trust. shannon: the obama administration doing damage control on three months. the white house insists the president did not know the irs was targeting conservatives during the presidential election. but, the way the president is handling the issue along with revealations regarding the doj secret sweep of associated press reporters phone lines and the benghazi investigation have some wondering how much impact this could have on the president s second term agenda. i m shan. we begin with digital politics editor chris stirewald. good to see you today. you are in your scandal black. i m feeling it. shannon: i am. somebody we are are seeing a lot of today, dan pfeifer. making the round on the sunday shows. what does that say about how the white house is treeing to respond to the events of this week? they are trying to keep it as away from the president out here. we are interested in it and care about it but not raising the red alert. not doing the full monte and