Barack Obama appeared on late night talk shows as a candidate, but NBC said this is the first time a sitting president has been on “The Tonight Show.” (Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the White House press corps watch the appearance from a room at NBC Studios. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
It wasn’t all serious policy talk during President Obama’s appearance with Jay Leno. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
Obama addresses the crowd at the town hall meeting in L.A. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Obama looks for people to call on to ask him a question at the town hall meeting in L.A. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
President Obama is greeted by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger before a town hall meeting held at the Miguel Contreras Learning Center near downtown Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
President Obama meets audience members after the town hall meeting. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
President Obama greets the crowd as he arrives for a town hall meeting at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex near downtown Los Angeles. (Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images)
President Obama is joined by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at the town hall meeting in Los Angeles. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
Rosalba Mondragon, 50, waits outside Miguel Contreras Learning Complex to welcome President Obama. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A resident of an apartment across from the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex near downtown Los Angeles shows support for President Obama. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Crowds wait to get into the town hall meeting near downtown L.A. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Immigration protesters demonstrate outside the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex before President Obama’s arrival. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Heladio Arispe sells merchandise with a patriotic theme outside the Miguel Contreras complex. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Alton Stewart,74, of Rialto, right, waits in line to see President Obama. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
People wait in line outside the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Tony Coles, 4, stands outside the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Liz Sheen gets her picture taken outside the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Obama tours the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona with Ted Craver, chairman of Edison International, and Ed Kjaer, senior engineer. (Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images)
President Barack Obama tours the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
Obama speaks at the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona. (Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images)
