door because you will need the ticket to get in to get that great food and the reception in the greenroom. you will notice on the ticket, there are eight great -- plant boxes on the back, and they will mark each station. you need to visit all of the food stations, and once your ticket is mark, you can take it to a raffle, drop it in the bowl to with a gift certificate from one of the participating restaurants, and the winner of the raffle will be notified by phone or e-mail. remember, doors to the green room not going to open. we still have a little bit more of our ceremony here, so stay and enjoy the grand finale. now, i would like to turn the program over to rose, who has overseen the finale of this event since 2008. she also coordinates the decision america pageant coordinates all of tonight's multi-cultural performances as well. [applause] >> thank you very much. each year, it is our pleasure to invite friends of the community to showcase their heritage. everyone, please, for this year, joined in the segment with your party applauds, sing along, or just get up and dance, okay? we want

in the greenroom, we were talking about the cost of outfitting of one car. how much does it cost for a lawsuit? what does it do to the perception of the department. those are the kinds of things we can do. but we have to put it -- we have to commit as a city, as individuals to the detriment of our own police department, rather than looking askance at it and assuming that every police department and employee in that department -- is not fair. >> mr. hanlon? >> i think one thing to keep side of -- sight of, if we're giving people the power to carry a gun and arrest citizens and put them in jail forever. we talk about how we deal with this situation, to minimize it and say it is just a few officers, the department is generally ok, that there is not a culture here, whether it is a code of silence or a code that we can do what ever we want, it is not dealing with the problem. [applause] i believe that it has to be dealt with. but it cannot be dealt with by minimizing it and saying there's too much media about this stuff, that it is not fair. it is fair because th

. >> i saw it in the greenroom. it is beautiful. >> beautiful? the first lady is on a two-day swing through california where she is promoting fitness and helping democrats raise money for the upcoming election. >> good comic timing right there. >> that one word said it all. >> starting tomorrow you'll be waking up to a new face here on "good morning washington". steve chenevey. get your sleep. i'll be getting mine. >> americans may be looking to cut thousands of jobs, at american airlines that is. united wants to fly you to hawaii this summer. >> with business news, let's gets to linda bell. >> good morning. i know you both want to get away this summer. united airlines has added non-stop flights between washington dulles and honolulu. it is the only non-stop service between two cities. it begins june 7. meantime, as you mentioned, a hard landing for employees of bankrupt american airlines. they may be looking to cut as many as 15,000 jobs or 10% of its workforce. freezing employee pensions is another expected cost-cutting move. they are meeting w

. >> dana: do the line you do from the good far in the green room -- godfather and n the greenroom.acter. >> bob: leave the gun, bring the canoli. give me an offer we can't refuse. >> andrea: bob, this isn't personal. >> dana: i haven't seen the "godfather" movies. >> bob: you haven't? >> dana: i was too busy walking "little house on the prairie." >> greg: is even more violent. >> eric: best movie ever "goodfellas." >> bob: that was unbelievable. doll you remember -- we could get do into that. remember when they hung the guy. in front of the lion in the zoo? he ripped off his money. >> eric: we can get into that in the break. >> bob: are we supposed to leave now? >> dana: yes, please. >> bob: ahead, should parents be able to send their kids text messages from the phone company? some lawsuits say yes. we will tell you about it when we get back and more on "the five." ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter job on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field wor

it's funny because in the greenroom we said we didn't get it. groupon. >> i shouldn't say this but run. don't walk from that stock. when you see 1600% tax -- nearly $700 million in marketing, how could you own that? >> they're going into lower margin business. there's no way what they sold -- >> and they're not going to do acquisitions. who cares? >> they shouldn't be doing that. all right. let's leave it there. moving on to whirlpool. it has been on a roll this year. the stock has been one of the best performers in the s&p 500 up nearly 50% so far. has the appliance maker become too hot to handle? we've got both sides of the debate. shorting whil pool right now. and pete najarian says the rally isn't over. you were bull at some point. then after the earnings and the run, you decided to then turn around and short the stock. why? >> yes. we bought whirlpool and got longed at the end of the year because thought there was a lot of value there. the selloff was overdone. the stock popped up to 60. up almost 30% in the last week or so. so if the earni

>> i saw it in the greenroom.utiful. >> she should be secretary of state, that's a diplomatic comment if ever i heard one. that was just the last week. can you believe that? we've been seeing a different mitt romney in recent days aiming more of his fire at rick santorum even as he backs off the town halls and sticks to his 15-minute stadiump speeches. nbc's peter alexander is following the romney campaign. niece johns town, colorado, today. peter, mitt romney has not answered a question from a voter in three weeks. what gives? >> reporter: i think it's even longer than that. it was january 13th was the last time we were with him in hilton head where he took some questions from the audience. they were off the wall questions and anytime there's a question that's off the wall it's a moment wasted from focusing on the message. the romney campaign has been meticulous, focused, and has really stuck to its stump speech throughout and more particularly to what will happen tonight in a conversation within the rom think ca

i just spoke with the young man who shot that videotape, steve, in the greenroom here in los angeles, and hi said, yeah, i say whitney, she had consumed -- she didn't looks out of it, but jess, i went to that club yesterday. one of the managers said, hey, this club was filled almost to capacity. 400 people in here, people were clawing, trying to get to whitney houston, but most of many people who left the club were pretty sweaty. >> don, thanks so much for your reporting now and throughout the weekend. you've been doing an amazing job. >>> gas prices and president obama's reelection odds. jack cafferty is standing by with "the cafferty file." >>> also breaking news from capitol hill. word of a deal that impacts almost every american who gets a paycheck. >>> plus 9 battle in michigan, once thought to be in the bag for mitt romney, but no more. we'll have our strategy session. matt's brakes didn't sound right... ...so i brought my car to mike at meineke... ...we inspected his brakes for free. free is good. free is very good. my money. my choice. my meineke. sure. what flavor? mm, one of

workers in the rubber, auto parts, glass, paper, even neutral -- nutrigrain bars that are in the greenroom. and also those the that have a collective bargaining arrangement with the steelworkers in the steel and rubber industries in particular. host: the numbers are on the bottom of the screen. we will hear from the president in a minute on manufacturing. but we look forward to hear your calls on stock fall. papers, goes along with a big dramatic ad in the super bowl featuring clint eastwood. here he is, u.s.a. -- "usa today's" version. guest: the obama folks interpreted it as a campaign ad in a lot of ways, but obviously a lot of nuances to it. i think chrysler last year did this eminem ad, imported from detroit, about reviving the industry, and this is an extension. we are back on our feet, have taken a punch, and we can move forward. you have seen a lot of this from madison avenue. a focus on blue-collar work and manufacturing. because i think the politicians understand and these companies understand that americans have a soft spot in their heart for manufacturing. it has been an import

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