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Second and third mortars is what killed tyrone and glen and took much of david's right leg. >> reporter: with hearings scheduled on benghazi 24 fall, congressional sources hope david uben is well enough and able to publicly testify because he is one of the few survivors to witness both waves of the attack last sent, jenna. jenna: wow. catherine. thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. rick: more americans standing online for jobless benefits. first time applicants rising by 7,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 343,000. a lot of folks giving up on trying to earn a paycheck and thinking abou...

Making it easier for people to spend less and save more. >> reporter: each employee owns their own account and can opt out the at anytime. critics fear taxpayers ultimately will be on the hook if investments fail to perform. >> it becomes another opportunity for liability, another opportunity for a lawsuit, and yet another burden that we're placing on the employer. >> reporter: employers are going to get fined if they don't anticipate, 250 bucks per employee. jenna, they fear eventually they will be required to match that employee contribution like many big companies do now. back to you. jenna...

Create opportunities for people that don't have it. >> reporter: senator blunt also said the affordable care act is holding back job creation. he accused the president not wanting to debate about it. jenna. jenna: we'll hear from everyone and we'll see what they actually do about it in the next few weeks and months. wendell, thank you. rick: a new battle is brewing over voting rights. attorney general eric holier laying out plans to force the state of texas to seek approval of any voting changes it makes in the next decade despite the supreme court's decision striking down key pieces of the vo...

Rick: i'm rick folbaum in for jon scott. thanks for joining us for the second hour of "happening now." bradley manning accused leaking unh unever thousands of classified documents, believed to be the largest leak of government documents in history. and giving those documents to the group wikileaks. he is charged with aiding the enemy. he could spend his life behind bars the pros cues says he is a traitor look leaking about documents about the war in iraq and afghanistan. his defense seeks to name him as a protester. peter doocy is live in fort meade, maryland. so, peter, what happened in the c...

The unemployment numbers are going down. consumer confidence is going up, but yet and still detroit we did an auto bailout, and the town still filed for bankruptcy. so instead of great speeches, again, we don't need a dale carnegie, we need an lbj in the white house. but also we need a tip o'neill as speaker, we need our leaders to actually lead and stop with the politics. right now what you're going to see, and i think until even dealing with the budget crisis, even dealing with should we raise the debt ceiling or not, you're going to have politicians that are going to stand back and put thei...