white house in the room, jeff, about 20 minutes there, we heard a fair amount from the president, walk us through a little bit more of that? >> erica, it was interesting the president was perhaps giving a bit of a reality show view of signing this bill, saying he wasn't going to sign it but then decided to sign it to keep his promise. perhaps injecting a bit of drama into the news programs. he acknowledged he was watching this morning on television. just the top lines, he did sign that emergency spending bill to keep the government open for a few more weeks. you know, he noted the defense spending in there as well. of course he signed the signature tax plan and he thumbed it on his desk a little bit. it's pretty tall. it's about 3 inches tall or so. he thumbed it as he signed it touting it as his biggest accomplishment. after that was over he was asked if he plans to travel around the country a lot and sell this