tv news footage from earlier in the day , rerun now in the early hours of the morning , suddenly this magnification of a man 's head , thick-jawed face , an aging face obscured by dark glasses , skin gleaming with oily sweat , an arm lifted to shield the disgraced congressman from a pack of pursuing reporters , photographers and tv camera crews , there 's congressman edgar waldman being briskly walked into a building by plainclothes police officers .