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Such an increase would force giant reductions, about 40%, in everything thats left. and katty kay, with libya on the front pages and sort of this growing scandal over security there, with syria in complete chaos, while we all know the defense budget needs to be cut over the next decade, its going to be hard for the president to press that case, isnt it? >> well, yeah, except that the question is not how much money youre spending but how sbelg intelligently youre spending it. as libya has shown a...

Vice presidents debate performance in a new ad. theyre using it to make a point on spending and the economy. take a look. >> we cant keep spending and borrowing like this. we cant keep spending money we dont have. did they come in and inherit a tough situation? absolutely. but were going in the wrong direction. look at where we are. the economy is barely limping along. dont raise taxes on small businesses because theyre our job creators. leaders run to problems to fix problems. mitt romney is un...

Were looking at, in some of these polls like "the washington post" poll, youre seeing the president over 50% for the first time in several years. thats obviously something thats got to bring relief to the obama white house. >> it does, but hes not at 52% or 53%. i think that if you just looked at the polls and you looked at the totality of the national and battleground states, the president still appears to have an edge, but hes not put the race away. and i think the reason why the debate is so ...

From my experience, unprecedented performance in a vice-presidential debate by one of participant its. >> chris, you know what -- let me interrupt you real quick. what was amazing was some of the topics were, when he was laughing and smirking, one of them, i noticed was the iran, when paul ryan was talking about iran. listen, tai may disagree about how long it takes iran to get a nuclear weapon or how much of a threat iran is, but clearly, iran is a threat, eventually. and the laughing in the sm...

From my experience, unprecedented performance in a vice-presidential debate by one of participant its. >> chris, you know what -- let me interrupt you real quick. what was amazing was some of the topics were, when he was laughing and smirking, one of them, i noticed was the iran, when paul ryan was talking about iran. listen, tai may disagree about how long it takes iran to get a nuclear weapon or how much of a threat iran is, but clearly, iran is a threat, eventually. and the laughing in the sm...

Her stark assessment of americas place in the world and the real story as she sees it with the war in afghanistan and the consulate attack in libya. saying in part, quote, there is a narrative coming out of washington. they are just a poor moderate gentler kinder taliban. its such nonsense. on libya she says, quote, exact revenge and let the world know the united states will not be attacked on its own soil. its ambassadors will not be murdered and the united states will not stand by and do nothi...

>> reporter: both sides are downplaying expectations. a senior aide to the president says romney will be prepared, disciplined and aggressive. romneys debate partner calls the president a tough debater. >> barack obama is going to be formidable, and i think it will be a good debate, but i certainly would not underestimate what barack obama brings to it. >> reporter: john kerrys playing romney with the president. in a weekend memo, republicans urged kerry to press the president on libya and syria...

We hear one question, its a key one, of what she asked the the president in her interview with him this week. good morning, everyone. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." today reaction to a rare reversal from u.s. intelligence officials on what happened in libya. officials now admit they got it wrong. the director of national intelligence office says, quote, we revised our initial assessment to reflect new information. and the intelligence community now believes it was a deliberate and organiz...

Polls. like right now. the first lady spoke to college students in iowa friday, urging them to go into nearby early voting booths to cast their ballots. >> you got a whole month to make it happen. a whole month to vote! as i tell my children, dont procrastinate. no procrastination. make it happen. do it today. >> joining me now, political reporter for "the washington post" felicia somnez and white house correspondent for the hill, amy barnes. good morning. >> good morning. >> so, amy, im going t...

9:15 on sunday morning. bill: you succeed so well. martha: well see about that. i wonder if that videographer can make my husband dance like that. i would like to see that trick. there are new questions this morning what the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., susan rice really knew about what happened in libya when she said that the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate there was a spontaneous reaction to another event. why some lawmakers are now demanding some answers. >> we grieve for those who have m...