>> these are human beings. in this case this is, this is a man who gave his life for his country. that letter actually means something. megyn: our thanks to reporter dana with kcpq in seattle, and we want you to know that we followed up on this story with the white house. a senior official's response was to tell us, quote, the president honors the sacrifice of all our men and women in uniform and sends hand-signed letters to the families of those who lost their lives. they also wanted to reiterate, the white house did, that the purpose of the call to the eagles was primarily to congratulate them on some green moves they had made at the stadium. but it's already been acknowledged that the president took time to specifically praise the president of the eagles or for giving michael vick a second chance and the president of the eagles described that as the first subject the president