Nearly 20 months after the attack, the administrations explanations about who knew what and when are beginning to unravel in a very public way. The testimony laid bare uncomfortable facts. This was a hostile action. This was no demonstration gone terribly awry. Retired Brigadier General robert lovell, a deputy intelligence director for the Africa Command testified that seven hour noose the benghazi assault in germany, they knew there was no connection to a protest or an internet video. It was early on in the evening of september 11th. Before 3 15 a. M. Absolutely. Within hours, sources tell fox a target list was assembled and lovell testified a terrorist group with known ties to al qaeda was blamed. It was we felt it was lovells testimony is consistent with the september 12th email from state Department Official beth jones to secretary of state Hillary Clintons closest aides, including sheryl mills, that the libyan ambassador was told was responsible. Whats been overlooked is hours lat
Where a partisan rift over its russia investigation is growing. Ill talk to a key member of that panel, senator Richard Blumenthal. And tweeting for intel. The head of the cia says President Trumps controversial tweets are actually yielding valuable intelligence as u. S. Adversaries respond to the president s insults. And now mr. Trumps former chief of staff says for every tweet published there are many more that arent. Is the president actually holding back . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following multiple breaking stories this hour, including the white house all but confirming that President Trump will soon officially recognize jerusalem as israels capital. The expected announcement is raising fear of violent protests as palestinian factions call for days of rage. We just got word from pentagon that some u. S. Troops are being repositioned to areas of potential unrest, including maroons who specialize in protecting u. S. Embassies. Wer
Egyptian Health Minister Khalid Abdulghaffar said Friday that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is scheduled to visit Türkiye in April. During the.