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During my eight years as
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the Chief Official
White House Photographer
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for the Obama administration,
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I documented all the important
moments of his presidency.
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The emotion,
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the tough decisions,
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the stressful times,
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the fun times.
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But also showing
what he was like as a dad...
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...as a husband,
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just as a human being.
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To me, that shows
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how the job of the president
should be done.
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I think it's my right
as an American citizen
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to speak out when I see wrong.
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And I really come at this
from a unique perspective,
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not just as
a former photojournalist
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but also having worked for
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both the Obama
and Reagan administrations,
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and seeing what it's like on
the inside of a presidency...
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...whether you agree or disagree
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with a president's policies,
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how that president
should behave.
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I'm gonna throw some
shade tonight, if that's okay.
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But I want to tell you first
how I... how I got there.
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So, if we go back
to January 20, 2017,
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President Obama left
his successor a personal note
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and stuck it in the drawer
of the Resolute desk.
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And the last line
of the note was:
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"Michelle and I wish
you and Melania the very best
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"as you embark
on this great adventure.
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"And know that we stand
ready to help
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"in any ways which we can.
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Good luck, and Godspeed."
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With that, he left the
Oval Office for the last time.
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-Good morning, everybody.
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Good morning, sir.
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Take care, sir.
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-Thank you. -Bye, sir.
-Thank you, guys.
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He went and said goodbye
to the household staff:
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butlers, ushers, groundkeepers.
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And Von Everett,
who is one of the butlers
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and had been there
since the Reagan years--
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you can imagine
what it was like for him
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to have been there for the first
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African American president.
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There's a tradition that
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the incoming president
comes to the White House
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the morning before the
inauguration for a reception.
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After everyone else had
finally boarded the motorcade,
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President Obama took Trump aside
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to brief him on a pending
national security issue.
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Uh, he escorted Trump
to the limousine.
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They had to ride
in the limousine
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to the Capitol together.
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The guy on the far left
is Mike White.
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He was the head of
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the Presidential
Protective Division
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of the Secret Service.
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And you always see
the person in that position
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behind the president
or behind the first lady.
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As they were leaving the podium,
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I now notice that
Mike White and his deputy
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were behind Trump and Melania
and not behind President Obama.
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That's when it really hit me
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that this for real had happened.
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You know, if I go back
to January 20, 2017...
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...I'm ready for the job
to be done
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because, you know, it just takes
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so much out of you
physically and mentally.
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There was a sense of relief--
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almost excitement--
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that I would not have
a BlackBerry with me
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24-7-365
for eight years anymore.
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You have no idea
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how good of a feeling it was
to be done with that.
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But there was
a sense of disbelief
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and worry.
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I was-- I really was concerned
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for the... the country.
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To this day,
I have that same feeling.
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I'm not literally
in the room anymore,
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but I know what happens
in the room,
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and that's what scares me
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about what's happening today
in the Oval Office.
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After I left the White House,
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I started this
personal Instagram account.
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My intention was to highlight
some of the photographs
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that I had made
throughout my career.
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I never intended to be vocal
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in any way
about what was going on.
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So, the first day, he came to me
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with his photo that he wanted
to post on Instagram
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with the president sitting
on the Resolute desk
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and the red curtains,
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and he wrote a caption,
something like,
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"I like the old curtains better.
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What did you think?"
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And I said,
"You can't say that."
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Because he had spent
eight years having no voice
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and no opinion
of what was going on,
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and suddenly,
here's an opinion about drapes.
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And I said, "You can't do that."
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Now, what I didn't tell you is
I had just seen a picture
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of the redecorated Oval Office
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with these gold,
ornate curtains.
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And there was even a comment
on that very first post
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from somebody that said,
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"Pete is dropping shade
with a comment on drapes."
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And I-I have to admit
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I had no idea
what "dropping shade" meant.
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I knew what I was doing.
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I just didn't know it was called
dropping or throwing shade.
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-Don't be rude.
-Mr. President-elect,
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-can you give us a question?
-Don't be rude.
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You're attacking us.
Can you give us a question?
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-Don't be rude.
-Can you give us a question?
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No, I'm not gonna
give you a que...
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When you report fake news,
which CNN does a lot,
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you are the enemy of the people.
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-Go ahead.
- Mr. President...
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Hi, Pete.
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Welcome to India.
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Thank you.
It's-it's nice to be here.
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Is there hope
for photojournalism?
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I think there's a lot of people
doing a lot of great work,
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but it-it doesn't help
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when the president
of the United States
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calls journalists fake news
and the enemy of the people.
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I think that's really dangerous.
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I-I think our president
is causing grave damage
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to the institution
of the free press.
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We have with us the former
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Chief Official
White House Photographer
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to the U.S. Presidents
Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.
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-Please welcome to the stage
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Pete Joseph Souza!
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I want to ask you
as a photojournalist--
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your commitment while
photographing is to the truth,
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but when you're the Chief
White House Photographer,
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uh, when you're consciously
or subconsciously building
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a public image of brand Obama,
was there ever a conflict?
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Yeah, I think
that's a good question.
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I often say to people,
though my background
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is-is a photojournalist,
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certainly, when you're the
Chief White House Photographer,
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you're-you're working
for the government.
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But so, I didn't ever
think of it as a conflict,
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because it wasn't...
I wasn't a PR photographer.
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I look at myself
as a historian with a camera.
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The job as the Chief Official
White House Photographer
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is to visually document
the presidency for history.
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So, when inauguration
rolled around,
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I had in the back of my mind,
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for the journey
I was about to take,
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this thought:
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make authentic photographs.
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Think mood,
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emotion,
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context.
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Be ready for
the fleeting moments
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both big and small.
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My goal was to create
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the best photographic archive
of a president
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that had ever been done.
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Lasting images for history.
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The origination of my office
was a military office
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during the Kennedy
administration.
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LBJ wanted somebody
to cover everything,
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and he hired this guy
named Yoichi Okamoto,
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who had traveled with him
as vice president.
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And, you know,
Johnson was such a character
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and Okamoto was
such a great photographer
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that his pictures
are just amazing.
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You know, more than anyone,
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his work was the kind of work
that I wanted to do.
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I wanted the level of access
that Okamoto had to Johnson.
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That's sort of what
I was striving for with Obama.
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Photographs can tell a story
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just as a book can tell a story.
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And it's a very special thing
because it breaks down
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the idea that these people
are somehow different from us.
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Yes, they have
different responsibilities,
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yes, they have
greater anxieties,
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but they're leading a life
that has a daily ritual to it.
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Think I knew
how the job should be done,
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having worked for
the Reagan administration, too.
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The White House photo editor
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called me up one day
out of the blue
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and said, "We want you
to apply for this job."
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It was totally unexpected.
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You know, I'm in my 20s,
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and I'd never met
a president before.
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And I was just nervous.
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It was kind of, like, just
sort of overwhelming to me.
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I actually
turned it down at first.
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A, I was not really
that into politics.
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B, I was really not
the biggest fan of Reagan.
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Five ways of photography.
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Well, this is familiar.
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But you hope that
what you're doing
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is important for history, right?
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Used to say journalism is
the first draft of history.
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And I'm thinking, like,
here's a chance
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to actually be involved
in documenting history.
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The Photograph Office,
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primarily, it was myself
and Fitz and Jack,
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and then Pete--
but we were very much a team.
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Let's lock that sucker down.
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Working at the White House
as the first woman
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official photographer
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was a humbling experience.
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I was recording for history.
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-Now, is Pete in?
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Is Pete nice and clear?
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-Yes.
-Okay. Okay.
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The orchestration of
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television coverage
absorbs the White House.
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They provide pictures of him
looking like a leader,
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confident with
his Marlboro Man walk.
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A good family man.
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The White House has become
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more and more of a stage,
a theater,
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and the question has become:
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are the television networks
gonna manage that theater?
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Are they gonna manage
that stage?
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-Or is the White House gonna do that?
-Get ready.
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They were very aware of
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creating the best backdrop
possible for TV networks
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and Timeand Newsweek.
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Now, do you want us on either side
of the tree or what?
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Well, we...
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I think they want
to do one standing,
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but I think,
for release purposes,
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it'd be better to have you
doing something,
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and my suggestion was
watering the tree.
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We have two shovels.
We have a chain saw.
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-No, please.
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Pete, it's too hot.
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Can we just do
a watering the tree?
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-Watering the tree is fine.
-All right.
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-Uh...
-Ah!
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-Did you get that, Pete?
-Yeah.
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-You did, huh?
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I've got an idea
for another picture.
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-Just one more.
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I've got the chain saw.
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No, and you're blocking me off.
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Stopping me from...
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Don't just stand there.
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You're supposed to be saying no.
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-I'm not gonna start the saw.
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-No.
-What?
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-All right.
-Thank you.
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The amount of access you get
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as the Chief Official
White House Photographer
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is really totally dependent
on the relationship
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that you have
with the president.
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All I tried to do was
push for more access
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for the behind-the-scenes
moments,
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most of which were never seen
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until after he had left
the presidency.
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Some of the pictures
that I would make
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would be fairly intimate.
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After Mrs. Reagan had undergone
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breast cancer surgery
at Bethesda Naval Hospital,
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every day,
at the end of the day,
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he would take the helicopter
and go visit her.
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They were exactly
the same way together
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behind the scenes
as they were in public.
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There was very much a true love
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and companionship
between the-the two of them.
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I always felt the best pictures
I made of-of Reagan
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were not from planned events.
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They were things
that happened between events
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and moments that
you couldn't ever predict--
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they would just happen--
and that really humanizes
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the president
of the United States.
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One of the roles
of commander in chief is
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you send people into harm's way.
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But then the president usually
is the one who has to go talk
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to all the families
who had lost someone.
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He's clearly empathetic
and compassionate,
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and you can see
the emotion in their faces
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as they're looking up
to see what Reagan is saying.
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That's the way
a president should behave
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in times like that.
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In some respects,
I think it did a disservice
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not to show him
in these true, authentic,
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behind-the-scenes moments
more than they did.
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Okay, folks.
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I've always wanted to stand
on the Cabinet Room table.
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-Is it o...
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Is it okay with you,
Mr. President?
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-What'd he put up?
- "Scram."
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And, Mr. President,
just half a step this way.
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He's to the left,
and I'm to the right.
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Another half step.
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Big smiles.
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Here we go.
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Big smile.
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I wanted this time
to talk with you
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about an extremely sensitive
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and profoundly important
matter of foreign policy.
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Certainly, during
the Iran-Contra affair,
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there were a lot of pictures
that I made where he was
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agonizing over what he did
or what he didn't do.
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It was a big scandal.
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I made that picture
where the Tower Commission,
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after this
many-month investigation,
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had concluded that, in fact,
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Reagan had sold arms
for hostages.
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And you see that look
on Reagan's face,
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who was still
somewhat in denial.
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But to me, it really defines
that whole scandal
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and how impactful it was
on his presidency.
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I did not necessarily agree
with some of the things
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that President Reagan was doing.
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For example,
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how long it took him
to come to grips with AIDS.
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I think that, in retrospect,
is more than disappointing.
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But this photo I made of him
holding a baby with HIV
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did help destigmatize
the disease.
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I was naive
and not as politically aware
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as I should have been
at the time.
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But I did feel that
he was a decent human being.
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He respected other people
from all walks of life.
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When, uh, Reagan had,
uh, passed away
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and his body was being flown
to the West Coast,
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uh, Nancy Reagan requested
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that Peter be
on the plane with them.
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And, of course, he had been
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out of the White House
for so many years.
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And Peter did that.
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When I left
the White House under Reagan,
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it wasn't like
I was that well-known.
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So, for nine years, I was
a freelance photographer.
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After that, I went to work
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for the Chicago Tribune,
based in D.C.
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If somebody had told me
that I would end up working
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for the most iconic Republican
president of our generation
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and then the most iconic
Democrat president
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of our generation,
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I would've said they were crazy.
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What are those words?
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-Yes, we can!
-Yes, we can!
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Thank you, Illinois! I love you!
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Thank you!
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Thank you, Illinois.
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-In 2004...
-Thank you, guys.
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...Barack Obama was elected
to the Senate.
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I didn't see his 2004 speech
at the convention
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because I was traveling
with Kerry.
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The hope of a skinny kid
with a funny name
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who believes that America
has a place for him, too.
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I remember the editors
in Chicago said to me,
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"Make sure you get
a picture of Obama."
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And I was like...
I didn't even know
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what the guy looked like,
you know?
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You're on the front
page of every paper this week.
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-You're all over television.
-Right.
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Everyone's calling you
the future, the savior
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-of the Democratic Party.
-Well...
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-So, are you?
-You know, I rank
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99th out of 100 in seniority,
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uh, so I-I'm gonna be
sharpening pencils
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and-and scrubbing the floors,
I think,
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-for the first couple of years.
-I doubt that.
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Jeff Zeleny,
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who was a correspondent
for the Tribune,
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he came up to me one day,
and he said,
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"Hey, I'm thinking of pitching
a story to the editors,
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uh, following Obama's
first year in the Senate."
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I love this picture because,
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you know, he's got
half a sandwich in his mouth,
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and then Sasha's eyeing
the other half.
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This was the day I met him.
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The presence of my camera
didn't bother him at all,
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you know,
which is not always the case,
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especially with politicians.
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Did that say anything
about him to you?
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Um, you know,
I found a good subject.
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This was the first day
that he was in Washington
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as the newly elected senator.
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And Malia was six.
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Senator Obama spent the day
with his family
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and showing them around
and helping them understand
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what it was like.
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And Sasha was three.
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I mean, I think he thought
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I was a competent photographer.
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I continued
to further that trust
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as the year went by.
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Why, in the age of, uh, YouTube
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and so much Internet video,
do photographs
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still have
a very powerful impact
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in terms of covering politics?
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You know, I-I-I like
the still photograph.
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It stops time.
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You can remember
a still photograph.
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A-A lot of photojournalists now
are evolving into video,
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00:25:23,325 --> 00:25:25,196
but I still think
the still photograph,
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for me, says a lot more.
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I wasn't with him every day,
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but I got to know him
pretty well professionally.
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It-it was very clear
that he was different
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from most politicians.
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I hadn't really seen somebody,
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especially a freshman senator,
with this kind of presence.
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He had us call him Barack.
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He was casual.
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He would e-mail you
in the middle of the night.
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Generationally,
he had more in common
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with the people who worked
for him in their 20s
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than he did with probably the
other senators in Washington.
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This would have been 2005.
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I went to Russia and Ukraine
and Azerbaijan with him.
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We're in the middle
of Red Square,
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00:26:07,543 --> 00:26:10,241
and not a single person
recognizes him.
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00:26:11,373 --> 00:26:14,376
He was just a... a regular guy.
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00:26:17,292 --> 00:26:22,166
And then I went to Africa
with him in 2006.
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In Robben Island,
we went to Mandela's cell.
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-Now, the advantage of
this cell... -He had some sun.
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-Not only that.
-Yeah.
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You got the view of the outside.
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On a clear day,
you could see Cape Town.
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00:26:38,705 --> 00:26:40,402
When we went to Kenya,
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he had this meeting
with some NGOs.
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And word got out
that he was in there.
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00:26:46,451 --> 00:26:50,455
And when he emerged
from this meeting,
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there were, like,
thousands of people
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waiting to hear him say
a few words.
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When we went to Nairobi
and he gave a big speech,
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I got this picture
of this guy writing down,
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00:27:04,774 --> 00:27:08,517
like, the bullet points
of what he was talking about.
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00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,657
-Hey!
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Hey.
It's good to see all of you.
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The reception
at his grandmother's village
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was, like, chaotic.
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00:27:29,146 --> 00:27:30,582
Anytime, I think,
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a child comes back
to his parent's grave,
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it makes you reflect on,
uh, your own life
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00:27:34,717 --> 00:27:36,763
and-and mortality, and...
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00:27:36,806 --> 00:27:41,245
uh, it makes you think
about the next generation.
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My wife and I are gonna
get tested for HIV/AIDS.
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00:27:45,946 --> 00:27:48,252
So, I just want everybody
to remember
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00:27:48,296 --> 00:27:51,691
that if a U.S. senator
can get tested
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and his wife can get tested,
449
00:27:53,649 --> 00:27:55,607
then everybody in this crowd
can get tested.
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Because you need
to know your status.
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Seeing the overwhelming
response that he got in Africa,
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I remember coming back
from that trip
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00:28:04,791 --> 00:28:08,533
saying that, y-you know,
I'll bet he runs for president.
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I mean, just the way
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00:28:13,408 --> 00:28:15,279
people were hanging on
to his every word,
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00:28:15,323 --> 00:28:18,456
you could just see
in people's faces
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00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:21,155
that this guy was
something special to them.
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00:28:22,896 --> 00:28:25,159
Obviously, he was
very intelligent.
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00:28:25,202 --> 00:28:27,291
But I think he also had
the right temperament
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00:28:27,335 --> 00:28:29,772
to become president.
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00:28:29,816 --> 00:28:33,776
To me, this picture
really tells a story
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about a young U.S. senator
about to walk out,
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00:28:38,825 --> 00:28:41,479
announce that he's running
for president,
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00:28:41,523 --> 00:28:45,657
knowing that his life
will never be the same.
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00:28:45,701 --> 00:28:47,790
And I think you can
see that in his face.
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00:28:47,834 --> 00:28:50,793
You can see the anxiety
in Michelle as she's trying
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00:28:50,837 --> 00:28:54,231
to brush off some lint
from the back of his jacket.
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00:28:54,275 --> 00:28:56,799
I knew the gravity
of the moment,
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00:28:56,843 --> 00:28:58,670
and I knew he had a shot.
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00:28:58,714 --> 00:29:03,675
I knew that once people got
to see him and hear from him
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00:29:03,719 --> 00:29:05,677
that he had a shot.
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00:29:05,721 --> 00:29:09,899
He had the kind of qualities
within him
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where people...
people would relate to him.
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-I stand before you today
to announce... -
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my candidacy for president of
the United States of America.
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00:29:24,740 --> 00:29:29,745
People forget that
Hillary was so far ahead,
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00:29:29,789 --> 00:29:32,922
had so many endorsements,
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00:29:32,966 --> 00:29:35,838
that people thought
he was a total long shot.
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00:29:35,882 --> 00:29:38,928
Does Obama face
a big uphill battle
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00:29:38,972 --> 00:29:41,017
despite all the media attention
he's getting?
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00:29:41,061 --> 00:29:42,932
Uh, he will
have to deal with the issue
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00:29:42,976 --> 00:29:44,847
of only two years
in the U.S. Senate.
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00:29:44,891 --> 00:29:46,501
The media was ready to
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00:29:46,544 --> 00:29:48,720
kind of write us off
or put us in the barrel.
485
00:29:48,764 --> 00:29:51,506
It was like, no, there is
this broader force out there
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that's not gonna
let that happen.
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00:29:55,989 --> 00:29:59,557
American history won't be
the same again.
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00:29:59,601 --> 00:30:02,560
Americans elected a young man
with a young family,
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an African American--
the first ever.
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It's been a long time coming,
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00:30:11,439 --> 00:30:14,877
but tonight, because of
what we did on this day,
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00:30:14,921 --> 00:30:19,403
in this election,
at this defining moment,
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-change has come to America.
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00:30:26,323 --> 00:30:29,892
Gibbs called me on January 5
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00:30:29,936 --> 00:30:31,502
and offered me the job.
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00:30:31,546 --> 00:30:33,896
And I just said to Gibbs,
I said, "Look,"
497
00:30:33,940 --> 00:30:35,724
I said, "Here's the thing is,
if I do this,
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00:30:35,767 --> 00:30:38,031
I have to have access
to everything."
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00:30:38,074 --> 00:30:40,555
And he just said to me,
"The president-elect gets it.
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There's no worries there."
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And I said, "Okay,
I'll-I'll be there tomorrow."
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Two days later,
I met up with Obama.
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He walked in the room,
and he said, uh,
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00:30:51,958 --> 00:30:54,612
"We're gonna have some fun."
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I think there was an enormous
amount of respect overseas
506
00:31:08,365 --> 00:31:10,106
when he was elected.
507
00:31:10,150 --> 00:31:12,369
I think people were just excited
508
00:31:12,413 --> 00:31:15,329
that our country had finally
put prejudice aside
509
00:31:15,372 --> 00:31:18,680
and elected
an African American president.
510
00:31:18,723 --> 00:31:22,075
And really a different kind
of politician
511
00:31:22,118 --> 00:31:23,772
that resonated around the world.
512
00:31:30,518 --> 00:31:33,695
Pete was with the president
all the time.
513
00:31:33,738 --> 00:31:35,697
I mean, he'd start
his day around 9:00.
514
00:31:35,740 --> 00:31:38,395
I'd get his schedule.
515
00:31:38,439 --> 00:31:40,049
But I came to learn
that the schedule
516
00:31:40,093 --> 00:31:42,878
was really just
the starting point.
517
00:31:45,794 --> 00:31:47,709
All right, let's go.
518
00:31:47,752 --> 00:31:51,495
I covered all
the behind-the-scenes meetings,
519
00:31:51,539 --> 00:31:53,802
all the Situation Room meetings.
520
00:31:53,845 --> 00:31:56,979
I mean, I-I can't take ownership
of this analogy,
521
00:31:57,023 --> 00:32:00,374
but imagine trying to take
a sip of water
522
00:32:00,417 --> 00:32:03,551
from a firehose
that never shuts off.
523
00:32:13,169 --> 00:32:16,172
It was nonstop every day, 24-7,
524
00:32:16,216 --> 00:32:19,132
always on call, always ready.
525
00:32:19,175 --> 00:32:22,004
That was the challenge for me,
for my job for eight years.
526
00:32:22,048 --> 00:32:24,964
Pete had walking pneumonia
one time,
527
00:32:25,007 --> 00:32:27,053
and he still came to work.
528
00:32:27,096 --> 00:32:28,663
I mean, if you really
want to document
529
00:32:28,706 --> 00:32:29,925
the presidency for history,
530
00:32:29,969 --> 00:32:32,754
you got to be there
all the time,
531
00:32:32,797 --> 00:32:34,538
because you can't predict
when images are gonna happen.
532
00:32:34,582 --> 00:32:37,193
Pete really wanted to be
533
00:32:37,237 --> 00:32:39,152
the guy who disappears.
534
00:32:39,195 --> 00:32:42,198
And that's the gift when you're
a White House photographer
535
00:32:42,242 --> 00:32:44,984
is that the president doesn't
even know you're in the room.
536
00:32:46,768 --> 00:32:48,726
Occasionally,
the cabinet would be gathered
537
00:32:48,770 --> 00:32:51,468
to present some really tough
decisions to the president.
538
00:32:51,512 --> 00:32:53,644
You know,
there'd be chatter, chatter,
539
00:32:53,688 --> 00:32:56,517
people commiserating,
and the first sign
540
00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:01,739
that the president was imminent
was when Pete walked in.
541
00:33:01,783 --> 00:33:03,567
Everything would freeze.
542
00:33:03,611 --> 00:33:05,482
So, I don't know
what it felt like for him
543
00:33:05,526 --> 00:33:07,745
for eight years to have
that chilling effect on...
544
00:33:07,789 --> 00:33:09,225
on every room.
545
00:33:12,489 --> 00:33:17,581
Why should historians
pay attention to what you do?
546
00:33:17,625 --> 00:33:20,584
Well, I think, for me,
the-the job
547
00:33:20,628 --> 00:33:22,673
of the Chief Official
White House Photographer
548
00:33:22,717 --> 00:33:24,501
is important for history.
549
00:33:24,545 --> 00:33:28,114
And-and that's the one thing
that I am-am concerned about
550
00:33:28,157 --> 00:33:30,594
with, you know,
what's-what's happening
551
00:33:30,638 --> 00:33:32,074
with the current administration,
552
00:33:32,118 --> 00:33:35,686
that the access
is not the same as...
553
00:33:35,730 --> 00:33:39,647
as, uh... as-as I had
for-for President Obama.
554
00:33:39,690 --> 00:33:43,129
And I think history
will suffer as a result.
555
00:33:45,870 --> 00:33:48,612
President Obama
puts his administration
556
00:33:48,656 --> 00:33:50,788
front and center
on yet another major aspect
557
00:33:50,832 --> 00:33:53,182
of the country's troubled
economic front:
558
00:33:53,226 --> 00:33:55,663
restructuring
the U.S. auto industry.
559
00:33:57,752 --> 00:34:00,102
Early in 2009,
we were in the midst
560
00:34:00,146 --> 00:34:02,496
of this big financial crisis.
561
00:34:02,539 --> 00:34:05,586
I think this picture
helped show who's in the room,
562
00:34:05,629 --> 00:34:07,805
the mood,
the emotion of the moment,
563
00:34:07,849 --> 00:34:09,894
which was-- he was about to call
564
00:34:09,938 --> 00:34:13,768
the CEOs of
two automobile companies
565
00:34:13,811 --> 00:34:15,813
to tell them
the federal government
566
00:34:15,857 --> 00:34:17,859
was gonna take over the company.
567
00:34:17,902 --> 00:34:20,992
As you recall, it was
very controversial at the time.
568
00:34:21,819 --> 00:34:25,649
And I was thinking,
"Who is this man?"
569
00:34:25,693 --> 00:34:27,999
How does he deal with crisis?
570
00:34:28,043 --> 00:34:31,220
And I think some words
that were crossing my mind were
571
00:34:31,264 --> 00:34:36,051
"leadership," "character"
and "empathy."
572
00:34:38,097 --> 00:34:41,230
The more I've studied
leaders in crisis times,
573
00:34:41,274 --> 00:34:44,146
whether it's Lincoln
or FDR or Teddy Roosevelt
574
00:34:44,190 --> 00:34:46,757
or LBJ during
the civil rights struggle,
575
00:34:46,801 --> 00:34:48,890
they had almost, like,
a family resemblance
576
00:34:48,933 --> 00:34:52,676
of leadership traits,
the first one being humility,
577
00:34:52,720 --> 00:34:55,157
the ability to be able
to acknowledge error
578
00:34:55,201 --> 00:34:57,594
and learn from your mistakes.
579
00:34:57,638 --> 00:35:00,119
I would go from there,
maybe, to empathy
580
00:35:00,162 --> 00:35:02,686
as an absolutely critical
human quality--
581
00:35:02,730 --> 00:35:05,298
the ability to understand
other people's points of view
582
00:35:05,341 --> 00:35:07,038
and to feel
a sense of connection
583
00:35:07,082 --> 00:35:08,649
to those other people.
584
00:35:08,692 --> 00:35:10,607
All the leaders
that I've studied
585
00:35:10,651 --> 00:35:14,045
were able to communicate
in a way to the people
586
00:35:14,089 --> 00:35:17,310
so that they felt a sense of
trust in what they were saying.
587
00:35:17,353 --> 00:35:20,095
They were inspired to act
because of them.
588
00:35:20,139 --> 00:35:22,271
And then beyond communication
589
00:35:22,315 --> 00:35:24,752
is the ability
to control emotions
590
00:35:24,795 --> 00:35:27,755
and to remain cool
during difficult times.
591
00:35:27,798 --> 00:35:30,018
And then at the very end,
in some ways,
592
00:35:30,061 --> 00:35:31,628
you have to have
the self-confidence
593
00:35:31,672 --> 00:35:33,369
to create a team
of people around you
594
00:35:33,413 --> 00:35:35,023
who can criticize you,
595
00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:36,807
who can question
your assumptions,
596
00:35:36,851 --> 00:35:38,200
who can argue with you.
597
00:35:38,244 --> 00:35:39,897
And then to accept
that it's gonna come
598
00:35:39,941 --> 00:35:41,290
from the country at large
599
00:35:41,334 --> 00:35:43,336
is such an important quality
in a leader.
600
00:35:49,385 --> 00:35:52,345
Looking at President Obama,
he came into office
601
00:35:52,388 --> 00:35:55,739
with a desire to wind down
America's wars overseas
602
00:35:55,783 --> 00:35:57,741
and step up the focus at home.
603
00:35:57,785 --> 00:36:00,222
But events had a way
of intervening,
604
00:36:00,266 --> 00:36:01,876
especially in the Middle East.
605
00:36:01,919 --> 00:36:03,965
I want to speak to you tonight
606
00:36:04,008 --> 00:36:06,185
about our effort in Afghanistan.
607
00:36:07,273 --> 00:36:10,101
We did not ask for this fight.
608
00:36:10,145 --> 00:36:14,193
But while we've achieved
hard-earned milestones in Iraq,
609
00:36:14,236 --> 00:36:17,848
the situation in Afghanistan
has deteriorated.
610
00:36:17,892 --> 00:36:20,242
And as commander in chief,
I have determined
611
00:36:20,286 --> 00:36:23,245
that it is in
our vital national interest
612
00:36:23,289 --> 00:36:27,118
to send an additional 30,000
U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
613
00:36:27,162 --> 00:36:29,947
President Obama again
and again would come back to,
614
00:36:29,991 --> 00:36:33,299
"Okay, if we do
what you're proposing,
615
00:36:33,342 --> 00:36:35,953
how is it likely to play out?"
616
00:36:35,997 --> 00:36:40,001
He welcomed dissent
and debate and discussion.
617
00:36:40,044 --> 00:36:44,701
His belief was that he would
make the best decisions
618
00:36:44,745 --> 00:36:47,704
if he had been exposed to
619
00:36:47,748 --> 00:36:50,881
the greatest array
of counterarguments,
620
00:36:50,925 --> 00:36:52,709
alternative viewpoints.
621
00:36:52,753 --> 00:36:55,930
Let's say a really difficult
backdrop like Syria.
622
00:36:55,973 --> 00:36:58,280
We had tensions over that.
623
00:36:58,324 --> 00:37:01,283
We have nothing
but lousy options
624
00:37:01,327 --> 00:37:03,677
confronting the president.
625
00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:07,202
But the person who has to live
with the consequences
626
00:37:07,246 --> 00:37:10,031
and to know
that they own the outcome,
627
00:37:10,074 --> 00:37:13,121
that's the president
and the president alone.
628
00:37:15,079 --> 00:37:17,343
President Obama said, actually,
629
00:37:17,386 --> 00:37:20,302
that he viewed the presidency
as a relay race.
630
00:37:20,346 --> 00:37:23,305
You're given certain problems
when you come in.
631
00:37:23,349 --> 00:37:25,176
You work on those problems.
632
00:37:25,220 --> 00:37:27,396
Some of those things will not
be solved during your time.
633
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,138
Maybe some steps have been
taken to get that solved.
634
00:37:30,181 --> 00:37:32,271
Maybe we've gone backwards
or forwards.
635
00:37:32,314 --> 00:37:33,750
Wars are gonna be there
636
00:37:33,794 --> 00:37:35,056
that maybe shouldn't
have been fought
637
00:37:35,099 --> 00:37:37,058
or-or you wish
hadn't been fought.
638
00:37:37,101 --> 00:37:39,321
Wars are gonna be there
that are left unfinished.
639
00:37:39,365 --> 00:37:42,193
But it's really
that continuing march.
640
00:37:44,283 --> 00:37:46,328
For me,
641
00:37:46,372 --> 00:37:48,939
it is constantly important
to remind myself
642
00:37:48,983 --> 00:37:52,378
why I got into this business
in the first place.
643
00:37:52,421 --> 00:37:54,205
Especially when it's hard.
644
00:37:54,249 --> 00:37:57,992
You look at an issue
right now like health care.
645
00:37:58,035 --> 00:38:01,343
So many of us campaigned
on the idea
646
00:38:01,387 --> 00:38:04,955
that we were gonna change
this health care system.
647
00:38:04,999 --> 00:38:09,090
Well, here we are
with a chance to change it.
648
00:38:10,439 --> 00:38:12,223
This is
an early health care speech
649
00:38:12,267 --> 00:38:15,139
he was working on
with Jon Favreau.
650
00:38:15,183 --> 00:38:17,272
-Every page looked like this.
651
00:38:17,316 --> 00:38:20,144
So, I think it really shows you
how involved he was
652
00:38:20,188 --> 00:38:23,931
in the words that were
coming out of his mouth.
653
00:38:23,974 --> 00:38:25,889
Don't you wish we had that now?
654
00:38:25,933 --> 00:38:27,891
-Um...
655
00:38:27,935 --> 00:38:29,850
but I think this picture
also tells you something
656
00:38:29,893 --> 00:38:32,113
about how he works
with other people.
657
00:38:32,156 --> 00:38:34,985
Because instead of just
handing Jon
658
00:38:35,029 --> 00:38:36,770
the marked-up draft
the next morning
659
00:38:36,813 --> 00:38:39,207
when he came to the Oval Office,
he called Jon in,
660
00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:41,731
and they sat on the sofa
for an hour and a half
661
00:38:41,775 --> 00:38:45,866
and went over every change
that he had made.
662
00:38:45,909 --> 00:38:48,782
I know how bitter
and contentious the issue
663
00:38:48,825 --> 00:38:51,959
of health insurance reform
has become.
664
00:38:53,961 --> 00:38:56,833
This bill is
the greatest threat to freedom
665
00:38:56,877 --> 00:39:00,141
that I have seen in the 19 years
I've been here in Washington.
666
00:39:00,184 --> 00:39:02,752
We've gotten caught up
in the political game
667
00:39:02,796 --> 00:39:04,841
in a way that's
just not healthy.
668
00:39:06,843 --> 00:39:11,500
This is Nancy-Ann DeParle,
who was as responsible as anyone
669
00:39:11,544 --> 00:39:13,850
for the Affordable Care Act.
670
00:39:13,894 --> 00:39:17,114
And Nancy-Ann had
two young boys,
671
00:39:17,158 --> 00:39:19,856
and they never saw their mom
for, like, two years.
672
00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:22,032
Like, she would leave the house
early in the morning,
673
00:39:22,076 --> 00:39:24,426
and the boys
hadn't even woken up yet.
674
00:39:24,470 --> 00:39:27,908
And by the time she got home,
they were often already asleep.
675
00:39:27,951 --> 00:39:29,475
And that's the kind of sacrifice
676
00:39:29,518 --> 00:39:32,216
that people
at the White House made.
677
00:39:32,260 --> 00:39:34,044
President Obama
was aware of this.
678
00:39:34,088 --> 00:39:36,482
It-it was... wasn't anything
that was ever said,
679
00:39:36,525 --> 00:39:40,399
but I started noticing it--
where, whenever he could,
680
00:39:40,442 --> 00:39:43,793
he would make a point to
make sure the boys were invited
681
00:39:43,837 --> 00:39:46,405
when the NBA basketball players
682
00:39:46,448 --> 00:39:49,320
came to the White House
or events like that.
683
00:39:49,364 --> 00:39:51,061
This is Nicky.
684
00:39:51,105 --> 00:39:53,412
He invited him
into the Oval Office,
685
00:39:53,455 --> 00:39:55,805
uh, to share
a PowerBar with him.
686
00:39:59,330 --> 00:40:01,071
Um...
687
00:40:05,598 --> 00:40:08,470
Nicky...
688
00:40:08,514 --> 00:40:11,865
came to one of my book signings.
689
00:40:11,908 --> 00:40:15,825
He's now a sophomore at Duke.
690
00:40:15,869 --> 00:40:18,088
And, uh, told me
691
00:40:18,132 --> 00:40:20,134
how much this picture
meant to him.
692
00:40:21,875 --> 00:40:23,572
And he realizes now
693
00:40:23,616 --> 00:40:25,966
the good work
that his mom was doing.
694
00:40:28,447 --> 00:40:30,405
There was still
some lobbying to be done.
695
00:40:30,449 --> 00:40:32,799
Lots of phone calls is in the...
696
00:40:32,842 --> 00:40:34,278
in-in the limo
with Phil Schiliro,
697
00:40:34,322 --> 00:40:36,063
his legislative director.
698
00:40:36,106 --> 00:40:37,978
And I think
this was the phone call
699
00:40:38,021 --> 00:40:41,068
where he realized that
they probably had enough votes.
700
00:40:41,111 --> 00:40:44,288
And he took his lucky charms
out of his pocket.
701
00:40:44,332 --> 00:40:47,204
I saw that he took his
lucky charms out that morning;
702
00:40:47,248 --> 00:40:50,599
I was like,
"Okay, this is a good sign."
703
00:40:52,122 --> 00:40:53,602
Let's get this done.
704
00:40:57,476 --> 00:41:00,043
The bill is passed.
705
00:41:29,899 --> 00:41:33,337
And he felt on this day
that he got something done
706
00:41:33,381 --> 00:41:35,426
that bettered people's lives.
707
00:41:39,387 --> 00:41:41,171
--Oh, got to switch cameras here.
708
00:41:41,215 --> 00:41:43,304
-Oh.
709
00:41:43,347 --> 00:41:46,394
-Oh, sorry about that, sir.
-No problem.
710
00:41:46,437 --> 00:41:48,004
-Are we all right?
-Yep.
711
00:41:48,048 --> 00:41:49,528
Just got to switch, uh...
712
00:41:49,571 --> 00:41:51,181
All right.
713
00:41:51,225 --> 00:41:53,053
He-he caught me
in an embarrassing moment.
714
00:41:53,096 --> 00:41:55,098
-I saw.
-Where... It's, like, that's...
715
00:41:55,142 --> 00:41:57,013
That never happens to me.
716
00:41:57,057 --> 00:41:58,362
Sorry about that, sir.
717
00:41:58,406 --> 00:42:00,016
Yeah, that was
a little embarrassing.
718
00:42:00,060 --> 00:42:01,888
-Ah, man, I tell you.
-Right in front of, uh,
719
00:42:01,931 --> 00:42:03,672
National Geographic,
and suddenly...
720
00:42:03,716 --> 00:42:05,456
suddenly, the camera broke down.
721
00:42:05,500 --> 00:42:07,371
-Golly.
-I filled the disk.
722
00:42:07,415 --> 00:42:08,938
-He's usually much better than
this, I promise you. -
723
00:42:08,982 --> 00:42:10,592
Remember, Pete,
remember, you got to take
724
00:42:10,636 --> 00:42:12,376
-the lens cap off before...
-No, it wasn't the lens cap.
725
00:42:12,420 --> 00:42:14,204
-The lens cap is important.
-No, no, no, it was the...
726
00:42:14,248 --> 00:42:16,642
I filled the disk. I mean,
the speech was so exciting
727
00:42:16,685 --> 00:42:19,253
-that I filled the disk with...
-It was...
728
00:42:22,343 --> 00:42:24,388
One of the cool things
that my office did
729
00:42:24,432 --> 00:42:26,608
was hang jumbo prints.
730
00:42:26,652 --> 00:42:28,654
It's a tradition
that had started
731
00:42:28,697 --> 00:42:30,525
with the Nixon administration.
732
00:42:30,569 --> 00:42:33,354
So, we would update them
every few weeks.
733
00:42:35,356 --> 00:42:37,053
There's actually only
a few dozen people
734
00:42:37,097 --> 00:42:38,577
that interact with the
president of the United States
735
00:42:38,620 --> 00:42:40,579
on a regular basis.
736
00:42:42,668 --> 00:42:46,541
And yet, there's hundreds
of people working for him.
737
00:42:46,585 --> 00:42:50,937
So, this was a way for them to
see him in a very personal way.
738
00:42:52,199 --> 00:42:55,289
I think it sort of gave them
added purpose.
739
00:42:58,684 --> 00:43:01,034
The first time that
we went to the U.N.,
740
00:43:01,077 --> 00:43:03,253
we had a break one afternoon,
741
00:43:03,297 --> 00:43:06,126
and he and Reggie Love played
basketball for, like, an hour.
742
00:43:06,169 --> 00:43:10,130
Now, Reggie Love was 27
at the time,
743
00:43:10,173 --> 00:43:11,566
was six-six.
744
00:43:11,610 --> 00:43:13,960
He was the captain
of the Duke University
745
00:43:14,003 --> 00:43:16,615
basketball team when they won
a national championship.
746
00:43:16,658 --> 00:43:19,530
Barack Obama was 20 years older,
747
00:43:19,574 --> 00:43:21,620
at least four inches shorter
748
00:43:21,663 --> 00:43:24,057
and didn't start for his high
school basketball team.
749
00:43:25,667 --> 00:43:29,105
But he's, like, the most
competitive guy I've ever met.
750
00:43:29,149 --> 00:43:31,238
At one point,
President Obama goes up,
751
00:43:31,281 --> 00:43:33,109
blocks Reggie's shot.
752
00:43:33,153 --> 00:43:35,068
They finished the game,
753
00:43:35,111 --> 00:43:37,766
and President Obama
makes a beeline towards me.
754
00:43:37,810 --> 00:43:41,640
Comes up to me, and he goes,
"Did you get that block?"
755
00:43:46,645 --> 00:43:48,342
And I'm, like,
scrolling through,
756
00:43:48,385 --> 00:43:51,475
and I come to this picture,
and he goes... he goes,
757
00:43:51,519 --> 00:43:53,564
"That's great.
Make that a jumbo."
758
00:43:56,219 --> 00:43:57,786
He made Reggie sign it,
759
00:43:57,830 --> 00:44:00,702
"Dear Mr. President, nice block.
Reggie Love."
760
00:44:04,575 --> 00:44:08,405
Somebody came to me and said,
"We need to get these online."
761
00:44:08,449 --> 00:44:11,670
Pete said,
"The White House wants us
762
00:44:11,713 --> 00:44:14,368
to put pictures out on Flickr,"
763
00:44:14,411 --> 00:44:16,675
which was
a photo streaming platform.
764
00:44:16,718 --> 00:44:19,634
My job was to make
an edit of... from 10,000
765
00:44:19,678 --> 00:44:23,072
down to what would be
about 50 pictures a week.
766
00:44:23,116 --> 00:44:24,595
That was unprecedented.
767
00:44:24,639 --> 00:44:27,163
No previous administration
had ever
768
00:44:27,207 --> 00:44:29,165
put out as many pictures.
769
00:44:29,209 --> 00:44:31,124
And I thought it was
a great way for the public
770
00:44:31,167 --> 00:44:33,692
to see what was happening
behind the scenes.
771
00:44:45,486 --> 00:44:49,751
When you get to be my age
and you look back at, uh,
772
00:44:49,795 --> 00:44:52,319
things that happened
early in your life,
773
00:44:52,362 --> 00:44:55,757
you start sort of connecting
the dots a little bit.
774
00:44:55,801 --> 00:44:59,543
I was trying to remember
with Jane
775
00:44:59,587 --> 00:45:02,764
when we went to Washington.
776
00:45:02,808 --> 00:45:05,767
I think it was in 1965.
777
00:45:05,811 --> 00:45:08,248
But we went and visited
the White House,
778
00:45:08,291 --> 00:45:11,730
and we also got this book
779
00:45:11,773 --> 00:45:14,471
-called The White House.
780
00:45:14,515 --> 00:45:18,562
And I used to look
at this book all the time.
781
00:45:18,606 --> 00:45:20,695
This book was published
shortly before
782
00:45:20,739 --> 00:45:23,089
Kennedy was assassinated.
783
00:45:23,132 --> 00:45:25,613
And Jackie Kennedy
wrote the introduction.
784
00:45:25,656 --> 00:45:27,267
She said that the book
originally
785
00:45:27,310 --> 00:45:30,444
was intended just for children.
786
00:45:32,272 --> 00:45:33,795
I'm gonna get emotional
787
00:45:33,839 --> 00:45:35,362
just-just reading this.
788
00:45:35,405 --> 00:45:37,233
"It-it seems such a shame
that they"--
789
00:45:37,277 --> 00:45:39,409
meaning the kids
that visited the White House--
790
00:45:39,453 --> 00:45:41,585
"should have nothing
to take away with them.
791
00:45:41,629 --> 00:45:44,588
"It was hoped that they would
read more about the presidents
792
00:45:44,632 --> 00:45:47,156
who interested them the most."
793
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:49,158
You know, I was one of them.
794
00:45:49,202 --> 00:45:52,248
This book,
for each administration,
795
00:45:52,292 --> 00:45:54,598
was-was updated subsequently.
796
00:45:54,642 --> 00:45:59,778
The last version of this,
I have the cover photo
797
00:45:59,821 --> 00:46:01,867
and have several photos
798
00:46:01,910 --> 00:46:04,783
of-of President Obama
inside the book.
799
00:46:04,826 --> 00:46:07,350
-So, you talk about full circle.-
800
00:46:14,444 --> 00:46:17,708
This was when my mom met,
801
00:46:17,752 --> 00:46:19,754
uh, President Obama
for the first time.
802
00:46:19,798 --> 00:46:22,844
And he wrote, "To Lillian.
It was a joy to meet you.
803
00:46:22,888 --> 00:46:26,282
Thanks for doing
such a great job with Pete."
804
00:46:26,326 --> 00:46:28,458
So, this is my grandmother
and grandfather.
805
00:46:28,502 --> 00:46:30,678
They were both born
in the Azores.
806
00:46:30,721 --> 00:46:34,638
They emigrated within
a year or two of each other.
807
00:46:34,682 --> 00:46:36,858
My parents both worked.
808
00:46:36,902 --> 00:46:39,469
My mom was a nurse.
809
00:46:39,513 --> 00:46:42,733
My dad was a boat mechanic.
810
00:46:43,734 --> 00:46:49,523
I had no interest in anything
other than sports.
811
00:46:49,566 --> 00:46:51,481
I didn't get interested
in photography
812
00:46:51,525 --> 00:46:53,440
until I was in college.
813
00:46:53,483 --> 00:46:55,485
If there was such a category,
I would have been
814
00:46:55,529 --> 00:46:57,792
-the most unlikely to succeed.
815
00:46:57,836 --> 00:47:00,664
I think, when he was at BU,
816
00:47:00,708 --> 00:47:02,884
he took a course in photography.
817
00:47:02,928 --> 00:47:04,494
And he came home, and he said,
818
00:47:04,538 --> 00:47:06,670
"Mom, I want to be
a photographer."
819
00:47:06,714 --> 00:47:09,586
I said, "Oh, my God,
four years at BU,
820
00:47:09,630 --> 00:47:11,719
and you're gonna take pictures?"
821
00:47:13,634 --> 00:47:15,723
That's what I thought.
Oh, my God.
822
00:47:16,767 --> 00:47:17,943
To me, it was magic.
823
00:47:17,986 --> 00:47:19,858
Shooting a roll of film,
824
00:47:19,901 --> 00:47:22,599
rolling that film up
onto the reel,
825
00:47:22,643 --> 00:47:26,865
and as you're shaking the tray,
the image starts to appear.
826
00:47:26,908 --> 00:47:30,259
You're in control
from start to finish.
827
00:47:30,303 --> 00:47:33,610
And I was like,
"This is what I want to do."
828
00:47:33,654 --> 00:47:35,786
He really wanted to be
a photographer, you know,
829
00:47:35,830 --> 00:47:38,267
and that's a really
competitive field.
830
00:47:38,311 --> 00:47:40,791
And the day that he left
to go to Kansas
831
00:47:40,835 --> 00:47:42,532
to get his master's degree,
832
00:47:42,576 --> 00:47:43,882
when he was driving
out of the driveway,
833
00:47:43,925 --> 00:47:45,318
I started to cry.
834
00:47:45,361 --> 00:47:46,928
And our dad said,
"Why are you crying?
835
00:47:46,972 --> 00:47:48,582
He's just going away
for a year."
836
00:47:48,625 --> 00:47:51,019
And I said, "No, he's not.
He's never coming back."
837
00:47:51,063 --> 00:47:53,892
I was always trying
to make a good picture
838
00:47:53,935 --> 00:47:56,938
for every assignment,
no matter how bad it was.
839
00:47:56,982 --> 00:48:00,246
You know, if there's a dog
that crosses the street at 1:00,
840
00:48:00,289 --> 00:48:03,466
that has a potential to be
the page-one photo.
841
00:48:03,510 --> 00:48:07,383
You realize your photographs
do have an impact.
842
00:48:07,427 --> 00:48:09,298
I got a call one day from
843
00:48:09,342 --> 00:48:10,952
the director of photography
at the Sun-Times,
844
00:48:10,996 --> 00:48:12,693
and he goes, "We want you
to come interview."
845
00:48:12,736 --> 00:48:14,608
So I flew up to Chicago,
846
00:48:14,651 --> 00:48:16,784
and he hired me,
and, uh, so I went from
847
00:48:16,827 --> 00:48:19,961
a 6,000-circulation
daily newspaper
848
00:48:20,005 --> 00:48:21,789
where I was the only
photographer
849
00:48:21,832 --> 00:48:24,052
to a 600,000-circulation
newspaper
850
00:48:24,096 --> 00:48:27,926
where I was one of 25
photojournalists.
851
00:48:27,969 --> 00:48:31,016
I really think it was helpful
for me to have
852
00:48:31,059 --> 00:48:34,323
the number of experiences
that I had had.
853
00:48:34,367 --> 00:48:37,500
Did some stuff for
National Geographic.
854
00:48:37,544 --> 00:48:40,764
When Lifewas a monthly, I did
some work for them.
855
00:48:40,808 --> 00:48:42,679
Right after 9/11,
856
00:48:42,723 --> 00:48:45,595
a correspondent and I
snuck into Afghanistan
857
00:48:45,639 --> 00:48:49,599
just as the-the war
was getting underway.
858
00:48:49,643 --> 00:48:52,515
And in some ways, it was one
of the more fulfilling things
859
00:48:52,559 --> 00:48:54,430
I've ever done in my career
860
00:48:54,474 --> 00:48:58,086
because my images were appearing
in the Tribuneevery day,
861
00:48:58,130 --> 00:49:00,567
and I really felt
that I was doing good work
862
00:49:00,610 --> 00:49:02,699
and people were seeing it.
863
00:49:02,743 --> 00:49:04,788
I don't want people to come away
with the impression
864
00:49:04,832 --> 00:49:07,008
that I was a war photographer,
'cause I wasn't.
865
00:49:07,052 --> 00:49:09,445
But when there are RPGs
coming at you,
866
00:49:09,489 --> 00:49:12,448
I did not do a really good job,
867
00:49:12,492 --> 00:49:15,016
'cause I was scared shit.
I'll admit it.
868
00:49:15,060 --> 00:49:16,931
The realization was,
"Okay, this is...
869
00:49:16,975 --> 00:49:18,541
I'm not good at this."
870
00:49:26,723 --> 00:49:29,770
We thank you again
for coming here tonight.
871
00:49:29,813 --> 00:49:32,729
Lynsey was actually kidnapped
twice in her career.
872
00:49:32,773 --> 00:49:34,818
We know that Brian swims
with sharks.
873
00:49:34,862 --> 00:49:36,951
So, Pete, was there ever a time
874
00:49:36,995 --> 00:49:39,606
-where you really felt...
875
00:49:39,649 --> 00:49:43,001
...really felt fearful
in the White House
876
00:49:43,044 --> 00:49:45,699
beyond January 20, 2017?
877
00:49:50,617 --> 00:49:51,879
This White House.
878
00:49:51,922 --> 00:49:54,621
Yeah, this White House.
879
00:49:56,405 --> 00:49:58,842
-No, I never felt fearful.
880
00:49:58,886 --> 00:50:00,844
I didn't have bullets
flying over my head,
881
00:50:00,888 --> 00:50:03,499
and I didn't have sharks coming
at me from all directions,
882
00:50:03,543 --> 00:50:06,067
so I had it easy
compared to these two.
883
00:50:06,111 --> 00:50:08,852
The one thing that--
uh, we were talking earlier--
884
00:50:08,896 --> 00:50:11,855
you have to have intuition
885
00:50:11,899 --> 00:50:16,512
in terms of when it's time
to-to give the man some space.
886
00:50:16,556 --> 00:50:19,515
So it's more of a just in...
intuitive sense
887
00:50:19,559 --> 00:50:22,475
of when it's time
to sort of slowly back away.
888
00:50:24,564 --> 00:50:26,740
Every three months,
we would go to Walter Reed,
889
00:50:26,783 --> 00:50:29,525
and he would visit
Wounded Warriors.
890
00:50:29,569 --> 00:50:33,442
I think it affected him
emotionally.
891
00:50:33,486 --> 00:50:37,098
One time, he went,
and we saw Cory Remsburg.
892
00:50:37,142 --> 00:50:39,057
He had gotten injured by an IED.
893
00:50:39,100 --> 00:50:41,711
The guy that he was
on patrol with in Afghanistan
894
00:50:41,755 --> 00:50:43,452
was killed instantly.
895
00:50:43,496 --> 00:50:45,498
Cory was thrown into a ravine.
896
00:50:45,541 --> 00:50:46,847
He was underwater.
897
00:50:46,890 --> 00:50:49,458
Somehow he survived,
not drowning.
898
00:50:49,502 --> 00:50:51,069
He spent months in a coma.
899
00:50:51,112 --> 00:50:52,766
He lost half his eyesight
900
00:50:52,809 --> 00:50:55,073
and the ability to control
half his body.
901
00:50:55,116 --> 00:50:58,902
He had to relearn
how to walk, talk and eat.
902
00:50:58,946 --> 00:51:01,557
But here's the thing
that really took me aback.
903
00:51:01,601 --> 00:51:03,907
President Obama had met Cory
904
00:51:03,951 --> 00:51:07,563
in, uh, Normandy
the previous June,
905
00:51:07,607 --> 00:51:10,653
and I had taken a picture
of that encounter.
906
00:51:12,699 --> 00:51:16,746
And the picture, we had sent
a copy to the family,
907
00:51:16,790 --> 00:51:19,140
and it was taped
on the hospital wall.
908
00:51:19,184 --> 00:51:21,708
And I was looking
at that picture
909
00:51:21,751 --> 00:51:24,798
and looking at Cory
and saying to myself,
910
00:51:24,841 --> 00:51:27,757
"This is the real cost of war."
911
00:51:27,801 --> 00:51:30,978
Right? You some... you don't
usually see it that starkly.
912
00:51:34,764 --> 00:51:37,158
Cory's made remarkable progress.
913
00:51:37,202 --> 00:51:41,206
Three years later, he visited
with President Obama again
914
00:51:41,249 --> 00:51:43,686
and was starting to walk
with a walker.
915
00:51:43,730 --> 00:51:47,821
In January of 2014,
was the guest of honor
916
00:51:47,864 --> 00:51:49,997
at the
State of the Union address
917
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:53,131
and sat next to Michelle Obama.
918
00:51:53,174 --> 00:51:55,698
And then towards the end
of the administration,
919
00:51:55,742 --> 00:52:01,748
President Obama visited him
in Arizona at his new house.
920
00:52:07,841 --> 00:52:09,886
One of the most important parts
921
00:52:09,930 --> 00:52:13,194
of the president's day was when
922
00:52:13,238 --> 00:52:16,980
they would go out
to cities all over the U.S.
923
00:52:17,024 --> 00:52:18,808
How long did it last?
924
00:52:18,852 --> 00:52:20,897
-Seemed like forever.
-It-it must have.
925
00:52:20,941 --> 00:52:22,160
Thank God you guys
are all right.
926
00:52:22,203 --> 00:52:23,639
-Yes, sir.
-All right? And, uh...
927
00:52:38,001 --> 00:52:40,656
When you're
face-to-face with people...
928
00:52:46,923 --> 00:52:50,013
...those images are burned
into your brain.
929
00:52:56,890 --> 00:52:59,022
And you carry that with you.
930
00:52:59,066 --> 00:53:01,199
Pete would always tell me
the stories
931
00:53:01,242 --> 00:53:03,244
of what happened
on the road that day.
932
00:53:03,288 --> 00:53:07,030
And when you go back,
you are constantly reminded
933
00:53:07,074 --> 00:53:08,989
of why you're working so hard.
934
00:53:14,821 --> 00:53:16,866
You touched me so much
with your clarity.
935
00:53:40,150 --> 00:53:43,806
Morning meeting was
at 9:30 in the Oval Office,
936
00:53:43,850 --> 00:53:45,765
and every day, it was
the same kind of meeting.
937
00:53:45,808 --> 00:53:48,811
People sitting in the
same chairs, in the same spots.
938
00:53:48,855 --> 00:53:50,857
And I would think,
"Oh, my God, I can't look
939
00:53:50,900 --> 00:53:53,120
at another picture
from this meeting."
940
00:53:53,163 --> 00:53:56,297
But you have to look through
frame-by-frame just in case.
941
00:53:56,341 --> 00:53:59,169
And one night, I saw a scene,
942
00:53:59,213 --> 00:54:01,607
and I started to cry.
943
00:54:01,650 --> 00:54:04,610
And I get chills thinking
about it because it was some...
944
00:54:04,653 --> 00:54:06,307
I don't know
what the meeting was,
945
00:54:06,351 --> 00:54:09,179
but I knew from looking
at the president's face
946
00:54:09,223 --> 00:54:12,182
the intensity of the decision
that he was making.
947
00:54:12,226 --> 00:54:15,838
And I was incredibly moved
948
00:54:15,882 --> 00:54:18,319
because I knew
the responsibility
949
00:54:18,363 --> 00:54:20,321
and the weight of that job,
950
00:54:20,365 --> 00:54:23,933
and it made me understand
how important it is
951
00:54:23,977 --> 00:54:27,328
to have the right person
in that chair
952
00:54:27,372 --> 00:54:28,982
making those decisions.
953
00:54:29,025 --> 00:54:34,901
When we vote, we're voting
for a decision maker
954
00:54:34,944 --> 00:54:38,296
who is listening
to everyone around him
955
00:54:38,339 --> 00:54:40,428
and is then
making that decision.
956
00:54:40,472 --> 00:54:42,082
And people say,
957
00:54:42,125 --> 00:54:43,779
"It doesn't matter
who's in the White House.
958
00:54:43,823 --> 00:54:45,259
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't..."
959
00:54:45,303 --> 00:54:47,914
It totally matters
who's in the White House.
960
00:54:49,916 --> 00:54:52,701
Breaking news that
the world's most wanted man
961
00:54:52,745 --> 00:54:54,137
has been killed in a mission
962
00:54:54,181 --> 00:54:56,357
led by United States
Special Forces.
963
00:54:56,401 --> 00:54:58,968
President Trump
laying out what he watched
964
00:54:59,012 --> 00:55:01,406
as he started to view
this operation
965
00:55:01,449 --> 00:55:03,233
in the Situation Room.
966
00:55:03,277 --> 00:55:05,105
When you look
at this picture...
967
00:55:06,149 --> 00:55:08,978
...definitely looks like
he's looking at the camera.
968
00:55:09,022 --> 00:55:10,676
Don't you think?
969
00:55:10,719 --> 00:55:12,982
And I've been in this room...
970
00:55:13,026 --> 00:55:16,464
you know,
more than a thousand times.
971
00:55:16,508 --> 00:55:20,033
The photographer is completely
blocking the screen.
972
00:55:20,076 --> 00:55:24,080
It looks fishy to me.
973
00:55:24,124 --> 00:55:27,780
If you're gonna release
a photo like that,
974
00:55:27,823 --> 00:55:32,175
then you've got to be truthful
about what's taking place.
975
00:55:32,219 --> 00:55:34,874
What was he looking at?
976
00:55:39,226 --> 00:55:42,360
I'll go to the New York Times
story that I saw.
977
00:55:42,403 --> 00:55:46,233
"Unlike his predecessor,
Mr. Trump does not allow
978
00:55:46,276 --> 00:55:49,105
"his staff photographer
free range
979
00:55:49,149 --> 00:55:51,238
"to capture
behind-the-scenes photographs
980
00:55:51,281 --> 00:55:54,633
"of life and work
in the White House.
981
00:55:54,676 --> 00:55:58,985
"Instead, he most often invites
Ms. Craighead
982
00:55:59,028 --> 00:56:01,857
"or other White House
photographers into the room
983
00:56:01,901 --> 00:56:06,775
specifically for the purpose
of taking an official picture."
984
00:56:06,819 --> 00:56:10,126
We need to have real moments
of real history,
985
00:56:10,170 --> 00:56:13,913
not posed moments of history.
986
00:56:14,870 --> 00:56:17,917
So, it's hard to know
what you're missing.
987
00:56:22,487 --> 00:56:24,663
I'll talk about
the bin Laden raid.
988
00:56:25,838 --> 00:56:28,318
It was a very tense day.
989
00:56:28,362 --> 00:56:32,322
Throughout that day, h-he had
meetings in the Situation Room,
990
00:56:32,366 --> 00:56:34,455
and they had set up
the communications link
991
00:56:34,499 --> 00:56:37,023
in a small conference room
992
00:56:37,066 --> 00:56:40,461
across from
the big Situation Room.
993
00:56:40,505 --> 00:56:42,811
So, when President Obama
walked in,
994
00:56:42,855 --> 00:56:46,336
Brigadier General Brad Webb
stood up to give up his chair,
995
00:56:46,380 --> 00:56:49,209
and President Obama saw
that he was on a laptop
996
00:56:49,252 --> 00:56:51,777
communicating directly
with Admiral Bill McRaven,
997
00:56:51,820 --> 00:56:54,867
who was essentially running
the raid from Afghanistan,
998
00:56:54,910 --> 00:56:56,956
and said, "No, no, no,
you stay right there.
999
00:56:56,999 --> 00:56:58,914
I'm just gonna pull up
a chair next to you."
1000
00:56:58,958 --> 00:57:01,090
So, that's why President Obama
is seated where he is.
1001
00:57:01,134 --> 00:57:04,006
You've got
the most powerful people
1002
00:57:04,050 --> 00:57:06,052
in the executive branch
of our government
1003
00:57:06,095 --> 00:57:09,098
all gathered in this room
at the same time,
1004
00:57:09,142 --> 00:57:11,144
and yet they were powerless.
1005
00:57:11,187 --> 00:57:13,929
There was essentially
nothing they could do
1006
00:57:13,973 --> 00:57:17,106
to affect the outcome
of what they were witnessing.
1007
00:57:17,150 --> 00:57:21,328
And now it's up to those
Special Forces on the ground.
1008
00:57:21,371 --> 00:57:24,244
That bin Laden photo
is so powerful
1009
00:57:24,287 --> 00:57:25,463
because nobody is posing.
1010
00:57:25,506 --> 00:57:27,726
Um, you can see the nerves
1011
00:57:27,769 --> 00:57:29,249
on everybody's face
in that room.
1012
00:57:29,292 --> 00:57:31,338
Tonight, I can report
1013
00:57:31,381 --> 00:57:34,036
to the American people
and to the world
1014
00:57:34,080 --> 00:57:36,343
that the United States
has conducted an operation
1015
00:57:36,386 --> 00:57:40,129
that killed Osama bin Laden,
the leader of al-Qaeda.
1016
00:57:40,173 --> 00:57:42,523
The picture in the bottom right
1017
00:57:42,567 --> 00:57:46,396
is right after they knew
they had killed bin Laden.
1018
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:48,224
And you don't see
any high fives.
1019
00:57:48,268 --> 00:57:52,751
It's, like, very anticlimactic
in a lot of ways.
1020
00:57:54,230 --> 00:57:56,102
As a photographer,
1021
00:57:56,145 --> 00:58:01,237
as well as-as a human being,
what were some of the things
1022
00:58:01,281 --> 00:58:04,197
which were easy
for you to capture,
1023
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:07,548
and what were
a little more difficult?
1024
00:58:07,592 --> 00:58:10,508
I-I don't know that there was
anything that was easy.
1025
00:58:10,551 --> 00:58:15,991
The hardest things were
when he would have to meet
1026
00:58:16,035 --> 00:58:19,342
with families that were
affected by tragedies.
1027
00:58:19,386 --> 00:58:21,388
And I am... I'm sad to say
1028
00:58:21,431 --> 00:58:24,260
that we had to do this
too many times.
1029
00:58:24,304 --> 00:58:26,915
And it was incredibly
emotional and difficult.
1030
00:58:26,959 --> 00:58:30,484
I felt intrusive at times
but also that it was
1031
00:58:30,528 --> 00:58:33,400
part of my job
to document these moments.
1032
00:58:33,443 --> 00:58:35,097
But I would say
that that was the...
1033
00:58:35,141 --> 00:58:38,057
those were
the most difficult times.
1034
00:58:38,100 --> 00:58:39,406
You dialed 911.
1035
00:58:39,449 --> 00:58:40,929
What's the location
of your emergency?
1036
00:58:40,973 --> 00:58:42,409
Sandy Hook Elementary School.
1037
00:58:42,452 --> 00:58:44,193
-12 Dickenson Drive.
- I think there's
1038
00:58:44,237 --> 00:58:46,935
somebody shooting in here,
at Sandy Hook School.
1039
00:58:46,979 --> 00:58:49,111
Somebody's got a gun.
I saw a glimpse of somebody.
1040
00:58:49,155 --> 00:58:50,591
They're running
down the hallway.
1041
00:58:50,635 --> 00:58:52,288
-Okay...
-Ooh, they're still running.
1042
00:58:52,332 --> 00:58:54,029
They're still shooting.
1043
00:58:54,073 --> 00:58:56,858
There's still
shooting going on. Please.
1044
00:59:01,428 --> 00:59:04,823
One of the worst days
of his presidency was the day
1045
00:59:04,866 --> 00:59:08,870
of the Sandy Hook Elementary
School shootings in Newtown.
1046
00:59:08,914 --> 00:59:10,916
John Brennan,
who at that time was
1047
00:59:10,959 --> 00:59:13,005
the Homeland Security advisor,
1048
00:59:13,048 --> 00:59:14,920
was updating him
throughout the morning
1049
00:59:14,963 --> 00:59:18,880
and then finally came in and
said that 26 people had died,
1050
00:59:18,924 --> 00:59:21,622
including 20 grade school kids.
1051
00:59:21,666 --> 00:59:24,973
He's reacting as a parent
1052
00:59:25,017 --> 00:59:26,627
more than probably
as a president,
1053
00:59:26,671 --> 00:59:29,848
imagining the horror...
1054
00:59:29,891 --> 00:59:33,155
of kissing your child
in the morning,
1055
00:59:33,199 --> 00:59:36,202
sending them off to school
on the school bus,
1056
00:59:36,245 --> 00:59:37,986
and then only a few hours later
1057
00:59:38,030 --> 00:59:40,641
having to identify
your child's body
1058
00:59:40,685 --> 00:59:44,558
who's been shot multiple times
at close range.
1059
00:59:44,602 --> 00:59:48,562
He felt it was
his duty as president
1060
00:59:48,606 --> 00:59:52,044
to speak to the nation
in th-these times of tragedy.
1061
00:59:52,087 --> 00:59:54,089
I had never seen him
do this before--
1062
00:59:54,133 --> 00:59:57,005
blow his cheeks
as if he was unsure
1063
00:59:57,049 --> 00:59:59,138
whether he would be able
to keep it together.
1064
01:00:01,009 --> 01:00:05,448
The majority of those
who died today were children.
1065
01:00:05,492 --> 01:00:07,537
Uh, beautiful little kids
1066
01:00:07,581 --> 01:00:10,366
between the ages of five
and ten years old.
1067
01:00:21,943 --> 01:00:24,380
They had their entire lives
ahead of them:
1068
01:00:24,424 --> 01:00:27,993
birthdays, graduations,
1069
01:00:28,036 --> 01:00:30,169
weddings,
1070
01:00:30,212 --> 01:00:32,258
kids of their own.
1071
01:00:37,045 --> 01:00:39,395
Among the fallen
were also teachers,
1072
01:00:39,439 --> 01:00:41,441
men and women
who devoted their lives
1073
01:00:41,484 --> 01:00:45,053
to helping our children
fulfill their dreams.
1074
01:00:45,097 --> 01:00:48,230
So, our hearts are broken today.
1075
01:00:48,274 --> 01:00:50,406
This evening,
Michelle and I will do
1076
01:00:50,450 --> 01:00:53,409
what I know every parent
in America will do,
1077
01:00:53,453 --> 01:00:56,064
which is hug our children
a little tighter.
1078
01:00:56,108 --> 01:00:58,719
And we'll tell them
that we love them,
1079
01:00:58,763 --> 01:01:02,636
and we'll remind each other
how deeply we love one another.
1080
01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:04,551
But there are families
in Connecticut
1081
01:01:04,594 --> 01:01:06,727
who cannot do that tonight,
1082
01:01:06,771 --> 01:01:09,599
and they need
all of us right now.
1083
01:01:09,643 --> 01:01:12,515
In the hard days to come,
that community needs us
1084
01:01:12,559 --> 01:01:15,257
to be at our best as Americans,
1085
01:01:15,301 --> 01:01:19,479
and I will do everything in
my power as president to help.
1086
01:01:20,523 --> 01:01:23,962
Malia, who had just
gotten home from school,
1087
01:01:24,005 --> 01:01:27,095
was standing in the hallway,
and he latched onto her.
1088
01:01:27,139 --> 01:01:29,445
He just would not let her go.
1089
01:01:32,753 --> 01:01:37,540
Two days later, he was invited
to come to Newtown.
1090
01:01:37,584 --> 01:01:39,629
It happened to
coincide with, uh,
1091
01:01:39,673 --> 01:01:42,067
Sasha's annual,
uh, dance recital,
1092
01:01:42,110 --> 01:01:44,373
which he was gonna have to miss.
1093
01:01:44,417 --> 01:01:47,681
So he decided to stop by
the dress rehearsal
1094
01:01:47,725 --> 01:01:51,685
in the afternoon before flying
up to, uh, Newtown.
1095
01:01:51,729 --> 01:01:54,166
He sat in a box by himself,
1096
01:01:54,209 --> 01:01:57,299
started editing his remarks
already for that night.
1097
01:01:57,343 --> 01:01:59,475
And then,
when Sasha was dancing,
1098
01:01:59,519 --> 01:02:01,434
he would turn and watch her.
1099
01:02:01,477 --> 01:02:04,480
At one point,
I went down to the third row
1100
01:02:04,524 --> 01:02:06,787
to take some pictures
of Sasha in her outfit
1101
01:02:06,831 --> 01:02:08,397
'cause I figured those would be
1102
01:02:08,441 --> 01:02:10,225
the only pictures
they would have.
1103
01:02:10,269 --> 01:02:13,620
When I was standing there,
this one young dance troupe
1104
01:02:13,663 --> 01:02:15,274
had filed out from backstage
1105
01:02:15,317 --> 01:02:18,016
and sat in the row
right in front of me,
1106
01:02:18,059 --> 01:02:21,106
and there were about
20 or 25 little kids.
1107
01:02:21,149 --> 01:02:23,064
I said, "How old are you guys?"
1108
01:02:23,108 --> 01:02:24,718
She said, "We're six."
1109
01:02:24,762 --> 01:02:27,460
And I thought to myself,
you know,
1110
01:02:27,503 --> 01:02:29,636
this is what just got
wiped out in Newtown
1111
01:02:29,679 --> 01:02:31,290
was this whole row.
1112
01:02:31,333 --> 01:02:33,379
And I had to...
I had to turn away
1113
01:02:33,422 --> 01:02:35,685
and start... I started crying.
1114
01:02:35,729 --> 01:02:38,558
We flew up to Connecticut,
1115
01:02:38,601 --> 01:02:40,647
and he spent
two and a half hours
1116
01:02:40,690 --> 01:02:43,476
meeting with the families.
1117
01:02:43,519 --> 01:02:47,219
This is the Wheeler family,
Francine and David.
1118
01:02:47,262 --> 01:02:50,744
Their son, Ben, who was six,
was shot and killed.
1119
01:02:50,788 --> 01:02:52,790
And their oldest son, Nate,
1120
01:02:52,833 --> 01:02:56,054
hid in a school supply closet
during the shooting.
1121
01:03:03,888 --> 01:03:06,194
We learned
that the president was coming.
1122
01:03:09,589 --> 01:03:13,158
We waited for a long time
because...
1123
01:03:13,201 --> 01:03:14,855
the president's people
were trying
1124
01:03:14,899 --> 01:03:16,726
to hurry him
through the process.
1125
01:03:16,770 --> 01:03:19,599
And he said, "No.
1126
01:03:19,642 --> 01:03:22,384
I will take
as long as it takes."
1127
01:03:24,299 --> 01:03:29,435
He comes in, and... and he made
a beeline for Francine.
1128
01:03:36,746 --> 01:03:39,837
And he just wrapped her up.
1129
01:03:47,409 --> 01:03:49,847
Just held her.
1130
01:03:51,936 --> 01:03:55,417
Let her, you know,
sob into his lapel.
1131
01:04:01,336 --> 01:04:03,121
And I asked him...
1132
01:04:03,164 --> 01:04:05,514
I said, "Is this different?"
1133
01:04:08,822 --> 01:04:12,870
And he said,
"I hope so, but I don't know."
1134
01:04:16,264 --> 01:04:20,442
There's no substitute
for empathy.
1135
01:04:20,486 --> 01:04:25,317
It is a foundational
relationship
1136
01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:27,928
between human beings.
1137
01:04:27,972 --> 01:04:32,150
And to know that the guy
who's running the show...
1138
01:04:33,978 --> 01:04:38,330
...cares enough
not just to come and visit
1139
01:04:38,373 --> 01:04:40,158
but to...
1140
01:04:41,942 --> 01:04:46,468
...to let you know
that he cares about you,
1141
01:04:46,512 --> 01:04:48,688
that he cares about your wife.
1142
01:04:50,211 --> 01:04:51,821
You know, that he cares
1143
01:04:51,865 --> 01:04:54,520
about your nine-year-old kid.
1144
01:05:00,569 --> 01:05:06,488
We are so good at dismissing...
1145
01:05:06,532 --> 01:05:09,665
the people that we elect
to serve us.
1146
01:05:09,709 --> 01:05:14,192
We're so good at turning them
into things that aren't people.
1147
01:05:15,671 --> 01:05:19,197
And we have to be
very careful about that.
1148
01:05:19,240 --> 01:05:22,504
Because when you do that,
1149
01:05:22,548 --> 01:05:25,899
then you get the elected
officials that you deserve.
1150
01:05:29,903 --> 01:05:33,994
I've seen him run
up these steps many times.
1151
01:05:34,038 --> 01:05:37,389
He didn't run
up the steps that night.
1152
01:05:47,573 --> 01:05:49,444
Whether it's Newtown
1153
01:05:49,488 --> 01:05:51,490
or Aurora
or any of these places,
1154
01:05:51,533 --> 01:05:53,318
Pete was the only guy
who was always
1155
01:05:53,361 --> 01:05:54,928
in those rooms, you know?
1156
01:05:56,016 --> 01:05:58,366
And so, you could
sense his anger
1157
01:05:58,410 --> 01:06:00,934
at-at what was going on
around him.
1158
01:06:02,457 --> 01:06:05,330
So, can we go to the place
1159
01:06:05,373 --> 01:06:08,637
-that I usually get the, uh,
cherry tomatoes? -Yeah.
1160
01:06:08,681 --> 01:06:12,293
Uh, can I get one kale bunch?
1161
01:06:12,337 --> 01:06:14,426
-Yeah, yeah. Thanks. Yep.
-Thank you.
1162
01:06:14,469 --> 01:06:16,036
Presidential
preference poll. All you need
1163
01:06:16,080 --> 01:06:18,299
-is a Sharpie to vote.
-Oh, yeah, I'm voting.
1164
01:06:18,343 --> 01:06:20,693
I know Joe Biden,
so I'm voting for Joe Biden.
1165
01:06:20,736 --> 01:06:22,303
Wait a minute.
You're Pete, right?
1166
01:06:22,347 --> 01:06:23,609
-Yeah. Yeah.
-I was at your show last night.
1167
01:06:23,652 --> 01:06:25,567
-Oh, you were? Oh, great.
-It was terrific.
1168
01:06:25,611 --> 01:06:26,612
-Nice. Thanks. -Oh! I was, too!
-It was excellent. Yeah, yeah.
1169
01:06:26,655 --> 01:06:28,266
-Yeah.
-I'm Toni Brown.
1170
01:06:28,309 --> 01:06:29,571
-Oh, hi. Nice to meet you.
-Welcome to Madison.
1171
01:06:30,790 --> 01:06:32,531
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER:
Rumor has it
1172
01:06:32,574 --> 01:06:34,576
that the president
takes responsibility
1173
01:06:34,620 --> 01:06:36,970
-for this happy union.
1174
01:06:37,014 --> 01:06:40,930
So, you know, as president,
he started in 2009.
1175
01:06:40,974 --> 01:06:44,325
So, as he gets to know me more
1176
01:06:44,369 --> 01:06:48,068
and he gets to meet Patti,
1177
01:06:48,112 --> 01:06:50,331
he would tell people
that he-he liked her
1178
01:06:50,375 --> 01:06:52,942
better than he liked me,
you know.
1179
01:06:52,986 --> 01:06:56,381
Um, and so he'd start
working on me,
1180
01:06:56,424 --> 01:06:58,600
like, in terms of, like,
"Well, wait a minute.
1181
01:06:58,644 --> 01:07:01,038
So, you guys have been
together for,"
1182
01:07:01,081 --> 01:07:03,605
you know, whatever it was--
15, 17 years--
1183
01:07:03,649 --> 01:07:05,781
"and what... so, why haven't
you gotten married?"
1184
01:07:05,825 --> 01:07:08,436
President Obama pushes
everybody to get married.
1185
01:07:08,480 --> 01:07:11,439
Like, he loves...
he loves love stories.
1186
01:07:11,483 --> 01:07:13,093
Michelle was on the trip,
1187
01:07:13,137 --> 01:07:15,052
and we're sitting
in the conference room,
1188
01:07:15,095 --> 01:07:18,664
and he's just, like,
n-not letting it go,
1189
01:07:18,707 --> 01:07:21,493
and he's turning to Michelle
and saying,
1190
01:07:21,536 --> 01:07:24,626
"Can you believe that Pete
won't ask Patti to marry him?"
1191
01:07:24,670 --> 01:07:26,846
And-and that's
when he brought up,
1192
01:07:26,889 --> 01:07:28,674
"We'll do the wedding
in the Rose Garden,
1193
01:07:28,717 --> 01:07:31,938
and I'll officiate,"
and I remember I said to him...
1194
01:07:31,981 --> 01:07:34,549
I said, "No, I don't want
to do that," and he goes,
1195
01:07:34,593 --> 01:07:38,031
-"What? The Rose Garden's not
good enough for you?" -
1196
01:08:22,554 --> 01:08:26,514
The most interesting part
of my job was that I saw him
1197
01:08:26,558 --> 01:08:28,995
in all these different
compartments of his life.
1198
01:08:29,038 --> 01:08:31,040
I saw him as a dad.
1199
01:08:31,084 --> 01:08:33,434
I saw how he behaved
with his children.
1200
01:08:33,478 --> 01:08:36,916
I watched this family
grow up, essentially.
1201
01:08:36,959 --> 01:08:40,093
You know, I think Sasha
and Malia did such a great job
1202
01:08:40,137 --> 01:08:41,747
under the limelight.
1203
01:08:41,790 --> 01:08:45,881
And it-it's really
a testament to Michelle
1204
01:08:45,925 --> 01:08:48,101
and Barack.
1205
01:08:48,145 --> 01:08:51,191
And Marian Robinson,
who you see here on the right,
1206
01:08:51,235 --> 01:08:53,628
Michelle's mom, helped out,
1207
01:08:53,672 --> 01:08:58,024
especially when Michelle went
on solo trips overseas.
1208
01:08:58,067 --> 01:09:02,028
This is him singing
"Happy Birthday" to Michelle.
1209
01:09:02,071 --> 01:09:05,074
We were on a boat ride
in the Gulf Coast.
1210
01:09:05,118 --> 01:09:08,165
I saw Michelle
stroking his hand.
1211
01:09:08,208 --> 01:09:10,515
Then at the second inauguration,
1212
01:09:10,558 --> 01:09:12,038
just before they boarded
the motorcade,
1213
01:09:12,081 --> 01:09:13,474
I, uh, approached him.
1214
01:09:13,518 --> 01:09:14,997
Michelle was standing
next to him.
1215
01:09:15,041 --> 01:09:17,565
I said, "Mr. President,
do you mind if I ride
1216
01:09:17,609 --> 01:09:21,569
in the limousine with you
for part of the parade route?"
1217
01:09:21,613 --> 01:09:24,964
And he looked me in the eye,
and he said,
1218
01:09:25,007 --> 01:09:27,053
"Well, Michelle and I
were planning to make out."
1219
01:09:28,881 --> 01:09:30,491
And then he just
started laughing.
1220
01:09:30,535 --> 01:09:33,146
He's like, "Of course you can,"
you know.
1221
01:09:37,281 --> 01:09:40,849
And he'll tell you that
the best day at the White House
1222
01:09:40,893 --> 01:09:43,548
was the day that Congress
passed the Affordable Care Act.
1223
01:09:43,591 --> 01:09:44,897
Not true.
1224
01:09:44,940 --> 01:09:46,681
The best day for him
at the White House
1225
01:09:46,725 --> 01:09:49,597
was the day that Sasha's coach
could not make the game
1226
01:09:49,641 --> 01:09:51,208
and he got to coach the game.
1227
01:09:53,601 --> 01:09:55,647
With a little help
from Reggie Love.
1228
01:09:55,690 --> 01:10:00,652
So, um, the Sidwell Friends
Vipers were undefeated.
1229
01:10:00,695 --> 01:10:02,741
And during the first half,
1230
01:10:02,784 --> 01:10:06,266
under the tutelage
of Coach Obama,
1231
01:10:06,310 --> 01:10:07,702
they fell behind.
1232
01:10:09,748 --> 01:10:11,271
So he called time-out.
1233
01:10:13,665 --> 01:10:15,971
And Sasha's looking at him like,
1234
01:10:16,015 --> 01:10:19,888
"Dad, you are embarrassing me."
1235
01:10:19,932 --> 01:10:22,282
These are, like,
nine-year-old girls,
1236
01:10:22,326 --> 01:10:24,110
and he's coaching as if
1237
01:10:24,153 --> 01:10:26,112
this is game seven
of the NBA Finals.
1238
01:10:34,947 --> 01:10:38,820
And one my favorite days
was we had a big snowstorm.
1239
01:10:38,864 --> 01:10:41,083
It was called "Snowmageddon."
1240
01:10:41,127 --> 01:10:43,999
And he ended up coming out
for about two hours.
1241
01:10:44,043 --> 01:10:46,001
It was just
the three of them and me.
1242
01:10:46,045 --> 01:10:48,134
At one point,
they were in the Rose Garden.
1243
01:10:48,177 --> 01:10:51,050
And Sasha, you can see
what she's about to do.
1244
01:10:52,791 --> 01:10:55,184
-She did it.
1245
01:10:55,228 --> 01:10:58,187
I mean, like, who else
could throw a snowball
1246
01:10:58,231 --> 01:11:00,189
in the face of the president
of the United States
1247
01:11:00,233 --> 01:11:03,671
and not get tackled
by the Secret Service?
1248
01:11:03,715 --> 01:11:06,065
To this day, he has a photo
1249
01:11:06,108 --> 01:11:08,633
that's the lock screen photo
on his iPad,
1250
01:11:08,676 --> 01:11:10,939
and it's this picture
of the three of them
1251
01:11:10,983 --> 01:11:13,159
doing snow angels
on the South Lawn.
1252
01:11:13,202 --> 01:11:14,813
Aw.
1253
01:11:14,856 --> 01:11:16,118
And then they grow up.
1254
01:12:30,323 --> 01:12:34,414
One-one of the most emotional
days, uh, was in 2015.
1255
01:12:34,458 --> 01:12:36,373
In the morning on this day,
1256
01:12:36,416 --> 01:12:39,288
the Supreme Court upheld
same-sex marriage.
1257
01:12:40,159 --> 01:12:41,987
It was a beautiful,
1258
01:12:42,030 --> 01:12:44,685
summery, warm morning.
1259
01:12:45,512 --> 01:12:47,035
Everyone knew that that decision
1260
01:12:47,079 --> 01:12:48,907
would come down that day.
We didn't know when.
1261
01:12:48,950 --> 01:12:51,431
Um, and like every morning,
went in, unlocked the door,
1262
01:12:51,475 --> 01:12:53,433
um, turned on the television.
1263
01:12:53,477 --> 01:12:55,783
You can hear
the cheer in the crowd.
1264
01:12:55,827 --> 01:12:57,219
-A very dramatic moment here.
1265
01:12:57,263 --> 01:12:59,004
-A five-four decision.
1266
01:12:59,047 --> 01:13:02,790
And I called Joe,
my now husband,
1267
01:13:02,834 --> 01:13:08,056
um, who was, uh, there,
and I said, "It's done."
1268
01:13:08,100 --> 01:13:12,670
And the president walked in
and put his arm around me.
1269
01:13:12,713 --> 01:13:16,108
It felt like,
for that period of time,
1270
01:13:16,151 --> 01:13:17,979
we were on
the right side of history.
1271
01:13:18,023 --> 01:13:20,417
The president did an interview
in the Cabinet Room
1272
01:13:20,460 --> 01:13:22,331
several months before then.
1273
01:13:22,375 --> 01:13:24,072
I've been going through
an evolution on this issue.
1274
01:13:24,116 --> 01:13:27,249
Uh, when I think about
members of my own staff
1275
01:13:27,293 --> 01:13:29,469
who are in incredibly committed
1276
01:13:29,513 --> 01:13:32,820
and monogamous relationships--
same-sex relationships--
1277
01:13:32,864 --> 01:13:35,823
I think same-sex couples
should be able to get married.
1278
01:13:35,867 --> 01:13:38,086
And when
he vocalized in that interview
1279
01:13:38,130 --> 01:13:41,089
his support
for same-sex marriage,
1280
01:13:41,133 --> 01:13:43,309
that was a-a moment
for me, as well.
1281
01:13:44,266 --> 01:13:46,834
Sometimes there aredays like this,
1282
01:13:46,878 --> 01:13:51,752
when that slow, steady effort
1283
01:13:51,796 --> 01:13:55,495
is rewarded with justice
1284
01:13:55,539 --> 01:13:59,368
that arrives like a thunderbolt.
1285
01:14:01,893 --> 01:14:05,070
Then, later that morning,
we flew to Charleston.
1286
01:14:05,113 --> 01:14:07,028
President Obama was
invited to give
1287
01:14:07,072 --> 01:14:11,119
the eulogy for
Reverend Clementa Pinckney.
1288
01:14:11,163 --> 01:14:13,426
He was one of the nine
African Americans
1289
01:14:13,470 --> 01:14:15,254
shot and killed
1290
01:14:15,297 --> 01:14:18,779
at Emanuel African
Methodist Episcopal Church
1291
01:14:18,823 --> 01:14:22,522
by somebody who had prayed
with this group of nine people
1292
01:14:22,566 --> 01:14:25,394
at a prayer service for an hour
1293
01:14:25,438 --> 01:14:28,267
and then took out a gun
and killed them all.
1294
01:14:28,310 --> 01:14:31,749
And President Obama
wanted to give a eulogy
1295
01:14:31,792 --> 01:14:33,881
with the theme of "grace."
1296
01:14:35,013 --> 01:14:36,405
"Amazing Grace."
1297
01:14:40,584 --> 01:14:42,324
"Amazing Grace."
1298
01:15:08,612 --> 01:15:10,570
Yes!
1299
01:15:10,614 --> 01:15:14,531
-Sing, Mr. President.
1300
01:15:23,496 --> 01:15:26,020
It was emotional in
the moment, as you can imagine.
1301
01:15:26,064 --> 01:15:28,806
I didn't know he was
gonna sing "Amazing Grace."
1302
01:15:28,849 --> 01:15:31,939
And I didn't realize,
like, the-the struggle.
1303
01:15:31,983 --> 01:15:34,551
You could see him
trying to decide,
1304
01:15:34,594 --> 01:15:36,465
"Can I pull this off?
1305
01:15:36,509 --> 01:15:39,120
Should I speak the words
or sing them?"
1306
01:15:39,164 --> 01:15:41,470
And he's trying to get
the courage up to sing,
1307
01:15:41,514 --> 01:15:42,994
and he... and he did.
1308
01:16:08,454 --> 01:16:12,414
Bidding farewell to the
reverend's daughters and widow.
1309
01:16:13,241 --> 01:16:17,898
Meeting with some of
the other families backstage.
1310
01:16:17,942 --> 01:16:21,206
And then we flew back to D.C.
1311
01:16:21,249 --> 01:16:24,209
Someone had decided
to light the White House
1312
01:16:24,252 --> 01:16:26,515
in rainbow colors.
1313
01:16:26,559 --> 01:16:30,519
These are all White House staff
out on the North Lawn.
1314
01:16:30,563 --> 01:16:31,869
People were crying.
1315
01:16:31,912 --> 01:16:34,349
People were drinking champagne.
1316
01:16:36,134 --> 01:16:38,963
It was, I think,
one of only two times
1317
01:16:39,006 --> 01:16:41,487
that I called my wife.
1318
01:16:41,530 --> 01:16:43,358
I said to her, "I don't care
1319
01:16:43,402 --> 01:16:45,056
"what you're doing
or what you're wearing.
1320
01:16:45,099 --> 01:16:47,014
"Get in a taxi
and come to the White House.
1321
01:16:47,058 --> 01:16:50,931
You need to be here
to see this celebration."
1322
01:17:08,732 --> 01:17:10,385
How many people are you gonna be
1323
01:17:10,429 --> 01:17:11,996
-speaking in front of?
-There's gonna be, like,
1324
01:17:12,039 --> 01:17:13,388
-800 people there.
1325
01:17:13,432 --> 01:17:15,173
-Yeah.
-You ready, man?
1326
01:17:15,216 --> 01:17:16,478
Am I ready?
1327
01:17:16,522 --> 01:17:18,393
-Yeah, you ready?
-Yeah.
1328
01:17:18,437 --> 01:17:19,960
Was Obama nice?
1329
01:17:20,004 --> 01:17:21,440
Yeah.
1330
01:17:21,483 --> 01:17:23,572
You'll hear all about him today.
1331
01:17:23,616 --> 01:17:25,139
Sweet.
1332
01:17:27,576 --> 01:17:31,319
Clearly, I could see
1333
01:17:31,363 --> 01:17:35,106
what he meant to
the African American community.
1334
01:17:35,149 --> 01:17:38,152
As-as time went on,
I was probably more aware
1335
01:17:38,196 --> 01:17:43,027
of just trying to tell the story
1336
01:17:43,070 --> 01:17:47,640
of what it meant for them,
1337
01:17:47,684 --> 01:17:51,426
uh, to have...
1338
01:17:51,470 --> 01:17:54,603
you know,
to have him up onstage.
1339
01:18:02,307 --> 01:18:05,702
It was often
in the back of my mind
1340
01:18:05,745 --> 01:18:08,095
that he was the first
African American president
1341
01:18:08,139 --> 01:18:12,273
and I had to incorporate that
into my photography.
1342
01:18:12,317 --> 01:18:16,321
This is Ruby Bridges,
in person and as pictured
1343
01:18:16,364 --> 01:18:19,280
in the famous
Norman Rockwell painting.
1344
01:18:19,324 --> 01:18:21,021
She was the first
African American
1345
01:18:21,065 --> 01:18:24,111
to desegregate schools
in Louisiana.
1346
01:18:24,155 --> 01:18:27,027
I think it's fair to say that,
if it hadn't been for you guys,
1347
01:18:27,071 --> 01:18:29,029
I might not be here
and we wouldn't be looking
1348
01:18:29,073 --> 01:18:30,422
-at this together, so...
-Yeah.
1349
01:18:31,553 --> 01:18:35,688
This is Paul McCartney
singing "Michelle" to Michelle.
1350
01:18:35,732 --> 01:18:37,603
The next day, I was walking
1351
01:18:37,646 --> 01:18:39,648
on the colonnade
with President Obama.
1352
01:18:39,692 --> 01:18:41,520
I said, "That was
really cool last night
1353
01:18:41,563 --> 01:18:43,522
when McCartney sang 'Michelle.'"
1354
01:18:43,565 --> 01:18:45,350
And President Obama
turned to me.
1355
01:18:45,393 --> 01:18:48,135
He goes, "Yeah, I don't think
Michelle Obama growing up
1356
01:18:48,179 --> 01:18:51,443
"on the South Side of Chicago
as a young African American kid
1357
01:18:51,486 --> 01:18:53,662
"thought someday she'd be
sitting in the front row
1358
01:18:53,706 --> 01:18:56,056
"of the White House
as first lady
1359
01:18:56,100 --> 01:18:59,668
as a former Beatle sang
her namesake song."
1360
01:19:00,757 --> 01:19:03,020
And then there's this picture.
1361
01:19:03,063 --> 01:19:05,152
This is Jacob Philadelphia.
1362
01:19:05,196 --> 01:19:07,415
At one point, Jacob's mom said,
1363
01:19:07,459 --> 01:19:09,417
"Mr. President,
Jacob has a question for you."
1364
01:19:09,461 --> 01:19:12,116
So Jacob's kind of like...
1365
01:19:12,159 --> 01:19:15,162
"Mr. President,
my friends told me
1366
01:19:15,206 --> 01:19:17,686
that my haircut
is just like yours."
1367
01:19:17,730 --> 01:19:20,559
-And with that, uh,
1368
01:19:20,602 --> 01:19:23,518
President Obama bent over,
Jacob touched his head.
1369
01:19:23,562 --> 01:19:26,217
Click, I got one photo,
and it was gone.
1370
01:19:27,740 --> 01:19:31,483
That image was what Barack Obama
had said to us
1371
01:19:31,526 --> 01:19:33,485
two years ago
in an office in Chicago.
1372
01:19:33,528 --> 01:19:36,662
That kid literally
can't even believe,
1373
01:19:36,705 --> 01:19:38,707
even though he's seeing the
president of the United States
1374
01:19:38,751 --> 01:19:41,232
in the Oval Office,
until he can feel his hair,
1375
01:19:41,275 --> 01:19:43,712
he doesn't truly believe
that he's just like me.
1376
01:19:43,756 --> 01:19:46,672
That single image
stands for so much more.
1377
01:19:46,715 --> 01:19:48,761
It stands for how kids
1378
01:19:48,805 --> 01:19:53,244
will see themselves
differently forever.
1379
01:19:53,287 --> 01:19:54,767
But two, I think it tells you
1380
01:19:54,811 --> 01:19:56,377
something about Barack Obama.
1381
01:19:56,421 --> 01:19:59,119
That, at the behest
of a five-year-old kid,
1382
01:19:59,163 --> 01:20:00,599
you would go ahead, bend over
1383
01:20:00,642 --> 01:20:03,384
and let that kid
touch your head like that.
1384
01:20:10,261 --> 01:20:13,786
The fact that
Pete succeeded in offering
1385
01:20:13,830 --> 01:20:18,747
a window into the man
that was occupying the office
1386
01:20:18,791 --> 01:20:21,663
to show what the office can be,
what it has been,
1387
01:20:21,707 --> 01:20:24,884
what it can be again,
to show the...
1388
01:20:24,928 --> 01:20:27,844
the kind of
integrity of purpose,
1389
01:20:27,887 --> 01:20:31,369
I think that's inspiring.
1390
01:20:31,412 --> 01:20:33,414
The presidency is about
1391
01:20:33,458 --> 01:20:36,417
a lot more than
even just policy.
1392
01:20:36,461 --> 01:20:39,725
There's something intangible
about that office.
1393
01:20:39,768 --> 01:20:42,423
What do people remember
about the Obamas?
1394
01:20:42,467 --> 01:20:43,903
You know,
they remember the marriage
1395
01:20:43,947 --> 01:20:45,600
between Barack
and Michelle Obama.
1396
01:20:45,644 --> 01:20:48,647
They remember
a certain speech he gave.
1397
01:20:48,690 --> 01:20:51,476
They remember how the rooms
1398
01:20:51,519 --> 01:20:53,521
that used to be
only full of white men
1399
01:20:53,565 --> 01:20:58,787
are suddenly full of people
of different races and genders.
1400
01:20:58,831 --> 01:21:01,138
That's what they take away
from the Obama presidency.
1401
01:21:01,181 --> 01:21:03,792
And frankly, that's going to
have a lasting impact
1402
01:21:03,836 --> 01:21:06,795
on this country
and on... on the world.
1403
01:21:06,839 --> 01:21:10,799
I think Obama understood
that the-the images of him
1404
01:21:10,843 --> 01:21:12,279
not only being president
1405
01:21:12,323 --> 01:21:14,542
but being president
in a certain way,
1406
01:21:14,586 --> 01:21:16,631
that could change attitudes.
1407
01:21:23,334 --> 01:21:26,293
It did, I think,
change perspectives
1408
01:21:26,337 --> 01:21:29,688
on what is possible
and-and what is achievable
1409
01:21:29,731 --> 01:21:33,170
for people of color
in this country.
1410
01:21:33,213 --> 01:21:36,782
But it also woke this, you know,
1411
01:21:36,825 --> 01:21:40,655
constantly present, ugly,
1412
01:21:40,699 --> 01:21:43,180
horrific racism.
1413
01:21:48,663 --> 01:21:50,317
When I first met Pete,
1414
01:21:50,361 --> 01:21:53,581
his politics were
not at all evident.
1415
01:21:53,625 --> 01:21:57,542
You know, I always wondered,
what did Pete Souza get
1416
01:21:57,585 --> 01:21:59,544
from President Obama?
1417
01:21:59,587 --> 01:22:01,372
Like, how did he change
1418
01:22:01,415 --> 01:22:04,505
because he spent so much time
with President Obama?
1419
01:22:07,421 --> 01:22:10,555
The political concern--
you know, the-the feeling
1420
01:22:10,598 --> 01:22:14,646
that you have to care
and make a difference.
1421
01:22:14,689 --> 01:22:16,953
You can make a difference.
1422
01:22:18,389 --> 01:22:21,783
He could no longer be
this fly on the wall.
1423
01:22:21,827 --> 01:22:23,611
And I would see these moments
1424
01:22:23,655 --> 01:22:27,528
where Pete became furious
for President Obama.
1425
01:22:27,572 --> 01:22:30,705
The way in which
Pete has been most changed
1426
01:22:30,749 --> 01:22:33,404
is by becoming
a vocal political person
1427
01:22:33,447 --> 01:22:36,450
because of President Obama.
1428
01:22:37,930 --> 01:22:39,714
Set the refugees free!
1429
01:22:39,758 --> 01:22:41,629
Set the refugees free!
1430
01:22:41,673 --> 01:22:44,719
Hundreds swarmed the
arrivals terminal at SFO today.
1431
01:22:44,763 --> 01:22:46,852
Citizens who are
in shock at the speed of which
1432
01:22:46,895 --> 01:22:49,376
President Trump's executive
orders are turning into action.
1433
01:22:53,859 --> 01:22:56,514
Pete Souza is a very unlikely
1434
01:22:56,557 --> 01:22:59,865
Instagram superstar, attracting
millions of followers
1435
01:22:59,908 --> 01:23:01,910
after he started replying
to President Trump's tweets
1436
01:23:01,954 --> 01:23:04,652
by posting
Obama White House photos,
1437
01:23:04,696 --> 01:23:07,568
along with snarky captions.
1438
01:23:07,612 --> 01:23:10,310
He is President Obama's
former chief photographer,
1439
01:23:10,354 --> 01:23:14,619
whose Instagram is now full of
pics showing glaring contrast
1440
01:23:14,662 --> 01:23:17,665
in how the two presidents
handled certain situations.
1441
01:23:17,709 --> 01:23:20,625
It's earned him the moniker
"the King of Shade."
1442
01:23:29,982 --> 01:23:32,463
Do you have a picture
for every single thing
1443
01:23:32,506 --> 01:23:35,335
that Donald Trump has
lied about with Barack Obama?
1444
01:23:35,379 --> 01:23:37,076
-Pretty much. Pretty much, yeah.-
1445
01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:39,078
How much joy do you get
when you do it?
1446
01:23:39,122 --> 01:23:40,949
Uh, I get a lot of joy,
actually.
1447
01:23:40,993 --> 01:23:42,864
-Like, do you giggle?
1448
01:23:42,908 --> 01:23:44,475
I-I picture you sitting at home,
1449
01:23:44,518 --> 01:23:46,390
like, giggling,
working on your laptop.
1450
01:23:46,433 --> 01:23:48,783
Uh, yeah, my-my wife said she
didn't know I was that funny.
1451
01:23:48,827 --> 01:23:50,698
And I said, "You just haven't
been paying attention."
1452
01:23:53,266 --> 01:23:55,442
When I first started out,
1453
01:23:55,486 --> 01:23:59,098
I was trying to be humorous
in my comments.
1454
01:23:59,142 --> 01:24:01,100
You know, I had
all these reporters
1455
01:24:01,144 --> 01:24:02,623
wanting to interview me
1456
01:24:02,667 --> 01:24:04,451
about what I was doing
on Instagram,
1457
01:24:04,495 --> 01:24:06,105
and I would not respond.
1458
01:24:06,149 --> 01:24:08,368
Just say,
"It speaks for itself."
1459
01:24:08,412 --> 01:24:09,848
In the words
of some younger people,
1460
01:24:09,891 --> 01:24:12,590
they say you troll
President Trump. Why?
1461
01:24:12,633 --> 01:24:15,810
The photographs
that I post on Instagram now
1462
01:24:15,854 --> 01:24:19,597
and the-the words that I write,
I think, speak for themselves.
1463
01:24:19,640 --> 01:24:22,643
And I think I've gotten
more and more out there
1464
01:24:22,687 --> 01:24:28,475
in terms of making it
pretty damn clear how I feel.
1465
01:24:50,193 --> 01:24:52,586
There are also a lot of
questions about the phone call
1466
01:24:52,630 --> 01:24:54,719
you received
from President Trump.
1467
01:24:54,762 --> 01:24:56,634
-What he said was...
-The president?
1468
01:24:56,677 --> 01:24:58,157
Yes, the president.
1469
01:24:58,201 --> 01:25:01,726
Said that he knew
what he signed up for
1470
01:25:01,769 --> 01:25:03,902
but it hurts anyways.
1471
01:25:03,945 --> 01:25:07,079
He couldn't remember
my husband name.
1472
01:25:07,123 --> 01:25:09,908
If my husband risked his life
for our country,
1473
01:25:09,951 --> 01:25:12,432
why can't you remember his name?
1474
01:25:19,700 --> 01:25:21,746
You know,
since leaving the White House,
1475
01:25:21,789 --> 01:25:24,705
I made this conscious decision
1476
01:25:24,749 --> 01:25:25,967
that I couldn't
not say anything,
1477
01:25:26,011 --> 01:25:28,666
that I couldn't not speak out.
1478
01:25:30,755 --> 01:25:35,803
It was all about the dignity
of the office of the presidency.
1479
01:25:35,847 --> 01:25:37,501
Especially for young people,
1480
01:25:37,544 --> 01:25:39,198
what I didn't want them
to think--
1481
01:25:39,242 --> 01:25:43,855
this is the way a president
is supposed to behave.
1482
01:25:43,898 --> 01:25:45,422
No, it's not.
1483
01:25:46,510 --> 01:25:50,209
Pete bore witness to an ethical,
1484
01:25:50,253 --> 01:25:53,691
decent, not perfect,
1485
01:25:53,734 --> 01:25:57,085
certainly fallible, law-abiding,
1486
01:25:57,129 --> 01:26:02,656
humane presidency
for eight years.
1487
01:26:02,700 --> 01:26:06,094
And my hunch, when I saw Pete
1488
01:26:06,138 --> 01:26:09,097
draw devastating contrasts
1489
01:26:09,141 --> 01:26:12,753
between what was and what is,
1490
01:26:12,797 --> 01:26:16,757
was he just felt
he had no choice.
1491
01:26:16,801 --> 01:26:20,892
Whatever instinct
that Pete may have had
1492
01:26:20,935 --> 01:26:24,722
to remain behind the scenes
1493
01:26:24,765 --> 01:26:28,116
seems to have been obliterated
1494
01:26:28,160 --> 01:26:32,947
by the harm
that President Trump was doing
1495
01:26:32,991 --> 01:26:37,517
and the urgency
to call that out,
1496
01:26:37,561 --> 01:26:39,954
to mobilize people.
1497
01:26:39,998 --> 01:26:41,869
This was a 911.
1498
01:26:44,176 --> 01:26:46,134
He got progressively worse.
1499
01:26:46,178 --> 01:26:48,963
I just thought it was dangerous.
1500
01:26:49,007 --> 01:26:51,270
So, I think, over time, yeah,
1501
01:26:51,314 --> 01:26:53,751
my Instagram posts
got more pointed.
1502
01:26:53,794 --> 01:26:58,059
I thought that Trump
had just gone way too far,
1503
01:26:58,103 --> 01:27:01,846
and I said, "Okay, I want
to do this book, 'Shade.'"
1504
01:27:02,847 --> 01:27:05,632
Trump tweet on one page,
1505
01:27:05,676 --> 01:27:07,852
my response on the other.
1506
01:27:09,157 --> 01:27:13,161
An Intimate Portrait,
which is a coffee table book
1507
01:27:13,205 --> 01:27:16,991
based on the eight years
of the Obama presidency,
1508
01:27:17,035 --> 01:27:19,994
will hopefully last a lifetime.
1509
01:27:20,038 --> 01:27:24,869
The Shadebook, hopefully,
will outlive its uselessness
1510
01:27:24,912 --> 01:27:30,004
on January 20, 2021.
1511
01:27:30,048 --> 01:27:32,790
-Peter Souza. Hey, baby.
1512
01:27:32,833 --> 01:27:34,574
Pete Souza.
1513
01:27:36,228 --> 01:27:38,622
I wasn't surprised to see him
1514
01:27:38,665 --> 01:27:40,885
hit this nerve on social media.
1515
01:27:40,928 --> 01:27:43,191
I was surprised
to see him, like,
1516
01:27:43,235 --> 01:27:46,804
on a television show
talking, you know?
1517
01:27:46,847 --> 01:27:48,632
You know,
he's a behind-the-scenes guy.
1518
01:27:48,675 --> 01:27:52,331
And I think it spoke
to just how offended he was
1519
01:27:52,375 --> 01:27:54,028
by the new reality
1520
01:27:54,072 --> 01:27:57,684
and how he felt compelled
to speak up.
1521
01:27:57,728 --> 01:27:59,686
So, we usually
don't see this from
1522
01:27:59,730 --> 01:28:01,297
-a White House photographer...
-No.
1523
01:28:01,340 --> 01:28:03,690
...who has that fly-on-the-wall
quality to him or to her.
1524
01:28:03,734 --> 01:28:06,084
What made you want to step out
and-and make this stand?
1525
01:28:06,127 --> 01:28:07,825
Well, I think
this guy disrespects
1526
01:28:07,868 --> 01:28:09,827
the office of the presidency.
1527
01:28:09,870 --> 01:28:11,307
I mean, it's as simple as that.
1528
01:28:11,350 --> 01:28:13,700
I always thought of you
as fairly apolitical.
1529
01:28:13,744 --> 01:28:15,311
So, what is it about this moment
1530
01:28:15,354 --> 01:28:17,922
and this president that has...
that has changed you?
1531
01:28:17,965 --> 01:28:19,924
He bullies people. He lies.
1532
01:28:20,794 --> 01:28:24,058
He calls you guys the, uh,
enemy of the people.
1533
01:28:24,102 --> 01:28:27,366
He doesn't believe
our own intelligence agencies.
1534
01:28:27,410 --> 01:28:29,107
There's just too many things.
1535
01:28:29,150 --> 01:28:31,892
I'm trying to make an argument
1536
01:28:31,936 --> 01:28:34,242
that this is not who we are.
1537
01:28:34,286 --> 01:28:36,897
That this president
really doesn't speak for us
1538
01:28:36,941 --> 01:28:40,074
as Americans, what it means
to be an American.
1539
01:28:40,118 --> 01:28:41,989
Believe me,
he gets lots of hate mail,
1540
01:28:42,033 --> 01:28:44,775
'cause I get a lot of them
on his behalf.
1541
01:28:44,818 --> 01:28:47,299
He's not loved
by everyone, for sure.
1542
01:28:49,693 --> 01:28:53,218
But for the people
who feel strongly, as he does,
1543
01:28:53,261 --> 01:28:55,089
they see him as almost a leader
1544
01:28:55,133 --> 01:28:57,353
to help them get
that message across
1545
01:28:57,396 --> 01:29:00,094
and to help make some change
in this country right now.
1546
01:29:00,138 --> 01:29:02,270
-How are you?
-It's so good to see you.
1547
01:29:02,314 --> 01:29:03,794
-Congratulations to you.
-Thank you. You, too.
1548
01:29:03,837 --> 01:29:05,230
-My God, you're kicking ass.
-Huh?
1549
01:29:05,273 --> 01:29:06,405
-How you doing?
-I'm doing good.
1550
01:29:06,449 --> 01:29:07,798
-How about you?
-I'm good.
1551
01:29:07,841 --> 01:29:09,669
-I love the book.
-Thank you.
1552
01:29:09,713 --> 01:29:12,019
I was... I saw POTUS today.
1553
01:29:12,063 --> 01:29:14,761
And one of the things
that I was telling him was
1554
01:29:14,805 --> 01:29:16,763
-you can tell stories now...
-Mm-hmm.
1555
01:29:16,807 --> 01:29:19,418
...and in context,
they make complete sense.
1556
01:29:19,462 --> 01:29:23,291
Like, you couldn't have
defended yourself
1557
01:29:23,335 --> 01:29:26,773
the way you did--
about Benghazi, for instance--
1558
01:29:26,817 --> 01:29:28,296
-while you're at...
-No.
1559
01:29:28,340 --> 01:29:30,690
And yet, I had no choice
'cause I was,
1560
01:29:30,734 --> 01:29:32,300
you know, speaking on behalf
of the government
1561
01:29:32,344 --> 01:29:34,172
and on behalf of the president.
1562
01:29:34,215 --> 01:29:36,783
Uh, and that was, you know,
what I wanted to do
1563
01:29:36,827 --> 01:29:38,785
and what I committed to do
at the time.
1564
01:29:38,829 --> 01:29:40,961
But that meant that,
in that period,
1565
01:29:41,005 --> 01:29:43,050
I didn't have my own voice.
1566
01:29:44,138 --> 01:29:45,792
I'm a journalist who wishes
1567
01:29:45,836 --> 01:29:48,099
I could give my opinion
once in a while.
1568
01:29:48,142 --> 01:29:51,972
I'm wondering, as the White
House official photographer,
1569
01:29:52,016 --> 01:29:55,802
did you have to wait for
a certain time to throw shade?
1570
01:29:55,846 --> 01:29:57,761
Yeah, I would never
have done it,
1571
01:29:57,804 --> 01:30:00,677
uh, during his presiden...
I would never have done it
1572
01:30:00,720 --> 01:30:05,290
if, you know, Jeb Bush
or John Kasich or...
1573
01:30:05,333 --> 01:30:08,989
Um, look, this is... this is
not a partisan thing to me.
1574
01:30:09,033 --> 01:30:14,865
This is somebody that I feel
is not a good person,
1575
01:30:14,908 --> 01:30:17,476
doesn't respect
the office of the presidency,
1576
01:30:17,520 --> 01:30:21,175
thinks about himself
and not other people,
1577
01:30:21,219 --> 01:30:22,916
lies to us.
1578
01:30:22,960 --> 01:30:27,834
So, it-it became something
that I felt I had to do.
1579
01:30:27,878 --> 01:30:29,401
I don't think, uh,
1580
01:30:29,445 --> 01:30:32,491
a photojournalist is
supposed to be opinionated.
1581
01:30:32,535 --> 01:30:34,711
I'm now opinionated.
1582
01:30:35,538 --> 01:30:37,496
I, in some ways,
1583
01:30:37,540 --> 01:30:41,413
have ruined
any chance that I have
1584
01:30:41,457 --> 01:30:45,504
of being a working
photojournalist again.
1585
01:30:45,548 --> 01:30:48,376
But to me,
that's a small price to pay
1586
01:30:48,420 --> 01:30:51,771
for doing what I think
is the right thing.
1587
01:30:53,294 --> 01:30:55,340
Pete and I probably-- and
I've never talked about this--
1588
01:30:55,383 --> 01:30:57,081
feel a similar sense
of obligation--
1589
01:30:57,124 --> 01:30:59,126
and so do a bunch of
our other former colleagues--
1590
01:30:59,170 --> 01:31:00,998
to... to fight these battles
1591
01:31:01,041 --> 01:31:03,000
because we don't want
Obama to do it.
1592
01:31:03,043 --> 01:31:05,219
You know, or,
you know, he shouldn't do it.
1593
01:31:05,263 --> 01:31:07,918
His voice is too important
to be trivialized
1594
01:31:07,961 --> 01:31:11,269
by having to respond
to tweets, you know?
1595
01:31:12,226 --> 01:31:15,316
I've never been
overtly political,
1596
01:31:15,360 --> 01:31:18,015
and now I am political.
1597
01:31:18,058 --> 01:31:20,974
I want to make sure
everybody knows
1598
01:31:21,018 --> 01:31:25,283
that what this guy is doing
is not only not normal,
1599
01:31:25,326 --> 01:31:28,547
but it's really dangerous
to the country.
1600
01:31:28,591 --> 01:31:32,943
This is a serious job,
being the president.
1601
01:31:32,986 --> 01:31:35,293
I'm gonna do everything I can
1602
01:31:35,336 --> 01:31:37,817
to make sure
people don't forget that.
1603
01:31:42,300 --> 01:31:44,911
President Obama invited
the president-elect
1604
01:31:44,955 --> 01:31:47,784
just two days after the election
to the White House.
1605
01:31:47,827 --> 01:31:50,177
It was a surreal day.
1606
01:31:50,221 --> 01:31:54,094
And it just so happens
by sheer coincidence
1607
01:31:54,138 --> 01:31:57,794
that another meeting
had been scheduled that day,
1608
01:31:57,837 --> 01:32:02,059
uh, with a young boy,
Alex Myteberi.
1609
01:32:02,102 --> 01:32:06,367
Alex had written a letter
to President Obama
1610
01:32:06,411 --> 01:32:08,805
that he was so taken with
1611
01:32:08,848 --> 01:32:14,593
that he read excerpts of it
at his U.N. speech that year.
1612
01:32:14,637 --> 01:32:16,290
I can still remember it,
1613
01:32:16,334 --> 01:32:18,466
seeing Omran in the ambulance,
1614
01:32:18,510 --> 01:32:21,948
face covered in blood
and ash and dust.
1615
01:32:21,992 --> 01:32:25,038
It looks horrific to you
that someone your age,
1616
01:32:25,082 --> 01:32:27,998
like, younger than me-- Omran
was a year younger than me--
1617
01:32:28,041 --> 01:32:30,348
being hurt in an ambulance
in another country
1618
01:32:30,391 --> 01:32:33,481
while I'm just sitting around
at my grandma's watching TV.
1619
01:32:34,961 --> 01:32:36,093
For days and days,
1620
01:32:36,136 --> 01:32:37,573
he wanted to ask about Omran.
1621
01:32:37,616 --> 01:32:40,010
"Show me Syria.
Where is Aleppo?"
1622
01:32:40,053 --> 01:32:43,056
First, he wanted to send
a letter to Omran.
1623
01:32:43,100 --> 01:32:45,450
And when I told him,"Well,
I don't have his address,
1624
01:32:45,493 --> 01:32:47,321
so I don't think
he's gonna get it,"
1625
01:32:47,365 --> 01:32:50,324
that's when he decided
to write to the president.
1626
01:32:50,368 --> 01:32:52,326
My thought was, "Okay, here
goes the Santa Claus letter."
1627
01:32:52,370 --> 01:32:55,242
You know, that's the idea--
you just write it...
1628
01:32:55,286 --> 01:32:58,985
-Doing something. -...you drop
it, then that's the end of it.
1629
01:32:59,029 --> 01:33:01,379
-Little did we know.
1630
01:33:01,422 --> 01:33:06,602
He said he wanted Omran to come
live with him and his family.
1631
01:33:06,645 --> 01:33:09,343
"Since he won't bring toys,"
Alex wrote,
1632
01:33:09,387 --> 01:33:12,259
"I will share my bike, and I
will teach him how to ride it."
1633
01:33:14,566 --> 01:33:17,961
"We will give him a family,
and he will be our brother."
1634
01:33:19,397 --> 01:33:21,965
Those are the words
of a six-year-old boy.
1635
01:33:23,357 --> 01:33:24,663
It's so nice to meet you.
1636
01:33:24,707 --> 01:33:26,665
-How have you been?
-Good.
1637
01:33:26,709 --> 01:33:28,188
You look very nice in your suit.
1638
01:33:28,232 --> 01:33:29,363
-Thank you.
-Is that a new suit?
1639
01:33:29,407 --> 01:33:30,538
-Mm-hmm.
-I thought so.
1640
01:33:32,366 --> 01:33:35,935
You being so... so nice and kind
1641
01:33:35,979 --> 01:33:39,025
hopefully makes other people
think the same way.
1642
01:33:39,069 --> 01:33:42,202
So, I was very proud of you.
Hmm.
1643
01:33:43,247 --> 01:33:45,031
This picture was made
1644
01:33:45,075 --> 01:33:49,035
22 minutes after Trump had left.
1645
01:33:49,079 --> 01:33:53,213
This six-year-old kid,
the son of two immigrants,
1646
01:33:53,257 --> 01:33:56,347
showed more compassion,
1647
01:33:56,390 --> 01:34:00,699
more empathy,
more understanding,
1648
01:34:00,743 --> 01:34:04,572
and knows more about
what it means to be an American
1649
01:34:04,616 --> 01:34:06,662
than our current president.
1650
01:34:37,475 --> 01:34:39,695
This is something
that we take very seriously.
1651
01:34:39,738 --> 01:34:41,740
Uh, as soon as
there is an outbreak
1652
01:34:41,784 --> 01:34:43,699
anywhere in the world
of any disease,
1653
01:34:43,742 --> 01:34:46,614
the CDC, uh, is in communication
1654
01:34:46,658 --> 01:34:48,529
with the
World Health Organization,
1655
01:34:48,573 --> 01:34:51,010
uh, and other
multilateral agencies
1656
01:34:51,054 --> 01:34:55,014
to try to make sure that we've
got an appropriate response.
1657
01:34:57,277 --> 01:35:00,367
Having watched President Obama,
1658
01:35:00,411 --> 01:35:04,023
based on the way
he handled the H1N1 epidemic,
1659
01:35:04,067 --> 01:35:07,374
and the Ebola crisis in 2014--
1660
01:35:07,418 --> 01:35:10,029
I mean, if he had
been president now,
1661
01:35:10,073 --> 01:35:12,075
he would have been
facing this virus, too.
1662
01:35:12,118 --> 01:35:13,554
He couldn't have stopped it.
1663
01:35:13,598 --> 01:35:18,777
But he would have listened
to the science early on.
1664
01:35:18,821 --> 01:35:23,086
It's really on Trump for not
having a nationwide shutdown.
1665
01:35:24,304 --> 01:35:26,132
Put it in perspective.
1666
01:35:26,176 --> 01:35:30,267
This is 40 9/11s.
1667
01:35:30,310 --> 01:35:32,443
40 9/11s.
1668
01:35:32,486 --> 01:35:34,793
That's how many people
have died.
1669
01:35:56,772 --> 01:35:59,775
I view everything now through
the lens of the presidency.
1670
01:36:01,733 --> 01:36:04,214
I think one thing that's changed
1671
01:36:04,257 --> 01:36:07,217
is that the vast majority
of the country
1672
01:36:07,260 --> 01:36:11,525
now realizes that having
a competent, honest person
1673
01:36:11,569 --> 01:36:14,746
in the presidency
really does matter.
1674
01:36:18,445 --> 01:36:20,186
I want to speak directly
1675
01:36:20,230 --> 01:36:22,493
to the young men and women
of color in this country.
1676
01:36:22,536 --> 01:36:24,190
I want you to know
that you matter.
1677
01:36:24,234 --> 01:36:26,497
I want you to know that
your lives matter.
1678
01:36:26,540 --> 01:36:28,368
You have the power
to make things better,
1679
01:36:28,412 --> 01:36:32,546
and you have helped to make
the entire country feel,
1680
01:36:32,590 --> 01:36:36,333
uh, as if this is something
that's got to change.
1681
01:37:41,224 --> 01:37:42,703
America's always been
1682
01:37:42,747 --> 01:37:45,315
two stories battling each other.
1683
01:37:45,358 --> 01:37:48,622
You know, the progressive,
inclusive story
1684
01:37:48,666 --> 01:37:52,800
of-of people getting more rightsand
more people being allowed
1685
01:37:52,844 --> 01:37:54,933
the promise of citizenship
and opportunity
1686
01:37:54,977 --> 01:37:57,283
and struggling
to overcome things
1687
01:37:57,327 --> 01:38:00,286
versus people who don't want
to give up power, you know?
1688
01:38:01,200 --> 01:38:03,202
And if you just
stacked up the images
1689
01:38:03,246 --> 01:38:05,291
of the Obama presidency
and the Trump presidency,
1690
01:38:05,335 --> 01:38:07,815
you would see
the two stories of America
1691
01:38:07,859 --> 01:38:11,384
in the starkest
possible contrast.
1692
01:38:11,428 --> 01:38:13,517
And I think that's why
Pete's images
1693
01:38:13,560 --> 01:38:15,606
have triggered
such emotion in people--
1694
01:38:15,649 --> 01:38:17,913
'cause it's like,
no, that's my America.
1695
01:38:17,956 --> 01:38:20,393
My America is in these pictures.
1696
01:38:29,446 --> 01:38:32,318
-Yes, we did. Yes, we can.
1697
01:38:34,712 --> 01:38:37,497
Thank you. God bless you.
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