-- francis benjamin johnston. this is gone. the only way that we know that this look like is because she photographed this. to me, this says everything. i actually take photographs, and i am also interested in the one who photographed the depression, and there are some photographs that tell you one thing, and people may say another thing about that time. but photographs speak the truth. what i love is that you can actually go into the photograph and study this. there was a book written about johnston about detail. she used large format cameras, but you can go into them, to study everything and i think this is fascinating. >> how often do you run into people who know the country like you do? >> there are a lot of people who know the country, and many people -- but the thing that makes me unique is the fact i have been to so many small places. i doubt -- i did books for random house for years, and sometimes my word to me there and sometimes it was curiosity. i am very interested in the disappearing america. it may n

there was a book written about johnston about detail. she used large format cameras, but you can go into them, to study everything and i think this is fascinating. >> how often do you run into people who know the country like you do? >> there are a lot of people who know the country, and many people -- but the thing that makes me unique is the fact i have been to so many small places. i did books for random house for years, and sometimes my word to me there and sometimes it was curiosity. i am very interested in the disappearing america. it may not be here 25 years from now. i want to catch all of this. this is fascinating to me, and this is something i want to capture because we are a young country. in comparison to the rest of the world, we are young. there is a lot of black and white -- right on route 66 in arizona. there are old cars along route 66. this is america. >> how long did you spend there? >> i have been there for years. this is a close-up and this is fascinating. look at this great car. >> what happened to rural america sin

all that was balkans expert diana johnstone giving her appraisal. what will come out of the trial now heroin addicts in russia are turning to a cheaper deadlier alternative and its ingredients are all too easy to get hold of the drug cocktail is known as crocodile and its main element is the painkiller coding which the government now wants to restrict the sales of that i've never ports on the lethal narcotics increasing the use and you may find some of the images upsetting. if they call the crocodile because its users skin turns scaly before it falls off virtually unknown ten years ago it's a mixture of petrol solvents phosphorous and most importantly cheap medicines containing the painkiller code it's now become rich the second most popular drug the heroin to which the cheaper more easily available alternatives injecting this lethal cocktail will rot a user's flesh in months most die within three years i have been to be using it for two months i wish i never started. the government's come up with a simple solution for now i can still buy code being

was balkans expert diana johnstone giving her appraisal of what will come out of the had a trial. how diverse have recovered all the bodies from the russian a pleasure boat that sank in the volga river two weeks ago now out of the two hundred one people on board the ship one hundred twenty two were killed the bulgaria has been raced from the riverbed and has been told to shallow waters where investigators can piece together the ship's final moments to discover how the tragedy happened but will then be destroyed so that no part of it can ever be used again another bulgaria went down in just three minutes and only seventy nine people managed to escape and the captains of two vessels that sailed by the sinking ship face criminal charges for passing by without stopping to help. and warm more world because that is in brief for you this hour the syrian government's stop to the law to allow political parties other than the ruling baath party opposition crew. had been the ballot for almost half a century now a multi-party political system is a key demand of the anti-government protesters

do that for any government to come out and make that agreement would be political suicide diana johnstone who's written extensively on the balkans war says the hague court was set up to bring only one side to justice. the tribunal that it is indeed set up may need to to back the needle brewton of the yugoslav process as being the responsibility of the syrian joint criminal enterprise i don't think there will be is more corrupt and other countries are already admitted to the e.u. but i think the thing is is this really in the benefit to the benefit of the search if you listen to what the europeans are saying they're saying up another brutal has been crossed they're not saying the less true there is saying an important hurdle and the other hurdles remain namely is that the recognition by serbia over the rip off over the problems of kosovo i think that most returned it to the group that is in power which is the group that is backed by the united states in the european union is in fact ready to give away everything that can be given away it's only a question of how they can formulate it in or

so i don't know let's talk to diana johnston who's written extensively on the balkans war thank you for joining us today so far we've only seen generals tried by the hague but is it all that clear cut over the suspects from all sides of. the. accurate because. general did general go to reno was tried in actually convicted and there is a rose enormous protest in croatia under croatians who had been led to believe quite rightly i think that tribunal was set out on their to have against service and find it quite outrageous that one of their own correlations should get into trouble tribunal that is indeed set up mainly to today actually needled brewton of the yugoslav crisis as being the responsibility of the syrian joint criminal enterprise and i thought it seems to be a lot of frustration on both sides of the fence here but foreign minister has said that his country hopes this final arrest will open the doors to the u. perhaps the last hurdle. well that's what the some of the serbian leaders in belgrade are saying but if you listen to what the europeans are saying they're saying up anothe

behind me is a huge screen with live happenings in space and johnston's space center. you can see the press conference will be held live. that is the reason why we are here. the press conference is expected to be held at 6:24 this morning. a few minutes ago we heard from the senior advisor to the director here. he's also a historian. he gave us a unique perspective about the space mission. astronaut schedule is very varied. one day they are on the space walk the next day they are taking out the trash literal all. ktvu was one of only four television stations across the country which discussed this mission with the astronauts live. this is a unique moment. one of the ten members aboard the atlantis happens to be a home-town boy. mission specialist rex walheim. specialist walheim will be part of that unique press conference held in space. what are astronauts going to talk about? >> i think they will talk about how exciting it was to go up. i think the astronauts have always thought and i heard them say that going up is really, really a kick in the pants if you will. >> r

the first few pages of her new book bristol palin describes her first sexual encounter with levi johnstonondered why it was called losing your virginity because i feel like it was stolen. >> that was a foolish decision. i should never have been underage drinking and i should have never gotten myself into a situation like that. >> are you concerned about the book that levi has coming out in the fall? even the title of it "in the crosshairs of sarah palin." that's your mom. >> i'm not worrieded about it. levi has done a lot in his career that he has going but, you know, i'm not worried about it. he already made up what he could about our family and i'm not worried about it. >> bristol opens up about life on the campaigigtrail. as the pregnant unwed teen daughter of the republican vice presidential nominee andndow it was announced to the world. >> just watching fox news we see it scroll across the screen and that's how most of my friends found out i was pregnant and it was hard to deal with that. that's how people found out. you know, it wasn't my mom dressing it. >> there would be other mom

what it was really like on the campaign trail with the mccains and what does she say about levi johnston'sbook about her family? >> and happy fourth, america. a little fun. a look at what's going on in your life. of course, it's "your week in three words" coming up. >> look how cute. >> adorable. >>> down to the wire in the casey anthony murder trial. closing arguments set for tomorrow after the prosecution called its final witnesses to try to undermine her mother cindy's claim that she, not casey, made computer searches that are a key to this case. yunji de nies has more from orlando. good morning, yunji. >> reporter: good morning, dan. ititas another riveting day in court as those witnesses seemed to tear apart the testimony of cindy anthony, and now there are serious questions as to whether or not she could be brought up on perjury charges. prosecutors used their final witnesses to u uermine, not casey, but her mother, cindy. a parade of rebuttal witnesses drove a stake through the heart of her testimony about searches she claims she made on the family computer. >> do you recall doing a

and a lot of the book is about her relationship with levi johnston.he said it took eight positive pregnancy tests before she believed she was pregnant. her little sister found the pregnancy tests in the car. and -- she's peeing in the car? classy. and eight tests? really? eight? in fairness, she didn't know you're not supposed to put them under your tongue until the seventh st, but -- [ applause ] bristol also said that levi johnston cheated on her, but then made it up to her by buying her designer rain boots. things are different up there, i guess. kobe bryant's got t be kicking himself in the ass right now. [ laughter ] hey, i'm sorry i had sex with someone elsesebut i got you galoshes. [ laughter ] and by the way, i hate to break it to her, but there are no designer rain boots in alaska. he got back in your pants with a gift from the walmart clearance aisle. meanwhile, sarah palin has ended her bus tour of the united states. last month, she embarked on what she was calling the one nation bus tour. the idea was to drive around the country giving spe

except the invitation to be part of my name st johnstone i'm running for u.s. senate for utah and i'm here to score marshall because i think what he's going to grade on him is larry tanenbaum he's all excited i just got out of the army myself back to the army after five years one of the rank of sergeant i'm here to support arsenal to really support the cause enough to leave the people you know people need to be aware of what's going on the world right now great majority of the active duty army supports this and they want more of this they don't want to put it you know send packages or posting under car or they want you to do this supporting the troops supporting a change. to the lose leave. just. when. it. comes. to.

my name st johnstone i'm running for u.s. senate for utah and i'm here to support marshall because i think what is going to great name is larry and it was always so. i just got out of the army myself to the army for five years one of the rank of a sergeant i'm here to support arsenal. it was for the cause not believe that people you know people need to be aware of what's going on the world right now great majority of the active duty army supports this and they want more of this they don't want to put it you know send packages are posted on their car or they want you to do this supporting the troops supporting the change. a charmer in here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. we'll. bring you the latest in science to take knowledge from the realms of what. we've done to the future of some very. wealthy british style some time to eat sleep we'll. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy which might stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial he

varying graphic pleaded not guilty saying he wanted to save society from an immigrant's invasion david johnston a.c.m. partners and. gado billings at zero economic troubles increased so too will the popularity of extreme right wing parties. think the financial crisis is going to make it much more difficult to combat the message of these far right groups in times of economic stress it is distressingly easy for people to look for scapegoats and unfortunately it's human nature to seek out scapegoats that look different than us who have different customs that os i'm very concerned that in the next half decade the financial stresses that all of europe is going to face are going to is going to help these far right groups i am concerned but it is a real trend sadly while economic hardship has not caused this i think it is likely to exacerbate what we're seeing and i think that looking at just the scandinavian countries it is actually i holding far right groups are going to gain increasing credence and popularity in the next few years throughout europe which is worryingly close to almost a century appr

membership giant diana johnston who's written extensively on the balkans says the hague court was only set up to bring one side to justice. the tribunal that is indeed set up may need to to back the nato gratian out of the. crisis as being the responsibility of the syrian joint criminal enterprise i don't think there will be is more corrupt and other countries that are already admitted to the e.u. but i think the thing is is this really in the benefit to benefit. if you listen to what the europeans are saying they're saying up another hurdle has been crossed they're not saying the last through there is saying an important hurdle and the other hurdles remain namely is that during the mission by syria the recall off of its problems in kosovo i think that mr tutt is the group that is in power which is the group that is backed by the united states and the european union is in fact ready to give away everything that can be given away it's only a question of how they can formulated in order to get it past the syrian voters. first meeting in three years of the foreign ministers from north and

ammunition so far only the french admits to supplying weapons to leaving anti-government forces brian johnston thomas a former arms trafficking expert for the un security council says it's dangerous violation of the arms embargo. now it seems to me about going about it and i thought the arms embargo was laid down by the security council was quote to do was to both sides were involved we know that for example some of the literature and some somalia when she libya for training within the last two or three is just talking about she would have to fly records and everything else so it seems strange in many ways the whole western support of some of the rebel groups in libya must be questioned because in some cases it will effectively all going all kind. for months on nato is protected intervention in libya has yet to yield its desired result even as the alliance battles accusations of violating its u.n. mandate by political blogger recross of believes a peace mission was never high on the coalition's priority list. thirty thousand nato air missions over a country of six and a half million people inc

was balkans expertly anna johnstone giving her appraisal of what will come out of the trial. the syria's government has approved a law to allow the formation of political parties other than president assad's ruling baath party opposition movements were bad when it came to power in one thousand nine hundred sixty three but it's part of a series of reforms promised by assad to try and twelve months of protests against his regime meanwhile the e.u. is calling for more u.n. pressure on syria pledging to pursue its policy against a mask just for the crackdown on protestors that are enmities journalist our hearts countries are prioritizing their own interests. what do you interest. the interest. is in getting rid of. a minority control group in the country because they are here since the relationship with iran and i with you the british and american policy. they want series of iraq not completely. so i was interested over. the west use. that somehow this will be to the end of the alawite until the end of this minority. just in syria and work on iran. for more on the events unfoldin

on kerry johnston welcome to the program. being proved innocent in courts can pay into insignificance in america especially when a guilty verdict is already acknowledged in the media single mother casey anthony was cleared of all murdering her two year old daughter this week but it's done nothing to sway public opinion that's been spurred on by t.v. and newspapers this is. innocent until proven guilty it's a whole mark principle of the american justice system illegally after shoved aside from the vigor of some of the arrests young african black and brown subjects we sat down in the street and an obsessive kind of way fifty shots sixty shots laying on our stomach in our back as we run or as we walk or flee to breeding suspects into offenses in cases of entrapment entrapment is not. legal entrapment is getting someone to do something that they would normally do to perp walks that parade suspects in handcuffs for the world to see. to a media frenzy devouring some cases and not others i finally agree for the. guilty until proven

general recommend outages ejected from the war crimes court in the johnston not guilty plea. that it faces charges including genocide carried out in the balkans war. accuse the hague of one sided justice. international news and comment live from moscow this is good to have you with us this hour russia and nato have failed to reach a consensus on missile defense plans in europe with the standing firm on its position nato says it's against a joint shield and doesn't find it necessary to provide russia with legal guarantees that the shield won't be directed against it. because it has more from russia city of sochi where the talks have now drawn to a clue. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov described talks on a missile defense shield in europe as long and not going as smoothly as it was expected while speaking a separate press conference secretary general of nato rasmussen has said that nato never promised those stocks will simply happen overnight lover ups explains that the reason why a sectoral anti-missile defense shield with participation of russia is impossible is becaus

twenty four hour news from around the world cara johnston the democrat controlled u.s. senate has shot down a republican led debt ceiling plan just hours after it was passed in the house of representatives the plan put forward by house speaker john boehner would have raised the country's debt ceiling by nine hundred billion dollars loan with similar amounts in spending cuts and as the clock ticks down to august second when the debt limit is reached less time to avert an unprecedented default crisis which right prompted us to lose its top notch credit rating senate democrat leader harry reid our hopes he's proposing a compromise which could keep the government afloat but according to an economist next fraud well this plan is more likely to get a green light. less than two business days away from the worst self-imposed crisis of america's standing in the world and america's credit rating and at least a century it's a fairly emergency situation where deep into the eleventh bordering on the twelfth hour reduction plan that president obama has endorsed at least rhetorically

security the government provides guarantees for up to seventy percent of investment is the thing here johnston is in a bit of the right decision to develop this area also got its what needs to be done what i want to be investment are we talking about set up or he called she the obvious is a huge project over many years more than fifteen billion dollars will be investment companies and others will have the opportunity to take part investors in the course the russian government invest a lot in infrastructure which our companies can complement with but i'm thinking about paul mccarthy who builds ski lifts and other french companies will be residents who are going to invest his place but it will also be necessary to attract capital from all over the world this is a very big project or they want to talk a little bit about what are the concerns for the year in france because it's so closely tied to spain and italy they're actually sliding now into the bailout territory. i believe whatever they say today the euro is not fragmented it is facing difficulties with as we speak here about cooperation and

every single current events and she wants to hear the students' opinions on it like oil spills and johnstonext book once and we learned so much. >> inside and outside of the classroom she is a staunch believer in community service. >> i take four of them and we got to the soup kitchen and waukegan and it gives them a sense of community and a day realize how lucky they are and that is not too far from us and i think they come back with a sense of wow, what can we do to help out to mark >> it made me take a different perspective on everything that goes on. >> that's what she enjoys hearing, they want to be involved. she is committed to putting them on the right track. >> and the moment we have all been waiting for. >> it is my honor to present you with the teacher of the month award. >> thank you very much. >> and wgn congratulates you to for the teacher of the month. if applause is a barometer on the scale from 1-10 cathy mahoney is attend. >> i love that news test that she does. >> to market is going to be both tom skilling forecast for the fourth of july weekend is muggy and sometimes rain

i met lyndon johnston right after the launch.se so we sort of jumped in the crowd for the final three, two, one. i want to play a little bit more sound from her. she really lost it, talking about just that magical moment thatch so many people got to share together at the visitor complex. take a listen. >> i always wanted to do this and i got to do it, thanks to my son and grandchildren. and i just really patriotic person and that just represents what our country has been about. and i think it's a real shame that they're doing away with the program, but i know they felt they needed to. and i don't know what else to say. i'm just so happy to be here. >> so happy to be there. i was so happy to be there. chad myers, i was happy to share that magnificent moment with you and my producer and a couple of the camera guys and our booker janelle. it's a moment you kind of remember back years from now where you were and who you were with. >> brooke, you said that you had one of those -- >> i had tears in my eyes. >> did you get to get any au

she talked about motherhood and the relationship she had with tripp's dad, levi johnston.eview. >> we got engaged. i see this all the time in young girls where they're on again off again with their boyfriends and what not. so we got engaged and we've we gave a story to ""us weekly"". biggest regret of my life. the day it came out he come to me and he says, hey, this girl's pregnant and it might be my baby. >> oh, by the way? >> oh, by the way, yeah. just by the way. >> what do you want for lunch? >> yeah. and this was the day that that magazine hit newsstands. so then from that day forward i was just like, i'm just done. tripp doesn't deserve this for his dad. and i don't deserve this as a potential husband. >> and dr. drew pinsky joins me now. dr. drew, you say that in talking to bristol palin the thing that jumped out at you over and over again is this is a young woman not at ail awe department at expressing her feelings. that's fascinating. tell us more about that. >> not that every 20-year-old should have absolute facility with accessing and expressing emotion, but i a

listen to this -- in her new memoir, bristol palin reveals that she lost her virginity to levi johnstonin a tent while drunk on wine coolers. [ laughter ] yeah, when levi's friends heard that, they were like, wine coolers and a tent? well excusez moi, mr. fancy schmancy. [ laughter and applause ] they're from mr. bartle and mr. james. [ applause ] [ imitates zipper ] let's go. >> steve: oh, yeah. >> jimmy: this is interesting. new york state senator greg ball asked his twitter followers if he should support a bill legalizing gay marriage. that's right, the senator's name is greg ball. [ laughter ] it's too bad anthony weiner retired. because those two could have done some great stuff -- [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] the great ball and weiner act of 2012. [ applause ] some big sports news -- the florida marlins -- the florida marlins just named 80 year old jack mckeon their new manager. yeah, it wasn't a great start. tonight he had to make four trips to the mound and 12 trips to the bathroom. [ laughter ] he's an 80 year old baseball manager. his hand signals are a little confusin

levi johnston locks the doors and sets the theater on fire. person that was in attendance was our friend jake byrd. we met him first at the michael jackson trial, and he loves sarah palin, too. here he is during sarah palin's vice presidential campaign in 2008. >> god bless america. >> yes! palin loves beaver! yes! >> jimmy: he's very excitable. as you can see. so, as you might imagine, when sarah palin's movie premiered last night in iowa, jake byrd was there. >> i think sarah palin would be a fabulous president. she's a patriot. >> real patriot. >> sarah palin really does protect her family. >> that's right. she's a mamma grizzly bear and protects her cubs. except for that one time when he grizzly daughter went on that grizzly camping trip and got drunk on grizzly wine coolers and got knocked up by that grizzly hockey player. other than that, perfect grizzly record. >> oh, my. sounds good. >> you sound good. you smell good. let me get a whiff. >> oh, geez. >> check out what i got. i got a hard on for america and a hard on for sarah palin. yo

strategy of a counter-offensive first with stonewall jackson in the shenandoah valley and then joe johnston was wounded at the battle of southern pines. lee was given direct command of what he named the army of northern virginia, and that is when the great news release starts. up until that time. >> that me ask you both the question. a successful counter-offensive general and defender of the capital. as we march toward the fall of 1862y did robert e. lee chains the winning formula and decide to go on the offensive and march into maryland. >> she really didn't have much choice. he to go further directions of the compass. if he wins toward washington he had not the heavy artillery to besieged washington. if you went back south he was admitting that his plan, his offensive plan failed. west into the shenandoah valley he could supply his men, but you would just be marching time. he ended up going north. there was a lot of food. they thought they would raise merrill others to join the confederate boss this is not turn out to be true. he really could not stay still. this is best action. >> i thin

and actually took place down and johnston island in the pacific. not at area 51, but the crew that worked at area 51 wiring nuclear bombs went down there. in the idea, the president's james killian. he had such power and persuasion with the president that anything he did, he did not have to report to congress. later in his memoirs he admits that maybe that wasn't a good idea. but at the time, james killian authorized this two headed nuclear weapons test, megatons thermonuclear bombs. one was set off 28 miles up. the other was set off 50 miles up. but 28 miles up is right around where the ozone layer is. and at the time it was, i got in the declassified documents, there was discussion among the scientists what might happen, and could we make a hole in the owes only a. this was an actual discussion. and the answer was yes, we could, but we believe the bomb turbulence within close back up that hole, if it were me. so they went ahead with a test. >> there a couple of questions from the audience about sources. the first one is if everyone is interviewed

because -- bristol and her boyfriend levi johnston were on a camping trip, drunk on wine coolers.ke up in the morning, she said she didn't remember a thing. it's like something out of a fairy tale. they really are america's royal couple. hey, let's check back in on the roof, where married couples are dumping milkshakes on each other. there you are, andrew. she did not splatter your beautiful bald head. she was unable to hit you. but do you believe you will be able to hit her? >> oh, yes, definitely. >> jimmy: definitely? why do you say definitely? >> oh, this is payback i think. >> jimmy: it is. because the intent was there. she mit not have actually hit you but she wanted to hit you. >> my wife is always right so it will be nice to get one back on her. >> jimmy: she's always right. all right. here we go. there it is. the millshake high above the many stories above hollywood boulevard. all right. go ahead, do it, andrew. and -- [ applause ] well, we have a gift for both of you for being good sports. we got -- you see the replay. a gift certificate for a milkshake at the disney ice

first with stone wall jackson in the valley, then after joe johnston was mounded in the battle of seven pines, lee was given direct command of what he remained the army of northern virginia. that's when the lee greatness really starts. and the lee legend really starts. up until that time, no, robert e. lee was also rad. >> let me ask you a question. he's a successful counteroffensive your for the defender of the capitol. as we march towards the fall of 1862, why did robert e. lee change a winning formula and decide to go on the offensive and march into maryland? steve, let's start with you? >> well, he really didn't have much choice. after second bull run, he could go directions, literally four directions. if he went towards washington, he had not the arms or the heavy artillery to besiege washington. and if he went back south, he was admitted that his plan -- his offensive plan had failed. if he went west into the shenandoah valley, he could supply his men, but he was marking time and lose the advantage of the initiative. so he ended up going north where there was a lot of food and a l

. >> so we met bristol palin and we learned about levi johnston in the middle of about as much publicity as you can get, the middle of a presidential campaign. back then the mccain/palin campaign tried to say they were a young and pretty secure and solid couple, we now know that's not the case. in your interview she discussed what she now talks about, an infamous night, i don't mean to be disrespectful, of being drunk when it all played out. >> to have the series of bad decisions that i made all in one night -- >> but one of them was intoxicated. >> yes, underage drinking. >> in california that would be a rape. is it the same in alaska? >> you know, i don't know the laws on it. but i'm not accusing levi of rape or anything like that obviously -- >> does it feel like a rape? >> it was consensual because i stayed with him for years on end after that. >> she seems to be having, you help me with the clinical term, but the evolution and difficulty with trying to process all this herself. >> right. this is very typical of adolescents, right? she's presented with a series of facts which in cali

johnston interesting a historical moment to hear astronauts describe their day what it was like the to look and see down so many different stories. we will bring a few of those to you in just about an hour for mornings on 2. we will have more coming up. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> thank you. the time is now 7:38. can you believe it the harry potter movie are coming to an end. the final harry potter movie premiered at midnight. people all across the country packing the movie theaters. but at 7:48. pam cook will come whack with us and talk -- back with us and talk about the record this new movie could break. >>> it is amags. all right. 7:28. let's check in on the accident on the peninsula. >> reporter: the phd just opened one lane that had been blocked due to the earlier accident. traffic has picked up. that's good news. we have a two car crash in liver moore on 581. a tow truck is on scene, so it a peer traffic is doing better. >>> at the 88 o split traffic is slow going 280 northbound toward santa county of los collar r are -- definitely give yourself an extra 0 minutes if you are -- 20 m

and linda johnston i met just after it launched, and i know that the tears are dry, and i see you wellingup now, but why is it emotional for you? >> well, it is something that i have always wanted to do. i have always been interested in the space program, and i think that it is a shame that it is not going to be around anymore, but i understand why. it is just amazing to me the number of people who were here today, from all over the world, and they were, i heard every dialect in the world. >> reporter: every dialect and language. >> yes. >> reporter: and linda with her entire family over here, and let me quickly add that this is a beginning and end moment for you in a kayak watching sts-1, and compare it to this? >> back then it was exciting and first time it launched was the first time i saw it, and this time i think it is a little more exciting for me, because i got to here. >> reporter: thousands of people, anderson, thousands are here. i wanted to be an astronaut, too, until i took physics. talked to cady coleman about her physics experience, she wasn't great at physics earlier. perha

and we have sweet mary ruggieri of johnston, rhode island. that's a nice town.pressive bowler. sends that thing rht down the middle. active in her church and does all sorts of charity work. can't beat that. willie, willie boy, williams james of bristol, vermont, 100 years old. loves to socialize and enjoys watching nascar racing. big egest spectator sport in th country. and alice chace, 100 and can speak seven different languages. how about that? enjoys all sorts of outdoor activities. that's great. lois barr of blairsville, georgia, 105. what about that? 105. lives independently and enjoys baking cornbread and rolls. i'll eat at her house any time she asks me. and we have albert and merilda bilodeau from winthrop, maine. incredible weather this type time of year. faith, love, and 45hard work. that's it and that's all from your nation's capitol. back to new york. >> thank you so much. coming up, the white house chef, vegetables and like them. and also, we've got this little concert here on the plaza with cee lo green. ♪ >>> this morning in "today"'s kich chen, v