rhetoric you realize has to give way to some very hard tough realities. >>> then rare access, we will take you on an unprecedented live tour of the nation's most coveted address. >>> and welcome back. >> this is really the heartbeat of the house. >> our very own jenna bush hager heads back to her former home to introduce us to some of her old friends that helped keep the today january 12th, 2016. >>> good morning, everybody, welcome back on a really special day. we are here at the white house, we're facing the south lawn,

we're looking at the washington monument and we are pinching ourselves. this is state of the union day, a day of excitement and anticipation here in washington and especially in this building. >> no. >> i've always wanted to stand here. i was here not long ago when the pope came to visit, the ceremony was right there on the south lawn, this is your first time at the white house. >> absolutely incredible. marine one lands right here. >> smile and wave, boys. >> hi, mom. >> that's a postcard right there. >> one of those moments for >> it really is. you may not know it, but i am a buff.

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portraits hanging everyone. this is bill clinton's, it is the first portrait commissioned and done by an african-american artist. >> and by the way if you walk in this direction bill clinton is looking straight across the entrance hallway at a portrait -- you guys will have to move, this might be hard to see here, but president george w. bush. portraits stay in their spots but they always have the two most recent administrations represented right here. >> lead the way as our game of trivia continues. >> we go back into the cross hall, we are just about to go

be mine forever. >> from saving the world in the science fiction blockbuster "pacific rim." >> you're going to get us all killed and here's the thing i mission. >> to becoming a love interest alongside sofia vergara and reese witherspoon. >> i kind of like your smile. >> i'm not smiling. >> then i got something to look forward to. >> rob has joined hollywood's elite on the big screen. >> this to imer he's starring in

the "today" show has visited the nation he's most famous address. >> its address is 1600 pennsylvania avenue, known, of course, as the white house. >> good morning, mr. president. >> good morning, dave. >> i've dodged your question. >> certainly, you're on live television so say whatever you like. >> president clinton, nice to meet you. mate lauer. >> nice to see you again. >> welcome to the white house. thank you very much. >> h happy are you not to be running for anything? >> not as happy as michelle. >> for nearly 60 years "today" has brought the people's house

>> we saw you in thegarden. i know you're going to go back weather permitting when it more seasonable. >> we have a clipper coming across. it's going to bring more snow to the northeast and then lake effect snow. we may see snow here in the nation's capital sometime this afternoon. that clipper will bring heavy snow to maine. look at these temperatures.

>> very rarely. here and there's one more reception and the house is open and i can't, but most of the time it shows very well as a home as america's place. >> and through the years each family has made us feel at home. >> i appreciate you appearing here this morning on my final day on the "today" program. >> i used to worry in the old days about maybe being responsible for closing a theater or two and here i am closing out your show. >> we are in the white house kitchen where, among other things, you brew beer, while we're having this beer.

but when my family is asked what we mismost about 16 -- miss most the answer is simple. it's not the house, but it's the people. the people are who make this house a home. and chief usher angela reed is the person in charge of keeping this home running smoothly. >> i am just so grateful to the president and the first lady for taking a chance and bringing me on board. >> reed manages the president's home more than 100 rooms and 90 people including butlers, cooks and florists.

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