>> luiz otavio: jokes. >> eduardo maya: sports. >> luiz otavio: women. >> eduardo maya: food. >> luizduardo had previous incarnations as a banker and then as an entrepreneur. but he threw it all out in 2000 to start the comida do buteco, an annual competition for botecos. it's a big deal here and it raised botecos from male-dominated, dirty glass joints to the centerpiece of the minera social scene. so what's on the menu? >> eduardo maya: boteco in minas is a bit like the italians. we eat a lot of pork here. an important thing about the boteco in minas is that they serve real food -- food from minas gerais. >> anthony: so what are we having tonight? >> eduardo maya: i think we are having tongue, of course. ox tongue. >> anthony: right, uh, i'm intrigued what -- >> eduardo maya: would you like some tripe as well? >> anthony: i think a little tripe as well. >> eduardo maya: would you like some hand of the pig? >> anthony: yes, yes, yes. >> eduardo maya: so now you are gonna -- you are going to go deep, deep inside minas. >> anthony: i'm happy. yes. >> eduardo maya: lovely. okay. [ shout

maya lee. lawrence michaels. eduardo padron. robert redford. diana ross. vin scully. bruce springsteen. cicely tyson. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. everyone please have a seat. we have some work to do here. this is not all fun and games. welcome to the white house, everybody. today we celebrate extraordinary americans who have lifted our spirits, strengthened our union, pushed us towards progress. i always love doing this event. but this is a particularly impressive class. we've got innovators and artists, public servants, rebel rousers, athletes, renown character actors, like the guy from "space jam." we pay tribute to those distinguished individuals with our nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. now, let me tell you a little bit about each of them. first we came close to missing out on a bill and melinda gates incredible partnership because apparently bill's opening li

maya lin. lorne michaels. newt minow. eduardo padron. robert redford. diana ross. vin scully. bruce springsteen. cicely tyson. >> we lost the audio coming from the white house for just a moment there. look at that cast of characters. you're looking at the 21 recipients of president obama's presidential medal of freedom. in just a moment, we expect the president to enter the room. jonathan remains here with me. it's such an impressive group of people. there's bill and melinda gates we're looking at on the right of your screen. i think that was diana ross briefly. >> as is often said, never has so much talent been assembled in the white house -- ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [ chooeers and applause ] >> hello, hello, hello! thank you! thank you! thank you so much. thank you. everybody, please have a seat. we got some work to do here. this is not all fun and games. welcome to the white house, everybody. today we celebrate extraordinary americans who have lifted our spirits, strengthened our union, pushed us towards progress. i always love doing th

hopper. [ applause [ applause ] michael jackson. [ applause ] maya lin. [ applause ] lorne michaels. [ applause [ applause ] newt minot. eduardo padron. robert redford. [ applause ] diana ross. [ applause ] vin scully. [ applause ] bruce springsteen. [ applause ] cecily tyson. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states. >> ladies and gentlemen the president of the united states. and mrs. michelle obama. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. thank you, everybody, please have a seat. we've got some work to do here. [ laughter ] this is not all fun and games. welcome to the white house, everybody. today we celebrate extraordinary americans who have lifted our spirits, strengthened our union, pushed us towards progress. i always love doing this event but this is a particularly impressive class. [ laughter ] we've got innovators and artists, public servants, rabble-rousers. [ laughter ] athletes, renown character actors like the guy from "space jam." [ laughter ] [ applause ] we pay tribute to those distinguished individuals with our nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. no

maya lin. [applause] lorne michaels. [applause] newt minow. [applause] eduardo padron. [applause] redford. [applause] diana ross.applause] vin scully. [applause] bruce springsteen. [applause] cicely tyson.- [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states. [applause] ♪ gentlemen, the president of the united states, and mrs. michelle obama. [applause] [cheering] president obama: we have some work to do here. this is not all fun and games. welcome to the white house, everybody. celebrate extraordinary americans who have lifted our spirits, strengthen our union, pushed us toward progress. event,s love doing this but this is a particularly impressive class. [laughter] president obama: we have got innovators and artists, public ,ervants, rabble-rousers athletes, renowned character actors, like the guy from "space jam." [laughter] president obama: we pay tribute to those distinguished individuals with our nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. now let me tell you a little bit about each of them. first we came close to missing out on a bill and melinda gates incredib