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"sorry." and it's their first meeting since bill clinton's recent swipe at bobama care. so how much does the president need the former president? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we'll get to that congressman sentencing here in washington after a cocaine bust in just a second or two. but first, we've got some breaking news coming into "the situation room." these are live pictures from the orlando international airport, where a jetblue flight bound for boston has just made an emergency landing after an evacuation slide deployed in-flight. the plane landed safely. no injuries are reported. we're getting more information. as soon as we do, we'll share it with you, but that story just coming in, a jetblue flight from orlando to boston. back here in washington, a first-term congressman may have been lucky to avoid a jail term. republican trey radel of florida, today, pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and was given probation. the lawmaker who's called himself, and i'm quoting now, a hip hop conservative, that's what he calls himself, now says he's hit bottom. cnn's crime and justice correspondent, joe johns, is here in "the situation room" with the latest on a pretty shocking story. >> it is, wolf. it's a misdemeanor in this case. people in this country get hit with it all the time. but for an elected official of the federal government, pleading guilty in a street level buy bust operation is just a huge public relations problem. it's one of the most saying nothing, the florida complicated relationships in congressman headed in to face washington, so all political his charges. eyes were on president obama and his guilty plea, weeks after former president bill clinton as they met today for the first trey radel was caught in a sting time since clinton's operation in late october. controversial remarks about the drug enforcement administration setting him up, obama care. our senior white house correspondent, brianna keilar, after learning about his illegal is joining us now. so what happened, brianna? activities from an arrested drug >> reporter: wolf, we were dealer. a law enforcement source said studying them very carefully. this is also the first time the two men have been seen together they met here at circa restaurant in dupont circle at since a campaign tell-all the heart of washington, d.c. revealed president obama saying radel told the men, he had drugs back at his apartment and he can only handle clinton a little bit at a time. invited them over. they declined. so a lot of people were watching but the undercover officer did say he had drugs to sell. their interactions to see if they agreed on a price, came out there was any sign of awkwardness. here on the street, and when the a man hug, a handshake, all coke changed hands, that's when smiles as president obama the federal agents approached presented president clinton with the nation's highest civilian the congressmen. the price radel paid for the honor, the medal of freedom. drugs, $260. after the charges were revealed, >> i'm grateful, bill, as well, radel tweeted, i'm profoundly for the advice and counsel that sorry to let down my family, you've offered me, on and off particularly my wife and son, the golf course. and the people of southwest >> reporter: that comment raised florida. i struggle with a disease of eyebrows, coming on the heels of an obama snub revealed in the alcoholism and this led to an extremely irresponsible choice. dishy campaign memoir, "double down." after a round of golf with >> look, in my short time here, i love what i do. clinton in 2011, obama told an >> reporter: he's developed a aide, i like him in doses. reputation as a congressional it's also the first time the men tea party animal. have seen each other since talking points memo circulated pictures of radel drinking and clinton pushed the president, mired in the failed rollout of living large. he's been called a hip hop his healthcare program, to conservative, who according to confront his broken promise that the christian post website, once people who liked their health cited the lyrics of the rap insurance can keep it. >> i personally believe, even if it takes a change in the law, group public enemies song "fight the power" to explain how he feels about dealing with the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people. congress. the republican house leadership was careful, saying radel needs >> reporter: a source close to clinton tells cnn that he was to focus on his family and bet better. but he is sure to get hit hard just pushing obama in the direction he was already headed. from the other side. former aides to both men say melanie sloan of the that while obama is not best left-leaning citizens for friends with the former president, he and his former secretary of state, hillary responsibility skpand ethics in clinton, have a great and washington says he needs to go. >> trey radel needs to go right genuine affinity for one away. he committed a crime. members of congress swear to another. and bill clinton, with his eye uphold the laws, not break them. to 2016, wants very much for >> multiple sources said president obama to succeed. attorney general eric holder and his wife is the current other senior justice officials were kept in the loop in the case, as is standard procedure, front-runner in the democratic field. vice president joe biden, who though the decision to set up the sting was made by greeted hillary clinton at the white house today, is a distant investigators. a senior law enforcement source second to her in the polls. said the decision to target neither will be able to win the white house unless president obama's approval ratings rise radel was a judgment call and not just based on his office. investigators wanted to know from the doldrums. and so the fates of president more about his relationships and his connections. >> you know, a lot of us remember a few years ago, there obama and the clintons are very was a republican congressman from western new york who much intertwined. and sources in both camps tell tweeted a picture, a self-y, if you will, of himself without a me, wolf, that that far shirt. there it is right there. surpasses any of these slights that both sides really consider former congressman chris lee. the speaker at that time, john to be very minor. in fact, one former aide going boehner, he had zero tolerance. as far as to say, and i'm he basically told this guy, quoting here, but i will also you're out of here. and he resigned in a nanosecond. and this time, they're showing a say, abbreviating, it's bs, lot more patience with this quite a dismissal. >> you're abbreviating well. other republican freshman congressman. >> i suppose it all has to do thanks very much for that. about the specific case. let's bring in gloria borger, in his example, there were john king, along with eleanor questions about whether there might be other things coming clift of the daily beast. down the road that could embarrass him or the congress. guys, thanks to all of you. these two people, bill clinton, but many people take your point, that i spoke to today, said members of congress have actually been thrown under the barack obama -- >> in one corner. >> how much do they need each bus for less than what has happened with trey radel. other? >> these are men of substantial >> we'll see what happens to ego. they would never say to you, oh, him. all right. i need him. thanks very much, joe johns reporting. i really need him. it's not every day a congressman but in truth, they need each gets busted for cocaine. other, to a degree. let's dig a little bit deeper i think, look, bill clinton's right now with hln law enforcement analyst, mike wife going to run for president, brooks, who's joining us right would he like barack obama to be in his corner? now. you served, what, 26 years on yes. the d.c. police force, mike. will barack obama be in his what's going on here? corner if she's the nominee? yes. did this guy get off light? do they have a history? yes. are they politicians who can do is this usual -- business as usual? what do you make of this? >> well, wolf, he bought 3.5 what they need to do to get grams. on the street, they call that an things done? eight-ball, because it's an sure. so i think the bs is kind of -- eighth of an ounce of cocaine. >> you wrote a column ton daily beast suggesting that hillary so it's for personal use if he had bought more, he could have been charged with possession clinton's maybe presidential with intent to distribute, which fate depends on how barack obama would have been a felony, and does. >> right. probably would have got an a successful two-term barack harsher sentence. obama would give her a but with the court docket the substantial lift into the next presidential race. way it is in d.c. superior >> what about less -- court, wolf, a year's probation >> if it's less than successful, is, i would say the norm in she'll have to be accountable for it, as she'll be accountable for the clinton years and she'll have to define her own path washington, d.c. especially like for a first offense like this forward. she's got a complicated set of congressman has of simple possession of cocaine. circumstances, but i think obama >> if he weren't a congressman, needs clinton. he may need another one of those day didn't know he was a life rafts, just like the congressman, would he have been president provided at the busted to begin with in that democratic convention in '12. sting operation? there's upcoming midterm >> absolutely. if you look at the court papers, elections. clinton knows how to campaign. it says this was part of an so barack obama needs both ongoing investigation on drug clintons, plenty. trafficking in the washington >> you and i, john, we've metropolitan area. and it was involving the dea, covered both of these. the fbi, and most likely bill clinton we covered, he's unique as far as a campaigner is metropolitan police, a drug task concerned. >> he's unique as a campaigner, force, if you will. but you know, they had gotten but that experience is vital. and the current president can word from his acquaintance, who draw on it. in 1994, the democrats got wound up probably being the crushed in that mid-term federal source, that there was a election. also remember, it's about health congressman, who had, on several care. bill clinton had to recover. occasions, wolf, bought cocaine he had impeachment, he had to in washington, d.c.. >> well, so how far -- is this recover. guy totally, you know, president clinton knows about how to come back from low extraordinary case right now? you know, a lot of us have seen ratings. >> hold on a second. our own chris cuomo on "new day" that series "house of cards." what's going on in washington as today, he had an extraordinary far as members of congress are news making interview with senator ted cruz, a rising star concerned, he blames -- this guy in the gop, a favorite of the blames his alcoholism for the tea party. they spoke about obama care and cocaine problem. what's going on here? >> well, wolf. if you look at time he has been here, he's a freshman chris had this exchange. let me play a little of that congressman, as you pointed out. so he's only been in washington interview because it's generating a lot of buzz. >> how can we say that it's not for ten months and that says to me as a former investigator, he had the right connections, if working when it isn't you will, for someone who wanted implemented yet? how can you say premiums are to buy drugs. he was only there ten months. skyrocketing when they haven't he had the connections already. put the plans into effect yet? you being a little dangerous had bought cocaine on several with how much political spin you put on something that's so occasions in d.c., but, again, central to the well-being of so he had an acquaintance who most many families? >> well, i appreciate the likely was an informant for the adjective you tossed my way. dea or the fbi, and that's how you know, john adams famously he got busted. you know, wolf, how does a said, facts are stubborn things. here are some facts. about 100,000 people have signed congressman in washington, d.c. up and gotten new insurance think that he or she is not going to get busted for buying under obama care. drugs on the street? about 5 million people have lost people talk. their insurance off a obama care. those are facts and those are there's a lot of informants in washington, d.c., for a number real people that can't be spun of different cases. away. you know, when i go back to this was not too smart on his texas, i travel the state and i see people all the time who come up to me, men and women across texas, and they grab me by the part. >> obviously, and he's got a serious problem with the shoulder and they're afraid. alcoholism, as we all know as well. they say, ted, you know, i just thanks very much for that, mike lost my health insurance. brooks. we're just learning that i've got a child with diabetes. i need my health insurance. i'm scared. congresswoman grace mang of new please, stop this from york was robbed and hit in the happening. those are real facts. >> and what do you say to them, head right near capitol hill last night. there you see a picture of her senator. when they say, please help me, office. the new york democratic what is the fix that you offer congresswoman was robbed as she them? walked towards her apartment alo after having dinner. i looked at the list of bills the suspect took her handbag and you sponsored and there's not one that offers a current fix to fled. she suffered a bruise on her chin. she underwent a cat scan at a the existing laws except get rid washington, d.c. hospital. she resumed her normal of it. activities today, her office >> that's the only one that will said, and she participated on work. votes on the floor. all of the band-aid fixes that we hope she's going to be okay. the president is pushing won't up next, we have new details on the stabbing of a lawmaker by fix the problems. his mentally ill son. they have great plans like, if did officials do enough to get you like your plan, you can really, really, really keep the son the care he so them. but if they were passed into desperately needed. law, it wouldn't fix the problem and you heard the national security adviser to president if for the 5 million people who obama, susan rice tell me here lost their health insurance, they wouldn't -- >> you don't think you have a responsibility as a u.s. senator in "the situation room," 24 hours ago, that the u.s. does to do better than that in terms not need to apologize to of offering a solution in terms of what to do next? afghanistan. is that the whole story? >> well, i, i -- i appreciate there are new developments happening right now. your trying to lecture me in the morning. >> no, no, no, none at all, senator. i'm worried, the same as you, anyone who looks at this situation that has worries -- >> sir, you're worried that you speak out for the 5 million people who have lost their i got this. health insurance -- >> absolutely, we've been [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? covering it doggedly. the problem is, i don't have the power to fix it, you do. that's what a u.s. senator does, [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. is you sponsor a law. i hope he's saving. it's not a lecture, it's a concern. i'm asking, what are you doing i hope he saved enough. to do about it? >> well, and i share that who matters most to you says the most about you. concern and have every day been at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, working to highlight the and they matter most to us. millions of people who have lost their job because of obama care. whether you're just starting your 401(k) the millions of people who have been forced into part-time work. or you 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with health insurance. no, not that. >> and senator cruz, i'm sure, is familiar with the numbers in i was thinking about getting a tablet as a gift... verizon has tablets. texas. they got a lot of them? it's one of the states that has the biggest slices of the accessing brain information... yes, they have a lot to choose from. unshudder. but at this moment, because the did you really just... and now you can get $100 off any tablet. thanks, wayne. president's health care plan is so unpopular, if you want to be save like never before on any tablet at verizon now. the opposition party, the safest place politically is to just beat it up and not get into the get $100 off any tablet. complicated and controversial plus trade in your old tablet for up to $150 or more. policy ideas about how you would replace it. but to be a governing party, that's powerful. verizon. can you move your beverage away from the keyboard? you'll have to do that. governors have to do that and it's making me anxious. 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eleanor, good to have you here in "the situation room." up next, claims of up to 200,000 people now dead in syria's civil war. a new fear it may be spreading.
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