the white house is in the 1600 block. ,his is a tweet from g tweeting, dear people of washington, please eat a little faster. it is 1:59 a.m. in the uk and i just want to hear the speeches. ,ome of the guests attending mayor bloomberg, barbra streisand and kevin spacey. asaw kevin spacey earlier, lot of you criticizing c-span for not getting barbra streisand on camera. my guess is, we would have shown her if we had found her by now. i don't know if she's actually there. i think she is. michael j fox as a guest of nbc, along with michael douglas and matthew perry of friends. some of you have tweeted about matthew perry. cnn has actor gerard butler, paul rudd and elizabeth banks as some of their guest. the president and conan o'brien will begin speaking at 10:15 p.m. eastern time or so. we will be live with that, of course. it should all wrap up about 11:10 p.m. eastern time. so g in the u.k., a little while to go before the evening is complete. and we are continuing live coverage. having a chat there at the white house cor

particular white house calls them out by name. so this week it was the drudge report. in the past the white house has waged a war on this network, on fox news, waged war on talk radio, called out individual reporters by name, to smear them in the press or question their coverage and it's all by way of trying to delegitimize whole networks or whole institutions so somehow you're shamed if you're going to the drudge report or tuning into fox news. >> jon: and a person grew up in democratic politics agrees with you. >> i think what you just said is egregious and take it another step what they're doing here. they're actually telling reporters where they're allowed to get their information. they did this in the war on fox news. they said cnn you're leg legitimate and we don't want you listening to fox news and jake tapper stood up, who are you to t >>. >> jon: remember this awful scene last july. 12 people killed, 70 injured when james holmes allegedly released a hail of bullets on an audience watching a movie. he faces the death penal

house once they were in the white house? >> no, not to that degree. the sociables were informal. there was music, there was often dancing. once they get into the white house, the entertainments are much more restricted. they're open to a lot of people, especially the drawing rooms, but they're not, there is not that kind of dancing until actually the end of their term. as their on their way out, the last great drawing room, they actually have music and dancing and people stay until 2:00 in the morning and talk about how gracious the adams are knowing that they are, that they have failed in re-election and it's probably one of the greatest entertainments that they had in the four years. >> next is a question from leroy from kentucky. >> yes, ma'am. i am really enjoying this, this is great. >> thank you. >> were the adams family, john quincy and his wife, were they god fearing people, did they attend church and teach their children things of the lord? i'm a minister so i'm concerned about this. >> thank you. >> yes. louisa's r

the white house has been good. they've been making sure that people are informed and we feel comfortable we'll get the information we need to have. we don't want to interfere and be a burden on the process of this invest gag, so we're trying to strike that delicate balance, showing support and concern for families involved. being able to act where we need to act on anything, but also not be in the way of the secretary or anybody else's involvement of this investigation. >> congressman, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> how is it senator, that americans do not do this, that bostonians, new yorkers, we do not do this. we get up, we walk ahead, on ward throughout the day. how is it that we are less afraid of terrorism in our streets than you are of the nra? >> msnbc contributor, mike barnacle after learning the vote on that bipartisan deal on background checks is all but doomeded. kelly o'donnell gets the scoop from joe manchin, plus, mark sanford will be heading to court for possibly violating his divorce set

she opened the white house on new year's eve. she opened the white house on july 4. thestarted the tradition on south lawn. they are finding ways to do that. they might be doing it with mirrors, because congress does not appropriate a cent for the upkeep of the white house during his term as president. marvin in call from los angeles. >> by next question has to do with the constitution. it says, the electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for two persons, for whom a one shall not be and in have been the end of the same be from theaumont same state. if both of them came from the same county, how can they be president and vice president? my second part is, is it true tyler was called his accidency because of the way he took over as president through because he took over as president? >> thank you for the question. >> first, they were born in charles city county. they were not living there at the time they were elected. harrison was in ohio. john tyler was in virginia but harrison was in ohio. the other question was about -- his accidentcy, whi

as we look at this white house of 1846, sarah polk brought some innovations to the white house. central heating and gas lighting. bring didn't actually em [laughter] let's say they a central heating and asked lighting, she didn't hold o when they put in the gaslight and insisted oval roomite houset rncandn slig, wthhut it wn for the light, the whole white house went dark. the oval room was still lit with the beautiful candlelight. e were experiments. it ultimately failed the esily lot of money. they had to kehe house out of that $25,000 salary. in,e efficiencies did come starting with the polks. >> central heating in the white house must've been a great innovation. >> it must've been a joke. [laughter] i don't thk u uld have beery rm >> other than the alternative. >> got it. >> you wonder, the nice warm fireplace in the right room keeps that room warm. what you are getting at, which is always true for the white house, for every presidency, is that technology is going to change the way president campaign, the way they betray themselves and the way presidential families live. noti

she opened the white house on new year's eve. she opened the white house on july 4. she started the tradition on the south lawn. they are finding ways to do that. withmight be doing it mirrors, because congress does not appropriate a cent for the upkeep of the white house during his term as president. >> next, a call from marvin in los angeles. >> by next question has to do with the constitution. it says, the electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for two persons, for whom cannot be from the same state. if both of them came from the same county, how can they be president and vice president? truecond part is, is it tyler was called his accidency because of the way he took over as president through the death of harrison? >> thank you for the question. >> first, they were born in charles city county. aty were not living there the time they were elected. harrison was in ohio. john tyler was in virginia but harrison was in ohio. the other question was about -- his accidentcy, which don't think he was called. >> one of the nicer questions. >> abs

they arrive at the white house. set the scene for the election and how tumultuous politics were. >> the political process had broken down. there were four parties that ran in 1860. the democratic party that was the one truly national political organization split into northern and southern wings, divided over the issue of slavery. stephen douglass, lincoln's longtime rival and at one point romantic rival for mary's hand is the democratic nominee from the north. vice president breckinridge is the southern democratic candidate. they disappeared in the middle of the decade, they nominated john bell from tennessee, middle-of-the-road and support the constitution platform. the republicans were defined as anti-slavery, but not radically anti-slavery. they were all about containing the spread of slavery. with 40% of the election news of his reached the state's almost immediately to secede. >> the white house that the first lady in here it was the domain of. admired-- harriet lane, for her social skills even though the count

as we look at this white house of 1846, sarah polk brought some innovations to the white house. central heating and gas lighting. >> she didn't actually bring them. [laughter] let's say they arrived. central heating and asked lighting, she didn't hold out when they put in the gaslight and insisted the oval room of the white house be left with candlelight. when they turned on the gaslight, when they shut it down for the light, the whole white house went dark. the oval room was still lit with the beautiful candlelight. there were experiments. it ultimately failed the presidential family a lot of money. they had to keep the white house out of that $25,000 salary. these efficiencies did come in, starting with the polks. >> central heating in the white house must've been a great innovation. >> it must've been a joke. [laughter] i don't think you would have been very warm. >> other than the alternative. >> got it. >> you wonder, the nice warm fireplace in the right room keeps that room warm. what you are getting at, which is always true for the white house, for every presidency, is th

know how would like to the hamlin white house would have differed from the johnson white house? >> how the hamlin white house would have been different. do you have a sense of how he vice president and what happened if he had ascended to the presidency. >> i don't know, i'm sorry. interesting question. >> interesting question. >> yeah. did eliza contract tuberculosis that would eventually have her become an invalid? >> it's hard to know. it was rampant at that time because they didn't realize it contagious. even the grandchildren visiting her, you know, daily in the white house. it would take its toll on them as well. >> how early in her life did she contract it? hard to say. could be after the birth of andrew jr. >> mm-hmm. beginning ofby the the 1860s, it was clear that she consumption. from >> and how often was andrew away as he became more interested in politics? >> considerably. away quite a bit. that's why -- another reason why responsibility fell on eliza. but i've also read different she, in fact, was good at selling and buying stocks. here they came from these very, hum

white house. >> the speech writers at the white house reach out to the funniest people we know outside the white house. and we ask everyone for jokes. and we try to come up with jokes ourselves. usually, we just sit in the oval with him and he reads the jokes out loud. and as he's doing, that he makes edits, he makes some lines himself, comes up with some jokes. >> reporter: in an election year this podium can be a great political weapon. >> it's great to be here this evening in the vast magnificent hilton ballroom, or what mitt romney would call a little fixer-upper. >> reporter: world events often intersect with the president's jokes. take this one in 2011. >> tim pawlenty. he seems all-american. but if you heard his real middle name, tim hosni pawlenty, what a shame. >> reporter: he was initially going to say tim osama pawlenty, but right before the dinner he changed his mind. >> we walk in, we go over the jokes of the president, and he looks at them all and he said, these are great jokes, like

but the whole white house, the atmosphere in the white house was brilliant. i don't think there had been anything like it since dolly madison. he had a flurry with julia tyler but he was only around for eight months and past that, the white house didn't really sparkle, but under buchanan, it sparkled. >> the woman responsible for coordinating life in the white house was harriet lane. who was harriet lane? >> she was the niece of james buchanan. she'd been orphaned at an early age and he took her under his wing. when her father died, i think he was made aware -- made it her guardian. >> buchanan was her guardian. both her parents died when she was about 9 or 10 and he was her guardian. >> legal guardian. >> he took care of a bunch of nieces and nephews. he was a bachelor. >> for the pennsylvanians out there we should mention he was pennsylvania's only president. >> from lancaster. >> we will be visiting the home he built in lancaster, pennsylvania, as the segment continues. as a reminder, we'd like you to be involved. it's more fun when you ask questions. you

but the whole white house, the atmosphere in the white house was brilliant. i don't think there had been anything like it since dolly madison. he had a flurry with julia tyler but he was only around for eight months and past that, the white house didn't really parkle, but under buchanan, it sparkled. >> the woman responsible for coordinating life in the white house was harriet lane. who was harriet lane? >> she was the niece of james buchanan. she'd been orphaned at an early age and he took her under his wing. when her father died, i think he was made aware -- made it guardian. >> buchanan was her guardian. both her parents died when she was about 9 or 10 and he was her guardian. >> legal guardian. >> he took care of a bunch of nieces and nephews. he was a bachelor. >> for the pennsylvaniaians out there we should mention he was pennsylvania's only president. >> from lancaster. >> we will be visiting the home he built in lancaster, pennsylvania, as the segment continues. as a reminder, we'd like you to be involved. it's more fun when you ask questions. you can

that's the way the white house should act because of the power of the white house's words. >> and you know, ari, we talk about the importance of that word. when people hear terrorism, a lot of them jump immediately to think al qaeda or they think of something like that and perhaps that's why there's so much caution with the word, at least on behalf of the president. but, you know, our tom fuentes said that this was a coordinated preplanned multiple explosive device event and that is a terrorist attack no matter how you consider it. i mean we have no idea who is responsible. it could be a disgruntled worker. it could be an anarchist. it could be a person inspired by foreign elements. we don't know. if it is someone domestic with a personal issue or issue against the government, in your view, is that still terrorism? >> first of all, i'm not interested in what he calls is, that's not the big issue for today or tomorrow. now this reminds me many ways of the anthrax attacks where we always thought it was a case of domestic source, domestic attack. we saw no evidence it was a foreign attac

don't get any closer to the white house. they just sort of made a larger perimeter of whyer circumference as you can see. there are uniformed secret service officers who have been out there. i looked over and they are still out there several hours after these explosions going off in boston. just as precautionary measures but they are on higher guard. >> precautionary measures here in new york city as well. is it your sense that this this night is just beginning there. >> yes. >> shepard: we will hear more from the white house itself? >> i don't think we will hear from white house officials publicly. you are right that it's doubtful the president would come out a second time unless there was some dramatic development. i think they are content tonight to letted investigation go forward. let people around boston and the world to grieve tonight. we heard the president say that the entire nation is praying tonight for boston. that is for sure, obviously. but in terms of what is happening here, yes, they will be telling me the qua

they arrive at the white house. set the scene for the election and how tumultuous politics were. >> the political process had broken down. there were four parties that ran in 1860. the democratic party that was the one truly national political organization split into northern and southern wings, divided over the issue of slavery. stephen douglass, lincoln's longtime rival and at one point romantic rival for mary's hand is the democratic nominee from the north. vice president breckinridge is the southern democratic candidate. they disappeared in the middle of the decade, they nominated john bell from tennessee, middle-of-the-road and support the constitution platform. the republicans were defined as anti-slavery, but not radically anti-slavery. they were all about containing the spread of slavery. lincoln along with 40% of the vote, the news of his election reached the state's almost immediately to secede. >> the white house that the first lady in here it was the domain of. harriet lane, admired for her social skills

the white house correspondents dinner. last year, tom brokaw criticized this event for having too many superstars and a-list celebrities. when i told him i would be attending this year, he said, that is more like it. [laughter] that should not be funny to you. but this is really a star- studded event. this year, you have taken it to new heights. i have to congratulate you. it's. you have some of the guy from "duck dynasty." which can only mean one thing, the guys from "storage wars" said no. i always hated that one. as some of you know, this is my second time speaking at this event. i was 18 years ago in 1995, a lot has changed since then. today you can get real-time information on world events from something small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. back in 1995, we called that george stephanopoulos. [laughter] i can see if george is here because there is a crouton in the way. [laughter] it is amazing to think how much our country has changed in 18 years. think about it. if in 1995 he told me that in 2013, we would ha

white house. >> the speech writers at the white house reach out to the most funny people we know outside the white house. and we ask eveone for jokes and try to come up with jokes ourselves. usually we just sit in the oval with him and he reads the jokes out loud. as he does that, he puts in edits, throws in lines and comes up with a joke himself. >> in the election year, this podium can be a political weapon. >> it is nice to be here in the vast hilton ballroom. or what mitt romney would call a little fixer-upper. >> world events often intersect with the president's jokes, take this one. >> tim pawlenty, he seems all american, but if you heard his real middle name, tim hosney pawlenty, what a shame. >> he was initially going to same tim hosni, but he changed his mind. >> he said they're great jokes, like them all. there is one line i would change, osama bin laden has been played out, we don't need to talk about him. >> played out, he was about to become big news. >> osama bin laden is dead. >> i

bernie literally had the all access pass to the white house. he can go anywhere. >> host: to ask about this photo because the president is on the south lawn of the white house. you could look straight out. can people see him on the jogging path? >> guest: is so unique because of the way it is laid out. typically you couldn't see anyone. it was almost like he was completely alone, but obviously there's thousands of tourists outside. it's a really interesting place and how it's laid out. >> host: here is another visit. this is miss beazley in this picture. >> guest: miss beazley was more affectionate and really enjoyed writing. the president to play with her love. these types of light moments have been literally seconds and then it's back to the seriousness of the day at the meeting. it was amazing how quickly things transition from very intense and serious to light and funny to back to serious. the whole day was like that. >> host: you write in here and should say in "front row seat" there's a page or two of text introducing each type. you say h

held at arm's length by the media and the white house. we are not loved but that's a good thing that means we are doing our job keeping the media and administration accountable. keeping them honest. if they weren't they would love us because as conan jocks.x is like the i attended the white house correspondence dinner with pride. proud to get the cold shoulder by some, actually many because that cold shoulder is a thundering affirmation that i'm playing for the right team. >> bob: wow? >> kimberly: i thought we were treat sod well. everybody was so happy to see us. >> greg: enough, dana. >> dana: how i'm afraid to go to baseball games. multitask get hit by foul balls or maybe home run. kelly nash who works for sun sports from massachusetts. she was taking this picture then she went to text it and she realized how close that ball came to hitting her. i took this -- eric asked me if it was photo shopped. i don't think so. i think it's real. >> i don't think it's photo shopped. that's why i don't go to football games -- baseball games -- gam

white house. >> this is the earliest existing house. they lived here in the 1830's and 1840's. >> she was educated and taught school. >> she would work. the north and south fought all over the civil war. it changed hands 26 times. they did have domestic help. >> it was used as a hospital, it was used as a place to stay and it was destroyed. >> eliza wasn't able to get out much. >> she brought home many gifts. >> this is the room she returned to. >> she is obscure. she's who he needed. >> abraham lincoln's assassination weeks after his second inaugural shocked a war- ravaged nation. johnson's wife eliza was 54 years old when she was thrust into the role as first lady. he navigated the end of the civil war, reconstruction in the south and his own impeachment. this week on "first ladies, the life and times of eliza johnson." we learn more, let me introduce you to our two guests. jacqueline burger is in the midst of a biography collection called "love, lies and tears" and joining us from her home in s

you talked about my position of the white house -- in the white house. advising hillary clinton? beginning of 2013. why are we talking about the next president? can we get this president more time to be president? the day after the election you are on to the next race. [laughter] give everyone a chance to figure out what they want to do. breakingof waking -- these classic ceilings and making sure we have more women in congress, perhaps we would have a easier time. women are good in elected office. it is regrettable more women do not go into elected office as well as pursue careers in government. if we can get a critical mass in the elective body, good things are ahead. >> that was great. thank oyou so much for that. if anyone has questions, we have a microphone. raise your hand and identify yourself. the first question comes from a man. i am steve. i work in the city and study as well. thank you, linda. a lot of us have basketball on the mind. your law school mama and her good luck against -- all -- ito her -- lama mater ma lookuck.aw shcool ala ofe your views on the flap what ha

the watch word of the white house seemed to be "compromise." maybe because they're reading a few of the polls over there, jeff? >> they are. it's interesting to watch the president on these things he's been negotiating on and also how he's changed right after the election where they felt they had the high hands. the polls showing the president doing much better than republicans. now let's look at immigration. he has largely stayed out of the immigration negotiations. it's happened with the senators and also a group the house. the president has kind of jumped in at the moment when it looked a little bit whiley but he has let them do their work. he's been keeping on the agenda, giving these emotional speeches but not getting involved in the nitty gritty. gwen: saying we want to vote but not what the vote should be on. >> he just said we want a vote. on the budget he's been much more specific. he had another dinner this week. the dinner theater that's going on with the president and republican senators. he had one about a month ago at the jefferso

into the white house grounds. so this happened on tuesday we're told, a letter addressed to president obama was received. so they routinely get this kind of mail, they go through screening, scientific testing, and there it was picked up. at this point, the secret service, carol, is working with the capital police and the fbi in this investigation. >> i know that authorities say this is no connection with what happened in boston, it just seems strange these two suspicious letters show up -- are there ones that show up that we're not aware of that happened previous to this, or is it unusual? >> i think it is unusual. but i think in terms of something actually being dangerous potentially like this, and again we don't know for sure that it's ricin, but this is very rare. if it is something like ricin, and this is the concern with that off site mail center, then it poses a danger to the entire -- to really the entire facility and weather that facility is contaminated, the workers who are sorting the mail would be affec

liz: i want to get back to white house whoppers. we know that president and white house have been saying they are teachers now are getting pink slips, that did not happen. another falsehood, that federal prosecutors have to let criminals go across the board. that is here falsehood, and meals on wheels would serve 400 million less meals to seniors, that did not happen. and does the white house have a credibility issue right now? >> i think when people are trying to explain the month-to-month variations, you come up with tiny e explaining s we have to stand back from little ones and look at big picture, as john said, we're not recovering. and we're not recovering because there is basic -- liz: hang on, the white house falsehood about the sequestration cuts. i hear what you are saying. but i'm talking about white house credibility. why that obama administration agenda stalled? is it because of the credibility issues? >> you know it is frustrating. you know businesses are not confident that what is coming out of washington -- all of the

came after a debate inside the white house. a fear by doing this, it would appear the white house is negotiating from the middle and, frankly, with itself and, sure enough, the left is howling. former labor secretary robert rice in "huffington post" said the sfauloing. "democrats invented social security and have been protecting it for almost 80 years. they shouldn't be leading the charge against it. two-thirds of senior citizens rely on social security for half their income." the president has defended this publicly. >> david, as you know, one of the proposals we made is something called chain cpi, which sounds technical but makes an adjustment in terms of how inflation is calculated on social security. highly unpopular among democrats. not something supported by arp but in pursuit of strengthening social security for the long term, i'm willing to make those decisions. >> the fact of the matter is, had the white house decided to withhold chain cpi from the budget not being serious would come fast and furious from republicans a

particular white house calls them out by name. so this week it was the drudge report. in the past the white house has waged a war on this network, on fox news, waged war on talk radio, called out individual reporters by name, to smear them in the press or question their coverage and it's all by way of trying to delegitimize whole networks or whole institutions so somehow you're shamed if you're going to the drudge report or tuning into fox news. >> jon: and a person grew up in democratic politics agrees with you. >> i think what you just said is egregious and take it another step what they're doing here. they're actually telling reporters where they're allowed to get their information. they did this in the war on fox news. they said cnn you're leg legitimate and we don't want you listening to fox news and jake tapper stood up, who are you to tell us. >> and coming up next, a legitimate freedom of the press. . >> it's loaded with protein-- re. fifty percent of your daily value of protein. low fat and five grams of sugars. [ major n

that is the thing about young women in the white house. >> angelica was pregnant twice in the white house. the first child she lost. shortly after that, she retreated from public life because she was already pregnant. she kept it private after that. >> missouri. caller: hello? >> hi. you are on. caller: i'm wondering why martin van buren did not remarry after his wife died. >> interesting question. there is little talk about this. they were first cousins. they knew each other growing up. hannah was his wife. childrenall of these together. we do not have too many stories of him having romantic dalliances with other women or even possibly proposing. he has friendships with women, but not another romantic connection. >> a viewer asks you -- why did he not even mention having a daughter in his autobiography? >> he did not mention it. it is a rambling bit of an autobiography. you think -- he wanted to name the girl after the mother. he asked, was the name anna or hannah? he always kept a locket with a painting of her with him. that is all we know. >> we will show a video to a place you know we

he has been briefed by the secretary of homeland security, the white house chief of staff, homeland security adviser, as we await the president of the united states, you have been talking to your sources, as well, what are you picking up? >> well, the first thing i picked up before this press conference we just had is people, there was some confusion, as john king pointed out, whether the fire at the kennedy library was at all related to the copley square incidents, and the answer to that is that it was a mechanical fire or an explosion that was completely unrelated. and these kind of situations, we tend to link things together that may not always be linked together. so, i would also like to report that the fire is in the new wing of the fire did not affect any of the kennedy archives. as for the president speaking in a few minutes, to me, i think it's important the president actually go on the air and speak to the american people. we've just had this been told, as tom is saying, that this is a terrorist incident, whether domestic or foreign, and the president needs to speak to the american

white house. >> the speech writers at the white house reach out to the funniest people we know outside the white house. and we ask everyone for jokes. and we try to come up with jokes ourselves. usually, we just sit in the oval with him and he reads the jokes out loud. and as he's doing, that he makes et cete edits, he makes some lines himself, comes up with some jokes. >> reporter: in an election year this podium can be a great political weapon. >> it's great to be eyre this evening in the vast magnificent hilton ballroom, or what mitt romney would call a little fixer-upper. >> reporter: world events often intersect with the president's jokes. take this one in 2011. >> tim pawlenty. he seems all-american. but if you heard his real middle name, tim hosni pawlenty, what a shame. >> reporter: he was initially going to say tim osama pawlenty, but right before the dinner he changed his mind. >> we walk in, we go over the jokes of the president, and he looks at them all and he said, these are great jok

you know, the kids can go visit the white house. do you visit the white house. >> they're little kids. >> sean: how about the money-- i offered to pay for a week to keep the place open. i'm offering my fair share. >> we disagree on this. >> sean: and by the way, we didn't include golf, the concerts, we're going to show you this great basketball shooting. 2 for 22. >> for as much the obamas hate rich people they like living like them. >> sean: and kirsten, for whatever reason they think they're royalty, and imperial presidency and. >> because they go on vacations, really. >> sean: nine vacations on the obamas and the bidens. >> they're he not the same family. >> sean: but we're paying for all of it. and lobbyists raising eyebrows after questioning florida legislation that would provide medical attention to an infant who was living outside the mother's womb who survived an abortion. wait until you hear these outrageous sad comments coming up next and actor jim carrey is at it again and this time calling out little ole fox news channel

why would you take budget tips from the white house? president obama declaring april national financial capability month and the white house is submitting its budget for the year next week two months past the deadline. so, gerri, hypocrisy, maybe? >> what do they know about budgets? nothing about budgets. that's clear. and the idea of taking some kind of advice from the white house or the administration on this couldn't be crazier. look, at the end of the day it's regular americans who know how to balance the budget. you know why? because there are consequences if you don't. >> when i first saw it i fell off my chair, literally. >> regular americans don't know want to-- relates to the last conversation we had. they took out the loans they couldn't afford and then the houses, they get thrown out of their homes. >> given to us by wall street. >> i tell you what, gary. >> and the government. >> 1.3 trillion in debt, maybe they've learned the hard way and certainly, i don't know if, the white house has the ability to teach them >> well, jus

the white house bowling alley. the president in previous years explaining why the easter bunny's visit is nearly as important as any other dignitary. >> this is one of the greatest white house traditions, because it reminds us that this is the people's house. >> reporter: this tradition goes way back. the egg roll at the white house on the monday after easter. this one, in 1903. the view from the balcony overlooking the south lawn. bunnies big and small. the added games over the years. the may pole dancing here. fdr welcoming so many families in 1939. the easter bunny surrounding nancy reagan, smiling wide. some high level talks with president h.w. bush. his son, though, with a more hands-on approach. there was president clinton showing off his tie. hillary, impressed with his wardrobe. and tonight, this just in from the white house this year. bo, guarding the eggs. just waiting to be found. as a tradition prepares to roll on. bo is ready at the white house for all the children coming tomorrow. that is "world news"

let's go now to our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin who is at the white house. jessi jessica, what do we know about what he might say? >> reporter: hi, john. president obama has just wrapped up a briefing with his top national security team that involved the attorney general, his fbi director, the secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano, the vice president was also in there as well as his national security team and his chief of staff and deputy chief of staff here in the white house. no indication whether they will come out here with him. so far only the president is scheduled to be here. there he is. >> good morning, everybody. i've just been briefed by my national security team, including fbi director mueller, attorney general holder, secretary napolitano and my counterterrorism and homeland security adviser lisa monaco on the attacks in boston. we continue to mobilize and deploy all appropriate law enforcement resources to protect our citizens and investigate and to respond to this attack. obviously our first thoughts this morning are with the victim

of course, the white house press corps is here. i know cnn has taken some knocks lately, but the fact is, i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate. [laughter] some of my former advisers have switched over to the dark side. for example, david axelrod now works for msnbc, which is a nice change of place since msnbc used to work for david axelrod. [laughter] is not here.hannel i guess they were embarrassed about the whole obama is a double thing. -- a devil thing. [laughter] of course, that never cap fox news from showing up. -- kept fox news from showing up. they actually thought the comparison was not fair to satan. [laughter] the problem is is that the media landscape is changing so rapidly. you cannot keep up with it. buzzfeed wasen just something i did in college around 2:00 a.m.. [laughter] it's true. recently, i found a new favorite source for political news. these guys are great, i think everybody should check it out, they tell it to today's -- it is called whit

as we look at this white house sarah polk brought some innovations to the white house. central heating and gas lighting. >> she didn't actually bring them. [laughter] let's say they arrived. central heating and asked lighting, she didn't hold out when they put in the gaslight and insisted the oval room of the white house be left with candlelight. when they turned on the gas light, when they shut it down for the light, the whole white house went dark. the oval room was still lit with the beautiful candlelight. there were experiments. it ultimately failed the presidential family a lot of money. they had to keep the white house out of that $25,000 salary. these efficiencies did come in, starting with the polks. >> central heating in the white house must've been a great innovation. >> it must've been a joke. [laughter] i don't think you would have been very warm. >> other than the alternative. >> got it. >> you wonder, the nice warm fireplace in the right room keeps that will -- room warm. what you are getting at, which is always true for the white house, for every presiden

. >> it is wonderful to be here at the white house correspondents' dinner. >> i am absolutely delighted to be here. >> i didn't want to be here. >> not that old joke, not again. >> don't turn on me. >> what's up? >> you like me, you really like me! >> the white house correspondents' dinner, when a-list celebrities mix it up with washington's biggest names for what's affectionately become known as the nerd prom. >> for us hollywood people getting to, you know, hang out with the washington people is very exciting. >> this is my first time being invited to the dinner, so i'm just excited to be here. >> you always have to wonder what the president is going to do because the pressure lays on him. he is going to have a comedian there, the president has to be light and happy while talking to the news media. that takes a lot of training. >> i met a congressman as well downstairs. >> i can't believe we got invited and it is cool to be here, i'm excited to see the show! ♪ >> welcome to the special coverage of white house correspondents' dinner. i am craig melvin. it is a night we see the leader

but the whole white house, the atmosphere in the white house was brilliant. i don't think there had been anything like it since dolly madison. he had a flurry with julia tyler but he was only around for eight months and past that, the house didn't really but under buchanan, it sparkled. >> the woman responsible for coordinating life in the white house was harriet lane. who was harriet lane? >> she was the niece of james buchanan. she'd been orphaned at an early age and he took her under his wing. when her father died, i think he was made aware -- made it her guardian. >> buchanan was her guardian. both her parents died when she was about 9 or 10 and he was her buchanan. guardian. >> legal guardian. >> he took care of a bunch of nieces and nephews. he was a bachelor. outor the pennsylvanians there we should mention he was pennsylvania's only president. >> from lancaster. >> we will be visiting the home he built in lancaster, pennsylvania, as the segment continues. as a reminder, we'd like you to be involved. it's more fun when you ask questions. you can do tha

so i wouldn't say that the white house has tossed the white flag and surrendered on this. they've made the message again, made it from the very beginning, saying this is going to be tough. i think we have to see how the rest of it plays out. you know, today they're hearing from a lot of different people beyond the lobbyists. you no he, whether or not we were, would be willing to withstand that and say let this play out is one thing. they've made this decision. but i don't think that it necessarily means it's the end of the day on this. >> maybe a grand bargain is possible. maybe? wow. skepticism at the table. we have to take a break. coming up, word association with george w. bush's presidential library speech. yesterday he said the word "happy" four times, the word "awesome" twice, a third time on a hot mic. history was mentioned two times and the word "iraq"? guess how many times that was brought up. we'll discuss ahead on "now." [ female announcer ] birdhouse plans. nacho pans. glass on floors. daily chores. for the little mishaps you feel use neosporin to help you heal

it was totally false but the white house, of the associated press reported that the white house brought this up at the beginning of today's white house briefing with jay carney. take a listen. >> it appears as though a twitter count has been hacked so anything will be paid for and shortly to clarify that. >> i appreciate that and i can say the president is fine, just with him. >> the president finished a teacher of blood year event and looked just fine. the ap confirmed twitter account had been suspended following the hack and was working to correct the issue, securities and exchange commission declined to comment on this but i could tell you from the stories whenever there's a significant move like that in the market the market surveillance people always take a look at it and when we get anything concrete we get back to you. ashley: peter barnes, thank you so much. tracy: the senate expected to pass a bill that would allow states to collect sales tax from online retailers. the bill hurts consumers and small are online businesses but the next guest disagrees, dan crippen, executive dire

david jackson, covers the white house for usa today. >> it's your big week white house reporters. >> yes, indeed. >> bill: and david knows. >> congratulations of not being president of the white house correspondents anymore. >> that was one job i was not sad to leave. >> bill: all five living presidents are in dallas today. president obama had some pretty critical things to say about former president george w. bush during the last campaign but today it will be sweetness and light, right? >> absolutely. it is the dedication of the george w. bush library. president obama gave kind of a preview of his speech last night at a fund raiser in dallas. he said whatever our political differences, president busch loves this country and its people. so i think that's the kind of tone you will hear from him today. >> bill: did he get any boos? [ laughter ] >> it was interesting because he also said you have to work with republicans. so it was an interesting speech. >> bill: you were around during -- i don't know if you were around for all eight of the george w. bush -- >> i was. >> bill: what is t

i'll go down to the white house. we'll talk about what the president has to say right here tomorrow. collins. [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: good morning tv world. oh, jacki schechner, it has been so lonely being the only basketball center that was openly gay in the country. thank you so much what is his name? >> jason collins. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> stephanie: was your game suffering? did you feel like you couldn't post up as usual. >> yeah, my pics were getting a little soft

a briefing today at the white house will be at 1:15 with press secretary jay carney. back for another hour with congressman tony cardenas and congressman chris van hollen. see you then. stay around. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show."

we told you about the big bash in the white house last night. president obama all there, check out jt right there. he's singing with president obama in the front row. let's -- that's justin timberlake right there. celebrities can party with potus. if kids come for a spring break tour. they get turned away. kimber kimberly guilfoyle. >> i know the answer, priorities upside down for 100. >> what is the question. >> why doesn't anybody do anything about it? why doesn't the media cover it besides us. there seems to be no outrage about the things that are so blatant and so obvious. if you're part of the hollywood elite, and it's the fun parties -- >> what you're seeing is a macro cosmic version of high school. where the cool kids get to do what the cool kids get to do, everyone else sits there and goes, where is my money. >> there's two different budgets we're talking about. >> the secret service budget was cut in terms of the people coming to the white house. this is a cultural -- >> they have some good things. >> you didn't say that. >> you say tha

of the first white house library that they were able to get congress first white house library, which still exists today. we know today that first ladies have causes, andliteracy and reading would have been abigail fillmore's cause. it was very important to her as a teacher. glove andd that passion for books right with your into the white house. she suffered with illness as first lady. mary abigail would have been a hostess for many of the events. this would have been one of the many items used during entertaining at the white house. mary abigail followed in her mother's footsteps and was very educated herself. she spoke five languages. she would play the harp for congressmen who came to visit the white house. musice her piano in her -- and her music books that she would have played from, and we when she wasr harp in the white house. she we say she entertained, literally entertained. >> the room in the white house that the bill morris established as their library was in fact an oval room. this is from our white house documentary when we visited there. that room during the fillmores ti

that said, we want kim kardashian at our table. >> i need them to wear pants to white house briefings. >> i refuse to do that until the president gives more access. >> just do as i say and politico gets a kardashian. mike, what is your home address? >>. >> why do you ask? >> to send you tickets, of course. >> nobody knows where he lives, we mail checks to a po box. >> mike, there's no reason to be nervous. is valerie bad mouthing me to the president? >> reply hazy. >> is she out for revenge? >> ask again later. >> look, i need you -- >> frank, you want to talk immigration, we can talk about immigration, we can talk about the budget. i'll even talk to you about jazjay z and beyonce. >> what's the problem? you two played basketball every tuesday. >> nerf ball. >> we don't want the rest of the world to know that. >> i'm willing to break you up if you can give me tickets to a ravens game? >> i'm all out, how do you think i elected whip. >> how about taylor swift at the verizon center back stage passes. >> now you're hitting me where i live. you better believe it. >> you have to introduce

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