she definitely wasn't supposed to serve as first lady. >> the obamas official white house portraits wereial portrait unveiling ceremony took place when president barack obama hosted former president george w. bush and former first lady laura bush for the unveiling of their official white house portraits. on may 24th 1978, democratic president jimmy part are held the first presidential portrait unveiling when he invited former republican president gerald ford and former first lady betty ford for the unveiling of their official white house portraits in the east room. the tradition of hosting the most recent former president for a post-portrait unveiling was of course broken during the a broken trump presidency because the most uncouth man ever to occupy the white house refused to invite president obama back to the white house. our next guest was in the room today at the white house with president obama, as he was every day of the obama presidency, creating his own photographic portraits of president obama and first lady michelle obama. joining us now is pete souza, the official white house

white house after ten years. former president barack obama and former first lady michelle obama unveiling their official white housetraits today. it marks the couple's first joint return to the white house since they left in 2017. cnn's kaitlan collins has more now. >> a return to tradition at the white house today. >> barack and michelle, welcome home. greeted by over -- a minute of stain applause. former president obama and first lady michelle obama in the east room for the unveiling of their official white house portraits. >> nothing could have prepared be better to become president of the united states than to be at your side for eight years. >> president biden inviting mr. and mrs. obama to the stage, where they lifted blue curtains to reveal their portraits, first by the artist sharon sprung. >> i want to thank sharon sprung for capturing everything i love about michelle. her grace, her intelligence, and the fact that she's fine. >> and his by robert mccurdy. >> refused my request to make my ears smaller. [laughs] he also talked me out of wearing a tanned suit, by the way. >> the 44th president then growing s

in 1961 by first lady jacqueline kennedy, the white house historical association has been of service and our clear privilege to be able to acquire officialing from the white house collection and to commission all of the portraits on record of each president and first lady since our founding. surviving the modern era of photography and film and technology, few mediums can transport us with such immediacy and intimacy than the american portrait, capturing at once the power, the restraint, the courage and the beauty of human spirit, the portraits of our first family stand apart each a pain staking exploration of a singular person, a human life conveyed in still otherwise ever in motion and fulfilling the obligations to their oath. more than just the unveiling of our assemblage today, it's integral to the broader set of symbols and rituals and emblematic gestures distinctly american that sustain the standing of our republic, bridging one presidency to the next the way we do one generation to the next, honoring the past as much as we look to the future. as we become more culturally and demographically diverse with ideas that are both molten a

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reporter: a tradition returning to the white house, former president barack obama and former first lady michelle obama to visit the white house for their officialling. this is the first time the former first lady is visiting the white house since leaving in 2017. while former president obama attended an event at the white house earlier this year. obama and biden share a close bond after biden served as obama's vice president for eight years. >> president biden and dr. biden are honored to have former president obama and firster first lady michelle obama back to the white house for the unveiling of their portraits which will hang on the walls of the white house as a remembrance of hope and change. >> it is a long-standing tradition. >> president clinton and senator clinton welcome back. >> welcome back to the house that you called home for eight years. >> reporter: sitting presidents host their immediate predecessors to unveil their official portraits in a bipartisan light-hearted event as seen when the clintons welcomed the bushes for their unveiling. >> as americans look for ways to come together to deal with the challenges we face today they

it's an event where the official white house portraits of former president obama and former first lady be unveiled for the first time. these are those official portraits that hang in the white house along with their predecessors and so this is something that has been in the works for really quite some time, about five years these portraits have been in the works and typically, these are events where they're bipartisan, where republicans president host democratic presidents, democratic presidents host republican presidents for this unveiling and this has, as you noted, been delayed for some time because the obamas had no interest in having former president trump host them for their portrait unveiling, and former president trump had no interest in hosting the obamas for their portrait unveiling to have this ceremony, which is usually very light, sell bra -- celebration. this is the first time former first lady michelle obama will be returning to the white house since january 20th of 2017, the day of president trump's inauguration and so, we'll see a very light celebration and there will

white house at this hour. former president obama and former first lady michelle obama are expected to be arriving shortly for a ceremony to unveil their officialaits. president biden bringing back the decades long tradition with the big unveiling that was broken under former president trump. joining me right now is cnn political commentator and former obama white house official van jones and cnn senior correspondent abby phillips. what do you think today about be like? >> i think any time the obama's are in washington doing anything in public it's usually a big celebration among democrats. these are two of the most popular political figures still to this day in the democratic party. their popularity really has not wa waned since leaving office. they are the first black president and first black first lady who ever lived in that white house and to now have their portraits being unveiled there i think you're going to see a lot of reflection perhaps on that moment. but, you know, these are basically the political celebrities of the democratic party returning to washington so you can imagine what that is going to look like. >> absolutely. van, the

. >>> was a reunion of sorts at the white house today as president biden welcomed back barack and michelle obama for the of their officialo'keefe is at the white house. >> barack and michelle, welcome home. >> reporter: it was homecoming day for the obamas, as their official white house portraits were added to one of the most famous art collections in the world. the former president relished being back. >> thanks for letting us invite a few friends to the white house. we will try not to tear up the place. >> reporter: former president donald trump never scheduled an unveiling for the obama portraits, and the bidens waited until covid-19 eased. so the portrait of michelle obama was hidden in artist sharon sprung's brooklyn art studio for six years. >> i want to thank sharon sprung for capturing everything i love about michelle. her grace, her intelligence, and the fact that she's fine. >> reporter: as for his portrait by robert mccurdy -- >> you'll note that he refused to hide any of my gray hairs, refused my request to make my ears smaller. >> reporter: the former first lady took note of the historic moment. >> a girl li

white house today. there was a time that would be normal, expected a former president and first lady back at the house where they lived for eight years for the unveiling of their official white house port portraits, hosted by the sitting president. >> barack and michelle, welcome home. [ applause ] >> welcome home. >> let's face it. how much normal have we seen the past few years? not a lot. donald trump wasn't going to honor his predecessor when he launched his car spreading the racist birther lie at the 44th president of the united states duly elected twice was not born in this country. that was far from normal but what we saw today said a lot about the office of the presidency, the people we elect to hold it and the peaceful transfer of power to one president to the next. >> i've always described the presidency as a relay race. you take the baton from someone. you run your leg as hard and as well as you can and then you hand it off to someone else. knowing that your work will be incomplete. the portraits hanging in the white house chronicle the runners in that race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer to its highest aspirations. >> now,

portrait, ed o'keefe is at the white house. >> barack and michelle, welcome home. >> it was homecoming day for the obamas as their officialtraits were added to one of the most famous art collections in the world. the former president relished being back. >> thanks for letting us invite a few friends to the white house. we will try not to tear up the place. (laughter) >> former president donald trump never scheduled an unveiling for the obama portraits and the biden waited until covid-19 eased so the portrait of michelle obama was hidden in artist sharon sprung's brooklyn art studio for six years. >> i want to thank sharon sprung for capturing everything i love about michelle. her grace, her intelligence, and the fact that she's fine. >> as for his portrait by robert mckurdy. >> will you note that he refused to hide any of my gray hairs, refused my request to make my earrings smaller-- ears smaller. >> the former first lady took note of the historic moment. >> a girl like me, she was never supposed to be up there next to jacqueline kennedy and dolly madison. she was never supposed to live in this house. and she definitely

and today your right, that there a meeting between cabinet and white house officials. the white house officials have stressed that this meeting was in place before these situations took place. but you could imagine that the stakes are a lot higher now as the officials presumably discuss key immigration issues like the situation at the border and also just the federal response to some of the scenes that we're seeing playing out here in terms of what exactly law enforcement and other agencies should do in response to these situations. and today the white house really leaning into the fact that they see the situation as inhuman and cruel. ca karine jean-pierre liking the actions of the republican governors to human spuglers. take a listen. >> these are the kinds of tactics we see from smugglers. in places like mexico and guatemala. and for what? a photo op. because the governors care about creating political theater than creating actual solutions to help. folks who are fleeing communism, to help children, to help families. instead they want to do political stunts. >> and a

later august 8th, we got a look at photographic evidence showing trump did in fact tear up official white houseocuments and flush them down the official white house toilet. and that same day, the fbi searched mar-a-lago and found an "all-you-can read classified documents bar" featuring hundreds of pages of top secret government intel and a box of framed covers of "time" magazine with his face on them. because you can't have security without insecurity. [ laughter ] two days later, trump gave a deposition to the new york attorney general, pleading the fifth more than 440 times, which is what all not guilty people do. and then finally, this weekend, trump ended his summer at a rally for the soon to be unemployed senate hopeful and penis pill pusher, dr. oz. [ laughter and applause ] and that was the totally not bummer summer of trump! thank you, guillermo. [ cheers and applause ] wow, it was quite a summer, wasn't it? i have to say, what happened this summer? women lost the right to choose. monkeypox spread. "batgirl" was canceled. i'll never go away again. i promise. [ laughter ] speaking of goi

white house. yeah. president biden and the first lady hosted them and they obama's official white house portraits of their impressive. they were finally unveiled. washington correspondent alexandra limon has that story. >> there are few people i've ever known with more integrity, decency and moral courage barack obama. >> president joe biden and first lady jill biden will come back. the obamas to the white house wednesday for the unveiling of their official portraits. >> with brock as our president, we got up every day went to work for hochul. the former president obama praised the artist for capturing him as he is presidents so often get there. you can take on a mythical status. obama also said the head on portrait will help viewers feel a connection and what i want people to remember >> about michelle and me is that presidents and first ladies. we are human beings like everyone these portraits will be displayed in the white house alongside portraits of all former presidents and first ladies. but the obamas portraits will stand out a portrait of a biracial kid with unusual >> and the daughter of a water

the bidens are welcoming the obamas back to the white house for the official unveiling of their whiteama's first time back since she moved out in 2016. the president who was barack obama's vice-president will do the honors today, and today washington post reminds us their very real friendship also includes memo of tension and rivalry. president obama gave us a lighthearted reminder too when he visited the white house back in april. >> have a seat. thank you. vice-president biden, vice-president -- [ laughter ] that was a joke. >> it is -- it's a moment to have fun. >> yes. >> and it's a moment not to overstate this idea of tension and rivalry, but to recognize that it's very real. most presidents and vice-presidents come from different bands of the party. there's always some tension. >> i think that's right. i was going to call him vice-president biden. president biden has a bit of a chip on his shoulder. right, if you think about obama, he's the harvard guy, biden is much more of a heart kind of feeling person, and that's why they made a good team when they ran in 2008. i'm less focu

president obama and the former first lady back in the white house for the first time since they left in 2017. the occasion was the unveiling of their officialte house portraits, a long-standing bipartisan tradition that hasn't been celebrated in a decade. the last time was back in 2012, when obama hosted president bush, 43, of course. president trump, in contrast, hosted no white house events for obama, who was his predecessor. now portraits of the first black president and first lady will be on display in the hallowed halls of the white house alongside past presidents. even styles breaking from the past with their contemporary look. for obama that meant choosing artist robert mccarthy. >> he paints people exactly the way they are, for better and worse. he also paints subjects looking straight ahead. so, it feels like you're face to face, forming a connection. and what i want people to remember about michelle and me is that presidents and first ladies are human beings like everyone else. we have our gifts. we have our flaws. and when future generations walk these halls and look up at these portraits, i hope they get a be better, honest sinc

white house again. >> that's right. mr. obama and the former first lady michelle obama will both return for the unveiling of their official white house portraits. former president trump declined to hold that ceremony for his predecessor. >> peter alexander, thank you. >>> this was the first day of school day for so many families and in uvalde, texas, as you might imagine it was a difficult and emotional one as children returned after shooting that killed 21 students and teachers morgan chesky is there. >> reporter: in uvalde after months of anticipation a cautious first step. >> i was nervous at first, but then my friend devin came. >> reporter: the first day of school behind this community shattered by the massacre last may. >> hopefully, a better year for all the children. >> reporter: this morning as buses rolled in parents walked alongside their children the trauma still fresh. >> if it happens again, you know, try to make it out the window, run, don't scream, you know, call me. >> reporter: those first day nerves hitting some harder than others. >> i told all of my kids that i love them and would pick them up after school

president barack obama returns to the white house joined by michelle obama, her first trip back to the white house since she left there in 2017. it's the official unveiling of their white house portraits. >>> we begin with justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, paul charlton and tracy wallner. ken, to you out of the gate. this is a significant development. walk us through what new we are learning. >> pete he ", the post" is saying there was a document referencing nuclear capabilities. they are aren't saying whether it's classified. no criticism. these are hard details. it's hard to know from this article how significant this document actually is. there are think tank reports that discussion countries' nuclear defenses. the story goes into what we knew about the sensitivity of the documents. the other documents that were taken from mar-a-lago. we knew as of a couple weeks ago that some were top secret sci and special access program. that's as designation for a really secret program read in only -- known only to a handful of people inside the u.s. government, created by a handful of cabinet secretaries, really, really restrictive st

since the founding in 1961, the white house historical association has been of service and it's been a privilege to be able to acquire officialose who previously were missing from the white house collection and to commission all of the portraits on record of each president and first lady since their founding. surviving the modern era of photography and film and technology, few mediums can transport us with such immediacy and intimacy than the portrait. the portraits of our first families stand apart, each the painstaking declaration of a particular person, otherwise fulfilling the responsibilities of their oath. its emblamatic gestures bridge one presidency to the next, the way we do one generation to the next as we look to the future. as we become more culturally diversion, with our work to ensure the promise of what president obama once called the unlikely story that is america has never been more intertwined with preserving what has been symbolically and foundationally at the heart of our storied resilience as a nation. and in this way today is a reminder that america is governed not by a disconnected series of presidents

. >> the official white house portraits of former president barack obama and former first lady michelleesident biden and first lady jill biden will host the former first family, the unveiling of the portraits did not occur during donald trump's presidency. one artist painted mister obama, the other, his wife, the portraits will in a ceremonial area of the white house. both portraits hat been on display in san francisco at the de young museum in golden gate park. and that wraps up kron. 4 news at 6. have a good evening. we'll see you tonight at 8 day. meet leon the third... leon the second... and leon... the first of them all. three generations, who all bank differently with chase. leon's saving up for his first set of wheels... nice try. really? this leon's paying for his paint job on the spot... and this leon, as a chase private client, he's in the south of france, taking out cash with no atm fees. that's because this family of leons has chase. actually, it's león. ooh la la! one bank for now. for later. for life. chase. make more of what's yours. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: trump top secret upr

neil: looking at this white house event where president biden will officially recognize his predecessor they go so we are monitoring that and also interesting developments on the economy front which has not been good for the president particularly the slowdown as goldman sachs, to get more tenuous next year and mortgage applications today hitting 22 year lows as they start to pull back. what is going on and how long will it be going on? the executive vice president of berkshire hathaway home services, he knows what he speaks. how bad is this housing situation? i don't liken it to the meltdown we had a decade ago. maybe it is more than that. >> i have to look at what this word means. housing recession. i'm not sure what it means. i can tell you what a recession is. economists will tell you the decline in gdp, prior to the summer, and going out of the craziest two years of housing we ever seen. everything would pale. to show us we were getting back to a sustainable marketplace rather than seeing housing pool back. listen. i think we have seen rates go back by 100% and that will pump the b

white house in terms of fossil fuels and side-to-side. this kind of rhetoric -- >> as you know the oil companies are meeting with officials, white house officials and the department of energy and so, look, i think the president thinks that he is standing up for the american people and making sure that oil companies are passing on their savings they are getting to consumers and we have said it time and time again and the president thinks to use his platform to do so. reporter: can you give us -- i know you are not looking at the week ahead but president biden is in town, are there other things the president is doing dealing with the hurricane? karine: he is getting updated on hurricane ian as you heard him say. if we have anything else to share, we certainly will. administrator of fema is in florida. she will give the president update of what she saw on the ground and she has spoken to him many times, multiple times this week. he will get an daily update on hurricane fiona and will have more to share if there are any other calls that he makes on the ground with officials as well. reporter: you said the other day that jackie walorski bill was her

it comes just a day after obama made his heroic return to the white house to unveil his official whitetrait. the liberal media gushing like little school children. >> as the nation's first and only black president and first lady, the obamas said those will tell a story and reminder that everyone has a place in this country, david. >> powerful day. >> obstructing cerumen the screen, it was a warm event -- on the screen, it was a warm seventh event and nostalgia and it was packed and i haven't seen it that packed in a long time. >> former president trump did not invite obama. this moment particularly po poignant for the first black president and first lady. >> can we see that portrait of former president obama and i find this striking. can we see it there. what's missing? his background. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. i think we can send -- we should end this segment right now. i need to go to the bathroom. >> like wipe my skype room giving him a zero. that was a terrible joke. >> i love it, the delayed horror. >> i get it, it could have been something sassier. >> it's never t

what i think you hear from white house officials right now or what you know you hear from white house officials right now based on reporting that my colleagues kaitlan collins, kevin liptak, and i have put together is one, think about this in the conversion of several factors that has driven the president to make this speech. this is a speech he's been weighing for several months. this has been an issue he's been talking about, this battle for the soul of the nation, since his campaign launch back in 2019. there's a throughline here through the campaign and through his first 19 months in office. however, the decision to really lay it out and try and elevate the matter comes at the same time that, as jeff noted, gas prices have been down for more than 70 consecutive days, a flurry of legislative victories, and the supreme court decision on roe versus wade. they have a real opportunity here. put that together with the president's desire to really deliver a speech about the stakes and about the contrast, and that's what you're going to hear from the president tonight. that's what officia

barack obama and michelle boem a obama and joe and jill biden. >> this was the unveiling of the official white house portraits and a return of a washington tradition that has not been celebrated for ten years. >> let's bring in abby phillip, presidential historian douglas brinkley, and richard j. powell, author of the obama portraits and a professor of art history at duke university. professor, let me start with you and what was unveiled today, is this what you expected, and what do you think? >> well, thank you for having me this afternoon. i was totally blown away. i wasn't -- i didn't know what to expect. i didn't know who the portraitists were. i couldn't imagine how they might do something in portraiture that would top amy cheryl, and yet when i saw these two initially, i was surprised in a good way. i found that robert mccurdy's portrait, this was a style that he works in, is on one hand what we are familiar with from him. on the other hand, it was a portrait of barack obama who is quite a unique individual in his very stature and bearing, and of course sharon sprung's portrait is just -- it's

former president barack obama and former first lady michelle obama for the unveiling of their official white house portraits live at 1:30 p.m. eastern. then at 3:00 p.m. the un security council meets to discuss or than 7 million ukrainians who have been displaced from their homes as a result of the russian invasion. at 7:00 a.m. on c-span 2, liz truss takes questions for the first time since becoming the uk's new prime minister. at 10:00 a.m. the senate is back to consider appellate court nominations. everything also streams live on the c-span now video app which is free to download on your mobile device. >> >> c-span shop.org is c-span's store. shop products, apparel, books, home depot or, -- home to core. shop now or anytime at c-span shop.org. >> next international inspectors brief that you and security counsel on their findings of a ukrainian power plants. the agency found repeated schelling's has caused damage to the plants requiring the use of a lower voltage reserve line.

white house officials clarified the u.s. white house policy towards taiwan hasn't changed. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe at the white house, thank you. u.s. border officials said today just over two million migrants have been apprehended and processed in the last year. that record high includes more than 200,000 just last month. cbs' manuel bojorquez reports tonight from el paso, texas, a border city struggling to respond. >> reporter: yet another bus carrying migrants arrived in new york city from texas, a multiday journey that for many started here. el paso, where border patrol says more than 1,000 migrants are crossing into the area a day. to ensure they are no longer sleeping in the streets, the city set up this migrant welcome center. we're getting an average of 400 people a day? >> yes, sir. and that's-- that's going to be increasing shortly. >> reporter: so you don't see this slowing down at this point? >> at this point, we're just managing the numbers as they come in. >> reporter: the asylum seekers here are mostly from ve

former president president obama and first lady michelle obama were back at the white house revealing their officialaits. >> it's my honor to invite you both to the stage for the unveiling of your official portraits. come on up. >> there you go. ( applause ) i want to thank sharon sprung for capturing everything i love about michelle-- her grace, her intelligence, and the fact that she's fine. ( applause ) she is. >> trevor: oh! get a room, you two! ( laughter ) oh! you know, seriously, get a room at the white house and help biden figure shit out, please. just get a room there. ( applause ) the guy is so great. i'm not going to lie, i am not an art expert. you know, i don't know the difference between michael angelo and the other ninja turtles, but what is going on with the obama portraits? like, why is he standing in a white void? i don't... no, like-- i don't get it. it looks like he got his portrait taken at the d.m.v. why does it look like this? it's like, "my license expired, so let's kill two birds with one stone." what is he doing here? these portraits are going to hang in the white house for

and now the official white house press secretary is saying, what is dissent a crime?ry interested in what dmitry would say, uh, the russian oppositionists, who are clearly in minority. they even admit it themselves by the logic of the press that the white house they are extremists, right? yes, but it seems to me that the united states has now come to some kind of inversion of some kind of opposite of the idea on which this american society was based on the reality of the opposite. yes, they came to the opposite of themselves and you are absolutely right dmitry when you talk about the persecution of others. by the way, it's not now that the cancellation culture has begun, but the persecution of those experts in the american expert community. how can you not know better, who are trying to analyze american foreign policy, including with regard to russia, they adhere not to the mainstream, e, point of view, but to the position of the american mainstream media yes, today the united states is becoming to some extent a totalitarian society, and in fact, and the use of such t

it is either a gaffe or he is in disagreement with official white house policy. >> could be a little of both. >> gillian: thanks for clarification. thanks so much. >> president biden: if you notice, no one is wearing a mask, everybody seems to be a pretty good shape, so i think it's changing and i think this is a perfect example of it. >> gillian: that "60 minutes" interview is garnering a lot of pushback from republicans, let's get into it now. tennessee congressman and former surgeon mark green. sir, thanks so much with the tarmac for being with us tonight it was because thanks becca >> gillian: take a look at this from "the wall street journal" editorial board tonight or other making the case that the administration needs to do its business or get off the part of the space says if the pandemic is over, then so is the emergency. the administration continues to extend the public health emergency that was first declared in january 2020. the reason is almost certainly money. a march 2020 covered covered law allows the government to because long as the emergency is in effect." you hear

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the white house says president biden and the first lady hosted the obamas to unveil their official whiten correspondent alexandra limon shows them to us. >> nicole, good evening. the portraits of the obamas that were unveiled today. we're uniquely modern, but these portraits will also make history for other reasons. >> there are few people i've ever known with more integrity, decency and moral courage barack obama. >> president joe biden and first lady jill biden will combat the obamas to the white house wednesday for the unveiling of their official portrait. >> with brock as our president, we got up every day, went to work full of hope. former president obama praised the artist for capturing him as he is presidents so often get their wish. you can take on a mythical status. obama also said the head on portrait will help viewers feel a connection and what i want people to remember >> about michelle and me is that presidents and first ladies. we are human beings like everyone these portraits will be displayed in the white house alongside portraits of all former presidents and first ladies

is looking forward to welcoming back president obama and michelle obama to the white house for the unveiling of their official white house portraits. over the course of their eight years together in office in close partnership between the two men grew through the highs and lows of the job and life. president biden and doctor biden are honored to have the former president obama and former first lady michelle obama back to the white house for the unveiling of their portraits, which will hang on the walls of the white house forever as reminders of the power of hope and change. [inaudible] would president biden hold the same ceremony for president trump but a portrait to be done? >> we need to for those questions to the white house historical association who actually they lead to the process unofficial portraits for both presidencys and their spouses, so that question would go to them. >> is there anymore. [inaudible] >> i don't have anything else to share at this time. if there is more interaction to share, we certainly will. >> going back to the new prime minister, can you talk a little bit about what president

is looking forward to welcoming back president obama and michelle obama to the white house for the unveiling of their official white house portrait. over the course of their eight years together in office, in close partnership -- a close partnership between the two men grew. between the highs and lows of that job and life. president biden and dr. biden are honored to have former president and michelle obama back to the white house so unveiled their portraits which will hang on the walls of the white house forever to remind us of the powers of hope and change. >> obviously, the ceremony is happening -- in recent tradition -- it didn't happen under the last administration. would president biden hold the same ceremony for former president trump should his portrait be done? >> we do those questions to the white house historical association. they actually lead the process on official portraits for presidents and their spouses. that question lies with them. >> is there any more interaction that the former president and current president will have tomorrow? >> i don't have anything else to share. if there's more int

i think the white house will be cognizant of the fact that this is an official event.h, the fact that the press secretary, the fact that the president are using more and more references to maga republicans, that's a direct reference to donald trump, whether you reference his name specifically or not. and you're right to say, jonathan, that he's ramping up those attacks. he's doing it at a time of political divisiveness. he is doing it at a time when he wants to highlight for americans, i mean he certainly wants to highlight for democrats, that he's the alternative to that. and that even if they haven't gotten everything that they wanted in the last year and a half, he's still the best answer, and democrats are still the best answer from his perspective to move the country away from the divisiveness of the trump years. >> so this is his second of three stops in pennsylvania in a week's time. monday, he will be at the labor day parade in pittsburgh, another stop for biden, he stopped there before other presidential cap campaigns. jeff, you said he will start hitting the

white house today. >> details of the official portraits and political messages that were on display today plus americans are getting ready to get new booster shots. the white house covid coordinator will join us to talk about the newest phase in the fight against covid but first former white house chief strategist steve bannon is expected to surrender tomorrow on state charges alleging he defrauded donors who wanted to build a border wall. what's accused, new york prosecutors claim, is similar to what led to federal charges against bannon in 2020. >> donald trump pardoned bannon as one of his last acts before leaving the white house. but presidential pardons do not apply to state investigations. cnn has more on this. did this just kick in after the pardon? were they running parallel? >> reporter: a little deja vu. this all kicked in right after the presidential pardon as you guys nicely pointed out. federal presidential pardons don't apply to state investigations. our colleague said people have been going in front of the grand jury within the last few minutes and returned an indictment. we do not know w

is looking forward to walking back president for obama and michelle obama to unveil their official white house portraits. over the course of their eight ears together in office a close partnership between the two men grew through the highs and lows of the job and life. president biden and dr. biden are honored to have former president obama and former first lady michelle obama back to the white house for the unveiling their portraits. which will hang on the walls of the white house forever as reminders of the power of hope and change. >> in recent history, tradition, press secretary it didn't happen under the last administration why didn't president biden hold the same ceremony for president trump? >> these are personal questions to the white house. historical association who they lead the process on official portraits for both presidents and their spouses. so that question goes to them. >> is there anymore action that the president will have tomorrow? >> i don't have anything else to share at this time. if there is more interaction or more to sure, we certainly will. ask going back to the pri

white house. >> traditions like this matter. >> thanks for letting us invitea few friends. we will try not to tear up the place. >> the reunion for the unveilinf the official white house portra. > >> it's already getting busy for busy for the commute on the ease freeway, plus a hot spot along the peninsula. details are coming up. > >> we stwi breaking news out of scotland. we are getting reports queen elizabeth's health health could be taking a turn for the worst. this is a live look where the queen is currently resting. according to reports her doctors have recommended she stay her close medical supervision. sources close to the royal family say her family is told about what's going on and this is just days after she appointed uk's new prime minister. we are thinking about her and her family. > >> we have to deal with at least at least one more day of extremt in the bay area. the state has called a ninth consecutive plea for power conservation with temperatures expected to spike again. we'll see our sixth straight spare the air alert. ts are without power this morning like tuesday night. the bulk of outages are in santa clara. in san jose the area around

is looking forward to walking back president for obama and michelle obama to unveil their official white house portraits. over the course of their eight ears together in office a close partnership between the two men grew through the highs and lows of the job and life. president biden and dr. biden are honored to have former president obama and former first lady michelle obama back to the white house for the unveiling their portraits. which will hang on the walls of the white house forever as reminders of the power of hope and change. >> in recent history, tradition, press secretary it didn't happen under the last administration why didn't president biden hold the same ceremony for president trump? >> these are personal questions to the white house. historical association who they lead the process on official portraits for both presidents and their spouses. so that question goes to them. >> is there anymore action that the president will have tomorrow? >> i don't have anything else to share at this time. if there is more interaction or more to sure, we certainly will. ask going back to the pri

it's very unusual to see a call from the white house switchboard, from the official white house phone lines to a person during the riot, a person at the capitol and later convicted of a crime for their participation in the rally and the riot. the first question i would want to know is who did the call come from in the white house? it's ooh nine-second call. that could be a hangup, inadvertent. you can communicate quite a bit in nine seconds. so there's a lot there that i think should catch the attention of investigators and a lot we still need to know about. >> we were hoping to get some answers, hoping to learn a little more tomorrow. our most recent reporting from manu raju from two different sources is this is likely going to be canceled now, understandably because of the hurricane barreling down on florida at this point. if there is not another hearing before the november midterms, when do you think we get the answers to some of these questions? >> well, it's a good question. ultimately we will see a formal written report from this committee. i think that will sort of lay out all

she's a former trump's official white house in office. she goes on for this win, she was backed by ted cruz and jim jordan and mike lee. she will face the democrat chris papas there. what we are hearing from naew hampshire is a lot of concerns for the economy and where the country is going. >> i don't think it is ethical but that's the way it is. i guess you have to do your homework in this day and age and hopefully everybody did. >> 100% is extremely hypocrite cal. >> i am an independent so i have a problem with both sides doing it. nobody is completely innocent in this. they all had blood on their hands. >> what they are talking is the democrats and the democrat party funding the candidates on the maga side. republican candidates who are protrump. they have done it in nine states, $53 million so far. that is one of the states is in new hampshire. it may work out and not only in one congressional race but maybe in that senate race that you should know a few hours. >> rich. >> also, the president, brett, making an unscheduled stop on tues

return of a washington tradition this afternoon, visiting the white house with former first lady michelle obama for the unveiling of their officialtraits. as cnn's kaitlan collins reports, amidst the jokes and applause were some pointed comments about democracy and the peaceful transfer of power. >> a return to tradition at the white house today. >> barack and michelle, welcome home. >> greeted by over a minute of sustained applause. former president obama and first lady michelle obama in the east room for the unveiling of their official white house portraits. >> nothing could have prepared me better or more to become president of the united states than being at your side for eight years. >> president biden inviting mr. and mrs. obama to the stage where they lifted blue curtains to reveal their portraits. hers by sharon sprung. >> i want to thank sharon sprung for capturing everything i love about michelle. her grace, her intelligence, and the fact that she's fine. >> and his by robert mccrudy. >> refused my request to make my ears smaller. he also talked me out of wearing a tan suit, by the way. >> the 44th president then growin

also tonight, the buddy act returns to the white house as president biden welcomes barack and michelle obama back for the unveiling of their officialte house portraits. >> i want to thank sharon sprung for capturing everything i love about michele, her grace, her intelligence and the fact that she's fine. >> we miss them. we begin tonight with steve bannon, the former white house chief strategist who is back in the news, usually for two reasons such as attempting to dismantle the west or as in this case trouble with the law. two years ago bannon was dragged off a billionaire's luxury yacht in handcuffs charged with defrauding donors as part of a fund-raising scam purportedly aimed at funding trump's border wall that mexico was supposed to pay for. now bon none lined his pockets $1 million in waldo nations. after trump pardoned bannon for milking his own supporters the manhattan's district attorney office opened its own investigation and that's because presidential pardons, well, they only apply to federal charges and cannot prohibit state prosecutions. bannon is now traveling to new york city to prepare to surrender in the morning

in the week the president unsettled marine band members by campaigning for democrats at an official white house me now army retired lieutenant colonel and senior fellow and military expert for defense priorities daniel davis, colonel, good morning to you. i want to get your thousand foot view on the speech first? >> yeah, if there's any time that there's beforen in the nation that we need to try to bring the country together and to at least diminish the gap between us i think last night was it. it fortunately -- that's the way it went. it was a pretty direct attack on the political right and on his opponent and it's unfortunate that this was built something for the soul of america but yet you are disappointing half of america. i think that's a problem. jackie: what did you think of the flanking of president biden with the marines, many people were saying this was a political speech and military should not be visual symbol in that kind of speech and you had the very dramatic red lighting behind him. some said it almost made it look like he was a dictator. the optics here are very important i'm s

this morning the white house is pushing back on criticism that the president's speech was political. officialsaying it was, quote, entirely about democracy. >> let's go straight to the white house, cnn's jeremy diamond is there. how do they feel about how it went, jeremy? >> reporter: john, biden's message last night was unmistakable democracy is under assault and president trump and his allies are the ones assaulting it. last night's rare prime time address wasn't just a warning about donald trump and trumpism, it was also a very clear call to action, call to action for voters to act and make their voices heard in the midterm elections. >> equality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise. >> reporter: president biden issuing an urgent call to americans and a warning just months before the crucial midterm elections. >> donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. >> reporter: in a primetime speech outside independence hall in philadelphia biden delivered a searing indictment of his prede