'60 Minutes': A father's promise Video

'60 Minutes': A father's promise Video Transcript

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>> Steve: The President Elect has a lot of decisions to make in the weeks and months ahead and some promises to keep; one of them is to his daughters. When they began lobbying him hard 2 years ago to get a dog he put them off by saying we'll get one when we move into the White House and the girls haven't forgotten. How are things coming on the dog front?

>> Michelle: The dog front, we're on call mode on the dog front because of the deal with the dog was that we would get the dog after we got settled because as responsible owners we -- I don't think it would be good to get a dog in the midst of transition so when we settle, get in a routine, we think about late, late winter or early spring, we're gonna get the dog. Now, we cut that deal with the kids before America knew about it so they're good with it they know we, ya know, so --

>> Barack: Although, Americans --

>> Michelle: They're ready for us to get the dog now.

>> Barack: They are ready --

>> Steve: They are, we put the paper down here just in case.

>> Barack: I was wondering what that was for.

>> Steve: We brought it today.

>> Barack: I thought it was some trick for the lighting or something, but --

>> Michelle: It's about dogs, that's good.

>> Steve: Do you have a special transition team for the dog or are you just doing that --

>> Michelle: We don't.

>> Barack: This is a family thing. We're getting a lot of suggestions though.

>> Michelle: Yeah, it's very sweet.

>> Barack: I mean, the --

>> Michelle: People are very sweet.

>> Barack: People are sending suggestions and we're taking it all under advisement.

>> Steve: There's been a lot of talk about -- you talked about your mother-in-law, is she moving in with you?

>> Barack: Well, I don't tell my mother-in-law what to do, but, ya know, I'm not stupid that's why I got elected President man. So, --

>> Steve: She can if she wants?

>> Barack: But she sure can if she wants. She's been -- I think it's fair to say that Marion Robinson is one of the unsung heroes of this campaign, we couldn't have done it without her 'cause she retired, looked after the girls, gave Michelle confidence that somebody was gonna be there when Michelle was on the road. She's just been an unbelievable support for all of us during this process and, ya know, she like her own space, ya know, she doesn't like a lot of fuss around her and like it or not there's some fuss in the White House, but we hope that she comes.

>> Steve: So you have a new dog and your mother-in-law moving in?

>> Barack: Steve, I'm not gonna compare my mother-in-law to a new dog.

>> Steve: You're much more excited about your mother-in-law --

>> Barack: How do you get along with your mother-in-law man? The way these questions are going I think I need to give you some tips.

>> Steve: We get along fine. I have one last question, as President of the United States, what can you do or what do you plan to do about getting a college football playoff for the National Championship?

>> Barack: This is important, look, excuse me for a second.

>> Michelle: Yes, please, don't mind me.

>> Barack: I think any sensible person would say that if you've got a bunch of teams who play throughout the season and many of them have 1 loss or 2 losses there's no clear decisive winner, that we should be creating a playoff system, 8 teams that would be 3 rounds to determine a national champion, it would add 3 extra weeks to the season, you could trim back on the regular season. I don't know any serious fan of college football who has disagreed with me on this, so I'm gonna throw my weight around a little bit I think it's the right thing to do. ^M00:03:46 [ sound effect ]