the power. It crosses all jurisdictional boundaries. You have subpoena power and you can work in a really coordinated effort and, you know, i think our chairmen have done the best job they can do but you have a tendency to stick within your own and we need somebody to cross the lines. We need the lines to disappear frankly. Secretary of state john kerry has been subpoenaed by house oversight. Why . Well, greta, if you go back and read some of the old quotes and i know Administration Officials hate it when we go back and read what they said a year ago but a year ago he said with respect to benghazi if youre having any trouble getting information let me know. Well, mr. Secretary, were going to let you know. Were not getting the information. This email we should have gotten is it bureaucracy or hiding it . Well, i have evidence that not only are they hiding it but theres an intent to hide it. I cant disclose that evidence yet but i have evidence that there was a systematic intention mall decision to with hold certain documents from congress and were just sick of it. So were going to get him to come explain why were getting documents 20 months late. All right. Are you going to be on this select committee . The speaker is going to make that decision. Do you want to be . Heres what i can tell you if he thinks im one of the best questioners in congress. What i told him today is you need to put the best questioners. The best investigators in congress on that select committee. I think jimmy jordan is great. The speaker can decide whether he thinks an old washed up
prosecutor from South Carolina is good or not but im going to help the committee regardless of what position if any i have. I will volunteer to be a summer intern because i want the Family Members of those four victims, each of whom i promised i will get you the truth, i want to be able to keep that promise. All right. Congressman, i want to play a sound bite for you. This is president obama today answering a question about the crisis in ukraine and listen carefully, sir. The notion that this is some spontaneous uprising in Eastern Ukraine is by all the evidence of well organized trained, armed militias with the capacity to shoot down helicopters, generally local protestors dont possess that capacity of surface to air missiles or whatever weapons were used to shoot down helicopters. Do you think he wants a do over on that or not . You know what, if you didnt
know better you would think that he was a republican member of the house describing what happened in benghazi. The only thing he left out is the protestors were using densive moves, military moves that have to be trained. I am stunned that he said that about the ukraine when the evidence is just as good if not better with respect to the attack in benghazi. Im sure he would like to rephrase that answer to the question. Do you think his staff gasped . It is a description of benghazi that so many people said that the fire power on the ground in benghazi was significant power. It wasnt just a bunch of fire crackers or something. I think his staff has been gasping a lot lately. When you have someone thats supposed to be a professional Communications Person sounded like that using the word dude and when you have them trying to say a memo was not benghazi when
you produced it in response to a subpoena about benghazi. They have been gasping a lot this week. Congressman, thank you, sir. If you hear any news about this select committee, do let us know. Yes, maam. But you do the same. If you hear something you let me know, okay . I will, indeed. Yes, maam. Now the one the congressman just mentioned is from last nights special report. To say former white house spokesman down played the benghazi talking points controversy is a giant understatement. Did you also change attacks to demonstrations in the talking points. Maybe. I dont really remember. You dont remember. Dude, this was like two years ago. Dude, its what everybody is talking about. So think about this one, in 2004, he was driving an Obama Campaign bus for the press. In 2012 as they were losing their lives being murdered he was in the situation room and
the president was not. Joining us our political panel, john, i wouldnt make that remark about hes not in the situation room, maybe he could be in the oval office. But the fact is that they havent told us where he was. So even so its a good question. So thats part of the big question. What exactly was the president doing the night of the attack . Did we do everything we could to save these people. The other scandal on the other hand is did the administration mislead or high about a terrorist attack in order to further political or ideological narrative that suited their needs. I think the way he responded last night with the dude, it was so juvenile it almost seems as if he didnt understand the seriousness of the question. We had four people murdered and hes worried about dude, it was two years ago and the email, if it was directed the rhodes email was more
worried about policy than dead people but thats what i thought. He didnt help the cause. The most interesting part of the interview was when he played the cias testimony of saying we didnt blame this on the video and they said where did it come from . He said newspapers. Someone decided to take what happened in a newspaper over our own intelligence. Or the chief on the ground for the cia. Dude. Yes i only go by dude now. But its a classic, again, if youre about doing Communications Strategy which is youre in a defensive position which is where tommy was the answer is to make it seem like not such a big deal. You guys are blowing this out of proportion. You guys are spending that much time on it. We arent spending that much time on it. Its hard to win that battle when theres four dead people. If theres four People Killed that day in Downtown Washington it would still be front page
news in the Washington Post if it was unsolved. Would it be. Yeah. Would be. But theres the sense at a this has been the white house contention on so many issues. Its not just dealing on this issue but Everything Else which is the media is going to turn something into this big side show. Were not going to get sucked into it. We dont want to be part of that narrative. Were just going to make it look like you guys are the problem. Is it Benghazi Select Committee any big deal . Well, the democrats dont want it to be portrayed that way. Harry reid said this is nothing but rekindling a bedunked right wing conspiracy theory. They want to portray it that way. Who can it hurt the most . President obama isnt running again but Hilary Clinton might and she was secretary of state. What was she doing at the time . The sper view last night first
came to my mind the 2008 campaign by Hilary Clinton. The 3 00 a. M. Phone call. Who is going to be ready to take that 3 00 a. M. Call . The president wasnt even in the situation room during a major emergency. The 23yearold aid who doesnt believe this is important at all. And there are four dead americans including the first ambassador killed since 1979. He said well its just old news. I dont know why it happens in politics its okay to give up the investigation and i think essentially thats where were at. But let me ask you another question. I want to add tommy veitor and the interview is picking up steam online. I tweeted this, is bret baier changing his twitter name to dude and he said i think ill leave it. Next time carny uses bush as an excuse respond, dude, that was 5
years ago. And tommy himself chiming in. No doubt that bret baier is a good dude. Thanks for having me on. Should he be the news dude from now on . I think the whole thing was what happened on social media. First the dude comment and then the throw back thursday. He made a comment that going on and talking about benghazi is part of the throw back thursday agenda and that is inappropriately making light of such a serious situation. This can only backfire. Going to johns point too about well, both of yours about the select committee and what are they going to find . The bigger problem right now for the Administration Even though the president is not up, his party, and his Approval Ratings impact those on the ballot this year. When you look at and this is an old poll now and the last time the Washington Post asked the
question do you think that republicans are raising a legitimate concern or is this just political posturing, americans were split. But when you asked do you think the Obama Administration is honestly disclosing what it knows or covering something up . 55 said covering up. Thats the bigger issue right now which is the email itself, the content of it is almost not as important as the fact that it looks like there were other emails there and thats what were going to get into and that becomes a bigger problem for the administration. And i think what was really striking was how the interview last night really displayed how much Hilary Clinton was at the center. As the attack was on going she issued a statement citing the video. The weekend before susan rice went on the sunday shows she gave a speech as the four bodies were laying there and talks about this video. We know from the emails that the reason they massaged the talking points is there were concerns about policy and messaging from the state department leadership. Who is that . Hilary clinton and those closest
to her. In the state of confusion and terrorism is a state of confusion, everyone is uncertain is once the dust settled is you still have president obama going on David Letterman and going on the view and not explaining to joy when she asked about the video, theyr talking video. Go figure. Thank you. Cheryl atkinson has been all over the story from the beginning. Theres still a story to be told. Do they want to talk . Where are they . Who is talking to them . Why have we heard from them . Were trying to reach them and get them to come forward. I hear some are about to or want to and i do think theres still stories to be told from military officials. I have spoken to some of them who have some firsthand knowledge of events that took place that night and its just a lot of pressure not to come forward. Fear of doing so. Fear of careers. Fear of a will the of things. This is always to the point, the whole idea with the video and sort of dragging their feet providing information was that a political calculus because this was two months before the was up for reelection or was this just a giant blunder in a government . Its hard to say without documentation but if i were working the Obama Campaign 8 weeks before the election and i saw what looked to be north africa and this region blowing up at embassies in the middle east and north africa i would be concerned at how this was going to be portrayed or exploited by the opposition coming into the campaign and i would be working on developing strategies to mitigate that. Im sure we can assume that happened. How about the families of the four killed. One mother is outspoken and terribly distressed. Im sure the others were like wise but havent been so vocal. Are they still are they complaining or are they speaking out or are they grieving and
dealing with their loss . I havent spoken to any of them lately but two families in particular are desperately unhappy and feel like the promises to get to the bottom of it and chemothem informed havent been full filled. Ambassador stevens mother wants all of it to be put to rest and doesnt want it to be points higher lit si politizis ed. They dont want his death used as political football. She has written something and says to her its about the white house using the Intelligence Community for its own political purposes and lying to the American Public in order to win elections. Its about abuse of power and thats the big deal. Rather them do it now as opposed to using it as an effort to maintain an election and the Intelligence Community. We do know another unanswered question is that the deputy cia director was working with the white house on revising the talking points in a way that he
said would not embarrass the state department. He said the cia was trying to do in making some of its own disclosures. Why would morell making changes to the talking point that differ with his then boss, why isnt the head of the cia doing this . Why is the Deputy Director able to overrule him . Why is the white house working with him on this effort to massively overhaul those talking points . I think there are a lot of unexplained things that we still need to know answers to. We both live in washington. If there are four unsolved murders in georgetown right now from september 11th, 2012 it would still be front page news at the Washington Post and other places. Yeah, i think. This is not front page news. I would say regardless of the spin from the opinion blogs that get picked up and theyre trying to counter this story because their surrogates are representing those they feel are being accused, despite that spin, a neutral look at this story will look at it as a very
important story in history. When its looked back upon and the journalist those of us that didnt cover it as aggressively as i think we should have wont be viewed kindly in a neutral view of history down the road. Does the administration know who did it and where they are . They do know who did it and they do know where they are. Why are efforts being made to get them . To pick them up or do something . They are its my information theyre waiting and theyre waiting. Theres sensitivities with, they feel, moving into another sovereign nation and taking actions that they feel could either put troops in danger or stir up even more trouble by doing so. I think theyre trying to be very careful. Their feeling is from what i understand, they think time is on their side. They will eventually get the people that were responsible. They dont have to rush it and they dont have to create a political crisis or put people in too much danger. Shayrl, thank you very much. Thank you. A mother that takes care of a disabled son taking on the union. Why shes taking them to the Supreme Court, next. And next up, advice to president obama. He may not want to listen but he should. My advice off the record, of course. Coming up. [ male announcer ] staples has everything you need to get your clients attention. From brochures to business cards to banners. Everything. Except your clients attention. Thousands of products added every day to staples. Com, even bullhorns. How much . [ male announcer ] staples. Make more happen. Will you be a sound sleeper, or a mouth breather . A mouth breather [ whimpers ] how do you sleep like that . Well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. Allergy medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip and pow it instantly opens your nose up to 38 more. So you can breathe and do the one thing you want to do sleep. Add breathe right to your allergy medicine. Shut your mouth and sleep right. Breathe right. Could mean less waiting for things like security backups add breathe right to your allergy medicine. And file downloads youd take that test, right . Well, what are you waiting for . You could literally be done with the test by now. Now you could have done it twice. This is awkward. Check your speed. See how fast your internet can be. Switch now and add voice and tv for 34. 90. Comcast business built for business. A mother of a disabled child. The full Time Home Health care giver of that child is taking on the union and the illinois governor. It all started when the governor issued an exec withdrew tif order making Home Health Care workers state employees and eligible for union representation. Thats when Union Organizers started pursuing her relent
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