Each had in shaping the talking points that thenu. N. Ambassador susan rice used on the sunday talk shows. We all know at that time she blamed the attack on that video. Chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel live for us on capitol hill. First and foremost, why the selection of trey gowdy . Reporter well, gretchen, good afternoon. House Speaker John Boehner says the American People want answers, accountability and justice. Boehner says about congressman gowdy, republican of south carolina, that he is as dogged focused and serious minded as they come. The speaker says gowdys background as a federal prosecutor, doing that for six years and his zeal for the truth make him the ideal person to lead this panel. Another key House Republican says he hopes gowdy and the select committee can get to work investigating benghazi soon. I think it is important for the congress and also important politically for republicans not to be seen as if were making an issue out of this. I would say get
Schiff says this whole thing is a colossal waste of time. I think it is just a tremendous red herring and a waste of taxpayer resources. I hope the speaker will reconsider but looks like he has bowed again to those from the fartherrest right of his conference. Bill much to discuss on that. Senior White House Foreign Affairs correspondent Wendell Goler leads coverage on the north lawn. Good morning to you. It is congressman gowdys job to lose, is that what we understand . Reporter thats what we hear. Gowdy is a former u. S. Attorney and member of the House Oversight committee which has held a number of hearings on the benghazi attacks and the aftermath and the Affordable Care act of course. South Carolina Republican is in his second term. The vote on the committee is likely to be along party lines but republican congressman Jason Chaffetz says the Obama Administration simply hasnt answered all the questions about what happened the night of the attack, and in the days and weeks after. We
Parachute. Cool oh oops. He milssed his target. I have something to tell you about. Mornings are better with friends. Hey, everybody. Come in and stay a while. I love this shot. We have about, what do we have, 18 hours left of august. And we are going to celebrate here on fox and friends. Yes, we are. So get a cup of coffee and come on back. You better stay a while. Labor day tomorrow. You grilling . Im grilling out. Who are better grillers . Men or women . Well talk about that later. Theres no question about it, men. Women. Well have the answer later, but first we have headlines to tell you about. Comedian joan rivers is relying on machines to stay alive at this hour. Sources telling tmz the agonizing decision over what happens next will not be made for at least a couple days. The 81yearold was rushed to mount sinai hospital in new york city after going into cardiac arrest on thursday during surgery for her vocal chords. There is concern about how long her brain went without oxygen. T
Gutfeld who is supposedly back tomorrow. Like anyone cares. Now lets welcome our guests. She is hotter than the fires of hell. I know. I visited. Anchor and reporter for ktla in los angeles. She starts every day with a delicious smoothie and by smoothie, i mean a gin and tonic. And everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. It is tvs andy levey. And his hair is harder than calculus. It is buck sexton, host and editor of the Buck Sexton Show on the blaze network. A block. The lede. Thats the first story. Did the cia go a stray . On tuesday a democraticlead panel released a deeply critical report on the agencys interrogation practices. I read all 670 pages. Lawmakers warn it could endanger the lives of americans and more than 6,000 marines were put on high alert. Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein believed the extensive and expensive under taking was necessary. History will judge us by our commitment to adjust society governed by law and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say never agai
Against socalled enhanced interrogation techniques used by the cia in th al qaeda. But first we must start at the beginning. Trace gallagher reports from our west coast newsroom. Trace. And, megyn, lets begin with the part that everyone including president obama agrees tonmvr t the days and months after 9 11 were unprecedented times. And there were credible reports fsecond and third wave o attacks against the u. S. Including reports that Osama Bin Laden was trying to acquire nuclear weapon. Six days after 9 11 president bush authorized the detention and interrogation program. The cia admits at the time it had very little if any experience housing and interrogating detainees. In essence agents were learning on the fly. Ten months after 9 11 hai t thenattorney general john a ashcr ashcroft approved of facial slaps, sleep deprivation, use of diapers and waterboarding. Heres cia director john brennan. There were no easy answers. And whatever your views are on eits, our nation and in partic