the white house social office the white house social office and secretary as well and the white house florist and the white house chef, everyone involved in trying to plan a dinner that would be the most american but also respect the culture of the world leader who you are entertaining. it was really fun to work on those and make all of those plans. we always did a tasting of the food that the chef had proposed. many times, we would ask members of congress to come to the tasting and tell them they were guinea pigs for the state dinner they were hosting. of course, they would be very forthright and say, i do not think you should do this. i don't know if this is that tasty. they would be more forthcoming than our friends would be, who would just say, that is great, whatever you've got. that was fun, really. we would spread it out over a number of nights to do tastings and talk about what we would have. of course, we would try to get entertainment that represented the united states in a wonderful way, like the new orleans jazz band that we invited to one of them. that was to show the hea

he white house social office and secretary as well and the white house florist and the white house chef, everyone involved in trying to plan a dinner that would be the most american but respect the culture of the world leader who you are entertaining. it was really fun to work on those and make all of those plans. he always did a tasting of the food that the chef had proposed. we would ask members of congress to come to the tasting and tell them they were guinea pigs for the state dinner they were hosting. of course, they would be very forthright and say, i do not think you should do this. this is not that tasty. they would be more forthcoming than our friends would be, who would just say, that is great, whatever you've got. that was fun, really. we would spread it out over a number of nights to do tastings and talk about what we would have. of course, we would try to get entertainment that represented the united states in a wonderful way, like the new orleans jazz

house had in the white house was to control the family. she had professional portraits taken of the children. the first two batches were by francis johnson. there is a picture of clinton -- quinton on the pony. he went up to the second floor to visit archie when he was sick. jack, theermit with wonder dog. there's a picture of alice standing in front of the tree. most pictures were taken outside. >> we turn to richard norton smith about family life and children. the roosevelts come to mind. >> think of the parallels, 60 years apart, between the roosevelts and the kennedys. one reason why the roosevelts became such vivid figures, why our are still imprinted on historical memory is because there is something called the mass media. tabloid press pictures. people for the first time had an idea of what the president look like and pretty soon what he sounded like. his family became part of the package. 60 years later, a very media savvy kennedy administration understands -- there is this kind of tension, i don't know if it was spoken to run spok

welcome to the white house, everyone. i am honored to introduce this year's nominees for best picture. >> this is my midlife crisis. i could not get a sports car. they would not let me bungee jump. >> you went for the hair. [laughter] ♪ >> woooo! [applause] >> take it from me, eating the right foods can help make you a better athlete. >> i was wondering if you can do more push-ups than i can do. >> it depends on how your back is. i know you've got these back issues. [applause] >> 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. 21. 22. >> it has been fascinating, since television arrived in the late 1950's, you mentioned jacqueline kennedy and her tour of the white house, to watch how the political campaigns have used this medium to communicate with the public and portray and image. how is this white house doing? how is the public receiving it? >> it is fascinating to look at the way that she is collapse the space between pop culture and politics in the public in the way that she has operated in that, creating videos that go viral on yo

at the white house was getting word to run. people in my office who worked for me were kicking off their high heels and running from the white house. i know they expected to have glamorous, really interesting jobs at the white house. no one ever thought they would have to run from the white house like they did. anyway, the secret service came to get me and senator gregg and senator kennedy walked me out the door and then i drove to where i went with the secret , the building that had been reinforced after the terrorist attacks on our embassies. after the oklahoma city bombing, a lot of the federal buildings had been reinforced and that one had been, so that is where i went and spent the day. >> have you talk to your husband -- had you talked to your husband? remember.t i have the laws to the day to remember, but i did talk to george once i got there and the girls, and of course, my mother was the one i really wanted to call. i wanted my mother to say everything is going to be all right. of course, i called her and said, everyth

he white house social office and secretary as well and the white house florist and the white house chef, everyone involved in trying to plan a dinner that would be the most american but respect the culture of the world leader who you are entertaining. it was really fun to work on those and make all of those plans. he always did a tasting of the food that the chef had proposed. we would ask members of congress to come to the tasting and tell them they were guinea pigs for the state dinner they were hosting. of course, they would be very forthright and say, i do not think you should do this. this is not that tasty. they would be more forthcoming than our friends would be, who would just say, that is great, whatever you've got. that was fun, really. we would spread it out over a number of nights to do tastings and talk about what we would have

house, the staff at the white house was getting out word to run. and people in my office, young women who work for me were kicking off for high heels and running from the white house. and i know they expected to have a glamorous to really interesting jobs at the white house, but no one ever thought there would after row from the white house like it did. anyway, the secret service can to give me. senator gregg and senator kennedy walked me out to the door. and i drove to -- where i would really was the secret service building which has been reinforced after the terrorist attacks in our embassies. and really, i guess after the oklahoma city bombing, federal buildings have been reinforced, and that what had been. that is where went and spent the day. >> have you talked to your husband's or grow that support? >> you know, i can remember. i wrote this down in the book because the hemlocks from the day to remember, but i did talk to george once i got their chests. the girls, and then of course my mother was the one i really one of the call. know what a m

i started coming down here looking for houses to buy before we left the white house. i started to anticipate what that house would be like and what it would be like to live there and furnish it all of the things i would like to do. and started think about building this, the presidential library. i invited all of the heads of the libraries to camp david and none of them had ever been there. they do not know the president whose library they work in. only the most recent presidents, did they actually know the president. none of the foundation heads had ever been to camp david. i invited them to come to our camp to see what it was like. the first presidential library was franklin roosevelt. he was the one who first used camp david. if they saw camp david and we have lunch together and they see the lodge where you have all of the meals, they will be forthcoming. they were. i said to give me advice. they had a lot of advice. they talked about what you would need to do to get things in your archives. and how you can help nar. they own and administer all of the papers of the

believes that it is something that the white house and the governors can get done. also continuing the theme that he has been on sips the beginning of the year calling this a year of action, a year in which he says if need be, he will by pass congress just to get things done. thanks for joining us. "inside story" is next. of miss rule, colonial any next. corruption, suspended contusions. the central african republic has not been good to its citizens, now amid rising a violence, is it unraveling. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> hello i am ray suarez. during

the white house said on tuesday. according to a source familiar with this event, the president will appear alongside workers who are paid at or just above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. the white house said earlier in a statement, quote, that the president is using his executive authority to lead by example and will continue to work with congress to raise the minimum wage for all americans by passing the harkin-miller bill. the bill would raise the federal minimum wage for working americans in stages to $10.10 and index it to inflation thereafter. also raising the minimum wage for tipped workers for the first time in 20 years. this is one of the executive orders, one of the pieces of the president's state of the union from last month. so the president out shortly and expected to be, again, accompanied by a number of workers who will be affected by this executive order. meanwhile, news from new orleans just now from the associated press, and they say that a federal jury in new orleans has convicted former

because there were so many of them in the white house, she was the one who thought that the white house should be expanded an updated because there was not enough room with all the presidential offices having taken over much of the space. she felt very cramped with her large family. they also allowed photographers in. she was also -- they white house family that used photographers. both their son and their daughter and their children and her father with the -- were there. there were wonderful photographs of the little son of the daughter. she was quite a china painter. they had a porcelain bathtub for the child and she painted little flowers on the outside of the bathtub. he was always leaning out to try to smell the flowers. i expect he liked spilling the water all over the floor better. she was media savvy. she brought in this woman photographer to have these pictures taken. >> diane is from colorado. hi. >> as a lover of history, i have been thrilled over the last year to hear how many people have called in asking questions. i think all of you should be very proud of teaching our chi

>> i think the white house makes transitions very well. i think our country is very resilient and we will change. we came close to it, obviously, about six years ago. i think there will be a question as to who manages the social duties, and that's not to be undermined or diminished in any way because it is extremely important. i don't think it is as useful or effective to turn all that over to the state department to do. i think we would have to determine who manages that in the white house. >> we thank our academic advisors to the series for their many contributions. when did it become popular or actually required for first ladies to choose a cause when they were in the role? >> i think that is certainly one of the ways in which mrs. roosevelt transformed the office -- eleanor roosevelt. to be sure, best truman in many ays was a throwback to the pre-roosevelt era, but it's almost impossible in the modern television age, where the residency and presidential families come into our homes with a frequency and ubiquity that they do. can you im

that is why they brought him in to the white house. he had this opposing view to the idea of massive retaliation. they appreciated that. over time, i think the fact that he was reflecting -- he was in a difficult position. was he going to come to the white house and say, the gene think -- joint chiefs, i -- not that he reflected what they were saying. >> another man like a lot of attention is robert mcnamara. this was recorded in 1996 on both notes. i know he went on to serve lyndon johnson. let's listen to this and put him in perspective. , i said it would be a long war. what should i say to the enemy, we are losing? by the way, my report to the said in the i summer of 65 to him, there is only a one in three chance that we can win. that was my report. should i have said that publicly? what do you think? what does your audience think? this is a terrible dilemma. so -- i want to tell you that i was in a very -- i felt like saying i was right. we were winning then and as i suggested, some people think we were winning. that was baloney. >

here is more from the south lawn this morning at the white house. [background sounds] ♪ ladies and gentlemen the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] >> ladies and gentlemen. [inaudible] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] >> mr. president the honor guard is prepared for inspection. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] >> thank you. [background sounds] [background sounds] >> good morning everybody. that's the extent of my french. [laughter] few places in the world warmed the heart like paris in the spring. this morning we are going to do our best with washington in the winter. [speaking french] >> france is america's oldest ally and in recent years we have deepened our alliance. today on behalf o

bush to the white house. laura bush helped comfort the nation pursuing interests including education, literacy and women's health. good evening and welcome to c-span series first ladies, influence and image. tonight we'll tell you the story -- the wife of our 43rd president. laura welsh bush and here to do that are two people who know her well through their work. ann gearhart at the "washington post" is a laura bush biographer and her 2004 book the perfect wife tells the story of laura bush and covered the former first lady since 2001. welcome to the program. >> thank you. mark updegrove is a presidential his torn and author of several books about the presidency and currently is working on one on the relationship between presidents bush 41 and 43. nice to see you this evening. in your biography, you refer to the role or the job of first lady as this is a quote the most bizarre volunteer job in the world. and we heard laura bush talk about having her mother-in-law as a role model, whatever thoughts she had abo

the white house in full throated denial today. the congressional budget office director testifng in front of congress, the head of the cbo confirmed that obamacare will lead to a reduction in more than 2 million full-time american jobs. higher deficits and slower growth and the white house responds by denying the findings of the cbo, blasting the news organizations that reported those findings and then, for good measure, denying that the cbo concluded that obamacare was disincentivizing work for millions. new details revealed in the investigation into operation fast and furrious. the justice department and atf led gun running organization that led to the murtd of brian terry, a widening rupture in the reblican party and now the establishment gop and the conservatives are naming names as they call names, all over the future of immigration reform. we'll have that for you and much more here tonight. turning to our top story, the white house scrambling still to spin the congressional budget office's negative findings on obamacare. tod

but the white house is still saying the president's point of view is still the same. his bottom line is still the same. he just doesn't want to mess up congress. so i'm just curious if that's actually a strategy that makes a difference. >> the one thing i would say is that two things we've seen this year. in the budget deal and the farm bill. is that congress has identified the governing coalition. they have figured out how to get bipartisan majorities to get it done and if they do an immigration bill that's the group of lawmakers that will do it. and i think both parties have shown a willingness to buck their bases, the right has shown it with the tea party base, the left has shown it among liberal base which is smaller and -- not contentious. but they know who they are. so they've identified them and the question is whether they can do it on this issue. >> and one thing as we see the president learning in office one thing he's learned and john boehner has told him this is there are some issues where you have to keep your hands off because the minute you say you want

i have a very personal feeling about the white house. c-span: you went to the white house that night with your three kids, your new kids. they went upstairs to the solarium and had pizza. you were downstairs with 60 people having what? >> guest: a wonderful dinner. c-span: who are some of the people you were there with? when was this? >> guest: i think that the only republican there was alan simpson, and he was very humorous about it, pointed it out constantly. i sat at the table with president clinton, and he had helen thomas on his right, a table that was a mix of legislators -- well, congressmen, a number of black congressmen. he had people from arkansas, and i loved it when the strolling strings came in and played "the arkansas traveler." i thought to show that the white house is full of people from all parts of the country and not just one coast or the other was a great tribute. it was very convivial. we were dining in the blue room, and i think the piercing eyes of john tyler were on us, who incidentally -- you know, i collect hist

clarence lusane on the black history of the white house. and former fcc commissioner michael copps on the proposed time warner comcast merger. >> many times over the past year, they approve that. then the competitor comes in and says we have to get bigger. it is day after day while consolidation continues and diversity and competition suffers. up.ll that and more coming welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. jury has convicted michael dunn of three counts of attempted murder for opening fire on a car of unarmed black teenagers over an argument over loud music at a gas station in jacksonville but the jury deadlocked on the count of first-degree murder for the death of jordan davis, calling for the judge to declare a mistrial. mcbathher of davis, lucy , reacted to the verdict. that he will. dunn live the rest of his life with that sense of torment. and i will pray for him and i have asked my family to pray for grateful forre so the charges that have been brought against him. we are so grateful

welcome to the white house, everyone. i am honored to introduce this yours nominees for best picture. >> this is my midlife crisis. i could not get a sports car. they would not let me bungee jump. >> you went for the hair. [laughter] ♪ >> woooo! [applause] >> take it from me, eating the right foods can help make you a better athlete. i was wondering if you can do more push-ups than i can do. >> it depends on how your back is. i know you've got these back issues. [applause] 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22.21. >> it has been fascinating, since television arrived in the late 1950's, you mentioned jacqueline kennedy and her tour , to watch howouse the political campaigns have used this medium to communicate with the public and portray and image. how is this white house doing? how is the public receiving it? >> it is fascinating to look at the way that she is collapse the space between pop culture and politics in the public in the way that she is operated in that, creating videos that go viral on youtube. she is on instagram. she is

so yippy at the white house? >> that's another great example of the two sides of what good and bad news in washington can mean, as karen and you were describing. so in the affordable care act, you could celebrate the idea that the trend is momentum towards good enrollments. the down side of it is that all kinds of the undergirth of this program still has lots of vulnerabilities. we don't know how many people have paid for the premiums, how many people are really insured. they're concerned about some of the young people. only 1/4 of the people are enrolling in the young demograph. it's skewing more towards women, which is good, except women cost a little bit more. we don't necessarily know whether there are a sufficient number of these software programs that they're trying to write so they can account for the employers that are supposed to be reporting. all these things are all the backstory of what could be going wrong. gwen: what about the healthier, younger people that they were targeting? any sign that they're

>> well, it is principally a white house thing but it goes beyond the white house. for instance, in the executive agencies, the environmental protection agency, is implementing regulations that any new coal-fired plant has to have a scrubber. that even the one plant that has it, even the one person running the plant says it is economically unfeasible. >> so it hobbles then. >> instead of putting in place an epa regulation, it can't be complied with. >> it is not just the president but the executive agencies that are part of the presidency. how has the media been covering these presidential power grabs? media critic howard kurtz takes a look. >>> plus, the mid-term elections are just around the corner. will the . >>> where is the mainstream media on this? where is the establishment on this? can you imagine? we say this all the time, you sometimes get tired of making the point. can you imagine if this were george w. bush? we would be talking about a presidential crisis, front page, splashed across the front. george bush, dictator president. it is a big deal when you c

a first lady is expected to accurate white house. she is a white house manager. this is the people's house. it is a spectacular museum. rests with the first lady to make sure it stays that way. i do not think the first man would be responsible for that. the first lady is expected to greet heads of state and help the president with that custom. i do think the first gentleman would be expected to do that. we could see him doing that. i do not see bill clinton are doing -- or any first husband serving scones. think because of sexual norms that we would expect him to do that. we have even seen an ivy league educated lawyer, like hillary clinton, or an ivy league educated lawyer like michelle obama serving cookies. first man to a participate in social projects. he would play a role in the easter egg roll. he would probably help welcome guests to the white house. the other thing we can be sure of, if you look around the world, women have served as head of government. we have had governors in this country. the husband has not had to do a lot. we have also allowed the hu

she loved the white house. on the other hand, it's interesting, she thought of it also as, and this recurring tension, it's a family home. at the same time it is a public office building. it is a museum. it is a campaign headquarters. it is a war room. it is a museum. it is a theater. it is all of these things, you know, rolled into one. her solution was, she was sick of having the people of washington in her backyard. because in those days the white house gates were wide open. and it was treated as a public park. and she wanted room for her children to play. people forget, u.s. grant was only 46 years old when he became president. and he had young children. as young as say the roosevelt family. and they had no place to play. so she ordered the gates locked, which probably didn't make her popular locally. on the other hand, it's interesting, she also gave orders that any african-american who wanted to come to one of her receptions was to be admitted. ry striking, seemingly small but defining gesture. and grant,

this white house has talked about it in past cases. i have said from the beginning what they needed to do to earn back the public's trust, when this scandal broke last year. is to have independent investigation, whether it's a special blue ribbon investigation, or special prosecutor. independent investigation that digs in deep, digs in hard, does a real thorough report. surface up the blame for what happened. let's see what they did with the folks on the right and folks on the left. roll the heads that need to be rolled and move on. instead, they have been dragging their feet. as soon as they were able to say this is not a scandal anymore, they have been calling it a phony scandal now for months, what that does is sow doubt in the public's mind. hurts his credibility and probably what hurt his members. if he is wrong about what he said the other day it this could be more than a smidgen of problem. >> that's why presidents don't comment on investigations. >> except when they do. >> except when they do. it's dangerous. they don't know wh

what is the warning from the white house? >> they want you to know when you file your tax return next year they will look back at this year starting in january and wanting to make sure that everyone has had insurance every month and if not, you are going to face a penalty when you file your tax return. and you think you are safe, there is a lot of confusion and didn't have insurance, they want you to know that you will face a penalty for the january month that went by? >> what is the penalty. one percent of the house hold or 95 per dult plus 47.50 up to $285. which ever is higher that is going to pay. over time it is going up to 2.5 percent of the adjusted gross income or 2085 which is higher? >> and some people call it a tax. no, no. it is not a nice word. you don't like tax. it is shared responsibility payment. it is your responsibility and mine and theires is going to help you share your dollars with the rest of the country. so now the irs is helping you a long. >> srp. shared responsibility payment. that is what it is. >>

. >> stephen: i was at the white house state dinner! (cheers and applause) folks, i've got to tell you, it was a magical evening, okay? here's -- i'll prove it to you. here's the card that tells you what table you're at. there's the white house seal right there. stay on this. and then table 19, okay, which was a good one, all right? (laughter) here's the little menu right there. (cheers and applause) and then see that? see that? that's a solid gold tassel. (laughter) you can melt down that down, okay? and also, if you don't believe it, i also stole the gravy boat. (cheers and applause) folks, this was the state dinner to be invited to because it was in honor of french president and thoughtful croissant francois hollande. when last we dished on francois' private life la la merde was hitting le fan because he had been caught stepping out on france's first lady, valerie trierweiler who he's not married to who's a second later actress julie gayet. so there was one big question hanging over this dinner. >> who is going to be bring along as f

and check this out, the white house has fumbled big time. the president said this. >> it is time to do away with workplace politics. >> but how does president score with the gender gaps? senator rand paul revealing a little white house hypocrisy. "cashin' in" starts right now. >> hi, everyone. welcome to "cashin' in." i'm eric bolling. senator rand paul is going to join us in a moment but, first, it's the big buzz before the game tomorrow. the president giving mixed messages in his state of the union address. he said this. >> the smarter tax policy that stops giving $4 billion a year to fossil fuel industries that don't need it so we can invest more in the fuels of the future that do. >> michelle, why would the president go after the industry that employs millions of americans and is creating jobs? >> it doesn't make sense. he says he's in favor of trying to combat income inequality. well, how about working to facilitate energy production in this country rather than, i don't know, trying to kill it? because that's what he is trying to do. a

and check this out, the white house has fumbled big time. the presidt said this. >> it is time to do ay with workplace politics. >> but how does president score with the gender gaps? senator rand paul revealing a little white house hypocrisy. "cashin' in" starts right now. >> hi, everyone. welcome to "cashin' in." i'm eric bolling. senator rand paul is going to join us in a moment but, first, it's the big buzz before the game tomorrow. the president giving mixed messages in his state of the union address. he said this. >> the smarter tax policy that stops giving $4 billion a year to fossil fuel industries that don't need it so we can invest more in the fuels of the future that do. >> michelle, why would the president go after the industry that employs millions of americans and is creating jobs >> it doesn't make sense. he says he's in favor of trying to combat income inequality. well, how about working to facilitate energy production in this country rather than, i don't know, trying to kill it? because that's what he is trying to do. a lot o

>> well, it is principally a white house thing but it goes beyond the white house. for instance, in the executive agencies, the environmental protection agency, is implementing regulations that any new coal-fired plant has to have a scrubber. that even the one plant that has it, even the one person running the plant says it is economically unfeasible. >> so it hobbles then. >> instead of putting in place an epa regulation, it can't be complied with. >> it is not just the president but the executive agencies that are part of the presidency. how has the media been covering these presidential power grabs? media critic howard kurtz takes a look. >>> plus, the mid-term elections are just around the corner. will the if you've got copd like me... ...hey breathing's hard. know the feeling? copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhal

house thing or does it go beyond the white house? >> it's physically a white house thing but it goes beyond the white house in the sense that in the executive agencies, the environmental protection administration is implementing regulations that a -- that any new coal fired plant has to have a scrubber. each the one plant that's got it, the person who runs that one plant says it's economically unfeasible, it can't be installed. it hobbles them. it essentially rules out any new coal fired plants without legislation from congress. but instead putting into place an epa regulation that can't be complied with. >>> how has the media been covering this? howard kurtz takes a look at how some are ignoring them and some are outright blessing them. >>> plus, the 2014 midterm elections. will the president's actions play a part in those races? we'll have a fair and balanced debate coming up. it was a blistery rash. they would break open, they would ooze. i couldn't lay down i couldn't sit up becausit burned so much. as first lady of our churc we

the white house in full throated denial today. the congressional budget office director testifying in front of congress, the head of the cbo confirmed that obamacare will lead to a reduction in more than 2 million full-time american jobs. higher deficits and slower growth and the white house responds by denying the findings of the cbo, blasting the news organizations that reported those findings and then, for good measure, denying that the cbo concluded that obamacare was disincentivizing wo for millions. new details revealed in the investigation into operation fast and furious. the justice department and atf led gun running organization that led to the murtd of brian terry, a widening rupture in the republican party and now the establishment gop and the conservatives are naming names as they call names, all over the future of immigration reform. we'll have that for you and much more here tonight. turning to our top story, the white house scrambling still to spin the congressional budget office's negative findings on obamacare. to

>> well, it is principally a white house thing but it beyond the white house. for instance, in the executive agencies, the environmental protection agency, is implementing regulations that any new coal-fired plant has to have a scrubber. that even the one plant that has it, even the one person running the plant says it is economically unfeasible. >> so it hobbles then. >> instead of putting in place an epa regulation, it can't be complied with. >> it is not just the president but the executive agencies that are part of the presidency. how has the media been covering these presidential power grabs? media critic howard kurtz takes a look. >>> plus, the mid-term elections are just around the corner. will the president's actions affect the debates in those elections? coming up. then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagin how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 3years or mor so

>> well, it is principally a white house thing but it goes beyond the white house. for instance, in the executive agencies, the environmental protection agency, is implementing regulations that any new coal-fired plant has to have a scrubber. that even the one plant that has it, even the one person running the plant says it is economically unfeasible. >> so it hobbles then. >> instead of putting in place an epa regulation, it can't be complied with. >> it is not just the president but the executive agencies that are part of the presidency. how has the media been covering these presidential power grabs? media critic howard kurtz takes a look. >>> plus, the mid-term elections are just around the corner. will the pay my bill. phone: your account is already paid in full. oh, well in that case, back to vacation mode. ♪boots and pants and boots and pants♪ ♪and boots and pants and boots and pants♪ ♪and boots and pants... voice-enabled bill pay. just a tap away on the geico app. ♪ huh, 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. yup, everybody knows

let's get you to the white house. we're anticipating any moment now that the president of the united states, barack obama, will come to the white house briefing room, and the president will make a statement about ukraine? >> tony, this is a deviling situation. the administration, the white house, the state department very concerned about the military exercises happening on ukraine's border pop the rhetoric has ramped up substantially over the next 34 hours, and the people here at the white house. they know two cop similar days. jay carney, the spokesman here telling reporters it would be a grave mistake for russia to inteintervene. now with the mixed reports that we've been hearing over the last day from jennifer glass and nick schifrin, it appears there could be malicious or even troops affiliated with russia there in crimea. it's a very situation in the briefing room. >> that's what we're trying to figure out here. we're aware of the military exercises. the russians are telling us that they're already planned. but n

in the case of the white house, it does. in the case of specific journalists, i would talk for a minute about jim risen, who is one of my valued colleagues. in 2005 he is the reporter who, along with eric, broke the story about the nsa's warrantless eavesdropping, which was in a way the first view we had into the world of the nsa's collection of data and communications. he's a fantastic reporter, and he has had this leak investigation hanging over his head for years now. you know, it makes -- you know, it's not like national security sources come easy to any reporters in washington. >> so let's go back to the administration, if we can. you were in washington during at least the first term of george w. bush. >> yeah. >> was the media or "the new york times" misled by the burks when -- bush administration when it came to the iraq war? >> yes, we were. >> were we fooled? >> we were, i think, not diligent enough. i don't know if we were purposefully fooled. i think there was a terrible echo chamber where unreliable iraqi defecto

and today, mo works in the white house. just two doors down from the oval office as the special assistant to my chief of staff. [ applause ] >> that deserves a round of applause. earlier i spoke to that young man mo, and his mother, and i asked them about what it meant to be acknowledged by the president of the united states. >> i'm so, so proud of him. i can't describe how proud of him i am. and him acknowledging us like that, it was -- it was really, really a wonderful experience that i won't ever forget. >> what do you think about when you look at him? what do you see when you look at that guy? >> a strong, positive black role model. >> yeah. >> yes. because i told him earlier today that he needs to start speaking to his peers more. i know he does it through the white house, but to do it on his own, to let people know like the president said, if mo can do it, anybody can. >> tell us about mo, your experience. you grew up and the president said you lived in the bronx. a tough neighborhood. did you have a male role model?

caller: yes, after she leaves the white house. from ourwant to hear viewers around the country on this topic. the conversation is already happening on twitter. the president makes more than enough to support talking about a potential first gentleman in the white house. the role of the first settlement is being discussed in the talk about the potential campaign of hillary clinton for president. articles aboutal that. this is the first page of the wall street journal. campaign by clinton. she would set up the first first gentleman. we have a potential first gentleman. scott is an ok view caliph out -- 02, california. your thoughts? should the first lady or first gem and be able to work? think the first children should if they are of age. this is a land of opportunity. that is why we have so many immigrants coming here and making a great lives for themselves. once the term is in for the president, absolutely. term, historically that has not been the case. i think your audience can agree that everybody needs to make a living and nobod

fast forward to june of 2010, which the white house trumpeted as the summer of recovery. and they put out fact sheets every day. administration officials traveling here and there making the case that everything was going to to be so much better because now the money was really starting it flow. took a while because things were starting to flow exponentially more projects and more money. this would lead to immediate rove. we recovery. we saw unemployment was -- they continued to says it was going to jump start the economy. but the most important number i think is to look at what the -- what the unemployment rate would be today if the labor force participation rate were the same today that it was then. and the unemployment rate today would be 10.8%. that is not a success no matter how the white house tries to spin it. >> dan pfeiffer today, senior advisor tweeting out g.o.p. attacks on the recovery act are a perfect example of the delusional messaging that makes them appear out of touch to so many americans, charles. >> well, i think a tweet like that would appear out of to

they had some big white house lawn parties, but they didn't use the white house nearly as much as the kennedys who made it a cultural center. she was very busy doing other policy things. >> we know about the lincoln bedroom. they brought in a lot of musicians. bill clinton loved music, much like president obama and michelle bringing in various musicians, the clintons did as well. they also turned it into something of a sleepover place. a lot of friends stayed there often. no one actually lived there like under roosevelt. also a lot of big donors would get rewarded with a night in the lincoln bedroom. >> let me take a couple of calls and then we have to talk about the investigations and legal troubles of the clintons as a political partnership. ellie, you are on the air. >> you had a funny look on your face there. this has to do with something that was brought up last week with barbara bush. they put the fear of the lord in the press and they would not get called back to the white house if they printed something that barbara bush was not in agreement with. barbara bush new her husband

pike is at the white house, and a very stern warning from the president, what else has he been saying? >> there's a very significant change. and the statements they are making about that force, the over the horizon force that the united states wants to keep in afghanistan, after the 24 teen deadline, by which all-american and allied combat troops would be withdrawn. you know, at the end of last year, we heard repeatedly the white house say that the president needed to sign the status of forces agreement. it is known as the b.s.a. sooner rather than later, by the end of the year, as a matter of fact. to enable those u.s. and ally forced to stay in afghanistan after 2014. when karzai refused to do so, the white house kept the pressure on, it said id had to be within weeks month months. they said they would not wait until after elections. he is leaving office after those elections coming in just about six weeks time. the united states says they wouldn't do that, that would be too late. now a significant change in tone, the administration now declaring after the president had a long exten

the white house leaks this. kruschev wrote kennedy a mosaic, -- wrote kennedy a note, saying i don't live in the caveman age. , the joint chiefs, they talk about the need for planned bombing and invasion. kennedy says, go ahead, make plans. you never know what is going to happen. part of their plan was to drop a nuclear weapon on cuba. he thought this was crazy. they said, the collateral damage could be contained. what it would have done to the south coast of florida, let alone cuba, it would have turned it into a pile of rubble. so you thought they were kind of mad. giving them their due, one has to recall that the joint chiefs, they came out of world war ii. they remembered fighting hitler, mussolini, the japanese military who fought to the bitter end. their attitude was, bomb them back to the stone age which is what they did in germany and japan, tokyo, hero shema -- hiroshima, nagasaki. this was their attitude. they said listen, what is all this concern about nuclear weapons? if at the end of the war with th

inviting them to the white house. sharing her life -- >> -- that only reaches a few though. >> well, i believe that anything she does gets covered by the press. >> can i give you a compliment? >> i wish you would. >> i believe that my brothers keeper program is going to work. okay? i think it's going to work. but it will work a lot fast and you you you will save a lot more lives if you incorporate what i'm telling you tonight. if you get down to them in a way that is so personal. yes, do all the other things, and all the other things are good. but you are not getting gritty enough. all right. you go reply and then i have got two more questions. how much time do we have? do you have doo we have a bunch of time with ms. jarrett here? i'm sure she wants to get out of here. >> no. i'm enjoying the conversation. i think there are lots of ways of approaching the problem. the recognition that this is a problem for all of this that is a segment of our,"mñaccu behind. that we have to change that paradigm. and it requires a lo

and mike has more from the white house. >> reporter: there's no question, ali, that the white house went into their version of defcon 5 when it came out. the chairman of the economic advisers, his basic argument is this. he disagrees with the methodology of the ceo, saying that the 2.4 million jobs lost because of obamacare, that's the equivalent of 2.5 million jobs, and they pointed that out. but the basic point is that people leaving the workforce as a result of the affordable care act are doing so because of their choice. it's all about the freedom, says the white house, and they draw the analogy between social security p if there were no social security, for example, there would be more 90-year-olds in the work force, and there would be higher participation. it's not something that everybody necessarily wants. >> to the degree that the reduction in labor supply is volunteer and reflects the choice that's people are making, you're going to think about that very differently than if it was cutting back on jobs. >> reporter: so the argument from the white house, it's all about the freedo

mike viqueira at the white house. mike, i want you to touch for a second on the pomp and circumstance we saw this morning. >> okay. >> these are big deals when the u.s. officially welcomes another head of state. >> it's interesting in this day and age when the president can teleconference and pick up the phone and talk to any world leader at anytime, why is this still necessary? why is this three-day visit -- of course we talked about the trip yesterday, and the ritual surrounding this day, the luncheon, president hollande will luncheon with secretary of state john kerry and joe biden, and then the state dinner tonight. and the obamas have tented off a portion of the south lawn, that's a relatively rare occurrence. normally happen here or across the way in the state dining room. so there's a lot that goes into this session. and also president hollande will go to silicon valley. and the past french president to come for a state visit spoke to a joint session of congress in the house chamber. president hollande choosing