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the president is a busy man with the campaign in full swing. so the opportunity to get a one- on-one interview is rare and time with president obama is short. we will show you the entire interview. if senior political reporter scott thuman returns with more. >> i think he summed it up well. these opportunities do not come along every day so we try to cover as many topics as we could during our brief time. the president was in a good mood having just finished up a rally so he gave us some playful answered. but also got a very serious when we talked about mitt romney prompting a new barge of attack ads. >> mr. president. >> thank you so much. great to see. >> let's talk about enthusiasm. big crowd today. at the same time, polling indicates maybe the fire and the belly is not as intense for some voters especially young voters. are you worried at all about the novelty wearing off some

enthusiasm drop? >> obviously 2008, your first time around, in some ways it was a lightning and a bottle. there were so many young people who automatically just got involved. we have gone through 3.5 tough years. the economy is tough, especially for the young people. and yet what i have been incurred about is here in virginia and across the country we are still seeing tons of volunteers getting involved. a lot of passion. a lot of interest. and i think the reason is they understand this election is more important than 2008. the choice, in terms of the direction we need to take the country, is very stark this time and so the stakes are big and a lot of people want to finish what we started. >> talk about your first two years. is there anything you believe you failed at not because congress would not play ball but rests squarely on your shoulders? >> look, ultimately, when you

are president, you are always responsible, even if you have an uncooperative congress. we are proud of the work we did to make sure we did not slip into a great depression. created 4.5 million new jobs. bring manufacturing and the auto industry back on its feet. there were a bunch of things we did not get done that i think are important. make sure we get comprehensive immigration reform. we have done some things administratively but i have got to help to bring the parties together to do that. >> that is congressional. what about you? >> you know, the truth is is that the things i can do without congress tend to be in foreign policy. in that area, i have not been able to move the peace process forward in the middle east the way i wanted. it is something we focused on very early. but the truth of the matter is is that the parties alternately they have to want it as well we have got a lot of work to do.

especially rebuilding our middle class in this country. but altman, it will require people to come together and congress working together with the executive branch. >> what about bain capital? romney's campaign said he left in 1999. yours says 2001. is he being dishonest with the american public? >> here is what i know. we were talking about responsibility. as president, it is pretty clear to me that i am responsible for folks who are working in the federal government. harry truman said the buck stops here. now, my understanding is that mr. romney attested to the fcc multiple times that he was the chairman, ceo, and president of bain capital. and i think most americans figure if you are the chairman, ceo, and president of the company that you are responsible for what the company does. ultimately, mr. romney will have

to answer those questions. because if he aspires to be present, one of the things you learned is you are responsible for the conduct of your operations. but again, that is probably a question he will have to answer. i think that is a legitimate part of the campaign. >> do you think he should answer that soon? >> at sonia sotomayor occurred >> let's ask you -- switch -- gears. talk about the campaign trail. what do absolutely love about campaigning and what do you hate they cannot say being away from your family? >> what i love this the interactions with people. it is interesting. sometimes washington reporters are surprised when they see me out of washington. and i am with folks not just in virginia but when we travel in ohio on a bus tour and you are stopping in a local borrower are going to a vfw hall.

this morning i had the chance to sit down with three and credible military spouses. it gives you such energy and inspiration to hear about their lives, how they think about their kids their futures. they are just good, decent people. it gives you a lot of optimism. the thing i hate most, other than being away from the family is you know, sometimes, when you are on the road, you end up eating an awful lot of stuff that tastes really good at the time but later on the day can catch up with you. i'm now getting to the age were being in my own bed as opposed to some other bad is not always great for my back. >> it matters. all right. here is my final question. i asked tim kaine this a couple

of weeks ago. everyone seems to know everything about it. the books have been written. the documentary's have been made. york in front of the like every day. tell me one thing the voters to not know that they do not know about it. his answer was -- i like to go out and camp. i like to be outdoors. i play the harmonica. i am boring. what are you? >> well, it is true. i am probably boring too. i cook a mean chili. michelle can testify. you will claim i have not cooked it for 10 years. that should not get credit for it. i am surprisingly good pool player. if you ever see me in the pool hall. >> do not walk up and throw down money. >> that is what i am saying. i might end up clean your clock. that is a possibility. and the -- i'm a good doodler.

folks not know that. all kinds of things. faces, people. so times when i hear in a big important international meeting and to see me writing stuff down it might be that i am just a drawing some folks. >> just snoopy. not taking notes from kofi annan. thank you for the time. >> thank you so much. >> aside from that, it took only hours for mitt romney to react to our interview insisting despite his name on the paperwork, he had no managerial role at bain after 1999. called his politics at its worst and demanded an apology from the president. he h nowas intention of offering one. >> it was in an interview that made headlines on friday across the country. >> thank you. >> i also talked about bain

capital and the campaign earlier tonight in our political sunday interview. that interview with politico.c's reporter. it's been in the news. is it having any traction? >> it is starting to have some traction over the last week. mitt romney pushed off stride for the first time in quite awhile as the obama campaign tries to raise broader questions about him, his tenure at bain. the campaign is trying to paint a broader character of mitt romney as someone that is out of touch with the millions of americans of work. >> this came up during his campaign for senate back in the 1990's. as well as during the presidential campaign that he's had. come they have not had a better answer to this yet? >> that is the answer a lot of

republicans are starting to question if the answers are -- question the republicans are starting to ask. his wealthy accumulated. some are saying he needs to be forthcoming, at least his tax returns, which the obama campaign has pressed him on doing republicans say, we need to move the conversation passed mitt romney's business world back towards president obama. >> it is about distracting is what the obama campaign is trying to do. successful so far? >> definitely. president obama does not want to talk about the economy. he wants to say that mitt romney, while the economy is not so great that mitt romney would not be as good a manager of the economy in its current form. >> thanks for being here. thanks for your analysis. >> still ahead look at the week

ahead and a new life for the space shuttle was parked in d.c. also, 7 on your side. steps in to solve a widow's fight with arlington national cemetery. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] when a president doesn't tell the truth, how can we trust him to lead? the obama outsourcing attacks: "misleading, unfair and untrue." there was "no evidence" that mitt romney shipped jobs overseas. candidate obama lied about hillary clton. so, shame on you, barack obama. [ male announcer ] but america expects more from a president. obama's dishonest campaign: another reason america has lost confidence in barack obama.

>> late monday night and into tuesday, the international space station will continue desperate are russian capsule. it is scheduled to dock 250

miles above the earth delivering an american and japanese astronauts and a russian cosmonaut for a four- month stay. on thursday the space shuttle enterprise is going on the display for the public at the intrepid sea air and space museum in new york. a prototype was lifted into place last month after a flight to the big apple from its previous home, the smithsonian. still ahead on "washington weekly", it is back to the intense heat once again. steve rudin has a look at ♪ ♪ ♪

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>> hopefully you enjoyed the heat and humidity today because he will have to get used to it. >> today was like -- 96 degrees at reagan national. tomorrow when you walk out the door it will be like, oh. >> even though it was 96, it did not feel as hot as it could. >> the hot weather is coming back, so get ready. it is not so bad out there right now. the rain the showers have come to an end across the immediate metro area but off to the west of us, not too far, in front royal they are looking at moderate. rain. 96 degrees the high.

temperatures range from 94 at b.w.i. and 90 in cumberland. 93 and culpeper. it is 81 degrees. most the cloudy skies at reagan national airport. if the reason why the air feels uncomfortable -- the dewpoint levels. the wind not giving us much relief. 77 in springfield. dropping one degree to 76. onedivided byfour of-- 1/4 of an inch of rain. copper northwest d.c. is at 77 degrees. -- upper northwest d.c.. temperatures cooling down slow ly. 80 in the code. 79 in easton. we have a stationary front that converted to a warm front. lifted north of the d.c. metro area. now situated across central pennsylvania. we are under the hotter and more humid air mass. that is going to be the case for

the day tomorrow. looking at abc 7 live super doppler radar, have your showers to the west of us across front royal. this has not moved in 45 minutes. lighter showers to the east. as you get closer to d.c., everything begins to fizzle out. r futurecast, the next 48 hours. daytime highs into the middle 90's. even hotter on tuesday with highs that will eventually approach 100 degrees. for tonight, showers and storms will come to win end. 68-75 degrees. daytime highs, a 90-95 with a tiny chance of a pot of thunderstorms late in the day. cooler, drier air once the cold front moves through late wednesday and early thursday. by next weekend, temperatures should be and 80's. wjla.com. have great pictures of the northern lights. check it out. >> all right. next on "washington weekly", a

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the heart wrenching and infuriating surprise. >> he served his country for 20 years as a hospital corpsman. he retired as a master chief to hagerstown. he was 83 when he died in january. his wife planned to bury his ashes and arlington national cemetery. >> now the final tribute as it were. but that is not going to happen. >> the instructions from the cemetery threw her for a loop. >> it is pretty explicit, if a veteran bring of flight. >> she called the cemetery. >> what you are saying is the widow or next of kin obtains a flags. they fold it up during this e our money. >> it is the standard

instructions sent to the family of every veteran buried in arlington. bring your own flag. >> we looked at this is the ultimate slap. >> we sent out the confirmation. remise the family to bring a flag. >> cemetery administrator explained that usually the funeral home gets a flag a free of charge from the department of veterans affairs but because she donated her husband's body to science there was no funeral home. so she would have to or range to get her own free flag and pick it up from the local post office. >> we do our best to make sure the flag is presented to every family. >> after our interview, officials offered to help her obtain a burial flag. but she said it had lost all meaning for her family, that it no longer symbolized the thanks of a grateful nation. >> i feel betrayed. >> because of the flag flap,