they include mike mccurry who worked for president clinton and ron nessen who served president ford. the white house historical association held this summit in washington, d.c. >>> to introduce our distinguished panel of presidents and the press is another very distinguished journalist and author and director of the white house transition project and also member of the board of the white house historical association, my fellow colleague and also my fellow colleague as the committee that we have that work together to bring this summit to life. martha kumar has been instrumental, has added a lot to the planning of this, including putting together this next panel, for which she is perfect to introduce the participants. thank you. >> thank you very much, anita. they've done a great job, stuart and anita, haven't they? it's been a super conference. well, i'm here on behalf of the association to welcome you to the presidential sites summit. we're thrilled to have you join us for the unique gathering of presidential leaders, site directors, education specialists and specialists. thank you f

it is president bill clinton's press secretary, mike mccurry, addressing the issue of anonymous sourcesll right! i'm briefing today as an anonymous source. this is what we call, this is the senior white house official who is so helpful to so many of you all the time. >> just i thought it was funny. that's it. that's the only reason i played it. i thought it was funny. that will wrap things up the for this hour. ali velshi picks things up. >> well, we don't know who the senior administration official is. >> we have breaking news for you right now. nbc has confirmed that burt reynolds has passed away. let's look at a little bit of his history. >> don't tell me your name. let me guess. >> reporter: burt reynolds, the macho leading man who appeared in 90 feature films and some 300 tv episodes could also play it for laughs. >> why so fast? >> reporter: here opposite sally field in "smoky and the bandit." >> you've got a great profile. >> yeah, i do, don't i? especially from the side. >> reporter: or clowning around with johnny carson in one of "the tonight show's" classic moments. >> your fi

they include mike mccurry who worked for president clinton and ron nessen who served president ford. the white house historical association held this summit in washington, d.c. >>> to introduce our distinguished panel of presidents and the press is another very distinguished journalist and author and director of the white house transition project and also member of the board of the white house historical association, my fellow colleague and also my fellow colleague as the committee that we have that work together to bring this summit to life. martha kumar has been instrumental, has added a lot to the planning of this,