answering. you have to go to denver to get a local radio host? megyn: there were two questions about benghazi. one was from ed henry. but they only had eight questions. i knew that sitting in this anchor chair. they my that. they are the white house press corps. you are telling me these are all issues that matter to some americans. climate change, immigration and so on. but when you only have eight questions and there isn t a question about how we are going to gets the debt under control or what we are going to do about the 23 million americans. i agree about whether he was going to meet with mitt romney was a waste of a question. megyn: if you had 20, go for it. i think we all agree on all sides that that was definitely a waste of a question. i want to push back on this softballing president obama. i think the media has always
we re more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that s health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. megyn: individuals from all 50 states are filing petitions top secede from the union on the white house will have to answer them. trace gallagher live in our west coast newsroom. reporter: we did this story a few days ago, at that time there were only 20 states asking to see seed from the union. now, you look at the maps. all 50 states have residents signing these petitions and now 7 states including alabama, florida, georgia, louisiana,
binds us together that we as americans can stand with each other in our hour of need. now, more specifically, we are now still in the process of as you can see, as you travel around parts of staten island as we through over parts of other parts of the city and the region that had been impacted. there is still a lot of cleanup to do. people need emergency help. they still need heat, they need power. they need food. they still need shelter, kids are still trying to figure out where they are going to go to school. so there is a lot of short-term immediate stuff that has to be dealt with and we are going to make sure that we stay here as long as people need that immediate help. that s fema s primary task. we ll be coordinating closely
megyn: joining me by phone, charles woods, the father of former navy seal tie reason woods who was one of the four americans killed in that attacks and was a hero trying to save the lives of the am bass deern others on that fateful evening. i apologize, the cell phone connection is a little sketchy. by want to get your response to the president s comments. thank you very much, megyn. i haven t really had a chance to listen to this interview. i lilsenned to about two minutes of it yesterday. i was too busy being mr. mom over here, my two dmairts hawaii. but i did write down statement that was made here. and that was apparently the president said i did whatever was needed to protect the lives of those people that i sent. and i really would consider that to be a disingenuous remark.
group called ansar al-sharia. megyn: we have been talking how they went even farther and jay carney told us there was no evidence that this was preplanned. catherine, thanks so much. yesterday president obama testified his administration s handling of the consulate attack that killed four americans. take a listen to this exchange went president and ed henry. i wanted to ask about the families of these four americans killed. sean smith s father ray said he believes his son basically called 911 for help and didn t get it. and i know you said you grieve for these four americans. that it s being investigated. but the families have been waiting for two months. i would like to for you to address the families if you can. on 9/11 as commander in chief did you issue any orders to try to protect their lives?