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[video] SNL’s Obama Does Something With President Barack Obama and Justin Bieber
President Barack Obama’s recent efforts to create buzz around Healthcare.gov became subject to a “Saturday Night Live” skit this weekend, with the late night comedy show exploring additional options the president could opt in on to promote his landmark health care law. One of those options involved doing something promiscuous with pop star Justin Bieber: making out
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Host apologizes to Obama for breaking his retweet record with her star-studded Oscar pic
Ellen DeGeneres became the queen of Twitter when she took her star-studded selfie at the 2014 Oscars.
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014Within an hour of her epic selfie post, which featured Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Lupita Nyong'o, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, Jared Leto and Kevin Spacey, it became the most retweeted tweet of all time, taking the title away from President Barack Obama, whose account posted a photo of him hugging First Lady Michelle Obama on reelection night, captioned "Four more years," back on November 6, 2012.
Four more years. pic.twitter.com/bAJE6Vom
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2012President Obama appeared via satellite on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Thursday (March 20), and after welcoming Obama to the show, Ellen quickly reminded him who is now wearing the Twitter crown.
"I don't know if you know this, but I was aiming to break your record of retweets, and I apologize for doing it," DeGeneres said, "but I broke your retweet record."
Obama was quick on the return, saying he was fully aware of Ellen's retweet victory, and he was not all that impressed.
"I thought it was a pretty cheap stunt myself," he joked. "Getting a bunch of celebrities in the background ... you feeding them pizza."
All kidding aside, Ellen and the president talked about his recent trip to the Gap to pick up some sweaters and about how he will get matching tattoos with his daughters if they ever decide to get some ink. She also asked for his thoughts on the hit D.C.-related television shows "Scandal" and "House of Cards."
"I watch 'House of Cards.' I haven't seen 'Scandal' yet, but Michelle has watched 'Scandal,' " Obama said. "I have to tell ya, life in Washington is a little more boring than displayed on the screen. The truth of the matter is, if you followed me, most of my day is sitting in a room listening to a bunch of folks in gray suits talking about a whole bunch of stuff that wouldn't make very good television."
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
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The Miami Heat at the White House: Michelle Obama Dunk on Lebron James and Healthy Tips From NBA Champions
First Lady Michelle Obama joins members of the Miami Heat to find out why eating healthy can help you perform like a champion.
Obama Meets With NBA Champion Miami Heat At The White House So the Miami Heat visited First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House recently to discuss eating healthy and exercising for her campaign, Let’s Move. But they must have been doubting that the First Lady practiced what she preached. Because while they were talking to Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, she decided to do this like a boss:
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Michelle Obama for president ***Must Read
One Night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn't too luxurious. When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the President's secret service if he could please speak to the First Lady in private.
They obliged and Michelle had a conversation with the owner. Following this conversation President Obama asked Michelle,
“Why was he so interested in talking to you.?” , President Obama curiously asked his wife.
She informed the Husband that in her teenage years, the man had been madly in love with her.
President Obama then said, “So if you had married him, you would now be the owner of this lovely restaurant?”
Michelle responded, “No. If I had married him, he would now be the President.”
Dear fan, believe it or not, sometimes its a woman that makes a man who he is..
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
[photos] Barack Obama flirting with the Danish Prime Minister at Nelson Mandela's ceremony. Michelle shuts it down.
Barack Obama flirting with the Danish Prime Minister at Nelson Mandela's ceremony. Michelle shuts it down.
President Obama Speaks at a Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela
President Obama delivers remarks at a national memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela. December 10, 2013.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
President Zuma: 'Our people have lost a father'
Nelson Mandela, the revered statesman who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead South Africa out of decades of apartheid, has died, South African President Jacob Zuma announced late Thursday. Mandela was 95.
"He is now resting. He is now at peace," Zuma said. "Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father."
"What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human," the president said in his late-night address. "We saw in him what we seek in ourselves." Mandela will have a state funeral. Zuma ordered all flags in the nation to be flown at half-staff from Friday through that funeral. Mandela, a former president, battled health issues in recent months, including a recurring lung infection that led to numerous hospitalizations. With advancing age and bouts of illness, Mandela retreated to a quiet life at his boyhood home in the nation's Eastern Cape Province, where he said he was most at peace. Despite rare public appearances, he held a special place in the consciousness of the nation and the world.
In a nation healing from the scars of apartheid, Mandela became a moral compass. Look back at Mandela's early years 1990: Mandela released from prison 1994: Mandela takes oath of office His defiance of white minority rule and incarceration for fighting against segregation focused the world's attention on apartheid, the legalized racial segregation enforced by the South African government until 1994. In his lifetime, he was a man of complexities. He went from a militant freedom fighter, to a prisoner, to a unifying figure, to an elder statesman.
Years after his 1999 retirement from the presidency, Mandela was considered the ideal head of state. He became a yardstick for African leaders, who consistently fell short when measured against him. Warm, lanky and charismatic in his silk, earth-toned dashikis, he was quick to admit to his shortcomings, endearing him further in a culture in which leaders rarely do.
His steely gaze disarmed opponents. So did his flashy smile.
Former South African President F.W. de Klerk, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela in 1993 for transitioning the nation from a system of racial segregation, described their first meeting. "I had read, of course, everything I could read about him beforehand. I was well-briefed," he said last year. "I was impressed, however, by how tall he was. By the ramrod straightness of his stature, and realized that this is a very special man. He had an aura around him. He's truly a very dignified and a very admirable person." For many South Africans, he was simply Madiba, his traditional clan name. Others affectionately called him Tata, the Xhosa word for father.
MANDELA RELEASED FROM PRISON
Sunday, April 28, 2013
[video] POTUS GOT JOKES: "I Got 99 Problems And Now Jay-Z Is One!"
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President Obama addressed journalists and guests at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner. Conan O’Brien provided the entertainment for the occasion.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Help Boston
Friend --
It's a calm, quiet day in Boston today. It's difficult to believe that such horror filled our streets only a week ago.
Two times, bombs rocked the streets of Copley Square. Three lives were taken that day, and a law enforcement officer was killed just three days later. More than 260 people were wounded, many of whom remain hospitalized with amputations and other scars of tragedy.
I've heard from folks across the country, asking what they can do to help. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Menino have formed a fund to help the people most affected by these tragic events.
If you're looking for a way to help, please consider making a donation to The One Fund Boston today.
During the Boston Marathon, everyone in our city cheers for each other. We help each other across the finish line. When terror struck, we acted as a family. Throughout the chaos, courageous people ran toward danger to help strangers in need.
Now we cry together. We pray together. We help each other.
No one can replace what we've lost here in Boston. But today, and in the weeks and months ahead, we'll get through it together -- through sorrow and anger, rehabilitation and recovery. That's what families do.
The OFA family knows how to work together to accomplish amazing things. Let's make a difference for the Boston Marathon victims.
Your donation will directly help the families who need it most.
Please make a donation now to The One Fund Boston:
http://my.barackobama.com/The-One-Fund
From West, Texas to Watertown, Massachusetts, we remember and honor the men, women, and children we lost last week. We help those whose lives will never be the same. And we thank our first responders, medical professionals, law enforcement officers, and National Guard for their heroic work.
I'm very proud of the people of Massachusetts for their strength, resolve, and courage. Bostonians are tough.
We are fighters -- and we cannot be broken.
No matter where you live, thank you for being with us in our time of crisis and our time of healing. We run together.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senator, Massachusetts
Saturday, April 20, 2013
[pictures] Boston bombings: timeline of marathon attack and capture of bombers
– MONDAY, APRIL 15: Two bombs explode near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing three and wounding nearly 180. US President Barack Obama says he did not know who was behind the attacks and ordered his administration to do whatever was necessary.
– TUESDAY, APRIL 16: Doctors said the victims of the bombings were peppered with pellets, shrapnel and nails. The FBI said there had been no claims of responsibility, and investigators were considering a wide range of suspects.
Obama brands the bombings an act of terror and "a heinous and cowardly act."
A letter addressed to Obama tests positive for the deadly poison ricin, according to the FBI, but authorities deny any links to the Boston attacks.
– WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17: US authorities deny media reports that an individual has been arrested in connection to the bombings, but police said they had images of a suspect from surveillance video and still images taken around the finish line at the time of the blasts.
– THURSDAY, APRIL 18: Obama attends a special interfaith service at a Boston cathedral with victims, rescuers, and city and state leaders. He vows a relentless hunt for those who killed Martin Richard, 8; Krystle Campbell, 29; and Lu Lingzi, a 23-year-old Chinese national, saying "we will find you". The FBI releases pictures and video of two men suspected of involvement in the attacks, appealing to the public to help identify them.
In the evening, a campus police officer is shot dead at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a shoot-out erupts with the suspected perpetrators of the attacks. Another police officer is injured.
– FRIDAY, APRIL 19: One of the two Boston bombing suspects is killed after a shoot-out with police, in the Boston suburb of Watertown.
He is identified as 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen.
A major manhunt is launched to find his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, during which all public transport in Boston is brought to a standstill, schools are closed and residents told to keep their doors closed. Shortly after 7.30pm (0030 GMT Saturday), Boston Police say Dzhokhar is in custody following a stand-off at a house in the city's suburbs. People in the area greet the news with loud cheers and applause.
"CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody," Boston Police tweeted shortly after the initial announcement.
Boston police chief Ed Davis says Dzhokhar is in hospital in serious condition. He was captured thanks to a tip from a local resident who found the suspect in a boat in a backyard "covered in blood". Obama says: "We will determine what happened. We will investigate any associations that these terrorists may have had. And we'll continue to do whatever we have to do to keep our people safe."
Friday, April 19, 2013
President Barack Obama meets with members of his national security team to discuss developments in the Boston bombings investigation, in the Situation Room of the White House, Friday, April 19, 2013.
President Barack Obama meets with members of his national security team to discuss developments in the Boston bombings investigation, in the Situation Room of the White House, April 19, 2013. Pictured, from left, are: FBI Director Robert Mueller; Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Attorney General Eric Holder; Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken; and Vice President Joe Biden. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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[WANTED] Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, The Alleged Boston Marathon Bomber (Graphic photo of dead brother)
The FBI has released this new image of 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who police believe is a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings and the shooting of an MIT police officer. PHOTO SOURCE: FBI
After a very long night, it seems the identities of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers have been revealed.
NBC News is reporting the two men are brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
The brothers are from Chechnya, Russia and have been in the U.S. since 2001, according to their uncle.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is still on the run, while his older brother, Tamerlan, 26, was killed earlier this morning during a shoot-out with Boston PD. Dzhokhar is a student at UMASS Dartmouth and was seen there this week after the bombings according to WCVB.
The father of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Anzor Tsarnaev, says his son is an “accomplished medical student” and “a true angel”, AP reports. He spoke to the news agency from the city of Makhachkala, capital of the Russian republic of Dagestan, shortly after police said his other son, 26-year-old Tamerlan, had been killed in a shootout.
One of the brothers is said to have a Massachusetts drivers’ license, an NBC report claims. The brothers’ uncle has confirmed to AP that the men lived together near Boston. Some reports say the two may have arrived in the US from Turkey and have Turkish citizenship.
And, in case you missed it, here is an easy-to-digest timeline of what happened overnight:
A gruesome photo of Tamerlan's corpse has surfaced showing his body riddled with bullet holes. There is a huge gash in the ribcage area, possibly from the explosions and his face is covered in blood.
