the white sea is the natural habitat. far from the civilized world in the north of russia on the coast of the white sea sea canaries are communicating with people with great pleasure in the open waters. not a q. and they are behaving strangely today. sure why you had a canary so why did you feel like giving us a song or something wrong with your throat stood. before you start singing vs. a water your best go into is sure was more. than was a little let's give our throat some fish oil. bath now let's try to get off. sailors have dubbed beluga whales sea canaries because of the peculiar sounds they make. my three want to bring is tiring. skin color distinguishes these marine mammals from their relatives. believe good carbs are of a dark blue color. when they're one year old they turn gray like these two female whales. later their skin acquires a milky shade. is exactly how they should be kept by the people and society should know that the bloke a whale is not a stupid fish as many believe that. we need to tell him that thes

the white sea its surface remains choked with ice minutely seven months a year. the chilly breath of the arctic ocean keeps the water freezing cold. near the coast however the high winds and bitter cold recede. that even in winter also can be seen through holes in the ice. board squeals and cracking sounds can often be good around them. this is how so-called canaries of the sea communicate. typically they hide under the ice on the white sea is the natural habitat. far from the civilized world in the north of russia on the coast of the white sea sea canaries are communicating with people with great pleasure in the open waters. of a q and they're behaving strangely today. sure why you had a canary so why did you feel like giving us a song or something wrong with your throat so she wouldn't. before you start singing vs. a water your best big go into is surely more. than was a little let's give her throat some fish oil. bath now let's try to get off. sailors have dubbed beluga whales sea canaries because of the peculiar sounds they make. as much we want to bring us to

catch the with. white stream cascading from mom's slopes the view is mesmerizing. but this beauty brings deaths at a speed of more than four hundred kilometers per hour on. a step in the long run on . beluga trainer alexander and biologist natalia are cut off from civilization. they live in the village of new monkey and work in the nearby arctic circle dive center. but well so are you ready. palooka wails of plays an important role in their lives this is where they first met and then got married. let's go below go. to the belugas knew him a tree owner who brought to the white sea dolphinarium when they were about one year old. alexandra natalia became their foster parents they tended fed and trained them. keeping in touch with palookas is not only that job but it is also a hobby and a way of relaxation. i . training belugas means playing with them any hostility against them is totally ruled out. whales and dolphins have an acute sense of how humans are disposed towards them they respond to friendly treatme

even in winter time life goes on under the white sea ice. on the seabed near the bolshoi christofi island there are underwater comes of kelp scattered about. cold water is the best environment for this seaweed. fish move slowly through the cold war to the sea bass are used to the divers and often let them come up very close. they look so menacing and they're not even afraid of bright light. the thread like tentacles of the sea anemones give the seabed a fluffy comment. c.n.n. money's feed on plankton and other old comic con tickles the given to take greenpeace to the water of the white sea. and. just. get it very. dangerous for sure had a large head. it was true ari didn't want to come or. we only need some ice cream that's going to be heaven. that. we're here. for quite a few people the underwater world is not the only attraction of the white sea it's smooth ice is an excellent environment to kite sledging fountains. only camilla failed often visits this remote place in the past he would only dive under the ice with scuba gear now he prefers

not long afterwards my mother wrote to jb west the white house chief usher. mr. west, the president tells me that jack mcnally who is against selling the guide books in the beginning now says lots more could be sold on the way out. but he says this is your province and doesn't want to mention it which is rather sweet of him. i agree we can use the money, every penny is needed. not long after her commitment to history led her to pressure my father to support a unesco effort to save the egyptian temples which were going to be flooded by the construction of the dam. she wrote a long memo to jfk, which you can see downstairs, laying out the importance of the temples and suggested this would be a nice gesture to nasr as he promised in aramco not to interfere with them in saudi arabia. and she understood cold war diplomacy writing, the psychological political argument carries more weight than the economic one. the russians are building the dam as strictly an economic enterprise. by saving the temples, the u.s. could show they care about the spiritual side and realize th

there are daily tides in the whites. there triggered by the moon's orbit around the earth of the amplitude of high and low tides in the wide sea is about two mazes both in summer and in winter well the ice i'm standing on will take six hours to rise to this level at that would you want that would listenings that six hours later anyone standing here will have no problem stepping out of the building of ice frozen to the rock. in bio filter bank a diver's learn how to work in pairs on their own so that they will be able to dive under the ice without an instructor. some divers stand above the ice hole and control those who are underwater then they swap places. after the first two dips divers understand clearly that their lives depend on those above the ice. when everything is working fine it's fine but are these funny the moment something goes wrong you have what they called narrowing of vision or you use the ability to to think like which increases your breathing and this and create a panic so it's like a circle you just cre

it has all the carvings that you see on the outside of the real white house. weighs about 400 pounds and takes about two months to make. we moved it here on monday morning. since then, we have added the marzipan and macaroon forest. you see the macaroons and the marzipan shaped into fruit. everything in the room is edible except for the electrical parts. we do this in a little kitchen in the basement of the white house that is set aside a pretty much for this production. we started slowly, sometime in october. weep for the chocolate, the walls, then we start to carve the -- we pour the chocolate, the walls, then we start to carve. it sort of crescendos into the last week, where everybody comes together to work on it. almost all the departments of the white house work together to work on the decorations. we had help from carpenters, engineers, plumbers, electricians. everybody kind of takes part in it. it is really for decoration. >> also at the white house, first lady michelle obama welcomes military families. she was joined by white house chefs and the white

the expression at the white house this week was that the speaker cannot deliver a pizza. they know now and i'm sure mr. boehner now knows that his effectiveness inside his own caucus is at an all-time low. that's not good on any front in 2012. gwen: one thing we know for sure is that everyone in the white house, on capitol hill and on the campaign trail, they're all reading tea leaves, all of them running against washington. >> i am an incredibly proud american. and i know something, america is not broken. washington, d.c. is broken. >> having spent my life in the private sector. i understand where jobs are created. >> let's be candid. the only reason you didn't become a career politician is you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. >> we know the rubber will hit the road in iowa in just over a week. how much is running against washington going to be helpful for people now trying to succeed, helene? >> i think it's going to be enormously helpful. i think americans right now are sick of washington. you look at the congressional approval ratings and they are -- they're lower than

good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the white house, as we kick off holiday season. ere is a little one, come on up. come on up. this is one of my favorite times of the year, and i am so glad to share it with all of you. i want to start by thanking jennifer for that lovely introduction, but more importantly, for all that you and your families have done for our country. military families like yours, jennifer, at all of the ones who are here today truly represent but what is best about america. and that is something i have seen again and again as i have travelled across the country over the past few years. i have spoken with so many military spouses who are raising their kids alone while their loved one is stationed overseas for months at a time. i have heard from somebody wonderful military children who pickup extra chores and just step up and keep their grades going while mom or dad is a way, and i have been inspired by the survivors of our fallen to keep giving back to the community day after day. but i also know that not every american here's the stories. not every

. >> and did the white house succeed controlling the media message? north korea loses a dictator and the world watches as millions turn out to show some emotion. but should the media and viewers trust what we see? >> and back to the campaign. >> it's the mi double fizzle. >> and welcome to mitt's media blitz. the front running candidate pulls out the stop and getting at much media attention as possible. will it help win his party's pick. >> ron paul had it with cnn. what did they do to get him hopping mad? mr. obama held a coffee talk with his facebook followers, but aren't they supposed to be journalists? and are bloggers putting responsible journalists in danger? on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. syndicated columnist cal thomas. jim pinkerton contributing he understands tore the american conservative magazine and the daily beast columnist, kirsten powers. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. >> now, if you're a family making about 50,000 a year, this is a tax cut that amounts to about a thousand dollars a

i am often asked what it is like to go to work every day in the white house. what is it like to walk into the oval office and give the president of the united states adviser on terrorism policy? what is it like to be in the situation room in 2003 and witness the order to commence operation iraqi freedom. what is it like to be on the south lawn, evening of september, 2001, greeting the president on that historic day. what is it like for a lawyer, an american citizen, the son of a port construction worker. it is a privilege, duty, a source of pride and excitement. people come from all over the world to see the most recognizable 18 acres in the world. in the first time that they step into the west wing, it takes your breath away. i served during a notable. of our nation's history. following the 9/11 attacks, lawyers worked side-by-side with policymakers in washington. we tried our best to defend this country in a manner consistent with the constitution. advising the president of the united states is more difficult than advising in normal client. president bush loo

the can now? >> about five or 6,000 white american men. ey were skilled workers working as railroad engineers, conductors, firemen, machinists carpenters, that sort of thing. >> go back to the gold and;;; silver pay.;;;;;;; just the white workers would get paid in gold and the others would get paid in silver? what did that create? >> that created a system in the canal that meant the white skilled workers on the gold were very much privileged workers that received higher pay than other workers. the hit, series built, they received weeks of vacation leave every year and a free steamship to get home to the united states. the silver workers on the other hand live in a fit of cafeterias. one guy who procurer of the food for the workers said we feed the silver workers just like i field duty to feed my hogs back in omaha. they have no feeding. they would have to sit under a porch in the rain. so those radically different conditions, and use all evidence of the segregation system throughout. the u.s. built large commissary shops where t

this is the white house edition. became the first president to reside in the white house while it was still under construction in 1800. >> there it. >> it will soon be ready, sir. >> slaves building our nation's capitol. no possible good could come from such a place. >> three executive mansions were used during george washington's presidency. where was his first office? the answer is b, new york. presidential palace in philadelphia you are new york was the first office. question number two. this is great. i can't even see. >> we're going to get them all right. >> bill: president reagan may have been sticking it to his predecessor jimmy carter when he had what environmentally friendly amenity removed from the white house? a solar panels on a roof. low flow shower heads. c low flow toilets d light dimmers. what did reagan have removed? cards up, please. the answer is roll the tape. >> white house solar history dates back to 1979 when president carter had a solar water heater installed for west wing offices. carter is r

so the house, the white house -- or the senate, i should say, and the white house right now, saying there is a deal and they're ready to move forward, but members of the house saying we need to show it to the folks here before we're ready to sign off on it. rachel? >> what exactly is the provision that is related to the keystone pipeline? obviously, that's transactionally important here because the white house had threatened to veto if that had been tacked on to the payroll tax extension. what kind of constraint is implied by this language we know that's been agreed to so far? >> rachel, as you point out, this has been a huge lightning rod, this issue. basically the language says that under this bill it would basically tell the administration to grant a permit to move forward with the keystone pipeline within 60 days. here's the catch. the white house is saying it doesn't mandate that the keystone pipeline get built. the language says if the president decides this is not in the national interest of the country, that he can say, i'm not going to move forward with this. the republicans esse

what did he add to the white house grounds? ball court b tennis courts football goal post. what did he add in his two years? cards up please. the answer is a swimming pool. did you get it right? >> that's me. i got that correct. steve got it wrong. >> what did he say? >> i said tennis courts. >> he was a football player and a swimmer. >> the easter egg roll one of the biggest events. >> the president and fest lady host the white house 133rd easter egg roll. >> i hope all of you have a wonderful easter. i hope everybody is having a great time here. welcome to "the white house." >> opening the south lawn to children and families in a tradition that dates back to 1878. >> next year it might be the holiday roll. >> the easter egg roll used to take place at the capital until con combres passed a law banning it in 1876. why did they ban it? ruining the lawn, too religious. kids too noisy, eggs smell bothered them. >> a the lawn. you are right. mccallum in the lead. presidential inauguration is an occasion for many parties. >> hundreds

and the attitude of white people. when i was growing up, my father did not mind people calling him by his first named. his first name was qp. in the court case, they ask, what does that stand for? it stood for quinnith paul. the white people use to just call him jordy and they would call his son, boy. even the teachers and the faculty members of my school said they never called him buy anything other than his first name. and he was a professor of alabama state. so i have seen all of that change. it is an attitude change. and as my sister called it, a cosmetic change. they say, dixie had a cosmetic change. they have the same mental attitude haas racists, but they cannot call you girl and gal anymore. to me, they are over-polite. in my experience in the hotel -- ms. colvin, how can i help you? it is a little over-polite, and i get tired of it sometimes. [laughter] now, you remember i live in new york, the big apple. help me to stay the word -- say the word -- i do not want to sound like sarah palin -- [laughter] what is

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in the white house he screened it. people, it was a very popular the at the time so maybe you could forgive him for that. no. people were complaining about the, protesting that film. one of the reasons he really liked the film is he is quoted in it. its history about the south, passages in which, phrases and the first ku klux klan and that they were doing the right thing. that's quoted toward the end of the movie which unfortunately i didn't watch. he was, you know, he made promises to leaders, black political their 21st ran, and when he got in office he re-created -- throughout 1919, people were pleading with them sending telegrams, people from the tuskegee institute, et cetera, you've got to say something, you've got to do something about this, you've got to speak out against this. and his answer was in their incredibly, this is really a state issue. talk to your governors and see which are gonna has to say. one quote and all my, he was delivering tons of speeches across the country at the time, try to get the versail

so the house, the white house -- or the senate, i should say, and the white house right now, saying there is a deal and they're ready to move forward, but members of the house saying we need to show it to the folks here before we're ready to sign off on it. rachel? >> what exact ly is the provisin that is related to the keystone pipeline? obviously that's transactionally important here because the white house had threatened to veto if that had been tacked on to the payroll tax extension. what kind of constraint is implied by this language we know that's been agreed to so far? >> rachel, as you point out, this has been a huge lightning rod, this issue. basically the language says that under this bill it would basically tell the administration to grant a permit to move forward with the keystone pipeline within 60 days. here's the catch. the white house is saying it doesn't mandate that the keystone pipeline get built. the language says if the president decides this is not in the national interest of the country, that he can say, i'm not going to move forward with this. the republicans essen

the white house pushed back now. language says the president has the power to waive that and send it suspect to civilian court. the white house says it is reviewing the latest language. >> bret: mike emanuel on the hill. now the 2012 race, the epicenter is at iowa. fox news is hosting a big candidate debate among republicans thursday in sioux city. the two front runners got good news. chief political correspondent carl cameron is following the action from des moines. >> mitt romney and newt gingrich lead president obama in2 swing states won by obama three years ago. the latest gallup poll shows romney ahead of the president 48-43 in battleground state. gingrich leads the president 43-45. both in the poll margin of error. romney trying to define gingrich as untrustworthy profiteering washington insider prone to ugly, angry rhetoric. >> saying outrageous or incendiary things will get you kudos and drive your number up. but it won't win us the white house or the respect of people on the other side of the aisle we have to