al-qaeda affiliated people, the president should have known about that. then afterwards, of course, to say that the president well, when he talked about the terrorist attack in the rose garden, clear leaves not referring to that attack. but leave that aside. why did he go on the view ? why did he go on letterman and these other shows saying that we don t know. we don t know yet. of course we knew. of course we knew. and it is really an unacceptable situation and we need to have the information that the american people need the information about this and it s clear that there is a lot more layers to this onion. steve: absolutely. and tonight at 10:00 o clock right here on the fox news channel, bret baier is going to try to connect as many dots as possible and also we ve got that new news that you broke a moment ago that the c.i.a. chief in libya reported that within 24 hours, they knew it was not a spontaneous attack.
chewy, oatie, gooeyness. and fraudulence. i m in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. ali: good morning, everyone. today is friday, october 179. i m alisyn camerota in for gretchen. fresh off the debate, the two presidential candidates meet again, but not for politics. this time for laughs. i ve already seen early reports from tonight s dinner. headlines, obama embraced by catholics. romney dines with rich people. ali: the best zingers from both president obama and governor romney straight ahead. brian: how good cass katie couric s seat? steve: she got to see everything. the president s explanation for the terrorist attack in libya
i would say you would admit it is not the optimal response to the american people as far as us being on the same page. this is what i will say. if four americans get kimed it is not optimal and we ll fix it brian: i am joined bia veteran and fowner of vets for america who helped to hunt down and capture saddam hussein hutted. not acceptable. that s what it should be. i know jon stewart used the words first and for him to say this is prefer annual and we can manage it. our representative in libbia -
station cables that said they thought it was islamic terrorism within 24 hours, something i reported on september 19, if you remember, within 24 hours, the intelligence community knew that it was islamic terrorists. but this hour goes into that. lieutenant colonel wood, all the warnings he put forward, and the state department, sheryl lamb, is monitoring this thing real time once it s happening, talking to the people on the ground in the operations center and the attack goes a lot longer than people think it went. ali: that s interesting. and we should remind people the lieutenant colonel andrew wood was one of the top security people on the ground there in libya and he was one of the people who had asked for more resources and more back up there. let s listen to a clip of you sitting down with lieutenant colonel wood. why do you think this request is denied? i don t know. i really don t know.
the nba season. steve: so long. brian: what s the chance of us hanging out? whenever you like. brian: whenever i like? take it away. i m going to hang out with my new friend. steve: how long will that last? ali: just like a mosquito. steve: meanwhile, straight ahead on our friday telecast, four americans murdered in that terrorist attack in libya and the president goes on comedy central to say that it wasn t optimal? john mccain s reaction comes up next. you can just about guess what he s going to say [ female announcer ] she did a full day at the office, went home and fed her family. now she s helping her community. no wonder it s hard to focus on her own needs. but she s got one a day women s, a complete multivitamin with key nutrients women may need all in one pill. because our focus is you.