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>> reporter: we have learned new details what happened that night. at 8:30, ambassador chris stevens went outside the compound to say good night to a visiting turkish diplomat. the streets were empty. but at 9:40 p.m., security agents in the operations center of the compound heard explosions and saw a large group of armed men entering the compound. stevens information specialist sean smith and one security agent locked themselves in a safe area. they saw attackers hunting for them. pouring diesel and, setting the house on fire. the three americans went to a bathroom area where they tried to op...

Diplomatic security remained weak. in april there was only one u.s. diplomatic security agent stationed there. jenna: some lawmakers want to know who told u.n. ambassador susan rice to publicly blame the attack on an anti-muslim video a full five days after the attack actually happened, and many deemed it a terrorist attack. here's congressman trey gowdy. >> i would like to have another hearing where we can ask ambassador rice under oath who told you what when. you're going to blame the intelligence committee? you come before this committee, and you tell us who told you it was a video! who in ...

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...

Regular diplomatic security personnel. the security in benghazi was a struggle and remained a struggle throughout my time there. the situation remained uncertain and reports from some libyans indicated it was getting worse. diplomatic security remained weak. in april there was only one u.s. diplomatic security agent stationed there. the rso struggled to obtain additional personnel but there was never, but was never able to@taken the numbers he felt comfortable with. i hope the information i provide will be put together with data points from others. so an accurate picture can be obtained. we ne...

Newly igniting the building, trapping the men inside, unable to see or breathe through the heavy smoke. they now know that one security agent escapes through a window. later the american security detail finds the body of shaun smith who died of smoke inhalation, but is unable to locate ambassador stevens and in fact does not find him until his body turns up hours later in a hospital after the staff there dials numbers on ambassador stevens' cell phone to identify him. survivors escape in an armored vehicle through heavy fire. as night goes on, a team of re-enforcements from the tripoli embassy...