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Morning not just about the attack in benghazi itself but also about a meeting that took place in the white house just the day before. the administration at the time sent in a prees reless that president obama was making security officials about the preparation for 9-11 anniversary. excluded from the meeting was carter ham. >> the white house took the position they did all that they could and adviinvite people inte discussion. i would hope that in the future they would invite the commander that has the most knowledge about what he needed. >> four americans including u.s. ambassador chris steven...

What do we know about this warning to the state department before the attack? >> reporter: the other thing to watch for at this hearing, fox news was told that there will be very aggressive questioning about an emergency meeting that was held in benghazi in august one month before the attack where they essentially predicted how they would die in a month later in a coordinated assault. this was like a red flare or a red flag and it went directly to washington. what we now know is that this warning from people on the ground in benghazi was considered so significant that several other top adminis...

Dougherty. adam housley live in our west coast newsroom with more. adam, where are we in this investigation? >> reporter: well, the information we've received in the last week really reaffirms and also moves forward what they had heard, which is the u.s. had information on these suspects last november, was reiterated in january and put, quote, on a silver platter for u.s. leaders, and nothing was done. now what we have learned in the last week to advance that even more is that there was an action report actually given to the president back on august 7th, and at least one suspect in the benghaz...

As september 11th turns into the 12th, benghazi becomes a modern day alamo. a handful of brave americans facing terrible odds, with no help on the way. 5:30 p.m., washington. defense secretary leon panetta finishes his regular weekly meeting with president obama in the oval office. once back in the pentagon, he summons carter ham, martin dempsey and other senior staff to discuss benghazi. that meeting will last more than two hours. back in tripoli, gregg hicks has neither hope that help is on the way, nor time to dwell on it. >> we're on our own, we have to try to pull this off with the resour...

Fighting all night, tired, exhausted. >> reporter: and a special forces team. >> go bring our people home. that's what he wanted to do. colonel gibson, and his three personnel, getting in the cars, he stopped. and he called them off and told me that he's not been authorized to go. >> how did the personnel react to being told to stand down. >> i will quote you lieutenant colonel gibson. he said this is the first time in my career that a diplomat uk has more balls than someone in the military. >> reporter: he later tells congress he was not ordered to stand down, but stay in tripoli, due to thre...