the white house is the president's home. >> well, that's lovely. thank you. >> wonderful thing, made us feel so good. and we're still together 47 years. [applause] >> white house weddings do not have as many long weddings. so we feel very blessed. >> here we have christmas with the nixons. >> this ornment that mrs. nixon is holding, this is referred to as the state flower balls and you can see more of them in this other picture and these were ornaments, one was made for each state. they were made by handicapped individuals and combination of felt and artificial flowers. and these ornaments were left behind, where first ladies make arrangements and take them to the presidential libraries. i had heard that these were around and i wanted to see them when i was researching my book and no one could tell me where they were, and we were working in the warehouse and there are a lot of boxes and we came across a box that was marked pat's balls. [laughter] that's the raunchy part of this segment and they were inside. they have been used by mrs. reagan and mrs

the white house calls it a device. service is investigating this device that was found on the white house grounds this morning. press secretary josh ernest has told reporters whatever the device is, it does not currently pose a threat. you can see the response there. >> the president is not home. the president is in new delhi. >> that is going on. >>> let's get an early start on your money. the biggest losers when it comes to the blizzard bearing down. hourly workers who will lose pay. lost wages they will not get back. businesses expecting lost productivity as workers hunker down at home. some will have overtime pay with clean up and salting roads and plows. budgets for the cities will be big. home depot and lowe's see a surge of business as people prep for harsh weather. we hope the small mom and pop stores see a lot of activity here. >>> airlines are prepping for backlog. united and u.s. airways have already announced plans to halt all tuesday operations at new york and boston and philadelphia. 1,900 flights have bee

i think my best day in the white house was not the day when i was still working in the white house, butt was a day that i still thought the real ownership -- >> you are always part of the white house. >> you are always part of the white house. it is just hard to describe the emotions around that. i was on capitol hill in the clinton administration working for the financial committee in 1993 or 1994, i worked with senator bill bradley when he ran for presidency. he put a very good plan for health care reform that of course he did not get elected. that did not happen. actually getting it done after president have had to do it -- i try to do it for 70 years, it is very hard to describe. for as many mistakes as we may and i made in terms of that law, it was without a doubt the most moving moment. >> let us open the microphones to your questions. i know we are limited on time, so if you can introduce yourself and address if you want to ask one or the other of your panelists here. we will try to make the answers -- tech to get to as many answers as possible. >> i'm eric anderson and i go to d

you have very limited resources in the white house. in 2008 we had gigantic staffs on the campaign. we got to the white house, we had tiny staffs. but you have to continually look at your resources. so i think one of the things this white house is always doing is taking a step back and saying, what has changed since two months ago? terms of how people are consuming news and looking for different ways to do it whether it is facebook, whether it's instagram, i think doing the kind of content people are actually looking at as opposed to saying okay, now we're going to stand behind a podium one more time. how do we actually get people to listen to what we're saying? part of it is the delivery mechanisms. so it is a huge priority and the next -- i keep thinkingd the next white house and what is this landscape going to look like to them? because even since 2012, the landscape has changed so dramatically. that's aok really interesting question. >> great question. let's go right here. >> jason mendez central michigan university. the importance

i think my best day in the white house was not the day when i was still working in the white house, but it was a day that i still thought the real ownership -- >> you are always part of the white house. >> you are always part of the white house. it is just hard to describe the emotions around that. i was on capitol hill in the clinton administration working for the financial committee in 1993 or 1994, i worked with senator bill bradley when he ran for presidency. he put a very good plan for health care reform that of course he did not get elected four. that did not happen. actually getting it done after president have had to do it -- i try to do it for 70 years, it is very hard to describe. for as many mistakes as we may and as i made in terms of that law, it was without a doubt the most moving moment. >> let us open the microphones to your questions. i know we are limited on time so if you can introduce yourself and address if you want to ask one or the other of your panelists here. we will try to make the answers and thinks to get to as many. >> i eric anderson and i go to drake unive

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this thing about the white house and the reports is one of the most shocking things as a former white house correspondent and a press secretary, this is supposed to be five or six reporters who represent the press corps because they all can't get in. the five or six write out what they see and hear and give it to the others. this is a shocking development. i'm not making this up. this had a huge impact on me. they are not unilateral lyly edited. i don't want you to leave with the impression -- >> i don't remember anybody having two words on say about it ever. i don't remember that. >> they asked about what the media could do. stop covering the white house as a political being. the reporterings who were there mostly covered as a political story. is the president up or down? give us more substance. we are american people can handle more substance and the second thing was, recognize how hard it is for information to get out to the public. that means sometimes news reporters believe i wrote that story and it's not news anymore. it's the repetition and trying to find ways to bring importan

of course the president and the first lady are not inside the white house. they're not there. the president traveling overseas not expected back in washington until a little bit later on this week. but again we still see a lot of activity here outside the white house, we park where the secret se cars right behind me not heletting anyone inside. la fayette park closed. secret service police are patrolling the area on in their patrol cars as well. again, we are expecting to get more information on exactly what type of device was found on the white house grounds in just a little bit. we're live this morning. back to you. >>> the time is 5:06. don't look for gas prices to get any cheaper. what the experts say you're about to see happen to those free falling prices at the pump. >>> medical marijuana for children. the new guidelines by the nation's top ss on when it's okay to treat your child with marijua t is a weather alert day. you can see rain falling in parts of our region here. tom kierein will let you know hour by hour when er >>> we're keeping an eye on the road conditions. e

lincoln recognized the power of a white house request. first lady decided to throw a very large ball in february of 1862 and was in the thick of her plans by the end of january. her lavish gestures and grand manners invited criticism. mary decided to issue 700 invitations and planned to funnel all these guests into the east room, not only the labor required for such an event, but the worries associated with such an enterprise became immediate and acute to the lincoln secretaries, who by now had nicknamed her hell cat. while the president they dubbed the tycoon. mary was firmly convinced that diversion was an absolute necessity. she ignored senator benjamin wade who wrote indignantly, are the president and mrs. lincoln aware that there is a civil war? if they are not, mr. and mrs. wade are and for that reason decline to participate in dancing and feasting. but feast they did. as heaping plates of partridge quail, duck, turkey, foie gras beef, and the president's favorite, oysters, greeted guests as well as an elegantly appointed abraham lin

the white house is protected by radar that monitors the air space around the white house. ery little. is the white house protected from small, commercially available drones. at some point, it will be someone trying to do some harm. joining us now is the washington post national reporter carol lennick. >> you wrote today this is a problem, the prospect of a drone posing a threat to the white house. this is something that has gotten quite a lot of attention in the government recently. they have been studying how to deal with this as a potential threat? >> inyes, on thursday that panel of experts that you mentioned were having a private briefing a lawmakers just a few days before this event and they were asked are there any other things that have serious risks to the white house security, and drones was one of their top three suggestions. we're not describing the others but the drone, it got across the white house lawn it crashed, it lead to a series of secret service officers running around with flashlights. when the suspect's friends woke him up and he heard about the news h

the white house is protected by radar that monitors the air space around the white house. ry little. is the white house protected from small, commercially available, soon to be ubiquitous drones like this one. it's not always going to be some drunk regretful guy from the geo spatial intelligence agency. at some point, it will be someone trying to do some harm. joining us now is the washington post national reporter carol lennick. thanks for being here. >> glad to be here, rachel. >> you wrote today this is a problem, the prospect of a drone posing a threat to the white house. this is something that has gotten quite a lot of attention in the government recently. they have been studying how to deal with this as a potential threat? yes. and in an irony of ironies, this drunk droning event happened monday morning in the wee hours, roughly 3:00 in the morning. but on thursday, that panel of experts that you mentioned. they were having a private briefing with lawmakers, just a few days before this event. and they were asked are there any other things that are serious risks to the

. >>> and there is breaking news right now at the white house. secret service found a device on the grounds there. molette green is live in laya fayette park. >> r we're working to learn more about exactly what type of device the white house secret service agents found on the ground. there is still a very visible presence of officers out here despite the fact that la fayette park is still open. we were first on the scene before the white house actually confirmed that this device was found on the ground. we saw officers searching using their flashlights. of course the secret service expected to give us more details on what type of device where it was found, how it got there, and if there are any suspects involved. the white house telling us that this device posed no immediate threats to anybody inside the building. of course the president and first lady are traveling. they are in india. so not in the white house this morning when all of this went down just a few hours ago. we're live outside the white house, i'm molette green. back to you. >>> and

the white house is poisoning -- poisoning the justice system. >> the white house doesn't want a trial reported last night. >> that's my point. >> the white house seems to want appear lesser desertion charge slapped on bergdahl so they wouldn't have to go to trial. plead guilty. time served taliban captain and he leaves. >> awol charge they love to walk. >> i need to you react to this. you heard kirby. i mean, you heard him. i mean look, it's not just fox news reporting. this it's nbc reporting it as well. here is kirby right? and he goes out. he basically calls us liars, colonel shaffer is a liar. everybody is a liar. nothing has been decided. mille is still deliberating, which, look this isn't that complicated. you know? it's not that complicated. >> no, it isn't. but kirby is in a tough spot. sedansing on burning pins and needles. >> they are going on the offense, see. so now if it comes back that it is a desertion, he looks like an idiot. and a how much longer are they going to draw this out? i mean, how much longer is it going to take? >> i don't know. but i will tell you. this to

the web. buzzfeed, huge. if you're a white house communications operation you need to retool to the extent you can, because you have limited resources in the white house it's not like we have gigantic staffs. in 2008 we had gigantic staff on the campaign, got to the white house, tiny staff. but you have to continually look at your resources. i think one of the things this white house is always doing is taking a step back and saying, what has changed since two months ago in terms of how people are consuming news? and looking for different ways to do it. whether it is you know, through facebook instagram, i think pete's flickr account which he set up in 2009 is easily one of the most popular things out there. doing the kind of content people are actually looking at, as opposed to saying ok, now we're going to stand behind a podium one more time. how do we actually get people to listen to what we're saying? and part of it is the delivery mechanism. it's a huge priority. and the next i keep thinking about the next white house and what i

someone representing the white house to that rally. eric holder we should note the attorney general was in paris but according to a statement from his office he had to get back and kind of cut it short to be back in washington on sunday afternoon and trying to figure out why he did not attend since he was in paris. the person that did attend was the u.s. ambassador to france and pressed whether this was becoming a big problem for the white house. listen. >> i don't think there is a feeling of that on the french government's side. >> then why do you think all the questions are being generated about tone deafness? do you think it's just us in the media, making something of nothing? >> i wouldn't go that far. >> i wouldn't go that far she says. secretary of state john kerrly said today he thinks the media is quibbling right now and down played the idea that this was a problem saying the relationship with france is not settled over one day or one moment. nonetheless, secretary kerry hurryiedly announcing he's going to paris on thursday. >>

efforts on the part of the obama white house to attack our allies and the resonates representatives of their government in this country. does not -- let me ask it this way: doesn't that reflect far more poorly on the white house and this president than it ever could on the ambassador on the united states from israel? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. and no doubt about it. and look, there's no call for it. i mean, first of all the president of the united states and the white house should be above that behavior. and disagreements with an ally should always be kept private. and it's unfortunate. these disagreements have been in the public domain right from the beginning. now, we have character assassinations as part of it. it's a destructive relationship. really unfortunate. lou: let's turn to other unorthodox behavior. i'll be as neutral as i can be. when it appears the joint chiefs of staff were outside of channels altogether without the approval of the white house, without the approval of the state department, back channeling, if you will with gadhafi, the son of momar gadhafi. trying to avert

. >> have you been in touch with the white house office? >> i have informed them. >> in the past do you think we should get rid of tax breaks for millionaires as a way to help bring down the deficit? does the shift mean maybe there is an emphasis because they are taking care of it? >> as i indicated first it is on the budget. this is built on top of that. if you look at the tax expenditure side, as i indicated you look at the assessment the top ten of the $1.5 trillion, look at all of them and you are probably looking at about $10 trillion. >> so we are prepared to look at some of the tax code [inaudible] >> how much do you get [inaudible] >> in this particular plan we don't come if that's what you're asking. this is a stolen tv -- based on the projections is this kind of economic strategy that will produce more of the economic growth. its pinnacle when you were referring to the republican tax plan early on in the speech, was that tax plan? >> that was the budget outline. i've never heard that referred to. at the republican tax plan is outli

the house. does obama ask boehner who he can invite to the white house? but tamara sent this, bb accepted that's netanyahu, he accepted the invitation isn't that kind of a slap in the face for obama? ron, where do you come down on this? >> george is right. everybody is acting within the right parameters. but politically f you're just an average american out there just kind of plugging into this, you're asking yourself first of all, why is the house speaker embarrassing the commander in chief. why is the president refusing to meet and snubbing the israeli prime minister. and why is netanyahu mucking around american politics. politically, everyone needs to realize that we're all on the same side and the the common enemy here is iran, the potential of them getting a nuclear weapon. we can disagree how we go about doing it, but we couldn't play petty political games along the way. >> liz i was thinking when president bush and your dad were in the white house, if nancy pelosi had invited a foreign leader to come address congress to basically criticize bush's po

you've covered the white house. i've covered the white house. you don't hear that often from the press secretary do you? >> reporter: you don't hear it much from politicians at all. in addition to the fact a josh was acknowledging a reality that most people feel like the united states should have had a higher profile representative at the march, josh was doing something smart when it comes to public relations. admit an error, admit it early, acknowledge it, and move on. it stops the bleeding in terms of crisis like this. look this was something that people obviously, within the white house and in the obama administration were privately expressing agreement with when some people including myself said that we wish there had higher level higher profile person. if the security is too big an issue for the president to attend there's vice president biden, secretary of state john kerry, hagel and others. it is rare in politics to do so but in some cases it's a rather wise thing to do. >> certainly is. you make a mistake, everybody understands that. eve

a decision the white house now says they regret. en to what she said. >> well you know i marched and i spoke to president hollande right before the march and he was so positive about the u.s. and about our president going over to the french embassy and thanked us for everything that we had done. i had been in contact through these days. i think they know our support. i did not get into the logistics. i did march behind him. it was very moving to see the french government march arm in arm. >> the white house of course now says josh ernest says the white house regrets not sending a higher level official to the march. the ambassador told me she has not been asked to convey any additional regret herself for the fact the white house did not send anyone else. as far as she is concerned, that matter is over and done. she is off to another memorial for the three police officers killed in the days of terror here. >> john i think the story about the supposed snub by the white house really was a bigger deal here than there. in france in paris,

the white house o -- the white house is the only one who didn't think it was important to go on saturday. it's almost as though the white house, you know, isn't listening to the rest are of us are. >> i think in terms of labeling, the white house has challenges in terms of having to conduct diplomacy. >> why? there is radical islam and islam. talk to the radical islam don't talk. they are trying to kill us. >> i heard senator rand paul give a speech yesterday. he was asked specifically about that the distinction he sees is between civilized and barbaric islam. it uses justification. but, again not giving credence to it. not lending credence to it. other politicians would make other choices in terms of the labeling. they made -- they recognize that the weekend not recognizing how big the paris event was was a mistake. which is pretty extraordinary to have any white house acknowledge that so i think that piece of it is little bit separate from. this i don't think that if they had hudenly labeled that differently that would have forced their hands to send one to paris. >> any way it validat

the white house attention is on the next leg of the mission. saudi arabia the president drafts to riyadh to pay respects to the late king abdullah. mike viqueira is at the white house. the president is not the only one travelling to saudi arabia since the death of king abdullah. what is happening there? >> that's right. it's a measure of the economic and strategic importance of saudi arabia that there is a stream of foreign dignitaries travelling to iraq paying respects to king abdullah who passed away last week and to the new king. king salman. the prince of japan arrived there. japan is a country dependent on foreign oil and saudi arabia is the largest exporter of crude oil in the world. also the president of venezuela, president nicolas maduro arrived in riyadh a member - leader of an o.p.e.c. nation an oil producer. of vital interest. president obama, as you mentioned, cutting short a visit to the taj mahal in india. that was to be day three. he himself, the white house changing course after saying vice president joe biden would attend. now,

is that what the white house is? even within the white house the buck doesn't stop at his desk.ean i could see, you know, there were other presidents who said if something happens in butte, montana, i'll take responsibility. he's saying even within the white house there's a lot of barriers between my desk and the ultimate responsibility. it always lands on his desk and it's his fault. >> they say they didn't ask him. is he the gimp? do they keep him in a box somewhere? [laughter] it's awful. this is the most politically castrated president i think i've ever seen. because this is a person who's incapable, apparently, of accessing his own information or making his own decisions. and -- >> when you surround yourself with sick copants, that's what happens. >> listen, the rally started the day of the murders. >> right. >> there were rallies pouring in with people coming in to public squares the day of the murders, and i thought this second term was supposed to be the foreign policy and national security. i'm surprised nobody did march. >> i'm skeptical, harris, and as a journalist, d

leader has the white house on the offensive. >> the biggest american no show, white house being blasted for not sending a high ranking official. >> a rare admission at the white house podium they made a mistake. >> i think it's fair to say that we should have sent someone a higher profile. >> why didn't. >> you we wanted to mitigate the impact that the security precautions would have on those participating in this event. >> netanyahu and. others made it to this rally. >> vice president biden secretary kerr i can'ty. many americans embarrass are not the only ones noticing. walid phares joins us. nice to see you, walid. can you speak arabic, read arabic, you are looking at the newspapers and media arend at world. what's everyone saying. >> beyond that i was in arab media for 24 hours during the event, after the event. first question that i had been asked by anchors in the gulf and egypt, north africa, many other places where is your president. where is your vice president? they were really curious, genuinely curious, they wanted to know why is the president not there they raised t

boehner doesn't have to ask obama who he wants to invite to speak at the house does the president ask who he can invite to the white house. and bb accepted the invitation is that a slap in the face on obama. ron, where did you see this? >> if you are just an average american out there not on the right or left just fluging into this, you are asking yourself first of all, why is the house speaker embarrassing the commander-in-chief and the president refusing to meet and snubbing the president and mucking around in american politics. i think everyone needs to realize we are on the same side and the common enemy here is iran, the potential of them getting a nuclear weapon and we can disagree on how we go about doing it but we shouldn't be playing petty, political game as long the way. >> you know, liz i was thinking about when president bush and your dad was in the white house, if nancy pelosi invited a foreign leader to come and address congress on a policy issue, wouldn't the guys in that house hit the roof? >> i think one of the things that they believe and i believe strongly is in the importance of a powerful execu

>> i'm going down to the white house today. >> i want to welcome the congressional leadership to the white house. >> i can work with anyone who wants to work. >> he he would not here to differences find common ground. >> would listen to the american people. we hope he will start to listen to. >> i watched in a short amount of time the president issue five vetoes. >> i would not expect the announcement of legislative break through at the conclusion of today's meeting. >> what happened today? kevin mccarthy joins us. he was there today. nice to see you sir. >> thanks for having me. >> how was your meeting today? >> it was a nice meeting. it was bicameral. had you house and senate republican democrats there. the interesting part is always with me is when the president talks about he wants to work with you. it's only on what he wants to work with. some the discussions i have brought up to the president we have only been here one week he has already offered five veto threats. what did he say when you brought that up to him. >> the point i tried to break back after him. he can always offer

. >>> we're going to turn now to that scare at the white house. a small drone flying low, crashing onto the white house grounds. raising alarms, so many asking, who sent it and why? well tonight, a government employee revealing it was him. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: in the hours just before dawn, secret service and emergency personnel descend on the white house, after a secret service officer reports seeing something unprecedented. a small drone, two feet in diameter, flying at low altitude, inside the white house south lawn fence.

i think there are more substance issues the white house will contend to. >> i suspect the lesson the white house is learning at least the next two years that this president remains in the white house, you've got to be really sensitive to these kinds of moments. learn a lesson from this mistake and then move on. >> reporter: this president has acknowledged in the past that he doesn't have the same foroptics for images as previous presidents. he has said it was not his strength. i think it was more than just optics. if you look at the reality of the march, world leaders were not actually marching but be that as it may, this is being referred to here in france as france's 9/11. this is being referred to as a demarcation, a moment this country is changing. truly, having been at the rally yesterday, having covered it for cnn eight hours straight i have to say it really looks as though france at least for one day, is embracing the right things and great things about france. all the pleuralism and open mindedness that usually thrives here. i think that it was beyond just optics. when you thi

what if someone described the welcome here at the white house? >> interesting david duke without the baggage calling himself that. someone can fix that description be well, the white house? >> what i will say is the president will meet with who the republicans choose to serve in the conference. the president is willing to work with republicans to get something done. republicans make the decision to take -- to keep the leadership position, the president will meet with him in pursuit of trying to get things done for the middle class. >> event that or don't pays me. >> if you missed any of their briefing, we will have an online for you. in 2006 c-span aired a documentary on another branch of government call thing capital an in-depth look at the building and history. we also took a look at the house chamber and learned something about the famous symbols in that room. here is a look. >> the symbols are very important. there is a yeah next to the clock, a traditional american symbol of abundance. there are stars. we are familiar with stars & stripes. th

house, and the beauty of our jobs in the white house is that your mornings are spent with people in the white house who think you are co-opted by congress, and your afternoons are spent in congress and they think they are co-opted by the white house. they called me up and yelled when he was unhappy. i was at dinner the other night with 35 members and i had to stick to them, -- speak to them, and i looked at the room, and i was thinking everybody here has yelled at me one time or another. [laughter] take these jobs because you're afraid of getting yelled at. but you take the jobs if you want to see if you can get past the yelling and find common space. >> [indiscernible] what is your best memory of working in the white house and of doing something where you brought to congress and the president together? >> sometimes we cannot talk about these things in great detail, but my best memory -- phil has raised the issue of -- a couple times -- i was there at the end and things were going along swimmingly until the world economy was about to co

there have been a series of excuses the white house has given for why the president, or any other top officials from the white house here attended that massive rally on sunday. the commander in chief tried today to keep the focus on his domestic agenda hosting republican leaders for their first face-to-face since republicans took over congress. as you noted the fallout continues. one of the excuses was that there was concerns about security because this event had come together so quickly. as you know the secret has since said it would have been challenging, but they were never officially asked to put together a plan raising the question whether the white house was seriously considering going. the other excuse was it came together so quickly, white house decided that they wouldn't go without ever checking in with the president. interesting because politico reported today that white house officials believed that after that mission of a mistake on monday where josh earnest said, look, we should have sent a higher level official than ambassador, i pressed earnest today on what the preside

and the white house tonight under fire from a liberal national media. it fellow democrats after declining to send a high-level official to a massive anti-terror rally in paris is weekend. having the white house admitting that they are wrong. taking all of this up on the program tonight. and we begin with new threats to the homeland. the u.s. military overseas operations in the middle east. hackers claiming the islamic state had a so-called cyberjihad on by attacking youtube and twitter accounts. jennifer griffin has the latest details from the pentagon. >> a cyberattack hit this youtube page are virtually the same time the president was making plans and remarks about the need for better cybersecurity. >> this is a direct threat to the economic security of american families are in and we have to stop it. and if we are going to be connected, then we need to be protected. reporter: as the president spoke, the official twitter account for u.s. central command which oversees the war in syria and iraq had a banner that said i love isis reclaiming a cybercaliph

looking at pictures from the white house, president and first lady ready to leave the white house to make the short drive to pennsylvania avenue. jim acosta is over at the white house. hold on a second jim. i want to go back to dana. what do you got, dana. >> reporter: members of the supreme court come down here. we see chief justice john and sonya sotomayor. they're not wearing their robes which is not how we're used to seeing them dressed. they go in the chamber, get dressed and get attire they're usually in for the protocol for this type of address. >> how many supreme court justices have you had a chance to count how many they were? >> reporter: i only saw about six of them but i could have missed some because they started to walk by before. i should tell you the vice president and members of the senate are coming by as we speak. so hey mr. vice president. how do you feel about addressing the republicans? >> i think it's great. it's fine. >> reporter: you have members of the house, excuse me the senate and democratic republican leadership coming by here as well. so this is the for

that applies anywhere near the white house. lso against the law to fly an unmanned drone over dc. on tuesday night we talked about the federal employee that drunkingly flew his friend's drone over the fence and on to the grounds of the white house. he has not been charged. secret service appears to believe his explanation, but it is not unreasonable to be worried about what happened there. the white house was evacuated. the supreme court was evacuated. the u.s. capitol was evacuated. a black hawk helicopter and two jets were dispatched to neutralized the perceived threat and they ended up escorting the cessna away from washington, d.c. they made it land at an airport four rotor drone, about four feet across. the drone doesn't appear to have been carrying anything. commercially available drones they can carry things that's the whole this i go about the dumb amazon delivery things that 60 minutes did that fluffy awkward press release for a couple months ago. this was a drone that was covered by authorities on the u.s. mexico borde

now they're raising the height of the white house fence. this tiny little drone, even though that drone itself is probably a toy, really couldn't carry anything dangerous, is really rocking the secret service that suddenly realizes they've got to start worrying now about another threat these bigger drones that could carry a weapon. here's a former secret service agent. >> yeah this is a game changer because you have now a device that can transport surveillance and explosives that's commercially availsly recognizable as a weapon. that's a vy big deal. >> reporter: so now the secret service he says and it's obvious, has two big tasks, related but different. one, figure out a way to detect drones secondly figure out a way to destroy any drone that's been detected. though are tough, tough jobs that lie ahead for the secret service. i'm steve handelsman news4. live at the white house. >>> and we're learning this isn't the first drone to fly near secure government buildings. it's happened near the capitalol already, even near crowded planes in the

the white house admitted it made a mistake in not sending a higher level official than the u.s. ance to that rally in paris yesterday. but white house press secretary josh earnest would not say how that mistake was made or who made that mistake. as you mentioned, there were ample officials who could have gone. secretary of state john kerry was in india. the attorney general, eric holder was in paris for meetings with french officials. he did a round of sunday talk show appearances but did not attend the rally. then you have to add that to the fact that the president and vice president were at their respective homes. the president was in washington here at the white house, the vice president i should mention was at his home up in wilmington delaware. but here's how white house press secretary josh earnest acknowledged the error on the part of the white house at today's white house briefing. here's what he had to say. >> some have asked whether or not the united states should have sent someone with a higher profile than the ambassador to france and i think it's fair to say that we

in that use room of the white house, the first ever screening -- in the east room of the white house, the first ever screening. >> whole was in the crowd? >> his family, some of his cabinet members, other high-ranking washington figures. >> as i read your book, a former chief justice? >> a former chief justice and it went so well that night that dixon and griffith and very quickly put together a second screening for the supreme court of the united states and congressional leaders. again, terrific sense of marketing and getting these powerbrokers behind the movie as being an awesome piece of filmmaking. you have to remember when you go back to 1915, the film industry, it's in its infancy. no one had ever seen anything like what griffith had produced take away the subject matter being the civil war and reconstruction. just the effects of it all had people, audiences we think during emotional scenes -- we think -- weeping during emotional scenes. it really was kind of a "star wars" of its time. >> wearables woodrow wilson from originally? >> he was originally from the south, kentucky. >>

bill richardson, in his inimitable fashion, said that i will tell the white house to call you and you should talk to them. i did not know what they called and i interviewed and served in the clinton white house. i served in the office, becoming the only chief but deputy director for six years. it was in the last year that al gore asked me to serve as campaign manager for his campaign. in 1999. >> here is video of you with bill clinton, talking about girls state. >> afterwards, the president answered questions about secret service agents. >> good morning and welcome to the white house. mr. president, girls nation president alana, and vice president jennifer hall, welcome to all of the senators. it is an honor to be here today to welcome you and introduce my boss, the president. before i do, i would like to share thoughts as a former girls nation senator representing kansas 21 years ago this summer. it seems like it was not too long ago that i was in the rose garden, full of excitement at being in a historic place. i am glad that the tradition has -- of hosting the senators at the white

overall emphasis on finding terrorism and rooting out violent extremism, according to our source the white house did not wave off the congresswoman for doing this and asked for a list of lawmakers who might do this. should be a stirring moment. >> could be very, very dramatic. stand by. we're getting more information on this. chief national correspondent, dana bash. i see you have a special guest. >> reporter: i do. few people know more about the threat of terror than dianne

martha: there is growing anger in the white house over house speaker john boehner inviting israel's primethe new york times" reporting that the president's inner circle is outraged that he accepted that invitation without consulting the white house. one senior official even slamming israel's ambassador about this whole situation. speaker boehner sat down with bret baier and say, he was not surprised. >> do you think there is some kind of antipathy in this administration towards netanyahu? >> of course there is. they don't even try to hide it. israel has been our strongest ally in the region for decade. we have, we have a great relationship with them and we ought to look for ways to work together on behalf of our shared interests, not have the kind of antipathy well, that we've seen over the last several years. martha: that was just one of many straightforward answers that bret baier got from john boehner, the speaker yesterday. he joins us now. he anchors "special report." bret, good morning. good to have you with us. >> good morning martha. martha: its was an interesting response and it

standoff, the israeli prime minister is invited to washington and no one bothered to consult the white house. the northern white rhino is close to extinction. we will show you the efforts being made to stop the disappearance for good. ♪ >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the talks between cuba and the u.s. are not just historic. they are being called collaborative and productive. the countries have not met in decades. years of diplomatic decrees mean there are hurdles to restoring ties. we have this report. >> it feels like the beginning of a new era. the negotiators know each other for previous talks -- from previous talks. the diplomat is in town, the most senior visit in 35 years. they will be making history at the table restoring diplomatic ties and reopening embassies. the united states arty has a presence on the main seaside mourad. -- motorway. updating that is an important step on the new cuba policy something highlighted in the state of the union. >> the shift in the cuba policy has the potential to end the mistrust in our hemisphere and

a camera on it to be able to record or see inside the white house grounds. while the circumstances of this incident are still under investigation, it comes on the heels of several other breaches at the white house just within the last year. in northwest, brianne carter abc 7 news. >> there are reports this afternoon isil has nearly been pushed out of the syrian border town after months of fighting. some fighting took place today on the eastern edges of the city near turkey. however, most of the militants have reportedly been driven out according to the syrian observatory for human rights and a senior kurdish official. now, if so this marks a major victory for the kurds and the u.s.-led coalition targeting the islamic state group in air strikes. a group claiming to support isil is taking responsibility for hacking the malaysia airlines official website. users who logged on to the site earlier on monday saw a malaysian airbus and the message 404 plane not found and hacked by lizard squad. malaysian airlines say the domain name system has been compromised but th

a head of state normally notifies the white house of a trip. asked if the white house is annoyed. earnest says they are reserving judgment until they speak to the israeli israelis. it's worth noting the white house is not saying whether the president will even meet with netanyahu when he delivers that speech next month, but read between the lines. this is another chapter in the long saga of the frosty relationship with netanyahu and the united states. >>> and being held in havana the initial discussions are trade and travel and reopening embassies. these talks come weeks after president obama and raul castro ended nearly six decades of he strangement. >>> objections from female lawmakers left leaders short of the vote needed to pass it. this is marking the anniversary of the rowe v. wade decision. >>> the president says this is a necessary response of climate change for the arctic. one alaska senator says the order does not do enough and focuses too much on climate change and too little on development and build up of infrastructure. >>> as for the political climate. climate change