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

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 -

now enter michael hastings a reporter best known for having written a story for rolling stone a few years back that resulted in the resignation in of stanley mcchrystal. he aoe78d them, why they didn't the consulate and find the diary first. what other potential valuable intelligence was left behind? was any classified or top secret material also left? on the classified material he shot back so you might want to ask cnn they took anything else from the crime scene. 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 di

michael hastings, amanda marcott, and john fugelsang. l shure has been doing a great job in covering this. and now here is the yacht that they're partying on. it has the cayman island's flag, isn't that outrageous, but not a peep. >> i think the press is busy with the pyrotechnics of just the event itself. but i think one of having all these billionaire donors down there, in the past the candidate would spend the whole week there. so brian ross helped to answer the question, why is romney spending the whole week in tampa. because he's meeting with the high-level donors. the reason why they're giving so much money to romney now $10 million and $20 million up to $1 million at times because obama wants to shut down their loopholes that will cost them millions. that will save them in the tax bill when romney wins. >> cenk: there is a story of reporting that david koch specifically would give $100 million to get paul ryan on the ticket for him to be the v.p. but if you do a calculation and paul ryan gets his way, and the capital gains which ar

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

michael hastings thank you for joining us. when we come back, war on drugs.ng to talk about what an unmitigated disaster that is. >> what will you do when someone offers you drugs? >> just say no! >> the d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d [ train whistle blows ] [ ball hitting paddle ] [ orbit girl ] don't let food hang around. yeah! [ orbit trumpet ] clean it up with orbit! [ orbit glint ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling. ♪ eat, drink, chew orbit! ♪ [ dennis' voice ] i bet he's got an allstate agent. they can save you up to 30% more by bundling your policies. well his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. are you in good hands? >> cenk: the director has now made a movie about our war on drugs, and the massive incarceration of african-americans. take a look at the clip here. >> i don't think people fully understand in the inner city these kids are making rational choices. i profiled a girl who was like this. a 10 year old girl. the minute she steps out her front doorway, there are drug dealers ou

that now enter michael hastings best known for having written the story for rolling stone a few yearsack that resulted in the resignation of stanley mcchrystal. he e-mailed, quote, why does the state department search the consulate and find the diary first. what other potential valuable intelligence was left behind? was any classified or top secret material also left? on classified material the answer is no, rinus shot back at him. you might want to ask cnn they took anything else from the crime scene. later on, why do you bother to ask questions you decided you know the answers to? why don't you hastings, fired back, aren't answers that are bs. and 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 usi

let's go to michael hastings, how are we perceived and how all this plays out. give you statements from the muslim brotherhood in egypt, which is really interesting. when you read their english feed michael it says we strongly condemn the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, and the tragic loss of life. that sounds pretty good. but when you read it in arabic. it says, the shura council condemns abuse of the holy prophet. to the english-speaking audience, they say this is horrible. and to the arab speaking audience they say this movie we can't believe it. we have to work with these people. it's a new democracy but their loyalties are a limb mixed. >> right, and we saw the libyan government condemn the attack in pretty strong terms as well. i'll quote my former colleague chris dickey. this is all local government in the end. this is all happening on the local level. the brotherhood wants the governing power. the last guy who had u.s. support was thrown out of office with mobs in the streets. they have to be careful how they present their relationship th

michael hastings is a contributor for current. nistan and the generals and the pentagon for the "rolling stone." he's with buzzfeed on the campaign trail as well. michael on to my conspiresy theory. automates are we the only ones seeing it that way or are we the only ones who find it off in it tale. >> i'm not sure. i think you can account some of this to the fog of war. in the interview an incredible story, and an incredible job by "60 minutes." i saw it from the west pam palm beach airport and everyone at the airport was glued watching this. they said they didn't even know it was bin laden. they were shooting basically any military age male in the house. that's how i interpreted it. they were going room by room, as they were describing it. so i'm not sure if it's a conspires or if maybe there is a lack of clarity in terms of who actually shot him or if they hit him in the head initially at first. >> cenk: when asked by the president by this, they also had an interesting answer. let's watch that. >> he asked who was the one and we

and enter michael hastings from buzz feed.com best known having written a story for rolling stone a fewest ignace of general stanley mcchrystal. and wrote, why didn't the state department search the consulate and find ambassador's diary first, whatever valuable intelligence was left behind, could have been found by anybody searching the ground. and was classified material, the answer was no he shot back, ask cnn if they took anything else from the crime scene they haven't told anyone about. >> and later on, why do you bother to ask questions, you already decided you know the answers to and give answers that rpt b-s. i now i understand why the official investigation by the department of defense reported by the army times and washington post concluded beyond a doubt that you're an unmitigated blank hole how is that for a nonb-s response, now that we've got that out of our systems have a good day and by a good day i mean blank off. he did not response to the fox news asks for italian diplomates, on sunday, september 23rd. reporting for news watch, james rosen. >> rick: so judy, the diary,

hastings women law journal. she talks in depth and you'll hear a story from a veteran attacked at 19 years old. >> michael, i know this is not a comfortable thing to talk about tell us what happened to you? >> in 1974 he was stationed in missouri and one night i was attacked by three members of the military, males and i was raped. >> and he was brave to speak up. he's encouraging others to speak up and get help they need. i hope you'll join me this coming sunday. >> time now to take a look at weekend forecast. >> and what a day for shuttle. >> i know. an incredible day. perfect weather. and so many photos to show you. so i'll get to weekend forecast in just a moment. there is going to be just as beautiful so there is a preview. right now look how gorgeous this s we're seeing high clouds moving in as you can see there looking towards the bay. there is another live picture now from south bay. it's san jose. beautiful day there. 79 for the high there is some filtered sunshine. high temperatures up. up to 88 in fairfield and there is some incredible pictures this is the flyover and there is saying it was thrilling. t