And you want to make it 20. Then you tie it, make a not because you can make it long or short, wherever you want to tie the knot. Tie it like you are tying issue then you make another not i like the way you combined the string. You are very gifted, very creative. Have youof the seen the movie lincoln . Switchs are going to stations, but everyone finishes over here. You are cold . Come here. We need to snuggle. Are you warmer . Have you seen that before . You like being able to do that . Where i like the way that you put some on the bird, too. That is a good idea. You put some silver sprinkles. I like yours, too. Im going to try to do a little. How are you . Its good to see you. I know. I know. I know. I love the gingerbread house, its the best ever. Its amazing. The details, how did you do that . Whats that process . Wow. Yes, its granite. So what the activity . [indiscernible] nice, what is your name . Lola . It looks good, ll, oh look, its like a real bird. I like the way you put some on the bird too. That is a good idea. You put some silver sprinkles. Thank you. I like yours, too. Im going to try to do a little. The pomegranate is kind of soft. I did not realize. What should i do . An m . Ill do m. O. This is hard. I have to twist it . Thank you for that. I was told that i need to twist it. A little more . I am ready to go. I am ready. I am ready. I am ready. Ms are hard to do. So are rs. First Lady Michelle yeah, it takes a little patience. All right. You see how much patience it takes to do this. [indiscernible] do you need help with that . First Lady Michelle yes, absolutely. All right. I think you need to open it up . First Lady Michelle do you think . Does it spill out . [indiscernible] first Lady Michelle all right, you are right. We will try. Thank you, guys. Oh yeah, this is much better. Oh yeah, this is much better. M. O. Its kind of weird when you always have cameras around your house. First Lady Michelle you wind up ignoring them. It is amazing, its a good question but they are there a lot so heres m. O. , and im going to do a heart on the others. The other side. This is fun. I have m. O. And a heart. There is a little bit, a little mixed up. I will put mine in the center. I will check out what they are doing at the next table and i will be back. Thank you. You look familiar. First Lady Michelle thank you. You do look familiar. Where have i seen you before . You ask a good question. I do. What is your name again . Danielle. First Lady Michelle its good to see you, you are an old hat here, you do this all the time. Sometimes. First Lady Michelle sometimes, its good to see you. Have a good time. What is going on . It is great to see you. You guys are going to show me. Show me what we are doing, how do we do it . We are decorating lollipops. First Lady Michelle what kind of lollipops are these . Is this white house honey . Do you know that the white house honey comes from these that we keep in the backyard . Why . First Lady Michelle because the honey is fresh and the health they help the garden. They help pollinate the plants and the garden. The help plants grow. We are making healthy ones with candied vegetables, believe it or not. This is royal icing. Try the carrot chips. First Lady Michelle did you taste these . This is good. These are really good. Did you put a little sugar on these . We put some sugar to make it a little ornamental. First Lady Michelle this is something. How do you make it curly . When you cut them they kind of splay inside of the oven, they are really cute and they are a good crunch for salad. First Lady Michelle we ought to give the photographers some of these so that they can see how good carrots taste. Those are so good. Healthy, tasty snacks. Not bad. So we decorate. Now i have to figure out what design. My goodness, this is so complicated. Decisions, decisions. What to do. [indiscernible] first Lady Michelle this is all edible, ok, guys . And once you put this on, you can eat the lollipop. I love this. This is made of green tea as well. Its very healthy. First Lady Michelle oh, my gosh. Im copying yours. First Lady Michelle how old are you guys . Eight. Six and a half. First Lady Michelle that half is critical. 10. First Lady Michelle how is school going for you guys . Boring . You sound like sasha. What do you want for christmas . I wanting want a wii u. First Lady Michelle how is it different from the other one . [indiscernible] first Lady Michelle that sounds cool, i did not know anything about that. What else . Who else has stuff that they want . I want a new phone. First Lady Michelle a new phone . An ipod . Sasha wants a phone. She cant have one yet. You want an ipod and a phone . She cant call anyone . Is it one of those phones . Im not allowed. First Lady Michelle there are times to have a phone and then when you get a phone, you dont want a phone. You dont want everyone calling you. I have a phone but its not that good, i need a new battery. First Lady Michelle well what else . What else do you want for christmas . I want boots. First Lady Michelle you want to boots . What kind . You want high heels . Let me see your shoes. What do you have on . Flats go well with that dress. Are you ready for high heels . Oh you want more. Thats a decent heel. First Lady Michelle see i dont know any of this, im like what . What is that . [indiscernible] first Lady Michelle that means you have everything you need. And maybe you should share what you have with someone else. First Lady Michelle thats an idea. This would be my lollipop. What do you guys think . Oh, guys, put up your lollipops. First Lady Michelle lets show the crew. We have our lollipop, healthy, edible, delightful. And the glue is icing. First Lady Michelle did we taste this . You can taste this. First Lady Michelle its good. Thank you. We have got another surprise. Hey, man, hi, man, hi, man, hi, how are you . You want to come say hello . You guys want to see . Ok. Absolutely, he is all clean. He just got cleaned. Hi, man. Hi, man. Hi, yeah, i know. I know. Ok beau, sit. Ok, just make sure you watch his tail. Yeah, he is a good boy. I know, i know. I know. I know, they are all great kids. He probably has tasted some icing on your fingers, and he just had a bath, so he is really clean. I know. He is very fluffy. It must be fun having him. First Lady Michelle i know. You are getting so much love, getting so much love. So much. All right, lets go, we will let him say hi to all the camera people, too. Did everybody get a chance to feel him . He is so fluffy. First Lady Michelle he is a little puppy. You have three . You have . Oh, i love german shepherds and collies. I cant have one because he because they shed, and malia is allergic. First Lady Michelle he doesnt shed . First Lady Michelle he doesnt shed. Oh, whats that . Bo, you can see he has blue skin on the bottom, too. He is a boy. If you part it, it is not as blue as yours. I dont know. I love shepherds. He got better. You have a little dog . He is a portuguese water dog. He loves to swim. [indiscernible] thats why hes called a water dog, because hes blue. First Lady Michelle that could be it. That could be it. You want to come in . If you guys have had a pet, let somebody else come in. You want to hold the leash . Youve got him . Just make sure he is smelling food. Yeah. You guys are very good with him, you are very gentle. He is so calm. He feels comfortable. Pet away. [indiscernible] a dog bit me when i pet a dog. One time when i was at my friends house. First Lady Michelle come here, come around here, and let me show you something. When you meet a dog, the best thing is to let him smell you, just put your arm out, you know, so you never just want to reach for a dog you do not know. And then you see what the dog is like, because if he is really calm like bo, then you can pet his head. Oh, my goodness. So there is no need to be scared, do you like dogs . Thats good, im glad that incident didnt make you afraid of dogs. Not all dogs bite, all dogs are capable of biting, but not all dogs do. You guys want to finish . Did everybody get a chance . Make sure, because you want to make sure you get one of everything, ok . Thank you, sweetie. All right, i know you guys want to see bo. Yeah. You want to say hi to the guys . Up close and personal . That is a good one. What are you going to do with that shot . Nothing. [laughter] first Lady Michelle all right you guys, happy holidays. Good to see you. Thanks so much. Thanks so much. You guys got a good bo viewing. They no longer care. They are back to the ornaments. How are you . Just opening the house to visitors. We are going to have more than 90,000 people here, and the kids being able to experience the wonders of this house, seeing it is really a blessing. We are ready to get to work. All right, you guys come out ok, ok guys, im going to go. Happy holidays bye first Lady Michelle thank you for sharing make sure you get an ornament and a lollipop, ok . Bye, sweetie. Thanks so much. Bye, gorgeous. Bye, sweetie, keep up with school, ok . Work hard. Thanks so much. It is great to have you guys here. Byebye. First Lady Michelle that name is familiar, is that your mom . Oh, i know shes proud of you. Have fun. This was really good. I am leaving too, i have to go to a meeting. Goodbye sweetness, it was good to see you again. Bye gorgeous, thank you for being here and sharing this holiday. All right you guys, thank you, byebye. Good doggy. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] morning, up thursday former north dakota senator byron dorion will join us to talk about challenges facing native americans today, from his new book the girl in the photograph. And talking about impeachment and campaign 2020. Be sure to watch washington journal live at 7 00 eastern thursday morning. Join the discussion. Be sure to watch authors week all this week starting at 8 30 a. M. Heres a look at some of our featured programming this holiday week, thursday at 5 45, a joint Economic Committee hearing on the high cost of raising a family. At 9 10, constitutional litigator Justin Pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federalist society. There are three types of constitutional abuses, with the former slaves and their allies, they would have their right to vote taken away, and the right to be selfsufficient taken away, you actually hear these Horror Stories of a freemen being forced to go back and work for former slaveowners because of occupational licensing laws preventing them from being able to be selfsufficient. Watch this holiday week on cspan. Next, a look at religious liberty and the law with kelly , shackelford and the former general counsel, don clark. This is just over an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] dr. Thistlethwaite good evening. Now, i have taught religion in america for more than 35 years. And i believe that the First Amendment has played a vital role in the vitality of this nation. And i shall read it for you. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the