>>shepard: we showed it coming up the hudson. for people who come to visit the museum, what is the experience going to be like? >>guest: well, this is just a temporary home for her. we will put her in a real building with more elaborate exhibits, probably in two or three years but we will not shortchange the experience. people can come to the pavilion, walk around here, under her, there will be the platform where you get a better view but all the way around the perimeter of the building are exhibits in the form of text and video and a lot of images of the shuttle history and what is to come, the future of space flight. >>shepard: that opens in july and i guess this is going to be the hottest tickets in the city. >>guest: 19 the of july and tickets are on sale on the website and they are flying. it will be amazing. i can't wait to bring the first visitors in. >>shepard: our folks in the criminal room are looking forward to watching that come to the flight deck. when will they raise it? >>guest: you can see behind me they are, ever

he became a hero when he successfully landed about flight on the hudson river. he is a safety expert and the author of a new book on the leadership. we are glad you joined us. >> every community has a martin it's the cornerstone we all know. boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> on january 15, 2009, the you remember where you were cat? >> i do we do where you were at? >> i do. >> he became an instant american hero after what is known as the miracle on the hudson. he is the author of the new t ext "making a difference." i finally get a chance to shake your hand. what an honor it is to meet you. does it feel weird that everyone knows who you are before you know who they are? >> it does. who it is amazing what you get used to. the intensity of public attention is so amazing, i cannot imagine if it was something bad. tavis: how hav you gone about who -- when you knew you were going to be the caretaker >> unlike most news stori

we want to say welcome. >> reporter: hudson taylor founded the china taylor mission.uring his lifetime, taylor recruited 800 missionaries, and started 125 schools throughout china. the barnesley anniversary crowd included a chinese minister now working in england. >> we remember the great man who committed his life to preaching the gospel of jesus to the chinese. and through him, many, many chinese found a new way of life. he helped millions and millions of chinese. i hope millions and millions of chinese will come to this place, and remember that god can use a small man in a small town but in a great way. >> god can use a small man in a small town in a great way. >> george: to see all of the hardships hudson taylor endured in china trying to bring the gospel, and then after all of these years to see one of the world's largest christian nations -- it's pretty cool. thanks for joining us, everyone. >> wendy: god bless you. we're asking people how big a marriage is. like, how many people it affects? right. so let's find out! how big is it? i can't measure it. big! it's

dale hudson. and last and certainly not least, dr.ichard land, the longtime president of the ethics and religious liberty commission, the public policy arm of the southern baptist commission. he's held the office since 1999. he served on the commission for international freedom and president bush served dr. land for his first two terms. he was replaced by bill frist in 2005 and mitch mcconnell in 2007. he graduated with a p.a. degree from princeton and a graduate degree from the university of oxford. ladies and gentlemen, dr. rich land. let kick off the discussion, and we'll go in the same order that we did, this alphabet call order, and let me begin by saying it was 2008 when the presidential campaign was in full swing. i was -- i had the privilege of serving my country at that time as a judge advocate for the third armored cav regiment in diyalah province in n iraq, but even in iraq we received reports of this presidential race and this new candidate of hope and change, and one of the essential elements of hope and change for this n

i'm tom hudson. susie is off tonight. spain could ask for a bank bailout as soon as this weekend. in the u.s., president obama calls on congress to pass his jobs plan. we will look at the president's scorecard on job creation. and does america's failing financial literacy hurt the economy? that and more tonight on "n.b.r." >> reporter: i'm erika miller in new york. all around the globe, investors will be paying close attention this weekend to see if spain requests billions to bailout its banks. many spanish banks are in trouble because of bad real estate loans. the country's unemployment rate

>> okay. >> reporter: hudson and malcolm follow the ice cream man.sh. >> you don't want to come? want some ice cream? >> reporter: he stays behind the table. my fingers are crossed that he'll remember everything i've taught him about stranger safety. >> come on, josh. >> check it out. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: they all want the ice cream. but will they go in the truck to get it? >> you guys ever been in an ice cream truck? >> no. >> reporter: we prepare ourselves to see what the boys will decide. >> no? >> come on, guys. >> reporter: hudson and malcolm don't even wait for our actor to pull out the stool. they dive right into the truck. >> oh, you want to climb? >> oh, this is cool. >> right? >> reporter: but my son hangs back. i know he's thinking he shouldn't get in. >> is this really an ice cream truck? >> yeah. >> my god. i'm feeling -- i knew he was going to get on that truck. >> reporter: still, it's hard for me to watch. >> you want the spider-man? we've got dora the explorer. >> that one. >> you want this one? >> i want that one. >> i'm like

the shuttle is being floated down the hudson river as we speak right now.f queens and brooklyn. enterprise's new home will be the intrepid sea air and space museum along the hudson river. let's linger on that, let's linger on that. is this a live picture? where is it? there's the live picture right now. it's so cool to look at this. obviously, we know from the shuttle landings and the shuttle launches, it's amazing. and you know what? people love to watch the launches and the landings. we knew that, but i know that because the ratings would go up. every time there is a launch and a landing, ratings would spike. there is the shuttle enterprise. it's going to be at the air and space museum on the hudson river in new york city. beautiful pictures there. >>> all right, vice president's joe biden's daughter has tied the knot. 30-year-old ashley biden married hiden crane. the groom is a plastic surgeon. about 200 guests gathered for a reception at the biden family home. best of luck to them. >>> we go now to the big stories in the week ahead from the pentagon to

"don't go to the hudson river. go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 billion gallons of water. almost all of the system is fed by gravity, without the use of energy-consuming pumps. valves open to regulate the flow into the 85-mile-long delaware aqueduct -- the longest tunnel in the world. at hillview reservoir... the water is partitioned into another giant tunnel system. where it travels deep be

we also have jennifer hudson, oscar winner jennifer hudson is here. has a special new lullaby out.a hayek and blake lively will be in times square talking about their new hot movie. >> i love that gossip girl. can't wait to hear about that. >>> the movie princess and her prince charming. anne hathaway's fairy tale romance, remember it ended when she found out her love of four years was actually a con man. he's speaking out now only to abc about his elaborate scheme, their lavish lifestyle and how he feels about anne now. >> cannot wait to hear about that. >> first we have to get some news. amy robach in for josh. >>> good morning, everyone. we begin with the dramatic turn for the worse in colorado. flames exploding overnight forcing more than 32,000 in the colorado springs area to flee their homes. at least 40 more homes have been destroyed and the air force academy has been evacuated as one of several major wildfires approach there. more than 100,000 acres in colorado have burned so far. >>> and the remnants of tropical storm debby are expected to move out to sea today but not bef

they believe the woman survivor at the hudson and her boyfriend was seriously injured. >>> in manufacturing a controlled substance and the pass this explosion is horrifying after months neighbors say they haven't forgotten. >>> they can finesse. this neighbor got home after the blast but he learned of the power of my upstairs neighbor. >>> in the can of to the ceiling she has an ounce. and live at the counts and what not. cal than half a dozen apartment opposite the blast. >>> i got outside and had seen men her clothes were blown off to is probably about half naked sun ran inside to get a blanket to cover her up and one at closer i realized how badly to his burned and had to back off. he was worried by his two sons. did we get can still hear her scream sometimes but i can remember that she deftly here scream a dispensary about the impact in the blossoms in less like the hudson her clothes burned away. did waves it was is yelling in burning flesh the screaming. the trauma it's been about a year and i can't do it. in livermore is not done now cbs five. >>> investing in the fire that shut down

hudson, quebec, is 40 miles from the french canadian city of montreal. it's also home to a summer music festival that draws thousands. >> the hudson festival is very, very popular with the town. everybody comes out. it's a very festive atmosphere. >> the best place to watch the performances is the stage by cunningham's restaurant and bar. >> we luck out every year. we get the stage right in front of our pub. >> july 31th, 2010, is the last night of the festival. hudson resident sherry graham is there with her family and her video camera. >> there's some really interesting things. i walk around and see what i would like to film. >> she's not the only one excited to be at the festival. the area outside cunningham's is packed. in addition to the music, there's a special nighttime act, a fire breathing performance. >> we didn't know what to expect, but we knew it would be probably exciting. >> fire breathing has long captured the imagination with its irresistible mix of dazzle and daring. >> fire breathing is something that captivates the crowd. it's the cha

i'm tom hudson. susie is off this week. global financial regulators hold an emergency call on europe's growing debt crisis. disney said no more to junk food ads on its children programming and what it means for disney's bottom line and a view of the economy from the rails and speak with the boss of norfolk turn on nbr. financial leaders from the group of seven leading industrialized nation addressed the growing crisis in europe and tempering europe's ability to contain its problems but the g-7 did not issue a statement but the u.s. treasury did said the group agreed to monitor ahead of the g 20s meeting in mexico june 18. after greece's election a vote could help determine whether it stays in the eurozone. the congressional budget said the u.s. debt will exceed the but several tax cuts are due to expire at the end of next year. u.s. stocks rising and an investors took a wait and see attitude and the dow in duf was. the farm bill headed to the floor. the u.s. senate and could grow billions in savings for the american taxpaye

>> "hyde park on the hudson." >> dave: "hyde park on the hudson." looking forward to that. god i love you, bill. >> i love you, dave. >> dave: nice job. take care. we'll be right back with the temper trap, ladies and gentlemen. [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan do a lot of sending... and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. [ bob ] i got the tickets. [ male announcer ] and with citibank popmoney, it's even easier to keep sending...and receiving. let me get you back. no, it's on me. i insist. no way. yes way. well let me chip in. [ male announcer ] send money from one bank account to another, with citibank popmoney. easier banking. every step of the way. captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> dave: our next guests are a talented rock 'n' roll band originally from melbourne, australia, now based in london. i'm originally from indianapolis, indiana, now based in new york. i have a copy of their brand-new self-t

enterprise is expected to arrive at the museum tomorrow and it will make a grand entrance up the hudson and then it will be lifted by a crane into the museum. >>> celebrating the queen, her majesty's diamond jubilee is wrapping up in london. the british are celebrating 60 years of queen elizabeth 2 on the throne. the church bells have been ringing and crowds cheering god save the queen as the monarch travelled through the streets ofmond. and -- of london. the archbishop praised the queen for bringing happens to the nation and then she attendade jubilee lunch and capped off the celebration with a rare address to the nation. >> the events i have attended to mark my diamond jubilee have been a humbling experience. it's touched me deeply to see so many sizes of families, neighbors, and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere. i hope the memories -- at the events and that will brighten our lives for years to come. >> and without that, he's in the hospital recovering from a bladder infection and a celebration back here at home from two of our nation's first ladies and what is

. >>> the shuttle "enterprise" has landed tonight after an amazing journey up the hudson river on a bargehe concrete canyons, the new york city skyline, statue of liberty. and finally, hoisted by crane onto its new home, the flight deck of the "u.s.s. intrepid" the world war ii aircraft carrier that is now a museum. the "enterprise" of course, was retired with the nasa shuttle program last summer. we put more of the stunning images of this day on the hudson river journey on our website nbcnightlynews.com. >>> the visionary writer ray bradbury has died. born in illinois, transplanted to l.a. at a young age. he couldn't afford college but was a voracious reader, ended up basically living at the library. sold his first story to a magazine at age 20. but it wasn't until ten years later that "the martian chronicles" helped move his science fiction into the mainstream. it was followed by "fahrenheit "451" his masterpiece cold war allegory that envisions firefighters sent to burn books. his imagination was present always. in his books, you can find the precursors to ipods and earbuds and flat sc

this time, to its final home, the intrepid, sea, air and space museum on the hudson river. last journey, live here in new york. >> reporter: hey, there. just before 8:00 this morning. the space shuttle enterprise left jfk airport, where it had been for a month or so. enterprise is going on a three-day water ride to its final resting place, a manhattan museum. we are here by the gill hodges memorial bridge, overlooking the jamaica bay. it's one of the three bridges that the enterprise is going to be traveling under on its journey. its move from jfk to the converted world war ii aircraft carrier began yesterday. a crane lifted it and is ferrying it on its final journey. the tug boat will full past the shores of queens and brooklyn today, to new jersey. and tuesday, it will pass by the statue of liberty and the world trade center before being on the hudson river. the enterprise is named after a fictional starship from the sci-fi tv series star trek. it is a prototype and never went to space. but it was used in the 1970s for approach and landing tests, or alt flights. before ma

deal hudson. and last, and certainly not least dr. the long time president of the ethics and civil liberty commission and the southern baptist convention and he's held the oft since 1988 and for ten years he served with the u.s. commission on international religious freedom and former president obama selected dr. lamb for the first two terms of the commission and he was appointed by senator bill frist in '05 and senator mitch mcconnell in 2007 and graduated from princeton with a doctors in philosophy from oxford. let's kick off the discussion and go in the same order that we did. this alphabet cal order. let me begin by saying it was in 2008 when the presidential campaign was in full swing. hit privilege of serving my country in diyala province in iraq, but even in iraq we received reports of this presidential race and this new candidate of hope and change, and one of the essential elements of hope and change for this new candidate was that he was going to break through the partisan divide on religion. he was going unite catholics and

realistic and the department of the and armin have been working with hudson properties on the proposedlease at 1455 market. we have completed this negotiation process on the base lease and we have a mutually agreed upon document ready for signature appeared on this side are the favorable terms included in that base lease. these terms include the 24,440 square feet of space. the term would be seven years with the option to renew. the the baseline rent will increase annually by $1. and the landlord has -- has included an allowance for renovations to the space. this is a shelf space that needs to be led out. right now, real-estate does project the buildout cost is too -- is likely to be $75 per square foot. additional costs will be covered by in-kind or cash donations and may be amortized if necessary. the department offered us the opportunity to borrow at a rate of $10 per square foot in order to cover the costs. the way the lease is described, we will only exercise that option if the upcoming funding efforts did not pan out the way we anticipate a well. we currently have quite a few com

jetta for hudson is returning to the small screen. actress will get started a new episode in the next season of smashed. the she will play a tony award winning broadway star furious >>brian: we will be warming things up as we go into tuesday and wednesday. >>vicki: have a nice weekend. copper

this is where all the christinas and all these people came up on, jennifer hudson. >> ellen: yes. the modern era. they sold more records than anyone. it's just sad. >> ellen: it is sad. she had such a beautiful crystal clear voice. >> oh, man. >> ellen: did you ever struggle with -- it doesn't seem you ever struggled with drug or alcohol or anything. and you've been around and doing everything that everybody else is doing. >> well, yeah, you know, i had my issues and my bouts with it, you know, but thank god i overcame them. [applause] you know, let me be the first to say it's not easy for everyone. you have to deal with it the way you deal with it. but, hopefully, you've got friends. you've got a support staff. a support group that really helps you. i had a lot of people that helped me, so thank god for them as well. >> ellen: and jennifer hudson -- thank god for friends that kind of -- [applause] >> that really care. >> ellen: -- guide you. i think people need that around them, because i think you're in a business where you get to do whatever you want for the most part. >> yes.

there is the hudson. reminds me a little of the miracle on the hudson. big plane like that on the hudson river. that worked out well. this is working out as well. that is the shuttle enterprise. it is the protoe type for the shuttle. it is finds its new place on the intrepid. it will take a little loop around the statue of liberty as it gets acclimated with the surroundings in new york city. beautiful shot. we'll bring you more as we get it. bill: that is supercool. eight minutes before the hour. a prison guard held hostage. inmates in south carolina overpowering the guards. 100 officers rescued him earlier today. he is not injured. health concern about the musician chairman crow. doctors discovered a brain tumor. crowe telling her fans that it is benign. miss pennsylvania is resigning from the organization claiming the pageant is fixed. organizers say those claims have no merit. martha: jaw-dropping new video of one of the rarest solar events, look at this. the planet venus, passing between earth and the sun, like a little dot crossing through the two.

in duluth, minnesota, they are getting the worse of it, and bill hudson of wcco, is in duluth joiningnow. bill, what have you seen there today? >> well, good news, scott, is the rain has stopped for now but the flooding hasn't. as you can see behind me, man hole covers have popped off because the storm sewer systems have been overtaken by the floodwaters, so the street flooding continues. what we saw today was a terrific amount of rain that came washing down the hillsighs. that's the city's greatest attribute, this port city of lake superior, but it became a detriment last night as all that rain washed away the road beds, filled the basins with water, you should mined bridges and roads, left a lot of sinkholes. a young college student driving home about 12:30 in the morning and suddenly their car fell right into this large sinkhole. they were able to escape unharmed. some zoo animals weren't so fortunate, however. seals were found swimming around on local streets so it is a mess wherever you look here in duluth, scott. >> pelley: they have had nine inches of rain in 24 hours. what's t

its final journey was on a barge up the hudson river. >> new yorkers lined the hudson banks to watchspectacle. and wabc reporter, carolina leid was there. >> reporter: it paved the way for all space shuttles. the new and final home, at the intrepid sea and space museum. >> we're confident about the engineering of this feat, in that mechanism. we really overengineered properly because we have to protect and preserve. >> reporter: "the enterprise" was moved 15 miles by water from its landing spot at jfk. it's part of nasa's challenging effort to place shuttles in cities around the country. >> even though "enterprise" never flew in space, the others wouldn't have flown if it wasn't for the work "enterprise" did. >> reporter: workers used special rigging to hoist "the enterprise" by crane on to the flight deck. some took as many photos as they could. while others froze in play. >> i'm awestruck. i keep trying to take a picture. it's truly a spectacular moment. and we're so happy she's coming home to new york. >> i love the space program. i think we should have more interpersonal reaction

journey up the hudson river on a barge across the concrete canyons, and finally, hosted by crane onto new home, the flight deck of the "u.s.s. intrepid" that is now a museum. it was retired with the nasa shuttle program last summer. we put more of the stunning images of this day on the hudson river journey on our website nbcnightlynews.com. >> the visionary writer ray b d bradbury has died. he was a voracious reader, lived at the library, sold his fir story to a library, but it wasn't until ten years ago that the martian chronicles helped move his reading into the mainstream. it was followed by "fahrenheit 151" that sent firefighters to burn books. in his books, you can find the precursors to ipods and ear buds and flat screen tvs and televised tv chases of all things. he sold more than 8 million books, influenced generations of americans and continued writing until his death yesterday at the age of 91. >>> today is june 6th and today was d-day, the largest amphibious invasion in world history. 73,000 americans alongside their cuanadian and british brothers landing, a turning point in

washington was across the hudson river in new jersey watching as that army was defeated and forced to surrender and then worse than that, after the men surrendered particularly those riflemen who had been shooting the officers of the british forces, a good many of those riflemen were beaten up and some of them were put to the sword as washington watched helplessly from the other side of the hudson. the palisades. washington irving, who wrote one of the first and i think one of the best biographies interviewed the people that were there. they told him that washington burst into tears of helplessness and frustration. it was the lowest point of what had happened. he had been responsible for that. it was his decision to defend that indefensible fort. and he began, and others around him, to wonder if this man was up to his job. and there were grave thoughts that maybe he would have to be replaced. and then he led his men in retreat across new jersey west toward pennsylvania, and he asked lieutenant monroe to stand by the edge of the road in newark, new jersey, and count the troops as they

i'm tom hudson. susie is off this week. a nervous wall street starts the week with no clear direction. but economic data continues pointing to a slowing u.s. economy, and that feeds fears of recession. then, how all this may play out at the ballot box. we kick off a week long look at election 2012, jobs and the economy. that and more tonight on "n.b.r." it was a choppy day of trading on wall street. fresh worries about the u.s. economy and europe's debt crisis kept investors on edge. the dow lost 17 points. while the nasdaq added 12, the s&p 500 closed nearly unchanged. suzanne pratt tonight, takes a look at where stocks may be headed. >> reporter: for stock investors, today was certainly an improvement after friday's big se-off. but, even though trading was calmer, maet pros say anxiety about spain and greece remains high. >> i still think the tone to the market is somewhat negative. i think very politically driven and very headline driven. and, so to that end we look at it very minute to minute to see what's developing in

. >> i'm ann hayworth from the hudson valley, new york. i'm a physician myself, an ophthalmologist and had the privilege of caring for patients in the hudson valley for 16 years. and i'm here to represent patients and doctors across the country. my colleagues tell me they are very concerned about their ability to deliver the care that their patients deserve and that they have come rightly to expect under the terms of this law. in particular, i'm worried about medicare patients. as an ophthalmologist, you can imagine i took care of many of them in my career. this law, this 2010 law, takes half a trillion dollars out of medicare. this directly compromises their access to care. it is unacceptable. we are resolved here to honor the goals of that law which were the right goals. to have good, affordable health care for all americans, affordable, portable health insurance. the wrong law. we cannot afford to impose a $2 trillion bureaucracy on the american people. and we can honor those goals in ways that make sense. we are here to put patients at

i'm tom hudson. susie has tonight off. lower credit ratings for several big banks could wind up costing their customers. the supreme court ruling on the health care reform law is due next week. tonight, we look at what the outcome could mean for two small businesses. and general motors is growing in russia. that and more tonight on "n.b.r." the outlook for the biggest of the big banks in the u.s. and europe isn't pretty, at least according to credit ratings firm moody's. it cut the credit ratings of six big u.s. banks late yesterday, months after warning it would do so. but investors mostly shrugged off the worries even though the action threatens to make banking more expensive for customers. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: of the five u.s. banks downgraded by moody's, citi, j.p. morgan chase and bank of america deal directly with consumers. today, people were still trying to figure out what the move means for them. >> i'm familiar with the issue. i just read the headline l+s1 night. i wasn't that concerned until now.

before there was a military academy here on the hudson, re

now it is making the final leg of its journey on a barge in the hudson river.the lower part of your screen the intrepid, where they're making ready to bring aboard shuttle enterprise. laura engle is live at the scene and watch and hopefully take us all along as the enterprise gets hoisted onto the deck. laura? >> reporter: absolutely jon. it has been a spectacular sight all day longwith a lot of anticipation as we watch the space shuttle enterprise floating along the hudson river. we will give you a love look. my cameraman will show it there with the whiteout outer casing atop of the massive barge cruising to the final resting stop here at the intrepid museum. the shuttle was led by a monster of a crane with a 250 foot tall boom which towers over the river like a floating skyscraper this crane, we'll talk it right here, is capable of lifting 500 tons and has been seen in action along the hudson river for another high-profile lift when it was used to haul the infamous miracle on the hudson plane out of water, us air flight, 1549 with captain sully in 2009. the p

a live look from new york city in space shuttle enterprise on a barge heading up the hudson river. become a part of the intrepid air and space museum. >>mark: will come back. a quick look at the top stories we're following. the president is launching a today fund-raising campaign for california. that starts today with two different events in san francisco being followed by events of los angeles. and voters in san jose overwhelmingly approved cuts to retirement benefits for city workers. a landslide vote had 70 percent in favor of measure be. >>mark: wisconsin gov. scott walker has survived a recall lection and is now focusing his message on what lies ahead saying it is time to the differences aside and find ways to work together. the state is still bitterly divided on his move to and collective bargaining rights. >>darya: off the miami heat have lost three in a row and now face elimination in game 6 in boston. kevin garnett finished last night with 26 points and 11 rebounds as the celtics beat the heat 94-90. lebron james finished with 30 points and 13 rebounds to lead eight minute

congress willing to risk to help their candidate when to answer that and more i'm joined by michael hudson economics professor at the university of missouri thanks for joining me michael what do you think about obama's speech this morning about him kind of shifting the blame away from america right now well it was a very strange speech usually isn't very serious but in this case. or even just reading a speech evidently written by a campaign contributors on the walls he was blaming. one of your up in the other was a republican the speech basically said we're going into a depression it doesn't my policies it's not my fault laying the other guy regarding he wasn't really blaming it it was a. president here was a lawyer on behalf of his campaign. really client and your member about six months ago when i went to europe and. you can read the fault because america is meeting you. and we're going to go under. great people you have to bail them out so that we can make money. really. well now obama's in europe once again look we've just seen and this will go on in a formal. or designed almost ready

it was plays on the hudson river. it had been parked at jfk airport. it was flying from washington to new york on the back of the 747 and bianna if you look out of your window, you could see it. >> it's beautiful. along the hudson. >> thank you. >>> there's a big political story looming this week, it's your voice, your vote, the epicenter of american politics will be wisconsin this tuesday when the republican governor scott walker is going to face a recall vote. his effort to cut the budget last year, provoked this massive sit-down at the state house, it lasted for weeks. let's bring in george stephanopoulos. >> hi, guys. welcome back bianna. >> great to see you george. >> so, you got one day off at least. you look well rested. let me ask you about this vote tuesday in wisconsin, apparently both camps in the presidential race are looking at this as a potential bellwether. why is that? >> george will is calling the second most important election this year. here's why, wisconsin could be a key battle ground in this presidential election. democrats have t

that's a little young miss jennifer hudson.ut i was going to sing my way to it. >> you have. >> thank god, you know, it's been a blessing. >> no kidding. >> it really has. >> so many people were upset you didn't finish first. you finished what? >> seventh place season three. so i was far from the first and second spot. >> who won that year? >> fantasia burino won and i was seventh place. >> from seventh place, you have parlayed that into such a career. not only great records but also, you know, and i was -- i was wondering whether i should introduce you as a singer or an actress first because you do both. you won the oscar for "dreamgirls." >> i did, you know, it's still surreal at times like everything is, again, so many things i didn't expect like wow. and never would have guessed -- that was my first project ever. ever. in acting. >> one of the things because of your great career right now, all sorts of companies want you to talk about their products and now, according to this information i hold right here, you have written