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Sam Donaldson from ABC News asks President Carter "Mr. President, does it seem to you that if you cannot resolve this crisis soon, it may cost you your renomination or reelection? And does it seem to you, that as Harry Truman said and as you have said, the buck stops there, that that would be a fair judgment?" Carter responds "The political connotations of the holding of our hostages is not a factor for me. I've had to make decisions that, on occasion, might very well have been unpopular, and some that I have made may prove to be well advised in the judgment of the American people. But, I've had to make those decisions under the most difficult circumstances, dealing with a nation's leaders who cannot speak for their own country and who constantly change their position and even constantly change their own identity. But, I see no relationship to this effort that I am continuing with the prospects or lack of prospects of political benefit to me or approval in a political circumstance."