michelle obama eating a burger obviously trying to fight obesity in the u.s. but there is a new harvard researcher that has their own idea of maybe how they could handle this take a look in extreme cases the placement in just a lister chair can be the alleged cheating option placement and truly a false truth with just three square meals a day sneaker to you and access to regular gentle physical activity can sometimes lead to dramatic weight loss the next you know what else foster care can sometimes lead to i don't know how about a dramatic emotion. and a million other things that could go wrong i just don't understand why instead of wanting to educate people about how you can eat healthy and exercise like michelle obama is trying to do which by the way conservatives try to attack why the natural instinct here is this is just a click kids away put the parents in jail no big deal well he was actually giving some examples of really extreme cases where he did see it work and i can see his point in the sense that childhood obesity i feel like it's such a big epidem

michelle obama eating a burger obviously trying to fight obesity in the u.s. but there's a new harvard researcher that has their own idea of maybe how they could handle this take a look. in extreme cases placement into foster care can be the. solution. we've just three square meals a day. interest to regular gentle physical activity can sometimes lead to. the or else foster care can sometimes lead to i don't know how about a dramatic emotional day a million other things that could go wrong i just don't understand why instead of wanting to educate people about how you can eat healthy and exercise like michelle obama is trying to do which by the way conservatives try to attack why the natural instinct here is distinctly kids who were put prepared to deal no big deal well he was actually giving some examples of really extreme cases where he did see it work and i can see his point in the sense that childhood obesity i feel like it's such a big epidemic enough and on and on that parents are responsible for and i do think it shows it is a form of neglect however whe

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

fellow politician she can't say scrutiny of her husband is out of bounds but she's free to attack michelle obama any time she feels like it campaign presidency doesn't matter she's fair game so for being a blatant hypocrite we're getting our friday chill time award to michele bachmann and i have a feeling she's going to win a few more before the two thousand and twelve presidential race is over. all right it's friday happy friday and joining me for happy hour is our chief producer jenny churchill and alex bites of all he's a reporter and blogger for think progress dot org and the progress report thanks guys for being here it's happy friday last friday before a possible default and her story as mantua armageddon was approaching last night and politicians were malling over how to avoid it they put aside their differences for you minutes to vote on something really important renaming post office to. be turned twenty five forty eight a bill to just meet the facility of the united states postal service located at sixty three ten university street in fury and illinois is the charles chip lawrence tram

michelle obama applauds the decision to do this. last week she joined major retail irs, walmart and walgreen's to expand stores in the area for easy access to fresh produce. >>> starting today walmart is renting and streaming movies online. they bought up video streaming service 18 months and launched a new streaming service by offering 20,000 titles that be used on any device. prices range from a dollar to 5.99 or buy movies from 4.99 up. >> i know we have a little bit of sunshine in san francisco. >> that is what happens. san francisco will be the last years to clear the fog. the fog is still rolling in from the ocean and we look southbound from mount tamalpais. expect this to last one or two more days before the big warming trend rolls in. >> all right. mike, thank you. an unusual ngd, why police say incredible scene is part of a misunderstanding. >> in his own words, a bay area teen tells us how he stopped a grizzly bear from attacking him. >>> a stunning sight caught on camera in stockton. a local news group caught a man hangin

michelle obama applauds the decision to do this.ast week she joined major retail irs, walmart and walgreen's to expand stores in the area for easy access to fresh produce. >>> starting today walmart is renting and streaming movies online. they bought up video streaming service 18 months and launched a new streaming service by offering 20,000 titles that be used on any device. prices range from a dollar to 5.99 or buy movies from 4.99 up. >> i know we have a little bit of sunshine in san francisco. >> that is what happens. san francisco will be the last years to clear the fog. the fog is still rolling in from the ocean and we look southbound from mount tamalpais. expect this to last one or two more days before the big warming trend rolls in. >> all right. mike, thank you. an unusual ngd, why police say incredible scene is part of a misunderstanding. >> in his own words, a bay area teen tells us how he stopped a grizzly bear from attacking g g u >>> a stunning sight caught on camera in stockton. a local news group caught a man hanging

michelle obama applauds, but how much sugar and fat are still in it? and what about the toy? >>> healthy living. what is the life-saving test your doctor should give you? and more than half of them are not. >>> and, do you agree with what scientists say is the absolutely saddest movie of all time? we want your vote. >>> good evening. and we hear you. americans are telling washington what you think tonight about the long and dangerous political battle over the debt ceiling. frustration boiling over. fed up messages pouring into congress from every state, flooding the phone lines, crashing the websites. and with the deadline only one week away, as you can see on our clock, the finger-pointing is continuing, the brinksmanship is dragging on. and abc's jim avila tonight on the growing anger in america and anxiety. >> reporter: make no mistake. the nation's capitol is getting an earful on e-mail and e phone. this is what you get when you dial the white house. the masses telling washington, deadlock on the nation's debt is not acceptable. >> we're in the thousands here. the staff i

obama. [applause] >> and mrs. michelle robinson obama. [applause] [inaudible conversations] case.inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> that concludes bookies coverage of the 2011 harlem book fair. >> i began two years before the bombs began to fall on cuba. exactly two years impact to the day. april 15, 1959. fidel castro arrived in the united states. dwight eisenhower was the president. richard nixon was vice president. john kennedy was still a junior senator from massachusetts. castro spent most of his visit hugging and smiling and saying all the right things. there were some americans including some in the eisenhower administration who had pretty serious concerns about eisner. many that he was a communist in the making. many found it to be quite charming and certainly charismatic. after a few days in washington, castro went to new york city. from the moment he arrived what he was greeted like 20,000 people, he had a grand old time. he went to the top of the empire state building. he shook hands with jackie robinson. he went down to city hall. went to columbia un

obama. [applause] >> and mrs. michelle robinson obama.[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> bringing to a closer coverage of the 2011 harlem book fair on the stage of the langston hughes auditorium at the schomburg center for research in black culture. if you missed any of today's program you can watch a re-air from our entire day's coverage from the harlem book fair starting this evening at night eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> july was a busy month in publishing news with the liquidation of orders and now there has been an update with the google book settlement. sarah weinman is the news editor at publishers marketplace. sarah weinman what is the latest on the google book settlement? >> well there was a hearing that to place on july 19, where judge jennie chen heard from various parties with respect to the settlement and from what news accounts reported, he wasn't terribly happy at the current state of things. the bottom line is that both parties want more time and even though judge chen granted an extension, the next hearing will be

michelle obama has talked about house and she's become you know sort of a style icon she has people who say oh she was always so. allison college she is remembered for being stylish in college and she says that's absolutely not true but of course that's become part of the michelle obama myth and legend and so that's actually where the title of the book comes from i'm curious kelly how you got to hear what what were the what were the influences in your life that they brought you to to being a writer and commentator and and having the the platform. well inspired well that was the first thing i have to say is i have a really terrific mom second really and you know i i think that it's a testament to you know how you can only go so far as your biggest sharing section and i have i've had a really great hearing section and that's an excellent mentors who believed in me and encouraged me to do things when i wasn't even sure i could do them myself and that made a lot of the difference the very abbreviated version though of high end it becoming a writer it's a bit of a nontraditional story which

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up to 1,000 people, including michelle obama, plan to attend the memorial in california. >>> wikileaksr julian assange returns to court in london today to fight his extradition to sweden. he's wanted there on sexual misconduct charges. >>> "atlantis" astronauts performed their only space walk of this mission today. they determined that some space junk near the international space station should not interfe. that's obviously good news. >> yeah, very exciting. and a very sad farewell to betty ford. a lot of people will miss her, that is for sure. >> quite a lady. >>> finally this half hour it was a close call on this one. but here is our favorite story of the day. >> it's a feel-good one for sure. >> it is. >> yeah. it involves a stray dog named pegasus, a fallen soldier, and a family's wish to make that dog one of their own. >> reporter: private conrad lewis was a people person. >> he was an outstanding young man, really. >> conrad was one of the most loyal people you've ever met. >> very gregarious. mixed with all sorts of people of all ages. >> reporter: before he was killed in afghan

. >> three other first ladies, michelle obama, hillary clinton and nancy reagan attended the service. a series focusing on ford's extraordinary life, and legacy of courage and compassion. her final wish is that her yulg -- eulogy focus on friendship. her life the perfect testament to her mission. >> the man behind some of america's fair rit television shows has died. he created "the brady bunch" and "gilligan's island". he continued to produce television all the way into his 90s. schwartz pass wade this morning at cedars-sinai in los angeles. he was being treated for an intestinal infection. he was 94 years old. >> astronauts took the last space walk of nasa's shuttle era today, the astronauts were on the space station when atlantis arrived, ventured outside to retrieve a pump and installed what is called a robotic refueling apparatus. and that new space tech is important now that the shuttle program is ending. the mission has been extend bid a day saying last landing is set for next thursday at 2:56 a.m. our time. so set your tivo. >> the flying car has been cleared for takeoff. and

she visited africa with her mother first lady michelle obama. she turned 13 today. >>> it's worth billions, the piles of treasures just discovered underneath this temple. >>> and the very thing helping them become mothers may be putting their children at risk, the new research about in-vitro vertalizization. in-vitro fertilization. . >>> prime minister resigned today. he will be replaced by the nation's first female prime minister. she is the sister of the former prime minister who lost power five years ago. the commander charged with war crimes was combative in court today. he disrupted court by shouting at the judge. he is accused offend leading cleansing during the civil war in the 1990s. protesters reminded the public that 8,000 men and boys were rounded up and slaughters. >>> there may be more trouble for dominique strauss-kahn a writer says she may formally accuse him of trying to rape her. the woman says it happened in 2000 two. current allegations by a hotel worker are getting shaky due to revelations she has a history of lying. >> no cl

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done -- there's a pattern of first ladies on racial issues both positively and negatively but michelle obama has done a lot to expose the country to a wider group of african-americans, not just entertainers and sports figures but poets and literary people and if you look at the kind of events that are happening in the white house, there are great numbers of african-americans that are in the white house and i think the obamas hope that this is seen is very normal for americans. that it's a race neutral administration but the point is they're trying to bring in african-americans to show that this is something that should be considered sort of routine in any white house. and michelle also has the antiobesity initiative which is particularly important in a lot of african-american communities and families and hispanic families, so i'd say for this role model idea is something the obamas take very seriously. and according to my reporting, that's one reason obama ran in the first place. >> host: you know, we're winding down and you've talked about so many figures in this book. you mention one perso

>> to be honest, i think he deserves more of that treatment than michelle obama does. g michele bachmann has said, she believes in a fundamentalist model of marriage. she believes he is the head of family and she needs to be sub missive to him. his views have more of a bearing on what she thinks than another presidential candidate. she's in a difficult position, mike is right, that we have republicans here in new york who fought for marriage equality. on the hole, the republican party, especially in the red states is dominated by extreme social conservatives. anyone who wants to attack michele bachmann from the right is going to have a difficult time in a philosophy that is to the right. >> michelle goldberg, mike rodgers, thanks for being with us tonight. >> senator james inhofe introduces the pilots bill of rights. it may have a little something to do with senator in hoff's wild dangerous landing at a texas airport last year. >>> a fox business host comes up with a new attack on president obama. david is going after him for getting a college scholarship. >>> breaking

it is like michelle obama. she will condemn fast-food, but later she will be eating the lovely, lovely frys and who can blame her? mcdonalds says apples is what customers were asking for. sorry, no real mcdonalds fan would ask for an apple. if they want an apple, they won't go to mcdone eld thats. they will go where there are apples. apple store? apples suck. if you disagree with me you are a homophobe. >> paul? >> yeah. >> if that's your real name. should mcdonalds be serving apples or is that communism? >> have you lost your mind? >> don't change the subject to my mind, sir. >> who goes against apples? it is like being against kitties and sunshine. >> but apples with frys? this is weird. >> it is parents overcome pen say thing for letting their kids eat that crap in the first place. it is fatty food and we have an obese society jie. we have a rich society -- >> am i allowed to say anything negative? >> you can't. i am bias toward mcdonalds. i will silence you if you speak out against mcdonalds. >> clearly you

they matter critically but in the end the fact that even if i don't want to be michelle obama or don't want to be betty shabazz isthmus i have equal pay for equal work and reasonable capacity to control my fertility, because one of the reasons women -- they couldn't control their fertility because there was no ability technically technically -- if i don't have health coverage. i would love barack to spitfire but what i am more interested in as i can look and see policy is policies fundamentally different. .. >> if god loves us, then you cannot continue to treat me as though i am not. [applause] [applause] >> as we close the evening, i want to thank everybody for being here, for writing the book, the man, the scholar, malcolm x life of reinvention, melissa perry, thank you all for taking time tonight. thank you to all of you. [applause] thank you to all of you for coming tonight. [applause] thank you, c-span, for covering it. it will be on ena next week and you can download it and get all the information you need on all of our guests and the work they are doing. thank you all for coming

for ths it was michelle obama followed by lady gaga.uebec justin beiber was the least popular. >> everyone has depended on the nation's debt crisis. during and interviewed hugh hefner sound off on the debt crisis. >> i think that we need to deal with reality. there are a certain level delusions' going on. we are no longer in first place. we are falling further behind if we do not start to take care of business. >> that was hugh hefner is first interview after his unbreakable crystal harris. during the interview he got pretty candid about his split. hawk >> time is 6:58 a.m., we are back with more than a couple of minutes. two for three?! oh, thank you. you're welcome. what a nice young man; my goodness.

michelle obama and hillary clinton and nancy reagan and george w. bush will be the dignitaries there later today. she died of natural causes last friday at the age of 93. she planned the ceremony before she died and she said for the people on the eulogy of a focus on on on alcohol abuse treatment. >>> a suv plowed right into the fire station door on de anza boulevard. they believe the woman behind the wheel may have been driving under the influence. she went to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. no firefighters were injured but the door needs some major repairs. >> oops. >> mike nicco with more on our summer weather. >> january in july, 22 states east of us under heat advisories. look what it is doing in sfo, nearly two hour flight delays. check out flight tracker and check out the forecast. >> and facebook gets into the fight to stop bullies. >> and white house ceremony to recognize a veteran for his courageous actions in war. >>> right now president obama is about to award the medal of honor to an army ranger. only the second recipie

michelle obama, i'll defend her over and over again, childhood obesity is an epidemic in this countryoney -- >> we don't want to use the money. >> you're frozen in the '50s, judge, as simple as that. i love you, but you're frozen in the 50s. would you want to be in a courtroom if he was a judge? are you kidding me? >> you can't find a city in america that isn't trying to find more revenue sources. >> that's right. >> one of the problems is they keep going back to the same well. they don't want to tax soda so that they can then put all this money into nutritional programs. they want to tax soda so they can pay for pensions. >> why tax food that's eaten by a class of people that can least afford the thing? >> it's the new cool thing. they have a food fetish. there's more bizarre taxes. i don't believe that the u.s. tax code should be used as a weapon to influence behavior. there's a fresh market down on the lower east side, you can get wild salmon, something that would cost us a lot of money, you can use food stamps there. >> and people from the south bronx are going to go down there. >

first lady michelle obama praised the changes as continued progress. mrs. obama can count the happy meal change as a victory, but the rest of the white house is lagging in a program to collect healthy food for the needy. the feds feed families campaign has a goal of collecting 2 million pounds of food from federal workers for area food banks. however, the executive office of the president ranks 27th out of 36 agencies, it has collected 332 pounds of food. another agency with a small staff, the federal communication commission has donated more than 3,000 pounds so far. our top story at the bottom of the hour, we're just now one week away from reaching the federal government's borrowing limit according to the treasury secretary. lawmakers continue to bicker over two existing proposals, president obama is urging what he calls a bigger balanced approach. tonight chief washington correspondent jim angle look at what some are saying about uncle sam's spending habits. >> reporter: the current debate against the president and congress latest skirmish in a long war

everything from the golden era, you see the t-mobile commercial with the white kid wrapping and michelle obama doing be dougie, that brought such a community together. in hip-hop, africa bambada used to say peace, love, and unity. that has done more for bringing together the racial divide than anybody in the last few years. -- 30 years. seeing somebody like eminem sound like jay-z. obviously, the beatles are the beatles, but in hip-hop terms, a tribe called questare the beatles. big daddy cane is jimi hendrix. i understand why people are saying, what do you talk about? s.an age thing. if you are 45 and under, you perk up. that appeal to everybody. it was not soft or corny. tavis: there are a number of artists talking about the impact tribe had on them. what is the documentary trying to get us to understand about their influence on hip-hop? >> they make people feel like they were comfortable being themselves. i talked to quest love, the beasitie boys. when he was younger, he was seen as a weirdo. after tribe came out, that became the look. it made people feel comfortable being themselves. after

michelle obama and hillary clinton and nancy reagan and george w. bush will be the dignitaries there later today. she died of natural causes last friday at the age of 93. she planned the ceremony before she died and she said for the people on the eulogy of a focus on on on alcohol abuse treatment. >>> a suv plowed right into the fire station door on de anza boulevard. they believe the woman behind the wheel may have been driving under the influence. she went to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. no firefighters were injured but the door needs some major repairs. >> oops. >> mike nicco with more on our summer weather. >> january in july, 22 states east of us under heat advisories. look what it is doing in sfo, nearly two hour flight delays. check out flight tracker and check out the forecast. >> and facebook gets into the fight to stop bullies. >> and white house ceremony to recognize a veteran for his recognize a veteran for his courageous actions in war. empty nest, new kitchen, new us? who are we? chic, modern, daring dinner-party ho

first lady, michelle obama and former first ladies, clinton, reagan and carter are expected to attend. >>> president obama will award the medal of honor to u.s. army sergeant first class leroy petrie, only the second living recipient of the medal for actions in iraq or afghanistan. >>> and tonight, at baseball's all-star game in phoenix, immigrant rights advocates are asking people to wear white ribbons protesting arizona's controversial immigration laws. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today show," the latest details on the case of a hollywood producer charged with murdering his wife during their cancun vacation last year. >>> and grammy-winning artist, colbie callait performs next. >>> i'm lynn berry, thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station, have

. >> we have heard a lot of talk about michelle obama. >> controversy this week seen in the shake shackis burger and fries. every time a first lady comes in they have to have something to do and talk about. and now we have two guys in congress legalizing marijuana. we have harvard professors who say kids who are obese should be taken away and sent to no fat camps . it is crazy. would you be in favor of that bill? it reminds me of bill buckly's. and thank you gang. our informers are loading up on that. ♪ [ mrs. davis ] i want to find a way to break through. to make science as exciting as a video game. i need to reach peter, who's falling behind. and push janet who's 6 chapters ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] with interacve learning solutions from dell, mrs. davis can make education a little more personal. so every student feels like her only student. dell. the power to do more. >> 19 restaurant chains signed on to kids live well . dennis, chipotle. >> love the burritos chain is growing and they serve exactly. >> you like the grill, bill. >> insanely high priced earnings and paying $320 for o

. >>> first lady michelle obama will salute military families later today with the washington nationals. the nationals are dedicating today to the purslane is cause in supporting military families and children of service members will escort mrs. obama to home plate this afternoon. one of the children will throw out the first pitch. the first lady will also join the family'sies recognized during the third inning stretch. >>> the high and grocery chain will be part of a plan development on route 1 in riverdale park. the town mayor says that the development concerns some local residents who worry about conduction on route 1 pin wholefoods tells us of that the store could open as soon as 2014. >>> coming up, hit in heart disease. a warning for women. >>> a child stars confession a struggle that one harry potter actor says he has had for years. >>> 13 years ago, police found a little girl living in a dog cage. journey back with her to that house of >>> welcome back everyone a new report about women and heart disease. the research shows that, while there has been promise in treating men, the

. >>> coming up, first lady michelle obama is taping an edition of "extreme home makeover." >>> and sos that lady look a little bit like kim kardashian? well, the reality star is so outraged over this old navy commercial, she has fil a multimillion dollar lawsuit. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> welcome back to "newsnation." standing by his word, congressman allan west refuses to apologize after sending an e-mail to congresswoman debbie wassermann schultz which some are calling disgraceful and harassment. >>> and some say you cannot fix the crisis the same way you budget the household, and we will look at what offi

michelle obama is looking for a dress for a utah fund-raiser and she's considering grant's design. he battled school bullying to become an accomplished designer began drawing up the dress after a trip to the smithsonian. he headed to utah hoping to schedule a fitting for the first lady. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. >> good morning. who knows, maybe some famous designer in the west coast will say this kid hahas talent. >> maybe he wants his own business. oh, yeah. >> shoot for the stars. good morning, everyone. the heat around the country continues. a little warm in many areas of the west. not in the pacific northwest. we did sneak up into the 70-degree range, barely, in seattle. interior california was warm. l.a. had a beautiful day at 84 degrees. the real story is in the middle of the country where the drought is getting worse. 102 in dallas. that was the 25th day in a row that dallas has hit 100 degrees. incredible. now as far as what vegas did yesterday, 100. phoenix, 105. tha

in washington where michelle obama was on hand to honor children of military families before the national cubs game. having the first lady at the park can make anybody nervous, and maybe that's what happened here. jeff baker, airmailed his toss to second. in came two on the error. the nationals could use mrs. obama at all their games. they won it 3-2. >>> finally, many picked the miami heat to win the championship. mike napoli was one of them. last night he paid off his debt. listen to this. ♪ i'm too sexy for my shirt ♪ too sexy for my shirt ♪ so sexy it hurts >> napoli had to face the music. fans voted on his at-bat song, and they picked "i'm too sexy." everybody got a kick out of it, and the verdict is still out to see if napoli is too sexy for his shirt. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> whose the highest paid actress in hollywood? it's a tie. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the last thing most fighter pilots want to see themselves doing is opening a parachute. for one older veteran it was the right thing t

michelle obama and hillary clinton.osalind carter and nancy reagan, who was escorted by president george w. bush. but it was rosalind carter, once a political rival then long-time family friend who, perhaps, summed her up best. >> someone who was willing to do things a bit differently than they had been done before. someone who had the courage and grace to fight fear, stigma and prejudice wherever she encountered it. >> reporter: betty ford instructed journalist kokie roberts not to just eulogize her life but the way politics used to be. >> i wouldn't be at all surprised if she timed her death to make sure that she could convey the message of comedy during this week when it seems so badly needed. >> reporter: but of all her accomplishments, the betty ford center remains, perhaps, her biggest legacy. and tonight those on its board gave her credit for saving millions. >> if you can do it, all the pressures on you every day, well, in the white house, for goodness sake, living with the leader of the free world, maybe we cou

. >>> first lady michelle obama and daughters taking some tennis. on hand to see serena williams playing a sanction event. serena is a member of the american tassels. they take on the boston lobsters. sernea gets the return and she teams with hobbs to win her match. >>> speaking of beating boston, the o's will try again tomorrow night. it's getting ugly. >> it is, thank you mark. >> it's the all important questi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> there was magic in the air in london. the final harry potter had its world premier. the stars walked the red carpet and signed photographs. many of them camped out the entire week. the eighth potter movie brings the curtain down on a series which has grossed $6.5 billion. u.s. premier is july 15th. >>> in florida a group of women got their wedding dresses courtesy of charmin. that's right these creations are made of toilet paper. the winner said it took four rolls, that's not a lot. and some hot glue. she went home plush with a thousand dollars cash prize. [ mr. clopper ] i don't talk to them as much as cindy does

current first lady michelle obama attended the funeral service with former president george w. bush and former first ladies rosa lynn carter, nancy reagan and hillary clinton. mrs. ford remembered for strength and courage as a champion against cans skbrer substance abuse and remembered by her oldest son as a loving mother and devoted wife of 58 years to former president ford. >> what a beautiful journey they shared together. faithfully stanlding by each other through the hard times, through good times. through the challenges and only to agree groe stronger in their devotion to one another. and closer this nir united love. >> betty ford died on friday from natural causes at 93 years old. >> and still ahead, let voters decide. amazon.com's fight to let it shop on the site mostly tax-free. >> car that can really fly by traffic. and that is at big cost. >> no cost to you for weather. i'm sandhya patel. we're looking at a cool summer pattern going to continue. i'll let you know when we'll break out of it coming up. >> and camp canceled in the south bay, leaving children >> closed ca

it appears to show a homeless picture snapping a picture of first lady, michelle obama as she visits a soup kitchen. how in the world bloggers and talk show radio hosts asked does cellcc1: son afford a phone in partial le through a program called lifeline assistance that subsidizes the purpose purchases for the very poor. according to the research, reduced price cell phones generate an average of $259 worth of economic activity per person per year. if every adult eligible were to take advantage, it totals $3.7 billion. in developing nations, the advantage is even bigger. in doesn't villages, smart phones are used for communication, trade, and even banking. so we started with the question, why would a poor person have a cell phone, why wouldn't he. nicholas sullivan is fellow at the fletcher school and auth or of can you hear me now? microloans and cell phones are connecting the world's poor to the global economy. i think most people would be surprised to hear is that there is a subsidy for cell phones for the very poor. >> it's about two years old and started in 2008, but it's just a

he is considering a run for governor in 2014. >>> despite the connection first lady michelle obama and they were kept in the dark about the raid on bin laden's compound. mrs. obama said she was out to dinner with friends and didn't know anything until she walked into the door seeing the president wearing a suit headed out to a conference, and dr. biden said that the vice president was gone all day and she thought he was out to a meeting, and she was busy grading papers and watching tv all day. those are the things that we thought you should know. s, reals with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping people rethink how they live. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. ♪ we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's a netw

current first lady michelle obama is expected to attend along with other former first ladies and former president bill clinton. >>> your weather today gloomy out the door today. going to see plenty of cloud cover and you may see some drizzle along the coast. as we take a live look outside off our roof cam, you can see no sunshine even though the sun is up and we'll continue to see more of that into the afternoon. but for this morning, temperatures pretty mild sitting in the 50s as i mentioned before. might need to turn on those windshield wipers at the coast, seeing some drizzle there. we will see some sunshine inland. breezy along the bay shores and at the coast today. and continuing to see some of that drizzle into the afternoon if you're at the coast and all of the bay area seeing some cloud cover this morning as you can see on radar. we will get a little sunshine inland but that area of low pressure that's holding strong keeping temperatures cool in the bay area and that's not going to change up much for the next several days. struggling to get close to those seasonal temperatures t

. >>> today before the nationals-cubs game, first lady michelle obama will throw out the first pitch.he'll be escorted to home plate by members of the military families, and one of the kids will throw out the pitches from the mound. it's part of her joining forces program. it's an effort to get people to support military families. >>> and bryce harper is one step closer to the big leagues. the super phenom made his debut with the aa harrisburg senators last night, and he's definitely making his mark. he went 2 for 3 with two singles, a walk, and a run scored in the senators' 8-1 win. harper was playing so well for the single-a hagerstown suns, he skipped the advanced single-a team. a lot of folks in woodbridge upset about that because they're going to miss him. >> he'll be closer to home sooner than later probably. >> time for weather and traffic on the ones. meteorologist tom kierein has a look. >>> we've had heavy clouds in the wake of heavy downpours that just missed the mall last night. thankfully, things did go off as planned for the fireworks display and the concert on the mall.

. >>> in california, michelle obama and former president george w. bush were among those paying their respects to former first lady betty ford. a second funeral will be held in michigan tomorrow. >>> and sad news to report this morning. tv legend sherwood schwartz, creator of "gilligan's island" and "the brady bunch," has died. he was 94 years old. >>> and now here's an early look at one of your top health headlines on msnbc.com. u.s. government research shows men who are diagnosed with cancer are more likely to die from the disease than women. the reason, well, the study's lead investigator says men are at a higher risk for developing cancer to begin with due to their increased exposure to carcinogens. also a factor, men are more likely to have advanced cancer by the time it's diagnosed. and for more information on this and other health stories, you can check out the health page on msnbc.com. >> announcer: "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil wash with odor block, the confident clean. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street