Shields and Gerson Evaluate Rahm Emanuel's Role in White House

POLITICS -- March 5, 2010 at 6:50 PM EDT

Shields and Gerson Evaluate Rahm Emanuel's Role in White House

With NewsHour regular David Brooks away this week, syndicated columnist Mark Shields goes toe-to-toe with Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson on The Rundown about press reports and other rumblings surrounding White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

The reported infighting is creating a distraction for the White House as it tries to push President Obama's biggest domestic priority -- health care reform -- over the finish line.

Video production by Quinn Bowman.

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