he is serving currently as the editor of white house history, the journal of the white house historical association. catherine is professor of history and director of the american studies program at st. joseph's university of philadelphia. she is editor of a companion to first ladies. anita mcbride has contributed to one of professor sibley's most recent works. she has published extensively including books including the first lady, lawrence harding behind the tragedy and controversy and read spies in america, stolen secrets and the dawn of the cold war. susan swain is president and co-coo of c-span. she is moderator of first ladies, influence and image series. she directs programming and -- at c-span for three television networks and over a number of years has moderated and conducted on air interviews on a wide range of issues, susan tells us that she is not -- now currently covering her eighth presidential campaign. susan also heads up the publication of c-span books, the latest being first ladies. and our moderator, someone who needs no introduction but i will provide one just the sam

the white house post a lot of photos on the white house flickr page. i think people in the media don't necessarily like it, but a lot of the users out there love it because you get to see a lot behind-the-scenes. so they are putting out thousands more images than we ever put out. very selective, put out two or three photos, and that would be it. maybe once or twice a week. whereas now, with digital, i think it is a daily occurrence. it has really changed. some of the press photographers are using the iphones as the primary camera on some of the campaign trips , because it is smaller and easier to get around, but they can also post it instantly. it is a dramatic change. i know when i worked on george p bush's campaign, it was dramatically different than when i worked on the other campaigns. on other campaigns, i would shoot film, and it would be 3, 4, 5 days before i saw anything. now it is instantaneous. i actually like it now better. y.ready -- alright >> good morning. my question is, when you were traveling with the bushes, were you shooting every si

pomp and circumstance at the white house. what the first lady is going to wear, who is going to be invited. we talked about some of the folks that came through, 400 guests. first of all, let's talk about how you decide members of congress. talk aboutn so let's members of congress. what is the approach to how they decide? which members of congress should be invited? >> the legislative affairs office is great at the white house. as toave a lot of input who should be invited. we want to make it bipartisan, the same number of republicans as democrats. you put the invitations out. a lot of members are back in their home districts, campaigning or whatever. i didn't see a lot of members. >> nancy pelosi, of course. legislative affairs has a huge role. they are trying to get as many members of congress as possible. engagementof public wants to invite folks. it is a huge amount of compromise and debate. >> many names in the media. chuck todd. gayle king of cbs. what is the rationale behind inviting the media? shop puts a lot of effort

i am the white house executive chef. e state dinner tomorrow will celebrate our fall harvest and a lot of italian dishes that have been embraced in our american cuisine. as part of the canapes we will be passing, we will have smoked rainbow trout, roasted figs from california, some wonderful basil , crab cannoli, how much he from hawaii,- a dish from sweet and sour eggplant. we have some rosemary that came from the garden. our objective is to utilize as much as we have from our fall garden harvest. for the main course, we are doing a classic italian dish in aan american beef ancote.pe it is kind of a 10 minute diversion of the normal flank of a that -- version normal flank steak that would be praised for hours. we have a butternut squash and pumpkin finished off with a cheese from new york. for the first course, we are serving a sweet potato onion motif that has been garnished with a wonderful monterey jack and wenoma, california, have used a lot of wonderful all of oils that are part of sonoma county, california. i think

back to the white house momentarily. the arrival of the japanese visitors from the .ast harriet lane in the blue dress. the japanese ambassadors. wonderful lights outside the white house that word -- that were taken out during the roosevelt rehab in 1902. the japanese were immensely popular in washington. people were driven mad by them. women gathered outside their windows. there said to become hysterical and huge crowds followed them wherever they went. grasp thefficult to amount of excitement they caused, both in washington and then later on a new york. things that i return to a great deal in my work is building. this is the library for the whole american people. this is the library of congress on the east front. in front of the dome of the capital. i'm interested in building methods. kids are interested, too. amause i build my works, i interested in process. to show how things are made because most people have no idea how anything is made. and in this case, made by slaves. this is deconstructed with the help of bill al

job one is the selection of the white house staff. i really want to underscore at this point, for the first six months of a new administration, the white house is the locust of action. the white house staff is the locust of action. because however well organized the nomination an confirmation process is, it is in the nature of things slow. the departments and agencies are not going to be up to full strength and not be operating at full speed. so the white house is more important in the first six months than it ever is again. the white house staff has to be appointed first. and it has to be appointed quickly. here is a rule of thumb for covering a transition. if the transition is doing its job well, almost all of the white house staff will have been named by thanksgiving. and the transition that i was involved in, the clinton transition, got it backwards, spent almost two months focused on the cabinet, and the white house was almost an after thought. i speak from personal experience, because i got a call to come down to little rock on j

this is in the white house press briefing room. sitting down you see listed -- leslie stahl, cps, the woman sitting in the chair in the front is one of the white house stenographers who recorded everything that the president said in public, and it's kind of interesting that the government printing office publishes these massive volumes of books that is printed, everything the president is saying. if you are ever doing a study bookspresidents, those are valuable resource because literally everything they say is recorded and printed. then of course you can see some of the cutaway tv cameras. also, this is upstairs in the private residence of the white house. a lot of people don't get to go up there. the senior staff goes. i got to go. this photo is colin powell, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, briefing the president and senior staff. they're talking about the gulf war. invadedecall, iraq kuwait. president bush pulled together a world coalition to remove iraq from kuwait. this is camp david. it wasn't named after me. i do have a

we want to go to josh earnest at the white house briefing room. >> i have made clear that the white house will be skroop louse about avoiding even the appearance about these decisions. that's a posture that i won't change and it is a posture that speaks to the institutional responsibilities here in the white house which is preserving the independence and integrity. conducted by the department of justice. you raised a question about some of the decisions that were made to communicate information about the investigations to the ub lick. what's true is i don't have independent knowledge of how the decisions were made. i don't know what factors were considered. dating all the way back to july. when director comey announced the results of the investigation and spoke at length to the public about his decision not to prosecute secretary clinton. included in the news conference were rather harsh condemnations of the way secretary clinton handled the situation. director comey testified before congress at some length on camera under oath about the investigation. some of the testimony provided fodde

in the white house there was concern about who they can trust within the white house to be acceptingthis information and even getting people on board. we saw, some years later, there was a real lack real lack of trust of the institutional processes in the white house with the fbi security files and all these things. there was some of that. in addition to starting late, there was a not understanding, not knowing, not trusting what the institution the presidency provided to them as well. it was very difficult. 2000 was difficult, but 1992 was pretty bad as well. >> we only have time, we only have four more minutes, so if you have a question, please keep the question and answer targeted >> can i hear more about the transition team and the folks that will be stepping into the roles. you just made a point about trying to keep those separate. i'm wondering what the transition is thinking. >> the transition. >> the transition team. >> well let me distinguish very quickly, the transition team is one thing. the campaign is a different thing. in my judgment, there ought to be a lot of continui

does the white house have any position on that? are you concerned that now you have -- you have more kind of accusations going around about fbi probes? >> look, as i mentioned before, you know, the white house has not been briefed on the investigation has the department of justice and the fbi were conducting into secretary clinton's e-mail system. the white house has not been briefed on even the existence of any investigation into the activities or habits of the republican nominee. these are all questions that should be directored to the department of justice and to the fbi. okay? >> thanks, josh. going back to -- senator reid's letter. he basically accused the fbi director of potentially violating the hatch act and you've said that you believe that director comey is a man of integrity and in the letter that senator reid sent, he said that he once believed that director comey was a principled servient. what is your reaction to that? >> the hatch act should be directed to the office of special counsel. an independent agency filled wi

i am the white house executive chef. e dinner tomorrow will celebrate our fall harvest and a lot of italian dishes that have been embraced in our american cuisine. as part of the canapes we will be passing, we will have smoked rainbow trout, roasted figs from california, some wonderful basil , crab cannoli, how much he from hawaii,- a dish from sweet and sour eggplant. we have some rosemary that came from the garden. our objective is to utilize as much as we have from our fall garden harvest. for the main course, we are doing a classic italian dish in aan american beef ancote.pe it is kind of a 10 minute diversion of the normal flank of a that -- version normal flank steak that would be praised for hours. we have a butternut squash and pumpkin finished off with a cheese from new york. for the first course, we are serving a sweet potato onion motif that has been garnished with a wonderful monterey jack and wenoma, california, have used a lot of wonderful all of oils that are part of sonoma county, california. i think that'

>> going back to the fbi, you said that you do i want have enough or white house doesn't have enough independent information to criticize or to come out with a position on comey's letter. but what do you say to the american people? the white house doesn't have information on whether it was appropriate or not. the american people are left with questions of what to believe. there is both calls on both sides of the aisle asking director comey to release more information. do you feel the american people don't have a right about this probe? they are going to be voting booths right now and next tuesday. >> this is a legitimate question for you to ask and these are the kinds of questions that are carefully considered in the didn't of justice right now. and given the institutional responsibilities that are vested here in the white house, and i just don't have a recommendation to make. it is important for them to make these decisions consistent with with their to be precise here. it is important for the officials in the department of justice and fbi to make these decisions. and the officials a

the race for the white house in a few moments. ilitary offensive against isis terrorists in mosul. isis is striking back south of mosul in kirkuk, where they've launched attacks on government buildings. those militant attacks come as the losses mount for isis in and around mosul, the second largest city in iraq. a key tart get in the fight for iraq. nick paton walsh joins us. what's the latest? what are you seeing from the ground where you are? >> reporter: this attack on kirkuk, very much a typical tactic of hitting an unexpected area. kirkuk held by the peshmerga launching many of the attacks against mosul at the moment trying to take the plains around that key city off isis. the kirkuk attack, coming at dawn, used a number of different assets positito attack that cit still ongoing. able to get pictures on live kurdish television giving people the idea isis can strike at will. still not upsetting the applecart of the main campaign, that continues to push ahead. finding stuff resistance. we ourselves saw how drone used to spot pes

now had that role in the white house. and before then there was a long time democratic and then before then she was at the clinton white house. you see people that went from bill clinton to obama to the clinton came pain that would have a role. and transition obama to trump. that would be completely different. i can't think of anybody. i was listening in the last panel and there could be more with a democrat to democrat or republican to republican transition. than different parties. and i deferred to them and has been part of transitions and if al gore had been elected president and after their initial bromance early in the campaign by the end of the administration there was so much tension in the fact that gore did not want clinton i think to gore's ever lasting detriment didn't want him campaigning for him and there would have been one where there was tension. but the most tension i have experienced or covered was from the clinton -- well, allegedly to dispute of this clinton to george w. bush where the staffers took the

all the records that are created in the white house become the country. that is what ends up at the presidential libraries. the decision-making crosses lines. agencies support the work of the white house but there is a separation in terms of the records themselves. >> thank you for your presentation. you mentioned their shakedown of the reconnaissance aircraft. the puebloe pdb for which occurred in a relative timeframe and also probably less thought of in that time but mentioned in the 1990's the shootdown's of reconnaissance aircraft over siberia which were numerous. pdb gave report age way it was compared to the pueblo but the pdb was very cursory in its treatment in any way if parallel or comparison. >> you mentioned an incident in the 1990's? >> [inaudible] >> i cannot speak to unreleased pdb's. can't answer your question, i'm sorry. >> i want to know, was president to have first president daily briefings with a cia definitely.yes, david peterson was tasked to brief him when he was vice .resident he wanted that continued after he became president. , yo

we will leave it now and take you live to the white house where president obama will be welcoming therime minister of italy, matteo renzi, ma for his white house official state visit. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ they don't ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [background sounds] >> attention. [background sounds] [background sounds] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪. .. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ attention. holt. ♪ ♪ logo ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [silence] [silence] [silence] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and this is michelle obama. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [silence]. [silence]. ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of the republic of italy followed by the national anthem of the united states. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [silence] good morning. today is bittersweet for michele and i because this marks the final official visit and state dinner of my presidency. but, it's okay. we saved the best for last. so on behalf of michelle and myself, and on

these groups are not that big in the white house. the idea there are thousands of people. >> there are 1700 actually. >> omb and all the council's >> but we would deem the -- deal with the senior personnel. they would pick up the phone if there were issues if you have the relationship efficiently we could also leverage our staff for the benefit of communication. >> day you thank you drove policy from your department or that was driven from the white house quick. >>'' first of all, i came in the middle of the housing crisis there was a lot going on. i was extremely involved with a lot of policy issues of mortgage modifications with the homeowners and the sba i called the white house and reversed issues on budgeting, that actually ended at being unpopular for the administration but thought that was important for the integrity of the administration. >> a problem for you to be overly involved and suffocating the white house staff? [laughter] that zaps the policy-making of her own agency? and discourages them to drive away talent quite. >>

i was in the white house. . >> and also how that affected clinton's ability to accomplish other items like health care first down the road in his first term. >> well, the clinton '92 transition was transition. >> no, i agree. >> it was, however, a very useful case study. some would say object lesson. so what went wrong during the clinton transition? well, first of all, as i mentioned earlier, this enormous and lengthy focus on the cabinet with the white house as an after thought. that was backwards. secondly, not drawing a clear enough distinction between the campaign team and the governing team. it is always a mistake to bring your senior campaign people lock stock and barrel into the white house. third, and this gets to your point, the transition and the president elect did not do a good job of controlling the issue's narrative. president-elect clinton on november 16th of 1992, a day that will live in infamy, was asked the question based on what he would say in the campaign how he intended to handle the issue

wilson moved the day they left the white house in 1921. the home itself was built in 1916, and the wilson's acquired in december 1920, and decided to remain in washington, d.c.. is a time capsule. it basically takes us back about 100 years ago, and allows us to see the way the world was then. haveme have -- sometimes the illusion that people in history where like us, only they were dowdy clothes, or something. but actually that wilson's lived in an era when americans thought differently about themselves, about america's role in the world, when society was very different. the artifacts in this house open the door into this world, and i would like to help us do that today by looking at a couple of the artifacts, that tell the story of america's involvement with world war i. we are now almost 100 years from the date when the united states 1917.d the war, in i observed often that history is studied in arroz and ethics -- e epics, but it is lived in hours and days. this is true with world war i. we associate the sinking of the lusitania with the

i did a lot of disaster work for the white house. cnn was calling me to talk about hurricane matthew. there was the flooding in indiana, and then zika. you are never going to get bored when you write about this stuff. >> there was a great deepwater horizon movement. i can fix this thing. you guys let me do it. why don't you let me fix the way you do white house dinner parties? the state dinners, you have -- never works. >> the character in die hard, did you receive the movie die hard? thinks he can negotiate with terrorists. i know business. instead of a gun, i use a fountain pen. i'm really into diehard your when diehard three came out mentioned both donald trump and hillary clinton. there's one point where mclean is driving it gets cut off by someone in these who do you think you are, hillary clinton? shockingly sexist but also this assumption hillary clinton would be cutting someone off. the trump thing, governmental credibility. at one point the cops are saying everything you say, don't worry about it, and one of the kind of -- [i

arrival, thetico front door of the white house. is the guest of honor coming from before they arrive? they are coming from where they are staying. some folks stay at blair house. some folks might be staying at the italian ambassador's house. we couldn't drive through the north portico. it is exciting make it to drive right in. >> it is right across the street from the white house which is where the prime minister and wife are staying. they turn, the couple's turn and then they go back inside. where do they go from there? upstairs topside -- the private residence. they have a smaller reception in the home, what is the president and first lady's home. the leadership and both governments up there as well to mix and mingle for about 20 minutes. and then the colors are resented to the president. and then you saw them walk down the stairs. the colors? >> the flags of our countries. you go up and say, are you ready to receive the colors? they go down the stairs. >> what is the tradition behind this? what is the tradition behind this? >> th

all of the records that are created in the white house become records -- record of the country. that is what ends up at the presidential libraries. now, decision-making crosses lines. those federal agencies support house,k of the white that there is a separation in terms of the records themselves. thank you for your interesting presentation. he mened

she felt guilty, it was her fault. >> there were tough times in the white house. led health care reform. the whitewater proceedings. looking back, what was the hardest moment for you in the white house? >> when my father died and when bill's mother died in the same year. the tragedies that make a big hole in your heart because you lose somebody that you know, you care about, a family member, those were the hardest. the others, of course, had their difficulties as well but it was the loss of my dad and my mother-in-law that were really tough. >> so hillary clinton went back to her roots, advocating for children, women and veterans. she became an ambassador of sorts for her husband. it was september 1995. >> no one had any idea what she was going to say. >> hillary clinton traveled with her chief of staff to china for the united nations conference on women. >> there were expectations that she probably would tread lightly and not say a whole lot that was news making. >> but those expectations were wrong. >> we are the primary caretakers for most of the world's childre

i don't cover the white house, but the white house cares what the "new york times" says about the white house? does the supreme court care about what the "new york times" says about it? >> on occasion. >> good to know. >> i would like to ask a question. obama has been criticized for for the press in launching leak investigations. do you have any sense of what these candidates would be like? >> no, but that is the wary. years ago when people thought the obama administration was actually going to go after reporters criminally for leaks and they were going to start investigating, and then they kind of toned it down. i think we all thought that was .he way it was going to be and i think definitely with a donald trump, you would worry about that. i am not sure about that would hillary clinton. again, i was being diplomatic when i said it is not a priority. she clearly does not want some information. that is not even putting information out there. that is actually going after reporters. that is a huge leap. >> let me pivot over to kaite and let's talk about the obama administration's record f

now had that role in the white house. and before then there was a long time democratic and then before then she was at the clinton white house. you see people that went from bill clinton to obama to the clinton came pain that would have a role. and transition obama to trump. that would be completely different. i can't think of anybody. i was listening in the last panel and there could be more with a democrat to democrat or republican to republican transition. than different parties. and i deferred to them and has been part of transitions and if al gore had been elected president and after their initial bromance early in the campaign by the end of the administration there was so much tension in the fact that gore did not want clinton i think to gore's ever lasting detriment didn't want him campaigning for him and there would have been one where there was tension. but the most tension i have experienced or covered was from the clinton -- well, allegedly to dispute of this clinton to george w. bush where the staffers took the

a flu doesn't care if a democrat or republican is in the white house. it needs to be able to step above the fray in dealing with it. you have to make sure you use the twitter account wisely the entire time not just when there's a disaster. >> thank you, guys. >> i want to say one more thank you to julianna for a lovely event. >> everybody should buy a book. you should also buy a book for your friends, great christmas gifts. >> and thank my wife tammy who couldn't be here tonight. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> here is a look at some books that are being published this week. john jay college professor completes three volume series on the life of eleanor roosevelt which includes the first lady's life through world war ii, the death of president roosevelt and eleanor roos -- roos velt -- roosevelt's own death in 1962. richard snow recalls the creation of the union army's iron battleship the monitor and ushered a new era of airfare. in black scare reports on life in the ukraine after russia's annex of crimea. and first black regiments to fight in wo

i don't know how many of you have been to the little white house. s now a georgia state park and it's worth visiting. the simplicity of the house has columns outside and it looks almost grand. when you are inside it is just plain paneled with pinewood. it's very touching and there is a nice museum including a portrait that was being painted of him by lucy's friend. >> to the timdo we have time foe question? [inaudible] >> do you think that roosevelt was in a way a victim of world war ii and that he died in service to this country? >> a lot of people drew that conclusion when he died. at least one newspaper they use to listen daily usually for the community that was being served. the atlanta paper into the new york would have to new york. but at least one paper headed in its list with franklin roosevelt commander-in-chief, resident ref the white house, and there is i don't think i can paraphrase it but i ended that chapter with a quote from a surprising source, which is senator robert taft that is known as mr. republican. he is somebody that ha have o

i don't cover the white house but the white house cares what "the new york times" says about the whitehouse. >> does the supreme court says what "the new york times" says about it? >> on occasion. [laughter] >> good to know. i wanted to ask anita a question, obama has been criticized for being bad as -- for the press in leaked investigations, launching more leaked investigations than all the presidents combined. do we have a sense of what the candidates might be like on that metric? >> no, but i think that they would -- that's the worries that -- so a few years ago when people thought the obama administration were actually -- was actually going to go after reporters criminally for leaks and they were going to start an investigating and they kind of toned it down with eric holder when he was attorney general, i think we thought that was the way it was going to be and they set back a little bit. definitely with a donald trump he was worried about that because just the way he has talked. i'm not sure about that with hillary clinton. and again, obviously maybe i was being diplomatic, that'

the race for the white house >> the race for the white house cut through the corridor tomorrow as both candidates come to cedar rapids. more onto mars campaign visit in just a minute. >> first we have new numbers race is in iowa. take a look at these numbers. they showed republican donald trump and democrat hillary clinton in a dead heat in the hawkeye state. that is a huge swing from the simple a month ago that showed trump with a seven point advantage in iowa. >> there are 50 states voting for president. both major party candidates will spend time in cedar rapids on the same day. it all gets underway tomorrow afternoon when hillary clinton holds a rally at newbo city market. the event gets underway after 1:00. then less than six hours leaders donald trump will appear blocks away. he will hold a rally at the empty theater at seven tomorrow night. this is trumps first event in cedar rapids in three months. >> an update to tonight's breaking news out of new york where a plan caring republican nominee for vice president indiana governor. mike pence slid off the runway. time of the landin

been to the -- my mother was social secretary for the reagan white house. someone who worked for the clinton white house. this is probably the last state dinner. this is my first the dinner as an adult. > fake diamond earrings. a real engagement ring and wedding band. what are you wearing? what? i think he wants me to leave. y gap,egan -- bab probably. mrs. kelly dibble and mr. andrew dibble. mr. great heard -- greg herd. ms. mckenzie smith and mrs. pam smith. the honorable sara hurwitz and berg --r lek and lackenberg. mr. jerry seinfeld and mrs. jessica seinfeld. [indiscernible] i have a couple of canoli one-liners. >> you are not italian. why are you here? >> we identify as italians. we spent a lot of time with family in italy. we almost exclusively eat italian food. >> are you going to drive around with the president again? >> that was just today. it is fun. it is cool. it is hard not to be overwhelmed when you think of the history. >> what are you most looking forward to? >> the food. >> are you friends with mario? >> yes, we have had his food many times

>>> as presideo the days until the end of his presidency, he hosted his final state dinner at the white house tuesday night. the dinner honored italian prime minister matteo renzi. and the president was in a jovial mood when he addressed his guests president barack obama: >> "welcome to the white house. and welcome to the final state dinner of my presidency. but in the immortal words of a great italian-american, yogi berra, it ain't over til it's >> the dinner's guest list includes such celebrities as comic jerry seinfeld, singer frank ocean and auto racing legend mario andretti./// ((kirsten joyce)) >>> strong winds are causing mow ((brian loftus)) >> coming up on good day we'll take a look at the growing porter ranch fire./// ((sherry swensk)) >>> firefighters had their los angeles. the fire burned at least 15 acres in the hills of the porter ranch neighborhood, tuesday night. officials say the fire wasn't threatening any homes, but firefighters were having a difficult time fighting the fire which was fueled by high winds, low humidity, and some rough terrain./// sherry how's the weather to

kevin cork live at the white house now. kevin, was different from the president's other speeches on obamacare. >> yeah, john. i think you're right on the money about that. in particular when you think about the fact that they're pretty open, i would say, about this notion of a public option. yeah, they're trying to figure out a way to boost up the existing affordable care act and by rolling out this idea that maybe a public option is the way to go. frankly, for those of us who have had a chance to cover this story for some time, we were kind of expecting this to happen a lot sooner than now. as you point out the president was over in the sunshine state of florida talking about the need to get more people to sign up for the affordable care act. and the president also had a statement out there today. this one issued by the white house. let me just share a little bit from that statement. it said that the president believes there are commonsense ways to continue to improve the aca. this includes working with the 19 states like

democrats need plus five in trump wins the white house, plus four if clinton wins the white house because tim kaine could break a 50/50 tie in the united states senate. they need 30 house seats. most republican models kicking around among top strategists at t moment think lose 10, 12 seats. see if they can get to 30. a huge wave. hillary clinton 50%, moments ago in boynton beach, florida, donald trump trying to convince supporters, don't believe it. >> i actually think we're winning. we're up in ohio. we're up in iowa. we're doing great in north carolina. i think we're doing great in florida. i think we're -- really -- i think we're going to win florida big. i think we're going to win florida big. >> now, it become as huge challenge for him to keep morale up on the republican side nome for his campaign but other campaigns as well. i think we're going okay and rattles off ohio, north carolina, maybe florida. that's still not enough. >> yeah. and sort of lived by the polls, die by the polls. trump has so often touted how he's doing in the polls. so taking a 12-point deficit to hillary clint

you know, you worry in the white house when you know that there are troops in harm's way and you think about them every single night when you get in bed. and their where you're in the lap of luxury really, beautiful house where your sheets are changed every single day, it really couldn't be more luxurious and you think when you get in bed about where our troops are laying on the ground somewhere. and i so i -- would say the main thing is that you worry about them all the time, every single day. >> and you know, we've had the honor and the experience to walter reidunded at and many military hospitals and that is a sobering experience. i mean, one of the things that barack and i have talked about is that when we first came into office the first term, our visits would last for hours because there would be 25, 50, 75 folks that we would be seeing going room to room. many with devastating injuries. and now today, just last week, he went to visit and he was there for 30 minutes because there were fewer of our men and women who are being injured in -- in war. and that feels good, i mean, that

carter, were you cold in the white house, and she said, i was so cold. she said every -- one day somebody showed me where the steam pipes were in the basement, and i would go down and hug the steam pipes just to keep warm. [laughter] and jimmy thought it was kind of interesting that a 9-year-old boy would have been interested in whether the first lady was cold or not. but those solar panels did not go to waste. a professor in a small college in maine, they had a very small budge. budget. in case you were wondering, it was unity college in maine. and they had a very small budget. he stripped down an old school bus, he went down to washington, he took those panels out of the warehouse and put them on the cafeteria at their school, and they stayed there for many, many years. they don't have -- they don't last indefinitely, but they stayed there for many years. as a result of that, boyden college in maine which has an endowment, they can study anything they want to, they began the solar energy program. and other colleges that had this much interest -- because

it's the call of the white house to do it. ut one other point i want to underscore, what judy and i have been talking about that donald trump complaints so much about the press did not have the scrutiny during the primary that he's having now and he is the gop presidential nominee having not gone through the kind of standard vetting that because he wasn't taking it seriously as he should have during primary. so he was only getting now what in a routine time he would have gotten further reason why he should not have no complaint about the press. john: there were predictions, judy, that that would be the case and predictions along the same lines for john mccain, john mccain was a beloved figure when he was sort of the republican maverick but once he became the nominee the press started beating up on him. >> yes, it happens when you get the nomination of your party. i think you have to expect that. now, i can remember some of the stories about john mccain that appeared on the front pages of new york times and other prominent paper

she felt it was her fault. >> there were some tough times in the white house. health care initiative. the white water investigation, the impeachment proceedings. what was the hardest moment for you in the white house? >> when my daughtfather died an bill's mother died in the same year. the tragedies that make a hole in your heart because you know and care about them, a family member, those were the hardest. the others, of course, had their difficulties as well, but it was the loss of my dad and my mother-in-law that were really tough. >> so hillary clinton went back to her roots. advocating for children, women, and veterans. she became an ambassador of sorts for her husband. it was september, 1995. >> no one had any idea what she was going to say. >> hillary clinton travelled with her chief of staff to china for the united nations concerns on women. >> there were expectations that she probably would tread lightly and not say a whole lot that was news making. >> but those expectations were wrong. >> we are the primary caretakers for most of the world's children a

so here is the white house's statement today. the tape. >> as far as creamer is concerned with all those visits here to the white house in particular, i'm wondering is that a reflection of the ethical standards of the obama white house that a guy like that who at least according to the videos admittedly these videos are in some dispute in some circles, seems to be suggesting voter fraud, a person who is a convicted felon, who is often frequent visitor here at the white house. >> i think at this point i would urge extreme caution in drawing conclusions about anybody's character based on a few hours of having looked at this video. >> all right. that's a nonanswer, of course. and the question was lodged by a fox news correspondent because the other press doesn't cover this. so, based upon that, i mean, it's pretty embarrassing, the guy was 300 times. and he was in the president's proximity more than 40 times. we don't know what that was. he obviously had entree. >> he should have totally condemned it, called it out, and said, you kn

the white house says while not supporting blanket forgiveness, fraud. in paris, the secretary of defense promised action. >> we are going to look into it and resolve it. >> reporter: even in this caustic campaign season, democrats and republicans united in calls to stop collection efforts. now robert is fighting again, appealing to keep his $20,000 bonus. >> i upheld my end of the bargain. >> reporter: having already paid with his service. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> turning now to that large-scale u.s.-backed offensive, targeting isis in iraq. on the march to mosul, iraqi troops freed what was the largest christian city in that country from isis control. joining that victory, christian militia men who fled the city two years ago. our richard engel inside iraq shows us the destruction they found when they returned. >> reporter: this wasteland is what's left of the town of cara kosh. once home to 50,000 iraqi christians. else, two and a half years ago, when isis started closing in. now he's back for a brief and dangerous visit. >> we want to se

with general election strategy and whatnot at the dnc and doing of that with david seemus in the white houseicials they were not doing anything, they were completely neutral. not true, turns out. and look at this from the mook e-mail as well. he said it's completely credible for the white house to say that she is their pick over at the dnc. we agreed she should be our first choice for now unless we think of someone better. the whole pound robby mook pulling the strengths with dnc staff, who will be over there with the white house's blessing and backing. bottom line, bernie sanders, call your office. this suggests they were working against him behind the scenes and hillary clinton, let's face it, needs the sanders supporters to not be angry and get out and vote for her in the days ahead. >> what else are we learning from he memo from one of bill clinton's top aides? >> doug band. he is now out and he was writing this in 2011 because the context of this, chelsea clinton blown the whistle and learned that doug blabbed had conflicts of interest and was using her father, bill clinton, to help dru

first, you don't roosevelt was the most bellicose man ever to occupy the white house. second, theodore roosevelt was the best parent ever to occupy the white house. and third, his favorite child was his last, his youngest son quentin. these three contentions form the combination upon which fate did not smile. let me begin with some evidence about roosevelt's bellicosity. these of the first two paragraphs of the golden lad. it was 1897. it was time. actually, for theodore roosevelt it was passed time. he wanted the spanish-american war to begin. actually, he wanted any work to begin. -- war to begin. it was like eating the right foods, getting enough rest, getting enough exercise. yes, that most of all, exercise. and roosevelt more than most people is the value of exercise. no national life is worth having, he said in one of his if thecomiums to combat, nation is not willing when the need is a rise to stake everything on the supreme -- of war. to pour out his blood, treasures, tears like water rather than to submit to the loss of honor and renowned. the washington post w

i am the white house executive chef. e state dinner tomorrow will celebrate our fall harvest and a lot of italian dishes that have been embraced in our american cuisine. as part of the canapes we will be passing, we will have smoked rainbow trout, roasted figs from california, some wonderful basil , crab cannoli, how much he from hawaii,- a dish from sweet and sour eggplant. we have some rosemary that came from the garden. our objective is to utilize as much as we have from our fall garden harvest. for the main course, we are doing a classic italian dish in aan american beef ancote.pe it is kind of a 10 minute diversion of the normal flank of a that -- version normal flank steak that would be praised for hours. we have a butternut squash and pumpkin finished off with a cheese from new york. for the first course, we are serving a sweet potato onion motif that has been garnished with a wonderful monterey jack and wenoma, california, have used a lot of wonderful all of oils that are part of sonoma county, california. i think

house and senate races. c-span, where street -- where history unfolds daily. >> the prime minister of italy was in the u.s. for an official visit that included a white house state dinner in his honor. that is next on c-span. been our road to the white house coverage has donald trump and hillary clinton campaigning in ohio and angelina and pennsylvania with their vice presidential running mates. president this week, obama and the first lady held a state dinner for the italian prime minister, and was in the u.s. and his wife for an official event. this was the 13th and final state dinner for the obama administration. next, highlights from the event. it is two-and-a-half hours. >> guests are arriving for tonight's final state dinner in the white house. minister matteo renzi will be arriving shortly. josh earnest from the white house along with many of the members of the president's cabinet, along with business leaders, members of congress, nancy pelosi will be there. people of the media, rachel ray, chuck todd and others. jerry seinfeld and glenn stephani will be there. with blake there shelton. these are people who got the coveted in -- invitation. th

will let's do the white house dinner party. and then to do something spectacular. and then to negotiate those deals with the russians just like the character in die-hard. and then really into die-hard. and then par-3 comes out there was 1.with they are cut off and he says hoodie thank you are, hillary clinton? [laughter] that is shocking the also the issue would still come up after 30 years. [laughter] and with that governmental credibility. and one of those reporters talked about donald trump. [inaudible conversations] the donald trump in the first debate talks about terrorism and he was talking about diehard part for. me. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] one eyed been [inaudible conversations] invested mendez their children that were teenagers but would come running appealing grandmother. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> congratulations on your book citadel look forward to hearing about that. with those conversations that you need everybody should read your column. >> taiwan to talk to. [inaudible conversations] >> you are the london t

what should the size of the white house be in the white house staff? i don't have an opinion about that. i have found the most important thing is what you said which is relationships and is it collaborative or not. there is also perspective that you may not have. we think as we run our departments that we have a relatively decent handle on what's going on in our department but there are many that thengs going on president is trying to balance. >> can we keep going? >> [indiscernible] >> ok. i have more questions. madam secretary, you said policy is driven by budget. in the last several years, we have not seen a budget passed by congress. how does that affect policy? i don't really see budgets eating past the way they used to. >> that was my question as well. [laughter] >> what's the impact of congressional legit dysfunction on the impact of your agency? >> it's a huge challenge. likefunny way, often shared services we are trying to implement to run our organization more efficiently and more effectively get more value for the taxpayer. it's not that muc

to win the white house. but to get there - he needs to win back republican holdouts.(sot: anthony salvanto/cbs news director of polling)"he's still got this 20 percent of republicans, i call them the reluctant republicans. largely women - largely suburban women."hillary clinton is calling for civility in making her pitch to those reluctant republicans.(sot: sec. hillary clinton/(d) presidential nominee)"we've got to get back to listening respectfully. we can disagree without being disagreeable."but massachusetts senator in new hampshire monday.(sot: sen. elizabeth warren/(d) massachusetts)"he thinks that because he has a mouth full of tic-tacs that he can force himself on any woman within groping distance. well, i've got news for you, donald trump -- women have had it with guys like you!" (cheers)clinton will also be campaigning in florida this afternoon. (gfx) the latest cbs news poll shows her with a three-point lead over trump in the state.craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. house speaker paul ryan