chief washington correspondent james rosen joins us now live with more on that. james? reporter: good afternoon. victoria newlin is a well red carpeted career regarded career foreign service activist. but her senate confirmation hearing will almost certainly revive questions about her role in the development of the benghazi talking points and about her early statements about benghazi from the state department podium. here s an exchange i had with her on monday, september 17, the day after the talking points were delivered. ambassador rice spoke to this, she suggested that there had been an ongoing demonstration outside the consulate or in the proximity of the consulate in benghazi that was, in essence, hijacked by more militant elements who came armed to the affair. i just want to nail this down with you. you are, you stand by this notion that there was, in fact, an ongoing demonstration. i d simply say that i don t