Going to be we saw it happen with speaker gingrich and it can happen here. Boehner walked away from a deal shortly after that. I want to come to the interplay between the leadership on the republican side in in a second but i have to ask this based on what you said. I think you know the president gave what was initially an off the record interview to the Des Moines Register editorial board, speaking although he did not get the endorsement of that paper in one of the things he said in the interview was he believed he could get a grand bargain struck on the debt ceiling if he were reelected on november 6. A son what youre saying they may not be possible if if the freshman and now sophomores and many members who come and dont eventually give a nether blessing to cut a deal. In her may feel in the same tough spot now that but he was last year. A ground part and based on what you say may not be possible if obama wins under any circumstances. This is outside of the book but i will do it anyw
But the marriage is obviously going very well indeed. Spina bifida roast, in 1997. What did you see in that clip you may comment on . Nothing. It is Andrea Mitchell who was a terrific journalist. You cannot emphasize that enough. It looked just seeing that right now it looked like a friendly washington event. Jokes are told. Looks like a lot of comedy. Anything wrong with that . No, not really. I think the reference he was making was to Andrea Mitchell and Alan Greenspans wedding that had been held around then. They are a power couple. Andrea mitchell is a great journalist. Alan greenspan is one of our most powerful economic minds in the last decade. It is an interesting dynamic when you have this crossover between friendship and social life. But the president of the Motion Picture association told you he would never lobby. He did. I think what chris dodd is implemented in this book is the impermanent feudal class, which is a term that tom coburn uses. It is used to describe the imperm
Can we have them pose with this . Picture. Get your look at that. Ok. 1 30. Perfect. Thank you. [indistinct conversations] hi, guys. How are you doing . Good morning. Happy birthday. Ready to go. Darling. Conversations] how is it going . How are you doing . [no audio] [indistinct conversations] nice to meet you. The sights and sounds from a short time ago. Now a live picture from the White House Correspondents georgetown,h in another one of the events around the city ahead of tonights White House Correspondents dinner. It feels like summer camp for us. That has been a blast. That has been fun. Been a very glamorous summer camp. [indistinct conversations] what do you have to say about the future of the show . Doing it always. It has been the best show. We all have fun. I look forward to all of the gallivanting with a great lineup. Who is your favorite White House Correspondent . I can think of his name. Sorry. [laughter] how are you doing . Thanks for talking to us. Thank you so much. Y
Correspondents dinner coming up tonight. Our live coverage begins at 6 00 p. M. Eastern from the washington hilton with red carpet arrivals followed by the dinner featuring president obama and joe mikael mchale. Live coverage at 6 00 eastern on cspan. Some of the sights and sounds as guests arrive for another of the days activities leading up to tonights white house correspondents dinner. This is the view a short time ago at the beale Washington House in georgetown where the garden brunch is about to get underway, an event hosted by the president and founder of a dad media. She is a was green greeting guests. The french kicks off another day of activities. A lot of parties, events around washington. This takes place in georgetown. It is the home of a washington businessman and the owner of the washington kastles tennis team. The event supports a couple of causes, dog had bakery, an organization that serves and anothererans organization supporting military families. [indistinct conversa
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