Inside The Obama White House: President, Gibbs, Emanuel At Work (VIDEO)

NBC News' Brian Williams went behind the scenes at the White House, getting footage of President Obama and his staff at work. His team 150 hours of footage shot for the program/ "There's stuff we've never seen of how the White House operates," Williams said. "We were pretty stunned at how much we were able to record and how natural events seemed to be." Here are some preview clips from the program, which airs Tuesday and Wednesday night.

Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel kicks the NBC camera crew out of his office:

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Press Secretary Robert Gibbs opens up a new pair of shoes:

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Obama's assistant tosses him a basketball in the Oval Office:

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Williams explains the series on the "Today" show:

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The two-part special airs Tuesday and Wednesday at 9PM on NBC.

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Comments

[jobecky20]

"Do some things that will make my wife happy." Oooo la la!

[Panalbro]

I was watching this report and even though it was great to see the Obama White House I can't help but think how did Brian Williams get to where he is at? I also found his comments on Ms. Hillary Clinton offensive and disrespectful. She was after all almost our first Lady President and he should have shown his respect. She is the Secretary of State of the United States of America. Who is Brian? He didn't show her the respect whe deserves and I am dissapointed in him. He is no Tom Brokaw. Thank you for hearing me.

[Solja]

Thank God he is no Tom Brokaw. He gets on my last nerve! He needs to go home already!

[carl99e]

Although I have always watched Brian and actually like him, I never really thought he was very good at his job. He had a hard time looking at GWB in the eye when he interviewed him and the softball questions were a bit silly. For a man who has had the kind of exposure he has, his questions to President Obama seem childish. Be that as it may, I believe he has the highest ratings for his news slot. Go figure.

[Panalbro]

I totally agree. I also wanted to add that Brian's comments on Ms. Hillary Clinton's were dismissive and disrespectful. She deserves as much respect as any of the people that were on the report and his comments were offensive. Mr. Williams is no Tom Brokaw. I was very glad the report was done only someone else would have done a better job.

[Solja]

Stop putting the same jibberish everywhere. Folks can read what you say if you write it only once. Good grief!

And Tom Brokaw is a has-been! Thank God Brian Williams is not like him.

[smchp]

Seeing them with Bo is pretty cool. I would like to see the kids with the dog but I understand they want to limit the girls exposure.

[smchp]

The extended footage on the website of the inside the limo segment is quite interesting. More introspective than I have ever seen Obama.

[Lisbeth35]

Anyone notice NBC used soundtracks from movies like Thomas Crown Affair and Oceans 11 for the documentary? Subtle, clever, but more Hollywood than presidential. NBC needs to work on the News part and not so much on the Entertainment. I am certain there is more than enough fascinating News to cover for a special such as this instead of subliminally cuing the audience towards Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Pierce Brosnan images.

[Yancey3]

Brian, I enjoyed how you bowed to the Prez.

Reminded me of his bow to the Saudi king.

[smchp]

tr0ll fail!

Yancey3

Member Since June 2009

[yvonne61]

OBAMA NEED TO SHAKE THE HATERS OFF. PEOPLE HATE ON HIM BECAUSE, HE SO COOL AND SEXY YES I SAID IT.

[smchp]

Maybe for you. For me it's because he is very much down to earth and likes to keep it real. In a way that is the cool factor you speak of. The haters try pretend it's all a fake put on because that is all they have known from their side.

I cringe when women talk about the sexy thing. Sexy is just too superficial and inappropriate to describe a leader that should represent everyone.

[ZimboChick]

s3xy as all get out!

[Solja]

The man with that super swagga'!

[yvonne61]

Obama just a down to earth person you have to love him for that. If Bush walk in a burger place you will see the different in another picture.

[yvonne61]

i ENJOY THE SHOW YOU NEVER GET ENOUGH OF THE OBAMA.

[Hodmokrin]

When is this going to become a presidency, and not American idol?

[Solja]

When stupid people like you accept that there's a cool black man sitting in the driver's seat, and he didn't get there from the likes of people like YOU, so f*ck wha'cha' heard! He is the man! Hah!

[Hodmokrin]

Great.... Hussein can catch a basketball, Rahm likes to read the paper, and Michelle is a gardener....... don't worry about the budget, after all, we can just print more money.

[cdouglas]

Obama has done more in his first 100 days that old Bushy did in 8 years... and why don't you look back and see how much money Bush "printed" to fund the war in Iraq.

[ZimboChick]

u know that's right! Long live Huss3in Obama

[blaqntelligence]

Don't worry, we understand. After 8 years of a do-nothing (except steal an election, allow a city to drown, start a war, and massage a foreign dignitary) president, anything more takes a little getting use to.
Look on the bright side, you have 7 years and 7 months to get use to it.

[jones]

I didn't like the rapid film cutting throughout the show. I know that its a popular technique now but it seemed to detract from the seriousness of the admin part of leadership which was presented to the public.

However, I did like the little tune played while Emanuel busily moved about the office and proceeded to slam the door on the film crew. that was cute.

[RobinSeattle]

I hate it when the media does crap like this. It is just an extended photo op.

While I supported Obama, this is yet another example of how the media enthusiastically compromises itself by becoming a lapdog rather than a public watch dog in the name of access and having more pictures to shoot.

Oh, and let's not forget the opportunity for blow dried airhead news anchors such as Williams to bask in some reflected glory in the quest for ratings. The password is "narcissism."

[chedet]

if news anchors aren't narcissistic they probably wouldn't be on tv

[LiberTLover]

Geez, lighten up, they have been doing this with all the Presidents for many years.

[cdouglas]

It is an extended photo op. So what? It's better than watching 'John and kate plus 8" or some stupid "Housewives" show. Furthermore, as far as news anchors go, Brian Williams is intelligent, and he's got a great sense of humor.

[carl99e]

Did you loose your remote? I always find it odd at people who complain about what they choose to watch. Be happy, make a new choice!

[Solja]

EVERYTHING is relative with this President. You may not even really realize it, but we are living through and watching history. This man will be in your grand children's text books, and their kids, and their grand kids, and so on, because he is the first black President. We don't yet know how his Presidency will turn out, but regardless of that, he will go down in history as the 1st of his kind. Now whether that is something other than his race, time will tell, but these stories, whether serious or not, are all relevant when you put them in the content of history.

[MelanieMatthias]

This show was so much fun! I will never get enough of my President, his family and staff. It is all so wonderful and fun. President Obama is the greatest President ever!

[PippiLongstocking]

You're too cute...