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President obama has played the difficult role of consoler and chief before most notably after the tucson, arizona massacre that wounded congresswoman gabriel giffords, each time one of these incidents happens he reacts not as a president but as a parent. flags were lowered to half-staff at the white house and at the capitol building yesterday. politicianss from all parts of the country and obviously both parties issued statements condemning the shootings, although some took the opportunity to pr...

Slide it to make sure the police were telling the truth. npresident obama finds himself in the role of consoler and chief as he leads a stunned and griving nation . here is the reaction from the nations capitol, james, i know that yesterday, the country watch anernings -- american president make emotional comments. >> it is by and large official washington mourned as one. president obama as we reported strugiled to keep his composure in the briefing room yesterday. contrast of the emotionalism a...

You. we all remember president obamas poised and poignant performance as the consoler in chief at the memorial service held after the tucson, arizona massac massacre. in the make of newtown, mr. obama found it difficult to keep his emotions in check. he appeared in the press briefing room names after james s brady, the press secretary wounded in the shooting attack on president reagan. in the weekly radio address the president was a bit more composed. >> the majority of those who died today were...

But the truth is i was moved by his words but hes not just the consoler in chief, hes also the commander in chief. and i think this is one of those areas where hes just fallen short and now is the time for him to get it together. >> what do you hear from mayors around the country? obviously theyre signed on to this and a part of this organization, but how adamant are they for change? >> mayors are the ones who deal with this every day. and they know how to do it in a way that is consistent with ...

Tremendously distracting, personal story, for literally, tens if not hundreds of thousands of people in isaacs path but the rest of the country goes on and that is what the republican campaign has done. they recognize in a country this large that faces so many challenges simultaneously, wraps it is possible to hold a national political convention at the same time a hurricane lands. insofar as at the storm slowed things down and held up in new orleans and stalled there for a few days and brought ...

Altar. we have seen this role before for president obama, for presidents past, where they have to pay the role of consoler in chief. he generally was considered to have done a very important job back in arizona when gabby giffords was shot. but its even more complicated than that, isnt it? if it was only as simple as saying im sorry t would be quite a different story. >> you know, these are challenging occasions for any american president, chris. and weve seen that president obama is good at thi...

Who is now an nbc news political analyst. also larry, director of the university of virginias center for politics. gentlemen, thank you for being with us. layer why you, let me start with you. i mean, this is -- one of the most difficult jobs a president has to be consoler in chief. all of us remember in arizona and gabby giffords shooting. when the president came there, we remember president george w. bush standing with megaphone in ground zero. there is a long history, is there not, of preside...

John, the president will be in colorado today to meet with the grieving families. it is not a role any president relishes, the consoler and chief. president obama seems to understand the importance of it. it does help not just victims families but the country, no? >> no question about it. a lot of the role of the presidency is to serve as the symbolic leader of the nation in terms of governor and moments like this where you try to strike a tone appropriate to the moment. we have seen presidents ...

Life-threatening injuries, so much healing needs to be done here, both at this vigil and by the president. joining me now, former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, and eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winning columnist for "the washington post." as we wait for the president, gene, you have to think of the many difficult things that the president has to do, being the consoler in chief has got to be among the most difficult. >> it has to be. president obama has done it before, you recall in the -- ...

Convincing pakistan to reopen a key supply line on the border of afghanistan for nato and u.s. troops. the presidents irritation at the stalemate was clear when he opened the summits morning session publicly thanking karzai, russia and central asian nations who he said, "continue to provide critical transit for supply" pointedly leaving pakistan the president sitting just a few feet from him off list. later that day he did meet with president zardari and acknowledged very cautious optimism about...