actually, it was set up as a bedroom after truman renovated the white house. lincoln- the bedroom, the bed, had actually been in the room that's now the upstairs dining room, across the hall from the presidential bedrooms. the room that's now set up as the lincoln bedroom was lincoln's office before the west wing was built, obviously all the offices were down at that end of the residence hall, and it was the room that lincoln had signed the emancipation proclamation in. we owned one of the five original copies of the gettysburg address written in lincoln's hand and that was in the room, and our guests who would come stay in the lincoln bedroom would look at that copy of the gettysburg address, read it and weep, and it was very moving to see it. i worked with the white house historical association, with the curators and historians that are part of the advisory board and we had a little remnant of the wallpaper that had been on the wall of his room. we had photographs of the lincoln bed with the gold corona with purple and gold grape drapt hung down from the corona, we

the room that's now set up is the lincoln bedroom, was lincoln's office before the west wing was builtobviously all the offices down at that end of the residence hall and it was the room that lincoln had signed the emancipation proclamation in. and we owned one of the five original copies of the gettysburg address, written in lincoln's hand and that was in the room and our guests, who would come stay in the lincoln bedroom, would look at that copy of the gettysburg address and read it and weep. it was very moving to see. and so i worked with the white house historical association with the furniture curators and historians that are part of the advisory board, and we had little -- a little remnant of the wall party that had been on the wall of his room. we had photographs of the lincoln bed with the gold corona with purple and gold drapes that hung down from the corona. we knew from white house records that the corona had been sent away from the white house in 1927, so we reproduced all those things. so it's not a real reproduction, because it's neither an office or a bedroom, but instea

going to the one that's the lincoln bedroom. and he would be he would be holding obama in his arms talked about the before of all of the willing of warren buffett warren buffett kids the bedroom that would be the lincoln bedroom i don't know all of it all i have to say is maybe he wants what warren buffett wants and good p.r. because the s. and p. five hundred berkshire hathaway has been trailing for the third year in a row i don't know what you think but my experience when i was an analyst i was i was not a sell side analysts are the reputation of sell side analysts were that they parrot whatever management says and they just go around and you know spin that so maybe he's just trying to get them on his side just been good p.r. for berkshire hathaway's a spirit he's a spin machine machine he's a spin machine so that's nothing that's why. there's a political prisoner he's no longer a businessman ok he's in the business of politics there you go there you go so we'll leave you with that and that's all we have time for thanks so muc

. >> it ends in the lincoln bedroom. if i had been president i would have let him stay in the president's bedroom. >> with amazing is he understood the theater of television in a way that i think a lot of folks a it the time didn't. you talk in the book about that moment when he's announcing kennedy's assassination and takes his glasses off. you say walter was really in his element, remember, producer, he was like an actor in the middle of his performance of a lifetime. it's possible that the scene of him taking off his glalss was staged. any director would tell that you walter -- what walter did with the glasses, the fidgeting was a fine prop to convey human emotion and air of spontaneity. the proof is in the pudding. walter's glasses are constantly replayed everybody knows it. i need a pair of glasses. >> i will take notes from that. work on my timing here. >> you know what's interesting, too, i think in some ways if you look at walter cronkite and his sort of royal position and the media landscape at that time, we don'

i directed ronald reagan and bob hope in "new lincoln bedroom." >> what were they doing there, i dare ask? >> telling the filthiest jokes of their lives -- they started telling jokes, and none of them are repeatable here -- >> come on. sure they are. it's cable come on. >> no no no. but he was totally himself. what is more he was a sad-card-carrying member of our fraternity who never took a duel rule. he was content to be himself, and he did it brilliantly. he was ant common man. as i said romney is not a common man. reagan wasn't but he was a very good actor and very comfortable with himself, and he was able to convey that to the public. >> we have a tape here of what may be one of romney's more awkward moments. >> just something very special here, the great lakes but also all of the little inland lakes that dot the parts of michigan. i love cars. in the 50s and 60s if you show me one square foot of any car, i could tell you what the model was. i still know the american cars pretty well. >> you almost cringe i like the big lakes, the little lakes, the tall trees -- >> i'm from michig

-- >>neil: and you could do bill clinton where this would be events where people slept in the lincoln bedroomr where there was a quid pro quo factor. you with it is hard to prove. >>guest: but it was upscale not asking the average person to contribute. >>neil: why is bill clinton part of this? >>guest: i don't know. >>neil: you are a great mattering guy. how would you market each of these guys, they are seen everywhere. would you tell them, limit your appearances. >>guest: no, right now, i would say, get, literally, get people in and you have to sign the -- people would rather dine with a movie star, george clooney would be the guy, have dinner with george clooney, send him $10 and he will tell you to vote if our guy. >>neil: so the celebrity thing works and that is to the president's advantage? >>guest: well, it is but the fact it is standard, it does demean the office and he is not collecting money the way he was the first time. people are going out of their way to give him money. >>neil: if he is having so many problems with a tight national poll race. >>guest: but that is not what he expe