Were joined now by the massachusetts governor, the expats deval patrick. Good morning, governor. I know youre in preliminarying on the this morning but it look likes will youre in the swiss alpis. How did the state come through the night . We came through pretty well. We are holding our own. We have 250,000 customers without power, down from a high of 400,000 yesterday, about 1,000 people in shelters, some coastal damage. But considering want severity of the storm, the amount of snow, and the wind weve come through this pretty well. Schieffer how about flooding . Weve had some coastal flooding with high tide yesterday around 10 00. There is some structural damage, which were still assessing now that we can get out and get eyes on things. But no serious injuries from those from the flooding, which is a blessing. Schieffer at this point what is the major challenge you have . Its cleaning up getting the power back on. Were trying to make sure that Public Transit is fully functioning in time for tomorrows commute, tomorrow mornings commute. Weve had the m. B. T. A. Our transit system, in suspended operations really since friday. And that will continue through the day. I think well be able to get the subways going and the commuter rail. Its a challenge to get the buses going because some of the secondary roads still snead to be cleared but were working on that today. Schieffer what do you need from the federal government . Well, support and encouragement. Theyve been great. Our fell tow fellow governors in neighboring states have sent equipment and people to help as well, which is most welcomed and appreciated. We have really ready terrific coordination by our own state emergency management, with all of the state agencies local agencies and the federal government. So i think its too soon to say exactly what we need from the federal government but they continue to check in and have routinely to make sure that we have what we need as we go along. Schieffer there are reports that theres another big storm coming. Are you ready for that . I dont even of the to think about it, to tell you the truth. Ive heard that we may get a valentina day storm. Ill tell you whats more concerning in the shorter run is that we may get rain tomorrow. Warmer temperatures which will be great, but rain on top of snow that is so far pretty light on flat roofs and so forth can be a hazard. So we are encouraging people as they can do so safely to use snow rakes and so forth to start to move the snow off of their roofs. Schieffer well governor we want to thank you very much and all the best to you. Thank you so much, bob, all the best to you. Schieffer joining us two key members of the Senate Armed Services committee, republican Lindsey Graham in miami this morning where the weather is a little better, and democrat jack reed is here with us in the studio, far away from the snow this morning in his home state of rhode island. How is jur state doing, senator . We took a very major blow but the states responding very well. We have about 70,000 people still without power. Thats key issue because power and boilers operate together typically. The governor our. Adjunct general, our state Police Commander did a superb job of preparing, and the utilities are doing all they can to get the power back on. Im headed up there immediately after this show. Schieffer all right, senator graham, i want to talk to you about indoor t t activities because its gotten warmer here on capitol hill last week during all those confirmation hearings. It was pretty obvious during those hearings senator that you are still not satisfied with the administrations version of what happened on that night when four americans died in benghazi. You brought it up during the hearings that the president was briefed on all of that about 5 00 in the afternoon and then had no other contact with the secretary of defense, with the joint chiefs chairman or with secretary of state clinton. We also understand that on that night, the state department, or the government chartered an airplane in tripoli and flew some security agents in to benghazi. But its my understanding, they were heldum at the airport. Tell us what you found out about that. Well, theres a sixperson rescue team left tripoli to reinforce the annex in benghazi. They left at 1 30 excuse me they aride at 1 30 in the morning libyan time. It was not until 5 00 that they could get to the annex. They were held up for three and a half hours at the airport had problems with the militias releasing them and a lot of bureaucratic is that fuse. Heres my question did the president ever pick up the phone and call the Libyan Government and say let though people out of the airport. They need to get to the annex to protect our people under siege . Did the president at any time during the eighthour attack pick up the phone and call anybody in libya to get help for these folks . Secretary clinton said she was screaming on the phone at libyan officials. Theres no voice in the world like that of the president of the United States. And i do believe if he had picked up the phone and called the Libyan Government these folks could have gotten out of the airport to the annex and the last two guys may very well be alive. If and he did call the libyan officials and they sort of blew him off that would affect whether or not i would give foreign aid in the future to libya. But if he failed to call on behalf of those people under siege, and i think thats a massive failure of leadership by our commander in chief. Schieffer have you tried to find out if he did call . Ive tried we know he had a 15minute briefing by secretary panet and the chairman of the joint chiefs right after the attack happened. It was a preplanned meeting. It just happened that benghazi came up at the meeting. I dont know what the president did that evening. I dont know if he ever called anyone. I know he never talked to the secretary of defense. I know that he never talked to the chairman of the joint chiefs. And they never talked to anybody at the white house. I know the secretary of state never talked to the secretary of defense. This was incredibly mismanaged. And what we know now it seems to be a very disepigauged president. Again, if he had lent his voice to this cause, i think it would have made a big difference. And im not going to stop until we get an accounting. I pushed back against the bush administration. We know nothing about what the president did on the night of september 11 during a time. National crisis, and the American People need to know what their commander in chief did, if anything during the eighthour attack. Schieffer what can you really do about it . You can ask them what the president was doing. If they dont give you an answer what, can you do . I dont think we should allow brennan to go forward the c. I. A. Directorship hagel to be confirmed for secretary of defense, until the white house gives us an accounting. Did the president ever pick you want pope and call anyone from the Libyan Government to help these folks . What did the president do . We know he talked to the israeli Prime Minister from 8 00 to 9 00 on september 11 about a dustup of a democratic platform and the fact he didnt meet the Prime Minister of israel when he came to new york to visit. But thats not related to libya. What did he do that night . Thats not unfair. The families need to know. The American People need to know. Schieffer im not sure i understand. What do you plan to do if they dont give you an answer . Are you going to put a hold on these nominations . Yes, why im going to ask my colleagues, can just like they did with john golpin, joe biden said no confirmation without information. When secretary clinton said she had a cleareyed assessment of the threat in libya that turned out not to be true. Want department of defense knew of the cable saying they couldnt defend the consulate. The secretary of state didnt know any of this. So she was blind. The president was disengaged and the Dodd Department of defense never launched an airplane. This is a complete system failure. And chaim going to get to the bottom of it. I dont think its fair to ask these questions. Quite frankly, how could they say after panet and dempsey said they knew it was a terrorist attack. How could susan rice come on to your show and say theres flow evidence of a terrorist attack when the secretary of defense and chairman of joint chestles said they knew that night . I think that was a misleading narrative three weeks before our application. Schieffer let me just make sure, because youre about to make some news mere, i think. Are you saying that you are going to block the nominations youre going to block them from coming to a vote until you get an answer to this. John mccain has already said he doesnt think the republicans ought to filibuster this. What will you do . Youre just going to put a hold on it. Im not schieffer and what im not filibustering. Schieffer what would they have to do then to bring this to a vote . I want to know who changed the talking points. Who took the references to al qaeda out of the talking points given to susan rice . We still dont know. Richard burns, Saxby Chambliss discovered emails discussing change the talking points. I think her story after what we found out was incredibly misleading. I want to know what our president did. What did he do as commander in chief . Did he ever pick up the phone and call anybody . I think this is the stuff the country needs to know. We pushed back against bush. We asked for rumsfeld to resign after iraq went to shambles. Chaim not going to stop until we get to the bottom of it. Schieffer all right. If it hadnt been for the investigations and your show we would still think it was a video that caused a riot and the senator was hands on. Schieffer senator reed, i have to ask you, can senator graham do this . This is unpress dented unwarranted to stop or attempt to try to stop the nomination of a sopped. We need the men and women the men and women of the department of defense need a secretary of defense. He has been supported by Madeleine Albright brent scowcroft, by a host of alexanders knowledgeable of National Security patriots who served both republicans and democrats. The same way with mr. Brennan. And the Central Intelligence agency. I think the issues of benghazi are important. The report that ambassador pickering did was quite thorough, indicated the situation, the confusion. And i think Something Else that has to be recognized is that. There was attacks on our embassies in cairo. In fact mobes were storming the gates purpose there were threats throughout the region. The idea that the president was not engaged is, i think completely wrong. He directed the secretary of defense, as secretary panetta testified, to begin moving assets into the region to provide any response. Ambassador pickering, admiral mullen concluded a response would be difficult if not impossible because of time and space. Schieffer a lot of people dont know want rules of the senate. Senator graham said hes simply going to put a hold on these nominations. You say thats unwarranted. But what will happen next if he does that . Well i would hope we would have in regular order a hearing and a vote on senator haig expel haig expel brennan and then we would bring it to the floor. I cant recall a secretary of defense that has not least had an opportunity to have their nomination brought to the thereafter senate. The last example was senator tower. It was brought to the popular. It was defeated but it received an upordown vote. These are critical offices, the secretary of defense, at a time when were looking at sequester, looking forward looking at crises across the globe to dwell on a trag i think ofic incident and use that to block people is not appropriate. To ask legitimate questions as senator graham is doing is completely appropriate. But then to turn around and say im going to disrupt, essentially, the nomination of two key members of the president s cabinet, i dont think thats appropriate. I dont think its warranted. Think it is an overreaction that is not going to serve the best interests of Going Forward for the security of the newt. Schieffer all right, senator grarnlg ill give you a short response. Ill give you the last word here. Jack is a very dear friend. Were going to get to the bottom of benghazi. The administration has been stonewalling before the election and after. Theyve been misleading. Theyve been deceptive. And they have been delaying and havent been forth coming. In a constitutional democracy away need ton what our commander in chief was doing at a time of great crisis and this white house has been stonewalling the congress and im going to do everything i can to get to the bottom of this so well learn from our mistakes and hold this president accountable for what i think is tremendous disengagement at a time of it National Security crisis. Schieffer all right, we have to end it right there. I want to thank both of you. 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Its guidance on your terms not ours. Thats how our system works. Etrade. Less for us. More for you. Schieffer back now with Michigan Republican congressman mike rogers. He chairs the house intelligence committee. Mr. Chairman, you just heard what Lindsey Graham and jack reed were talking about there. Of course people in the house dont vote on the confirmation. Thats the senates business. But senator graham sounds pretty pretty set that hes going to do everything he can to block this unless he gets some answers. Well, i do think answers appropriate. There was catastrophic failure in the decisions from a security perspective from the state department on keeping the ambassador and the employees in benghazi safe. That to me is clear. Weve done our intelligence investigation in the house, some 4,000 cables cables and documents. It was clear the threat stream was very real, which is why i think the secretary of defense panet said yesterday they knew that night and the joint chiefs said in testimony yes they knew that night it was a terrorist attack just by the sheer volume. The question here is what happened . Why did the state department fail those people that were in the field in benghazi . That is not clear yet and i think the American People deserve at least to understand what failures happened and how were going to prevent that moving forward. Schieffer let me ask you about something that former Vice President dick cheney said last night. Dick cheney has had the heart transplant. He seems to be up and running and going full steam. He told a group of republicans last night talking about the nominees that the president has put forward so far. He said, the performance its request this is a direct quote what would you say about that . Well, i know one thing, we have firstrate problems. When you look at the security in northern africa, the growing, metaft sizing of al qaeda in the northern magreb schieffer do you think these people are up to the job . Do you think mr. Cheney is right or is that maybe a little beyond how you would it may be a little beyond where im going. I do believe the policy formation that were walking into here when it comes to syria, which is by the way there is now no good solution in syria today. The best thing we can hope for is the best worst option moving forward. We need very quickly to turn the tide in syria. And i dont mean to win it. Ip mean just to getinous a position where we can mitigate what bad things are going to happen in syria in the months ahead. Same with northern africa. Weve got huge dangerous challenges approaching the United States, and i dont be will believe weve configuredly ourselves, our resources or policies will to confront them in a way that will cause an impact. Schieffer i want to ask you did drones, when we should use them. First off, has the administration been straight with congress on sharing information about what the rules are about using these weapons . I think they have. Listen, for months theres a change in 2008 in july under the previous administration, jon of george bush, that changed the way we could use airstrikes to al qaeda. That changed in july of 08. It ramped up. And that was taken over when barack obama became president. As the chairman of the house intelligence commit, even as a member, was awear in part of those discussions. And now as chairman even before they conducted that first airstrike that took awlaki remember this was a guy trying to kill a whole bunch of u. S. Citizens over detroit on Christmas Day. This guys a bad guy. Our options were limited. This was a tool we could use to stop further terrorist attacks against americans. I supported it then. Monthly, i have my commit go to the c. I. A. To review them. I as chairman review every single airstrike that we use in the war on terror both from the civilian and military side when it comes to terrorist strikes. There is plenty of oversight here. Theres not an american list somewhere overseas for targeting. That does not exist. And i think theres been some sensationalism. This is a serious matter, but i do think the oversight rules have been, i think schieffer it is an extremely complicated matter. But what about the argument that Civil Liberties groups make that if a person is a u. S. Citizen, if even if hes a bad guy he has certain rights after the constitution. And you cant just say okay, were going to kill him. In the United States, thats true. If you join forceses with the enemy, we have a longstanding tradition in this country that that in and of itself you lose your constitutional protection. Are you engaged engaged in bridge represent activities against the United States. This happened in world war i, world war ii where americans would join forces with people at war with the United States, and when you do that, you sacrifice your rights. So this is someone who had sworn off his citizenship, had been actively planning terrorist attack against the United States the most notable was the one over detroit on Christmas Day and but for a quarter of an inch of an injector that would have gone off and killed hundreds on the plane, if not thousands on the ground. He was a serious al qaeda player. He picked his team. This is not an american citizen of the United States. Does not apply, none of this. This is only enemy belligerence with the enemy overseas. Schieffer were going to ask you to stick around for page two. Were going to talk about the idea is the United States vulnerable to Cyber Attacks and how much of a problem it is. I know you have thoughts about that. Well be interested to hear what you have to say. 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