White house officials directing the false story that this attack was because of a silly internet video, and these videos these emails are nakedly political. It is abundantly clear the driving motivation is protecting the political interests of the president , rather than telling the truth about what happened or getting to the bottom of it. And the white house held on to these emails for a long, long time. I think that was the last straw for the speaker, where the white house is intransigence, he decided it was time to get to the bottom. The other side blames runs for being nakedly political and trying to seize this initiative and take a moment and a crisis that might not be there. You say what . Well, look, i think it is unfortunate to see the Democratic Party circling the wagons around president obama and Hillary Clinton and treating the death by terrorist attack of four americans as nothing but a political inconvenience. It has been 19 months, almost 20. We have four dead americans. The first dead u. S. Ambassador killed in Service Since 1979. And in the 19 months that have followed we dont have a single dead terrorist or a single terrorist apprehended and what we have seen from the president and senate democrats, has been stonewalling. Theyre basic questions. Why did the state department repeatedly refuse to provide additional security as was requested by personnel on the ground. Number two, why did we not have military assets in place to protect our men and women on the anniversary of september 11th september 11th when there was increased terrorist activity in the region. Number three, during the attack, why didnt we send in forces to protect those . And number four, critically in the 19 months that have followed, why has no one been apprehended no one been brought to justice. Neil, you and i both remember during the president ial debate on Foreign Policy where president obama looked in the Television Camera and said no one is more upset about what happened in benghazi than i am. Got quite offended. Its striking, that 19 months later it seems the president never utters the word benghazi, and then giving him the benefit of the doubt, if he were speaking the truth, if he cared about it, you think that wouldnt be the last time he would mention it. We need to get to the truth and that should be a bipartisan objective. Well, it doesnt appear it will be bipartisan. It will probably be just republicans leading the charge for now. Does that weaken whatever findings this commission will have . Well, look, if the democrats choose to politicize it thats their choice in my view, this shouldnt just be a select committee. This should be a joint select committee, both houses, because if they opt out, for whatever reason, theyll claim youre being just as political then do we go nowhere fast . I mean, i think it was you said when we were first discussing this shortly after benghazi, you said, neil, dont know what the president knew at the time of benghazi. I do know the very next day he was on a plane for a fundraiser in las vegas and that you found offensive. Is that as much as we can glean all these months after the fact . Well, look. We still dont know what the president did during the attack. We dont know if he was even awake or asleep. Hillary clinton famously ran those ads about him being there who is going to answer the 3 00 a. M. Call. As far as we know, as far as has been made public, both secretary clinton ask the president were sound asleep during the 3 00 a. M. Call. But they came up with the talking points and they would not be the First Administration to have talking points to discuss a crisis. Your point, and what you bring to these emails that came to light,ing that these were deliberately deceiving talking points, and they knew that. Is that the gist of what is going on here and is that the rope why you think Speaker Boehner is pursuing this to the degree he is . I think the deliberately deceiving and partisan talking points they withheld for almost two years was what finally prompted forming this select committee. Ive been call fog are joint select committee for over a year now, and in fact ive introduced a resolution in the senate that has 24 Senate Cosponsors calling for a joint select committee, and i understand the democrats like to pretend its titfortat. Well, were partisan, everybody is partisan. The truth shouldnt be partisan. Finding out what happened, finding out how we could have prevelocitied it, and acting to actually apprehend these guys, shoot not be partisan. Politics should end at the waters edge, and it is highly dismaying to see democrats just circling the wagons saying we dont want to know the truth, because it might be politically inconvenient. Thats note responsibility of any elected official. What do you think of an official at the time telling brett baier, was two years ago. That reflects the cavalier attitude of this administration. Its all politics. Its purely other matter of political spin and its the pattern they play on every scandal, when it breaks, whatever the scandal, they say were very concerned, very concerned, and then they stonewall, and then after some months pass they say, oh, thats ancient history. And its a pattern they follow. They follow on benghazi, they follow on the irs, they follow on fast and furious. Every time there is a scandal, its like they have a playbook where they claim to be outraged, then they stonewall, and then they say its ancient history no reason to inquire. You are always mentioned in the top temperature potential republican president ial candidate. One, two, or three. So lets say this were to drag on until 2016 and beyond and you get elected president of the United States. Would you urge a continuing of this investigation if you still have no answers . Would a president cruz still be pursuing this . I certainly hope that the select committee is able to get answers. I hope were able to bring the terrorists to justice. As president obama claimed on National Debate he had a top priority of doing, but if we get to 2017 and the administrations continued to stonewall, democrats stonewall, then absolutely the next president should pursue the truth. One of the things we know is the deputy chief of mission, Career Foreign Service officer, was told by Hillary Clintons chief political aide, keep your mouth shut, dont talk to congress, dont talk to the press. The degree of political manipulation rather than finding out why terrorist attacked us, how we were vulnerable, how we can prevent it what if they were just dumb and clueless . Well, look, and i had an old boss of mine who used to say, never attribute to malice what can be explained with incompetence, and so were mistakes made . Im sure they were. But thats what makes the value of a fair and impartial inquiry so important, because you learn from the mistakes not to do it again. Senator cruz, always a pleasure, sir. Thank you very much. Thank you, neil. Fair and balanced. Tennessee democratic congressman steve cohen. He thinks the committee thing is unnecessary and will not play any part in it. I guess if asked you will not serve. I wouldnt. Its good to be back. I feel like im at home with the fedex truck outside. I forgot. Congressman, what do you think about what senator cruz is saying and whats the harm of a Bipartisan Committee to get to the bottom of it . The government oversight has been studying this and studying it and have 14 pinocchios. Not a good thing to get nobody answers. Thats right, and tell mel the last time that a Government Select Committee found any proof of anything . Do you think were due answers. Were due answers but i dont think government collect committee will find them. What will . The state department and the Defense Department is trying to find the terrorists, and they will find them, and they will bring them to justice. But they havent yet. It takes time. No duty. Took a lime for the president to get bin laden bin. It fuels a cynicism, and youre right, politics plays on both sides. They are really not interested in getting to to bottom. I dont think theres any malfeasance and i dont anything anything oh would you know. These emails came toan orchesto present talking points based on lies. I dont know if they were based on lies. They thought it was the truth and there were protests proteste middle east over the film. They quickly knew that was not the case. Are you satisfied they leapt on something they knew to be wrong. I dont know if they enough it to be wrong. But bottom line this isnt something that needs a new committee. Speaker boehner on the 8 of an l said theres no need for another committee. Then these emails came to light. Politics. The polls also come out that says nobody can run against Hillary Clinton and this is all about Hillary Clinton. You find anything about the timing, regardless of the what the president knew, that the very next day he was on a fundraising event in las vegas, criticizing his opponent for making political hay of this, when he was raising money for an election and an ambassador was killed. The president was in the midst of an election. He grieves and then within hours was raising money. You have a crisis constantly when youre the president of the United States. Not of this magnitude. We have hat lots of them doesnt the death of a representative of this country eclipse crises that might be more domestic in nature. If thats the issue that is important, then, yes, he went to leaves and maybe he should not have done that but thats not a need for a Government Select Committee. En . n . n . n . n . Anyway you dont want to be part of the investigation. No. The isismnn . n . n . n . n . Committee d of the Armed Forces Committee has already attacked issas committee and condemned them for the general they brought out say aing they were totally wrong. The republicans are making hay of this. The republicans think youre not making hay of this by dismissing this. This is going nowhere. Its going to continue until Hillary Clinton is elected president. Youre sure of that. I was sure the dow would get over 14,000. Now its 16,000. Absolutely you were. Bullish on america. Thank youor stopping by. A from the fine state of tennessee. Let you know when republican candidate was last make it. Do you know who finished second to him . History usually means heat the nominee next time. After this. Its probably because they are the measurement of everything we do. For a wireless company, results come down to coverage speed and legendary reliability. So go ahead, stream, game or video chat. Thats why verizon built americas largest 4g lte network. 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So, how can the party keep that going in Rick Santorum says by first tapping into conservatives they have been ignoring the blue collar conservatives. Good to have you, senator. Theyre afraid of conservatives they think they pigeon hole the party and guys like you sort of sidetrack the party. What do you say . The party is a conservative party. The people who are saying that are folks who i think frankly dont want the policies that have worked for this country for a long time to be tried again. We have been really reticent to lean forward in a way that says, conservativism is keeping what is good about america and moving it forward and using those ideas for the future. And we have had candidates, frankly next last few election cycles who have not bought into the message, and the American Public figure it out. Blue collar consecutive conservatives stayed home and didnt vote and we need to reconnect with them. You have also gone out of your way to say the party does have some fencemending to do with average americans who seems to think its the gray pipe upon party your words north mine the problem is delivering on that. How would you, if you were to run for president again, deliver on it . I would lay out a game plan for average working americans, and we need to talk about things that create opportunities for where most middle income workers are. Most of them dont have college degrees, many of them happen skills deficits. But the opportunities for them are going to be . Industries like manufacturing and Energy Production does that mean government credits, allowances, more spending for the small businesses, that kind of stuff . Thats very much barack obama right there. We have to look at manufacturing in particular and say, fox news competes against cnn. Walmart competes again target. Restaurants competes against restaurant. Manufacturers doesnt compete again a local manufacturer. Thats the chinese manufacturer, the mexican manufacturer, the government to say were going to treat everybody the same, whether youre a tv company or manufacturer, thats not the reality of the where the competition is. So what i have done is laid out a plan that says, look at the competition were dealing with and lets put a level Playing Field for the american manufacturer, for the world manufacturer, and we look at whole different tax rate for manufacturers, different regulatory issues, and of course, the issue, very important one to have vocational and educational training and Skills Development for a lot of workers who need to upgrade their skills. Senator, our liz on fox business network, consecutive you dont get i strongly suggest you demand caught up i do. Caught up with Warren Buffett and weighed in on the president ial race. Listen to this and react to this. You supported Hillary Clinton in the past. If she is a candidate, will you support her again . 100 . What do you think of that . I mean, Warren Buffett is a big liberal democrat. Im not surprised. Everybody is lined up hip mrs. Clinton in this election and thats great. If i decide to throw my hat in the ring i would welcome the opportunity to good toe to toe. Dont you fine find it odd that a big liberal billionaire like Warren Buffett, a fine human being, is throwing his money at a democratic candidate is all good with the media, the koch brothers, whatever they decide to do with their money or your friend, foster freeze, theyre all but evil. Does that bother you . Well, its the double standard that we see in the media all the time. That doesnt surprise me at all that if youre a liberal, that believes in big government, that and believes in redistribution of wealth, then youre a good businessman and if youre someone who believes in Free Enterprise and the ability for people to work their way up, then youre a greedy businessman. But youre all but a nut if your to respect life, to respect traditional marriage, and right away i can see right out the gate the media will pounce on that and say, that guy is cuckoo. What do you think . In the book, blue collar conservative. I spend a couple of chapters talking about the importance of the family unit for the economy. I walked about this in the last campaign and reports have come out, income inequality is the big buzz word for the democrats but liberal study of study has come out saying the most important factor whether people do well economically is whether theyre in stable married relationships and more people in those relationships, the less poverty there is, the more opportunity there is. So if youre a mom and decide lets say your mom and dad are the samesex. Is that a stable environment . Id rather argue the issue as to whether we should be promoting i believe we should be promoting the institution of marriage of men and women, staying together, and raising children. Thats going to would our apply the same for men and men staying together or women and women . This is going to come up in the race. I say what we need to do is have the father and mother of the children raise those children. And that means the man and woman, bringing to child what man and woman can bring. Thats what we should be focused on. What about the gay couple who accommodate adopts. I think we need to focus on the vast majorityve people in man and woman relationships and try to nature tour we spend a lot of money in advertisers, businesses, media, on promoting things like hiring veterans or stop smoking or dont text while driving. How about promoting the dignity and value of marriage of mothers and fathers, raisi