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>> how do we see this playing out here? this just particular to the trump administration, or has this happened other times? >> we know of similar situations where this has happened in previous administrations although we go there's a more lax attitude in this administration. what happens now, senator bob menendez, the top democrat has asked the head of diplomat security at the state department to open this investigation. and as to punish any people who are found to have been a security breach, or to have violated policies on cyber security. he's now waiting to hear back from the state departme...

Pakistan, iraq, yemen, other places, they were the ones making the assessment. no one ever came to me and said we should shut down our compound in benghazi -- >> ma'am, i'm not saying shut it down, i'm saying protect it -- >> well, it was -- >> -- i'm not saying shut it down, i'm just saying protect it. >> right. >> when you say security professionals, i'm not trying to be disparaging with anybody, but i don't know who those folks were, but -- >> well, they were people who risk thread lives to try to save -- >> -- my opinion, professionals when it came to protecting people -- but let me say th...

Protect against that kind of vulnerability it seems like in this case. >> you're right. my concern is that if the ambassador represents the president of the united states in every country, he is and it is. diplomatic security has this way each day on whether they protect or not. the man who represents president of the united states i got to believe has got to have a close protection officer or an agent in charge that's right there within arms reach if something happens. the ambassador or block that threat coming from the ambassador. so i think, really diplomat security has to take a hard look ...

Never. >> the security in benghazi was a struggle and remained a struggle through my time there. the situation remained uncertain and reports from some libyans indicated it was getting worse. diplomat security remains weak. in april there was only one u.s. diplomatic security agent stationed there. they struggled to obtain additional personnel but was never able to attain the numbers he felt comfortable with. >>shepard: a former state department regional security officer in libya testified, as well. here is what he said, that the united states could not count on lib jab security forces to help...

Kitchen? maybe when it turns out the guy wasn't quite washing dishes at a soup kitchen. we'll explain the flap over this shot a bit later in the show. live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city, we begin with new developments involving the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya last month that left four americans dead including the u.s. ambassador there. the obama administration under steady fire under conflicting statements about what exactly happened on september 11th. secretary of state hillary clinton is stepping out now to take the blame, telling reporters during a trip...