while the fifth most valuable company publicly listed company in the world, it s global. so he has had to deal with leaders and politics and what we found in previous administrations is, when certain deals need to be made with governments with whom the united states does not deal that well, they tend to reach out to ceos of major companies like the fedex and u.p.s., like the banks and energy companies, so you know, there are cabinet picks of people who have absolutely no experience in doing what they do. rex tillerson does fly around the world and meet with world leaders all the time. i m less worried about that, but he is a very, very strong believer that sanctions are not an important tool. that s an excellent point. i wonder if that was a draw. we ll have to talk about that in the days ahead. msnbc s ali velshi thank you for calling in. joining me is the deputy national political editor at
republican congressman peter king of new york, who heads the house homeland security committee today is asking the white house to turn over more intelligence relating to the benghazi attacks. meanwhile, gop vice presidential candidate paul ryan told a wisconsin radio station friday to expect romney to make libya an issue again in monday s debate. it would be a tragedy in and of itself if it was just benghazi. the problem is, look around the world, turn on your tv, and what we see in front of us is the absolute run unraveling of the obama administration s foreign policy. and i m excited we re going to have a chance to talk about that on monday. back with us in washington, anne kornblut, deputy national political editor for the washington post. and here in new york, adam sorenson, an associate editor at time magazine. thank you both for coming back.
washington, anne kornblut, deputy national political editor for the washington post, and here in new york, adam sorenson, an associate editor at time magazine. thank you both for joining us. adam, i want to start with you. you know, the president s lead, you know, we saw the new fox poll there. he s ahead, but you ve been watching the numbers. that has been shrinking. it s somewhat expected as we get closer to election day, but most polls show he s never trailed this year. now, assuming this does hold, what is romney s strategy, do you think, these last two-plus weeks? i think that he has to romney definitely has to contend for ohio. it s not a place he can simply give up on. he is close and obama was leading before the first debate, probably by as much as five, six, seven, eight points. and now that is a much more narrow race. so i think he can contend there. but really what he needs, he really needs florida and a number of other states to help him close that margin, if he doe
osama bin laden and the rescue of the auto industry. one more thing our republican opponents are just dead wrong about. america is not in decline! america is not in decline! i ve got news for governor romney and congressman ryan. gentlemen, never ever, it never makes sense, it s never been a good bet to bet against the american people. here s the washington post deputy national political editor and white house correspondent for the national journal. good to see both of you. i m impressed you re still awake after these back-to-back weeks. major, let me start with you. did the president do what he needed to do last night? it s fair to say the president s speech was tempered by reality, the reality of dealing with a congress that doesn t see the way forward the way he does, tempered by an
if n his hometown in wisconsin. talk about the tropical storm today, very present in mind for everyone on their way it frl. take a listen. i think we should right now put in our minds and our prayers the people who have been victims of hurricane isaac and those who still stand in the path of the storm. so joining our conversation and deputy national political editor for the national post. for director of communications for american crossroads. good to have you two join the conversation. i think you both heard paul ryan as well there address the fact of of isaac and very present of mind. how do you think romney will be able to use this story and tell it like it is and connect with the voters across the country. he has run the flickolympics