all right, rate the scandals, david remnick. >> compared to what? what are these scandals? irs scandal in which something was clearly being done wrong at a very low level and should be pounced upon and taken care of. the element that concerns me most and it's not because i am a reporter and editor, but as somebody who cares immensely about the first amendment has to do with wiretapping. it has to do with pressure on and possible prosecution of reporters and action against whistleblowers. that is extremely serious. i don't think the irs matter rises to the level despite the republican rhetoric and some commentator's rhetoric of iran contra or watergate. >> talking about benghazi. danielle? >> continues to be the case that the president and the secretary of state could at any moment come out and say, look, we didn't handle this well. we said a lot of things that involved lack of careful investigation. we're going to go back and we're going to fix this. this shouldn't have hap aenpene this way and the public would go, okay, that kind of thing happens. yet, relentlessly refused