and hudson got shut off baseline. and a launch. knocked down.irginia tech stretches the lead to 3. now offensively challenged first 10 minutes. temple one of 7 why beyond the arch. and -- arc. and the secondary and ramon moore got. >> michael: hit with a foul. player control foul. and lorenzo hudson took the charge right in the middle of his number 5 down around the rim. >> joe: and the bucket at one ent. and gets back into position with the defense. and out of control. and gets his feet on the bench. >> michael: that's a good look at dileo, from new jersey. his dad coached the 76ers. and behind the west bank. working for the sixers. more free time on his hands. >> joe: that's right. >>> and stuck with it. a couple of opportunities for j t thompson. we told you about him 6'6" junior. off set the stretch and need the 32nd time out. >> joe: temple missing bulk around the basket here, giving up a second chance point. here comes bulk. in the person of williams as he goes to the scorer's table. you will see the rebound for the hokies. and allening to

because of kate hudson?ht, "showbiz tonight" reveals why kate hudson may be the reason why the new york yankees just won the world series. >>> and brand-new tonight, you have got to see this, caught on tape, the alleged josh duhamel stripper speaks. >> asking him who he was, because one of the servers were like, you know who that is? i was like, no. she was like, that's josh duhamel from "the transformers," fergie's husband. i was like, what? >> tonight, shocking new claims from the woman who says she had an affair with fergie's husband. >>> plus, more stories breaking from the "showbiz news ticker," tv's most provocative entertainment news show continues right now! >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." it is 30 minutes past the hour. i'm a.j. hammer, broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> and i'm brooke anderson, coming to you tonight from hollywood. and tonight, the rihanna/chris brown dueling confessions. "showbiz tonight" with the explosive developments that made for big news breaki

is kate hudson the reason the new york yankees won? they have jeter and pettis and mariano, but how they may have won because of kate hudson. >> he may not be the greatest wine connoisseur, but this frenchman knows how to pop his cork. we don't mean the usual way. >> no corkscrew? no problem. the way to open the bottle if you don't have a corkscrew. more stories making news right now. >> right now you have to watch the bottom of your screen for more provocative news from "showbiz tonight". >>> serena williams gets naked again. she sparked a firestorm about that new espn cover. she stripped down once again for a brand-new skin taftic photo in glamour magazine for the women of the year issue. too bad the top tennis officials are not happy with the photo. can't imagine why. you can check out the photo and all the women of the year in the latest issue on news stands right now. welcome back to "showbiz tonight". i'm aj hammer in new york. . >> josh versus the stripper, the battle of he said she said. an atlanta stripper is speaking out abou

friends of the medichi mold as i put it, and by creating this huge corporation the new york central hudson river railroad, it was i think in many ways a pioneer of the giant corporations we have been talking about, but things primary rival for largesse and most important corporation was the pennsylvania railroad. one of the four primary row wrote and the country after the civil war called the trunk lines and the pennsylvania railroad is very interesting because its managers represent very much kind of the modern model of management and, and their managers were andrew carnegie's mentors, tom essays got to us superintendent and vice president and president the railroad and j. edgar thompson. vanderbilt was someone who purchased a controlling share of the stock in the corporation, moved into management and then what he would do is he would not take a salary. he would take only for enumeration through dividends of his stocks and this is of course a model we have moved away from. now we expect shares to grow in value, but that is not the primary interest. at that time he was the primary thing i

the ceremony took place yesterday on the hudson pier. people said the ship is a symbol of healing and strength. >> it just represents to me the heartache of september 11th and the resilience of our nation. >> people who survived hurricane katrina built the billion dollar warship. it will transport up to 700 marines to war zones and humanitarian missions. the u.s.s. new york will be open to the public before returning to its home port of norfolk, virginia, this thursday. >>> take a look at this. this is what hit washington state, the season's first big snow storm. this heavy snowfall shut down several highways and caused problems for drivers, but not everyone was complaining. >> just moved here from texas and we don't get snow in texas at all. so, we're planning on coming skiing and sledding and we just wanted to bring the kids out to play. >> looks like a lot of fun. the first big sheet of white for some people is a reason to celebrate. >>> we're talking about snow in the west, meanwhile we also have some serious weather we're talking ab

buzzman is entangled with hudson and thompson of virginia tech.thank the outstanding sports information directors for all of their help for joe and me and in terms of preparation and billups dier a larry dockerty. another scene here. >> joe: didn't larry blow us off to go to a game? >> michael: i wasn't going to divulge that but... >> joe: he is a classmateky get away with that. >> michael: you are classmates you can say that. no, he was with al golden and the temple squad in ohio, they hustled back. >> michael: they did. >> joe: shot at tony dileo there. the coach of the 76ers. i thought he did a good job a very good job with the 76ers. and philadelphia losing andre miller this year. now they lost lou williams to an injury that will keep him down. >> joe: and seems to be day to day every day. gentleman yeah, yeah. eddy jordan. all of you and midatlantic. and from the days with the wiz art. ards and the sixers. still playing hard trying to extend the defense and there is the young dileo. and a factor and last 9 minutes and temple made this game th

kate hudson?> kate hudson. >> very first pitch a-rod saw a 90-mile-an-hour fastball in his back, third time they hit him in two days. they weren't happy. the umps said, cool it, everybody. two outs ninth inning, score tied a-rod hits back. he knocked in the even actual game-winning run and the yankees are one win away from winning it all. >>> other news it was the return of the 40-year-old viking brett favre came back to green bay. how did they greet him? in case you can't hear, those are boos, lots of them. brett had the last laugh. he just destroyed the packers. passing for four touchdowns. if you know anybody from wisconsin, today they are probably very depressed. i'm not being glib. give them a call. it was probably very difficult for them to see this. >>> this was great for everybody to see. a proud moment for america. member keflezighi was the first american to win the new york city marathon in 27 years. this guy's story a great one. his fame emigrated from a war-torn part of east africa. he

the plane landed safely, i know you remember that a bird strike forced another plane to land in the hudson river back in january. >>> a college football player spoke for the first time since his neck was crushed in a weight lifting accident and rafer has more on this story. good morning. >> good morning to you, robin. seven words, that is all usc runningback johnson was able to get and that is a miracle. he greeted his teammates last month after he dropped a 270 pound weight bar on his throat crushing his larynx and he could not breathe them but he was breathing and eating through a tube. he could swallow now and repeated the last words spoken by his late grandfather. >> god has a plan. run, stephon, run. >> it is still unclear, though, if and when he will return to football. when asked about it, he just shrugged. >> the seven words that he did say, wow, such significance for sure. >> i hope he does come back. >>> the families of 9/11 victims are reacting to a big decision by the obama administration. the self-proclaimed mastermind behind terror attack in u.s. history will be tried in a ci

fought in almost every irina been available from the fist fights ghts to racing is steambs up the hudson, defending himself, battling the business that ran from connecticut to california and watching endless cruise on the wall street to whipping his prized trotters against other sportsmen. a contest that on at least two occasions left him pitch down head first on the road in what looked to be fatal accidents. he was a hard man who was hard on those around him including a wife he seems to have driven to a sanitarium, son-in-laws who served as his personal minions. daughters who snubbed his second live and bitterly contested his will, a son who suffered a nervous breakdown, and two more sons who lived tragic lives and never did in his approval. he was also a man capable of love. great works of charity and sentiment as witnessed by his repeated attempts to contact old friends and loved ones through seances. it is both a great personal and public story. t.j. stiles has done a magnificent job of guiding us through a less crowded with the bands and with a wonderfully colorful supporting cast f

remember a bird strike forced another plane to land in the hudson river. >>> the house in cleveland where 11 bodies were found. that makes something that we could see more digging this week at anthdany sowell's house and next store. the search has expanded four houses down now. one woman says her niece found something behind a boarded up house. >> they found bones about this long. they come running in the house bringing them in the house where their bare hands talking about, look at what we found. >> police aren't saying if they found anything. anthony sowell's attorney hasn't commented on the murder charges he is facing. he pleaded not guilty on friday. >>> the families of 9/11 victims are reacting to a big decision by the obama administration the self-proclaimed mastermind behind the worst terror attack in u.s. history and four other attacks will be tried in a civilian courtroom. for the victims' family it is reigniting fierce debate. >> for me, my feelings, it's tasteless, it's sensitive and those scars, which have never been healed are just going to be open again. so, i am not comfort

adirondacks stretching down into the mid part of the hudson valley.ight rain showers possible around boston early this morning but if you're going to check out the ticker tape parade, looks like it's going to be breezy for that yankees celebration about 45 degrees. 39 currently in ny. 30 in buffalo. only 29 degrees when you get to detroit. 42 in chicago. winds out of the south today. it's going to warm you up just a bit. cool temperatures down through roanoke, charlotte 32. atlanta 39 degrees but cold air basically halts right across central parts of florida. 60 in tampa. 70 in miami. winds offshore again today coming right inland. you're going to see more showers. we'll talk about that and a look at tropical depression ida. it's down by nicaragua in about a half hour from now. >>> sing er rihanna is speaking out for the first time about her assault by ex-boyfriend chris brown and last night on hln's "the joy behar show" joy spoke with a star about her experience with domestic violence. >> a lot of women blame themselves. did you blame yourself? >> of

there will be great entertainment by the great jennifer hudson.ister is not the head of state. but they're calling it a -- whatever the white house calls it is what it is. tom, you've been in both places. did it get frustrating for you? >> there were days when it was frustrating. i can tell that you afghanistan in 2009 is nowhere near as bad or as dangerous as baghdad in 2006 was when i served there as a platoon leader. and as we learned over the last two years difficult does not mean impossible. and hard does not mean irredeemable. if we can pull back from the brink in iraq, we can certainly do so in afghanistan over the coming two to three years with the proper number of troops and proper strategy. >> larry: matthew, are you pessimistic about all this? >> i am to a certain degree, larry. you know, i'm very hopeful that what the president has done the last few months is that they've gone through a review of the strategy as general clark is referencing and that we're going to see -- i know we're going to get a troop increase which i'm disappointed

remember miracle on the hudson? it was a bird strike then that forced hero captain to land his plane in the hudson river back in january if like i said, the faa says this happens every day. didn't realize that. >>> we are now hearing from a mother who watched her baby fall in front of this on coming train when his stroller tumbled on to the tracks. watch. >> there was a moment they thought i should jump. for a second i should have a look, what has happened to him. i just wanted to have a look, how is he? and -- and that time, i just -- i was blank. i was complete shock. >> she's speechless. i would be, too. amazingly saw him, her son is fine. look at this. look at that. he only apparently had a couple scratches after accident. it happened in australia last months. the train's engineer managed to see the stroller fall, slammed on the brakes, but the train still rolled another 100 feet. >>> well, a football player was caught on camera trying to gouge out another player's eyes? and his punishment have some people prett

. >>> a tragic collision over the hudson has led to new rules.ided. to make the air space more orderly, the faa is splitting it into zones for local traffic and longer distance zones. sustained winds of 55 miles an hour and gusts of 90-mile-an-hour are pounding the oregon coast. power is out in some places and at one point a foot of water covered u.s. highway 101. some of our west coasters are just waking up, the early birds. where is that storm now? >> good morning, robin. it's a cold front moving inland across central washington state, through oregon but off the coast of northern california. a lot of rain today being not as much as yet but this is shot number one. this moves inland later today, get a little bit of breather on wednesday. thursday, you get blasted again by more winds and rain. how much over the next few days? here is a computer model. they really pinpoint exactly where the most rainfall will be. the seattle metro area, three or four inches of rain, pink shading is the olympic mountains, eight to ten inches of rain starting today.

extraordinary victory at saratoga when the gates at the army trapped general army up against the banks of the hudson river and forced the surrender. ann gates certainly felt wilkinson played a major role. this isn't an exact portrait as you can see behind me but we are assuming that by holding the flag behind gates is indeed wilkinson because he was so close to gates, both professionally and personally. gates used to refer to him as my son, you are as a son to me, he wrote on several locations. and when the news of the great victory was taken to congress it came with strong recommendation, absolute insistence that this kid of 20 should be made a general. and so he became the youngest american general in the army. so that's part of the power of his charm. i think the other part, again, of his personality, this is his wife nancy more formally known as ann bidle. it is just a miniature portrait by can't find the original. but just take a look at her. take a look at that little mouth and those bright eyes. she's a quaker. look at the hair piled on her head. that is no ordinary quaker. she is still look

extraordinary victory at saratoga when gates' army trapped the general's army up against the banks of the hudsoner and forced a surrender. and gates certainly felt that wilkinson played a major role. this is not exact portraiture but we're assuming the guy holding the flag behind gates is indeed wilkinson because he was so close to gates both professionally and personally he would refer to him as a son. you're a son to me he wrote on several occasions. and when the news of the great victory was taken to congress, it came with strong recommendations, a certain absolute insistence that this kid of 20 should be made a general and so he became the youngest american general in the army. so that's part of the power of his charm. i think the other part again of his personality -- this is his wife nancy, formerly known as ann biddle. it's a little miniature of a very good portrait of charles wilson peel. take a look at that little mouth and those sort of bright eyes. she's a quaker. she is delicate and sensitive. she writes beautifully. wonderfully funny quicks. and when we come to the motivation one of

to romantically -- we weren't as role romanticists as we thought to live in the berkshires or the hudson valley that we couldn't be as far away from washington as we like and we like the architecture baltimore because we were orioles fans in driving up there so we move to baltimore. we know friends and relatives and jobs. we enjoy living there. >> host: as you began -- you were already well under way in the kean trilogy of the time and. >> guest: as i was. started in washington and finished in baltimore. >> host: was the next book project? >> guest: right now i'm trying to make a film at hbo out of the three civil rights books out of the king books and so i'm working in a different medium. i have a couple of books on the drawing boards but they will be on the other side. i hope we can finally bring the civil rights story to the screen. the ones on the drawing board have more to do with the founding fathers, i've been collecting material for a long time and some of those kind haven't been shipped but that's what i'm working on. >> host: who are some of the big influences on you as a write

earlier this year, a bird strike forced another plane to land in hudson river. >>> a college football player spoke for the first time since his neck was crushed in a weight lifting accident. rafer weigel with more on that. great to hear from him. >> it was great to hear from him but seven words was all usc's stephan johnson was able to get out and doctor says that was a miracle. this was him last month after he greeted his teammates after dropping a 275 weight bar on his throat, crushing a larynx. he could not speak and was breathing and eating through his throat. because of a gladiator-like mentality, he repeated the words about his grandfather. >> run, stafon, run. >> whether he plays football again is not clear. he's a senior. he could get a degree of eligibility. when he asked about it, he shrugged. but i hope he does. >> it was inspiring to hear that. >> it was. >> rafer, be back with more. >>> coming up for you later today, we are, of course, watching what's happening with weather. before we get to that, i want to talk about a record that will make you say boy what i used to do

in the eventual game-winning run and the yankees one game away from winning it all thanks to kate hudson. that's another story. >> that will leave a bruise. >> it will. >>> brett favre, the 40-year-old viking, speaking of purple, came back to green bay. they were so happy to see him. okay, sorry, those were boos. >> maybe not. >> loudly. but favre was the one who had the last laugh. he absolutely destroyed the packers, passing for four touchdowns. if you know anybody from wisconsin, they're probably very depressed today. give them a call or a hug. i'm not being glib because it had to hurt. >>> the former watch and recent girlfriend of raiders head coach tom cabell claims he used to beat them. both women says he has anger management issues. he 5:00 noned he struck his wife with an open hand but that's the only time. the lawyer disputed the fairness of the report. the nfl is investigating allegations he hit an assistant. >>> on halloween night, a bat, that's right, a bat got into the at&t center of the spurs/kings game. look at that. how does a bat get in there? the spurs coyote with a net

the photo of the plane on the hudson that went down in january.is is the first photo before any mainstream information had been there. this was on twitter got circulated before cnn realized a plane was in the water. more information shared more broadly will open up more and more opportunity for people to know what people are talking about and encourage them to be talking about the things your interesting in talk to them about. i think for people that work in communications in particular, the ship moves from collecting information if you used to be a journalist. 10-yearsing a you needed to have lots of interviews and half of your time was collecting information and then you sat at your desk and edited it into a story. that part one, has been condensed, of course you probably still try to collect certain information but the information is out there. the challenge now is for someone in that type of role is to synthesize the filter and actually be able to bring it together into some type of coherent narrative. a second trend that i think is just begin

and you'll remember, it was a bird strike that forced a usairways plan to land in the hudson river in january. >> a guy in texas who wrecked his $1.7 million car says a bird distracted him. a lot of birds causing so many problems. he ended up crashing the vehicle in a salt marsh. then again, this thing is kind of hard to drive. he may not admit to that, but it is the fastest street-legal car you can buy, goes 250 miles an hour, and has 1,000 horsepower. the owner says he doesn't know if it can be salvaged. a bird distracted him. okay. >>> the federal reserve is taking a look at gift card fees and restrictions and appropriating new rules for unexpected costs for at least a year, and expirations extending to at least five years. it's based on a law congress passed in may. the new rules will go into effect next august, and before then, the feedback from the public and industry groups saying the new rules could be revised before they're actually but in place. >>> homeowners in financial trouble can still save their homes and their credit. acting fast, though, is the key. hln money expert

the ceremony took place yesterday on the hudson river pier and people in the crowd said the ship is aymbol of healing and strength. >> it just represents to me the heartache of september 11th and the resilience of our nation. >> people who survived hurricane katrina built the $1 billion warship. it will transport up to 700 marines to war zones and humanitarian missions. the "uss new york" will be open to the public before returning to its home port of norfolk, virginia, this thursday. >>> police in cleveland have identified three more of the ten bodies found in the home of a registered sex offender. anthony sowell served 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted rape in 1989. he was arrested two days after police discovered the first bodies in his home last week. authorities have now identified seven victims found in or near sowell's home. the skull of an 11th victim was al found. >>> take a look at this. this is what hit washington state, the season's first big snowstorm. now, this heavy snowfall shut down several highways and caused problems for drivers, but not everyone

double engine failure like the triple 7 in london or the airbus that landed in the hudson, which is a very, very rare event. but pilots, again, are trained to do everything depended engines restarted, flying the airplane the whole time. this specific case -- machines are not perfect. pilots are taught procedures on how to deal with those type of events. in this case, the fix is we add power when we are at a high altitudes, cold altitudes, to try to prevent icing in the fuel line. that is a temporary condition. certainly we are advocating as quickly as possible that any of the suspect parts be replaced, but in the interim, we can do the procedure is not necessary to keep those flights save. host: let us go to philadelphia, pennsylvania, where john as calling on the independent line. caller: good morning. if pilots -- special commercial pilots are allowed to fly 1000 a year, correct? guest: correct. caller: i was curious, does the long provided up, you have a program and then some in the hours on and off? guest: glad to in some of that. the current rules are approximately 1000 hours per

> you may remember it was a bird strike that forced captain sullenberger to land his plane in the hudson river in january. the faa says those bird strikes happen every day. >>> one woman apparently knew that she drank too much to be driving so what did she do? she called 911 on herself. >> the dispatcher asked her to pull over. she finally agreed and when police say they found her she told them she started drinking earlier in the day and then had seven, maybe eight liquor drinks at bars. officers say that her blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit. >> oh, she probably was dialing while she was driving, too, trying to talk, you know. like that's not bad enough. you're liquored eed up at the ti time. >> i'm so glad she called. >> allegedly. everything is allegedly even though she called 911 on herself. let me show you what's happening in florida. tropical-type weather, cold frojt to the north, a warm, humid atmosphere, most of the the rain offshore. that does move in later today. the heaviest rain by far around the u.s. is going to be across the eastern florida coast. you rea

the arctic circle takes a dramatic twist. 17-year-old hunter got trapped on an ice floe in canada's hudson bay. there were three polar bear on the same patch of ice. he spent two nights adrift. one bear got too close and the hunter shot it. rescuers reached him by boat and helped get him to safety. the rescuers got trapped and had to spend the night on the ice. another rescue party reached them the next day. wow. >>> a rock slide closed down a highway in southeastern tennessee as workers were trying to clear the roadway. well, they almost got hit by another rock slide, and that one was caught on video. take a look at this. too close for comfort, isn't it? a local news crew is recovering the clean-up effort and managed to get the video of the second rock slide. they warned everyone that there might be a second slide and moved them out of the way. the highway, u.s. 64, may be closed for up to a week. >>> you know there are some banks out there letting the customers spend as much as they want, but hln money expert clark howard warns it may cost you way more in bank fees than you're willing to

the photograph of the plane on the hudson in january. this was the first photograph before any mainstream media organization had been there. it was taken by a user on torture. -- it was taken by user on twitter and circulated around the internet. more information can open up more opportunities for people to know what people are talking about and encouraged them to be talking about the things you are interested in talking to them about. for people who work in communications, this shift moves from trying to collect information. if you were a journalist 10 years ago, you needed to have lots of interviews. half of your time was collecting information that you then used to produce a story. that has been condensed. you will still try to collect certain information. the information is out there. the challenge now is to synthesize, filter, and bring it together into some type of coherent narrative. a second trend that i think is just beginning and will continue is that we will see trust and credibility become more important over time. if you are

we have got someone you guys probably know -- jennifer hudson will sing tonight. yay. we also have a.r. rahman. he helped create some of their music for the film at "slumdog millionnaire". i don't know if you guys got to see that movie. we will have a jazz vocalist, kurt ellig, a chicago, hometown guy. then we will also have the national symphony orchestra under the direction of marvin hamlisch, one of the greatest composers in this country. it will be an incredible night for a lot of our guests. in a few minutes, you will hear more about the process of state visits and dinners and from white house historian bill allman. he will give you the background of how these things have worked in the past. you will also hear about the importance of protocol from tanya turner, who was from the state department. protocol is critical. how you stand, how you said, who walks were, all of that is really important. tonya will share with us how that works. before i turn it over to them, i want to take a few moments to share with everyone here also wide today means so much to me personal

double engine failure like the triple 7 in london or the airbus that landed in the hudson, which is a very, very rare event. but pilots, again, are trained to do everything depended engines restarted, flying the airplane the whole time. this specific case -- machines are not perfect. pilots are taught procedures on how to deal with those type of events. in this case, the fix is we add power when we are at a high altitudes, cold altitudes, to try to prevent icing in the fuel line. that is a temporary condition. certainly we are advocating as quickly as possible that any of the suspect parts be replaced, but in the interim, we can do the procedure is not necessary to keep those flights save. host: let us go to philadelphia, pennsylvania, where john as calling on the independent line. caller: good morning. if pilots -- special commercial pilots are allowed to fly 1000 a year, correct? guest: correct. caller: i was curious, does the long provided up, you have a program and then some in the hours on and off? guest: glad to in some of that. the current rules are approximately 1000 hours per

. >>> a story of survival near the arctic circle a 17-year-old hunter trapped on an ice flow in hudson. he wasn't alone. there were three polar bears on the patch of ice. the teen spent two nights adrift. one bear got too close and the hunter shot it. finally rescuers reached him by boat and helped get him to safety and then got trapped. they had to spend a night on the ice and another rescue party was dispatched and reached them the next day. >>> a former stripper and former priest battle it out not in church but a court of law why a baby's future hangs in the balance and, as we go to break, take another look at the dow, 13-month high, highest level in 13 months. the do you closes today at almost 10,300. we'll be right back. @@@@@@

it was on the hudson river that many believe he first discussed with winston churchill the effort to build an atomic bomb. today we gather at the library here, strengthened by the belief that in examining our past we can better safeguard our planet and our future. we will analyze how the news and american presidents shared in 1942 with his british counterpart would reshape history and the american presidency. we will discuss president truman's decision to use the bonds and world war ii. the famed 13 days in october in which a cataclysmic nuclear exchange was barely avoided. and efforts since that time to limit the use of proliferation of nuclear weapons. we will hear directly from two former presidents, a secretary of state and winner of the nobel peace prize, presidential advisers, diplomats, pulitzer prize-winning historian, journalist, and from you, the audience, by way of your written questions. i want to thank all of the presidential libraries and all -- and those of their foundations who have lent their support to this conference, and to c-span for broadcasting the proceedings

we've got someone you guys probably know a lot about, oscar winner jennifer hudson will sing tonight. yeah. but we also have a.r. rahman, he's also an oscar winner and helped create some of the music for the film "slum dog millionaire" don't know if you guys got to see that movie. we are also going to have grammy nominated jazz vocalist curt elling. a chicago hometown guy. we are pleased to have him. we'll also have the national symphony orchestra under the direction of marvin hamlisch, one of the greatest composers in this contry. it will be an incredible night for a lot of our guests. in just a few minutes you are going to hear a little bit more about the whole process of state visits and dinners from white house historian bill allman. he's going to give you a little bit of the background how these things have worked in the past. you are also going to hear about the importance of protocol from tonya turner, who is protocol officer from the state department. and protequol is critical. protocol, how you stand, how you sit, who walks where, all that is really important. tonya will shar

we have got someone you guys probably know -- jennifer hudson will sing tonight. yay.ut we also have a.r. rahman. he helped create some of their music for the film at "slumdog millionnaire". i don't know if you guys got to see that movie. we will have a jazz vocalist, kurt ellig, a chicago, hometown guy. then we will also have the national symphony orchestra under the direction of marvin hamlisch, one of the greatest composers in this country. it will be an incredible night for a lot of our guests. in a few minutes, you will hear more about the process of state visits and dinners and from white house historian bill allman. he will give you the background of how these things have worked in the past. you will also hear about the importance of protocol from tanya turner, who was from the state department. protocol is critical. how you stand, how you said, who walks were, all of that is really important. tonya will share with us how that works. before i turn it over to them, i want to take a few moments to share with everyone here also wide today means so much to me person

we have got someone you guys probably know -- jennifer hudson will sing tonight. yay.ut we also have a.r. rahman. he helped create some of their music for the film at "slumdog millionnaire". i don't know if you guys got to see that movie. we will have a jazz vocalist, kurt ellig, a chicago, hometown guy. then we will also have the national symphony orchestra under the direction of marvin hamlisch, one of the greatest composers in this country. it will be an incredible night for a lot of our guests. in a few minutes, you will hear more about the process of state visits and dinners and from white house historian bill allman. he will give you the background of how these things have worked in the past. you will also hear about the importance of protocol from tanya turner, who was from the state department. protocol is critical. how you stand, how you said, who walks were, all of that is really important. tonya will share with us how that works. before i turn it over to them, i want to take a few moments to share with everyone here also wide today means so much to me person

. >> we have another question from keira hudson who is here in the audience also. she's from the think first program in indiana. she says, i was a distracted driver four years ago and crashed my suv because i thought my cell phone conversation was that important. and i'm now paralyzed as a result. i'm an active advocate against distracted driving now. what ideas do you have to get the message out to people who think this distracted driving behavior is not dangerous? natalie, do you want to take this one? >> like i said before, you have to change people's mind set and make it cool to be a safe driver. our chapter has really gotten involved with our community, we've collaborated with other groups to help spread our message, and we've done things that are interactive so that we're not just speaking to the teens, we're, like, actually encouraging them to be safe. and peers really listen to their peers more than anything else. and if they have a positive influence someone, we're telling them it's okay to be a safe driver, it's okay to put your phone away for a few secon