Kate middleton before returning to the white house. John kerry also here in washington. The New York Times reporting on friday theres a meeting planned with russian officials to discuss whether the president will have a oneonone meeting with president putin in moscow early next month. The Associated Press reporting on the first criminal charges filed in last years benghazi attack, naming olivia militia head and others in the september 11 Embassy Attack that killed four americans. Terrorism, one of the topics last night when the president sat down with jay leno on the tonight show. It marked his sixth appearance as either president ial candidate or president. We will get your reaction to the president using the tonight show as a forum to discuss serious issues. Join us on facebook or send us a tweet, http twitter. Com cspanwj and. Span hasbbc reporting yemen foiled an al qaeda plot to blow up Oil Pipelines and sees some of the countrys main ports. The story was released a short while ago saying both u. S. And the uk have withdrawn diplomatic staff from yemen, prompted by intelligence reports over new terrorist activity. Their u. S. Is reported to send special Operation Forces for pop possible strikes against him and sites, al qaeda sites in yemen. The front page story about the september 11 benghazi attacks, charges have been filed, u. S. Ambassador Christie Vince among those killed in that attack. We want to get to the president s comments last night on the tonight show, asked about benghazi and terrorism and the shutdown of the u. S. Embassies across north africa and the threat from aqap, which is al qaeda Arabian Peninsula. This is the president and jay leno. One thing i try to do as president is not overreact, but make sure as much as possible the American People understand there are genuine risks out there. What is great about what weve seen with america over the last several years is how resilient we are. After the boston bombings, for example. The next day, folks are out there, going to ball games, making sure we are not reacting in a way that somehow shuts us down. Right. And that is the right reaction. Terrorist depend on the fact we will be terrorized. We are going to live our lives and the odds of people dying in a tourist attack are still a lot ,ower than in a car accident unfortunately, but there are things we can do to make sure that were keeping the pressure on these networks, that will try to injure americans. It is the first thing i think of when i wake up in the last thing i think about before going to bed, is keeping americans safe. Host that was the president last night on the tonight show with jay leno. Ken walsh has written this piece Available Online that the president s appearance on the tonight show, part of his effort to expand the presidencies outreach more widely than ever. Other president s have limited themselves to more traditional approaches such as speeches and News Conferences and interviews within the mainstream media. Move deepenedas areas as he tries to Committee Kate most effectively with the country. Ken walsh is joining us live on the phone. Thank you for being with us. This is getting praise in some corners to criticism from others. Why so many appearances on the show and what is your personal reaction . Guest this is the fourth time president obama has been on as president. He was on two more times before he became president , which is six times total. I think the controversy stems from the idea he is doing these rubber untraditional he is doing these rather untraditional shows, not just the tonight show but this morning he will be on zillo. Com, last week he which is aon, website designed for younger people. He has been on other tv shows that are untraditional like David Letterman and the view and so on. I think it is part of the white houses effort to reach out to different audiences who might not Pay Attention to the traditional media, people who might not Pay Attention to an interview that he might do with , would perhaps watch the tonight show or Something Like that or Pay Attention to really thatcampaign he is conducting and has for a long time been putting out his own view of events in his nontraditional ways. I think the controversy stems he it isa that below the dignity of the president. Past president s have felt going on a latenight comedy show is really not up to the stature of the president , but president obama feels differently. I think is on the right track in terms of communicating because people get their information in such different ways these days, and he recognizes that. I think other president s will do just what he is doing. Oft ken walsh is an author a number of books on the president s. Let me share with you the rights,on a blog their incredibly, the first question the president received on the situation in benghazi in the situation with the terrorist threats is coming from a comedian in california, and not from the traditional White House Press corps. You touched on this a moment ago , but this is the first time weve heard from the president since those threats went up last friday here in washington by the state department. Guest thats right. Within the White House Press corps, which you and i have been associated with an members of for a long time, there is sort of the sense that theyre being bypassed, that the president because he does these other methods of communicating, does not hold as many News Conferences or give as many interviews to the White House Press corps, which is all true, but the president feels there are other ways of getting information. I must say jay leno handled his conversation really with president obama pretty well. He did cover a lot of territory, a lot of serious issues. Terrorismlked about in benghazi, the economy, healthcare, surveillance and it goes on and on. It was not just a series of jokes. Even withnterviews, latenight comedians, often produce some substance, which is what happened last night. Host any insight into why jay leno finesses versus other latenight show host . Guest jay leno is a respectful interviewer. He is not a guy who needles even a famous person like the president. David letterman has more of a harsh tone. Other latenight hosts like maybe jimmy fallon or conan andien might be to jokey turning things more later l ight. Respectful and differential and he was both of those last night. His audience is Middle America and i think that is what the white house was trying to do here, reach the Middle American audience. President obama has been slipping in the polls, part of that is because independents have not been liking what he is doing as much as they used to, so you wanted to basically remind Middle America why they like him in the first place. I think that is partly why he chose jay leno. Host the president will be on vacation next week. Any speculation as whether there may be a News Conference before he heads up to Marthas Vineyard . Guest there is speculation. Some of the edges were taken off now that he has done the tonight show, but theres a lot of speculation he will do a News Conference tomorrow or friday. Con chief white house correspondent, the author of prisoners of the white house and a number of other books. Thank you for being with us. The story is Available Online about the president appearing last night with jay leno. Saying, the president making his sixth appearance, the fourth as president , telling me host the government is not overreacting and locking down nearly 20 diplomatic posts and issuing that Worldwide Travel warning after intercepting electronic conversations, raising concerns of the terrorist attacks. Usewhite house has declined the latest reports of terrorist threats to justify, the administrations broad intelligence programs in the u. S. And foreign countries, the president and his appearance last night did reiterate that such government surveillance is a critical component to counterterrorism. That this morning from the New York Times. Lets get your comments and reactions. Mike is joining us or actually, bobby from fitzgerald, georgia, republican line. Caller good morning. I dont think theres anything wrong with him going on tonight show and what not, but i do have pause when you see how quite he has been on the front when it comes to giving News Conferences about all of these socalled phony scandals and stuff like that. That is what disheartened me. I get the feeling were just looking at a politician that these things are all laid out and cnn has come out with this thing on benghazi now and Republican Congress has gone on vacation and everything is just laid out for the people and he is always preaching to the choir. I wish you would stand up and tell the people where he was during benghazi and the irs issue, and do those types of things in a formal setting with the media, asking him questions. If you did that and went on the tonight show every night, it wouldnt bother me. Host independent line, good morning. Caller im a voice from Middle America. As i look around my town, it is going nowhere. The problem we have is we have all of these czars in position that are pointed as far as donations and being friends and nothing is being done. On vacation,going i think congress and everybody as far as going on vacation, i think i was and everybody should get back in washington and work for we the people. As far as the nsa and the information they leaked, the only time they become a thing is when it is beneficial for them. The only time they leaked anything is when it is beneficial for them. Gave out they only information about how terrorists are being spied on. They know this. We the people have to step up to the plate because it is obvious that these people in washington that we vote for are not working for us and our interest. Host thank you for the call, mike. On twitter if youre joining us on cspan radio, heard coasttocoast, we welcome your calls and comments. Can call in some other news, story this money, front page of the Financial Times in its first News Conference, the president of iran saying is offering Serious Nuclear negotiations to try to break the deadlock, specifically between the u. S. And iran. We also found the story inside the New York Times with the photograph of the iranian president. Let me share you what theyre reporting this morning. The new president used his first News Conference to call for serious negotiations to solve the decadelong dispute over the countrys Nuclear Program and he repeatedly suggested openness to direct talks with the u. S. Have an idea until recently has been unthinkable for many years. More details Available Online for the New York Times. Democrats line, good morning. Caller good morning. Ust want to comment on your question is, should president obama the on the tonight show. Why shouldnt he . He speaking to the American People about what he is trying to do. Im taking note the republicans are doing nothing. To repealied obamacare 40 times. Theyve done nothing to do a jobs bill. Theyve done nothing. So his job is to reach out to the American People. Vacation,going on that is such a tired, tired excuse. Many times did george bush and other president s go on vacation . People act like they should tell the president what to do. Host i wasnt making a reference to the n, but the fact theres been some talk the president even indicated when he met with the press corps a few weeks ago at a News Conference that that a News Conference would be forthcoming, and some speculated to do so before vacation next week. That is the frame of the question. Caller youre acting like you can tell him what to do. He is the president of the United States. In this congress has tried to tell him what to do. Host thank you from the call. Ron has this point how about reaching out to congress . Former governor and former 2012 republican president ial nominee mitt romney speaking to about 200 donors at lakewood in New Hampshire, the headline from the Washington Times romney sees a shutdown danger. From hisaiser not far New Hampshire summer home. He said in his speech, i badly want obamacare to be stripped of its funds but we need to exercise great care about any. Of the federal government. Columbus, ohio, democrat line. Caller good morning. I was just calling in to say it seems with president obama, he is supposed to be on vacation. I dont know if i would call it a vacation when youre going to campuses and different cities and trying to tell the people what to do about their homes and their jobs and how to get better their city and communities. Also, it seems to bother me a little bit that nobodys saying anything about this congress that may have worked maybe four ,r five weeks out of the year and they wont entertain anything, even the bills no bills will they pass, and now they are threatening a government shutdown. I dont know where they expect to go. Mailid, maybe i should e president obama and say why theyre on vacation, go to the hill while congress is out and maybe have the news cameras in there and talk about the business. Maybe that would look better than him being on the tonight show. Host the headline from politico. Com well, it is significant enough were taking every precaution. We had already done a lot to around theurity world, but especially in the middle east, north africa, where the threats tend to be highest. Streamr we see a threat we think is specific enough that we can take some specific precautions within a certain timeframe, then we do so. It is a reminder for all the progress we have made getting backaden, putting al qaeda on its heels, that this radical, you know, violent extremism is still out there. We have got to stay on top of it. It is also a reminder of how courageous our Embassy Personnel tend to be because you can never have 100 security and some of these places. Sure. The country sometimes themselves are illequipped to provide the security you you want, even if we enforce it, there are still vulnerabilities. Host the president last night discussing terrorism on the tonight show. This is from our twitter page many of you witching on our Facebook Page many of you Facebook Page. Ur you can share your thoughts and comments or call us. Good morning from columbus, ohio. What brockant to say obama is doing is great. I want him to stay on the road, to go to these campuses and explain to the people what is going on. Wary ofo very, very congress, like everybody else. I dont think congress should have went on vacation. I dont think barack obama needs to hold the congress in to get them to pass bills. The acolyte they need barack obama they act like any barack obama to stand by them while they pass these bills, when they got to the white house just like barack obama. Im just praying that after this im sure theyre not going to shut the government down. Hoping our country comes together a little bit more, people. Theyre not going to be a will to stop obamacare. Ohio are arty signing up for that, so i dont know how they think theyre going to stop it. It confuses me. I think we have a lot of matters in this country in this country that need to be taking care of and i think congress has been really, really slow on doing these things. Thank you so much. Host this story this morning, the focus on kentucky politics. Incovered in the event kentucky that included allison grimes, the democratic candidate and mitch mcconnell. The headline, angry blue grass roots and strong rivals spell trouble for mcconnell. Mcconnell is the Senate Republican floor general and a major power broker. Back, kentucky, however, he is possibly the most endangered member of the gop Senate Caucus at of next ors midterm elections as he tries to balance pleasing vociferous rightwing constituents with his role as chief congressional dealmaker. That story from the Washington Times. We will come back to more of your comments and comments and the tonight show excerpts, but we want to take a look back at past president or president ial candidates who have made late night appearances, including this one from his moment from 1968 as he was running for president , Richard Nixon. Nbc, pitiful downtown burbank. Hello, governor rockefeller. Think we could get mr. Nixon to stand still for sock it to me. Sock it to me . From 1968, Richard Nixon running for president and excerpts from other past nine. Ercent appearances your reaction to this president s appearance last night on the tonight show and what he said. Patricia, republican line, miami, florida. Caller good morning. Go ahead, patricia. Yes, i was watching the program and the president going on television, i really dont care about that. What i care about is congress get to working to the country moving. Host ok, tha