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Butler for not taking someones cup. she had to take the cup. there are also scenes and stories about how on the second and third floor of the white house was a morgue. it was so quiet. from one day to the next they never knew what they were going to get. >> its interesting you show they lost their privacy for the first time and were getting use to it and never were entirely comfortable with it and probably not still until this day. >> even before lewinsky they had travel gate, coming off trooper...

John legend and stevie wonder among many who sang happy birthday to the first lady. the hottest ticket came with a blunt presidential directive. this could be a dance party. >> the first lady asks you to cut a rug, you cut a rug. >> no dinner, no formalities, loosen the tie, come with a full stomach and wear comfortable shoes. >> have you got your dancing shoes on? >> absolutely. >> i have my flats. >> the entire white house tate floor transformed into a dance floor. the bar was set high. the fi...

Because she anticipates to get the party hopping with the new single. there is going to be a lot of dancing to the night. let me show you a picture of the invitation, because it says specifically to wear dance attire, and president obama has told people to wear comfortable shoes. this party is going to last well past midnight tonight at the white house and a lot of michelle obamas friends are coming in from chicago, and we have promised many celebrity guests and performers here. and i want the s...

Around this guest list. what we do know is once the sun starts going down here is when the dancing shoes will start to come out. i want to show you the invitation here, because there are a few specifics. first of all, the party starts this evening at 9:00. therell be snacks and sips, dancing and dessert, and specifically dance attire was requested by the white house. and let me give you a little indication of how big this partys going to be, how much is going to take over the white house. its go...

Budget and harry reid has not allowed a budget on the state floor since 2009. were three years and three months from having had a budget presented on the senate floor. he wh when you hear about the nasty house republicans, theyve prepared budget after budget after budget and have gone into the details and sent it to the senate and if the senate doesnt like it, they can draft their own, but this is a senate that doesnt track one at all and bottles up the ones they get. youre right. we need a budg...

>> reporter: good morning, soledad, negotiations under way in the parliament building behind me here in athens to try to forge some type of coalition. the party that won the election yesterday, new democracy led by samaras, didnt get an absolute majority, only got 129 seats and needs 151 in the parliament to have a majority. so negotiations are continuing. hes got three days to try to bring together some of the other parties as well into a coalition. its going to get greece out of this...

Started walking down to the pea yok. george wanted to take the elevator, but the agents didnt think it was safe. so we had to descend flight after flight of stairs to the state floor, then the ground floor and below, while i held georges hand because i couldnt see anything. my heart was pounding and all i could do is count stairwell landings, trying to count off in my mind how many more floors we had to go. when we reached the peoc, i saw the outline of a military sergeant unfolding the ancient ...

Come get us. so that night, i could hear somebody after we went to sleep, i woke up and i heard a man screaming as he ran, "mr. president, mr. president, youve got to get up. the white house is under attack." we jumped up out of the bed again, and i grabbed my robe and stuck my feet in my slippers, but i didnt stop to put on my contacts. george grabbed barney, and i grabbed kitty. with spot trailing behind, we started walking down. george wanted to take the elevator, but the agents didnt think i...

>> larry: one week from tonight we have mick jagger. first, we welcome back laura bush. her new book is "spoken from the heart." a terrific read published by scriptners. you were such a private first lady. wasnt this hard for you to do? >> it actually was not. it was really great to have a chance to do this. it was really great to have a chance to do this. i wanted it to be very candid. i wanted it to be revealing. and i knew there were a lot of gaps that what reporters asked me about,...

one week from tonight weve got mick jagger here for the hour. right now we welcome back former first lady laura bush to "larry king live." we spent many hours together. her new book is "spoken from the heart." a terrific read published by scriptners. you see its cover. you were such a private first lady. wasnt this hard for you to do? >> it actually was not. it was really great to have a chance to do this. i wanted to be very candid, i wanted it to be revealing. and i knew there were a...