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of mr. obama or mr. romney on foreign policy because i think it's important that you know what you're talking about. as a united states senator you need to know when to deep your mouth shut and right now that's the time. everythingrivy to they know. that's an area where i would look forward to having briefings and having the opportunity to learn more about. >> thank you very much, thanks to you for -- thanks to you the candidates for joining us and my colleagues for being here as well for this texas debate. we'll make this program available on texasdebates.org. election day is tuesday, november 6. good night. \[captioning performed by national captioning institute] \[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> the enemy understands this will be a major defeat in their ideology of hatred. that is why they're fighting. that is why they're fighting.

? is this a huge scand that exposes a failed obama foreign policy? or is mitt romney just saying it is? tonight, we'll try to give you answers. we'll walk you step by step through the terror that unfolded that day. we'll break down the political maneuvering that followed. but we begin with a series of frightening developments and troubling decisions leading up to the horrific night in benghazi. it's a story you haven't heard. told by a man who tried to prevent what happened. on september 11, 2012. >> did you a close relationship with ambassador stevens? >> i lived and worked with him. >> bret: no one understands more than lieutenant colonel andrew wood. of the full extent of the fiasco that killed stevens. he worked closely with stevens for six months in libya before the violent death. a 24-year u.s. special forces veteran, woods' job was to try to prevent such an attack from occurring. >> it was my first reaction when i heard ambassadorsteins had been killed. i was angry. >> there was a lot of information. >> bret: we begin the story in the winter of 2011. a year before wood arrives in libya. colo

analysts think faces the most pressure? >> reporter: probably president obama foreign policy is something the obama campaign is in their we'll house. mitt romney had a number of foreign policy missteps over the summer. if romney were to land some blows on president obama who has been on the offensive over the u.s. consulate attack in benghazi, it could be devastating for the president. >> thank you. reminder that the third and final presidential debate set for monday in florida. focus on foreign policy i am that debate stars 6 p.m. -- started 6 p.m.. >>> time for the forecast, mike has all the radar information. cool down coming. >> significant. this morning mild with cloud cover, you can see clouds and winds picking up as we speak coming in off the ocean southerly surge came in overnight as we talked about yesterday many now it is jut a matter of time before it knocks down temperatures later this afternoon. live doppler so far no radar returns. i wouldn't be surprised if there's a little drizzle along the coast this morning and possibility that patches of it could linger into the afterno

. >> we turn on our television screens these days and we see the absolute unraveling of the obama foreign policy. >> martha wallace began by asking about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. it turns out this was not a demonstration that was hijacked by individual clusters of extremists. but it was a planned attack carried out by heavily armed individuals. there was a house hearing this week criticizing the state department for turning down requests for more help in securing the consulate. this used to be your field. if they ask for more security, why did they not get it? that is number one. no. 2, is there a cover-up here or an attempt to a cover-up? >> i have been in the position where i ask for something and did i get it from headquarters. i did during the cold war but the same kind of problem. this is the field headquarters issue that you have. obviously, that request had been granted. it came from the national security office. they should have followed up on the request. that is beyond the bells of the bureaucracy. but that is neither here nor there. >> what about the cover-

tried to hide the truth? is this a huge scandal that exposes a failed obama foreign policy? is mitt romney just saying it is. tonight we'll try to give you answers. we'll walk you step by step through the terror of that day and break down the political maneuvering that has followed. we begin with a series of frightening developments and troubling decisions leading up to that horrific night. it's a story you haven't heard. it's told by a man who tried to prevent what happened on september 11th, 2012. >> did you have a close relationship with the ambassador? >> i lived and worked with him for two months when he came on to the time i left, yeah. >> bret: no one understands more the full extent the fiasco that killed stevens. he worked with him for six months before his violent death. 24-year special forces veteran, woods' job was try to prevent such an attack occurring. >> that was my first reaction that ambassador stevens had been killed. i was angry. >> bret: why have you come forward? >> it was the hub of everything that was going on there. >> bret: we begin our story in the winter

? did president obama try to hide the truth? is this a huge scandal that exposes a failed obama foreign policy? or is mitt romney just saying it is? tonight we will try to give you answers. we will walk you step by step fl through the terror that unfolded that day and we will breakdown the political maneuvers that is followed. we begin with a series of frightening developments and troubling decisions leading up to the horrific night at benghazi. it's a story you haven't heard told by a man who tried to prevent what happened on september 11th, 2012. >> did you have a close relationship with ambassador tore stevens? >> i worked with him for months from the time he went on there to the time he left. >> no one knows more the full extent of the fiasco that killed stevens. he worked closely with stevens for 6 months in libya before his violent death. a 24 year u.s. special forces veteran, wood's job was to try to prevent such an attack from occurring. >> does it make you mad? >> that was my first reaction when i heard ambassador stevens had been killed. i was angry. >> why did you come forwar

barack obama" without saying what he will and endorses most of barack obama's foreign policy. so what we're getting a lot from quar campaign-- you guys are really good at this. i don't work for a campaign so it's not kind of an even fight here-- from your campaign a lot of top-line rhetoric-- i'm strong, he's weak, i can make the economy better. he can't, without either filling in the specifics-- >> the specifics are there. >> go back to the one thing-- >> how to create jobs. >> go back to the one big issue, the big tax cut plan. he will not say how to pay for it. in fact they say over and over again we don't want to give that away. it's like it-- you remember nixon's secret plan-- you remember nixon's secret plan to end the vietnam war? it didn't exist. he just said he had one, and we see the same thing. you guys are so smart. if paul ryan is such a smart guy, he should be able to explain this. >> listen, we do know one thing, that breum has no defense of his-- barack obama has no defense of his record and no plan whatsoever for the future. number two-- >> you don't like it. he's put le

obama has politicized foreign policy, that everything he's done in foreign policy, especially last year, is driven by his re-election strategy. >> the president scored in the debate by accusing romney of saying you are getting very upset because romney had said -- he implied, said we politicalize foreign policy. he said, no, we don't do that, and don't you dare say that. >> i think there's an even greater danger. i have worries about this debate coming up monday, because i think the obama team understands that romney really hasn't clarified his foreign policy positions and they'll turn to president specifically on libya, iran, syria or russia, what would you do differently? if he isn't able to do that, at the end of the debate, obama will look presidential. >> look, president obama has a huge ace up his sleeve. that ace is called george w. bush. the american people think of the bush administration as a lengthy period in which america was -- became a kind of global pariah. we weren't popular around the world. we had these wars that seemed to go on without end and without effect. they beg

wing media because there's a caricature of obama as an apologize first foreign policy president that the right pushed and believed in for four years and seemed like romney bought in to that with the statement on that initially a few weeks ago and doesn't seem to jive with anybody else thinks about this president on foreign policy and national security. >> well, first of all, the headline of the day so far is that s.e. was despondent. i mean, that says it all. and i think that that moment was important not only for the substance of the libya exchange and the questions about benghazi and how mitt romney has kind of got stuck in something that if he'd left it alone had good sense to leave it alone it would be a more powerful weapon for him pair doxically. what i thought was so fascinating is watch mitt romney, the not nice guy mitt romney move in for what he thought was the kill shot there, the clincher and that he had superior knowledge, he had the president backed in to a corner and so forth and the president just basically said, come on. come on in. and then, counterattacked i t

of the broader story of the absolute unraveling of the obama administration's foreign policy. >> david, as you know, the argument is that this central claim of the administration to have dealt a withering blow to al qaeda, including killing osama bin laden, is undermined by an attack like this and further chaos in the middle east. how do you respond? >> i think it's nonsense. obviously, this was a tragic event, and the president did call it an act of terror not just once but several times, and asked for and ordered an investigation to get to the bottom of what happened, why it happened, and to bring those who committed this act of terror to justice. and that's what he's going to do. there's only one candidate here who has tried to exploit it from the beginning, even while the flames were burning in benghazi. mitt romney was sending out political press releases on this. and the whole republican party has followed. and on friday, chairman issa in the house on the republican side released a reef of documents that he asked for that included the names of people on the ground in libya who are cooper

, but from what i hear this is an unraveling of the obama foreign policy as we heard congressman paul ryan allude to with regards to the foreign policy that mr. president has conducted in benghazi, libya? >> right. i think the world view, the ideology covers as an explanation both the failures before september 11th and the administration's storyline after september 11th. the fact is these members of congress, i think, are doing important work in trying to get the facts out. senator lieberman, senator collins as well trying to get hearings scheduled. >> absolutely. i'm losing time with you here, so on that note about congress acting, meantime as we know more critical questions are in fact being asked by members of congress about what the administration did or did not know about the assault. republican congressman peter king, as we've discussed, the chairman of the house homeland security security committee, has sent a letter to the president requesting the release of this information, the intelligence which led to the administration in the first place characterizing the attack as a spontane

look at the politics of the obama administration's foreign policy. also ahead, the uptick in infections from tainted drugs; free trade and the american dream; and cuba permits travel abroad. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: u.s. supreme court handed democrats and president obama a victory today. the court refused to block ohion the last three days before election day. changes in state law would have stopped early voting during that veryone except military personnel and people living abroad. democrats argued that amounts to unequal treatment, and a lower federal court agreed. today, the supreme court refused to intervene. more than 56 million americans are going to be getting just a bit more money from social security. it's part of an annual cost-of- living adjustment. the announcement today said monthly payments wl rise by 1.7%, starting in january. that works out to an average bump of roughly $21 a month, or $252 a year. the adjustment is based on the rate of inflation, which has been relatively low in 2012. regulators in europe have asked

the benghazi murders. does this raise legitimate and serious questions about president obama's foreign policy leadership? >> i think for foreign policy that has been, extricating america from two wars, killing osama bin laden. there is month question, what we knew the quality of the intelligence, the coordination of the message, all these things raise legitimate questions. let me set the context. the president slept through the first debate. governor romney won. president was better. so it's one on one. now you've got 90 minutes on o and six segments. foreign policy is not going to be determined in terms of deciding this election. >> gregg: unless they feel the president is really dropped the ball. to that end, i got to remind you he has vowed to bring the killer teors justice, but the key suspects in the case sat down with a reporter and the guy was easy to find. he hasn't been interviewed by authorities. here is what one of those reporters from the "new york times" wrote. i'll quote him. just days after president obama reasserted to bring those responsible to justice, more bukatella spent t

has narrowed since the summer, mr. obama tried to highlight one of his biggest foreign policy accomplishments at a light-hearted charity dinner in new york. >> monday's debate is a little different because monday's topic is foreign policy. spoil spoiler alert: we got bin laden. >> he also poked fun at his opponent. >> some of you remember, after my foreign trip in 2008, i was attacked as a celebrity because i was so popular with our allies overseas. i have to say i'm impressed with how well governor romney has avoided that problem. >> for his part, romney could try again to bash the president for his administration's messy response to the attack in libya last month and link it to what he says is a failed approach to the region. >> this calls into question the president's whole policy in the middle east. look what's happening in syria, in egypt, now in libya. consider the distance between ourselves and israel when the president said he was going to put daylight between us and israel. >> both candidates face a challenge monday night. >> the challenge for president obama is going

face-off between president obama and governor romney will focus entirely on foreign policy. from afghanistan and pakistan to israel, iran, and the changing middle east. >> it's like they said -- >> reporter: the candidates will spar over america's role in the world, the new face of terrorism, and how to deal with a rising china. the polls have narrowed since the summer. mr. obama tried to highlight one of his biggest foreign policy accomplishments as a light-hearted charity din never the new york. >> monday's debate is a little bit different because the topic is foreign policy. spoiler alert. we got bin laden. >> reporter: he also used his speech to poke fun at his opponent. >> world affairs. some of you may remember after my foreign trip in 2008 i was attacked as a celebrity because i was so popular with our allies overseas and i have to say i'm impressed with how well governor romney has avoided that problem. >> reporter: for his part, romney could try again to bash the president for his administrati administration's messy response to the attack in libya last month and link it

's lead on foreign policy. mr. obama has lost 15 percentage points' advantage since september, now leading governor romney by a 47% to 43% margin. and two brand new fox polls in the swing states trending governor romney's way. the governor up 48-45 in florida after trailing the president by five points just last month. and the president's seven-point lead in the september ohio poll has been cut to three points, within the margin of error. joining us now for all the latest campaign developments, former arkansas governor, 2008 republican presidential candidate mike huckabee, also the author of "the new york times" bestseller "a simple government" and host of fox news channel's "huckabee" show. great to have you here. >> thank you, lou. lou: this is a slight lead to be kind and generous, but it is a lead. >> yeah. lou: how significant in your judgment? >> it's a huge turn from what we've seen even a month ago, and there's three things that's going on. one, take all the polls, and they get kind of confusing, but when you get down to it, there's now a trending that is very clearly in romney's f

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korea. >> president obama showed how tough he can be on foreign policy during the debate with john mccain four years ago. the president is going to have to prove himself. the republicans are accusing the obama administration of the attack on the consulate in benghazi. there are legitimate questions about the attack, but the republicans claim there's a cover up. tonight secretary of state hillary clinton announced that she's taking full responsibility for the benghazi attack. secretary clinton told nbc news "we did everything we could to keep our people safe, which is my primary responsibility." the attack might be tough for romney to resist tomorrow night. remember, romney told donors at a fundraiser he would look for a crisis to exploit. today his friend robyn gardner rudy giuliani agreed. >> there's a cover up here. they are trying to run out the clock. this administration is so disengaged we need another administration to protect us. >> here's the problem for romney. president obama has a good foreign policy record to run on. bin laden is dead, our troops are out of iraq, we have a

. it wasn't a few months ago for romney to mount an effective rhetorical attack on obama's foreign policy. >> we have the issue of the road map to peace. we'll see how that is brought up in monday's debate too. >> no good answer on that, right? >> james, we should talk for 30 minutes on this. oh we obviously could. james traub, thank you so much for your time today. >>> roberts makes his endorsement in the presidential case, plus the earth is warming. the climate clash that has been this campaign's big secret. [ lisa ] my name's lisa, and chantix helped me quit. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about an

's place in the world to jobs. >> what happens if he comes out and says look, come on your foreign policy has been a disaster and barack obama says i killed bin laden and i helped to kill ghadafi and i ended the war in iraq and announced the war in afghanistan and i helped to employ freedom. >> i think you have to do more. killing bin laden is something anyone could have done. but his view isn't necessarily the right one. i think it will be interesting to see them debate about it against each other. let me ask you this, very briefly, your verdict on what may happen on monday. you laid out his record and i think we have one of the most extra ordinary secretaries of state. looking back at the debate, clearly these issues did come out. joe biden said we are going to get out of afghanistan and paul ryan was unable to talk about what the plan was to get out of the war on afghanistan. mitt romney and the few opportunities he has had, has not shown himself as ready to be a world leader. >> of course, mitt romney may say hang on a second. very dangerous pakistan, most of the middle east is all up

. libya. the argument that romney is trying to make on the obama foreign policy apparatus can be a complex one. should the remaining days be focused on an issue that resonates more resoundly like the economy? >> well, i think it goes to a larger point about leadership. and it's the administration that continues to have questions that they have to answer about this. it was the president himself who went to the u.n. two weeks after the events and said six times that a video was responsible for this. it was jay carney who from the podium and from air force one who said it was a video. it was ambassador susan rice who went on every sunday talk show a week after the events and said the events stemmed from a video. so it's the administration that i think by and far and according to every timeline continues to have questions about how they responded to this crisis. >> sean spicer, communications director for the rnc. as always, thank you for your time. >>> we turn now to two people with special perspectives. ron reagan is the son of the former president. he's currently an msnbc contributor. megan

focused on the obama record. mitt romney has no foreign policy record. so it's going to be on the president's decisions in iran and what went on in benghazi and security concerns leading up to what happened in libya. so the president is going to be defending his record and milt romney has not laid out a lot of specifics on foreign policy. so it will be interesting to see if the president will be turning the tables on mitt romney. >> besides foreign policy, the romney campaign is going to keep hammering away -- >> if barack obama is re-elected what will the next four years be like? the debt will grow from $16 trillion to $20 trillion, taxes on the middle class will go up by $4,000. >> is this the line of attack that we're going to be hearing from the romney campaign before the election? >> you're starting to see it in the closing arguments. there's a lot of certainties in that ad that will be interesting to see how the fact checkers for "the washington post" and elsewhere deal with because usually there's caveats, this could happen, this might happen, in this ad they'r

obama on foreign policy. >> who has a bigger -- who needs to have a bigger night? >> that's a very, very tough question. mitt romney still seems to have some momentum, still coming out of that first debate, on the other hand, president obama has the advantage in key battle ground states. i think both men are under pressure to avoid one thing over all -- no huge mistake. they both go to their turnout machine the final two weeks. >> george has a big show this morning, chicago mayor rahm emanuel and florida senator marco rubio, also reminder, join george and diane sawyer for full coverage of the final presidential debate tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern. >>> the morning's other top stories. abc's linsey davis is here. >> good morning, everyone. >>> topping the news this morning -- the fbi is hunting for a person who called in a bomb threat for a plane scheduled to leave l.a. xachlt. it was taken to an isolated part of the airport and searched. nothing was found. >>> that deadly meningitis outbreak has climbed once again, two more died, bringing the total number of deaths to 23. 284 illnesses

showdown between president obama and governor mitt romney. tomorrow is final debate on foreign policy could michael or break the election now, only 16 days away. at stake momentum with millions of voters expected to tune in. there is a brand-new "wall street journal" poll showing just how tight this race is. take a look. president obama and governor romney tied at 47% among likely voters. john roberts is live at the site in boca raton, florida. what is the race looking like there? >> vast looking very tight. you mentioned the "wall street journal" poll. that is a battle ground states. this is where things could change. we were talking about how important these debates are. it's difficult to overstate because unlike most election cycles these debates have been moving the numbers. the goal for governor romney is to hang on those solid gains he has made since the first debate three weeks ago. he has been heavily involved in debate prep, hunkered down for last couple of days. took some time out to attend church with his wife. then earlier this afternoon presided over a ceremonial coin toss at a

for saying, obama administration is ultimately blameless. >> next as it comes to foreign relations, is the media missing warning signs? >> on the issue of foreign policy and diplomacy, is the media protecting their favorite president? the answer is next on news watch. [ mother ] you can't leave the table till you finish your vegetables. [ clock ticking ] [ male announcer ] there's a better way... v8 v-fusion. vegetable nutrition they need, fruit taste they love. could've had a v8. or...try kids boxes! a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis sympto. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. celebrex can be taken with or without food. and it's not a narcotic. you and your doctor sh

or the other. both candidates go in with a lot on theine, but i think more is on the line for barack obama in this foreign policy debate because, lou, i'd hate to have to walin there and dend benghazi, defind why he has -- defend why he has never answered for fort hood and little rock as a terror act. andn little rock simply a random sta crime. nonsense. thiss a pattern. lou: the process of you canall it stonewalling, of fuse case -- >> it's lying, let's be honest, it's lying. lou: well, cerinly tuesd night before the amican people the president lied straightforwardly. but the facts the natiol media's not holding him accountable, and it's as if there is n truth if the national liberal mea isn't some w validatinit. and oint of fact, the media research center, bozell's group pointingut, you know,ajor newspapers not even mentioning the most important momnt and question othe night. >> well, even though they are not and there's no pointin having any expectation that u're going to see "the new york times" and the washinon postome forward with that, the erican peopl aren't stupid. yo know what?

if will focus this time on foreign policy. wednesday mr. obama plans to pull an all-nighter both in key battleground states to launch a whirlwind tour of six states starting in iowa and he will cast his vote early in chicago on thursday. romney, meanwhile, held his final formal fundraising event last night. he has raised more than $361 million in his latest bid for the white house. >>> president obama has secured the endorsement of ohio's largest newspaper. the cleveland plane dealer says that obama has fumbled the economic recovery but also says he has led the nation back from the brink of depression. ohio in particular has benefit from his bold decision to revive the auto industry. it was gutsy, and it worked. ohioans are making cars in toledo and lordstown. they're back on the job. that's leadership that deserves a chance to finish the job. >>> mitt romney is picking up an endorsement from a paper in another key swing state. that's nevada. the reno gazette journal says, "based on our current fiscal condition, a still weak economy and a congress deeply divided along party lines, our n

agrees with president obama on foreign policy. >> who is under more pressure going into the third debate? who needs to have a bigger night? >> that's a tough question. very, very tough question. mitt romney still seems to have some momentum still coming out of that first debate. on the other hand, president obama has the advantage in these key battleground states where this race is going to be won or lost. i think both men are under pressure to avoid one thing above all, no huge mistake. if they get through the night with no huge mistake, they both go out to their turnout machine. >> we should say george has a big show. chicago mayor rahm emanuel who used to work in the white house is coming on and so is florida senator marco rubio and also this reminder join george and diane sawyer for full coverage of the final presidential debate tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern. >> all right. now we're going to check the morning's other top stories. abc's linsey davis this morning. good morning, linsey. >> good morning again, sharyn, dan. good morning, everyone. >>> topping the news the fbi is hunting

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it as a metaphor for strength. president obama has had the lead in foreign policy and is seen as a strong early. that is traditionally where republicans have strength. i think governor romney sees this as a way of taking away from president obama is a strength -- obama's strength. they think they have a winning hand on the feed, if not because the actual issue is going to change very many votes on the ground. tavis: if you are undecided, what are you undecided about? >> i think there is a subset of a very small group, it has been true for a month. i think you have people that are mostly in the category of the "i like president obama, i wanted him to succeed, the economy has not improved to the extent i hoped it would. i am not totally confident or trusting of the economic management and his ability to make washington work when he ran in 2008. i am not sure that governor romney appreciates my struggles. i am not sure that he understands the average person and what they have to go through. i don't know that he shares my values or cares about me. they are still uncomfortable, but they are not yet

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to articulate a peace through strength through foreign policy will be a substantial contrast with what the obama administration has failed to achieve. >> everyone's focusing on benghazi at the moment. before we get to this, talk about the world view. look at egypt turning his back on must b mu.you've got russia,e islamists. tell me more about your view of that world view and how you think mr. romney could define it tomorrow. >> well, i think this goes to the basic issue of america's place in the world. do you think as president obama does that america's too strong, that we've had too much influence, that we're kansa disproportionately successful around the worn america that withdraws, that's less assertive will make other nations more favorably inclined to us and make the world more peaceful. that's like looking at the world through the wrong end of a telescope. i think the notion of the world of peace through strength is an approach that allows the united states to advance its interests but also minimizes the possibility of conflict because other nations are dissuaded by our evident strength. i

's 24 announced advisers on foreign policy are bush foreign policy people. and president obama has frankly not even hit mitt romney yet for the way his foreign policy apes the catastrophic foreign policy of the bush/cheney years. the romney campaign knows that punch is coming, right? how do they inoculate themselves against that? how does the romney/ryan campaign protect itself against the other shoe that everybody knows is about to drop, which is the withering allegation that if you squint at romney and ryan on foreign policy, what you know you're going to get is act ii of the bush and cheney foreign policy. what's their defense on that? really? paul ryan does a photo op today with condoleezza rice. was paul wolfowitz not available? yeah, they had paul ryan go to a claef cleveland brown football practice, a practice at which paul ryan misidentified the cleveland browns quarterback and called him by the wrong name in front of a whole bunch of reporters. and then ryan pleaded for mercy when he noticed his mistake. but look, i'm here with the smoking gun could be a mushroom cloud lad

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for what she says. but this is just one thing. if you look at the obama administration's foreign policy, the secretary of state's foreign policy, i mean think what we've done in lats tin america. every time the union said back off on a free trade agreement, whether it hurt our allies in colombia or not, they backed up. in afghanistan, the secretary of state, the vice president, the ambassador, holbrook, the special advisor, all trashed president karzai publicly and seemed to have totally forgotten anything about private diplomacy. you look at iraq. she was responsible for getting us a status of forces agreement, the administration was. failed. didn't gets one. we have them all over the world. doesn't take a genius to do that. >> sean: is it conceivable -- you've worked in many white houses. is it even conceivable that the intelligence committee knew within 24 hours that this was a terror attack, that intelligence community and the state department knew that this was not spontaneous, not a mob action, not related to the movie? is it in any conceivable that the white house up to five days

that neither side wants to be about foreign policy. even president obama does not want that because there are hard questions to be asked of him about why we're still in afghanistan and the kill list and drone strikes and all the rest. but the romney/ryan campaign has not been capable of asking those questions. they haven't even bothered to come up with a legible policy on the war we are already in. so anybody who wants hard questions asked of president obama on foreign policy, it just hasn't happened yet. and anybody who was freaked out that romney and ryan are such empty vessels on this subject that they would let all the bush/cheney people back in to bring us another term of that foreign policy, frankly those questions have not been asked, either. but by virtue of the final debate, we are finally going to get those questions asked. and how the candidates will answer those questions is totally unpredictable. because they have not answered to any of this stuff yet. and so monday's debate is going to be very suspenseful. anything could happen. anything could happen. and that makes fo

obama is in pretty good position to talk about foreign policy. >> you know, you noticed in the last debate, we heard china being brought up several times, and you know that it resonates with certain voters yet a very complex issue. three of the perhaps major issues related to what might be brought up to the debate is how china pegs its currency and the issue of manufacturing and jobs leaving the united states and the intellectual property rights, which is really tied into mitt romney's argument about creating 12 million jobs. the president said he would take on many issues before his administration. has he? >> well, i think that governor romney has a fair point in initially in the obama administration to try to reach out to china. it may have been too soft, and try to perceive that weakness and walk over the administration. that led to a real revision to policy in washington, and a tougher line. i think there might be a stretch to learn from the mistakes there. indeed, the chinese currency has been appreciating, especially if you take inflation into account. now, i do think that's k

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story "outfront," talking tough on foreign policy. president obama and mitt romney came out swinging last night. >> i said i'd end the war in libya, in iraq, and i did. i said we'd go after al-qaeda and bin laden, we have. >> the president's policies throughout the middle east began with an apology tour and pursue a strategy from leading from behind. > final debate next week will be all about foreign policy. our next guest covers presidents clinton, bush and obama as commander in chief. best selling author of "black hawk down". there are things in there that i read that were riveting to me. i can't get enough of this story. you have reported on how he makes the decision on these drone attacks and who they are going to go and kill. are you surprised at how this administration has handled the libya storyline? >> no. i'm not surprised because i think the political staff that surrounds a president is always looking to present him and their own administration in the best possible light. and, i think that they probably do -- or did shy away from presenting this as an al qaeda attack becaus

debate. this one is on foreign policy. on "the daily show" last night president obama faced questions about his administration's reaction to the attack in libya. >> i wasn't confused that we needed to ramp up diplomatic security around the world after it happened and that we had to investigate exactly what happened to it gets fixed and i wasn't confused that we would hunt down who did it and bring them to justice. >> it was not the optimal response to the american people as far as us all being on the same page. >> this is what i'll say. if four americans get killed, it's not optimal. we're going to fix it. >> all of it. >> joining me now, "the new york times"columnist. good to have you here. is that a preview of what we'll see next week in the foreign policy debate? >> i think that romney is going to hammer obama on the libyan security issue. you know, it's clear that the administration made some mistakes. it's clear in retrospect that security was inadequate. i think most people would say that the administration has not focused enough in recent years on the rise of al qaeda in northe

advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>neil: back to the poll showing president obama's lead on foreign policy now could be evaporating after benghazi attack when he had a 15 point advantage over mitt romney and now it is down to four points. what do you think, bob? >> it is over. it is all pack up and go on vacation. it is over. >>neil: i appreciate you bringing the a game to the table. anyone else would save it. in your case, the great hit we calm "the five," why should you save that energy for me? >> when you have a couple weeks of news stories about benghazi it is going to get into the polling results but this is not a campaign about foreign policy but about the economy. all the foreign also stuff, the people positive do not like benghazi and think there was a coverup and all this stuff --. >>neil: it is the entire debate on monday. >> it will not. >>neil: i agree they will town the economy that is probably first the romney vote, and make it a national security issue and the romney folks see it as an urgent issue and the plight of our debt, et cetera, how does it b

is the absolute run unraveling of the obama administration's foreign policy. and i'm excited we're going to have a chance to talk about that on monday. >> back with us in washington, anne kornblut, deputy national political editor for "the washington post." and here in new york, adam sorenson, an associate editor at "time" magazine. thank you both for coming back. first to you, anne. the "l.a. times" today reporting this, "the assault on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi last month appears to have been an opportunistic attack rather than a long-planned operation, and intelligence agencies have found no evidence that it was ordered by al qaeda." we're seeing the facts move back and forth as the days move on. how should both candidates handle this? >> and there have been questions too, about whether there was the existence of a protest, either one that was ahead of the attacks or perhaps one that came later. so i think we've seen both candidates talk more gingerly as the days have gone on about it. obviously, president obama had a good moment in his debate in the town hall debate last week a

. the truth is that the foreign policy choices of president obama is allows the region to become unraveled. >> the truth is just the opposite. they are trying to scare the crop out of the american people and make you believe that they'd be safer if a republican is in the white house. they're just dead wrong on this issue and the facts prove it. osama bin laden is gone. george bush did nothing about him. muammar gadhafi is dead and gone. george bush did nothing about it. al-qaeda is not alive. it is practically destroyed. all of their major leadership except for al zawhiri because of the drone attacks against them. if i were one of the terrorists involved in libya, i'd be looking for a different country because you know barack obama is not going to rest until he finds out who they are and takes care of them, given his record. let's set the record straight about this. again, love to get your calls because this has become now this hot issue, all over the news this weekend and this morning about benghazi. let's set the record straight. first of all, it is disgusting, i think it is outrageous,

. >> obama and romney foreign policy debate. >> i didn't see that coming. >> you need to wake up. >> coming up a new report says the united states and iran reached an agreement for direct talks 49 hours after the debate. is the timing too good to be true? we have it coming up. are you ready ? share everything by turning your smartphone into a mobile hotspot for up to 8 wifi-enabled devices at no extra charge. like the new droid razr m by motorola only $99.99. >> days before the big debate the obama fan club news letter drops a bombshell claiming u.s. and iran has negotiated on nuke. this is one coincidence the times ran the piece before the d debate. surprise the times says the news can only hurt romney. let's quote the paper. the prospect of one-on-one negotiations can put romney in an awkward spot since he posed iran enriching uranium. it could probably figure in any deal on a nuclear program. that's about as coincidental as fleas at a pet shop. this helps mitt. what did your enemy want in a negotiating scenario. if ahmadinejad wants barack doesn't wasn't mitt? if tuts hem in line with ro

-off between president obama and governor romney will focus entirely on foreign policy. from afghanistan and pakistan to israel, iran, and the changing middle east. the candidates will spar over america's role in the world, the new face of terrorism, and how to deal with the rise in china. with polls showing the president's advantage over romney in foreign policy has narrowed since the summer, mr. obama tried to highlight one of his biggest foreign policy accomplishments at a light hearted charity dinner in new york. >> monday's debate is a little different because the topic is foreign policy. spoiler alert, we got bin laden. >> reporter: he also used his speech to poke fun at his opponent. >> of course, world affairs are a challenge for every candidate. after some of you guys remember, after my foreign trip in 2008, i was attacked as a celebrity because i was so popular with our allies overseas, and i have to say i'm impressed with how well governor romney has avoided that problem. >> reporter: for his part, romney could try again to bash the president for his administration's messy res

. sounds like something we need especially given the fact we want so many more foreign students in the country. >>> still "outfront," president obama's evolving language about al qaeda on the campaign, what sngnd people said he stopped saying it. the romney campaign pulling staff out of a key state. why are they doing it, and could it backfire? >>> welcome back to the second half of "outfront." we start the second half with stories we care about where we focus on our reporting from the front lines. jerry sandusky's lawyers are appealing his conviction. according to court documents his lawyers claim they didn't have enough time to prepare for trial, and they add that the statute of limitations had expired on some of the charges. sandusky was sentenced to no less than 30 years and no more than 60 in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing ten boys over a 15-year peri. >>> sources say that want man who allegedly organized the shooting of a pakistani teen was captured in 2009 but release due to a lack of evidence. malala yousufzai was shot because she spoke about girls a ri

is going to do. he is really expect -- inexperienced on foreign policy. he is about where obama was five years ago. comments's listen to that governor romney made at this past tuesday point of debate. [video clip] >> look what is happening in syria, egypt, now in libya. consider the differences between us and israel. we have iran four years closer to a nuclear bomb. syria is not just a tragedy of 30,000 civilians killed by the military, but a significant strategic player for america. the president's's policy began with a apology court. host: governor romney speaking about around and syria and the middle east. matthew lee? guest: despite those comments, it is not clear to me what exactly mitt romney would do differently in syria, for example. he has talked about how it is important for the united states to play a role in who gets legal assistance, weaponry and ammunition, but that is what the obama administration is doing. his the governor saying the united states should actively -- is the governor said in the united states should actively supply the rebels with arms? if the answer is no,

obama will meet on the stage, lynne university, the debate is to focus on foreign policy. >> paul, how close is this race? >> it's about as close as you can get, a brand-new poll out today from nbc "wall street journal" indicates 47% of likely voters nationwide are supporting the president, 47% are supporting mitt romney the republican nominee. you can't get any closer than that. a lot of these key battleground states including here in florida. we had to pull out here in florida but also it's basically all knotted up. the new nbc/"wall street journal" poll is interesting, there's a new gender gap there. the president has an advantage among women. and romney has a bigger lead among men. so a real gender gap here, but martin, these type holes in the states and nationally, they tell me one thing that there's so much at stake right behind me here when these men face off for the third and time debate. >> mitt romney has been president yet. is there a way that mitt romney can turn the discussion to economics? the real question for this campaign? >> yeah, there sure is, the moderator bob schi

that president obama's foreign policy is responsible. he bounced from israel to syria and iran, proving that everything was falling apart. >> it's exactly the opposite. i know they want to portray it that way. you've seen the commentators almost gristle outside the embassy in cairo actually celebrating those who were attacking america at the time. that's why this whole thing disgusts me the way they are using this. it's exactly the opposite. it shows the president's policy that in fact opened up channels of communication and influence with the new leaders of the region, as these riots broke out, the president got on the phone and urged them to quell these protests, which they did. the protests, there are no more protests outside u.s. embassies. libya in fact, recent poll shows libya, american popularity is soaring throughout the region. >> bill: thanks so much for coming in this morning. we just scratched the surface. you'll have to lot more to say about that on your website. >> thanks, joe. >> bill: absolutely. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ alway

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