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Jon: we just had senate majority leader read making some remarks from the microphone, perhaps i'll get to word from the control room in just a bit as to what he had to say. he's already peeled off the microphone, i guess he's done, mike, making his opening remarks. so what about the house side? is that where the ball lies right now? or just exactly what is the state of play here? >> reporter: they essentially said late last week, you know what let the senate go first, let the senate take action. they felt like they have passed numerous bills over the course of the year that would have addresse...

Reinforced, that al qaeda was dismantled. that's what they wanted us to believe, that al qaeda was dismantled, and benghazi was exhibit a that that storyline was not working and was untrue. >> let me turn to the issue of david petraeus and his resignation, because of his affair. he's been central to this benghazi testimony. but the cover of gets to something else, how his fall exposes a system failure at the highest levels of national security. you just heard chairman rogers say that he thinks the president knew before election day about this affair with paula broadwell. do you believe that? >...

Dismantled. that's what they wanted us to believe, that al qaeda was dismantled, and benghazi was exhibit a that that storyline was not working and was untrue. >> let me turn to the issue of david petraeus and his resignation, because of his affair. he's been central to this benghazi testimony. but the cover of gets to something else, how his fall exposes a system failure at the highest levels of national security. you just heard chairman rogers say that he thinks the president knew before election day about this affair with paula broadwell. do you believe that? >> i can see how he would not k...

President. i look forward to working with him on immigration and solving the fiscal cliff problems. but i am going to get to the bottom of benghazi and hold him accountable for a national security breakdown. but when it comes to the affair itself, it seems that the oddest story in the world that an fbi agent on his own decided to get the fbi to look in emails that were threatening. if that's going to be the standard of federal investigations, they better increase the fbi by 100%. that whole thing is bizarre to me. i'm not interested in it unless there's a national security component. and actua...