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And undercover officer which set him up with just 3.5 grams of dough contain a few miles away from the capitol. a law enforcement source said they met at circa restaurant on dupont circle. court papers say he -- they declined, but the undercover officer did say he had cocaine for sale. they agreed on a price, went outside and federal agents approached the congressman. the leadership was careful, say radel needs to focus on his family and get better, but hes sure to get hid from the other side. s...

Judgment call. they are the gate keepers not only for people coming in but also for the what the president is told. andy and mack have been there and keeps the president informed. look at the famous picture of andy card on 9/11 whispering in george w. bushs ear immediately to let them know there was a plane crash in one of the world trade center. thats what a good chief of staff does. >> david, one more question, supporters see president obama as cool and collected. critics say he is aloof and o...

Just how the botched rollout of healthcare.gov is perceived across the nation. its a mix of opinions. nearly equal amongst americans believing that there are short-term issues that can be corrected, long-term issues that cannot be fixed, and those who say its just too soon to make a judgment call. joining me now for our daily fix is chris cillizza. chris, you watch eed hearing. youve taken a look at this poll. we know theres more to come in the poll tonight that chuck todd will have. where do we...

Together or saying time-out, were not ready? >> reporter: historians say sometimes presidents are kept out of the loop for their own protection. take ronald reagan and the iran contra scandal. >> there are some things they probably need deniability on, for example, the government does spy on other nations. >> reporter: at the same time hesz says chancellor merkel may be the least of mr. obamas problems. >> clearly the question of what now we call obama care, thats a loop he had better be in beca...

Responsibility to stop them? when he talked to us earlier this week, he said, no. now today, after the picture was all over the internet, all over the media, and people were pretty outraged at that statement, he took a little bit of a different tact at his press conference. he talked about how he does have a moral responsibility for all children and in hindsight, he should have known there was a confident retirement. drinking or should have investigated, and should have those dreams, theres just...

And its a judgment call, i think, at the park level, exactly what that means. >> reporter: "the washington times" quoted an unnamed park ranger in d.c. who reportedly said, weve been told to make life as difficult to people as we can. >> its nonsensical the things theyre choosing to close down and keep open. >> reporter: like the exclusive gyms on capitol hill which are funded in part by dues. members say theyre open but not fully staffed. and for others an 1870 law make tgs a felony to spend ta...

Another story competing with other stories. where in earlier tragedies we dominated the news, the boston bombing for weeks. i grapple with this -- maybe because it happened here, but i grapple with it and i dont want it to become routine. >> there is a judgment call and a balance. what happened to these families is terrible. we spend a lot of time on this network and even no commercial breaks and i suspect other networks did it as well. there are other issues that affect the american people whet...

In the week it seemed like another story competing with other stories. where in earlier tragedies we dominated the news, the boston bombing for weeks. i grapple with this -- maybe because it happened here, but i grapple with it and i dont want it to become routine. >> there is a judgment call and a balance. what happened to these families is terrible. we spend a lot of time on this network and even no commercial breaks and i suspect other networks did it as well. there are other issues that affe...

People. young people are very -- asked to bail out of the activity at the beginning of the activity, during the activity hour. staff have eyes on the young people, the visiting school personnel are on the eyes of the young person. >> i understand. and listen, sorry for interrupting, but i remember going on -- im from the south. i went on an underground railroad field trip. it was literally sitting in a classroom and learning the history of it. it wasnt anything like this. i just wanted to also r...

That has been really reported of senators and manchin was one of the leading voices that said we should be in session today. hes communicating with carl levin and made the important point they ought to set the tone right now that there ought not to be a political bickering over this and partisan bickering over this and they should set the tone and interacting with each other in a way that demonstrates when it comes to important questions that the parties can overlook their differences and look a...