of other stories about the white house. st: let's look at that next. the art gallery exhibit at the people's house and then we will come back briefly. >> we are standing here in the people's house in front of the white house gallery. this is a beautiful gallery wall. how is did -- decided what is shown on the gallery wall? i'm sure there are lots of amazing pieces. >> the association was founded at the request of jacqueline kennedy. we were founded to support the funding of acquisitions for the permanent white house collection. since we have been around, we have helped acquire many things but we wanted to highlight some of the important pieces. we wanted to show the diversity of the collection that we helped reacquire for the white house in terms of flatware, decorative arts, furnishings, fine arts, you name it. >> how does this get started? >> this photo represents the early days of the association. david e finley was the first leader of the white house historical association. this is a ceremony presenting the first guidebo

just one block away from the white house. it is called the people's house, and it is an immersive experience for people about how the white house is organized and operated and what it is like for the first family to live there. our host for the evening is the head of the white house historical association, stuart mclaurin. and before we started, tell then audience how special the relationship is spent between the white house historical association and c-span, goes back 40 years with many different projects including our first lady series. >> we could not feel more grateful for the partnership we have with c-span. we are looking forward to doing wonderful things together. host: tell me about this wonderful thing? >> welcome to the white house experience. we are at 1700 pennsylvania avenue. across the street as the white house. we are as close to being there as you can be without actually being inside the fence. this experience will take you behind-the-scenes, so you see what the white house is really like as a home, as an offic

steve cover the white house from 2017 through 2021 as the senior white house correspondent and subsequently as the white house bureau treats -- chief. he came well prepared with more than 25 years in agent reporting from tokyo, india, korea, thailand, is covered has taken them to roughly 75 countries. he has reported from combat zones, uprisings and amid natural disasters. he was one of the few journalists to get access to -- he recently said that there was always tension. we need each other but the goals can diverge. to close of a relationship is not good for democracy. but, if the relationship gets too distant and hostile, that is also unhealthy for properly informing the electric. herman's new book explores how journalists can balance the relationship. e any for our speaker tonight, please write them on the cards and pass them to. and judson seated over >> you also find cards for questions placed in the audience. >> if you have any questions for our speaker tonight, please write them on the cards and pass them up to me, i will ask as many questions as time permits but i can't ask, but i

steve covered the white house from 2017 through 2021, as the senior white house correspondent. subsequently, as the voa white house bureau chief. he came to the job well prepared to through his excessive global reporting, with more than 25 years in reporting from tokyo, india, korea, thailand, his coverage has taken him to roughly 75 countries. he has reported from combat zones, uprisings, and amid national disasters. he was one of the few journalists to get access to the nuclear power plant hot zone. recently, steve said in an interview that there is always tension in the symbiotic relationship between administration and the media. we need each other, but the goals can diverge. too close of a relationship is not good for democracy. if the relationship gets too distant and hostile, that is also unhealthy for properly informing the u.s. explaining how to balance the relationship, and how the relationship with the white house as it evolved over time. before we begin, a quick reminder to please assignments or cell phones if you haven't already. you will also find cards for questio

of the white house. >> residents you know, it's got a foot in there in the white house, she was very close to her mother, her father, and parent and they would be up in the private poured is at the white house. all speaking slovenian. and i heard that donald would walk by and just it make him crazy because he had no idea recently. what it was the impact like that, but on her, do you think single most important person to melania as their mother she was my dear friend an irreplaceable treasure a gift bestowed on me by the universe for that an entirely grateful helped her through some of her toughest moments. jordan ben says, particularly the alleged cases of a sexual encounter with a porn star, stormy daniels and the ten-month long extra marital affair with playboy model karen mcdougal both liaison tap-in while meloni was home caring for newborn baby barrett according to court testimony donald trump has continued to deny both affairs her mother, who was quite religious and she was very traditional and she he believed in the vau of marriage. >> and it's my understanding that her mother

because i was not a member of the white house press corps at the time. i turned to my old friend, matthew cooper, who was on the beat for time magazine in 2002, and ended up being caught in the eye of the storm in. some ways, i look back at the bush years and how there was not enough critical coverage of the case for war when the bush administration was making it. i don't think no press i think dropped the ball at times. right? >> what is the gag of a white house correspondent other than reporting on what the president does and trying to break stories, the gig is to have relationships, but it's to never forget what those relationships or for there in service of getting information to the reader, it's not about you making friends or it's not about you feeling important i mean, look, people in the water it has noted that you're not there to be their friend but sometimes it serves their interests to leak certain things washington, d.c. >> is a company town. everyone is here to participate in politics. knowing people in relationships is actually the key to j

i think it was the background of having worked in the white house, familiarity with the white house operations. i was chief of staff in the second term. and a second term there's no time to waste. you realize how fast time goes. i think she wanted somebody who knew how to get there way around and to get things done. also, she was very interested th in expanding her global platform. i had come from working for secretary powell at the state department for a couple of years, was involved in one of the initiatives of the bush administration, watching the u.s.-afghan women's council which was something misses bush was very -- mrs. bush was very much involved in. i think those things just came together over time. i think also, to be honest, she was looking for somebody who would understand the loyalty and discretion around a very personal job like that. my now husband who had served as personal laid to george hw bush as vice president and president was somebody the family knew very well and knew that he did his job with loyalty and she thought i would understand that and could do the same thing. and

first, as a white house reporter, she previously worked as a white reporter and producer for abc news, where she began her career. she is a regular on television and has appeared msnbc, fox news, cnn, nbc, and abc. she holds a bachelor's degree from university texas at austin and a master's degree from columbia university graduate of journalism. she grew up in west virginia and now resides here in washington, d.c. mcgraw will be in conversation with elaina plott calabro. elaina is a staff at the atlantic. previously as she covered politics and the 2020 election for the new york and the new york times magazine. she is currently at work on a book about the relationship between former alabama governor george wallace and frank johnson, the federal judge who regularly upended wallace's segregationist agenda. she was born and raised in tuscaloosa alabama. now, enough of my voice. please join me in welcoming these two wonderful, full writers writers. hi, everyone thank you so much for coming. so i'm sure a lot of you are to follow meredith's work religiously for really the eight years i thin

i think it was the background of having worked in the white house, familiarity with the white house, with the operations. i was her chief of staff in the term. so in a second term, there's no time to waste. you realize how fast time goes, and i think she wanted someone who knew how to get their way around and to get things done. and also she was very interested in expanding her global platform. i had come from working for secretary powell at the state department for a couple of years, was involved in one of the initiatives of the bush administration, was launching the usaf garden women's council, which was mrs. bush was very much involved in, is still involved those issues. so i think all these things just came together over time. and i think also to be honest, she was looking for someone who would understand the loyalty and discretion around a very, you know, personal job like that and my my now husband who had served as personal aide to george h.w. bush was vice president and president, someone that the family knew very well and knew he did his job with loyalty. and i think she tho

she really wanted the white house, which, they, by the way coined the term the white house. it was the executive mansion before the roosevelts. she wanted it to be a home in addition to the place of the executive branch of government. that was a real characteristic change that she brought as well. coparenting, he was involved but it was really edith who made that family. family was the center of her life. she could leave or take politics but she was devoted to her family. >> thank you. please, go ahead. >> i was intrigued by your comments about the courtship of alice by tr and the congruity of the two . i just wondered how it succeeded. or any of the other women important in bringing that about? >> the question is about the courtship. you had this odd, geeky naturalist pursuing the most eligible bachelor right in boston. did he achieve it? by sheer will. imagine being the object of theodore roosevelt's affection. he did also need the women in his life. when kathleen dalton came up with this beautiful phrase, a campaign of encirclement, theodore and alice -- he spent the equi

of the white house. >> residents you know, it's kind of funny when they were in the white house, she was very close to her mother, her father, and baron and they would be up in the private port. is at the white house. all speaking slovenian. and i heard that donald would walk by and just it make him crazy because he had no idea but there recently what it was the impact like that, but on her, do you think single most important person to melania was her mother she was my dear friend, an irreplaceable treasure a gift bestowed on me by the universe for that an entirely grateful helped her through some of her toughest moments. >> jordan says, particularly the alleged cases of a sexual encounter for with a porn star, stormy daniels and the ten-month long extra marital affair with playboy model karen mcdougal both liaison on tap. while meloni was home caring for newborn baby barrett according to court testimony donald trump has continued to deny both affairs her mother, who was quite religious and she was very traditional and she believed in the vau of marriage and it's my understanding tha

she loved restoring items in the white house with white house historical association? she loved a holiday decor unusual in a lot of ways. she had about seven to ten person staff and the east wing she did have a very small staff. he average modern times has been around 25 if 26 positions she had half the number of people working in the east swing than michelle obama did i literally for firstline, literally right next door to her. always whether she likes it or not in 2019, cnn got a rare glimpse of the first lady's office and the east wing with melania's then press secretary, stephanie grisham. i think that while she is the first lady of the united states, her privacy is important. i've learned from her that we don't have to tell everybody everything. we just don't and it works out fine this is the chief of staff's office and then advance and operations in back here is calligraphy. >> they're very, very busy, especially during state dinners she does love a lot about being first lady. >> she thinks it's an honor. she knows she's one of the handful of people who go down i

did the white house feel like home?m >> it felt like home to us almost immediately because we had all been cpaning i had been campa and we were together. we had two of her sons and amy was there. we had meals together. we had a rule that if you're not going to be there for a meal gray to check off a little thing so we could know who is going to be there. an almost everyday sometimes i was not but most days i was when she came up from school. equipment to lessons and i took the violin classes. i meant as i said earlier jimmy and i would jog. if it was raining go to the bowling alley and things like that. we had a fairly good family life. i think it was so precious to us because of being gone traveling for two years. cox is the white house effective marriage? >> i think it could. it did not affect ours. we had just been partners working together for so long. i could see if the first lady was particularly interested in the different issues i think it would be very difficult for jamaica talk to me about all of it. it happen

ford and that followed her through the white house and the white house. but it was an extraordinary response to an extraordinary disclosure. well, one of those letters is something we'd like to share with you, if we can put it up on the screen and actually read the note, because at the end of the day, its membership is first lady, but she was also a wife and a mother. she had a family and they felt the tremendous pain of this diagnosed. so this letter it's a little hard to read your dad's writings so i asked for it to be the name that dearest mom no written words can add quietly express our deep deep love. we know how great you are and we, the children and dad will try to be as strong as you. our faith. in you and god will sustain us our total love for you is everlasting we will be at your side with our love for wonderful mom. x x x x gerry. it's just really beautiful. and and other thing i learned and i've been from your book or, your, the article you wrote for the wyly companion is that mrs. ford was she was not told first write the president was told f

where is the white house? you fight when you have to at the white house to keep stuff like this from happening. is biden, is kamala harris, are this up to the fight? let's look at the crisis upon us. this administration is famous for how many times they can let a crisis happen because things went on too long without leadership. 45,000 dock workers at 36 ports from maine to texas are on strike today. a j.p. morgan analysis found it could cost the u.s. economy $5 billion a day. major retailers to small businesses are also preparing for supply chain disruptions. we could see shortages of some critical items, medical equipment, vehicles, food, clothing, and if you think the inconvenience is going to be bad, imagine how you are going to have to pay for those few things coming through? stuff is going to get higher if this goes on too long. despite all of it, though, president biden says well, nothing. he is on the sidelines. the white house has said he would not invoke taft hartley act. that act allows the president

does the white house affect a.id, i think it could i don't i don't think it didn't affect ours. um because we just been partners working together for so long. um, but because, and, and i could see if, if, if the first lady was not particular interested in the different issues, i think it would be very difficult. but jimmy could talk to me about all of it and i think it happens that way more and more with first ladies because it's some of the early first ladies were very active, but then the others that were not. and when you look back at previous first ladies before you served, who did you admire? who did you emulate? who did you learn from. well, the closest person i had the closest and the only first lady that had knowledge of was lady bird. when jim was governor, she came to go to georgia and help me with the highway beautification program and i just knew her. and she, uh, but the main thing she told me was, if i would ask us on this, it's a enjoy. enjoy, because it's not going to last. you know, you'll be there

the next time i met betty was that the white house shortly after the 1976 election. it might have been a very awkward moment. i know from personal experience. that it was a difficult time for her yet. she was just betty. is gracious as always? as i assume their responsibilities of first lady i had an excellent role model and a tough act to follow. betty broke new ground and speaking out on women's issues how public disclosure of her own battle with breast cancer lifted the veil of secrecy from this terrible disease. she used the influence of the office of first lady to promote early detection and millions of women are in her debt today. and she was never afraid to speak the truth. even about the most sensitive subjects including her own struggles with alcohol and painkillers. she got some criticisms. i thought she was wonderful. and are honesty gave hope to others every single day. by her example also helped me recover from jimmy's loss in 1980. having embraced the cause of better treatment for men and women recovering from alcoholism and chemical dependence. she wor

i never intended in staying in the white house. i said i would help for four months to help gem get running but i ended up being there eight years including a stint at the state department and the time with laura bush. how did i get to laura bush? it was the background of having worked with the white house, familiar with the operations. i was her chief of staff in the second term. in the second term, there is no time to waste. you realize how fast time goes. i think she wanted someone who knew how to get their way around and get things done. i understood her global platform. i worked for secretary powell and i was involved in an initiative of the bush administration, launching the u.s. afghan women council which is something that mrs. bush was involved in. i think all of these things came together over time. aums to be honest, is she was looking for someone who would understand the loyalty and discretion around a very personal job like that. and my now husband who had served as personal aid to george h.w. bush as vice president and

of the white house press briefing room. we expect to see how the white house is reacting to this shortly. screen left, the state department, also expected to brief shortly. >> john: let's get the latest and go to trey yingst in haifa. interesting information from iran. that it did give the u.s. through diplomatic channels a heads up that this was on the way. that would seem to mirror the attack against the al-assad air base several years ago in response to the takeout of qassem soleimani. >> yeah, absolutely. it's very interesting. when we think back to that attack, i was in baghdad at the time in the days after the drone strike that killed iranian general qassem soleimani. that attack against the airbase included 13 ballistic missiles. tonight's attack conducted by iran against israel, according to initial reports, includes more than 180 ballistic missiles. we are still waiting to confirm the exact number. the israeli military briefing tonight that they do believe this initial wave and attacked by iran is over. they are te

in the trump white house. so i decided to do a deep dive exploration of infighting, the white house, to see if it had happened in previous before the trump administration. and spoiler alert it did. i was just going to ask you that and so now i was looking for new topic that would speak to our current moment. and what i noticed is that ceos and big companies are more powerful than ever before they affect so many aspects of our lives. i mean, the you know, the iphones we carry cars, we drive the fuel that powers cars. i mean, these all come from big corporations. but at the same time, ceos seem more unpopular than ever. and we're in a weird moment where both and republicans seem hate corporations. and so i thought now is as good a time as any to explore the history of ceos and their big corporations and big a theme in this book and in some of your past books is conflicts. a fight house was about conflict inside the white house between staffers who work for the same boss belong to the party. this book, the power

joining me now, former white house senior advisor in the obama administration. look, despite israel hunting for him since last october 7th in the attacks, yahya sinwar's death came in an extraordinary stroke of luck. can you tell us how the idf got him and how it was likely a slip up by sinwar? >> reporter: a combination of both, alex. they assumed sinwar has been hiding under the tunnel is trying to stay away from all aspects of the operation whether it be the hamas operation or the idf invasion and he was ultimately caught and killed by a targeted assassination strike with two other hamas leaders. there were no hostages or israeli shields, which has often been a challenge trying to get to hamas leadership. in that sense, it has been a surprise. the challenge with the narrative being built around yahya sinwar is the arab world is split. you have saudi arabian media who that monarchy wanted to establish a relationship with israel, they are talking of sinwar as a terrorist leader and it is a good thing he is dead because a peaceful resolution can move forward. bu

first as a white house reporter. she previously worked as a white house reporter and producer for abc news where she began her career. she is a regular contributor on television and has appeared on msnbc, fox news, cnn, cbs, nbc and abc and holds a bachelors degree from the university of texas at austin and a masters from columbia diversity graduate school of journalism. she grew up in west virginia and now resides in washington, d.c. mcgraw will be in conversation with elaina calabro. she is staff writer at the atlantic. previously she covered politics and the 2020 election for the new york times and the new york times magazine and is currently at work on a book about the relationship between former alabama governor george wallace and frank johnson come the federal judge who regularly upended wallace's segregationist agenda. born and raised in tuscaloosa, alabama. and i went up to my voice. please welcome these wonderful writers. [ applause ] coming. so i'm sure a lot of you are to follow meredith's work religiously

jackie kennedy, in doing white house restoration, jfk and his staff did not want her doing the white use restoration effort because they thought it would further add to her elitist effort, and she went ahead and did it and then he was very pleased when she won the emmy and became a big success. so those are three very specific examples of how you can be empowered or not empowered in doing things. >> and leaving some great legacies behind. the example of jackie kennedy, who pushed through despite her husband and his advisers not wanting her to focus on this. the white house historical association which is now in its 63rd year at the private funding arm for the white house to maintain the museum policy -- quality that she believed deserve. not to mention the emmy that she got for showing the restoration, engaging americans into really appreciated, embracing and loving the fact that this is an important symbol and that it belongs to the people's house. i think that is a great example. i'm glad nancy mentioned. >> so my final question for all three of you, what are your final thoughts on

for the white house? >> i'm only the first second gentleman because the country elected the first woman vice president i'm here because i'm husband i'm here to support her be more proud to represent my beautiful today from standing by his wife's side after her california's senate win in 2016 holding the bible. she was sworn in as vice president. the duties of the office upon which i'm about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> there's never been any doubt about doug emhoff's unwavering support for his wife's career kamala harris can smell weakness. >> he's been racking up miles on the campaign trail, traveling from state to state, speaking as an effective surrogate for his wife. >> she knows the best way to take a coward on its head-on. >> shaking hands at rallies and fundraising across the country. >> this country needed a leader to step into the void, step into the breach, and she did that from podcast to social media to even late-night and daytime talk shows. >> doug emhoff is seemingly e

in the trump white house. so i decided to do a deep dive exploration of infighting, the white house, to see if it had happened in previous before the trump administration. and spoiler alert it did. i was just going to ask you that and so now i was looking for new topic that would speak to our current moment. and what i noticed is that ceos and big companies are more powerful than ever before they affect so many aspects of our lives. i mean, the you know, the iphones we carry cars, we drive the fuel that powers cars. i mean, these all come from big corporations. but at the same time, ceos seem more unpopular than ever. and we're in a weird moment where both and republicans seem hate corporations. and so i thought now is as good a time as any to explore the history of ceos and their big corporations and big a theme in this book and in some of your past books is conflicts. a fight house was about conflict inside the white house between staffers who work for the same boss belong to the party. this book, the power

you remember why you meet with the white house.a huge deal and for local georgia prosecutor, this is a massive deal, but has memory evades him. our member taylen collins, a consultant had to step in and stop him from answering something. he comes back nodding his head, and i don't know why he doesn't have memory of this. >> your point about the billing, specificity is required for ethics reasons. you don't just say "meeting," you have to within 30 days specify exactly to the sixth of a minute or of a quarter hour what exactly were you doing. we also know that he had to take a racketeering class. the caliber of dealing with a presidential candidate to me seems shocking that you would pull in an attorney on -- that knows what to do. >> there were a couple of issues that struck me. it was the fact that he had such a hard time with his memory but could remember to the; what was done in the billable hours notes but couldn't remember if you went to the white house. i remember when i went. it was the summer before my senior year. i was in

but she makes physical changes to the white house, too. two she hires mckim mead and white because bambi recommends and they redesign the white house to have an executive function and a residential function because, she says, have a family. you know, it's just i'm there. he was 42 when he became president, the youngest president in american history. and she really wanted the white house, which they by the way coined the term the white house. it was the executive mansion before the roosevelts. she wanted it be a home in addition to the the the home the place of the branch of government. and so that was a real characteristic that she brought as well. i think, you know, co-parenting. he was in he was involved, but it was really edith who made that family. that family was the center, her life. she could she could leave or take politics, but she was devoted to her family. i. right. thank you. please go ahead. i was like the switched alice from edith's. please. i was intrigued by your comments about the courtship of of alice by tr and increased g

what does the white house press corps think of her? >> she i did not come to the whe house and hang with us in the press briefing room. especially during the time she got the sadat interviewed all that was done away from the white house. but when we traveled with her it was new year's eve in tehran. at midnight they brought the travel pulled me in a couple of the reporters up to the elegant ballroom of the palace for the opennd the door there is presidt carter and mrs. carter, king hussein of jordan and they all said happy new year, toasted champagne and everything. i sit mr. president, you're going to go to egypt tomorrow why is that? and he said what? barbara wasn't there because she and jon chancellor of mbc some of the other bigwigs had been imparted to a party and they were all dancing somewhere. and indeed if you minutes later we went back downstairs the president's secret service agent dick keiser said the president is to see a pretty came back upstairs and the president said just told me the secretary of state just told me yes

less than a mile from the white house.— american people. less than a mile from the white house.one, if elected, donald _ from the white house. on day one, if elected, donald trump _ from the white house. on day one, if elected, donald trump would - from the white house. on day one, if elected, donald trump would walk. elected, donald trump would walk into that office with an enemy's list. when elected, i will walk in with a to—do list. list. when elected, i will walk in with a to-do list.— list. when elected, i will walk in with a to-do list. kamala harris has been struggling _ with a to-do list. kamala harris has been struggling to _ with a to-do list. kamala harris has been struggling to distance - with a to-do list. kamala harris has been struggling to distance herself| been struggling to distance herself from mr biden. these comments will likely have the opposite effect. the us state department has warned of consequences if israel implements a ban on the main un aid agency for palestinians, as a humanitarian crisis in northern gaza intensifies. it says the legislation could

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often the white house is kind of on first. those agencies that report to the president, since they are basically staffed to the president -- that's important understand. they don't go through a confirmation process. they are a little head of the game at the beginning until the agencies are able to get staffed up, get their people confirmed. at the beginning there's a little bit of imbalance between what the white house can do it what the agencies can do. often with agencies you are left with whoever did not turn out the lights when the last administration left town after the inauguration. can you talk about that a little bit? you were not just at the white house but in the george h w bush's administration you are in the defense department and had to be confirmed. talk a little bit about the imbalance and maybe talk about a problem we do have, taking longer and longer to get presidential nominees confirmed. stephen: it is just the way you described. the tricky part, i was slated to be an assistant secretary of defense. i had no

. >> the white house says both president biden and vice president harris are in the white house situation room monitoring the situation. we're standing by to get an immediate update from rome white house officials and from the u.s. state department. we also expect to hear from the pentagon i want to show you the moment cnn crews saw the iranian missiles entering tel aviv's airspace earlier this afternoon. watch this this is a summarizing major mike jim sciutto. this is obviously a major attack. there's no question we're seeing what we're all seeing with our own eyes is a major attack from iran. >> it's a major attack. dana and it's an escalation. it's an escalation of this war beyond what we saw. i think potentially beyond what we saw in april when it, when iran launched dozens of missiles and drones, this attack, according to us intelligence principally or perhaps entirely ballistic missiles which are the fastest by far. and the most dangerous and now what we're seeing in addition to those intercepts as we're seeing fragments falling to the ground, it's like yeah, deadly a deadly firewor

there's no procedure other than do what the white house tells you.those were the big lies, the dirty tricks were to stop the fbi from looking at cooperation, and have republican senators in great numbers say we can't believe her because there was no cooperation without anybody knowing that the cooperation had been discarded as an avenue of investigation and the last was this tip line that produced dozens of truly credible tips, credible enough to be flagged by the fbi for the white house but they never got a signal from the white house to investigate any of them so at the end of the tip line expert, there were zero steps taken. >> senator, you understand these things better than i do, it seems wild that the fbi would have information that the white house could veto them pursuing, in the pursuit of an investigation. is there anything normal about that or is it as crazy as it sounds to me? >> it's a little bit crazy but reflects the rarity of the circumstance, this is not the fbi acting as a law enforcement agency. this is not the fbi acting as the bac

celebrities wanted to be at the obama white house. they wanted to know what she was wearing, what designers, and then there was the whole black first lady element of it, the racial scrutiny around her was enormous and she navigated that by all accounts with grace and a pragmatic understanding of what was expected from her. so in that sense, following that , and also we h another first dyn between the two of them, we cannot avout melania trump, really, because it kind of reset the expectations to zero when you had a first lady who did very little with her platform. so if jill biden had followed michelle obama, that probably would have been much more of a question. but there was that period where things were unraveled and reset. peter: here is michelle obama from the 2008 democratic national convention. >> you work hard from what you want at life, that your word is your bond, you do what you say you are going to do, that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you do not know them, and even if you do not agree with them. [app

trump left the white house. leading off our discussion tonight is former fbi general counsel and former chief of the criminal division in the eastern district of new york, andrew weissman . he is co- author of the new york times best-selling book, "the trump indictment." andrew, i want to begin with but we just reported, those seven phone calls, including a phone call with vladimir putin this year, 2024, in the middle of donald trump's third presidential campaign. during donald trump's first presidential campaign, we saw him publicly asked for vladimir putin's help in that campaign, when he sat on a camping stage into a microphone, "russia, if you're listening, please help us out and help us campaign against hillary clinton." russia was listening, russia did help out. here is the same person picking up the phone, having the door closed, him alone on that phone with vladimir putin in the middle of a presidential campaign. what might he be asking for? >> we know from the department of justice, from criminal indict

if so, what the response is from the biden white house. state department briefing is expected top of the hour, 2:00 eastern time. we are starting to get some brand-new reaction from congress. senator lindsey graham is calling for an attack. he says it's a breaking point. he's urging the biden administration a target iranian oil refineries, says he's oil refineries need to be hit and hit hard because that is the source of cash for the regime to perpetrate their terror. you're watching obviously the night sky in israel. okay. this is what was to happen late in the last hour. when the missile attacks began. you're going to watch the night sky light up. let's watch together. [sirens wailing] [explosions] >> sandra: israeli army confirms nearly 200 missiles were launched from iran. iran's revolutionary guard is saying the missile launches are in retaliation for the recent killings of leadership of hezbollah. let's bring in chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin. what she's hearing right now for the pentagon. hi, jennifer. >> hi,

we get more now from cbs news senior white house correspondent weijia jiang. >> reporter: from the white house situation room, president biden and vice president harris monitored iran's attack on israel with their national security team. tonight, the president says iran failed its mission. >> the attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective, and this is testament to the israeli military capability and u.s. military. >> reporter: and he vowed to help israel defend itself. >> make no mistake, the united states is fully, fully, fully supportive of israel. >> reporter: the u.s. has more than 40,000 troops and aircraft squadrons spread across the middle east, along with 12 warships in the region. another one is on its way. today, two of the navy destroyers fired roughly a dozen interceptors against iranian missiles. >> we will never hesitate to take whatever action is necessary to defend u.s. forces and interests against iran and iran-backed terrorists. and we will continue to work with our allies and partners to disrupt iran's aggressive behavior and hold them accountable. >> reporte

there was chaos in the white house press briefing room today.ving to take advantage of this division. we've got byron next. >> she should be -- ♪ progressive makes it easy to save with a quick commercial auto quote online. so you can get back to your monster to-do list. -really? -get a quote at progresivecommercial.com. >> she's aware from the same song sheet, she helped pass all laws be employed now comes he was major layer and everything was done. >> trouble in paradise, and we been telling you the major infighting of the growing blood feud between biden and kamala harris inviting reportedly is a great in kamala harris missing the seasonal joe biden distancing herself invited on the campaign trail but he does his first ever white house press briefing room conference, and he specifically said that my policies, are her policies on amino chief political monica from the washington examiner vineland york we make of this chaos and brian also still headlines and initiates peace and what is going on. >> will he absolutely did you said first ever this

how could you connect the dots to helping broad swath of people. >> so, the white house in 2021 i established my two platforms, web 2, blockchain, but i create an art and collectibles, all available an those two platforms melania trumpcom, u.s. aid memorabilia.com, what it does, providing the financial support for the foster care community so they have education, and i am very proud positive many students now in you universities they doing very well, thriving. on the end, they will be finishing i studies back to society. and that is a grgr grgreat circle i see it support somebody goes back to communities and this country. so, if we are back in the white house i will expand that add more staff i have more ideas, i just think that all of these from idea to execution is very important to have a great success. maria: melania you write about abortion in the book you write that you are staunchly for woman's right to choose pro-choice it is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy deciding preference having children based on their convictions free from intervention or pressure

that also needed to be cleaned up from the white house.t biden did not join harris on the ellipse and there is no plans that we're aware of for biden to join harris on the campaign trail, although the president continues to say that he will continue to go to battleground states like pennsylvania and fight for harris. >> harris: oh my goodness. i have no doubt there is a fight going on. i have no doubt. i don't know if it's the one he thinks. i'm sure her campaign today is spending time on this thinking wish we didn't have to. all right. thank you. i want to play biden's comments one additional time for everybody can listen for themselves fully knowing what the white house did with an apostrophe to try to make it different. here it is. >> just the other day a speaker at his rally called puerto rico a floating arm of garbage. let me tell you something, i don't know the puerto rican that i know or puerto rico owe and my home state of delaware they're good, decent honorable people. the only garbage i see floating out there is his supporters. >