A group of journalists covering George Bushs planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction.
Keith (Lombardi), a small-time drug dealer under house arrest at the home of his father (Belushi) in Baltimore, re-enters a community scarred by unemployment, neglect and deeply entrenched segregation.
An ex-con tries to get back custody of her son with the help of an idealistic young public defender and at the same time falls into a romantic fling with a traumatized former US soldier.