she loved the white house. on the other hand, it's interesting, she thought of it also as, and this recurring tension, it's a family home. at the same time it is a public office building. it is a museum. it is a campaign headquarters. it is a war room. it is a museum. it is a theater. it is all of these things, you know, rolled into one. her solution was, she was sick of having the people of washington in her backyard. because in those days the white house gates were wide open. and it was treated as a public park. and she wanted room for her children to play. people forget, u.s. grant was only 46 years old when he became president. and he had young children. as young as say the roosevelt family. and they had no place to play. so she ordered the gates locked, which probably didn't make her popular locally. on the other hand, it's interesting, she also gave orders that any african-american who wanted to come to one of her receptions was to be admitted. ry striking, seemingly small but defining gesture. and grant,

i knew what it would be like to live in the white house. orge and i had an advantage that only one other family has had so far, the john quincy adams family, we have seen somebody we loved in that office and we visited them very often. we lived in washington, in fact, in 1986, or 1987, rather, to work on resident bush's -- president bush's campaign. they still had time to benefit -- to babysit barbara and jenna on saturday night when george and i would want to go out to dinner. president bush was elected in november of 1988. it was a wonderful bonding time for our family, the only time i ever lived in the same town with my in-laws. my mother-in-law and i had a chance to bond. our little girls had a chance to get to know their grandparents in a way that they had not really. their grandfather had been vice president for the most part in their lives. they were born right after he was elected vice president. i knew what it would be like. my whole hesitation was because i knew what it would be like. in politics, you can be defined in a way that y

because there were so many of them in the white house, she was the one who thought that the white house should be expanded an updated because there was not enough room with all the presidential offices having taken over much of the space. she felt very cramped with her large family. they also allowed photographers in. she was also -- they white house family that used photographers. both their son and their daughter and their children and her father with the -- were there. there were wonderful photographs of the little son of the daughter. she was quite a china painter. they had a porcelain bathtub for the child and she painted little flowers on the outside of the bathtub. he was always leaning out to try to smell the flowers. i expect he liked spilling the water all over the floor better. she was media savvy. she brought in this woman photographer to have these pictures taken. >> diane is from colorado. hi. >> as a lover of history, i have been thrilled over the last year to hear how many people have called in asking questions. i think all of you should be very proud of teaching our chi

how many children died while the parents were in the white house? were there any daughters because it seemed like they were all sons? >> there were quite a few sons ho died. >> i cant think of the daughter but i do think for modern people, that is quite a shock. we are so used to modern surgery and modern medication and antibiotics. on another exhibit that i worked on i learned that the first generation of parents that could expect to see their children outlive them was 1920. that will give you some idea of the death rates, the high birthrate, but also the high death rate of children in the 18th and 19th century. >> the coolidges lost their son o a blister. antibiotics were not widely used. >> you see people like the adamses and jacksons all doing fostering. their relatives had died so they took in the relatives' children so you see lots of nieces and nephews in the early white house because the first family was doing fostering of these children. >> i don't think we can answer the question of a particular number. maybe we can do that on the twitter f

obama approached life in the white house? at has she done for the mention, and how has she done it differently? >> we talked about the garden a bit. that has been a signature. it seems to be the part that she is most excited about. we see her regularly going out for this kind of ceremonial planting, harvesting, and being out there with children, but also using the house. she referred to it as the people's house. this idea that people who have never been to the white house should be welcomed in, and what are ways to do that? the kind of bring in a people who have never been there before. you see school children coming through for workshops. when there is a celebrity giving a musical performance, there will be a workshop earlier in the day with students from local schools, so this idea that you can use it as a third spates, or -- third space, or in some ways, a community center, i think is a little fresh and different. >> for number of years, in the beginning of it the administration it was closed because of the financial downtu

to have glamorous and interesting jobs at the white house. yway, the secret service came to get me and senator greg kennedy walked me out to the door and i drove to where i went was the secret service building which has been reinforced after in ourrorist attack embassy. really, after the oklahoma city bombing. a lot had been reinforced. that is where i went and spent the day. >> had you told your husband or girls at that point? >> i cannot remember. from the day to remember. i talked to george once i got there and my mother. she was the one i really wanted to call. i wonder her to say everything would be all right. i called her and said everything will be all right. >> how did she respond? how did she redefine her role? say, i was with her that day because i was covering her for the washington post. there was some confusion anybody was whether going to -- she and senator kennedy made a brief statement to the press over there. i can remember looking at her -- she twists her fingers at her sides when she is struggling with something that is very

renovations did you initiate at the white house? >> we worked on the lincoln bedroom which was so much fun and so interesting and i worked with the white house historical association advisory board which is art curators and furniture experts and wallpaper experts. historians. that is how i got to know bud. he is the director of the new african-american smithsonian oneum is going up right now the mall in washington. that's was really great to know him like i did working on all of those rooms. i know he loved working on the lincoln bedroom. the lincoln bedroom when he lived at the white house was actually his office. until teddy roosevelt built the west wing which he just a dead to get out of the house -- which he just did to get out of the house because yet the wild kids upstairs, the president's office on the second floor at the far end of the hallway from the president's bedroom. when the lincoln a lifted their, the room -- lived there, the room was his office. the room he signed the emancipation proclamation and after truman restor

life upstairs on those two floors that are the white house residence. first ladies probably, and i would, lie on the couch and read books. my cat would curl up next to me. the great palladium window associated with the west side of the white house. the one you see. it is wonderful to sit at the window and the late afternoon when i was waiting for george to come home from work. it is a nice couch to lie on. >> mrs. bush, there was a speech you made in 2005, april of 2005 you are well known for. it came as surprise to everybody. how long was that in the planning? >> george always said he is delighted to come to these, baloney. [laughter] >> the famous dinner where george says everybody comes in and makes fun of the president and he came and made fun of himself. he is very funny. he has been very funny at every one of those corresponded dinners. there's the gridiron dinner and alfalfa dinner and lots of dinners for the presidents. he has to have a funny speech and make fun of himself. that year, he said, i cannot come up with another joke. why don't you do

house social office and secretary as well and the white house florist and the white house chefveryone involved in trying to plan a dinner that would be the most american but respect the culture of the world leader who you are entertaining. it was really fun to work on those and make all of those plans. he always did a tasting of the food that the chef had proposed. we would ask members of congress to come to the tasting and tell them they were guinea pigs for the state dinner they were hosting. of course, they would be very forthright and say, i do not think you should do this. this is not that tasty. they would be more forthcoming than our friends would be, who would just say, that is great, whatever you've got. that was fun, really. we would spread it out over a number of nights to do tastings and talk about what we would have

i don't think that they missed the grandeur of the white house. think that they had eased very gracefully into the private life and going back to their lives in dallas. mrs. bush continues to be very much involved with the bush center which i referenced earlier that includes the bush institute and the bush library library. she was instrumental in the planning of the bush library and i think it can particularly be seen in the ground surrounding with its native grasses and native plants, something she has a great passion for. i think she continues to lead a very full full life and as i mentioned earlier she continues to pursue some of the causes that were dear to her as first first lady through the bush institute. >> guest: one of the nice things about being first lady in a way too is that you think you have just a brief period of time that your impact does continue and she actually has more room to continue to be involved in these policy initiatives then certainly the former president does or what her has suggested he wants to. he doesn't think it'

did the white house know it was coming? >> reporter: folks in both parties get a head part that the cbo is coming out with reports about the budget situation and the health care law is an important part of that. they sprung in action and conference calls before the white house briefing and jason furman is a top economic adviser. while it is taken out of context they think. they know it is a problem for them. >> we'll so how jay carney explains it, ed. great to see you, heather? >> damaging testimony for the white house. nina easton senior edouter and columnist and a fox news contributor, what is your take on this? you listen to the white house, less jobs is a good thing and it is a choice, republicans say that is what they warned about all along. 2.3 million less full- time jobs in the work force in the next ten years. >> yes, this two and half million jobs they are portraying as voluntary reductions. they haven't studied that the companies will higher fewer workers in order not to insure them in the system. that was not add

clarence lusane on the black history of the white house. and former fcc commissioner michael copps on the proposed time warner comcast merger. >> many times over the past year, they approve that. then the competitor comes in and says we have to get bigger. it is day after day while consolidation continues and diversity and competition suffers. up.ll that and more coming welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. jury has convicted michael dunn of three counts of attempted murder for opening fire on a car of unarmed black teenagers over an argument over loud music at a gas station in jacksonville but the jury deadlocked on the count of first-degree murder for the death of jordan davis, calling for the judge to declare a mistrial. mcbathher of davis, lucy , reacted to the verdict. that he will. dunn live the rest of his life with that sense of torment. and i will pray for him and i have asked my family to pray for grateful forre so the charges that have been brought against him. we are so grateful f

bush to the white house. laura bush helped comfort the nation pursuing interests including education, literacy and women's health. good evening and welcome to c-span series first ladies, influence and image. tonight we'll tell you the story -- the wife of our 43rd president. laura welsh bush and here to do that are two people who know her well through their work. ann gearhart at the "washington post" is a laura bush biographer and her 2004 book the perfect wife tells the story of laura bush and covered the former first lady since 2001. welcome to the program. >> thank you. mark updegrove is a presidential his torn and author of several books about the presidency and currently is working on one on the relationship between presidents bush 41 and 43. nice to see you this evening. in your biography, you refer to the role or the job of first lady as this is a quote the most bizarre volunteer job in the world. and we heard laura bush talk about having her mother-in-law as a role model, whatever thoughts she had abou

. >> president obama set to host the nation's governors today at the white house, this morning state leaders from both parties will meet with he and the vice president, the president expected to address bipartisan issues from guns to marijuana to the affordable care act. mic vicmike viqueira is at the e house. >> there is a lot going on here, a lot of sub plots, undercurrents, both policy and political wise. the national governors association, this is an annual thing, they come to washington for weekend meetings culminating in this morning meeting at the white house in the state dining room. there's plenty to talk about in terms of policy. minimum wage, the president wants to push the federal minimum wage to $10.10 from the $7.25 now. a lot of states have beaten him to the punch, but the president wants to raise it. the republican governors are resisting that initial active from the white house from washington, as well, and it's unlikely to go anywhere in congress for the foreseeable future. republican governors feel they have a story to tell. ohio and other states say deregulation, t

the white house said on tuesday. according to a source familiar with this event, the president will appear alongside workers who are paid at or just above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. the white house said earlier in a statement, quote, that the president is using his executive authority to lead by example and will continue to work with congress to raise the minimum wage for all americans by passing the harkin-miller bill. the bill would raise the federal minimum wage for working americans in stages to $10.10 and index it to inflation thereafter. also raising the minimum wage for tipped workers for the first time in 20 years. this is one of the executive orders, one of the pieces of the president's state of the union from last month. so the president out shortly and expected to be, again, accompanied by a number of workers who will be affected by this executive order. meanwhile, news from new orleans just now from the associated press, and they say that a federal jury in new orleans has convicted former

kt macfar land and former deputy secretary in the white house. me, there is a concern for the people. what would reagan say? >> reagan would not have let it go to this point. he won the cold war and understood that the soviet union needed oil and gas exports to pay the bills. reagan drove the price down and as a result the soviet union was on the knees. vladimar putin saw the reason the soviet union collapsed because of the oil and the economy. and he said the way russia reclaims the empire, we'll sell natural gas to europe and have political control and oil abroad and get hard currency so we are wealthy again. he followed the plan and that is playing out in the ukraine today. ukraine gets all natural gas and energy from russia and russia can turn on and off the switch >> which they have. >> and russia has deep pockets and they can bail ukraine out and they need a bail out now. >> but the president issued a new redline. >> our president. he loves the redlines. it was not red, but he said there will be consequences if they cross the line. no one in

this is now the argument the white house is getting behind and embracing. th the white house's choice is while it's true that some people may choose to work less and be able to get health insurance anyway, so many americans aren't choosing to subsidize people working less, and for those people, they don't have a choice. >> i mean, what is the end game here? because the president in his interview with bill o'reilly said, when pushed on whether people -- this is becoming a more dependent society, he said, no, people are pursuing things for themselves. this is a nation of people who work hard and do those kinds of things, but it seems like the entire argument was this allows people to work less if that's what they want to do. this will help them to work less. >> if you're a red state democrat, if you're mary landrieu, mark begich, mark pryor, this is the argument you don't want the white house to be making because you can already see the ads being made by their republican challengers. the president is going to be meeting with senate democrats tomorrow at their

>> guest: the years i was in the white house, don't you remember? c-span: yes, i do. >> guest: i was there from 1963 right following the assassination on november 22. i worked for president johnson. i was in dallas that dreadful day and the moment that changed everyone's life and ended up back in washington on air force one. i wrote those 58 words that the president delivered when he stepped off the plane at andrews air force base, "this is a sad time for all people" and so forth. so then for five years i worked at the white house as press secretary and staff director for lady bird johnson and sometimes funny-speech writer for lbj when he was willing to use my gags. c-span: how often do you think about those five years? >> guest: they're part of you, they shape you, they furnish a lot of fodder for your folklore of politics, and i like to think about it and tell it. i think it was a very yeasty time in this country almost akin to the early new deal days because we worked very hard on the war on poverty while he was trying to subdue the war in vietnam

here, under the red white and blue and the blue, white and red we declare our devotion once more to life have not only proclaimed our ideals, our citizens have led to preserve them from a field in yorktown to the beaches of normandy to the mountains of afghanistan. and today we are honored to be joined by two extraordinary men who were there those historic days 70 years ago. i asked them to stand, proud veterans of d-day who are here in attendance today. [applause] [speaking french] >> so it's no exaggeration that we stand here because of each other. we owe our freedom to each other of course we americans also thank our french friends for so much else, this capitol city designed by l'enfant our statue of liberty a gift from france and something many americans are especially grateful for, new orleans and the french quarter. [laughter] [speaking french] >> mr. president like generations before us we now have the tasks not simply to preserve our enduring alliance but to make it new for our time. no one nation can meet today's challenges alone or sees its opportunities. more nations must ste

houseorked in the white in the george w. bush administration and presidential historian and i'm haved by the question of what influences presidents. my first book was on presidents and intellectuals. i started to lineback at the and found out that throughout the history back to the days of george washington thomas jefferson the culture influencing presidents and now a proliferation of all new media including tv and twitter and radio and everything else and presidents paying attention. >> when you say the culture is influencing presidents give me example of sometime when that maybe had a politic effect? >> go back to the founding heavily read in the works of the enlightenment the ideae classics and that they read in the books again i will say the works of locke helped influence jefferson's writing of the declaration of independence. >> what kind of a pop culture or event maybe had the biggest impact on a president's policy making? >> well, that is a good question. uncle tom's cab bin written in 1850 at a time when of abolitio

and check this out, the white house has fumbled big time. the president said this. >> it is time to do away with workplace politics. >> but how does president score with the gender gaps? senator rand paul revealing a little white house hypocrisy. "cashin' in" starts right now. >> hi, everyone. welcome to "cashin' in." i'm eric bolling. senator rand paul is going to join us in a moment but, first, it's the big buzz before the game tomorrow. the president giving mixed messages in his state of the union address. he said this. >> the smarter tax policy that stops giving $4 billion a year to fossil fuel industries that don't need it so we can invest more in the fuels of the future that do. >> michelle, why would the president go after the industry that employs millions of americans and is creating jobs? >> it doesn't make sense. he says he's in favor of trying to combat income inequality. well, how about working to facilitate energy production in this country rather than, i don't know, trying to kill it? because that's what he is trying to do. a l

time in the white house. the first lady of mexico, in a school in the washington, i think they were in the suburbs. and there's a young girl who's the audience. they're just having a conversation probably about omething related to healthy eating. she raises her hand and says -- you know, says, what should i do? my mom doesn't have papers. to the first ladies who were there. really gripping moment and so that's hard to imagine there weren't the white ns back at house about this encounter in immigration. watching us in bridgewell, delaware. hi, liz, you're on the air. >> hi, susan. for the program. i've been enjoying it. ask your guest how michelle obama interacted or about her in-laws. family seems to be very them.ant to and i was wondering how much she meant to each other. fond affection for the ininform laws? >> on twitter, the same question. obama ever meet the president's mother? if yes, what was the relationship? a really good question. i can't answer it at length. meet.did she would not have met barack ob

the white house in full throated denial today. the congressional budget office director testifng in front of congress, the head of the cbo confirmed that obamacare will lead to a reduction in more than 2 million full-time american jobs. higher deficits and slower growth and the white house responds by denying the findings of the cbo, blasting the news organizations that reported those findings and then, for good measure, denying that the cbo concluded that obamacare was disincentivizing work for millions. new details revealed in the investigation into operation fast and furrious. the justice department and atf led gun running organization that led to the murtd of brian terry, a widening rupture in the reblican party and now the establishment gop and the conservatives are naming names as they call names, all over the future of immigration reform. we'll have that for you and much more here tonight. turning to our top story, the white house scrambling still to spin the congressional budget office's negative findings on obamacare. toda

>> the white house said they are being fixed. we don't know of cyber attack or any attack exploiting the vulnerabilities of the system. but experts say we wouldn't by now, it would be in the future. but the white house say these things are worked on. that tells you they are not completely fixed. >> byron thank you. >> and there is a warning about the obama care. irs telling people they will face shared responsibility tax. melissa francis is here to talk about all of. that how are you. good day to you. what is the warning from the white house? >> they want you to know when you file your tax return next year they will look back at this year starting in january and wanting to make sure that everyone has had insurance every month and if not, you are going to face a penalty when you file your tax return. and you think you are safe, there is a lot of confusion and didn't have insurance, they want you to know that you will face a penalty for the january month that went by? >> what is the penalty. one percent of the house hold or 95 per d

so yippy at the white house? >> that's another great example of the two sides of what good and bad news in washington can mean, as karen and you were describing. so in the affordable care act, you could celebrate the idea that the trend is momentum towards good enrollments. the down side of it is that all kinds of the undergirth of this program still has lots of vulnerabilities. we don't know how many people have paid for the premiums, how many people are really insured. they're concerned about some of the young people. only 1/4 of the people are enrolling in the young demograph. it's skewing more towards women, which is good, except women cost a little bit more. we don't necessarily know whether there are a sufficient number of these software programs that they're trying to write so they can account for the employers that are supposed to be reporting. all these things are all the backstory of what could be going wrong. gwen: what about the healthier, younger people that they were targeting? any sign that they're

. >> a rare event in the white house. president obama and john boehner having a one-on-one meeting to discuss what the speaker's said a broad range of topics. it is the first private meeting in more than one year. it is between two of the most powerful men in washington. it comes while public confidence for the oval office and congress is going the wrong direction. the polls show that the americans having confidence in the presidency dropping. and only 39 percent have the same level of confidence in those they sent from washington and down from 76 percent from 2012. what about the meeting. bret baier joins us. you know, brett, lbj twisted the weres of senate colleagues and had cocktails. and tip o'neill and reagan having drinks after five. this president doesn't do. that what can come out of the meeting? >> he's starting to doing more of it. and . point to john podefta stirring up the additional outreach efforts by president obama to capitol hill. you are right about the meeting today. 2012, december was the last time spea

let's get you to the white house. we're anticipating any moment now that the president of the united states, barack obama, will come to the white house briefing room, and the president will make a statement about ukraine? >> tony, this is a deviling situation. the administration, the white house, the state department very concerned about the military exercises happening on ukraine's border pop the rhetoric has ramped up substantially over the next 34 hours, and the people here at the white house. they know two cop similar days. jay carney, the spokesman here telling reporters it would be a grave mistake for russia to inteintervene. now with the mixed reports that we've been hearing over the last day from jennifer glass and nick schifrin, it appears there could be malicious or even troops affiliated with russia there in crimea. it's a very situation in the briefing room. >> that's what we're trying to figure out here. we're aware of the military exercises. the russians are telling us that they're already planned. but no

the next one. gwen: well, thank you. now, take that advice. white house. we -- we weren't giving you advice and just talking. we have to stop here for now. but the conversation continues online on the "washington week" webcast extra. where we will talk about the bill congress passed this week that really could change your life. and also about chris christie. it streams live after the 8:30 p.m. eastern time or catch it at pbs.org/washingtonweek all week long. and my post state of the union take on butterflies, rainbows and mid-term political realities. isn't that good? keep up with daily developments. now seven days a week on the pbs "newshour" and we'll see you right here next week on "washington week." good night. >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we went out and asked people a simple question. how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90's and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thin

that is why they brought him in to the white house. had this opposing view to the idea of massive retaliation. they appreciated that. over time, i think the fact that he was reflecting -- he was in a difficult position. was he going to come to the white house and say, the gene think -- joint chiefs, i -- not that he reflected what they were saying. >> another man like a lot of attention is robert mcnamara. this was recorded in 1996 on both notes. i know he went on to serve lyndon johnson. let's listen to this and put him in perspective. , i said it would be a long war. what should i say to the enemy, we are losing? by the way, my report to the said in the i summer of 65 to him, there is only a one in three chance that we can win. that was my report. should i have said that publicly? what do you think? what does your audience think? this is a terrible dilemma. so -- i want to tell you that i was in a very -- i felt like saying i was right. we were winning then and as i suggested, some people think we were winning. that was baloney. >> y

. >> 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 question hanging over this dinner. >> who is going to be bring along as fr

the top story the white house scrambling to spin the cbo negative findings on obamacare. today's deal bobby administration went up with straight up denial here is the president'spokesman and jay carney. >> what out the component there may be the disincentive for work? >> i want to commend the many news organizations tha issued corrections to the itial headlines that misrepresented on a factual basis. they continue to be touted by republicans annow works as fact it is false then you saw the ttimony today that is now with the report said. lou: as our colleagues have fox make clear we report you decide here is the testimony that party refers to delivered by the author of the report this cbo director speaking in direct contradiction to what carney had just tried to spend as false reporting. please. >> the suggested is the equivalent of two and 2.5 million reduction of full-time equivalent employment by providing heavily subsidize health insurance to those with low income theto withdraw those subsidies it will act to create the disincentive for people to work relative to the c

ideas coming out of the white. here's what we're hearing from the republican party right now. two income tax rates is one proposal that's being floated around, a 10%, a 25%, and a 10% surtax on income over $450,000, that's reporting from your paper, "the washington post." and while on the one hand you can say this is not going anywhere fast. on the other hand, what does it say to you they are both pushing a flat tax proposal and recognizing the reality you've got to do something more at that upper income bracket? >> well, first of all, nothing is going to happen between now and the election. the republicans have essentially announced they are closed down for business on anything major for the rest of the year, but i think what they are trying to develop here is something that would give a sense to voters of how they would govern, not just what they are opposed to, but how they would govern. by the way, on some modest things, for instance, job training, the republican leaders of the house also sent a letter to presid

he's getting ready for a huge war against the white man. now, around the same time that this is happening throughout the latter 1800, our government assigns the governor of indiana, a guy named william henry harrison, to deal with tecumseh the way that he helped deal with chief little turtle. so harrison has an idea, i think it's an idea george w. bush and dick cheney had, preemptive war. he's going to hit tecumseh before tecumseh can hit the whites. so he ahases a large army -- amasses a large army, and he marches for tecumseh's headquarters which was in a town called prof stetstown -- prophetstown. right around the time that tecumseh's ready to launch his battle, he says i need to recruit, one more, another group of ferocious warriors, the red sticks, which were in present day alabama, part of the crete nation. they were ferocious. so tecumseh is going to go and get the red sticks and bring them back and start the war. around the time he does that, william henry harrison marches his army to prophetstown. and he camps just outside of prophe

it's all about the freedom, says the white house, and they draw the analogy between social security p if there were no social security, for example, there would be more 90-year-olds in the work force, and there would be higher participation. it's not something that everybody necessarily wants. >> to the degree that the reduction in labor supply is volunteer and reflects the choice that's people are making, you're going to think about that very differently than if it was cutting back on jobs. >> reporter: so the argument from the white house, it's all about the freedom and the choice, and that's what the 2.5 million jobs are about. and fermen said the biggest concern, slowing the growth in the cost of healthcare. it has been happening in the last 3 and a half years, and that, they say, will lead to a stronger economy, which will lead to more jobs ultimately. >> thank you very much, mike vikeerra thea the white house. she was et director of policy at the white house under president obama. and thank you for being with us. >> thank you, ali. >> i made a promise to my viewers that we were

. >> we begin with a high stayings game of poker unfolding between the white house and afghan president. today the president telling the pentagon to get ready to bring all of the u.s. p toos home. pike is at the white house, and a very stern warning from the president, what else has he been saying? >> there's a very significant change. and the statements they are making about that force, the over the horizon force that the united states wants to keep in afghanistan, after the 24 teen deadline, by which all-american and allied combat troops would be withdrawn. you know, at the end of last year, we heard repeatedly the white house say that the president needed to sign the status of forces agreement. it is known as the b.s.a. sooner rather than later, by the end of the year, as a matter of fact. to enable those u.s. and ally forced to stay in afghanistan after 2014. when karzai refused to do so, the white house kept the pressure on, it said id had to be within weeks month months. they said they would not wait until after elections. he is leaving office after those elections coming in just

mike viqueira at the white house. ke, i want you to touch for a second on the pomp and circumstance we saw this morning. >> okay. >> these are big deals when the u.s. officially welcomes another head of state. >> it's interesting in this day and age when the president can teleconference and pick up the phone and talk to any world leader at anytime, why is this still necessary? why is this three-day visit -- of course we talked about the trip yesterday, and the ritual surrounding this day, the luncheon, president hollande will luncheon with secretary of state john kerry and joe biden, and then the state dinner tonight. and the obamas have tented off a portion of the south lawn, that's a relatively rare occurrence. normally happen here or across the way in the state dining room. so there's a lot that goes into this session. and also president hollande will go to silicon valley. and the past french president to come for a state visit spoke to a joint session of congress in the house chamber. president hollande choosing no

eric: new anger over how the white house is dealing with the war in afghanistan.lican says the president, in his view, is ignoring a victory. he will join us live next. >> we won the victory in iraq and then lost the peace. and i'm afraid if we don't really watch it in the next few months we could have the same identical thing happen in afghanistan. nieaive wilfulllfu >>> all right. we have a fox news alert. eric holder is about to deliver remarks where he is going to tell his state counter parts that they can ignore same-sex marriage laws in the states they work in if they want to. welcoming you to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom." i am martha maccallum. >> and i will eric sean in for bill hemmer. this is highly unusual for an attorney general. and the wisconsin member is saying quote it san antonio our job on giving advice to defend the constitution anymore than it is our role to give him information on doing his john. shannon is live with more. what is the attorney general directing the states to do or not to do? >> he is not stepping out and saying if

the white house is urging karzai to sign the agreement, so far he has refused. >> a new report seems to brand obamacare as a job killer, but hold on, it's not that simple. and once struggling states with a surplus of extra cash. how they got and, and thousand they spend it. and the new boss of microsoft, the challenge of leading the company in a post-pc world. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money." this is "real money," and you are the most important part of the show, so join our conversation in the next hour on twitter and at ali velshi at facebook.com/aj money. >>> you've been hearing a lot of noise about how obamacare hurts job creation. and today we got a new report from the congressional budget office that would be used as fodder by republicans. using for the affordable care act to get your vote this november. democrats hope that it will go away by the time midterm elections come around. and that's why this deserves more explanation. so here goes, and you decide. now, the cbo is non-partisan. it advises congress. and when there's a piece of legislation, the cbo tells you what