in the white house. he's a nationally recognized journalist and media authority who as contributed hundreds of articles in african american history, politics, news. he makes regular appearances on c-span's washington journal, abc's news now, and evening exchange. he is also long-standing contributor and a political reporter for the associated press and a supreme court correspondence. in his first book, he pointed out the many iconic buildings and structures and monuments including the capital zone statue of freedom that was constructed at least in part by enslaved black men. in his latest offering, he lays his focus on the extensive and historically overlooked roles that african-americans have played in the history of the white house. of our first, 10 were slave owners. .. >> and revealing how little tribute has been given for the contributions of enslaved persons to the normal functioning of our early american institutions. without further pause, i present jesse holland. [applause] >> good evening, ever

names "the white house." it's time to pick up the thread of this strange inheritance story. according to mike meister, in 1902, his great-uncle, joseph williamson jr., is a law student at georgetown university in d.c. one day, he strolls down pennsylvania avenue, spots the piece of wood in a junk pile, and thinks, "it's pretty neat." >> joseph jr. picked it up. >> like a yard sale? did they buy it? >> no, it was scrap. i mean, it was things that were gonna be eventually hauled off to landfills, burned, whatever. >> he brings it home to illinois from law school and gives it to his father as a memento. his dad inscribes his name and writes the date on the back. the piece is handed down in the family to mike's dad, wayne meister, in the 1930s. where was it kept? >> it was in the basement of our house out in illinois -- a farm that my parents bought after world war ii. and it was hanging on a wall. i can remember being a little kid and asking my father what it was. and he would say, "that's a piece of the white h

in the white house. instead, what i would like to do today is to raise a few points about how to look at the grant presidency. first to say something about history, how has he been treated in the past. i will be brief about that. then take a look at some of the problems confronting the country when he became president. some endured during his presidency. then i would like to discuss with you a bit about some of the assets that he brought to the office of president that helped him succeed. not only person assets but also some imbedded in the culture in which he was operating. the flip side of that, i would like to talk a little bit about some of the liabilities that he confronted both personal and conte contextual as well. and say a few words about his achievements in the white house and then a little bit about his impact on the evolution of the office of president. first of all, grant has had a fairly bad press as president ever since he was in the white house. the view really started even before he took

ulysses s grant in the white house? >> grant, i am not sure if this is apocryphal, he got a speeding ticket monday. he had his civil war horses and a buggy and he liked to go out around town and was speeding down the road and going too fast and he was pulled over and he started to give the president a ticket and he realized, the president but grant said do your , job and he got the five dollar ticket and grant thinks him and went back to the white house. that is one of my favorite grand stories. [laughter] the president got a speeding ticket. i don't think that happens today. >> i had read that eleanor roosevelt used to have all kinds of people come to stay at the white house over her time period. what was the wackiest one that she had? >> that would be a long list. [laughter] eleanor roosevelt would sometimes invite total strangers she met on the streets and there were often not enough bedrooms to go around. i am sure hilarity ensued, but that is what she did. she was a real people person. as personnel and she just lik

the white house, rather. if you see the second window from the right, that room today is the private dining room of first families. and sometimes if i go into the white house early i'll see the lights on, that's president's private dining room right there sometimes you'll see a shadowy, shadow orsillo wet in the window, oh, mrs. obama is fixing herself a couple of coffee or something. here's president ford sipping his morning o.j. i think this is 1975. look at that cool tv. remember those tvs? people used to have. here's nancy reagan on what was her last visit to the white house. this was 2009, the obamas invited her for lunch and that's the private dining room. but, what people don't know about this room, it's today the private dining room, what people don't know, however, is that this room actually has a more bid history. william henry harrison, died. willie lincoln, one of the president. sons he died in that room 1862. lincoln himself after the assassination, autopsy and embalm. ing performed. that's a "na

the whites do not want the blacks to vote unless they vote as the whites tell them. and they do not want them to hold meetings to instruct their color in regard to registration and voting. in my own county of dinwiddie, southern part of the state, november 1867, the bureau agent reported that five whites had dismissed five black laborers for voting for the republican ticket. he also said that numerous others rumored to be discharged but have not as yet learned their names. so here you see this struggle, and this case, not really represented much as a struggle. voting,ly black man something he never thought he would probably do. you have the next generation in the new south, a union black soldier who is voting. course, the harpers weekly did not illustrate all the back agentsth of those bureau discussing in their reports. the bureau also involved itself as a family -- with the family affairs of the recently freed. one of its greatest achievements was documenting marriages of former slaves. every 27, 1866, virginia assembly enacted a law which made it such that former

well, if they helped build the white house, then they must have helped the white house run, because those same presidents who were slaveholders in their home plantations, they didn't stop being slaveholders when they moved to washington. they must have brought some of them with them. there had to be a story there. that meant that barack obama wouldn't be the first black man to live in the white house. he would just be the first president. but no one knew who these people were. and i knew i had it right then and there. that is what i was going to write about. i was going write about the slaves who lived in the white house. now, after i had that -- i remember being so excited that i had this idea. i remember calling my editor and saying, this is what i want to write. this is what i want to do. she said, calm down. and make sure you're doing something that you think is worthy of spending time on. so, after i wrote my first book, i knew i wanted to become better at writing books, so i actually went back to school. i went to college, and made this part of my -- my people are here, yeah! so the

why the color white? why would you go after the color white? one thing about china and espionage and stealing trade secrets -- we have read the litany of chinese hackers targeting u.s. companies, even trade unions to steal secrets. it sounds like it is a deluge, right? but what are they going after? they are not going after the microprocessor that goes in the iphone. by the time they produce that, a new one is on the market that is even better. right? they want to go after stuff that is really hard to make and is profitable, short-circuiting the r&d process. dupont spent $150 million a year working to refine this process even if it just improved efficiency by 1%. they spent six decades designing this chlorination process to make the color white, which is far superior to the way china makes the color white, which is a messier and less environmentally friendly method. they short-circuited this process. now, if they steal the secrets and can somehow put it in a plant and make it without it exploding and killing everyone, because frankly you are de

the issue is with white men. she is much more clear in chapter one when she thinks about white women and black men as well. can you get a sense of the reading what she might have thought about what she thought about white men and the myths she was trying to deconstruct? you can see why she is driven out. go ahead. >> black girls -- from this reading -- the white, black men were actually having relationships with those. people are saying they were raping women. they were involved in relationships. the women tried to say it was rape. she was complaining that men -- crimes against blacks, were not being punished, they were being protected by the black men. they were not sexually doing it. >> what would happen to a white woman who was found out in a relationship with a black man? would she be sentenced to a lynching as well? >> there are several stories about white women. do you remember the stories, mr. -- what winds of happening to white women who are found in these relationships that are actually consensual relati

in the white house. i was lucky enough to be assigned by the associated press to cover obama that weekend. i remember pulling up to the obamas' townhouse in chicago thinking about what book will i write next. and right at that spot is when it hit me. i got so excited about the topic and so i immediately called my editor. she immediately tamped down my enthusiasm and told me to think about it. to make sure that i had a really good idea about what i wanted to do. brian: what was the idea? jesse: the idea was to write a story about the african-american slaves who lived inside the white house. back then, the country was still talking about how great and how unique it would be if an african-american president lived inside the white house. i said to myself, i understand that would be great but he cannot have been the first african-american to live there. and then the thought process went on -- so who were the first african-americans to live there? we knew there were african-american butlers but i thought there

history of the white house. member ofward-winning the white house. he distributes content for clients around the united states and abroad. he is also a washington columnist on how -- on finance. he moderates panels on topics and energy.ecurity he's a frequent speaker around the country before all sorts of groups. an innovator in social media. he has the biggest following among all accredited members of the white house press corps. he won the award for best journalist on twitter. has 240 6000 followers on his twitter account. i was talking to him earlier and i set him right on your heels, i have 400 followers on my twitter account so, watch out. , but, when it became all the rage, it was like, who is running that. we are delighted to have paul here. he worked across wall street and was a foreign correspondent. he covered the collapse of the soviet union. he has traveled over several continents. more than george washington. he is on many boards. one factoid to give you is part of the investment capital group that

the white house had 10 names. they ran them by joe biden's people and senator biden said we could go along with these names but not this name. one of the names they said don't go with was robert bork. one of the names they would go along with was anthony kennedy. and reagan nominated kennedy and 97-0 in a democratic senate. so advise and consent means a process like that where the president and the senators have some consultation and discussion about who would be a good choice. host: the current chairman is chuck grassley and he has said he is open to hearings. guest: i think that's what he said. originally come he seemed to say, shortly after justice scalia's death, that this should be reserved to the next president. and then he had an interview with radio reporters in iowa where he seemed to say, we will take it one step at a time. he seemed to say he was open to holding a hearing. and i don't have inside knowledge on this but my belief ofn this is that because public pressure and whatnot, the senate will at lea

treated by the white families? charletta, you conducted many of these interviews. you're kind of doing what bob nemeyer has done with world war ii veterans at the grout museum. he's interviewed all of these old world war ii veterans. you've kind of done the same thing with the ladies that came to waterloo, a lot of them mainly from mississippi in many cases. how were they treated here locally and what do they tell you about their experiences? >> wow. well, ron, katherine is right. at the time when i finally said yes, i would work on my doctorate and quite frankly, i couldn't see how i would have the time to do this but, you lot to me and i thought, yes, i will do it. i went on the first interview victoria. >> vanilla bird. >> and then annie. between those two. and the resilience that they had was remarkable and i would kind of, you know, sit there and listen so i was agonizing, going through my dissertation, the writing of it, and after i think about all they had to endure and suffer for their families, i would lea

they say the white house does. the president will be a to say no more hostilities in al qaeda, ",.we can close one time -- he has had that power. he never used to. i think it is a case that the president, in too many cases, was not willing to make the fight or use the power he >> i don't know about you, but i think it is time for a president who will not walk away from something as important as comprehensive reform is because it becomes politically unpopular. that is the commitment i'm making to you. i marched with you in the streets of chicago. i fought for you in the senate. i will make it a top priority in my first year as president of the united dates of america -- state of america. brian: immigration, did he do it? mr. press: he's so good at that platform. he did not. i have a whole chapter on this. this is one area that he has still not delivered. for the first four years, nothing on immigration reform. nothing. the latino community was really -- they expected a lot more. it was all obamacare, all obamacare.

the idea that white women were ofsive and virtuous, outside the male-dominated political white, the rate of women. we sat through all of birth of a .ation that includes the classic trope. we looked at the mythology of reconstruction. the scene where the white daughter of the southern family is stocked by gus, the black criminal. she throws herself off the clothes rather -- the cliffs rather than be raped. at anovie we were looking example of that true. today what i would like to talk about is the way in which women themselves participated in that dialogue. some people want to know what have,uthern white women particularly in the 1890's when it was at its height. how did black women begin to critique the systematic violence perpetrated against their brothers, fathers and friends. in this lecture, i'm going to spend time comparing a woman name rebecca latin america felton with ida b wells. largely the lecture will be on ida b wells. let me just give you a little bit of reminder about what we examined when it came to lynching. two or three black southerners were lynched per week whether the

klux klan, the white leagues. it is terrorism. >> this is something on our minds lately. unfortunately, there is a history of terrorism in this country that is homegrown reconstruction -- homegrown. they had various names. they use violence to change policy. >> what does the federal government do in response? >> we skipped over the 15th amendment, ratified in 1870, intended to give black men the right to vote throughout the entire nation, although the 15th amendment is worded in an odd way. radical republicans wanted a declaratory amendment. any male citizens 21 years of age has the right to vote. that's not what they got. they got an amendment saying no state can deprive a person of the right to vote because of race. what's the difference? it left open many other grounds for depriving people of the right to vote, not necessarily intentionally, but that's how it worked. literacy tests, poll taxes, understanding clauses. when the klan starts being very active, congress passes the enforcement acts, 1870, 1871, givin

and we can expect the white house to do that, perhaps in the coming weeks. this is something they said, in they were going to issue an updated stance on encryption policy. the new year.nd the new year has come and gone. we're into february. it.ave not seen but it can be expected soon. a lot of people are looking to house to kind of lead the debate here, because congress, i don't think, is this.to go anywhere on there are perhaps multiple proposals, some for guaranteed for a national commission to discuss the issue. but really, i think everyone is looking to the white house to put their foot down and leave the discussion here. we could see that updated policy weeks.in the coming >> as you mentioned, there's a lot of debate at these higher levels, within the government itself, ongoing effort between the justice department, securities and exchange commission, state department, to do not only information sharing but also withes their counterparts abroad. so while the administration and work ons continue to this, there's still quite a bit of action that's being d

the image of a black man obliterating the face of a white man. it was being criticized on a number of levels. people thought it was a selfish kind of play. but they were clearly turning away from the nba because it had a violence problem and have a blackness problem. and many people saw those things is the same thing. a moment that sealed the deal. any questions? joe: was in 1980 magic johnson's first nba finals? matthew: i will explain why. it is going to change. you are right to talk about magic johnson. there someone else we need to talk about. the nba is in the depths of unpopularity in the 70's. the saviors arrived. larry bird and magic johnson. the standard line with talking about bird and magic is to say that the nba was going to die had it not been for bird and magic. the nba would eventually figured it out. it was going to be ok. what is so remarkable is that magic and bird entered the league in 1980 and they almost instantly transform the image of the league in the american mind. the nba goes from the de depth of unpopularity into the s

you've got the president and the supreme court lookingat this film in the white house. so when the federal government that is responsible for protecting the rights of african-americans, itself begins to exercise segregationist tendencies across the federal government thenthe trickle down effect is pretty much absolute. so anyone born in to that period of time would have known there was an absolute cap on what they could aspire to. and every day provided an opportunity for them to encounter the logic of white supremacy, everywhere in every way. juan williams: thurgood marshall was born in baltimore maryland in 1908. and it's just 12 years earlier in 1896, that you had the supreme court ruling in plessy v ferguson. that's the ruling that says that "separate but equal" is the law of the land in the united states. the supreme court is affirming the separation of the races. larry s gibson:at the time of the civil war, baltimore had the largest free black population of any american city. and through a combination of laws, and in practices, the city became much more racially s

it is adjacent to the white house, by the way. technology was mirrored by other presidents and other presidents we don't think of too often. -- he was a. hayes real high-tech president. he knew what he was doing. the white house got his first telephone. number of the first white house telephone was one. that was the number. but not everyone could call because there were only other -- orause there were only two three other phones at the time in washington. it may have been only three phones in all of washington at the time. if you were one of the other two guys, the president actually answered the phone. i am pretty sure that does not happen today. [laughter] let me come back to lincoln for a second. i want to tell you about the greatest misunderstandings about him and it concerns the so-called "lincoln bedroom." you see the air road there. arrows -- you see that there. that is what is called the lincoln bedroom. not so. in lincoln's time, that was his office. he called it the shop. this is what his office looked like. this room of

here is nancy reagan on the visit to the white house in 2009. this is the private dining room. , people do not know about this room. it is, today, a private dining room and it actually has a morbid history. william henry harrison, the first president to die in office died in the room. he died in that room in 1862 and assassination, autopsy, and informing performed. occurredcreepy things the presidents, when they are eating breakfast, they are aware there is kind of a morbid history and it did not he can become a dining room until the kennedys moved in with jackie kennedy. she wanted more privacy for her kids and she converted the room in 1963rivate kitchen in the last year of the kennedy presidency. as long as we're talking about to thisedys here, prior , this was the dining room and mrs. kennedy did not like the fact that she was going downstairs to the state floor. it was cumbersome and intrusive. now, as long as we're talking about the kennedys, everybody knows about the way -- the andoration made in 1961 1962. she never got the credit deserv

bush was in the white house. president bush should kid following the practice of a majority of his predecessors. and not -- and not -- name a nominee. until after the november election is completed. >> reporter: current judiciary committee chair, chuck grassley immediately agreed to what he called the biden rules. >> in his heart of hearts, he understands why this senate must do what he said it must do in 1992. >> reporter: with president obama poised to move the court to liberal majority. republicans are vowing to block any nominee. leader harry reid are questioning motives. >> a full blown effort to -- >> democrats like reid and then senator obama, have blocked or tried to block republican nominees when they controlled the senate. and republican whose were in the senate minority cried foul. >> any president, judicial nominees after full debate deserve a simple up or down vote. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell yesterday. >> it is, today, the american people who are best positions to help make this impor

the race to the white house is getting feistier. florida senator marco rubio is now going directly after donald trump.. and so is the -last- g.o.p. nominee, mitt romney just before tonight's gop debate in houston. peter alexander has the story. anyone not named donald trump... now looking for a little southern comfort. " i can win, i can unify this party, i can grow this party and i will win this election" "the question right now is how do we prevent nominating a candidate who loses the general election? or for that matter if donald trump wins the general election- who the heck knows what he would do as president? for ted cruz -- everything's bigger in texas... ... including the pressure to "the crown jewel of super tuesday is the great state of texas...!" new polls here show the freshman senator commanding a 15-point lead. but, will it hold? trump taunting his rival on twitter: "when ted cruz quits the race... i will get most of his votes -- no problem!" the rubio campaign's now going on the offensive... calling on trump to repudia

those seeking the nomination for the two main parties in the white house. it was a bad night for donald trump, convention am wisdom and the notion that media exposure amounts to what can be cashed in on at the ballot b. ben carson finished behind victor cruz. and bernie sanders, ended in a photo finish alongside hillary clinton, a favourite for the nomination. it's early, iowa is usually an indicate are of who cannot win than can't. this much we know - there's a cap between the candidate people cover and those people vote for. our starting point is the first stop on the road to the white house - iowa. [ ♪ ] >>> politicians are advised to be gracious. win or loads. bernie sanders was still in a virtual tie with hillary clinton on caucus night when he was less than diplomatic, and only for a moment when talking about an election process that has revealed as much about main stream media as it has about the country they cover. >> the people of iowa have sent a profound message to the political establishment. to the economic establishment. and, by the way, to

the white house. the president and first lady are joined by some of the brightest stars to pay tribute to legendary entertainer ray charles. it's all right now his friends. you've got to be prepared to sit there's no "deep couch sitting." definitely not good for my back. this is the part i really don't like right here. (doorbell) what's that? a package! it's a swiffer wetjet. it almost feels like it's moving itself. this is kind of fun. that comes from my floor? eww! this is deep couch sitting. >>> here's a look at today's the country. hey ho hey ho >>> a star-studded lineup paid tribute to ray charles last night at the white house. as part of the in performance at the white house series. >> his accolades are too many to name, but perhaps his biggest achievement was to show all of us about a diversity of music, a chorus of cultures and of styles that truly makes america, the beautiful. >> president obama said it was a bittersweet celebration for him. last night's performance was his last as president.

his opening monologue all of the the white nominees. >> otherwise known as the white people choice orter: he beat the drum every chance he got and the president of the academy echoed >> every facet of ourould be as well. >> even here on the red carpet where oscar fashion is usually the biggest topic of discussion,and center. >> i'm here to disappear and truly make it oscar so white is stupid to me. >> reporter: the night included visits from r 2 bady gaga with a special presentation aimed at sexual violence. chris martinez, cbs news, hollywood. >>> now to presidentialcs. tomorrow is super tuesday with 11 states holding primaries or caucuses for the delegates. it takes 2,373 to clench the on. there are 595 republican delegates at stake. that is nearly half of those needed to clench the nomination.nald trump refusing to condemn the kkk. don champion has>> reporter: republican candidate donald trump campaigned 234 alabama earlier in the year and earlier on cnn and refused to -- >> i'm talking about davidand the ku klux klan here. >> honestly, i don't know david duke. i don't believe i've ev

where he was in the hours before the rampage. >>> the race for the white house, and tonight, the showdown in nevada. donald trump lashing out at ted cruz. and what trump said when asked why he's not taking on marco rubio. >>> breaking news on the zika tonight. authorities now confirming more than a dozen new cases of the late details coming in now. >>> and the reporter on the field, the "dancing with the stars" favorite, tonight, suing a major hotel. did they allow an alleged stalker to get the room next door to spy on her? >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we begin with the massive and deadly storm system slamming the south, and about to move right up the east coast. several tornadoes striking already. and a state of emergency declared in multiple states, mississippi, alabama. and from louisiana tonight, these images coming in. a triple water spout there, forming in lake pontchartrain. one of those reported tornadoes in prairieville, louisiana, tearing up this shopping district. that storm then on the move, heading up the coast. heavy rain,

just yesterday, in fact, the white house slammed republicans for what the white house has seen as continued obstructionism on a number of points. the white house has tried to get people confirmed for other offices and has had a tough time in some cases record delays. but when we asked the white house about this, what do they think about some of these statements the republicans have been putting out, does the white house think there's any chance that any nominee will go anywhere? the white house, even though it avoided getting into the politics for a couple of days, yesterday it had a prepared statement ready with past examples of problems that the white house sees republicans as causing. listen. >> this is a republican congress that has a lot of practice saying no. but i also want to point out this is not the first time that republicans have come out with a lot of bluster only to have reality sink in. >> reporter: the white house has indicated the process itself, before we hear the name of the president's nominee, could take up to a month. that's what it's taken both times in the past. >> a

of the white house. >> kevin, thank you. congress will get its first look at the president's plan to close guantanamo bay tomorrow. the white house today said that some of the remaining 91 detainees could be held in the u.s. the white house is skeptical congress will go along with that plan. >>> just two days after justice antonin scalia was laid to rest, the supreme court was back in session. this as president obama works on a short list to replace him. janet breen joins me now. >> there was a mix of emotions at the court this morning. the bench and seat where justice scalia sat remained draped in black. a memorial tribute to his missing colleague. 292 opinions that scalia authored on the bench. he was also known on occasion to dissent. provoking a lot of laughter in the courtroom, given those biting colorful desents scalia wrote when he was not happy with the majority opinion. the president is moving ahead, having spent the weekend researching potential nominees, he expects the senate judiciary committee to hold a hearing

tonight we talk to the woman so excited at the white house, she broke out her dance moves with the president.

leaders could enter the white house would be through the backdoor. another journalist covering the reagan white house, sidney blumenthal, found the president's theme practice containment strategy whereby key senate leaders and white house staffers were herded to meet regularly with religious right operatives to discuss concerns to give the appearance that work was being done on the issues with actually delivering on them in any substantive way. this would keep the religious right happy or at least distracted. while not eliciting the concern of reagan's larger more secular sport. small gestures could be extended like proposing a bill on a tiny aspect of a social-- of a larger social concern or delivering a speech to a key religious right organization. but, less effort would be done to see that such a bill would pass or that a speech's promises would be carried out. morton blackwell, a presidential assistant was responsible for looking after the religious right constituency and given the charge to keep them as blumenthal explained in a state of perpetu

then there was the white to non-white a more diverse state. just over 40% of of the vote is non-white. among the non-white vote, that is where clinton had an advantage. she had a big advantage among african-americans. there's a question in the poll about hispanics. that's why we are careful there. wasn't to highlight one big number, because this is the establishment striking clinton. it's labor unions. clinton beat sanders by ten points among union households. that is everything you need to know about the casino workers that we showed there with chris kristin welker. let's shift to south carolina. polls will close there very soon. i just want to show you the makeup of the state. as you can see, it's somewhat conservative that outnumber the very conservative. why is that important? you see that that means that the electorate is a little more broad-based. it's more conservative than it was in new hampshire. slightly less conservative than in iowa. it's not a trump blowout. it's not going to look nor is it going to be a cruz victory, because it d

the house, the white house and senate. and one of the things we're seeing as a response to that is presidents pushing the boundaries of executive power. you see it from president obama on domestic issues like immigration and climate and an effort to push the absolute boundary of executive authority. it's hard for congress to stop a president when he or she does that. it is, however, possible for the courts to do it and the courts have done it regularly to both men. most recently, to president obama on his climate plan. who controls the court is even more and more important in an era where we have divided government and we see bipartisan legislation and more unilateral executive action. >> is that what it is really about, the accusations that the president has pushed the boundaries on executive power that he is what is setting the stage for mitch mcconnell to say, you know, we would prefer it if you don't nominate anyone? or was this going to happen anyway? >> well, i have no idea what is going to happen anyway. it's part o

names "the white house." it's time to pick up the thread of this strange inheritance story. according to mike meister, in 1902, his great-uncle, joseph williamson jr., is a law student at georgetown university in d.c. one day, he strolls down pennsylvania avenue, spots the piece of wood in a junk pile, and thinks, "it's pretty neat." >> joseph jr. picked it up. >> like a yard sale? did they buy it? >> no, it was scrap. i mean, it was things that were gonna be eventually hauled off to landfills, burned, whatever. >> he brings it home to illinois from law school and gives it to his father as a memento. his dad inscribes his name and writes the date on the back. the piece is handed down in the family to mike's dad, wayne meister, in the 1930s. where was it kept? >> it was in the basement of our house out in illinois -- a farm that my parents bought after world war ii. and it was hanging on a wall. i can remember being a little kid and asking my father what it was. and he would say, "that's a piece of the white h

but the white house today didn't rule out the president acting on his own. it's a really simple question -- if those barriers remain in place, can you still close that facility, yes or no? congress to give it fair consideration. i'm not going to speculate at this point if congress refuses >> reporter: and david, if the president tries to defy congress and close guantanamo on his own, congressional republicans say they are prepared to fight him in court. in fact, they have already hired lawyers to make the case. >> jon karl live at the white house. jon, thank you. >>> and jon, as you know, another major development today in a different battle playing out in washington. the fight over replacing justice antonin scalia at the supreme court. tonight, senate republicans ruling out taking action on anyone president obama might nominate. mitch mcconnell says presidents have a right to nominate, just as the senate has its constitutional right to provide or withhold consent. in this case, the senate will withhold it. mcconnell said he is not inclined to hold a meeting

potent and powerful during the run for the white house. indebted there is an interesting history that is very much changing over time with the re-evaluation of a changing of the relationship that is coming alive and in 2012 for mitt romney to be the nominee at the base of the evangelical party as the presidential nominee. i will stop there is an open to the audience. [applause] >> in the fifties when it is the history of that? >>. >> as the colleague of mine that really gets into the story and the currency with the pledge of allegiance. he makes an argument that that is is a movement from political or religious conservatives. it is from a broad swath of americans to do that because of the cold war. not just about conservatism but the broad swath across the political spectrum to set up a certain terrain with the nation of cashews and origin and that is evidence of the christian heritage your tradition with those developments at that point. >> until nine months ago to endorse those over the past few days. and with that evangelical voter in t

then we take you on the road to the white house with ben carson at a volunteer meet and greet in manchester, new hampshire. later, live coverage of a town hall meeting with chris christie in new hampshire, and the senate is in at two p.m. today. they'll debate a nomination over a u.s. district judge for iowa. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> host: and this week on "the communicators," a look at some of the issues that will be faced by the tech community, congress and the federal government in 2016. we have a round table of working reporters to talk with. corey bennett is with the hill, he covers cybersecurity there. kate tummarello works for politico and covers technology, and lydia beyoud is with bloomberg bna. lydia, one of the big issues coming up are the spectrum auctions in march. what can we expect? >> guest: march 29th is the official kickoff date for broadcasters to relinquish some of their spectrum. they'll be looking to either go out of business or possibly enter into c

foot of the white stuff by end of the day. the heaviest snow is likely to occur during the morning in which sioux city could have a solid 8 inches on the ground by lunchtime, followed by steadier snow this afternoon. adding to it, winds will be very strong at 30 miles per hour gusting upwards of 40 at times, so whiteout conditions are all but certain, so stay where you are and stay off the roads if at all possible! snow will begin to taper off later this evening and eventually exit by midnight or so tonight. winds will continue to be strong throughout the night, so blowing snow is still a decent possibility early wednesday morning. the rest of the 7 day forecast looks dry and quiet meanwhile, enjoy the snow day and be safe, everyone! see graphics. >> blizzard and winter storm alerts have been expanded to cover 13 million americans from new mexico to the great lakes as this winter storm kicks into high gear. heavy snow and high winds will lead to major travel concerns for the next two days. taking a live look at our okoboji sky

. >> over at the white house they are back up the fbi and josh earnest speaking from the white house podium said so today. >> the president has made that investigation a top priority because he wants to make sure that we can learn everything we possibly can about that situation so we can take the steps needed to protect the country and that's exactly what fbi verdictors are doing. >> speaking down in south carolina, donald trump is on the campaign trail saying he's calling for a boycott of apple products. he here here's donald trump on the campaign trail. >> boycott apple until such time as they give that security number. boycott a. first of all, the phone is not even owned by the young thug that killed by these people. the phone is owned by the government, okay. it's not even his phone. we don't even have to go that far, but tim cook is looking to do a big number, probably to show how liberal he is. >> now, melissa, to follow up here, what donald trump tweeted out is that he owns both a samsung phone and apple iphone. he says he won't use the apple iphone until apple complies with t

lot of people are looking to the white house lawmakers privacy advocates are looking at the white house to be the debate because congress i don't think is going to go anywhere on this. there are perhaps multiple proposals some for guaranteed access some for a national commission to discuss the issue but really i think everyone comes to the white house to put their foot down. we can see that update a policy stance in the coming weeks. >> guest: as you mentioned there's a lot of debate at the higher level within the government itself. there's a lot of ongoing effort between the justice department and other agencies, the state department to view not only information sharing but also with their counterparts abroad so while the and lawmakers continue to work on this there is quite a bit of action being done at the agency level. >> guest: i think it's interesting, just kind of going off that we have seen with the safe harbor deal, there there ie privacy shield now which is a wonderful rebranding. we have seen that and we have also seen even the law enforcement agreement between the e.u. and t

an enthusiastic visitor to the white house. she finally got her moment with the obamas. >> the white house released this video overnight. look at her excitement of meeting the first couple. that didn't stop her from doing some dance moves with the obamas. . the president asking her secret to having so much energy. they made her feel right at home. >> i'm so happy. >> we're happy to have you. >> a black president. >> look at him! right there. >> black wife. that's me. >> did you think she has egg whites for breakfast or chia seeds. what is her secret? she looks amazing. so much soul. she petitioned to get her meeting with the obamas. a very special moment. during black history month. >> when she was born in 1910, william howard taft was president. she's been through a few presidents. >> she finally got to dance in the white house with the first black president and the first lady. >>> a bride in pennsylvania knew she would have to share her >> her maid of honor was no other than taylor swift. the pop star was thrilled to be a mai

it's a little-- they're playing at the white house. to the white house? >> well, i played a gypsy wedding, one time. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> where do those come from? what? you sound like a good, uh, group, but you reported late, tonight, so i'm gonna use the scab audience, instead, standing outside. [ laughter ] this is the monologue, uh, portion of the show, and i should remind you-- remember our motto-- "he who laughs last laughs outside." [ laughter ] the football strike is over. how many o' you knew that? [ applause ] yeah. yeah. and the head of the players' union, gene upshaw, is going back to his old job, as judge bork's p.r. man. [ laughter ] [ booing ] didn't t-- everybody >> yeah. >> did you know, this week, bartles and jaymes are scabbing, for siskel and ebert? [ laughter ] speaking of bork, did you know reagan tried to give his pro-bork speech, the other day, and the three networks turned him down? they wouldn't let him on? [ applause ] uh, he went on cable. he went on cable, and he was such a hit, on cable, that he's replacing gallagher