what is the significance of the white house? the policy that's been adopted since the time of washington is that the exterior of the white house will not be changed. and that nobody has permitted that. even when it came to truman, truman was not having that. truman did alter the inside considerably, and that where he fell down, winslow, in fact, wanted to re-use and replace all of the materials that were taken out. this wouldn't allow truman to actually depart from office from the white house. so "give him hell, harry" approach to it was, forget about all that stuff, just buy it in. so most of it was dumped. it went off to various sort of military dumps around the place and all kinds of news materials were brought in this had the 1940s. of course, what has happened since then, it's acquired a new association with all the presidents and all that has happened since the truman time, but with regards to going back to washington, what hasn't changed is, in fact -- sorry, i shouldn't say washington. i should say the beginning of andrew

she did post mordums but she had tremendous impact in the white house in the course of my research and writing for this book, i came to have a distinct appreciation for what she had done, she created the office of white house, she established the fine arts committee which was a group of artists, tried to get art and furnishings back to the white house where they originally were placed. indeed, the blue room where she was the hostess for that evening, was really at that the -- on that night restored to where it had been during the administration of james monroe and a number of the furnishings were purchased by monroe. she also launched the white house's historical association and two months before this dinner, she gave the very celebrated tour of the white house which was on cbs. she was actually the first woman to get -- well, she got an emmy for the presentation but was the first woman to be featured in a documentary on television. so, great, great accomplishment for mrs. kennedy in terms of work with the white house and on this dinner as well. the most controversial people at the din

. >>> next, what changes, if any, the future may hold in the white house. we'll hear from architecture professors from the united kingdom and ireland, as well as white house historians. this is from a symposium hosted by the white house historical association and focused on the history of british and irish connections with the white house. >> thank you for sticking it out with all of this. this is now your chance to ask the questions of the scholars or the experts. and i want to say that i have no back ground whatsoever in history or scholarship. i'm just a reporter. but i really have had the privilege of a front row seat of history. first walking up the white house northwest driveway a few months after i graduated from college as a news intern for cbs. and retiring 40 years later from abc news, late in the obama administration. and i would walk up that driveway, usually early in the morning before live shots on "good morning america" and while the seven presidents i covered were across -- everything from the cold war to the digital revolution, to be able to

this is not a behavior of a confident white house. this is the house on defense. and i think it's worth noting, this is bill shine, who used to be the co-president over at fox news. he was a journalist for many years as well as an acclaimed television producer. he know better than this, wolf. >> i can only assume the president ordered him to do it. i don't know that -- >> that's my expectation, as well. >> that's only what i can assume. >> and i've been e-mailing sarah sanders for the past couple of hours, asking her for comment. silence. >> what do you think, gloria, will bill shine speaking for the white house apologize? >> it's hard to know. this white house doesn't apologize very much. donald trump doesn't apologize. this is a rough start for bill shine, i would have to say. and i would agree with both of you, i would think that this order has to come from the top. he's a producer, he comes from the news environment. >> there's also a trickle-down effect. i remember last year when my colleague was body slammed, he lied about it, and was elect

the white house historical association based adjacent to lafayette park across from the white house hosted this hour- long event. >> good evening everyone. oh, good evening class. it's so good to have you. my name is stuart mcclure and i'm the president of the white house historical ration association -- preservation association. i'm happy to introduce my associates and colleagues. it was during this term that he named the u.s. harry truman. he has a double connection so thank you for being here mister secretary. we want to welcome our friends from cspan who are broadcasting the event. with got a long-standing friendship with them and the work they do to share historic messages and stories not just across the country but around the world so thank you to those who are watching via cspan. i would like to welcome our friend mary sessions the wife of the 84 the attorney general the united states and her sisters who are visiting. i recognize her because she's from the great state of alabama which is also my home state, her sister visiting us from decatur alabama so she's got another double conn

as art in the white house, and nations pride, essays by the art historian, all published by the white house historical association, i should add. with the object featured today, i think you will see that nearly all were gifts to the white house. some examples are gestures of goodwill, tokens of friendship while others were presented to enhance the historic furnishing so that only the finest objects would be found in the home of the president of the united states. what better place to begin then with the desk made by the timbers of the hms resolute? it was a part of an exhibition -- expedition formed in 1852 to search for the explorer sir john franklin. sir john franklin had set out in 1845 in search of the northwest passage. by july of that year, he had disappeared. in the meantime, other expeditions were formed, but this one consisted of five of vessels, including the resolute, that was constructed especially for arctic service. the bow, which had been hired to thed in iron to cut through the ice and was under the command of captain. henry in april of 1854, it was trapped in the ice.

from a symposium on british and irish connections with the white house and hosted by the white house historical association, this is 45 minutes. >>>the next session is one that is special for me personally. as a 10th generation scottish american, the story of the scottish stonemasons and the white house is very meaningful and important. our presenter for the session, dr. william seale, literally wrote the book on these masterful craftsman, available to you today in our shop, if you would like to use your 10% discount. he will also be at the reception this afternoon and will sign your copy of the book for you. this is a wonderful book that tells the story of the scottish stonemasons and the work you can still see evidenced on the white house today. we're also honored to have an actual scottish stonemason, is chuck with us? chuck jones -- he is in the back. if you have not been to the blue tent to see his masterful work, please take time to do so between sessions or during the reception this afternoon. about a week ago, that was a solid block of stone that had originated in the aquia qu

the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? >> vladimir putin -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. that's going to be special. >> the white house announcement andrea referenced earlier said putin was invited to washington this fall. were you aware of that, i want to clarify. >> based on my reaction, i wasn't aware of that. >> given that, what do you think the agenda should be for that meeting? >> oh, goodness. first of all, they're not going to ask me what the agenda is. >> would you recommend there not be a one-on-one without note takers? >> if i were asked that question, i would look for a different way of doing it. >> that is how they learned and that is how the director of national intelligence learned, surprise, russian president vladimir putin is coming to washington. soon. and that's how we learned that the dni does not believe the next conversation between trump and putin should take place without a note taker in the room. which is what happened between trump and putin earlier this week. tod

today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverageover congress, the white house, supreme court and around the country. cspan is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. next on american history tv, white house historian assists the scottish stone mason that helped build the white house and carvings that are visible to this day. from his impose yum on british and -- this is 45 minutes: >> so the next session is one that is a very and special to me personalitily. as a tenth generation scottish american t story of the scottish stone masons and the white house is very meaningful and important: our presenter for this session, dr. william feel literally wrote the week on these masterful craftsman. it is to use your discount. he will be here this afternoon and will sign the book for you. this is say wonderful back that tell it is story of the work that you can see evidences on the white house today. we are honored to have with us an actual scottish stone mason. his -- is chuck here with us? chuck is in the back today. chuck jones. if have you not been to the blue tent on the other sid

i will never forget we had the portrait unveiling of the bushes at the white house. and then we had the ceremony with them one week later i got a handwritten letter from laura bush's office my assistant said 4012 him something to jeremy. anybody that goes to the white house become public record. so there was a beautiful handwritten note to mrs. bush say how welcomed they felt she noticed what china i used it was their personal china from upstairs and she noticed everything and thank you for making one of the president's favorite meal so it is a moment but it is thoughtful and means a great deal. >> in the book is one of the topics going through it having self confidence humor and charm the great equalizer listen first and talk later status will illustrate in the book as the cornerstone of treating people well. it sounds obvious and common sense but that doesn't come easy to most people you had to choose just one place to start which practice would fall at the top and white? >> the top of the list because of the time we live in now there's a lot of benefits of technolo

dni is upset with the white house. "washington post" is reporting that a senior white house official says coats has gone rogue. is that your sense of things? is coats being caught off guard in one case and in another reacting to the president being wrong on the intelligence assessment? >> there's palpable frustration within the white house of dan coats' interview, how he was critical of the president for meeting with putin once, for doing it again. he showed his cards on stage that he had no idea the president was inviting vladimir putin back to the white house this fall. i don't think dan coats is the most popular person in the white house today. his frustrations seemed to express the ad hoc meeting. a lot of white house officials don't know what was said in the meeting, trying to unspool what it means. you have a disconnect between the president and his administration. now that dan coats, as a prominent member of the administration, is out showing some of the frustrations, you are seeing frustrations from the white ho

jeremy is the first man to serve in this role at the white house. that was big news at the time, he managed to keep a low profile and do his job. which is all white house staffers are advised to serve the president and first lady of the united states of america. here to reputation being both affable and extraordinarily efficient manner literally hundreds of events with young staff and their i say it? a lot of laughter. before serving in the obama white house here and his stripes as campaign fundraiser for presidential candidate barack obama and awarded with a job is white house liaison to the national endowment for the humanities. from there jeremy served as senior advisor to the us ambassador of france and after being in the right place at the right time he landed his role as white house social sec.. it is a pleasure to have them with us today and i hope you will be ready to ask them questions later. please join me in welcoming secretary lea berman and jeremy bernard. [applause] >> thank you. >> we are going to get settled in. before we get to the b

it's the white house christmas ornament. it was 1981 and nancy reagan was first lady of the united states and the idea was sprung to develop a white house christmas ornament. this year we've created the 38th ornament in that series. mrs. reagan was wise, in that she decided that we would feature a president each year sequentially so we don't have to decide which president shall we feature this year. it takes that part of the conversation away from it. and we've stopped along the way four or five times with commemorative observances of the bicentennial of the white house. we did an ornament for that but from george washington in 1981 up to harry truman in 2018, the white house is christmas ornament has told the story about a specific president. and this year it is harry truman. now it was launched last monday on president's day at the truman library in independence. a wonderful experience there. and i want to tell you about the three elements of that ornament that feature harry truman. i have one here so that you can see we've

he will be followed by our honored guest who is the curator of the white house. lydia has been a part of the cradle -- is also a valued partner of the white house historical association. she will byrd -- build on rufus byrd's presentation. without further ado, please welcome rufus byrd. >> [ applause ] >> good afternoon, thank you very much, it's a great privilege and a pleasure to be speaking here today about this remarkably -- remarkable subject. the evolution of decorative arts , we are going to be talking about the american side of things, but it cannot be denied, however that at precisely this moment in history of our nation, nothing speaks stronger of that relationship so eloquently by those two speakers after lunch. then the young couple tying the knot, having conducted a trance atlantic relationship. they are all very excited about this british and american you -- alliance. seriously, back to the subject. what i want to do in the next 30 minutes or so, is trying to get on a quick journey through two centuries of the evolution of design. i'm going to be cho

he'll be followed by lydia keterak, the curator of the white house. she's been part of the staff since 1979, lectured far and wide, published articles on the collection and is also a valued partner of the white house historical association. she will then build on rufus bird's talk by examining specific examples from the white house collection and then connect these to the larger symposium. so without further ado, please welcome rufus bird from london. >> thank you very much. curtis, it's a great privilege and a pleasure to be speaking here today about this remarkably broad subject. as curtis suggested. my subject is the evolution of decorative arts in britain and its effect in america. lydia will be talking about the american side of things with the white house at its center. but it cannot be denied, however, that at precisely this moment in our history of our nations, nothing speaks stronger of that relationship so eloquently alluded to by those two speakers after lunch that we've just heard, than a young curl tying the knot. having conducted a trans-

and inviting putin to the white house. the white house. honestly. what is going on here? let's bring there now cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser. a staff writer at the "new yorker," for the "new yorker." maybe she can help us understand what's going on here. good evening to you, sauzusan. thank you so much for joining us. let's talk about vladimir putin. invited to washington for a second summit. are we in bizarre-o world right now? >> well, i have to say, listening to your opening remarks there, don, it seemed to me that the white house had really helped you out there by almost writing your lines. it's been one of those weeks that not only feels like a year, but feels like every day is filled with revelations you're having a hard time digesting and, you know, when the news came out this afternoon that the president was, in fact, having a second summit, wanted to have a second summit with vladimir putin here in washington, i thought back to march when president putin was actually invited here to the white house in march by president trump. the white house didn't ad

the head usher of the white house. u have to talk to the gardener, you know, to make sure you're not going to step on the plants or anything this they may have. because you want to make everybody happy. so i have to talk to everybody to make sure it's all on board. and beside having them out there like that, we got to hope it's not going to rain today. and we also do mock stuff to make sure it's all right, first, like two days before i had difference staff come out and sit and pretend to be one person or another. to make sure this was going to work. so it's fun trying to set stuff up. if you're a portrait photographer in a studio. all of these wonderful cabinet people. look at them. men and women. men and women. four score. no, it's cabinet. gore wasn't there. this is the cabinet. gore wasn't there gore was doing something else. i don't remember what. gore wasn't there for that lun that one. this is the last shot this is the stuff that goes on. you put up big lights, big back lights. everybody is evenly lit. you got tha

the white house had more than two hours to say no, no. that's not what he meant and broadcast alerted by the major newspapers and did make that claim. sarah sanders tried explaining it once they got their story in a row there. so again, more cleanup, more confusion here on russia. jake? >> all right. jeff zeleny, thank you. shawn turner, how do you take it? you have to view what the president said earlier today to cecilia vega of cbs news of the attitude towards the intelligence community. >> absolutely you do. just like the comments of yesterday claiming that he meant to say wouldn't when he said would, we have to look at this and realize it falls flat. the president answering the question asked and for people around the president to then come out and suggest just like they did yesterday that somehow there was a misunderstanding here, it kind of is suggested that they think they're all stupid. look. this is an issue of preparation. when the president goes out and he makes a statement, if the plan is for the president to simply make his na

the cohen tapes a brief distraction for the white house which spent the week correcting and clarifying and cleaning up the president's performance in hell sinky and just when you thought it was over, he invites putin to the white house. >>> and free maria bitina. they claim the charges against her were made up. the phone call that russia made to mike pompeo just today demanding her release. >>> let's start with the new information about that secret recording lawyer michael cohen made with then candidate donald trump about karen mcdougal. nbc news is learned that the trump legal team has waived any attorney/client privilege over that recording. that means the fbi and federal prosecutors will be able to hear it to determine if they want to use it in the criminal inquiry into cohen. rudy guiliani told nbc it was already out there so there seems no point in objecting except on principal. a source tells nbc news that on the tape they discuss whether to reimburse "national enquirer." the white house denies any affair took place. this morning president trump tweeted that it is inconceivable t

first of all, what reaction if any are you getting from the white house? >> reporter: silence, wolf. a lot of silence. the president did not speak as he left the white house for new jersey this afternoon. there was no briefing held by the white house press secretary. the white house is eerily quiet this evening, wolf. once again silenced by news that has overwhelmed the administration's message. and just when you thought this week would end with more cleanup over vladimir putin, another encounter has come back to haunt mr. trump, and there are recordings. in this recording of the president leaving the white house there is only silence. as he declined to comment on the bombshell his former personal attorney michael cohen recorded mr. trump discussing a payment to playboy model karen mcdougal aimed at covering up an alleged affair. >> i'm not a lawyer. i did what i did. >> reporter: for a president who often boasts he likes to make recordings of his adversaries it could be the ultimate irony. >> fortunately we tend to record stories now, so we have it for you

we should not be inviting president putin to dinner at the white house, to have a visit at the white house especially during the season of our mid term elections. it is incumbent that we are not helpless. we have a congress that can stand up to this president. today in the house intelligence committee we had an open hearing. ranking member shif and i made a motion to bring a translator in to test the republicans on the committee. many made statements or tweets to see if they are sincere about that. they voted that down along party lines. we have to keep testing them to see what they are willing to do to protect our country. >> the house intelligence committee is acrimonious along party lines. if it weren't shocking enough that he has to learn about a second summit from the news media, maybe even more shocking that three days after the first summit, the meeting between presidents putin and trump, he doesn't know really what happened in that meeting. >> that is why it is so important to hear from the translator which i acknowledge is an extraordinary measure. this president has a -- las

jeremy is the first man ever to serve in this role at the white house. and while that was a big news at the time he managed to keep a very low profile in order to do his job. it's all white house staffers he earned a reputation of being both extraordinarily efficient. when managing literally hundreds of events with a very young staff and their essay it a lot of laughter. before serving in the obama white house he earned his stripes as a campaign fundraiser for presidential candidate barack obama and then was rewarded with the job as a white house liaison to the national endowment for humanities. from there they were the senior advisor in france. and again, after being in the right place at the right time he landed his role of the white house social secretary. it is a real pleasure to have them with us today. i hope you will be ready to ask them some questions later. [applause]. thank you. we are going to get settled in. and before we get to the book i'm sure i'm not the only one in the room who is very interested in your background. so can you tell us wha

house told me they had never seen the president so angry before in their entire time in the white all of the developments of the special counsel investigation and paul manafort and michael flynn, it was the fbi raiding michael cohen that sent him over the edge. you saw that cabinet meeting where the president was flanked by senior military officials, they were supposed to discuss syria. instead he went off about the raid, saying it was a disgrace and really feeding into that. likely the president is not going to be happy. that's likely why he was unhappy about that raid in the first place. right now, we're waiting to see if the white house says anything. but rudy guiliani, the president's own lawyer, says that this recording of him and michael cohen is going to vindicate him possibly, but sources are telling me colleagues at cnn that that's just not the case, and that this reporting is not good for the president, and that there are multiple other recordings of him and michael cohen that are now in the hands of the fbi. >> well done. speaking over the rotors of marine one. we'll se

the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again. >> vladimir putin coming to the white house -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. that's going to be special. >> in that interview, coats talked about how he needed to take a stand against his own president on monday after watching mr. trump question the u.s. intelligence community while standing right next to vladimir putin. >> what we had assessed and reassessed and reassessed and carefully gone over still stands. and it was important to take that stand on behalf of the intelligence community, on behalf of the american people. i believed i needed to correct the record. obviously i wished he had made a different statement. but it's undeniable that the russians are taking the lead on this. basically they are the ones that are trying to undermine our basic values and divide us with our allies. they are the ones that are trying to wreak havoc over our election process. >> there is a lot more from this interview, including one moment where coats paints the por

the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall say that again. >> vladimir putin coming to -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah, yeah. >> okay on. >> yeah. >> that's going to be special. >> the white house announcement that andrea referenced earlier said putin was invited to washington this fall. were you aware of that? i just want to clarify -- >> i think based on my reaction i wasn't aware of that. >> okay. given that, what do you think the agenda should be for that meeting? >> oh, goodness. you know, first of all they're not going to ask me what the agenda is. we will be looking at what the potential intelligence risk could possibly be and we will make that information known to the president, and we'll provide him with whatever information we can gather relative to what might be on putin's mind or what they might want to achieve. >> would you recommend that there not be a one-on-one without note takers. ? >> if i were asked that question i would look for a different way of doing it. >>> all right. according to "the washington post" th

certainly the russian investigation in all of the entirety is weighing heavily on the white house. dave and christine. >> jeff zeleny, thank you. creditics were quick to seize o the retall -- retaliation from the white house. that losing the security clearance may have. >> i think it is off the top of my head a sad commentary who wherefore political reasons -- commentary where for political reasons, sad for the president because it is petty retribution. this is an abuse of the system. >> former nsa director mike at hayden says it could have no affect on what he says or writes. they are both cnn contributors. no comment from john brennan. >>> paul manafort trial has been delayed until next tuesday. it was supposed to start tomorrow. a federal judge granting a delay allowing manafort's lawyers to review 120,000 pages of documents turned over by prosecutors in the last month. the judge also granting immunity to five witnesses who are expected to testify at the trial. all work for banks or financial firms linked to manafort. >>> satellite images appear to show north korea has started di

from a symposium on british and irish connections with the white house and hosted by the white house historical association, this is 45 minutes. >>>the next session is one that is special for me personally. as a 10th generation scottish american, the story of the scottish stonemasons and the white house is very meaningful and important. our presenter for the session, dr. william

want to start off with jeff at the white house. the president i should say is due any minute now, jeff, returning from air base andrews. what are you learning about all this stuff? >> the president will be returning here to the white house just momentarily. we know he left the white house this morning i'm told still fuming over those secret recordings from michael cohen. but as we were visiting illinois and iowa his mood turned even ang, when he learned about that report. there's no one closer outside of family who knows more about the trump finances of anyone on the planet than the ceo, the cfo, excuse me, of the trump organization. the president when he came down here to washington he left the organization in mr. weisselberg's hands. so i am told by a republican official close to the white house, it's getting closer and closer to his inner circle. how do you think he feels? important to point out there's no sense of wrongdoing here by mr. weisselberg but there is a sense he's doing a lot. tax returns, you name it. so this is somet

white house historian william seale discusses the scottish stonemasons who helped build the white house and the exterior carvings that are still visible to this day. mr. seale is the author of "a white house of stone: building america's first ideal in architecture." from a symposium on british and irish connections with the white house and hosted by the white house historical association, this is 45 minutes. >> so the next session is one that is very special for me personally. as a tenth generation scottish american, the story of the scottish stonemasons and the white house is very meaningful and important. our presenter for this session, dr. william seale, literally wrote the book on these masterful craftsmen, a book that's available to you today in our shop if you would like to use your 10% discount and go purchase it. and he will also be at the reception this afternoon and will sign your copy of the book for you. this is a wonderful book that tells the story of the scottish stonemasons and the work that you can still see evidenced on the white house today. we're also honored to have

that directed the white house from film to digital. and that was a huge job because of the volume that happened in the white house. you all know thousands of photos a day with the whole staff to design a workflow and a system to handle the digital files and unfortunately, we had to decommission the lab and bring a lot of those positions internal inside the white house. and then also using digital cameras was another change for me, which was a turnoff because, i'm mean i love using the galactic camera, that was the best tool for me in the white house. all the stuff on 9/11 was a leica. and then switching to the digital camera, that was bulky, heavy, and noisy. i had to change my style of shooting because of the noise. unfortunately, the digital cameras were not quiet when they first came out. the first full frame camera canon came out with, that was when i decided to make the switch. it was a struggle, but it was something that had to be done in terms of keeping up with the technology and also it was where everything was headed. luckily

daniel: i'm sure what the white house will say ayesha: -- i'm sure what the white house will we don't that tweet thatis the hoax the issue president has desolate white house has right now and president talks about the molar probe he says it's a witchhunt. there have been a lot of indictments so is he saying all of that is fake? an -- we must stop trump. history should not see people getting shot and killed. host: we got your point this morning. auser, would you like to pick up on? one of the issues he talked about was the trade comments. on the trade issue, a story from the wall street journal, the senate finance committee chairman ratcheting up pressure on president trump to reconsider his tariff policies. take us through how that may play out this week. guest 2: very rare to see this. could -- republicans had traditionally been a party of fair trade. tariffs are not related thing. they are deferential to trump. they are giving him a pretty long leash and saying we understand what he is trying to do and we know that it is going to be some short-term pain but if it means a better deal

the white house says it is off the table. sarah sanders issued a statement saying it is a proposal made in sincerity by president putin, but president trump disagrees with it. hopefully president putin will have the 12 identified russians come to the united states to prove their innocence or guilt. this is a proposal that president trump came out of the press conference, said vladimir putin made essentially that in exchange for letting special counsel robert mueller question the 12 military intelligence officers who were charged with attacking an american election, that they would be able to question some americans they believe have interfered in their affairs, including the former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfall, who has been incredibly critical of russia and vladimir putin and his human rights record. this is astonishing, brooke, that the white house was considering this idea. we had 24 hours of backlash after sarah sanders was asked twice during the press briefing if the white house made a decision and was consid

the cohen tapes a brief distraction for the white house which spent the week correcting and clarifyingident's performance in hell sinky and just when you thought it was over, he invites putin to the white house. >>> and free maria bitina. they claim the charges against her were made up. the phone call that russia made to mike pompeo just today demanding her release. >>> let's start with the new information about that secret recording lawyer michael cohen made with then candidate donald trump about karen mcdougal. nbc news is learned that the trump legal team has waived any attorney/client privilege over that recording. that means the fbi and federal prosecutors will be able to hear it to determine if they want to use it in the criminal inquiry into cohen. rudy guiliani told nbc it was already out there so

correspondent jeff zeleny. >> reporter: dave and christine, the white house doubling down with the meeting with putin scheduling this fall. john bolton extended the invitation to come to washington. it was clear this was an attempt to the white house talking to a number of officials here that the president making the case he did not make a mistake in helsinki. never mind they have been correcting and cleaning up reversals all week long. one person was surprised by the announcement. the director of national intelligence dan coats. watch his reaction when he was told yesterday about the second invitation. >> the white house announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? >> vladimir putin coming to the white house. >> i heard you. i heard you. >> yeah. >> okay. that's going to be special. >> reporter: he alsos was asked if -- he also was asked if he would resign. he said he will stay in his position as long as he speaks the truth. dave and christine. >>> thank you. white house aides are concerned that this w

just a very unwise and foolish move by very petty and petulent president. >> doesn't appear that the white house did the homework before making the announcement. two of the six officials that were listed by sarah sanders at the white house briefing don't even have current security clearances. we're talking about james comey and andrew mccabe. so what does it tell you about the way the president is approaching this decision? >> it tells you that he's operating out of personal peak not out of a strategy or thought through policy. and, you know, in his case, i guess the consequences be damned. just not a good way to gomvern. >> the president's threatening tweet today, as far as iran is concerned. i'll put it up on the screen and read it. he tweeted, never, ever threaten the united states again. or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. we are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death. be cautious. do you believe, congressman, that the president is bluffing or a real threat? >> well, if the president i

has the white house had any response to the claims of rudy giuliani on television? his statements are not being coordinated with the white house, are they? >> no, they're not. the white house has made that pretty clear ever since the president first hired rudy giuliani to be his lawyer. his statements have been increasingly problematic for the white house spokespeople because of course rudy giuliani will say something on television that contradicts what they have said in the past. you'll think of the stormy daniels payment. and if you'll listen to what it was that rudy giuliani was saying this morning, you can see why the press secretaries are not eager to speak about it. here's a little bit of what rudy giuliani said today. >> which i don't even know that's a crime, colluding about russians. >> okay. >> you start analyzing the crime. the hacking is the crime. the hacking is the crime. >> that certainly is the original crime, yes. >> the president didn't hack. >> of course not. >> reporter: you see there rudy giuliani seems to be shifting the goal post here and the d

is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? >> do you -- vladimir putin coming to the white house. >> okay. >> president trump tweeting he is looking forward to implementing some of the things they spoke about in the meeting in helsinki. >> we have received no specific direction at this point. >> i don't know what happened at that meeting. he asked me how that ought to be conducted. i would have suggested a different way but that's not my role, it's a not my job, so it is what it is. >> the surprise announcement coming as the trump administration was forced to backtrack again over his openness to a proposal from putin that would allow russia to interrogate several americans inexchange for access to 12 russians involved in the election hack. president trump now disagrees with it. sanders announcement coming shortly before the senate voted unanimously to reject the idea. mike pompeo attempting to down play the proposal. >> as president trump attempted to counter criticism that he projecting weakness in helsinki. >> it is a positiv

the white house just dropped the question that he was answering there. the white house transcript has no reference to reuters asking president putin, did you want president trump to win the election? that's not in the white house transcript. now, the reporter at the atlanta magazine was first to report on this anomaly right after it happened. and sometimes transcripts are wrong. they're very rarely wrong at such a high profile, simple thing. that moment probably got more media attention than anything else that happened in that remarkable q & a with reporters. but in the grand scheme of things, it is not unheard of for a white house transcript to be inaccurate. when that happen, reporters point out something that's wrong or missing or miscaringized and then the white house later makes a fix. it happens, not all the time but fairly frequently. it is not that big a deal. so after this incorrect transcript came out from the trump and putin summit with the question, did you want president trump to win the election, with that gone from the transcript, the atlan

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i would love to be back in the white house. they would not hear a thing. >> we have a question on the far right. >> thanks for your wonderful presentation. are any of you in contact with current white house photographers? and what do they say what the heck is going on? [laughter] >> what do you mean, what do they say? sheila is a good friend of ours. she's the chief photographer and she does a good job. in terms of what's going on, she is just doing her job. [laughter] i mean, honestly. [laughter] >> i couldn't tell you. >> we talked a little bit about this before the event. i had asked you about this, lawrence, about how this style of photography is so different. she's just doing her job. that's obviously what the president wants. i would be curious to see what you all think. your photography feels traditionally journalistic. and the photos coming from the white house, they're not as candid. they don't seem to be -- >> they're posed. >> they're posed. they seem to show the president with a figure of authority. they are not comm