eleanor rosevelt famously would go out in the country in the depths of the great depression and bringstories to fdr, primarily because fdr was in a wheelchair and couldn't do that. compassion has to be outsourced to first ladies. the president had to be convinced by his wife and daughter that this was a bad idea. why didn't he come to himself? ted cruz apparently didn't need his wife to know that this is something that shouldn't happen. >> i was just going to say forgive us with the pictures, the images that you're seeing. this is obviously a raw feed coming in from the first lady. go ahead. >> i was just going to add that there is a political factor here. the president and the administration had a really difficult time with it. this is showing a different image. but at the same time, there is a fine line for the president to walk here. he cannot show too much empathy for this because he has the potential of losing some of his base who want him to be harder. at the same time he can't go in the other direction because he might lose some of the moderates if he's too sympathetic. >> let'