SO FAR, AND A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT THE FIRST PET.
>> Reporter: AS AN EDUCATOR,
THERE HAS BEEN SOME VOCAL
OPPOSITION, ESPECIALLY FROM
TEACHERS UNIONS, TO THIS IDEA
THAT TEACHERS SHOULD BE FORCED
BACK INTO THE CLASSROOMS THIS
FALL, REGARDLESS OF
VACCINATIONS.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
I MEAN, WHATS YOUR MESSAGE TO
EDUCATORS?
IS IT TIME TO GET BACK IN THE
CLASSROOM THIS FALL, NO MATTER
WHAT?
>> I THINK IT DEPENDS ON, YOU
KNOW, WERE FOLLOWING THE
SCIENCE AND WHAT THE CDC SAYS.
AND SO EACH DISTRICT IS
DIFFERENT, SO I THINK WE HAVE TO
LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS AND THE
SCIENCE, THEN THE DISTRICTS HAVE
TO DECIDE.
>> Reporter: BUT WE KNOW THIS
TIME THAT HAS BEEN LOST, IN
TERMS OF LEARNING, ESPECIALLY IN
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, ESPECIALLY
FOR KIDS WHO HAVENT BEEN IN
CLASSROOMS, WHO DONT HAVE
ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET,
JUST THE MENTAL STRESS, THE TOLL
ITS TAKEN ON THE CHILDREN.
HOW CAN WE NOT JUSTIFY RETURNING
TO MANY-IN-PERSON LEARNING?
>> I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOST
LEARNING, BUT WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THINGS
BETTER.
THATS ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS
SO EXCITED ABOUT THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN.
BECAUSE IT HAS SO MUCH MONEY IN
THERE FOR EDUCATION.
>> Reporter: I READ SOMETHING
ONCE YEARS AGO, THAT THE
PRESIDENCY DOESNT CHANGE A
PERSON, IT JUST REVEALS WHO
THEYVE ALWAYS BEEN.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Reporter: THIS FIRST 100
DAYS, AND YOUVE KNOWN THIS GUY
A LONG TIME.
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: WHATS IT REVEALED
ABOUT HIM THAT PERHAPS YOU
DIDNT KNOW ALREADY?
>> UH-OH.
>> OH.
>> Reporter: NOTHING?
>> NO, BUT I THINK ITS TRUE.
IT REVEALS HIS CHARACTER AND
WHAT I KNEW ALL ALONG.
I KNEW IT WHEN I STARTED TO DATE
JOE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ATTRACTED
ME TO JOE WAS HIS STRENGTH.
I MEAN, HES STRONG.
HES NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP AND
SAY WHAT HE BELIEVES.
HES NOT AFRAID TO DO THE BOLD
THINGS.
>> Reporter: AFTER OUR
CONVERSATION, YOURE GOING TO
HEAD DOWN TO GEORGIA TO VISIT
WITH PRESIDENT CARTER AND HIS
WIFE, ROSALYNN.
YOUVE KNOWN THE PRESIDENT A
LONG TIME.
YOU GO BACK TO THE LATE 70s,
YOU WERE THE FIRST SENATOR TO
ENDORSE HIM.
HE WASNT AT YOUR INAUGURATION
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND HIS
HEALTH.
HOW IS HE DOING?
WHAT DO WE PLAN TO SAY TO
PRESIDENT CARTER?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY CALLED
US THE NHT BEFORE THE
INAUGURATION, WHEN WE WERE AT
BLAIR HOUSE, AND WISHED US GOOD
LUCK.
WE SAID, YOU KNOW, IF WE COME TO
GEORGIA, WELL SEE YOU.
THEYRE GOOD FRIENDS.
>> THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS IS
THIS GUY IS A FIGHTER, AND HES
MADE GREAT PROGRESS WITH THE
CANCER THIS EHE HAS WITH
IMMUNOTHERAPY.
THIS MAN HAS MORE CHARACTER.
THINK ABOUT IT, HE WAS A GREAT
PRESIDENT, BUT LOOK HOW HES
BEEN SINCE HE LEFT THE
PRESIDENCY.
HES DONE SO MUCH GOOD, AND SO
HAS ROSALYN.
>> Reporter: THERE IS A QUESTION
THAT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAD
BEEN WONDERING FOR A NUMBER OF
WEEKS NOW.
MAJOR.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Reporter: THE FIRST DOG.
>> WE WERE GOING TO BRING HIM IN
TO SEE YOU.
>> Reporter: WELL, I DONT KNOW
IF THATS THE BEST IDEA, BASED
ON WHAT IVE HEARD FROM MAJOR.
IS HE BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
>> HE IS SUCH A SWEET, LOVABLE
DOG.
HE REALLY IS.
>> Reporter: IS HE?
IVE HEARD THAT HE --
>> HE IS.
>> Reporter: OKAY.
>> ILL TAKE YOU TO MEET HIM.
HE IS PROBABLY OUTSIDE NOW.
>> Reporter: THEN THERE ARE
THESE RUMORS THAT THE FIRST
FAMILY WAS CONSIDERING ADOPTING
A CAT.
>> OH, YES, AND THAT IS TRUE.
>> Reporter: CAN YOU CONFIRM
THAT?
>> HE IS WAITING IN THE WINGS,
SHE, SHE IS WAITING IN THE
WINGS.
>> Reporter: WAS THIS YOUR IDEA,
MR. PRESIDENT?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: LET ME GET THIS
STRAIGHT, MAJOR BIDEN, WHO
CLEARLY HAD SOME TROUBLE
ADJUSTING TO LIFE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, NOW HE IS GOING TO BE
FORCED TO CONTEND WITH A CAT, AS
WELL?
>> WELL, THAT WAS PART OF HIS
TRAINING.
THEY TOOK HIM INTO A SHELTER
WITH CATS.
>> THE SECRET SERVICE.
>> YEAH, HE DID FINE.
>> WELL DONE.
>> MAJOR IS COMING BACK.
TRAINING IS GOING WELL.
NOW, THE FIRST FAMILY IS
ADOPTING THE CAT.
>> THATS PRETTY COOL.
HERES A QUESTION, ON A PERSONAL
LEVEL, THERE IS SOMETHING -- WE
GREW UP MIDDLE CLASS TO
LOWER-MIDDLE CLASS.
IS THERE A MOMENT WHEN YOURE
SITTING ACROSS FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
IN THE ROOSEVELT ROOM OF THE
WHITE HOUSE, AND YOU THINK --
DEBORAHS DAD USED TO SAY
SOMETHING, CAN YOU IMAGINE, THIS
IS US?
>> AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT
OF PINCH-ME MOMENTS WE GET WITH
THIS JOB, BUT YES, TO YOUR
POINT.
IF YOU ASKED ME 25, 30 YEARS AGO
IF I WOULD BE SITTING AT 1600
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE ASKING
QUESTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES AND HIS WIFE,
ID LAUGH IN YOUR FACE.
IT WAS NOT LOST ON ME.
THERE WAS A MOMENT IN THE
ROOSEVELT ROOM, YOU HAVE THESE
PLANTERS ON THE FIREPLACE, AND
THE FLOWERS ARE BEAUTIFUL.
IM A CURIOUS GUY.
I WENT OVER, AND IM LIKE
TOUCHING THE PLANTER.
>> YOU CANT JUST TOUCH THINGS.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE THING
ALMOST FALLS OVER.
OH, YEAH.
>> HOW HARD WERE YOU TOUCHING
THE PLANTERS?
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS STATIONARY,
LIKE I DIDNT KNOW IT MOVED.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I GET ALL THESE
LOOKS.
>> YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.
>> I DID.
FOR A MOMENT, I KIND OF FORGOT.
I ALMOST GOT KICKED OUT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.
>> I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE
STORY OF THE HERSHEY KISSES.
>> YOU KNOW THIS.
YOUVE COVERED A NUMBER OF
PRESIDENTS YOURSELF.
THEY ALL HAVE CANDY?
>> EMBLAZONED WITH THE
PRESIDENTIAL SEAL.
>> RIGHT.
SO PRESIDENT BIDEN, LOVING
PENNSYLVANIA THE WAY HE DOES,
HES DECIDED TO GO WITH
HERSHEYS KISSES.
THEY GAVE US HERSHEYS KISSES
WITH THE SEAL ON THEM.
I GOT A BUNCH OF THEM FOR THE
KIDS.
STUPID DAD LEFT THEM AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
>> NO!
>> KRISTEN WELKER SAID SHE IS
GOING TO SHIP THEM.
>> SHES GOING TO FEDEX THEM.
>> BETTER THAN LEAVING THEM IN
YOUR POCKET.
WOULD HAVE BEEN A MESS.