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Military strike against our embassy. there was never confusion, there was never confusion about the military nature of the strike. what there was confusion of in benghazi was the role of the video. megyn: okay. thank you both. >> sure. [laughter] megyn: coming up, obama campaign co-chair eva longoria taking serious fire for a very ugly tweet about mitt romney.
Megyn: well, it was five weeks ago yesterday when president obama stepped up to the microphone in the rose garden and spoke about 9/11. the crowds, storming our embassy in cairo x the deaths of four americans at our consulate in benghazi, libya. at this week's presidential debate, president obama challenged governor mitt romney and the rest of america to, quote, get the transcript to prove that he had labeled the attack on our benghazi consulate "terror" from day one. decided to go one better and just play the remarks for you in full. here they are. >> good morning. every day all across the wo...
Investigation. there's no doubt that the kind of weapons that were used, the ongoing assault, that it wasn't just a mob action. >> september 25th at the united nations -- >> there are to words that cause the killing of innocents. there's no video that justifies an attack on an embassy. megyn: well, the benghazi igniting yet another fierce battle at this week's town hall debate. after a man named cary latka stood up and asked the president about the situation and specifically why the state department had refused the requests by those on the ground in benghazi for extra security prior to the att...
The tape was still roiling the middle east, it was still a factor in the debate at that time. and to deny it is just ignorant. and so i think -- >> but the president knew -- megyn: no, to deny it is not ignorant. >> it is ignorant. it's ignorant, megyn. megyn: -- at the benghazi consulate on the day of the attack. >> it was relevant and causing trouble in dozens of other capitals around the middle east. megyn: but not in benghazi. hold on! ambassador susan rice, here's susan rice five days after the president now claims -- >> i want to respond. i want to get a chance to respond to this. >> tha...
"terrorist." they're killers, attackers. certainly no reference to islamist terrorists. the only bleak reference is a mild apology for the video so that front's covered. and it's after his mention of 9/11 that he gets to, well, act of terror. but really seems to be referring to 9/11, and very artfully-crafted speech that gives him deniability all around. megyn: we are actually going to play the rose garden remarks after this break so they can make up their own minds about whether the president was meaning to refer to benghazi. but i want to ask you, now, does somebody take the fall for this? h...