well as an athlete. >> i do consider myself a businesswoman and i am still learning. there is a lot left to learn, but i love that part of its because that is the part where people get to know who i am. they can see the real meat and stet of just the gymnast on the screen. -- they can see the real me instead of just the gymnast on the screen. >> her hope is that the support of a big sponsor will only increase her chances of gold in london. >> that brings us to the end of tonight's broadcast, but remember, you can keep up with all of the athletes featured in our olympic dreams series on our website. for all of us at bbc world news america, thank you for watching, and have a good weekend. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. a

so far i've had this severe businesswoman. >> really? >> running through this machinelike way you've developed into the forbes cover girl. i like the lighter side of bethenny frankel. >> thank you. there's a big light side, yeah. >> on the darker side, pulling you out of this abyss of laughter, it cement seems when you study your story i suspect one of the reasons you have this ferocious drive was the odd upbringing you have. you talked about it frankly. your your mother was pretty disfungal. had eating disorders and alcohol chol problems. your father disappeared. you went to l.a. with him and that was it and that was the end of your father-daughter relationship. what kind of a fate if you're honest with yourself do you think it still has on you that you have to go through that? what do you fight? what are the demons that come with such an upbringing? >> >> i have a difficult time trusting people. and mother so -- actually i'm very trusting, i just don't like to let a lot of people in. i have walls up that -- i don't like to let that man

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i'm a businesswoman. we started our own successful company. i'm also member of the united states congress. i'm a wife of 33 years. i've had five children and we are the proud foster parents of 23 great children. >> michele bachmann did comport herself well last night, i must say. she was very articulate and forceful. >> reporter: elected in 2006, bachmann is a tea party favorite. >> it was a chance for america to see her shine but the tea party movement has been seeing her shine for a while. snoelt and the lady is mine ♪ >> she wowed party conservatives at their convention this winter. overcoming an earlier stumble. >> today, unemployment is at 9.4% -- >> reporter: she was ridiculed her answer to obama's state of the union speech. >> the economy was a disaster as you can see. >> reporter: now bachmann's feisty performance in new hampshire has given her campaign a big lift. >> i fought behind closed doors against my own party on t.a.r.p. it was a wrong vote then. it's continued to be a wrong vote. >> reporter: she's easily overshadowed competit

and it couldn't have been, necessarily, a safe position to take as a businesswoman in town. how does a bookseller get involved in defending a book? well, it was kind of an interesting way. i--what was happening was that a teacher in the seventh grade-- teaching seventh grade english and social studies-- was using the book shabanu by suzanne fisher staples, a newberry honor book, to teach to seventh graders who were doing a unit on the near east. and 90 children read the book, and it was a very successful book. she was a very imaginative, very strong teacher. and one parent objected to the book. page 223-- you know how that goes-- had a reference on it to something vaguely sexual that made her--she said made her daughter uncomfortable. she was making her daughter read the book aloud to her in the seventh grade, which was a little unusual. when the book was-- when she protested to the principal, the principal basically panicked and caved. and instead of following the procedures that the school district had at one time set up for dealing with contested books, she began passing

i see myself as a businesswoman and a brand.inging is something that just adds to my brand. >> it's funny. when i interviewed the kardashians we got flack on the show saying, why are you interviewing them for cnn? but i find this phenomenon really fascinating. the fact that you can build this empire, this brand out of being you, whether people like you or not, or take you seriously or not, is almost immaterial. the fact is millions and millions of people around the world live their lives vicariously through you, and i'm fascinated. otherwise you wouldn't have this business. kathy, what do you think of modern fame in that sense, that you can actually see your daughter, paris, not going through a conventional talent like acting or something like that, but just being paris hilton and making money? >> it's been, as you said, a long time in the making. and she does work so hard. it's a lot of work and traveling, and so -- and she's very dedicated. >> do you worry about her? >> i used to, but i really don't as much anymore. i'm a lot

actress, singer, producer, director, author, businesswoman, but on top of all that wife and mother to a superstar family. jada joins me now. how on earth do you do so much? >> i just put one foot in front of the other and keep it moving. if i think about it, then i'll get overwhelmed. >> what i like about it is i get the sense from both you and will that it's all about your background or where you came from. the work ethic comes from not having anything when you were young. >> absolutely absolutely. >> now you have the chance to do all this stuff. it must be, a, very exciting but, b, you have that drive because you know where you came from. >> absolutely. i think benjamin franklin talked about that, you know, how children who are brought up without much really have the best work ethic, but you know, for me, i'm so blessed to be able to do what i love to do as well, you know. >> what do you like doing most? put family aside for one moment, professionally, if i could offer you the chance to just do one of these things every day. >> my goodness. one? >> what would you choose? what would

you are an incredibly confident american businesswoman. what advice do you give to people?ey are going through difficulty. what advice do you give them as someone who came from no money to build this empire through hard work. what do you say to them? >> i would say to continue to work hard and don't give up on your goals. and i know, for me, like i said, i grew up watching my family struggle and i grew up with family that was successful but not born successful. and i believe with hard work and with a goal and love and positivity, then eventually we're going to be fine. >> well, talking of love and positivity, i am going to -- i'm going to take a break and come back and talk about the man in your life, which i know you love to talk about. ♪ ♪ history in the making part two ♪ ♪ when you leave i'm begging you not to go ♪ >>> that was "crazy in love" which you sang with a certain gentleman, mr. jay-z as we call him in great britain. i sat opposite your husband at a dinner. and i department know what to expect. you know you hear sort of ferocious rap star coming to town. everyon

you are an incredibly confident american businesswoman. what advice do you give to people? are going through difficulty. what advice do you give them as someone who came from no money to build this empire through hard work. what do you say to them? >> i would say to continue to work hard and don't give up on your goals. and i know, for me, like i said, i grew up watching my family struggle and i grew up with family that was successful but not born successful. and i believe with hard work and with a goal and love and positivity, then eventually we're going to be fine. >> well, talking of love and positivity, i am going to -- i'm going to take a break and come back and talk about the man in your life, which i know you love to talk about. ♪ ♪ [ slap! slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums nothing ♪ ks faster. ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. ♪ ♪ history in the making part two ♪ ♪ when you l

i'm a businesswoman. we started our own successful company. i'm also a member of the united states congress. i'm a wife of 33 years. i've had five children and we are the proud foster parents of 23 great children and it's a thrill to be here tonight in the "live free or die" state. thank you. >> i'm newt gingrich, former speaker of the house. and when 14 million americans are out of work we need a new president to end the obama depression. >> governor? >> i'm mitt romney and it's an honor to be back at st. anselm. appreciate being here and i have five sons, five daughters in law, 16 grandkids and the most important thing in my life is to make sure their future is bright and america is always known as "the hope of the earth." thank you. >> i am congressman ron paul. i've been elected to congress 12 times from texas. before i went to the congress i delivered babies for a living. i delivered 4,000 babies. now i'd like to be known and defend the title that i'm the champion of liberty and i defend the constitution. thank you. >> governor? >> good e

she's a savvy businesswoman. a sex symbol, and an international recording artist.o next season's "idol" just yet. >> try it at home by yourself. >> reporter: she may have saved "american idol" but is jennifer lopez about to walk away from the show? the question was posed to her in an interview this week with bbc radio. >> you know, this is a question of the hour. i don't know. i don't know. i haven't been forced to make a decision. and i'm glad about that. because honestly, i'm very kind of on the fence about it. i had an amazing time doing it. and i loved it. but i have a lot of other things happening, and it's going to be come down to making a choice of really what i want to do for the next year. >> reporter: right now the 41-year-old superstar is at the top of her game. she's got "idol," a hit single, a steamy music video. she was named "people" magazine's most beautiful woman this year. she also ranked 50th on forbes list of most powerful celebrities. while reportedly earning $12 million a season for "idol" is big bucks, could she be holding out for more? >> je

one thing i am is a businesswoman.od sense on how to turn the economy around and create jobs. that's the number one issue in our economy. i want to bring that sensibility together with a small town common sense good values that i learned growing up in waterloo, iowa, and in minnesota, i want to take -- i've take than voice to the halls of congress very successfully. now i want to take that voice into the white house where it hasn't been heard for a long time. i think that's why people are excited. >> i'm not doubting that you're serious or smart at all, but are these misstatements becoming a distraction and how do you move on from them? >> well you know, not really. people are most concerned about my economic message of positive change in the economy. we are going on the wrong track and people are concerned that their children won't do as well as they have. so people want to know, is there a person that i can trust who does know how to turn the economy, who can get me better wages and a better job? i understand how to

. >> my name is michelle bachmann and i'm a former tax litigation attorney and a businesswoman. we started our own successful company. i'm also a member of the united states congress. i'm a wife of 33 years. i've had five children, and we are the proud faster parents of 23 great children and it's a thrill to be here tonight in the live free or die state. thank you. [applause] >> i'm newt gingrich, former speaker of the house and when 14 million americans are out of work, we need a new president to end the obama depression. [applause] >> governor. >> i'm mitt romney. and it's an honor to be back at st. anselm and hopefully i'll get it right this year and appreciate to be with you and welcome my wife and i have five sons as you know. five daughters in law and 16 grandkids and most important thing in my life is to make shir their future is bright and america is always known as itself hope of the earth. thank you. [applause] >> i'm congressman ron paul. and i've been elected to the congress 12 times from texas. before i went into the congress, i delivered babies for a delivering and

she is a businesswoman. she wants to have a great summer dress for those meetings. weight we lose weight. bra and support is so important. >> they sag. >> all those good things. >> you want to find a neck line that is going to flatter your chest. look for v-neck, scooped or square neck that is going to create a space between your chest and neck and create illusion of having a smaller chest. >> and have the attention go there. >> do you like the minimizer bras? >> if you feel you need more support get those minimizer bras. plus the great oversize purse which will detract attention from her chest. >> how about sleeves? >> make sure you're not wearing sleeveless dresses. it's going to attract too much attention in the chest area. >> the bigger booty is a problem for some. >> it is. >> done wonders for kim kardashian. >> some people feel uncomfortable. laura feels like shes too much action in the rear end. you want to make sure you're finding denim with a darker wash. she doesn't look big but she wants to be comfortable. a dash wash is slimming. it's going to make your

>> people don't know what a serious businesswoman i have. i have 17 different product lines.are going to see it on the show. my work ethic and everything that happens all the time. >> you're really a pioneer in terms of the reality tv industry. did you expect to see all these changes with the way it is now? if you look at it now is differe different? >> oh, hold that answer. we'll be right back after your local news. >>> good morning to you. it is 8:26. let's start with weather. christina, look at that. >> i know. now you believe me, right? >> it is dark behind you. >> it really is. if you look at this picture long enough you can actually see flashes of lightning because we have lightning out there and somebody flying by on a broom. you're actually looking okay this morning. right now you're still dry, but, hey, this front is on the way to san francisco. i think a little bit of this yellow will reach san francisco in the next half hour as i zoom in for you. you can see how impressive this line of showers and severe thunderstorms is. gusty, gusty winds. it picks up in the city