i have no evidence at this point from what i have seen that classified information was disclosed that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security. reporter: on the high-stakes talks over the looming budget crisis, the president took a hard line on his bottom line. any deficit deal must include tax increases on the wealthy. mr. voters agreed with me on this issue than voted for me. so we have a clear majority of the american people who recognize if we are going to be serious about deficit reduction we have to do it in a balance add way. reporter: there was a real flash of presidential anger on the topic of the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi in libya. republicans lashed out at susan rice, the leading candidate to replace secretary of state hillary clinton. because she initially suggested the attack began as a protest. why would susan rice not get our vote? i don t trust her. reporter: we put that to the president. senator graham said he simp
i m sure they had some questions and were demands some answers because he didn t even expect to raise $500 million. there he was raising $900 million. they re look what happened. you were telling us one thing. it didn t pan out. to be that way on election day. people write big checks. don t get what they want. you have to tell them something, too. but it seems again, what some could interpret deis vicive comments against the very voters republicans need to win back in their tent in order to be relevant in elections down the road. latinos, huge. young people, huge. they went for obama are 60%. so i don t understand why you would continue to say these things if you really want the gop to kind of do better during elections down the road. which is why bobby jindal is distancing himself. and looking to 2016. interesting. moving on to other news, the fda is looking into whether the drink 5-hour energy, we know it here, could be tied to the deaths of 13 people over the last four years
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york. paul, rob, back to you. thank you, mark. well, the president spoke on a range of other challenges he faces after winning a second term. on the budget crisis, the president said he was given a mandate by middle-class voters to protect their interests. and he said again that he wanted the rich to pay more taxes as a way of helping reduce the growing deficit. the president said he would address global climate change as well. one of the hot button moments came when he addressed criticism of u.s. ambassador susan rice. he said critics should go after him not after his ambassador. that really was when the president was most charged up and animated for sure yesterday. really, the it s, senator john mccain, has issue with how this was handled as well as lindsay graham, and lindsay graham with a pretty fiery statement said, mr. president don t think for one minute that i don t hold you ultimately responsible for benghazi. i think you failed as commander-in-chief, before, during an