the roses have been king flowers at the white house. finally, a general propagating house, and an orchid house. and then rather suddenly in 1902, everything changed. all of the greenhouses as well as the conservatory which is what we see here were unceremoniously torn down. the reason? to make room for the expansion of the white house under theodore roosevelt. specifically the new west wing seen in the foreground with the very last remnants of the greenhouses behind. that was basically that. there's never been another greenhouse at the white house since. so, understandably, below us of their indoor flower garden did not thrill the president or his family. first lady ethan roosevelt came up with a wonderful solution of the problem. since the south grounds have been closed to the public in 1893, it was again possible to move the presidential flower gardens back outdoors. this is precisely what she did in 1902 and 1903. specifically the first lady created to colonial style gardens along the immediate south face of the mansion. one of short

any circumstance and i was involved in one in the white house, which the white house's legal position is different than the olc's, the general press is that the olc is correct and the white house is wrong. so olc is very powerful in that respect. the other thing i wanted to raise and don't have to discuss this but it came up in steve's answer is the extraordinary episode involving the dismissal of u.s. attorneys and congressional response in the bush administration. because that is a facet of how people have thought about the department of justice, norms, where the authority over those matters are located, that is a very significant and i would say it is forgotten, but it left a mark that the democrats and the congress launched an investigation into the grounds for the dismissal of u.s. attorneys and then there were a number of assumptions that started to build about what level of accountability congress -- the president had publicly and to congress for deciding that a u.s. attorney ought to be dismissed and an acting u.s. attorney a permanently replacement ought to be considered. it

so i had a lot of contact with the white house, and particularlyh the white house counsel's office. w one thing i want to say and we've kind of glided over this, but i want to make it clear. when i said at the outset, thati enforcement issues were really in the hands of the department of justice and i included civil in those, i did not include civil litigation in the ordinary course. judge mukasey has talked about disagreements with the white house over civil litigation. my view was and is a position in the supreme court or the courts of appeals on key issues of policy are totally appropriate for the white house to weigh in on. i don't know if we have a disagreement there, but i wanted to tease out that issue because i think it is an important prerogative of a president to say, i don't think we should be challenging this law, or i do, or i think we should be weighig in on this, on this legal issue which has these policy implications. soen i would distinguish betwee the enforcement matters and the other -- and the other civil cases.iv >> i think that's a fair point. from my perspecti

we revisit first lady jackie kennedy's televised white house tour from 1962 and her extensive white house restoration of the executive mansion this 2012 presentation at the john f kennedy presidential library museum marked the 50th anniversary of her televised tour, which was watched by millions and later awarded an honorary emmy. this video was was courtesy of the kennedy library. good evening and welcome everyone. i'm tom putnam director of the john f kennedy presidential library and museum and on behalf of atomic knott executive director of the kennedy library foundation members of our foundations board of directors and all of my library and foundation colleagues. i thank you for joining us this evening. let me first acknowledge the generous underwriters of the kennedy library forums lead sponsor bank of america boston capital the lowell institute raytheon the boston foundation and our media partners wbur and the boston globe. we considered having this form last night on the actual 50th anniversary of mrs. kennedy's tour. but did not want to make any of you choose have to choose betwee

like the white house his other designs including the octagon house here in dc stand as a testament to his brilliance and his talent and how fitting that now his grave better reflects his remarkable achievement inspiring life. and enduring gift to our nation. on behalf of the national society of the daughters of the american revolution i extend our deepest appreciation to those who have made this ceremony this marker. and this testament to the memory of james hoban possible. we are grateful. thank you. thank you. president general van buren. i need not remind. anyone in this crowd that tomorrow is saint patrick's day. and i cannot imagine the people of any country around the world. that celebrates another country. as americans celebrate ireland and the irish on march the 17th and as a proper scott, i have to say i have a little bit of envy for that. but we will all pretend to be irish today and tomorrow. today this event is a prelude to the day of celebration that will occur tomorrow across this country. please welcome the distinguished 18th. ambassador of ireland to the united states

side the white house. it's a little bit deceiving but i understand that george washington increased the plan size by 20% but hoban. lowered it from the three visual levels to two. what was the ballots between those two decisions and won't you suppose was the conversation between the two and the result that they intended? well, uh the increase of what to 120% of the original plan size was indeed something that george washington suggested after seeing the original plan because it was afraid the rooms would eventually be too small for the presidency, but it was also indeed hoban as you said who suggested that the house lose a story that basically one of the floors be taken out and the reason he said this was because he was afraid of the cost. he thought that of the house were built at a at the three-story size with the expanded dimensions that it would be that would cost too much. he actually compared it to the royal exchange in dublin in terms of the money. that would be spent and he was also apparently afra

you covered the white house, the white house on capitol hill will be focused on moving its infrastructure package and moving its human infrastructure package, the budget reconciliation bill that will be a vehicle for that. how much room is there for a push on new gun reform measures including the background check bills that passed the house back in the sing that -- in the spring that are awaiting action in the senate. cracks in the reconciliation package which is basically who determines what's going to be in that is senator joe manchin a senator from west virginia and senator kyrsten sinema from arizona since they are the most moderate democrats that biden needs to pass that reconciliation. they will have a few -- they don't want a huge liberal package, they want something more targeted. for a senator like joe manchin, west virginia, i have not checked the stats, but there is not that many nature -- major cities which are bearing the brunt of this type of increase in violence, it's a rural state so i'm sure he is under less pressure to put in more background check laws and try to take il

i know it drove the white house crazy. what happens if the cbo says it doesn't add up to the spending in the bipartisan framework? anita dunn: the bipartisan group of united states senators put together and they feel comfortable, is going to be enough to pay for this. let me point out infrastructure and a lot of the expenditures are traditional investments. if you are company, you would be taking this off of your annual books and been it into your capital budget. these are long-term investments. they are not stimulus. the ones that were agreed upon and the context of the larger plan. i think the group of senators and the president felt confident. ryan lizza: let's talk a little bit about the bill. there's a big difference right now between what the president has proposed and what the senate budget committee led by bernie sanders is writing. probably the biggest difference is over the medicare provisions that sanders wants to put in. both an expansion of prescription drugs reform and reducing the eligibility age of medicare

i think it makes us a better white house. the president is somebody who was a single parent for five years. a very dedicated parent and grandparent. there is no one who was more supportive of women than joe biden when it comes to being in the workforce. ryan lizza: one other question. speaking of careers, you sort of took this job a little bit reluctantly. you had to be talked into it. you are ready to go back to your firm. what is the status of your career in the white house? are you sticking around? are you leaving? this is about the point in time where you suggested you might hang up your hat. anita dunn: i am here as an temporary employee. i believe when the president asked you to come serve, you have a responsibility to serve. this was not my intention to be at the botnets at the white house for a longer stent. -- this was not my intention, to be at the white house for a longer stent. i would say pretty soon. ryan lizza: days or weeks? anita dunn: stay tuned. ryan lizza: weeks or months? anita dunn: it's temporary. take

hayes, all the way to the trump white house. >> jonathan pliska, you have worked with the white house historical association to read a young readers book about the white house easter egg roll. before we get into history, tell us about it today. how large is it in 2018? >> it would be a lot larger than it actually is, except the popularity is so high that everyone wants to be a part of this. they kept the attendance at about 30 to 35,000 people. >> where is it held today? >> it's held on the south grounds, the south lawn of the white house. that's what i like to call the president's backyard. >> and are the eggs real eggs? >> the eggs are sometimes real. they also use wooden eggs. >> i think we have some right here. >> they're collectibles. >> definitely. there are traditionally some real eggs used and in the past it was all real. >> who gets to go? >> anyone can go, but you have to submit a request online in advance. and then a lucky lottery winner gets to go. the other thing is, you need to have a small child with you. otherwise, it's really an event for the kids, and otherwise you j

she reflects on her family's time in the white house with former abc news white house correspondent and compton. they focus on first lady betty ford and her impact on american society. the white house historical association hosted this event and provided the video. doesn't it always seen that the most greatest chaos chaotic time in our country is right now the greatest risks and the greatest challenges. well, that isn't really true when i was first assigned to come to washington by abc news in 1974. the nation was deeply divided in protests over the vietnam war. the economy was react with inflation and for the only time in american history a us president resigned in disgrace. it was at that moment that abc news gave me the great honor of assigning me to the white house to what came next it was the administration of gerald ford and with that came, of course the energy and the grace of betty ford. on the eve of mother's day. we're going to explore those memories with her daughter susan ford bales and she is going to take your questions using that q&a. function down at the bottom of your s

the white house tapes were damning. they contained the smoking gun in which nixon offered to pay a million dollars in hush money to cover up the watergate crime, plus there was this infamous 18 1/2 minute gap in one of the key tapes at a key moment that suggested there had been a deliberate erasing. the result of the revelations in those secret tapes was so dramatic that impeachment resolutions were drafted in the house. obviously, before the house could even get to impeaching richard nixon, members of his own party, including senator goldwater, went to the white house and said they could no longer support him. on august 8, richard nixon flew away in a green helicopter, the first president in american history in all of the presidents we studied, to resign in disgrace. that begins another dramatic moment in american constitutional history as we move into the presidency of gerald ford. it lasted only less than 2 1/2 years. president ford's pardon of richard nixon becomes one of the seminal moments in the history of the am

but that tact was getting a little bit of push back in the white house briefing because the white house press secretary, acknowledge science is evolving and what is deemed misinformation now might not be 2 years from now. and so there were questions about whether or not the white house is engaging in censorship. and what is an open leap public platform, something that the white house has acknowledged? so it is a very strong debate in the united states, as is vaccinations which have been politicized. in the united states, it's clear that the messaging around getting back to native as we see cases up picking is also continuing to be a point of controversy in the u. s. kimberly, thanks very much indeed. that's our white house correspondent. kimberly hawkins. ok, i want to take you to south africa. the president said, i'm a pose is speaking following the protest in south africa after the jailing of former president, jacob's in less than ordinary citizens and criminal networks to engage in opportunistic acts of 110, rooty. then, suing careless is used as a smoke screen to carry out economic

win of the questions the white house will face is they have a very controlled environment at the whitese, even the tampa bay buccaneers had to abide by protocols. will we continue to see the president doing what he has been more of, interacting with the general public. that's an important question, garrett. >> they're bringing more staff back too. mike, gabe, thank you. have to leave it there. joining me, an infectious disease doctor, and president of the american academy of pediatrics. i think everyone is trying to wrap their head around what surge we're in for here and for home, what do you see in the days and weeks ahead, the white house indicated a pandemic for only the unvaccinated or are we going to see a surge in vaccinated populations with break through cases and because of the delta variant? >> i have to disagree with mike memoli. i really don't like the fireworks between rand paul and fauci, it distracts from the larger picture that is the public health response during the pandemic. to your point, i think what you're going to see in many states with unmovable part of the popu

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where is the white house? ms. dunn: the president has had two red lines, the first and most important was in action which was not an option for him. we were going to get something done and address these. the second redline has been that he is not going to agree to tax increases for people who make less than $400,000 a year. those have been the two red lines we have defined and we have negotiated on. in terms of the overall number -- and we are at the beginning of a reconciliation process. the house and senate have their own processes. the president has been clear what he thinks should be in the resolution. he sends it to congress, it is our build back better agenda, and that is his preference. he was in the senate for 36 years. there is a congressional process and a negotiation. the understand there will be a lot of back-and-forth between now and then and probably playbook is going to enough their agenda before this is all over a few more times. no matter how many times we say that is true, it never happens. it wi

that's what we're focused on here at the white house. reporter: so we're supposed to see it as more of a one-off event? an outlier? karine: what i'm saying is that what we're focused on, our message is clear, is that we want to make sure that people get vaccinated. that is one event but what the c.d.c., what the c.d.c. guidance tells us is that the breakthroughs have been rare. this is what the public health officials have said. yes, there are breakthroughs but they have been rare. but the problem is that they ar. right. so that's why they're asking us to wear masks. where before it was the last two variants we've seen, we weren't seeing that. we weren't seeing vaccinated people pass that along. and so now, that has changed with the delta variant. that's how serious this variant is. that's why our message continues to be, please get vaccinated. reporter: on the victim moratorium, only $3 billion is actually out the door. what is the administration doing to help get more money out the door fast her. karine: so, that's a good question beca

first of all, is there anything wrong with a white house, this white house calling out a social mediaorm like facebook for some of the posts that are there? that's question one. and two is: why is it -- this goes to something that susan brought up. why is it that these vaccines which president trump is largely responsible for, with operation warp speed, why have they become so political and so polarizing? >> well, look, there's nothing wrong with the white house saying we want to deal with misinformation. it's another thing to try and shift the blame. you're notice dr. murthy who is an admirable fellow, he didn't talk about a single bit of misinformation that's wrong. he didn't say there's misinformation like this and let me set the record straight, nor did he refer to a website where they might have made a catalog of misinformation and the responses. the administration needs to do more to directly attack this and if president biden doesn't have credibility with the people who aren't being vaccinated, find people who do. reverend graham for example might have a following among souther

what do they want to see done and whether or not that gets any support from the white house? se republicans in the senate blocked voting rights last month, they didn't have the ten republicans needed or any republicans, the senate -- democratic leadership are getting a lot of pressure at this point to bring up new revised slimmed down more tailoreded legislation. . this front is happening both in the senate and house. there was a group of house democrats elected in 2018. they call themselves the majority makers because they put democrats back in the majority. most of them sent a letter to speaker pelosi and leader schumer yesterday asking for a new vote on a slimmed down measure. something that focuses specifically on access to the polls. they argue that time is running out. they argue that they should not wait until there is some sort of path for success that instead they should vote again. much and see where the chips may fall and put on the record who opposes this. a lot of the members who are pushing for this are facing redistricting, tough re-elections and they think that

when as a white house reporter, i already knew the president was going to be heading back to the white house. he would not be going there. ere was a link between the people who attended that rally and ultimately went to the capitol and what their expectations of then president trump were. i think one of the things we'll have to look for is the power of the subpoena. what will this committee be able to do beyond the emotion we saw from these officers, which was vivid and visceral, and gave us -- we've seen so much of this from a wide angle view of all that violence and all that noise at the capitol. and they made it so personal and so individual. but what comes next, i think, is will he be able through subpoena power to get documents that tell us about what happened inside the white house that day, who spoke to presidentrump, what was happening there, will there be witnesses from that administration? people the president spoke to who will provide testimony when the committee convenes again. will that give us a window into what was happening? could the president at that time have done mo

larry: one more i know you're covering this hard, the idea that they, the white house, frankly any white has a monopoly on something called information and in particular regarding covid in the pandemic and the science quote on quote which has changed a thousand times, why did she think she's a repository of the right information. >> that's a great question but they think this is so serious, a few minutes ago president biden was walking out to marine one listen to how gravely he is describing the situation about the misinformation on facebook. >> what's the message of platforms like facebook. >> they are killing people, the only pandemic that we have is unvaccinated and they are killing people. >> with that it's going to be fascinating to watch in the next couple of months as a midterm election, will democrats still continue to give facebook, tens of millions billions of dollars in advertising host to micro- target people and swing districts as they are in fact, killing people. larry: peter doocy, you're having way too much fun down there, we appreciate you coming on, see you soon. let's

from the white house north lawn, the white house officials insist they're just pressuring facebook tooncerning things like vaccines causing infertility. they say they are just flagging these posts based on publicly available trend monitoring information. they say they're not monitoing specific individuals. >> the concern should be the number of people dying because they're not getting the vaccine. young people, old people, kids, children. this is all being -- a lot of them are being impacted by misinformation. >> the big concern for a lot of people on facebook is now this big brother watching you. >> they're more concerned about that than pie dieing across the country because of a pandemic or misinformation is traveling on social media platforms. that feels unlikely to me. >> there's elected republicans in town that have been warning about private big tech social media companies remaining unregulated if they are going to coordinate with the federal government about this or anything else. >> the government can't set your speech. the first amendment makes that very clear. private for no

white house and president biden are doing verges on censorship. is. >> secretary psaki: we don't take anything down, we don't block anything, facebook anddecn should be on the platform. our point is that there is information that is leading to people not taking the vaccine and the pillar people are dyinga result. >> chris: karl, first of all, is there anything wrong with a white house, this white house, calling out a social media platform for some of the posts that are there, that's a question and two is, why is it -- this goes to something susan just brought up -- why is it that these vaccines, which president trump is largely responsible for with operation work speed, why have they become so political and so polarizing? >> well, look, there's nothing wrong with the white house saying we want to get -- deal with misinformation. it's another thing to try and shift the blame. you will notice dr. murthy, who is an admirable fellow, he didn't list as single example of misinformation was wrong. he had the opportunity to talk to a nationwide audience a

subpoena-ing the secret white house -- white house tapes that would approve or disapprove mixers complicity in the water get cover-up. i've done a lot of work on this era of the american political history, that's why it is one of my favorite topics of all. i know most of your parents weren't even alive at the time of watergate in 1973, 1974. when all of this was taken place. i thought i would step the stage today and take you back to october of 1973 during the darkest months of the naked -- nixon presidency, this time the wounds of watergate are fresh. the wounds of the vietnam war are just receding, and the country is being consumed by a growing scandal called watergate. so we are going to show this video. >> october of 1973, the senate has begun hearings investigating possible white house involvement and the burglary at the watergate hotel, and the subsequent cover-up. the big question, what did the president know and when did he know it? investigators learned that president nixon has made secret tapes of every conversation in his executive offices. special prosecutor archibald cox has su

did the white house wait too long to confront this? >> you know, i think they were working with them and trying to get facebook to give them more information about their algorithms and how much they're fighting misinformation. you know, the thing from facebook was interesting because of course they say we put out good information but that doesn't mean they should have bad information. that statement was sort of strange to me. or many statements from facebook over the years. but i think one of the things that's difficult is that just because you are putting out good information doesn't mean the flood of misinformation doesn't overwhelm the good information. i think that's what's happening. and so, i think they probably tried to work together. but, you know, there's -- there's a big move against big tech right now, in washington and lots of other areas. and this idea of too much power and too much influence, which is what dr. fauci was talking about, i think, is -- is -- has been growing. and -- and they are seeing a lot of obstacles to

and welcome to the msnbc special "pride of the white house." tonight is a celebration of being visible. for lgbtq people, visibility has been a cornerstone for the fight. there is incredible power in being seen and heard. and president biden has lifted up lgbtq voices like no other white house. building an administration that, in the words of one biden official, looks like america. nearly 14% of president biden's federal agency appointees identify as lesbian, gay, buy sexual, transgender or queer. we will talk about what president biden is doing to advance the rights of the lgbtq community. they include pete buttigieg, the first out gay senate confirmed cabinet member. the first out lgbtq members of the white house communications staff. the assistant secretary for health, dr. rachel levine. ned price, the first ever outgay state department spokesperson. and at the end of the hour, we'll meet reggie greer, the senior adviser on lgbtq issues in the white house. this is what it means to be seen and heard. biden appointees have tremendous influence

look, is this the white house's fault? not exactly, right? this is how pandemics can go, particularly when vaccination rates haven't gotten as high as the white house would like them to be. we know that a large percentage of unvaccinated people do lean republican, so the white house doesn't carry the same sort of weight, potentially convincing those voters, as they do with other voters. there is some concern among allies of the white house that there could be backlash or frustration if biden can't deliver on the central promise of his campaign which is to move the country out of this pandemic. >> yeah, and it's reopening old wounds, phil rucker, the house minority leader kevin mccarthy tweeting this last night. make no mistake, the threat of bringing masks back is not a decision based on science but conjured up by liberal government officials who want to live in a perpetual pandemic state. then today speaker pelosi and mccarthy had this back and forget. >> the mask mandate, any response to the backlash? >> that's the purview of the capitol ph

to suppose he would arrive in the white house and arriving in the white house was when the great historical flukes possibly of all time, to then discover interest in policy and acknowledge that policy. he has no particular knowledge about the workings of government or the purpose of government. or the craft of managing to think he would as well beyond what one would expect next up is sarah and cold city indiana. [inaudible] >> caller: hello. when sarah michie mute your volume acquired with your comments otherwise you will feedback. >> hello, i get so tickled it all you people that writes books about trump and all that part i don't know what's evaporative nothing else to write about. outside this i'm 67 years old, donald trump is a best president we ever had. for all the people out there to be bad mouthing him and set that shows right there they don't have anything better to say. look at mr. biden. didn't come out hardly at all. you think we're that >> people? i'm on. mr. biden has alzheimer's you are calling it trump not his right mind? >> host: you are the collars saying press now presiden

a staff member there tested positive, but with respect to the white house case, the white house press secretary says that it is being monitor very carefully in terms of this breakout case. and she says there's no cause for alarm. take a listen. the way to the medical unit has conducted contact tracing interviews and determine no close contacts among white house principles or staff or the president . the individual has mild symptoms. we know that there will be breakthrough cases. but as it's instance chose cases in vaccine it, individuals are typically mild of the white house is prepared for break. for cases with regular testing is another reminder of the efficacy of the cove in 1900 vaccines against severe illness or hospitalizations. and of course we wish our colleague a speedy recovery but what isn't clear is whether or not the general public is quite so confident or prepared about the breakthrough aces. and as a result, there is some discussion about whether or not there need to be mandates put in place. in other words, once the vaccine gets something more than just the emergency a

monica alvarez is with us from the white house. monica, the president, the white house, the administration has put a lot of emphasis on this date, on july 4th as sort of a turning point. and that's what you heard from him. >> exactly, kate. this was a celebratory progress report, but not quite a victory speech. and that's because president biden said the country has come a long way but there is still a long way to go, that the job is far from over. and he framed that specifically in the context of vaccination. by today the white house wanted to see 70% of all american adults with at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. but they did fall short of that, narrowly missing it with only about 67% of that in that field. and about half of all americans fully vaccinated at this point. so, he wanted to remind everybody while acknowledging the massive toll, more than 600,000 lives lost in this pandemic so far, that still there is work to be done and that people who might still be waiting on the sidelines in terms of debating whether to

does the white house find that sufficient? jen: clearly not, because we are talking about additional steps that should be taken and frankly information that media organizations could decide whether you are going to on or not. i am not just talking about the misinformation storyline, i am talking about these individuals and how prevalent the spreading of this information is. the public has the right to know. that is the point we are making. we are dealing with the life or death issue, so everybody has a role to play to make sure there is accurate information. obviously those are steps they have taken. they are a private sector company and will make decisions about additional steps they can take. it is clear there are more that can be taken. just on the foreign government piece, because that is an interesting, important question. the state department engagement center has found that russia and china have promoted their own vaccine messaging that undermine western origin vaccines in the health and development programs. that is mo

our reporting found that he was very sick at the white house.does that long walk across the south lawn, which for me is like the moon walk. i mean, i will never forget it, you know. it was just an amazing moment. and then in walter reed, we had jared kushner and mark meadows with him in that presidential suite, you know, with masks and gloves and everything. you know, he was quite sick. they put him back on oxygen there. he was given like a heavy cocktail of drugs, you know, including steroids that it seemed like really kind of jacked him up and made him feel like superman, and, you know, the steroids saved his life, but at the same time, they made him think that he had whipped it, you know. he almost didn't have a chance to reflect. he did that kind of weird drive-around with the secret service. so he like just couldn't sit still, and so, you know, fauci and redfield were in close contact with his doctors. they were checking his condition to make sure he got the care he needed. but by the time -- they didn't know what was going to happen. redfi

now that joe biden is back in the white house, it seems they love their fiscal. it's all potentially going to be coming together at the same time. so this is a potential bomb for them. it's unclear whether they are going to include the debt ceiling in a reconciliation package. >> taking it off the table for mcconnell to use it as a political tool? >> yes. mcconnell have said we're not putting up the vote so you may as well put it in the reconciliation bill. there's also a timing question. they don't know whether they'll be able to pass that reconciliation bill in time for when the extraordinary measures run out. >> enjoy the rest of your summer. >> or lack thereof. >> coming up, who is to blame for this summer's covid surge? ah, there's no place like panera. enjoy the toasty, saucy chipotle chicken avocado melt on freshly b baked bread. panera. order on the app today. lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose. so you can enjoy it even if you're sensitive to dairy. so anyone who says lactaid isn't real milk is also saying mabel here isn't a real cow. and

>> to be determined, the white house in the meantime the white house insists no decision on nationwidek mandate as more cities opt to bring them back. >> florida governor ron desantis failing to resist mask mandates for kids. griff jenkins joins us with more on the fight over the face covering. >> reporter: masks making a comeback, but will be we be required to put it back on? the answer is unclear. internal debate at the white house, the president dodged the question. >> we follow the science. what is "happening now" is all the major scientific numbers in the 25 person group we put together, all possibilities of what is "happening now". >> jen psaki insists no determination has been reached d faring to the cdc. >> we are regularly intelligent every given meetings how to continue to address the virus. there hasn't been a decision made, they made that very clear. >> this as covid response coordinator jeff sign says the new cases are coming from these 3 states, florida, texas and missouri with florida accounting for one in 5 infections, on the heels of the president announcing the cdc wi

need to start being honest now. >> dagen: i want to get your reaction to this mistake because the white househas to be paying attention to virginia and the outrage among parents in loudoun county and fairfax county and this outrage is kind of nonpartisan and these are white's parents but they are also parents of color, immigrant parents who are outraged by the, as they say, the dumbing down of their children's education. >> that's not in any of the data i see in the particular race that you cite in virginia. i want to say, can we i'll not imagine a mistake in a large bureaucracy? i think we can all get on the page that that's a distinct possibility so i think jen psaki's answer had credibility. i also think that ultimately this is about critical race theory, this is about, what we teach our kids in our schools and i want to look to texas where republicans are advancing sbu three which is no teacher in public schools can say that the kkk was morally wrong, that segregation was bad. we have gone to such lengths that we are now erasing history, we need to teach history and have accountability be

so, i had a lot of contact with the white house, and particularly, the white house counsel office. the one thing i would say i am delighted over this, but i want to make it clear that when i said that the outset judge enforcement matters was really in the hands of the department of justice, and i included sink civil in, those i did not include civil litigation in the ordinary course. the judge has spoken about disagreements with the white house over civil litigation, my view was and is that a position in the supreme court, or in the courts of appeals on key issues of policy are a totally appropriate game for the white house to weigh in on. i don't know if we have a disagreement there, but i want to tease out that issue because i think it is an important prerogative of a president to say i don't think we should be challenging this law, or i do. or i think we should be weighing in on this legal issue which has these policy implications. i would distinguish between the enforcement matters and other civil cases. >> i think that is a fair point. my perspective when i was at the departme

everyone has fled and so, there's only a few people left in the white house.ary 6th, all of this is happening. it looks like an insurrection, and to be honest, the white house, the president of the united states has very little idea of what is going on. >> michael wharks should the people watching know about rudy giuliani. he of the very dark bombast and darker dripping goo. the man he has become present day? >> well, first thing that they should know that he is drinking all of the time. he is -- you know, if not constantly drunk certainly buzzed throughout this period actually probably for throughout most of the trump administration. beyond that in addition to that, he is a disperate figure, he will do anything to be at the center of attention. if that involves saying anything that trump wants to hear, he will certainly do that. everyone in the white house, in the campaign, in the trump family knows it's incredible destructive to the trump without, many of them actually blame rudy, even more than they blame the president although everyone blames the president

the white house says the link is being removed.ory is clearly here to stay and clearly going be a contested political issue because it's heated up board of education discussions across the country. bill bennett coming up but first mark meredith live at the white house. mark? >> good afternoon. as you mentioned, the department of education said they neverment to link the abolitionist teaching network in the handbook. critics say they're not buying it. it's the administration's effort to focus on critical race theory. we asked the white house about this yesterday. >> it was an error in a lengthy document to include this citation. the specific cite does not represent the administration's view and we don't endorse the recommendations of this group. i believe it's been removed or is in the process of being removed. >> as you can make, this will do little to calm critics and concerned parents. we've seen protests at several school board meetings and hearing from the former white house chief of staff saying the white house could go furthe

they went after young kids in the trump white house.hat's one of the most egregiou things that the great i called that reporter urging her not to report the diagnosis and she di it anyway. >> i think like you guys were just talking about, one of the reasons why we need an neutral arbiter and referee, is because we need to stay on top of this story. what's different about this story than what happened at the white house during your time, kayleigh, is most of what we've learned from the media that hav contracted covid are fully vaccinated. we know 83 percent of the new cases are of this delta variance , so it's people that are fully vaccinated getting this delta variant, and if more people continue to get it from the white house or nancy pelosi 's office or even just from this texas delegation, i think that is in the interest o public health and we all need t know. my husband and i are both fully vaccinated, proud to be a part of operation warp speed from th trump administration that got these vaccines up in the market today. so i think t