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Chance to dispel some of the rumors that have been circulated, some in american media, some over there, that have just been false leads. >> first of all, i think that that episode underscores the issues and why the malaysians seem to be lacking credibility right now. when you treat family members like that. that really would be a polar opposite of the way that this would be handled in the united states. that said, there had been a series of contradictions and walk-backs and statements made by the malaysians that the next day they say well, let's massage that, let's change the facts a little bi...
By a million people. last night was viewed by 50 million people. >> howard, i think what you're seeing today in the aftermath of this debate is the president trying to make the walk backs and romnesia a character issue to undermine any belief that americans may have, okay. i can trust this guy that's not an elite plutocrat. >> the president has been making that since the first debate and it's not clear it's working all that effectively. when people are watching the debate you have 50 million people watching in real time making assessments about the candidates for themselves. if they're watchin...
No protests. >> reporter: she didn't just go on one show, it wasn't an offhand comment which would be bad enough, she went on five television shows to share this narrative. since that period ever time we've had this gradual walk backs and only after the journal of the ambassador was uncovered, other news organizations digging into this and now this blockbuster testimony on capitol hill from two security agents who h who were begging for more help. the fact we only had three station security personnel at one time over this very dangerous period in libya, i think to just regular people watching ...
About is just part of the president's vision for the country. >> right. as obama says, the romney slogan is essentially it's obama's fault. what i want to say about the walk-back is they are now 1 for 1 on walk-backs. this all started because the president said something and had to walk it back. it's never really clear when they're doing walk-backs, it's never actually working out for them, i don't think. but in terms of the vision the president's talking about, what you're going to see him do on thursday is hold his first campaign policy speech which is going to be, you know, a fairly small e...