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>> the whole effort here by republicans to find some hidden mystery comes to nothing because the president called it an act of terror. the ambassador to the united nations, that very sunday, that has caused republicans so much concern, talked about the possible involvement of al qaeda and ansar al sharia. all of this is a distraction. >> joining us now, nbc's kristen welker who we saw earlier asking questions about jay carney. kristen, how would you characterize the response of mr. carney to the talking points issues that were raised by yourself and other journalists in the briefing room? >> r...

The leadership and took a senator guy out to dinner directly to tell him to his face. have you seen this dynamic at work even before last night? >> i would like to tell you i have not. i have seen it a lot. i was in a briefing with a very senior republican member of congress about a week and a half ago, and it was a background briefing so, i can't say who. but this was a genuinely good guy, very informed guy, one of the guys who knows this issue very well. and there was a bunch of reporters in the room. and somebody said to him, would it matter if president obama put chained c pichlt which is ...

Directly to tell him to his face. have you seen this dynamic at work even before last night? >> i would like to tell you i have not. i have seen it a lot. i was in a briefing with a very senior republican member of congress about a week and a half ago, and it was a background briefing so, i can't say who. but this was a genuinely good guy, very informed guy, one of the guys who knows this issue very well. and there was a bunch of reporters in the room. and somebody said to him, would it matter if president obama put chained cpi, which is a way of cutting social security benefits, on the table?...

Lou dobbs is going to join us to crunch the numbers on what the president wants and wait will truly mean on paper for our economy. this is a fox news alert. we are about 20 minutes away from what could be a critical briefing at the pentagon where defense official we are told will give a background briefing on the d.o.d.'s response to the september 11 terrorist attack in libya that left four americans dead, including our ambassador. this as we are learning defense secretary leon panetta said the military did not have armed aircraft near libya that could have helped. jennifer griferin joins us l...

So concerned about the security at the consulate, despite the fact that the type of fighting was done that night, type of direct and indirect fire, the weapons that were used, how the intelligence community told the president there was no terrorist involvement and it was based on a demonstration, which the people in the consulate said never happened. what was done? what did the president drill down on? what did he try to find out which allowed him to go forward and say it was not a terrorist attack? >> i went to the background briefing where we were told at the state department about ten days ...