So theres were trying to have more preexisting arrangements like that, and that goes to your question. If there are assets in the region, how do we plan for contingencies so that they can be immediately triggered and try to respond. I obviously spoke to the white house, i spoke to general petraeus, i spoke to lots of other people that evening trying to get whatever help we could get. We did get a surveillance plane above the location, but it took some time to get there. It had to be diverted it was an unarmed drone. Correct . Yes. It was unarmed uav. So we asked for everything we could get and everybody immediately tried to provide it but i think now theres more awareness that maybe we should be doing these scenarios ahead of time to try to figure out what could be done without having to reinvent it every time. Thank you. Im out of time, mr. Chairman. Thank the gentle lady from illinois. Chair would now recognize the gentle woman from indiana. Thank you, madam secretary. Im going to fo
Ambassador stevens after we dont know the answer. Did you ever personally speak to him after you swore him in this may . Yes or no, please. Yes, i believe i did. And when was that . I dont recall. And i want to clarify for the record that this document is about all of libya, not just benghazi. I dont want anybody 77 are about benghazi. Congresswoman, look. I appreciate it and i really do the passion and the intense interof your feelings about this. We have diplomatic facilities in war zones. We have ambassadors that we send to places that have been bombed and attacked all the time. And youre their boss. Youre right, i am. Youre their leader. Is that correct . Are there ever situations where you call them, where you bring them in, where you are personally caring and concerned and are letting them know that . Are there situations where you recall id like to know what the conversation was with ambassador stevens and what month it was with ambassador steve stevens. Because there are no cal
And yes, the Intelligence Community assessment served as the basis for what ambassador rice said when she appeared on the sunday show. And on september 18th, when the video footage arrived from the security cameras the deputy cia director has testified it was not until september 18th, when the cia received the libyan governments assessment of video footage that showed the front of the facility with no sign of protesters that it became clear we needed to revisit our analysis. And then, after they looked at the video footage and fbi reporting from interviews of personnel on the ground in benghazi during the attacks the cia changed its assessment. And that was explained thoroughly in the bipartisan report issued by the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence which did a very thorough job, congressman. Gentleman yields back, well take a quick break for ten minutes, ten seconds i just wanted to point out that the Ranking Member is actually incorrect. The august 17th memo that i ref
Lets begin with bill henley and the forecast. It was nice out there yesterday there a gorgeous day. We will do it again. We will be in the 70s this afternoon. Very close to yesterdays level. 53 degrees in philadelphia. Most of the area drops into the 40s. Potts town 46. Trentonville down to 43 degrees. Once the sun is up. Those temperatures will quickly turn around. Well be at 63 degrees. 9 00 57. On the verge of 70 degrees at noontime. We will go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Lets check for first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington . We deal with a lot of ongoing construction. Mainly right now we are dealing with the 59 expressway if between schuylkill expressway. It ab picking up all week. A little early. We will definitely get you updated on that. These are our cameras facing the vooip street expressway. This guy is blocking off the entrance. We have pretty much direct access. When they move that that means its open. We are all i
See the temperatures go higher than that. A few other spokes. We will go through the spots when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington is watching first alert traffic. On the southbound side, we have two lefthand lanes blocked, traffic moving by. Thats gad news there you see that in here. Off the offramp and extending into some of the lanes on 422. You can see drive times are doing okay. Still at 8 minutes. These are the eastbound lanes. From 29 to the schuylkill, it hasnt even bugged yet for the morning. We will check out the schuylkill flying through the area. Eastbound, westbound, no problems. This is center city area. We have a 12 minute trip from the blue route, average speeds are 60 miles per hour. Ill come back in ten minutes with a check on your traffic. An update on breaking news out of reading, berks county, this will take you to the live picture. Crews have the house fire under control now. This is 9th where the fire started in a row home around 3 30. Flames spread. The f