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Behind them? benghazi, irs, and the a.p. and going after the phone records or is this going to be just the start of what is a long slog in battle that may get partisan back and for the with republicans on capitol him. as for benghazi, look. i think from 30,000 feet, this is a really ugly way of viewing how government works. the deputies are in charge. note how late in the process that the head of the cia is alerted of the talking points when they said, hey, we'd better let the director know what we've come up with. at the white house, deputies. at state, it was deputies. they're all doing all ...

Control wednesday for the white house. the question is, is this the way they were able to put this behind them? benghazi, irs, and the a.p. and going after the phone records or is this going to be just the start of what is a long slog in battle that may get partisan back and for the with republicans on capitol him. as for benghazi, look. i think from 30,000 feet, this is a really ugly way of viewing how government works. the deputies are in charge. note how late in the process that the head of the cia is alerted of the talking points when they said, hey, we'd better let the director know what ...

Firms that came through the 2008 collapse relatively unscathed. he's one of the most highly visible, highly regarded fina e financiers in the country and the world. this is a black eye for him and for the firm, there's no question but what he's trying to do in his testimony that's still going on right now is suggest that, you know, you got to put this thing into context, we lost $2 billion but it was our money, not taxpayer money and we've got plenty more money left so we can swallow this and move on, and no harm done. >> cnbc's eamon javers, thank you. >> thank you. looking at mitt romney's...

Obama is way out in front of the former house speaker in pennsylvania. meanwhile, mitt romney is launching an all-out offensive against the current front-runner, he held a conference call this morning with surrogates who work with gingrich back during his time on capitol him. wendy hiller is an associate professor of political science at brown university and richard wolf is an msnbc analyst. what should the white house as well as romney's team make of the new numbers in the fact that newt is solid and strongly in the lead? >> the white house is sitting back enjoying the show. they had so much ...

>> agreed. >> jon: let's move on to the blame came in capitol him. the guys in charge of british petroleum, tolds spill was caused by the failure of a safety device that company built. and that company said bp was in charge and a third company hired to plug the exploratory well didn't do it right and president obama said something about it on friday. >> bp is committed to pay for the response effort and we will hold them to their obligation. i have to say though, i did not appreciate what i consider to be a ridiculous spectacle during the congressional hearings in this matter. you had executiv...