dr. jill biden. (cheers and applause) dr. biden, thanks so much. i will not pass that up. thank you so much for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> stephen: this is a big get for me because i've had your husband, the president, the first lady, you are the last piece of my four-piece collectible set. (laughter) and as the last you must be the most important. >> i must be, exactly. >> stephen: you were the hardest to book here. (laughter). >> stephen: madam, can i ask you something? i'm confused about something. >> uh-huh. >> stephen: you are the second lady of the united states. >> that's right. that's right. >> stephen: which does not mean you are second at being a lady, you're just as lady like as the first lady. >> exactly, exactly. >> stephen: just different position. and yet you still work. >> i do! >> stephen: you're the first second lady to ever do that. >> that's right, i teach at a community college in northern virginia. i teach english. >> and... why? >> well, because i... >> stephen: first of all, why teach english? (laughter) i'm not a fan of reading. >> well

dr. jill biden. -- she has a book out. >> a children's book. >> stephanie: yes, called -- what is it? hang on. >> hold it up for the camera. god bless our troops. it is delightful. david bender political strategist extraordinaire. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: it is our news chick, good morning, jacki schechner. >> it is not enough for you to torture me during the break. >> stephanie: more, more more. we want to shove knew the bleachers. what are you hearing about this democrats taking control of the senate? >> yeah, so what it looks like is that lehman won by less than 800 votes with all of the precincts reporting. so what they're doing now is saying okay, you can have a recount. they got three days to decide if they want a recount and if they do van wanggaard has to pay for it himself depending on the margin of defeat. >> by himself, we mean koch brothers money. >> stephanie: which koch brother do you mean? >> not from his own piggy bank, i'm sure. >> stephanie: jacki, have you had a c

dr. jill biden. k about military families. and the inspiration is her son beau biden's deployment to iraq. and the impact it had on her granddaughter natalie. the book is called "don't forget, god bless our troops" dr. jill biden, good morning. >> good morning. >> it's good to see you. >> thank you. >> i can't wait to talk about the book. but first things first, you had something really exciting happen over the weekend. your daughter got married. >> yes. >> to a doctor. not only are you the mother of the bride, you hosted the event in delaware. >> at our home. and you know, tent and all. it was beautiful. it was magical. it was a magical evening. >> i have to ask, who cried? i mean this is your youngest daughter. >> joe. joe cried. he cried when he saw her in her wedding gown and she just looked so beautiful. and so he was a little emotional. >> well, congratulations on that event. and the book. >> well, thank you. >> of course you've done a lot of work with military families over the years, as well a

dr. jill biden's children's book is called don't forget nana god bless our troops.usband joe biden is meeting with college pres-- presidents talking about how to make college more affordable. >>> anthony brown is hosting a conference to show support for minority and women own businesses to help them expand and create jobs. >>> the last song whitney houston recorded is released on itunes a duet with jordin sparks called celebrate featured in her last film sparkle that's going to hit theaters come august. >>> time for a check of the roads and the weather. we will get to you in one second. you have a lot of explaining to do. >> okay. >> we want warmer weather. >> what is going on had. >> i will get to it. go ahead. >> i bet it's a trough. how are the road. >> reporter: the roads are in better shape. really no significant delays on 95. moving through the white march be area through the city and tunnels in great shape. everything up to speed. the jfx, 11 minutes from the beltway downtown to east fayette street and that beltway nice and clear all the way around. >> all ri

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dr. jill biden has written a children's book to help kids whose parents are in dangerous deployments called don't forget nana god bless our troops. it's being published today. biden took inspiration from her son's deployment in rye rack-- in iraq three years ago and the effect on her family especially her son's daughter. >>> if you've been to dulles airport you have seen a new technology creating a buzz. page she is getting a lot of attention as you can expect. she is a life sized hologram giving travelers information about the airport. the only thing is page can't do is answer questions you may have directly. however, travelers that don't mind finite pretty cool. >> i think it's one of the most incredible things i've ever seen and travel a lot around the world and never seen that before. >> she is part of a three month trial. if passengers like her, officials say they may put in more holograms. >>> maryland's own torch run begins tomorrow. it's leading up to the special olympic games on friday. annapolis, police officers will escort the torch tomorrow at 2 and it will travel through city p

dr. jill biden is published today. it's to help kids with parents in the military deal with deployment. the book is based on her son's deployment and how it affected her family. >>> and the phenyl song whitney houston reported before her death is being made available today on a itunes. it was duet she did with jordin sparks called celebrate made for the film sparkle and is set to be released in theaters in august. one more check of the forecast with lynette. >> all right. i first have to give a shout out to rich myers one of my facebook buddies and his son-in- law andwife had baby girl lily grace phelps. congratulations. let's talk about what's going on right now. satellite and radar picking up on the upper level trough. and we will have showers rotating in going into the afternoon. be prepared for that. right now, though, we have a few clouds out there. but we are getting some breaks in the clouds. and you can see in glen oak a beautiful sunrise this morning. get out and enjoy it. more of the same sliding into urbana thick cloud cover across the area and more sunshine. but temperatures

dr. jill biden who stops by.t military families. her own family served as the inspiration. looking forward to hearing from her. >>> and i think i have the best job ever, but adam richman rivals even my job. he is on a mission to find the best sandwich in the united states. the best way to do that is to try almost every single one of them. we'll hear his quest coming up. >> french fries in that one sandwi sandwich. >> that was in pittsburgh. there's a sandwich shop in pittsburgh where they put french fries and squish it right on in. >> and the crowd reacts. >> only one girl reacted over there. >> who doesn't want a french fry sandwich? >> and another check of the forecast. chris warren is standing by. >>> and the sun is out in new york city, which means it's a nice day for a birthday, sweet 16. what's your name? >> brenna. >> happy birthday to you. what's your plan today? >> go to church. >> very good plan on a sunday. it is a nice day. it is going to be heating up for parts of the country. in fact, we're going to

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dr. jill biden has written a new children's book. what it is like for kids in military families when the parent is deployed. the story was inspired by biden's own family when her son was sent to iraq in 2008. dr. jill biden is with us this morning. so nice to see you. was nathalie very much involved in the writing of this book which is about her dad's experience and the bigger family experience? >> actually she was because before writing the book i interviewed natalie and talked to her about the different experiences that she went through. and then when it came to picking the illustrate eor gave me seve choices. >> she is seven years old negotiating. >> he was perfect for the book. >> the goal was to get natalie to really help other kids figure out how to navigate something. tell me a little bit about that. >> i realize that being a military family ourselves that many americans did not know a military family and didn't know the experience of a military family. i wanted to educate americans and then hopefully inspire them to commit to

dr. jill biden issued a statement welcoming howard into the family. >> a judge blocking key parts of a floridahere claims would help reduce voter fraud. part of the law seeks to purge people from voting rolls who are not eligible to vote. but critics say the practice seems to violate the voting rights act. peter doocy looking into it for us in washington. >> reporter: florida has 11.3 million registered voters, some are on a list of potential noncitizens put together by the state and try to guarantee everyone on florida voters rolls is legal. 58% of the people on the list are hispanic not everyone is a minority, some worry that floridians lawfully on the rolls will be removed, like this world war ii veteran on the list. >> i lived in brooklyn, i don't understand, and to me, it's like an insult. >> reporter: a spokesman for the florida secretary of state is defending this plan that cross references dmv and votings records, if we receive reliable information we must act on it race or party never factor into the process. our focus is identifying and removing ineligible voters from the rolls, that

dr. jill biden on yesterday. ough this period of transition and this god-awful recession we inherited. >> yeah, you know, what can i just read a little bit more from fine american--i read some of this yesterday for a guest quote. this republican economy, he puts it in such great perspective. mass ismath is math and this is part of the spin cycle that the media, there are two sides to everything? not really. look at total government spending. that's all we hear. we're always the big spender. a big spender. the federal state and local adjustment for inflation such spending has recently been falling at a rate not scene since the korean war. it resembles what jim always talks about when fdr slashed spending in the middle of it. >> yep. >> black mailed the president to continue all the bush tax cuts of the wealthy so that tax cuts are near lows since ronald reagan presidency. this is already a republican economy. it's worth pointing out that the economy performance has been disappointing. none of the disasters that rep

. >>> jill biden, not only the vice president's wife, author, wicked smart, teacher, known as dr.nia community college. her new children's book titled "don't forget, god bless our troops" inspired by her son. talking about her book, her politics, seemingly more rough and tumble than ever. >> there is a poll out that talks about how political polarization is at its highest level in 25 years and anectdotally, i feel that. doe do you feel that people are just angrier and kind of -- everybody is in their own corner or their own side today? >> i think the parties are really disparate. i think probably the republican party has gone way far right than it has gone before. so, it's certainly not the republican party i grew up with. >> do you think it's -- that polarization, though, plays back into what could happen in november? does that worry you or are you -- >> i think voters will have a clear choice. i think that mitt and barack are on totally different paths. and, you know, you've got clear choices. that's what i think. of course, i think, you know, our choice is the best and what bar