in the process. that s what the big block of cheese day thing is really about, at some level, trying to make people feel like being involved in politics is something that young people can and should do. let me pivot back from the medium to the message. because you wrote that intentionally or not, obama s speech last night, the state of the union, backs hillary s narrative over bernie s. what do you mean by that? i think you see in the democratic primary, sort of a clash between bernie sanders offering a left-wing progressive liberal version of the same kind of message of anger and discontent that you re hearing from a lot of republicans. he s proposing very different solutions, but he s tapping into the same sense that america isn t working, that government isn t working and the economy isn t working and he s laying out ideas for a political revolution and drastic change from the status quo. barack obama, by giving what was really the most upbeat state of the union address he s had
proposals, it was also a chance for the white house to roll out new social media tools. ahead of the speech, the white house officially joined the video messaging service snap chat. i m kind of stumbling because i can t believe i have to say video messaging service. you know snap chat. and today they re holding their third annual big block of cheese day. that s what you re looking at now. inspired by the show the west wing, which is why you re seeing all the west wing actors, it s an event and opportunity for americans to ask questions to senior administration officials. it s called the big block of cheese day. so it s expired some bad puns. like, excited? so are brie. we got to at least laugh at the puns. i love a good bad pun myself. so i appreciate it. so for those of us, we all kind of know what snap chat is, but the white house joining snap chat, those messages that
this is fancier than i am used to. i can t pronounce these cheeses. they are fancy. comte. is that correct? all right. this one here, what is this? go ahead. shout it out. mimolette. of course. and here what s this one? camembert. that s the one i recognize. there s no sharp cheddar. originally from normandy. i should say there s going to be a day on wednesday at the white house called big block of cheese day. did you know that president jackson back in the day brought a big block of cheese 1400 pounds and people gathered around. around and took a bite. this is a thing. yeah. i m not going to wait for you. what i wonder is, on this cheese it has the top casing, are you supposed to eat the casing. you are supposed to eat that? it s okay? i have been eating it wrong all of these years. where s the wine? we are supposed to have wine. she s laughing at me. i m serious.
you again? put him on speaker. hey, jay. what s up, molina? look, i think the white house having a big block of cheese day is a great idea. i don t think they are going to have the cheese, though. i think it s just a branding issue here. you can submit your questions on the web. the white house website or on twitter, use th the #askthewhitehouse. we ll be right back. r back pain, you turned up the fun. tylenol® provides strong pain relief while being gentle on your stomach. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monit
100,000, the white house has to respond. and the first-ever big block of cheese day, a nod to what andrew jackson did with an open house in the 1800s, and then made famous in the west wing. no, you don t actually get cheese. instead, you have a chance to ask questions to several administration officials. actually, the white house brought back a couple of west wing stars to promote the event on wednesday. and that s going to wrap up this hour of jansing and co., i m chris jansing. brian shactman is up next. good morning, brian. 1,400-pound block of cheese can t taste very good, can it? i think more the better. there you go, thanks, chris. the agenda next hour, it s not hyperbolic to say president obama preparing one of the most critical speeches of his presidency, his state of the union address, and he ll be drawing on all his considerable oratory skills to make it a game