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HILLARY GIVING HER TESTIMONY
BEFORE THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON BENGHAZI, THAT WILL
CONTINUE AND WE WILL HAVE MORE VIDEO PROBABLY TOMORROW IN THE
FIRST HOUR --
HOW MANY DAYS? TODAY AND TOMORROW?
I BELIEVE SO, I AM
SURE THEY COULD TRY TO BRING HER BACK ALTHOUGH SHE IS CLEARLY A
BUSY WOMAN. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF SOME THINGS SHE
SAID, SOME LITTLE EXPLOSIONS THAT HAPPENED. FIRST HERE SHE IS
SHOWING HOW FIERY SHE WILL BE. SHE IS ALMOST USING THIS AS I
THINK AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT SHE IS STRONG, SHE IS A
LEADER, SHE WILL NOT BACK DOWN EVEN WHEN FACED BY THE
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP OF THIS PANEL. HERE SHE IS SPEAKING WITH
JIM JORDAN.
I AM READING WHAT YOU SAID. PLAIN LANGUAGE.
WE KNOW THE ATTACK IN LIBYA HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FILM.
THAT IS AS PLAIN AS IT CAN GET, THAT IS VASTLY DIFFERENT
THAN VICIOUS BEHAVIOR JUSTIFIED BY INTERNET MATERIAL.
WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST SPEAK PLAIN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?
I DID. IF YOU LOOK AT MY STATEMENT, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT I
WAS SAYING TO THE EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER, I DID STATE IT CLEARLY,
AND I SAID IT AGAIN IN MORE DETAIL THE NEXT MORNING, AS DID
THE PRESIDENT. I AM SORRY THAT IT DOESN'T FIT YOUR NARRATIVE,
CONGRESSMAN. I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT THE FACTS WERE.
NOT BACKING DOWN THERE. THERE WAS A SIMILAR BACK-AND-FORTH
WHERE SHE REFERRED TO HER NOTES AT ONE POINT, AND SO MOCKINGLY
THE REPUBLICAN WHO IS SPEAKING TO HER SAID, I CAN GIVE YOU TIME
IF YOU NEED TO CONFIRM YOUR STORY IN THE NOTES. AND SHE SAID
NO, I THINK I CAN MANAGE YOUR CONDESCENSION AND MY NOTES AT
THE SAME TIME. THAT IS A GOOD LINE. AND THERE WERE VARIOUS
BACK AND FORTHS OF THAT SORT. AND SHE WILL NOT BACK DOWN, BUT
IN TERMS OF MAKING THE CASE THAT THIS IS POLITICAL NONSENSE, AND
WHEN WE SAY POLITICAL WE DON'T JUST MEAN THEY ARE TRYING TO WIN
AN ELECTION, WE EXPECT THEY WILL DO THAT, BUT THAT THEY ARE
WILLING TO USE FAUX OUTRAGE AND CONCERN FOR THE VICTIMS OF THIS
ATTACK TO DO IT. THEY DON'T ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THAT THE WAY
THEY SAY THEY DO, THEY CARE ABOUT DESTROYING HILLARY
CLINTON. AND IN TERMS OF MAKING THAT CASE, SHE LARGELY HAS
ALLOWED OTHER DEMOCRATS TO DO SO, SO WHEN THEY HAVE SPOKEN,
THEY HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT THIS IS AN UNNECESSARY INVESTIGATION
AND SHE IS BEING UNFAIRLY TARGETED, POINTING OUT THERE
HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF OTHER INVESTIGATIONS AND THAT
KIND OF THING.
REMEMBER THIS ABOUT THE CLINTONS: HISTORICALLY THEY ARE
AT THEIR BEST WHEN THE RIGHT WING AND CONGRESS ATTACKS THEM.
IT WAS TRUE OF BILL, HERE IT IS. IT IS TRUE OF HIS WIFE. THIS IS
WHEN THEY ARE STRONGEST. AND THAT IS WHAT, I THINK -- I SEE
THAT AS A HUGE PLUS FOR HER, SHE IS NOT GOING TO BE SPENDING
POLITICAL CAPITAL REACHING OUT ACROSS THE AISLE, WASTING TIME
OFFERING OLIVE BRANCHES THAT APPARENTLY BARACK OBAMA
LEGITIMATELY THOUGHT WOULD BE ACCEPTED, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM
WERE BY JOHN BOEHNER. AND THEN SHOT DOWN BY HIS PARTY. SHE
KNOWS I THINK IN THE LONG RUN THAT WILL MAKE THE COUNTRY
BETTER, STRONGER, I THINK IT WILL MAKE LEGISLATION BETTER AND
STRONGER. BUT I DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT IS A PLUS FOR HER, THAT I
THINK PROGRESSIVES OVERLOOK. SOME OF THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH
OBAMA NOT FIGHTING -- SHE WILL FIGHT.
SHE MAY NOT FIGHT FOR EVERYTHING YOU WANT, BUT SHE WILL FIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT SO FAR IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, IN THAT RESPECT
THE ELECTION IS LOOKING GOOD BECAUSE JOE BIDEN IS NOT GOING
TO BE RUNNING, AND IN HIS SPEECH WHERE HE SAID HE WON'T BE
RUNNING, HE ATTACKED THIS STANCE THAT SHE HAS, AND IMPLIED THAT
THEY ARE NOT OUR ENEMIES, WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER. HE
WAS CONFIRMING THE STRATEGY THAT I HAD HOPED OBAMA HAD GOTTEN RID
OF, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST BIDEN STILL SEEMS TO ACCEPT, BUT
NEITHER BERNIE OR HILLARY SEEM LIKELY TO WASTE A LOT OF TIME
DOING THAT. IN THE END, THE END RESULT MAY LOOK VERY SIMILAR
BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE GOT PAUL RYAN OR WEBSTER OR WHOEVER AS
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE YOU MIGHT EFFECTIVELY GET NOTHING
THROUGH THE HOUSE, BUT I DOUBT SHE WILL GET ANYTHING MORE, OR
ANYTHING THAT YOU ACTUALLY WANT, IF YOU SIMPLY GIVE IT AWAY THE
WAY THAT IN MANY CASES BARACK OBAMA DID.
I'M TRYING TO THINK --
AND IT DIDN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO SATISFYING THE REPUBLICANS.
OF COURSE NOT.
THEY ARE LIKE THE MYTHOLOGICAL WENDIGO, THE MORE THEY EAT
THE BIGGER AND HUNGRIER THEY GET.
THEY ARE NEVER SATISFIED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT CREATURE IS.
NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY, A CREATURE THAT EATS HUMAN FLESH
AND ITS HUNGER NEVER GOES AWAY. THEY PARODIED IT ON AN EPISODE
OF IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA. YOU HAVE ANY MORE
THOUGHTS ON HILLARY CLINTON? LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THE
WENDIGO, ACTUALLY.
LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT TREY GOWDY. CAN WE SEE A PICTURE OF
HIM TODAY? THAT IS TREY GOWDY TODAY. THIS PICTURE STRUCK ME
BECAUSE I THINK IT IS ALWAYS RARE WHEN THERE WAS A PHOTO OF
ELIJAH CUMMINGS OF MARYLAND, AND HE HAS BETTER HAIR THAN THE GUY
NEXT TO HIM.
TREY GOWDY, YOU CAN GOOGLE TREY GOWDY'S HAIR, THERE ARE
SOME PHOTOS OF HIM ONLINE --
THIS GUY HAS NEVER GOTTEN A GOOD HAIRCUT IS ENTIRE LIFE.
I THINK IF YOU ARE GOING TO TRY TO HIDE A TRIANGULAR
HEAD, THAT IS ONE WAY TO DO IT.
THAT IS TRUE. BUT HE HAS SOME WRETCHED HAIRCUTS. I RECOMMEND
EVERY AMERICAN GOOGLE TREY GOWDY, GET THIS POOR SON OF A
*** A BARBER. HE REMINDS ME OF, LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
THOSE PUNK KIDS FROM THE TEENAGE JOHN HUGHES ERA MOVIES GROW UP.
WE FOUND SOME OF THOSE. I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT JAMES
SPADER MOVIE -- THAT HAIR WILL GET YOU LAID, IT JUST WILL.
THAT IS THE COOLEST HE HAS EVER LOOKED.
AND I LIKE JAMES SPADER.
BUT IF YOU TOOK JAMES SPADER FROM LESS THAN ZERO ñ
I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.
IT'S REALLY GOOD, IT'S TERRIBLE BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD ñ
AND THEN MALFOY, OBVIOUSLY.
HE SHOULD TAKE A DNA TEST.
YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO GET QUESTIONED AT A CONGRESSIONAL
HEARING BY MALFOY. AND THEN FINALLY THE GUY FROM KARATE KID.
ALSO JAMES SPADER.
ALSO NEARLY JAMES SPADER. ANYWAY, THAT IS TREY GOWDY.
SO WE NOW KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE KIDS.
THEY GROW UP AND THEY BECOME --
THEY BECOME BULLIES IN CONGRESS.
EXACTLY. INFLUENTIAL, RICH. ENCOURAGE IT, THE PAY
IS GOOD I HEAR. YOU DO A LOT OF DAMAGE TO YOUR COUNTRY BUT YOU
HAVE A GOOD PENSION.