0 17 days later, the gun was fired at the president but the bystander grabbed her arm and she missed ford. ford is the only american president to be shot at by a woman. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i'll see you in ex-week. stay tuned for "reliable sources." cbs' "60 minutes" took one minute and 15 seconds to correct its report on benghazi. correspondent admitting she was misled by a key source who claims he was there. >> the most important thing to every person at "60 minutes" is the truth and the truth is we made a mistake. >> for some the apology and retraction were not enough. dan rather who was ousted after his own "60 minutes" firestorm several years ago was quick to point fingers skyward. >> whatever happened and whatever any blame there is to assess, it starts at the corporate top, the top of the corporation and runs through the top of the news division. >> everyone is playing the blame game when it comes to president obama's health care reform. if you asked the president, he thinks some of it falls on the news media. >> part of this job is things that go right, you guys aren't going to write about. the things that go wrong get prominent attention. that's how it's always been. that's not unique to me as president. and i'm up to the challenge. >> and speaking of blame, when it comes to climate change, most believe humans are responsible. more than 190 nations met in poland to discuss how to address the problem but who gets the blame when a topic this big gets so little attention? and finally, media attention of another sort. >> the great ones always return. when they do, one thing is for sure. their hair will be perfect. >> we haven't seen you in a while, america. you haven't changed a bit. >> ron burgundy is back in the anchor chair here in washington in a museum. as he knows so well, it's all about ratings. i'm frank sesno and this is "reliable sources." good sunday to you. sometimes the best arbiter of prime time news is late-night tv and last night's media rode kill w was rob ford. he wasn't the only victim of "saturday night live's" drive by. >> i'll go on a show where people will believe anything i say. >> mr. mayor, what show would possibly believe you? >> i have never done crack. >> i believe you. >> i have also never smoked pot. >> i believe you. >> harsh. it's been three years since "60 minutes" broadcast it's discredited story on the be benghazi attack but this week's apology left more questions. how could a show like "60 minutes" get something so wrong and why has it not been more forthcoming about what actually happened? to discuss that here in washington, terence smith, former cbs reporter. and errol lewis and dylan byers and also lynn sweet. this has to be tough for you to watch. what does cbs need to do? >> they need to rereport the story and explain what happened. not just say that we're sorry. mistakes were made. that's not good enough. i think you have to go beyond that to preserve the credibility of cronkite. >> one of the things we learned is within the investigation inside cbs, al ortiz is supposed to do the investigation and he's investigating maybe his boss. is that an investigation? >> it has very little power here. for instance, jeff at cbs is executive producer of "60 minutes" and chairman of cbs news which means whatever ortiz finds in this investigation, he has to bring back to his boss, which is jeff. how do you conduct an investigation. the smart move would be to bring in someone from cbs corporate and therefore you can have perspective. >> or someone from the outside if you really want to get serious about it. >> lynn sweet, some people may think this is media naval gazing. when i posted on my facebook page that we would have this conversation, i asked for questions. an old friend who used to be a cia spokesman said here would be my question. if cbs were doing an investigation of malfeasance, would they accept an answer of we made a mistake. sorry. obviously not. why is this a sufficient response for them? >> i agree. it's not sufficient. you don't need an investigation to know certain things already. the source that they relied on was writing a book for one of the cbs publication companies. they didn't reveal that. i don't think we need an investigation to know that that should have been revealed and/or should have weighed heavily on them when they evaluated him. and the reason why the show is the gold standard is they have the luxury that a lot of reporters don't have which is time and resources and that makes the bigger they are, the harder they fall and it makes everything they're saying so much more important and they have to say what happened. >> there is and should be -- this is important for people to realize. a higher standard when you are alleging wrongdoing in your journalism. >> that's exactly right. and, you know, lynn's point is very important. it's not just wrongdoing or a mistake. when you have a year and time is not an issue. when you have the reputation of "60 minutes" and resources of cbs news, it's not like you ran short and didn't have enough money for a fact checker. there is something seriously wrong. there's something they need to explain to their shareholders and viewers and public at large if they want to keep that position. on one level, you know, people have the freedom to say i think nbc or abc is now more reliable than cbs news and to a certain extension they may imagine that but that's how this gets resolved. if you don't like it, don't watch us as much. >> the obvious question in this case may not actually have the obvious answer. lynn raised it. did they vet this fellow, this main source, properly? no. why? was it because he was writing a book for a cbs subsidiary. i don't think so was this supposed to sell books? i doubt it. something went wrong here and they ought to explain it. >> go ahead, dylan. >> one of the things that might have gone here is an institutional problem which is that "60 minutes" exist in a silo at cbs news. >> is that what dan rather meant when he said follow this to a top or is that just sour grapes? >> you can throw someone out there under the bus and in case in 2004 it was dan rather. >> no one is under the bus now. >> the suggestion you put out logan and maybe if you let the water go under the bridge for long enough everything will be fine. there's actually a big problem that goes to the top and part of the problem is that they are in a silo and didn't rely on resources of cbs news. >> one other thing you started this segment showing how "saturday night live" lampooned real life, this is real life repeating what happened in hbo's newsroom where they had a bad source on an important international story. >> let it be shown that the source they used and story they were telling actually originated here at cnn and a problem that cnn had years ago where there was ultimately outside investigation to look at what went wrong in the interest of explaining to the public and understanding the role and responsibility that journalism plays and transparent it should be. terry, on that point, one thing we haven't heard is who's responsible for what? in bbc, they call them news presenters. these are producer driven stories. shouldn't we know who did research and writing? we don't know. >> particularly if as they said this was the result of a year of reporting, a year of reporting and you don't find that your principle source is false, is wrong in this case. so who's responsible? they all are. dan rather may have sour grapes. it may or may not be but his point is valid that responsibility goes up to the top. >> we'll take a quick break. when we come back, we'll take up other topics in the news. right now, there's extreme weather out there. cnn is watching that very closely and candy crowley has that. >> there is some potentially dangerous weather that could develop today in the midwest. meteorologist samantha mohr has details. >> yes. we have a particularly dangerous situation developing here across much of the midwest in through the ohio valley today. right now our main area of concern is right here in wisconsin where we're seeing some tornados and funnel clouds forming right now. a report of one that has made it by a trained spotter has seen the funnel cloud here. we'll take it out wide. this tornado warning will be in effect until 10:30. this storm is rocketing to the northeast at 50 miles per hour. it is really moving at quite a pace here. we'll see large hail associated with it. once again, with this cell a trained spotter has reported a funnel with this particular area of circulation, this particular thunderstorm. and this larger area here. that's the dangerous situation area. you can see we're looking over the chicago area. chicago is included in this watch area. the severe thunderstorm watch area for this particularly dangerous situation until 4:00 this afternoon. this is the area we are most concerned about here. as we take you into the midwest, you can see that this explosion of thunderstorms is happening with all of the moisture heading in ahead of this very cold frontal system so this is the first time in a long time since 2005, candy, that the storm prediction center has issued a high risk for severe weather development including long track tornadoes where you see this pink color here. we've only had it six times in november in the past 25 years. that's how rare it is to see this type of severe weather outbreak in the month of november. so we'll continue to watch it as things unfold. >> thank you so much, sam. cnn will be following this story throughout the day and bringing you updates as they become available. back now to frank sesno and "reliable sources." >> when we come back, we'll rejoin our panel and we'll look at an apology from the media that took 150 years to make. at humana, understanding what makes you different is what makes us different. we take the time to get to know you and your unique health needs. then we help create a personalized healthcare experience that works for you. and you. and you. with 50 years of know-how, and a dedicated network of doctors, health coaches, and wellness experts, we're a partner you can rely on -- today, and tomorrow. we're going beyond insurance to become your partner in health. humana.