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and genevieve said speaking of my friend, genevieve, this is a beautiful one, and about me, she the intelligent one. force. >> also the bowl of cherries represented you. >> many times, after that, you know, how many times it appeared in his still lives of the time and also usually there was the still life and two of, two or three glasses of water and those two or three glasses of water was to remind all of us of the meeting of the -- of that meeting at that restaurant. >> rose: and ho how long before you two were together? >> since i was the ininnocent one i had a good idea to give him an invitation zero so a little exhibition i was having with my friend in paris, and so he went there without .. saying anything one morning and he left a little note to me saying he thought i did very well and that i could come to his studio one morning. so -- >> rose: the rest is history. >> so about two weeks later, we allowed time to lapse and then a week two, weeks later we came there and when he saw the two faces he didn't like it at all, because she was trying to keep things in order, you know, s soe saw th

in it ex-girlfriend genevieve cook shares her journal entries. one of them from 1984. so old already at the age of 22? i have to recognize, despite play of write and mocking smile on lips, that i find his thereness very threatening. distance, distance, distance and wariness. the two mo met at a christmas party in 1983 would spend a lot of time together according to these excerpts, mostly at his place. despite that, she felt some distance. saying his warmth can be deceptive, though he speaks sweet words and is open and trusting, there's a coolness. i have an inkling about some things about him that could get to me. one of those things is this says "vanity fair." when she told him she loved him, his response was not i love you, too, but thank you, as though he appreciated that someone loved him. the book excerpts are not only about dalliances but range on his thoughts of being of two races to every day life. in a letter to his ex-girlfriend alex mcnear shows not only his love of running but also his love of writing. he says moments trip gently along over here. snow caps

"and genevieve chase who won a purple heart..c., kimberly dozier, former cbs news baghdad correspondent. thanks for all of you being there. kim, i want to start with you since you're there in the d.c. can you tell us how significant are the recent changes in opening up roles for new women? >> they're already on the ground dom some of these jobs. on the ground in afghanistan they might not have had the official assignments but because of the way the battle lines change, just driving across the country puts you in the middle of a war zone. the other thing is when i look around at my colleagues, diplomats, journalists, a good quarter of the third of people around me in war zones are women. it seems like the military is finally catching up to that. what it means in practice, tearing down some of those internal divisions, there are still some folks in command out there who need to be taught about what we can do. >> yeah. so i love that comparison, kim, because, you know, obviously women are right there on the front lines, not only as

the book draws on sources that include diaries from a woman named genevieve cook.he is a person that president obama dated while he lived in new york as a young man and attended colombia university. the excerpt of the book notes that some of the events in president obama's memoir, "dreams from my father" which are described in the book as taking place with this character he calls his new york girlfriend, some of those events, in fact, were not things in which genevieve cook took part. what's the explanation for that? well, according to a politico.com reporter today, it's obviously a scandal. the president made something up in his memoir. the president lied! "obama admits new york girlfriend was composite, a fact not noted in dreams from my father." and then that tweet links to a politico.com article making the same claim, president obama lied in his memoir. and that of course was picked right up by the drudge report, which gave the scandal the banner headline, obama admits fabricating girlfriend in memoir. this new york girlfriend in the book is actually multiple p

let me read one of the diary entries by genevieve cook.his warmth can be deceptive though he speaks sweet words and can be open and trusting, there is also that coolness and i begin to have an inkling of some things about him that could get to me. now earlier this week, after he slow jammed the news with jimmy fallon, you wrote in your column that the president was beginning to look a bit sleazy, albeit in terms of his constant campaigning. does he now, does that worry you now? do you think this story itself adds to that notion that you suggested of sleaziness? >> no. i think they're entirely different things. i was about going to fund-raisers. i was not speaking about his sexual warmth. >> i'm be suggesting that. i'm saying as you do that, is that not going to add to this notion that you were suggesting about this endless nonstop campaigning that gives the impression of a certain level of sleaziness? >> i don't think so. i think the endless campaigning is a sleazy aspect of our system. and i don't think the president should be excused if

. >> then, there was a young australian woman named genevieve cook.hip was the most romantic of his life to that point. she writes in her journal of visits to his cozy bedroom. >> one entry is, quote, the sexual warmth is definitely there. but the rest of it has sharm edges. his warmth can be deceptive. though he speaks sweet words, he can be open and trusting. there is also that coolness. >> wow. the president. >> don't know what else to say. >> who knew? what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. >>> updating the top stories. chinese human rights activist, chen guangcheng, has rejected a deal to stay in china. and now says he wants to come to the u.s. with his family. even begging to be put on secretary of state clinton's plane. >>> family and friends are struggling to understand the apparent suicide of former nfl player junior seau. some are questioning whether seau suffered from depression, br

soufflot--when he was commissioned to build the grandest, the noblest church in all of europe-- sainte genevievecalled the pantheon today. actually, you can even see it from here. tradition and reason were also soufflot's concerns. he, too, used freestanding columns to mark out his space and also to do the actual work of supporting the vaults and dome. he wanted to combine the structural elegance of a greek temple with the lightness of a gothic church. here the classical rhythms appear in the nave and aisles, with their rows of corinthian columns. gothic is hinted at in the flying buttresses. he used the same freestanding columns carrying lintels to create a rectangular geometry on the outside, too. this is called post-and-lintel construction. the church was a nightmare to build but is thought of as a masterpiece of french 18th-century architecture. everyone who could went to rome in the 18th century. it seemed to be in the center of the ancient world. it became a new center for art-lovers-- architects, artists, gentlemen and their hangers-on. soufflot went there as a companion of madame de pomp

. >> then, there was a young australian woman named genevieve cook.hip was the most romantic of his life to that point. she kept a journal describing visits to his, um, cozy bedroom. >> all right. one entry is, quote, the sexual warmth is definitely there. but the rest of it has sharp edges. his warmth can be deceptive. though he speaks sweet words, he can be open and trusting, there is also that coolness. >> wow. the president. >> don't know what else to say. >> who knew? what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? talk to a real person 24/7,t leu hello ?! let you you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. >>> next, an 8th grade boy beaten to death at a park. the detail that has police anging the victim's family tough questions. >>> oakland restaurant that won't be opened this morning after an overnight accident. >> meteorologist mike nicco tracking possible showers. >>> wet weather on the way. >> frances will have details on your >>> updating the top stories. chinese human rights activist, chen guangche

genevieve and alex mcnear. and in a letter to mcnear, he writes about a trip to new york.ents trip gentry along here. snow caps the bushes in unexpected ways. birds shoot and spin like balls of sound. my feet hum over the dry walks. we were so romantic when we were young. it's a trove of letters and journal entries that obama and his friends created in the early 1980s. >>> last night, we told you about facebook helping mothers, children, waiting for an owe gar to help save lives. tonight, we can report the facebook effect has begun. and in 18 state, 18, there is a spike in the numbers signing up to become donors. look at california. they usually get 70 new donors a day. yesterday, by the time we went on the air, more than 1200 and this morning, more than 4,000. unstoppable force, we hope. >>> and coming up a blind dog finds his own seeing eye dog. the power of a real friendship. in the first place. r and why you still feel the same. but your erectile dysfunction -- that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. y

one hundred one thousand nine hundred eight to take a one in the western conference final mother genevieve scored a playoff high twenty six points as the sparrows took the series lead and tied the n.b.a. record for the longest winning streak that the l.a. lakers had made on their way to winning the two thousand and one championship. their very very good team and they made a horse hard on us tonight and think we don't have to play a lot better if we want to win game two we had fourteen turnovers in the first half that's a lot. for personally and i know if we if we played the same way we are going to win game two. now i want to try as long where britain's justin brownlee has made it to ins out of to following his latest triumph in the world triathlon series in madrid bromley surged ahead to eight victory by a comfortable thirty eight second margin over two russians alexander the phone call for me to go against the you claimed silver and bronze respectively in watt russian yvonne the city have finished fourth however the madrid title remains in the bradley family for the fourth consecutive ye

genevieve cook talks about her relationship with the future president in 19-83. she says the romance was short but intense. cook said obama had "sexual warmth" and charm but also was detached, which she believed made him unable... or unwilling to get involved in a serious relationship. she also predicted he would find love with a "bubbly strong black lady." the white house has not commented on the book. the days top business stories next.. including better than expected news on the job front. gop lawmakers are making a case to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt... for his refusal to cooperate with investigation into "operation fast and furious". and its believed to have been invented by the aztecs and is now a staple recipe in mexican cooking. we are making guacamole three different ways in lunchbreak. tw here is your bloomberg on the money report ... fewer people filed for first-time unemployment benefits air reversal of recent trends ... consulting firm challenger gray christmas says employers in the united states will announce more job cuts in april

>> genevieve. >> let me ask you something as we cut the music very discreetly. who have never -- i've been to vegas one time and i've been to the airport and i've played the one armed bandit. why should people go to las vegas and, you know, as a family or just for their vacation? >> definitely a great place to vacation. it's a resort rich area. you can find fine dining and entertainment. >> sure. and there's something for everybody, i understand. robin leach who is a friend of this show and has been here many times. are you colliding there? you have a little bit -- >> las vegas really is the entertainment capital of the world. it really is. we have the best shopping. we have the best -- >> shopping? >> oh, my gosh, yes. we're known as a shopping destination. >> so we have the best restaurants, all the top chefs come to las vegas and they open a restaurant. it's a great place! >> it sounds like a lot of fun. what about if you got a family? is it a place for family entertainment? >> absolutely. there's a lot of things for families to do and a lot of free things so

. >> reporter: speaking publicly for the first time since her arrest, genevieve says this is the -- >'t committed any crime. >> reporter: that's not what baldwin says. he says that sabourin repeatedly harassed him. showing up at his house. sending him e-mails saying, say i do to me. >> our position is very simple. genevieve did not engage in stalking alec baldwin. >> reporter: sabourin's lawyers say there's a reason she reached out to baldwin. >> they have had contact with one another in the past. i think it's suffice to say, that she had purposes for speaking to be in touch with him while she was in new york. >> reporter: baldwin and sabourin once shared a dinner together. but the actor said he was offering her career advice as a favor to a friend. as for baldwin, he was spotted far away from that manhattan courtroom monday. snapped in the south of france, with his new fiancee. baldwin has clearly moved on. for "good morning america," cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. >> it appears he has. >>> coming up, josh has "the play of the day." and mariah carey saying, it will always be he

australian-born genevieve cooke was his more serious relationship. yearbook photo with another man and not barack obama. they met at a christmas party in the months after obama graduated from columbia and was living in new york. the couple eventually lived together for a short time in this brooklyn brown stone. and throughout their nearly 18-month romance, cooke kept a journal. how is he so old already at the age of 22, she wrote early on in their relationship. there is one theme, though, that continues to come up in her writings about obama, distance. she writes, but i feel that you carefully filter everything in your mind and heart, legitimate, admirable, really a strength, a necessity in terms of some kind of interestingtism but there's something there in smooth ver near, guardedness, but i'm left with a bit of a wall, a veil. joey cantor says that period of obama's life was a search for identity. >> during the new york years, not a lot actually happened. there's not a lot of drama. there aren't a lot of big scenes. a lot of what's happening with

genevieve sabourin was arrested o outside his new york city homele accused of hounding him.ne carrying the new president of france was hit by lightning. president francois hollande was on his way to berlin to meet angela merkel and boarded a second flight. >> look at me, sam. >> wow, this next story will bring tears to your eyes. a golden retriever named sam dog paddling for his life following the voices of his owner and firefighters trying to guide him to safety. sam's owner says he took him off his leash for a second and he ran down steps and was kept asway into the strong cold current of the merrimac river. they guided him to a spot where a firefighter rappelled down a wall and plucked him out of the water. >> i can't believe it. he's my best friend. saved two lives tonight, the dog's and mine. >> sam and his best friend are doing fine and more proof that dogs are so smart. >>> greece's problems are driving european stocks lower. greece's president is now warning of a possible run on the banks in greece. increasing concerns that greece may leave the european union. ali, a

that was a journal passage written by genevieve cook writing about no president obama back in 1984 monthser he graduated from colombia and contained in the obama b biography. >> he wasn't trying to become a monk. what is your reaction? >> shrug. a man dating. >> is it uncomfortable? should we hear these things about the president of the united states? everyone's human. >> i would be -- i would be suspicious if there were no other love interests before in his life. you know, i think that he is, you know, a man who, you know, enjoys the company of, you know, a woman, and married a very strong woman and they now have an incredible family. if you know, there were some sense of some wrong doing in his past love lives or intimate lives. >> if that happened last year. >> if it happened last year as opposed to 1984. that would be a different thing. >> crystal your thought? we have been hearing a lot about it and the possibility of politicizing to this or sexualizing the president. what are your thoughts? >> you know, it's obama. we get to see a different side of obama, a softer side, a sexual sid

after that he dated genevieve cook who kept a diary.ink she was the perfect match for barack obama, saying i can't help thinking that what he would really want be power fully drawn to was a woman, very strong, very upright, a fighter, a laugher, well experienced, a black woman i keep seeing her as. now let's remember, this was all from the early '80s. he didn't meet michelle until 1989. and, mary? >> and you know, john, i hate to be a spoil alert but i read those letters. nothing salacious. >> the future presidents have to worry about facebook postings. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> good evening, ever

australian born genevieve cook was his more serious relationship.hey met at a christmas party in the months after obama graduated from columbia living in new york. the couple eventually lived together a short time in his brooklyn brown stone and throughout their nearly 18 month romance cook kept a journal. how is he so ready at the age of 22 she wrote early on in their relationship? there is one theme that continues to come up in her writings about obama, distance. she writes but i feel that you carefully filler in everything your mind and heart legitimate and have verbal restraint, a necessity in terms of integrity, but there's something there of smooth is -- of smooth veneer. >> not a lot actually happened. there's not a lot of drama. there aren't a lot of big scenes. a lot of what's happening with barack obama in this period is taking place inside his own head. >> reporter: obama and cook eventually grew apart with cook writing in the journal at one point i can't help thinking that what he would really want, be powerfully drawn to was a woman ver

president. >> there was a young australian woman named genevieve cook.onship was the most romantic of his life to that point. she kept a journal which is heavily quoted in the new book and describes visiting his cozy bedroom. >> she writes, quote, i opened the door that barack keeps closed to his room and enter into a warm private space pervaded by a mixture of smells that so strongly speak of his presence, his liveliness, his habits, sweat, smoking, sleeping, breathing. >> barack. barack. barack. >> ooh lord have mercy. in another entry she writes the sexual warmth is definitely there, but the rest of it has sharp edges. his warmth can be deceptive, though he speaks sweet words and can be open and trusting. there's also that coolness. >> well, when they broke up, she wrote that his future wife was waiting for him predicting a live, bubbly strong black woman. >> guess joe biden was right. the president does carry a big stick. >> announcer: this is abc's >>> this morning on "world news now" -- tragic death. a former nfl player's suicide stuns the league,

. >> in excerpts from a new book genevieve cook ex-girlfriend of barack obama reveal love letters barack college. some of the content reads as follows. >> dear general receive i can't wait to see you this weekend and move this relationship forward. the moment we are together, i want to see change as you have changed into something more comfortable. is this just my audacity? or is it my hope? as i promised, we'll go out for dinner and order what you want and spend what you would. we will worry about paying for it tomorrow. there are 15 trillion reasons i will always be in your debt, thank you, barack obama. >> you never know. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. thats

. >> in excerpts from a new book genevieve cook ex-girlfriend of barack obama reveal love letters barackt her in college. some of the content reads as follows. >> dear general receive i can't wait to see you this weekend and move this relationship forward. the moment we are together, i want to see change as you have changed into something more comfortable. is this just my audacity? or is it my hope? as i promised, we'll go out for dinner and order what you want and spend what you would. we will worry about paying for it tomorrow. there are 15 trillion reasons i will always be in your debt, thank you, barack obama. >> you never know. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that is it for this "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. "special report" online starts right now. if you haven't been there, you should check it out. >> shepard: this is the fox report. tonight, barack obama becomes the first sitting u.s. president to formerly support same sex marriage. we will cover the impact socially and politically. plus, the latest on the underwear bomb. and the form-fitting brief

after that he dated genevieve cook who kept a diary.ink she was the perfect match for barack obama, saying i can't help thinking that what he would really want be power fully drawn to was a woman, very strong, very upright, a

from an upcoming book called "barack obama the story" which has diary entries from a woman named genevieve president dated in 1984. she said the first time she told the president she loved him, which means he was loveable, there's the good side, he said thank you. well, maybe he was nervous. okay. she also wrote, quote, his warmth can be deceptive, though he speaks sweet words and can be open and trusting, there is also that coolness. i began to have an inkling about th some things about him that could get to him. then she said he still intrigues me in her diary. >> this is how america feels about barack obama or how they felt about him in 2008. he was kind of cool, he had this demeanor and easy charm. but wait, does he really -- you have to win him over. those are the kind of people you love the most. >> the ones who won't love you back, jamal? >> the unrequited love of the american people? >> it's genius, certainly in terms of wooing. >> yeah, i think, first of all, this is a 30-year-old relationship and lord knows the last thing any of us want is dredging up old significant others and h