>>jacqueline is next to share her culinary wisdom with us.: -this is a little tool called cook help. >>she's a bit fond of gadgets. -the curls of carrot that were on your salad were made with this little gadget. my kids used to think this was the coolest thing on the planet. it's kind of fun to learn about these things. >>but as colby likes to point out, fresh ingredients are key to any good recipe. -we're in a climate here in california where we can garden 365 days out of the year and we do here at copia. i kind of forgot i got this box of produce here. my props. -is this beautiful or what? i mean, that's a bouquet. look at that. >>so what's the moral of this story? mix together equal parts skill, ingredients, good humor, and voila! -the south is one of the most hospitable places on the planet. >>>you'll have a meal worthy of applause. -so y'all come back now, ya' hear? >>don't go away, up next... setting sail on a wine country adventure. an italian white worth discovering tops our wine pick. lisa minucci of vintrust, a wine management and c

kinko clarkson. >> i have four out of five daughters here tonight. >> reporter: and jacqueline clarkson>> she came home one day after she was on stage the first time. she said, well, i know what i want to be. i want to be a star. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, girls. >> reporter: 35 years later patricia clarkson was back on the same high school stage getting the full star treatment in her hometown. >> oh, thank you so much. thank you. >> nothing will ever compare to what happened today in that high school. nothing. >> reporter: nothing yet anyway. do you worry about when one of these days you get a call to be someone's grandmother. >> sure. that's coming. that's like tomorrow. i'll probably, you know, we'll end this interview and there will be a message on my phone. i'm prepared. (nervous laughter). >> reporter: as long as there's an interesting character. >> as long as there's a nude scene. ♪ but the fire is so delightful ♪ ♪ the weather outside is frightful ♪ ♪ let it snow, let it snow ♪ lash stiletto from maybelline new york. staggering length... up to 70% longer amazing black p

then jacqueline o'neill of the institute for inclusive security talks about the role women play in muslimries. then a former c.i.a. intelligence officer looks at al qaeda's determination to acquire weapons of mass destruction. "washington journal" is next. . >> good morning and welcome to "washington journal" on sunday the last day of january for 2010. dozen president obama need a republican congress? will washington and the administration benefit from republicans in congress? is there more balance when one party doesn't control both the executive and legislative branches? we will take your calls on that. >> we are also on online. you can e-mail us. and twitter. you can also find us on facebook. we are looking at a column in the washington called "does obama need a g.o.p. congress?" down into the story he writes it is tempting to wonder whether obama may have better luck under a republican congress. it was floated by

caller: thank you, jacqueline for being zpen.re oppressed. and those white men in the united states, if you don't know what it's like to be oppressed. then you need to concentrate ongoing meetings. women from all nationalities have to come together and say i am tired of war, i am tired of my daughters and granddaughters being raped and miseducated. and my niece's 23-year-old daughter will be go to afghanistan to fight. we have lost two nephews in iraq because of what men think. sometimes we have to negotiate and talk to other people, and thank you very much,i applaud you. guest: thank you, and i hope they come home safely. you can't underestimate what your niece and others are doing, in the military and to be going to afghanistan. and we hear from women saying that it's powerful for me, following war in my country, to see women here doing roles that are nontraditional. but i am interested in. one of our favorite examples of following the war in west africa, the indians with a peace keeping mission, the indian government sent an a

jacqueline o'neill talks about the role that when planned peace building in security efforts in muslim countries. after that, a former cia intelligence officer on his recent article in "form policy" magazine. plus or e-mail and phone calls. "washington journal." live tomorrow starting at 7:00 and on c-span. yesterday, the government announced a 5.7% growth in the gross domestic product. president obama talks about his weekly online address and including initiatives to lower the federal deficit. and susan collins, senior republican on the senate homeland security committee discusses the interrogation procedures used against -- airliner flight 253. >> at this time last year, banks were on the verge of collapse and job losses of 700,000 and month. we received another troubling piece of news about our economy. it was shrinking at an alarming rate. the largest six-month decline in 50 years. factories and farms were producing less, businesses were selling less, and more job losses were on the horizon. one year later, according to numbers released this past week, this trend has reversed itsel

i would say that in this particular context, just drop in jacqueline would've been seen as often as anyother ministers possibly with the exception of john prescott and the different times gordon brown. and the team beyond that -- gordon was important that the prime minister's relation the parliamentary labour party and so forth. but he is somebody who i sometimes talk about his decision-making when i used to call the circular conversation where he's just talking to different people over a timeframe and absorbing different thoughts and influences. in terms of policymaking at never been a policy person or claim to be a policy person, but i would be his person who is always thinking -- >> to some a lot point he told the finance committee, i quote, i was involved in a loud discussions about policy and strategy on iraq. and then there is an adviser to the prime minister. so surely were policy person? >> abbott and there as a part of that discussion and that operation that is thinking the whole time about communications issues. i'll be absolutely frank. when we first won in 97 general electio

i would say that in this particular context, just drop in jacqueline would've been seen as often as anyr ministers possibly with the exception of john prescott and the different times gordon brown. and the team beyond that -- gordon was important that the prime minister's relation the parliamentary labour party and so forth. but he is somebody who i sometimes talk about his decision-making when i used to call the circular conversation where he's just talking to different people over a timeframe and absorbing different thoughts and influences. in terms of policymaking at never been a policy person or claim to be a policy person, but i would be his person who is always thinking -- >> to some a lot point he told the finance committee, i quote, i was involved in a loud discussions about policy and strategy on iraq. and then there is an adviser to the prime minister. so surely were policy person? >> abbott and there as a part of that discussion and that operation that is thinking the whole time about communications issues. i'll be absolutely frank. when we first won in 97 general election, t