will not get into the back-and-forth discussions. reporter: we have a half dozen reports including the statement from the mission in libya there was a high threat level in the months leading up to the attack on the ambassador. shepard: there is an e-mail from a man who will testify on the situation. reporter: that is right. in the e-mail which has been read by for which news it comes from the top security officer if libya until june of this year, and based on the threats including the attempted assassination of the british ambassador you see there, the former head of security wrote and i quote, this is a significant part of post and my argument for maintaining diplomatic security and defense department security assets in september october 2012 the government of libya was overwhelmed and can not guarantee our protection. a senior republican with the house of representatives government oversight hearing says there is a pattern where help was requested and
pleaded not guilty. a court date has been set for them. the trial date is next october. shepard: than you, jonathan. the state department is firing back at criticism of the security situation in libya. a top security official claims washington pulled assets from benghazi before the deadly attack happened. look at dow, our 401(k) is taking a hit today five years after the dow hit the all-time high. what is behind the latest slide? that is coming up. with the spark cash card from capital one,
shepard: i am shepard smith, this is studio b at the bottom of the hour. the state department s report is that there was in drop in diplomatic security in the weeks before the deadly attack in benghazi despite claims from the head of a security team based in tripoli who told cbs that the officials pulled his team from tripoli just a few weeks before the assault as other staffers voiced concerns of security gaps. last night, the state department spokesman released a statement claiming that the security team in libya had nothing to do with the attack in benghazi and said the departure of the security support team had no impact whatever on the total number of fully trained american security personnel in libya
consistently denied by washington, dc. it seems to be a coordinated effort between the white house and the state department from secretary of state, hillary clinton, and the obama white house, a decision made, i believe, my personal opinion, is they wanted the appearance of normalization, in libya. reporter: the congressman has returned from libya and it is worth noting on the trip he said there is absolutely no mention of this amateurish youtube video clip that the administration initially blamed for the attack in benghazi. shepard: thank you, catherine, from washington, dc. now, the pain at pump and the price of gas in record is at a record high for the 4th straight day. some good news, though, aaa reports the cost of a gallon crept up by less than a cent so it is almost unchanged. still, it is $4.67 a gallon, up 50 cents from last week and way
overall or in benghazi specifically. the attack last month in that city killed four americans including the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens. catherine has the news from washington, dc, this afternoon. catherine? reporter: well, this 51-page report shows the u.s. mission in libya documented 230 security-related incidents over a one-year period between june 2011 and ending two months before the murder of the ambassador and americans, more than an indent every day in the country. today at the state department briefing, a spokesman was pushed to explain whether security was, in fact, pulled back. i am not going to go into all of these kind of timeline details as to what we had, when, and where. some of those things i am guessing, will be covered tomorrow in the open hearing. again, these are all pieces that we are pulling together now so i