>> no, i'm going to use a lesson i learned from mike mccurry which is to answer the question i wish i had gotten first rather than answer the question i did get. on working on this biography of barbara bush i've done investigation at four presidential libraries. i want to thank the archivists for their fantastic help you gave to somebody who didn't actually know what she was doing, it was really helpful and a great resource for the nation and so thank -- thank you for that. you know, i think it's important to have people who cover the president every day to understand when what he says is a little different from what he said the day before, people who develop the deepest sourcing with the people around the president, although i think it's also important to have people who do other kinds of coverage of the white house who step back to have a somewhat broader and more historic perspective. as part of our role as envisioned by the founders to have reporters -- to have a free press that has -- is watching the president and holding him or her accountable in a way you can only do if you are

i want to thank the members of our committee, mike mccurry and our historian advisor for their year-long commitment and contributions to the planning of the summit. . >> i want to thank our moderator for the interviews with the descendent and the first-hand experience of living in the white house are sharing family stories that have been passed down through them -- to them through the ages. that's what it's really like to be in the white house . >> in our next panel, we shifted gears to hollywood, as didi meyer said in her message, we will examine how both the big and small screen portray a fictional perspective to of the white house and the people who live there and to work there. from comedies to dramas, there is no shortage of interest and fascination in washington. there are more shows, more characters and roles portrayed and examined and certainly a large volume of material to draw from . >> one person who knew the power and reach of television was first lady jackie kennedy. when she led a tour of the white house in a landmark television broadcast on valentine's day 1962, 80 million

let me do a mike mccurry impersonation. i was working for usa today covering clinton, and in the morning my phone would ring and it would be joe lockhart, and he would yell at me about stories that i had done, that other reporters had done, stories i have not yet read. in usa today. and the first time i got this call, are would think, mike, are you asking for a --? no, he was just yelling. the third time this happened, i thought i know it's happening. so, you're talking to clinton in the morning, and he's saying that usa today, this story, and then mike would then say to joe, call susan, and then joe would come back and say i gave her and he would go to clinton and say we really told them off. is that correct? >> 100% correct. i got a few of those calls, at cnn. i like those calls. the key element, i always had my -- deputy joe lockhart, went on to be secretary i had him make the call so i could be, we'll be friends forever. >> i have a similar story. one day i get a phone call from scott mcclellan, then deputy press secret