and other celebs going online. >> sometimes the celebs you see are not actually the celebrities. >> noan't be true. people would post not real pictures? shocking. >> i have a whole profile as angelina jolie. it's perfect. that's who i would pick. >> that's our ginger. >> so many different responses to that. i'm going to table them all and move on to the next story. it's about nick loeb. sofia vergara's ex. he pushed an op ed in the new york times overnight saying he's taking the case to court because he wants to be a dad. >> reporter: this is a dispute about the custody of empree owes. should they be treated as property or human lives? he wants to bring them to term and have babies, though the biological mother has refused. >> oh i saw you. >> reporter: crummy and fabulous on screen sofia vergara will have audiences laughing with her upcoming movie, "hot pursuit." this morning, the colombian bomb shell's ex-fiance is taking on a serious matter. he's trying to prevent the two embryos from ever being destroyed. >> sofia, big smiles. >> reporter: in a candid new york time op ed publishes

we sent our red carpet reporter to mingle with the celebs. >> did you come up with the slogan for hillary'spaign? >> yeah. why not? why not get on board? why not get on board the hillary train? >> i think she would win if she used that. >> what are your thoughts on her logo? >> looks good. >> she has certainly paid her dues. she has the right to be president if anybody does. >> i don't understand it. >> in a way, it is kind of like, i'm with stupid. seriously? i got this. >> she deserves the job if she wants it. >> is it pointing to the left or the right? >> who cares what the logo is? is that what is going to make our president? the president is about making the country better. >> the guys have any suggestions about who should be her running mate? >> oprah winfrey. >> we will get free stuff all the time. >> pauly shore, that would be fun. >> any ideas for what her slogan should be? >> still killing it. john: that is pretty funny. the 2016 board game, we made it and taught it to kids. ♪ john: we are all about participatory democracy. we made a game and taught it to some children. here is a

there are politicians and celebs. this year's host "saturday night live" saysly strong who went for it. she said she wouldn't be mean but man she got mean a couple times there. president obama killed it with really good one-liners. at within point his anger translator, joined him on stage, the translator on comedy central was supposed to tell the audience when what the president was really thinking. >> in our fast-changing world, traditions like the white house correspondents dinner are important. >> i mean really. what is this dinner? and why am i required to come to it? >> the president also poked fun at politicians preparing for the 2016 election discussed giving up on his political bucket list which got a lot of laughs. >> yes, it did. there were good moments there. that's a tough gig to host that. cecily strong said a lot of people told her not do it. it was is a tough crowd. >> mixed reviews. >> it was. it was a tough crowd. we're easier. >> weather is nice. most people agree on that. we would like rain but the

some recruiting celebs to get in on the game. new york jets giving this girl some muscle to help her ask her football-crazed friend to prom. >> will you go to prom with sarah? >> reporter: bryan cranston breaking a seriously bad question to these promgoers last year. >> if you don't go to the prom with stefan maybe your best course of action would be to tread lightly. >> reporter: abc news even got in on the fun. helping josh ask sammy to prom live on "gma." >> i want sammy to be able to say, my prom-posal was the most over the top thing that ever happened to me. >> reporter: an over the top trend turns teenagers into puddles everywhere. >> i hope she says yes. thanks for watching abc news. "world news now" is coming up soon with overnight breaking news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow. as always we're online at abcnews.com. good night, america. woman: so, girls you're out there you're selling cookies, someone approaches you-- what d "would y like to buy some cookies?" no. again-- we say "how many cookies would you like

. >> she's one of the few hollywood celebs who could pull off a floral elli saab or change it up with vivid color such as this asymmetrical. >> i love the old time glamour of this look plunging elegant chic vibrant color. >> now at number one -- ♪ no hotter fashionista than jennifer lopez. as a judge on "american idol" she captivated the audience every week. she made an impact. >> jepnnifer lopez is an experimental sense of stilsyle, we remember her most iconic moments. in this particular look, which is gucci, she's transformed into gucci, fabulous red carpet as she can only pull it off. she loves to accentuate the positive. hourglass figure. >> jennifer lopez is a mother of curves. curves in all the right places. this mother of two can go rock and glam. >> jennifer knows when to rock it out for the right occasion. at the 2011 grammys jennifer put her games on display in a mirror ball pucci dress which dazzled down to her spiked louis vuittons. >> she can pull off that look and at 40 years old wow tiptop gorgeous. >> and she never forgets that fashion can be fun. >> i think that's why

the latest celeb to join the ride of fame. recognized for his on and off the ice accomplishments. that seat right there, you can't see it there, it's dedicated to ovi and you can sit there and feel like ovi for the day. >> actually it's pretty cool. i think it's good for the city good for the town good for fans and a good time for the organization. it's a good picture. you know celebrate the goals. see emotions. you know. it's nice. >> all right. >> caps play the bruins tomorrow. i thought that ovi photo was perfect. no teeth. >> what must it be like to feel like ovi? we can't imagine what it feels like to be ovi. >> you can ride o >>> here's something you don't see every day. which is probably just as well. it's a raccoon. >> aw! >> up in the air in the middle of downtown philadelphia as a matter of fact. happened today. the coon got stuck up on top of a pole. some people stopped along the sidewalk to take photographs of the stranded scavenger. people take photographs of everything these day, don't they? some cars even slowed

hollywood celebs hit the red carpet inside the beltway at the white house correspondents dinner. all the glitz, glamour and jokes start at 7:00 with poppy harlow only on cnn. >>> well the speculation is over. last night former u.s. olympian turned reality tv star bruce jenner revealed to the world that he's transitioning to a woman. here's part of his emotional interview with diane sawyer. >> we see the -- you see what? >> a confused person running away from who i was. >> with fear? >> big-time fear yeah yeah. scared to death. didn't know what my future held at that time. >> help everybody struggling with what this is. >> that is me. that is her. >> jenner says he will decide later whether to have sex reassignment surgery, but that -- this is the last interview he will do as bruce. jenner watched the interview with members of his family including ex-wife kris jenner who had been largely supportive. >>> bruce jenner has no doubt already experienced a roller coaster of emotions all in front of a national audience. someone who may be able to relate zoe turk. for three decades he fle

catching the eye of celebs like taylor swift jennifer hudson and john mayer. >> you get recognition fromll the way to new york and it is a really good feeling. >> reporter: she designs her pieces for every woman and many can be worn different ways. >> i mean you can dress this up or down if you wanted to. >> absolutely. you can make it different lengths. >> reporter: cat began designing and making her own pieces after becoming frustrated with the lack of retail options. >> people started to say wow where did you get them? like i made it. >> reporter: cat hand picks the beads and stones that adorn her pieces. her double sided choker is a must have. >> one day you want wear the silver rests on you neck. the next day you want silver you turn it around. >> reporter: you can find merriam you'll rein local boutiques and shop in her web site. they're really funky and different and versatilely. >> melissa meets two other local jewelers on fyi. watch saturday night at 7:00 and sunday at midnight. >> new video showing an out of control mob attacking a gas station down south. >> what goes up must c

and while some voters say they night might not care who celebs support, it at least gets their attention. >> i think it's great they should endorse who they want to endorse and get that dialogue started and going with their fans and people who you know, support them or don't support them. >> more reflects my opinion of that celebrity. >> and that was lori perez reporting. california has not favored a republican candidate for president since 1988 when george h.w. bush was elected. there's no indication the trend towards democrats will change next year experts say. >>> republican marco rubio is set to announce his presidential bid today. sources say the senator will announce the campaign plans during a speech in miami tonight. he would be the third republican and fourth candidate to formally declare a 2016 white house bid. he joins texas senator ted cruz and kentucky senator rand paul in the race for the gop nomination. >>> time now is 4:42. still to come, a family trip to the zoo nearly turns tragic. what happened when a mom tried to give her toddler a better look at the big cats. >> and

even if i have to work at one of the resort villas as the help, i will accidently get pregnant by a celebt's my ticket. >> would you do the same thing? >> would i buy an island? >> would you take a job there and accidentally get pregnant? >> excellent. >> we are on the way. >> i'm with you. >> would you go back in time and prevent leo from buying this island? >> i would try to and i would prevent him from buying it so i could buy the island. >> you could be cast in "titanic." i till cry. it is like emojis bike the frowning. that set it off. >> it is interesting that leo is being landlord and renting things out his home in california and now this eye -- island. maybe he is going to walk away from acting. >> he still hasn't won an oscar. >> has he not? >> it is sad. >> sad emoji sphais for him. >> i thought he would get one for him. >> very special thanks to carrie sheffield and joanne snow uh chin ski. that does it for me. i'm tv's andy levey and we will be back tomorrow night with a new show and a bunch o how do i get hotel deals nobody else gets? trust me i'm a great negotiator. price-li

cover the white house, national politicians and media personalities, and earlier this year, a lot of celebspresident took jabs at politicians prepping for the 2016 elections as well as the recent controversy surrounding the secret service. >> they're really focusing on some of the issues that have come up, and they finally figured out a foolproof way to keep people off my lawn. >> the correspondents' dinner raises scholarships for young students. >>> it was all sunshine for the 34th annual parade and festival. tens of thousands of people turned out, including our own jamal wang who was on our nbc bay area float celebrating the world champion giants. kids from the palo alto little league team were also part of our float. the festival wraps up today with the popular spring antique fair. >>> more than 50 years after he first took over the anchor chair, former tv anchor paul lockwood toured the halls of the nbc bay area. this is a photo of him of coverage back in 1964 tallying the totals by hand. lockwood witnessed firsthand the technological advances in our studios. >> it's much easier today t

. >> reporter: some even recruiting celebs to get in on the game.prom. bryan cranston breaking a seriously bad question for these prom-goers last year. >> maddie, if you don't go to the prom with stefan and maybe your best course of action would be to tread lightly. >> reporter: we even got in on the fun helping josh ask sandy to prom live right here on "gma." >> i want her to be able to say my prom-posal was the most over the top thing to happen to me. >> reporter: over the top trend. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: turning teenagers into puddles everywhere. all right, sara's option doesn't work anymore. she doesn't want to do it. bigger and better than the previous generation. we're in the social media age. you got to do something extravagant, 324 bucks -- >> you don't have to. >> if a guy puts a little thought, you don't need to do big bells and whistles. >> diy. >> it's the surprise element that's free. >> we're very passionate about this. >>> medical alert coming up. >>> coming up, "good morning america's" "deals & steals" brought to you by bank of

celebs, gender rights activists and ordinary people reacting overnight. some were critical. the responses were overwhelmingly positive. >> the one thing that could really make a difference in people's lives was right here in my soul and i could not tell that story. >> reporter: overnight, the world captivated by bruce jenner. >> setting the record straight about tonight's bruce jenner tell-all. >> bruce makes sure that diane covered all the bases. >> it's heistry making. >> reporter: jenner baring his soul with diane sawyer. is there that female side is part of me. it's who i am. >> reporter: the interview blanketing headlines. oprah calling it stunning. lady gaga encouraging her fomering to empower people like bruce. glaad responding to the interview, praising jenner saying it will impact and inspire countless people around the world. >> it was like this big secret in the family. we never talked about it again. >> reporter: and jenner's famous family finally speaking out. kendall and kylie saying i love you. and calling their dad brave. kim praising bruce's courage. and ex-

. >> we heard about the references to other what we might call court celebs over the last 18 months or so i guess it will be very difficult to contain this from a policeing perspective as a one off incident isn't it? >> reporter: you know i think there's going to be a strong sense put forward by police here this one officer doesn't speak for the majority. but there are serious questions about police work in this country and a push by the family of this victim in this case for example, for more police to wear body cameras and for more dashcam cameras in police squad cars in this country, so that incidents are recorded and actually able to be seen in full light. >> what is the time frame now for the officer himself? he's charged with murder. what happens next? >> reporter: he already had a court appearance where there was bond that was discussed and that bond was denied. he'll have another court appearance where there will be a discussion of bond and at some point he will enter a plea in this case and then the wheels of justice slow down a little bit as it takes prosecutors a little bit

if i have to work at one of those resort villas as the help, i will accidentally get pregnant by a celebould you do the same thing? >> would i buy an island. >> no take a job and get pregnant. >> if necessary. we'll get there exsew skeletons whatever. we're on the way. >> would you go back in time and prevent leo from buying this island? >> i would try to. i'd try to prevent him from buying the island so i could buy the island. >> would you prevent him from not being cast in "titanic" so you could be cast in "titanic"? >> absolutely. i still cry when i see "titanic." it's an emotional movie. >> would you use emojis. >> that's it. it said it all for me. set for life. >> leo is doing more of this. he is being a landlord and renting things out. his home in california and now this island. maybe he's going to walk away from acting. >> this all day. >> he still hasn't won an oscar. >> has he not? >> it's sad. >> sad mow ji face for him. >> i thought he was going to get one for "hoover." >> maybe he is turning in to howard hughes and has a remote island. all right. very special thanks to you al

they have an incredible amount of influence and all of the celeb brett teas that you have mentioned,ht, some are gay and some are in between. in terms of this issue, into a human rights issue, that everyone can care about and everyone can get behind. yeah, i think it's incredibly powerful. >> jimmy, isn't that what is sort of impressive to have such a difference of people and institutions all chiming in on this from walmart to people in the far left that are young kids? >> i think that's exactly right. what liz has described and you have described is for all intents and purposes this great american melting pot called america. the fascinating thing about america is that you can be an extremist. on either side by the way. but a super majority of america sees this this overreach, this federalism, this state right and they are morally opposed. guess who is not. the far, far religious right. also guess who is not? every single republican running for president and spending time in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina is not only for it but on board with governor pence. that should tel

competing against other smart watches but high-end switch watches too, there is the gold versions and celebsdrake got early access going for as much as 17,000 dollars. >> the apple watch edition is the most beautiful expression of the watch. >> they believe in the company strategy. >> apple has created over the years, a true luxury brand. it has. you go to an apple store and there is an experience about the apple store that is very unique. so they have been a luxury brand for a long time. >> just hours after it began accepting pre-orders all of the models were sold out. with most not shipping until june. production is stretched but some analysts speculate the company is trying to create added buzz by making the product difficult to get. >> you want to have product available and out there but at the same time, if you can make it harder to get, obviously that is kind of cool. >> none of this indicates whether the product is deemed a success. the watch can do a lot of things like track fitness, get messages and even take phone calls. >> i'm kind of busy can i call you right back? >> sure. no pr

they have to know that they are taking a girl and make them celebs.half of the woman how to look, to eat or not to eat. there's more they have to know. if someone is coming and she's going to be a model, she's going to be responsiblresponsible. to be responsible is to be real. the difference between is coming every season like that. all the people in the media are using drags. they use everything. what is important is that the designer has to understand, there is a person under the clothes. if they understand, they are going to use a woman, not just a piece of flesh. that's what happened at fashion show and in the studio. they are using not model, they are using a boy in woman's clothes. >> he is a fashion photographer for us in tel-aviv, thank you for much. we wish you the best in the campaign. >>> now, thousands of the faithful, the moment to remember. they are celebrating easter sunday mass with pope francis at this very hour. we'll take you live to vatican city. you are looking at live pictures, just ahead. ♪ i've had moderate to severe plaque pso

the first woman president, is woman is on the run, forcing the press to chase her like a hollywood celebumatized from all that sniper fire in bosnia. you remember when she said this. >> i remember landing under sniper fire. there was supposed to be some

the first woman president, is woman is on the run, forcing the press to chase her like a hollywood celeb. what is she running from? maybe she's traumatized from all that sniper fire in bosnia. you remember when she said this. >> i remember landing under sniper fire. there was supposed to be some kind of a gleeting ceremony ate the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base. >> wow, that sounds terrible. if only we had video of those heroics. we do? we do have video? all right. let's see what happened that day. man, those tulip-wielding children, they can be really dangerous. this week hillary continues on the truth tour saying that her four grandparents were all immigrants. turns out only one was an immigrant. three were not. but the best is when her spokesperson comes out and says her grandparents always spoke about the immigrant experience and as a result she always thought of them as immigrants. you know, my dad always spoke about the yankees. but it never made me think he was a yankee. so why would a smart woman who knows her own

. >> our favorite celebs hitting the red carpet at the white house correspondent's dinner. >> for thes of "blackish," it's a first. >> landing gyrocopters on the lawn of the white house. i park myself next to the exit in case something goes down. i'm from compton. >> this is my first. >> this is my first, as well. >> it's exciting. a bucket list situation. >> the perfect segue for the star of the night, the commander in chief. >> after the midterm elections my advisers asked me, do you have a bucket list? and i said, well, i have something that rhymes with bucket list. take executive action on immigration, bucket. >> the president comes each year to hobnob with washington's press corps. the president even employing comedy through the obama anger translator. >> traditions like the white house correspondents dinner are important. >> i mean really, what is he saying? and why am i required to come to it? >> and as always, he gets in a few shots at republicans. >> rick santorum announced he would not attend the same-sex wedding of a friend or a loved one. to which gays and lesbians across

. >> the problem with this eric, it's another like cause celeb years later that people from hollywoodand was gone and started claiming he was innocent when he is not. >> i he is like a rock star in prison. >> they named a street after him in france. in philadelphia where they know the facts of the case they certainly don't. >> judge is suspended with pay. what ultimately should happen? >> i don't know what her background is as far as whether she has had had any other problems. >> does it matter? >> personally, i wouldn't want her teaching my children. if she feels it's a good idea to take 3rd graders and have them write letters to a convicted cop killer, i don't want her teaching my 3rd grader. >> the orange county school board has a way and protocol to handle this. if they find that she should be fired, they need the superintendent to recommend that as well as majority of the board. so it seems like they have good cause here to terminate her. she did tweet about this. multiple tweets. >> she violated some of the most common sense rules and laws of -- they are 8-year-olds. they are 3r

touted by everyone from the foodies of instagram including celebs like gwyneth paltrow -- and camerondant rich powdered green tea. so with michele promaulayko we are putting it under the microscope in health detective to find out why it is all the rage. how did you first hear about matcha? >> matcha is centuries old and now it is a popular health drink and celebrities are loving it. we are all getting in on it. >> reporter: we headed to matcha bar in brooklyn. one of the first matcha-only cafes in the country. >> unlike regular green tea, the tea leaves are dried and powdered. >> what about this color? no mistaking it is very green. >> it is because it has chlorophyll in it which is super healthy and detoxifying. >> with ten times the antioxidants of green tea it is hailed as a super food. and with close to double the caffeine of a cup of green tea it is dubbed the healthy espresso. >> will you teach me, matcha master? >> i can do that. >> reporter: and then a test of my matcha making skills. it tastes clean and fresh. >> uplifting instead of sweeter and heavier. >> reporter: hard to

i look at the framework and it does call for intrusive inspections, not only of their nuclear the celebes but of the supply chain -- nuclear facilities, but of the supply chain. it is not a freeze, it is a rollback. i have positive views about the framework and pray that the progress of continue because as i look at the alternative, to me -- did you plan that? as i look at the alternative to this negotiation, this ongoing negotiation, it is frightening to the american people. they don't want another war. we had a colleague on the other side of the aisle actually called for bombing iran now. and i feel there are more than one that feel this way. i feel that by this committee taking control of this process i think it is the best thing we can do. the very last point, i hope people read the letter we got from eight administrations, five republican administrations and three democrat, urging us not to take any action to derail the ongoing negotiations. and i have to tell you, they are smart people. they know what they are talking about. and that is why i was very, very concerned. frankly, if i

he was on one hand very celeb brat tory of obama and he wanted to engage in dialogue with himory of obama and he wanted to engage in dialogue with him but he said he didn't trust him. it was a bit checkered. >> how do you think his demands have been received? >> well at the regional level, he seemed to have garnered, you know almost unanimous support. braille every single latin american country and caribbean country rallied behind his request. in fact, this was a sole divided issue that didn't allow for there to be a joints statement coming out of the summit of the americas. but the u.s. basically made no mention of the impact on pennsylvania. obama d not mention him whatsoever during his speech. after the talks were over the assistant secretary was very clear that this the executive order was not really about really thinking that venzuela pose add threat to the u.s. but that there were seven government officials that it was issuing targeted sanctions because the u.s. was firm in their belief that these officials had either abused human rights in venzuela or were engaged in such high-leve

plenty of a-list celebs from big bird -- >> this is so much fun. >> reporter: -- to the "so you think can dance" all-stars are all in the action. but is the let's move campaign shrinking childhood obesity? when the first lady launched the program in 2010 america's kids were in trouble. 2.7 million children were obese. today, the results are mixed. the good news from 2010 to 2012 childhood obesity among children 2 to 5 years old has dropped by 3.7%. the bad news for children 12 to 19 years old, obesity has increased. through her white house garden and partnerships with businesses and schools, obama has also pushed good nutrition. >> we have seen grocery store manufacturers putting healthy food and they are keeping the prices low, and classrooms are putting in salad bars. >> reporter: but it's been an uphill battle. when obama initially tried to up the nutritional standards in the federal school lunch program which serves 31 million children she was faced with a rebellion. kids tweeting out pictures of the mandatory fruits and veggies, calling them gross and yucky mystery mush. teens po

. >> reporter: some recruiting celebs to get in on the game.iving this girl muscle to ask her football-crazed friend to prom. >> will you go to prom with cara. >> reporter: bryan cranston breaking a seriously bad question for these prom goers last year. >> maddie if you don't go to the prom with steven it may be your best course of action would be to tread lightly. >> reporter: an over-the-top trend. >> oh, my god. >> turning teenagers in to puddles everywhere. >> the cost has been going down. it is $919. over the past few years it's gone down a little bit. >> it seems it would put so much pressure on teenagers. what if you put all of that time and money in to a promposal or if you are a young woman or man on the other side of that, if you want to say no. >> you are on the spot. >> like a marriage proposal. you have to say yes in front of everybody and then go back and correct it later if you need to. >> that's what the engagement period is for. maybe there's a prom engagement lead up period. everyone loves the way dark clothes make them feel..

. >> reporter: our favorite celebs hitting the red carpet at the white house correspondents' dinner.'s chaos here. >> reporter: for the stars of abc's "black-ish" a first. landing copters on the white house lawn. you got any security concerns about this evening. >> i always park myself next to the exit just in case something goes down. i'm from compton. >> this is my first. >> reporter: my first, as well. >> exciting. the bucket list situation. >> reporter: the perfect segue for the star of the night, the commander in chief. >> now, as to the midterm elections my advisers asked me, mr. president, do you have a bucket list, and i said, well, i have something that rhymes with bucket list. take executive action on immigration. bucket. >> reporter: the president was hobnobbing with washington's press corps and the president even employing comedy central's obama anger translator. >> traditions like the white house correspondents' dinner are important. >> i mean, really. why? and why am i required to talk to it? >> reporter: and as always a few shots at republicans. >> rick santorum announ

baltimore, tulsa, oklahoma, so many interactions where police and black citizens have become such a cause celeb. there in a nut shell, although we didn't have body cam, distinctly weren't and i don't think there was much of an argument made at the time that we should have had something like that although people would think that. >> i was also going to say civil charges doesn't necessarily mean admission of guilt. sometimes what happens in civil charges is just what we've been discussing. you can have civil charges, then that leads to policy changes, because that can be part of the agreement in the civil charge. you therefore can move ahead to the criminal charge because he still can be found innocent. you can have innocence in a criminal charge and still also have a civil charge against you. >> remember from the county stand pointish the word used throughout all these police departments is transparency and that's what you did not see with fairfax county police department. >> we have seen protests in d.c. dozens marched against police brutality and racial profiling this week and it follows the d

celebs and film goers stopping to take pictures delay the event.luding cate blanchett, matthew mcconaughey will be there this year. >> it will be big if he succeeds. >> we have talk about making "gma" a selfie-free zone. thus far, no luck. >>> finally, a "pop news" investigation this morning. or should a say a pup news investigation. a new report in science magazine. >> aw. >> yeah there's a reason you just did that. there's an effect of puppy dog eyes that is real. researchers have found that dogs who gaze longingly at their owners not only experience a boost this their own oxytocin but their owners are getting a boost of the same thing. it's called eye to eye communication. it bonds you with your dogs very much in the same way it does w to parent and child. puppy love is real. trust me. i know. i have three pairs of those eyes waiting for me at home. >> they said dogs developed this over thousands and thousands of years. >> really interesting. i didn't want to get too scientific scientific. but the study goes on to say wolves don't make eye conta

>>reporter:plenty of a-list celebs from big bird >>reporter:to the "so you think you can dance all-starser:but is the 4.5 billion dollar "let's move" campaign shrinking childhood obesity? >>reporter:when the first lady launched lets move in 2010--- america's kids were in trouble. >>reporter:12.7 million children were obese. >>reporter:two years into the campaign---more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese. >>reporter:today---the results are mixed. >>reporter:the good news----from 2010 to 2o12 childhood obesity among children 2 to 5 years old---has dropped by 3.7 percent. >>reporter:the bad news----for children 12 to 19 years old obesity has increased. >>reporter:through her white house garden, and partnerships with businesses and schools obama has also pushed good nutrition. >>:"we've seen grocery store manufacturers putting healthy food there and keeping the prices low. schools, classrooms are putting in salad bars." >>reporter:but it's been an uphill battle. >>reporter:when obama initially tried to up the nutritional standards in the federal school lunch

even celebs like actress mila kunis using virtual help while her baby is sleeping. >> we have my parentsep and they have to watch the monitor. >> reporter: but raffi is using this high-tech helping hand to baby-sit her almost 2-year-old son. >> facetime helps me pretty much get those little chunks of time that i need. it usually lasts about, ooh, i would say 20 minutes to 30 minutes. sometimes you can go as long as an hour. >> reporter: she says instead of plopping him in front of the tv while she cleans up the house or tries getting work done -- >> bye. >> reporter: -- about twice a week out-of-state relatives keep an eye on him over facetime. >> he's always in the same room. my line of sight to him is always available. i always see where he is. >> reporter: still she says there have been close calls. >> he was on the bed about to roll off and my sister is like, hey, hey, he's rolling. he's rolling. >> reporter: and while many moms calling this a clever and creative solution, many others are quick to criticize saying this is beyond absurd and ridiculous. babies and toddlers don't need c