quickly. we are going to have a lot of work to do. i can't guarantee that we'll do it in the next two years but i'd like to do it in my first term as president. >> reporter: it's possible that governor romney points back to that answer in this very hall. obviously that is one of the criticisms of president obama that he hasn't tackled that. that is showing you that the moderator there tom brokaw was asking the question and something that the debate commission then had a problem with. martha: good point. i do want to ask you a good question about benghazi. i spoke to senator mccain moments ago. clearly he and others in the senate are pushing for more answers from the president about how he could not have been aware of the prior attacks that happened on the ground in benghazi and if so what he did about them. >> reporter: that death tere from senator lindsey graham to the white house very direct and pointed. senator mccain, senator ayotte asking about the previous attacks. you had this uk ambassador