i was flying to norfork virginia to give a speech and when i got to the hotel, the first tower was hiti got on the phone with my deputy and the situation room and the initial reporting was we think it's a mistake, just a tragic accident. i gave my speech and rushed to the airport and by the time we get to the gate all traffic has been grounded. i feel like i need to get back to my post. president bush is making his way back to the white house and i feel like i have to be back at my post before the commander in chief gets back and i don't know what to do so we run into a navy officer at the airport and he says let me take you to the naval station to see if they can help you. now you have to remember it is transitioning to the highest alert. they have people running around with machine guns and here are these two from washington. [laughter] can you help us get home. he said i will see what we can do and he put us in this room and we watched the television like everyone else. the communications that existed with the white house were very spotty just like everyone else because the lions we