that the white house message machine was essentially saying they were standing behind the president s remarks. they did not deny the president s remarks. they even suggested that the president would be backed up by his base and they would support him for those words. then the whole thing changed and the president now denying especially what he had to say about the haitians. this is also the eighth anniversary of the earthquake in haiti which makes the president s statements if you believe he said something about haitians an issue. it certainly does. joe johnson at the white house. thank you so much. i want to discuss we have a lisa as well as chris, a republican strategist and back as well with the ag of d.c. and also we have josh dubois, a contributor who worked on faith, race, and community partnerships under the obama administration.