it shows santa claus arriving at the white house to discover there are children at the white house, thathe roosevelts had moved in. the title of the piece was, "there is life in the white "there is life in the old house yet."the country was excited to have a young family and children to watch. they had a vigorous president with a vigorous and attractive wife. attractive santa claus represented the countries attitude.-- country's attitude over the excitement in the white house now. the biggest responsibilities edith had in the white house was to control the president access to the family.-- the press's access to the family. what she did -- she arranged to have professional portraits taken of the children. the first two batches were by francis johnson, a well-known society photographer in washington. a picture of clinton, famous for having written to death ridden the elevator to visit our she when was sick. archie and a bicycle, permit with jack, the wonder dog. this picture standing in front of the tray. -- tree.most of the pictures were taken outside. you take these photographs and it sh

it shows santa claus arriveing a the white house to discover suddenly there are children in the white house. the roosevelts are moved in. the title is "there's life in the old house yet ." it's representativive how the country reacted to having the roosevelts in the white house. it's a country was excited to have a young family. to have children to watch through the prez. to know they have a young and vigorous president with a vigorous and attractive wife. and santa claus, reflecting the country's attitude of the excitement over the liveliness in the white house now. >>> they edith had in the white house was to control the president's access to the family. and so what she did was arrange to have pictures they mowings for having ridden the elevator and gone up to the second floor to visit archie when he was sick. there's a bicycle, there's care met with jack, actually. the wonder dog. and there's picture of alice standing in front of a tree. most of the pictures. taken outside. several varieties were taken of them. the lady's home journal article is interesting because you take these p

she talked about changing who the footmen would be at the white house door. edith had a gentleman who was white to greet people. helen wanted african-americans. mrs. roosevelt bridled at that. nelliewanted to change the had other changes she wanted to make right away. let's get started. edith, thinking, i will be first lady until march 3, said, not so fast. wait a while. there began to be, you need to take over. the roosevelt people said, wait a minute, what is going on? what about the appointments being made? ite friendship began to erode. really started to erode when taft wrote tr a letter saying, you and my brother charlie are responsible -- forking the president. making me president. charles was a newspaper owner and tr was infuriated by that talked about it for the next two or three years. itft writes a thank you note. started the doom of his presidency. >> in the parlance of today, edith roosevelt and helen taft let's go tof's. horace in philadelphia. caller: i have been watching the series from the beginning. i have a question i wanted to ask. i am a li

>> i worked for the clinton white house in several issues but the first time for the obama white house. >> what does that tell you? >> shows they need the votes. they're in a tough shape. this is a serious issue. it's -- i think they realize their message has not worked and i give them credit for reaching out and hopefully it can work. but it's getting late. a lot depends on what he says tomorrow night and he can't make a partisan approach or somehow say he's going to do a better job of president bush and the republicans, this has to be an american unified national effort. you have to show he's serious about this. >> talk about the fact that their message isn't working. why isn't their message working? what does he have to say a case differently. >> a coherent message. they haven't focused on it enough nor has the president shown by hi body language that this is serious to him. not to trivialize it but to say all week -- two weeks ago, the entire week congressional approval is not needed and at the last minute, to say he's going to get approval. to go and play golf with the vice presid

, as this kind of stage for him to, you know, wield power. >> or reimagine the white house. >> course, in today's money. it has changed a little bit in the dollars. the other influential custodians of the white house, the trumans. they had to move out for the construction. >> and the time in the blair house. all of the entertainment was, their formal entertaining was in washington hotels, because there was no world that they could entertain. >> you both the referenced jacqueline kennedy, and for our younger viewers, they may not know what the reference is. >> jacqueline kennedy, when she went for her tour with mainly eisenhower came away appalled. the white house looked like a third rate hotel. and she decided out of pride -- it was patriotism. she wanted to restore the house, bring back the best of the past, and make it a showcase. >> and that was, i think, a way to exert a kind of cultural influence that was commensurate with the status of the united states in the 1960s. i mean, the economic power, the military power, and i think jacqueline saw that to go along with it was ne

>>> the white house is doing some serious spinning selling obamacare. ith the following tweet linked to an article from a white house staffer saying quote, make good, sorry, more good aca news. 21% savings on premiums for ohio anns who buy their own insurance because of the aca. critics don't mention that the savings come from subsidies paid for by taxpayers. and they say, the white house left out other number crunching from the rand corporation showing that folks in ohio on average will see a 22% hike in their premiums. millions of americans will have to start buying health insurance on the exchanges in less than 30 days. october 1st, four weeks from today in fact. stephen hayes, senior writer, "weekly standard", fox news contributor. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: the math says, if you get the subsidies you're okay but the subsidies come from taxpayers. if you don't get the subsidies, you're looking at increase of 22.6%, almost 23? what's going on here? >> right. pretty dramatic you can get the numbers to say virtually whatever you w

-- close white house years of the women and how they live their lives. here we have two women who had long white house lives. how are they doing as former first ladies? >> i think they're doing well. after you hit mid century, or maybe the kennedy administration, very often what you see as the causes of the first lady become so intwind with her image that she keeps that cause and that image through the rest of her life. i mean, we could talk about ross lynn and her commitment to mental health and we could talk about barbara bush and her commitment to literacy and her foundation, betty ford and her ommitment to sobe bright and additions and helping people who are addicted. so i think there's a whole line of first ladies that keep that gage and then do great things with it in the rest of their lives. >> they have a much broader range of opportunities. >> and availability. >> to influence, paradoxically, after they leave than their 19th century counterparts. >> but one of the ways they get to do that is by the creation of foundations where they continue, the

the white house gardener, let's re-create this garden at the white house. ellen wilson could look out her bedroom window and see the flowers all day. roses.ted to see this becomes the rose garden at the white house. alan does not live to see the rose garden completed. she dies in the summer of 1914. is watches as the garden work done, but does not live to see the completion of the garden. it is a vision that begins here at prospect garden. >> so, ellen wilson cannot wait to see the rose garden completed. and as become part of our national lexicon. has become part of our national lexicon. here's what it looks like today. we have her tenure in the white house. we have a list of things that she did during the 17 months. we talked about the rose garden. the fact that she was a broughtonal artist and her profession to the white house. how significant was that? >> they did not set a standard for future first ladies. she earned money from selling her paintings. she'd set up a charity for her brother. the only of the first lady to earn money in the white house was e

he was running a rehab in the white house for his wife. was he able to do his duties as fully as he should have? >> i think he carried forward the duties of the white house. but what is striking to me is the emotional stress that it must have been because any moment he could have had another stroke she feels having in may 19, 1911. but the concentration and the distraction of knowing that your wife is upstairs vocally mpaired and suffering, i think it's an element of the taft presidency that even in the book i wrote about the taft presidency, i don't think i gave it enough importance. >> comes at a critical time in the presidency when they are debating the tariff act and he loses her input to him on the political ramifications as it goes this way or that way. this was a highly stressful time for him and for her. >> he relied on her political advice. >> he really had no other close friends because t.r. had been the other close friend. but none of the brothers were good at giving him advice. no structure in the white house. he had no other fr

following a meeting with the president this morning house leaders now coming out in support of the whiteouse proposed strike against syria. speaker of the house john boehner and nancy pelosi emerging from that early morning white house meeting and both giving unequivocal support. secretary of state john kerry and secretary chuck hagel are expect to begin their testimony in the next hour before the befe security committee. >>> admissions of guilt. a killing in istanbul he denied sexually assaulting her. a turkish court ordered that he be put under observation for mental observation. she was reported dead after she did not return home from a vacation in turkey. >> a verdict against some of ousted mohamed morsi. one person was sentenced to life in prison. 51 other defendants were given various terms anywhere from 5 to 51 years. they have been convicted of assaulting troops during riots in the portc port city of suez. they cracked down on pro morsi camps in cairo. >>> in another legal move an egyptian court has also heard al jazeera's local affiliate and three other stations to stop broadcas

she brings the white house gardener back to this garden at prospect house and says to the white house gardener, thus re- create the rose section of this garden at the white house. ellen wilson could look out of her bedroom window in prospect mansion and look right down and see the flowers all day. similarly, she wanted the president of the united states to be able to see roses when he looked out of his window in the white house. this becomes a famous rose garden at the white house. ellen tragically doesn't live to see the rose garden completed, however. she is dying in the summer of 1914. she is wheeled out into the space outside in her wheelchair and she watches as a gardener works, but she doesn't live to see the completion of this vision she had for roses blooming at the white house. that is a vision that really begins here at aspect of art and in princeton. -- that begins here at prospect garden in princeton. >> here is a photograph of what it looks like you're in the wilson administration and here's what the rose garden looks like today. >> we have for short tenure in the white h

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it is produced by our partners at the white house as terkel situation -- white house historical. >> c-span. in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and conferences. offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house as a public service of ride industry. industry 30 years ago and funded by your local satellite provider. you can now watch this in hd. >> in his weekly address, president obama discusses his proposal for strikes against syria. address. republican >> almost three weeks ago in syria, more than 1,000 innocent people -- including hundreds of children -- were murdered in the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century. and the united states has presented a powerful case to the world that the syrian government was responsible for this horrific attack on its own people. this was not only a direct attack on human dignity; it is a serious threat to our national security. there's a reason governments representing 98 percent of the world's people have agreed to ban the use of chemical weapons. not only because they cause death and destruction i

the president looked like he had his wheaties. white house, which of these two things do they take more serious? pickedad his wheaties an up an accent. was out at the ford plant in kansas city. y kind of thing. i think the white house is etting the president as far away from this as he can. he got to kansas city. the speech went on and on and he a lot of hot fiery lines but the undercurrent of that and while those is guys are back there taking that vote i'm out here with you things. about these you know, the president has changed course a little bit the three weeks and people may think maybe he is eady to do it again to accommodate republicans on the debt or the continuing resolution. this case the president means what he is saying. othing means more to him than defending obama care. gwen: i want to listen to one kansas his speech in city and illustrate what you are talking about. on he debate that is going in congress is not meeting the class helping middle families. it is just -- they are not on you. they are focused on politics. focused on

does that give you a nice picture of life in the white house? it certainly doesn't tell you about the opposing political factions in the white house itself between franklin and eleanor. so franklin is very supportive of her efforts and she was careful not to do things that would upset him such as talking about subjects like birth control that were no-nos to a political conclusion including a lot of women catholics. [inaudible] >> she was. >> advancing liberal causes that for political or other reasons he did not have interest in advancing. and if you want to put it that way, in a way that he was not always happy about. >> that is very true but to what degree she used these press conferences to advance these liberal causes and to what degree she used my day to do that was in the context of a wife speaking out and roosevelt could laugh at off by saying that is just my mrs.. there was a prevailing ideology that women are supposed to be better than men so it is all right for them to be more moral. eleanor went around visiting day care centers and hav

correct she only started when she got out of the white house area did -- a white house. been an activist in the women's movement, the labor movement, and she was probably fewof the first -- the first ladies who came into the white house with political owntituencies of her separate from her husband. >> has that happened since then? >> maybe hillary. >> on a much more modest scale. with things. broadcast.dio she was proud she drew more than her health and. -- her husband. of commercialized the role first lady. >> people would come down on her today. one of the things i thought was is she was about her into the media at the time, particularly the radio. they were talking about we are going to do anything we can to win. that illustrates her ee is in ee's --e media -- her the media.ng >> you often hear the times make the man or the woman. her husband served longer than any other administration. the public was eager to hear from the white house. >> she rose to the occasion. >> she was seen as the conscience of the administration. it made apec are for him to govern -- easier for

[laughter] teenagers in the white house. n the formal floor where the applicant have in. we were a family in the white house said it was very educational for them and later on in life, they realize that there was much that they gained. >> it's different. >> they do not have to read about their mothers in the newspaper every day. a lot of times it depends on the age of the children when the parent comes in, like amy. she never knew many different. lot older. when amyst son was 15 was born and to be thrown into it is very different fan growing up in it. it's not easy. we have a grandson that's 21 that is thinking about running for the state legislature at some point. not going to be easy. he might not know how. [laughter] still, we need good people in politics so bad. >> i agree. >> there's a lot about the confidentiality about white house staff and the roles of the secret service. do your wall have feelings about whether the lifetime guarantee of confidentiality -- [laughter] why am i not surprised? >> i'm absolutely convinced

you are looking live now at the white house. e the white house continues its push for military action against syria. the president right now meeting with party leaders of the house, including john boehner and nancy pelosi the house speaker and minority leader. vice president and secretary of state john kerry heading to capitol hill this afternoon. as we watch the situation in the house, we should point out -- or the white house, we should point out that we will take that situation live if and when the leadership of the house comes out. well, summer is over. and kids across america are heading back to school. but for school districts nationwide, budget cuts are a very, very real thing of life. in michigan, some districts are being dissolved completely and the 53 that remain are starting the school year in the red. from our busch ow bureau in dete about the closures. and we are going to come to busy in a moment, please stand by, this is house speaker john boehner. >> it was a bash russ act. it's pretty clear to me that the united n

>> right. >> let me wrap up this incident at the white house. ike the uniformed officers took down that man, ed henry standing by on the lawn. ed? >> reporter: i've now moved into the white house briefing room because i was standing outside and i heard what sounded like at least two gunshots. at first, i thought it were fireworks or something because it's very extraordinary to hear that obviously on the north lawn of the white house. but i knew there was something more than just that when i saw at least one secret service officer take out a rather large weapon and start engaging. then we saw at least one suspect thrown down to the ground. it appeared officers were on top of him. then we heard all kinds of shouting from secret service officers telling tourists to get back. and they told any white house staff, any reporters on the north lawn to get inside here to the white house briefing room so that clear the lawn and make it safe. we've seen more officers engaging out there, circling around the lawn, obviously making sure that the residents, the

first lady, particularly jackie kennedy, in the white house? this is something that edith roosevelt did. did she approach introducing americans to culture and supporting the cultural life of the white house? >> theodore roosevelt was not as bad as president grant. said there were two songs, dy and yankee doodle dan the other isn't. >> she brought amazing inner came into the white house, paluding have locus all -- cassals. she brought the entire philadelphia orchestra at one time. she loved the corcoran art gallery, theater and art and music. tr brought indian songs. helped encourage john lomax to discover cowboy songs. they wanted people to understand and have culture. it was not a colonial society anymore. european cultures for borrowing artists. they are really important in that sense, too. >> since they had sagamore hill, why did they need a retreat? get toook a while to sagamore hill because it is on the way in long island -- all the way in long island. he had a lot of political and att and difficulty times when he was having a rough time, i

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there for the white house. is there a sense that the white house work is going to pay off? >> the white house is going to stay optimistic. we've seen the unofficial vote counts from media organizations. you never know. they're back in session. they're milling on the floor of the house. they're trying to get a feel of where they are will be politically and in terms of other members of their respective caucuses. having said that, it does not look loalook good for the presi, they will try to turn some of those votes and move some of those votes on capitol hill as we look at those series, a very vital procedural vote is expected. the president traveling up massachusetts avenue where joe biden was entertaining republican senators and lobbying behind the scenes. the president is doing no less than six interviews all of them taped for broadcast later today and into the evening. then tomorrow the president makes the trip up to capitol hill. he'll be behind closed doors with senate democrats. he'll have to count on democ

this is a live picture of the white house. e microphones put into place, well, those microphones are awaiting member of congress and the senate to come out of that white house meeting with president obama to make a few comments about what went on inside those walls. as soon as those lawmakers appear, of course we'll take you back live to the white house. >>> joining me now by phone though, one member of congress will have to vote yes or no to any kind of attack. republican congressman of louisiana. good morning, sir. >> good morning. it's great to be with you. >> it's great to have you. thank you so much. defense secretary chuck hagel will be testifying before the senate foreign relations committee later this afternoon. of course, you will be watching and listening with great interest. what do you want to hear? >> well, i'm very interested in knowing what exactly is being planned with regard to military action and understanding what is the utility of military force at this point in time to achieve -- in order to achieve other p

we have not yet received formal reaction from the white house. but we're standing by on the left, you see the white house briefing room. white house press secretary jay carney will go before reporters. some of them have walked in. some of them will be walking in shortly. once jay carney comes there, we'll have live coverage. we're also waiting to hear from the former can the of state the former secretary of state hillary clinton. she has been relatively silent, only speaking through a spokesperson just a little while ago earlier last week. but now she's going to break that silence and tell us what she thinks about this crisis in syria. stand by. we have live coverage of all of this coming up. meanwhile polls released this hour show how concerned americans are about the risks of military action in syria. most say the risks aren't worth it. in the new cnn/orc poll, 72% say a strike against syria would lead to a alarmer war that could spread throughout the middle east and other parts of the world. 67% say an attack would likely result in syria using

house gardener back to this garden at prospect house and says to the white house gardener, thus re- create the rose section of this garden at the white house. ellen wilson could look out of her bedroom window in prospect mansion and look right down and see the flowers all day. similarly, she wanted the president of the united states to be able to see roses when he looked out of his window in the white house. this becomes a famous rose garden at the white house. ellen tragically doesn't live to see the rose garden completed, however. she is dying in the summer of 1914. she is wheeled out into the space outside in her wheelchair and she watches as a gardener works, but she doesn't live to see the completion of this vision she had for roses blooming at the white house. that is a vision that really begins here at aspect of art and in princeton. -- that begins here at prospect garden in princeton. >> here is a photograph of what it looks like you're in the wilson administration and here's what the rose garden looks like today. short tenure in the white house, she did d

the white house was put on lockdown. we were told to come inside but i have been told that this was simply somebody for whatever reason throwing firecrackers over it is fence of the north lawn of the white house, especially on this day as you can imagine it is something that caused quite a square at the white house but now it looks like nothing to worry about. we have an all clear. >> jon karl, thanks very much. two pops and a man tackled by the secret service. >>> ahead in two minutes, more breaking news, cut off, 1,000 flood victims trapped in their homes waiting to be rescued, the massive dangerous operation to reach them when all the roads were washed today. >>> tonight the herculean effort to avoid another disaster. ♪ need advice on how to juggle those big family meals? this kenmore elite dual temperature double oven, exclusively from sears, can help. so you never have to worry... ...about dropping a dish. impressive! and so is j.d. power ranking kenmore elite highest in customer satisfaction. come celebrate kenmore'

here is the story that white house aides behind the scenes are giving us we at the white house. long the south line a 45 minute walk with chief of staff, the president was affected by not only the resistence from congress in both sides of the all some 200 members had written to the president asking him to come to congress for prior authorization, not incidentally some 80% in a pole yesterday of the public thought that should happen as well. but the president also looking on at what happens in the u.k. at david cameron lose that go vote. when he returned from the walk the president informed his senior national security council staffer of his decision to go to congress, discussions en excuse throughout the evening and in to the morning. and culminating in the president's appearance there that surprised virtually everyone, joey. after the president had for all intents and purposes most aids had assumed had decided to go ahead with a military strike in the relatively short-term. if you look at the events that transpired since august 21st, the steadily, more aggressive hawkish comment

paul is at capitol hill but first we're go to the white house where mike viqueira is covering the white house. is there reaction to that assad interview? >> there certainly is, and it might not surprise to you learn that the white house is unimpressed. this is the same individual that secretary kerry called a thug and a murderer. the president has high confidence that this is the individual or his regime carried out the attack on august 21st. here is the official reaction from the spokeswoman. it doesn't surprise us that someone who would kill thousands of his own people including hundreds of children with poisoned gas would lie about it. bashar al-assad unlikely to get traction in the administration here if in fact, he gets any among the public at all. >> and mike, it just seems to indicate that is gaining traction on several fronts now. you heard minutes ago that russia has now entered the fray saying that th the assad shouldt aside its chemical weapons. >> it might be too late. u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon spoke last friday in st. petersburg, rush russia, alf these proposals we

a couple things came out of the white house. not that it matters, as they mentioned, it's not going to get out of the senate. if it were, if something were to magically happen and get the house bill out of the senate, the president issued a veto threat. the veto threat coming from the white house within hours. we have a portion to put on the screen. the senate acted in a responsible manner to maintain government functions and avoid a damaging government shutdown rather than taking up the legislation, the house proposes amendments that threaten the nation's economy by including measures that have no place in the funding bill and the president and senate made clear house republicans are pushing the government toward a shutdown. that echoes what white house press secretary jay carney said shortly before the veto threat. that says quote, the president has shown he's willing to improve the health care law and meet republicans more than half way to deal with the fiscal challenges. he will not do so under a government shutdown. any memb

the white house says no press allowed. p republican senators to dinner tonight. the white house said the president decided to stop by and join the debate on chemical weapons and syria. the wrangling for attacking the syrian regime won't stop here. the president is suffering weakness in his own political party. he sat down to meet with senate democrats in the hours before he'll talk with the nation on tuesday. stay close. [ school bell rings ] [ male announcer ] from the last day of school, back to the first. they're gonna create a ton of research papers and important projects. so make sure they've got a safe place to keep them all. this weeonly get 16 gig flash drives for $7.87. staples has it. staples. that was easy. [fuzz pile] we sure ve it great here. [curly fry] i know, right. [fuzz pile] movies,music,space as far as the fry can see. [bubble wand] ha.good one. [jelly animal] a great storm comes. we're all doomed. [bubble wand] that guy isn't all there. [fuzz pile] come on,it's a honda,they're built to last... [announce

the senate there, 23 saying they will support military action. in the house, the numbers looking even less favorable for the white house. 226 saying they would vote against, 182 undecided, just 25 saying they support any further action in the syria. so clearly, del, the white house and the administration have a lot of work to do. they are going to be trying their very best tonight. vice president biden having five republican senators over for dinner. tomorrow when congress comes over, susan here in washington and the president as we have been hearing going to be interviewed on all of the major news broadcasts tomorrow evening, ahead of tuesday night's address to the nation from the white house. del? >> paul beban joining us. syria by the numbers. >>> for more on syria's war, al jazeera sat down with former congressman ron paul. here is a sneak peek of what he had to say. >> what would be your red line in syria? is there a moment where the united states has a responsibility to protect, to go abroad to help people who are in crisis and being killed by their own government? >> yes. if any country, including syria, if they attack the united states, y

i think -- i've been over here all day, you haven't been at the white house to talk to white house officialsbut i think what they will say is in the moment give a sense that life goes on at white house, it's business as usual. the nation's capital hasn't been disrupted, but then what they did is brought out a picture of the washington gridlock in dysfunction. that's what everyone doesn't like about washington, and what we saw here today in the aftermath of this horrific attack is some of what people do like about washington, the rallying together here, the heroism that we're told happened inside the washington navy yard as officials responded within seconds to this shooting. the immediate responders here and then, of course, the civilians and military officials who handled this with dignity and class throughout the day, a very, very trying and tough day here in washington. that was the tone down here by the washington navy yard, larry. >> you know, eamon, larry, of course, you've been down there at the navy yard all day, eamon. i spoke earlier today on cnbc with the chief economic adviser to

in hong in the white house and were brought back here into their home. -- hung in the white house and were brought back here to their home. one of the most interesting groups that they had visited them was the japanese delegation. the japanese delegation came to the white house in 1860 and came bearing all types of kicks. what can see here are some of the list of things they brought. with the full list of issues. paper fold and objects. oragami. this is a little dictionary in japanese. jane and her friends found all of these things intriguing. here we are in harriet's lane's bedroom. it is furnished in the same way it might have been furnished and she was living here. these are pieces she moaned loaneownedarriage.-- after her marriage. behind me, you will see her original wardrobe where she would have stored her pitiful downs, european downs that she purchased from paris. he was well known throughout the country for five his clothing. she had a penchant for european fashions. most of her clothes were handmade for her in paris. her signature style of first lady differed radically from

>> from the white house point of view? game plan from the white house point of view right now is the same as it is from the hill republican point of view, which is essentially to convince the public that the other guy is the one to blame. and right now the white house seems to have the american public with it, which is why you see republicans now getting ready to vote on something that they can send back to the democratic controlled senate, which they know full well is going to be rejected there. but this is a game of ping pong here and at some point after the government shuts down, and i now believe that's what we're heading towards, at some point after the government shuts down and the american people say pox on all your houses, they're not going to be happy. >> not everybody thinks the president is presidential, don't see it the way the president does. listen to what a conservative radio host told our jake tapper. >> he should pretend that john boehner is the president of iran, maybe get a phone call, maybe tweet each o

the white house outreach continues. the president will hold conference calls and meetings with lawmakers this week. carl? >> kristen welker at the white house. kristen, thanks. >>> the president's decision to delay military action inside syria seems to have empowered the assad regime. today, syria's president mocked the white house for what it called america's retreat. correspondent bill neely is on the ground in damascus. >> reporter: well, the first reaction here to president obama's decision came i'd say two minutes after he finished speaking at the white house, when syria's army began shelling rebel-held suburbs here in damascus after a day of quiet. after that came the mocking. one newspaper headline saying, "the american retreat starts here." the deputy prime minister saying obama's delay was "laughable." and today, i spoke to syria's deputy foreign minister, who said he wasn't surprised by obama's decision because he said obama and the administration are lost. they don't know what they are going to do. and he said

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senior white house correspondent jim acosta at the white house. today, but can we talk some strategy at the white house? >> reporter: sure. well, don, i think their strategy at this point is to sit back and watch. one administration official calling this something of a circus what's happening up on capitol hill and the way you set this up before playing that sound from the president was perfect, don. president obama has said and administration officials have said that he will not say anything that delays or defunds obama care. that's out of here, that's off the table. forget about that. now, this proposal from house republicans to perhaps tinker with obama care, perhaps repeal that medical device tax that helps pay for obama care, that is not going to fly either with this white house. the president has said he is not going to do anything with obama care under the threat of a government shut down or a debt default and it's sort of ir irrelevant, because you heard what dana bash said a few moments ago, it's a nonstarter and dead on arrival in the sen

politicsel house loved and became wilson's closest adviser in the white house. and in foreigny affairs. for years.nseparable colonel house betrayed him in paris during the peace conference. when wilson left the peace , and colonel house was there for every minute, they said goodbye and that was the last time wilson saw him or spoke to him. >> you said that edith did not like colonel house. >> edith wilson did not like colonel house. >> they colonel house like her? >> he had a wonderful relationship with the president. time, the president loses his first wife and marries his second. now, he sees that someone new has entered into the president's life and colonel house was resentful. it was starting to play a role in the president's life and they were inseparable. mrs. wilson attended meetings with the president. he briefed her on everything he was doing. though that hes knew that something would happen to him and she would have to know all of these things. it is quite ironic. time, mrs. wilson always doubted colonel house and thought he was a sycophant. anyone agre

i love this show. [ male announcer ] try campbell's homestyle soup. >>> now to the white house. house briefing room at any moment where he will deliver a statement. and later this afternoon, he'll be meeting with his cabinet to discuss the ramifications of a potential government shutdown. for more, we're joined by white house correspondent peter alexander, just outside the briefing room. peter, what should we expect from the president. >> martin, we will hear from the president momentarily. i spoke to some of the advisers and i think it's likely we will hear the president reiterate comments he made earlier today to reporters immediately after his conversation with prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel where he addressed not so much optimism, but as he described t the fact he was not at all resigned to the fact that there had to be a government shutdown. it's likely the president will also reiterate the responsibilities of congress, which are to pass a budget and to pay its bills. this white house, as you're aware, has made it very clear they will not negotiate over the deb

of lobbyists. 200 lobbyists visited the white house 244 times between march and may when the white house tours have been shut down. your thoughts? >> i thought the white house belonged to the people, this is a republican, not a monarchy. i think some people see the white house as the palace of versailles, where they are controlling the type of people and who they want to come in. isn't it interesting we just talked about the fact the democrats say we're out there for the poor and impoverished yet they're opening up the white house for the people out there talking about the big business of corporate interests. >>> tell you what annoys me. i did research done for me, president obama back in 2007, '08, in a debate with senator mccain says that -- he talks about the culture in washington and lobbyists. he does the same thing in a speech in des moines, 2007, said lobbyists have not funded my campaign and will not run my white house and not drown out the voice of the people when i'm president. you go through his campaign, lobbyists will not have anything to do with his campaign. yet today -- e

they cited some problems back home in tehran but that the white house left the door open. and that this morning, the white house got a call from rouhani's people saying the president of iran would like to speak to the president of the united states before he leaves the country. obama said i'd be willing to do that. they set up the call. now, just in the last few minutes we've heard some push back from the iranian side saying the call was totally unexpected and that it was the white house who was reaching out. again it reminds me of some of the backtracking we heard after president rouhani's comments earlier in the week to christiane amanpour acknowledging the holocaust and them afterwards backtracking a little bit, perhaps worried about some of the reaction back home. but it looks like from the white house's perspective that both the white house and the iranians were open to the call and the call happened. >> yeah. and the president's national security adviser susan rice said the idea for the phone call came from the iranians. but we'll leave that aside there. you see a pic

ed henry has the news and is live at the white house. w is the white house responding to that op-ed from putin? >> well, they're trying to put the best face on it by saying, look, america promotes human rights, unlike russia, and has freedom of expression and express did putin in the "new york times" op-ed, the white house trying to brush off what is clearly an embarrassment, as they talk up the possibility that russia might breckary -- broker a deal with syria, you have vladimir putin in the op-ed slamming president obama, suggesting that assad was not behind the chemical weapons attack on august 21st, it was the syrian opposition behind it, even though there's no evidence of that. he goss on to attack the president's address to the nation this week. putin writing, quote, i carefully studied his address to the nation and would rather disagree with the case he made on american exceptionalism, stating the united states policy is what makes america different. it's what makes us exceptional. it's extremely dangerous to encourage people to se

why does that matter to the white house? if that report comes out and builds greater international support after the senate authorized military strikes, which the white house believes it will do, the white house also believe that could give it fresh moment towm win that uphill struggle for the authorization vote in the house. >> axelrod: what can we expect to see from the white house as the lobbying effort picks up steam? >> lots of private lobbying by telephone calls, and lots of public lobbying. by phone calls, the president made them last night, talking to bicamera members of the house, republicanrepublicans and democ. john kerry, the secretary of state, chuck hagee, the defense secretary. the president will give six interviews, three major networkes, two capable networks, plus pbs plus an address to the nation on tuesday. >> axelrod: major garrett at the white house, thank you. and you can see scott pelley's enterview with president obama on monday's cbs evening news. joining us now is clarissa ward who is inside syria th

and she painted a little in the white house for her one year in the white house. but she was interesting. a genuinely interesting woman. she was the first actively social first lady we had. you think of eleanor roosevelt to be in the trenches. ellen wilson is the first to take on a social cause here in washington which was the slums and she thought the way the african-americans live in this city was just appalling so she literally used to drag members of congress through the alleys of washington just to see what was happening. literally on her deathbed, she called out to wilson who proposed some legislation to say, you know, have they passed the legislation yet? and, indeed, they did just moments before she died. >> then did she have a different attitude then about the races? >> well, no, i think their attitudes were very similar, which is to say, again, that we -- we have to put ourselves in the 19th century, not just the 20th century. wilson, again, did not want to keep blacks down. he did believe separate but equal might work, should work, had to work for a whi

once the bill does pass, if it does in fact pass later tonight through the house, i an its pate there will be more negotiations going on between the house whiteawmakers tomorrow and meetings occurring today and i anticipate that throughout the weekend. the whout doesn't want a shutdown but it is appearing increasingly more likely at this hour. >> kristen welker from the white house. thank you so much for the update. e want to go back to the hill and get an update there. luke russert is standing by for us there. luke, when we checked in with you about 30 minutes ago, at that time it sounded as if a lot of lawmakers, a lot of the leadership had resigned themselves to the fact that a shutdown is inevitable. has that changed at all? >> no. and the reason being because we still do not know what comes after this. and when i say this, i mean this republican-backed bill that will most likely be passed later tonight between 10:00 p.m., 12 midnight. the reason it's being delaying is strictly procedural. the gop conference is going to be after meeting around 8:30 p.m. they're going to discuss their messages after they pass their bill, what their members

they started to cover the white house and the john f. kennedy era, and i thought that he was inspired. he had his eyes on the stars and he did have that vision will. he learned from his mistakes to the cuban missile crisis. we survived it all were bomb. they obviously have a vision. he didn't live to see it but we did it with an electrifying defeat in space. he created the peace corps and signed the first nuclear test ban treaty. but when we asked on air force one what would happen if the aircraft crashed? i know one thing, he said your name will be just a footnote. [laughter] during the 1960 campaign riding in an open car throughout the massachusetts passed the catholic church as kennedy spotted that his most ardent fans for the nuns who came out to see the motorcade passed by and with his aide sitting by asked him do you think they are going to vote for you? he said i don't know but i know the money is well. well, the world decried when he died. i think everyone had a sense of loss even though they didn't know him, a loss of hope and a