ambassador stevens after we don t know the answer. did you ever personally speak to him after you swore him in this may? yes or no, please. yes, i believe i did. and when was that? i don t recall. and i want to clarify for the record that this document is about all of libya, not just benghazi. i don t want anybody 77 are about benghazi. congresswoman, look. i appreciate it and i really do the passion and the intense interof your feelings about this. we have diplomatic facilities in war zones. we have ambassadors that we send to places that have been bombed and attacked all the time. and you re their boss. you re right, i am. you re their leader. is that correct? are there ever situations where you call them, where you bring them in, where you are personally caring and concerned and are letting them know that? are there situations where you recall i d like to know what the conversation was with ambassador stevens and what month it was with ambassador
and yes, the intelligence community assessment served as the basis for what ambassador rice said when she appeared on the sunday show. and on september 18th, when the video footage arrived from the security cameras the deputy cia director has testified it was not until september 18th, when the cia received the libyan government s assessment of video footage that showed the front of the facility with no sign of protesters that it became clear we needed to revisit our analysis. and then, after they looked at the video footage and fbi reporting from interviews of personnel on the ground in benghazi during the attacks the cia changed its assessment. and that was explained thoroughly in the bipartisan report issued by the house permanent select committee on intelligence which did a very thorough job, congressman. gentleman yields back, we ll take a quick break for ten minutes, ten seconds i just wanted to point out that the ranking member is actually incorrect. the august 17
let s begin with bill henley and the forecast. it was nice out there yesterday there a gorgeous day. we will do it again. we will be in the 70s this afternoon. very close to yesterday s level. 53 degrees in philadelphia. most of the area drops into the 40s. potts town 46. trentonville down to 43 degrees. once the sun is up. those temperatures will quickly turn around. we ll be at 63 degrees. 9:00 57. on the verge of 70 degrees at noontime. we will go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i m back in ten minutes. let s check for first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington? we deal with a lot of ongoing construction. mainly right now we are dealing with the 59 expressway if between schuylkill expressway. it ab picking up all week. a little early. we will definitely get you updated on that. these are our cameras facing the vooip street expressway. this guy is blocking off the entrance. we have pretty much direct access. when they move that that means it s ope
72 degrees at 1:00 this afternoon. i ll show you which areas will be the warmest neighborhood by neighborhood. right now, jessica boyington is watching your first alert on thursday morning. bill, we are still watching the vine street expressway. good news, all lanes reopenedch watch out for the possible delays in the exit ramps that they had blocked off. right about 24th street. no problems eastbound towards 95. now reopened again between the schuylkill expressway and broad street. watch out for ongoing construction on the new jersey turnpike, we have the left lane closed there unless northbound between exit 4 and burlington. we continue to follow breaking news out of berkes county. a fire damaged several homes in reading and the fire continues to burn. it started at 9th and we are told it spread to other homes. it s reached three alarms. they don t have it under control as of last report. at this time there are no reports of injuries, though. we have a crew on the way.
see the temperatures go higher than that. a few other spokes. we will go through the spots when i m back in ten minutes. jessica boyington is watching first alert traffic. on the southbound side, we have two left-hand lanes blocked, traffic moving by. that s gad news there you see that in here. off the off-ramp and extending into some of the lanes on 422. you can see drive times are doing okay. still at 8 minutes. these are the eastbound lanes. from 29 to the schuylkill, it hasn t even bugged yet for the morning. we will check out the schuylkill flying through the area. eastbound, westbound, no problems. this is center city area. we have a 12 minute trip from the blue route, average speeds are 60 miles per hour. i ll come back in ten minutes with a check on your traffic. an update on breaking news out of reading, berks county, this will take you to the live picture. crews have the house fire under control now. this is 9th where the fire started in a row home around 3:30.