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Nation's top intelligence official james clapper. the charge is that clapper made inconsistent statements to congress and the public on who was behind changes to the c.i.a. talking points that critics say minimized the role of terrorism in the benghazi attack. >> we do need to understand why the talking points did not present the truth of what we knew at the time. >> on thursday, classified session, fox news told clapper was "unequivocal that the changes were made outside the intelligence community and he didn't know who was responsible. late monday night, clapper spokesman said the intelligen...

>> thank you. >> thank you. >> shannon: congressman shift, let's start with you there has been debate about the muslim brotherhood exactly what they are and who they represent. what's your take. >> i think we are right to be concerned about the muslim brotherhood. not just an issue of what they are now and how much influence they have in egypt now but rather how much influence they could have in the future. but, ewe shouldn't let that concern blind us to the very positive nature of what's happened here. we have potentially earth shaking event going on in egypt that could have profound repercus...

Know, they don't want to see us somehow getting very worried about stability in egypt and throwing our support behind something that would be less than a full transition to democracy. >> congressman shift, the implications of american foreign policy and the framing of our dialogue as america is being forced to witness millions of young arab men exhibiting themselves in an intelligent and peaceful manner after having been told for over a decade that young arab men or murderous maniacs that want to kill us. >> i any these changes help align american foreign policy with our best ideals and that i...

Today's historic events in egypt peacefully executed will trigger major shifts in the region. what they are, none of us surely know at this hour. and yet from the spotty intelligence to mixed messages from the administration, so many questions remain about the u.s. government's ability to handle a crisis like this, need to adapt its foreign policy to a non-militarily led campaign for democracy in the middle east, or some combination thereof. how do we ensure that we are the first and not the last to side with those standing up for freedom when the next country demands it, even if it is from a ...

>> did congressman shift endorse you? did he pledge support for you yet? >> he said it was very important that we won in november. he would look forward to making sure that happened. what i'm finding when i talk to the people of connecticut, i'm not only winning over independents and republicans, but i also have democrats who are telling me that they have been life-long democrats and have never voted for a republican, but they are going to vote for me. so that's really bow weeing to me and my campaign. >> linda mcmahon was the victor in the republican campaign last night. good to have you. >> ...