colonel about the military response in benghazi. that s right. at first they told legislators that the marine colonel in charge of the joint special forces task force for africa had retired. at that point, then the marines said colonel george bristol was not set to retire until july 31st. senator graham sent the following letter to defense secretary hagel, quote: we were told my request could not be granted because colonel bristol recently retired and was now considered a private citizen. unfortunately, the liaison office could not assist in exacting him. however, the marine times today reported that colonel bristol has not retired and instead is on terminal leave. today the defense department admitted the mistake. they said that they would make colonel bristol available to lawmakers. but they did add that they never received a formal request from capitol hill for colonel bristol to testify. harris: with an update on benghazi tonight, jennifer griffin, thank you. a show of support
international coal group for $3.4 billion in cash. that s it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. and now back to hardball. welcome balk to hardball. one of the most incredible aspects of the bin laden story, he s been hiding in a million dollar compound, not in a cave, it was in a town just 35 miles outside of islamabad, the capital. right by the pakistani military academy. that country s west point. right there next to it. the pakistani government is saying it knew nothing about bin laden s whereabouts, it does seem peculiar he was able to hide in a mansion so near the capital. are they telling the truth over there in that capital that they knew nothing? richard engel, nbc s chief foreign correspondent in benghazi tonight. roger cressey, former white house counterterrorism official
she caught the imagination and the affirmations of a lot of people. she s talked about all over the city and she s instigated many a debate. there are many fears over her story. my family included. and what they re doing on state tv is deplorable. it s absolutely disgusting and it s just adding to the anger and just adding to the support that other people have for her. for her. one man s view from tripoli. back with us, nic robertson and in benghazi tonight, reza sayah. reza, you traveled all that way to meet with her mom. how is her family holding up? reporter: they re holding up. we expected them to be worried. they are. what we didn t expect is this type of outrage that we saw. some of the comments they were making were incredibly bitter and pointed. the fact she said she wants to see gadhafi killed.
in benghazi tonight, reza sayah. reza, you traveled all that way to meet with her mom. how is her family holding up? reporter: they re holding up. we expected them to be worried. they are. what we didn t expect is this type of outrage that we saw. some of the comments they were making were incredibly bitter and pointed. the fact she said she wants to see gadhafi killed. she wants his head delivered to the town. these are extreme statements, statements that were a couple of months ago unthinkable. now you have a libyan woman going on camera, openly making these statements. it shows how angry they are and it also shows how people on this side of libya, at least on the eastern side, territory firmly in the hands of the opposition are no longer afraid of making these kinds of comments against colonel gadhafi. reza, in several cities we
them, they could probably eliminate all the tanks and then the rebels could move in quickly. but the a-10s and those apaches aren t here and the rebels aren t going to get them anytime soon from what i can tell. ry chad engel life from benghazi tonight, really appreciate it. fascinating report. i feel like i understand the situation on the ground a lot better now. joining me now is congressman mike capuano joins us. do you have reservations? i like the idea of humanitarian assistance, but i think we need a consistent policy on when we re going to use that. talk to me, if you were in charge, what would be your consistent policy. i think the constitution does require the president to come to congress to speak action. with those discussionsis differ sudan, egypt, yemen and congo. i m not saying they should all