there are stories like this all throughout the white house slaves. a lot of them were victims of circumstance and they were born into slavery. a lot of them didn't like it. and made the best of the circumstances as they could. that's not to say everyone who -- every slaift who worked in the white house wasn't happy. most of them weren't. there were exceptions, though. out of all of the slaves lives i've looked at in the white house, there was at least one person i found who actually wouldn't escape even when given a chance. he decided that it was better to be a slave in the white house than to be free. and i want to read you a little bit about him. this is someone named a lyrics alias pope. because of his popularity after jane polk's death we know a little bit more about his life outside of the white house. he was born in north carolina in 1805 and moved to tennessee when he was just a baby. pope would brag for rest of his life that he encountered every president from john quincy adams through grover cleeferld include andrew jackson who made a great i

they were going to the white house and they were going to be there every day. he was just sort of a statement of here we are, deal with us. then you see this banner. this is probably the most important slogan of the entire movement rate you see this banner over and over over again mr. president what we do for women's suffrage? mr. president blue will you do for women's liberty all takeoffs on the same statement. the slogan was repeated over and over again and we have only one of these in art collection so it's usually important. as we take the time to point out the colors that you see before you the purple and gold the official colors for the national women's party were purple white and gold. the purple stood for the royal glory of women. the white suit prepared at home and in politics and the gold -- grand context. in wp never did anything. in fact the women's movement did did -- never did anything unless it had meaning behind its it so re-collar you see as meaning behind it. every piece, every artifact that you see has significance and that is important as we

the 102nd annual white house correspondents' dinner. eceived a tweet, are we actually going to watch people eat for an hour and wonder what they are talking about? yes. program is the one that everyone is probably looking forward to. you will hear from the president, larry wilmore, you will see the scholarships being given. biden.f tweets about joe vice president joe biden on the stream, we were wondering if he was giving out his private number two somebody there. another twitter, i just tuned in to the white house correspondents' dinner, never have seen one of these before. when do they do the jokes? is due to start at 9:45, it will probably start a little late. hud, aretary of congressman from san antonio, we saw them a minute ago. robert tweets in, will wonders never cease? i am watching live feed of people sitting around, pretending to be doing something. people in the ballroom tonight having their dinner, lots of events associated around the white house correspondents dinner now. ons of parties going throughout this week. after thos

in october of 1917 alice paul was arrested for picketing the white house. first time she was arrested in america and she was sentenced to six months in prison. at that time she was in solitary confinement. another woman alongside another woman were put in solitary confinement in alice paul knew what she had to do. she believed her comrades were not being treated well p. she needed to do something to send a message that she went on a hunger strike. officials in the prisons and president wilson and other important people at that point realizing this woman could potentially become a martyr for this movement which was the last thing they wanted. they began force-feeding the women and in order to get them the nutrients they need. involve putting tubes down their throat, down her nose and forcing food down pouring raw eggs down the tubes into their noses. fairly intense and pretty damaging to their bodies. not only were they going on hunger strikes were they weren't eating for days at a time that they were forced into the situation where they were strapped down a

and the white house correspondents dinner is definitely the most. 24,000 steps that day.ecause i'm all over the place. whether it be in the pastry shop, butcher shop, preparation of cold food. on the hot side, working on hors d'oeuvres. making sure secret service is ok. making sure that we're ready for them to inspect our kitchen. working backwards on a time line to feed that many people. how many time do we need for the stakes steaks to go in and actually cook so there's a lot that goes into it. >> there's a lot of high-profile people that come to the hilton on a regular basis. so you're probably used to that part. where do you source your food? is that a secret? is the secret service involved? >> as far as the food goes, we have primary purveyors that we source most of the food through. as soon as the tasting is over, i actually set down, and that's when the ordering of the food takes place. so it took place three months ago. because we wanted to make sure there's the correct aging on the beef for the dinner that night. produce comes anywhere from california, meat usual

[laughter] reunited, at long last, with the white house press corps. ghter] let me direct your attention to a photograph. [laughter] ago, itst moments proves the on the doubt that i am indeed happy to be here. [laughter] now, wait a minute. it seems that my hair in that longer than itle is tonight. [laughter] [applause] so, maybe i am happy to be here. and maybe i am not. feel free to speculate. [laughter] [applause] looks -- andt photos can be deceiving. now look at this photo. it is a recent one of the vice president, applauding one of my policy initiatives. [laughter] [applause] closer, thosetle are not his real hands. [laughter] [applause] w, this photo. it made all the papers. but i have to tell you. i am almost certain that this is not the real easter bunny. [laughter] the next one is my favorite. i really like it. let us see the next photo. [laughter] [applause] isn't it grand? [laughter] [applause] i thought it was too good to be true. [laughter] but there is one thing beyond this tonight. this is really being. i am really here. [laughter] and t

presidentsk back at giving their last speeches at the annual white house correspondents dinner. after that a european union discussion on counterterrorism efforts. after that a senate hearing on efforts to protect taxpayers and the irs from cyberattacks. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> saturday, april 20th, c-span presents the white house correspondents dinner, an event that typically includes prepared remarks by the president of the united states. coming up in a few minutes we will show you the last white house correspondents dinner speeches from presidents reagan, clinton.'ss and first we discussed the steventon event with thomma. how long have you been attending these events? how have they changed? steve: i think i have been going the last 28, maybe 30 years. i have been going since reagan. host: how have they changed? steve: they have become more crowded. we have squeeze more tables into the same ballroom. it has

what do you do as executive director of the white house correspondents association? >> i do whatever the board directs me to do. some boards really really concentrate time on access. work for scholarship and grants. everything is voted by a nine-member board. basically, i follow their directive. i work on membership. we have an annual election. a third of the board changes every year. we have different events that help educate the public about what we do but mainly, mainly it is access. the press always want more. >> how many members? >> about 500 members, but it changes. especially in a campaign year, they are sent out with one of the candidates. >> when it comes to the correspondents dinner, what is your role? >> i run it. everything comes out of this office. the sender did request forms to our members only. these doubt that with the a check for what they want. on march 17 or thereabouts, which is two weeks out, of the board and executive committee, dinner committee -- we sit down, decide, limited space, who gets myt, and i let people know e-mail how much space we c

the campaign. i worked for someone named byron white and how i ended up on the campaign working for byron white. i'm in ohio and came from an irish democratic, pretty well-known family. the chairman of the democratic party, his secretary and my dad secretary were best friends and i worked downtown. i graduated from college in june, i was planning on coming out of the campaign on into thend ran in chairman and he said where are you going to mark i said i'm just going to volunteer. he said we can do better than that. he got out his little black book said whod a number and is he talking to? the chairman of the democratic party was a guard for the detroit lions and he was fused your -- future mr. justice byron white. they were roommates and he said he was sending me up and that's how i ended up working for byron and the happy assistant was fred dutton and for me, the rest is history. >> and what a rich history. thank you so much. [applause] thank you so much. she has been our point person on this. i want to introduce you to marry white to happens to be a neighbor of mine. a real pleasure. she was a k

bob: steven thomma, the senior white house correspondent for mcclatchy news. now we will watch the last white house correspondent dinner speeches by president reagan, president george h w bush, bill clinton, and george bush. we start with ronald reagan from 1988. [applause] ronald reagan: thank you. thank you very much. i am delighted to be here. what a crowd. it looks like the index of larry speak's book. [applause] president reagan: it is good to see your incoming president, jerry o'leary. in his book, larry said that jerry would line his coat pockets of pastries. jerry denies it. earlier tonight, just to be safe i told him, keep his hands off dinner roll. larry said preparing me for the conference was like reinventing the wheel. that is not true. i was around when the wheel was invented, and it was easy. [applause] president reagan: even howard baker is writing a book about me. it is called three by five, the measure of a presidency. [laughter] president reagan: mike in his book he said that i had a short attention span. i was going to reply, but let's move

we saw that clip of you revealing the white house taping system. mr. butterfield: i saw it sideways, but i recall the incident. [laughter] mr. woodward: it was you. i saw it. you want to tell them why you hesitated. >> there was a pregnant's there. mr. butterfield: i caused because, fred thompson said, are you aware? during the time of the testimony, ahead already come to the faa which it been there for months, so i thought to myself, you might as well be accurate clue and i did not have a if they still had listing devices, so i just paused and said, i was aware rather than, i am aware. moment, that that very historic moment. how did you come to work for richard nixon? [laughter] i cannot beeld: brief. i will say this, i was in australia because the senior military officer in that country , and i just heard in 1968 when nixon snaked by human humphrey -- hubert humphrey to win the presidency. that was because of death to me, the extension. it seemed that way. i was eligible. i was going to come up on eligibility as a career officer. , admit i was fairly

johnson assembled her committee for the first time on february 11, 1965, at the white house. mbers were public officials, businessmen, architects, philanthropist, a cross-section of many americans. ideas and inspiration began flowing at once. an overwhelming number would be funded by the more than $2 million given by private donors. among the first proposals was a plan to adopt countless traffic circles and grassy triangles that dot washington intersections. they would be adorned with bright and colorful planters. on march 9, 1965, mrs. johnson laid out the first phase of the beautification program. in may of 1965, the committee met aboard the uss sequoia for a cruise and two were of the potomac river. tours and short trips would be a regular part of the activities. this highlighted the potomac's waterfront, and highlighted some of the problems connected with the river. the first lady had challenged her committee to find ways of implementing those beautification projects already underway, boosting those that should be underway, and being catalysts for new undertakings. an acti

then it's going to be what's up with the half white guy, huh? [ applause ] who voted for the mulatto? what the hell? >> so it's not a strong field. and who knows if they can beat you in 2012? but i tell you who could definitely beat you, mr. president. 2008 barack obama. you would have loved him. so charismatic. so charming. was he a little too idealistic? maybe. but you would have loved him. i still think we all remember that inauguration day. the first lady was there. and may i say for as beautiful as you look that day you look even more beautiful tonight. [ applause ] now, you on the other hand, mr. president, have aged a little. what happened to you? when you were sworn in you looked like the guy from the old spice commercials. now you look like louis gossett sr. i never said this to anyone before, but maybe you should start smoking again. is this the change you were talking about? mr. president, look at your hair. if your hair gets any whiter, the tea party is going to endorse it. >> they say diplomacy is a matter of carrots and sticks. and

. >> saturday, april 30, c-span presents live coverage of the 2016 white house correspondents dinner, an event that typically includes prepared remarks by the president of the united states. and coming up in just a few minutes, we are going to show you the last white house correspondents day dinner , speeches from presidents reagan, both bush's, and clinton. but first, we are going to discuss the annual washington event with the mcclatchy senior white house correspondent steven thomma. how long have you been attending these events? how have they changed over those years? steve: i think i have been going 28, 29 -- might be 30 years. close. i have been going since reagan. bob: how have they changed? steve: two things. they have become more crowded. we have added, we have squeezed more tables into the same ballroom. and it has gotten a lot more hollywood and celebrities than it used to. always had them, but it has gotten a lot more. those are the two biggest changes. bob: what about the length of the presidents' speeches? the speeches we will show in a few minutes -- we start with ronald

you do not do operations out of the white house. very dangerous. we talked about the national security advisor not a cabinet agency, not confirmed by the senate, doesn't testify before congress, and therefore, has to be self-limiting as to their role. which is the way you avoid the conflict with the secretary of state. if the national security adviser is operating mostly off stage and behind the scenes and lets the secretary of state be the face of the foreign policy of the administration to the american people and to the world. that is the right relationship. again, when the national security advisor does come forward, national security advisor ought to be speaking in the name of the president and only the president. that's their protection. finally, national security advisor, as i said early on, can undermine cabinet secretaries. i'll give you the easiest example. so you get up at 4:30 in the morning, and you're in your office at 5:30 in the morning. you're looking at the newspapers, and you see there is a leak on the front page of the "washington

the age. finding a common history with white neighbors was imperative. r others, they fiercely challenged the burgeoning reconciliationist narrative. neither had sectional reconciliation truly triumphed for white union and confederate veterans. even the spanish-american war long championed as evidence that the white north and the white south had reunited to fight a foreign foe, a non-whitne foe a that, could not bind up the nation's wounds. thank you. [ applause ] >> i want to make an observation and then pass on to a question. one of the most prominent monuments at arlington cemetery is fighting joe wheeler's oblamist. you mentioned near the last couple sentences of your remarks that you reminded us that the common enemy here was a swarthy pigmentation of the spanish. is there any evidence that part of this reunion between north and south was subliminally coming out of their common racism toward people of color or even at this time a sort of shar shar shared prostestant roman catholic empathy. >> there is a confederate section in arlington. that's a whol

the identity of deep throat was made public. many hours of white house recordings have been released by and theonal archives, ransom center continues to supplement its watergate holdings, most recently with the generosity of the papers of love -- papers of legendary "washington post" editor ben bradley with research in 2017. in the intervening years, the watergate papers themselves have also been heavily consulted by our students and by historians, while collectively, the country as a whole has continued to come to terms with that national crisis and its continuing impact on our political life today. the watergate archive continues to give up new insight into the nixon presidency, and for years to come, it will continue to ground the histories and a historically verifiable record. tonight, we are not here to read documents, but to hear from an intimate participant in the day-to-day workings of the nixon white house. alexander butterfield served as a deputy with then richard nixon's inner circle and it was , he who changed history by presidentlging

it was the remarkable speech he gave inside the white house to the white house staff. he was absolutely covered in sweat as he gave this speech. he cried pretty much throughout the speech or on and off throughout the speech he cried. this was obviously, a terrible moment for richard nixon. this was a terrible occasion for him. but even knowing that, this speech he gave to the white house staff as he was leaving that day as he was quitting the presidency, oh my god was that speech dark. >> look around here and i see so many in this staff that you know, i've should have been by your offices and shaken hands and would loved to have talked to you and found out how to run the world. everybody wants to tell the president what to do. and boy, he needs to be told many times. nobody will probably write a book about my mother. all of you would say this about your mother. my mother was a saint. i think of her two boys dying of tuberculosis nursing four others in order to take care of my older brother for three years in arizona and seeing each of them die and when they died it was

the white house does not release his golf score. and i will not tell you, because that is the only thing i have for my book. we talked about, we talked about things that has since become public. where he would live after he left the white house. i asked the white house staff several times if i could put that on the record. they said no. i never wrote it. until he released a statement said -- that said he will likely move to new york. there were other memorable moments. joel mchale told jokes i thought were a little off-color. more than i was comfortable -- i was wincing. to theof apologized president. he put his hand on my knee and said, "steve, don't worry. i have heard worse." i will always run for that. bob: steven thomma, the senior white house correspondent for mcclatchy news. thanks very much for joining us. now, we will show you the last white house correspondents' dinner speeches by president reagan, president george h. w. bush, bill clinton, and george bush. we start with ronald reagan from 1988. [applause] pres. reagan: tha

announcer: today, the c-span brings you coverage of the white house correspondents' dinner, including remarks by president obama. for this year's featured comedian, larry wilmore. the executive director, julia winston discusses her role. she has been director since 1995. she spoke with c-span from the watergate office building in washington dc. >> what do you do as executive director of the white house correspondents' association? >> i do whatever the board directs me to do. some boards really really concentrate time on access. some work for scholarship and grants. everything is voted by a nine-member board. basically, i follow their directive. i work on membership. we have an annual election. a third of the board changes every year. we have different events that help educate the public about what we do but mainly, mainly it is access. the press always want more. >> how many members? >> about 500 members, but it changes. especially in a campaign year, they are sent out with one of the candidates. >> when it comes to the correspondents dinner, what is your role? >> i run it. everything

and when he in assisted in staying at the western white house. and they wore the same perfume as pat nixon, traded up and down the hall after dark and pat nixon was not pleased. tim won his career. so bad. tim weiner was national security are correspondent for the new york times, his book is called enemies:the history of the fbi and his book about the cia is called legacy, and the national book award and evan thomas is a journalist and editor with newsweek for much of his career and his book about the cia is called the very best man and he won the national magazine award. it strikes me both men were excellent candidates for nixon's enemies list. these were the kind of journalists with establishment journals like newsweek and the washington post, the new york times, evan thomas went to harvard and is the grandson of a man who ran six times for president has a socialist, norman thomas was not nixon's kind of guy and yet he writes a very compassionate biography. tim weiner went to columbia university and columbia school of journalism and the new york

and he says he might like to work in the white house some day. and the office of science and technology policy. and now this program note. be sure to tune in to fox news channel tonight at 9:00 eastern for fox news reporting rise ing threats, shrinking military. we speak with three of president obama's secretary about cuts to our military. that's it for today. have a great week and we'll see >> announcer: the following is a paid presentation for cize, brought to you by beachbody. this is the end of exercise. >> get ready to cize it up. [ beat drops ] [ people cheering ] are you ready to dance? 5, 6, 7, 8! >> on my way in i'ma take it >> stop exercising, people. it's time to start dancing. welcome to cize. >> announcer: cize is the all-new dance workout program that's gonna make losing weight fun and easy. >> to me, it's not even exercise because i don't want to stop. >> announcer: it's simple -- dance, have fun, and get awesome results. >> it's just like one big party turns on. it's so empowering. >> i spent many years of torturous exercises. cize

the white house historical association unveiled its 2016 christmas ornament. now, the ornament commemorates the fire engines that responded to the white house on christmas eve in 1929. the fire destroyed the west wing that night. president herbert hoover and his family escaped unharmed. d.c. firefighters attended the reveal. >> obviously, we're honored by the fact that being associated with the white house, 1929 is like today 2016, the bell hits, we go and do our job. >> wheelen, a student at art of massachusetts designed this ornament. >>> an 11-year-old girl who's already a published author has a new pen pal. now, he just happens to be the president of the united states. to help her father and families all around the country. >> dear madison. thank you for sharing your story with me. >> reporter: 11-year-old madison stremmepeck wrote to president obama in february. and this week he wrote back. madison asked the president to help her father who is in prison. >> i wanted to help my dad or other convicted felon to get out of incarceration, to have a job, a house

bush conduct the band actually at a white house correspondents' dinner in 2008. found out that he had a little bit of conducting experience and so we were looking for an opportunity where he might want to conduct the band and it was decided that the white house correspondents' dinner might be a great opportunity for that. to our knowledge that is the only time that a sitting president has conducted the marine band. >> that was planned in advance? >> it was but it was a surprise. we tried to keep it under wraps as long as possible. the band went oef to the white house to reverse with the president. he practiced on his own. he did a remarkable job for a nontrained musician. then the curtain opened after his remarks and he led the band in a performance of stars and stripes. >> what kind of music have you chosen? and i presume you consult with the white house on any event. what music have you chosen for this dinner? >> we consult with the white house and the social events office to make sure that the music we've chosen be enhance the event. we'll try to program speci

of the white and black races." there is evidence to think that he expressed a version -- his expressed diversion -- a version may have been insincere. in 1859, he asked lincoln why he favor the illinois law for banning interracial marriage. according to locke, lincoln said, "the law means nothing. i shall never marry a negress but i have no objection to anyone else doing so." if a white man wants to marry a -- some of lincoln's defense of statements towards african-americans pander to the prejudices of voters. the six the definition is, racism is inadequate concern for the welfare of a certain race of people. there is evidence that lincoln strongly favor the interest of whites over blacks. the racial discrimination he endorsed, in a passage from the charleston debate camera -- is evidence of this. in 1859, he said, if there was a necessary conflict between the white man and the negro, i should be for the white man as much as judge douglas. but then he added, "but i say, there is no such necessary conflict. there is

she can't wait to leave the white house. is is a night she particularly looks forward to, no. >> but the president does usually bring it when he speaks at this dinner. we have clips of his finer moments. let's watch. >> i am barack obama. most of you covered me. all of you voted for me. [ cheers and applause ] apologies to the fox table. where are they? i must confess i really did not want to be here tonight, but i knew i had to come. just one more problem that i've inherited from george w. bush. jonas brothers are here. they're out there somewhere. sasha and malia are huge fans, but boys, don't get any ideas. i have two words for you: predator drones. you will never see it coming. you think i'm joking. i've even let down my key core constituency, movie stars. just the other day matt damon -- i love matt damon. love the guy. matt damon said he was disappointed in my performance. well, matt, i just saw the adjustment bureau, so right back at ya, buddy! four years ago i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this d

one of the forms of white privileges exit. one of the forms of white privileges denial. it is to pretend that what he said is not true and go to my neighborhood that does not contain the contaminants that have to be dealt with. so this is the problem with brock obama making moral equivalency between what white folk over here gotta do and what black folk over here gotta do, i do think think it's honest not to fall back on jargon. let's look at fresh new language that may be able to re- describe the problems that we confront together and to ask white brothers and sisters to take some responsibility. if barack obama in the last 16 months whatever he is left could say to wait america say you can tell me i haven't been four. while white folk to step up to and i want you to take responsibility. he's done that in part at that remarkable press conference with the japanese premier when he says about pretty great, when i walmart burns up that we get all mad about it, and working to say what happens that were going to pledge that we have commitment to the relief of that suffering an

certainly, we appear over 200 times on average at the white house. also, performances we do a national chores across as great country, and ceremonies. every single one of them has a special meaning to me, and i love the diversity. does change the and with each president? >> a little bit. there is a tremendous history to what we do. we have been doing this for more than two centuries. the band was founded by an act of congress. a lot of what we do, especially at the white house, has a foundation of tradition. we try hard to cater what we do to each presidency. not just the musical taste, but the needs of the civic events. each need has a specific event. and the band has evolved, as our national culture has evolved, the band has followed suit. our capabilities and taste, and the kinds of things we have >> what's your background? how did you get involved? >> i came into the band as a clarinet player. i didn't necessarily have aspirations to be the director of the band. i was really so fortunate to win a position as an instrumentalist here. i enjoyed 3.5-

we will wait for the change. many white southerners were content to wait, responding to mckinley's call for colored troops. the new orleans times democrat insisted on the speedy and see -- expediency of registering african-americans. invoking the civil war's memory, mitchell responded that in fact this was the same logic issued to lincoln. even robert e. lee had -- recommended the confederates arm the same negroes and use them to fight against the united states. mitchell pointed out the results were clear. lincoln enlisted these -- and won. history repeats itself according to mitchell. iner unionists joined recalling the civil war service of african-americans during the current conflict. it seemed hardly quince at dental that thomas wentworth biography,rote his his lengthy articles detailing the valorous contribution of the first south carolina volunteers during the midst of the spanish-american war. the heroics of the soldiers had not been should not be forgotten he insisted. black soldiers had volunteered, fought valley a

i remember calls from the white house. i remember threats from the chamber of commerce while i was home on easter break and even interrupting my town meetings. four years later i led the charge to freeze spending and to end the reagan defense buildup as a way to get the federal budget under control. the year was 1984. i teamed up with senator biden, a democrat, and senator kassebaum of kansas, a republican, to propose a freeze of the defense budget that would have cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the annual deficit. now, funny, at the time it was known as the kassebaum-grassley budget because it fit into what you recognize the soviet k.g.b. -- it came out k.g.b. defense freeze. but it should have been the g.k.b. freeze because it was my idea in the first place. and i think you can kind of sense, then, how the logic of was that it became k.g.b. freeze. but it doesn't matter. it was the principle that counted. we were going to make sure that across the board budgets were responsible, whether defense or anything else.

author of the future of whiteness. s healed this month at the university of arizona. [inaudible conversations] >> >> it's -- >> hello. >> hello, everybody. welcome to the eighth annual tucson festival of books. i would like to begin by acknowledging and thanking the college of social and behavioral sciences and dean j.p. jones for supporting this terrific event.t thank you to c-span booktv, and to cox communication forns sponsoring this venue. i'll begin by reminding everyone that this presentation will last one hour, and we'll have questions at the end for the last 20 minutes of the hour so please hold your questions if you can until the end of the presentation. immediately following the session, the authors will be autographing books in the university of arizona book store tent, that's booth number 153. sponsored by the university of arizona book store. and filipe person unanimous dez ernesto will be autographing his books at 4:00 p.m.nj because you're enjoying the festival we hope you're a member of the friend of the

craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >> reporter: now, the most recent incident at the white house was on someone was immediately taken into custody by secret service. >>> the governor of michigan is pledging to drink tap water in flint for at least a month. >> rick schneider says the demonstration will show that the city's water is safe, with the use of a faucet filter. city residents drank and bathed lead-tainted water for 18 months. he apologized for his administration's role in the crisis. >>> ben and jerry's, of ice cream fame. unlawful demonstration. police say they have arrested more than 1200 people since the democracy awakening protest began on april 12th. >>> houston area is struggling with deadly, widespread flooding. and more wet weather is on the way. an estimated foot and a half of rain flooded homes that killed at least five people. and overnight, first responders rescued more stranded residents. the clock. trying to save children and seniors. the pictures are remarkable, topper. >> they are. there's showers in the forecast. that's essentially insult to injury. >>> l

this is the white house telephone. this is the camp david telephone. the cabinet room, there are a number of tapes, but the quality is so bad they are barely discernible. that is kind of the gray part that were not released by the time i had started on the project. resulted in finding 1000 conversations, 600 of which had never been previously released. how was this system uncovered? how did we learn about the system? it starts here. exist and is a transcript of a conversation in the president's office, i think this committee should have that tape. i believe it would corroborate many of the things this committee has asked me to testify on. this concludes my rather lengthy statement. i apologized for its length, but i still have to comply to provide the committee with my broad overview of this matter. prof. dean: there were a number factople who raised the that they thought they had been taped in cross examination. why i was focusing on people 15th, so this is slightly repeated -- nixon had said after we met on april 15, that he had a tape of me claiming

on the show, kara lee, the white house correspondent for the white house journal bed and -- journal. and others. >> award-winning analysis, covering history as it happens, live from the nation's capital, this is "washington week." >> live from washington, martha raddatz of abc news. martha: new york turned out to be a special place for the two front runners this week. hillary clinton 158% of the vote -- won 50% of the vote. and after a rocky couple of weeks, donald trump got 60% and swept almost all the delegates as he marched closer to the nomination. >> senator cruz is just about mathematically eliminated. and we have won another state, we have won millions more votes than senator cruz, more than governor k-6 -- kasich. we have won close to 300 more delegates than senator cruz. we are really working -- rocking. gwen: so -- martha: so dan, what is the case right now? >> i think this caught a lot of people's attention. question ofll a whether or not he can get to the votes he needs to win the nomination. his campaign says they will get their and -- there and it will be clear in a mat

can the whites disprove it? have they not after having reduced us to the horrible condition of slavery under their feet. as descending originally from a tribe of monkeys or orangutans? oh my god, i appeal to every man of feeling. is this not insupportable? is it not keeping the most gross insult upon our miseries because they have got us under their feet and we cannot help ourselves. pity on us, lord master. has mr. jefferson declared to the world that we are inferior to whites? both of the endowments of our bodies and our minds? it is indeed surprising that a man of such great learning combined with such excellent natural heart should speak so of the sin of man in chains. i don't know what to compare it to. unless by putting one wild deer in a cage work will be secure and hold another by the side then let it go and expect the one in the cage to run as fast as the one in liberty." thank you. [applause] let's give dr. perry another round of applause. [applause] >> what political price did these presidents who owne

the chain of command. you get a call from some white house or national security council staffer. tell them to call me instead. and then say go to hell. and that's directly from the secretary of defense. >> what led to you say this about president obama and the military? president obama was, quote, deeply suspicious of their actions. >> i think there were people in the white house who were constantly goading him and saying the military is trying to box you in. the military is trying to trap you. the military is trying to make you do something you don't want to do and i 97 believed any of that. >> that was the environment he was making decisions in. >> i think so, yes. in private. and i would tell him. mr. president. they are really truly loyal to you. they're giving you their best professional military advice. they're not trying to trick you or box you in. but there were clearly a number of people at the white house who believed that. >> the national security council has grown enormously. which means you have a lot more staff people running around at the white house on these foreig

across the street would've been the white house. away was a mountain of straw and hey to feed the horses. imagine what the center of washington was like at this time. in 1865, the army did not move out all wants. they moved out gradually. they had been cut down. roads were muddy and they had deep galleys in them. they were a different width than the axle lanes of your standard wagon. forroads could not be used any normal use when the army left. disastertremendous when it happened to the city during the war. two years later, congress established another arm of the corps of engineers. it was specifically for washington. ofwas the offices in charge the buildings and grounds and public parks in the national capital. was nathanncumbent daniel michael are at his first order wasgressional to find a healthier place for the presidential mansion. overcrowding during the war meant no central sewage system. and rivers were polluted. during the war because of the fort and the fact that so many people were back and forth, they discovered the count

what you think of the white house correspondents dinner? do you think it is a good idea or has it run its course? caller: i think it is a great idea. a wonderful idea. i am born and raised in washington, d.c., and when i travel to other places, people have a hatred for those from washington, d.c.. like a said, i am born and raised in washington, d.c. a wonderful place to be. i'm not a billionaire or millionaire. i love it. fun.nk it is president obama, just like a lot he not onlyve said, makes fun of people, he makes fun of himself too. it is a place for people who are working hard to come and lighten up, to have a sense of humor, to not take life so seriously all the time. it is $300. it is not like they're asking $1000.,000 or even it is a good benefit, a good fundraiser. lighten up. have fun. last year laughing is good for the soul. host: ok. that is sharon, giving her support for the event. at real clear politics was a guest earlier this week on "washington journal." it reminds reporters, editors, and producers, at least for one evening,

on saturday, april 30 at 6:00 on c-span. >> during campaign 2016, c-span takes you on the road to the white house, as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> former president bill clinton spoke at a rally for his wife, hillary clinton. it was held at the college of mount st. vincent

there was an absolute unity on the question of white supremacy. is put forward is almost an abolitionist. he had very conventional views on race and slavery. but he's definitely a moderate in many ways too. loathes the fire eaters and lump sum together with abolitionists as extremists who are an amicable to a smooth functioning of the union. but if you want to get some sense of how important maintaining white supremacy is to the white south, look at r.e. 's statements. if you want to get a quick snapshot of it, look at his letter the confederate secretary of war sent in january 10 or 11, after thet announcement of the final proclamation of emancipation. his anger is barely controlled. he said, this threatens everything. pollution ofthe our families. he uses all the code words from the antebellum years applied to what will happen if the abolitionists get their way. he can scarcely control his says, we have to muster resources in a way we have not been doing it to this point because if we lose this war, we lose everything. that is what the emancipati

today, officers are out if force, especially in front of the white house. demonstrators smoking pot, demanding president obama ease the marijuana law. the president is having congress decide for the rest of the country. meanwhile the intruder fought identified yet, is expected in court, charged with illegal entry first thing monday morning. jose. >> ron alan at the white house, thank you. >>> the airport in brussels, belgium, will partly reopen tomorrow 12 days after deadly attacks which suicide bombers. the city remains intense, of those who oppose and support immigrants. gabe gutierrez is following it all for us, and has our report. >> reporter: the arrest was swift. police cracking down today on demonstrators in the wake of the deadliest terrorist attacks in belgium's recent memory. some groups calling for peace. others worried about racial tensions in brussel's heavily moll enbeck region. hundreds of police officers are in full riot gear trying to prevent clash, last sunday, protesters yelling anti--immigrant chances. with police on high alert, today aut

it is called "the presidency in black and white." it is a tremendous book and it has won the nonfiction award at the 11th annual african american literary awards show. and there's a lot of controversy now about what is classified and what is not in washington. so i'm going to err on the side of caution but stay tuned for a few more headlines possibly with that book and keep your eye out for that. and then secondly we've got another one coming out as well. so thank you. she will be giving a little bit more detailed insight. but i do have to say that just a brief word about each of them. she is possibly our best customer at home. [laughter] we just roll out the solid figure. and he has to be one of our best customers. he is a customer, he is an incredibly prolific author. and i think we have the debate in one of his collections. in the it's great to be here with them. and we have joy-ann reid. if you haven't read her book, you should. it is one of the smartest books about american politics, especially about the evolution of race in the