>> white house, hold please. hello, white house. please hold. hello, white house.ouse, hello? hold please. he's not here. would you like his voicemail? >> nothing to do. [laughter] >> i am a little bit worried about him. this morning, he came into the oval office for our meeting. i said, mr. president, are you all right? he said, yeah, what is the matter? >> i said mr. president, you're wearing your pajama bottoms. i wish i could be here, but i know he has everything under control. >> wait, wait! [laughter] [applause] >> i think his legacy is going .o be the natural environment ♪ >> i have urged him to spend more time on that. [laughter] >> his schedule is as busy as ever, just filled with different things. road ♪e more for the [laughter] ♪ >> ♪ you would never know it i'm kind of a poet and i've got a lot of things i would like to say gloomyn i am ♪ >> i feel bad for him. i wish there was something that would cheer him up. ♪ [upbeat music] hahaha! ♪ >> yes! >> there you are. come on in. >> let's light this candle. just like that, you are riding the wave of the fut

of white house slaves. john adams complained that the white house, a southern mansion by the way was a huge putlace b at that point congress didn't provide funding for a white house staff. so unlike george washington who was able to just bring in slaves from mount vernon to philadelphia and to new york john adams had to go out and hire people to work in the white house at domestics there so he was spending money out of his own pocket for -- for a way for maids, for cooks for the white house. so when thomas jefferson moved in, he basically fires all of those workers that john adams has brought in to work in the white house and brings up -- brings in hi own slaves because for him it's cheaper. cheaper to bring someone you don't have to pay than it is to go out and hire someone. that's a thread that i found looking at the book looking at almost all of the presidents. many of them frankly most of them at spoipt in their life said said slavely was morally wrong. thomas jefferson defended and worked against the i

your client is the white house correspondent's association? >> correction. shame on me for referring to the president, you know, i guess i get a little, you know, excited that he's here. but the white house correspondent's dinner is, you know, they're nice people that are on the committee. they want to do the best for the -- for the group, the organization, and my job is to make their job a little bit easier. so as your chef, even when i do the menus, what can i do, how can i do, you know, make their decision-making process a little bit easier. >> this dinner is being held on april 30th, 2016. when will planning for 2017 begin? >> the day after, in all sincerity. what we do as a hotel, we get together, we discuss what went well, what didn't go well, what we need to do, you know, we didn't have somebody stationed in a certain area of the hotel to direct people or, did i not staff enough people in the restaurant kitchen for the business that we had for room service or before the bar or the restaurant, so we go over everything the day after, and then the day af

thousands of women picketing the white house. women in the work at factories worked every day except for sunday. they didn't have any options. alice paul being the brilliant woman that she was she designated a day factory working women day on a sunday for factory women to go to the white house. it was hugely successful. this banner comes from that day. happened february 1917. a lot of what alice paul did during that time because you wanted to get into the newspapers was to designate days. very simple very straightforward. she had college day and working women days. she had for today, she had pennsylvania day. she had a day where they celebrated bastille day. it was all an effort to keep her fresh and keep it in the papers and finally one of my favorite in the collection that failure is impossible. he comes from a speech that susan b. anthony made in 1906 called failure is impossible which is fairly self-explanatory. the national party of women continually brought up pioneer women in the movement. a lot of the banners reflected tr

welcome back to the cnn white house correspondents' dinner. republicans in the house right now even though it is a democratic president at his final correspondents' dinner. caylee, i think you'll like this because we spoke to some other donald trump fans. >> what do you think the party will look like if donald trump wins? >> well, we're going -- it's called diversity, something the republican party has never had. >> you actually worked in a white house, though, before. >> i v yhave, yes. >> so tell me what donald trump's office staff would look like. >> we've just gone through seven years of democratic policies, and it's been very interesting, but donald has a clear vision about making this nation safe, making sure we secure our borders, making sure we have economic prosperity for all americans, creating new job opportunities as well. >> but on a night like this, some people still think donald trump is not the most serious candidate in the world. do you think he has already proven them wrong, or does he still have to do that? >> we're on the c

that is what all these white house correspondents' dinner. -- white house correspondents do.estion them, or the critical angle at how you look at how they are doing. >> back live at the washington hilton. the 102nd annual white house correspondents' dinner. [indiscriminate chatter] >> we received a tweet, are we actually going to watch people eat for an hour and wonder what they are talking about? yes. program is the one that everyone is probably looking forward to. you will hear from the president, larry wilmore, you will see the scholarships being given. biden.f tweets about joe vice president joe biden on the stream, we were wondering if he was giving out his private number two somebody there. another twitter, i just tuned in to the white house correspondents' dinner, never have seen one of these before. when do they do the jokes? is due to start at 9:45, it will probably start a little late. hud, aretary of congressman from san antonio, we saw them a minute ago. robert tweets in, will wonders never cease? i am watching live feed of people sitting around, pretending to be

>> white house, hold please. hello, white house. please hold. hello, white house.ouse, hello? hold please. he's not here. would you like his voicemail? >> nothing to do. [laughter] >> i am a little bit worried about him. this morning, he came into the oval office for our meeting. i said, "mr. president, are you all right?" he said, "yeah, what's the matter?" i said, "mr. president, you're wearing your pajama bottoms." >> i wish i could be here, but i know he has everything under control. >> wait, wait! [laughter] [applause] >> i think his legacy is going to be the natural environment. ♪ >> i have urged him to spend more time on that. [laughter] >> his schedule is as busy as ever, just filled with different things. >> ♪ one more for the road [laughter] ♪ >> ♪ you would never know it but funny how i'm kind of a poet and i've got a lot of things i would like to say and when i am gloomy ♪ >> i feel bad for him. i wish there was something that would cheer him up. ♪ [upbeat music] >> hahaha! ♪ >> yes! >> there you are. come on in. >> let's light this candle. just like th

and the white house correspondents dinner is definitely the most. 24,000 steps that day.ecause i'm all over the place. whether it be in the pastry shop, butcher shop, preparation of cold food. on the hot side, working on hors d'oeuvres. making sure secret service is ok. making sure that we're ready for them to inspect our kitchen. working backwards on a time line to feed that many people. how many time do we need for the stakes steaks to go in and actually cook so there's a lot that goes into it. >> there's a lot of high-profile people that come to the hilton on a regular basis. so you're probably used to that part. where do you source your food? is that a secret? is the secret service involved? >> as far as the food goes, we have primary purveyors that we source most of the food through. as soon as the tasting is over, i actually set down, and that's when the ordering of the food takes place. so it took place three months ago. because we wanted to make sure there's the correct aging on the beef for the dinner that night. produce comes anywhere from california, meat usual

in october of 1917 alice paul was arrested for picketing the white house.e first time she was arrested in america and she was sentenced to six months in prison. at that time she was in solitary confinement. another woman alongside another woman were put in solitary confinement in alice paul knew what she had to do. she believed her comrades were not being treated well p. she needed to do something to send a message that she went on a hunger strike. officials in the prisons and president wilson and other important people at that point realizing this woman could potentially become a martyr for this movement which was the last thing they wanted. they began force-feeding the women and in order to get them the nutrients they need. involve putting tubes down their throat, down her nose and forcing food down pouring raw eggs down the tubes into their noses. fairly intense and pretty damaging to their bodies. not only were they going on hunger strikes were they weren't eating for days at a time that they were forced into the situation where they were strapped down

>> white house, hold please. president clinton: hello, white house. please hold.ite house. white house, hello? hold please. he's not here. would you like his voicemail? has nothing to do. [laughter] >> i am a little bit worried about him. this morning, he came into the oval office for our meeting. i said, "mr. president, are you all right?" he said, "yeah, what's the matter?" i said, "mr. president, you're wearing your pajama bottoms." >> i really have nothing to say about that. >> i wish i could be here, but i know he has everything under control. president clinton: >> wait, wait! [laughter] [applause] >> i think his legacy is going to be the natural environment. improving the green spaces of our country. ♪ >> i have urged him to spend more time on that. [laughter] >> his schedule is as busy as ever, he just is doing different things. >> ♪ one more for the road [laughter] ♪ >> ♪ you would never know it but funny how i'm kind of a poet and i've got a lot of things i would like to say and when i am gloomy ♪ >> i feel bad for him. i wish there was something that wou

white house. white house. he served as a deputy within the inner circle, and it was he who changed history by first double chain the -- by first dipole exposing the president. we have a clip. the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? i was aware of: listing devices, yes sir. >> where were those placed? approximatelyd: the summer of 1970, economical the precise date, but my guess is the installation was made between, and this is a rough guess, april or may of 1970 and perhaps the end of the summer or early fall of 1970. butterfield also, of course, is the primary source for bob woodward's highly readable account of this history, "the last of the president's men." this will be a wide-ranging conversation in one without gaps, certainly not as long as 18 and a half minutes. [laughter] watergate, as we know, change the relationship between the press and the presidency. on events, the press may have exercised its greatest power on the eve of a digital revolution whic

they had been at the white house in overcoming with him. things like that can happen but they usually even out. >> you have been working this dinner since 19 93, 3 different president spirit are there different styles for each one? dinner the motorcade and i said, i hope they have tickets because i do not have their names and i cannot see them. it turns out they did. they had been at the white house in overcoming with him. or for the presidents in general? >> in your role -- >> as far as my board and the ,ournal, the journalists to end hisush tended days it did earlier. earlier than president obama. a real -- for me, at my age -- by younger crew of people to deal with at the white house. they are great. they are very energetic. thiswhen it comes to dinner, they keep you on your toes. [laughter] >> we are you doing a dinner? are you seated? never, no. i him in the cabinet room when the reception is with our board. then, i go up with the head table and all during the dinner, i am on the stage behind a the table so if anybody needs anything, i

i remember calls from the white house. i remember threats from the chamber of commerce while i was home on easter break and even interrupting my town meetings. four years later i led the charge to freeze spending and to end the reagan defense buildup as a way to get the federal budget under control. the year was 1984. i teamed up with senator biden, a democrat, and senator kassebaum of kansas, a republican, to propose a freeze of the defense budget that would have cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the annual deficit. now, funny, at the time it was known as the kassebaum-grassley budget because it fit into what you recognize the soviet k.g.b. -- it came out k.g.b. defense freeze. but it should have been the g.k.b. freeze because it was my idea in the first place. and i think you can kind of sense, then, how the logic of was that it became k.g.b. freeze. but it doesn't matter. it was the principle that counted. we were going to make sure that across the board budgets were responsible, whether defense or anything else.

after we soon got into the white house, mrs. kennedy asked if i would have tom kitten board at -- board at the house. i was not aware of the president was allergic to animals. but caroline's cat, because she was the same a's -- same age as our two sons, they would come to visit and she would come periodically, mostly on wednesdays to come and visit, but before mrs. kennedy went on her trip to india, she wanted a day to herself so caroline and she could come visit with tom kitten and that would give her a day of relaxation. was one of the happier moments and there were several others, but there is so much to talk about, it could not cover it in just a few minutes. book and iead the would recommend the book. [applause] nancy hogan dutton worked in the campaign for fred dutton. she worked in his office in the white house and he went on to run robert f kennedy's campaign. your husband was special assistant to jfk. tell us about how you met and what that experience was like. he went on to found earth day as well. >> let me tell you a

>> white house, hold please. hello, white house. please hold. hello, white house. house, hello? hold please. he's not here. would you like his voicemail? >> nothing to do. [laughter] >> i am a little bit worried about him. this morning, he came into the oval office for our meeting. i said, "mr. president, are you all right?" he said, "yeah, what's the matter?" i said, "mr. president, you're wearing your pajama bottoms." >> i wish i could be here, but i know he has everything under control. >> wait, wait! [laughter] [applause] >> i think his legacy is going to be the natural environment. ♪ >> i have urged him to spend more time on that. [laughter] >> his schedule is as busy as ever, just filled with different things. >> ♪ one more for the road [laughter] ♪ >> ♪ you would never know it but funny how i'm kind of a poet and i've got a lot of things i would like to say and when i am gloomy ♪ >> i feel bad for him. i wish there was something that would cheer him up. ♪ [upbeat music] >> hahaha! ♪ >> yes! >> there you are. come on in. >> let's light this candle. just like

johnson assembled her committee for the first time on february 11, 1965, at the white house.embers were public officials, businessmen, architects, philanthropist, a cross-section of many americans. ideas and inspiration began flowing at once. an overwhelming number would be funded by the more than $2 million given by private donors. among the first proposals was a plan to adopt countless traffic circles and grassy triangles that dot washington intersections. they would be adorned with bright and colorful planters. on march 9, 1965, mrs. johnson laid out the first phase of the beautification program. in may of 1965, the committee met aboard the uss sequoia for a cruise and two were of the potomac river. tours and short trips would be a regular part of the activities. this highlighted the potomac's waterfront, and highlighted some of the problems connected with the river. the first lady had challenged her committee to find ways of implementing those beautification projects already underway, boosting those that should be underway, and being catalysts for new undertakings. an act

we saw that clip of you revealing the white house taping system. mr. butterfield: i saw it sideways, but i recall the incident. [laughter] mr. woodward: it was you. i saw it. you want to tell them why you hesitated. >> there was a pregnant's there. mr. butterfield: i caused because, fred thompson said, are you aware? during the time of the testimony, ahead already come to the faa which it been there for months, so i thought to myself, you might as well be accurate here, and i did not have a clue if they still had listing devices, so i just paused and said, i was aware rather than, i am aware. >> talk about that moment, that very historic moment. how did you come to work for richard nixon? [laughter] mr. butterfield: i cannot be brief. i will say this, i was in australia because the senior military officer in that country, and i just heard in 1968 when nixon snaked by hubert humphrey to win the presidency. i was like the kiss of death to me, the extension. it seemed that way. i was eligible. i was going to come up on eligibility as a career officer. i a

that word coordination is in the -- if you're sucking up to the white house for white house review issues that the province of a single agency, stop. don't substitute the white house staff for the line responsibilities of your cabinet secretaries. that's why i say it is the inner agency things. it's things that require coordination or that are important issues and issues for the president, or these kind of transcending issues of war and peace. those are what ought go to the president. that's what the staff ought to be spending their time. >> you described in an interview with chris wallace that you saw your job as "to work a little bit offstage." is that what you're talking about in terms of the way you approached your role? >> i think it's -- right. because if you think about it, the national security advisor is not senate confirmed and doesn't go testify before the congress. why is that? that was an issue that was litigated in 1987 under the tower commission report which is, remember, the result of the disclosure that arms were being basically traded for hostages with iran. and the reas

[applause] >> we''ll also talk with senior white house correspondent, press president of the white house correspondents association. join us tonight at 10:00, and be sure to tune in for our live coverage of this year's white house correspondents dinner on saturday, april 30 at six clark p.m. eastern on c-span. -- at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> john dean, former white house counsel to president nixon, and now barry goldwater chair of the americans vision at arizona state university, teaches a class on watergate and the discovery of the nixon white house taping system. in june, 1970 three, during testimony before the senate watergate committee, mr. dean implicated president nixon and officials, including himself in the watergate cover-up. mr. dean later pled guilty of obstruction of justice for his role in watergate and served 4 months in prison. this class is about an hour and 10 minutes. prof. dean: discovering the taping system -- is it lucky or inevitable? that is the discussion of these lectures. the whole story of the nixon tapes has been only partially told. it has taken me year

>>> the white house correspondents association is hosting its annual dinner this weekend with speeches from president obama and comedian larry willmore. here's a look at some of the other entertainers from past years who have hosted the event. >> but this is amazing. the first black president. i know you're biracial. but the first black president. you're proud to be able to say that. the first black president. you know, well, that's unless you screw up. then it's going to be what's up with the half white guy, huh? [ applause ] who voted for the mulatto? what the hell? >> so it's not a strong field. and who knows if they can beat you in 2012? but i tell you who could definitely beat you, mr. president. 2008 barack obama. you would have loved him. so charismatic. so charming. was he a little too idealistic? maybe. but you would have loved him. i still think we all remember that inauguration day. the first lady was there. and may i say for as beautiful as you look that day you look even more beautiful tonight. [ applause ] now, you on the other hand, mr. president, have aged a little. wha

it was the remarkable speech he gave inside the white house to the white house staff. he was absolutely covered in sweat as he gave this speech. he cried pretty much throughout the speech or on and off throughout the speech he cried. this was obviously, a terrible moment for richard nixon. this was a terrible occasion for him. but even knowing that, this speech he gave to the white house staff as he was leaving that day as he was quitting the presidency, oh my god was that speech dark. >> look around here and i see so many in this staff that you know, i've should have been by your offices and shaken hands and would loved to have talked to you and found out how to run the world. everybody wants to tell the president what to do. and boy, he needs to be told many times. nobody will probably write a book about my mother. all of you would say this about your mother. my mother was a saint. i think of her two boys dying of tuberculosis nursing four others in order to take care of my older brother for three years in arizona and seeing each of them die and when they died it was

and he says he might like to work in the white house some day. and the office of science and technology policy. and now this program note. be sure to tune in to fox news channel tonight at 9:00 eastern for fox news reporting rise ing threats, shrinking military. we speak with three of president obama's secretary about cuts to our military. that's it for today. have a great week and we'll see >> announcer: the following is a paid presentation for cize, brought to you by beachbody. this is the end of exercise. >> get ready to cize it up. [ beat drops ] [ people cheering ] are you ready to dance? 5, 6, 7, 8! >> on my way in i'ma take it >> stop exercising, people. it's time to start dancing. welcome to cize. >> announcer: cize is the all-new dance workout program that's gonna make losing weight fun and easy. >> to me, it's not even exercise because i don't want to stop. >> announcer: it's simple -- dance, have fun, and get awesome results. >> it's just like one big party turns on. it's so empowering. >> i spent many years of torturous exercises. ciz

and we worked much differently in the nixon white house. there were senior people there people -- there were senior people there. henry worked directly with the president, that the other senior people had to work, i am sure they did not like this, they had to work through me, because nixon just does not like it. mr. woodward: can i suggest she canan i suggest you told -- i suggest you tell the story about the state dinners, because once nixon said, i am so tired of the sobs sticking their face in mind and bothering me, and he had a solution, tell them what the solution was. mr. butterfield: is this ok? >> oh, no. this is all good. [laughter] this was almost unbelievable perry it was a big state denture -- this was almost unbelievable. it was a big state dinner. there is a big cocktail party in the east room for 30 or 40 minutes, making sure people are enjoying themselves, waiters are passing drinks on trays. and then you go through the receiving line. and then people file write down through the cross hall to the state dining room, and they

bush, former white house counsel to president clinton, former white house counsel to george h.w.h, former white house counsel to president reagan. and they say, quoting their brief, that "if this decision is upheld, it will cripple the ability of elected officials to fulfill their role in our representative democracy." now, i think it's extraordinary that those people agree on anything. [laughter] justice roberts: but to agree on something as sensitive as this and to be willing to put their names on something that says this cannot be prosecuted conduct. i think is extraordinary. mr. dreeben: it may be extraordinary, mr. chief justice, but that doesn't make it correct. [laughter] i think it rests on several fundamental misconceptions about what government actually does. and i think it's important to pause and look at the implications of what petitioner's pay-to-play theory of government really is, that people can pay for access, that they can be charged to have a meeting or have a direction made to another government official to take the meeting. it would mean, in effect, that if

stephen colbert has weighed in, this white house. the writers of saturday night live have weighed in. they have the best in the business. you hear as many groans as laughs. the you think the president cares what the audience thinks, if they approve of his humor? >> no. particularly the three i have worked with closely, clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama, are pretty polished politicians and can go with the flow. mocking laughs a like, that didn't work, let's move on. how do you think president obama will approach this final dinner? they are all gracious. since reagan, every president has come to the dinner. like theter did not white house correspondents' association by name and the.com, a couple of times. that they are all very gracious. and we are beating the heck out of them over a scandal or bad poll numbers, they come, they listen to jokes about them. but i think from what i have learned in the past and present, sometimes it is a little work to be there that night, but i think you will be glad. there was an interview i did

house and be able to live a happy life out of jail. >> reporter: the president told madison the white house is working to help her father through the federal interagency reentry council. he says they are pushing to improve programs that help those leaving prison get housing, jobs, drug counseling and more. >> i never thought he would actually read my letter. and it was, like, really? and it was, like, really exciting. and i remember getting my letter in the mail. it was really cool. i remember opening it and reading it. >> reporter: madison sent the president more to read, a book she wrote called "everyone makes mistakes: living with my daddy in jail." madison says when her father went to prison last february, she had a hard time and could not find a book that could help her through it, so she decided to write her own to help kids in similar circumstances. >> they're not alone and they don't have to keep it inside. if you keep it inside, it's just going to stay there. if you don't get it out in some form or way, it's just going to hold you back from getting better grades or just anything, i

an inexperienced white house staff running wars and international affairs from inside the white house. >> it was the operational micromanagement that drove me nuts. áuá1!)v7&?rós+#gç2r you get a call from the president, that's one thing. that's the chain of command. you get a call from some white house or national security council staffer. you tell them to call me instead. and then say go to hell. and that's directly from the secretary of defense. >> what led to you say this about president obama and the military? president obama was, quote, deeply suspicious of their actions. >> i think there were people in the white house who were constantly goading him and saying the military is trying to box you in. the military is trying to trap you. the military is trying to make you do something you don't want to do and i 97 believed any of that. >> that was the environment he was making decisions in. >> i think so, yes. in private. and i would tell him. mr. president. they are really truly loyal to you. they're giving you their best professional military advice. they're not trying to tric

emmet.of next, we have what do you think of the white house correspondents dinner? caller: i enjoy watching it. i wonder what is the best table in the house, and who sits there and who assigns people to sit there? where is the proverbial kids table? host: these are all decisions that are made by the white house correspondents association. looking again at this article, a point out, unbeknownst to much of the public, virtually every detail of the soiree is determined by the white house correspondents association, board, and officers. they choose the comic who orreillyhether bill wolf blitzer sits closest. they are also the ones who decided to install a red carpet at the hilton. next, talking about the white house correspondents dinner, we have lloyd, calling in from miami on the republican line. what you think of the correspondents dinner? i watch the program every year. i have to say, i have watched it ever since it has been on c-span. i love watching it. it reflects what is wrong with our country, to watch the pure cuts -- the bureaucrats, the lobbyists, the power o

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men, some of whom had been in brutal captivity for years, the biggest party in the history of the white house. on the rainy night of may 24, 1200, guests on the south lawn in a great white tent, larger than the executive mansion. a pow crossed -- one of them had written to former prisoners of war and their families invited to wander through nixon's private quarters on the second floor. presenting nixon with a plaque inscribed our leader, our comrade, richard the lion heart. invited celebrities, john wayne, the pows i say ride into the sunset with you anytime. nixon introduced irving berlin, the aged songwriter with a gravelly voice with the most famous song god bless america, the men shouted and cried the last words, god bless america, my home sweet home. at 12:30 a.m. the party was still going strong, nixon went upstairs to the lincoln sitting room. sitting before the fire listening to the sound of laughter and music from below he felt he recalled this is one of the greatest nights of my life and he thought of watergate and was struck by an almost physical force. picking up the phone he call

or -- white house.e talked about other issues , and most memorable tooktainer joe mckale, who -- told some jokes were a little off-color. i was wincing. i apologize to the president, but he said steve, don't worry about it, i have for it so much worse. steve,, the white house correspondent for mcclatchy news. thank you so much. now we will show you the last white house correspondents dinner speeches from president reagan, president george h bush. we start with ronald reagan from 1988. [applause] >> thank you. pres. reagan: thank you, very much. thank you all, i am delighted to be here. what a crowd. it looks like the index of larry speaks'book. [applause] it is good to see your incoming president, jerry o'leary. in his book, larry said that jerry would line his coat pockets with pastries. jerry denies it. earlier tonight, just to be safe i told him, keep his hands off my dinner roll. larry also said that preparing me for the conference was like reinventing the wheel. that is not true. i was around when

craig boswell fills us in from the white house. >> reporter: when omar gonzalez jumped the white house fence in september 2014. a cascade of failures prevented secret service perm from stopping him from making it into the white house. a heavily-redacted 65-page report from the homeland security inspector general, detailed the problem, including outdated communications equipment that caused garbled radio transitions. because of the -- danze missions. -- transmissions. because of the garbled radio, they could not lock the door before gonzalez made his way inside. he made east room before he was apprehended. >> bourbs and -- bushesz -- bushes kept security personnel from seeing him. still, he made it past eight people before he got into the building. >> it's really unacceptable that somebody wearing crocs, who already had a foot problem, could make it past security into the white house. >> reporter: congressman jason chafis says part of the problem is that secret service personnel are overworked because the unit is dangerously understaffed. >> there's really troubling numbers in there. fo

i departed the white house. prepared a document that was pretty close to a transcript in a summary of all my conversations with nixon that was given to fred thompson by buzhardt. it was remarkably accurate. it goes on for several pages. makes scott armstrong wonder, where could this information have come from? think there is a confluence in watergate, they result in the senate watergate committee uncovering the taping system. here is a recap of that in a summary form. i was a systems analyst, among other things. i made an organization chart for the white house. we already knew from john's testimony that he did not have notes. there was not any paper documentation. we needed to figure out, who else would know? we made a simply charge of all those in touch with nixon and in touch with dean. in the middle of this, literally is dean here, and you look at his flowchart. there is the office of the councils of the president, and this guy who controlled everything in and out of the president's office, alexander butterfi

and i presume you consult with the white house on any event.hat music have you chosen for this dinner? >> we consult with the white house and the social events office to make sure that the music we've chosen be enhance the event. we'll try to program special things for each event. much of what we do at the white house correspondents' dinner happens before the president takes the stage. we play a lot of patriotic music to set the tone for the evening, get everybody in the mood. on this particular event we'll throw in some marchs that have to do with chicago as a nod to the president's background. and then when the president is ready to take the stage we play the traditional song and he's announced. with president obama and mrs. obama, one of the things that's so special to them is the service of our members of the armed forces. they've gone out of their way on so many occasions to acknowledge the service of the men and women in uniform and we often play a medley of our armed services songs and we do as a tradition at the white house corresponden

the white house. there was a document prepared that was pretty close to a transcript and a summary of all my conversations with mr. .ergenh nixon it was remarkably accurate. it goes on for several pages. this is what makes scott armstrong wonder, work of this information come from ? a combination of things -- there is a confluence and watergate uncovering the taping system. here is a recap of that in a summary form being recalled -- >> i was a systems analyst among other things. the question was, here is nixon and dean. it was not going to be paper documentation. we had to figure out who else would know? we made a satellite chart. this, here isof dean of here and you look at this flowchart. of theas the office president and this guy that controlled everything in and out of the president's office. >> once you get alex in there, what happens? >> it is friday the 13th, and we met in the air-conditioned of the office building. and istterfield walks in not a company by counsel, which was very rare. at the

on the show, kara lee, the white house correspondent for the white house journal bed and -- journal. and others. >> award-winning analysis, covering history as it happens, live from the nation's capital, this is "washington week." >> live from washington, martha raddatz of abc news. martha: new york turned out to be a special place for the two front runners this week. hillary clinton 158% of the vote -- won 50% of the vote. and after a rocky couple of weeks, donald trump got 60% and swept almost all the delegates as he marched closer to the nomination. >> senator cruz is just about mathematically eliminated. and we have won another state, we have won millions more votes than senator cruz, more than governor k-6 -- kasich. we have won close to 300 more delegates than senator cruz. we are really working -- rocking. gwen: so -- martha: so dan, what is the case right now? >> i think this caught a lot of people's attention. question ofll a whether or not he can get to the votes he needs to win the nomination. his campaign says they will get their and -- there and it will be clear in a mat

they don't expect half-baked notions coming out of the white house. we can't afford that. >> half-baked notions coming out of the white house. let's get analysis and reporting on what we just heard. jim acosta is standing by. our white house correspondent michelle kosinski is with us and alison kosik is with us as well. michelle, you were in the white house when the president came out, not only speaking about donald trump on his own but brought ted cruz in the equation as well. he is increasingly speaking his mind about the national security, foreign policy views of these republican presidential candidates. >> even some of the words and phrases. half baked and wacky, hitting not just trump even though that is what the question was about but also cruz. in the beginning he didn't want to get involved. he was being diplomatic in the way he would phrase things. he would lump everybody in and not get specific. now he is more free wheeling in the way he responds. he says whenever he speaks to world leaders this is what comes up. i thought what is interestin

this is just north of the white house. every few months, a new contingent of army officers and men came to serve as lincoln's guard and they camped between the white house and meridian hill. i'm sorry, that was cap wrightwood. there is cap carter. there was a war on the west side of the presidents house. it's very -- there that you can find a historic quote. the corner of lafayette square where the house was taken over by the provost marshal, all of buildings were built for various army officers. across the street would've been the white house. away was a mountain of straw and hey to feed the horses. imagine what the center of washington was like at this time. in 1865, the army did not move out all wants. they moved out gradually. they had been cut down. roads were muddy and they had deep galleys in them. they were a different width than the axle lanes of your standard wagon. forroads could not be used any normal use when the army left. disastertremendous when it happened to the city during the war. two years later, congre

morris -- dick morris has found work again. >> we will also speak with a past president of the white house speakers association. join us for live coverage of the correspondents dinner on saturday, april 30 at 6:00 on c-span. >> during campaign 2016, c-span takes you on the road to the white house, as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> former president bill clinton spoke at a rally for his wife, hillary clinton. it was held at the college of mount st. vincent

we're going to show now portions of president obama's white house correspondents' dinner speeches from over the past few years. beginning with his first speech in 2009. president obama: michael steele is in the house tonight or as he would say in the heezy. what's up? [laughter] where is michael? michael, fort last time, the republican party does not qualify for a bailout. [laughter] that does not count as a troubled asset, i'm sorry. [laughter] president obama: dick cheney was supposed to be here, but he isn't. he is busy working on his memoirs, tentatively titled "how to shoot friends and interrogate people." [laughter] president obama: you know, it's been a whirlwind of activity, these first 100 days. we have enacted major economic recovery package, we have passed a budget, we have forged a new path in iraq, and no president in history has ever named three commerce secretaries this quickly. [laughter] president obama: which reminds me, if judge reagan is here, your business cards are ready now. [laughter] president obama: on top of that, i have also reversed the ban on stem cell res