hours and hours and hours of questions, criticisms and rebuttals. hillary clinton s congressional hearings ended just a short time ago. the marathon hearing was to investigate clinton s actions before, during and after the attack on a diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya. the u.s. ambassador and three other americans were killed in the september 1 1, 2012 attack. the former secretary of state took responsibility for the deaths, but forcibly denied she was to blame for any lapse in security. here are some of the more heated and interesting moments from the hearing. that final definitive accounting of what happened in benghazi. we would like to do it with your help and help with our democrat colleague, but make no mistake we are going to do it nonetheless. last weekend, the chairman told the republican colleagues to shut up and stop talking about the select committee. what i want to do is this, and
know before are hillary clinton began? objectively it s not much. i think i can say that objectively, it s not just me saying that. not that long ago,n t republicans on the committee came out and talked to the reporters. and the chairman, trey gowdy asked that question and he didn t think that we learned a lot more from hillary clinton than other committees have learned in the past from testimonies. so i think that s the hard truth. however, the other argument that they make is that this is just one piece of their very large investigation. one little part of the puzzle that they re trying to put together about what happened leading up to the attack in benghazi, what happened that night and what happened afterwards. so that s the answer there, but when it comes to the actual testimony from the big fish, so to speak, not so much new. okay, then since since we
of sidney bloomenthal. i second that emotion. motion has been seconded. if we want the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. let s let the world see it. there were emotional, dramatic moments like this one you re about to see when a republican accused mrs. clinton of ignoring requests for increased security. what s your responsibility to benghazi? is that s my question. my responsibility was to be briefed and to discuss with the security experts and the policy experts whether we would have a post in benghazi, whether we would continue it, whether we would make it permanent.
so if clinton is saying today, it was thought the mission in benghazi was vitalle to u.s. national interest, do you agree with that assessment? yeah. this is the one question i have not heard an answer to yet. why was he in benghazi on september 1 1? this is the one day of the year, the one day in the middle east that you would think the ambassador to a middle eastern country would be in the most secure location in that country. that was in the tripoli in the embassy where they have real security and a real safe room. i have no idea why he was in benghazi at that time. it just makes no sense to me. i m sure there s a reason, but i haven t heard it yet. lieutenant colonel rick francona, always a pleasure having you on the show. thanks for the insight and perspective. thank you. we have an e pert on u.s. foreign policy swell the middle east. benghazi is a lot more than a republican talking point. it is a real place with a lot of real problems.
that have been blared on loud speakers, in the streets in terms of trucks and of course, radio, tv, all those kinds of messages have gotten out for folks to seek shelter and as far as i can tell, almost everyone has done so. a reuters correspondent in mexico in a shelter in puer puerta vallarta. we ll stay on top of the hurricane. more coming up but let s get to the presidential race now. right now hillary clinton is capping what s being called her best week yet of the 2016 presidential campaign. the democratic front runner back on the campaign trail today. she s doing something of a victory lap after enduring the marathon benghazi hearing and appearing to come out largely n unscath unscathed. one thing she s celebrating tonight. the campaign had the biggest