we revisit first lady jackie kennedy's televised white house tour from 1962 and her extensive white house restoration of the executive mansion this 2012 presentation at the john f kennedy presidential library

house the white house historical association paid tribute to the irish immigrant at hobin's washington dc grave site. next on the presidency we hear from among others the irish ambassador to the united states who spoke about his countrymen the white house historical association hosted this event and provided the video. well, good afternoon again, and thank you all for coming on this. thankfully overcast but not rainy day. we appreciate you being here with us. ambassador archbishop president general van buren the grand master of the grand lodge of the district of columbia our dear friends from the royal hibernians or the ancient hibernians hi, my name is stuart mclaurin and i'm the president of the white house historical association. and it's my privilege to welcome you here for this special occasion today. this is going to be a brief ceremony commemorating james hoban. whose work is simply referred to today? as the white house to be in our program with an invocation we are honored to have the distinguished papal nuncio representing the holy see to the united states of america his excel

white house adviser to president biden. i thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. host: we have a lot to talk about, including the efforts to get 70% of adults vaccinated. and the first big public event for the white house. if you are tuning on the livestream, you can ask us questions. just quickly from the news this morning on the jobs report, what does the white house make of the numbers put out this morning? that's live on c-span. >> we heard that jobs were created anita dunn: yesterday -- anita dunn: revising it upward from 3.7 to 7.4% for 2021. the highest gpe -- gdp. we feel there are a few things that were important for this morning's report. the president's economic plan is working. it is clear that it's working. we have a record number of new jobs being created. we have economic growth projected to be the highest and nearly 40 years. we have wages increasing. the president believes americans , working families need arrays. employers are paying more. workers are getting more which is a good thin

side the white house. it's a little bit deceiving but i understand that george washington increased the plan size by 20% but hoban. lowered it from the three visual levels to two. what was the ballots between those two decisions and won't you suppose was the conversation between the two and the result that they intended? well, uh the increase of what to 120% of the original plan size was indeed something that george washington suggested after seeing the original plan because it was afraid the rooms would eventually be too small for the presidency, but it was also indeed hoban as you said who suggested that the house lose a story that basically one of the floors be taken out and the reason he said this was because he was afraid of the cost. he thought that of the house were built at a at the three-story size with the expanded dimensions that it would be that would cost too much. he actually compared it to the royal exchange in dublin in terms of the money. that would be spent and he was also apparently afra

so i had a lot of contact with the white house, and particularlyh the white house counsel's office. w one thing i want to say and we've kind of glided over this, but i want to make it clear. when i said at the outset, thati enforcement issues were really in the hands of the department of justice and i included civil in those, i did not include civil litigation in the ordinary course. judge mukasey has talked about disagreements with the white house over civil litigation. my view was and is a position in the supreme court or the courts of appeals on key issues of policy are totally appropriate for the white house to weigh in on. i don't know if we have a disagreement there, but i wanted to tease out that issue because i think it is an important prerogative of a president to say, i don't think we should be challenging this law, or i do, or i think we should be weighig in on this, on this legal issue which has these policy implications. soen i would distinguish betwee the enforcement matters and the other -- and the other civil cases.iv >> i think that's a fair point. from my perspecti

so, i had a lot of contact with the white house, and particularly, the white house counsel office. the one thing i would say i am delighted over this, but i want to make it clear that when i said that the outset judge enforcement matters was really in the hands of the department of justice, and i included sink civil in, those i did not include civil litigation in the ordinary course. the judge has spoken about disagreements with the white house over civil litigation, my view was and is that a position in the supreme court, or in the courts of appeals on key issues of policy are a totally appropriate game for the white house to weigh in on. i don't know if we have a disagreement there, but i want to tease out that issue because i think it is an important prerogative of a president to say i don't think we should be challenging this law, or i do. or i think we should be weighing in on this legal issue which has these policy implications. i would distinguish between the enforcement matters and other civil cases. >> i think that is a fair point. my perspective when i was at the departme

where is the white house? ms. dunn: the president has had two red lines, the first and most important was in action which was not an option for him. we were going to get something done and address these. the second redline has been that he is not going to agree to tax increases for people who make less than $400,000 a year. those have been the two red lines we have defined and we have negotiated on. in terms of the overall number -- and we are at the beginning of a reconciliation process. the house and senate have their own processes. the president has been clear what he thinks should be in the resolution. he sends it to congress, it is our build back better agenda, and that is his preference. he was in the senate for 36 years. there is a congressional process and a negotiation. the understand there will be a lot of back-and-forth between now and then and probably playbook is going to enough their agenda before this is all over a few more times. no matter how many times we say that is true, it never happens. it wi

and welcome to the msnbc special "pride of the white house." tonight is a celebration of being visible. for lgbtq people, visibility has been a cornerstone for the fight. there is incredible power in being seen and heard. and president biden has lifted up lgbtq voices like no other white house. building an administration that, in the words of one biden official, looks like america. nearly 14% of president biden's federal agency appointees identify as lesbian, gay, buy sexual, transgender or queer. we will talk about what president biden is doing to advance the rights of the lgbtq community. they include pete buttigieg, the first out gay senate confirmed cabinet member. the first out lgbtq members of the white house communications staff. the assistant secretary for health, dr. rachel levine. ned price, the first ever outgay state department spokesperson. and at the end of the hour, we'll meet reggie greer, the senior adviser on lgbtq issues in the white house. this is what it means to be seen and heard. biden appointees have tremendous influence

house, and this is that exchange. >> is the administration not mandating vaccines for white house staff? >> no, we have not mandated. >> and do you have a -- can you offer any percentage of employees who are vaccinated? >> i'm not going to provide that. >> what does that tell you about -- why? why would they not answer that? >> i think there is an assumption that the mantle of the white house staff is vaccinated but even as a journalist there's this honor system. you're told if you are vaccinated, you don't need to wear a mask. so i would say the vast majority of journalists are not wearing masks. in her response, i interpreted it as a political reason in why they're not willing to engage in this question. i asked whether or not there's a mandate for white house staff and i think this administration is extremely reluctant to go anywhere near that word, mandate. it's become a very political football nechlt time they're asked questions about mandates, they'll throw it back to private companies, individual corporations can decide what they want to do. i was struck by the fact that they cou

i think it makes us a better white house. the president is somebody who was a single parent for five years. a very dedicated parent and grandparent. there is no one who was more supportive of women than joe biden when it comes to being in the workforce. ryan lizza: one other question. speaking of careers, you sort of took this job a little bit reluctantly. you had to be talked into it. you are ready to go back to your firm. what is the status of your career in the white house? are you sticking around? are you leaving? this is about the point in time where you suggested you might hang up your hat. anita dunn: i am here as an temporary employee. i believe when the president asked you to come serve, you have a responsibility to serve. this was not my intention to be at the botnets at the white house for a longer stent. -- this was not my intention, to be at the white house for a longer stent. i would say pretty soon. ryan lizza: days or weeks? anita dunn: stay tuned. ryan lizza: weeks or months? anita dunn: it's temporary. take

today he hosted german chancellor angela merkel in the white house. his extended child tax credit for parents started to receive the first payments today. >> it's meant to reduce child poverty by over 40%. and this could be a significant game-changer. >> president biden also aligned with senator democrats to make his domestic agenda reality. chuck schumer announced the senate will begin voting on the bipartisan infrastructure, that's a hard infrastructure one, next wednesday. with that let's bring in our lead off guest on this thursday night, jonathan lanier white house reporter from the associated press, paul butler, former -- apparently professor of law at georgetown, and clint brats, a former fbi special agent and distinguished fellow at the foreign policy in research institute. mr. lieu mirror, i'll start with you, let's talk about this book. these revelations are absolutely crazy. you've covered a whole lot of crazy in the trump white house for four straight years. when you read, even just some of these quotes today, where do you rate them on a s

she reflects on her family's time in the white house with former abc news white house correspondent and compton. they focus on first lady betty ford and her impact on american society. the white house historical association hosted this event and provided the video. doesn't it always seen that the most greatest chaos chaotic time in our country is right now the greatest risks and the greatest challenges. well, that isn't really true when i was first assigned to come to washington by abc news in 1974. the nation was deeply divided in protests over the vietnam war. the economy was react with inflation and for the only time in american history a us president resigned in disgrace. it was at that moment that abc news gave me the great honor of assigning me to the white house to what came next it was the administration of gerald ford and with that came, of course the energy and the grace of betty ford. on the eve of mother's day. we're going to explore those memories with her daughter susan ford bales and she is going to take your questions using that q&a. function down at the bottom of your s

does the white house find that sufficient? jen: clearly not, because we are talking about additional steps that should be taken and frankly information that media organizations could decide whether you are going to on or not. i am not just talking about the misinformation storyline, i am talking about these individuals and how prevalent the spreading of this information is. the public has the right to know. that is the point we are making. we are dealing with the life or death issue, so everybody has a role to play to make sure there is accurate information. obviously those are steps they have taken. they are a private sector company and will make decisions about additional steps they can take. it is clear there are more that can be taken. just on the foreign government piece, because that is an interesting, important question. the state department engagement center has found that russia and china have promoted their own vaccine messaging that undermine western origin vaccines in the health and development programs. that is mo

and this is the challenge for the biden white house. ult ultimately, as much as there is some stuff in their control as far as vaccination, a lot of it isn't. and they have focussed on a localized strategy of quipping trusted mortgages in different communities with the message of vaccination being safe and effective. but ultimately, whether people decide to take it, that's not something that president biden can throw more money at or more resources. that's ultimately something that's going to have to be reflected in the culture of different communities. we are emerging increasingly with this two different americas and it's no more evident than today on july 4th. president biden is celebrating at the white house with thousands of people, or over 1,000 people, and people in other parts of the country where virus rates are fairly high. >> here's the counter message from the dnc. you know, i wonder if this is the right message or if this is maybe a little overly optimistic given where we are in the pandemic. >> the freedom to hug a grandchi

the white house should be promulgating the idea that it should be open, we should know what the white house relationship is with anybody who is making that purchase. any time money has been exchanged by a first family, it should be a transparent process and this white house has taken the absolute opposite approach to that but it really seems inappropriate that the white house is even drafting the agreement for this. the idea that they would be providing coverage for hunter biden clearly begs the question what else is this family covering up or what else are they pedaling out there? we have heard hunter biden's racist remarks in his tweets and in his text messages, we have seen him as an oligarch, an oil tycoon or consultant overseas, and frankly, there's been no accountability. reporting he was in investigation back in december but we know nothing and it should be open but right now, it is not. >> gillian: subject to separate investigations at this time, we'll see what happens as it goes forward. have to leave it there, but thank you so much for taking time for us on this friday, have

we'll continue to monitor his comments from the white house. a lot of what he has been rolling out is posted to the white house and jen psaki just commented on a lot of what the president is rolling out, as well. we will leave it there, ari fleischer, thanks for hanging on with us. head into brand-new hour here, beginning with biden white house cleaning up a mess after health and human services secretary implied the government has a right to know people's private health information. good afternoon and welcome, everyone. i'm sandra smith in new york. >> i'm benjamin hall in for john roberts. xavier becerra says it is the government's right to know if americans have been vaccinated or not. ron johnson calling big brother becerra. big-brother mentality from critics who say biden administration, door to door vaccination push goes too far. >> sandra: this coming as alums of obama administration are calling for the covid vaccine to be mandatory for all americans. if you have not gotten your shot, you might need to roll up your sleeve again. coming up

and hopefully communication lesson for the white house. and not just for the white house, not just for the president and the cdc, but for experts so-called experts everywhere and myself included. don't be too definitive. there are too many changes, too many things we discovered. every message from the cdc should say this is what we know today. i think the white house and the cdc need to really understand some strategies for messaging all. this the second thing is that -- this is a little bit of a situation this, ayman. everybody knows we really should have a vaccine mandate. the fact is that white house, the federal government is not allowed to issue a mandate like this. because these are decisions that are up the stakes and local governments but especially stakes. but even if the white house wanted to, i'm sure behind closed doors they would love to, they cannot implement a mandate. i want to make a quick point. the resisters now are in the crazy pool. the resistance to the vaccine does not make the slightest bit of sense. this is not abo

>> i do think the white house is expecting some level of pushback. they put that, though, into the calculation here, and basically said, look, there's almost nothing that joe biden could say about anything at this point, but certainly the pandemic, which has become so politicized, that wouldn't get some amount of pushback. they think it's important for them to try to just bust through that. they think there are some people who will argue this is not fair, that this is un-american, who will ultimately be vaccinated anyway. that's their goal, more than anything else, is to have people in this country be vaccinated. and if that means that some segment of the federal workforce walks away from their jobs, i think they are comfortable with that. again, they are just at this point, as shannon said, they feel like they have to actually get more heavy-handed in their enforcement of this, actually push people toward getting these vaccines who otherwise have not been willing to do so. >> shannon pettypiece, julie pace, dr. vin gupta, thank you, appreciate you.

as to why the white house felt compelled to make this decision. >> white house officials indicated that they hope this will set a butt of a model for others to follow, whether it's state governments, local governments or companies. you know, there was a lot of discussion over the past couple weeks within the administration. you know, people close to the conversations told me about whether they should do this or they should wait until there is full fda approval which would help give them a little bit of, i guess, cover with some people who are concerned about getting the vaccine when it hasn't received that final fda approval. but because of the situation, we're seeing with the delta variant across the country spreading much more rapidly than a lot of people anticipated and the vaccination numbers really plateauing and stuck at levels well beyond -- well below where they were in the spring, the administration felt they needed to make this move now. this is a retirement that would affect a lot of people. it could help encourage others to do similar -- take similar steps for the employees.

hayes, all the way to the trump white house. >> jonathan pliska, you have worked with the white house historical association to read a young readers book about the wh

a staff member there tested positive, but with respect to the white house case, the white house press secretary says that it is being monitor very carefully in terms of this breakout case. and she says there's no cause for alarm. take a listen. the way to the medical unit has conducted contact tracing interviews and determine no close contacts among white house principles or staff or the president . the individual has mild symptoms. we know that there will be breakthrough cases. but as it's instance chose cases in vaccine it, individuals are typically mild of the white house is prepared for break. for cases with regular testing is another reminder of the efficacy of the cove in 1900 vaccines against severe illness or hospitalizations. and of course we wish our colleague a speedy recovery but what isn't clear is whether or not the general public is quite so confident or prepared about the breakthrough aces. and as a result, there is some discussion about whether or not there need to be mandates put in place. in other words, once the vaccine gets something more than just the emergency a

sam stein who is now a white house editor for politico. and michael bender, the author of a new book out this very day. it is called "frankly, we did win this elction". wait for the rest of the title, the inside story of how trump lost. thrilled to have the three of you. thank you very much and good evening. yamiche i'd like to begin with you and i'll refer to your judgment. a lot of folks thought that this perhaps was the toughest speech given in his still young presidency. those still, of course, no mention of that filibuster rule. no challenge to mention or to cinema. so the left was disappointed. how is it generally being received? >> well, i have to say this voting rights speech today was one of the most impassioned speeches we've seen from president biden throughout his presidency and perhaps throughout his career. you saw the president get angry. you saw the president get loud. you saw the president say peddlers of lies are trying to ruin the foundation of america and say -- have you no shame to republicans that heat things really a

subpoena-ing the secret white house -- white house tapes that would approve or disapprove mixers complicity in the water get cover-up. i've done a lot of work on this era of the american political history, that's why it is one of my favorite topics of all. i know most of your parents weren't even alive at the time of watergate in 1973, 1974. when all of this was taken place. i thought i would step the stage today and take you back to october of 1973 during the darkest months of the naked -- nixon presidency, this time the wounds of watergate are fresh. the wounds of the vietnam war are just receding, and the country is being consumed by a growing scandal called watergate. so we are going to show this video. >> october of 1973, the senate has begun hearings investigating possible white house involvement and the burglary at the watergate hotel, and the subsequent cover-up. the big question, what did the president know and when did he know it? investigators learned that president nixon has made secret tapes of every conversation in his executive offices. special prosecutor archibald cox has su

encouraging for the white house is this. one of the progressives who wanted a bigger package, 3.5 trillion. she wanted 6 trillion. she looks at the bipartisan deal and says progress. >> this is an enormous victory, first of all. this bill is absolutely a progressive victory. because if it wasn't for progressives in the house, we probably would be stuck with that tiny, pathetic bipartisan bill alone, and that would have been the entirety of our infrastructure spending. >> mark warner, call your office. >> pathetic. >> it gets to the urgency of schumer in that the more people read this, and the more you give people time to get unhappy with this provision or have a tv ad launched over their head, the more likely things crumble. try to get it done while everybody is somewhat unhappy? as oh posed -- >> there's so many details in both of them. and as someone said, it's being worked out still. we haven't see full text, but the democratic reconciliation bill has a lot of the things in it that have been talked about for a long time.

first of all, is there anything wrong with a white house, this white house calling out a social media platform like facebook for some of the posts that are there? that's question one. and two is: why is it -- this goes to something that susan brought up. why is it that these vaccines which president trump is largely responsible for, with operation warp speed, why have they become so political and so polarizing? >> well, look, there's nothing wrong with the white house saying we want to deal with misinformation. it's another thing to try and shift the blame. you're notice dr. murthy who is an admirable fellow, he didn't talk about a single bit of misinformation that's wrong. he didn't say there's misinformation like this and let me set the record straight, nor did he refer to a website where they might have made a catalog of misinformation and the responses. the administration needs to do more to directly attack this and if president biden doesn't have credibility with the people who aren't being vaccinated, find people who do. reverend graham for example might have a following among s

republicans don't like things when there's a democrat in the white house. democrats don't like things when there's a republican in the white house. do you approve of president biden's handling of the pandemic. have you received at least one shot of the vaccine? nearly 9 in 10 democrats say fewer than half of republicans. that's a giant flag to the president. are you likely to get a vaccine or not? only 6% of democrats say i'm not going to get a vaccine. nearly half of republicans say i'm not going to get a vaccine. so you're a democratic president. we're going through the summer. in a month, kids in florida start going back to school. six weeks, a lot of kids across the country. and eight weeks, most kids go back to school. if you don't improve the vaccine numbers, there will be regional spikes. >> they realize this was one deadline missed, but it's hard to make up for the progress lost. in part because how do you make the argument from joe biden who is not that popular with republican or conservative voters that he is telling you to do something that will

or demands of the white house and censoring and limiting what people can say on facebook and the white house said on other platforms as well. and the most dangerous word i believe in the american lexicon is the one they use right now which is misinformation. it's impossible to define. it's so ambiguous. what was misinformation six months ago is now commonly understood. who gets to decide what misinformation is. what about when it becomes a campaign and someone is running on a different view of covid than the conventional which is come in the white house? can they speak? can they they have a facebook? it's scary. and they set it out loud because they think in the guise of safety and health, they're the deciders. we've got to fight back. and these platforms can't be allowed to be the de facto arm of the white house which they are. which is what the trump lawsuit alleges and they said it out loud this week. todd: whether you voted for biden or not, i don't think anybody envisioned we would be where we are six months ago. i think this is absolutely stunning and the attacks on the constitut

charge that what the white house white house and president biden are doing verges on censorship. who she is. >> secretary psaki: we don't take anything down, we don't block anything, facebook anddecn should be on the platform. our point is that there is information that is leading to people not taking the vaccine and the pillar people are dyinga result. >> chris: karl, first of all, is there anything wrong with a white house, this white house, calling out a social media platform for some of the posts that are there, that's a question and two is, why is it -- this goes to something susan just brought up -- why is it that these vaccines, which president trump is largely responsible for with operation work speed, why have they become so political and so polarizing? >> well, look, there's nothing wrong with the white house saying we want to get -- deal with misinformation. it's another thing to try and shift the blame. you will notice dr. murthy, who is an admirable fellow, he didn't list as single example of misinformation was wrong. he had the opportunity to talk to a nationwide au

peter, what are you hearing from white house sporeses --s soars about a plan -- white houses soars about a plan. peter: the thing about the speech, not just that it was passionate, but it went so far so say it's the greatest threat to democracy since the civil war. that's an extraordinary claim to make, and one some might think is overheated. but it requires action. if you're saying this is such an extraordinary challenge, an extraordinary problem in our society and you don't do anything to change it, to fix it, you're setting yourselves up. it may be they're trying to say to the left, yeah, we get it, we understand, we agree. this is horrible what the republicans are doing. trying to basically keep them, you know, happy, but it may be also that we're trying to set up the election issue for the mid terms in 2022. without a stronger majority in congress they won't get through what they'd like to get through. even with -- even they got rid of the filibuster, they don't necessarily have 51 votes much less 60 votes. this may be more about setting up the issue rather than legislation. yamiche

we revisit first lady jackie kennedy's televised white house tour from 1962 and her extensive white house restoration of the executive mansion this 2012 presentation at the john f kennedy presidential library museum marked the 50th anniversary of her televised tour, which was watched by millions and later awarded an honorary emmy. this video was was courtesy of the kennedy library. good evening and welcome everyone. i'm tom putnam director of the john f kennedy presidential library and museum and on behalf of atomic knott executive director of the kennedy library foundation members of our foundations board of directors and all of my library and foundation colleagues. i thank you for joining us this evening. let me first acknowledge the generous underwriters of the kennedy library forums lead sponsor bank of america boston capital the lowell institute raytheon the boston foundation and our media partners wbur and the boston globe. we considered having this form last night on the actual 50th anniversary of mrs. kennedy's tour. but did not want to make any of you choose have to choose betwee

house and to the white house council's office. obviously, the nomination of u.s. attorneys and marshals is something that should have a lot of responsibility in the justice department because both the marshals and the u.s. attorneys are part of the justice department even though those are presidential nominees. and on pardons, again, you know, in my administration, there was no pardon given without a -- when i was there, without a recommendation from the pardon attorney who reported to me and through me to the -- to the white house. but those are -- those things change between administrations. so others may have a different experience. >> i mean, i think a lot of that depends upon the personalities involved and the relationships that folks at doj have with the president and then the president and the white house council and senior staff want to organize some of these functions and so definitely judges have changed over time. pardons certainly in the trump administration, in a different way from other recent administrations. and th

house in the middle of a blizzard to have dinner, two couples upstairs in the white house it sounded like a social invitation george shultz was new in his tenure he had only been secretary of state for ten months, he didn't really know the reagans all that well and he had just gotten back from a long trip overseas that included a stop in china and dinner progresses the reagan's, both of them start peppering him with questions about the chinese leaders and do they have a bottom line and do they have a sense of humor and what makes them tick and beyond that they start talking about the soviet union and away from the hardliners in the typical national security council meetings begins to realize something about ronald reagan which is that this man has never had a conversation with the big-time communist leader that he is dying to have one and he has really thought about this a lot, he's very confident in his own abilities of the negotiator but then scholz realizes something else which is that this dinner invitation was not the social invitation that nancy reagan had wanted to get him alo

i think the white house is open to ideas, they do want to see it paid for. status a big hurdle, i think it is something they are obviously going to have to work out pretty quickly to what theyth can reple that with an eye think we will tomorrow what that position is from the white house and what might be an adequate swapout.t >> this is a movable time from a president parking for six months in office. what plans are set to mark that? >> he's expecting to deliver or participate in a cnn town hall wednesday and i think look at a lot of questions on the continued recovery amid the pandemic and also economic preparation for broader economic agenda trying to get past to congress. >> we mentioned the president-elect and first lady getting the king and queen jordan to the white house from acquire these infants important for this president? >> i think engaging with foreign leaders is always the something we see every president do but it's important for biden because he's trying to restore relationships abroad or change them after four years ofed unpredictability und

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here it is the white house. the white house can limit the scope. whether they might cause any political problems if their background problems are exposed to the country. and so we see this fbi investigation serving the white house. but did the senate get the information it wanted or needed? so it could exercise the advice and consent role? i that i is the part that is lacking here. and where perhaps we were a little bit led astray by what the fbi was doing when it conducted this investigation. >> yeah. kate, let me pick up on that point. is this in any way change anything for justice kavanaugh and his confirmation as a supreme court justice? >> well, i asked senators bloomenthal about this. why now? what is the object sniff our trust in the fbi as people who haveo confirm federal appointees to the court as well as to the justice department and other senior positions has really been eroded by this experience. at a minimum, they're hoping for monday -- more transparency. they fired back on wednesday the 21st. seven democrats saying we would like to g

house journal reporter -- white house reporter, michael bender. and i am joined by the author, now. michael, great to see you. thanks so much for doing this. and your reporting shows just how desperate donald trump was to try to stay in power. to try to overturn the election. he had help. you know, coming from officials that were still working with people, like rudy giuliani. advisers on the outside. did you uncover anything that just stands out to you, more than anything else? that gets to this desperation? and -- and did any of it sound criminal, to you? do you think it's possible trump committed some crimes here? >> well, i mean, it was shocking, to me, to learn that it -- we -- right? we all know the story of how chaotic this white house has been. >> right. >> and i expected to hear a lot of that when i was talking to the sources around trump. but i was shocked to hear how concerned they were that he had grown violent and become, you know, reckless and unhinged and in this desperation to, you know, stay in the white house. um, and i mean, jim,

so there's a lot of thinking that the white house is watching for but white house officials also say that president biden is going to be looking at news clips and he's going to be looking to see what these police officers say tomorrow. they also say that he's focused on covid and on getting the infrastructure deal done. and some, ways they're trying to say that the president is very interested in seeing justice done in more details about january 6th but also the pretty clear that they don't want this to dominate his agenda. so i think that's a really interesting point from the white house that they're not trying to really lean into what is happening on the hill. but of course it's going to be riveting testimony because there's gonna be these officers talking in detail about how violent that day was as republicans have tried to paint it as a loving crowd and a tourist visit. >> yeah, and here's what we heard earlier today and in fact it was this evening from january six committee member adam schiff. >> our role is going to be fully uncover the facts. what is it that people did at that

>> monica alba at the white house. monica, thank you. >>> hundreds of businesses and thousands worldwide are recovering from one of the largest ransomeware attacks ever russian criminals are believed to be responsible. president biden is believed to take action ken dilanian has the latest on that >> reporter: less than three weeks after president biden demanded russian leader vladimir putin crack down on cyber criminals, the u.s. government once again is scrambling tonight to contain what some experts call one biggest ransomware attacks ever cyber researchers say hundreds of businesses in the united states hit and more than 1,000 across the world. researchers say the attack was carried out by revil, the same russian-based company that escorted from jvs, the world's largest meat packer. it is probably one of the biggest, if not the biggest ransomeware attacks ever >> reporter: biden directed his administration to help victims and find those responsible. he said he wasn't yet sure the attack came from russia, but - >> if

so the white house and the facebook as cnn reported, have been having tense meetings, and white house officials feel as though facebook is not taking this issue seriously. yesterday the white house press secretary called out facebook directly and said they clearly weren't doing enough to keep their sites clean of this misinformation. >> our biggest concern here, and i frankly it should be your biggest concern, is the number of people who are dying around the country because they're getting misinformation that is leading them to not take a vaccine. young people, old people, kids, children, this is all being -- a lot are being impacted by misinformation. >> reporter: now facebook responded after these comments to cnn refuting the accusations. as the white house deals with trying to battle misinformation, they're also dealing with the realtime response of trying to fight the rise in cases across the country in part due to the delta variant. we heard the cdc's rochelle walensky say it has become a pandemic of the unvaccinated. so trying to really stop these outbreaks before they become re

that's what we're focused on here at the white house. reporter: so we're supposed to see it as more of a one-off event? an outlier? karine: what i'm saying is that what we're focused on, our message is clear, is that we want to make sure that people get vaccinated. that is one event but what the c.d.c., what the c.d.c. guidance tells us is that the breakthroughs have been rare. this is what the public health officials have said. yes, there are breakthroughs but they have been rare. but the problem is that they ar. right. so that's why they're asking us to wear masks. where before it was the last two variants we've seen, we weren't seeing that. we weren't seeing vaccinated people pass that along. and so now, that has changed with the delta variant. that's how serious this variant is. that's why our message continues to be, please get vaccinated. reporter: on the victim moratorium, only $3 billion is actually out the door. what is the administration doing to help get more money out the door fast her. karine: so, that's a good question beca

hayes, all the way to the trump white house. >> jonathan pliska, you have worked with the white house historical association to read a young readers book about the white house easter egg roll. before we get into history, tell us about it today. how large is it in 2018? >> it would be a lot larger than it actually is, except the popularity is so high that everyone wants to be a part of this. they kept the attendance at about 30 to 35,000 people. >> where is it held today? >> it's held on the south grounds, the south lawn of the white house. that's what i like to call the president's backyard. >> and are the eggs real eggs? >> the eggs are sometimes real. they also use wooden eggs. >> i think we have some right here. >> they're collectibles. >> definitely. there are traditionally some real eggs used and in the past it was all real. >> who gets to go? >> anyone can go, but you have to submit a request online in advance. and then a lucky lottery winner gets to go. the other thing is, you need to have a small child with you. otherwise, it's really an event for the kids, and otherwise you j

and in response to your question with the white house, one of the things i like about the white house kwgathering is it's outdoors. they are asking people to be vaccinated and if not to be tested and make certain they're covid negative. and if they're not vaccinated to wear a mask. this is in line with the cdc guidance in following science. and it really is based on people being truthful and following behavior. if you have not been vaccinated, wear a mask. if you are vaccinated, then you are welcome to attend this outdoor event and feel comfortable. and so we want to continue to follow science. our concern as we go forward is that this next wave as we approaching it will be unevenly distributed. we have over 1,000 counties in this country that have vaccination rates of 25% or less. we are very concerned about these communities becoming the spread of a night of not only the delta variant which is contagious, but also further mutations to come. and so we want to make certain that people step up and receive vaccinations and understand how we all can be a part of the solution as we move f

is this the white house's fault? not necessarily, this is how pandemics can go. particularly when vaccination rates have been gotten as high as the white house would like them to be and we know that a large percentage of the vaccinated people -- there so the white house doesn't carry the same sort of wait, potentially convincing those voters as they do with other voters. but it's not the position they want to be. ian and i think there's some concern among allies of the white house that there could be some backlash or frustration among voters that biden can deliver on the central premise of his campaign, which is to move the country out of this pandemic. >> right and its reopening, so these old wounds, the house speaker in the minority leader openly sniping about the mask guidance. kevin mccarthy tweeted this last, night make no mistake the threat of bringing bass must bad is not a decision based on, science but a decision contradict by liberal government officials who want to continue to live in a perpetual pandemic state. so then today, speaker pelosi and mccart

give me your sense of the white house position on all of this. did they kick a social media hornet's nest unintentionally? >> i think facebook and the other companies feel like punching bags. every time something goes wrong people are pointing to them and saying how come you didn't stop people from distributing bad information and they feel they have spent a lot of time and effort to take down misinformation on the covid vaccine and they're not getting credit from the administration particularly when you see a president like biden come out and use words that are so stark like they're killing people. as josh has said, they've compiled their own numbers. their own numbers suggest that they have at least gotten through to yusers about the efficacy of the vaccine. there are people who are frustrate that had think more should be done. social media and the internet generally have been sources of extraordinary amounts of misinformation out there. the reason some 30% of americans so far have not gotten and many are refusing to get it in many cases people

i mean people like james baker who was their white house first white house chief of staff would tell you she had a much better nose for trouble a much better sense of who around him was serving him. well and who was pursuing their own interests? you know who had not lived up to his trust and therefore who needed to go often. she made them disappear. so i would want to know how she could possibly be so shrewd about what was in her husband's interest and so clueless so often about her own image. while she was the first lady of the united states and today we've listened to many expert presenters. talk about our wonderful first ladies that have been a compliment and support in many many ways to our country and to their president their husband the president if nancy reagan could convene a table for dinner of other first ladies, who do you think she would find most interesting? who would she want to to know more about? have jackie kennedy there who you know was i hate the word icon is overused so much, but of course, you know, jackie kennedy said such a style in the white house in ways tha

they went after young kids in the trump white house. that's one of the most egregiou things that the great i called that reporter urging her not to report the diagnosis and she di it anyway. >> i think like you guys were just talking about, one of the reasons why we need an neutral arbiter and referee, is because we need to stay on top of this story. what's different about this story than what happened at the white house during your time, kayleigh, is most of what we've learned from the media that hav contracted covid are fully vaccinated. we know 83 percent of the new cases are of this delta variance , so it's people that are fully vaccinated getting this delta variant, and if more people continue to get it from the white house or nancy pelosi 's office or even just from this texas delegation, i think that is in the interest o public health and we all need t know. my husband and i are both fully vaccinated, proud to be a part of operation warp speed from th trump administration that got these vaccines up in the market today. so i think

kevin liptak from the white house. thank you so much. >>> and not only this, but we're talking about one of the biggest music festivals taking place since the start of the pandemic. it's happening this weekend in chicago. >> yeah, lollapalooza getting under way with packed crowds with little to know social distancing. let's go live to omar jimenez live this morning. omar, the organizers changed a piece of protocol midw festival what are they doing today? >> reporter: yeah, boris, it's really illustrating the tight rope that they're forced to walk. knowing they were given the go-ahead to do this at full capacity but when time came, we saw cases rise to a point where they felt they needed to update their guideguidelines, for star we're seeing the entrance of where they will start out. and there's a health screening tent, please have proof of vaccination ready to show. and it's expected to bring hundreds of thousands over the course of these few days to chicago. to get in, you have to show a proof of negative covid test w