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US ambassador to Libya, 3 embassy staff killed in attack

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    Greg Palkot reports on deadly assault

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Good my earliest Wednesday September 12.

I'm Gretchen Carlson we begin this morning the Fox News alert because -- US ambassador to Libya our ambassador.

Has been killed.

Along with three other Americans after a series of attacks by protestors.

We have the breaking details for you this morning and the White House response.

-- That's right we've got a great power cut he's live in London with the very latest Greg what can tell us.

A gang here just in the past hour or gotten -- hard confirmation coming from the White House from the State Department.

Of some tragic news coming out of Ben Ghazi eastern side of Libya.

At the US consulate there the US ambassador to Libya Cris Stevens as well as three other Americans including an Information.

Minister there his name is Sean Smith.

Killed in an assault on that -- By rioters there.

The individual killed Cris Stevens was a career diplomat he -- We played several stints in Libya as well as other assignments through out the mideast area.

Prison Obama praised him in his statement for his courageous.

And exemplary service.

The secretary say Clinton also said that he was quote committed to advancing America's values and interest in the regions and this was all involved in an attack on the console by Islamist.

They were protesting a film made in the US critical of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed.

Getting a lot of play on the Internet according to reports the ambassador and other Americans were killed Wednesday or trying to get other Americans.

Out of that consulate which was under siege we just heard from the Libyan officials they gave a press conference.

They say that they are sorry about this they're trying to track down who was involved in this -- attack in this killing there are reports that one -- -- militant group operative in the eastern side of Libya with an allegiance to or at least in line with.

Al-Qaeda ideology.

Could be responsible but where we're understand the -- group is also trying to back away from this incident.

All one more no from the region this comes after another attack on the US embassy in Cairo Egypt same reason this -- Home inflaming.

The feelings though about people on the streets in in these countries again protesters at scaling the -- in this case of the the very strong -- defended US embassy complex in Cairo -- don't know the US flag burning it.

And hoisting their own.

A black flag.

-- would Arabic writing on that we've been in contact with the US embassy there.

The -- security has been reinforced business is continuing to some degree there at that embassy but again the big focuses on Ben Ghazi on Libya this is a country which -- seen great turmoil the overturning of the regime as we watch firsthand in the past year of Moammar Qaddafi United States very much a part of that.

Now the United States is in the target of at least some elements there on the ground in Libya back to you.

Greg Palkot live in one to --

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