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there will be 350 invited guests and you saw a moment ago r&b singer mary j. bligeill perform tonight and the cuisine will be american base but also a french inspired floral arrangement. some background on u.s. and french relations the last state visit by a french president was back in 1996 during the clinton administration french president jacques jaroch and the last official dinner was during the final year or two of the bush administration with french president sarkozy. by the way francois hollande is coming stag to tonight's dinner and we will talk more about that later but first a rifle which is part of the pomp and ceremony in the news conference that took place between the two leaders but it began shortly after 9:00 this morning on the crisp cold winter morning but temperatures in the 20s. no rain and no snow and one of the photographs released by the white house earlier today shows the president french president hollande with the french flag. here is more from the south lawn this morning at the white house. [background sounds] ♪ ladies and gentlemen the pres

mary j. blige, the first openly gay n.b.a. player jason collins and stephen colbert. (cheers and applause). >> stephen: i was at the white house state dinner! (cheers and applause) folks, i've got to tell you, it was a magical evening, okay? here's -- i'll prove it to you. here's the card that tells you what table you're at. there's the white house seal right there. stay on this. and then table 19, okay, which was a good one, all right? (laughter) here's the little menu right there. (cheers and applause) and then see that? see that? that's a solid gold tassel. (laughter) you can melt down that down, okay? and also, if you don't believe it, i also stole the gravy boat. (cheers and applause) folks, this was the state dinner to be invited to because it was in honor of french president and thoughtful croissant francois hollande. when last we dished on francois' private life la la merde was hitting le fan because he had been caught stepping out on france's first lady, valerie trierweiler who he's not married to who's a second later actress julie gayet. so there was one big

they included singer mary j. blige and julie louis-dreyfus sat next to the v.p.nd also talk show host stephen colbert who is not french despite his last name. the event was of the obama presidency. the best dressed, cnn president jeff zucker, i'm not saying that because he gave me a new show. >> what was he wearing? >> black tux, white shirt and black tie. it just sparkled. >> oh, man, you're sucking up big time. >>> coming up, he said he had no choice but to shoot. an emotional testimony as a man explains how an argument with teenagers did end with an unarmed teen dead. >>> and should airlines let you make cell phone calls in flight? here's a hint, no. congress is pushing for an answer. that's coming up next. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cash card from capital one, i get 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally someone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards! meetings start at 11, cindy. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or

mary j. blige. >> what am i performing tonight? that is a surprise.y last name is french. >> reverend al sharpton. >> i have been practicing my french. >> let's hear it. >> oui oui oui. >> the honorable james lyons. mr. and mrs. arnie sorenson. >> most of the guests have arrived. you are looking at the scene of an area known as the bookseller. it is one of the first locations before you had upstairs. this is the area where the guests arrive before going to the state tour. the president and mrs. obama hosted president hollande in the blue room which was redecorated with furniture in paris -- from paris. later in the program, chance for you to have a conversation with julianna smoot who serve in the obama administration as white house social secretary. one --ckground on this this is the seventh state or official visit dinner by the obama administration. the location is the south lawn pavilion. it is being turned into a monet inspired gala that is in honor of the french president. there'll be three under 50 invited guests and you saw just a moment ago r&

it was a star-studded affair with mary j. bligeing. ♪ ain't nobody make me, make me feel this way ♪ >> before the dinner, the two presidents toasted the strong relationship between france and the u.s. >>> in a sting operation nabbed two dozen mobsters on tuesday. seven were arrested in new york. 17 in italy. officials say the suspects had come up with some very clever ways to smuggle drugs. allen pizzey was there for the raid in italy. >> reporter: fast-moving convoys of police cars swept through the night in a coordinated series of raids. >> follow the cars, follow the cars. >> reporter: fbi agents joined italian police in an operation that was two years in the making. it foiled a plan to smug le drugs and weapons into the port of gioia tauro. the operation is being conducted in the dead of night under strict rules of secrecy because this entire area is infested with the local version of the mafia, which means they literally have eyes and ears everywhere. the raids went off without a hitch or violence. at this modest house, only a

and mary j. blige was the entertainer, there was no dancing planned to make it uncomfortable for the french president who came alone. >>> and say it ain't so but there it is on facebook today, derek jeter making the inevitable official. he will retire after his next season, his 20th season as a yankee. there is no one like him in the game, 13-time all-star, he broke gehrig's hit record. which stood for 70 plus years. with five world series rings he is the consensus hall of fame, obviously. and just imagine the ticket prices for number two, the captain's last game at yankees stadium. >>> and speaking of grown men crying, this was the type of headline you had to read twice when you first saw it today, eight perfectly good corvettes have given their lives in a sinkhole underneath the national corvette museum in bowling green, kentucky. fans will be interested to know it included a zr-1 and 6, oldest was a '62 vet. several were on loan from chevy. one spokesperson said the cars at least fell gently and may

julie louis-dreyfus and her father, bradley cooper, mary j. bligestephen colbert, jj abrams, and mary j got to sing. >> ♪ i must be dreaming ♪ i want to stream to the real ♪ i made my wish upon a star ♪ hope this night can last forever ♪ ♪ come on! >> yeah, kicking it on the south lawn. i like it. there were some big names in business on the guest list, you had jim chenos, elon musk, just to name a few, united under the banner of franco-american relations. >> we americans have grown to love all things french, the films, the food, the wine, especially the wine. but most of all we love our french friends because we have stood together for freedom for more than 200 years. to all of our friends from france here today, vive la france, god bless america, and long live the alliance between our great nations. cheers. >> i raise my glass in honor of the united states of america, of the president barack obama, michelle, long life to the united states, viva la france and les etas-unis. >> dinner is done. time to get to business in the house of representatives.

on the menu, dry aged beef, american caviar and a performance by mary j. blige.more on hollande's trip. >> reporter: preparations are nearly complete for tonight's official state dinner at the white house. in honor of french president francois hollande. president obama greeted hollande monday and whisked him off to virginia where they toured monticello, the estate of thomas jefferson. >> i thought this was an appropriate way to start a state visit because what is signifies is the incredible history between the united states and france. >> reporter: today, the focus turns to issues of importance to both nations including syria and iran's nuclear program. president hollande made the trip to washington alone following his headline-making breakup with long time girlfriend valerie. the couple broke off after tabloid reports of an affair between hollande and a french actress. the question is, who will be sitting next to him at tonight's dinner at the white house. anita mcbride, laura bush's chief state said terrible arrangements are not a worry. >> there's tremendous f

there will be 350 invited guests and you saw a moment ago r&b singer mary j. bligeill perform tonight and the cuisine will be american base but also a french inspired floral arrangement. some background on u.s. and french relations the last state visit by a french president was back in 1996 during the clinton administration french president jacques jaroch and the last official dinner was during the final year or two of the bush administration with french president sarkozy. by the way francois hollande is coming stag to tonight's dinner and we will talk more about that later but first a rifle which is part of the pomp and ceremony in the news conference that took place between the two leaders but it began shortly after 9:00 this morning on the crisp cold winter morning but temperatures in the 20s. no rain and no snow and one of the photographs released by the white house earlier today shows the president french president hollande with the french flag. here is more from the south lawn this morning at the white house. [background sounds] ♪ ladies and gentlemen the pres

in attendance, stephen colbert and mary j. blige daughters, and they are both gorgeous and wonderful and i would never choose between them. and that's how i feel about my outstanding european partners. >> reporter: president obama is now planning his first trip to france in five years. he'll visit normandy in june for the 70th anniversary of d-day. this morning the french papers are covering the substance of the event, that trusted partnership between two ally, while the american press are a tad preoccupied with the fact that french president hollande arrived solo. >> the senate is expected to approve increasing the debt ceiling today and send the bill to the president to sign. lawmakers in the house passed the measure yesterday despite intense criticism from tea party conservatives. without the increase, the government would not be able to borrow money to pay its bills. >>> veteran journalist tom brokaw announced is he battling blood cancer. the former nbc "nightly news" anchor diagnosed last summer. he said doctors are optimistic

dinner it was also attended by numerous magazines including actress judy and the list and singer mary j blige. the dinner was billed as the highlight of homes two day state visit to the u s eliot the two leaders discussed major policy issues including the civil war in syria and iran technique of the program along to the native french business delegation which recently traveled to tehran was obama warned that any firm which violate its sanctions on the level at the islamic republic could face repercussions . i am the owner can use on him more it is yes. do. the meaning its archives get back to the u s cnn published an article poking fun at the world were two monuments in the forward so the republic tolerance by saying the soldier looked like he was fascinated russian state tv presenter dimitri to see any of him singing we did the u s marine corps war memorial in arlington national cemetery depicting soldiers raising the american flag resembled the men having gay . let's look at your niche. it's easy to mock works on all the famous monuments in arlington symmetry in washington if even some coac

the only modern-day singer is mary j. blige and adele. where is freddie mercury?ady in manchester falling over, being blown over by the wind over 100 miles per hour yesterday. the rain is set to continue. that is the bad news. "countdown" continues in the next hour. ♪ >> a bloomberg exclusive. pierre moscovici says france is back in business. >> and an attempt to hold on. >> a $44 billion deal that will combine two u.s. cable companies could come today. >> and the temperature of the u.k. banking industry. loids breaking down. >> hello. welcome to "countdown." i'm mark barton. >> and i'm anna edwards. >> breaking news. loids banking reports earnings. the profit before tax, 415 million pounds. on the next basis, analysts are forecasting a lot, which will be its fourth executive annual loss. we're expecting a net figure any minute now. underlying profits did increase. the reason why we are expecting this net loss is because of provisions of payment protection insurance, which of course means that it is adding to the bank's cost of putting aside money. they sold a typ

had married obama -- mary j. bligeperform at the google artie. -- party. >> she performed for about 30 minutes and everyone was dancing. >> i want to see them bust a move. >> thank you very much. french enter view the finance minister at 3 p.m. today. if you don't want to watch it, you can stream it live on your ipad. >> when we come back, our guest is for the hour, sallie krawcheck joins us. ♪ >> you are watching "in the loop congo on bloomberg television, streaming on your phone, your tablet, and bloomberg.com. we will talk about our star guest. she climbed on wall street. this is sallie krawcheck. >sallie krawcheck is the highes- ranking woman wall street history. her meteoric rise from covering the banks as an analyst at sanford bernstein to running one as the cfo of citigroup is the stuff of industry legend. the ascent was not without its views. at the height out of the financial crisis after warring with vikram pandit. she was then running merrill lynch after its acquisition by bank of america. she ran wealth man

bring you part deux of my interview with max kaiser max spoke with me about the fed and echoed mary j. blige a sentiment of no money no problem and then we have technology expert alex daily on today's show he is the senior editor at p.c. research and he gave us his insight into the comcast netflix melee you won't want to miss what he had to say about that deal and finally in today's big deal edward harrison and i are talk in india what's next for the world's largest economy we'll tell you it's all coming up but it all starts right now.

bring you part deux of my interview with max kaiser max spoke with me about the fed and echoed mary j. blige a sentiment of no money no problem and then we have technology expert alex daily on today's show he is a senior editor at p.c. research and he gave us his insight into the comcast netflix melee you won't want to miss what he had to say about that deal and finally in today's big deal edward harrison and i are talking india what's next for the world's largest economy we'll tell you it's all coming up but it all starts right now. with. our lead story today classism particularly in the microcosm of society that is public air travel now the front of the plane has always been more posh and plush on the back of it but in recent years airlines have put a considerable amount of emphasis on catering to the most affluent of flyers and in the process they've managed to produce a new level of privacy and detachment like we haven't seen since the gilded age true story now for airlines the top twenty percent of customers make up seventy percent of revenue so there's a lot of money on the line for th

you had julia luis dreyfus was there and mary j. blige>> she is married. >> well, it wouldn't matter. >> robin leach, great to have you on. please come back and visit us at this hour any time. i do want to say the american view has changed a little bit. we keep electing politicians, mark sanford, who acknowledged he had an affair. bill clinton, one of the most popular politicians in america, of course, something went on there. >> it is not just politicians. men in position of power have been known to do this in america. we'll leave it at that. >>> there is some big news affecting a huge swath of the country right now. the power outages climbing throughout the south. this is historic, catastrophic ice storm hits the regions. tens of thousands of people have no power. 143,000 as of this moment because of ice-covered trees and limbs. >> imagine that. if you are not in one of the areas affected, it is brutally awful. you are in the dark and cold. very few people are trying to get out on these icy roads unlike last time when the snowstorm hit

. >>> caviar and mary j. blige. >>> police never gave up. potential breakthrough in a cold case involving two missing sisters. >>> welcome back to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. it's time for "the world lead." we have come a long way since freedom fries but the u.s. and france are in the midst of a symbolic phase. president obama and francois hollande held a news conference. president obama did not mince words. >> businesses may be exploring are there some possibilities to get in sooner rather than later if and when if there is an actual agreement to be had but i can tell you that they do so at their own peril right now because we will come down on them with a ton of bricks. >> today's joint appearance follow's president obama taking hollande on a tour of monticello, once the home of thomas jefferson. >> we're breaking protocol here. that's the one good thing about being president, i can do whatever i want. >> speaking of breaking protocol, the climax comes tonight with a black tie state dinnier. the obamas have only held six state dinners. th

mary j. bligeill entertain after that, and they will have a ritual here, the first one before the election, john. >> since the president is stag, do we know who his dinner partner is going to be and. >> they handed out the dinner chart, and the names are unfamiliar to us. and anybody would like to avoid the wagging tongues of president olin's situation. it's not unpress denned. but the french media is here in strong force, and they're very interested in their president's social situation. >> and despite that, they have very serious work to do, right? >> there's the arrival ceremony in the morning, and the oval office, and there's a photo up. but the two leaders appeared in the east room of the white house, and they answered questions for an hour. very tough on syria and the regime. it was russia who removed those chemical weapons from syria, and now president obama put more pressure to do more. >> i have to say that there are starching civilians, and it's not just the syrians, but the russians as w

a lot of people say that pandora say people that lean left like bob marry or mary j. blige those are lean right like dolly parten or bill gaither. >>> a mississippi woman expecting triplets got quite a surprise in the delivery room. she went to the hospital to deliver via c section february 8th but after three i denl iden girls were born they pulled out a fourth. >> they said more feet. more feet. that's all i said. i said no. >> ultrasounds throughout the pregnancy only showed three babies. the mom who is 42 says she conceived without using any fertility drugs and also, by the way, has a 10-year-old daughter. experts say the odds of having identical quad droplets is 1 in 13 million. >> she needs to play the lottery. >>> happy presidentes' day monday. back to work tomorrow. >> you can see on the live sky camera network, clear at the lower levels but we'll talk more about our chances for showers in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> coming up in sports, how the a's continue to loosen up for spring training and the upcoming season and in a live report, we'll head to

music by mary j. blige, tables set with crystal and china, and a decadent menu complete with caviar, steak, and chocolate melted stake. rodney davis is pushing a bill to make white house meals comply with the nutritional requirements of the usda school lunch program. those requirements include limiting saturated fats, transfats and sodium and serving meals with reasonable calorie counts. a work-up of the state dinner menu estimates diners will consume about 2500 calories tonight and a whopping 153 grams of fat. that's at least twice the fat most adults should consume in an entire day. also attracting attention today, this photo tweeted by the first lady. showing the first dogs sitting at an ornate table. one wearing a jewels necklace. bon appetite, she writes. good thing the u.s. has only a 6.6% unemployment, one person tweeted. another, the wealthiest 1% feed their dogs like this. >>> and finally here's a news flash for you. americans like pizza. your tax dollars have gone toward proving that. how many of

mary j. blige will be providing entertainment. i did not know she was french. who knew. >> and we were trying to figure out, because tip being will you they like to invite people to state dinners who have ties to the country. and we were trying to figure out who are they going to invite. shia labeouf? >> mary j.. >> apparently she has french ties. >> thanks to both of you. do appreciate your time. >>> still ahead here, catastrophic and historic. just two of the words that forecasters are using to describe this latest round of winter weather that is set to wallop the south overnight into tomorrow. >> heooer here we goep again, g, but this time it may be more serious. >>> plus with no more options, house speaker john boehner throws in the towel announcing that he is going to put forward a clean bill tonight. conservative drgroups wasting n time hitting back. >>> also new comments from attorney general eric holder today urging states to change laws that prevent felons from voting after they have done their time. >> these restrictions are not only unnecessary and u

joining a conversation of thousands, including celebrity fans like mary j. bligeiah carey. in november, kerry tweeted shock and awe. just woke up and watched scandal. floored, and probably won't recover for years. she is not the only one floored with scenes like this. >> she told you there was a problem in the plan, but it was a lie. there never was a bomb, was there? she got you to kill hundreds of people, all for nothing. she fooled you like she fooled me. didn't she? dad? didn't she? >> more than nine million people watched that episode. but it also got more than 420,000 tweets, nearly four times more than any other regularly scheduled show that week. joining me now are two "scandal" fanatics, and prolific "scandal" tweeters. joy reid and angela rye. thank you both for being here. >> thanks, rev. >> thank you. >> and joy, congratulations on the new show. >> thank you, rev. appreciate it. thanks. >> joy, there were more than 400,000 tweets sent out about "scandal's" last episode. how many were yours? about half, right? >> about half. i mean, listen. a lot of tim

mary j. blige is performing. and the bilateral politics between america and arguably her oldest ally. tonight it is all about the u.s. and french. hollande was officially welcomed at the white house this morning and the state dinner is just under five hours away. ideally no party crashers this time. hollande will be solo without either his wife or his mistress, but this away, it was all about camaraderie. >> great honehonor to welcome b holland. it is always a pleasure. and this level of partnership across so many areas would have been unimaginable even a decade ago, but it's a testament and e him for taking the work forward. >> dana milbank, thanks for being with us. it was called an i'm sorry say the dinner referring to the fact that france had backed the president's initial plan for direct strikes into syria and then the president decided to go through congress and those plans were eventually scuttled leaving france in kind of an awkward position. you were in the room today during their press conference. is th

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singer mary j. blige performing there. celebrity sightings, including steven colbert, bradley cooper, julia louis dreyfus. she tweeted out this pick of her, saying that was an unforgettable evening, thank you, joe biden, barack obama, and michelle obama. >>> well, the oscars are less than three weeks away and one of the movies up for best picture is about a young unwed mother who is forced to give up her son for adoption when she was 18. >> i know this woman. she had a baby when she was a teenager. she's kept it secret for 50 years. >> you're talking about a human interest story. perhaps those older nuns can help us with some of the details. >> i don't think that's going to be possible. >> why not? >> you're a journalist. >> i used to be. >> roman catholic? >> yes, well, i used to be. >> in an ending hollywood would have a hard time topping, filomina meeting with the pope at the vatican. also producer and co-writer of the movie, which is up for best adapted screen play. a lot of awards here. steve, i want to start with thi

as for celebrities, mary j. blige performed for the crowd. we wanted to know where was daft punk?tting next to the first lady for most of the dinner, and in another surreal seating arrangement, the real vice president ended up sitting next to tv's fake veep, julia drifus. here's what we do know, this number, $572,000. that's the price of the obama administration's most expensive state dinner. the white house hosted that pricey event back in 2009 to honor the prime minister of india. the cheapest dinner has been $203,000. that was the one to honor the president of south korea. the first one for india is the one that was marred by our friends, the salahis. trivia time, fdr was the president the last time the sitting secretary of state traveled to cuba. secretary stentanias visited havana in 1945. congratulations to today's winner. we'll be right back. which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob ca

other-worldly salads, elaborate desserts and the entertainment for the night -- ♪ tonight >> reporter: mary j. bligeuests. but this dinner will also be remembered for its awkwardness. scandal plagued french president francois hollande comes to washington with a lot of baggage and without this woman, valerie trierweiler who until last month was france's first lady. never married, the couple of seven years split after a french magazine said it caught hollande sneaking out of the palace on a scooter for a secret rendezvous with actress julie gaye. the affair hollande follows him to the u.s. lending unusual intrigue to a high profile white house visit. 300 dinner invitations engraved with the former first lady's name had to be scrapped according to "the new york times." and normally she would sit next to president obama. so what now? the updated seating arrangement is not yet public, but sources tell cnn the white house and french officials would have coordinated on a solution. >> you have o be flexible. you have to be prepared. and you just sort of change course. >> reporter: social secretary during th

the dinner will include some elaborate dishes including beef, caviar and entertainment by mary j bligehollande will be attending the dinner alone, after his very public break up with his longtime girlfriend, and francisde facto first lady. this is the first time in nearly two years that the president and the first lady will have hosted a state dinner at the white house. >> researchers say that water may be slowing on mars. scientists have talked about water on the red planet before, but they said it was up billions of years ago. a new study at georgia tech from the dark features on slopes that appear and disappear seasonally. more research needs to be done to find out more. >> federal health experts are looking at the heart safety of widely used pain medications. that fda is holding a meeting this week to examine research on anti- inflammatory medicines called n-saids. n-saids are commonly used in paint treatment in the united states. the big question is whether the main ingredient, naporoxen has a lower risk of heart attacks and strokes and other medications like heart attacks and str

singer mary j. blige. academy award nominee bradley cooper comedian stephen colbert, julia louis-dreyfus, j.j. abrams. the political class seemed off kilter. new york senator charles schumer says he loves the food. especially the rolls. samantha powers said her husband spoke germany. at the head table, he sat between president obama and mrs. obama, the decision closely guarded and delicate as the breakup with longtime valerie tree triweiler deprived him of a date. hollande basked in the president's attention. >> mr. president, i would like to thank you for the warm welcome. >> reporter: while president obama's toast got off to a rocky start. >> i think we have a translation. is that correct? no? you don't want me to translate. >> reporter: but things soon regained momentum. viva le france god bless america and long live the alliance between our great nations. for "cbs this morning," major garrett, the white house. >> it's always nice to have -- >> i would have loved to have been there wouldn't you? >> abso

heated tent on the south lawn of the white house, an event too big to hold inside, specially with mary j. blige the finishing touches, just where to sit the french president whose public split with his long-time girlfriend means he is flying solo at the state dinner. >> i am sure they will have an imaginative way to do the seating that is absolutely appropriate. >> i thought this was an appropriate way to start the visit. >> reporter: they are saying the two leaders have plenty on their diplomatic plates. with european concerns about u.s. surveillance activity, the civil war in syria and the effort to contain iran's program. >> we have a broad and deep relationship with our oldest ally and there will be many issues the two leaders will discuss. >> that was jim acosta reporting. we will be back with much more from florida in a moment. nounce] a classic macaroni & cheese from stouffer's starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what makes stouffer's mac n' cheese best of all. that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care for you or your family. and better is

star, stephen colbert, bradley cooper, julia marie dreyfus and mary j. bligehouse. to mix with washington's own headliners at the state dinner honoring french president, francois hollande. >> reporter: while president obama's french only went so far, he paid sure his toast to one of america's allies, wasn't lost in translation. >> to our friend and partner, president hollande, viva la france and god bless america and long live the aalliance between our nations. >> reporter: it swept off two days of diplomacy sweeping over two issues as nsa surveillance overseas. a practice the president announced was widespread. at the leaders joint news conference, he warned companies against following the lead of a group of french corporate executives that tried to do business in iran as the world is trying to reign in the country's nuclear program. >> they do so at their own peril right now. we will come down on them like a ton of bricks. >> reporter: both presidents expressed frustration over the bloody war in syria but agreed there is no military solution, at least not fo

according to pandora, if you listen to mary j. bligeend to vote democratic. if you listen to yanni, the greek pianist, you tend to vote republican. jay-z and bruce springsteen, cross-over appeal. they couldn't peg those folks who listen to them. if you listen to dolly parton and other country musicians, pandora says you probably vote republican. they are more associated with republican zip codes. according to pandora, you probably vote democratic if you listen to daft punk. what i thought was interesting, folks with most eclectic music tastes tend to vote democratic. i think it is about all of these streaming music services are trying to find ways to make money. these are apps on your phone. they have to make money. advertising is the big thing. there are all sorts of ways to advertise. now, we are listening to music adds. it is interesting. >> it is interesting. it still seems so stereo typical to me. it just does. i know a lot of conservative republicans that like groups other than yanni and dolly parton. >> it is one of those things

stephen colbert, mary j. bligethe first openly gay nba player jason collins, the veep and one who plays a veep on tv. the first state dinner of president obama's second term brought out the rich, the famous and the powerful. it was a chance to show the french the best of american cuisine. the menu included caviar from illinois, tangerines from florida, chocolate from hawaii, wine from virginia. the american president -- >> bonsoir. please, have a seat. i have now officially exhausted my french. >> reporter: and the french president francois hollande, exchanged toasts. [ speaking french ] >> reporter: "we love americans," president hollande said. although we don't always say so. but it was his personal love life that provided the unspoken drama. he arrived stag after an affair with a french actress ended his relationship with the woman who had been considered france's first lady just last month. hollande ended up sitting between the obamas. the first lady decked out in this purple and black carolina herrera gown. fo

there's another contemporary urban philosopher i wanted to quote, her name is mary j. blige. she said, no more drama. i think the american people are tired of drama and theatrics. if they want theatrics, they can go to broadway. in new york city. if they want drama, you got hollywood. but congress is here to do the business of the american people. not to entertain. to do the business of the american people. and the matter before us that hopefully we will deal with this ek, not with unnecessary ideological demands that we attempt to inflict on the american people in order to do what our constitutional responsibility says congress should do, but again, a clean debt ceiling. now i wanted to explain as best hat i can to those who are interested in understanding how we arrived at this moment that when you hear characterizations about what's at stake, why we can't just simply raise the debt ceiling without going through the drama and the theatrics, the representation that's made which seems reasonable to many, we have a $17 trillion plus debt, that's a very significant number. and

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