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Guidelines require agents to pursue evidence by the least obtrusive means possible. sending armed agents to his door in the middle of the night is not the least obtrusive means possible. >> weissmann honed his hardball strategy in one of the most far-reaching, aggressive and controversial prosecutions in modern american law, the enron investigation. that probe was high stakes because president george w. bush had deep ties to that texas energy company. so his doj tried to show there would be no favoritism. so they appointed a special task force run by the fbi director at the time bob mueller. t...

The anger that he's feeling here by his fellow senators because what he's hearing from the constituency that elected him is atta boy. >> interesting. dana bash, appreciate it. thanks very much. senior white house correspondent brianna keilar also joining us now. brianna, the president saying there are no winners here. but behind the scenes does the white house feel this was a victory for them? >> reporter: anderson, i think white house officials certainly feel like the strategy this time around worked much better than what we saw in 2011. the president back then negotiated in earnest. this tim...

No reason for the nation to lurch from crisis to crisis. he's warning republicans and the american people are fed up right now. let's go to our senior correspondent brianna keilar. what are you seeing, brianna? >> reporter: wolf, the president's message is his hardball strategy is here to say, unlike in 2011, he did not negotiate with house republicans. he sidelined them instead and fared better because of it. >> after besting -- impossible default, president obama lectured them. >> all of us knee to stop focusing on the lobbyists, the bloggers and talking heads on radio, and the professional ...

I don't think i'm a good candidate, a balding fat guy. second of all, i'd say if i did run for office and win, i'd serve out my term. i wouldn't leave office midterm. >> punch. i'd serve out my term. this is more than a personal battle. palin and rove are the faces of the rift within the republican party. and rove are the faces o rift in the republican party. the right wingers versus the establishment. the hardball strategy are here to argue this out. who should they bet on? is the face of the party that should win? strategizie ining maybe to win . palin or karl rove? >> i'd rather have neithe...