think... people see the power of this love, and when they see pictures of you with your husband, king hussein, this connection that you had... and i think that... i remember thinking when i was a kid, trying to kind of do the double culture thing, because i was mexican, but i was also american, and just seeing you, and i was like, "wow, she was able to do this. she was able to bridge these two cultures." but so much of it was based on the power of love. >> a great deal, and while many people don't realize my arab heritage, and that i had worked in the arab world, i had worked in iran, and i'd worked in australia before i married, but i at the time was working in the arab world from a base in jordan and traveling throughout, doing research throughout a great many arab countries. so i had something of an understanding of the region, and i had an instinctive interest and curiosity because of my heritage. but it was my husband who had to persuade me through his faith in what we could be together, because i kept asking myself, "could i possibly be the right partner for him? i'm an independent youn

he was king hussein of jordan, a very strong ally of the united he made peace with israel, a really brave, brave man who had these incredible policies and had the courage to enact them. and making peace with israel, if you're an arab leader, is not very popular, as you can imagine. and he was amazing. and he actually treated us journalists as if he kind of really wanted to talk to us and as if we weren't dumb. >> stephen: is that unusual for a world leader? >> yes, because many people like to do the whole spin cycle and, you know, have their talking points. and he talked to you as if you were a sentient human being. that was quite refreshing. >> stephen: anybody disappointed you? anybody give you, like, a really weak handshake? >> oh, the handshakes. >> stephen: give you a fish or something like that. >> there have been dead fish. there have been rotten fish. there have been sweaty fish. >> stephen: give me a hint. who is the worst handshake? somebody dead. >> i can't-- he's a dead fish. he's with the fishes. ( laughter ) but the worst for me was when i would interview, let's say the iran

he was king hussein of jordan, a very strong ally of the united states. he made peace with israel, a really brave, brave man who had these incredible policies and had the courage to enact them. and making peace with israel, if you're an arab leader, is not very popular, as you can imagine. and he was amazing. and he actually treated us journalists as if he kind of really wanted to talk to us and as if we weren't dumb. >> stephen: is that unusual for >> yes, because many people like to do the whole spin cycle and, you know, have their talking points. and he talked to you as if you were a sentient human being. that was quite refreshing. >> stephen: anybody disappointed you? anybody give you, like, a really weak handshake? >> oh, the handshakes. >> stephen: give you a fish or something like that. >> there have been dead fish. there have been rotten fish. there have been sweaty fish. >> stephen: give me a hint. who is the worst handshake? somebody dead. >> i can't-- he's a dead fish. he's with the fishes. ( laughter ) but the worst for me was when i would int

hussein missed two days of work. >> two days we start getting out. reporter: in newark, matt king, "fox 5 news." >> well, it felt like spring again today. bright and sunny. steve: 44 if you at 10:00. is kayy. it is going to be warm, but going to be run a ny tomorrow, too. we're getting full tropics going, make. meteorologist: putful day. right. the sunshine. the clouds increasing now. are right. it is going to be much milder day again tomorrow. it will come with are in and a bit of a gusty wind. most of that rain in afternoon. a brief cooldown. 32 poughkeepsie. 28 sussex. 40 around's town. 33 as you get to ice cyp. even freezing on the east end. now take a look at fox 5 sky guard in. no rain nearby just yet. will be awhile. probably not until tomorrow morning. we're talking somewhere around the 3:00 to 5:00 hour. reasons creasing. let's take look at fox 5 sky guardian 3d. you can see are where the rains. it is setting up from buffalo all the way count to where severe storm andtone tornadoes have been tenth mississippi and alabama. snow north and the blizzard condition cans across

he was king hussein of jordan, a very strong ally of the united states. he made peace with israel, a really brave, brave man who had these incredible policies and had the courage to enact them. and making peace with israel, if you're an arab leader, is not very popular, as you can imagine. and he was amazing. and he actually treated us journalists as if he kind of really wanted to talk to us and as if we weren't dumb. >> stephen: is that unusual for a world leader? >> yes, because many people like to do the whole spin cycle and,