but again, secretary rice conveyed information that had been provided by the intelligence community. and the interagency process. i m not trying to go in to the process. i m trying to determine what the truth is as best we know at this time. secretary clinton is ambassador rice s statement that benghazi was prompted by anti-muslim video, put on the internet in the united states factually accurate? i d have to go back to my first answer, congressman and just say that we don t know all the motivations so i don t want to give a sweeping answer as to what prompting those men to come out that night and attack our compound. okay. well, on september 16, the very same day, u.n. ambassador susan rice made her statements to the american people and the world, libyan president mugariff said on npr, the idea that the criminal and cowardly act was a spontaneous protest that it just spun out of control is completely unfounded and preposterous. we firmly believe that this
off the heels of benghazi. we ll hear from hillary clinton. when? and how much time will she spend on capitol hill answering the questions directly? she doesn t want to do this. she hasn t wanted to talk about benghazi from the beginning. whether it was september 16, when she was, she decided not to do the briefings on sunday shows. and sent susan rice instead. or september , 20 appeared before congress and gave what is described to me as short answers. certainly not forthcoming and not eager to answer the questions. doug: a.b., she said through the support she will testify before congressional committees and she will implement the recommendations made by the arb. i think she will. i don t think she has a choice. i think she wants to and i think she put it off. i believe as i said here before you don t lie when you re secretary of state about a concussion. it s not something you can get away with lying about. but i do believe that she is
secretary clinton, why didn t you go on tv september 16 when ambassador rice says that secretary clinton wasn t available because she was sick and giving grief counseling, and i want to see if that withstands scrutiny. reporter: despite the criticism in the wake of benghazi attack no republicans indicated they will vote against confirming john kerry. gregg: thank you, when we talk more about this, chris wall has, what does john kerry bring to the post? chris: tremendous experience as wendell said, 27 years in the senate, and he has longed if the job for a long-term. there was talk four years ago before president obama shocked the world by picking hillary clinton he could have gotten the post then. he has been a student of foreign policy as the president said. he has been all over the world
is still under the weather. she was diagnosed as having suffered a concussion and her doctors have urged her to stay home this week. clinton is at home recovering from her concussion, her aides say she is reviewing the findings of the independent investigation into the benghazi terrorist attack, which is now complete. two deputies will testify in her place this week about the findings. john: so could she still testify before she leaves office? well, it s possible. on sunday the head of the house foreign affairs committee saying clinton must testify, adding it s been a struggle to keep the proceedings open. that s been the problem with the administration thus far is that they wanted to have all of the hearings and all of the briefings in a secured setting, but the american people want to know what the state department and all of our agencies are doing to keep our diplomats safe. on september 16, five days after the attack that killed four americans, including the u.s. ambassad
certain. alisyn: so many questions remain, catherine herridge, thank you so much. congress really wants that unvarnished record. bill: we have new reaction to the u.n. ambassador susan rice bowing out of this. the fallout from benghazi weighed heavily on her decision. hillary clinton responding to this decision writing quote from the national security council, to the state department to the united nation susan has worked tireless to advance our nation s values. i am confident she will continue to represent the united states with strength and kill. alisyn: there was a long lead up to this owe digs, it goes al decision, it goes back to september 16 this when ambassador rice went on five shows and said the attack was not pre-med taeutd. that continue sreubted information that was known set. almost two months later ambassador rice s name is mentioned as a top candidate to replace outgoing hillary