you get a whole of the white house.ut this time the white house came to you. >> it really was extraordinary and it was a wonderful opportunity for our community here, hispanics in san jose and the greater bay area, to host the white house. the white house uniquely came out to us. they invited educators to the white house last fall, and they announced that they had this initiative that they were actually going to engage nationwide. and san jose was honored to be selected as one of the host cities. it was phenomenal because we were able to invite 500 leaders in our community to participate. and what was very unique is the fact that it was an open space format. so there was no preset agenda. it was an invitation sent out to all the bay leaders inviting them to come out and talk about all the issues near and dear to their heart. >> we were watching some similar event that happened late last year in other parts of the count country. but i hear -- and unfortunately i was not there. but i hear that the white house staffers and

and the truth is the white house itself is so well organized. it's pretty hard to make too many mistakes other than just my mouth. [ laughter ] >> well, i, of course, was prepared because i had a mother-in-law who i watched. [ laughter ] and i visited the white house. i had an advantage that no other first lady except louisa adams had because i had stayed at the white house a lot when president bush and barb were -- lived there. i had been to that inauguration when president bush was sworn in and then came in. i'd been to state dinners and then gone upstairs to sleep in the queen's bedroom when george and i were invited to events at the white house when they lived there. but really, of course, what i learned from barb was that it is a home. that it really is a home. where the family lives and where family times happen. where you laugh and you watch football on television and you have wild dinners and funny people -- especially all the bushes who try to be funny the whole time. especially one that i was married to. so i knew that it really was a

well, that's not the way it works at the white house. you sit next to people you're not married to or you haven't come with so you can go home and talk about all these fascinating things you did or met or heard, and this guy announced that he was not going to entertain, and we were all down waiting, and laurie firestone, our protocol -- what was she -- >> social secretary. >> social secretary, terrible, he won't come unless he can sit next to his girl. we said he can't, everybody's seated. anyway, he did come, but she went down and said to him, we're calling a press conference right now. anyway, he did entertain, but it was a very scary time. >> one of the nights i loved was we had a state dinner for john kufore from ghana, and we had the dinner inside, and we went out to the rose garden in the dark with the full moon and had the cast from "the lion king" come and sing, and, you know, they sort of came out of the dark in those great costumes, and it was really pretty fabulous. >> you see the best and the worst of human nature around such

how precedent setting was this esflent usually if you get to the white house you have to -- the whiteouse came to you. >> it was extraordinary. it was a wonderful opportunity for our community here hispanics in san jose and the greater area to host the white house. the white house invited educateeeducato educators last fall and announced an initiative and san jose was honored to be one of the cities. it was phenomenal because we were able to invite 500 leaders in the community. there was no preset agenda. it was an invitation sent out to leaders inviting them to talk about issues. >> and we were watching some similar event that happened late last year in the other parts of the country. but i hear and i was not there but i hear that the white house staffers and those who represent the white house got an earful from the local crowd. we didn't come here to say yes or yes, ma'am. they heard from us. >> they did and they were at every table. we had breakout sessions. they made sure to assign one representative at least from the white house at each break out session so they could hear what

it belongs to the white house. i'm the one who covered it in the tiger velvet, which my mother-in-law said, i can't believe you're doing that. but i love the way it looks. >> why -- you were so emphatic about,he i'm the one who covere it! >> because she didn't want me to, i could tell. >> when you look back, what do you want to be remembered for what you did in the white house? >> i hope the lincoln bedroom, because it's so beautifully refurbished, and then the green room downstairs, and then the acquisition of paintings like the jacob lawrence we just acquired for the green room. and i think the white house is historical, we want old things in it. we love the very major collection of american furniture that the white house owns. furniture both that either belonged to other presidents or it represents the very best of american furniture makers. the seymores, duncan fife, bellter, all of those names, early furniture makers. but, of course, the white house goes on. and history continues to be made here. and so i alwa

there was a real need to have a woman in the white house to perform that function, because so much even now, so much of washington life is carried on not on the floor of the house, not on the floor are of the senate, not in official places but at parties. informal gatherings where you can talk in a calmer more casual manner, and so the first lady helps -- all the women of washington, really, are responsible for keeping those networks open and that life happening. >> so is that sort of the point of showing the dress? that there's much more meaning behind the dress? >> there is more meaning behind the dress. one we show it because it's beautiful and people love them, but it does say something about the woman. a real question. why do we care? why are we interested in what the first lady wears other than if you're a fan of fashion? why do we care what the first lady wears? but we look to her clothing for clues about what she's like as a person. about what the administration may be like both in its style. is it formal? is it informal? is it extravagant? is it simple? and what their -- someth

madison's white house. some first ladies have been less successful because they were awkward in the job and their taste didn't jive with public state at the moment. nancy reagan came in for a more formal, what she thought more appropriate white house. she got some pushback for the increase in formality. as that went on, people began to admire what the reagans were doing in terms of the tone of their white house. >> so does the criticism, the praise sort of reflect the politics of the time? the culture at the time? maybe the public polling of the president at the time? >> i think it reflects popular culture at the time. where we are all in culture. we expect a higher standard at the white house. we know it is not our house. we know it is a more formal style. it can't seem too formal. it cannot seem too austentatious. it can't be showy. >> given that, which dress in here do you think reflects the times? eleanor roosevelt's dress for example. another dress that comes to mind, maybe? which reflects the times? >

i can remember sam lablonde as a little boy, they have the wonderful white house trees in the foyer with white lights and snow on them. they invited the kids to come down, and have a snow fight, sam loved it. >> what the florists do, is look at protocol, on looking at the flowers they will use for a state dinner and there's a story for the white house, but supposedly the big foe paw of having the colors of the flowers cannot be the color of the country's enemy's flag. sow have to pay attention to a lot of things. >> one year when george was president, they brought out for the mexicans, a dpsh sort of an adobe house desert, but they had figures on the side of mexicans taking ciestas with the big cowboy hat, which they felt would be insulting t waiters walked out, and stood and plucked the people off the sides. crazy. >> there's a famous story of the ford white house at the height of the bicenntenial when queen elizabeth and prince phillip were guests. and nobody had vetted the band's program. and as they stepped on to the dance floor the marine band broke into the lady is a tramp. >> how

we will get more background on this with margaret tallen who has a piece with the white house angle from bloomberg news. first the speaker of the house as he went to the floor earlier today with this statement. >> my colleagues, in recent days, americans of every faith and political persuasion have mobilized in an objection to a rule put forward by the obama administration that constitutes an ambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country. this rule would require faith-based employers, including catholic charities, schools, universities and hospitals to provide services they believe are immoral. those services include sterilization and abortion and inducing drugs and devices and contra s contracepti contraception. in imposing this, the federal government has drifted dangerously beyond the constitutional boundaries, encroaching on religious freedom in a manner that affects millions of americans and harms some of our nation's most vital institutions. if the president does not reverse the department's attack on religious freedom, then the congress acting on behalf of the american peop

president kennedy's committee for pennsylvania avenue, before i left we -- he would drive from the white houseto the capitol and sometimes we would walk half way there at night, the taudriness of the encroachment of the president's house depressed him. he wanted to build something along that avenue. this was not something that came of my ftrying to restore the white house, it was his own vision. that is why i felt i needed to ask president johnson, i felt he would not give priority to the committee on pennsylvania avenue. i asked him to receive them and he did. here comes the hard part. i gather that he has reason to feel uncomfortable with you, i don't know the reasons but i can guess them. i just wanted to tell you with all my heart, this is something that really meant something to jack. love jackie. teddy had to resolve his differences and he found a way to make it happen. in so many ways both private and public, she defined the first lady of modern days. in a time when women stayed at homes and then she lived in a era where women broke free. she transformed first lady to a full time job. a

there was a need to have a woman in the white house to perform that function. so much even now, so much of washington life, is carried on not the floor of the house, but at parties in formal gatherings where you can talk in a more calm manner. all of the women of washington were responsible for keeping those networks open and that life happening. >> is that sort of the point of showing the dress? that there is much more meaning behind the dress? >> there is more meaning behind the dress. we show it because it is beautiful and people love them, but it does say something about the woman. why do we care? why are we interested in what the first lady wears? why do we care what the first lady wears? we look to her clothing for clues about what she is like as a person. about what the administration may be like, both in its style. is it formal or informal? is it extravagant or simple? is it the politics? is it american made? do you proudly say you only wear american made? caroline harrison, the burgandy gown only wore american made clothing. if you look to the back, you

west, the white house chief usher, mr.west, the president tells me that jack mcnally, who was against selling guidebooks in the beginning, now says lots more could be sold on the way out. but he says this is your providence and doesn't want to mention it, which is rather sweet of him. i agree we can use the money. every penny is needed. not long after, her commitment to history led her to support my father to save temples. she wrote a long memo to jfk, which you can see downstairs, laying out the importance of the temples and suggested that this would be a nice gesture to nassar, as he promised not to interfere with them in yemen and south arabia. she demonstrates an understanding of diplomacy writing. the russians are building the dam as strictly an economic enterprise. by saving the temple, the u.s. could show that they care about the spiritual side and realize the importance of saving the cultural patrimony of egypt. ming fath i think my father rolled over on this one, too. the temple was a gift to the people of the uni

at facebook.com/cspan. >>> march of 1921, president woodrow wilson and his wife edith left the white house at the conclusion of his send term and moved into a home on s street near embassy row in washington. operated by the national trust for historic preservation, the woodrow wilson house is now a museum. executive director frank aucella gave american artifacts a tour of the home and discussed the life and presidency of woodrow wilson. this is part one of a two-part program. >> woodrow wilson moved into this house in march of 1921. so 90 years ago on the old inauguration day he left the white house attended the ceremony for president harding, and then immediately moved in to a private home here in washington, d.c. really, among few of our presidents ever choose to live in washington, d.c. in their post-presidential years. woodrow wilson decided that this would be the perfect place for him to reside since his send wife edith was a washingtonian. here in the entrance hall of the house, visitors who visited wilson were greeted at the front door. wilson's brother-in-law served as his secretar

and everybody at the white house rushed up and they fixed it up. now, that person was never seen again. the table was gone for like four months, but it was just one of those -- it was an extraordinary day really. and it was so right to have the people who fought for them. that was amazing. >> i have to ask you, in your memoir -- >> are you looking at her? >> i'm asking you. you told a story about as the wife of the vice president, you were in tokyo, and you were at a banquet with the emperor and making uphill conversation. >> terrible, answer everything, yes, no, i went to your child's school, yes. did your grandchildren go there? no. and he's a very sweet little man, so finally, i said, sir, when we drove in, we saw the old palace, and i guess it was so old that it just fell down, and he said, i hate to tell you, you bombed it. [ laughter ] >> that is kind of a conversation killer, isn't it? >> i move to the man on the other side. >> did you ever have -- can you think of anything like that? >> not exactly like that. >> anything? >> speak up. >> tr

no but i was very happy in the white house. very happy. we had grandchildren, it was great, you could hear them swimming and hear them outside and riding bikes and we were lucky because we had laura and george very often there and we had marvin's children and i never forget little walker. practically brand new sleeping in the lincoln bedroom, little thing. it was a wonderful happy time for me. i'm not half as cerbral as laura is but i'm as nice. >> for us, for barbara and jenna, they also got to be there as children. you know, as the grandchildren of the president, so when they showed sash aa skand, malia, th could show them all the things to do because they were there when their grandfather was president. like the high bed that the usher puts the step out for someone stay engine that room. if known is staying in the room, the step is not there, so barbara and jenna showed them how to make a running dash and jump on to the bed or the ramp that has a wooden floor that every little kid that comes to the white house finally learns to slide do

and i gail adams was the first president's wife to live in the white house. ss and cold. mrs. adams kept the house habitable only by building fires in every room. the british added to flames by burning the white house on the night of august 24, 1814. the president's house was a blackened ruin and had to be almost completely rebuilt. the famous american artist george caplan made this sketch of the north side of the white house showing it as it must have appeared about 1820. the south port co-was added in 1824 and the columns made the white house seem grand. still there were sheep grazing and a vegetable patch on the south lawn. in 1829, the north portico, also by latrobe, was added. this was the view from pennsylvania avenue. by 1840 one of the many storms broke concerning the decorating of the white house. congressman attacked president van buren asking will americans support their chief servant in a palace as splendid as a caesar's? charles dickens didn't find the white house quite that splendid id. he called it an english clubhouse with the uncomfortable air

when they came to the white house it was part of their vow.is not easy because normal in the white house doesn't exist. three weeks after the inauguration they tried to go to chicago and thought they could step back in their regular lives every couple of weeks. the trip almost a disaster. it turns out going home for them is like the invasion of normandy. >> why? because people want to be with them? >> they are city people. they live in an urban environment. it's hard for the secret service to protect their house. the secret service dropped two black curtains down the sides of their house to prevent snipers. even the question of what the obamas would eat that weekend was confusing because the secret service says it caused huge traffic in chicago. there's no such thing as a quiet restful weekend at home for them. >> they were not wealthy prior to the election to the senate. let's talk about that. much has been made about their consumer choices, interior decorators, clothes, vacations, michelle's dresses. tell me about the relationship between th

and he said you just can't touch the white house. he said it's so strange everyone, america feels so strangely about it and look at the truman balcony, it will just be like that. and i said it won't be like that. so as it went along bit by bit and how you set up the committee and certain legal things and clark was good good setting up the guide book. once jack saw it going along with good council, he was so excited about it. >> was there criticism of the things that punish did in the white house? >> never, no, the most pin credible interest. and then the tours would start going. and every night he would come home saying we had more people today, this would be after you had found the monroe table or something. then the eisenhowers had in their first two years, the guide book was selling, and we were teasing mcnally about it, he was so proud. i was so happy that i could do something that would make him proud of me. because i'll tell you one wonderful thing about him. i was really, i was never any different in the white house than i was

>> of the white house. >> oh. well, he was interested in it.e would always get so interested in anything that -- i cared about him, but he was nervous about it. he wanted to be sure it was done the right way, so he sent clark clifford to see me. and clark clifford was really nervous because he tried to persuade me not to do it which jack never. >> why? >> he said, you just can't touch the white house. he said, it's so strange. everyone in america feels so strangely about it. that's the truman balcony, and if you try to make any changes, it will be just like that. and i said, it won't be like the truman balcony and i told him about harry dupont and all the people we hoped to get. so then we talked about how you tried setting this up and he said it was good setting up the guidebook. so once he saw it was going along with good counsel, he was so excited about it. >> was there ever criticism of the things you did in the white house? >> no, the most incredible interest. and then the tours would start going. and every night i would come home saying,

>> i haven't heard that the white house is planning to compromise. i think what people have said and what is absolutely true is there is a one-year period to allow institutions to phase us in and figure out the bestway to do it. the facts are very simple. there are already 28 states that have this requirement including massachusetts, which had this requirement in 2002, and governor romney, who has been attacking the president today on this policy was governor for four years and did nothing to change that because the reality is this is about birth control. it's 2012 and people who work for institutions, women who aren't catholic have right to the same coverage that everybody else in the united states have. it works. it's working in many places right now. over half of the u.s. population lives in one of those 28 states that has this as law already. it's not any kind of radical change from what's gone on before. it's about making sure that women have access to something that the institute of medicine, scientist, medical doctors, nurses believe women sho

an internship in the white house press office. just finished your freshman year at wheaton college and you're going to be an intern at the white house. tell me who that 19-year-old girl was. >> she was serious, but she was also very enthusiastic and she was sheltered a little bit. i had been in a boarding school but i was excited about this job. it seemed like a miracle. and i was a little bit wide-eyed, i think. >> reporter: in the press secretary's office, "meet the press minute," a former depp tant who hailed from a socially prominent new jersey family, was assigned to answer phones, rip news wires and file press photos. parts of her story are impossible to confirm because the people involve reasonable doubt no longer alive. but mimi says it all began on her fourth day on the job when she got a call from dave powers an aide so close to the president, he was known as the first friend. >> he said a group of us are going to have a swim at lunchtime. would you like to join us? and i thought, well sort of a little bit odd to be swim

c-span: you said 'east side of the white house.' you meant east side of the capitol. >> guest: i--i'm sorry--of the capitol--i'm sorry. yes. c-span: how did--how did the mood change when watergate started--hearings started? >> guest: i think the--the white house became more under siege all the time, and--and every day something was revealed that--that was unknown as the witnesses came one by one, and i think this was the most important show in--in america, if not in the world, at the time. c-span: on the screen on the far right is james hamilton, who was a counsel then to the democrats, but then in--popped up during the whitewater hearings as a counsel, i believe, to the clinton side; sam dash, there--who worked for sam ervin--who also worked for ken starr. and then sam ervin, the senator from north carolina--look at the hands. >> guest: they we--they were gnarled and arthritic, and it's just a beautiful--you know, expression of age in that hand, but i--you--he must have suffered greatly from it, because it's not the kind of hand th

a bottle by the white house at a time when the white house is going to have to play almost a perfectme to win. this issue struck many people who use contraception and who are not catholics as basically unfair, forcing a church to fund policy that is against church teaching whether their practitioners follow that teaching or not. now the obama administration walked it back. we are going to have to see, i doubt it's walked back far enough to satisfy catholic church leaders. that's not the point. will itç be walked back enougho satisfy one of the classic swing voter groups in america which are white ethnic catholics? this group will swing from republicans, will swing to democrats. they were the classic reagan democrats. this is the group obama is trying to satisfy. >> i want to thank my panel for being here. i need to switch gears. thanks for being here. beth, wendy, also i want to thank roger as well. we turn to the royal rumble to win hearts of conservatives. it may be romney's last chance at cpac for those who say he's the wrong pick. romney will walk into the lion's den. wary of hi

it was our first christmas in the white house. a moment to catch and hold. it seemed to underscore my feeling that this house is only on loan to its tenants that we are temporarily occupants linked to the presidents who have come before us and who will succeed us. for only a brief time, we served as the extension of 200 million people. holding their trust, working to fulfill it. >> the man who sits this this chair -- in this chair sits in the chair that's been occupied by less than 40 men, and the long history of this great republic. he is selected by the will and by the votes of a majority of the citizens of this republic. philosophy and the policies of the people of this nation. regardless of his own personal feelings from time to time. he is the executer of the will of the people of this nation. and he carries upon his shoulders day and night a burden that always seems at least to him too much to carry, but only for him to carry. we'll be leaving here shortly after having spent almost 40 years in the federal service. we came to washington with some very de

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call with a the white house is doing right now a fumble? >> oh, yeah. this is very much the half pregnant approach. not -- >> a loaded term, my friend. a loaded term. >> sorry. but from the beginning, this cropped up on the radar in late august of 2011 and there was a lot of dissension in the white house on how to handle this situation. it's hard to tell whether or not the momentum for the policy came from kathleen sebelius or from the folks inside the white house, but we [n tough battle, a bit of a battle of the sexes pitting the female advisers against people like joe biden and bill daley, you were have much against this. >> one of the interesting scenes from the story was when dolen came to the white house with the bishops and this vision of him in the black robe sitting with obama, and obama feeling awkward in the meeting. i want to open it up to the panel a bit. it seem like the white house under estimated the response that this decision would get from the religious, and catholic community and from the right. >> maybe glenn can speak to this, how c

and the white house knows that i did not anyone to say anything. and i mean they were so sweet, i would come in from playing tennis and they would say how did you do? are you great? i came in on my birthday one day and i had lunch alone -- where were you? well anyway. i was going to have a very nice dinner. but i had lunch alone, when the desert came it was a cake and i who cannot sing am smart enough to know it goes, da, da, da, do, do. they had notes on the cake, without saying it. >> without saying it. >> pretty cute, they are very thoughtful. >> we have a few minutes for a few questions i believe we have microphones in the aisle. so if you want to form a line, behind those, we will do our best to get -- >> gracious. >> go ahead. >> sir? >> my name is dan, back in the 1960s i was teaching in wisconsin, and a young man came from western north dakota to do his master's work with me, his name is marvin johnsonroot? do you remember his wife? i think she served as a volunteer as first lady for several first ladies. >> i did not remember, but i was no

after that, more road to the white house coverage. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> this week, president of the center for american progress. >> neera tanden, how much do you remember about growing up with your mother on food stamps? >> i remember a lot about it. my most vivid memory is going to school and i had free and reduced lunch at school. and i went to suburban schools. it was a pretty middle-class suburb of boston. i remember being the only student there who had a 10 cents voucher for school lunches. i knew that was different from everybody else. but i was very fortunate because i was able to stay, going to very good schools in bedford when my parents got divorced. they were divorced when i was 5. my father left for a few years. my mother had never worked a day in her life. because of a variety of government programs, she was forced out of -- she was able to -- she was forced out of her house, but she was able to find housing in bedford itself,

so, i think the white house has been telling the opposition, you're going to be outdone.'re facing 300,000-person army with the most advanced weapons. that's not the way you're going to win this one. and i think that they're still looking for a way to shame russia back into a process that would organize a transition. >> liz? >> look, the white house has really tried very hard to act as they reset the policy with russia. russians the fact they let assad to conduct this slaughter, and the u.n. resolution didn't call for him to step down, it called for let's stop. i think you have a situation where you can't say with this kind of slaughter is going on, can't be the problem of arming the opposition. innocent people are dying by the hour in syria. john mccain said that we got to look at arming the opposition, we got to recognize the opposition government. i think, frankly, iran makes this so important. syria's connection to iran. the fact that syria is iran's foothold in the arab world. it's clearly in our national interest for bashar assad be gone. i think it's shameful we're

white house press secretary jay carney accusing house republicans of, quote, caving to pressure fromll street lobbyists by removing a provision to require political intelligence firms to be registered as lobbyists. this is all part of the debate over the stock act which easily passed the senate and is up for a vote tomorrow in the house of representatives. >>> turning to politics, one day after rick santorum was able to sweep in missouri, minnesota and colorado, mitt romney on the defensive going after rick santorum calling him a washington insider and former house speaker newt gingrich returning to georgia next week to raise money and to campaign two days of campaigning in his home state, all in advance of the super tuesday primary on march 6th. the next round of primaries by the end at the end of this month in arizona and in michigan. we'll have more on presidential pol politics later in the program. let's begin with the comments of house speaker john boehner as he went to the floor critical of the president in his decision that would require religious organizations including catho

the white house is having it both ways and the campaign having it both ways. we won't jump into the campaign now. let's wait until the republicans settle who the nominee is. for the longest time the obama political team has felt that mitt romney is going to emerge as the nominee. the president wasting no time responding to him, although indirectly in terms of not mentioning any names but it's very clear. it was clear at the university of michigan in ann ar bore where i covered the president where he talked about not letting the auto companies go under, and in his comments this past week in virginia and at the prayer breakfast. there's no doubt in anybody's mind who is even nodding off during the republican debates that the president was speaking about mitt romney. this is the way they're going to handle it for the foreseeable future. we think that it's going to be probably in maybe april or may, depending on when the republicans come to terms with their nominee, the president will take the gloves off and the name mitt romney will pass his lips publicly. >> pet

joey beat the device that was a science affairer at the white house.did ask members of the press to get out of line of fire before he pulled the trigger. surprising? then mrs. obama took on jimmy fallon on tug of war and other activities. no members of the media during that program. [ laughter ] >> i'm sure the president would have liked to have the press line of up

the white house held a news conference. a conference call with religious activists today promising to make religious universities and hospitals exception. an announcement is expected from the president next hour. 12:15, the president will talk about that. we will carry that for you live on cnn. >>> and we are going now to syria. that's what it looks like, tens of thousands of syrians are holding demonstrations across the country today. this one is in hama. the crowd is chanting support for the people of homs who have been under heavy bombardment all week long. today's nationwide demonstrations were also called to show opposition to russia for its veto of a u.n. resolution condemning the violence. women and children are among hurricanes of civilians being killed and injured. >> this is one of the houses. look at these children. how can you stand and watch these children be like this? >> the activists you just saw with those children will join us at the bottom of the hour. amazing stories to tell you. >>> more amazing images

churchill drank husband way through the white house. he was a -- his way through the white house. he was a very popular guest though. he was there with advisers to try to guide the american military or and industrial forces into war. we weren't nearly prepared. we didn't have enough planes, we didn't have enough tanks, we didn't have enough of anything. and we weren't even prepared to gear up our industry for more. churchill brought with him lord beaverbrook, a former canadian who was a feisty guy who was good on talking straight to the americans and told them do you know that the russians lost 3,000 tanks in one battle against the germans and the germans lost nearly as many? how long will it take you to build 3,000 tanks? well, this boggle led the minds of the americans, but they stopped production of cars, they stopped production of any kind of leisure equipment like refrigerators and air conditioners and began building tanks and planes. and the british were losing so many ships to german submarines that churchill pointed out that we had to build more than one ship a day to repl

and the white house might want to brace itself. a subpoena could be headed its way and that's never good news. the latest on solyndra. and maxine waters called a top house republican leaders demons. demons?! why does she say that? hear directly from congresswoman, what she said, coming up. >> greta: new drama surrounding whitney houston's funeral. reports of problems with the relatives. we have the latest from mike walters. >> nice to see you. >> greta: i understand mike there is an unfortunate family drama that unfolding about the funeral of whitney houston. >> reporter: yeah, greta. they don't want bobby brown there. the problem is, he is the father of whitney's daughter bobby christina and it's become an issue, bobby brown is responsible as the negative driving force behind whitney's spiral in her life but they feel right now he is just going to cause a scene. they feel like it's not the right time or place for bobby brown and his side of the family to be at this funeral especially since kristina is having such a hard time with t

this white house statement, i understand what reverend gram is talking about. this white house statement, make sure we now know that iranian regime for the second time know it is united states president knows what is going on. that is a strong message to send to the iranian regime and ayatollah itself. >> thank you so much. hundreds of thousands of people taking part in a twitter campaign to free pastor yousef nadarkhani. sign up at the american center for justice website. cwnews.org. >>> an extremist jewish group desecrated a baptist group. attack is part of an on going campaign against christian and muslim sites. cbn correspondent, julie stall shows us. >> reporter: it will crucify you and death to christianity, sprayed in hebrew on the house walls. >> obviously people don't like christians being here and don't like jesus or respect jesus for sure. >> baptist house in downtown jerusalem has been attacked in the past. 2007, vandals burned chairs and hymn books and 1982, previous wooden structure burned to the ground. this incident brought out the best of the n

white house is using them as a propaganda man. from white house and media matters and liberal organizations, and they strategize. i don't think that is 3501 organization. they are not a nonprofit. they are hiring trackers who are going to events at fox news staffers and contributors and to try to discredit people. >> sean: they want to is a silent opposition voices. >> exactly. >> they want to align groups they can fund and support. they want to go attack the advertise can base when they can and they want to end opposition in this country. what does it tell you about, first of all.... >> george soros finances this. here is the problem, what you are saying, you silent dissent. david block years ago when i was on another network, after he switched from extreme right wing and left wing in one day. you know leopards don't change their spots. he was liar then, he is liar now. character is a character. but he is going after people like us, but me, you want to come after me. this is really ticks me off. >> sean: they can go after me. you

i still remember it was in the bottom floor of the white house, the mansion of the white house and i was walking back from an event with her. i told her this and she turned to me and said i want you to work for me and i'm thinking about doing this thing. you should -- you should work on it. and it was -- i was getting married just a few weeks later. it was -- i didn't expect it at off. and it turned everything on its head. but it was -- it was a fascinating ride. so i did that. and then i worked forer in a variety of -- variety of ways. >> where did you meet your snuzz >> we met on the campaign. we were both precinct leaders in 1988 out in california. we were both freshmen at ucla. and he -- we were both at this event where there were signing up precinct leader and they were taking different districts and he took the lalk -- ucla dorms and i took this area next to it that happened to be bellaire. it's one of the wealthiest places in america. it's the neighborhood north of l.a. ronald reagan used to live there. lots of hollywood star live there. all the houses were gated. so i had 150