more fundraisers and a hastily arranged meeting on immigration. at the moment this president the politically radioactive. he s confronted now with as bad a set and as extensive a set of woes and troubles as any president at any time that i can remember between the va and the terrible situation in the middle east here, iraq and syria. you got this horrible situation downtown border and the terrible political dilemma it brings with it. theers situation is percolating again. this is quite a catalog and quite a burden for him and he, therefore, quite a burden on those who are seeking re-election this year. joining us now from dallas is our own ed henry. ed, why don t you catch us up on the day just to give us a picture of how the white house is dealing with this bitter pill it had to swallow this morning? reporter: pretty fast-moving day. in a couple of minutes you ll have a hard time hearing me because you ll have marine one