bret. >> mike emanuel live on the hill. mike, thank you. a series of policy disasters for the administration and the subsequent explanations all point to a president who many now see as less than fully engaged. tonight, white house correspondent wendell golar goes down the list. >> reporter: from the irs's targeting of conservative groups. >> i first learned about it from the same news reports that i think most people learned about this. >> reporter: the justice department subpoenas of news organizations. >> he found out about the news reports yesterday on the road. >> reporter: to the attack on the consulate in benghazi. >> nobody understood exactly what was taking place during the course of those first few days. >> reporter: the president's most common defense seems to be i didn't know. add the fast and furious gun sting and the culpable deniability is expanded to attorney general holder. >> he's indicated he's not aware of what was happening in fast and furious. certainly i was not. >> reporter: and while he reportedly didn't know about the nsa spying on our allies until