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President obama's numbers. 41% approve his foreign policy handling. to me, those are really tough numbers. the public is saying, we're not sure we approve of how this has been sold so far. >> correct me if i'm wrong, and i follow this stuff pretty closely, foreign policy has long been a place where he was stronger than, say, where he was on the economy, when it relates to people supporting his position, correct? >> i think this is several years after the bin laden killing. which that boosted his numbers. it is interesting, his economic numbers have gone up. but i do think, you know, one thing ...

Campaign, it was folks raising questions about the commander in chief credentials of one barak obama. not just republicans doing it back then, remember, it was democrats like joe biden who were saying he was going to be tested. he was a young senator. didn't have a lot of experience. they obviously believe in chicago, the president has been tested and passed the test, shep. >> shep: and that attack on the consulate in libya clearly put the president, at least to some degree on defense. >> no doubt about it. if you look at our polling in recent weeks, for example, on the question of who do you ...

Independents approve of the president's foreign policy handling, versus 53% who did so last month. according to the this poll. that is a significant drop in a short time. when it comes to foreign policy. and one would think it is surrounding the handling of this situation. back with the panel. steve? >> well, i think that is exactly what it suggests. look, you can't have the middle east, the greater middle east on fire. or these demonstrations across the globe and not have it have impact on the man who has been in charge for three-and-a-half years. people recognize this their gut this is payin...

Did the administration have any sort of heads-up that violence was increasing specifically in libya before the attack? >> i'm in the aware of any, ed. this is a matter that is under investigation in terms of what precipitated attacks, what the motivation of the attackers were, what role the video played in that. >> bret: the answer is changing a bit as the days continue here to the questions about who knew what when and exactly what role the anti-islam video has played. there is new poll out tonight by nbc and the "wall street journal" about the president's handling of foreign policy. it came ...

Think it will get better within the next 12 months. lowest number for the poll since last november. the president still earning high marks on his foreign policy handling, 47 to 32%. job approval with 49% saying they approve, 48% disapprove. >> chuck todd, what's the headline of this poll? >> the negative campaign and i think both the president and romney taking on water. the president had capital to give away in his personal rating, and he's been giving it away. romney hasn't. i mean that's sort of where you look at this. if you're the obama folks you say well, yes, we've -- we're hurting ours...