it was al qaeda affiliated, running wild, the government had lost all control of eastern libya. on the day of the attack, the blue mountains security manager who actually hired the 17th of february martyrs brigade to protect the consulate says there was something wrong. he put out an alert on both of the radios and cell phones. in fact, there have been reported that there was a split between him and the martyrs brigade. after that, we have a group that we know three hours before the attack, the al sharia militia,
flames. we are told about 400 national security personnel received e-mails in real time. the first e-mail, sent about 4:00 p.m. eastern on september 11. it reads at the regional security office reports of the diplomatic office is under attack. approximately 20 armed people fired shots from explosions have been heard as well, and ambassador stevens, who is currently in benghazi, and for it personal or in the compound safe haven for the 17th of february militia is providing security support. just 10 hours later, excuse me, two hours later, an affiliate of al qaeda, embassy tripoli reports the group claimed responsibility on facebook and twitter and called for an attack on the embassy tripoli. we do have a response from the white house. jay carney saying that there was
u.s. officials not confirming or denying the reporting or saying they just haven t seen that. in a briefing, the emphasis was on the libyans who helped. libyan security forces lost people in the bottle at benghazi. we also had, i think we said in the background call yesterday, spontaneous volunteering by a local militia, the 17th of february brigade to come to our assistance. fox news is told a leading suspect affiliated with the al-qaeda group in north africa, it has tried and failed to establish an islamic state in eastern libya. shep: any word on possible intelligence failures on this new 9-11 attack? a briefing on the hill from members of the senate intelligence committee by david petraeus, c.i.a. would not comment on those discussions, but we know the house intelligence committee members will be briefed early tomorrow morning. the question is whether the u.s. was blind sided, was advance
that s the price we re paying at the pump. a couple of things going on. first off, there s been a lot of refinery closures in the united states and the virgin islands, also refineries, there s a slowdown or closed over in europe. one of the things that s different about this year versus last year, you have oil traders in the market watching not just the u.s. texas crude, wti, but the brent contracts from europe. they ve had a huge cold spell over there, they ve had a lot of deaths in europe, that is affecting the european price, so those are kind of going in lock12e7. locksteps, also worries about sudan and the iran situation continues, then traders i m talking to say ing they don t feel better about the situation with iran, so basically yes, we are seeing gasoline heading hire and it s probably going to continue. 53 percent of analysts this week said they believe crude is going to go higher to the end of the week, to the 17th of february. what does that mean? you are going to see ga
news and bulletin. steve jobs is bowing out as ceo of apple and his resignation letter, he said he could no longer live out his expectations as ceo. jobs has been on medical leave since january. he ll stay on as apple s chairman and be succeeded as former operating officer tim kirk. and another office may have reopened after the east coast quake, however, the washington monument will stay closed until engineers prepare cracks at the top. that s it. thanks for watching. tonight, breaking news, steve jobs resigns as ceo of apple. what this means to the company that changed the world. the latest stunning developments. and gathering storms in the atlantic. hurricane irene bigger and stronger, bearing down on the east coast. where will it hit? winds over 100 miles an hour, what it will do to a city like new york. on the other side of the world, battles still raging in tripoli. moammar gadhafi forces going house to house. is this the colonel s last stand? we ll ask cnn s