it will cover rogaine, jarrett hall and others. -- a jarrett all -- geritol others. we must keep -- i am going to make a personal trip myself to beverly hills. in closing, on a serious note, what is ahead of us is tough and not everyone agrees with my choices, however, by the end of my term, i promise that americans will have banded together for the first time and degree that once you got black, you do not go back. -- what should go black, you do not go back. -- wants hugo black, you do not go back. -- once you go black, you do not go back. >> our headliner tonight is a self titled all-american immigrant. he has come a long way from a rosie i add new immigrant to one of the hottest properties in the world economy -- world of comedy. since 2001, he has been a favorite among comedians and audiences alike. ladies and gentlemen, i give you joe wong. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. my name is joe wong. to most people, i had known as, "who?" that is actually my mother's maiden name. [laughter] that is difficult with the credit card security questions. i just want to

i am valerie jarrett, a senior adviser to president obama. and i have the honor of chairing the white house council on women and girls. as many of you know, the council was created by president obama a year ago, and it represents his commitment to strengthening the standing of women and girls in the united states and around the world. the membership of the council consists of representatives from every agency and the federal government and every office in the white house. together, we are carrying out the president's directives, which he issued when he created the council. it is a directive to every part of the federal government to address the needs of women and girls in everything from budgeting to health care to education reform. today, our focus is on workplace flexibility and how we can build a 21st century workplace that meets the changing needs of our work force. in these challenging economic times, it is more important than ever to improve the productivity of both the u.s. businesses and our government. we thank you for joining us to

well, obviously not. >> reporter: jarrett didn't walk so much as stumble away, broke. the bank moved to foreclose. >> during that process, i also lost my family. my... i went through a divorce. my wife and my daughter now live up north. i mean, i have literally lost everything. but right now, i'm just trying to do what's right, you know. and i'm in a bad spot, in a bad situation, but it has nothing to do with a business decision where, you know, i'm walking away because my house is upside down. >> reporter: jarrett's foreclosure, in other words, was no strategic default. but had he had the option, he says, he wouldn't have gone that route. >> if you buy a car, it loses value as soon as you drive it off a lot, but you still keep making the payments for that vehicle. i don't see the difference with the homes. what right do you have to say, "well, i'm going to not pay because now you're taking money from other people because i... i want to take care of my family." well, so, somewhere along the line, ethics have to come into play, you know. and i just don't think it's righ

valerie jarrett, a senior advisor and chair of the white house council on women and girls. melody barnes, i actually saw her run off to the garden. she was on my left, the chair of our domestic policy council, but she is not here. karen mills, who is the administrator for our small business administration. and martha johnson, administrator of the general services administration. so i understand you've had a wonderful session. i heard all about it. all of us here today know just how wide that gap has grown. and who we are all familiar with the economic and demographic changes that have brought us to this point, how over the past generation or two, as costs have risen and wages have lagged, many families have found they can no longer survive on just one income. and at the same time, we've broken down barriers and lifted up opportunities so that more women have entered into the workforce, bringing home paychecks that are critical to supporting families. today, 67% of american families with kids are headed by two working parents or a single working parent, and the result is the

turns out rahm emanuel did make one call to blagojevich and recommended valerie jarrett, right? the next senator from the state of illinois. but if i'm rahm emanuel, i don't even want to talk to blagojevich. >> well, everybody knew by that point that blagojevich was hot. you are right about that and there were calls also between other people that were associated with obama, or at least according to the government's allegation. i think that what the blagojevich people are saying here is these calls were made because nothing wrong was going on. and we're entitled to present that evidence that nothing wrong was going on. when you talk about rezko, rezko wrote a letter to the judge after he got convicted and said the government is trying to get me to say bad things about obama and bad things about blagojevich and i don't have bad things to say. then he started meeting with the government and he said bad things about blagojevich. and i think they want to show that rezko makes stuff up by showing things that he said about obama possibly are false. so, therefore, the things he said abo

mallory jarrett, a senior advisor and chair of the white house council on women and girls. ms. melanie bonds, i actually just saw run off to the garden. she was on my list, the chair of our domestic policy council, but she is not here. karen mills, the administrator for our small business administration. and ms. martha johnson, administrator of the general services administration. [applause] i understand you have had a wonderful session. i heard all about it. and i want to thank all of you for joining us today and sharing your thoughts on what we can do as business leaders and advocates, as employees and as a government official, to modernize our workplaces to meet the needs of our workforce and our families. all of us here today know just how wide that gap has grown. and we are all familiar with the economic and demographic changes that have brought us to this point -- how over the past generation or two, at costs has driven -- as costs have risen and wages have lagged, many families have found they can no longer survive on just one income. and at the same time, we have broken

let's bring in republican scott jarrett of new jersey. a member of the finance committee. congressman, looks like your party, the party championed by one of my heroes and i think yours, too, went up and busted the truths, cleaned it up. didn't know what hit him when he was president. why more like teddy roosevelt unless taft. >> the republicans are galg out. maybe it's no surprise goldman sachs endorsed the plan, bailed out by the administration will be swamping the street in washington with their ceo and execs saying they support the legislation. why is that? president obama, legislation chris dodd has and their administration, continuing bailouts, continuing to say to the big banks on wall street, the very same ones that provided campaign cash to them in the past, banks, don't worry, american taxpayers will be there in the future if you need it. that's what this perpetuates. republicans are saying no to that. we have to go back to a system where we don't bail out these systems anymore. >> wait a minute. who started the bailouts? no. no. you used the word bailout like it'

welcome to america's news headquarters, i'm gregg jarrett. >> the sustained eruptions have sustained concerns that could be a more dangerous eruption, another volcano nearby. they are warning that the ash is unpredictable. it continues to erupted and spewing a lot more of that ash into the sky. >> gregg: it's a small step to clean up a big mess. best case scenario putting half of the stranded planes in europe back in the air within a few days with some flights taking off tomorrow. one group of french students and adults stranded in minneapolis apparently have only the clothes on their backs. >> we left yesterday to go to paris, back to paris. they found they didn't tell us there was something going on. we got stuck in minneapolis. they have had a hard time today. we spent five hours at the airport. no announcements or nothing, we were just there and worried. >>> we begin with laura ingle live in our newsroom. >> several major airlines have begun running safety test flights without passengers the last few days. all have been successful. european transport ministers have announced they

senator obama called the day before election, saying after i win i want to be replaced by valley jarrettat places senator obama in the middle of the chicago style of choosing who gets plumb offices. the other reason they want him to testify is governor blagojevich's lawyers want the jury to under the nature and culture in chicago politics. this is a sordid tale. one blago said this is good as gold, did he really want cash for himself in return or want political benefit? i've got something worth a fortunate, was he selling it for money or did he mine he could get federal dollars for a bridge. that's quid pro quo. who better to establish that defense than the president. >> neil: quickly, governor brewer signing this immigration bill. >> she's going to bankrupt the republican party and state of as. >> neil: what happens? >> hispanics who have a natural home in the republican party will flee in droves. she's going to bankrupt her state because no insurance company will provide coverage. for the lawsuits that happen and people wrongfully stopped, her budget will pay for t the budget will pay

i'm gregg jarrett. >> the eruption choking off air travel and they suspended medicalvakations of soldiers wounded. >> on a sip cal saturday there are about 22,000 flights across europe and so far 16,000 flights have been cancelled or delayed worldwide. more than a dozen nations have grounded flights to affected areas. laura ingle has more from our newsroom. >> reporter: as you know, if you have a flight on british airways heading out of the u.k. they have posted news all flights to and from the united kingdom will be cancelled. check out this image released by nasa we can show you. massive cloud of ash that is hovering over most of europe is so big, you can see it from space. this cloud that is hugging huge portions of europe have closed large sections of airspace creation fear that the particles of the ash cloud could endanger passengers by causing aircraft engines to plug up and fail. officials say the amount of ash and the big heavy plume is increasing which hit 21 countries with delays and groundings. those officials in iceland say it will persist for at least 24 hours or more which i

supposedly pass along a message to the governor that when we win this thing, i would like valerie jarrett to be appointed in my place in that particular seat. so while no one from the obama team, no one from the obama campaign staff, no one from the transition team may have had contact with the governor, then-governor at that particular point in time, there was an emissary, apparently, sent to pass along a message to governor blagojevich about the soon-to-be president's preference for that seat. jon? jon: steve brown live for us in chicago. keep an eye on that one, steve. thanks. jane: want to take you to little rock, arkansas. want to take you to little rock where there is a hotly contested race for the u.s. senate. senator blanche lincoln facing stiff competition. hours to go before this contest's first televised debate. james rosen is on the ground for us there. james? >> reporter: well, good afternoon to you, jane. as you say, we're just hours from this televised debate. polls show senator lincoln maintaining a fairly solid lead over her most serious democratic primary challenger, but

heath jarrett says fire in the barn.east and across much of florida at this time but there's fog and that's a problem for the shuttle. current readings right now in atlanta, they have 58. 50's and 60's through the gulf coast states. we have some 30's around chicagoland area. some 40's in portions of new england. meanwhile, today's daytime highs, montana will wind up with 81. phoenix, 89. you should expect that. should be 74 today in raleigh and 75 in the big easy. now it's time for some news about the sports. >> there are butterfingers everywhere in this studio. we'll meet stridex pads tomorrow. steelers quarterback ben rothlisburger did violate the league's personal conduct policy but have not decided when he'll announce his punishment. in an interview on another network, goodell says despite not being charged with a crime, his actions reflect poorly on himself and the league. these are two incidents two years in a row. joe madden tends to be old school, he likes to wear his favorite hoodie to stay warm on cold april ni