It took two medical vans and five EMTs, but 23-year-old Robert Gibbs made it from Northern California to the Los Angeles set of The Dr. Phil Show to get help for his morbid obesity.

Robert Gibbs, who tips the scales at close to 700 pounds, has made a heart-wrenching plea for help with a YouTube video that has gone viral. Gibbs, of Livermore, Calif., turned 23 on Friday.

Former Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe, where he is now a network contributor, to opine on House Oversight Committee chairman Darrell Issa's handling of the trio ...

Back then Gibbs didn’t answer the question either except by saying ‘whatever conversations have been had are not problematic.’ Tapper politely noted that he didn’t say anything in March.

Gibbs, who has a family, had indicated that he's leaving to escape the all-consuming nature of the job. And the expectation is that he'll make a lot of money giving speeches and consulting.

Obama Campaign Senior Advisor and Fmr. Obama White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs joins Soledad O’Brien on “Starting Point” this morning to weigh in on the opening night of the DNC.

Robert Gibbs will leave the post of White House press secretary in February. But he will remain an adviser to President Obama, in addition to joining the speaking circuit.

ROBERT GIBBS: No doubt about it. I would say that this is the worst year of the presidency. It does beat out 2011. But -- well, and especially given where he started, the fact that the first year ...

Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs revealed in an interview on Up w/ Chris Hayes Sunday that, when he became the Obama administration's top spokesman, he was told not to discuss the ...