the main dish will be bison wellington, so an american spin on a british classic. >> there with, of courseserious element to all of this. there are strong words on afghanistan and time running out for iran. >> that's right. at the news conference in the white house garden early on today we saw president obama and prime minister david cameron united in their message on those three big international issues which have dominated the talks the two leaders have held during this visit. on afghanistan we heard for the first time some clarity on u.s. and british forces moving to an assistance role next year ahead of their withdrawal in 2014. also, on iran, mr. obama said that the time was running out to resolve the issue peacefully. and on syria, we heard president obama urging caution, saying that the consequences of military action should always be considered but in his words, the american military plan for everything. >> jonathan in washington, thanks very much. we can actually bring you the latest pictures from washington of that dinner that jonathan was describing, the meal, the bison wellingt

the main course was bison wellington with french beans and onion and for desert warm steamed pudding with idaho huckleberry sauce and newton pippen animals. >> don't you have bison every night? i do. >> bison wellington no less. >> it is good. some of the ingredients we should note came from the white house garden. >>> wedding plans for an american idol judge? keeping up with the kardashian lawsuits. and kelly clarkson's got a new beau? >> inside for hollywood headlines. joining us as always on thursday georgia alfredas cohost with the russ par morning shoe on the view kys 93.9. georgia, let's start off with kelly clarkson. out with a new hit single. now sounds like a new love interest. this one is reportedly close to one of her other idols. >> reba mcintyre. he is reba's step son. this is cool because it's really great when you can give it to somebody that you know. the other thing about him is his father is her manager. so there are two good things about this. if this guy does her wrong she can fire his dad. the next thing is if he does her wrong we'll get a whole album of girl powe

the menu will include bison wellington and lemon pudding. earlier today, the topics revolved around international hot spots. despite mounting pressure after this week's killings in afghanistan, the leaders reaffirmed their commitment to gradual withdrawal. >> i don't anticipate at this stage we are going to be making any sudden additional changes to the plan we currently have. >> reporter: a plan the president said is working. >> al qaeda is on its heels. and has been decimated. >> reporter: the public may not be buying that view. >> why do you think the british and american people look at a situation that they think is frankly a mess? >> the situation is considerably improved. we want afghanistan to be able to look after its own security with its own security forces so we are safe at home. >> reporter: mr. obama acknowledged the skepticism. >> we've been there for ten years. people get weary. >> reporter: the president also repeated tough talk regarding the standoff over iran's nuclear program. >> the window for solving this issue diplomati

-uk blend with bison wellington. >>> a former goldman sacks employee went out with a blaze of glory today. greg smith shared his blistering resignation letter with the world in an op ed piece in the new york dash "the new york times." he called them bankrupt and accused goldman executives of ripping off clients and called them muppets. it raises questions about how much wall street has changed since the global financial crisis has began. william cohen wrote a book about goldman calling it "money and power." he said wall street is still the same. >> the reason nothing has changed on wall street is because the incentives on wall street have not changed. >> today the held of goldman sent a memo to the firm's employees saying he was upset by the comment. >>> they are trying to shock smokers into quitting with a a $54 million campaign. it shows the real affects of smoking in gruesome detail. one of the spots shows a former smoker shaving around his tracheotomy tube. another shows a double amputee with a rare blood vessel disease linked to smoking. it follows the success of blocking the regulat

-uk blend with bison wellington. >>> a former goldman sacks employee went out with a blaze of glory today. greg smith shared his blistering resignation letter with the world in an op ed piece in the new york dash "the new york times." he called them bankrupt and accused goldman executives of ripping off clients and called them muppets. it raises questions about how much wall street has changed since the global financial crisis has began. william cohen wrote a book about goldman calling it "money and power." he said wall street is still the same. >> the reason nothing has changed on wall street is because the incentives on wall street have not changed. >> today the held of goldman sent a memo to the firm's employees saying he was upset by the comment. >>> they are trying to shock smokers into quitting with a a $54 million campaign. it shows the real affects of smoking in gruesome detail. one of the spots shows a former smoker shaving around his tracheotomy tube. another shows a double amputee with a rare blood vessel disease linked to smoking. it follows the success of blocking the regulat

the maj course was bison wellington with french beans and for dessert warmier lemon pudding with idaho huckleberry sauce and newfoun pippin apples. earlier in the day the president and prime minister were talking about a serious subject. at the top of the list was the war in afghanistan. he said the u.s. move to an assist role next year. both leaders acknowledged the road forward in afghanistan is not an easy one. >> this is a hard slog. this is hard work. >> recent days have reminded us how difficult our mission is and how high the cost of this war has been. >> the president also talked about iran's nuclear program, saying the window for this issue diplomatically is shrinking every day. >>> meanwhile the u.s. military has not revealed the identity of the soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians last weekend. we do know the suspect is a 38-year-old father of two who served three tours in iraq and is based in washington state. a military official says the soldier was flown out of afghanistan today. he's being detained in another country, but he could face proceedings in afghanista

they're going to dine on shaved brussels sprouts, an american twist on an old favorite, will be bison wellington. and for dessert, a british lemon steamed pudding. and earlier today, the prime minister admitted that he and his wife were looking forward to rubbing shoulders with some american royalty. possibly not the one you think. >> samantha said that is my favorite -- the star from my favorite movie is going to be here. is it ben kingsley from "gandhi"? he's not coming. peter o'toole? is he coming? no. it is chevy chase from "caddyshack." >>> still ahead on "world news," meet the convicted murderer collecting nearly $20,000 in taxpayer dollars while behind bars. one story of outrage. an abc news investigation. forty years ago, he wasn't looking for financial advice. back then, he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement planning for our military, veterans and their families. now more than ever, it's important to get financial advice from people who share your military values. call now for our free gui

the main course was bison wellington with french beans and for dessert, a warm pudding with huckleberry>> no dip? >> no dip. >> you and i are going to have to indulge for a second. michelle obama, what she wore. >> she looked at mazing. michelle obama just knows how to do it. she looks stunning in each one. th she didn't know michelle obama was going to wear this teel draped column silhouette dress, the british prime minister's wife there also in a designer dress. michelle obama didn't wear a belt. which she often does. >> you know how i feel about michelle obama and heavier fashion. and apparently president obama turned to the first lady and whispered, they look better than us. i think it was a tie. >> they wore tuxedos by nobody cares. >> all i can say is that you two know entirely too much about this. next story please. >>> the next time you crave a cupcake, you can get a quick firks from an acm. sprinkles are installed in automated machines. the cupcake company has an eye on the nation's capitol to be the next in line. the machines could be installed by this summer. >> and if i make

. >> tonight the british leader is the guest of honor the main course is bison wellington, obama callsble appearance. >> it looks like we will probably break a record tamara as well but right now it's 73 degrees at o'hare airport and look at those numbers down to the south and southwest of chicago, some really sweet temperature readings, it is cold on the west coast 54 degrees right now in san diego. clouds out to the west as you can see on the radar picture dissipated during the afternoon. we expect some clouds now moving out of nebraska to come into the area and may produce a passing shower or thunderstorm. not a great chance by the way so i wouldn't cancel all plants because of that but it is a possibility. if we hit 76 tomorrow we will have shattered another record. look at these numbers, 75 on friday and on saturday. i wouldn't be worried about the parade on saturday, only a slight chance of seeing some showers monday and tuesday we go back up into the '70's may be deeper into the '70s to near '80s by tuesday with a high of 77 degrees what a week ahead. >> chicago patrons may have

bison wellington. in other words, they shot all those buffalo so they could make beef wellington, which is terrible anyway. >> a very american thing to do. serve bison. >> french beans that. ain't american. >> they don't get anything past you. >> and onions. >> i could do without that. >> if i could say in your opening about the people who were invited, let me give you a little secret about the white house parties. everybody in the white house invites or is asked for a list and they can confirm this. the press is asked for a list and you submit your list. some make the cut, some don't. every state dinner. every one has contributors to the president of the united states at their state dinner. i know that was a breath taking thing to say, but it is a fact that happens all the time. >> but that's not the thing -- i agree with bob. that's not the thing that strikes me. the thing is it feels like the white house has become the cool kids' table of america where all the rich and famous hang out and make fun o

blend featuring bison wellington. just the fact that they had whole vent on the south lawn what does that -- whole event on the south lawn what does that say about temperatures there? >> this getting the opposite we get cold, they get warm we get warm they will get our cold and we'll get their warm eventually. until then, we still have a couple of storms not out of the woods yet in between storms now morning commute will be full of wetness as we look at the golden gate bridge. good morning welcome to thursday morning. water that is still sitting on the roadway there, that's what you are going to find everywhere in morning even in the south bay, a little drizzle this morning. you are still wondering where is our big rain? it is coming, probably in tomorrow's system. live doppler you can see the showers north cloverdale towards ukiah most of the afternoon. this could clip the north bay i think the north bay still has the best chance of seeing scattered showers today. it is might and mild mid to upper 50s not only here b

main course, bison, wellington, red wine reduction, french beans and cipiollini onion. some of those ingredients came from the white house garden. they had a great day to harvest yesterday with the beautiful weather we had. >> our director had the exact same thing for dinner last night. yeah, uncanny. >> always has his glass of pinot grigio. >> wonderful for them and for us we had wonderful weather welcoming the british prime minister. certainly is pun britainlike. we had our temperatures warming up and there is the live view from our city camera. zoomed in on the tidal basin. look at that. full bloom. latest projection now is that all of those cherry trees around the tidal basin will be in full bloom by early next week. keep that in your plans. lot of the trees made the -- may be out over the weekend, too. even now when the buds are first opening and first blossoms are coming out it is quite a gorgeous sight. 67 now at reagan national, few high clouds coming over. light southerly breeze right off the potomac. it is keeping it a bit cooler there. with this warm, dry wea

bison wellington. which they call a take on a beloved dish.bet the music was great, charlie. wish i had been there for that. >>> they were great. >> they didn't tell you what the wines were, though, did they? >> they did not. when they came by to pour the wine, i didn't think it was appropriate for me to say what are we drinking here? i hear you found out. >> i did. they call themselves the most transparent administration in history and they're hide the wines they serve. hello. the wines are always the best in america. until last year, they were always listed. now the white house has wimped out last night's wines were very good wines. one of the great chardonnays. cabernet from washington state. retail prices are relatively high. then the wine at the end from iron horse, not so high. all of those wines are wines that california and america and washington state can be proud of. but the white house is worried about the optics. they're afraid that they'll be accused of being extravagant. of course, it's an election year. it's too bad because the

cuisine and that it will feature bison wellington and buffalo tenderloin from north dakota instead ofbeef. a number of members of congress on the list this evening. richard lugar, chuck schumer. we also previously saw ed koch, by -- come by. waiting and watching with the reporters and others here at the booksellers' area of the white house. the state dinner this evening for british prime minister david cameron and his wife. it is traditional in the sorts of visits that the leaders exchanged gifts. the obamas gave the prime minister and his wife and american-made in the brick grill because the visit last year, the president visited last year and at 10 downing street, they had a barbecue for members of the u.s. military and others. the camerons, meanwhile, gave the obamas -- presented them with a ping pong table. last year, the president visited a ping-pong tournament in the u.k. this evening's state dinner at the white house with british prime minister david cameron. a couple of days of bilateral meetings which resulted in statements and agreements by both sides on a number of issues i

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the main course, bison wellington. little of the behind the scenes from cnn white house correspondent brianna keilar. brianna, the theme was america's backyard. 362 guests. it was quite the night. >> reporter: yes. carol, i don't know what your backyard looks like, but i can tell you george clooney is not in mine, unfortunately, nor is rory mcelroy, the professional golfer. dame enlewis who is a british actor on homeland, cable tv series which i should tell you president obama is a very big fan of. so this was a dinner that took place on the south lawn where there was a very large tent set up. it was actually quite a ways from the white house. trollies took guests down to the lawn, to the dinner, and of course, you know, the highlight of this, i think, especially for a lot of women, is the fashion and wondering what michelle obama wore. you said she wore marcasa, this beautiful gown that had a very bold necklace on it. this was kind of, you could tell, by looking at samantha cameron and a lot of other women, it seemed

crosisp halibut, bison wellington, a salad, and steamed lemon pudding as a desert.st: he should say he prefe the hot dog.ed host: thank you focoming up latw you the toast that is taking place. this on the south lawn. the guests including george clooney. next, the news conference that took place from the rose garden of the white house earlier today. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> good afternoon everyone, please have a seat. it is a great honor to welcome my friend and partner, prime minister david cameron back to the white house for this visit. i know there has been a lot of focus on last night's game. i wanted to set the record straight. during my visit last year, david arrange for us to play some table tennis. as they would say, we got thrashed. when it came to sports, i thought it would be better if we watched. i am still trying to get david to fill up his bracket. we just finished up a very good discussion. it was a rem

it looked like it tasted pretty yummy there at the taxpayer-funded state dinner, bison wellington ongu beef this time. this really was a bundler's paradise and i'm glad word got out about that, that you had all of these high powered donors essentially getting rewarded. of course, this is nothing new and that really is the point, that the politics of washington certainly haven't changed when it comes to granting access to all these big dollar donors. but i found more interesting the invite list of the so-called british journalists who were in attendance as well because they're every bit as sick of antic as the donors who were invited. you had the likes of -- someone onment list i found rather shocking and vile, andrew sullivan of the once respected atlantic magazine, who was best known on the internet for his whacky trig palin conspiracy theory, yet he was an honored guest here. we also had lackies like richard wolf, whose hacked tackler reputation is so bad that even his fellow lefties are embarrassed. there was a bbc anchor, catty kay, who happens to be the best friend of the wife o