concern the consulate could not be defended in the event of a coordinated attack. bill: who airbrushed references to al qaeda and terrorism from the original talking points? congressman jason chaffetz will be at the hearing and we ll weak to him in a matter of moment. alisyn: the other big story we are covering. charges are expected to be filed against three brothers in connection with the kidnapping of those three young women in cleveland. each woman was held hostage for about a decade and only gained their freedom after one made a daring escape late monday and called 911 for help. garrett, tell us what you are hear being the possible charges today. reporter: we are expecting charges later today by 6:00 p.m. a judge granted prosecutors additional charges to file the
to do something about spending in washington, d.c. i ll try to be the best congressman i could have ever been. reporter: during the campaign sanford suggested his opponent would be. her campaign turned down interview requests from mainstream media and shielded her from the glad handing voters have come to expect in the low country. alisyn: what are the next challenges sanford faces as he returns to congress. reporter: mark sanford represented this congressional district from 1995 to 2001. because of his personal baggage some members of his own party may still regard him as a political liability.
so he will have some fences to mernd when he returns to washington. alisyn: jonathan serrie, thanks for that update. i guess there are second acts in life and politics. bill: he said a guy stopped him on the streets and said you look a little bit like lazareth. lawmakers looking into the possibility of a coverup in benghazi and whether more could have been done to save american lives. [ man ] on december 17, 1903,
from 2011 to 2012, 50 of which took place in benghazi. in july of last year nordstorm advised making a formal request for military security to remain in libya, and the third man today is mark thompson, he is the state department s acting deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism. he leads the foreign emergency support team. that s the government s only on call team poised to respond to terrorist incidents worldwide. we ll hear from all three of them shortly. alisyn: on days like this it s important to look back, and let s do that right now, because w when the consulate attack happened our greg palkot went to libya. he spoke to eyewitnesses and scoured the abandoned compound for additional clues. here is his timeline of what happened. reporter: september 11th, 2012, 7:30pm the u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens takes his meeting on the 11th anniversary of 9/11, in the large residence building with the tush kish consul general.
bill: we ll start this hour fox news alert now 90 minutes away from what is expected to be an explosive hearing on what happened in benghazi, the night that four americans were killed, one top republican saying, quote, the dam is about to break. whole new hour here on america s newsroom. i m bill hemmer. good to have you with us. martha has time with the family today. you, welcome back rao. alisyn. alisyn: i m alisyn camerota in formatter that. who the testimony comes from whistle-blowers and whose stories contradict the administration s account from start to finish. mark thomas son, and gregory hicks, the number two diplomat