and he was the texas secretary of state under governor anne richards. and we're very proud to have him now. talking to us today about trade, he has really exerted and unprecedented level of effort on behalf of president obama in working to increase exports in particular. and we are delighted to have him here. he is the father of two daughters. right? and we're talking about vacations and a little bit about tourism beforehand, so without further comment, i would ask representative ron kirk, our u.s. trade representative to step up and tell us what's going on. >> thank you, you can call me mayor and you can call me my vice mayor. thanks to you all for giving me a chance to come and visit. i've not had an opportunity to address you all but i've known larry going back to my time working with the u.s. conference of mayors and larry still dresses better than tom cochran and you can tell ima said so. i won't take up your time, but larry, tell me. tom cochran and i at least have one thing in common. we flow where we were when tupac was killed because we were st

annemarie and richard are both for the state department. ann marie is and richard is the council of foreign relations. on the other side of the story, bruce is professor of politics. welcome. richard, when you were in government, would you find that there was an election? let's say sarkozy loses. will it make a difference? >> actually, it will. mr. sarcozy is running as though he wants to change france into jeerm knee and given the situation in europe right now, this might be an election that does matter. mr. hollando would implement 20% of what he's saying, it might be a ma sure. >> ann marie? >> i think he might want to do all of those things but i'm more friend of trends in german politics. i think the eu depends on france and germany and france and germany depend on the eu continuing. >> the issues you're talking about is hollande is proposing a very, very large role for the state? >> yes. >> 75% tax rates. and also proposing that the french get out of the business of this partnership with germany in forcing discipline on southern europe? >

he's been a very successful attorney, and he was the texas secretary of state under governor ann richards, and we are very proud to have him now talking to us today about trade. he has really exert an unprecedented level of effort on behalf of president obama in working to increase exports in particular and we are delighted to have him here to beat he is the father of two daughters, right? and we were talking about vacations and a little bit about tourism before hand. so, without further comment, i would ask representative ron kirk our u.s. trade representative to step up and tell us what is going on. [applause] de mix thank you, feel free to call me mayor. i'm going to call you vice mayor, my new best friend and thanks to you all for giving me a chance to come and visit with naco. i've not had an opportunity to address you all but i have known very going back to my time working with both the municipal league as well as the u.s. conference of mayors, and larry still dresses better than tom. [laughter] and you can tell them i say so. i want to get your time but larry, tom cochran and on at

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anne richard hi. i direct the religion consulting group.i am curious about other bases of identity in the countries that you're talking about. they'll speak arabic. they're mostly muslim, but what differentiates the tunisian from a moroccan from an algerian from an egyptian, et cetera? there must be lots of other things going on here. >> well, i mean, there are unlimited differences. these are overlapping identities. to the editor, the tunisian speak is not the airbag that i speak. nor is the french in the arabic a tunisian speak the french that i, the little french that i know. you know, so these are differences in history, there are differences in colonial history and colonial influence. there are differences, the kind of historical sentiments of, for example, the bourguiba regime and the attempted secularism in law even in tunisia is something for a quite long period of time is something that is quite different than what was experienced in egypt, for example. so there are, you know, there are similarities but there are differences. these

a very successful attorney, i mentioned mayor and he was the secretary of state under governor ann richards are proud to have him now talking to us today about trade. he has really exerted an unprecedented level of effort on behalf of president obama in working to increase exports in particular and we are delighted to have him here. he's the father of two daughters, right? and we were talking about vacations and a little bit about tourism before him, so without further comment, i would ask representative ron kirk from our u.s. trade representative to step up catullus what's going on. [applause] >> thank you, and feel free to call me mayor come i'm going to call you vice mayor, my new best friend and thanks to you all for giving me a chance to come and visit with naco. i've gone back with larry from working both with the municipal league as well as the u.s. conference of mayors and larry still dresses better than tom. [laughter] i won't bore you, i want to get your time but larry, you have the best. tom cochran and i have one thing in common we know where we were when tupac was killed becaus

richard bloomingdale is the president of the pennsylvania afl-cio. joy ann reed is the managing editor of the grio.com and crystal ball is an msnbc contributor and democratic strategist. richard, let me begin with a fellow pennsylvanian, when i go to vote, sir, in montgomery county, i sign my name. is that enough of a precaution? is that enough of a legitimacy check in our state? >> absolutely, michael. and thank you for having me on the show. you know, for, god, years it's been plenty. our judges of elections know us and recognize us and it's all about local involvement, and, you know, we're trying to get to this big brother attitude of let's try to make everybody papers, please, when they walk into their polling place. when i have voted in the same place for 17 years and before that 20 years. my judge of elections knows me. a signature is fine. there is no voter fraud as reverend al sharpton mentioned. this is about failed ideas. this is about the right wing -- >> that's the way it is at my polling place as well. you know, they know me because i'm a blowha

this is one of the reasons, carrie ann inaba here with me, along with ken richards, the vice presidenthey both join me. exciting for you to be a part of this. not only are you one of the faces of ball room and latin dancing now, but you're part of the star quality here. you're the first celebrity ambassador. >> i am honored to be the first celebrity ambassador. we're encouraging more people to get involved. it's gotten more popular, but we want it to grow even more. >> reporter: what's interesting, years ago there was a movie "shall we dance,." >> yeah. >> reporter: it was so great. this has been around for a while. why do you think it took a real show to really make it just explode? >> you know, tv reaches so many people. this has been going on since time has begun, basically. now people are coming out, and we hope people will come out today, it's a little different than on "dancing with the stars." >> reporter: the other fun thing about this, for a while there was this separation between reality tv and then those doing it seriously. and now, you've come together, and are all on the s

richard montgomery cross-country team. >> i have committed no crime. i don't understand how this took place. >> prosecutors in anne arundel county handling the case on friday dropped all charges against scott spear. they say it's not due to lack of evidence but rather because of a loophole in state law. if in maryland is not illegal for part-time school employee to have sex with a student 16 years of age or older. >> we are actively trying to engage the legislature to change. we did find this shocking. >> charges against scott spear have been dropped. many parents in montgomery county tell us this is a loophole that the state needs to close. >> you are dealing with children as an adult. you need to endure to certain standards. >> its still working as a student. part-time or full-time is irrelevant. >> her daughter is a student at julius west middle school. >> i would not want him seeing my daughter or other young girls. it is unacceptable. >> scott spear hopes to retain his teaching and coaching positions. >> i have been getting letters and cards and phone calls every day to hang in there. i will never forget that

richard sarles earned $350,000 in 2011. several top executives made more than $180,000 a year. if all this as metro considers a 5% of their high for you this summer. two homes in anne arundel county seriously damaged after a fast- moving fire last night. the flames broke out before 11:00 p.m. in riva. it quickly spread to a second house. nearly 75 firefighters responded to battle the blaze. no one injured. firefighters trying to determine the cause. a car fire on route 425 occurred yesterday in charles county. the 17-rolled stewart got out of his car and the car burst into flames. he was pronounced dead at the scene. no one else was. hurt in the was coming up -- >> it collapsed. >> a boy trapped inside a tunnel of sand. then a hollywood star on capitol hill today. what is behind george clooney's visit to washington. and a major rival in maryland. and adam caskey has details on the forecast and the >> you are watching on abc 7 news at noon, on your side. >> wednesday afternoon. a michigan family grateful that their 11-year-old son is alive after he became trapped in sand. >> my brother and i were digging in a sand pit and it collapsed. >> for nearly 30 minutes nicol

richard. keep sweating!! geico. fifteen minutes could save you sweat! sweat! fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> well, it's a shortened panel. financial times, field, washington post annepoliticos -- why, anne kornblut, let me start with you. nothing happened last night that changes the story and yet it feels like a change in the story. >> we haven't had a game changing election night this entire time. >> romney -- he doesn't want -- >> the fact that romney couldn't win in the south is a big deal. the fact that he came close is a big deal. the fact that he's ahead in the delegate counts is a big deal. romney is able to argue that he's ahead probably forever in the delegate count and hes his rivals saying he can't win the conservatives. >> the fact that we've got in perception and that the perception is leading to more people questioning and the questions have not been silenced by any of this stuff. >> it's a passion issue. that's ultimately what we're all -- the voters and the numbers are telling us there's a passion problem for mitt romney. that's the bottom line. >> we're also saying clearly, passion is not mitt romney's strong point. numbers are his strong point. if

ann depearl. rm jason depearl. -- mr. jason depearl. the honorable patrick f. kennedy. ms. elizabeth slope. governor o'malley. judge katie o'malley. senator richard lugar. mrs.charlene lugar. >> we have been watching the guest arrivals at the white house for the state dinner for british prime minister, at david cameron. the dinner happening on the south lawn. we continue to follow the arrivals on our web site. coming up, at 8:15, we will bring you the coast from tonight's dinner and comments from president obama and david cameron. we will also speak to marc mardell and get his perspective. all of that coming up live this evening. a day of activities for the president and prime minister, beginning with the official arrival ceremony this morning. >> present. ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of united states and mrs. michelle obama. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [drumming] ♪ >> ladies and german, the national anthem of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland followed by the national anthem of the united states. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> nice to see you. how're you? >> nice to see you. >> how are you, sir? >> good morning. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> troops

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ann and good morning, everyone. the american soldier accused much gunning down 16 afghan civilians has been flown out of afghanistan and into kuwait over night. richard angle has the reaction from kabul. good morning. >> good morning. seems like an attempt of out of sight, out of mind. the afghan government, the u.s. military, and the defense secretary who today is wrapping up his two-day visit with a meeting with president karzai are all trying to put as much distance they can between themselves and this incident. the u.s. military has repeatedly apologized and the afghan defense minister while he described the shooting as deplorable says it is important to move on and over the next two years the united states military and afghan government will work very closely together. still, there was a protest about 1,000 people. they want the staff sergeant returned. they want him tried in the country, but we haven't seen nationwide demonstrations. it has been a level the afghan government has been able to contain. >> that's an interesting follow-up, richard. does it appear the reaction on the ground to the killing spree as horrific as it was is more subdued