jennifer johnson. who i should add is coming in from maternity leave just to present to us today. >> good afternoon, jennifer johnson, executive officer, the civil service commission. i'll start off with an overview of our departments and kind of clarify what it is that we do, and just briefly review our very humble budget. so, the purpose of the civil service commission is a charter mandated entity and it's charged with providing qualified persons for appointment to city service. essentially the commission's responsible for establishing, regulating, overseeing and serving as final arbiter of the city's merit system. so you understand the relation between the civil service system and dhr we are essentially the legislative judicial branch and dhr is responsible for undertaking the rules that the commission establishes for the merit system. and i would just like to note that our merit system was created in 1900. it is actually the oldest merit system west of the mississippi and it was essentially created

johnson wants position of warden. so does his wife of ten years. jennifers the election is also for quote bragging rights for the rest of our lives. the couple says they rarely disagree but try to keep dinner table conversation away from politics. >>> one of the most popular past times in the nation of laws is finding a way around the laws. that brings us to tonight's story about an immigration case that could pave the ways. >> to the president of the united states asking for the release of the dream nine extension in arizona -- >> reporter: publicity stunt in july to draw attention to u.s. immigration policy resulted in a huge political victory as the so-called dream nine illegal immigrants brought to u.s. as children were released from jail. instead of being deported the department of homeland security found the group had a quote credible fear of persecution of torture should they return to mexico. >> we didn't know what we were going into. we just knew we were going in and would fight and our purpose was to get home. >> reporter: immigration activists ch

his parents jennifer and andrew say liam enjoys slow dancing and long walks on the beach with his mom and dad. our next johnson'sy is sophia joy james born in iowa on june 13th to shawna and rick. little sophia's favorite thing is the sound of her big brother's voice that always makes her so happy. our last baby of the week is oliver waylon leathers born may 19th in mississippi weighing 7 pounds and 10 ounces. his parents nathan and mary beth are enjoying every minute because he's growing so fast. >> he looks like he says, what happened? >> big congratulations. if you want a chance for your baby to appear in our today's johnson's baby of the week go to klgandhoda for details. >>> it's try day friday. we have our white gloves on. there's some beautiful dancers over here. jubilee dancers. >> should we go join them? >> yes. they are from bally's in las vegas. one of them is catherine. the other is kathy. and the other is kelly ripa. nice to meet you guys. a lot of kathys here today. first of all, you are here in new york doing auditions for other kathys to go to vegas and be a jubilee dancer, right? >> yes. >> what

his parents jennifer and andrew say liam enjoys slow dancing and long walks on the beach with his mom and dad. our next johnson's yes. they are from bally's in las vegas. one of them is catherine. the other is kathy. nice to meet you guys. a lot of kathys here today. first of all, you are here in new york doing auditions for other kathys to go to vegas and be a jubilee dancer, right? >> yes. >> what's so difficult to do? >> it's pretty hard. there's lots of kicks. lots of bevels. >> why don't you show us a couple of moves. >> the hardest part is getting the body to look like yours. >> it's not going to fit hoda's head. >> i believe. >> ow, that's got to hurt her. >> it's fine. it's good. no, it's good. it's good. okay. give us some moves. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> we're ready. >> mine's not coming off. i'm going to have to do the whole show in mine. give us a few moves as we go to break. >> forget it. all right. go ahead. >> we'll stand. you kick. >> the first thing you have to learn to do is to bevel properly. stick one leg in front of you. and so you can do little dips. just cross your leg. and then you do a litt