mrs. busht very, very gracious and i wasn't sure how involved she'd be with decorating. she was so involved. she really cared what it was going to look like for the american people, and she took time and he she helped us tinker until we got it just right and her secret was a snowy lobby, a grand lobby filled with snow-laden trees, just beautiful. >> jamie: what can we learn from the pictures and he will pts that go into making such a beautiful home? >> well, the fun thing is you get to see history in the context of christmas and get to learn about our first families in a way you may never have before. mrs. bush, lo laura bush always got a coconut as a little girl and grandma would crack it over and make coconut pie for dessert as a little girl. and anecdotes and details makes it fun. >> how much fun do you spend decorate your house. >> it's high christmas season at the burke house. >> jamie: do you have little elves at home. who are your elves helpers. >> may have 13, jay 11 and brenna 8 and a

but mr. bush won the ege votes, question, will president have to consider a strategy of winning the presidency through the electoral college vote versus the popular vote? rich? >> perhaps eventually. but the big picture here, john, he's flat lined at 43% and gallop over the last three or four weeks. he's cratered among the working class and independents. he's lukewarm among hispanics and young voters. with that sort of configuration, he is not going to win in any shape or form. what he needs is tedly improving economic numbers, or some game changing event overseas, or a third-party candidate from the center who will enable him to win without 50%. >> eleanor? >> i think demography is destiny. if you look at the electorates in 2012, there will be some 16 million more young people who tend to vote democratic, and the white working class which obama does not do well with, they're declining in numbers. and i think that map that you're looking at is expanded. you could probably throw in a state like geo

some fruits and results as was the case with the russian pilots arrested interjected the case of mr bush's pretty funny i've heard the other day that one of the one of the jury admitted that she she said guilty because she watched the movie the merchant the impression it was actually the same the same way with bush bush initiated the good case because you watch the movie so is it fear convicting a person because there was this marvelous movie shot. mr boot. was arrested because he was under suspicion of committing some crimes of intention he you know contemplated something that would be regarded as crime against american citizens let me give you another example a couple of kramer couple we are guilty for what i believe is a murder of a boy which was adopted in russia. was released these are double standards of u.s. judicial system one person. very possibly will get if not a life sentence so that many years of imprisonment. the u.s. citizens guilty of them are. murder of a russian boy being released where is the fair judicial process and as a matter of fact this russian boy was already an a

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. >>> today the mr. bush have a chance to pay respects to a san jose soldier killed in afghanistan. >> you know, he was just days away two weeks away from returning home. i'm proud of him. >> that was the mother of a california national guardsman sean walsh speaking at moffett field where his body arrived by plane yesterday afternoon. he was 21 when he died in a battle two weeks ago in afghanistan. today's public viewing is between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. at the oak hill memorial parks chapel of the roses. a funeral is planned for saturday in saratoga. >>> and in vallejo, more than 4,000 police officers from all over the country attended the funeral for officer jim capoot. the 45-year-old was remembered as a lover of cars. he loved country music, too, and the dallas cowboys. he was shot and killed two weeks ago while chasing a suspected bank robber. >>> the search is over for a man accused of running down a firefighter in san francisco. police arrested a man late tuesday night. he allegedly ran over albert bartell

say mr mike that's what they called you they called you mr or ms by your first name we understand mr bush wants to fight the war on terror why does he have to fight it here they would be nothing i could say in response to that they're the ones that are the big losers and dick cheney and those guys can say whatever they want it's all smoke and mirrors i think that's a really good point i think it's also a good point that you brought up. what did we learn what did we really learn and i think back i remember where i was when that announcement that i showed at the beginning my report was made by george bush on march nineteenth two thousand and three i was living in d.c. i was celebrating st patrick's day you know at an irish bar and there were hundreds of people in this bar watching the guy playing tunes on this little guitar and just a couple of us were looking at the small t.v. on the other side of the bar and it was the president announcing something that would change our world forever jake you were there will you ever be the same can americans understand what exactly you went through with

mr. bushked rick perry but now says perry has lost momentum. >>> looking now at today's weather. more ferocious santa ana winds in southern california. and snow wraps up from albuquerque to el paso. scattered thunderstorms in florida. and lingering snow in northern new england. >>> and finally this half hour, a story about the true spirit of this season. it's all about a pair of siblings in south florida. >> a younger brother has given his older sister the gift of life. arie haight from our west palm beach affiliate reports. >> reporter: kristy carlson is ten years older than her little brother. but they've always been close. >> i was always her little shadow growing up. >> reporter: but neither noticed that kristy was sick. she was always tired. but just thought that was normal. then, in june, she noticed her feet were swollen. >> that kind of scared me. i went to the doctor. they did the bloodwork. the next day, they said go to the e.r. >> reporter: it turns out, kristy's kidneys had never m

. >>> mr. bushis in ethiopia for a five day international conference on aids in africa. >>> 31 miles, a simple gesture this morning that has a much larger meaning for a very big cause. >>> and the big game gets a big start. the material girl is set to perform on a stage she's never been on before in her illustrious career. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >>> this morning there was a 31- mile bike ride to mark the anniversary of the first aids epidemic. more than 100 cyclists participated in preparation for a much larger event last summer. >> reporter: the moment began with a moment of reme

mr. bushe supports romney because of what he calls stability. >> in new hampshire, rom any turned down newt gingrich's challenge to a one on one debate ahead of the iowa caucuses. he says today is too early to narrow it down to a two-person race. >> former congressman anthony weiner and his wife welcomed their son named jordan zane. he represented part of new york city before resigning from congress after getting caught up in a sexting scandal. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> and you can keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter and you can talk about it on facebook.com. >> and. >> five alarms up in flames. this so dangerous, firefighters were ordered out of the building. >> there is a flames pushing close to a subdivision. >> look at this, there is a fire fight in the sierra in an area usually covered in snow. >>> a several people were injured including firefighters. >> people had to run for their lives and abc 7 has the story. >> we had fire at the top floor of th

karl rove said that he asked jeb bush and mr. bush, himself, said no. guess that would rule out both karl rove and jeb bush being behind this. last night i floated the crazy, crazy idea that a new group called americans elect might be doing it, americans elect is on the ballot in 12 states already and in all likelihood will be on the ballot in every state on november. if jeb bush wanted to be a choice for new hampshire voters this fall, he could make a bid for the americans elect nomination and get on the ballot that way. but americans elect told us, no, they are not the ones polling about jeb bush in new hampshire. also jeb bush told us directly that, no, he is not only not doing the polling, he's really truly not running for president. in 2012. we got that from a spokesperson yesterday. i'm striking out, right? it's not karl rove. it's not jeb bush. it's not americans elect. so who would spend time and money polling new hampshire voters about jeb bush for president? it is enough to keep me awake at night. who is doing this polling and why? well, tonigh

mrs. bushtions so they had this idea to put a camera on barney and getting him to go along. >> greg: what happened barney fell in love with the camera. >> dana: every year. >> greg: he went to hollywood, turned to drugs. >> eric: became a liberal. >> greg: terrible. terrible. those dog movies he made afterwards. i don't especially want to get into it. >> andrea: i think the card is fine. i disagree with you on this one. >> eric: do you have a problem with him naming the dog bo? barack obama? really? it's not b-e-a-u. it's b-o. how egotistical is that? >> greg: i got nothing on that. >> dana: i want to ask you about something else. aside from the president dog, newt gingrich is going to campaign. pets with newt. do you like this idea? >> andrea: i'm all for campaign color. showing a lighter side of a candidate. i think it's once you win the nomination. a little odd to devote a website to newt and his love of pets when he doesn't have a pet. some accused - -- >> dana: his wife, and part of the ar

bush and mr. bush went onto become the b8 republican nominee and win the presidency.track record at the picking the nominee is at best spotty. joining me now is steve kornacki, news editor. we pay a lot of attention to the election. we must. it's our duty. it's the first. i want to look at a caucusgoer and the kind of questions they are getting now.ç here is someone who will be at the caucus asking newt gingrich a question about president obama. >> according to the constitution, those that are running for office must be a citizen of the united states. why is mr. obama not have to prove his citizenship as he's going to all these other countries besides leading our country? let me answer this. i thought you were going to ask if donald trump had citizenship. >> no. no chance. no chance. >> all i can report is the state of hawaii has certified that he was born there. this is one of the issues where, it's a fact. he is the president of the united states. on a factual level, citizenship is an issue. he is the president. >> i believe we just saw newt gingrich's final moment

mr. bush's leadership on aids saying it was one of his greatest legacies. evangelist billy graham has been diagnosed with pneumonia. but is responding to well to antibiotics. spokesman for mission hospital in asheville, north carolina, says the 93-year-old graham is alert and in positive spirits. no date has been set for his discharge. president obama leaves his pred somewheres in the dust when it comes to one area. we will tell you what that is in the grapevine. the former head of the international monetary fund says he has had a typical sex life for a we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don'trive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion. in depressed patients, wo

president bush and mrs. bush had been together for years and had two lovely daughters. obama came to the white house to meet with president bush for the first time after the election. they privately and then i had a chance to watch with the president later. he saidvy to tell you, the first thing he asked about was advice for raising his daughters in public. they had a bond over their families. that is where they started. so yes, character matters. gingrich has to deal with the facts. but he already has. he is not hiding it. hep has been open about it. there will be brutal stories. but he will get through that. >> greg: did you remit to the bush daughters? >> dana: i didn't. i'm old. >> andrea: in a country that most americans are divorced do they care now? ronald reagan was divorce. most presidents we expect to be perfect. but the economy is not doing well. most of the country is divorced, whether it's good or bad thing, a reality. that i look at newt gingrich to say don't care. i can't find a job. who cares? i'm divorced, too. >> eric: i don't think it's the divorce tha

the elder mr. bush says he officers, stability, experience and is not, quote, a bomb thrower. he spoke with the former president on the phone yesterday while campaigning in new hampshire. >> there are reports that the ballot scanners that will be used in the election could freeze up without warning that could cause the machines to misread ballots. they are responsible for inspecting vote equipment says the ballot readers are not in come flins with federal standards. the feds have desert fied the machines. but if that does happen, it could force election officials to abandon these scanners on the eve of the presidential primaries. >> it is 5:40 right now. it's an astounding number, one certain to shock them in the upcoming elections. 2.5 million voters have left the party since the 2008 election. an analysis by usa today reveals a number of independent voters has increased dramatically. in sheer numbers. the democrats have shed 800,000 voters while the gop lost more than 300,000. the trend is acute in states key to next year's race to the white house. people die. people move. p

mr. bush's leadership on aids saying it was one of his greatest legacies.vangelist billy graham has been diagnosed with pneumonia. but is responding to well to antibiotics. spokesman for mission hospital in asheville, north carolina, says the 93-year-old graham is alert and in positive spirits. no date has been set for his discharge. president obama leaves his pred somewheres in the dust when it comes to one area. we will tell you what that is in the grapevine. the former head of the international monetary fund says he has had a typical sex life for a politician. ♪ but the fire is so delightful ♪ ♪ ♪ of chicken noodle soup from campbell's. ♪ let it snow, let it snow even if you think you can live with your old mattress... ask me how i've never slept better. why not talk to one of the 6 million people who've switched to the most highly recommended bed in america? it's not a sealy, a simmons, or a serta. ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me about how i can finally sleep all night. ask me how great my back feels every morning. did you know there's a tempur-ped

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let's forget the debate rules, let's just say, mr. bush, mr. dukakis, go at it with no rules, nothing. and i was stunned. and i got very self-righteous, all of that, i said, oh, peter, we can't do that. we're honor-bound, we agreed to do this and this and this and whatever. i didn't know what we were going to do. fortunately, annie and john agreed with me, and so anyhow, we had, we outvoted him. we didn't really vote, but we -- there were, the majority, majority ruled, and peter went on and all of that. but we, and we followed the rules and all that. but i must say, it was spooky for me and scary, and can it's been scary ever since. >> host: mr. lehrer, you've become the singular moderator for several of the most recent debates. how did that come about? >> guest: well, in many cases it was simply they couldn't agree on anybody else. and in one case, in fact, it was 1992, i had agreed to do the first clinton debate, and then they were going to have some other moderators do the other ones. and i got a call, i was then at williams burg doing somet

it's notable that mr. bush of houston did not endorse rick perry and romney himself told reporters today that the nod means much more to him personally than politically. >> i had the chance to chat with the president this afternoon and wish him a merry christmas. he did the same to me. i thanked him for his support. his leadership. his heroic life. and his friendship mean a great deal to me. >> romney will extend 20 million in fourth quarter fundraising a figure put him on track to reach 50 million for the year, jon. >> jon: speaker gingrich spent part of a second straight day in virginia. that's a long way from iowa or new hampshire. why is that? >> the former house speaker, jon, was finalizing the signatures and other paperwork necessary to ensure that he makes it on to the ballot in the commonwealth. speaking in richmond, gingrich also responded to governor romney's refusal today to meet for one-on-one debates. a challenge the speaker had issued in hopes of responding to attack ads. >> i think it tells you a

other organizations, mr. bush -- i cannot thank him enough for introducing -- i cannot think the work that president obama is still doing today people, like the senator, congresswoman loee, bono, alicia keys -- it is an honor to be here, a part of the tape. 15 years ago i lost my daughter. i found out that i was hiv positive. i volunteered to become a counselor, and the store is told where jerry the stories were people are going to die, and most people die, including my own daughter. in places where -- in sediments, people are still struggling to access drugs. a lot is being done, and today i was blessed with two children who have tested hiv-. [applause] i have a 10-month-old baby that is hiv negative. today i have a reason to smile. i have a reason to be here. i'm healthy. i have a reason to be alive, but i also have reason to fight the fight that we are fighting pi. we have women and children who will go to the same thing. i'm glad that we will get rid of hiv, and no child will die of hiv. we still have a number

and when i was there mrs. bush, very elegant style. loved to decorate with snow and it was put more snow on, take this snow off, put it back on, it is a process, but it was a lot of fun. >> do you have some favorites in this book of your own? >> i have so many favorites. i personally love the private kennedy christmas, which is there for us to share. >> this picture, we were talking about this. >> yes. >> are those parents that love their daughter? chelsea, of course, now a member of the nbc family, but look at that picture, you just see how happy they are. it seems like a very private moment in a very public way. >> you see the love in that picture. those were the type of pictures i tried to choose because our first families are real people and that emotion comes through in the pictures. okay. wither going to show the kennedy one now, no, that's not kennedy. >> there is the kennedy. >> look at john john. >> if a picture says a thousand words, that's it. i mean, president kennedy, john john, the year before he was assassinated, a momen

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