and your host...betty white.u, thank you! thank you very much. i can't believe this. i just can't believe i am hosting "saturday night live." i'm not sure, you -- many of you know that i'm -- i'm 88 1/2 years old, so it's, well, it's great to be here for a number of reasons. you know, i'm not new to live tv. in 1952 i starred in my first live sitcom, which was "life of elizabeth." and, of course, back then we didn't want to do it live. we just didn't know how to tape things. so i don't know what this show's excuse is. you know, i have so many people to thank for being here, but i really have to thank facebook. [ cheers and applause ] when i first heard about the campaign to get me to host "saturday night live", i didn't know what facebook was. and now that i do know what it is, i have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time. i would never say that people on it are losers, but that's only because i'm polite. people say, "but, betty, facebook is a great way to connect with old friends." well, at my age, if i wa

betty white tweeted, we love each other so much. i will miss him so. look out, i'll find him. coe nan o'brien who took over said it's absurd to thank david letterman for all he's done in a tweet, but that's the world we live in now. president obama said it tv won't be the same without dave. >>> an arrest warrant has been issued in the suspect of a murder of a washington family. the family and their housekeeper was found dead thursday. susan mcginnis is live with the details. good morning susan. >> reporter: good morning. this is the house where the bodies were found on the second floor. the house later set on fire. this happened last week. now, a break in the case as the police are able to pinpoint the suspect thanks to a slice of pizza. >> reporter: police are looking for darren william wanted in connection with arson case in the nation's capitol. he is 5'7" weighs 150 pounds. police matched him to dna found on the crust of a domino's pizza ordered to this mansion. the order came to the home as this man, his wife 10-year-old son and housekeeper were being held captive and pos

. >> betty white? >> president obama. i've been putting my calls in.a single call yet. we're going to meet for lunch first, feel each other out. >> talking points every day. i'll mention it to him. >> thank you. >> kimberly this is from fred k. do you have any advice for a minority criminal justice major who just graduated? >> follow my lead. >> read your book. >> here's what i would say they should do. get involved with some of the groups like i was with a legal association. there's a lot of mentoring groups that help people get connected with enturninternships and things like that. that's important because you want to be able to have an experience going forward. >> la raza? >> yeah. that's what the legal -- >> aren't they hardcore left wing? >> there are also different law groups that actually help minorities in law school to get ahead. >> all right. >> i'm with you. >> and then there's a latin spice group. >> to julie from william b. what is your favorite vacation destination? >> i went to istanbul a while ago and i loved it. i thought it was fantas

. >> betty white? >> president obama. i've been putting my calls in.t returned a single call yet. we're going to meet for lunch first, feel each other out. >> talking points every day. i'll mention it to him. >> thank you. >> kimberly this is from fred k. do you have any advice for a minority criminal justice major who just graduated? >> follow my lead. >> read your book. >> here's what i would say they should do. get involved with some of the groups like i was with a legal association. there's a lot of mentoring groups that help people get connected with enturninternships and things like that. that's important because you want to be able to have an experience going forward. >> la raza? >> yeah. that's what the legal -- >> aren't they hardcore left wing? >> there are also different law groups that actually help minorities in law school to get ahead. >> all right. >> i'm with you. >> and then there's a latin spice group. >> to julie from william b. what is your favorite vacation destination? >> i went to istanbul a while ago and i loved it. i thought it

you can start out looking like betty white and in a few clicks you're miley cyrus.it's unbelievable. very very powerful. >> the author explained what may be going on is the guys see it and they're faking the images so i trust them less. but at the same time it makes them want to date them more. emotional intelligence of men. they're cognitively thinking one thing but they're making decisions in a different part of their anatomy. >> for me it says it's time to change my profile. >> dr. jon lapook, dr. holly phillips next. >>> up next, travel editor peter greenberg. 000 protect yourself from bogus travel websites that are looking more and more legit. this is "cbs this morning: saturday." ♪ ♪ you and me, we could be bare footin' ♪ ♪ we'll certainly get around, ohh ♪ the ultimate do-over for wood and concrete. don't replace, resurface. behr premium deckover. exclusively at the home depot. moms know their family's mouths often need a helpingd. han after brushing listerine® total care helps prevent cavities strengthens teeth and restores tooth enamel. it's an easy way to

. >> you mentioned high profile work betty white in her 90s, a major presence on television over thedra bullock in her 50s, top movie star. why do you think those women have been able to land those roles as they age and others have not? >> maggie is working and she's going to continue to work. she's pointing out a really deep built-in bias in the casting system particularly when it comes to romance. that's ridiculous. let's be honest it's ridiculous, women look fan tasic tick these days well into their 40s and 50s and 60s and they should be able to play the love interest of men in whatever -- at whatever age actually. i think that first of all pointing it out that maggie is sort of -- usually as i say the kind of thing you don't talk about, you swallow it you're offended and move on. and you watch the job go to somebody else. in this case i think she's obviously struck a really incredible nerve. we had no idea this story went viral on facebook 12 hours after we put it up it was crazy. and maggie had no intention i'm quite sure of sparking anything. but this is part of the zit geist,

betty? house a push by the white to use tensions between law enforcement and minority communities after protests in baltimore, ferguson, and other cities. may found that police misuse items like high-powered weapons and armored vehicles. i marine killed in the hard landing of an osprey. because not known. the aircraft was nearly scrapped because of mechanical failures crashes that killed two dozen marines back in 2000. a militia and has deployed around the city of ramadi. the islamic state capture ramadi over the weekend. 70 miles less than from baghdad. in yemen, a saudi led coalition has resumed airstrikes after a expiredy cease-fire yesterday. a u.n. envoy is asking that troops be extended to deliver more aid to the war-torn nation. an iranian ship said to be carrying supplies is headed toward yemen, in spite of earnings from the u.s. is thend lindsey graham seventh major candidate to jump into the gop race for the republican nomination. he says he will officially announce on june 1. he is a major critic of president obama's foreign policy. he says he is running because he thinks "the world i

white house. and we have a picture, which you will see later, of us standing in betty ford from bedroom and there is the suitcase all packed. we did not know -- she did not tell us. last night when we heard it on the radio and television, we just could not believe it. laura bush told me when i came to the white house as a senate spouse she told me if your mother ever comes up here, i would love to have her come over and see the white house. and i will give her a tour. and we built an elevator so mother could calm and stay with us, -- could come and stay with us and when she came, laura bush had her over to the white house and it was so wonderful. we are lucky with the presidents we have had because they all understand what it is like. and they have been so good to the people who have been there. thank you. [applause] anita: this is sort of hard, but because this conference is about the legacy of the first ladies -- i want this to the more about your mother's legacy. the panel before us talked about it. if you could just talk about one thing that when you think about your mom is what you are most

. ♪ betty: president obama has a meeting with the crown prince and debbie crown prince of saudi arabia at the whiteay. crown prince of saudi arabia at the white house today. bloomberg chief washington correspondent peter cook joins us with much more. has the king's absence, but on the conversation so far? peter: it was interesting watching the optics in the oval office today as the president met with the crown prince, deputy crown prince today ahead of their meeting. we got a quick glimpse before the private conversations between the president and those two saudi leaders. it was clear the president welcomed them, was gracious, talked about the importance the crown prince has played in making sure americans stay safe. he leads counterterrorism efforts for saudi arabia. and for his part, the crown prince directly referenced the king in his brief comments in front of reporters. you wish to convey to greetings and appreciation of the custodian [indiscernible] great imports to the strategic and historic relationship between our two countries. peter: the crown prince stressing the importance of the relat

white paper. give me that. afternoon, i am betty liu with mark crumpton. mark: i have my notes. let's start e

white paper. give me that. afternoon, i am betty liu with mark crumpton. mark: i have my notes. let's start with equities. stocks little changed ahead of the release of the minutes of the federal reserve policy last policy meeting. the fed did downgrade its view and investors no doubt we'll be looking at clues as to when the fed might raise interest rates. a look at the board shows the dow jones industrial average down. the s&p 500 is down as well. the nasdaq is the only gainer this afternoon, up at 5070. a check for the close of gold, gold is treating -- retreating today on the pressure of a stronger u.s. dollar. gold futures are higher, up nearly one quarter of 1%. at 5888.de is up betty: let's look at the bond markets and what is up our bonds. the 10 year yield is just down here. 2.26% is where the yield on the 10 year note is trading. also the dollar. we will at the fed minutes in just under an hour. the dollar is stronger right now against the euro at 110. ato against the japanese yen 12120 two. let's look at the top stories at this hour. and a story crackdown by the u.s. g

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white house. we begin with the grand daughter of lou hoover, the grandson of breast truman, and a daughter betty ford. >> good evening everyone and thank you for being here. it is always a pleasure to be here. if what happened in the last few minutes back there isn't it -- is any indication, this will be a lot of fun tonight. [laughter] we are going to be talking about three enormously different and enormously important first ladies. they span a large part of this country's history in very different times for each of them. we're very excited and very proud to have these three first family representatives here. it's kind of a unique club. there aren't a lot of them around. to have them all here tonight is certainly a tribute to the foundation, to the library, and to the ford family. we appreciate you bringing this here to grand rapids again. another excellent program. thank you all for being here. i'll start with you, margaret. margaret hoover, whose great-grandmother was lou henry hoover. and clifton truman daniel whose grandmother was bess truman. and of course everybody knows that susan's mom was b

betty. >> the boys were too young to be drafted and then single white women and then married white women. reporter: betty worked through it the great grandmother of a slave. >> my mother lived to be 101. my great under a lived to be 107. they were active until they died. >> reporter: that's why betty didn't hesitate to start the new chapter of a park ranger at the age of 85. why did you want to be a park ringer? >> i don't know that i wanted to be. this is the turn my life took. >> reporter: the old estranger in the -- oldest ranger in the nation. perspective she shares five days a week. >> what's the secret? is it having meaning? >> i have no idea. the only exercise i get is jumping in and out of my car. >> reporter: finding meaning in every tour and in that famous ranger uniform. first day you put this uniform on what did that feel like? >> that was great. i still love the uniform. partly because there's a message to every girl of color that i pass on the street or in an elevator or escalator who suddenly has announced there's a career choice you may not have ever thought of. >> reporter

betty: it is messing me up that memorial day is this weekend. scarlet: labor day is also extra late as well. -- that'st's white right, so you only have 60-some daysthis done. scarlet: and then you go to thanks giving when everyone is scrambling and then they skimming comes around and nobody does any work until christmas. i feel like we are in europe, we are like europeans, we are getting lazy. scarlet: let's hope our boston not hear that. janet yellen's speech was the last thing we were waiting for. was thehat's right, it last big thing that everyone was waiting for, and it is chose to dothat she this on a day right before people would leave for holiday. it is a good thing that she did not throw any curveballs at the markets, because there would have been a lot of traders angry , especially with the bond market closing at 2:00 p.m. scarlet: nobody would have gotten anything done. the market reaction or non-reaction might come next week when we really start to digest what she said. scarlet: betty liu will be back in about 15 minutes. coming up on the "bloomberg disneyland is marking its 60th anniversary, and see how it is sharing within today's ec

white house. and the picture of us standing and betty ford's bedroom and there is the suitcase all packed. we didn't know and she didn't tell us. that night when we heard it on the radio, we could not believe it. laura bush told me when i came to the white house as a senate spouse, she said if your mother comes up. , i would love to have her come over and see the white house. i will give her to her. we built an elevator so that mother could come and stay with us. when she came, laura bush had her to the white house and it was so wonderful. we are very lucky with the president's that we have had because they all understand what it is like and they have all been so good to the other people who have been there. thank you. [applause] >> this might be sort of hard, but since this congress -- conference is about the legacy of the 1st ladies not be as personal with this question and answer, but more about your mother's legacy, talked about all you mothers accomplish so many great things, but if you could talk about one thing that when you think about your mom the most proud of her and what she di

the former white house chief of staff is there who spent six years working for george w. bush and he is standing by with betty. i will pass it over to you. betty: thank you. i'm standing here with andy, now the president of franklin pierce and university in new hampshire. he just started in january. a very interesting summit so far. . was just on the panel all three felt there was not enough urgency in washington on the fiscal situation. how do we get better? >> there was tremendous urgency but i am not sure the political community recognizes it because they do not want to. it but do not recognize it and that is a problem. we have got to call it to their attention. what a great service that has been done by the peterson foundation. the work that would normally be done in transition to a president, and they put forward five different plans, all of them designed by people with parochial interest. can be reviewed by everybody running for president or no excuse for ignorance. if you're going to run for president, you have got to understand the real problems and a challenge of getting a good solution. there are go

betty: and john kerry will meet flood of your purchase -- will be vladimir putin for the first time in two years. president obama is honoring entrepreneurs at the white house . they have been working to help startups in the u.s. but tackling some of the world toughest challenges including poverty, climate change and extremism. talked withchang one of the entrepreneurs who met with the president of error -- the president of airbnb. we were invited here to be part of this entrepreneurship program and i'm incredibly excited. started as an unemployed designer six or seven years ago, and now i may hopefully very successful entrepreneur. as a role model, my story is a story other people can have around the world. : you guys moved into cuba almost more quickly than any other u.s. business. give us an idea of how supplies meeting demand and will you be a to cuban hosts soon? 40 days ago, we launched in cuba with 1000 homes. today, we have 2000 homes. if youre cuban hosts, so want to travel to cuba like an insider and be in a home and be part of a local community, this is the best way to travel to cuba. the thing i'm excited about is president obama has a des

white. coming up, hillary clinton is still leading the democratic contenders the 2016 race. more on the results of the latest bloomberg politics pulled when we return. ♪ bettyarm of recent controversies, hillary clinton is proving durable. in new hampshire, home of the first primary election, 86% of democrats say they have a high or somewhat high opinion of the former secretary of state, according to a bloomberg halle ticks pull just released this morning. phil mattingly has been following all the presidential contenders and joins us now from washington. clinton seems to be pretty durable. how durable issue going to remain as we push into next year? rough i've orn a six weeks for the clinton camp just based on some of the stories you referred to -- the e-mail stories, the never-ending stories on the clinton foundation, cash dedicated to looking at the clinton foundation, the factor #ain't gained a high level is important. everybody says of course democrats support hillary clinton and of course she has a favorable opinion overall. but in light of everything that has happened over the past five or six weeks, candidates without the money or big name id sit out

betty: they are eating out. >> the disney numbers were skyrocketing. people are spending, but the fact of the matter is, as beautiful as that addresses the mohammed and more white dresses do you need? common and more neckties -- how men more neckties? shoes is unlimited, we know that. mark: department store sales saw their biggest top in purchases since 2014 when we had the big snow blanketing much of the united states. is that going to be a plus for consumers going forward in the form of deeper cuts, deeper sales? >> i'm not sure about that. mark: they need to move these products out. >> i'm not familiar with what the numbers are inside the stores on the inventory. my guess is, everyone plays it close to the vest for the department stores. i don't think anyone has overbought that much. if you miss a couple of percentage points, that is not when a change going forward on the discount, much. currentlyael gould, joining us in the studio. sir, thank you for your time. betty: and he has good taste. he likes my dress. still ahead, shake shack webs up its latest earnings report. we'll live burger chain show the change investors are looking for? ♪ betty: welcome back

bettie rubenstein: and my dream, from a small child up that you become a dentist. >> safer: rubenstein disappointed his mother and instead went to law school. then, at age 27, he landed a job in the white as an advisor to president carter. how would you rate yourself as a public servant? >> rubenstein: i enjoyed it very much. i'm not sure the country enjoyed what i did for the country. i like to say that there was a rumor that i was going to be promoted in the second term, and that's why president carter lost. and since i have left the white house, i can tell you honestly nobody's ever invited me back. >> safer: when he was booted from the white house along with jimmy carter in 1980, rubenstein tried lawyering but says he was terrible at it. so in 1987, he and two partners decided to start one of the first d.c.-based investment firms, which they named after a new york hotel. what made you decide to call the company carlyle? >> rubenstein: carlyle sounded kind of british. and it sounded kind of... maybe not aristocratic, but sounded like you've been around for a while when we really hadn't been around. we were new. >> safer: it's now a global giant-- over $200 billion in assets. for yea

betty: thank you so much. roger, thank you for joining us on this jobs report. roger allman, chairman of evercore and alan krueger, thank you as well, princeton university economist and former white council of economic advisors chairman. thank you to peter cook at the labor department was going to stay on top of this jobs report as well as julie hyman on the market reaction. much more to come because we are going to get the republican reaction to the jobs report. commerce kevin brady will be joining us live from texas in a moment. what does the obama administration have to say about the jobs report? we will get the president's chief economist on as well. jason furman is joining in the next hour. all over these pretty much in line jobs numbers. we will be back. ♪ betty: as we were just talking about the labor report for april, we're all digesting the numbers. the headline figure 223,000 jobs created last month. that was pretty much in line with estimates. you heard alan krueger say this is a solid report. we will be getting reaction from the white house and the next hour. first, i want to you from the republican side. we're joined by congressman kevin brady from texas. you have be

whites of the eyes of inflation. the federal bank would love it if that was the case. olivia: oil is over $60 employment index is up let's see what happens in the job report. bettyys, this makes the job report more important for tomorrow. stop anybody to start trading. that's pretty and paul, standing by as the cofounder of the investment group who is not surprised by the market's reaction to janet yellen's comment. paul: anytime the fed official makes a comment it will spook investors. if you look back historically at fed officials and the commons on the market, the track record is not great. in 2007, you had telling us everything was great. betty: he was like, we could absorb any. paul: lastly, we had mixed comments about stocks. those are pickups -- hiccups that come back. i think olivia was saying is it it is more fuel to the fire. it started in the last week or so so you are not concerned she would make any move. if she saw a bubble, for example, in the equities market, it would be fairly easy -- olivia: let me tell you what she said. >> not so hard when you compare the returns on equities to the returns on safe assets like bonds which are also very low, bu

betty, don't we just love a fire? he had such a good hard to make them feel good. those are my memories of those first days. [applause] >> life inside the white house remembering first ladies and first families beginning at noon on mother's day. >> and on c-span's q & a --the world of the white house through those who work there. >> who are the pick lens? >> members of a family that have worked at the white house, a butler that i got to interview there, he works every week at the white house. and nine members of his family have work to there, his uncles were head butlers and he told me, that his uncles ran the white house. they brought him in when he was 17 years old in 1959 during the eisenhower administration and he is still working there. and he described how he would work in the kitchen, he was just a skinny guy and he says they were always getting him ice cream to keep. he got to work with the eisenhower's, a dying breed of person and what i want to do was pay tribute to these people. >> sunday night on c-span's q & a. >> singer elton john and rick warren testified at a senate hearing today on global efforts to fight hiv and aids. the ex