it's bling your bicep day. i feel like i'm on "dancing with the stars". >> we have a lot to get to this morning. >> we do. >>> the heat wave, baking the

i had nice cars, living like a star with the bling-bling and the dress code and my gun always on locknd load on a long, dark road going nowhere. >> poetry had such an effect on some of the younger women inmates, almost being moved to tears, they were so overwhelmed by what she had to say to them. >> poetry is meant, it's deep down in your core. i'm here to stay, i found my >>> due to mature subject i'd knock your butt on the floor. one thing i learned is me, myself and i is all i got to the end, that's whey found out, and there ain't no need to cry. i took a vow from now on i'm going to be my own best friend and i'll never disappoint myself. >> so articulate, so verbal, so poetic, and it makes you wonder where would she have been if she wasn't in jail or gone down this path. >> i've walked a mile here, you know. i've walked the mile, and it's kind of rough on me. i look out the window, and i get kind of sad. helpful, loving, unified, family-oriented, dignified, positive, attitude, enless opportunities will arise. surprised? i'm not. do i have hope? oh, yes. i have an abundance of hope

i had nice cars, living like a star with the bling-bling and the dress code and my gun always on lockdark road going nowhere. >> poetry had such an effect on some of the younger women inmates, almost being moved to tears, they were so overwhelmed by what she had to say to them. >> poetry is meant, it's deep down in your core. i'm here to stay, i found my way, i want to be heard for all to hear and see, but to be honest, i do it, i do it for me. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's right. >> when i came in here, you know, i had a temper problem. i had my ideas about life were really distorted, and you know, now i know my purpose a little bit. but if you would have caught me just a few years ago, we would have been thumping it out. i'd knock your butt on the floor. one thing i learned is me, myself and i is all i got to the end, that's whey found out, and there ain't no need to cry. i took a vow from now on i'm going to be my own best friend and i'll never disappoint myself. >> so articulate, so verbal, so poetic, and it makes you wonder where would she have been if she wasn't in jail or g

and that really has been reduced, this bling, bling, hip hop trinity, a gangster trinity in hip hop. the most money ever and continues to drive primary youth interest. until we unlock that, i think it's going to be a hard race. >> how do you deal with the artist who says, i would make other kinds of music but the labels won't let me. >> labels are waiting for artists to develop their fan base, seeing it grow and saying, okay, we want to sign you, a bidding war develops. then the artist can say i'll sign where i want to sign. >> if you want to be a hundred trillion a trilli trillionaire, that's the route you have to go. >> hip hop is a global phenomenon. we hear hip hop coming out from every sector of the world. you just came back from tour. what are you seeing around the globe. >> it's amazing, man, we just toured south africa, did a big festival, did some side shows, we were in capetown. the amount of people that got into the music or knew my music specifically word for word is mind-blowing. the fame in europe, the fame in asia, australia, you see rou -- how receptive they are. >> t

many say the days of predecessor sarkozy's bling- bling are over, but not everybody is impressed.ollande has announced a rise in taxes for the top income bracket, the 75%. some are looking for places abroad way they can still drink their campaign in place. -- in peace. >> a classic example of swiss town. population -- currently 6500 -- has been dwindling as locals wait for better opportunities. but it is now been linked up to france's high-speed rail network, cutting the journey time to paris to just two hours. >> it will transform the whole region. there is a new international spirits. we are showing the outside world that we are still here and that everybody is welcome. >> wealthy french people who settled here are especially welcome. this man and his charming assistance have properties like this one to offer them, a huge modern villa with a luxurious interiors and fantastic views. the asking price is 2 million euros, a bargain by swiss standards. there are plenty of potential buyers from france, he says, and claims they are motivated by fear. >> i can understand why company own

bling thank you. another fight against internet regulation an update now into what's being called one of the biggest copyright infringement cases in history might upload and its founder kim dotcom has taken steps to throw out the case the company is accused of getting rich off the massive piracy of copyrighted movies and t.v. shows costing the movie industry over five hundred million dollars and lost profits but the defense is now arguing that megaupload can't be held liable for copyright infringement by its users they also say the u.s. simply has no jurisdiction over this case and it's. a foreign company based in hong kong and megaupload says the u.s. should have known that basic facts before taking down the service and there were in the operators in jail the u.s. government is now trying to extradite dot com and the other defendants to stand trial which in their fighting will keep you updated on how this all plays out what's in just a few days a statewide election will take place that may set the st

>>> also, the queen's bling. look at this. 10,000 royal diamonds.of what kate could one day call her crowning glory. >> that's some kind of bling. >>> first, the scandal breaking in the sports world. an extortion plot against former nba star and coach mark jackson. police say an exstripper and accomplice, tried to blackmail jackson to keep the relationship under wraps. abc's john schriffen is here with much more on this story. >> reporter: good morning. an interesting situation. golden state warriors head coach, mark jackson, is known for his squeaky-clean image. he's a pastor, a husband and a father of four. but this morning, that image has been tarnished by a scandal jackson was willing to pay to keep quiet. the fbi says this woman, alexis adams, a former stripper, seen here in her modeling photos, wanted to shake down her former lover. and was willing to go to great lengths to do it. her target? mark jackson, a former nba star. >> antonio davis. >> reporter: now, the head coach of the golden state warriors. >> direct line. come on. >> reporter: t

last night, mama bling tweeted this. sent me this picture. in the hospital.ration but she loves the "the five" and says it's to only show to make her smile and make her feel better in the hospital. >> dana: mama bling. >> greg: i was going to do a banned word but i've been checking the twitter feed throughout the show. getting hundreds, perhaps thousands of tweets about this sweater. this beautiful salmon colored sweater. want to know where i got it. i didn't buy it. dana made it for me out of puppies. >> dana: this is what you do in the morning if you get up early. take puppy hair. >> dana: it's not puppy hair. it's puppy skin because you're a monster. >> bob: you got that in the east village. >> greg: what is wrong with the east village? >> bob: you may remember this add. mini darth vaden ad for super bowl. popular. max page. max has been diagnosed with a heart problem i'm simp thet tic to that. tomorrow he has open heart surgery. the interesting thing about the kid, not only is he a good actor, but they have him in the hospital here. listen to what he says

a lot of people calling it bling, bling. but there's lots of red velvet and lots of gold.'s going to be pretty spectacular. you know, this whole area behind me is going be full of boats and you're going to have orchestras on those boats playing all kinds of music so there's going to be a bell tower on the front barge. that's going to be renging bells all the way down. as it does so, all the churches you see behind me are going to ring in reply. it will be a video feast but also an audio feast. you'll have a carriage procession similar to what we saw at the royal wedding last year. that's what britain is know for, pomp and pageantry. >> it should be quite the spectacle. hopefully, max, the weather works out for you. max foster, thank you for joining us live from london. >>> tomorrow, by the way, be sure to join cnn's brooke baldwin and pierce morgan. our coverage begins right here on cn. >>> well, a machb with only one limb helped save his family from a raging house fire. now he's fighting for his life. i'll talk to one of his relatives coming up. jammu reda silva was a nan

. >> and she's got the bling to prove it. marking every weight loss milestone, not a bracelet but a whole necklace full. so, did i mention, billy york has lost nearly 170 pounds. >> just a whole different life. it's busy and it's full of energy and hope. >> and tops is celebrating york's success, too. she really did earn this tee era. >> out of all the people, they chose me to be the queen. >> she's kept it off. her crown says cops, keeping off pounds sensiblely. she hopes to eventually lose another 15 pounds but she's in no rush. she is thrilled to share the secrets. >> get started, take it day by day and don't give up, because everybody is worth the effort that it takes to lose weight and to be healthy. >> huge role model. she heads to san diego to represent in the international tops competition. if you would like to hear more we have attached a link to this story on our website. >>> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate. >> take a look at some of the weather through the day. bo

. >>> at 4:41, find out how a european beer company is adding a little bling to its beer. >> howard has your weather first right after the break. keep it here. >>> the showers from overnight have left the region so we are dry this morning. sunny skies, a breezy day. highs in the mid-70s with a chance for showers late in afternoon. i'll be back with the 7-day forecast and i'm already thinking about the upcoming weekend and the warmth headed our way. >>> northbound side of 35, here's what it looks like at duke street. no problems to the 14th street bridge as you can see. >>> it is time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> bruised, battered bleeding. >> how about brutal? there is another word. investors returned today after what really was a brutal friday we saw that dismal jobs reports. fridays losses follow a miserable may. so far today guess what, global shares are falling again. here's where we stand on wall street. the dow dropped all of its gains in 2012. it starts today with 12818. the nasdaq fell 80 points and the s & p 500 was down. >>> coffee sales are on the rise

bling to to another person who may not even have a license. these bills create accountability, long necessary for any survivors in this industry on affordable insurance. secondly, i want to remind the board and the public who is actually paying for this. you put an incredibly high meter increase in recently to justify the 5% charge to drivers. it allowed me to put in backseat units and work out a contract to deploy this technology. now that this has been reduced to 3.5%, i do not know what i will do, because i have to cover those costs. that 5% was appropriate and allowed me to put in the technology they were trying to put in today. now that we have gone down to 3.5%, i have to think about what i am going to do it as a company to meet these obligations. so, unfortunately, you had something that was great, ran it through the industry, everything was in place. now that it has been reduced, i am not sure what will be done, financially. you are all welcome to look at my books and i can tell you, it will be very difficult. i support these rules and

. >> today's bling speeches set the tone for a long and brutal summer. barack obama is gambling that, by tying mitt romney to george w. bush, the voters will view him as the lesser of two evils. it is a shift from "hope and change" to a message of fear. >> between the endless campaign cycle and the intense media scrutiny, by now, you probably cannot believe that anything you do not know about -- there is anything that you do not know about the two men vying for america's top job. should mitt romney and the white house, it is a long way from his roots in the north of england. we have traced his family tree. we have the exclusive details. if you make -- he may not talk are much of the campaign trail, but everybody knows that mitt romney is a mormon. his great, great grandfather was a carpenter in the northwest of england. he and his wife elizabeth converted at the end of the 1830's. joseph smith founded the church of the latter-day saints in new york in 1830, after claiming that an angel delivered a new message to him on tablets of gold. in a squalid, pove

lebron james brings the bling to letterman and "the late show." "letterman" and "the late show."his 4th of july, celebrate the red, white, and blue with ocean spray cranberry, white cranberry, and blueberry juice cocktails. how did you wear this stuff growing up? it's so itchy. thou art not funny. [ fife and drum corps plays ] it's time to live wider awake. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long. the revolutionary recharge sleep system... from beautyrest. it's you, fully charged. >>> here's a look at the weather in some parts of the country. partly cloudy, 82 in new york, thunderstorms, 88 in miami. sunny, 88 in chicago. sunny, 104 in dallas. mostly sunny skies in los angeles, 81 degrees. >>> let's check your national forecast. the remains of tropical storm debby will deliver more thunderstorms, coastal flooding and isolated tornadoes to northeastern florida. the rest of the southeast will be mostly dry. showers will linger in parts of new y

we cannot last and the week bling in this hot pool slowly starving but we made about. roquet. were a step in a blizzard for 9 days per relaxed there was no big deal apparently for a couple of students in wisconsin. and a friend tipped off rescuers after she didn't hear from them for over a week. they survived by keeping warm near those hot springs anyone biscuit and a little bit of deli each day. nasdaq dropped 49 and there could be a turnaround to a star features are higher this morning. officials of sending a $125 package making it the fourth country to the bailout of some kind. the morning. houses of when to affect as? for some of we have big problems increase their bring on sunday there is going to be a second election there and the results could basically see the entire bailout become unraveled. if that happens greece has basically run out of money by the end of the year forcing it to default on its debt and there would probably leave the heroes on causing big problems and by extension u.s. banks let's talk about that a little bit more how's it going to affect the economy

. >> debbie is am bling towards land. >> this center hovers at sea this video provided to abc affiliate captures one of the storms shooting off the outer edge. there are forecasters warning there could be more isolated tornadoes and the rain is going keep coming convincing the governor to declare a state of emergency. >> everybody needs to be cautious. the, i don't take anything for granted and take care of your family. watch out for friends. >> already, debbie has taken a life. authorities found a woman's body in a home south of tampa. in orange beach, alabama they're searching for a 32-year-old man swept out to sea. >> the current were pulling him, couldn't get there in team. >> -- time. >> officials shut down the st. george bridge leading to a vacation island just south of the pan handle. around tampa bay, police he vac waited place that's already have one foot of rain and bracing for more. >> there are upstairs neighbors, we might be coming to visit. >> it's is more about flooding than flying objects. anyone telling you they know where the storm is going is not telling the truth. >>

. >>> back here at home, your money blings another day of good news about gas prices. the average price of a gallon of gas is now down 10 cents in the past week. $3.44 a gallon. here are the new projections. experts say gas could fall another 11 cents by the fourth of july. >>> and there is word tonight that "jeopardy!" host alex trebek is recovering from a mild heart attack. the 71-year-old undergoing further tests and said to be in good spirits. but there is also news tonight for everyone at risk from heart disease. new insight into the roles played by stress. here's abc's sharyn alfonsi. >> here is the host of "jeopardy!" alex trebek! >> reporter: the popular game show host is at rest in l.a. expected to make a full recovery. but like the 1.2 million americans who suffer a heart attack each year, trebek is not out of jeopardy yet. a new study shows 1 in 8 heart just ask gary dorman. >> everything. everything. i say to people, it's stolen everything, fully has robbed me of everything i've loved. of. >> reporter: because of his heart attack, he could no longer work an

. >>> and the expensive bling found in some pants purchased at good will.lost and found diamond ring? you're watching "world news now." what would you do with the lost hd 3. ♪ ♪ ♪ tainted love tainted love >>> rielle hunter revealing secrets about her relationship with john edwards in an exclusive interview with abc news. >> can't wait to see that interview on "20/20" this coming friday. rerielle shares details about the daughter she shares with mr. edwards and how that affair began. >> reporter: new, intimate details are emerging about the six-year affair responsible for the very public ruin of john edwards' political career. edwards' mistress, rielle hunter, coming out with this explosive tell-all, what really happened, john edwards, our daughter and me. hunter sat down exclusively with "20/20" anchor chris cuomo. for an interview airing friday. >> the assumptions are dark. rielle hunter, as in manhunter, destroyer of marriage. destroyer of john edwards. how do you want yourself defined? >> first and foremost, i'm a mom. rielle hunter is a mom. and i'm al

out in the single known exception to his career as a jeffersonian obstructionist, if anything resem bling what we call today progressive politics. he suddenly one day showed up at work and he supported a bill to spend money. people couldn't -- what was this? what has happened? has his body been invaded? no, it turns out he was log rolling. he was supporting some piece of skullduggery to get money spent in his home distance. knowing this, somebody mischievously got up in front of the house and quoted a couple of lines from lord byron. let me see if i can do this. sweet is the honest watchdog's bark as open -- bay open mouth as we come home. and at this mocking of the watchdog of the treasury, the house dissolved into laughter and holman's bill was lost in this wonderful laughter, which is, by the way, the characteristic of the quality of d debate in the house at the time. now, people had nothing else do except to amuse themselves or read. no video entertainment. most were lawyers. despite being lawyers, they were educated people, well read people. and they amused themselves with high-minde

it obvious blings people to buy a corporation's product, a health insurance plan. exact opposite of socialism, and i am curious: does that speak to the massive role that the health insurance lobby played in this whole situation? >> well i think, by the way, most free marketiers would say that a government forcing somebody to buy a product from a corporation fits neatly within the -- at a minimum active government involvement. >> sure. >> of course. probably tending toward socialism. it's a fact that they were able to do it just shows the power and frankly, the dexterity of the lobbyists and these companies. they know how to work the system. this is what they do. the people they hire work their entire lives in the system. they know every trick of the trade. they know how bills move how bills are stopped and the expertise, let alone, forget about the money. the expertise level alone is immense and stunning. >> you did your lobbying before the citizen united ruling which the supreme court upheld in montana. how would your lobbying career have been different if citizen

. >> let's bling back an old favorite here. pops and drops. >> i think you can buy hog here.en down. you look at the recent pull back. it's on the simple fact, i think it can go down here. they are taking market share. >> up 4%. >> that space continues to move higher and higher. to me, that is the best play in the space right now. that is the exposure tonight general fertilizer. >> gdx, mike? >> the gold miners, etf is down. down close to 1%. a lot of people have looked at the miners and thought maybe they needed to play catch up to gold. >> ron? >> the talk of news corps spitting off its print assets. a lot of newspaper companies went higher. and with warren buffet, everyone is looking for a way to monetize. seems like that is the craze at the moment. >> another big popper. up 7%. >> supreme court rules on obama care on thursday. >> regardless of what the ruling comes out with on thursday. i would probably wait on this. you are so close to this ruling. just wait. >> pop here for big lots. >> big lots pop. not a lot of news, actually. not a lot of news out of it. >> and a pop

weekend of summer fire this morning moved over keyboard cat here's guitar cat stevens is his name is bling is at as guitar with a five. he meant to earthquake struck melbourne you can see on the stock 60 times to see what's up with the rumbling because he is so busy with his guitar in one letter 50,000 hits [ thunk ] sweet! [ male announcer ] the solid thunk of the door on the jetta. thanks, mister! [ meow ] [ male announcer ] another example of volkswagen quality. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 jetta for $159 a month.

her on issues when it comes to bling pensions. 60 percent more for their pensions. or a more modest plan future hires want to have the cost of pension and disability requirements will also be more stringent. first of congratulations this morning. then start with tuesday of an ordnance to change new employees those are july 1st. and to implement their employee choice plans. this is obviously a very hard-fought battle for workers' union fighting against this measure. and they say that it's going to basically dissuade employees recover from coming to our concern as they do believe that? to equate love to compete keep compete in the marketplace and tucson pay easily more importance with their grants to pay. hundreds of cities in california and are already increasing so we're leading the way in nationally in within the state and many as cities have the same trouble on the lodge's same thing. to equate in the meantime san diego did pass a similar ballot measure yesterday their going to have be hearing a lot more like this in the days and weeks to come live in that essay a

>> i'll be all blinged out.is called a fascinator. >> i'll be tuning in for sure. >> good thing she is not wearing that little phac naughtor today. it is too windy t will blow it right off. -- that little fascinator today. it is too windy -- it is too windy. it will blow it right off. t ri we'll get a break in the course of the afternoon hours. let's take a look at what is happening here right now. we have a few clouds and not too much else going. on the wet weather has moved out. 63degrees at national airport. wind are height. that is what is going to change. gusty wind in our forecast. so, as i take a look at temperatures across the area, 63 degrees in d.c. this hour. we've got 59 degrees in baltimore. 55degrees at gaithersburg. we have this trough that will move its way across into the course of the day and that will set us up for a chance some of scattered showers. could see an isolated thunderstorm or two. we're in the sure. we'll have to keep our eyes to the sky as far as that is concerned. here is a look

he liked his bling and he's no longer with us. so i wear it. there you go.'m don lemon in atlanta. see you back here tomorrow night. good night. >>> tonight, the man who founded an american dynasty. president george h.w. bush. his life story in his own words. the white house days, his family, and the shocking wartime attack that nearly cost him his life. >> i wasn't afraid to die. maybe i was scared when all this was taking place. >>> plus, politics gets personal. chaz bono on a cause that's close to his heart and his new life as a single man. >> i'm not the most outgoing fellow. i'm not one of those guys who can just walk up and start chatting up a girl that i find attractive. >>> also, countdown to the olympics. champion swimmer dara torres has won 12 medals and she's gunning for more in london. >> i love setting up on the blocks against those young whipper snappers and swimming against them. >> tonight i dare her to show

blogger forms of, books, very few writers can write with the style of the wheat joe lee bling. the most frightening words in america used to be michael more is in the lobby. now it is maraniss sir is interviewing your ex-girlfriend. famous person especially when your real dad is everybody else at surrogate dad. i called him a few weeks after his dad died. could not have been more helpful, went for his dad's personal papers and the the bunch of stuff. and after his wartime correspondence was found, i am delighted his son working at cbs held his former hamilton college professor bringing l a book -- it file i anyone to read the letter walter cronkite wrote to his wife on christmas eve 1943 and not to tear up. chip cronkite's sister kathy and i am looking at it in a restaurant and started to pour rain. we exchanging e-mail newts and -- notes over classic cbs news video. historical recreations fills. this one happened to be a dramatic recreations of december 7, 1941. could you run a little -- sir >> located in the cbs newsroom in new york. regularly scheduled news program the world

he liked his bling and he's no >>> from forgotten tools and an operation on the wrong side. >> they messed did this side. >> to tests that cause bald spots. >> i had a perfect ring around my head. >> reporter: and metal deadly close to a magnet. we're counting down my list of 25 shocking medical mistakes. >> mistakes are happening every day in every hospital in the country that we're just not catching. >> it's the second or third leading cause of death in this country. and for the most part we're silent on it. >> what you can do to not become a victim. i'm elizabeth cohen. i'll show you how to become an empowered pati

he liked his bling and he's no longer with us. so i wear it. there you go. i'm don lemon in atlanta. see you back here tomorrow night. good night. >>> from forgotten tools and an operation on the wrong side. >> they messed up and did this side and then did this side. >> to tests that cause bald spots. >> i had a perfect ring around my head. >> reporter: and metal deadly close to a magnet. we're counting down my list of 25 shocking medical mistakes. >> mistakes are happening every day in every hospital in the country that we're just not catching. >> it's the second or third leading cause of death in this country. and for the most part we're silent on it. >> what you can do to not become a victim. i'm elizabeth cohen. i'll show you how to become an empowered patient. with the help of world-renowned patient safety expert dr. peter pernovost, american cancer society chief medical officer otis rawley. acclaimed fiction author dr. abraham vergis, and more. stay tuned. this hour could save your life. at number 25, baby security breach. the woman in this surveillanc

analysts say the ruling could leave companies central bling to do business and account for the extra vacation time but they say it's really too early to tell. a video of bullies making fun of an elderly bus monitor went viral on the web, as you know, and we're hearing from the father of one of those bullies now. his reaction ahead. and wait until you hear how much folks have collected to send her on one heck of a vacation and her reaction to an apology. it's all coming up. plus, the woman who is suing a little leaguer for hitting her with a ball. why she says she deserves more than $100,000. as we are still on verdict-watch in the pennsylvania case against coach jerry sandusky of penn state. it's all ahead. not in this economy. we also have zero free time, and my dad moving in. so we went to fidelity. we looked at our family's goals and some ways to help us get there. they helped me fix my economy, the one in my house. now they're managing my investments for me. and with fidelity, getting back on track was easier than i thought. call or come in today to take control of your personal

i was the only elected official during that year blinged to stand up and take him on. the mayor -- who decided to stand up and take him on. nobody else had the courage to stand up. he resigned shortly thereafter. it was a special collection. i think that was legitimate. that kind of misconduct in office warrants a recall election. >> let me take a back to the campaign finance stuff. when i talk to people around the state and say i want to thank the person who wrote with a check for $500,000, they laugh because it does not happen. you could probably take his top dozen donors and they have matched the amount of money i raised in the primary. from 10 donors. >> if a wealthy person had come to you during the campaign, but you cannot do it -- >> i think you will change the recall. democrats and republicans will want to change everything to do with the recall because they are sick of this. they see $16 million in taxpayer money that this is projected to cost local and state governments and people want to move on. >> i agree with that. scott walker started this civil war. qui

see them most willing to put self-interest and party interest and political interests of side and bling together and make common cause around a larger purpose. we see it with truman and hoover where of all people to completely reorganize the executive branch why on earth would truman signed off on herbert hoover chairing what is known as the hoover commission? this is a guy everyone assumes will dismantle the entire new deal superstructure of government. what truman knew by this time was hoover had been president in a moment of national crisis and he knew that a president needs the tools to be able to meet a crisis and especially in the postwar nuclear age having those was more important than ever and truman trusted hoover to do a reorganization that would empower the presidency and the great gift they gave to all the presidents to organize and rationalize the executive branch in a way that presidents could function better and the fact that hoover strengthen the presidency at a moment to was occupied by democrat made no difference. in the course of gathering the information for the hoov

it's not about flashy stark and bling, high tech tricks, sensory deprivation or narcissistic egos.arnes is all about the barnes. this is what architecture does when it does it right." and here is a look at the barnes foundation's new campus in philadelphia. >> our barnes had a view that art should be used to engage people with real life. to engage them with education. to engage them with opportunity, and most importantly to advance democracy in america. he was a poor kid who made a fortune creating an antiseptic and in 1912 he began yes collecting art, collected one of the greatest collections of modern art ever formed and housed it in a mansion which he built next to his former home and established an educational foundation which encouraged what he called ordinary people to engage with art, to learn from art, to appreciate art. and most importantly it was about contemporary art. the conditions that barnes imposed in his charitable deed of gift were very constraining and so we ended up in a position where it was very difficult to operate the foundation. finances were in a very dire