At his First Press Conference today, he talked about the scandal that took down the head of the cia, the looming fiscal crisis that could raise taxes for everyone on january 1st and then, he came out swinging in defense of one member of his team. And Abcs Jonathan Karl was right there in that room asking questions. Jon . Reporter diane, this was a confident president today, eager to lay out his agenda for the coming months, but first, he had to face questions on that scandal that has shaken his National Security team. In his first comments on the sex scandal that brought down his cia director, the president said petraeus failed to meet his own standards, but he also praised him. We are safer because of the work that Dave Petraeus has done. And my main hope right now is that this ends up being a single side note on what has otherwise been an extraordinary career. Reporter he also addressed the central question. Did the scandal put National Security at risk . I have no evidence at this p
and oh, it is fine. that is going to do it for us. have a fabulous weekend. rick sanchez picks it up from here. hello, again, everybody. i m rick sanchez, and during this newscast, there is a live celebration of life on the hudson in new york. in fact, it happens at that very moment that us airways plane made a water crash landing exactly a year ago today. and on a day like this and week like this a celebration of life might be important for all of us. we are going to cover it. you will see it here as it happens. first, to the lives lost and those we are trying to save in port-au-prince, haiti. there is people trapped and still not enough food, still not enough water, and now marine ships and naval ships and coast guard and hospitals are arriving in droves to try to help. the story in haiti is best told by watching. we have been monitoring the feed, and seems that every hour we have something new that no one has seen before. we have this video that came in 45 minutes ago