brianna keilar has more on the stories emerging as hillary clinton jumps into the race for the white house. >> as bill and hillary clinton prepared to fight their way back into the white house, a new book reveals details about the explosive arguments they had inside its has. >> there was blood all over the president and first lady's bed. the blood was bill clinton's. what did they think had happened? >> everyone on the staff said they were convinced she clocked him with a book. >> in as abc interview, clinton dismissed similar rumors she had thrown a lamp at the president. >> i have a pretty good arm. if i had thrown a lamp at somebody i think you would have known about it. >> but one summer day hillary clinton enlisted an usher to help her to get to the swimming pool unspotted and without a secret service detail. >> he escorted her, made sure she wouldn't have to see anybody on the tour no staffers she didn't want to see anyone. she specifically said that. so he was so proud he was able to make this happen. >> just a few of the juicy tidbits in a new largely on the record account of life

. >> that's right, yeah and the clinton white house, hillary clinton said there was a vast right wingband, and arguably vindicated some points in the way conservative funded media publications would put stuff out there, then enter the kind of bloodstream of the mainstream media and become top level issues the clinton campaign had to respond to. didn't work out very well for the clinton white house, he ended up getting impeached and we're not sure if it's going to work out this time. they do seem to be employing a different strategy instead of going directly after media, instead of attacking the new york times for yesterday publishing an excerpt from this piece, they more seem to be going after the author and dismissing the allegations out of hand, without trying to take on the media as a whole, you know, strategy that didn't really work in 2008 for hillary clinton, didn't work out too well for the clinton white house, so they are trying to be more above the fray benign neglect towards the media, rather than campaigning against them directly. >> alex thank you very much for the update.

president clinton: white house hold please. white house, please hold. hello, white house. would you like his voicemail. >> i feel bad for him, it looks like he has nothing to do. >> i am a little bit worried about him. this morning, for example, he came into the oval office for our meeting and i said, esther president you are wearing pajama bottoms. -- mr. president you are wearing pajama bottoms. hillary clinton: i would like to be here more but i feel that bill has everything under control. president clinton: wait. >> i think his legacy is going to be the natural environment. al gore: improving the green spaces of our country. i have heard him to spend more time on that -- urged him to spend more time on that. >> the president's schedule is busy as ever. he just does different things. >> ♪ you would never know it but buddy, i am a kind of poet. and i've got a lot of things i would like to say ♪ >> i feel really bad for him. i wish there was something that would cheer him up. president clinton: there you are. come with me. >> let's light this candle. just like that. you a

question now, will this provide more fodder for hillary clinton's run for the white house? took direct aim at hillary clinton's character and honesty saying "there's a lot of stuff there that is going to shake the confidence of americans in her ability to lead in an honest fashion." rand paul went onto say i think a lot of americans are going to say that doesn't pass the smell test. with me to talk about this and more democratic strategist former communications director for john edwards and also joining us cnn political commentator who is the executive editor of "the national review." welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> thanks for being here. chris, have you read the book yet? >> it's not going to be on my must-read list. i can tell you that right now. >> come on. why? >> well i mean listen i love gossipy stuff as much as anybody but this is what this is. it's gossip unsubstantiated rumors and it's 25 years old. my goodness. are we really still talking about this? most americans have moved on. i get that it makes interesting fodder for some people who live for this stu

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and you describe a white house and a hillary clinton who "there was so much foul language in the white a preoccupation with secrecy" and you tell a story -- tell us about that. that they're not the people we see in public. they're very different. >> well, one usher told me and this was on the record that they were by far the most paranoid family who they ever served. and this is someone who had been there for decades because these people stay on from administration to administration. one thing that the clintons did was they changed the phone lines. before an operator would have to connect calls to the second and third floors for security reasons, but the clintons wanted to make sure they could call out without having to go through an operator. they didn't want anyone listening in on their conversations. so they changed the whole system. and this usher told me it was very nerve racking for them because the security of that phone line was that an operator would connect you. >> so in other words the foul language they wouldn't exactly use on tgn trail. so there's an image issue there. ano

chris who worked in the clinton white house and remains a democratic strategist believes there's no widespread grumbling about nancy pelosi. just personal ambition. >> this is people playing the gong game and looking to position themselves within the democratic kau kaus for far down the road. >> dillon is the vice chair of california's rem party. >> i think they should keep her on as a leader. i think it's great. as a republican, if they come up with more competent leadership that's in touch, it's harder for us. >> all right one of the critics is backtracking, saying today he believes pelosi is making the changes necessary to lead the democrats back to electoral success. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >> congressman returned from a trip to iraq this morning after seeing how iraqi and american forces are working together against isis. he stopped by abc 7 to tell us about his trip on his way home today from sfo today. he worked on getting to know the american soldiers helping out the iraqi army. and while the u.s. presence in iraq may be waning he said it's still a critical partner

took action asking secretary of state in order to support the interests of donors to the clinton foundation. white houselso came to clinton's defense today. listen here. >> the administration continues to have strong confidence in the decision-making of secretary clinton. she was somebody who served this country and this president extraordinarily well as secretary of state. >> a state department spokesperson brushed off the accusations earlier today saying it is not surprising allegations have arose as clinton has entered the presidential race. lori. lori: so blake the administration may be downplaying this but were there any serious concerns raised at the time? >> well, senator john barasso was one of them. he voiced concerns about this uranium deal in december of 2010. we obtained a letter he sent to president obama then in which he said, and i'm quoting here. as you know russia has a disturbing record of supporting nuclear programs in countries that are openly hostile to the united states. he went on in that letter to say this record is at great odds with our own national security. barrasso said at t

>>> we're awaiting an announcement from hillary clinton that she is seeking the democratic nomination in a bid for the white house in 2016. we're told clinton will post her official bid to become the first female president of the united states through social media when it post, we will bring it to you live. stay tuned. >>> meanwhile, we have brand new polls to tell you about looking at the potential match-ups as the race for the white house takes shape. they show hillary clinton neck and neck or just slightly leading a number of possible republican nominees. tying jeb bush at 45%. this as another poll reveals democrats and independents are pushing back against the idea of apunchallenged print to the nomination for the former secretary of state. what does all it mean? author of the kennedy half century joining us. always good to see you. why this run? what is the rationale? because she can? >> and before we get started, i want to stress i think we're having a delay in hillary clinton sending out that announcement because the campaign is deciding which server to use. the public one, private one, bill clinton's. so

healthier is here. >>> new developments in hillary clinton's newly announced white house bid. ust learned that she resigned from the clinton foundation board of directors. that foundation, as you know, has come under scrutiny recently for some of the done eggs it has received from foreign countries. right now the main focus for clinton's camp is getting voters to know hillary the person. here's cnn's gloria borger. >> poppy, for the past month i've been talking to some of the people who know hillary clinton best, and i've asked them what she's like off stage away from the cameras and why after three decades in the public eye she's choosing to run the presidential gauntlet for a second time. here's what they told me. ♪ ♪ unless you've been living on another planet for the last few decade, there's one political star that's been unavoidably present. >> not too many people with the one name, hillary, a few others, madonna and a few others, but everybody knows hillary. >> maybe not as well as close friend virginia governor terry mccallive, but well enough to be on a first-name basis

. >>> foul language, bloody sheets, the norm in the clinton white house according to the new book, theesidence. inside the private world of the white house. former white house reporter kate anderson writes of an incident between president clinton and the first lady that resulted in blood all over the first couple's bed. staffers claim hillary hit clinton upside the face after learning about the lewinsky affair. another staffer recalls hillary throwing a lamp. she also cites that bill clinton slept on a couch. joining us an editor of the national review, syndicated commonnist. rich lowery. good to have you both here. this is quite a revelation. how much credence do you give it? >> i give it a lot of credence. it's not a great revelation. we have heard these things before. it makes hillary clinton look good, frankly. bill deserved it. we all know that. it's a reminder of all that. i think it actually probably helps helps her. if this were happening today they would have their own reality show. >> they do have their own reality show. we have to live in it. i agree. it probably helps her b

clinton had struck with the obama white house to publicly identify all donors.ple with ties to the company made donations as well." >> and "sharply after the russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in uranium one, mr. clinton received add 500,000 for a mass could you speech to a russian group. the clinton campaign points out that the clintons were just one of nine agencies to approve that deal. clinton campaign spokesman also telling nbc news today no one has produced a shred of evidence that hillary clinton ever took action as secretary of state in order to support the interest of donors to the clinton foundation. it's also worth noting this "new york times" story grows out of a new book called "clinton cash" and the author of that book is a conservative write from her a conservative research group whose leadership includes the same billionaire family bankrolling ted cruz's campaign. this is something the clinton camp noted in the first sentence of their response today. "the times is relying on research of the conservative author of clint

i covered her a lot in the 1990s, and then covering the clinton white house. you know what you know. there are parts of her she's trying to reintroduce, a lot of people right now are saying i'm either for or against her and i'm not going to change my mind. her challenge is to fill it n marco rubio, ted cruz, rand paul they all have to over -- but they're trying to fill in the portrait they're painting a brand-new canvass. she's frying to essentially say, no your canvass of me isn't exactly right. that's a little harder because some especially in our polarized politics a lot of people are cemented they're left or right, she's good orb bad, she's good or evil. so it's a different challenge. but if it's her or anybody else, how do they grow? >> i think in many ways jeb bush might have some of the same problems although not all of the ones that his brother had. >> yes, because he's part of a dynasty, he's part of a long line of politicians, as john points out with the clintons it's kind of polarizing. but he's going at it in a different way, he's kind of at the fu

secretary of state and, in fact, that's why they negotiated the lawyers from the white house, the lawyers for the clintons, negotiated a memorandum of understanding with tight rules of the road about foreign donations, foreign speeches, disclosure. do you get the sense the folks at the white house feel they've been burned by the clintons on this? >> i feel they've been put in a tough spot. secretary clinton is someone who worked for this administration, president obama liked her, but they knew when she took the job there were going to be questions about the foundation. they thought they set something up where they would be clear about that. you see instances where dough nass weren't disclosed. the e-mail controversy bothered them even more because it was clear to everybody in the -- >> did she violate the spirit -- >> it's hard to argue she didn't. it was clear to everyone in the agency, whatever department you worked in, you were to keep government business on your government e-mail. if if went to your gmail, you were to forward it to your government e-mail. it was clear what was to be done there. >> whe

lau.ngie hillary clinton ended the suspense and announced that she will be sticky election to the white house. she will spend the next several weeks reaching out to people. she promised to put middle-class americans first. joining us from iowa where hillary clinton is expected to make her first campaign .ppearance is jennifer epstein was this a surprise? the announcement on this day? thanks for having me on. it really wasn't. for the pastint week or so it would be coming this week. while her campaigns isn't confirming it, a lot of sources were saying it would come in a video on sunday afternoon. that is just what happened. it was a video that lasted about two minutes, but it took a minute in half into it before you saw hillary clinton. it was about the voters who are looking to hear from her and who here -- who she wants to hear make a direction for her campaign based on what they have to say. we have been expecting for several months at this point that she would launch a campaign. she has been hiring hundreds of staffers already. it official for operational and legal services. >> all right.

rumor has it that the couch was on loan in the 1990s to the clinton white house. i don't know if that's true. [laughter] this is a wonderful book written by a wonderful lady whose led a remarkable life and writes about the events of her life in a truly engaging and delightful way. please join me in cellcoming a -- in welcoming a great conservative who's sent spent her life working for our lives and believes. priscilla buckley. [applause] >> good afternoon. it's a great pleasure to be here today. and it's not going to be a very serious talk. [laughter] when "national review" celebrated its 50th anniversary here in washington last november, it was at a huge banquet at the national building museum. earlier that day, bill buckley was given a white house reception, and he and his wife pat had a private lunch with president and mrs. bush. a couple of weeks ago, the american society of magazine editors, the most prestigious organization in the field, gave bill its lifetime achievement award. this was a far cry, indeed, from "national review"'s early reception by the then

meetings very small events fund-raisers during a trip this morning the 69 democrats support clinton's white houseofficially told is not show clear front-runner for the gop than the more vulcan's remaining independents think former florida gov. george bush has a better chance bidding the democratic nominee. >> darya: ears to pelicans and in good spirits coming off of there when that door clarita the territories and serve public or the pelicans and falsified the 1 1/6 to 99 thurlow things have to clean up defensively and offensive leave the door, with a win tonight and steve kerr has has not pushed the stars to the max and wants them to just relax and stay sharp for the give. has he continues an investor borrows to break news that kron-4-dot-com and from a special website and then we also share them throughout the morning i here on kron 4 more news will be right back ♪ ♪ ♪ chase freedom. the card is for the essentials. the cash back is for the fun. chase. so you can. action movies of taking first place. the brian 39 million tickets sales over the weekend that brings in a domestic quarrel the standa

chris la han who worked in the clinton white house and remains a democratic strategist believes there's no widespread grumbling about plselosi, just personal ambitions. >> people are playing the long game and trying to position themselves within the democratic caucus for far down the road. >> reporter: dillon is the vice chair of california's republican party. >> i think they should keep her on as a leader. i think it's great. as a republican if they come up with more competent leadership that's in touch, it's harder for us. >> reporter: already one of the critics is backtracking saying today he believes pelosi is making the changes necessary to lead the democrats back to electoral success. in san francisco carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >>> coming up next, we're going to take you hiking along the trails of marin county. >> they are overused and so >>> people from all over come to marin county to enjoy the outdoors. but with 3 million to 4 million visitors a year the spaces are becoming overwhelmed. >> the county finally has a trail management plan that is supposed to balance recreation and

. >> now the white house digging itself deep into the clinton cash scandal dodging questions. when asked today at the press briefing if then secretary of state hillary clinton had publicly disclosed to the white house the $2 million donation from uranium one to t foundation did press secretary earnst answer? the question calls for a simple yes or no. so did ernst answer? nope. and it gets worse. ernst went on attack. >> is it fair to say the white house believes that as secretary of state hillary clinton's behavior both in the capacity of her office and with that of the clinton foundation met the ethical standard of this white house? >> kevin i can say in no uncertain terms that there has been no evidence presented that suggests that somehow donations to the clinton foundation had any impact on any policy decisions that were made by secretary clinton or anybody else in the state department. there is no evidence to suggest that. and there are a lot of accusations that are flying from secretary clinton's political opponents and for a response to those accusations i would refer to

any time now hillary clinton is expected to officially launch her 2016 bid for the white house. her announcement will come by way of social media. cnn will bring it to you as soon as it's released. >>> hillary clinton's first trip after she announces will be to the first caucus state of iowa. that's where our senior washington correspondent joe johns is. joe, look. we remember back in 2008 this is where hillary clinton did very poorly. not just losing to barack obama but even john edwards. this is do-over time for her there. right? >> reporter: you're supposed to learn from your mistakes. and while no one in the likely hillary campaign is talking about it right now, one of her great mistakes from her run in 2008 was not doing well here in iowa. she was out organized by then-senator barack obama. so now getting off to a good start means meeting the voters where they live making the campaign about the voters. connecting with them on their level and we've seen some of that in the mission statement in the hillary for america memo that went out in advance of this weekend. so the expec

hillary clinton's path to the white house is not getting any smoother after this weekend's admission by the clinton foundation that it made mistakes in disclosing information about foreign donors. the foundation statement and the plans to refile five years worth of tax returns are just the latest headlines raising uncomfortable questions about nation donations speaking fees, dog herself and her husband former president bill clinton. while there's no smoking gun or outright accusation of wrongdoing causing critics and liberal pundits to squirm. the book title clinton cash, hillary clinton has been trying to dismiss the forthcoming book as a political smear schweitzer is not a hack, and it will have to hold up to scrutiny. the new york times and other publications are giving second thoughts to hillary clinton. new york businessman john cooper who bundled operations for barack obama's campaign, says he wants a more detailed clinton campaign response. it's true we're talking about an election that is more than 19 months away. but this is not the conversation that they want to have with th

clinton did for comedic effect and scored big with when she did a forest gump routine for a fwrid iron in 1985. >> you know that's back there. my mama always told me the white housetty on the outside but inside there's lots of nuts. >> reporter: now, by way of contrast here's former secretary clinton earlier this month in iowa where the only hint of a drawl for days gone by interrepresents what was otherwise the typical blend of polish and american personality was a little bit of a dropping of the "g" in living. >> every one of them should have the same chances whether they're livin' in rural iowa or someplace else. >> i like the first one. the route to being somebody is education. you're a new york guy. you're a public speaker, you get paid to speak this. do you ever do this. >> the truth be told we're all amalgams. my voice is basically rolled into one. growing up a bit of dan rather. no, sir, mr. president, thank you. are you. a little bit of bill curtis from a & d investigates. issue got a little bit of bob costas in my voice. you might say you work with some of the greats like belushi or mccartly. >> i like that one. >> or bill buckley who said he would soon

at the same time he can be very beneficial to her. >> you remember when we covered the clinton run for the white house clinton run for the white house, the slogan was you get two for the price of one and that could be a strong argument. >> and i think at a certain point that would be a sub text. but maybe once the nominating process is over -- i was told by a good friend of theirs that he just wants to be helpful. whatever that means. and it means that they're going to keep him under wraps for a while because the focal point has to be hillary clinton. but he's encourageable. you're not going to keep bill linton from giving advice. >> but when it comes to staffing they've laid more ground work this time around to make sure that he doesn't step on her toes in the way that he did in 2007 and 2008. >> look when she was secretary of state, everybody thought bill clinton was going to be running foreign policy and that was not the case. people pointed that at the model for how he should behave during the presidential. >> the last time she ran she did awful in the caucus states. in iowa she lost obviously to

foul language is the norm with some of clinton and white house for gooden said the private world of the white house. for reporter writes of an incident between president clinton and the first lady the resulted in blood all over the boy led - - bed and stitches for the president. members of the staff claimed she hit bill with the bedside book after learning of the of monica lewinsky affair another said she threw i'll lamp across the room barely missing the president. also citing the maids to claim the president's left on the sofa outside the bedroom for months in 1998. republican strategist jerry and editor of the "national review" richard lowry. good to have you both here. quite a revelation. how much credence? >> all lots. it is a into a great revelation may have heard them before. makes hillary clinton look good he deserved it. we although that. and now they get their own reality shows. >> they do. [laughter] i agree. it probably helps to create sympathy. everybody think she was pushed to her limits of endurance she ted throw anything but she was complex and all along in deference to

white house. former secretary of state hillary clinton scheduled to make it official this coming sunday. in florida, senator marco rubio expected to announce his plans the day after. >>> i'm greg jarrett in for shepard smith. we begin with breaking news. yet another black eye for the secret service. word of another agent in trouble. details coming in right about now, and here's what we have learned so far. police in d.c. say they have busted an off-dutyq service officer for breaking and entering. the suspect faces a misdemeanors charge of destruction of property. the agent assigned to the secret service foreign mission branch. this is only the latest big embarrassment for the secret service. the agent reported putting a high-ranking supervisor on leave this week, allegedly accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague. there was that secret service hooker scandal in 2012. who can forget that. agents were disciplined for hiring prostitutes. just ahead of a presidential visit to colombia. more recently, allegations that agents weren't just criminal but just plain incompetent. last year

she was neck deep in them in arkansas way back even before the clinton white house. >> have you ever been to a rodeo? >> you got me. >> this is normal for the clintons this is what everyone expects and they've made sure there isn't anyone anywhere near the goal in sight. the next closest guy is joe biden. we took a picture of martin o'malley out on the street to see if people could identify them no one could. so there's no one anywhere near the hoop. she's going to be the nominee, but at the same time all these scandals i think when it finally comes down to national security that's when it's meaningful to people. when it's just about them selling influence and access everybody is used to that. we don't even like our politicians honest. none of them are honest. when they're selling our national security, maybe people will take notice. >> bolling, you think she might get knocked out, they will say this is too much. she would use a health reason i think if she ever bowed out. >> yes. for whatever reason my health i want to spend more time with my grandchild. just wait until the polls sta

this whole clinton family circus i think can roll right back into the white house.uld be all right with it. >> like a "friends" reunion. >> speaking of which -- >> oh, ross? >> yes, ross. slash. but i see more, like, spicoli, special correspondent. >> what are you calling me stoner? >> after yesterday's segment. juan, you look kind of gleeful. what do you think? >> it's just great gossip. she had him sleeping on the sofa it said, outside the bedroom. >> that's nice. >> that's this. >> i'm not going to mess with you, kid. man, i'm telling you. >> yeah, you'd do the garage. >> body parts. >> but you know what? i wonder if women don't think, you know hillary actually could have done anything thrown a lamp. you said, you know -- >> right. >> -- a puerto rican woman. but she should be throwing stuff out on the lawn, cut up his suits, done anything to him. >> that would have been awesome. on the south lawn. can you imagine the visual? >> dana, you're a nice person. why would you cut up a man's sult? >> well -- >> when did you do that? >> wait. how did this happen? first i

taking step by step to first of all move left and identify herself very differently from the clinton white housesay it's moving left per se. a lot of conservatives like paul and rick is spoken up about their desire to see criminal justice reform. this bridges the divide. this is a break with her husband's record which was a lot about spending more money to put cops on the street more arrests, getting cleaner neighborhoods, et cetera etc. now of course the times were different. you were dealing with huge crime waves in the early 90s that a lot of democrats thought they needed to respond to. joe biden was one of the same democrats who today had the same conversion. times are different. it's definitely a philosophical break from where her husband stood decades ago. >> there's support in republican field for some of these steps because will there was a crack cocaine epidemic. they did three strikes you're out. they built prisons and hundreds of thousands of african-american men around the country were arrested for victimless or petty crimes. in other areas, she is moving left i think you could say o

to be secretary of state and that's why they negotiated the lawyers from white house and lawyers for the clintons negotiated a memorandum of understanding with tight rules of the road about foreign donations and speeches and disclosure. do you get the sense the folks at the white house feel they've been burned by the clintons on this? >> i think they feel they've been put in a tough spot. on the one hand secretary clinton worked for this administration and president grew to work her, good job as secretary of state. they knew when she took that job that there were going to be questions about the foundation. they thought they had set something up to deal with that. and now you see there have been some instances where donations were not disclosed and e-mail controversy, i think bothered them even more. this was something they thought was pretty clear to everybody in the administration. >> let me ask you about what lanny davis said. did she violate the spirit if not the letter of the -- >> it's hard to argue she didn't. it was very clear to everyone in the administration whatever agency you worked at

>> white house officials have de increased the defense of clinton. in the clinton campaign calling this book of partisan attack showing there is no direct link showing clinton helped donors. the circumstantial evidence overwhelmingly clinton donors received favorable treatment before she left the state department. >> rich edson joining us live. >> his super pact raising more money in the first 1 shun days than any 100 days. he did not say how much he raised. they seem to think he will have $100 million by the end of may. up until now push's father held the record for the best fundraising debut bringing in $47 million back in 1999. the time now 15 minutes to the top of the hour. out of control the dangerous moment a rally car careens off the track and crashes right into a crowd. oo drooingink up. how one glass of wine could be the key to locking up a relationship. >> we are going to talk to brian kilmeade who i know has a problem with that. >> i am all for giving people a glass of wine for a better future and better tomorrow. can i adam realizing you h

karen: hillary clinton's once again aiming for the white house. >> so i'm hitting the road to earn your vote. because it's your time and i hope you'll join me on this journey. karen: clinton left her new york home yesterday afternoon en route to iowa where she'll hold

we are going to show you some of the presidential remarks from past white house correspondents dinner's. we begin with president clinton and 2000 and then george bush in 2008 and barack obama in 2012. >> with the annual white house correspondent's dinner set, we will take a look at the presidential remarks from previous dinners. we begin with president obama speaking at his final dinner in 2000. this is 20 minutes. [applause] president clinton: good evening ladies and gentlemen. distinguished guests. i am really happy to be here. [laughter] president clinton: happy to be reunited at long last with the white house press corps. [laughter] president clinton: if i may, let me direct your attention to a photograph. [laughter] president clinton: taken just moments ago, it proves beyond a doubt that i am indeed happy to be here. [laughter] president clinton: now -- wait a minute. it seems that my hair in that photo is a little longer than i am -- then it is tonight. [laughter] president clinton: so maybe i am happy to be here and maybe i am not. [laughter] president clinton: feel free to speculate. admittedly, looks and photo

as bill and hillary clinton prepare to fight their bay back into the white house, a new book reveals etail bz the explosive arguments they had inside its halls. there was blood all over the president and first lady's bed. the blood was bill clinton's. what did they think had happened? >> well, everyone on the staff said that they were convinced that she clocked him with a book. >> in an abc interview at the time clinton dismissed similar rumors that she had thrown a lamp at the president. >> i have a pretty good arm. if i had thrown a lamp at somebody, i think you would have known about it. >> reporter: but insiders say the monica lewinsky scandal leave her reeling. one summer day hillary clinton enlisted an ausher to help her getting to the swimming pool without secret service detail. >> she escorted her to make sure she wouldn't have to see anybody on a tour she didn't want to see anyone. she specifically said that. so he was so proud he was able to make this happen. >> just a few of the juicy tidbits in a new largely onthe record account of live behind the scenes in the white house

the white house says president obama will make a decision on cuba's status soon. hillary clinton is hours away from her expected white house bid, and tonight president obama said she would make an excellent president. this is welcome news for this group at the final "ready for hillary" rally in new york city, a grassroots movement aimed at encouraging her to run for the white house. clinton is expected to officially launch or 2016 presidential bid tomorrow over social media. coming up -- big changes to your commute on metro. the new additions to the rails just days away. but first major help for a wounded marine. one community is coming together to give him and his family a gift. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] kimberly: he is a young married, father of four, and a severely wounded veteran. today, he met just all of his new neighbors just about. under flags of every size, they lined the streets. >> very humbled by his sacrifice. k tokimberly: to welcome home a wounded warrior.

we have had a bush or a clinton in the white house for 20 of the last 26 years. more of the same? i will vote for the most conservative candidate for president but i hope my choice doesn't come down to a bush or a clinton. we are better than that. that is just my point oh two. >> it's a handshake making headlines all over the world. president obama and cuba's fidel castro castro meeting today for the first time between a u.s. official and cuban official as british cry foul and say all after this is happening too fast too soon. the city where if leaders are meeting for the summit of americas. >> the top gop presidential contenders in nashville.

this will be clinton's second campaign for the white house, and experts say she needs to make some changes if she wants to be successful this time around. as nbc's brian moore reports, some say clinton's biggest opponent could be herself. >> reporter: hillary clinton is making it official. >> imi'm running for president. >> announcing her run for the white house on twitter in an intimate ad focusing less on the candidate and more on diverse cross section of working class americans. >> everyday americans need a champion, and i want to be that champion. >> the front-runner by default, the former first lady senator, and secretary of state wants to reintroduce herself to voters starting this week in iowa where republicans are already on the offensive. >> we don't corpso nate our nominee in the republican party. >> the latest iowa poll number show numbers split on herp honesty and trustworthyinesstrustworthiness, not helped by recent news she used a private e-mail account as secretary of state. republican candidate rand paul has already released an attack ad. >> hillary clinton represents the w

. >> reporter: back in 1996 the dennys were invited to the clinton white house to celebrate the kids'ecovery. >> they were just down to earth. >> reporter: but years of medical needs led to financial hardship. >> so you have to start your new world, and we did. and we started over. >> reporter: back in 2003 when he was 10 i visited another of the day care center kids p.j. allen. >> do you ever wonder why you were the one to survive? >> because god has plans for me. >> reporter: today p.j. is a college student with dreams of running his own hotel. the damage to his lungs and breathing is still a daily challenge. >> i tell them i don't hide it. i was in the bombing. it was a blessing to be one of the children that made it out. >> reporter: p.j. brandon and rebecca are three of the six kids who were in the day care center who lived through it. this morning at precisely 9:02 there will be 168 seconds of silence. all of the names will be read. you may hear bagpipes in the background. and president clinton will be the final speaker today. >> it's a beautiful memorial. >> it is. it's one of