Reporter Angrily Walks out When State Dept. Won’t Answer His Question

LEE: "I realize that you don't have a full or complete count of Americans injured, but how many do you know of at least?"
KIRBY: "I am going to avoid giving a specific number because the number --"
LEE: "Yeah, why can't you just say the number that you have confirmed and qualify it by saying it's incomplete and it could rise? The U.S. military has already spoken about one service member in the family. The Mormon Church has spoken. If the State Department is not able to give even a preliminary albeit incomplete count, why? Why?"
KIRBY: Because there isn't a confirmed count right now."
LEE: "You don't have it confirmed?"
KIRBY: "The number keeps fluctuating as you might expect it will in a situation that is --"
LEE: "So is it possible to go?"
KIRBY:  I don't know, Matt. I don't know and it would be irresponsible for me to give out a number now when when the numbers are actually changing literally by the hour. So we know the number that have been injured and we need to again let the medical people do what they need to do '--"
LEE: "I don't understand why you don't give a number that you know for sure right now and say, look, it is early--"
KIRBY: "Because we don't have a number that we know for sure right now, Matt. There's estimates. Estimates only and they keep changing and they go up and they go down and they have all day. And I am simply not going to give out an estimate even that I know was gonna be inaccurate in less than an hour from now when we have better information. And just remind you that this just happened a few hours ago. When we have better information as I said in my opening statement we will gladly and happily provide it to you can you say that you."
LEE: "Can you say that you know of the three missionaries Mormon missionaries at the church --"
KIRBY: "I cannot confirm specific individuals."