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Understanding there were threats against the ambassador prior to the attack in benghazi and this is something that even you can confirm. why didn't we protect him and keep him safe? >> that is i think the threshold question in all of this. there had been earlier threats in libya -- in tripoli, excuse me, that he had gone out on runs and they were going to try to hit him on a run so they cut the runs out for a period of time and then they went back to that. so they knew that he was in jeopardy. but the threshold question as i say is what was the ambassador doing 400-miles from his embassy, at n...

Understanding there were threats against the ambassador prior to the attack in benghazi and this is something that even you can confirm. why didn't we protect him and keep him safe? >> that is i think the threshold question in all of this. there had been earlier threats in libya -- in tripoli, excuse me, that he had gone out on runs and they were going to try to hit him on a run so they cut the runs out for a period of time and then they went back to that. so they knew that he was in jeopardy. but the threshold question as i say is what was the ambassador doing 400-miles from his embassy, at n...

Think of pennsylvania. not to get ahead of things, but would you see him as a fit, maybe, maybe, on someone else's ticket such as a romney romney? >> the party that mitt romney as we've seen has had trouble connecting with to the social conservatives to the conservative base. the question is, you know, the threshold question for a vice presidential nominee, can he pass the do no harm test. mr. santorum is a polarizing figure. that would be something that might give people pause. but i have to say, he and his immediate advisers are pretty confident. i don't think they're running for vice presid...

barack obama. i think it will be very hard for him to win the general election because i think it just blurs everything. i think a real conservative who stands for solid values, essentially for new hampshire values -- >> the former massachusetts governor holds what looks like an insurmountable lead in new hampshire so he is moving on to south carolina. that state's primary is january 21st. it has been a deadly day in iraq. at least 60 people were killed in attacks in baghdad and other cities across the country. most of the victims were shiites raising fears of renewed sectarian vio...

romney romney, now tied nationally among republicans. each with 28% support. congressman ron paul runs a distant third with 14%. the other candidates all trail in single digits. moments ago, gingrich at a media event as he struggle to reverse the slide. >> the only person who profits from republican ads attacking other republicans is barack obama and i think that's a pretty reprehensible behavior on the part of some of the candidates. so i'm going to be honest. we did this saturday morning and we had some 14,000 people join us, 14,000 iowans join us. we'll have an ask newt every day ...