white house staff in history. the top levels of the white house, such as i, who's been with joe biden for 36 years, but have mike donald, the start of the same time as i did. and anita dunn, who's been at it 24 years. general -- , he just ran the most successful presidential campaign in history. and steve ricchetti, who's been with him for more than two decades. and bruce read, who also has been with him for moment two decades. so, you've got a very, very experienced, very diverse team. and i think that team brings a lot of strength in, a specially what it brings is the patience and perseverance to not get roiled when things go poorly, but to keep at it and keep at it. look, i'm proud of what we did in these two years. but it's clear, we've also some rough moments in these two years. and we got to the finish line on all these accomplishments because we stuck with it, even when things were going poorly, even when people were counting us out, even when people were saying you'll never get it done. and i think the div

the trump white house. but i'm here. i'm here to say to argue with that, because i think that this is a political thriller. i mean, in three acts and the first act is this unbelievable bubble, unbelievably fraught, trans mission that turned out to be the bloodiest since the civil war and and there are some untold stories about that that i have to tell in the book. the second act is the first year of the biden administration, which was overshadowed by the afghanistan fiasco. that started a long decline. and joe biden's approval rating. and the third act i believe, began on a on february 24, 2022, when vladimir putin invaded ukraine. that was the turning point of the biden presidency, in my view, because joe biden rose to meet that moment in a way that i'm not sure anybody else could have. and there followed a string of legislative successes. and then ultimately defying all of the predictions for the midterm elections. so i think it's a political thriller with no ending yet. how did you get the access and and what was the

[applause] being white house chief of staff is the honor of a lifetime. but being joe biden's white house chief of staff has given me a unique opportunity to serve a wise, compassionate, determined and fearless president. and as i did in 1988 and 2008 and 2020, i look forward to being on your side when you run for president in 2024. [cheers and applause] all right. i will close, i will finally close with some words to the staff here. i'm often asked what is the best souvenir i got in two years as white house chief of staff. and my answer's very simple. it's this rock. this plain and simple rock. of it was given to me a year ago on one of our darker days by -- [inaudible] it's always symbolized to me the fact that this team has been rock solid in their support of our agenda and the president. we've never wavered, we've been as solid as a rock. so i ask you today to continue to play that role. i ask each and every one of you to continue your jobs as the rock of this white house, this administration and this presidency. that's our mission. and with that, i w

one is we had a videographer in the white house on white house staff. he was somebody who had been the videographer on the campaign. he was a videographer at, the white house. and he was following the president around with a camera. and we were trying to figure out what are we going to do with this footage? how are we going to use it? and so we started putting out a weekly product called the west wing week. that would just be a recap. 3 to 4 minute recap of the things that had happened the week before. we were just playing with this medium, and it was all based on footage that we had. i had more reporters in my office saying we were single handedly undermining the principle of the first amendment by, putting out a weekly video 3 minutes long. they they were they're definitely threatened by. these changes, there's another power. this is later in the administration. in 2014, we announced a an education policy proposal and we didn't announce it by having the president give a speech or put out a news release or leak some of the details to a reporter we put

we're covering what is happening at the white house. we'll take you there live as soon as karine jean-pierre gets questions on that. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. breaking right now on "the story," we're learning new details about what was in this chinese spy flight vehicle that was sent crashing to the ocean by -- after the -- its run-in with an

what does the white house make of that? >> i can't speak to the appearance or nonappearance of them. what i can say is what we are focused on. as i mentioned, there is a, you know, a multi-agency response to what is occurring in east palestine, and we take this very seriously. we are going to be committed to making sure that the safety and the health of the community is addressed and as you just heard me say, the epa administrators on the ground currently and the president has been in regular touch with the governor. >> just to follow up with one thing, there was a bipartisan letter one republican and three democrats calling for the epa to use authority to ensure norfolk southern pays for the clean-up. >> there is an active investigation underway, so the ntsb is on-site and looking at the cause of the derailment. but an active situation. >> congressional budget report, so the president said that he has cut the deficit over the past two years, but isn't that misleading for americans because it was the covid spending that end

in washington, and see these places and, of course, the white house. and they really bring history alive. you see where these people live. you see fdr's kitchen, which is enormous and well appointed compared to woodrow wilson's kitchen, which is dark and slightly odd looking, to my eye. and they have very different ideas about fnd iis physically were presented there. or you go to monticello and see the fantastic gardens. they are still functioning, in this wonderful warehouse that is like going inside of a dream. and you realize that this all functions on the backs of slaves, and there are many layers, and the subject of the food and politics is an umbrella that covers many different subjects. everything from the presidents personal tastes to local politics, global diplomacy, climate change, or religion, gender and so on. the hard thing for me was to decide what not to use. because i beget -- as i began to research this, i realized every president has an interesting food story. and so i had to we know down, live a lot on the -- we know it down, leave a

lucas tomlinson live at the white house, lucas thanks. president biden has been saying he is planning to run for reelection. but ahead of his official announcement recent polling suggests many americans are unhappy about the economy and feel the countries on the wrong track. so how might this affect the republican party's messaging in the months to come? david avella joint associate gopac chairman and a gop strategist. so as you sit here tonight how optimistic are you your party can retake the white house in two years, david? >> we have a candidate that effectively tells americans how we are going to make them safer both economically and with their personal security as china seems to be on the marcher to test us. we have a great chance to win this. the key for republicans particularly over the next couple of months is to continue to refute these false narratives that the white house and congressional democrats are putting out too. at the same time not come off is everything is bad. it is a balancing act for republicans. but we get that eq

white house staff in history. the top levels of the white house, such as i, who's been with joe biden for 36 years, but have mike donald, the start of the same time as i did. and anita dunn, who's been at it 24 years. general -- , he just ran the most successful presidential campaign in history. and steve richie, who's been with him for more than two decades. and bruce read, who also has been with him for moment two decades. so, you've got a very, very experienced, very diverse team. and i think that team brings a lot of strength in, a specially what it brings is the patience and perseverance to not get roiled when things go poorly, but to keep at it and keep at it. look, i'm proud of what we did in these two years. but it's clear, we've also some rough moments in these two years. and we got to the finish line on all these accomplishments because we stuck with it, even when things were going poorly, even when people were counting us out, even when people were saying you'll never get it done. and i think the divers

the white house. douglass then said he received just as you have seen, one gentleman receive another. now, that line elicited, great applause from the audience and when the applause died down. douglass then added, i tell you, i felt big there. and that line led to great laughter. now, so far, i've told you about two very famous men who made it, abraham lincoln. i want to tell you about a few who are not as famous. this is alexander te augusta. augusta was born in my neck of the woods down in norfolk, virginia, in the 1820s. he was born into a free black family at some point in the 1830. his family moved to baltimore. i think it was in the wake nat turner's rebellion when virginia authorities really clamped down on the rights of free black families and virginia, augusta a barber. but he really wanted to become a doctor. he applied to the university pennsylvania medical college and was denied admission on account of his race. so he moved to toronto, where attended trinity medical school. he a medical do

we're going to go to the white house, where the white house counsel is speaking outside the white house on the fbi search. let's listen. [ inaudible question ] >> sure, thanks for the question. i don't think we'll get ahead of potential speculation and steps that could happen in the investigation. the president has been fully cooperative and directed his team to be fully cooperative. and that's because he believes in the independence of the justice department. he believes in giving them the space to conduct a author rereview and to conduct that review efficiently. that's why he's moving quickly to give them access to his home in wilmington, to give them access to his home in rehoboth, so they can go a full search swob they're able to get access to the information and move ahead in their view. we're not going to speculate about potential things that may happen in the future in this investigation. but we've been fully cooperative. his lawyers are in direct discussions with the justice department and that's going to cont continue. >> why did it take so long for a search of the rehoboth bea

>> in talking to folks at the white house i think there is a sense that perhaps at some point this week we might hear from the president on this issue. i think they want to be careful not to send him out there before we know too much more about these objects. not have them speak just to have him speak. i think there is a possibility that we learn more. he was debriefed on the objects over the weekend. there is a good chance we may hear from the president at some point address the public about the issues. >> white house reporter with us, i do always appreciate your time. >> thank you, i appreciate it. >> coming up live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, the senate agriculture committee holds a hearing on nutrition programs and the upcoming 2023 farm bill and how the agriculture department plans to use the new model to determine who was eligible for benefits. at 11:30 to confirmation votes, one for a judge in california and another for a defense secretary for health affairs. you can also watch these events live on the free c-span now video app or online at c-span.org. c-span or online at c-

so, that was the update from the white house. we are about to get another update, by the way, back there when karine jean-pierre takes questions. >> john: and gives no answers. >> sandra: and gives no answers, for a white house that's promising transparency on the issue. back to david spunt, john, at the justice department. david, did you learn anything new there? >> i'm at the famous justice department, ian sams mentioned several times about referring people to the justice department and i'm at the justice department. we asked these questions every day to doj officials, we ask these questions every day to special counsel robert hur's team and don't get answers. seems to be a black hole of information when the white house says i encourage you to ask the justice department and we ask the justice department and the justice department by nature does not speak about active investigations. an important point to bring up, yesterday we reported that the fbi searched the penn biden center, the first location where documents were found in

who was keeping this secret in the biden white house? this is exploding right in their face, christian. >> right. well, and, you know, successive administrations have talked about a pivot to asia and getting serious in the military, and when biden failed in afghanistan, some of the rumors out of the white house said at least we can focus op on asia now, and that just hasn't happened. we have fewer ships and aircraft in the pacific every success i year. that 100 billion we've sent to the ukraine, it sure would be nice if the europeans had paid more of that, because we could use that to plus up deterrence so maybe we don't have to fight china. elizabeth: congressman, why weren't voters told? why weren't trump officials told? who is keeping america in the dark about chinese spy balloons? this is probably the most incompetent thing, one of the most incompetent rebuttals and narratives coming out of this biden white house to date. it's one of the most idiotic things we've ever seen, congressman. >> well, i just can't believe that, you know, a

going forward with what will be this new white house staff, other changes surely in the white house. these jobs are so crushingly difficult to do physically, very difficult to do. it's just amazing. that's why ron klain against the record of longest running first white house chief of staff of a democratic president. what do you see is the possible changes coming up in the coming year, in the biden administration, and how they could affect the biden administration. >> lawrence, jeff saenz is a very talented guy. he lacks a couple of things that ron klain had. he doesn't have the political savvy, doesn't have the relation, the trust on capitol hill. while he has a good relationship with joe biden, it's not that deep, three decades long bond that i spoke about a minute ago. i think that it was a very good chance that he will be relied upon in order to make the change on time in the white house. the president will lean more heavily on similar advisers. needed done, jim o'malley dillon for political advice. it would be a real mistake for jeff to not be empowered in exactly the way that ro

lee standing by at the white house. let's begin with cnn's jessica schneider. >> john, this is the third search we've been anticipating. that's why reporters and photographers have been staking out the rehoboth beach home. before 8:30, two black suvs, two sedans arrived at the beach home. it was confirmed this is an ongoing fbi search. we're going on now about four hours. notably this is all happening on the same day that robert hur is starting in his special counsel role. hur, of course, will be overseeing the investigation of president biden's handling of classified documents. backing up here, our team has learned that so far up to this point, dozens of classified documents have, in fact, been found as a result of these several searches over the past few months. it incorporates what biden's attorneys previously found in november and december from the penn biden center in wilmington, and also what was taken from biden's wilmington home during what was a 13-hour fbi search. the documents found in that search have only b

so a while republicans accused the biden white house of being irresponsible fiscally, the white house is saying look, our policies, investing in denver structure, capping insolent prices, will improve your day-to-day lives, and look at these limited proposals. numbers of the republican party would say the leaders of our party have already said that is off the table, that that doesn't mean the messaging politically will be going away, especially for the white house. yamiche: it's interesting, it has put republicans on the defense in the middle of where they are supposed to be leaning into the fact that they have control of the house. now you have senator rick scott on the senate side saying i have to redo my policy, i'm not going to talk about cutting social security and medicare. talk to me a little bit about what you make of the reporti on this. scott: we are about two or three weeks past the deadline to raise the debt ceiling, we have reached the max and they are buying some time but we've hit the deadline, and in the time since we've spent weeks talking about social security and me

white house. previously, she's reported for politico national journal and newsweek. so please join me in welcoming david marchick nancy cook. thanks so much for having us. i met dave during the last transition when i was reporting on it. little did we know of what would come of it. but i guess i'm just curious. start out the talk talking about what you think the future of presidential transitions are you still have a major political party. the majority of republicans who say that the election was rigged that biden did not actually win. i'm curious like what does that mean for having peaceful transition moving ahead. well, first of all, thank you for being here, nancy. brad, thank you for hosting. thank you all for coming. i want to recognize coauthors. alex is here. alex tippett and aj wilson. so we worked for a year and a half thank you for your great work and mom is here as well as is my mom. so in the book, can burns was nice enough to write the and he starts by talking about lincoln's famous w

in the white house. if he is, put him out there because right now it's a problem and problem, you heard this from both republicans and democrats there is a sense of this urgency and a sense of this unknown. if you let the unknown stay out there long enough people build their own narratives. the white house has gotten behind this. i'm not sure if they can get ahead of it. people believe they're trying to craft the narrative the way they want to. the president needed to be more out front about this. people are concerned about this. when you have the word ufo thrown and we don't know what we shot down or can't find it after we shot down, we missed with one of our missiles where is the missile. this is something he needs to be out front. i don't think the white house can put him out front to make these convincing arguments because people don't believe him. neil: it is interesting the backdrop of all this icier relationship with china right now. we'll explore the market implication of this in sus a second, co

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in washington, and see these places and, of course, the white house. and they really bring history alive. you see where these people live. you see fdr's kitchen, which is enormous and well appointed compared to woodrow wilson's kitchen, which is dark and slightly odd looking, to my eye. and thave very different ideat food, and it is physically were presented there. orouo to monticello and see the fantastic gard they are still functioning, in this wonderful warehouse that is like going inside of a dream. and you realize that this all functions on the backs of slaves, and there are many layers, and the subject of the food and politics is an umbrella that covers many different subjects. everything from the presidents personal tastes to local politics, global diplomacy, climate change, or religion, gender and so on. the hard thing for me was to decide what not to use. because i beget -- as i began to research this, i realized every president has an interesting food story. and so i had to we know down, live a lot on the -- we know it down, leave a lot on th

did anyone at the white house tell them not to? >> to? >> i haven't heard anything about that. it's better to ask does the archives is that what was said and understand for what they meant. >> i gave an answer to that question. [inaudible] the justice department has engage in the ongoing investigation and an ongoing investigation i should add that the president has been fully cooperating in with offering unprecedented access to his home every single room of his home in rohoboth and get them information of any priest moving quickly to get them information that they need. i'm going to be careful not to characterize what the justice department is doing in their investigation or at its more appropriate for a question like that to be asked of the justice department so i would point you to them. [inaudible] we received a few letters from the house oversight committee in recent weeks. we actually gave them letters early in the week or excuse me last week, white house house counsel. there are engage in good faith with them and reached out to the committee staff to ensure we are being r

that's not all on the white house. what do you do if you're joe biden to say look at what we have done and facing in the next two years with these insurrectionists to deal with? >> he has to use the audience tonight. he's been to the bridge across from ohio to kentucky, the baltimore tunnel, gateway tunnel, the new one across the hudson. putting 20,000 to 30,000 people to work. talking about working people who don't have college degrees. they said this bridge will be built by people without college degrees. trying to get back to the working class. this is a battle for union members and people that didn't go to fancy schools and trying to win them back. he has to win the working class chunk of the vote. david garth, i don't know why trump never listened to this. he is a builder. no infrastructure program. david garth in new york, he said replace the smell of decay with the smell of construction. moving dirt. putting up buildings. the public likes this. they know the stuff is rotting. they know it has to get done. biden'

so who does the white house see as your best partners in the house on that legislation? and also, are there republicans who the white house has reached out to or otherwise see as potential partners in the house to make the numbers work? karine: as you know, there were some republicans in the senate that were incredibly helpful or tried to be helpful in the last session as it relates to george floyd justice in policing act. i'd refer you to them and see where they are this time around. as far as it relates to the republicans, i can tell you for this meeting, i can give you the list of attendees who will be here. and so they are certainly involved in this process. this next state of legislation process. representative horsford. obviously, the chair will be here. representative clyburn. representative neguse. representative jackson lee. we have senator booker who played a very big role. and as you know -- i think you guys heard the vice president yesterday in the early stages of the bill, she was involved and she will be in the room as well. and we will also have reverend w

we are going to watch for that white house press briefing for reaction from the white house, as well as john kirby, actually, the spokesperson. china is pushing back, accusing the u.s. of a smear campaign, so how will the white house respond? we are going to first start with this fox news alert. >> john: america's crime crisis continues to plague residents in democratic-led cities from coast to coast, including here in the nation's capital, innocent civilians fight off violent felons and brazen teens who face no consequences for terrorizing america's streets. >> sandra: the latest incident, 82-year-old grandmother trying to make her way to receive chemotherapy, forced to fight off a vicious juvenile trying to carjack her. >> john: what a brave individual that guy was. but not stopping the d.c. far left city council overhauling the criminal code, critics say will put more criminals on the dangerous streets and supposed to be the crown jewel of american exceptionallism. >> sandra: jeff flock on a new bill in illinois could force local shops to hire armed guards instead of relying on th

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in washington, and see these places and, of course, the white house. and they really bring history alive. you see where these people live. you see fdr's kitchen, which is enormous and well appointed compared to woodrow wilson's kitchen, which is dark and slightly odd looking, to my eye. and they have very different ideas about food, and it is physically were ted there. or you go to monticello and see the fantastic gardens. they all functioning, in this wonderful warehouse that is like going inside of a dream. and you realize that this all functions on the backs of slaves, and there are many layers, and the subject of the food and politics is an umbrella that covers many different subjects. everything from the presidents personal tastes to local politics, global diplomacy, climate change, or religion, gender and so on. the hard thing for me was to decide what not to use. because i beget -- as i began to research this, i realized every president has an interesting food story. and so i had to we know down, live a lot on the -- we know it down, leave a lot

you know, obama added the most, then the trump white house, we get that. but we're not in a good place right now, mick, in this nation. >> yeah. st the always hypocrisy of washington d.c. they just don't have a really good relationship are. i'm not sure hypocrisy even exists in washington, d.c. most of the time. coming back to the what he's going to say tonight, liz, i don't know how he gets out of this hole. this is generally a really boring speech. he is not a great speaker. i don't think he's going to be the able to move the needle much. be curious to see if this is the last speech of ron klain's chief of staff or the first one of jeff siebts'. i don't really know if there's anything he can say to change the momentum. he had a pretty good couple of weeks after the midterms. it's been all could behill since the document issue, now the balloon. i'm not sure he can urn the it around. elizabeth: to your point, it's got to be tough for those 23 senate democrats who face re-election in 2024 to sit through this speech. i mean, the president is again going to t

or excuse me, last week, i should say from the white house counsel. we're engaging in good faith with them, have reached out to the committee staff to ensure we are being responsive to these requests. obviously when you're in an ongoing investigation like this with the justice department, you're fully cooperating with, you know, you want to protect the integrity of that investigation and safeguard information from the investigation, to protect decision making, we're in communication with the oversight committee, we're operating in good faith with legitimate oversight requests. >> the follow up on what peter was asking are there any communications about searching other areas that former vice president biden was working in? i'm talking about the university of pennsylvania, any place there might be documents. >> you know, the president's personal lawyers have addressed sort of the process of identifying, you know, locations where materials from the vp years could have been stored. they're working in open consultation with the department of justice. i'm n

the white house is talking about this unity agenda. trying to emphasize, even though there's a new agenda in washington, he still plans to stay laser focused on reaching out to republicans on some of these issues. but you're absolutely right, the fact that kevin mccarthy will be sitting behind him the entire time serves as a reminder how difficult it will be to get it done. i think phil hit it on the nail that he's trying to reach out to the millions of americans who are tuning in maybe for the first time sort of absorbing what the president wants to accomplish and wants to do. i think particularly on the economy the white house does believe it has a good story to tell. but you look at the polling and you see there's a real disconnect, right, four out of ten americans are saying they think their own finances are actually worse now than when the president first took office. yeah, there's sort of a data side of things. i think the numbers look good. clearly, that is not translating in terms of the public sentiment. >> so, that's the poli

and he was laid out in the green room of the white house. and. and then he was temporarily interred at. oak hill cemetery in the family vault of william carroll, who was a supreme court clerk at the time. now, president lincoln would that tomb very often and is said to have ordered his coffin unsealed on at least two occasions so he could view the body. now, we know willie was buried in a metallic coffin similar to this one. this is a fisk medal. this is an 1850s version. so by the mid 1860s, there were two companies that were making these. one was crane and breed out of cincinnati. the other one was the w.m. richmond company out of queens, new york. now i strongly suspect that willie was placed in the w.m. raymond version. why? because senator daniel would was an owner of that company. daniel would was good friends. president lincoln so it just fits. teresa in that if your good buddy owns a coffin company, then you're probably going to be using that coffin. okay. now let's move forward three years after the the death of willie and we all know wh

jacqui heinrich is on the north lawn of the white house as the president puts final preparations into the speech. what are you hearing tonight, jacqui? >> we know house republicans nearly held a vote today condemning president biden over his handling of the spy balloon but several members pressured gop leadership to drop that effort and instead deliver a bipartisan resolution condemning china on this, so that on the issue of china the split government is speaking with one voice and that bipartisan vote could come as soon as later this week. the white house is denying, though, that president biden had to rewrite portions of his state of the union address after the spy balloon incident and the speech has been considered an anchor for an upcoming 2024 announcement from the president. white house officials said this morning that biden will lay out a new set of priorities where he thinks he can advance his unity agenda in the coming year, including efforts to end cancer, support veterans, opioid crisis and expand mental health resources but have not heard a response yet to reports that hou