it shows santa claus arriving at the white house to discover there are children at the white house, that the roosevelts had moved in. the title of the piece was "there is life in the old house yet." a gift to the roosevelts. the country was excited to have a young family and children to watch. they had a vigorous president with a vigorous and attractive wife. santa claus represented the country's attitude over the excitement in the white house now. the biggest responsibilities edith had in the white house was to control 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 ridden the elevator to visit archie when he was sick. archie and a bicycle, kermit with jack, the wonder dog. this picture standing in front of the tree. most of the pictures were taken outside. you take these photographs and it shows you how they were used by the press. we have a picture of him in age three, a picture of e

bush were to host a picnice on the south grounds of the white house for the united states congress, both the house. and the senate, the cabinet, the vice president, and other high officials of the administratione and the congress. j if the terrorists had attacked the white house just eight hours later, the entire federal led on government would have been day,i assembled on the white house south lawn. to this day it is my firm belief that the united flight 93 which was forpsed down by brave hea americans to crash into the ground in shanksville, pital. for theania, was headed white house, not the capitol. those who fought back on that plane, i believe, saved my life. i was fortunate enough to later attend their memorial service i. shanksville. when i decided to retire in 2007, the president and mrs. bush surprised me beyond belieft with a large reception and inviting individuals from every administration i had served. at a small ceremony before the reception, he presented me with the presidential award for distinguished civilian service.e on a number of occasions, i've talked about the rel

in 1948, it was found that the white house was in bad shape. structurally unsound, to the point that something had to be done. there were a lot of support -- supporters that said the white house should be just torn down and then a replica should be rebuilt. bess strongly believed that at least the four original outer walls should be saved, and then that could be used as the shell for rebuilding the white house. that's what happened. during the time the trumans lived at the blare houir house, across the street from the white house. bess was visibly thrilled to leave the white house and return to missouri. jonathan daniels, a former press secretary to president roosevelt, said bess truman is a lady unchanged by the white house and determined always to remain always what she is. next, we have mamie eisenhower. she was born in boone, iowa. her father was a successful businessman. he moved around a lot. her mother was a housewife. the family moved frequently because of her dad's business. he had a high school and finishing school education. mamie mar

harding into the white house. so can you please talk about the campaign a little bit and how at a time when women were not supposed to be out in front, and they weren't, mrs. harding, was it true that she rather knew women would kind of be instrume instrumental in putting her husband in the white house? is that safe to say? >> i think it is safe to say. to make a note, all three of these women were tied in the same administration. mrs. hoover, of course the wife of herbert hoover, he is the setting of commerce in the harding administration. so is all three knew each other and were linked in the harding administration. mrs. harding of course is reluctantly put in the place of campaigning for her husband, so she says. okay. she is not enthused about him running for president at first. once he decides to throw his hat in the ring, she's in 110%. and she really demonstrated that through the campaign. she was comfortable with the press. because she considered herself to be a newspaper woman. she wasn't a writer for the

the first african-american who reported at the white house. e was told by the white correspondence, don't come in this room because if you step on someone's toes to find out what's going on. >> this is when franklin roosevelt -- >> yes. don't come in here because of you step on a reporters toes there's going to be a riot. if you step on a white reporters toes there's going to be a riot. ultimately it was about not letting him come in. bottom line, this happened 70 years ago, 70 years ago and it just boggles my mind. we work so closely with one another in that place and to think that where i stand now, they wouldn't let him stand. moving fast forward to today, you're always going to have a difference of opinion. you're always always going to have that. some differences might be racial, other differences are just a difference in opinion. i think there is a whole group that is trying to do better as a group. i think we, as a group, number one want to have a professional competition. but are there some people who may harbor racial issues? they may

when ellen wilson is in the white house, she brings the white house gardener back here to this garden at prospect house. and she says to the white house gardener, "let's recreate the rose section of this garden at the white house." because ellen wilson could look out of her bedroom window in the prospect mansion, she could look right down and see the flowers all day and similarly, she wanted the president of the united states to be able to see roses when he looked out at his window in the white house. and, of course, this becomes the famous rose garden at the white house. ellen tragically doesn't live to see the rose garden completed, however. she's dying in the summer of 1914. she's wheeled out into the space outside in a wheel chair and she watches as the gardener works, but she doesn't live to see the completion of this vision she had for roses blooming at the white house. and that's the vision that really begins here at prospect garden in princeton. ms. swain: so ellen wilson who didn't live to see it brought us the rose garden, which has really become part of our national lexicon

is what does the white house need the most? and he told her a white house china service for 200 people. that's what she went about doing and i used the line just say no program on drugs. mrs. barbara bush, her promotion of childhood literacy and literacy for adults increased support for the white house committee for preservation of the white house and the redecoration efforts throughouti the executive residence and establishing the white house endowment fund, a $25 million fund so that private funds are available to keep the public rooms of the white house the way you see them when you go and visit.closed and certainly mrs. clinton was a major supporter of that effort and closed out that effort. thor $20 million endowment which is handled c by the white house historical association. and mrs. clinton expanded on that idea and people who wanted to give money for specific acqu purposes, now there is a white house major acquisitions trust.n so that when major paintings or if there's a piece of furniture, people can give money for a

we advocating with the white house. and then he told me the soundtrack to this huge conflagration in kingston was "one love" by bob marley. how much -- what mix are you looking for at the white house? you do a lot of explanatory journalism, you also break news and you do the story of the day. are you looking for a particular mix in your beat reporting? >> i think -- i mean, we obviously try to report the news of the day. we want to be -- there was a time when npr saw itself as a supplementary news source. we figured all of our listeners were getting the breaking news from their local paper and we were going to the next day analysis. the old joke in our company was do the news a day late and call it analysis. but, for better or worse, for many people we're not a secondary news source anymore, we're a primary news source. so we feel compelled to actually just keep up with the same day's news. but oftentimes what differentiates us is our sort of explanatory journalism or our context. you know, you mentioned josh's experienc

it is all white, the little white house. uld like to welcome you to the harry s truman little white house. officialrida's presidential museum and has been used by seven american presidents. it is camp david south. the little white house was built homee navy commander's back in 1890. it has served a number of various commanders over almost a 100-year span, but it was slightly interrupted by presidents taft and franklin roosevelt and harry truman and white eisenhower and jimmy carty and bill clinton, and department of state and the department of defense, so we seem to have a continuum through american history. largestlding was the building on the naval base. this was 9000 square feet. and consequently, it was built originally as the paymaster and commander's home. by 1911, army commander realized since we are getting a little snug, emerged it into a single dwelling of almost 9000 square feet. and at that time, key west was the command headquarters were the seventh naval district, which covered everything from key west to charle

i didn't know who they were when i was in the white house. he break-in occurred, i said, oh, no, because i knew at once instinctively it was our guys. >> g. gordon liddy, ex-fbi, ex-treasury, ex-justice, ex-white house consultant, and e. howard hunt jr., ex-cia, ex-pay of bigs consultant. >> they thought they were james blond. we didn't think they measured up. it was closer to the typical gang that couldn't shoot straight. >> earl silva read the names of 60 government witnesses. the list included only one low ranking white house lawyer and several former employees to re-elect the president. >> if you don't know richard nixon's psychology, you don't know his background, you could never understand why the white house reacted to watergate the way it does. >> from day one, there was a great sense that we were under siege. and we were not deceiving ourselves that the press did not like us. both houses of congress did not like nixon. i mean, that is the truth. and the question is how you deal with it. >> he tries to build a little like mafiosa group

how does she get to the white house at age 16? cincinnati where friends with president rutherford b. hayes and lucy hayes and they went to the white she had not yet made her debut. she could not participate in social activities. president hayes and says it was wonderful to have her there. lore, she wasly supposed to have said, i am going to come back. it is not clear that that is what she said, but like many people, she said she wanted to marry a man who blew who will become president. friends withs benjamin harrison and had been involved in ohio politics. on her mother's side -- she was quite the intellectual. she was reading darwin and other things at school and she had the ability to play the piano which she studied quite seriously. i wish there were recordings but there don't seem to be. cincinnatialon in which was a culturally rich city. i'm not saying it is not now, but it was sort of -- they thought of themselves as the rome of the west. >> she was from a political family. -- how did she choose taft as her mate? >> it was a

is what does the white house need the most? and he told her a white house china service for 200 people. that's what she went about doing and i used the line just say no program on drugs. mrs. barbara bush, her promotion of childhood literacy and literacy for adults increased support for the white house committee for preservation of the white house and the redecoration efforts throughouti the executive residence and establishing the white house endowment fund, a $25 million fund so that private funds are available to keep the public rooms of the white house the way you see them when you go and visit.closed and certainly mrs. clinton was a major supporter of that effort and closed out that effort. thor $20 million endowment which is handled c by the white house historical association. and mrs. clinton expanded on that idea and people who wanted to give money for specific acqu purposes, now there is a white house major acquisitions trust.n so that when major paintings or if there's a piece of furniture, people can give money for a

the corridor that runs the full length of -- as you face the white house, the full length of the housen the second floor was just an old hallway with white wardrobes and things in it. and one end of it was a waiting room. mrs. harrison furnished it as a room, as it is today. and if you went up in the elevator in the family quarters, you would find that as a sitting -- a big sitting room divided by doors. and she furnished that a lot from old things she found in the attic. edith mayo: and she was trying to make more room for the family. i mean, the family quarters had become so cramped and overrun by the presidential offices that, you know, she was looking for space anywhere she could find it, so she turned that hallway into, you know, a large sort of living area with, you know defined spaces for seating and conversation. susan swain: sheldon cooper on twitter. besides harriet lane, did caroline invite any first ladies back to the white house? william seale: well, mrs. hayes had died. edith mayo: that's the one i know about, is harriet lane. susan swain: all right. all known to history

and this is -- items from the harding's white house years. sherry hall: we are in the dining room at the harding home. in the sideboard here are pieces of a set of crystal that were used in the harding white house. the hardings didn't have white house china, but that was a conscious decision on their part. the hardings went into the white house following world war i. and in a deep recession. and mr. harding was stressing the need for economy in government, so they decided that was one expenditure that didn't need to be made. there are plenty of sets at white house china. they just used what was there. this collection has never been displayed in its entirety before. mrs. harding collected figurines of elephants. she thought they were good luck and especially if the trunks were going up. so conveniently, they also are the symbol of the republican party, so it serves two purposes. made of all different kinds of materials -- jade, ivory, and these were all displayed in a curio cabinet in the private quarters of the hardin white house. we're in the

the sba. white house correspondent for "wall street journal." breaks a lot of news at the n. white house. she does domestic, foreign, we t chase her all the time. it's great to have her perspective on this panel, too.e immediately to my left is josh lederman. jim avila works for abc news, my old colleague from chicago. he now covers white house for a abc. scott horsely white house correspondent. peter baker correspondentve for "new york times" and, of course, carol lee. let's give them a hand. >> i really love the range of winners we have this year, ethe because when you put this group of four people together and looa at the way they've covered the beat, they really show a diverse approach to covering the white house.excell and each has excelled in a distinct way of doing their job. i want to start with josh yo lederman who does classic beat reporting on the secret service has everybody heard of the fence jumper. you ever heard of the fence jumperfo? that's someone who climbs the fence and typically gets tackled before they make it over but one night that was not the case.som and josh lede

and then senator marco rubio on american dreams. >> books here on c-span2. >> wrote to the white house coverage of the candidates of the iowa state fair continues on friday with or governor jeb bush speaking at the "des moines register" state fair. later, wrote to the white house joins donald trump when he speaks in new hampshire. we will be live from the high school starting at 7:00 o'clock p.m. also on c-span. >> this weekend on the c-span networks, politics, books, and american history live from the iowa state fair. candidates speak at the soapbox beginning at noon. we will hear from rick santorum and lincoln chafee and senator bernie sanders and sunday afternoon wore live coverage from the iowa state fair with ben carson at 5:00 p.m. followed by george ptaki. then senator claire mccaskill on her life and career. then the book america and the legal situation involving campaign finance laws. start at 10:00 a.m. eastern with many presidential candidates visiting the iowa state fair. we will learn about the history and its tradition as we look back at the 2008 presidential race. saturd

the congress allocated dollars to the white house to put this event on. this year the congress didn't do that. and so the white house was faced with whatever budget they could come up with themselves. at that point aarp stepped in to work with the white house on some financial support. and it was determined than instead of bringing many, many people to -- so instead of bringing many people to washington, d.c., they would have five regional forums throughout the country. and then they would invite people from surrounding states to attend those. so the folks in california were invited to one in arizona, for example. those were very well attended. i know from hearing reports about what went on in the forums. they were a little different in each one. but again it was gathering information from professionals in the field and older adults themselves about what is important to them. reports were created out of all four of those. and those reports areua

her husband coming into the white house and herself coming into the white house. it was a very ceremonious occasion for her. , notarked this occasion only her entry into the white house, but really edited as a marker for first ladies on the united states when she became the first first lady to donate her inaugural gown to the smithsonian institution. she happened to be the first lady when the founders of the first ladies' collection, mrs. hooves and mrs. james were putting the collection together. and they met helen taft at a lunch commemorating dolly madison. they asked her if she would be interested in this new collection they were putting together, this exhibit they were putting together on the first ladies. they were trying to acquire something from every first lady, every presidential administration. mrs. taft generously offered to lend and then finally donate her inaugural gown to the collection. she's really the founding patron in many ways of the first ladies' collection and she established the tradition that first ladies would donate their gown to the coll

the congress allocated dollars to the white house to put this event on. this year the congress didn't do that. and so the white house was faced with whatever budget they could come up with themselves. at that point aarp stepped in to work with the white house on some financial support. and it was determined than instead of bringing many, many people to -- so instead of bringing many people to washington, d.c., they would have five regional forums throughout the country. and then they would invite people from surrounding states to attend those. so the folks in california were invited to one in arizona, for example. those were very well attended. i know from hearing reports about what went on in the forums. they were a little different in each one. but again it was gathering information from professionals in the field and older adults themselves about what is important to them. reports were created out of all four of those. and those reports are actually on the white house conference and aging website. so you can look at what came out of the five forums. l.a

how does she get to the white house at age 16? her father in cincinnati where friends with president rutherford b. hayes and lucy hayes and they went to the white house -- she had not yet made her debut. she could not participate in social activities. president hayes and says it was wonderful to have her there. in a taft family lore, she was supposed to have said, i am going to come back. it is not clear that that is what she said, but like many people, she said she wanted to marry a man who blew who will become president. her father was friends with benjamin harrison and had been involved in ohio politics. on her mother's side -- she was quite the intellectual. she was reading darwin and other things at school and she had the ability to play the piano which she studied quite seriously. i wish there were recordings but there don't seem to be. she had a salon in cincinnati which was a culturally rich city. i'm not saying it is not now, but it was sort of -- they thought of themselves as the rome of the west. >> she was from a politi

the congress allocated dollars to the white house to put this event on. this year the congress didn't do that. and so the white house was faced with whatever budget they could come up with themselves. at that point aarp stepped in to work with the white house on some financial support. and it was determined than instead of bringing many, many people to -- so instead of bringing many people to washington, d.c., they would have five regional forums throughout the country. and then they would invite people from surrounding states to attend those. so the folks in california were invited to one in arizona, for example. those were very well attended. i know from hearing reports about what went on in the forums. they were a little different in each one. but again it was gathering information from professionals in the field and older adults themselves about what is important to them. reports were created out of all four of those. and those reports are actually on the white house conference and aging website. so you can look at what came out of the five forums. l.a

the congress allocated dollars to the white house to put this event on. this year the congress didn't do that. and so the white house was faced with whatever budget they could come up with themselves. at that point aarp stepped in to work with the white house on some financial support. and it was determined than instead of bringing many, many people to -- so instead of bringing many people to washington, d.c., they would have five regional forums throughout the country. and then they would invite people from surrounding states to attend those. so the folks in california were invited to one in arizona, for example. those were very well attended. i k

there is a fight within the white house. he was the president who did the black farmer payout after 17 or 18 years of waiting for that money. he was the president who did that and at the same time it wasn't necessarily, i'm going to do it. it took tactics. >> are you surprised that pres. barack obama didn't make a stronger cases first term? >> know because looking back he had to be who he was. he had to be. >> because of the economy was in such trouble? because. >> because i remember hearing from people within the administration, we don't want to amplify issues of race. we also know race and politics will always follow this precedent. a lot felt they had to walk the fine line because anything they do in this administration that specifically targeted african-americans, they would hear from certain parties, certain groups and go against everything they tried to do. >> april ryan you have been at the white house through a very, very exciting time. thank you for sharing your thoughts and your book here with us today. >> thank you

selma, 1964, before you were covering the white house. the civil rights act has become law, and now the focus is the voting rights act, and martin luther king, jr. is in the white house, urging president lyndon johnson, to move on it. now, the film "selma" has been criticized by some for putting lyndon johnson in a very bad light. you write about your conversation with the other person who was in the room that moment. tell us about that. >> guest: in the book, presidency in black and white, my upclose view of three presidents and race in america, i have an exclusive interview on the record with ambassador andy young, who was in the room with dr. king, talking to lbj. >> host: andrew young was not only a prominent figure civil rights community but a former congressman from georgia, former u.n. ambassador and someone who worked for -- at that point was a relatively low level white house staffer. >> guest: a very credible person. more than credible. he was in the room. and this is what i don't understand with this -- all the -- there's a piec

but it also kept people off of the lawn of the white house. the first thing that the hardings did when they came back -- came to the white house was get rid of the sheep and open up the white house. what was the public reaction? kathrine sibley: it was so positive. in fact, they already knew this was going to happen. they had heard about this during the campaign. people were excited, they said speed, speed the day, right, when florence comes into office and of warren, too, of course. this is going to open things up. kathrine sibley: but i mention them together because even the new york times talked about there will be four shoulders coming in, there was a sense that they would be sharing the burden and yes, this opening of the white house was an absolutely a refreshing moment. people now could come on to the lawn. the handshaking that we saw on the earlier video is happening every day that they are there. most days, if she's up to it, he's out there shaking hands, hand after hand. david pietrusza: yes, there's a story about those sheep that she

the congress allocated dollars to the white house to put this event on. this year the congress didn't do that. and so the white house was faced with whatever budget they could come up with themselves. at that point aarp stepped in to work with the white house on some financial support. and it was determined than instead of bringing many, many people to -- so instead of bringing many people to washington, d.c., they would have five regional forums throughout the country. and then they would invite people from surrounding states to attend those. so the folks in california were invited to one in arizona, for example. those were very well attended. i know from hearing reports about what went on in the forums. they were a little different in each one. but again it was gathering information from professionals in the field and older adults themselves about what is important to them. reports were created out of all four of those. and those reports are actually on the white house conference and aging website. so you can look at what came out of the five forums. l.a

and that was one case where motos did -- photos did leak out somehow, we think through the white house. >> and president of the gridiron club this year, thank you for your insights. >> and thank you for visiting. >> now more on the history of the gridiron dinner with national journal white house correspondent george condon. >> george condon, white house correspondent for national journal. we're here in your office overlooking the potomac and the kennedy center. you also have another title. historian for the gridiron club. and let me ask you about the dinner itself. it is the most formal in washington, d.c. white tie and tails, why? >> we consider white tie and tails casual. you don't spend a saturday at home in white tie and tails. i'm kind of shocked. but with the gridiron club, it is tradition. that is what they wore at the beginning and we've stuck to it. there have certainly been conversations about changing it. president franklin roosevelt was a big lobbyist to try to get it to change. in fact his final exchange with gridiron club was a letter about a week before he died in 1945 i

she hosted helen keller at the white house. she and her husband have the thrill of reading charles linworth when he came back from europe. calvin sent a destroyer to pick him up. i thought that was wonderful. and also the coolidges had introduced the morrows and the lindbergs. we know what came out of that was a marriage. and they were very happy about that. in terms of the press, grace did not try to cultivate any kind of press relations. she did allow them to photograph her. she did say to the press, leave my boys alone. the children of the first family, and we have seen that continually, should be left alone. but she was happy to pose at 12:00 noon on the steps, take questions, and pose with people who wanted to visit her. and she said she was the national hugger. she wanted to hug everybody. just as calvin would say jokes and be a little more remote, she wanted to be the warm one. and that came across. her radiance came across. and i think the nation did appreciate that. >> and what about the press lady herself? >> well, i t

he even had to take on the white house. how will i remember that. i had been sociologied with the nixon campaign team for two elections. but he said to his staff and the pentagon, i and i alone will do the congressional relations for the white house. none of you are to be over there unless you're specifically carrying your pocket an authorization slip signed by me to go. and that, in the end, was a -- to this individual, a great protection. i won't go into the detail on that. laird reminded me yesterday, warner, i saved you from abstention. yes, sir. anyway, this is a momentous event. each of us who are part of it and now i respectfully and humbly yield the floor to our framework speakers and perhaps i'm joining them. is that correct? i'm joining them up here. but thank you, all, once again for joining us and i hope we have a good lobbying discussion. thank you. >> thank you, senator warner, for your very decisive remarks. i'd like to move to the next face of our program and invite other speakers to the podium. let me noe now introduce our distinguis

host: do you ever get a call back if you call the white house. guest: i would maybe get a call back after the third call you have to be quite persistent. host: one was the last time you're invited to the white house? guest: it was under bill clinton. he was us bill accardi was a special assistant to handle our group and invited several times but only to see him. host: here you are one of the most hundred most influential people by time i am magazine by atlantic, i'm just flabbergasted that having run from president and i understand there's an old saying in politics that you brings your friends close and your enemies closer. so whatever you are bringing you closer, there's probably a better purpose you think? why think? why do you think there is this resistance to ralph nader? guest: i think two reasons one the 2000 campaign produced a lot of shunning by the democrat in congress and in the white house how dare i challenge a mutating democratic party that is a shell of what it was in the 1960s. we could've gone through all these bills for environmen

the white house says the deputy leader of i.s.i.l. has been killed, ahmed, i.s.i.l.'s man in iraq in charge of overseeing all the provinced under control of logistics and finance. means his death will be welcome news in the white house, this staple confirming a u.s. military strike this week. i.s.i.l. councilmember and as the senior deputy of the i.s.i.l. leader, abdel bakar al baghdadi, was responsible for moving materials between iraqi iraq and syria. gle was an al qaeda operative, when al qaeda came into iraq after the invasion he joined the i.s.i.l. as did a lot of the al qaeda group and remember that that al qaeda and i.s.i.l, al qaeda told i.s.i.l. not to be so horned owz in the things they were doing. >> reportedly killed near mosul in northern iraq, as he traveled in a vehicle with another i.s.i.l. operative who also died. this is not the first time u.s. has claimed to kill him. >> well, we've heard a lot of this before but the fact that the white house not only confirmed it but said exactly where it occurred and how it occurred shows that they had very good i

>> guest: the meeting at the white house. a fantastic theater where the two of them -- this was not barack obama's idea, i can promise you that. they called a lid, the lingo in the white house for saying, we're not going produce anymore news today. if you need to go home you can go home. don't have to worry about is making news, and-lo and be hold bill clinton and the president want to make a statement to at the press and they are looking for the key to the door. and everybody is -- you guys want to do what? >> host: about four years right now . >> guest: it was a treat. i am not going to pretend i wouldn't be there if i didn't have to but i had to be there. it was a tour deforce, but bill clinton's ability to explain potentially why obama had to break his promise and not repeal the bush tax cuts that year. the first time that he got the idea that bill clinton knows how to explain the economy better than i do, and he seeded them, and that plants the seed to bill clintoning the explainer in chief for bronco in the summer of 201

they actually meet in the room in the white house called the pioc. essentially the white house bunker built during fdr's time when, you know, they were concerned that there was no bunker to protect the president in the event of a surprise attack. in fact, the room is the one that became famous on 9/11. that's the one where dick cheney was essentially lifted by secret service and carried down the hall in that room, which is underneath the driveway near the east wing. negotiations take place for a few weeks and then reveal a plan which was a surprise to just about everybody in the administrati administration. took everybody off guard. members of congress didn't know. and even the highest level people in the white house didn't know except for the people immediately involved. i would agree that dhs has had some serious missteps. and we've already talked about hurricane katrina. i think putting fema into dhs and downgrading the fema director's position from one of being a cabinet level position, which it was during the clinton administration, to where it,

does the white house believe this should be investigated? l tissue for profit is against the law. does the white house believe it should be investigated? mr. earnest: again, what i will say as i have not seen the video, but those who have taken a close look at them have raised some significant concerns about their authenticity and whether or not they accurately convey the view of those particular officials or in the broader institution. the "new york times" described this as a campaign of deception, "the seattle times" described this as manufactured and the "new york daily news" as grossly misleading. other thing i looted to yesterday as we've seen this kind of tactic be unscented by other extremist organizations that have an ideological agenda, and they marshaled what is purported to be convincing and damning evidence that later did not prove to hold up to much scrutiny, so i guess the scrutiny that these videos have gotten thus far by a handful of news organizations raises doubts about their authenticity. when it comes to specific determina

he's having wlunch tlunch with president at the white house. so, white house press secretary josh earnest made it clear that president obama is a huge biden fap. let's go to joe johns at the white house. joe, what's the latest. all signs are pointing for a run by the vice president. >> wolf, democratic source telling cnn political director david clalian that the vice president is leaning more towards running, getting into the race, than against it. and that source telling cnn that in the event he decides to put his hat in the ring, one plan would be for the vice president to make his intentions known around the first week of october and then ride that out into the democratic debate. quite frankly, there has been a few other signs here that the white house and elsewhere that the vice president is considering this very seriously, including the fact that he just hired a new message manager, kate -- her name is kate bedingfield. this is a woman who has experience in washington, right here at the white house: she also worked for the motion picture as