suspect in the benghazi terror attack has finally been captured. picked up in libya, some 642 days after four americans were murdered there. including our ambassador. ahmed khatallah is now on his way to the united states for a potential trial in washington, d.c.. just like any common criminal weapon why? wisconsin senator ron johnson is a member of the foreign relations committee, and the homeland security committee, and so, senator, that s the question, why exactly are we bringing this terrorist, who was captured abroad, here on to american soil to try him in the criminal courts? well, megan, again, because president obama s going to make matters worse once again, president obama made this commitment when he first took over the presidency, he was going to close down guantanamo, soow we don t have a place to detain these high value terrorists that we really should be doing is getting intelligence from them. we are under severe threat of
off of the roads for a familiar reason. let s start out with the top news of the day. a key suspect for the attack on the consulate in benghazi under way. i am jenna lee. and i am jon scott. he was captured sunday. abu khattala now on s u.s. navy ship and president obama said he will face the full weight of the mefrn justice system in the attacks that left four americans dead including ambassador stephens. reporter: 642 days have passed since the benghazi terror attacks and the apprehension of abu khattala on sunday. the president is speaking out for the first time saying in a written statement that he authorized this operation and special forces to go in and
obama saying he won t use military force in any way. he led a coalition but immediately came back from that. they said, look, he won t take that kind of action. you can t blame vladimir putin or al qaeda because there s nobody there, certainly not the united states, to stop them. monica, thank you. good to see you, as always. forces have made the first arrest in the benghazi terror attack some 642 days after that deadly september 11th, 2012, assault. word coming as they went in-depth last evening with former secretary of state hillary clinton about what happened that night and the administration s response. good to have you here today. hello there. so much has happened in the last 24, 48 hours. you asked some very pointed questions to hillary clinton about what happened in benghazi.
matter that we knew where he was and he was out in the open. there are many options that the special ops team were sent in to grab khattala. he was arrested, that is different from a capture. also, sources tell us that khattala was actually on a list of high-value targets that were supposed to be captured in october when another high-value target who was wanted in the africa bombings he was picked up by delta forces october 15th, right around that time, there was supposed to be a special ops operations to pick up khattala in benghazi. now, ed, to that challenge, when you hear something like it s not relevant, that really, really sticks in your ear. well, of course, it s relevant that this suspect was out there in the open. he was out there for 642 days
justice. regardless of how long it takes, we will find you, and i want to make sure that everybody around the world hears that message very clearly. to be clear, it took 642 days after the attack to land one suspect, and others are still at large, nearly two years after this promise in the rose garden. we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. in the case of khatallah, he often appeared in public. and today the republican chairman of the special panel investigating benghazi pointedly gave the president no credit. i plawd our military and law enforcement officials for apprehending this terrorist. senate majority leader harry reid quickly called it disgusting for republicans to downplay the take down. i wonder if the men and women who capture the terrorists agree with the republicans that it s