this is not the first white house school, but it likely was the last time the white house had a school inside. jacqueline kennedy had an experience where caroline had ballet classes outside of the white house, which was no issue until they became until her husband became president and then they were caroline was being followed by reporters. so she decided this is kennedy decided to create what was initially called a playgroup we're kind of evolved into a nursery and then by the time carolyn what caroline was school age became a first grade classroom and john jr. was part of the playgroup ultimately, but it was comprised of children. who were the kids of their close friends and the parents all pulled their resources and funded? the salary of the teachers the parents pooled resources for the supplies books. there was a trampoline that was purchased for the the school kids. it was her way of providing her kids with an environment where they were learning in something like a classroom setting with other children, but again, it was controlled they were. in you know behind these four private

maybe not in the trump white house. [laughter] but they get in there and they shave the edge off of their advice. they shave the edge off of their disagreements because they don't what the president to have to referee amongst people who have some bitter disagreement and make his life harder. that is a huge mistake that i think when we made mistakes any the bush administration, it was when we did not reflect the full depth of this agreement to the president -- depth of disagreement to the president . make it your job when you are in the oval office to sharpen the disagreement. provoke people to say what they said outside of the oval office to the president and make his job dam hard because that is the president's job, is to make the hard decisions and he should make them knowing what everyone thinks. >> unvarnished. kellyanne conway, we will give you the final word. >> don't overestimate how much

proud to share the stage with steve portnoy, who many of you know as a white house -- longtime white house press correspondent. steve, why don't you add a couple words? [applause] s on helping things work better. c: thank you so much, jason, and thank you to the white house correspondence association for putting this on. our organization was founded in 1914, to advocate for the working man -- and they were almond -- who were assigned by publications to cover the white house. the history i believe is relevant as today. president woodrow wilson was a hardy, former princeton university professor who was deeply suspicious of reporters. the late historian stephen ponder wrote that wasn't viewed washington correspondence generally as unimpressive intellect -- that wilson viewed washington correspondents generally as unimpressive intellects. university professor in new jersey governor who was deeply suspicious of reporters. one historian wrote that wilson viewed the washington correspondents generally as unimpressive intellects, concerned with things and pushing family members. he found the

stay at the white house overnight. for political reasons one he was married to a white woman and two he was african-american and jfk worried about the political implications of having sammy davis jr. this great celebrity stay at the white house. so it's a story. it's a it's a it's a long story that has major implications and the lincoln assassination changes. i think they're the trajectory of that story and you know, i don't do counterfactuals and i don't know what would have been different it had lincoln lived, but what i do try to show is that for a brief period for four years the white house is different than it was before and it's different than it would be for a long time after

it is hard in any white house. the next panel can speak to this too, to get outside perspective because it is the difficulty of surviving the day sometimes. >> i want to peel back the layers of what it is like to be in those meetings. it brings to mind the fact that the president is sort of emotional, he is colorful, faulty in his language sometimes. does that exist in meetings? is there space for people to be emotional, colorful when you are debating ideas or is it always more formal? is it on the topic only or does it have a more free-form? jen psaki: it is definitely free-form. >> i ask because the creative prices in the decision-making process has a connection to how people feel when they are making decisions and when they are offering ideas. is it constrained or a free-flowing environment? how would you describe how that goes? cedric richmond: it is free-flowing and when you have people like ron klain who have been around him a long time. even when it is not senior staff that want to deliver something. they wi

okay, and we want you to feel welcome here at the white house. which really is as the admiral said it's the people's house. it belongs to all of us. so just remember that okay. and as the people's house, we believe the white house should be a place for learning and for sharing new and different ideas. sharing new forms of art and culture and history and different perspectives. we want you to visit and we want you to take advantage of these opportunities and maybe see something for yourselves that maybe you never thought you could do or be so i'm happy to welcome you here for our little black history month celebration. i'm glad you guys are here. so many milestones in black history have touched this very house. just to name a few. did you know that african-american slaves helped to build this house? you knew that? did you know that write upstairs in a bedroom called the lincoln bedroom president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation that marked an important step forward and ending slavery. did you know that happened right here? you knew that

it was the last residence of president wilson immediately after leaving the white house in 1921. he lived there until 1924, until his death. his wife, first lady edith, lived until 1961, and bequeathed the house to the trust. the national trust opened the doors to the public in 1963. first lady edith wilson's vision of that house was to be a standing legacy of woodrow wilson. the interpretation was very much, of course, centered, as you would imagine, on world war i, wilson's role as an international statesman, the first in the period to hold that distinction on the world stage, and wilson, the man. those were the sort of two pillars of interpretation there, and when you came to the house those were the stories that were centered, right? >> uh-huh. >> through the african american national cultural heritage fund, through the trust, the focus was to tell the fuller history. when i joined, i looked at the interpretation and i looked at what was on display that had, for the most part, been unchanged since 1961, and there have been shifts of small objects here and there, but as far as

she didn't like the idea of redecorating the white house a lot of people say dolly redecorated the white house, but what she did was restructure it in a way that mrs. kennedy would have proved by this is amazing that before dolly's white house, which is called the executive mansion and it would only be during her tenure where it would get that familiar loving nickname the white house there was no place in the in the capital city where all the men of government could get together. let alone their families let alone visiting diplomats. let alone visiting americans let alone anybody it was so what dolly did was she took that executive mansion and she turned it in to a center for entertaining where everybody in town would show up and they did and she threw weekly parties and they were as regular and as grueling as they sound but they became an independent and indispensable part of the washington political machine. and it's in those parties. i can tend that these people learn to work together in a bipartisan ways going towards something they didn't even know is going to happen, which is that

coolidge had a very pristine white house even a laid off the white house housekeeper could see that they spent too much because he was asking is he said the people to cut the budget federal budget then he must cut his white house budget as well and the big character thing that he did was he was rather popular contrary to what history books suggests now. and so he easily could have run again in 19. 28 he chose not to run why because he was trying to convey that office. is more important than man? i'm not as an lbj or of course roosevelt who said the elections about moi, you know. coolidge wanted to receive to in order to make the office more respectful. we live in a republic of laws. not men. and that that was a tough decision not to run because the party didn't exactly thank him for it when a candidate is very popular. he has big coattails. well coolidge did it. anyhow, there were other factors including illness his wife and so on but the main factor was he wanted to make like george washington rather than make like theodore roosevelt who said he wouldn't run again and then did and also

by getting rid of the disposal authority in the white house i don't really think the white house loses much. i have never understood why it was so necessary to have that just preserving it, leaving it for the archives. and then banning ephemeral systems once again creates a bright line rule. as do these regular issues. those of terms it does create bright lines and simplifies things. because i readily agree with you that the only way we will be able to successfully accomplish this mission is for people to understand where those lines are. >> the other part of this i understand were working on some legislation here to create lines they don't make sense to people there it seems counterintuitive, that is an issue as well. so personal communication as an example how do you delineate that and then the broader issue may be all the panel can talk about balance of preserving the records in the value of public disclosure that we talked about and the importance of confidentiality. where is that line? maybe you can talk about that? >> thank you, senator. i do want to say your point about confusio

>> and moving into the white house. well, yes. and they were the first couple to move into the white house. but nobody state terribly long. it went impressed. i think abigail, in some ways, embodies another part of partnership that diana is talking about. she really wasn't interested in what they would call presiding. so, she adopted mergers innovations and ceremonies rather dutifully, but the role that abigail played was really that of advisor. she really was her husband's closest adviser. and in the spirit of republican virtue, that's well republican virtue, john adams made a terrible decision not to change his cabinet, so he ended up with a cabinet full of [inaudible] coal traders all working behind his back, that he was always relying on abigail, but in that particular circumstance, she really was his very closest adviser. >> and that's fascinating that you mentioned that, catherine. because really, coming up to muttered first ladies and contemporary first ladies in terms of personnel issues, we know for example that nancy rea

which led to the privilege of our serving in the white house. before my husband and i had started our journey, in the historic house, everything was quite different. jerry's congress had always been to be -- of the house of representatives. are solid and continuing the democratic majority seem to be distancing him from that goal. in 1973, jerry, who had been serving for nine years began talking about serving just one more term, and then retiring. that sounded like the most wonderful idea to me. as we begin our planning, it never dawned on us that outside influences, might rearrange our plans. and not just slightly. when president nixon was considering his selection from a new bryce president, following mr. agonist reservation. i was aware that my husband's name was included on the list of ten men, who are rumored to be under consideration. i did not give it any serious, thought i was sure that jerry's position as the republican leader was much too valuable to president nixon, for him to be in contention. the ford family, under my direction, we we

so really as the white house the white house is the people's house. and i think it's really important to see that every american sees their stories reflected in the white house their stories their ancestors stories. they should be able to see themselves in the building that that speech by michelle obama caused a lot of people to come head our way to look for more information about slavery in the white house, and we really didn't have a lot of that information available at the time and so us launching our slavery in the president's neighborhood initiative is an effort to correct that and to add those voices into the narrative and put them into conversation with first ladies first families and presidents themselves. they are essential to white house history and american history, and they're not just witnesses to white house history. they are deeply involved one of my favorite stories and things that sort of a correction is an enslave man for a president james madison paul. he wrote the first white house memoir. it's a pretty remarkable read and in it. h

this is a push/pull for the white house. very much, ashley. >> thank you. >>> the biden administration may have gotten a short-term reprieve from the politically tough white house decision that would likely have led to a flood of migrants at the southern border starting may 23rd. a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from lifting a trump covid-19 rule known as title 42. that stopped migration during the pandemic. the court ruling leaving the future of the law unclear. republicans had seized on the decision to lift the rule, as did some democratic senators facing tough re-election contests in border states. republican lawmakers were on the border yesterday. >> we ask them what their plan will be. no plan is given. >> the white house is being pulled in the other direction by members of the congressional hispanic caucus who met with president biden monday. >> title 42 should be lifted. we should focus on border management policy in order to make sure that they have the resources in order to move forward. >> joi

here with me in studio jonathan lemire, white house bureau chief for politico and the white house of "way too early" for msnbc. and michael shear, white house correspondent for "the new york times." thank you all for being here. jonathan, i want to start with you. there was so much news about these white house call logs, a big mystery here. what's the significance of these missing call logs given the fact that there is still so much that lawmakers are trying to figure out about january 6? jonathan: obviously the january 6 committee is trying to figure out exactly what the president was doing that day as his supporters were storming the capitol. and we know from media reports, from accounts fered by lawmakers and aides that he was working the phones for at least part of that day, that he had retreat for the most part, a private dining room just off the oval office. he's in there and a bank of televisions and watching what was going on and per witnesses seemingly pleased by a lot of what he saw, and we know he was making phone calls. but yet knows calls aren't showing up in the logs. t

do think that there are people inside of this biden white house may be hoping the white house loses ons issue to provide some cover for them to say that a federal judge is forcing them to keep 42 in place? >> congressman cuellar: absolutely. absolutely. there is a debate. if you talk to more of the career folks, they would tell you that they want to keep title 42, but you've got some folks with a lot of immigration activists experience that feel the other way, so i think that will give him a cover without a doubt and maybe even congress if we can add that amendment to the covid relief bill to provide that cover. >> sandra: all right, meanwhile, while american families still deal with spiking inflation, particularly high gas prices, the biden administration says it will resume selling new drilling leases on public lands this week. all this after a court overturned the biden executive action from last year that you, sir, criticize, banning responsive leasing what caused job and gdp growth but the president's envoy john kerry says he hopes this move is temporary and that companies are sit

the trump white house and now the biden white house shutting down for facilities because of covid.everybody else. >> exactly. it is unbelievable the way they lack continuously. our border security caucus met with secretary marcus last week. we got no satisfactory answer, no fence, he said he will hire more border patrol the chief at the council said 200 border patrol agents short because of full morale resigning, retiring and they have no plan. liz: thanks for joining us. we will have you back on again soon. i'm elizabeth macdonald, you have been watching "the evening edit" on foxbusiness. thank you for watching, we hope you have a good evening and join us again tomorrow night. ♪♪ kennedy: lot of news here and around the world, look at to all of it including chaos and bloodshed after subway attack here in new york. we will have updates in a moment. in ukraine, vladimir putin going to attack and purging rivals. we got panic over so-called ghost guns. first up though, grim news on the economy you might have heard and we all need to understand what's going on from a labor department t

she lived in the white house. the concession statement she delivered on behalf of a horse president gerald ford ending. the 1976 campaign was not the end of her own political life. she continued to her work to improve the lives of those facing breast cancer and substance abuse focusing a spotlight once taboo topics. she built a friendship and policy partnership with the woman who followed her into the white house rosalyn carter an advocate for the mentally ill. and she revealed that she'd lobbied her husband to name a woman to the supreme court and to his 1976 re-election ticket. betty ford was fond of saying she was known to have an opinion or two you'll hear directly from her featuring footage from c-span's video library. let's listen to her now in her own words. the equal rights amendment when ratified will not be an instance solution to women's problems. it will not alter the fabric of the constitution. are forced women away from their families? it will help knock down those restrictions that have locked women

to the white house. i am pleased to see all of you here today for the presentation of this report of the presidential advisory committee on gulf war veterans illnesses. the work of this committee reflects the administration's commitment to finding answers for the thousands of brave men and women suffering from undiagnosed illnesses after serving in the persian gulf war, and it reflects the president's abiding commitment to being responsive to and responsible for veterans and their families. i know that there are members who are here of the commission, and i'd like them, if they would, just to stand so that we can see -- they're all standing. good. we appreciate very much the time and effort that went into this service, and i nope firsthand how important and difficult your task has been. over the last four years the president and i have received many heartwrenching letters from gulf war veterans and family members, many veterans and their family members said they felt their country had forgotten them. so

so you might remember at the white house correspondence center, she dressed up and came out into the tune of second hand rose and said i'm wearing second hand clothes. and she brought the house down. and if -- if you are being attacked and you can make fun of yourself or poke fun at yourself, that's a lesson, of course, to be learned. let's talk about some other tech any logical changes that would have changed the role of first lady and that is as travel became more of an opportunity or ease of travel. so the railroads come into being and also planes. talk about all of the first ladies that you know or have studied and what travel then actually contributed to their own work and to the work of their husbands. >> well, the pokes did a trip down to the south, and sara poke went with him, and this was one of the early opportunities for a woman to be beside her husband someplace outside of washington. this was the thing, if anyone knew about the first lay days outside of the washington area, it was either in their home state or what they were reading in the press. so with train travel then

elizabeth: big white house diversifying says yes to drilling for oil on federal land.fter setting that down for months. destroying families, destroying jobs but why the sudden 180 after the white house attack on u.s. energy threatened to sick the scc on u.s. oil blaming u.s. oil for not drilling enough the white house credibility crisis just got way worse. with us and that congressman james comber, rick cropper, fox news contributor doctor marc siegel. also at the federal senior legal correspondent margo cleveland, fox news contributor joe koch up vice president of the natural border patrol council he is. the far left, the media and the meltdown mode as moves to block the line must take over of twitter. this is about the left bullying censorship. twitter boots off gop lawmakers at the far left media is okay at letting al qaeda, isis and ironic dictator still tweet? and why is dr. fauci silent on this? shocking video out of china. covid police caught on camera in china assaulting arresting anyone who breaks china's severe total lockdown that doctor fauci praised for it

elizabeth: so it basically undercuts the white house narrative that they're being humanitarian, rightr illegal immigrants in texas the, arizona and and new mexico, targeting each other's stash houses to force these recently arrived border crossers to call home, call their relatives for ransom money so they can send the money to their captives, then that undercuts the white house narrative that their do-gooders. you're not allowed to ma recalled and bully yourself across any if border in any other country in the world. that's the thing. the prime minister's not the president of -- the president's not the president of a caucus, he's president of america, and there are crimes going on here. >> yeah. and what he's doing, liz, is he's allowing one of the bad things that that people say heir running from in mexico to occur on u.s. soil. this is what he's allowing lawlessness, which is happening in other countries, he's allowing it to happen in our own country. and, good lord, with the defund the police movement and and many of the other things that have lawlessness built this in with them,

that is one of those things that for a white house, any white house it is very hard to overcome thatn with strong messaging. how people feel in the gulf and filled the car with gas to have the for the growth grocery store. it's really hard to put some messaging that can change that reality. think democrats face a significant challenge. biden facing a significant challenge when it comes to trying to show other points for what his and restoration is done. how do you say look over here would people say i feel this way every time i go to pull out my credit card. again i think democrats are looking to try to change some of their messaging present the reality of that is going to be quite difficult the next few months. spent harold ford junior to think the is anything they can practically do to change the trajectory of their midterms? >> i think probably one or two things. i greet largely with what is already been said. the kind of people does have an answer how to retain control but he has a right the for democrats is not strong. that got a story to tell the should tell every of what brit

-- in the white house. the president looks to him for his assessment of congress, he trust him implicitly. i have nothing to announce, but when we have something to announce, it will involve a new, important role for him, something the president is excited about. reporter: did the president see any larger meaning in the french elections in terms of the allied effort against russia? jen psaki: i don't have any assessment of that, i will leave that to others. the president was pleased with the outcome. he spoke with president mike roan -- macron this morning and is looking forward to working with him. reporter: an interesting observation that president macrn -- macron secured a double digit win, though he was down in popularity. jen psaki: i do not have information on that front. reporter: is the white house supportive of that? jen psaki: that is decisions for the nato alliance to make, so we will leave it to those entities. reporter: we learned more about friday's shooter from d.c. police who say he had hund

if the white house preparing recession?secretary psaki: well, we are going to constantly monitor our economic data, but what are economic feels and what the u.s. government economic team feels is that the economy has a very strong basis. our recovery has been incredible strong on most measures. we created more jobs last year than any year in american history. the on appointment rate was 3.6% the last time it was measured just a few weeks ago. we also know though that costs are too high, that's how people across the country of course experience inflation, and we need to take steps to address that, and there are steps the president has been taking, from fixing the family glitch to make sure people have lower cost of health care, to even extending the student loan pause to make sure that even as our economy is continuing to recover, we are reducing costs, so we are going to continue to address that but we feel our economy has a strong basis right now and we will continue to monitor. it's very important for the government to do

what you do in the white house. let's step back to a few weeks or months ago in the white house saying, how much support do we provide to humanitarian corridors? do you say we are americans and support from world war ii on? humanitarian values in europe and provide an avenue for people to exit that might include an air corridor or do you say we're no afraid of a third rate military power. we have seen that in ukraine. we so afraid of them we won't project american values in ukraine. i think putin sees a vulnera vulner vulnerability in afghanistan and iraq. from the american side you have to say we have to project american values despite the threats. intercede somewhere here. >> the current head of the cia said putin's grip on russia tightened so did the appetite. is he reckless? will things get worse if the world detaches from moscow more? >> i will never disagree with ambassador burns. he is an impressive cia director affiliated with that agency but let's give you a complimentary sp perspective that's simple. here'

one, in terms of how the white house is reacting, it was a joyful day at the white house.ou saw jen psaki afterwards in her briefing try not to tear up because of the emotion of the moment for her and everyone at the white house. politically, it's important to mention, this is a pretty concrete example of president biden making good on a campaign promise. presidents don't always get to do that. he had this opportunity and he fulfilled it by nominating judge brown jackson, and now with her confirmation he can say, i did not just promise to do that, i fulfilled it. it comes politically at a time when he's not doing super well in the balls. -- in the polls. only months still until the november elections, but this could be a positive jolt in the arm for democrats, for progressives, for black women and men who are a an important part of the -- are an important part of the democratic constituency. to your point about mitch mcconnell, certainly that is part of the overall political picture here. if indeed republicans end up gaining control of the senate and perhaps the house as w