Helen Thomas is a member of the White House press corps who was always present at the presidential press conferences. She not only opened and closed the event, but asked pertinent questions as well.

"Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House” is a documentary which premieres on HBO tonight. It is actually an interview with Thomas taken by documentary maker Rory Kennedy at her mother Ethel Kennedy's home. And it features her personal opinions and stories about her experiences around the latest U.S.A. Presidents, from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush.

The film is about 40 minutes long but quite concentrated on spicy interesting details about U.S.A.’s latest and most notorious Presidents. It also presents how her parents moved to America from Tripoli as well as her early childhood in Detroit. "I never had any idea I would go to the White House, but I certainly wanted to cover history and not fires in Detroit," Thomas said in the documentary.

For instance she refers to George W. Bush as "the worst president in American history." Ronald Reagan was "very affable - but very, very distant," or Jimmy Carter, who "missed his calling…would have been a great minister."

Helen Thomas is no longer a reporter nowadays. She quit United Press International and now works as a columnist for the Hearst papers.

“The thing about Helen is she's asking the questions that we the public want to know the answers to," Rory Kennedy said about her. This documentary’s maker name is not just a coincidence, as she is the daughter of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy.