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wrapping up his first term in office with a tradition that goes back decades, hosting the previous president for the unveiling of his official presidential portrait. on that day, in may of 2012. obama made this statement about the point of these portraits, as an enduring member of the presidents temporary time in office serving the people. >> now the white house is many things at once. it is a working office. it is a living museum. it is an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the end of the day, when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the t...

things at once. it is a working office. it is a living museum. it is an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the end of the day, when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the tremendous honor to actually live here. i think it is fair to say that every president is acutely aware that we are just temporary residence. we are renters here. we are charged with the upkeep and tell our lease runs out. but we also leave a police of ourself in this place. we are renters here. charged with the upkeep until our lease runs out. in 2012, we did not know ho...

during today's event, the former president echoed the point he made back in 2012, that presidents are renters at the white house, and that their time there is temporary. >> i've always described the presidency as ays relay race, y take the baton from someone, you run your leg as hard and as well as you can, and then you hand it off to someone else. knowing that your work will be incomplete. the portraits hanging in the white house chronicle theit runners in thatth race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer toy its highest aspirations. >> now the reason th...

dangerous humanitarian crisis getting even worse. >> we can't continue going to way we're going. the drug cartels will get richer and the criminals will embolden themselves more and we'll have complete disregard for the laws of our country at all. >> fox team coverage begins with former acting dhs secretary chad wolf standing by. >> but first to matt finn live in los angeles. matt? >> hi, guys. i was at the border last week. when you're there in person, the humanitarian crisis is undeniable. in the summer in the extreme heat, men, women and children arrive in the united states pleadi...

were binned in the houses of parliament, as soaring food prices hit family households, waste—minster, is its headline. the sunday express says britain's business are being urged to get ready for a trade deal predicted to open up a post—brexit market of around half a billion people. the sunday telegraph follows the conservative race to become prime minister — as candidate liz truss pledges to halt the exodus of nhs doctors and clear the surging back log and waiting lists. the observer has a picturesque autumn photo, and yet it's the middle of august — experts say heatwaves and...