james rosen that piece of the puzzle and reaction over its use. >> reporter: at issue here is a hard bound book containing seven pages of handwritten notes made by ambassador steens. cnn says correspondent found the journal on consulate grounds three days after the attack there. in his notes stevens reportedly expressed concern about never ending security threats and he was worried that he was placed on al-qaeda hit list. asked if he cabled back the concerns. state department that the f.b.i. is investigating however a former ambassador told fox news megyn kelly that the contents of the stevens journal may expose a failing to the approach to the region. >> i'm sure if he believed that security was a problem he would have informed the state department's diplomatic security bureau and should have taken the necessary steps. the fact that he and three other americans were killed by definition shows there was massive failure of security. >> reporter: at first cnn only cited an individual familiar with his thinking. anderson cooper exposed the existence of the journal an aide to secretary c

fox news correspondent james rosen has that story. >> reporter: six months ago judson phillips advanced the claim hotly disputed by the obama administration that operation fast and furious was designed to usher in draconian gun control laws. someone was watching closely because tracy smaller e-mailed a transcript to deputy research director of media matters. you see this, he wrote. completely false. wide receiver, hernandez, launched under a the george bush administration put this to a lie. by that afternoon. website featured this blog post critical of the philips segment. that attorney general's advisors have worked so closely is the chief revelation of 69 pages of doj documented that they provided under the freedom of information act to the conservative paper the daily caller. >> it's an attempt to lie and in one case spokesman for just department e-mailing and saying why don't you do a story on this. i saw something on fox and why don't you attack it. >> founded by david broblg turned liberal tweaflt. it's a tax ex that eblgs poses media bias. it was written in part by george soros i

look, james rosen's piece rose the issue of david according to politico, that led to a former counsel to the president, group making savage shouldn't have a tax exempt but now we have this, not just engaging in global war and sabotage they are part of the obama reelection campaign. you think that would be news, as well. but for perspective imagine if the heritage foundation was caught doing with the bush department three or four years ago. that would have been news. >> jon: george soros gave a million dollars to media matters and given other funding to other organizations. he got a tax deduction for million dollars because they are supposedly, they are truth teller. shouldn't this force some reconsideration? >> i think absolutely it should. we have talked about this a lot on this show. i want to step back for just a moment to point out this is week where we had a cascade of departures from the atf from people involved in fast and furious. they had to acknowledge this was not a story concocted by fox news or pro conservative media, but it was legitimate story that some people had done

james rosen explains why the report has already cost ooe top justice official their job. job. testifying before the house oversight and government &preform committee... jjstice department inspector general michael horowitz told lawmakers... that officials in the u-s attorney's office and the phoenix field officc of the bureau offalcohol, tobacco and firearms badly mismanaged the gun-smuggling investigation known as "operation fast and furious"... and displayed a disregard for the safety of citiaens living on both sides of the southwestern border.horowitz says: "we found that no one responsible for the case // raised a serious question or concern about the government not taking earlier measures to ddsrupt a firearms trafficking operation." during that operation... agents lost track of nearly 2-thousand weapons, mostly ak-47 assault rifles. two such weapons were found at tte murder scenn in late 20-10, of u-s border patrol agent brian terry. committee chaiiman darrel issa praised the inspector general's reeort as a step toward the restoration of faith in d-o-j.issa saas: "i was

james rosen is in dc news room. hello, james. >> good evening. the department of justice turned over 69 pages of materials to the conservative web site, the daily caller. these documents obtained under the freedom of information act include multiple e-mails to and from a woman named tracy smaller. she is the director of doj's office of public affairs. and these e-mails show her corresponding with various staffers at the liberal outfit, media matters. the e-mails show she sometimes obliged meet i can't matters' requests for documents used to undermine the credibility of fox news incidents presents and obama administration critics: but also sometimes she reached out to them on her own. >> one case we have the spokesman from the justice department e-mailing media matters and saying, in effect, why don't you do a story on this? i saw something on fox and i don't like it and why don't you attack it? i'm sure they're watching this right now. i don't think there is any question about it. >> six months ago, the e-mails show, after tea party figure appear

james rosen continues our coverage from charlotte tonight. what else are we expected president clinton to say, james? >> shep, we expect the former president to try to draw a stark contrast between this convention and the one that unfolded last week. he will say, among other things, and i quote. in tampa the republic argument against the president's re-election was pretty simple. we left them a total mess. he hasn't finished cleaning it it up yet. so fire him and put us back in. mr. clinton will go on to say i like the argument for president obama's re-election a lot better. he inherited a deeply damaged economy. put a floor under the crash. began the long hard road to recovery and laid the foundation for a more modern, more well balanced economy. unquote. we can expect him to tackle head on this charge mitt romney leveled against president obama that he gutted welfare reform. that rebuke will come from the architect of welfare reform bill clinton himself. >> shepard: so presidents clinton and obama are pals now? [ laughter ] >> i don't know

look, james rosen's piece rose the issue of david according to politico, that led to a former counsel to the president, group making savage shouldn't have a tax exempt but now we have this, not just engaging in global war and sabotage they are part of the obama reelection campaign. you think that would be news, as well. but for perspective imagine if the heritage foundation was caught doing with the bush department three or four years ago. that would have been news. >> jon: george soros gave a million dollars to media matters and given other funding to other organizations. he got a tax deduction for million dollars because they are supposedly, they are truth teller. shouldn't this force some reconsideration? >> i think absolutely it should. we have talked about this a lot on this show. i want to step back for just a moment to point out this is week where we had a cascade of departures from the atf from people involved in fast and furious. they had to acknowledge this was not a story concocted by fox news or pro conservative media, but it was legitimate story that some people had done

james rosen to tell us that piece of the puzzle and reaction over its use. >> at issue here is a hard bound book containing seven pages of handwritten notes made by ambassador stevens. they found journal three days after the attack there. stevens reportedly express concern about, quote, never ending security threats and he worried that he was on an al-qaeda hit list. state department spokesman the f.b.i. is investigating. however, a former u.s. ambassador told fox news megyn kelly the contents may expose, quote a failing in the overall approach to the region. >> i'm sure if he believed that security was a problem, he would have informed the state department's bureau. they would have made a threat assessment and taken necessary steps. fact that he and three americans were killed shows there was massive failure of security. >> at first cnn cited one source an aide to secretary clinton, they. they gave a furious statement by failing assurances reportedly gave to his family to return the journal. cnn executives dispute. that now enter michael hastings best known for having written the sto

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. >> today our own james rosen pressed the state dement spokeswoman where will it was an act of terror and she said the administration will not put a label on it until the investigation is complete. but it's emerging as one of the key questions along with why there wasn't more security in benghazi. >> bret: ed henry traveling with the president in columbus, ohio. thank you. as i said at the top of the show, iowa is a popular place today. we're here. so are the two men running for vice president. the top of the g.o.p. ticket, however, is in california tonight on outreach of group firmly in his opponent's corper. chief political correspondent carl cameron has that story from los angeles. >> emphasizing more details of the five-point economic plan in contrast to what he says is lack from the president, mitt romney promised the 33rd hispanic chamber of commerce convention in los angeles he would end what he called the obama administration hos silty toward small business. >> national unemployment is 8.1%. hispanic unemployment is over 10%. over 2 million more hispanics are living in post of

james rosen is life in washington. james? >> shep, good evening, a northern california native john christopher stevens graduated from the university of california at berkeley and volunteered for the peace corps in the early 80's. he would spend two years in the hills of morocco teaching english. he fell in love with this volatile region. during the arab spring clinton tapped stevens who become washington wants envoy to the libyan rebels. at that time stevens arrived in benghazi the city where he later died on a cargo ship. four months ago stevens starred in this cross cultural outreach video in which the placed subtitles. >> since joining the foreign service, i have spent almost my entire career in the middle east and knot africa. one of the things that impressed me when i was last in libya listening to stories from the people who are old enough to have traveled and studied in the united states, back when we had closer relations. those days are back. >> senator richard lugar, ranking republic on the foreign relations committe

fox's james rosen has more. >> god bless neil armstrong. >> reporter: mom spoke for of american when he paid tribute to the late -- mitt romney spoke for every american when he paid tribute to the late astronaut when he died. the advent of the nuclear age when man attained the ability to destroy the entire plan wet manmade weapons marked one sharp -- planet with manmade weapons marked one sharp split and there was even more one profound break of the past because the moon landing transcended the earthly sphere entirely. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> for one priceless moment in the whole history of man all the people on this earth are truly one, one in their pride in which you have done and one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth. >> reporter: former mercury astronaut john glenn was among those who attended a private memorial for armstrong in suburban cincinnati friday, but the passing of this almost virtuous man has led many to wonder whether the steady bleeding of the nasa budget constitutes a complete abandonment of manned spaceflight

shep. >> shep: james rosen on capitol hill. thank you. the elderly woman who experts say ruined a 19th century painting of jesus nowen wants royalties. it was a botched restoration to hear it from her and it's now an internet sensation. the before and after. the woman tried to fix it, i mean, come on. the painting is inside a spanish church that's now reportedly charging visitors a fee. it's apparently made some $2,500 in four days. lawyers for the woman say she's entitle to do a cut of any profit and that she wants to give the money to charity. she tried to fix it. it was not in good shape. she did her very best. now she wants compensation. you go. next, we'll go off to libya for the latest on the investigation into the murders at our consulate. the space shuttle endeavor touching down in its new home state of california hours ago. but not without a detour over tucson for a special tribute. that's next, or whatever ♪ [ man ] when i'm in my zone... every move i make is a statement... ♪ ...that inspires me to make my mark. ♪ [ male a

chief washington correspondent james rosen has the latest time line. we begin with ed henry on the continuing spin psychofrom the obama administration. good evening. >> good evening. new details emerge in the story keeps changing. republicans are stepping up the attack on the president's credibility. >> reporter: another day, another version of what went down in libya two weeks ago. >> what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. >> the confusion started september 12 in a president obama rose gar dan remarks. >> no act of terrorism will shake the great nation. >> despite the reference to terrorism, top officials spent the next week insisting it was not a terrorist attack and suggested it was likely spontaneous reaction to anti-muslim film. >> the best assessment we have today in fact this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. >> i'm not going to put label option this until we have a complete investigation. >> okay? >> our interest is in finding out the facts of what happene happened. not takin taking what we read ie newspaper and making bold

reporting for news watch, james rosen. >> rick: so judy, the diary, cnn finding it and using it as a source for its reporting. would any other news organization have done any differently? >> no, i mean, i don't-- i do not begin to understand the white house's and the state department's indignation over the reporting of obvious news, every news organization would have done that. and i understand this, as i was about to say, kirsten, they were trying to change the subject, and they wanted to make it about cnn and not about their, what looks now like incompetence or intelligence failure or a failure to respond to an obvious threat. >> rick: in the meantime, jim, we just heard james reporting on the correspondence between one of hillary clinton-- secretary deputy-- >> assistant deputy secretary of state. what kind of way is that to have an interview with a reporter. >> and dana millbanks says this is what you have now, every secretary of state department has had a cadre of loyalists who see themselves as counter punchers and punching hard against the media and everybody else and it's a p

chief washington correspondent james rosen has the latest time line. we begin with ed henry on the continuing spin psychofrom the obama administration. good evening. >> good evening. new details emerge in the story keeps changing. republicans are stepping up the attack on the president's credibilit. >> reporter: another day, another version of what went down in libya two weeks ago. >> what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. >> the confusion started september 12 in a president obama rose gar dan remarks. >> no act of terrorism will shake the great nation. >> despite the reference to terrorism, top officials spent the next week insisting it was not a terrorist attack and suggested it was likely spontaneous reaction to anti-muslim film. >> the best assessment we have today in fact this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. >> i'm not going to put label option this until we have a complete investigation. >> okay? >> our interest is in finding out the facts of what happene happened. not takin taking what we read ie newspaper and making bold a

our correspond sent james rosen on the floor here in charlotte. james? >> shep, good evening, four years ago after his acceptance speech, barak obama was hailed as perhaps the most gifted orator of his age. more recently the most memorable performance he turned in may have been at the memorial event that was held in tucson after the shooting of gabrielle giffords and 18 other victims. of course, that was 20 months ago. senior advisors to the obama campaign cautioned me tonight is not going to be about magic. but they predicted a big night none the less. >> you'll hear the specifics of giving middle class families the security they need and deserve in this economy. but look, i think he's gog give a great speech. i think the roof will blow off of this place. >> in his last ten speeches before big crowds, the president averaged a total running time of 24 minutes. in his infrequent news conferences over the last two years, that average running time has doubled to 44 minutes. some conservatives analysts believe that mr. obama as a speaker has long profited fr

here is chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> as of wednesday morning the former president was putting final touches on his seventh dnc convention address in 25 years. senior obama-biden aide said mr. clinton will lay the predicate for the president's speech on thursday sketching out where the country has been and the best path forward and rebutting governor romney charge that mr. obama gutted the welfare reforms mr. clinton enacted. >> is it going to be a very strong speech. pro-growth democrat. reminding everybody in the democrat days we had a balanced budget and surplus. >> reporter: the election cycle has seen the superstar fundraiser, surrogateer and kibitzer in chief go off message on the bush era tax cut and romney's tenure at bain capital. >> a man who has been governor and sterling business career cross the qualification threshold. >> what it means they will have to put everything off until early next year. that is probably the best thing to do right now. >> tonight the former president will praise mr. obama decision-make progresses we as he has in the campaign ads foc

. >> good afternoon, commissioner, my name is james rosen fill, i bet you wouldn't mind hearing from people that they wouldn't use their three minutes. i have been working for a while, i'm building a model for community participation, to help answer the questions what does the community want without having to sit through everyone saying and having to sit through a long meeting and i am running a test and i want to emphasize this is a test, this is a model that i've been working on for a while, i worked with politicians and the idea is -- the question is how do we get a fair example of what the critical mass is really interested in for their community very specifically, the test i'm running is called minimum viable product. it's extremely minimal when you go to the site, you'll see that, i'll hand these out, it is not launched yet, i will start publicizing it next week, it's for upper market, one of the top issues i'm dealing with is the public immunity, so we'll start that conversation nester -- next week, so we're looking at a number of thing, some of them will be real estate and tr

let's bring in fox news political correspondents john roberts, james rosen on the floor. all right, rosen, begin with you. what's the most interesting thing you saw today. >> well, bill, there were a lot of interesting cameos on the floor from the olympic athletes gaby douglas on the other way of the excitement spectrum michael dukakis, the big event we are all waiting for right now is former president bill clinton and who is going to place the nomination of barack obama formally tonight will be the first time we have ever seen a former president do that for a sitting president. we have some indication of what he is going to say. we know, for example, that is he going to take head on tackle head on this charge that mitt romney has leveled that barack obama somehow gutted welfare reform. and, also, we have gotten a few excerpts from the speech and can i quote to you from what bill clinton is going to say quote: in tamp parks the republic argument against the president's re-election was pretty simple, mr. clinton is going to say, we left him a total mess, he hasn't finished

. >> james rosen tells us what's in it and what the president is running on and whether or not this all matters. >> heather and ainsley good morning. as the democrats get ready to reorganize they tell fox news they believe this platform more closely resembles the views of the party. it calls for an increase for the federal minimum age. the platform also indorrses same-sex marriage which poles show to be gaining greater acceptan acceptance. on abortion obama campaign aids try to look at the complain which is strongly pro choice along with the republicans strongly pro-life. >> the state of mitt romney's republican party is they would ban abortion in the cases of intest or rape and limited access to birth control. >> it is a limited document. >> if you want to know where the parties are headed and candidates are headed it's worth taking a look at these documents to see the road map. the most recent polling shows this could hurt the democratic ticket. a nationwide gallop poll shows half of adults identifying themselves as pro-life only half pro choice. that gap exceeded the margin of error

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bill: james rosen live in charlotte this morning. martha. martha: let's stay on that topic a little bit. we're joined by mary ann marsh who worked with bill clinton who worked on his campaign in the early 90s. ode rollins are working on reagan-bush ticket in 1984 and major roles in nine other campaigns. mary ann, let me start with you, talk with me a little bit this arrangement and why bill clinton is here tonight? he said he was surprised very surprised to be asked. i don't know if that is really true or not but here he is, teeing up for tonight. >> well, look, barack obama needs bill clinton, more than bill clinton needs barack obama today. but the fact is bill clinton needs barack obama tomorrow and the next four years if hillary clinton runs for president. there is only one person in the world who can stand up and say i put the american economy back on track after recession, created by president named bush. now he is will confer that credibility on barack obama. that is about this election. and by bill clinton doing that, if hillary clin

james rosen, live from the state department. james. >> reporter: jon, and jenna, good afternoon. there are several different balls floating around here we have to keep our eyes on across north africa and the middle east. let's start with tunisia and tunis. i believe we have live footage of tunisian television as they're covering events. protesters scaled the wall at the u.s. embassy in tunisia apparently corded to wire reports. started setting fire to trees and started breaking windows inside the compound. authorities, local police on the ground in tunisia fired back, first with tear gas. now reports say that five protesters, five people, any way are wounded due to gunfire outside the embassy or somewhere in the vicinity of our embassy in tunisia. also gunshots have been reported at or near our embassy in sudan. now all of this comes as officials here in washington had been breathing a cautious sigh of relief the violence though feared could break out particularly in egypt and yemen was not materializing. officials here and at the u.s. national security council at the white house

senior washington correspondent james rosen looks at how it unfolded and the political implications of the shiferting story -- the shifting story. >> doug, good afternoon. the attack on the ambassador in bennen and that it was decided before hostilities began. >> armed security outside the perimeter was fully handled by the libyan side. >> it just occurrence me so greatly that there were not marines present in benghazi to defend the consulate. >> how could an attack go on that long and what kind of response did we have in place? >> the terrorists appear to have help from fellow libyan assigned to protect the libyans. shawn smith, the i.t. officer, used his online name to post a marriage on a chatroom board in benghazi. assuming we don't die tonight, smith wrote, we saw one of our quote/unquote police at the compound, taking pictures. >> the reports of complicity -- and there are many -- with the libyan guards who were assigned to guard the consulate, also suggest to me that this was premeditated. >> at 9:35 that night, sources say, a mob, 100 strong, many numbers armed, gathered at the

chief correspondent james rosen is live in charlotte. hi, james. >> reporter: i have just spoken minutes ago with the top officials on the obama-biden campaign and i asked him if obama had the magic he possessed in 2008. they said it won't be about imagine i can, it will be about providing the american people with a pragmatic vision of about how he can move america forward. the campaign aides told fox news they felt mitt romney's convention speech was about two people, himself and barack obama. obama will want to reach the people tuning in in day pho*eupb iowa and other persuadable voters. perhaps he can still summon the powers of persuasion that helped get him elected in the first place. his advisers think so. >> you're not seeing him for the first time or the 10th time. look, i think we are -- i think he will meet the moment. i think the speech will rise to meet the moment that we are in, the moment that he must capture, and the business that he will do on behalf of the american people in this country. >> reporter: bill clinton spoke f

james rosen talking to a u.s. official moments ago and they are saying it's the consensus view of the u.s. intelligence community. catherine herridge just moments ago putting into our computer system an yo urgent cue saying she has a ground source in libya saying there was no demonstration prior to the attack which began to unfold at 9:35pm even attack that included rpg's, mortar fire, direct and indirect fire. you have all these different elements of the story developing by the minute and yet the administration is adamant that this wasn't premeditated, wasn't preplanned and they are sticking to this all tied to the video. it's very interesting that this is the tack that they are taking. jon: a united states senator and even the president of libya disagree with the administration on these points. let's listen to that and we'll get back to it in just a moment. >> i'm not sure how much preplanning went on but it was clearly an act of terror. people don't bring heavy weapons and rocket-propelled grenades to demonstra