nordstrom, who else? somebody had to decide, someone in washington was telling you guys you couldn't get what you wanted, was it just ms. lamb or were there other people? >> i can't speculate in terms of who was. i dealt with our regional director and then ms. lamb. the ambassador in the d.c.m. raised the same concerns. the d.c.m. met with ms. lamb raised the same concerns in person. it's my understanding additional phone calls were made. all of us at post were in sink we wanted these resources. >> on behalf of ms. lamb, ambassador kennedy. briefly, please. >> absolutely, mr. chairman. i was asked on a different question, i was asked whether i was going to request a third extension of the s.s.t. i consulted with my colleagues and because our colleagues had put together -- >> that's not what you said earlier. you said you weren't involved. which one is it? >> this question will be for the next round for both of you. with that, we recognize the gentleman from ohio. >> mr. kennedy has testified today that u.

nordstrom? >> the first impression i had was that it was going to be something similar to one of the brigade's we saw there. the brigade that has been named in the press. it was a unit or a group that the personnel and i had talked for quite some time. we were concerned about. that pacific group had been involved in east -- about specific group had been involved in a similar incident at the end of june involving the tunisian consulate in benghazi where they stormed back facility in protest what they claimed was an anti- islamic film. >> thank you very much. on september 16, ambassador rice went on tv, at the direction of this administration, she was not there on her own. she told the american people but all of the intelligence information led to only one conclusion. it is clear that intelligence experts, security experts, and even ambassador kennedy, looking at the information that was happening, could have concluded something different. i think that is outrageous and shameful. >> we now go to t

blake nordstrom is in direct opposition of chick-fill-a's ceo. nordstrom now joins other west coast companies including amazon, nike, starbucks and microsoft. jim rosenfield, news 4. >> two prince george's county police officers are on trial right now for beating a former university of maryland student. cell phone video captured the incident after umd's basketball victory over duke in 2010. the two are charged with asaulting jonl mckenna whom prosecutors say was merely skipping and singing. the defense says mckenna tried to throw a punch in the middle of a riot. mckenna was clearly unarmed. >> and even though they tried to say he was doing this and that could be a tletenning manner, i think any reasonable person can tell that's absolutely ridiculous. >> he testified saying he didn't remember much. the officers face up to 25 years in prison if they're convicted of assault. >>> tonight, a local teen is recovering from a stab wound after a classmate report dlid attacked him outside the school cafeteria. it happened in northwood high school. the stab

nordstrom? >> the first impression i had was that it was going to be something similar to one of the brigade's we saw there. the brigade that has been named in the press. it was a unit or a group that the personnel and i had talked for quite some time. we were concerned about. that pacific group had been involved in east -- that specific group had been involved in a similar incident at the end of june involving the tunisian consulate in benghazi where they stormed back facility in protest what they claimed was an anti-islamic film. >> thank you very much. on september 16, ambassador rice went on tv, at the direction of this administration, she was not there on her own. i'm sure she has something better to do on a sunday morning. she told the american people but all of the intelligence information led to only one conclusion. it is clear that intelligence experts, security experts, and even ambassador kennedy, looking at the information that was happening, could have concluded something different.

chaffetz. >> in nordstrom, we spoke before and it's clear on the record. you were asking for more personnel and that was either rejected or denied or just simply ignored, correct? >> we were asking just to keep what we had. >> when you weren't able to just even keep what you had, what happened to your pay and the other security officers on the ground? >> i'm sorry? >> as i recall what you told me when that was denied you were given a pay increase, the increase to your pay. >> okay. what i think you are referring to is the increase in danger pay for a post. as part of normal procedures we are asked for input at post. i as part of that process would provide information on security. >> you were asking for more assets, more resources, more personnel. that was denied, but the state department went back and reclassified it as more dangerous, the danger pay therefore increased. they didn't tell you we didn't have resource that congress just cut your budget. they gave an increase because the danger was rising. >> that correct. we received a danger pay increase. >>

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. >> reporter: in the last few minutes we heard from the head of diplomatic security, eric nordstrom, he said a all levels of government thereere requests to have fully armed f t denepent wasqut eendpeci t also denied. >> reporter: thank you so much catherine herridge. we'll listen to more of the testimony in a moment. but we want to remind you about the four amerins who lost ded lifeo a career into o international relations. before serving as our ambassador to libya ambassador stevens was 52 years old. shaun smith was a ten year veteran of the state department, married, a father of t enoughasorki private company when he was killed. he had spent 9 years as a navy seal. 42 years old. tyrone woods spent two decades as a seal and began career as nt iur byif a then is describing how this attack unfolded. let's list even in for a moment. >> my friends and colleagues, and i trust them with my life. >> thank you. i would direct that ha beak reflection though commercially available in this hearing room we are not going to point out details of what may still be in ft -- ep lis ndk s ne contrib

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nordstrom. you talked about 3/5 in liva and then you talked about you wanted 12 plus a back-up of six, and i want to know about this process, and i'll go to mr. kennedy first. mr. kennedy, you would say that the department of state regularly assesses risk and allocation which considers judgment of professionals in washington and on the ground using the best information available. that process -- i want to know how the decision was made. are you involved in that process, ambassador kennedy? >> in most normal occasions i am not involved. there's an ongoing dialogue. >> where does that process employ to? are people in the white house. is secretary clinton directly involved in that process? >> the process -- if there are disagreements between the post in the field and the diplomatic -- >> would you classify what took place here as a disagreement based on what mr. nordstrom and mr. wood has testified to? >> no, sir. >> this didn't reach the disagreement level? >> i describe it as a dialogue between t

security officer eric nordstrom said he personally sent two cables to the u.s. state department asking for increased security while he was stationed in libya here he is speaking at the hearing a little earlier today. i had not seen an attack of such ferocity and intensity previously in libya nor in my time with the diplomatic security service i'm concerned that this attack signals a new security reality. now many more details about what happened that evening of september eleventh in benghazi emerged today with a focus on who knew what when and why certain decisions regarding security in libya were made the bottom line here the claims that the attacks that killed ambassador chris stevens were a result of a protest gone iran are false the u.s. state department now says there was no protest what happened on the night of september eleventh had nothing to do with a controversial offensive video called the innocence of muslims and everything to do with a group of armed men who came into the compound where the benghazi consulate was based and after being unable to get

nordstrom told investigators he was worried. a local security brigade mostly consisted of merchants and shopkeepers had received no pay in months, other than a daily $30 stipend for food from the embas embassy. i had no idea if they would respond to an attack, nordstrom told investigators. senior state department officials now acknowledge that only an hour before gunman methodically and deliberately stormed the compound, killing ambassador chris stevens, the streets were empty and things were calm. a direct contradiction to statements earlier made by administration officials, claiming the trouble began with demonstrations against that anti-muslim video. >> a small number of people came to the consulate to replicate this sort of challenge that was posed in cairo. as that unfolded, it seems to have been hijacked, let us say, by some individual clusters of extremists. >> reporter: nordstrom now tells investigators that he had been concerned for awhile. and that etch though he had security personnel in tripoli, the state department

they were caught on camera buying wine, shopping at nordstrom's, while they were still on the clock. cbs 5 reporter david goldstien follows the money. >> i can show it to you right now. can i show it to you right now? >> reporter: the governor didn't want to look at our video. we caught this caltrans employee buying a case of wine. this one shopping for shoes. this one buying food. all driving away in these $30,000 pickup trucks rented by caltrans with your money. >> you're on state time. you just bought a case of wine. >> no comment. >> reporter: we found employees using dozens of these new pickup trucks. >> ford f150. >> reporter: rented by caltrans, even though the agency had been ordered by the governor to reduce its fleet to save money. caltrans has put the for sale sign on more than 1300 vehicles since the governor's directive. but according to documents, the agency is renting as many as 200 vehicles a month. we discovered monthly bills of 30, 40, 50,000. some more than 100,000. we found in just the first nine months of this year, that cost taxpayers three quarters of a million

." >> reporter: eric nordstrom, the former security officer at the u.s. embassy in libya, today recalled his biggest frustration as being the state department. >> it is dealing and fighting against the people, programs and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me. for me, the taliban is on the inside of the building. >> reporter: nordstrom suspected the denials for more security were rooted in a fear of making libya seem more unstable. but a state department official denied any politics were at play. >> i have directly served six secretaries of state, democratic and republican. on my honor, no. none. >> reporter: we've learned new details of what happened that night. at 8:30, ambassador chris stevens went outside the compound to say good night to a visiting turish diplomat. the streets were empty. but at 9:40 p.m., security agents in the operations centere group of armed men entering the compound. stevens, information specialist sean smith and one security agent locked themselves in a safe area -- they saw their attackers hunting for them. then, pou

hearings first congressional hearing do you remember what their store witnessed eric nordstrom the regional security officer for the department of state fourteen years of experience what he said they were making him pay out of the fact that you know he turned down for the state department turned down these requests for additional security and he punctured that balloon by simply wrote an article for a consortium news when i got home that night and this is what nordstrom said. having an extra foot of war or an extra half dozen guards or agents would not have enabled us to respond to this attack quote the ferocity and intensity of the attack was nothing that we had seen in libya or nothing that i had seen in my entire time in the state diplomatic security service so the question is hollow what's different so if hillary clinton wants to fix this problem madam secretary if you're listening is a very simple solution number one you don't attack countries from the air with bombers or drones number two you don't kick down people's doors. number three you don't overthrow governments and number four y

by simply say i wrote an article for a consortium news when i got home that night and this is what nordstrom said having an extra foot of wall or an extra half dozen guards or agents would not have enabled us to respond to this attack quote the ferocity and intensity of the attack . it was nothing that we had seen in libya or nothing that i had seen in my entire time in the state diplomatic security service so the question is hollow what's different so if hillary clinton wants to fix this problem madam secretary if you're listening is a very simple solution number one you don't attack countries from the air with bombers or drones number two you don't kick down people's doors. number three you don't overthrow governments and number four you're attentive to what happens in these countries you know you you you want to make sure that you have a plan for what happens after you destroy the country now you can remove gadhafi you know but there's a lot of reason because of the vagueness that and you have to know who's going to take over and if those people have between ten thousand and twenty thousa

i mean, this eric nordstrom, top u.s. security expert in libya months before the attack said, a request for additional security, that he made to the state department were denied. so that's an important thing to note. the state department official charlene lamb, who was there, she acknowledged that she did, but what she also said and the state department says, look, we were outmanned that day. no amount of reasonable security could have prevented that attack. it was 40 men that stormed the embassy. a real unprecedented type of attack, but, you know, there was some politics in there, but also a good point that, you know, some of the democrats made, that republicans are responsible for some of the cuts to embassy security over the years. i mean, the state department is being asked to do more with less at 270 posts around the world, and the republican controlled house over the last few years has been responsible for some of that cut in funding. let's take a listen to what eric nordstrom, the top u.s. security official said ab

eric nordstrom is a regional security officer at the united states department of state. ambassador patrick j. kennedy is undersecretary of the department of state and a frequent witness. mrs. charlene them is the deputy assistant secretary for international programs at the u.s. department of state. i want to welcome you in person to our rules, as the rise to take the oath. raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, whole truth, and nothing but the truth? but the record reflect all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please, take your seats. pursuant to our rules and tradition, each witness will have five minutes. please, when you see your time expiring, wrapped up. berndt are prepared statement will be placed in the records. i will take a moment only to admonish that colonel wood, we got yours fairly late, but we understand this is not a regular schtick for you. for the other administration, i am disappointed. with a 24-hour rule. ambassador kennedy, it is in, but we would appreciate in the future

my name is eric nordstrom and i currently serve as a special supervisory special agent with the u.s. department of state's bureau of diplomatic security. i joined the department in april 1998 and have served in domestic and overseas posings including washington, d.c., honduras, ethiopia, new delhi, india, and most recently as regional security officer at the u.s. embassy in tripoli, libya. a position i held from september 21st, 2011, until july 26, 2012. as the regional security officer or rso at the u.s. embassy in tripoli i served as the principle advisor to ambassadors credits and stevens on security and law enforcement matters. i'm here today to provide testimony in support of your inquiry into the tragic events of september 11th, 2012. including the murders of ambassador stevens, sean smith, glen doherty, and tyrone woods. i had the pleasure of working with ambassador stevens during the final months of my tour in libya and would echo what many are saying. the loss of ambassador stevens is not only tragic for his family and sad for our country but his death will prove to be a dev

. >> reporter: as testimony continues today we'll hear more from eric nordstrom and ambassador patrick kennedy and charlene lamb on behalf of the state department. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> mike any more showers or thunderstorms? >> definitely a possibility not a great possibility but unsettled pattern will continue today, tomorrow and end friday afternoon. cooler than average weather until then. >>> also, massive recall involving more than seven million vehicles. the problem that could cause a big scare. >>> playoff frenzy dripping both sides of the bay it is not too late to get tickets >>> new, more trouble for lance armstrong stripped of his titles and banned from competitive cycling. the anti-doping agency says 26 people have testified against armstrong, including 11 former teammates. members of the team admitted to doping and claim armstrong encouraged them to do it. the agency says it is the most sophisticated professional and successful doping perhaps the sport has seen. >> former nfl football star turned actor alex karras has died he starred in the hit sitcom webster in th

nordstrom. given the information you saw on tv and the information on libya, did you come to the conclusion as to whether this was a terrorist act or it was based on some film on the internet? >> >> it was instantly recognizable to me as a terrorist attack. >> instantly recognizable? why is that? >> because of my prior knowledge there, i almost expected the attack to come. we were the last flight there. >> -- the last flag there. >> the first impression i had it was going to be something similar to one of the brigade's we saw there, specifically the brigade that came to mind was a unit or a group that's lieutenant colonel wood's personal and i have track for some time and were concerned about. that a specific group had been involved in a similar but much smaller scale incident at the end of june involving the to be in conflict where they stormed the facility in protest what they claimed was an anti islamic film. >> thank you. i just want to make it clear for the record that on september 16, amba

they were caught on camera buying wine shopping at nordstrom's all on the clock. our sister station in los angeles follows the money. >> i can show it to you right can i show it to you right now? >> reporter: the governor didn't want to look at our video. we caught this caltrans employee buying a case of wine, this one shopping for shoes, this one buying food. all driving away in these $30,000 pickup trucks rented by caltrans with your money. you're on state time. you just bought a case of wine. >> no comment. >> that's a rental right there. >> reporter: we found employees using dozens of these new pickup trucks. >> ford f-150. >> reporter: rented by caltrans. even though the agency had been ordered by the governor to reduce its fleet to save money. caltrans has put the for sale sign on more than 1300 vehicles since the governor's directive. but according to documents the agency is renting as many as 200 vehicles a month. we discovered monthly bills of 30, 40, $50,000, some more than $100,000, we found in just the first nine months of this year. that cost taxpayer

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regional security offer eric nordstrom testified extra security wouldn't have prevented the tragic deaths in benghazi. let's listen to him. >> let me say a word about the evening of september 11th. i had not seen an attack of such veracity and intensity previously in libya, nor in my time with the security service. >> you said, quote, having an extra foot -- extra foot of wall or extra half dozen guards or agents would not have enabled to respond to that kind of assault. did you write that? >> i do and still believe that. >> congressman elijah cummings, did you hear evidence that the people at the embassy in tripoli and the consulate in benghazi had asked for more security help and that had been rejected, is that a fact, do we know? >> we heard some testimony today to that effect, but on the other hand one of those witnesses, eric nordstrom, made it clear that he had had good cooperation. as a matter of fact, he complicated the effort of the state department. so, we had -- this was a hearing, chris, that was a bit premature. that's one of the things i've said over and over again. we have

. >> reporter: as testimony continues today we'llhear more from eric nordstrom and ambassador patrick kennedy and charlene lamb on behalf of the state department. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> mike any more showers or thunderstorms? >> definitely a possibility not a great possibility but unsettled pattern will continue today, tomorrow and end friday afternoon. cooler than average weather until then. >>> also, massive recall involvin mor than seven million vehicles. the problem that could cause a big scare. >>> playoff frenzy dripping both sides of the bay it is both sides of the bay it is not too late to [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet wi more speeoptions, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. call at&t now to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's the fastest internet for the price. our newly expanded advanced digital network gives you more of what you enj

that is why wood, and eric nordstrom implored the state department to keep woods sst force in the country beyond the scheduled august departure. >> we weren't requesting additional security. we were requesting to keep the security we had. that was being taken away. >> bret: water and to keep your team on the ground, the team that was in place already. >> my team was only a small part. there was state department. >> that stands for mobile security detachment team. >> a lot of those are ex-green beret and ex-navy seals. there were three teams on the ground there. >> august 25th, state decides not to get keep the sst libya the mst team is reduced, as well. >> why do you think the request was denied? >> i don't know. >> john bolton. >> i think what was motivating the state department was in f we had security that truly been appropriate it would have been admission conditions on the ground in libya were not safe. that would have violated the world view that this had been an administration success. >> bret: august 8th, three days after the state department pulls the heavy security teams from be

. >> reporter: eric nordstrom, the former security officer at u.s. embassy in libya recalled his biggest frustration as being the state department. >> it's dealing and fighting against the people, programs, and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me. for me, the taliban is on the inside of the building. >> reporter: nordstrom suspected the denials for security were rooted in a fear of making libya seem more unstable. but a state department official denied any politics were at play. >> i have directly served six secretaries of state, democratic and republican. on my honor, no, none. >> reporter: we have learned new details what happened that night. at 8:30, ambassador chris stevens went outside the compound to say good night to a visiting turkish diplomat. the streets were empty. but at 9:40 p.m., security agents in the operations center of the compound heard explosions and saw a large group of armed men entering the compound. stevens, sean smith and one security agent locked themselves in the safe area. they saw attackers hunting for them. po

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nordstrom and lieutenant colonel wood. he jogged with the ambassador and he's saying it was inevitable. we were the last flag flying . they were saying, we need to be here. colonel was in charge of the ss team . he was told you are not only listening for the stars and moon and you are asking for the sun. you got to wonder. if the people were so concerned about the security of our ambassador and diplomat people on the ground. why was the turning a blind eye and deaf year. it doesn't make sense. >> gretchen: are there two parallel investigations going on. the lack of security and alleged cover up. is that the way you see it >> what did we learn from benghazi. if we haven't learned anything from it. unfortunately there is time to stop running for reelection. and you turn away from the most important responsibility we have. and that the state department. they are directly responsible for the diplomatic corp over seas y. would that be a issue we can't touch and we have to spin it. i am appall would by the derelection of duty. a

. >> that is why wood and eric nordstrom the regional security officer implored the state department to keep woods sgst force in libya beyond the -- sst force beyond the departure. >> we were requesting to keep the security that we had. that was being taken away. >> bret: so you want to keep your team on the ground, the team that was in place. >> my team was only a small part. there was msd, state department msd. >> that stands for mobile security detachment team. >> a lot of those are ex-green beret, gs navy seals. there was three teams when i got on the ground there. >> august 5th, the state department decides not to keep the sst in libya. and the msd team is being reduced, as well. >> who opposed it? >> charlene lamb. she denied the requests or didn't fill in. >> why was that? you knew about all these other attacks? >> we had been training local libyans and arming them. >> let me interrupt. >> why do you think the request was denied? >> i really don't know. >> in the case of the sgst, that would have provided by state department. state department didn't have to pay money. i can't

they got a big boost from retail giant nordstrom. the ceo of the seattle based retail chain sent a memo to all 60,000 employees about his stance on the issue. without explicitly mentioning same-sex marriage, the letter says, "gay and lesbian employees should have the same protection under the law as heterosexual employees." news 4 spoke to shoppers in our area. they said, whether or not they agree with same-sex marriage, it's a good policy for the company to have. >> even though i may have my own personal preferences in different directions, as a corporate policy, i think it's a good idea. >> i've always liked nordstrom. i don't know that i would consider it a reason to shop here, but it makes me feel good about shopping here. >> other companies based on the west coast have voiced their support for same-sex marriage, including nike, starbucks, and amazon. >>> 5:47. two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are being investigated. the outbreak is linked to steroid shots used for back pain made by the new

at a congressional hearing we learned that top security people like nordstrom repeatedly requested and were turn ited down for more security. also the comments from vice president biden in the debate "we weren't told." how politically vulnerable do you think the president is on libya? >> i think it is a significant vulnerability. it is on two tracks really. one is a security and intelligence failure that manifest by what happened there and the second is the possibility that there has been a coverup here with real mendacity on the part of the and menstruation. we now know that the state -- of the administration. we knew that the state department knew what was going on here. certainly the personnel in libya new. the night of the attack reenforcements were sent from tripoli to count they are paramilitary terrorist attack. they knew what was going on. the state department so far action we could tell never thought this was some kind of a spontaneous reaction that went crazy. they never thought that. and yet -- >> chris: there was no spontaneous demonstration. there was no protest at all. >>

this e-mail written by eric nordstrom,, said it paint add picture that the security was precarious. not in an environment where posts should be to normalize operations. in a rare interview, former c.i.a. director told fox the dots were there and they were connected, but there was a failure to act. >> when somebody tells me a couple of hundred times a year that i don't have a safe situation in my consulate or my embassy, i've got to do better than saying sorry, we can't help you. >> along with nordstrom, the state department manager who signed off on a waiver which meant the consulate was exempt from specific physical security standards is also testifying wednesday. >> shep: we're hearing more about surveillance video from that compound. >> fox is told that there is a security camera video, but it is, quote, limited and it comes from the consulate after republican senator bob corker, who was in libya, confirmed details of video to the "washington post." the attorney general suggested caution. >> people in congress be a little mindful of the fact there is an ongoing investigation and

retailers like jw nordstrom not hardly impacted by this because their stores on the other side of the country. but saks and macys, apple impacted the last days of closures and remains to be seen if they will reopen tomorrow. we will see as dana said, 20% impact that's a fairly large impact to many of these soft goods and electronics retailers. >> do have a bunch of nordstroms on the east coast. i know you are a midwestern guy. >> yeah, yeah, some but a real small percentage of their overall business, scott. most of it's out there toward the west and of course, pacific northwest. >>> still to come, some trades ahead of tomorrow now that we know the new york stock exchange, naz dark the other major markets opening as scheduled tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. we are back in two minutes. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it was designed to escape the ordinary. it feels like it can escape gravity. ♪ the 2013 c-class coupe. ♪ starting at $37,800. ♪ he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the market, he goes with people