hastings -- >> is that what you want? >> mr. hastings -- >> put mr. hastings back in his chair until we are concluded. >> or? >> hold on until i'm done signing the papers. >> i thought you said they weren't supposed to react? >> sit down! >> judge wulle warns hastings his behavior won't help him later. >> you're really hurting your case in front of the court of appeals. they're going to see this entire record, sir. >> they're going to see your record, too. they're going to see how you're running your mouth, your honor. bye-bye, we know how to handle kids like you, son? okay, yeah, they're going to see that, too. remember, you're on record, just like me, pops. >> finally, the judge gets in the last word, sentencing hastings to the maximum, 120 years in prison. >> all right, thank you, gentleman. in my world, i deal with nothing but ugly features of the human personality. i have to find ways to not let that affect the work i'm doing so i can provide the next person coming into the courtroom with a fair environment. >>> coming up, a lawyer is shot. a def

hastings: mr. chairman, i advise my friend that i am prepared to close if the gentleman will yield back his time, i'll be prepared to close. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: continue to reserve the balance of my time. we have no other people to talk. mr. hastings: mr. chairman, i have -- i am prepared to close if the gentleman is prepared to yield back. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. chairman. among the many flaws in the legislation is a provision waiving compliance with the national environmental policy act of 1969, nepa. nepa has been under attack by the republicans for years. most famously former chairman led an effort before leaving congress. nepa stands for two very simple principles. the first is the federal government should think before it acts. and the second is that the federal government should listen to the american people before it acts. nepa does not dictate outcome, it requires federal agencies to gather information, consider a

my pleasure to introduce richard hastings and that lopez. -- matt lopez. saturday, july 16, 2011, officer richard hastings and asked matt lopez were on duty and in uniform. their primary assignment was to be on a fixed post detail on the imminence of a railway platform on third street between oakdale avenue and plu avenue. this platform and the surrounding areas are notorious for high incidence of robberies, aggravated assaults, indiscriminate shootings, gang activity, illegal firearm possession, as well as a multitude of quality of life cripes. the bayview station has dedicated a high-level police resources to this area, particularly to a recent rash of robberies on and adjacent to the platform. well on the platform, officers tastings and lopez contacted the subject later identified as kenneth harding jr.. he was on the railway vehicle. the officers determined the suspect was riding without benefit obtained. the officers escorted the subject off of the vehicle without incident and requested he sit down on one of the benches nearby. mr. harding complied wi

to the hastings and the world as a whole. >>reporter: rebel over through gadhafi as part of the arab strechblingt professor diamond says he knew early on that stevens would make a difference. he says he stood out not just for his intelligence but for his compassion. >> i honestly did not think he would go and help a revolution. i didn't think. that but i thought he would make his mark on the world. >>reporter: you recollect cshing hastings dean is said stevens spirit will live on at the school serving as inspiration to strive for something better. >> sometimes we think about law very contentious. people argue with one another but here was someone who used the law and legal training in the best possible sense. >>reporter: dean says uc hastings is exploring the idea of having some sort of scholarship fund in his name. >> okay lillian thank jew lillian kim reporting. deadly violence tonight over the anti-islamic film that is angering muslims all around the world. afghanistan 9 people killed by suicide bomber near kabul airport.

to the hastings and the world as a whole. >>reporter: rebel over through gadhafi as part of the arab strechblingt professor diamond says he knew early on that stevens would make a difference. he says he stood out not just for his intelligence but for his compassion. >> i honestly did not think he would go and help a revolution. i didn't think. that but i thought he would make his mark on the world. >>reporter: you recollect cshing hastings dean is said stevens spirit will live on at the school serving as inspiration to strive for something better. >> sometimes we think about law very contentious. people argue with one another but here was someone who used the law and legal training in the best possible sense. >>reporter: dean says uc hastings is exploring the idea of having some sort of scholarship fund in his name. >> okay lillian thank jew lillian kim reporting. deadly violence tonight over the anti-islamic film that is angering muslims all around the world. afghanistan 9 people killed by suicide bomber near kabul airport.

hastings: mr.suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3397 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 3397, a bill to modify the forest service recreation residence program by implementing a simple equitable and predictable procedure for determining cabin user fees and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt, each will control 20 mims. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous con sense that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include this in the bill. the cabin which i have sponsored for several congresses sets a new fee schedule for the 14,000 privately owned cabins in our national forest. it creates the predictable fee schedule that is fair to cabin owners, the forest service and the american taxpayer. h.r. 3397 will replace the current co

to the hastings and the world as a whole.dhafi as part of the arab strechblingt professor diamond says he knew early on that stevens would make a difference. he says he stood out not just for his intelligence but for his compassion. >> i honestly did not think he would go and help a revolution. i didn't think. that but i thought he would make his mark on the world. >>reporter: you recollect cshing hastings dean is said stevens spirit will live on at the school serving as inspiration to strive for something better. >> sometimes we think about law very contentious. people argue with one another but here was someone who used the law and legal training in the best possible sense. >>reporter: dean says uc hastings is exploring the idea of having some sort of scholarship fund in his name. >> okay lillian thank jew lillian kim reporting. deadly violence tonight over the anti-islamic film that is angering muslims all around the world. afghanistan 9 people killed by suicide bomber near kabul airport. afghan militant islamic group clai

hastings: mr. chairman, 2008 campaign, president obama plainly declared the policies he supports would bankrupt american coal production. the obama administration has waged a war on coal, coal jobs and the small businesses in the mining supply chain and the low cost energy that millions of americans rely on. mr. chairman, the house is not in order. the chair: the gentleman is correct. the committee will be in order and the chair would ask members to take your conversations in the back of the chamber, to remove your conversations from the floor, please. take your seats. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, amazingly, the obama administration has denied that they have launched a war on coal, yet the facts are stubborn things. just this week, alpha natural resources announced the closure of eight coal mines. aggressive regulations were specifically cited by the company for the closure of these mines. new regulations proposed by the obama e.p.a. threatened

. >> he went on to attend law school at uc hastings. cate caugurian joins us live with the ambassadors bay area connections. >> it was here at the uc hastings college where the ambassador went to law school in 1989 after he joined the peace corps. we heard the president and secretary of state call him a world leader. i spoke with his dearest friends that tell us that he is a hometown hero >> i just remember his mother saying " why are you going over there anyway? ". she was tongue in cheek and he said " well, mother, ... to help the libyan people, and to represent the united states interest in this country ". it is such a waste. >> mcdonald's and stevens were roommates for years at uc- berkeley in the late '70s and he considered stephens a lifelong friend. >> i just know him that a party that his family had for him when he was appointed, to celebrate the appointment. and, just a tremendous man. such a terrible loss. >> mcdonald shared a photograph with us, taken at his home when stephen stopped by for dinner. >> he always had that smile

i am not reed hastings. he would tell you the exact same thing. the other side of that is of everyone needs to remember that in order for netflix to work you need a broad bank connection. we are not your mother's cable company. we now did not just send a guide to your house and running wire through the wall. we are in the broadband business just as much as we are in the video business. our view is that our broadband innovation has been able multiple innovative businesses, industries, and product offerings to develop starting with google and amazon and ebay. sphinx for netflix will be the first person to tell you -- netflix would be the first person to tell you they cannot work without high-speed data connections. even if you want to what netflix, you have to watch it over our connection. it is the second ladies are complementary businesses and products cannot really competitive. is with thennect xbox live which goes on your private network versus the public internet. is that something? >> if you read the plain english of the open internet order, a

and new tonight at 11:00 students from hastings law school honored ambassador chris stevens, they are hoping to continue his legacy of public service. we have more on how stevens is being remembered, jean? >> dine, people who new stevens who new him and did not know him at all, attended a candle light vigil in his honor tonight. honoring a man professors say is a role model for all students. ♪ ♪ god bless america >> uc hastings college of the law, remembers 1989 graduate, chr chris stevens, he made quite the impression as a student. this professor remembers a vibrant young man. >> doing public service and working to represent our country in a really great way in terms of the highest ideals. so, i was proud. >> first year law student organized this vigil. the marine veteran did not know stevens but feels connect to him. >> to be killed because somebody elsed voiced their opinion. we should have that freedom. and that's what i fought for. >> stevens told the dean of hastings earlier this year, he would return to campus and talk to the students about using a law degree to serve the count

later on he asked hastings, why do you bother to ask questions that you know the answers to. why don't you give answers that aren't bs. i now understand the investigation concluded beyond a doubt that you are unmitigated blank hole. how is that for a none bs response. and he said have a good day and i mean, blank off. he did not respond to fox news requests. two italian diplomats seemed to return to the journal to the state department on sunday september 23rd. reporting for news watch, james rosen. >> rick: the diary and cnn finding it and use it as a source for reporting. would any other news organization have done anything differently? >> no. i do not begin to understand y white house and state department's indignation over the reporting of obvious news, every news organization would have done that. they were trying to change the subject. they wanted to make it about but now it looks like failure or failure to respond to an obvious threat. >> rick: we heard james report, this is an assistant deputy secretary of state, deputy assistant secretary of state. what is that to hav

michael hastings, who had the worst week? who had the worst week?ng. on a positive side mother jones had a great week, long-standing, great magazine, long tradition and great to see the impact they're having on this election. >> josh, worst week? >> romney. it's not impossible to think he'll come back, but he essentially blew up his campaign tis this week and on the romney richter scale of gaffes this was by far the worst one. >> jay? >> aside from the guy lindsay lohan hit -- >> or lindsay lohan herself. >> i was wondering around -- suddenly a car taps me. >> oh, man. >> but i would say other republican candidates because we've had this great phrase this week i love so much, it's an oxymoron reverse coat tails. scott brown is running as fast as he can from mitt romney, so are most of the other republican candidates and they had the worst week. >> head winds, maggie haberman. >> the original and say mitt romney. i wouldn't go quite that far yet. anything can happen. mike bloomberg got elected and we said he wouldn't in 2001. i don't think this was -

if that will be a good deal, we'll have a discussion with that with michael hastings.' on the presidential campaign trail with buzzfeed. michael, before i ask you that question, i want to show you something that president obama said last night in his speech that is directly relevant to this issue. watch. >> obama: i'm still eager to reach an agreement based on the principles of my bipartisan debt commission. no party has on wisdom. i want to get this done. but when governor romney and members of congress tell us we can lower deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy? what did bill clinton call it? you do the arithmetic. >> cenk: first question is the obama camp based on that clip and reporting absolutely set on trying to push for the grand bargain again if they get re-elected? >> yes, from what i understand they are going to try to do that. i believe people are already calling it tax-ageddon. i think that's what they're going to try to do. i spoke to people involved in the democratic party, not in the campaign, about these issues. there is a

hastings in san francisco. katie marzullo joins us with the latest anti-u.s. demonstrations erupting. >> we're getting word of two deaths outside the embassy in tunisia. a cloud of smoke has been seen around the embassy there. thousands are throwing rocks at police and police are feirlg tear gas at protestors. also in lebanon, at least one person is dead. security officials say a crowd set fire to a kfc and arby's restaurant. they clashed with police who opened fire killing one person. a u.s. four say a response team has arrived in yemen as security forces were firing live rounds and tear gas into the crowd of about 2,000 protestors who were trying to march to the u.s. embassy. yesterday, hundreds of protestors stormed the embassy compound and burned the american flag. in cairo, egypt, fourth day of the row of scenes just like this. senior officials say suspected islamic militants stormed their base near the gaza-israel border. they blocked wait leading from the tahrir square and police using tear gas to digs percent the crowd and both sides are throwing rocks

hastings in san francisco. katie marzullo joins us with the latest anti-u.s. demonstrations erupting. >> we're getting word of two deaths outside the embassy in tunisia. a cloud of smoke has been seen around the embassy there. thousands are throwing rocks at police and police are feirlg tear gas at protestors. also in lebanon, at least one person is dead. security officials say a crowd set fire to a kfc and arby's restaurant. they clashed with police who opened fire killing one person. a u.s. four say a response team has arrived in yemen as security forces were firing live rounds and tear gas into the crowd of about 2,000 protestors who were trying to march to the u.s. embassy. yesterday, hundreds of protestors stormed the embassy compound and burned the american flag. in cairo, egypt, fourth day of the row of scenes just like this. senior officials say suspected islamic militants stormed their base near the gaza-israel border. they blocked wait leading from the tahrir square and police using tear gas to digs percent the crowd and both sides are throwing rocks

hastings: thank you very much again, mr. speaker, and i thank my good friend from my neighboring state of georgia who i consider to be one of the most conscientious, hardworking individuals in the congress. and i appreciate the fact that he's 18 month -- his 18 months here in the congress, but he and i know that he understands this institution considerably, having worked here for a number of years. but i'm grateful the process allows and he has allowed that i receive the traditional 30 minutes. mr. speaker, this rule provides, as has been said for consideration of this bill -- two bills. and to identify them again, h.res. 117 is the continuing appropriations resolution and h.res. 6356 is the national security and job protection act. when my colleague began his remarks he said the magic words, this is a closed rule. when i was, as he, 18 months in the house in 1992, and i would be on radio and people were talking about how awful it was that the democrats had so many closed rules. the democrats lost the election that following

hastings fired back why don't you give answers that aren't b.s. for a change.erstand that reynes e-mailed back "i understand why the official investigation by the department of defense. you're a blank hole." he then said, "now that we got it out of our system, have a good day. and by good day, i mean blank off." and he did not respond to my request for comment. cnn returned the siebs journal to the state department nine days ago. bret? >> bret: okay, james. thank you. taliban released a video today purporting to show insurgents preparing for the brazen attack on a major nato base this month. september 14 attack on camp bastion in afghanistan killed two marines and destroyed six fighter jets. the video shows the men wearing the u.s. army uniforms as they prepare for the attack. there you can see, map it out. here is what one senior republican had to say about that attack. >> afghanistan, we just saw the greatest single attack as far as money is concerned on our base in kandahar, where we lost $200 million of aircraft and we have canceled training. and operations

. >>> -- [ unintelligible ] stevens was remembered by staff and students at the uc hastings law school in san francisco. lilian kim has more. >> reporter: many of these students knew ambassador christopher stevens. he graduated in 1989. these young men and women felt compelled to take part in a candlelight vigil in his honor. >> he sat in the classrooms, maybe he had the same profess -- professors. >> reporter: he died last week of attack on the u.s. consulate in libya part of a wave of unrest over an"ccñ anti-islam film. video indicates the ambassador was still breathing when a crowd walked through the compound after an assault they carried him to a car which drove him to the hospital. but the government believes he died of smoke inhalation. stevens served as u.s. on to the rebels -- envoy to the rebels that over through qadhafi. saying saying [ inaudible ] >> i honestly did not think he would -- would go and help a revolution. but i thought he would make his mark on the world. >> sometimes we think about law as contentious, people arguing. here was someone who used the law and legal

hastings law school in san francisco.n smith and former navy seal, tyrone died on the 11th anniversary of 911. the president, vice president and secretary of state to hillary clinton or their for the arrival. >> today we bring home the four americans who gave their lives for our country and our values. >> chris stevens was everything america could want in an ambassador. the entire country has come to receive your i first went to the region as a region and the peace corps. during the revolution he arrived on that cargo ship. how he believed in. and he laid down his life for his friends. libyan and americans. and for all. >> evidence of the deep emotions at the highest level of powers as the ceremonies ended clinton reached out to take the hand of the commander in chief. obama took part in a transfer of remains ceremony in a hangar at andrews air force base, joined by vice rodham clinton. of the victims, obama watched as flag-draped cases containing the remains were carried off of a transport black hearses. also killed in t

who is going to be working with uc-hastings? >> sfmta. >> thank you. >> okay. i was even thinking it. i'm sorry. i mentioned the next week we are looking to schedule meeting between sfmta, other departments to determine what the agencies might have with delivering and bring updates to the next programs committee meeting. other projects in this project simply dropped out, not recommended for funding because category x ran out of funds after projects ready to go. the sfmta has concern over posting, bond saving projects and project deacons. these were seeking fundss in 14-15, 15-16, some of out years k be funded with the prop case sales tax dollars under the next prop a priorityization updates or future prop aa funds, which come about as a result of cost savings from other prop aa projects or program funds from projects that maybe fell behind in schedule and unable to allocate funds in the year which they were programmed within prop aa. examples of other opportunities. transit reliability and mobility improvements. in this categoris that rose to top have strong im

the survey responses were provided to team of uc hasteings ings students and representatives of league of women voters, who drew up the questions for tonight's debate. the results of the candidate survey are used by the san francisco public press to create a non-partisan voter guide that summarizes where the candidates stand on the issue and will be available on the website soon. meanwhile hvnnjp. preview you may pick up a copy of the current issue of the san francisco public press at the table in the back of the room, which has a fold out summarizing the candidates' position. a little bit about the format of this evening's event. each question will be directed to three candidates or in some cases two. each of these candidates will have one minute to respond. following the named candidates' responses, other candidates may elect to use one of their three discretionary time cards, which they have all been provided. to speak to the question for one minute as well. we ask that after the candidate uses the card, they deposit the card in the basket in front of them, so each candidate, in fac

i will make haste. so, in district 7 we have john muir bike lanes, buffered bike lane facility installation in october of 2012. 19th avenue median improvements moving into construction. this is construction of local median plantings along 19th avenue from lincoln way to wawona. the west portal [speaker not understood] these are both -- dewey traffic calming project [speaker not understood]. the projects were a bit delayed but they were delayed so they could be coordinated with each other. they are both moving forward at this point. there are several traffic calming projects in district 7, over 30 from seven difficult aren't traffic calming plans. we provided the maps with all the plans and the status of all the specific small improvements within your packets [speaker not understood]. the majority of the project should be near completion by the end of this year. pedestrian refuge island, this is complete, 19the avenue pedestrian signal, same project as district 5. continental crosswalk conversion, this i

hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i support h.r. 5544, the minnesota education investment and employment act. this bill will rectify a decades-old injustice that was impose by congress during the carter administration to ensure that funding for schools and education in minnesota is carried on. when minnesota became a state, it received certain parcels of lands from the federal government set aside to help fund education. these lands known as school trust lands were specifically established to provide funding for minnesota public schools. responsible timber management, mineral development and other economic uses of these lands would generate the revenue that would benefit every child in the state. however, in 1978, congress designated the boundary waters canoe area wilderness in a portion of these trust lands -- and a portion of these lands became trapped inside the wilderness area

he also got his law degree from uc hastings law in san francisco. according to the white house, all were killed in the attack on the us consulate in bengmazi. it was an angry group shooting employees and setting the group on fire. this group was angry about a viral video made by a man from southern california and that group thinks that video mocs their muhammed prophet. chris stevens had been working as a diplomat to libya since 2007 and this morning, i talked to one of his former colleagues at the state department. >> chris went to libya when things were far more unsettled than they are now before gadhafi -- before the transition had taken place. he's a gutsy guy. he will do his job and do it with a big smile. >> reporter: and stevens was the career foreign service member, an expert on the middle east who spoke both arabic and french. a short time ago, i received the dean from the uc hastings school of law, he e-mailed me a statement about -- he e-mailed me a statement about his death. and he said he was performing the highest role a lawyer can be

. >>> chris stevens studied history at cal in law at hastings. he was killed in an attack with three other americans and the gauzy earlier this month. a big turnout to remember a 12 year-old girl. they gathered apps a cn marine high-school. she was killed thursday when a as you the hid term bicycle parade she was a seventh grader. >>> its seems kind of like tomboyish, kind of thing. she like to pass out sugar cubes a lot. it's sad because i saw her in the morning, she was so sad. >>> friends and released dozens of balloons into the evening sky for a closing attribute. linda yee on the new law that kicks in jerry >>> , on camera a bullet through a red light. a's expensive fine that could top $500 in seven committees. it's says crystal why, but this woman at an allied five times. >>> a computer glitch center tickets anyways. the new regulations make it easier to fire wrongfully issued tickets. cities must locate beat carries based on safety. it prohibits this iused a stitched to gets. the new rules will apply the brakes on a red light cameras, it i

why don't you hastings, fired back, aren't answers that are bs.nd i understand why the investigation by the department of defense as reported by the "washington post" concluded beyond the doubt are unmitigated blank hole. how is that for a response. now, we have gotten that out of our system, i mean blank off. rinus did not respond to these comments. and they returned to the journal to state department on september 23rd. reporting for news watch, james rosen. >> rick: the diary and cnn finding it and using it as a source for its reporting. would any other news organization have done any differently? >> no. i can't understand white house and state department indignation over the reporting of obvious news. any news organization would have done that. they were trying to change the subject. they wanted to make it what looks now about incompetence or intelligence or failure to respond to an obvious threat. >> rick: we heard james reporting on -- this is an assistant deputy secretary of state, deputy assistant. what kind of way is that to have a convers

from the university of southern california have hastings college it happened on to state government charged the consulate and set fire to the building. protesters but andrew l. a film that criticizes mohammad. is to translate into arabic and posted on you too. >>> don't make of people angry. because they will kill you. pitt >>> the towards the american flag and replace it with an islamic better. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton insisted mid sang is no justification for violent acts. it is not been confirmed by the state department and it is unclear whether they were killed as part of the attack on the consulate in the city. >>> of the sudden 91 people or a kit after funniest look at two factories in pakistan. most of those killed were of a garment factory to achieve today. the shoe factory could be the victims were unable to escape because the buildings and not have sufficient embassy exits or logs or sprinklers. >>> service of the malicious start of last month's fire at the chevron refinery-is the term black and and shot into the side of the newest release as federal investigators o

stevens graduated from uc berkeley and uc hastings law. >>> good news for california job seeks, rates of unemployment expected to improve slowly over the next two years. according to economic forecast, the current state unemployment rate is to remain around 10.7% for the rest of this year. expected to improve to an average of 9.8% next year. by 2014 the state unemployment rate should drop to 8.5%. >>> nation's hispanic voters are the focus of the presidential race with both candidates campaigning in florida today. president obama will take part in a forum the day after mitt romney addressed the same audience. karen travers has more. >> reporter: romney cam -- campaign has tried to change the subject but that video is still dogging the republican contender. last night he was greeted in miami by this sign. at a forum he said he hasn't written off half of americans. >> my campaign is about the 100% in murk. and i'm concerned about them -- in america. and i'm concerned about the fact that over the past four years life has become harder for american. >> reporter: he faced tough questions o

michael hastings, contributor to "the young turks."tone buzzfeed and 78 other publicalationses and amanda marcott. with the xx factor, which sounds fun. guys, let's talk about first mitt romney's speech. john, let me start with you. did you like it? did you think it worked for him? thoughts? >> caller: it reminded me of mondale in '84. he has been writing it for five years and it's probably the best speech he'll ever begin. it was not as raging dishonest as palm ryans. but it was full of lies, raising taxes and i agree with you. i thought the part about his parents was very endearing. it's interesting that they have to bring people in who like mitt romney in lieu of mitt romney being likable. i'm curious if there will be bumps in the polls that will be wiped away next week. >> cenk: amanda? >> romney's thing about wooing more voters will be to get older women to vote for i think he failed. he knew it was his goal. he talked about giving women jobs. but i think it's a story that will leave that particular category a little bit cold. >>

stevens was born and raised in northern california and holds degrees from both cal berkeley and hastingsock college in san francisco. president obama releasing a statement saying, chris was a courageous and exemplary representative of the united states. throughout the libyan revolution, he selflessly served our country and the libyan people. his legacy will endure. i am profoundly grateful for his service to my administration and deeply saddened by his loss. a gunman attacking the consul yesterday. they were angry over a u.s. film ridiculing the prophet muhammad. three staff members were killed in the attack. this is video from outside that embassy this morning. there is concern that violence may spread to over countries. >>> your bank wants you to pick up your phone. the biggest institutions are now making sure you can do your banking from anywhere. for more on that and the rest of your news, we turn to cnbc. >> good morning to you. let's look at the market. futures are higher after the dow closed at level the not seen since september 2007. investors are more optimistic the fed may anno

let's go to "buzzfeed" correspondent and rolling stone contributing editor michael hasting and huff post live host abby huntsman. all right. a lot of stuff going out there in the political world. the reality is none of it is changing the landscape. first question today was foreign policy day. did president obama clear the air? he had been attacked by governor romney for a calm of days running about the response to libya. abby, do you think the president cleared the air and gave a statement that is strong enough about where we stand on the attack in libya? >> i think he did. he was tough when he needed to be tough. there was a level of respect shown by both candidates we have not seen on the campaign trail very much. but i think he weaves throughout his speech ambassador stevens' story. that was impactful for a lot of americans. he touched a lot on our first amendment rights. free speech. he was tough on tolerance and the importance of freedom. i thought that resonated with a lot of americans. it is what he needed to do. >> eliot: michael did he strike that appropriate balance about proce