now i am at the white house. i think that one of the things that i said that is most unique about the way that is different from -- the way we covered the president is different than the way we cover any other politician in washington or anywhere in any statehouse, he is basically stuck with us almost all the time. any public statements, any public appearance, even a personal dinner out with his wife, a cough game -- a golf game, we are nearby. a small cluster of the press as representative of the larger pool of the press corps, it is not glamorous. looking for any sign we can of him, making sure he is where he is supposed to be, and giving a rhythm of his daily life. christi: we view say where you are from and what your academic past was. kathleen: i didn't do any journalism when i was in school originally, i didn't know what i wanted to do. i studied history, the classics. t wasn't a terribly useful major. i got into journalism later in life and went to berkeley for graduate school. i did internships at the l.a

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

make sure you get out of the white house, have sources outside the white house, and just draw from a bigger pool to combat what you're talking about, i think, which is only hearing one side of the story all day long. right, and also, you have to bring the history into it. i think history plays an important part when it comes to conversations like this. you have to remember conversations you had in the past with president, private conversations, and with people on the national security council and then go out there. one of the most dangerous things in the white house -- it's a friendly atmosphere and relationship, but i think it's more dangerous for the white house to know that we do not rely solely on them. we go outside. you cannot just listen to what they say. you have to have outside sources thealk to people, to flush story out because they will spin it went away and the other side --l spin it the other way they will spin it one way, and the other side will spin at the other way. we try to use the information as it comes from all sides and give you the history so you know what may

she demonstrated her political antenna and the influence inside the white house. the personnel director and the human resources department. host: he turns over the white bush.to george h.w. 15 minutes to talk about a long post presidency. marked with the announcement of his alzheimer's. before that, in short order, .his memoir came out she had been working on it during the latter part of the white house years. "my turn" was the name of it. her turn at what? >> she talked about some of the es and told her side of the story. anybook does not have surprising revelations. she talked about supporting the president and supporting reagan. might say she wants it both ways. she is powerful. if you cost her, you feel it. was powerful,e she would think you are insulting reagan and pushback on it. reagan raise money for the library and how do they use it? >> they went to their friends who gave a lot of money and other foundations to work very with mrs. reagan and the becameent before he story andl ron reagan maintain his legacy. still a revered figure, as is nancy. of telling

was there an anti-southern bias in the media while they were in the white house? grace hale: i think that she was correct. but, i mean, most people that had not -- that are not from the south had a kind of opinion of who white southerners were that were shaped by the media's coverage of civil rights unrest and protests and violence. and i think that many people had those kinds of assumptions that were not from the south. i should clarify and i don't know what she meant when she said whites against southerners. certainly more of a bias against whites than african american southerners and national media environment. and a period when rural white southerners were all over popular white culture. >> on this concept of acceptance in the public image, she wrote image did become an annoyance that wouldn't go away. i know that if i were working productively and accomplishing something worthwhile images would take care of themselves. wrong. i learned that labels are easy to come by and hard to overcome. >> talk about the carter's acceptance by the washington establishment. t

i remember recently i was walking into the white house and i saw people coming out of the white house. i looked closely and there were some congressional leaders and their families. they knew who i was -- what are you doing here? we met with the president. what kind of committee are you on? mhm! so you have to be -- you have to the ocd in this job. for instance, i keep my phone off, but we all normally have our phones because we need to find our sources, someone inside the white house can be telling us something. we are 24/7. it is all about anything presidential, and being there, you get a chance to talk to the newspapers. when they see you, it is about trusted relationships. if they trust you and feel they can talk to you, they will give you information and breaking news. you might even get a chance to talk to the president. it is important to be in that building. it is not a kind of place. claustrophobics need not apply. my room looks like a phone booth. two put together. >> they don't know what a phone booth is. [laughter] i had to go to london -- remember those red london phone b

during the white house -- during the obama white house. so when that happens there is -- it happens every day, by the way. there is a mass shooting in this country on the average of once day. more than one person being shot and the gun person -- the shooter being -- having a gunshot as well. by that definition there is a mass shooting in this country almost every day. so there is a real sense of sadness that goes on with it. did i a story in the past week how this informs the president's approach to gun control, and i think that one thing we try -- i try very hard to do at the white house is exactly what kathleen said which is to step away from that -- whatever the white house fixation is or the white house point of view and to try to inform the conversation more fully with information, evidence, data from the outside. april: yesterday. sorry. yesterday i literally because the president was just in chicago talking to the police chief, the international association of police chiefs and gun control was one of the issues. so yesterday in the

life inided they liked the white house. for mrs. ford, it was a great improvement. her husband as house minority leader was on the road over 260 nights a year. he spent more time with her once they were in the white house. determined to do their best to extend the ford presidency. haveim particularly, to the mandate of a popular election as the only appointed president, almost a president with an asterisk. >> when they first met, she did not know she was getting a politician. >> it is hard for me to believe that she was totally naive. gerald ford was a big man on campus. local hero from his high school days as a football player. it is not terribly surprising that he should decide to go into public life. there is no doubt that she was surprised. octobere married in 1948. >> we have a question on twitter. did they schedule their wedding for october 15, 1948 after the republican primary and why? >> yes. you have to know west michigan to appreciate. was a culturally conservative place with a dutch -- where the dutch reformed church held sway. was a fiscal conservative. h

they reached the white house.nd it's interesting to note -- we were talking about this before we started -- we're doing this program live on the 20th of january, 2014, and it is today exactly the 25th anniversary of the bushes coming into the white house. the bush years -- and we have, as we do in each of these programs, a still of the important things that happened during those four years in the white house just to put it on the record books. and they include his "no new taxes" pledge. the savings-and-loan crisis also happened during that time period. of course, the first iraq war, which was known as desert storm. tiananmen square also happened during that time. and for many of your interests, the end of the cold war happened during the bush years. so on the national stage, so much going on. what was happening domestically during that time period? ms. gutin: a lot of social upheaval. jeffrey alluded to it with the changes in society and the role of women. hillary clinton becomes the first lady later, but first la

so that was a big asset. >> and for the record, the carter white house was no hard liquor white house>> i think that was more of a budgetary thing than it was aesthetics. they figured they could get better wines and better food if they didn't serve hard liquor. but, yeah, that was one way of doing it. they had to do this on a small budget. so, you know, the fact that you are doing more events doesn't mean you have more money to do them. you do have to be cost conscious about it. >> also i think it was part of where they were from. their kind of background. many people in the south, small town south, white and black, who are people are faith do not drink. and it was also part of who they were and they brought that with them to the white house. and i think that was, you know, a cultural issue and also again a kind of class choice. it isn't going to be an elite atmosphere. we are going to have more of the people's white house and that was part of what they saw as something that they wanted to promote. >> in the next clip, mrs. carter talks about the media's reaction to this people's whit

. >> members of the white house how they cover the obama administration. q & a with jay nordlinger about his book on "children of monsters." another chance to see british cameronnister david take questions from the members of the house of commons. >> friday the washington center hosted members of the white house press corps to talk about the president and their relationship between the administration and the media. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> welcome, everybody. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. going to have a couple of quick announcements. shorte're going to have a pause and for the cameras to pick up. then we'll go to kevin nunley introduce our moderator this morning. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. welcome. i'm alan gross. tois my great pleasure welcome you to the second conversation in the fall of 2015. the is an important part of lead colloquium. it is an opportunity to learn about issues of public concern. you'll have a chance to learn about different strategies for citizens to make a difference care the issues that they about and

trademark rubbed in his anchoring our coverage rate -- white house.crumpton is anchoring our coverage. let me begin with you. at this point, what does president aland one to hear from president obama? >> what he is going to here is a reiteration from president obama --bolically, but he once wants specificity. there is pulling to suggest frustration with this president on both sides of the island also abroad on how he has been able to communicate that strategy. hopefully the president will begin to appease us of those concerns at this press conference. mark: speaking of political standing, what has the aftermath of these terror attacks done for president franÇois hollande standing in paris or friends -- france overall? up,ou have elections coming but france also has some presidential elections coming up in 2017. importantse is very in terms of his popularity in front of the french people. now according to some of the holes that we had in the last thedays, more than 90% of french people support him and just after the attacks. the policemen being able to

kris van cleave is at the white house. kris. >> reporter: elaine, the white house was on lockdown for several hours because of this incident. this area here outside the white house was just reopened to the public. now, about 2:45 today, the secret service says the jumper they've identified as joseph caputo jumped the white house fence. a photographer captured the moment caputo, wearing gloves, draped in an american flag, hopped the fortified white house fence holding a binder in his mouth before throwing his arms in the air seemingly in celebration. the woman who took these photos tweeted: the intruder dropped to his knees with his hands in the air as the secret service rushed to arrest him. his flag was put into an evidence bag while a bomb squad searched the white house lawn. the fact the intruder made it over the fence raises questions about the security upgrades put in place over the summer. in july, new spikes were installed on the white house fence to make it hard tore climb. the secret service called that a temporar

as you just are i've covered the white house since 1986 so i'm one of the longest-serving white house correspondent in history. that's where i got the great in my beard, but when you're a white house correspondent you are always looking for ways to see behind the curtain, to get some sense of what the president is like beyond the spin and public relations coming to get more insights into the president. so in the books i've written i tried to do that. i wrote a book about air force one look at presidents and a very special habitat of air force one. the book about presidents and their homes and retreats and giveaways, sort of what they are like in habitats that way. a book about presidential isolation and the current book which is "celebrity in chief," and in that book i talk about the development of our celebrity culture in the united states and how presidents need to not only be commander in chief and policymaker in chief, educating chief and so on but celebrity in chief. presidents need to participate in popular culture more than ever and they can't just sort of the isa and the white

kris van cleave is at the white house. kris? >> reporter: elaine, the white house was on lockdown for incident. this area here outside the white house was just reopened to the public. now, about 2:45 today, the secret service says the jumper they've identified as joseph caputo jumped the white house fence. a photographer captured the moment caputo, wearing gloves, draped in an american flag, hopped the fortified white house fence holding a binder in his mouth before throwing his arms in the air seemingly in celebration. the woman who took these photos tweeted, i heard him take a deep breath and whisper, all right, let's do this. and went for it. the intruder dropped to his knees with his hands in the air as the secret service rushed to arrest him. his flag was put into an evidence bag while a bomb squad searched the white house lawn. the fact the intruder made it over the fence raises questions about the security upgrades put in place over the summer. in july, new spikes were installed on the white house fence to make it harder

at the white house sometimes elected in the white house not to have that. this is the famous picture of president kennedy. a little trap door in the front. got wide circulation. was not really obsessed with the issue. very effective for rejecting president kennedy as a celebrity and enhancing his image. and there was the 1st modern celebrity couple. president johnson takes office. a spectacular congressional leader. just how to get his way on capitol hill, senate majority leader. guys presidential candidate. johnson was at loose ends. was not culturally insync with the kennedy and kennedy crowd. then this huge ego if we had the saturation television coverage he would have had a very difficult time because is just too much, so overbearing and overwhelming even invade the personal space of people and try to convince people what the piece of legislation of the gold. in still another. you can see this guy looks like he's scared. johnson tried to keep this below -- behind closed doors. did not understand popular culture. was not interested in movies except news

swain: carl cannon, another interesting theme throughout the 200 years of history has been how white housesthe media. in this case, we have two people who had acting as their profession and television was in its ascendancy as a political force. how did they use it in the white mr. cannon: well, you think this, everybody talks about reagan was an actor, but she was an actor, too. she was on the stage. she had 12 feature films. the comfort level of these two behind the camera, it's the envy of every political couple, and they used it as easily as you and i would just pick up a telephone and call a friend, and that's what they showed. and even the little things. you know, she's talking about color and she's wearing a red dress, and they understood the lighting, they understood the message, how the message should go with the pictures. they really got it all, and it was almost second nature to them both. ms. swain: i want to move to the second term in the white house, again, full of so many issues. in brief, some of them included the soviet summit, which concluded with the arms treaty, the explo

white house. we consider ourselves a constant set of eyes as much as possible. i started my career in washington and with the l.a. times. cover ao go and statehouse in nevada, and politics in las vegas, to get out into the country and cover politics on a more local level. i came back to washington to cover congress and national campaigns. now i am at the white house. one of the things that i said that is most unique about the way that is different from -- the way we covered the president is different than the way we cover any other politician in washington or statehouse, he is basically stuck with us almost all the time. anypublic statements, public appearance, even a personal dinner out with his wife, a cough game -- a golf game, we are nearby. a small cluster of the press as representative of the larger pool of the press corps, it is not glamorous. looking for any sign we can of him, making sure he is where he supposed to be, and giving a rhythm of his daily life. christi: we view say where you

. >> reporter: del, it's difficult to talk about francois hollande's mission here at the white house without talking about this latest incident potentially explosive. the turkish shooting down of the russian war plane allegedly over turkish air space. this just complicates the mission even further. there has already been division between turkey and russia. russia and the united states, other allies in the region like saudi arabia, the united states and its allies want to see bashar al-assad go, russia does not. russia has been insisting that assad is now the only viable option in syria. now you add this extra wrinkle, the attack, this conflict between turkey, obviously a nato member, and russia. it certainly does make the situation much more difficult. obviously francois hollande is here to promote unity in the wake of the paris attacks. later on in the week he is scheduled to go to russia and meet with vladimir putin. this announced in the wake of those attacks trying to form a cohesive international coalition to fight isil, and yet this incident here is going to complicate things i

kris van cleave is at the white house. kris? >> reporter: elaine, the white house was on lockdown for several hours because of this incident. this area here outside the white house was just reopened to the public. now, about 2:45 today, the secret service says the jumper they've identified as joseph caputo jumped the white house fence. a photographer captured the moment caputo, wearing gloves, draped in an american flag, hopped the fortified white house fence holding a binder in his mouth before throwing his arms in the air seemingly in celebration. the woman who took these photos tweeted, i heard him take a deep let's do this. and went for it. the intruder dropped to his knees with his hands in the air as the secret service rushed to arrest him. his flag was put into an evidence bag while a bomb squad searched the white house lawn. the fact the intruder made it over the fence raises questions about the security upgrades put in place over the summer. in july, new spikes were installed on the white house fence to make it harder t

after the white house burned, and, of course, the, the white house itself. well, before we get to questions and answers, i want to make a couple of comments on paul jennings' legacy. james madison wrote of liberty and learning leaning on each other for their mutual and surest support. like madison, jennings applied his learning in the service of liberty. he secured his freedom and his family's future as an intrepid anti-slavery activist. he forged passes and free papers for slaves, was an operative in a major attempt at slave escape, and he raised funds for slaves in peril by helping, thus, helping to purchase them from their masters. he's, his is a unique story, but it's also important to appreciate that at the same time, he is representative of many, many african americans of his time whose stories may never be known, but who, like him, overcame a barrage of obstacles in pursuit of the right to rise. and i will close by referring back to the library of congress and the great good that they do here in preserving the written word. you know, when jennings' au

together they will hold a news conference from the east room of the white house.the media is getting set up. they're awaiting the french president as well as president obama. at the top of the agenda, talking isis. how to fight the terrorist organization and enlist a coalition. this, of course, follows the tragic terrorist attacks in paris. we'll let you know when the news conference begins. barbara? >> thank you. >>> police are investigating a deadly double shooting in the district. one man is dead, another man is injured. it happened around 10:00 last night near pennsylvania and minnesota avenues in southeast. there's no word on a suspect or motive yet. >>> nato is holding an emergency meeting today over the attacks. turkey shot down a russian plane which it says was violating its airspace. russia says the plane was over syria. two pilots parachuted out. remember rebels killed one pilot. >>> ted cruise is in a virtual tie for first place with donald trump this morning according to a new quinnipiac poll. ben carson dropped to third. >>> donald trump is not backin

i covered the carter white house, in those years.ople said, he is the one who has his finger on the bomb. there was a lot of this rhetoric flying around. this was, by no means, a walk-in for him. he had the people. he had the money. >> they were out in california. and he was the nominee in waiting for four years. the only thing that is remotely like it is like what is going on with hillary clinton, to be honest with you. they are not just going to hand it to her, but he had the money. he had the support. the republican party was in transition. and it was going to be ronald reagan's party. nancy that it was true, and she turn out to be right. >> let's fast-forward here. >> are we going to slowly? >> it was a landslide against jimmy carter. 489-49 for the sitting president. much of that was colored by the iranian hostage situation. that was coming to a close on inauguration day. would you spend just a minute talking about that unbelievable inauguration day, when the country was waiting for the hostages to come home, and it happened rig

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how did another fence-jumper make it on the white house lawn? we'll tell ya. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, thanksgiving inside... all because of a man named jose caputo whose accused of jum >>> the white house was locked down for hours while the first family celebrated thanksgiving inside all because of a man named joseph caputo who is accused of jumping the white house fence. here's cbs news' kris van cleave. >>> reporter: a photographer captured the moment caputo wearing gloves draped in an american flag hopped the fortified white house fence holding a binder in his mouth before throwing his arms in the air seemingly in celebration. >> just heard him take a big deep breath and whisper to himself, let's do this! and he took off! he jumped over the barricade and then climbed the fence. and once he went over, he lifted his armed up. >> reporter: the intruder dropped to his knees with his hands in the air as the secret service rushed to arrest him. >> everyone was yelling and kids are crying. who is this? very unexpected. >> reporter: his flag was put into an

intelligence system and into the white house. so to say that "i'm surprised at the rise of this threat" is really -- it's gross understatement as to what reality is. >> what about this reported manipulation of the data, that the analysts were being told, we don't like that message, fix it to comport more with the narrative coming out of the white house? it's not that the iraqi soldiers abandoned, it's that they redeployed. >> i think this issue of not meeting a narrative out of the white house, which meant, don't talk about radical islam. don't talk about this as being a form of a radicalization of the islamic religion, which it is. it is a cancer inside the islamic religion and the white house and the president has not wanted to say that. if you continue to get this pushback, which is really what happened, and i think that's what you're seeing from the great analysts, which have been at this a long time -- >> jumping up and down saying pay attention. >> many have been deployed for many years in iraq and afghanistan and elsewhere

may i ask each of you to comment about her stewardship of the white house and how they used the whiteouse politically to advance their goals? would you talk about her interest in the history of the white house and how she approached it? >> she started america's treasures preservation and did a lot of research and found a lot of things and put them on display. she did restoration of the treaty room, several of the rooms in the white house. she was not as active as jacqueline kennedy was, but she was still pretty active. i don't know much about their social entertaining. they had some big white house lawn parties, but they didn't use the white house nearly as much as the kennedys who made it a cultural center. she was very busy doing other policy things. >> we know about the lincoln bedroom. they brought in a lot of musicians. bill clinton loved music, much like president obama and michelle bringing in various musicians, the clintons did as well. they also turned it into something of a sleepover place. a lot of friends stayed there often. no one actually lived there like under roosevelt

flag-wearing fence jumper at the white house. we're live at the north lawn where a man made a run for it. >> happy holiday homecoming, missing siblings found alive hundreds of miles away. >>> it's an annual tradition that mixes football and politics. i'm mark segraves, and coming up, you might be surprised who was on the sidelines. >> black friday march, new calls for a mass demonstration after more police videos are released in the shooting of a chicago teen. >>> developing first at 6:00, a fence jumper disrupts the first family's thanksgiving. a man climbs over the newly upgraded white house fence draped in the american flag. >> these photos just into the newsroom. the man is carrying what looks to be on a a binder. he raises his hand in triumph and secret service agents all over him. >> they think he left his vehicle in hanes point and walked to the white house. >> our team coverage begins with derek ward live in the north lawn. >> derek? >> good evening. they have identified that fence jumper. his name is joseph caputo. we do

>> it's legacy time at the white house. he wants to be able to just get things coasting through so his presidency is over. if there is a failure in the middle east he can blame it on the next guy. he can blame bush forgetting in and blame the next guy for losing. whether it's the press conference in the white house or the meeting in brussels with the nato partners. the world is crying out for american leadership. we are the on country with the political, ide ideological and l power. we now have countries trying to do whatever they are trying to do, some are exploiting the situation. but nobody is in charge. that's why you are seeing the president of france running around all over the world trying to establish a coalition. that's why you are seeing putin taking advantage of nato. that's why you have gothers in the entire middle east saying we don't know what to do. we need a leader. that's why the essential element of the united states leadership isn't there. jon: bret, i heard you dmiemg there. reporter: i was talking to so

and passing out the white house, thousands of people lined up. they thought of the president as the first citizen of the land, he was no different from other citizens as a human being. the president was not seen as some exalted figure, but only that first citizen, no better than the average person in the legal sense. only with fdr and world war ii and the cold war that followed to the white house become the imposing safeguard, sometimes under assault in movies, complex that it is today. the presidential papers were much smaller, though they were large in number, then they are now. to give you kind of an example, theodore roosevelt's papers on microfilm, 485 reels. for taft there is 658. for fdr there were 20 tons of material. every president since has had more papers than all the previous presidents combined taken together. you can see how the presidency has metastasized over the last century. taft had been elected over democrat william jennings bryan. bryan running for the third time. when he lost he said i guess they don't want to let me in the

in the white house. lee moore accused of sending sexual images who he thought was a teenage girl. i a esthe latest in a series of scandals for the secret service. jeff goldberg has reaction from the white house tonight. jeff? jeff: today in dover, delaware, lee moore waived his preliminary hearing in state court and will be taken to federal custody on monday. face a judge in wilmington, delaware. more work at the white house. now the secret service is forced to deal with a fall-out from yet another high-profile scandal. once again the agency assigned to protect the white house -- >> disgusting. >> and the president -- >> disappointing. jeff: has americans from all over shaking their head. >> this is scary. you trust them. reporter: 37-year-old lee moore who lives lives in queen , maryland is charged with sending obscene material to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl but was an agent with the delaware state police. according to a criminal complaint moore was communicating with the site meet 24 and

in the remainder of president obama's term at the white house. >> mike viqueira for us at the white house. thank you very much. >>> also we're learning that the pentagon could issue a plan to show the detention center at guantanamo bay also known as gitmo. there are possible backups that include the centennial prison in colorado. removing those prisoners does require congressional approval, which many say is unlikely. president obama also talking about the deaths of two americans in jordan. take a listen. >> we take this very seriously, and we'll be working closely with the jordanians to determine exactly what happened. but i want to lit everyone know that this is something that we'll pay close tension to, and we're at the point where the families have been notified. obviously our deepest condolences will be going out to them. >> five people from shot and killed by a jordanian police officer that officer reportedly open fired inside of a training center near aman and that center is used to train security forces there. we have our story from washington. according to the state departme

kelly o'donnell is live at the white house. what's the very latest and are things going to change now because of what happened in the turkish/syrian border? >> reporter: well, certainly what happened there has to be a part of today's conversation. i reached out to white house officials, no comment just yet. i'm sure they're processing some of the facts and we would expect to hear from them. but what is so interesting about this meeting is in short proximity to the terrible events in paris and the opportunity for the french bpresident to come here to broker whatever can he with president obama, and then quickly heading to russia to meet with vladimir putin. and clearly on that he said ever t end of the conversation, there will certainly be about what happened this morning. so for hollande, this is a chance on the very surface to receive some of the support and encouragement of the american people through the president, but then to have a more specific conversation about some of the things that the u.s. and france could perhaps d

, it should start at the white house. because they had a narrative and we were giving them the right intel. this is what he had to say. >> the focus of this investigation ought to start right at the top, where intelligence starts and stops is at the white house. the president sets the priorities, he's the number one customer. if he's not getting the intelligence that he needs, and if he's not paying attention to what else is going on, then something else is wrong there. nobody can sit here today, no one and particularly the amount of intelligence the white house got and say we didn't know this was a problem. give me a break. >> they acquire the information that isis was grilling a few th saw an opportunity to move up. the analysts said, listen, the stuff we're telling our superiors is not getting out accurately to the white house. the question is, was there pushback at the white house to make sure that the information getting to the president was rose-colored glasses, was better than you thought? fox news is told by a sou

an invitation to the white house. aboutw to be to comment her stewardship of the white house and how they used a politically to advance their goals? >> when you talk about her interest in the history and how she preserved it, she started america's treasures preservation. she did a lot of research. she found lost things and put them on display. restored several rooms. as active as jack kennedy, but she was still pretty active. i don't have much about their entertaining and other having a big lawn parties but they did not use the white house nearly as much as the kennedy's grave in animated the cultural center he was very busy doing other policy things. >> bill clinton loved music. much like michelle obama bringing musicians he did it as well. but they also turned it into somewhat of a sleepover place. a lot of donors would be rewarded with an item link and headroom. broughtve to talk and brushstrokes about the investigations of legal troubles. points, this is something brought up last week with barbara bush, a person t

for three hours, the white house was on lockdown. victoria pena, visiting from houston, witnessed it. victoria: he then took a deep breath and said, "all right, let's do this." : the man jumped the fence, even as the first family was home, enjoying dinner. victoria: and before you know it, he jumped over the .hite house fence tried to slip over the white house fence, with documents in his hand. he stood up and started walking towards the white house. and a second, security was yelling at us to move back here towards 8th street. a man and a dog handler yelled at joseph caputo to get on the ground. he was carrying with him a binder and an envelope. >> it was a serious breach of the white house property. is the latest in a string of several white house fence jumpers. it was pretty chaotic. it was pretty unexpected when we were there today. things took an unexpected turn. rich: the secret service is not saying why joseph caputo may have done this or what was in the envelope. the young woman who witnessed the said he was standing on the o

>>> tonight, security scare at the white house. a man scales the spiked fence and jumps on to the north lawn. president obama and celebrated thanksgiving inside. >>> terror raids. police storm multiple locations in the hunt for europe's most wanted man who has been on the run since the paris attack. as envelopes of white powder trigger panic at a mosque. >>> trump outraged. the republican front runner mocks a reporter with a disability who questioned trump's 9/11 claims. trump wants an apology. retailers setting records today. launching a new black friday frenzy in your own home. even before those thanksgiving celebrations wrap up. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: this is n brks krrks "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. substituting tonight, kate snow. >> good evening and happy thanksgiving. on this holiday, another security scare at the white house, as a man draped in an american flag was able to scale and jump the spiked fence before being stopped by the secret service, all while the first family by was inside. the jumpe

the gun play went on for about three minutes and a secret service agent was killed and a white house police officer shot and seriously wounded be you truman was looking from blair house out the window and was told by secret service agents somewhere get inside. get away from the windows. he was watching the events occurring right before his eyes. >> the video includes a man named stephen hunter who has written a book about this and blair house is right across the street from the white house. >> here he is loading his gun. nobody in the world has seen him yet except the two men, three men he has now shot. still et service are consumed with the man shooting at them as they're shooting at him. at that moment, harry truman comes to the window. he had been up there in his underwear. he heard the shots and he came to the window. it was open we know and he did look out. so there is a moment, this very teetery, scary moment when he was loading the gun. >> right here. >> remember, he is a very good shot. harry truman is right up there. >> any other examples of where harry truman was attempted,

the white house was put on a brief lock down. court documents show caputo had been staying with friends in virginia and left a suicide note along with an audio message for his mother and a will. police say caputo is charged with scaling the fence. the official white house christmas tree has arrived! first lady michelle obama, along with the first family's dogs - bo and sunny - received the 18-and-a-half foot frasier fir today. the tree was grown in pennsylvania. the tree, which is 11 feet wide, was cut down monday and will be on display in the blue room. this is the 50th tree to see white house duty since harvesting them from the national christmas tree association's grand- champion winners began in 1966. a glittery rock found is in fact a diamond... and it's the biggest diamond unearthed in a century. it was discovered in the southern african nation of botswana. the rock is so huge, the canadian mining company that found it is unable to put a value on it. that's because the rock is too big for computer analysis. some analysts su

our todd quinones traveled to lansdale where he looked at the birthplace of this years official white house christmas tree. >> reporter: of all of the christmas trees being bought and sold this time of the year, is there one from our area that is going to the most famous house in the world. >> you will meet her. >> um-hmm, yes. >> pretty cool. >> yes. >> i have never been to the white house before. >> reporter: jane buster is a third generation christmas tree farmer and chances are good if you see a christmas tree on someone's car or truck in the lansdale area the the tree came from his farm. but it is near 19-foot frazier fur that will wind up on display inside blue room of the white house. it was one of the two trees white house staffers were considering. >> this was tree that they didn't take. >> that is right. >> but, i think it is a great tree. >> reporter: this summer national christmas tree competition in illinois the best tree earned buster's the honor. along with the 88 year-old mom, virginia, jay will head down to washington to officially present the tree, to the the first lady. >

the white house didn't extend an invitation. that was really a low point in that the prime minister's purpose was to rally against the iran nuclear deal. well, that has gone through, so his attempt to get congress to really push back hard failed. now, these two leaders have to come together and it's an opportunity to try to make some amends here. the prime minister will be pushing the united states for more military funding. right now, israel gets $3.1 billion a year. they would like to see more over a 10 year period. now, the white house for its part also has some political hopes from this meeting. president obama has gotten some flak from democrats for not having a better relationship with the prime minister, because democrats want to make sure that they do have a solid pro israel relationship or perception going forward especially as they prop for the 2000 syncom pain. >> the peace process or some say lack thereof, any chance of jump starting peace talks between israel and the palestinians? >> white house officials admit at t

-- to the white house, hollande will then travel to meet with putin and angela merkel. so to your point, he is attempting to pull together this coalition at a time -- a very tricky time now with the news we woke up to today regarding the development with turkey and russia. ambassador, thank you so much for your time. it is incredible to have your insight on these things. thank you. >>> coming up, we are awaiting that news conference with president obama and french president francois hollande at the white house. they are meeting right now in the oval office and both are expected to speak within the hour. we will bring you that live development here at msnbc headquarte headquarters. we'll be right back. how i stay active. so i need nutrition... that won't weigh me down. for the nutrition you want without the calories you don't... introducing boost 100 calories. each delicious snack size drink gives you... 25 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. so it's big in nutrition and small in calories. i'm not about to swim in the slow lane. stay strong. stay active with b

incidents for the secret service including a security breach where a fence- jumper got inside the white house made it all the to the -- the fence-jumper got inside the house and made it all the way to the east room. he was one of three men to jump the fence last year. police tell us criminal charges are pending against joseph caputo but at this point we have no idea why he climbed the fence or what was in that binder. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> caputo was unarmed. >>> today it's all about traffic. >> lack of traffic. >> not really. >> telling you -- >> "friday light." >> except at the mall. >> actually it is busy at the shopping outlets. we heard from anne makovec and she said the parking lot at the livermore outlet is half full and would like a car for christmas. >> good luck, anne. >> we'll work on it. >>> good morning. we are going to talk about the bay bridge toll plaza. and on a regular morning we would have backups extending into the macarthur maze. but on black friday, with most people off of work, westbound traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza is a breeze. so enjoy the

the white house ellipse and president's park south, south of the white house and changes to the fence and to the security post, but the question is tonight, how long is it going to take? >> the christmas tree is here now and see, too, are the tourists on the south side of the white house. he immediately noticed the new spikes atop of the security fence. >> in some ideas i would expect the fence to be bigger andio can't take security lightly these days. >> reporter: for at least five years the feds have been planning security upgrades to the 52-acre space south of the white house more permanent blockades of vehicles to change how tourists on foot move through the areas and new signs to redirect them. >> we do want to strike the right balance because sometimes too many signs become confusing and we don't really need a sign saying, you know, this is the white house. >>> the feds are expected to formally submit their plans by the end of this year and news 4 learned the plans are not expected until early 2016. why is the time line slipping? >> the national park service is allowing more tim