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house at the white house. the money went to their owners. and so for her son to have done that was really kind of a shocking revelation to me when i discovered that. and there's a reason why these families brought their enslaved workers. and that was simply because congress never gave them enough money to run for the president's mansion house in new york and philadelphia. and that was part of why the washington's brought. they also hired individuals, both whites, to work in their executive houses. but they didn't have enough money. and and and sarah polk was another good example where she sort of made a campaign promise that if she were first lady, she would stay within her budget. and part of the way she she did that was she got rid of ten staff members, the white house, and replaced them all with her enslaved servants. and that was how she budget. so congress has never done enough and. this is sort of the whole history of first ladies and the white house in the frustrations they had of running this house wit
house at the white house. the money went to their owners. and so for her son to have done that was really kind of a shocking revelation to me when i discovered that. and there's a reason why these families brought their enslaved workers. and that was simply because congress never gave them enough money to run for the president's mansion house in new york and philadelphia. and that was part of why the washington's brought. they also hired individuals, both whites, to work in their executive...
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one very, very role, of course, in the white house is that of the white house. social secretary, relying on one's expertise in protocol, tact, etiquette, hospitality. i think there might be some magic. it has, and it remains key to build relationships, maintain diplomatic ones, present the most welcoming experience possible at the white house. the kansas city star in 1921 reflected her duties will be as complex as that of an. that was laura harlan, the social secretary for, warren g. harding and calvin coolidge, who served from that year to 1929. but, of course, was 20 years prior, in 1901, during president theodore roosevelt's administration. that first lady edith hired the very first official social secretary at the white house, isabella hagner james, and ever since social secretaries have helped create memorable experiences for all guests at the white house from kings and heads of states, artists, scholars and little children chasing those easter eggs at the white house easter egg roll. while the reins of the job varies and you will likely never them on a goo
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but, this white house right now, is is it the stance by this white house, that this report was issued in part with a motive and a goal to inflict political harm on the president? >> i heard the question the first time, and i'm just, i have nothing to object to him with the vice president said. i thought she was powerful and forceful. >> also just to follow-up, i'm sorry. this administration, as you said, you said that republicans often attacked prosecutors -- >> and i said that's created environment, where -- there is an incentive by the special counsel to include some of this language. but, often i've heard from democrats and this white house say that those attacks against independent systems can also sow distrust with the public, and those independent institutions. by saying that this is politically motivated, not just gratuitous, but politically motivated, does this not also sow distrust with the public? >> i reject that, i reject that question. you see this, and it's in the report, the letter that the president's lawyer and the white house counsel's office sent to the special coun
but, this white house right now, is is it the stance by this white house, that this report was issued in part with a motive and a goal to inflict political harm on the president? >> i heard the question the first time, and i'm just, i have nothing to object to him with the vice president said. i thought she was powerful and forceful. >> also just to follow-up, i'm sorry. this administration, as you said, you said that republicans often attacked prosecutors -- >> and i said...
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shortly after, the inauguration, biden swore in 206 white house staff that they saw that the white house staff was going to be in port and they worried about getting it. the senate confirm people through and what they focused on were the people in policy making positions who not confirmed and. so they filled those and by inauguration they had. 1100 non confirmed person. now the the risk in that though is that the department gets confirmed comes in and his staff is already there and he would like or she like to appoint their own people so you have some conflict there but they thought it was very right at the start to to get people in place and then with the nsc was was critical and jake sullivan had worked with with biden as had tony blinken and the two of them could work well together in the secretary of state and the white house positions coordinate on what's going to be an important part of that coordination is a great pivot process. and dave and chris have both mentioned process before. chris, in the book you talk about and i'm forgetting the exact phrase, something like on position c
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white house insider telling axios these border crisis meetings under the biden white house they're not attended by agency chiefs or leaders. they're attended by deputies, congressman. how do you fix a problem with that. we've lost so much of national security and sovereignty with the open border and number within issue in the country and scrambling around and something the biden administration and actually takes seriously and looking for scape goads and border has to be controlled. people were afraid of what's coming and with all if you have indication. i'm urning my family, my con stitch junes, be ready for emergency. something big could happen and i think it's a matter of when not if. elizabeth: congressman babin of texas, thank you. still ahead, congressman de-especially ports of entry see toe and carl roth, new report top democrats ordering fellow democrats to stop talking about the president's age. it's "taboo but now senate democrats really worried he will lose because he's"too old. tonight in our second installment in our misleading america series, we take on dhs sec tourist may
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cnn's arlette saenz is at the white house. arlette, you have covered p president biden for some time. you understand how solemn it is for any president but particularly for him. >> yeah, danah, it is the most somber duty a president has as command in chief and president biden will experience this now for the second time as he is on hand for a dignified transfer of those three u.s. service members killed in jordan. the president has just arrived at dover air force base on air force one. he is accompanied by his wife, first lady jill biden. first up on their schedule is a meeting, private meetings with the families of the service members. the schedule says he has a little over an hour to meet with them. this will give him a chance to hear personal stories about their loved ones and hear their concerns as well. the president spoke with the three families on tuesday, and the white house said that in those conversations he gauged their feelings about having him attend the dignified transfer. all three families agreed that they did
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welcome to white house history live. and for those of us joining us in person, welcome to the historic decatur house and the white house historical association. and my name is dr. colleen hogan, a senior vice president at the white house historical association, and the director of the david rubenstein center for white house history tonight, a special episode of white house history live as we launch the book mourning the president's loss and legacy in american culture. this book was published by the university virginia press in partnership with the center for presidential history, southern methodist university, and the miller center at uva. mourning the presidents brings together and emerging scholars to examine how different generations and communities of americans have eulogized and remembered. u.s. presidents. this evening, we're joined by several scholars that contributed the book on stage. and we have others in the audience, including chester and brandon robinson. thank you for joining us this evening. dr. matthew co
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so what does the white house do to try and counter this? i mean, you know, in my reporting, there's talk of putting him in smaller groups, showing the old joe biden who does very well that way, but, you know, it's very, very difficult when you have republicans pounding on this every day. my question is, what is donald trump going to do? because donald trump, while he does talk about biden in many ways, deranged, et cetera, whatever, whatever he uses, hasn't been pounding on this the way one might expect. and i'm wondering what the calculus -- there's got to be a calculation there, and the question is, is the calculation, because trump knows that he's an older person as well, and he doesn't want it to backfire, and he makes those same kind of mistakes himself. i don't know the answer to that. >> no spring chickens in this race, except for nikki haley, but she is trailing quite now in the polls, and that is another david charlie and segment for another time. david, thank you so much. elliott and gloria, thank you to you as well. i want to bri
so what does the white house do to try and counter this? i mean, you know, in my reporting, there's talk of putting him in smaller groups, showing the old joe biden who does very well that way, but, you know, it's very, very difficult when you have republicans pounding on this every day. my question is, what is donald trump going to do? because donald trump, while he does talk about biden in many ways, deranged, et cetera, whatever, whatever he uses, hasn't been pounding on this the way one...
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you have not just the white house press secretary but a spokesperson for the white house counsel's office who i think ian sams gave the most detailed rebuttal to the accusations in the report. no confusion about what the white house strategy is about this, is there? >> exactly. and this has been a conversation yesterday that went into today about how best to respond and what strategy to employ, and now they are realizing that they needed to really go out there on offense to continue to defend the president, and ultimately i'm told by people who were a part of this decision making that they didn't want the narrative to get away from them. the excerpts from the hur report that painted president biden, the oldest president ever to serve as a well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. we're going to of course catch fire and be something that the white house needed to figure out how to address quickly. and so that is why you saw this rare prime time news conference from the president last night, who did come out forcefully and quite fiery in his remarks and pushback against that defending hi
you have not just the white house press secretary but a spokesperson for the white house counsel's office who i think ian sams gave the most detailed rebuttal to the accusations in the report. no confusion about what the white house strategy is about this, is there? >> exactly. and this has been a conversation yesterday that went into today about how best to respond and what strategy to employ, and now they are realizing that they needed to really go out there on offense to continue to...
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i want to go to mj lee at the white house for us. mj, any reaction from the white house? >> reporter: no official reaction from the white house or the white house counsel office, the office that the white house typically refers all questions, including earlier today, relating to this investigation. they of course have known that this was going to be out any day now, because remember, the white house counsel office did have a time to review the investigation in full for any matters of executive privilege, which he decided not to exert. i know that you have been talking about the two major headlines, which is that no criminal charges are being brought. but also, that despite that decision, the investigation uncovered evidence that the president willfully retained and disclosed classified materials. i think there is also a potentially very damaging political headline that we really need to take a beat to talk about, as well. and that is, simply put, that the president is an elderly man with a bad memory. if you look through the report, and i am just still going through every
i want to go to mj lee at the white house for us. mj, any reaction from the white house? >> reporter: no official reaction from the white house or the white house counsel office, the office that the white house typically refers all questions, including earlier today, relating to this investigation. they of course have known that this was going to be out any day now, because remember, the white house counsel office did have a time to review the investigation in full for any matters of...
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white house spokesman ian sames firing off a letter on them blasting reporters at white house and special counsel for them and mental fitness and sam said that the coverage distracted from the report and special counsel robert hur testifying before congress on march 126789 liz: lucas tomlin son, you're always terrific. thank you very much. welcome back to the show former house judiciary chief julian epstein. the white house now, julian, they're in an all out war and attacking the justice department special counsel robert hur's report and new york time's report the white house is calming saying this is inappropriate that you're trying to get them to reframe the coverage. >> it's the old line of don't hang a lantern on your weaknesses. what robert hur did and special counsel did here was entirely appropriate and gave the report to the white house for a chance for them to preview it before it was made public, and the white house rejected it and said if he's going to decline he needs to give a reason why. the mental state was the principal if not the prosecution and i remember when they were
white house spokesman ian sames firing off a letter on them blasting reporters at white house and special counsel for them and mental fitness and sam said that the coverage distracted from the report and special counsel robert hur testifying before congress on march 126789 liz: lucas tomlin son, you're always terrific. thank you very much. welcome back to the show former house judiciary chief julian epstein. the white house now, julian, they're in an all out war and attacking the justice...
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is another story to the white house counsel is one of the most important jobs in that white house. whenever you are the white house counsel come if you work for a republican, everyone knows who you are in their stories constantly about the legal turmoil about every republican president. i don't know what people realize that joe biden has white house counsel and his pre-much anonymous. i've never read stories about him and i'm reading that his office is coordinating a meeting with fani willis, her then boyfriend, meeting with the folks going after trump and president trump in new york. shouldn't we know who this is and why is he getting away with what i view as an american citizen? it looks like there's a lot of coordination from the white house on running cover on hunter biden and biden incorporated in the attack and the persecution president trump. >> nathan wade is supposedly in contact with the white house counsel's office on the white house and the justice department and january 6 committee. >> shouldn't they be running an independent investigation? >> you would think. >> i'm s
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i covered the white house for a ten years. it is a demanding jobe. joe biden's calling card is i'm an adult. i won't do all these things, i know how it works. i'm the expert. i know the rules. this report says they blew through very important rules, so it undermines his credibility of donald trump is chaos, i know how to do it right. he's the incumbent president, trying to say don't bring all that chaos back. so the facts of the report and the judgment about his abilities, it's damning. so the president will start this statement, i would make the case if he really wants to bend the arc, which is a big question, he's not going to answer that in washington. he's only going to answer that if they see him consistently out to the road. >> that's what you were saying, basil. >> he has to now and throughout the entire campaign demonstrate that he has the mental acutity to be president, which people as john said, don't currently believe. i would say he's probably not happy about this report, probably not happy about the news coverage. if we see angry biden t
i covered the white house for a ten years. it is a demanding jobe. joe biden's calling card is i'm an adult. i won't do all these things, i know how it works. i'm the expert. i know the rules. this report says they blew through very important rules, so it undermines his credibility of donald trump is chaos, i know how to do it right. he's the incumbent president, trying to say don't bring all that chaos back. so the facts of the report and the judgment about his abilities, it's damning. so the...
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or the podium at the white house. let's listen, >> president, just he and i in the oval office. let me say this. when i showed up today my purpose was to express what i believe is the obvious truth. and that is that we must take care of america's needs first. when you talk about america's needs, you have to talk further about our open border i've been i believe in maybe 20 something states over the last several weeks going around the country, appearing at events with my colleagues. and we're hearing from the american people of all parties and all persuasions and all cities and all states who feel this acutely, they understand the catastrophe at the border is affecting the air 31 and it is top of mind for all the american people for that reason. i brought that issue up repeatedly today in that room. and again, one-on-one with the president. i think that's our responsive ability to bring that up. the other big priority for our country, of course, is the funding of our government. and we have been working in good faith a
or the podium at the white house. let's listen, >> president, just he and i in the oval office. let me say this. when i showed up today my purpose was to express what i believe is the obvious truth. and that is that we must take care of america's needs first. when you talk about america's needs, you have to talk further about our open border i've been i believe in maybe 20 something states over the last several weeks going around the country, appearing at events with my colleagues. and...
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priscilla alvarez is at the white house where we begin. let's talk about this call between these two leaders. what do we know? >> reporter: this is a call that comes amid tensions between president biden and israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it also comes as a critical juncture for the hostage negotiations. the foukcus, releasing the hostages held in gaza. it lasted 45 minutes according to a senior administration official, two-thirds was specifically focused on the release of hostages. senior u.s. officials have been deployed to the region to hammer out a framework for their release that includes freeing of the hostages, but also a humanitarian pause. the senior administration official said significant gaps still remain. it's unclear what exactly those are. maintaining that there is progress on this front. a readout from the white house says president biden emphasized this to the prime minister, noting that they should work on moving this forward and building on the progress of the last few weeks. of course, this comes after the pr
priscilla alvarez is at the white house where we begin. let's talk about this call between these two leaders. what do we know? >> reporter: this is a call that comes amid tensions between president biden and israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it also comes as a critical juncture for the hostage negotiations. the foukcus, releasing the hostages held in gaza. it lasted 45 minutes according to a senior administration official, two-thirds was specifically focused on the release of...
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you guys know, you work with white house staff all the time. we support the principal, that's our job. and principal relies on their staff to help them with things and the president said last night, he talked about how looking back if he had been more -- more engaged in that process the packing and the moving things to make sure things were done the right way. and i think the most important thing to remember is once it was realized something wrong had happened, he did everything right to get it back and to fix the problem. >> what about all the stuff he talked about that was in his home in filing cabinets, that were either locked or able to be locked in his house. what stuff was he talking about, classified material? >> we talked -- the report goes on at length about this. i would encourage you to read it. >> what he said last night. he said the stuff in my house was all in filing cabinets that were either locked or able to be locked. didn't he put them in his home? >> i'm not really following the question. i think that what's clear, and told t
you guys know, you work with white house staff all the time. we support the principal, that's our job. and principal relies on their staff to help them with things and the president said last night, he talked about how looking back if he had been more -- more engaged in that process the packing and the moving things to make sure things were done the right way. and i think the most important thing to remember is once it was realized something wrong had happened, he did everything right to get it...
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joining us know white house national security advisor jake sullivan. welcome to "fox news sunday." >> thank you for having me. >> restart the grim anniversary two years into the conflict russia's attack on ukraine. the "new york times" does not have an optimistic outlook putting it this way saturday, the forecasts are anything but optimistic the best ukraine can hope for in 2020 for many 2024 n officials and analysts say is to simply hold the line. so what is the argument to congress or the explanation to the american people and of the white house is asking for tens of billions more in aid to ukraine? where the finish line thing is how does this conflict resolve? >> first about let's take a step back. two years ago this month everyone predicted ukraine would fall in a week or two that russia would march into the capitol of ukraine, and wipe it off the map. that did not happen and two years later not only did that not happen not only does kyiv stand but it's taken back half the territory russia occupied in those initial months of the war. so a lot of pr
joining us know white house national security advisor jake sullivan. welcome to "fox news sunday." >> thank you for having me. >> restart the grim anniversary two years into the conflict russia's attack on ukraine. the "new york times" does not have an optimistic outlook putting it this way saturday, the forecasts are anything but optimistic the best ukraine can hope for in 2020 for many 2024 n officials and analysts say is to simply hold the line. so what is the...
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that is what the white house press secretary does. two points that stood out, three people with knowledge of west wing said several went to the president and said, she is not accept seasoned enough. which colleague went, she has to be wondering. biden said this to her, it is a kweet according to two people. don't worry about being nervous, you'll have an admiral looking over your shoulder. it was meant in an afiable way. they did not say there would be an admiral over my shoulder. he said go to a briefing. did president biden give her that same start? >> enes: it makes american people wonder who is in charge. two top white house officials showing miscommunication on a public stage. >> emily: that is right, more questions about who is in charge, who is making decisions? dagen, to that point, when we have questions, it has nothing to do with race or gender. make kayleigh's point here. if she's failing at her job, we can see the failure and see the lack of experience and lack of ability to answer questions in any, way, shape or form and
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there seems to be ambiguity from white house to white house what it is or isn't. >> that's a great point. i don't think they have clearly defined it. i think that's part of the problem. if you can't define it, the people on the grounds -- >> but also, do you have to? or can't it just be obvious? i recognize deterrence when i see it. any questions for brett? >> i don't have a question or comments. i think -- the thing is, again, we are talking about deterrence, yet what is the larger risk for americans? something over there or something to the south of our border? we have absolutely no deterrence there. i think, you know, we are talking about, are we talking about punishment? what you try to do is put somebody in a deeper hole than they were if they hadn't done something. >> i was just going to say, listen, what is not deterrence is saying repeatedly "don't, don't." that didn't work. i will see what 6:00. i have a lot to prepare for. [laughter] >> joe jones is on the phone with us. high, joey. >> how's it going? >> we will give you the floor. >> listen, if this were about deterrence, it w
there seems to be ambiguity from white house to white house what it is or isn't. >> that's a great point. i don't think they have clearly defined it. i think that's part of the problem. if you can't define it, the people on the grounds -- >> but also, do you have to? or can't it just be obvious? i recognize deterrence when i see it. any questions for brett? >> i don't have a question or comments. i think -- the thing is, again, we are talking about deterrence, yet what is the...
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we know the spokesperson for the white house counsel's office is going to be joining the white house press secretary. so we are going to be bringing this to you live. >>> donald trump may face when lose rulings in a supreme court battles. the justices appear poised to side with trump in the historic ballad eligibility case before them right now. >> according to legal scholars, the high court might then be open to taking up his immunity case and rule against the former president. we have cnn's paula reid with us now. paula, these are two entirely different issues. why are some scholars connecting? >> they are connected by the same person in the middle. former president trump. two things can be true. this is a high court that's under enormous scrutiny. questions about ethics and partisanship and chief justices under enormous pressure to find, for example, in the ballot, find some sort of opinion that can draw bipartisan consensus, likely very narrow. if you listen to the arguments yesterday, it's clearly possible he can do that. at the same, time you have two cases that are not equal i
we know the spokesperson for the white house counsel's office is going to be joining the white house press secretary. so we are going to be bringing this to you live. >>> donald trump may face when lose rulings in a supreme court battles. the justices appear poised to side with trump in the historic ballad eligibility case before them right now. >> according to legal scholars, the high court might then be open to taking up his immunity case and rule against the former president....