and who did laura bush call? >>> and, standing tall. with 15,000 people watching, including his devoted mom, the young man who was about to earn far more than that diploma. >>> good evening on this sunday. and we begin tonight with a high profile arrest here in new york. now sending shockwaves far beyond this country. one of the world's most powerful men, in fact, he hoped to be the next president of france, was marched off a plane here in new york moments before takeoff and charged with sexual assault. his nickname in france is the great seducer, and tonight, he is accused of chasing a hotel worker down a hall and sexually attacking her. bianna golodryga is in downtown manhattan this evening. bianna, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, david. it is quite a dramatic fall from grace for the man who you described as one of the most powerful figures in the world. arguably one of the most powerful financial leaders, at that. well, tonight, dominique strauss-kahn is expected to arrive at this courthouse behind me within the next hour or

and supposedly laura bush was supposed to have responded, well, i read and i smoke. so then they were how well did that go down with barbara bush? no one's really ever said it i think it's probably fair to characterize it as maybe, maybe distant, maybe more cordial. certainly barbara bush's relationship with her grandchildren, very warm. she sees them a lot. >> i seem to remember that when barbara bush first became first lady some reporter asked her a question involving the name of eleanor reed dashed of eleanor roosevelt, you want to be like her, to which barbara bush replied something like, don't talk to me about eleanor roosevelt, my family -- and i forgot and the rest of the. i'm kind of wondered what her family had against other roosevelt, although i have my own opinion. >> well, probably the fact that her father and maybe the whole family were not fans of any of roosevelt social or economic policies. but i did hear mrs. bush at one point talked about the fact that her mother had detested eleanor roosevelt. she thought she was a busy body, she was running around

now i ask you though, what about laura bush and currently michelle obama? would you put them in the category of the supportive spouses/model wives, or would you put them in the second category of more of a presidential partner or spouse to their husbands? and i would say think about this as a semifinal point, and that is that i think laura bush had to be the un-hillary. hillary, in the minds of the american people, seemed to go too far on her health care initiative so that people began to say, wait a minute, she's not elected, she's not accountable. if we don't like what she's doing, we have no way of reaching her. and remember then hillary dialed back a notch and became more of the traditional first lady by being in fair of women's issues like child advocacy. so i think that suited laura bush's personality, and it also suited the times in the terms of what we wanted from a first lady. and i think michelle obama, she's only been there two years, she's still feeling her way. right now she's acting more the traditional first lady. she has a traditional policy

also we know that former president bush's wife, laura bush, reached out to his wife pleading that he n, as well. obviously that wasn't enough. >> reporter: well, he had worked in the inner circle of the bush white house and therefore had a lot of support among those folks and, yes, indeed, laura bush did call cherie daniels and said, you may want to do this. there's also an issue that came up during the campaign. cheri daniels left mitchell daniels in 1993 and married a man in california. four years later came back and remarried daniels. and daniels had taken care of the four kids, the four daughters while she was gone. that may have been a consideration. but he said basically he had a woman caucus of five. his four daughters and his wife and they voted no, and he could not override their veto. this was about family, he says, bianna. >> about family for him. a big shock for republicans. david, we appreciate it. thank you. >>> we want to turn now to christiane christiane, host of abc's "this week" who is joining us from washington for more on this. christiane, governor daniels' decisio

>> laura bush. >> okay. the sea. i think that she has tried to have cordial relations with all of her children. i have been told from time to time that the two of them have a respectful but somewhat distant relationship. i cannot attest to that myself. there is a story, and again, i don't know if it is apocryphal were true. yes. if it is apocryphal or not. when laura bush was first brought up to meet the extended family she mad george's grandmother, dorothy bush. the first president's mother said to her what to you do? what is your story? supposedly laura was supposed to have responded, well, i read in as smoke. then there were questions of how well the went down with barbara bush. no one has ever really said. i think it is probably fair to characterize it as may be distant, maybe more cordial. certainly the relationship with her grandchildren is very warm. she sees them a lot. his comments? >> i seem to remember that when barbara bush first became first lady some reporter asked her a question devolving the name of e

. >> laura bush called the wife of indiana governor mitch daniels urging her to get her husband to run. abc news, washington. >> alan: just ahead police recover a stolen vintage vowel here in the bay area, but they need your help finding some parts that are still missing. >>> get ready for a chilly spring shower. leigh glaser coming up with the forecast. >> all new. the biggest controversy in "oprah show" history. now, five years after "a million little pieces," they meet again. oprah, james frey. >> alan: a bay area native died in a late night boating accident in virginia. officials have released the 9-1-1 reporting of a survivor who managed to swim to shore. >> i went out on a sailboat, went down the river, and the boat sank. >> alan: the accident happened thursday night on the jamesry. river, ten people afillitied with the nasa research center were on a sailboat when it cap sized. lorenzo tyler was killed. he is a native or the valley. others swam two to three miles to shore. >> clearly a very harrowing experience for them, being trapped in the middle of the night in the middle of t

now i ask you, though, what about laura bush and michelle obama? are they in the category of the sportive spouses model wives or in the second category of a presidential partner or spouse to their husband? i would say think about this as a semifinal point, and that is that i think laura bush had to be the un-hillary. hillary in the minds of the people went too far op her health care initiative so people said, wait a minute, she's not legislated, not accountable, if we don't like what she's doing, we have no way of reaching her. hillary dialed back a notch and became more of the traditional first lady be being in favor of women's issues like child add volunteered advocacy. that suited laura's -- personality and the times. right now she's acting the more traditional first lady with a policy in terms of women's issue about diet and children and exercise and antiobesity and also has two young children to focus on too, so here's my last question for you. what about future first lady? what model will they use, and what about when we inevitably have the f

i remember how michelle obama and laura bush stood side by side at shanksville at the memorial theren the ninth anniversary and praised the heroism of that little group of guys on board flight 93. and today is a wonderful day to remember the heroism of all the people who died in 9/11. >> absolutely. >> allison, we don't want to cut you off. we're out of time. thank you so much for being so up-front and so honest with us on this special night. >> thank you very much for >>> good evening, and welcome to "sports sunday." i'm laurence scott. we are jam-packed with sharks hockey tonight. what a great game at the tank today. a great day outside here in the bay area, especially inside the tank in san jose. families coming together in the sharks locker room after some huge shots from some unlikely heroes. and here is what we've got for you tonight. sharks broadcasters jamie baker and dan on deck. plus the big pavelski. the sharks talk just part of it tonight. the nfl lockout continues. but the 49ers and raiders at least letting us meet the new draft pick. that's good, right? we go deep insid

. >> reporter: former first lady laura bush called mitch daniels' wife urging her to help push her husband into the race. for now, the field includes newt gingrich, a family values conservative who has had three wives, mitt romney, still unannounced who signed a universal health care plan in massachusetts that won him an endorsement that will not help. >> i agree with mitt romney. >> reporter: congressman ron paul, michele bachmann and the donald. >> you're fired. >> reporter: the candidate from reality tv. >> i spoke today to huckabee's top advisor, he says he's guessing that huckabee will announce that he's not running. but even he doesn't know. huckabee hasn't told him either. >> john, thanks to you. >>> the feds are following an arrest in south florida, an imam of a miami mosque and two of his sons, one of them also an imam, accused of providing $50,000 to the pakistani taliban which of course the u.s. considers a terrorist organization. >>> in pakistan, the rift with the u.s. is growing deeper over the raid on osama bin laden's compound. the anger and mistrust was clear today after he

it was reported that laura bush called daniel to run.olitical analysts say the obama reelection campaign is pleased because daniels was seen as the president more formidable opponents. another republican is not hesitating. tomorrow former minnesota gov. jim plans to announce his candidacy for of president. he will make his announcement in i a lot of key state. a strong finish in iowa is crucial for winning the republican presidential nomination. his announcement announces the beginning of this multistate trip. let's take a live look this is san jose, a bit overcast but it should be clear enough. coming up will have the sports highlights including the winner of the horse race. if we will be back. >>ysabel: the san jose sharks had back to the tank today hoping for another win against the vancouver canucks. this will be game for the best of seven western conference finals. friday the sharks beat the canucks 4-3. today's game this afternoon. the giants claimed there second victory in their row over the oakland a's. buster posey and cody ross

laura bush had called daniels' wife, encouraging a run. his exit is likely to help tim pawlenty who will announce tomorrow morning that he's running. and how strange is this? mike huckabee interviewing pawlenty about whether he with win early primaries. >> you have to do well or win one of those early states. and i don't think it's one in particular, but you have to win one of them pretty quickly. >> reporter: mitt romney, leading in the polls and the most recognizable candidate, was in south carolina this weekend, where he performed poorly in 2008. >> i don't think our president respects the states like i do. >> reporter: recent polls show that nearly half of republican voters are not happy with their potential candidates. but comedians are. >> the republicans are really scrambling now. they're really backs to the wall, looking for a guy to lose to obama. they just don't -- >> reporter: newt gingrich, whose first campaign week was a wreck, after he criticized the republican medicare plan, also had to deal with revelations of a half millio

. >> reporter: the gop's desire for electable candidates led laura bush to join the recruiting efforts, urging mitch daniels to run by lobbying his wife and may put pressure on reluctant republicans like new jersey governor chris christie. to jump into the game. >> this is the nfl now, you got to be ready to hit the ground running and you're going to get some hits, too. the second you put yourself out there, you got a whole bunch of people who will come right after you to tackle you. >> reporter: a few gop contenders hitting new hampshire this week. as for mike huckabee he has not decide who to endorse yet. clayton sandell, abc news the white house. >>> thousands in louisiana have packed up and headed to higher ground as floodwaters gush closer to cajun country. major spillway was opened over the weekend to divert water from new orleans and baton rouge but hundreds of thousand of acres of farmland and thousands of homes could be inundated with floodwaters as deep as 20 feet. >> pretty tough, sacrificing many for the few who will have to deal with floodwaters. >> our website, someone sa

former first lady, laura bush, called the wife of mitch daniels, urging her to get her husband to run. we are told. also, others are urging new jersey governor, chris christie, to enter the fray. bianna? >> john, thank you. of course, we'll get into all of that. >>> the big question is, will he or won't he run? john avlon, senior political columnist for "the daily beast" joins us this morning to help answer that question. of course, we're talking about mike huckabee. just a few weeks ago, you said it would be hard for him not to run. you're not so sure now. why? >> the buzz coming out from former senior campaign aides is they haven't heard anything from huckabee in the last several weeks, indicating to them that the buck will stop here. that huckabee will say tonight that he will not run. the only person who knows for sure is huckabee and presumably his family. it's extraordinary that he's polling so well, even for doing nothing. and it's because he has such a strong, conservative populist support that's really carried him through this day. >> he does have a name. the medium candidate

the ball comes pretty darn close and not sure why he didn't try to catch it or protect his wife laura bushn as the play was done, he just got right back to munching those p peanuts, and there he goes with another mouthful. there we go. >>> welcome back. nato has carried out the heaviest air strikes so far in a campaign to force moammar gadhafi to step down. michael holmes is joining us more to talk about this. france is talk about deploying helicopters as well. what is going on? yes, and britain as well, but they have backed off. france will send in the helicopters, but one of the difficulties with y s with viese isolating of the units that are tucked in between buildings and it is is hard for the f-16 to hit, but if you send in the apache, they will better target the ground forces, and they are slower and lower, so they are targets, themselves. >>are stepping it up? >> yes, there were 19 in the area of the storage area, and they say it was a meeting place of gadhafi and volunteer supporters, and they were releasing rockets where the libyans say 118 were wounded, and they say that while th

governor mitch daniels, an interesting situation this week where we have the former first lady, laura bush calling daniels' wife sherry to encourage her to support a presidential bid for her husband. what is this gop push for daniels say about the republican party so far? >> they're looking for somebody in the party to survive the primary process and take on president obama. mitch daniels someone with a record of fiscal conservatism, and george bush attacked him when we went to surplus to deficits as a result of the bush tax cuts. he's a fresh face, a gubernatorial record. but he's got real family reservations. i talked to people close to mitch daniels. they think it's more likely than not that he's going to run. but real reservations from his wife and children. we don't know -- nobody knows how that decision will come out yet. >> which candidate has the most to lose if daniels does jump in. >> mitt romney. mitt romney is more likely than not in this republican field right now, you probably have two people who have a real shot at being both nominated and elected. that's mitt romney and tim

and as an example, an indication of how pivotal she is to this decision, former first lady laura bush, cbs news can now confirm, personally called cheri daniels to offer her encouragement, give her some advice on what her role on a campaign and possibly in the white house might be. jeff? >> meanwhile, jan, can we talk quickly about mitt romney. because he's got this delicate dance, as you know. he spoke yesterday, he supported health care reform in massachusetts but he's against the president's health care reform. is there any way this issue doesn't stay with him this whole race? >> well, i mean, we saw prominent conservatives yesterday saying that he just cannot put this behind him. he can't distance himself from the president's plan. he is saying that his plan is different. let's take a listen to what he had to say yesterday in michigan. >> our plan was a state solution to a state problem. and his is a power grab by the federal government to put in place a one size fits all plan across the nation. >> many people are saying, and observers are saying, that the real groundswell of supp

. >> we are giving a speech or doing something later with the former first lady laura bush.'s a lot of work for a little fruit drink. you know? >> it's worthwhile. we'll put an aussie touch on there, as well. >> that's the whole thing? >> come on. it's tasty stuff. it's summer fruit. >> that is good, woody. >> i hope so. i've come all the way from sydney for it. why don't we move down here and make a blender drink. one of the big problems we have with blender drinks, no one knows how much ice to put in the blender. the amount of ice is the amount you get in your glass. >> fill up your glass first and put that ice in. >> perfect. >> why don't you speak english? don't you speak english in australia? >> no. we speak australia. >> 1/3 lemon juice to 2/3 sugar syrup. we'll make pineapple mint margaritas. fresh pineapple. a bunch of mint. >> she is scared to death. >> i think you know what to do with this. >> i think i do. >> look at that. >> perfect. that will do it. >> do you know how much booze you poured in there? >> we don't mind. it's all good stuff. we want to blend that. w

so in 2005 laura bush, this was one of the few things she actually did, she launched the ladies red dress collection which was like the charity for heart disease and dug up and give a talk about the history of wonderful red dresses worn by all the first lady's. so, it's nice to see that prostitutes style crosses party lines at least. >> and contraception. >> thank you. i'm so glad you're here. so i will finish. they construct made birth control illegal essentially until the 1920's. imagine that. condoms or essentially illegal in this country. condoms, of course, continue to be distributed and purchased. it was done in two ways. one was on assimilated german jewish immigrants in new york city and philadelphia establishing factories in the basements of tenement buildings. the usually employed law wives and children and neighbors to make condoms and diaphragms. illegal in underground, and they always had these factories right next to the red light district. the most famous for, the most popular producer of condoms during this time was a guy named julius schmid whose townhouse factory was rig

bush has for the first time described the moment he discovered bin laden was dead, telling a las vegas congress, quote, i was eating souffle at a restaurant with laura and two buddies when the call came. obama said simply, osama bin laden is dead. the mission, bush refers to, as a good call. thanks to martha raddatz. >>> coming up, alarmingly close to some big cats along with a real life tarzan. here kitty, kitty, indeed. [ male announcer ] the magnificent veatrice henson is turning 100 soon, an achievement worthy of celebration. and thanks to sprint's unlimited plan, you can call or text her number or e-mail her address for no extra cost. so congratulate her. sing to her. and together, we can give a complete stranger the best birthday ever. go ahead, world. unlimit yourself. sprint. america's favorite 4g network. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintrelay.com. a fiber that dissolves completely, is cly different. benefiber. it's the easy way to get more fiber everyday. that's the beauty of benefiber i bet it could last through some artsy foreign film. good idea. let's go. did i just say that out loud? [ female announcer ] feel fresh up to 5 tim

looking at video here with president bush and his wife laura at a book signing last year. the doctors are treating billy graham with antibiotics. they are hoping to release him soon. >>> 7:53. the sudden deaths of leopard sharks in redwood city is still a mystery. but there are some new clues. dozens have been found dead. tests on one found internal bleeding and brain lesions. >>> it looks like mermaids are gaining ground over where wolves. they are making a come back from the movies like "pirates of the caribbean." mermaid, they are offering a fresh and interesting approach. >>> okay. james durbin of santa cruz keeps impressing the judges on "american idol." ♪ >> that's james performing "don't stop believin'" by journey. each of the contestants sang two songs last night. during the judging, jennifer lopez told durbin, you can sing anything. the final four were mentioned by a very special guest. lady gaga. eat political nation is tonight -- the elimination is right here tonight at 8:00. we'll talk live to the contestant who gets the boot, tomorrow at this time. >> it's get

laura. she mentioned one of my favorite stories in history. bush senior bombed down. what are you going to tell us about that? that's a cool story. >> isn't that amazing. this is miss june, one similar to the one he was in. right and left, everywhere you turn. i was in the mobile quarantine facility. it's amazing out here. we are at alameda at the "uss hornet." my own bob redell is roaming around as well. what do you have for us, bob? >> we got a birds eye view from up here. good morning to you, laura. we are six decks above you. you are at the hangar deck. we are three flights babove the ship. this is the nerve center of "uss hornet." good morning to you. >> good morning. you were the officer in charge of the ship. you couldn't sit in the captain's chair. >> that's right. the only person that could sit there is the captain. he could sit anywhere he wanted to but this was his chair and his chair alone. this is the bridge, if you wouldn't mind walking with us. >> the command of the ship was done from the bridge of the ship. the officer of the deck was the person who wa

he was eating souffle at a restaurant with his wife laura and two friends on that sunday night when president obama called him with that news. mr. bush called bin laden's death, quote, a great victory on the war on terror, and told the president, apparently, good call. >>> the situation room turned 50 years old today. it long ago became an enormously important landmark. actually, i don't know how this wound up in our control room. we mean, of course, the other situation room, yes, that one, the one beyond ground level in the west wing of the white house. they had a birthday celebration for what may be the most low-profile landmark in the country. president obama invited caroline kennedy today and named the room after her father. in the original kennedy administration memos, they first named it the cold war control center. the modern day "sit room," as it's called in the trade, is sound proof and full of telecommunications, immortalized recently as the control center in the bin laden raid. then for photo shop versions of the famous photo, including one showing "the situation" in the situation room. our apologies to our friend wolf. >>

bush told a conference in las vegas, "i was eating souffle at rise restaurant with laura and two buddies" when he got the call from president obama. obama simply said, "osama bin laden is dead." there is growing concern tonight that the identities of the s.e.a.l.s may eventually be compromised. a u.s. official tells abc news that plans are being made in the event that happens to make sure that the s.e.a.l.s and their families are protected. diane? >> all right, martha, thank you. >>> as you know, the taliban in pakistan have apparently already set out to avenge osama bin laden's death, claiming responsibility for a deadly double bombing today, the target, the pakistani police. at least 80 people were killed in the horrific suicide attack. and we asked our nick schifrin to take a snapshot of what it is like at that scene. >> reporter: the reason this attack was so deadly was this, this is a ball bearing, and these were packed into these bombs and when they exploded, they ripped through these vans where the recruits had gathered this morning, about to go home. this area has seen so much vi

bush told the conference in las vegas i was eating souffle at rye restaurant with laura and 2 friends when he got the call from president obama. obama simply said osama bin laden is dead. l. >> that's martha reporting. growing concern tonight that the identity of the seals may eventually be compromised. u.s. officials say the plans are being made in the event that happens to make sure the seals and families are protected. >>> well whether is being called the first retaliation attack for death of osama bin laden dozens of military recruit in pakistan have been killed. military training facility was targeted and the taliban is claiming responsibility. bloodiest so far this year. nick has this report. >>reporter: the 800 recruit training here were just about to go home. they had graduated yesterday. they had a party and this morning they boarded these vans in order to leave. and that's when 2 suicide bombers drove up in motorcycles and exploded in this group of advance killing more than 80, injuring more than 150. the pakistani taliban claim credit today saying this attack was in revenge

laura. it's now 6:13. this morning, antiwar demonstrators at uc berkeley law school. john yu is unfit to teach. he wrote interrogation policies for the bush administration and recently wrote an editorial in usa today defending the techniques saying osama bin laden would be on the loose without them. >>> dianne feinstein will be at cia headquarters to look at photos of osama bin laden's body. we are learning bin laden sent hundreds of e-mails to operatives even though he had no internet access. he would save his messages to a thumb drive and a courier went to an internet caffee to send the e-mails. time to check in with christina for a look at the forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you. we are looking good all day today. this is the last day of the sunshine as we head through the next couple days, gray skies and temperatures dropping. rain on the way for the weekend. every time i check, i'm consistently checking with the forecast models, we might get a break on sunday. it won't be relentless all day long. you'll be able to get out saturday and maybe sunday as well. watch out for the fog if you are leaving now. we have fog developin

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bush appeared to say something to the player who seemed to linger briefly before heading back behind the plate. i was looking to see what laurathe president has good reflexes. remember -- the person that threw the shoe. got all matrix on him. he's, the president is quick. >> he was right there. >> more "world news now" coming up. well done, mr. president. >> watch this. ♪ put me in coach i'm ready to play today, put me in coach ♪ hó this is not a lipstick. [ male announcer ] it's outlast lipstan from covergirl. [ drew ] light as air lipwear that does what a lipstick can't. with one sold every 15 seconds, it's the #1 selling lipstain in the u.s. [ male announcer ] outlast lipstain. from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. >>> tough to look at these pictures there. back to our top story. we are talking about the direct hit. an american tragedy in joplin, missouri. in the town of 47,000, there is destruction as far as the eye can see in just about every direction. >> oh, yeah, including at the hospital where devastation there was endless. it was so bad that, get this, medical supplies from inside the building were found almost 10