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Well. there were cabinet members in the president s good graces, if you will. certainly very few democrats, if any, and there were trump supporters, some money folks. tim cook of apple was there. the head of louis vuitton was there to represent the french fashion side. all in all, a much smaller side than past state dinners. the first lady well, actually, jeff, both presidents talked a lot about foreign policy earlier today. it s interesting to see former secretary of state henry kissinger in attendance. reporter: that was interesting. he was walking in and was certainly one of the more experienced members of the crowd. certainly probably has been to more state dinners than anyone else here in attendance this evening. certainly it was a day of handshakes. we ve seen this relationship between the two presidents really unfold before our eyes ....
we had a massive field of people. you saw that. reporter: how big the crowds were at his inauguration. i looked out. the field was, it looked like a million, million and a half people. they showed a field where there were practically nobody standing there. reporter: on saturday, the president sent his press secretary, sean spicer, to the white house briefing room to make several patently false claims to the public. this was the first time in our nation s history that floor coverings have been used to protect the grass on the mall. that had the fact of highlighting any areas reporter: wrong. ground coverings were used on the mall as recently as 2013 and it went on from there, but the bigger question, why? why the desperate need to prove a lie thus trotting out even more falsehoods to serve it about an issue of no importance? well, past is prologue. money, money, money folks who worked on nbc s the apprentice know well the president is someone who does ....