. >> house speaker michael but short -- michael bush met with his budget team on friday. they support the version of the budget agreed to by negotiators on the last session. there is no word whether they have reached out to senate president mike miller, who supports a different package. this is the scenario labor union. a growing number of clergy if the so-called doomsday budget goes into effect. >> we stand here today representing faith leaders throughout the state of maryland, who demanded direct destruction of the doomsday budget before it destroys the state of maryland. >> fayed community leaders are the latest to urge a special session. they support increasing taxes on cigarettes by 70%. >> health-care issues, education issues, issues of public security. all of those things are of great concern for us. >> jack young is now shepherding a resolution in support of a special session. the doomsday scenario cuts $10 moving in grants out of the police department's budget. that is the baltimore city loses $60 million in state aid for schools. >> these decisions which the leg

this has michael bush frustrated. >> if the budget in maryland goes down and the senators are more concerned about the obsession of gaming than school construction, school funding, hospitals, higher education, then let them wear that when they go homeland tell their constituents. >> reporter: mike miller says the house plan doesn't raise enough money this year. >> their plan is to raise $150 million. so rather than come back last year and do the same thing over again, let's set tell now. >> reporter: some issues dit get solved, the -- did get solved, and that is the sewage or flush tax. another one is the offshore windmill. nevertheless, the budget problem looms large off the final hours of the session. >> this is something that clan change from minute to minute. >> reporter: the house and the senate will continue negotiations on the budget. if they don't come to an agreement by this evening, they will go into an extended session. the last time they did that was 1992. in pape -- annapolis. >> if they go into that extended session, legislators can only debate the budget. >>> the medical facto

o'malley, senate president, mike miller and michael bush addressed the issue at today's bill signing ceremony. lawmakers agreed on a budget last night, but they failed to pass two measures needed to actually balance it. >> really a shame. pretty much the low point in my experience here. we had the ability and i think that the people of our state had the will, but our leaders weren't able to come to the consensus necessary to protect education. >> now those two bills to balance the budget would raise taxes and shift teacher pension cost from the state down to the counties and if they are not passed by july, the doom's day budget kicks in and that would cut spending by $500 million. >>> in virginia, the governor wrapped up his review of bills passed this year by the general assembly. he ended up vetoing seven and amending dozens of others. most notably, the voter id bill. more discretion in counting ballots cast with people without the proper identification. the general assembly will meet. >>> from sunny and windy to chilly and rainy. our weather may be taking a turn for the worst this

o'malley will meet with house speaker michael bush and senate president mike miller. the general assembly needs to finish work on the fiscal 2013 budget after key parts of the budget package failed during the recent legislative session. o'malley said he will not call a special session unless there is a consensus on a budget plan. senate president mike miller suggested a budget compromise that reworks the proposed tax increase for marylanders. now some say a gambling bill held everything up. miller says the legislator probably need a day or two to reconvene and finish work. o'malley expects the meeting to be limited to public safety, education and the triple a bond rating and finishing the budga tax increase package with the budget, the legislature ended up with a fiscal year 2013 doomsday budget with more than 500 million dollars in cuts. the meeting between the governor and legislative leaders is expected to happen at 8 this morning in annapolis. sherrie johnson, abc2 news.>> and we will let you know the outcome of the meeting. head to abc2news.com. we are late break

o'malley will meet with house speaker michael bush and senate president mike miller. the general assembly needs to finish work on fiscal 2013 budget after key parts of a budget package failed during the legislative session. o'malley said he will not call for a special session unless there's a consensus on a budget plan. senate president mike miller suggested a budget compromise that reworks the proposed tax increase for marylanders. now some say a gambling bill held everything up. miller says the legislative session probably needs a day or two to reconvene and finish its work. o'malley says he expects today's meeting to be limited to public safety, education, the state's aaa bond rating and finishing the budget work. without a tax increase package with the budget, the legislature ended up with a fiscal year 2013 doomsday budget with more than $500 million in cuts. the meeting between the governor and legislative leaders is expected to happen at 8 this morning in annapolis. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> news time 5:03. today some legislators will discuss the general

mike miller met with governor martin o'malley and house speaker michael bush for about an hour at the governor's residence. an income tax increase fell apart at the end ever the regular session. it would have averred the need for a half billion dollars in cuts. >>> customs agents have made another big drug bust at dulles international airport. that is cocaine stuffed inside chocolate bars. officers say a woman from guatemala was trying to sneak the drug into his the u.s. she also hid the cocaine in juice boxes. officers recovered more than four pounds of cocaine. the woman was removed from united states and space as a five-year ban from returning to the u.s -- and faces a five- year ban from returning to the u.s. >>> how this is for a gym? >> some employers are giving their workers more incentive to work out. all right. fox 5 bosses, listen to this one as we continue. we believe keeping kids healthy can start with healthy hands. with the lysol no-touch hand soap system healthy hands can be automatic. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. beth! hi! looking good.

he will mike with michael bush and senate president mike miller. the general assembly needs to finishing one on the 2013 budget after key parts of the package failed during the legislative session. o'malley said he won't call for a special session unless there's a conas soon asous on a budget plan. mike miller suggested a budget compromise but actually -- but reworked the tax increase for marylanders. some say a gambling bill held everything up. miller says the legislature probably needs a day or two to reconvene and finish the work. o'malley expects today's meeting to be limited to public safety, education and the state's aaa bond rating and finishing the budget work. without passing a tax increase package with the budget, the legislature ended up with a fiscal year 2013 doomsday budget with more than 500 million dollars in cuts. the meeting between the governor and legislative leaders is he speced to happen at 8 -- expected to happen at 8 this morning in annapolis. sherrie johnson. >>> keep an eye out on the latest with abc 2 news.com. late break

governor o'malley, michael bush, and mike miller will gather for a breakfast meeting tuesday at the governor's mansion. they will discuss agenda items for a special session. they broke the impasse by presenting a letter to the governor and speaker promoting a compromise to the revenue package tied to the budget and a -- tied to the budget, and he wrote "i have never known a session toned with a perfect result, but concluding the budget would be a good result." >> baltimore employees will soon have to pay more for their health care. right now they play 20% of their premium but they are paid no deductible and are charged no co-pay for most medical care received. under the proposed changes employees would pay an annual ductible of $250 and they would pay 10% of medical bills and premiums would remain about the same cost. rates of heart disease, diabetes, hyper tension two to three times higher than normal. as a result, city officials want to encourage employees to switch to an h.m.o. and focus on prevention. >> this morning's "education alert." maryland public schools have a new boss. they have n

governor o'malley, house speaker, michael bush, will get together at the mansion to discuss a special session. moore broke the impag pass by sending a letter as a compromise to the budget. and the shift in the cost to teacher pensions. the governor responded by saying, "i appreciate your willingness to complete the general assembly's budget. i have never known a session to end with a perfect result. concluding, the budget would be a positive step forward. >> baltimore employees will have to pay more for health care. right now they pay 20% of premiums for health care insurance. they pay no ductible and are charged no co-pay for most of the medical care they receive. employees would pay an annual ductible of $250. they will also pay 10% of medical bills. their premiums would remain about the same cost. city employees represented in red have heart disease, diabetes, and hyper tension two to three times higher than normal. as a result, they want to encourage employees to switch to an h.m.o. and focus on prevention. >> we'll take you to the fair. >> and disaster at towson university. what

. >> house speaker michael bush, governor o'malley, and -- all gathered tuesday for a meeting at the governor's mansion for a special session. he broke the impasse by presenting a letter of compromise tied to the budget and a shift in the cost of teacher pensions. >> the governor said in part, i appreciate this meeting. it is a positive step forward. >> baltimore employees will have to pay more for health care. right now city employees pay a premium about no deductible and are charged no co-pay for most of the medical care they receive. under the proposed changes, employees will start paying an annual ductible of $250. they will also start paying 10% of their medical bills. premiums at the same cost. >> city employees and rates of heart disease, diabetes, two to three times higher than normal. as a result, city officials want to encourage employees to switch to h.m.o. and focus on prevention. >> do you have important documents you need to get rid of? today is the day to do it. the better business bureau wants to help you get rid of out-dated documents with their annual shred event. g

. >> reporter: governor o'malley scheduled to speak with house speaker michael bush. the governor says he will then decide if it's necessary to bring the council back. denise. >> thank you mary, the governor's meeting is set for tomorrow. >>> finally good news about the price of gas. we sure noticed that the price is going down. the national average is up 5- cents in the past two weeks. it's the first decline since december. prices are still relatively high on average drivers around the country are paying $3.85 for a gallon of regular. here in maryland we're still playing a little more than the national average. that's down a few cents from last month. >>> baltimore is getting ready for a big international soccer match. today m & t bank hosted darren eels. he's taking a look at the venue ahead of the game against liverpool in march. to plant the turf it'll take three days. >> how do they do that? >> once they're done with it they can come to my house. >> we'll take all of it. >>> a nascar driver comes to maryland to drive this yellow car. i'm mary bubala, find out who

. >>> governor o'malley is having breakfast with top leaders this morning, he is talking with michael bush and thomas miller about holding a special session of legislature, a half billion dollars in project cuts are due to kick in because lawmakers failed to pass a tax package, during final session. >>> tony. >> allison virginia general assembly recently passed a two year, $85 billion state budget it was not easy and took defection by northern virginia democrat to make it happen joining us now to talk about what is included and what is not and virginia's improving economy, bob mcdonald thank you for coming in. >> thanks for having me on. >> last week a lot of back and forth on the budget including 24 hours leading up to it being passed budgets obviously naturally are made up of compromises, lots of compromises let me ask you first, what do you like about what is in the budget. >> first of all that it is done. it took four different votes to finally get there, and as you pointed out, their budgets are compromises between people from both parties from all over the state what i like, is that

it comes with michael bush and governor martin o'malley at the state house this morning. an increase income tax deal fell apart. if no deal is reached, a so- called doomsday budget takes place with $500 million in cuts. >>> romney is expected to win it all. he's expected to secure enough delegates to win the gop nomination. danielle nottingham reports from washington. >> reporter: voters are casting their ballots in five states, where more than 200 delegates are at stake. mitt romney is expected to win all five. many people in the republican ranks have decided that they should line up behind him. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> reporter: mitt romney may be in the lead to win his party's nomination. but he's still working to win their support. >> you can always express your opinion with the others running. but there's more on that ballot than romney. >> reporter: newt gingrich says he will be reevaluating his campaign, after the votes are counted in delaware. >> reporter: but governor romney is no longer talking about his republican rivals. he has his sights set on the

he met with governor o'malley and house speaker michael bush for an hour today at the governor's residence and an income tax increase that would have averted the need for a half billion in cuts fell a part near the end of the regular session and is with what is prompting the possible special session. >>> the virginia general assembly passed a two-year, $85 billion state budget. it was not easy and took a desection by a northern virginia democrat to make it happen. earlier today, the governor talked about some highlights, including big boosts to the retirement system and some higher education and talked about what he doesn't like. >> and i started the review and i am concerned about the cuts they made in economic development and i know we had great progress by focusing on job creation and economic development, focus on the private sectors and to 5.6 unemployment rate. lowest in the southeast and that is the new money of the general assembly to give us to invest from foreign travel, foreign trade offices and tax credits and other things like that and cut that back from the 40 million i asked

. >> reporter: mike miller and michael bush smiled as they arrived for a breakfast meeting at the governor's residents. by the time they left an hour and 15 minutes later, there were no smiles as they announce they have more work to do on the budget before the governor will okay a special session. see if there's a coalition to build if we come back for a special session. >> reporter: what items will be on the agenda? the casino? >> you have to ask the governor about that. >> reporter: he spoke at the state board of education and later said publicly he favors a special session focused exclusively on passing a budget. >> the likelihood is that we probably need to resolve this budget issue separate and apart from issues affecting the future of gaming in maryland. and we need to resolve those budget issues quickly. >> reporter: the governor says the issue of authorizing slot parlors to include table gaming and authorizing a sixth site in prince georges county could be taken up by the legislature later this summer. >> i take him at his word. he certainly wrapped his hands around this issue. i tak

week stale mate they are talking to each other, governor o'malley will host thomas miller and michael bush tomorrow morning on april 9th lawmakers adjourned without passing a tax passage that could trigger more than $500 million in cuts. >> to the race for the white house voters hitting the polls tomorrow, mitt romney and the presumptive republican nominee is looking to pick up more delegate has the nomination wrapped up for the most part. tomorrow president obama heads to denver. >>> president is at the national holocaust memorial museum this morning this is the live look at the museum dedicated to helping leaders prevent genocide around the world sorry we do not have that picture for you. in a half hour he is due to give a speech on the plan to sanction dictators who use internet and technology, to track and crackdown on peaceful protestors. >>> as you know it was another crazy day for caps fans they fell to the bruins 4-3 in overtime dave ross is here for more. >> just a gut wrenching loss but the series has been so dramatic first time ever in history of stanley cup playoffs all six gam

house speaker michael bush says the senate is holding up the budget to get the gambling bill passed. >>> if the budget of the state of maryland goes down and the senators are more concerned about the obsession with gaming than with school construction, school funding, hospitals, higher education money, then let them wear that. >> reporter: would you agree with speaker bush that the obsession with gaming in the senate is holding up the budget? >> well, i think our top priority needs to be the budget. >> reporter: the gambling bill still has to be voted on in the house ways and means committee. a member of that committee just passed by me and said he's on his way inside to vote on that bill. at that point it would go to the house floor. but again, there is a lot of work to be done. the statewide budget is the priority. they have until midnight to get it done and there is some talk that there could be an extended session for the first time in more than 20 years. reporting live from annapolis, darcy spencer, news 4. >>> republican presidential hopeful rick santorum did not campaign today

the governor told wbal radio that he'll meet with house speaker michael bush and senate president thomase miller within the next several days. however, he says an agreement as well as trust and understanding are needed first. the general assembly failed to reach a budget deal, triggering a so-called doomsday budget that cuts spending by half a billion dollars if no deal is in place by the 1st of july. >>> a cbs manager in montgomery county is accused of helping a robber steal from the store. police say he was part of an inside job and they say they have proof of that. take look at this video. police say man robbed the cvs on tuckerman lane on potomac twice in several days, the same manager was on duty both times. police say they got suspicious when the surveillance video shows the robber forgot the bag of money. the video shows the manager walking out with the bag of money and leaving it outside the door for the robber to get it. police arrested the manager, 35-year-old fenton graham in silver spring. his girlfriend, michelle allison, who is the daughter of the robbery suspect, 53-year-o

house speaker michael bush says the senate is holding up the budget to get the gambling bill passed.> if the budget in the state of maryland goes down and the senators are more concerned about the obsession with gaming than they are with school construction, school funding, hospitals, higher education money, let them wear that. >> reporter: again, lawmakers have until midnight to get all their work done and there is some talk of having an extended session. that would be the first one in more than 20 years. in annapolis, darcy spencer, news 4. >>> the house version of that bill delays bringing slots and table games to prince george's county from 2015 until 2016. >>> cory stewart lives in prince william county and has built a reputation over the years as a fierce opponent of illegal immigration. now he is planning to run for lieutenant governor of virginia. he is a republican and is going to announce his campaign on wednesday. he has been the at large chairman of the prince william county board since 2007. in 2008 he gained recognition for championing the county's illegal immigration l

o'malley will meet with michael bush and senate president mike miller on tuesday. that's according to the washington post. the general assembly failed to reach a deal this month. nothing by july could trigger a doomsday budget that would cut a half billion. >>> metro's spring break, it's over. that could mean big delays this weekend. track work returns at three stations on the system's busiest line. on the red line are shut down. three shuttle buses between the silver spring and rhode island avenue stations. buses are also replacing trains between the rozlynn on the blue line. on the orange line expect single tracking. . >>> expect headaches if you're driving downtown this weekend too. the imf is hosting its annual spring meeting. closed from pennsylvania avenue to g street. the roads will open again tomorrow night at 7:00. >>> starting today it will cost you more to catch a cab in the district. taxi fares are going up. the old price was $1.50 per mile. now it's $2.16. that's a 44% increase. some fees won't go down, however. cab drivers can only charge a bag fee if

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>> there was honoring of michael bush earlier this session. the longest serving speaker in the house. they need to wrap things up on time. they do have a midnight deadline. it might be the first time in two decades they have to extend the session. >> not a good one. >> one they are hoping to avoid. >> okay. ben is a staff writer. i suspect you two will be putting in time today. >> good deal late night. >> okay. over to you. >> okay. thank you very much. 7:38. coming up next, metro rider could see smaller hikes. there is potential good news. we'll fill you in on that. >> pope benedict is looking even more weak than usual. what is vatican is doing to help stabilize his health. >> here is a look at the my fox half all deal. for just $24 you can get a shampoo, cut and style. it is a $65 value. to get in on this deal look for the my fox half off. it will be on the right side of the page. 7:30. we'll be right back. ♪ you're ththank you, sweetie. oh... ♪ >>> pope benedict is cutting back now. his brother said he doesn't think he will travel that much

senate leaders this morning the governor wants to hold a special session of legislature and asking michael busher for consensus before ordering lawmakers back to annapolis a half billion dollars in the budget cuts are due to kick in, because lawmakers failed to pass a tax package during regular session. >> virginia's legislative session is a done deal but not without its share of budget drama that did include extra money for the dulles rail project we will talk about that plus immoving economic outlook and presidential -- improving economic outlook and presidential politics this morning at 9:15 a.m. >>> one time aid to former senator and presidential candidate john edwards back on the stand in his criminal trial andrew young claimed he helped edwards use nearly a million dollars in secret campaign contributions to hide his pregnant mistress, his defense lawers charge young used much of the money to build a large dream house in 2008 young falsely claimed he was the father of edwards child with a mistress young could also be in legal trouble young recently talked with three other witnesses about

. >> to two marines, phillip bush and 20-year-old michael poth got into a street fight around 2:30 saturdayning. bush was fatality stabbed. >> two fellow marines. it's unfortunate that one of them killed another one. >> a defense official says marine guards subdued both. he has been charged with second degree murder. >> my heart goes out to the family. it's a shame certainly not something that should happen. >> police believe the two men did not know each other before the fight. >>> a maryland several rights leader -- civil rights leader is busted for alleged maryland position. carl snowden was arrested on friday after police say they found a small amount of pot on him. this comes days after he stepped down from the attorney district office. >>> put ads on fire trucks to reduce the deficit? one organization's ad may cause some alarms to go off. >> the bright red means dollar signs to counsel man welsh. >> these are out of the box times. you need out of the box approaches to create addition nol revenue. >> the mayor said three companies can cause because of the shortfall. >> hess proposing -

instead of trashing michael eisner or the bush administration -- darrell issa or bush administrationa had nothing do do with this. >> dana: why doesn't someone say this is an outrage. we'll do this -- >> bob: we did. >> dana: no. you get on the chairman of the committee. so a guy says he'll plead the fifth, oh, he should stay home. i'd haul his rear end to washington every week. >> greg: in the government money is no object or rather it's somebody else's object. other people's money. >> bob: this is outrage that the agency spends a lot of government money. this is not by inference we connect it to obama. >> kimberly: we praised obama. he fired the administrator. >> dana: we all did. >> eric: not one person at this table -- >> kimberly: you brought up obama, bob. >> bob: i must have missed that. >> greg: you said he was one of the greatest worst presidents ever. that was good. >> bob: the question is will what will come out of this? >> dana: they should be fired. >> kimberly: they had one administrator resign. she stepped down. people on administrative leave. come on. >> bob: will the

but you saw rubio said no, you saw bush said no. michaelld you be the running mate of willard mitt romney. >> well, reverend, that's a fen call i don't expect to have on my phone. no. >> wow, willard can't even get michael steel. thanks for your time tonight. >>> high drama in north carolina courtroom. day two of the john edwards trial. his former aid on the stand with some explosive claims. that's next. ♪ [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em, with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds, and stops new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control. >>> folks, i want to take a minute to correct the record about something i said on the show last night. we were talking about president bush's economic policies. and i said the public debt grew $5 billion when he was in office. that's not quite right. and it wasn't quite fair to president bush. i left off a few zeroes. the debt actually exploded by nearly $5 trillion during the bush presidency. trillion with a t. so you see, president bush deserves way

book and your reflections on it, but there's a photograph of the 1988 debate, michael dukakis and george herbert walker bush. you had been at the commission for all of a year with probably two of the most memorable moments took place in 1988. i want to share both of thome with the students. the first is the question from bernard shaw to michael dukakis. let's watch the moment, come back and get the full story. >> governor, if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? >> no, i don't. i oppose the death penalty during all of my life. i don't see any evidence that it is a deterrent. i think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. we have done so in my own state, and it's 1 of the reasons we had the biggest drop in crime in any sdprael straight in america, why we have the lowest murder rate in tamerica. we have work to do to fight a real war, not a phony war against drugs. that's something i want to lead, something we haven't had over the past few years even though the vice president has been, at least allegedly, in control o

michael gerson, the former bush white house speechwriter, george w. bush writer who is a columnist for the "washington post" had an op-ed that sort of expanded on this taking this em to task saying the composite republican candidate reflecting the party's ideological mean has been harsh on immigration, confrontational on social issues, confrontational on social issues. how many women find this appealing on e harmony? >> it's a broad range of issues that have according to michael gerson and according to polling that have raised concerns among women voters. >> i think that's right. the contraception issue as we saw did not play out particularly well for republicans. they found themselves playing defense on what was supposed to be an issue against obama care and against the president's health care plan. this has been a problem as well in terms of the primary and rick santorum who while he tried not engaging on social issues i think he tried more often than he didn't, he couldn't quite help getting off on some tangents on this. i think the primary has had

everyone was seated and they had poured wine for president bush to make a toast for the queen, seated on his right, and at her table, michael cain, the wonderful actor, so that was our star for the evening, and president bush began the toast, and out of the corner of my eye, i see this tiny white dog and four legs going right towards his mistress, and i held my breath, and thought i know i'd seen them put him in the kitchen earlier, i hear this bark, woof, and the president looks around and smiles and mrs. farish didn't move, so the president went on, and 30 seconds later, another louder bark, that's when i got this look from the president, and i thought, you know, i've got to do something, i ran over, captured the dog, and put him in the kitchen. that was my moment of royalty. >> we'll have to add that to the job description.

michael mukasey, attorney general in the bush administration, says the case and delay are absurd. >>years since the 2009 raid and going on a year since the 2011 raid is more than enough time. this is not -- this is not brain surgery. >> neither the d.o.j. nor fish and wildlife would comment on the investigation or why it's taking so long. in the case of the indian wood the argument is simply over how much work was done overseas. the government argues because the wood was roughlily cut to size it was illegal to export. but the indian government is happy to export this, even calling it a finished musical instrument part. >> republicans and some democrats say it's a clear case of government overreach. >> this is a high profile demonstration the obama administration released enforcement dogs on the american people and american businesses. >> while the criminal investigation drags on the d.o.j. blocked gibson's civil suit to get wood back. since it can't import more wood they're forced to use alternatives, even composite materials, purest customers might object outright. >> it's a disadva

saturday morning near the marine barracks in southeast dc. 20-year-old michael said something antigay to 23-year- old fillive bush og and in the street fight that followed he stabbed the man who died at a hospital. >>> a well-known local civil rights leader has been busted for marijuana. something that is of note because it came hours after he began a voluntary leave of absence from the state attorney general's office to persuit a lawsuit against anne arundel county. he claims john leopold wrongly gathered information about him for political purpose. he could face 60 days in jail if convicted on the possession charges. >>> if you visited a gas station in the last few days you may have received a pleasant surprise. gas prices have gone down a bit. the national average has slipped 5 -- slipped 5 cents. on average drivers are plack $3.58 per gallon of regular and in maryland we are paying a little more about 3.89 a gallon. that is down a few cents from last month. and we are paying about the same price as we did at the same time last year. just one cent less. >>> still to come on wjz a"eyewitness news" at noon, the

michael here. it is really ironic because george w. bush the one guy that seemed to take advantage of a foreign policy situation. iraq was going so poorly he said don't switch horses in midstream, because i screwed this up so royally, let me finish otherwise we're all in trouble. >> the second bush played foreign policy and politics almost worse than anyone else. i -- i completely agree with that. and i think the best bet for president obama as you say, maybe remind them of bin laden and hope everyone forgets about afghanistan come november 6th. >> yes, because the republicans offered to stay longer in afghanistan. and the american people don't like the afghanistan war at all. >> that's true. and there's nothing the republicans can say, really to counter bin laden. they seem pretty weak and petty bay saying maybe we would have done the same thing. you had eight years to do it, and you didn't do it. >> and they were able guys to rest this issue away which is any time you can neutralize the opponent as they have done it's the most important t

behind the scenes efforts by the bush campaign to figure out where they could go after the michael dukakis support and they held a focus group and they came up with the willy horton commercial, an issue we should point out first brought up in the primary by then senator al gore, turned into an issue the bush campaign used in the summer and fall, this one of the most effective ads in presidential politics. >> bush and dukakis on crime. bush supports the death penalty for first-degree murderers. dukakis not only opposes the death penalty, he allowed first-degree murderers to have weekend passes from prison, one was willy horton, murdered a boy in a robbery, stabbing him 19 times. despite a life sentence he received ten weekend passes. weekend prison passes, dukakis on crime. >> so that was september of 1988, a month later, this debate, the question that kicked off the debate with cnn's bernard shaw, let's watch. >> governor, if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? >> no, i don't bernard and i think you know i've opposed the death

were thinking of opening it and then that happened and then we worked with michael, the same landscape architect that's doing the bush library over here, doing the landscaping for it, to then landscape pennsylvania avenue so it didn't look so much like a closed street. >> is that on the south lawn? >> pennsylvania avenue. the south street is closes periodically but it is not closed always. >> isn't impossible to imagine in lincoln's time people could just walk into white house. they didn't need a card. floating around and he is going between people to get to his office. they said he had this little passageway through -- what was his reception room into what's now the yellow living room. so he wouldn't have to go out in the hall upstairs in the second -- on the second floor, and where job seekers are -- people would be out there trying to shake the president's hand. >> was it teddy roosevelt who had so many children and he changed that. >> he built -- yeah. he didn't have enough bedrooms at the time when -- i was thinking when you were talking about the athletic activities, i was reading -- working on teddy roosevelt

bush just remembers collaborating with the designer michael faircloth. and you wanted a pretty party dress. what women -- the first lady wants it to be beautiful. she wants it to be comfortable. she wants it to be appropriate. i think appropriate is the word when first ladies are dealing with clothes. they want to be appropriate for the occasion, appropriate for their age, appropriate the circumstance, and i think appropriate as a symbol of the united states, because we still do look at the first lady as representing women in the united states. even when she is not functioning in duty hours, she represents the united states. >> let's take a look at some of the first ladies, about four of them that you featured here at the exhibit and talk about their roles. >> wonderful. it's this way. >> before you walk into this room, though, you have a quote from first lady michelle obama where she is talking about that there is no formal job description for this unofficial role of the first lady. talk about that quote and how you think that impacts the first lady's d