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welcome to the kennedy center honors, a tribute to five extraordinary honorees [ applause ] bruce springsteen, robert de niro, david brubeck get the highest honor for transforming the arts. >> are you talk atlantic me? >> the 66-year-old is credited with being one of the greatest actors of his time. >> feels great and almost like the equivalent of being knighted or something. >> he is so important to so many actors. he's the gold standard ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: a surprise list of performers made the night sparkle. a special jazz performance included david brew best beck's son was the highlight of the 9- year-old's birthday. >> i have had wonderful things happen, but i think this is the high point. >> reporter: the tribute to mel brooks kicked off by carl reiner who called his colleague. >> a genius brain and brilliantly unsensorrable tongue. >> a great drummer, but comedy paid more. so here i am. >> reporter: the trip down memory lane featured scenes from memorable works like "the producers." ♪ [ music ] the obamas presided over the gala for the first time, showing enthusiasm from the upp

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i recently attended the bruce springsteen concert in washington. it was quite wonderful. just want you all to know. [laughter] and some of you may have gone. but it was also a very smooth security experience. tickets were scanned for authenticity. there were no lines. there was no confusion. i am suggesting that there may be more modern techniques for screening people who are trying to enter the white house building. let me finally suggests that layer of security always works better. miss sanchez and i have collaborated for years on port security. that is what we have put in place. in that regard, i very much applaud her comments about the social secretaries office. i sure hope those lessons have been learned. do we have the right security model here? are there things they you can improve immediately with respect to screening people who will come to the white house next month? are there things that this committee, either legislatively or informally, should be working on to make your job more effective? >> thank you. i agree with you. one of the things we do is continually