dolly madison, four. michelle obama is in fifth place followed by hillary clinton, lady bird johnson. don levy is the director of the siena research institute. dr. levy, what do you see in this top 10 list? >> what is most amazing about this survey is that five times in 32 years, we interviewed historians, political scientists, scholars who study the presidency and the institution of the first lady. what is amazing is the consistency over time. eleanor roosevelt is first every time. she really stands out as the quintessential american first lady. if we were going to put a picture up of first lady in the dictionary, it would be eleanor roosevelt. >> why is that? >> we look at 10 different categories. we look at the background of the first ladies. their value to the country. how much value they had to their president. whether she is her own women. eleanor roosevelt was truly a trendsetting innovator. she reshaped that institution. she told american women that they mattered and that they were important in po

. > dolly madison. somebody who was the first to bring together the role as social partner with the role of political partner. james was a very shy person. dolly was very outgoing. she was his p.r. person. she was quite skilled at it. very politically savvy woman. she would use, under the guise of entertaining, she would use that to lobby people for what his policies were and very uccessfully. >> i'm going to ask you to think about this and we will take a few calls. among the first ladies and their spouses, which had the greatest love story? let's listen to marry in philadelphia at what you think about that answer. >> thank you for taking my call. my question is for the panel through the series we have learned so much about the first ladies through their letters. they have given us insight on who they are as people, their lives in the white house, and the role in history. going forward, how would historians write the modern first lady story? will they be using their twitter accounts,s that i facebook ac

such was the kenyans respect for dolly even named a son dolly boy as you'd know it the sixteen year old kenyan is now a cross-country skier. we're going up to number two to zero. so number two just in a couple chilcote holden's while norway dominate the cross country skiing it's hard enough to beat them when you're fit and healthy just in a culture that she suffered a fractured foot's a month before the limbic system will decide to carry on jet a special boots built for these games and she took all of that we see in her favorite event the ten kilometers and managed to get victory this is this is one hartley de iron lady she prefers to climbs robin descents but she managed to be the norwegian and while said i've got to tell you how it's also holding spread over to . go to my top mark goes to tom ford of he's a russian cos country here as well but he just went he had an equipment problem halfway through his race and a sprint is broke a lot of people watching on. brilliant stories a first couple of days was yeah absolutely it's a misprint one of those events and everyone was looking on

said he could -- madison could be defeated, james madison could be defeated if only it wasn't for dolly so first ladies have had that kind of influence. it's almost as i said impossible, naive to think they wouldn't have some informal influence but they do not have any formal role or formal duty beyond what any citizen would have. like i said, an ability to introduce laws or pass executive orders and things of that effect. host: we'll have one more call for this segment. joe from west chester, pennsylvania. caller: good morning, professor watson. i just wanted to call and i was kind of forced to call after the gentleman from arkansas called. i just wanted to say it was very appreciative of the way that you handled that call, the gentleness in which you spoke to that fellow. and your mastery of your subject. i just wish i had a history professor as enjoyable as you are this morning. i think i would have retained a lot more history. your parents must be very, very proud of you and that's all i have to say. thank you. guest: thank you, joe. i can assure that "washington journal" that joe i

and abc news recounts the lives of numerous american revolutionary women from martha washington to dolly madison. this is about an hour. [applause] so is this cool or what you get out of school and come here to this bookstore which has been on saturday night live, and the president came to this bookstore so this is a very special place and it's very special for me to get here so i am very pleased. but i am also pleased to be able to talk to you about this because when i was a kid growing up even well into my time as an adult i would look at all of these stories from history and all these pictures and paintings and all that statute i started to think maybe there were not any then. do you think there are any around the time of the declaration of independence or the constitution and all that, do you think they were actual women? probably. i did start to think about it and thought adam and e., they were winning then although my favorite bumpers wicker is she was framed. [laughter] so of course living here and growing up here i did go to mount vernon all the time, so i did know that there was

at that point, james madison became secretary of state and dolly madison came to town. she understood that even man, very early in our history, people were fighting with each other, just like they do today. the republicans, federalists read each other so. she figured this fragile, young country might fall apart, so she made everybody come together and get together and have parties together and behave as she was very well aware of what she was doing. and it did bring a lot of people who otherwise would we arguing with each other. they would come and have drinks at her house and have to each other and make political compromises. at one point, henry clay was a very important member of congress at the time said to her, everybody loves mrs. madison. she said that's because mrs. madison loves everybody. now i have read her mail and that's not sure. but she managed to convince people of the. then of course we had another war with the british under james madison's administration. the war of 1812, right? the british came and it was? either party had someone. you back there. [ina

followed by abigail adams, jacqueline kennedy and dolly madison.ecretary of state hillary rodham clinton came in 6th, a value to the country and accomplishments. >>> and preparations are well underway ahead of the dahly llama's visit. there is still a lot of work to be done but everything will be completed on time. >> we will break confidence and we should be done pipe thursday -- done by thursday and we still have about three or four days before his holiness comes. >> organizers say the number of tibetan americans are at 15 to more than 2000 today. >>> for the first time the public is getting to see ratings foreseen or online database, those are located here with the highest bay area offender being the residential care home and missing bright with more -- mill bright with more than 27,000 in fines. they are working to fix the issues as quickly as possible. >>> residence remain -- residents remain at odds over the city which happened three years ago. some residents say they are living in fear and it wassed that which to damage homes. they have cove

dolly madison, four. michelle obama is in fifth place, followed by hillary clinton and lady bird johnson, betty ford, martha washington and roselyn carter round out the top 10. don levy is the director of the institute.rch dr. levy, what do you see in this top 10 list? >> what is most amazing about times, 32y is five years, we interview historians, political scientists, scholars who study the presidency and institution of the first lady. what is amazing is consistency over time. eleanor roosevelt first, every years.ver 32 she really stands out is the quintessential american first lady. if we were going to put a picture of a first lady in the dictionary, it would be eleanor roosevelt. >> why is that? >> we look at 10 different categories. the background, the value to the country, how much value they had to their president. whether she is her own woman. again and again, we see eleanor roosevelt stand out. trendsetting a first lady, not only fdr's , but shend counselor reshaped that institution. she told ame

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he was enslaved to james and dolly madison. was the first individual to write about working in the white house. memoir in the late 1860's that talked about the time when he was in the white house. he was there in 1814, when the british were literally burning down the city, was part of the contingent of folks attempting to get materials out of the white house and preserve them before the british came. he was supposed to be freed when james madison died, but dolly madison basically reneged on the deal. it took him a few years to buy his freedom, which he eventually did. dollyn came to help madison. she came on hard times, was not wealthy, was not part of the social elite. when she fell on hard times and her family and friends abandoned her, jennings would bring her food and money and look after her. important about paul jennings -- was that he was central to the largest attempt of escaping slavery in washington, d.c., this happened in 1848. for a number of reasons, the attempt failed, but jennings was being a part of it. it was o

dolly madison, four. michelle obama is in fifth place, followed by hillary clinton and lady bird johnson, betty ford, martha washington and roselyn carter round out the top 10. don levy is the director of the siena research institute. dr. levy, what do you see in this top 10 list? >> what is most amazing about this survey is five times, 32 years, we interview historians, political scientists, scholars who study the presidency and institution of the first lady. what is amazing is consistency over time. eleanor roosevelt first, every time, over 32 years. she really stands out is the quintessential american first lady. if we were going to put a picture of a first lady in the dictionary, it would be eleanor roosevelt. >> why is that? >> we look at 10 different categories. the background, the value to the country, how much value they had to their president. whether she is her own woman. again and again, we see eleanor roosevelt stand out. she truly was a trendsetting first lady, not only fdr's partner and coun

she was a hostess in the mold of dolly madison.her events were so well attended that she hired a journalist to come in and help her write catchy lines, something that she could say in a toast or a greeting. that was the first informal higher. the first first lady it really had a staffer with teddy roosevelt's wife. edith. shortly after coming into office in 1901, she was so popular and teddy roosevelt was so popular. a charismatic person. the press could not get enough. mrs. roosevelt founders also inundated with letters and requests that she simply could not get to them in a full day. they've reassigned a clerk from the war department by the name james, onhagner salary, and reassigned her to work for the first lady. that was the first staffer to work for the first lady. --t we see in terms of staff the advent was really under jackie kennedy. jackie kennedy decided early on that she was going to restore or renovate the white house. she did a magnificent job. it was a historic renovation. iturning the white house to historic western

. >>> and then, the dolly lama in the bay area tonight. thousands of supporters and protesters, part of a visit coming up. >>> i'm scott budman. for those of us with shopping, sight is something we take for granted. thanks to a ten-year-old, it's getting easier for the blind. >>> it's the final few days of the olympics. a live look at the olympic torch. there it is. burning bright and it's early saturday morning in russia and team usa probably still sleeping off another heart break on the ice. jack has the story from sochi. >> reporter: another dagger from the north, team canada beats the u.s. men's team in olympic hockey. the canadians locked down the high-powered offense and shut them out 1-0. >> there is a couple opportunities to tie that up there. it's unfortunate that we couldn't. it's a pretty bad feeling, though. >> reporter: earlier in the day, sweden beat finland 2-1 to advance to the gold medal game. the americans will take on the fins tomorrow for the bronze. the canadians' victory is one day after the women's team suffered an o

. >>> the international symbol of nonviolence, the dolly lama is coming to town. ,, the great americanovel. so you can happily let life get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. so you can but it could be one for the record books. the foundation is for a new >>> it may sound mundane, but it could be one for the record books, it is for a new sky scraper in downtown la which will be the tallest building west of the mississippi. the marathon concrete pour began this evening and expected to last 20 hours. the longest ever continuous pour. a guinness official is on hand to certify the record. >>> they are welcoming their spiritual leader, they are renn valvating for the dalai lama's visit. >> reporter: at the community center in richmond, volunteers mix up decree meant for the arrival of the dalai lama. >> he's been our force, he is everything to us. >> reporter: in a prayer room, they are offering incense and precious metals. it will be placed inside this statute of buddha. >>

[ mumbling dolly parton melody ] ♪ looks like you're getting the bronze tonight! >> yeah! a sore winner. let's start again. i apologize. i take it all back. >> is there contact allowed here? >> jimmy: no contact allowed. don't hit me, please. all right reese, start again. >> okay. >> jimmy: here we go. all right. if we win this one usher, we're [ laughter ] >> jimmy: why are you not guessing? >> france? >> no, they like cake, and they're always on time. >> austria? >> close, you're very close! [ laughter ] >> germany. >> yes. >> jimmy: they like cake. >> everybody likes cake. >> okay, if you can't see you are what? >> oh, sorry. >> if you can't see you are -- jimmy: blind. >> right, so you go out on this? >> jimmy: blind date! >> bam. [ applause ] >> okay. she sings. she has a foundation that helps build schools. >> shakira. >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that was weird. i don't know how you got that, but her hips do not lie by the way. [ laughter ] if you are a baby and you're throwing a fit, it's two words starts with a -- >> hissy fit. >> jimmy: you're like

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dolly was hands-on and warm. elizabeth monroe, her successor, was more aloof. going to return calls which made her very, very unpopular. and a lot of the women in washington decided they were not going to come. so a lot of the monroe administration dinners were stag affairs. when jackson and van buren were in the whitehouse they were widowers. so they had substitute first ladies who didn't do very much in the way of official entertaining. they were young girls at 22-25 years old. they didn't have that kind of experience. the one first lady who really started entertaining very nicely was another substitute first lady harriet lane who was acting first lady during the bucannon administration. she had a bit of experience and ent ent entertained graciously. she was in charge of the guest list, seating plans and who was coming and who would be there and who would be introduce and how. mary lincoln didn't entertainment because there was a war going on and show was morning. after the civil war, entertaining got to be better >> as we moved into the 21st century, to t--

especially today, because dolly just represented mr.o just bought a four-floor penthouse in manhattan for $57 million. congratulations. that must be quite the commission for you. you have had higher? >> oh, yeah, much higher commission than this. >> we have an inside look here of the apartment. >> this is pre the sale. this is when we filmed it way before the sale, way before we knew anything. it's interesting. >> tell us about some of the little gems that you can get for $57 million. we know for instance that rupert murdoch is a new bachelor. what kind of bachelor pad features does this one have? >> i have to tell you, it is the most spectacular apartment and i may say that a lot but this truly is the most spectacular apartment i have ever been in. the building is a new building. >> one madison. what's interesting, it's downtown, below 57th street. >> exactly. it's downtown, in the epicenter of the world. the views are spectacular in every direction. you really have 360 degree views from every room. it's just -- there are no words. you

dolly was hands-on and warm. elizabeth monroe, her successor, was more aloof. the women in washington decided they were not going to come. so a lot of the monroe administration dinners were stag affairs. when jackson and van buren were in the whitehouse they were widowers. so they had substitute first ladies who didn't do very much in the way of official entertaining. they were young girls at 22-25 years old. they didn't have that kind of experience. the one first lady who really started entertaining very nicely was another substitute first lady harriet lane who was acting first lady during the bucannon administration. she had a bit of experience and ent ent entertained graciously. she was in charge of the guest list, seating plans and who was coming and who would be there and who would be introduce and how. mary lincoln didn't entertainment because there was a war going on and show was morning. after the civil war, entertaining got to be better >> as we moved into the 21st century, to t-- what changed in terms of the role of the first lady? >> transportation w

. >> what about you, dolly? >> i would give a meter to every buyer of an apartment just to get them into the habit of doing that themselves and to expose them to it. that's a way to not necessarily reach the ultimate consumer but to reach me and i reach the ultimate consumer. so there are conduits and ways to do that. for that reason, i'm in. >> people are approaching them. they want to be partners and also at least at this stage, i'm sure there will be competition in the future. at least at this stage, they feel they are not competing with anyone head-to-head. i'm going to say i'm in on this as well. we've got two ins, one out. tom, what's your reaction? >> every time we save one matter of rain forest we are making an incremental impact. we just wanted to think outside of the box on this and do it in a different way. i think that if other people compete with us and copy us, it's only going to benefit the world in a better way. >> that's a good way of looking at it. thank you very much for joining us. tom murray

dolly deco was becoming the fifth fatality in venezuela's political unrest president that you are like his late mentor and to treat this as a q tip chavez sees the hand of washington and applauded at what's wrong with venezuelan opposition to keep anything that was john kerry and to bomb a support to seize political power by vince the are we going to be the single red nike seller and stories that they support as the loop as doubt that the court when he was due to appear accused of fomenting unrest the hearing was transferred to the jail when he's being held up to hunting himself in on tuesday the mrs encouraged supporters to continue pointing to the departure of the two governments and the founder of the issues like inflation and corruption europe's ocean this will come up on top of the european elections in just over three months according to a new study. a poll survey says they'll be the center right conservatives but twenty seats. it's all such opinion poll five years ago has an accuracy rate of ninety percent of the co authors of the four kos poll during his all new trends in the m

she was a hostess in the mold of dolly madison.her events were so well attended that she hired a journalist to come in and help her write catchy lines, something that she could say in a toast or a greeting. that was the first informal higher. the first first lady it really had a staffer with teddy roosevelt's wife. edith. shortly after coming into office in 1901, she was so popular and teddy roosevelt was so popular. a charismatic person. the press could not get enough. mrs. roosevelt founders also inundated with letters and requests that she simply could not get to them in a full day. they've reassigned a clerk from the war department by the name james, onhagner salary, and reassigned her to work for the first lady. that was the first staffer to work for the first lady. --t we see in terms of staff the advent was really under jackie kennedy. jackie kennedy decided early on that she was going to restore or renovate the white house. she did a magnificent job. it was a historic renovation. iturning the white house to historic western

more likely to be republican if you listen to dolly parton. >>> who do historians say is the best first other than eleanor roosevelt, followed by ab gail adams, michelle obama, hillary clinton all due to a poll. >>> groupon tweeted they're celebrating president's day with a $10 discount in honor of alexander hamilton calling him, quote, undeniably one of our greatest presidents, question mark? the problem is, hamilton was never president. he is on the $10 bill though. groupon, though, hamilton was our first ever treasury secretary, footnote there. next deal history class. >>> and "house of cards" season two, need we say more? i'm halfway through the season. no spoilers though. how realistic is this series? listen to frank underwood himself. >> for me, it's like performance art, you know? i sometimes watch it and actually we can get done shooting on a day and i'll come home and turn on the news and i'll think, our story lines are not that crazy, they're really not. >>> that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. joining me is david nakamura. dana millbank said as he wrote in an op ed

dolly and is now at one hundred and two point three nine to fall one. what typically is cautious about the dollar as the eye. also he seemed to some reference to us economic data overnight new home building in january fell to their lowest level in almost three years. so son and that is saved and no signs of inflationary pressure in the us economy the euro yen and smell. here he is now at the one hundred and forty point five seven two six seven and later today even received a preliminary heat as bc purchasing managers index for china in february and we'll see how that an amicus trade lookout for cheap and you mentioned earlier i play into my kits around the asia pacific region. i see it. ideally this allow for that update mimi found that at the stock exchange said on this lo is from us on the business then scott this hour i'll leave you with the attack on some other markets. it is. we warn investors who do due to age the tokyo market leads to win. he wanted to rule the world this is a quick change the course of the economy. the rate of christmas. there's

dolly has not had one hundred and two point two four two two sikhs compared to one hundred and two point seven when the my kid here in japan closed on tuesday. my twenty s still did all i have to overnight week the us economic data caching this prissy peggy lee told the market balanced media that the president and as traders will be milking to more economic data like housing starts and the minutes of the fence genuinely meeting for additional trading cues. and your onion smell is not at one hundred and forty point seven one two seven seeks to help keep track of one my kid developments and i'll be back later with more beats that t i o k e lee thinks i will talk to her in a few hours vietnam is stepping up efforts to strengthen its transportation infrastructure as the economy continues to expand and officials there have decided to top japanese no help in running transportation. traffic congestion in vietnam is worsening as the urban population increases on the back of the country's economic growth. sources say officials in the southern province of b and so on given the go ahead to transit

paula deen, she will be coming back and opening operation near dolly parton's themepark.nection, any thoughts about what that teaches you about how the food is presented and the images used? >> bojangles is comfort food. bojangles is made from scratch and fresh. that impacts all we do and our marketing. that presentation and marketing is about the incredible loyalty that bojangles has. that's where we aim that message. >> thank you very much, eric newman. do you have a favorite biscuit? >> the cajun filet, but there's nothing like the country biscuit, double ham. >> eric newman, executive vice president, general counsel of bojangles. stocks of nutrisystem fell 10%. i will talk with the chief executive of the weight-loss company next. ♪ >> one of the big movers in today's stock market, nutrisystem, shares falling 10%. the firstguidance of quarter that -- it was less than analysts had estimated. joining me is the president and chief executive, dawn zier. welcome to "taking stock." your day -- weke will tie up the stock business at the beginning. yournnot be fun to see stock

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we caught up with some speakers, bot &ing tobias for dolly. they specialize in robotics. >> wow.t a design. is design? design is not a discipline to me. it is an approach or methodology. the power design can be implied -- applied in many areas. it is a creative design studio. what we do here is the result of a unique culture where we intertwine both the artist and engineer. it becomes a very powerful thing to generate innovative and creative ideas of the world has never seen before. we have done a lot of commercial work and have done a lot of work in film. we were involved in the film "gravity." were ase robots that possible for the motion control on the set. we build a lot of things here. we do not build a robust you see behind me. these are manufactured robots that we are constantly asking to do things that they were never designed to do. working at a place like this is inherently challenging. the focus of the job is to imagine things that are not really possible and then find ways to bring them into reality. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg west," where our focus is on technology and t

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jazz singer and you have some association with john hendricks, that is like theg tibetan and knowing dolly dalai lama. bring the the cost to album to where it is right now? >> if you have great songs and you have a good talent and you are being noticed and restaurants or in clubs, or whatever kind of gigs you are getting, you will need a little bit of cash to record and seek publicity. campaign, possibly. all of the things i going to selling a record require not enormous sum but fairly sizable chunk. >> and a commitment of your time. how long will you be other road? >> this is my mission in life. i have been out here while. thanks to some people, i am beginning to fly above the radar. >> thank you for spending time with us. sean sullivan, jazz musician. he has a new album. coming up, we finish our business of romance being with a little food. cooking with culinary spirits. , restoration spirits has designed a line of spears that is designed to be used for cooking. the founder and the chief executive joins me now. thank you very much for being here. youhave to point out that received an emm

justin cannot urges president obama back to me with dolly llama.ting is a gross interference that is said. it would hurt relations between chinese and u.s. trad. >> : he will be giving up public talk and the committee theater in berkeley. so for a response from the obama administration trad. >> : yours are wondering what took them so long will let you see what he finds in this edition of people behaving badly. >> : cell look at this red car parked at terminal 8 at saturday national airport. the general set and sits and sits. i come back to her and her husband what a she is waiting for in a moment. >> : messages from social media to me to look at the airport. here i am. >> : the current area as washed over by a security firm. they have the ability to issue tickets when they have a problem. at the airport you have drivers totally engrosses into their cell phones. and pedestrians crossing against the light. >> : smoking directly in front as no-smoking time sciencsigns is m here. even though it's not allowed. >> : trevor's park wherever they wont lefor

like johnny cash was had hits on the pop chart and i don't know eddy arnold and glen campbell and dolly parton i mean there's always there have always been crossover artist and country music so i don't feel like in the way it's really changed that much of the country musician and the fan that's in quote all the styles of music all they are the closest right i believe so i'll explain that i've been to fanfare yeah i interview you when you were a fan the big it's very not unusual to see tom two stars closely attached with their phone yeah well i i just feel like we were very excessive all you know i think that that family the relationship with our fans is so. important and i mean i feel like their friends you know especially with social media and social media has become such a huge way of connecting with twitter and facebook and all of that i kind of when i first was asked to do that i was a little put off or just confused by it because it you know it's so different to say connect in that way to show people and a glimpse of inside your life and what you know what you had for lunch or what

at this point, organizers acknowledge there is still a lot of work to be done before the dolly dahmerl dahly llama arrives this sunday. >> organizers say it has grown up to more than 2000 today. >> group on is offering a special president's day deal but they end up having to take a special class on it. they are offering a 10-dollar discount on the president's who's face is on the bill and the only problem he was never a president. group on is not saying if it is just a you joke or if it's just a real joke. it is for many people and many businesses, also federal and state counties will be closed and public schools around here and the postal service is also taking the day off and most will be on holiday schedules, but don't forget, parking meters will still be enforced. >>> both san francisco giants and the and the and the first full scott, they were -- full squad, they were already there, he just signed add $2.1 million deal and redick is hoping to bounce back. >>> meanwhile they are there for their spring training and giants players will not report to ram and the giants and a's will p

she was followed by abigail adams, jacqueline kennedy, dolly madison, and michelle obama. >> self tying sneakers? see what is making the shoes reality. >> we have the award. it could be a precursor for the oscar of best picture. this 40 two-year-old mother is beating the odds after first getting pregnant with triplets. what everyone shocked. >> she is either one of the worst serial killers the country is ever seen were teenager looking for attention after being charged with a craig a new claims tonight from 19-year-old woman arrested in connection with the pennsylvania thrill kill. is claimingarbour to have killed more than 20 people around the country. investigators are trying to figure out if she is telling the truth or telling a tall tale. >> kris van cleave has the details. >> police believed barbara and her husband wanted to kill someone together. tobour is saying she wants tell it all. the confession of a serial killer or a teenager's plea for attention? barber couldaranda face the death penalty if convicted for what police call a thrill kill. allegedly killing a man she met on cr

. >> i was thinking dolly. >> fair enough. also, a fine choice. you happy now?> yes. >> we've still got a long way to get to the record. that's the most snow we've had and for snow lovers, at least we have something to look outside of the window. but even i as a snow lover don't really care for it when it turns to brown ugly slop on the side of the road. out there on the saturday morning, more rain drops and snowflakes to deal with. today's snow, which is mostly going to be over with by about lunchtime, between lunch 2:00 and 3:00 this afternoon, not expecting a whole lot, but it may be enough with snow on the ground and plenty of cold air around. maybe enough to put a little fresh coating of white. even here in the metro area, might be able to get 1/2 inch, maybe an inch out of this. we're watching it closely. prince georges county, montgomery, fairfax, arlington, the district, everybody covered up with what is mostly rain drops, but there are snowflakes mixing in. moving into prince william, west of the woodbridge and quantico. this is also bringing -- going t

and i'm like dolly. the redder the better. the more the merrier. >> at the limon correctional facility in colorado, we met inmates who have had more permanent transformations. aaron cooper, serving 10 years for assault and escape, didn't stretch his ear lobes until he got to prison. >> did it about four years ago when i was in ad seg. no reason, really. i just like the way it looked. it started with the tooth of a comb and started wrapping saran wrap about it and got it fatter and fatter. this was bigger than i wanted to go, but these were the only things that were round enough that when the officers could take them, i could put more back in, just little plastic bottle caps. >> tell me what the legality is here. >> there wasn't when i first started, but it goes under the tattooing writeup. but i don't ever wear them out of the cell block. it doesn't create any problems with the officers. i just wear them in here. i want them to be worn when i get out. >> but limon inmate derek web, serving 10 years for vehicle theft and vandal

in 4th dolly madison, in 3rd, jack so kennedy abigail adams came in second the top first lady eleanorsevelt. >> this is the oops. on-line company groupon honors alexander hamilton for presidents' day. one problem, hamilton was president. the company calls him one of the greatest presidents and most widely recognized for establishing the country's financial system. he was the first secretary of the treasury and is on the $10 bill but he was never commander-in-chief. groupon's promotion offers $10 off a $40 coupon purchased today. >>> 20 minutes after the top of the hour. a wild turkey marks territory from sitting on top of fuel pumps to chasing customers at the store. the shoppers there why they are saying it needs to go. >> this toddler puts all of us to shame. at 3 years old she has an iq above 160. meet the pint sized jean genius up next. : >> how is that song to get you going on a monday morning. from the streets of new york city to your home town. a science project to tell you about that went horribly wrong in seattle. two teenaged boys working on the assignment involving model ro

if you listen to dolly parton and other country musicians, pandora says you probably vote republican.epublican zip codes. according to pandora, you probably vote democratic if you listen to daft punk. what i thought was interesting, folks with most eclectic music tastes tend to vote democratic. i think it is about all of these streaming music services are trying to find ways to make money. these are apps on your phone. they have to make money. advertising is the big thing. there are all sorts of ways to advertise. now, we are listening to music adds. it is interesting. >> it is interesting. it still seems so stereo typical to me. it just does. i know a lot of conservative republicans that like groups other than yanni and dolly parton. >> it is one of those things we have to look at it and see how it evolves. i know a lot of folks who listen to country music and they are democrats. >> get-out. >> you have to add on the layer of the zip code. you have to look and have a rich determination to serve an ad that fits. >> lore segal, many thanks. >>> could the new mayor of san diego be the n

her so-called smog dolly series shows the painters frustration witness stand china's poisonous air pollutionshe's taken them to the streets, handing out face masks last year s. months later she posed with one of the paintings. the photos soon appeared on china's version of twitter. though many posts were deleted by government censors. these are relatively common, particularly when the air is so thick with smog that your eyes and the back of your throat burn after spending time outside. it's pollution that infuriates many in china. even though political protests are banned in china some, like the artist, are finding creative ways to vent their anger. in december, students in central china stage an elaborate street performance. they wanted to illustrate what it feels like to be choking on smog, they explained. online, they post cartoons like this one showing smog essentials. combing is careful to explain the differences between anti-government protesters and artists like her. >> translator: my paintings are memories i want to leave for the next generations. in 100 years i hope people will be i

there are several very good books and there is a wonderful biography of dolly madison called perfect union. there are several good biographies about abigail adams. but what people haven't done is put them all together with how they interact with each other and focus on the politics of it. and since i am a political reporter, that's something that i wanted to do. >> you in the blue shirt right there. [inaudible question] >> what do i like most about this book? >> welcome i really loved the illustrations. and also it's got some sections they give you more. the 10 women, each one gives you a page about the woman and her life story. then another page that tells a couple of anecdotes about her. then they do have a section in the middle about women warriors and women writers and we have a timeline at the beginning and what i like about that is that you really did a lot of information in a short period of time. and the first person ever to do with my just turned a year old granddaughter. and then she got her mom up the next morning and said i have to redo this book and here are my favorites