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and would he run against hillary clinton? stand by for our exclusive interview. >>> and we'll take you behind the scenes of hillary clinton's world and get an insider's take on whether or not she will run for president again. we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with the national fight over guns and gun violence, the obama administration is falling through on its promise to take its fight to the public. vice president joe biden has been on the road and on line. in congress, democrats introduced a new effort to ban 158 specific assault-style weapons and prohibit other guns from using magazines containing more than ten rounds of ammunition. those are just two of the provisions of the bill put forward by the united states senator whose own hands were bloodied by one of the most famous shooting acts in california history. cnn's chief correspondent, dana bash, was at the emotional announcement on capitol hill. >> reporter: wolf, with

this is not what hillary clinton's actual legacy is. i'm saying if you watch the news, right, you see a news clip and hillary clinton is somewhere and she's holding a town hall or talking to students. she's doing things that in the back of your mind if you're an american median voter who is not following foreign policy that carefully, the images that you are being flashed of hillary clinton are generally positive. they don't have to do with these very polarizing decisions. >> that are the key components of what u.s. foreign policy is. u.s. foreign policy for the last four years has been shamed around wars. it's been shamed around military responses to the foreign policy challenges around the world, starting with the iraq war. we now have the state department being in charge of the 15,000 or so armed contractors, if we want to be polite, mercenaries if we want to be a little more accurate, that are in iraq at the behest of the united states because the agreement between the u.s. and iraq made them withdraw all the soldiers and all the pe

clinton we must remember that in two thousand and eight hillary clinton ran vertiginous campaign advertisement against president obama or the candidate then barack obama the m s n b c man chris matthews called racist so hillary clinton as we know is quite the person to go with there in washington and certainly obama seemed frightened of her right through the rain even a state department press secretary resigned and you know often that happens hillary clinton was running a crazy very odd state department if her own press secretary resigned of course over the treatment the torture of bradley manning and the wiki leaks investigations which of course are all about state department cables but with all these allegations of arms and anger at foreign intervention i mean is america ready for a drawn out conflict across the region. across africa the united states seems to have a policy and out of disarray china of course is making all the running in africa another great success of a clinton administration so we've had their failures their failures and that's in america and of course the biggest failure

it is a great sendoff for hillary clinton. if i am sitting with them today, there are some questions that need to be asked that the media does not ask. that is a long way to get your point of why the media, why we will not ask the tough questions when we get the opportunity. >> if the white house ever granted me an interview with president obama, and it would be an interesting interview. i would ask all the questions i would love to ask, which i will not get. tavis: you or i for that matter. >> this is an intentional white house strategy. eight is throughout the campaign. how many interviews did cnn get with president obama? zero. how many did the people who really know him again? how many interviews did drive time radio get? tavis: he has been on 60 minutes a dozen times. that is his favorite outlets. that is their track record, asking the tough questions. >> in the beginning of the second term, nobody wants to upset the relationship with the white house. i had conversations with journalists who told me there is so much they

what's the headline of the hillary clinton testimony today for you. >> hillary mops floor with congressman and senators. she was as james rosen pointed out. she was prepared. she had it down. she had answers anticipatory answers ready. the congressman and senators didn't do their homework. they made speeches again as james rosen pointed out. their questions were ill focused. they went down the red herring road. they needed to ask hillary, why when it went down, if shes would was aware there was an attack, why she didn't immediate qulatly ask ask for urgent military help. they needed to ask her specifically who and when denied the request from libya for greater embassy security. they needed -- i would have asked her this question. were you asked, madam secretary, to go on the sunday talk shows before susan rice was asked and did you decline it? >> bill: why was susan rice put out there by the obama administration and not you since you are the boss of the ambassador who was killed? that's an excellent question as well. so, all in all, you didn't learn much today, right? >> wop, i came away w

>> hillary clinton finally answers questions about the benghazi debacle. delivering a powerful performance to convince lawmakers and the media to see it her way. did it work? find out next on news watch. y te a giant... ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day afr day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] e pill eachmorning. 24 hours. zero heartbur >> with all due respect, the fact is would have four dead americans. was it because of a protests or because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they would go kill symptom americans. what difference, at this point, does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. >>ro is secretary of state hillary clinton finally facing lawmakers in the house and the senate taking some s tough questions about the benghazi fi

clinton respondió al las dudas, hillary clinton testificó del ataque en el consulado estadounidense en bengasi, libia, lourdes meluzá nos habla desde washington del testimonio de hillary clinton >>> la secretaria de estado, hillary clinton dio su esperado testimonio ante el congreso por le ataque al consulado en bengasi, el 9 11 pasado, dijo que el manejo del ataque fue su responsabilidad y dijo que aumentan las medidas de seguridad en las sedes diplomátivcas alrededor del mundo. >>> estuve parada junto al presidente barack obama cuando los infantes de marina cargaron esos féretros, puse mi brazo alrededor de madres, padres y hermanos, al día siguiente de la tragedia, clinton dijo que fue un ataque terrorista, pero este senador insistió en las declaraciones de la embajadora de la organización de naciones unidas, susan rice. >>> tenemos a 4 ciudadanos que murieron, pero no por protestas. >>> qué diferencia hace esto ahora, nuestro trabajo es averiguar qué pasó. >>e> l pueblo no merece respuestas falsas, el 20 de septiembre en univisión el presidente barack obama dijo que aÃ

i thought hillary clinton made a good point. the more important thing now is there are 20 more embassies under direct threat at the moment. the more important thing is guaranteeing that lessons are learned and that these embassies are protected and there's no more loss of life and you would agree with that, right? >> i fully agree the whole goal of this is to make sure we get to the bottom of it so it doesn't happen again and also so that we make sure -- one of the things we learned as well is we had someone in custody in tunisia and that person has been release and we want to hold those accountable who committed these horrible murders on our people. >> thank you for joining me. i want to bring in two people at odds on this. former assistant secretary of state for secretary clinton and host of the radio talk show host of the dana show. let me start with you. i'm getting weary with the relentless attacks first on susan rice and now on hillary clinton. there's a whisper to it and it's getting, i think, washington orientated rather

clinton was under fire and at times fired back. >> last stand, secretary hillary clinton filled with fiery emotion in her last appearance before congress. >> what difference at this point does it make? >> the indignation and then the tears in her eyes. >> i put my arms around the mothers and fathers and the wives left alone to raise their children. >> it was a valid victory that showed her indignation and emotion. >> america's top diplomat came to the hill ready for a fight. >> >> bill: all we need is a theme from rocky, right? da'da da, da'da da. ready for a fight. yo adrian. there will come a point when the american people will walk away from the national media if that stuff continues. already surveys show that most younger americans think what they get on the net is as credible as what they get in the press. and you know what? those young people are not far off o. the national media absolutely in the tank for liberal causes. we, the people, american people not getting the straight people. let's wring in bernie goldberg who joins us from miami this evening. am i overwrought here? a

hillary clinton came across today as presidential. listen to her. >> today after four years in this job, traveling nearly a million miles, visiting 112 countries, my faith in our country and our future is stronger than ever. every time that blue and white airplane carrying the words united states of america touches down in some far-off capital, i feel again the honor it is to represent the world's indispensable nation. >> you know, again, it's tricky to talk about fashion and everything. i think everything she did today, the hair, the suit, the glasses was very serious and very attractive, likable for a political figure of her age. i think she came across perfect today. your thoughts. >> imagine all the other people. andrew cuomo, joe biden, imagine them in a situation like this. they're not the secretary of state. but what this does, it demonstrates that she has both massive understanding of how washington works and massive ability. she spent the equivalent of a full day facing many adversary i can't tell questions. you know what we'

. >> jon: hillary clinton finally answering questions about the benghazi attacks, putting on quite a performance for lawmakers and the press. real emotion or just an act? the woman who ignited the petraeus scandal with the press, media debate or too late. and manti te'o gives katie couric the straight scoop on the hoax. >> and prince harry hammered by the media by giving the facts. >> take a life to save a life. >> and on the panelist, daily beast, kirsten powers, and jim pinkerton, american editor conservative magazine and investigative reporter and fox news contributor, vicky ward. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. now. >> i barack hussein obama do faithfully swore that ill execute the office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve protect and defend. >> preserve protect and defend. >> the constitution of the nights. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help you god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> jon: it was a big day for barack obama on monday ta

clinton in the region well i think that unfortunately hillary clinton has been a voice whore so the harks for the escalation of the war in afghanistan it's a constant whole policy and belief on her part that doesn't seem to have changed it . all which is that no matter what the problem is there's a military solution well that's fundamentally wrong wrong in vietnam we've seen it wrong in afghanistan we will see it wrong at pakistan but war obsession so she says writes hillary clinton one of america's all time worst secrets or is well i would rank her pretty near the bottom of she's one of the worst there was genuine goodwill from russia's side when hillary came with a reset button russia let nato transit supplies to afghanistan and other major concessions then clinton weave through the olfa and change tack. the economy of science is how did leaders in most go into hope change of mind they doubted states need to have an enemy it's a great way to express to the public opinion why the white people have to invest heavily into building new u.n. tbilisi. in children elevating them in a cha

we have been talk about hillary clinton testimony. but it's not the first time she has been in that position. in 1993 she addressed congress with her plans to overhaul health care and that didn't go so well, and it would be another 16 years before any major health care reform. but as we well know that was not the end of hillary clinton. our next guest also knows what it is like to face off against republicans opposed to reforming health care, and to live and fight again. the gop blocked dr. donald berwick appointment. he has got some good revenge though, because he is now considering a run for the massachusetts state house as governor. so while republicans may have knocked him down, they sure did not knock him out, and coming to us tonight from newton massachusetts, is dr. donald berwick. >> thanks for having me. >> jennifer: you bet. as with hillary clinton, i'm curious about whether your experience with congress might have inspired you a bit to consider at least running for office yourself? >> well, it was interesting dealing with c

she wouldn't have to do much fund-raising because she's hillary clinton. getting dirty again is something unappealing when they tell you you can be the first woman president? >> yeah. listen, she emerges from this last four years as the most respected, most popular political figure in the country and she handled this at the state department extremely well. you remember when colin powell was there, and he was so popular and the george w. bush administration tried to marginalize him in a lot of ways. very difficult. this one worked out. much, much better. but it does seem to me what's new, i disagree, i think she has to decide within a year because it does freeze the race as candy said, but what's new is a question of her health. you know, all of us want her to be healthy. only she and her doctors know how healthy she really is. i think we'll have to wait and see. >> also, we haven't mentioned the elephant in the room, which is bill clinton. what does bill clinton want? >> he wants her to run. >> he does want her to run. he wants her to run. and remember whe

but they're not in hillary clinton's league, at least today. she said her number one mission in life is the global empowerment of women. if they come to her in a year or so and say there's no one out there who can do what you can do, you can wait a little bit longer than anybody else, candy's dead right, the taj mahal is not in des moines, iowa. when she gets back out on the trail, as first lady of the united states, and running for president, she loves this. she loves being loved. i think it depends on her health and what chelsea does in her family and professional life over the next couple of years. but the pulse of history will be almost irresistible. >> you never know. pretty amazing. candy, thanks very much. john king, thank you. >> sure. >>> secretary clinton's glasses are getting plenty of attention this week, she normally wears contacts. it turns out it's under doctors' orders. its-to correct double vision after the concussion she suffered last month. a lot of promises of a network of high-speed trains and billions of your tax dollars h

. >>> number five, president obama and hillary clinton are parting ways. secretary clinton is leaving her job at the state department next week. the two sat down for an interview with 60 minutes. an exit interview of sorts. clinton talked about how she felt it was her duty to take the job while the president wanted to highlight her selfless service. >>> the line of talk around hillary clinton is centered around what is next. she says she just wants some down time, she's ready to leave washington behind, but as we have all come to know, don't ever count hillary out. >> this is not the first time hillary clinton seemed to say good-bye. >> i am determined to leave the state department and our country safer, stronger, and more secure. >> when you just knew she'd be back to say hello. she launched herself back in the days of the nerdy circular glasses as the woman who could take tradition and crack it like a nut. she and bill clinton met and fell in love at yale. then in 1974, she moved to arkansas to teach making partner at the rose law firm five years later.

gwen: we promised we would talk about hillary clinton's testimony. there was a lot of talk about the emotion and yelling and it was very watchable. but i guess the question after the hearing was over i wondered is whether she answered the questions. do we know what happened and why it happened in the end? not who w.h.o. said what after the fact but what happened leading up to it? >> i think my biggest memory from there other then the drama of that is that hillary clinton basically said look, i didn't read those cables. i didn't know they asked for more security. if you look specifically at what happened, there's an accountability review board. they looked at this. they already, the state department has implemented all of these changes and hillary clinton said, we're going to keep doing that. they relieved four people from their jobs but those people are really somewhere else in the state department. so i think it's something we really have to wait and see what's changed. i think there really is more to learn here. >> martha, what is the answer to the

hillary clinton as. really the biggest achievement was the takeover of libya and the foothold in africa for africa and barack obama more or less said the same thing saying if it wasn't for hillary clinton we wouldn't have achieved the success in libya which now of course is being used as an excuse for fresh intervention in mali and laying out the groundwork for much more aggressive action in northern africa which you know you mentioned that this was a bit of a show what do you make of the timing of this interview given that just last week clinton took responsibility for the deadly attack in benghazi you were just mentioning the situation in libya acknowledging the mistakes of american foreign policy there. you know she avoided testimony or testifying in front of a hostile you know quote unquote republican committee in congress over what happened in benghazi. the american ambassador to libya post zama reid was killed he was identified by people all over libya for a long time as being one of the cia's poin

what a fantastic launch for hillary clinton. should she decide to run. i think one of the things we have seen over the last elections is that the person who has some strong connection with a base who's a candidate almost drafted by the base does better. mitt romney didn't have that. john mccain didn't have that. i hazard to say i don't think biden has that either. any of the democrats i talked to always say clinton, clinton, clinton. it's time for a woman. i think this will be hillary clinton's big decision to make and my goodness, joe biden certainly can't be happy about that but i think this sort of speculation about biden, at least keeps sort of interest in obama's presidency. >> right. >> makes it more relevant going forward. >> and let's be real here. i mean, as african-americans celebrated having the first african-american president, nia-malika, i've talked to women who want to see as secretary clinton said, 14 million chips in the glass ceiling, through her presence in running. >> that's right. and i think she would have that connection. you know,

what do you want to hear from hillary clinton? >> i watched some of the senate's testimony, read testimony, glad to have her on capitol hill, but there's so many unanswered questions. you know, it's as if we never learned the lessons. back in 1985, admiral bobby inman issued the inman commission report. in 1999, admiral crowe and i chaired the hearings after our embassies got bombed in tanzania and nairobi, kenya. 200 people dead, 4,000 wounded and injured. many of the same recommendations that were made by the most recent accountability review board were made back then, so it's a matter of implementation and leadership, which seems to be lacking. and we really still don't know what the secretary knew prior to september 11, 2012. we know what she did afterwards, that's what she talked about today, but there are huge questions about security requests that our ambassador in libya had made to the department. did she know about it? those answers still are forthcoming and they have not come. >> well, one of her points today, i think, i

but anyone would have gotten attention for a trip to capitol hill like hillary clinton had today. we've got that story coming up next. >>> and then at the end of the show tonight, on monday's show, and actually on monday during the day, during the course of our inauguration coverage, chris matthews and i together made a mistake while discussing fashion. i know, what are the odds? i will correct that, just ahead. stay with us. my $11 jacket. sometimes what we suffer from is bigger than we think ... like the flu. with aches, fever and chills- the flu's a really big deal. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. prescription tamiflu attacks the flu virus at its source. so don't wait. call your doctor right away. tamiflu is prescription medicine for treating the flu in adults and children one year and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if you're pregnant, nursing. have serious health conditions, or take other medicines. if you develop an allergic reac

hillary clinton in 2016. only today a man in nigeria, a woman in germany at a town hall meeting, a globle town hall live asked her about her intentions. is she -- if she chooses to run, is she the prohibitive frontrunner, or is joe biden as the vice president, the presumptive heir to president obama in the democratic party? >> well, i don't think anybody can say that until they decide what they're going to do, but i will say that secretary of state clinton has done a tremendous job. i think there's an acknowledgment. look at the interview that the president and she did together. there's an acknowledgment really across the world of the work that she's done, and that's a decision that she will make. she's clearly a strong county candidate. >> very diplomatic. you could be a potential secretary of state. >> there you are. very good. thank you accide, andrea. >> thank you very much. >>> how will senators mccain and rube wroe now sell the immigration plan to the conservative base? republicans strategist and former

probably defer to hillary clinton. it's fascinating. >> as you said with massachusetts, high entertainment value ahead. >> high entertainment. people love the clintons. great box office for politics and tv. >> thank you. >>> there's new fallout from the deadly fire in brazil. four people have been detained including the club owner and two band members when they say pyrotechniques sparked the fire. the fire extinguisher provided didn't work. they are being scrutinized as they prepare to host the world cup in 2014 and the olympics two years after that. >>> as always, let us know why you are away. shoot us an e-mail or tweet me@billkarins. still ahead on way too early, tiger woods takes home his eight win at torrey pines. plus, who would you have play hillary clinton in a hollywood blockbuster. a poll asked that question. we'll write down the top results. check out weather when "way too early comes back. >>> this is not richard nixon trying to keep the tapes from being heard. i want the evidence heard and i want it sooner

and our secretary of state right now is hillary clinton. who was on capitol hill today to testify about the latest deadly attack on u.s. diplomats. the attack in benghazi. >> benghazi joins a long list of tragedies for our department, for other agencies, and for america. hostages taken in tehran in 1979, our embassy and marine barracks bombed in beirut in 1983, khobar towers in saudi arabia in 1996. our embassies in east africa in 1998. consulate staff murdered in jetta in 2004. the khost attack and many others. i could give you a long list of attacks averted, the kinds our security specialists are engaged in. i have a lot of confidence in them, but we're going to do what we can to make sure that they get the support within our bureaucracy that they deserve out on the ground protecting our diplomats. >> in the middle of what ended up being a riveting, combative hearing today, as republicans tried to find some political advantage over the obama administration, over hillary clinton in particular over the attack in benghazi, what ended up loom