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>> we love betty white. and place them outside their normal environment. >> and it's great, and the super bowl does that well and creatively year in and year out. you know, any time -- you know, the super bowl's about a good laugh. you're watching in a big crowd. you want a good laugh, something memorable. put betty white with young guys playing football and there's a little surprise in there with abe via goedgodavigoda. >> dockers, first time in the super bowl, i believe. we can't play this whole thing, but this is weird. >> yeah, it's kind of fun. this is a great sound check here, and the idea, you know, both dockers and dove. it's a little bit about growing up and it's a little bit about that "hangover" mentality from the films and all that, men coming of age. it's time to grow up and wear pants. and it's a little bit monty python-esque, and what's interesting here is it's all a sound check and it's kind of a funny song. and they co-branded this thing with sam, so you can download the song and do these th

betty ann bowser begins our coverage. >> michelle obama. >> reporter: at a white house ceremony, mrs. obama said the numbers tell the story. >> over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in this country have tripled. >> reporter: the first lady outlined a national campaign called "let's move." surrounded by local pee wee football champions. >> these guys are the national football champions. right? ( applause ) >> reporter: today nearly one third of american-children are overweight or obese. later in life many will suffer from chronic obesity-related health problems like diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and asthma. and a recent study found obesity-related illnesses cost the u.s. health care system $147 billion a year. >> today it's time for a moment of truth for our nation. it's time for a wake-up call for all of us. >> reporter: part of the wake-up call is a task force to be headed by the first lady. >> the task force is going to be comprised of representatives from key agencies, many of them are here today. and over the next 90 days, yes, more work for

white house in 2012. our deputy political director paul steinhauser is here. he joins us now. so what's happening at the meeting today? >> hey, good morning, betty. right behind me you can see people starting to gather. this is the third and final day of cpac. a lot of speakers today, including former senator from pennsylvania rick santorum and later today, newt gingrich. they're considered possible for the presidential nomination. that's part of the thing that was happening later today. there's going to be a straw poll. people have been voting all week here at this conference. later today they're going to have the results of the straw poll. they do it every year when there's no republican in the white house. mitt romney has won the last three. you're going to have more speeches today. the key note address later tonight by glenn beck of fox news. busy day here, betty. >> no doubt. . we have heard rhetoric come out of that cpac meeting there. is it that the people are starting to capitalize on the frustration or just more of a rally cry? >> it's a little of both. i've been covering cpac for a couple of years and this year, what a world of differen

ford's leaving the white house with that suitcase in hand -- of mrs. ford leaving. and betty close friends all of the way through their congressional time together, and mrs. ford did not need to make any excuses. they could have called and simply said there has been a change in schedule, and we would have understood, and that was an afternoon where you would have fairly respected a need for the first lady to be with just her husband or just for children or just alone or doing anything but entertaining us, and i think it tells the story, for is, obviously, about the extraordinary caliber of president and mrs. ford, but it also tells the story of first families, because whether you are a republican or democrat, a sense of appreciation to celebrate and comfort each other regardless of what perspective you come from, that sense of fraternity, that only us can understand what each other are going through. it was really quite extraordinary, and that photograph hangs on my wall of what a reminder -- of a remark -- as a reminder of what it was to be a part of that accidental birds, t

i don't know that they were talking about going into the white house to talk to bill clinton necessarily. maybe to bettyrtainly. mabey to vernon jordan but it's very clear at one point he called for to make sure they had the equipment ready in the office if she was queen to wear a one year so they're talking about that and she and her mother were adamant as to what the specifics did they really think she was going to go into the oval office and talk to bill clinton i'm not sure that is what they had in mind. >> host: and deinze request came to the panel to expand the assignment, the mandate of the independent counsel and before they went to the panel they went to the part of justice and talked to the attorney general and deputy as to whether or not they would support it and the doj supported the expansion. do they have regrets about that? you talk to the attorney general and eric holder who is now the attorney general. did they regret giving the office of independent counsel its additional assignment? >> guest: well, they did. i interviewed janet reno in her home in florida and as you know she's a very

i don't know that you were talking about going into the white house to talk to bill clinton necessary. maybe to bettycurrie serve a. may be to burn in jordan. but it is very clear. at one point jackie bennett called him to make sure that they had the equipment ready in the office, if she was going to wear a wire. said they were talking about that. both she and her brother were adamant about this but as to what the specifics, did they really think she was going to go into the oval office and talk to bill clinton, i'm not sure that was what they had in mind. >> host: and then the request came to the sentelle panel to expand the assignment, the mandate of the office of independent counsel. and before they went to the panel, they went to the department of justice and talk to the attorney general and the dead as to whether not they would support it. and the d.o.j. supported the expansion of the mandate that didn't have any regrets about that? you talk to the attorney general and to eric holder who is now the attorney general. didn't regret supporting giving the office of independent counsel this additiona

betty ford doing? guest: last time i checked she just turned 93. she is frail but hanging in there. she is still living in the same home that she and jerry ford left the whitese for. host: i heard that the dale colorado home was on the market. guest: they came into the house on track court in beaver creek, colorado. a beautiful home, overlooking the slopes. i knew a few months before he died in 2006, when i heard that the house was going up for sale, i knew two things -- they were never going back to this place that they really loved and i suspected that the end was near. a great house. the guy that owns it has tried to preserve elements of the presidency in that house. host: what with the last conversation you had with gerald ford -- what was the last conversation you had with gerald ford? guest: six weeks before his death, november 2006. i had a speech in palm springs and that wanted to see him. his staff did not know about it, but i said i wanted to tell him goodbye. during my speech i got a call from his staff to come on over. it is difficult to talk about. we had this quick session in the study of his home. . >> my question is, let's tell the whole sto

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