favreau we wanted to get from you some of the titles that are coming out from "the new press" in thefall of 2012. and we'll start with the howard zinn but. >> this is a huge book for us and we are incredibly excited about it because we have had a long-standing relationship with howard zinn which is most people know this best selling people's historian and activist and a man who taught people differently giving about the past and their role in the present. when howard died in 2010, the legendary biographer mark cooperman developed a proposal and was given exclusive access to this in papers by his heirs of his estate and this really amazing biography is the result. we are thrilled to be launching it. it's a biography in the classic world. he goes back to the beginning, to the child had any touches on the signal events in his life and the reason these are interesting is they are significant events over the past century. world war ii, the civil rights movement and the world war ii and well into the present. interweaving history, the kind of nuance of the untold story of howard's life and

mary ann favreau has this follow-up for you. >> reporter: maria says she's had enough of prostitutes near washington elementary schooling in san jose, especially after one propositioned her son. she says she's concerned what her 6-year-old daughter baby will see on her way home from school. >> i just think that's not appropriate for my daughter to see. something that's just hanging around, and basically, she just asks questions a lot, like why are they dressed that way, and jumping into cars. >> reporter: both moms plan to join 100 other parents at an awareness march tonight to fight the increasing number of hookers near the elementary schools. they hope san jose cops will do more. but police say their hands are tied by budget constraints and prostitution is low on the priority list. >> we're not immune to the fact that these are happening near a school. doing the best with what we have to try to curb that activity. >> parents are tired of seeing condoms and syringes near the playground. if the prostitution is not curbed the neighborhood may see more drug crimes. police admit that is

jon favreau has played a role in helping the president with this year's speech.so told he has worked with david axelrod. that's one of his top advisers from the campaign, one of his top advisers from the white house, and the 2008 campaign as well. he's really been with president obama from the very beginning. and this is interesting, martin. ben rhodes, one of president obama's top foreign policy advisers, has also played a big role in helping president obama with this speech. that's significant because it suggests that we will hear quite a lot about foreign policy. of course, the president makes a note of taking about the fact he's ended the war in iraq, drawn down the troops in afghanistan, and, of course, you know the republicans have hit president obama on foreign policy. it is likely he will answer some of those charges tonight. that's one of the things we're going to be looking very closely at. president obama has been working on this speech for weeks. one of his top aides tell me it is in very good shape. he has spent the day putting the finishing touches

mary ann favreau has more. >> reporter: people are very excited here, you can see they've already set up some chairs. but because of the big crowds expected here early tomorrow morning, most people will have to stand with their cameras ready to take a picture of history. the space shuttle program is retiring with a first ever flight over the bay area. here in mountain view, crews are preparing for thousands of visitors who are expected to flood the air field friday to see history in the air. >> we expect anywhere from 8,000 to 10,000 people to come right here to moffett field. our gates will be open early. we've encouraged people to walk, bike, take light rail. we've given away all of our parking passes. >> reporter: which means if you don't have a pass, the only way to get on to the air field is to walk or bike. >> it was an amazing program. it really advanced us in space and i think it would be great if everyone could see it and thank it for years of service. >> reporter: many see the flyover at nasa ames as a thank you to the hundreds of scientists who played a role in helping the

, if it were just david axelrod, if he didn't have admakers jim margolis and the speechwriter jon favreaund others helping him. >> so andrea mitchell, a different approach that we're hearing about that we're going to be seeing in the coming week, but same people on the campaign? and if so, given other campaigns you have covered, do they ever make big replacements at this stage of the game? and are you surprised you're not seeing any here, especially on the foreign policy side? >> they make big replacements. we certainly saw that in the reagan campaign in 1980 when there was a wholesale housecleaning after the new hampshire primary, but that was after the new hampshire primary, way, way earlier. >> right. >> not at this stage. and i think it's way too late -- the bottom line, mike allen and all the rest of you is, mitt romney is in charge of all of this. he is mr. fix-it. so we can talk about whether or not the structure, you know, makes sense, but he's in charge. and one question i would have is, when he makes this speech this week and talks about how he would govern, is he going to talk