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Tells a tale of what they hope out of the president on tuesday. >> andy, vice president's answer on libya? saying the white house was unaware of any extra security requested by the u.s. consulate there. it is already been pounced on by mitt romney. and somewhat clarified by the white house. does this pose a real problem for the campaign? >> it opens up a new front for attack from romney and the superpac on which to criticize the president and the vice president. the president has stressed his foreign policy successes, take out osama bin laden among other things. this is another headache for th...

Exactly what happened as opposed to just having people brush this aside. >> reporter: those comments were referring to the vice president who said in the debate that quote we didn't know the embassy had asked for more security before the attack, even though state department officials already testified to the contrary earlier this week. >> all right, peter, thank you very much. safe travels. we appreciate that. let's go now to the president' agenda for today to nbc's mike viqueira who joins me live from the white house. mike a hello to you again. >> reporter: hello. >> let's talk about this o...

You saw it in debate with ryan and biden. this should have been the biggest opening for ryan. and biden actually didn't tell the truth about what the administration knew about this attack. he contradicted his own state department. but ryan failed to call him on it. instead biden sort of cornered ryan into a situation where he ended up defending sort of bush's unpopular foreign policy instead. and so that i think was a major missed opportunity for ryan. and something romney is going to have to be prepared to do in the next presidential debate is really bring out and make that a focus that this ...

Bad for republicans. but again, that's part of the process of the primary where each republican tried to go further and further right on immigration and it was seen -- they were seen as being people who were bashing immigrants. even if they were trying to take a strong stand on illegal immigration. >> republicans have been accused of being obstructionist to this president's attempts at policy making. >> right. >> what's your thought on that? >> if only they could be as kind-hearted and giving and loving as democrats were to george w. bush. it makes me sad sometimes to think of how sweet nancy ...

Night at a university in long island new york not far from you. ohio no doubt about the fact it is very important. the president still enjoys a lead in some of the battle ground polls there. but in his weekly address today he's trying to ensure that he keeps that lead. talking about the auto industry. people associate it with michigan. but there's a great deal of auto industry in ohio as well. let's listen to what he had to say. >> today auto sales are the highest they've been in more than four years. g.m. is back. ford and chrysler are growing again. together our auto industry has created nea...