very much a red carpet arrival of many of the guests, the headliner was steven spielberg but other hollywood heavyweights tonight, blair underwood, alfre woodard, jeffrey katzenberg, david geffen and then hef hitters from the world of politics, lots of governors, lots of representatives and top officials from the obama administration. some no-shows. i think people were expecting, there were rumors brad pitt would show up or even oprah winfrey. oprah winfrey did not show up but gayle king was here instead, her best friend, and also lots of folks from the obamas' personal life like marty nesbitt and his wife, delivered malia and sasha and he said the key was looking forward to reconnecting with his chicago friends tonight. >> larry: you know why they decided to hold it outside? >> reporter: one of the things they wanted to make sure they could have a number of guests. the state room fits about 150 guests and that's about the number of guests that bush had when he hosted the prime minister in 2005. tonight you had about 320. bill clinton had a much bigger party, 700 folks there. this white hous