should have been covered all through the election season. it s the issue of climate change. not one debate moderator raised that as a question. it is about the fate of the planet. that s what the native americans are standing up for right now. the resistance camps are overflowing, thousands of people are there right now, and they are simply saying that they want to protect their water supply, the missouri, the longest river in north america, 10 million people rely on that water. they re not just doing it for themselves but for everyone. the idea that more than 500 native americans and their allies have been arrested, many of them including the tribal chair and the pediatrician arrested for civil disobedience put in orange jumpsuits, strip searched. division of occupy in some ways, but in the middle of north dakota, a come pelling story. happy 20th anniversary.
whether she reported from a convention floor or from the field, whether she sat at the debate moderator s table or at the anchor s deck, she not only informed today s citizens but she also inspired tomorrow s journalists. she was an especially powerful role model for young women and girls who admired her integrity, tenacity and intellect and for whom she blazed a trail as one-half of the first all-female anchor team on network news. so, gwen did her country a great service. michelle and i join her family and her colleagues and everybody else who loved her in remembering her fondly today. so, with that i m going to take some questions. and because josh earnest has some pull around here, he just happened to put at the top of the list colleen nelson of the wall street journal. my understanding is, colleen, this is wrapping up your stint here and you re going to kansas
have something to do with megyn kelly s career ambitions to be something more along the lines of barbara walters style journalist to not necessarily be as confrontational as she is at debates. the role of a debate moderator is different from the role of a prime time special interviewer. look, there s no question that disappointed. those were softball questions, they weren t hard-hitting. when you have the privilege of sitting down one-on-one with a presidential candidate, especially a presidential candidate who has so many unanswered questions such as donald trump, now president-elect, i think it s fair to say the nation deserved more hard-hitting questions there. i can t wait to read the book. thanks so much. thanks to all of you for joining me today. i m carol costello in washington. we leave you with live pictures from arlington national cemetery where the veterans difficult ay is under way. president obama will deliver a veterans day address.
important role as well. what do you expect them to do? what do they need to do tomorrow night to be successful? well, there s going to be a mix of issues that are raised. there has to be in a town hall debate. and there is so much that s out there this campaign season. they are going to have to bring up the elephant in the room, if it the questioners from the general public to not. and how they do that, i don t want to exaggerate how difficult that kind of thing is. trump has apologized for what was said on that tape. a lot of the people who support him all the way are already framing their apologies for it, and their explanations of it and their excuses for it, as we heard your guest earlier this hour. and so you have to be careful as a debate moderator. i also don t want to forget that hillary clinton has some tough choices to make. because how she brings it up, whether she brings it up, and in what manner she makes that punch land will also reflect well or
partisan or pushing an agenda and what they say doesn t matter? i think all the media is viewed with suspicion in these areas, and i think people can dismiss whatever they don t like. i take politi-fact and they do the truth or false, and 32 true comments to hillary clinton. how many to donald trump? zero. if they copt couldn t find one true comment that donald trump made, i would say that s biased. so you think they are partisan? yes. find out 29 statements on each side. thanks very much for joining us. next on mediabuzz, from presidential debate moderator to the bill cosby debacle. we ll look at some of our top interviews this year. and who needs journalist when you have jerry seinfeld driving to the white house.