but he says he will continue to speak out forcefully against violence and extremism. back to you in new york. >> gretchen: peter doocy, thanks very much for that update. in the speech he still didn't call libya a terrorist attack. it's interesting to me that the obama administration and the spokesperson finally said that it was a terrorist attack last week, but the president himself in several interviews and now this speech is not calling it a terrorist attack. is there a deeper mean to go that? is it sort of having it both ways, that you have your spokesperson say that it was, but you still don't say that it is? i'm not quite sure, but it's interesting to note that he doesn't say it. >> steve: i think part of it is the fact that he's taken a victory lap on -- and spiked the ball when it comes to foreign affairs and foreign policy. for him to admit, yep, there was a terrorist attack on my watch, we did have warnings and our ambassador was murdered, that's not helpful to his reelection campaign. >> brian: but he did say america was attacked. he didn't say september 11. he doesn't link it to terror,