mrs. johnson that takes the first campaign swing, solo campaign, whistle stop tour. the lady bird special is a trip she takes into the south. during the 1964 election campaign, lyndon johnson is signing the civil rights act. he's losing support in south and mrs. johnson alone obviously with a staff and companions but makes a trip through the south, stopping to speak to the public. strong-arming in an, oh, so polite way governors and leaders in that state to meet with her. and speaks to the public, saying here is my point of view, and takes some abuse from the public, and then will say, well, you've had your turn. i've listened to you and i hope you will listen to me. knowing that southern gentlemen have to let you -- a southern gentlemen is going to have to listen to and greet and be polite to a southern lady. >> the dress, tell us how she picked the design for this. >> it's a wonderful dress, a beautiful yellow, made by john moore, a texas dress designer, and it's actually mrs. johnson who is, of course, the wife of a senator, the wife of a member of congress, used t

mrs. johnson came into the white house. well, it wasn't like when anybody else came into the white house. i mean, the president had been shot. in the johnson's home state, and mrs. johnson said the world l k looks at the limits of the abyss, so it was an awful time for them to come into the white house. and it was some weeks before they did move into the white house. and mrs. johnson was continually asked and her press secretary liz carpenter was just asked repeatedly when are the johnsons moving into the white house and finally mrs. johnson had just had that up to here, and she said heaven would that i could help mrs. kennedy's comfort, but at least i can help her convenience. so, after that the questions stopped. but what a question. mrs. johnson was just an adventurer. when you came in to see her, she always wanted to know what you were doing. what was new with you. what was the latest. and when she traveled, she always had these little spiral notebooks about like this and she kept them in her purse with a ball point pen

mrs. johnson. this committee gets the information on april 2nd, or we get -- we called our hearing on april 2nd. and it wasn't until we called a hearing and prepared subpoenas before anybody -- any action was taken, a year-and-a-half prior to that was when you had the may 3rd report. what immediate action was taken? >> when we received the final draft of the report from the ig, we spent some -- we absorbed it, we met with the ig further to deepen our understanding of the background evidence. we -- i called ruth cox in to begin some disciplinary activities. we -- i placed the regional commissioners -- i placed jeff neely on administrative leave, i placed the regional commissioners -- all four regional commissioners on administrative leave, ultimately. >> were you directed to do so? >> no. no. these were my decisions. i -- >> why didn't you make the decision on mrs. cox? what was different with her? >> i admonished all of the regional administrators. i then removed the two people in the chain of comm

mrs. johnson's women doers luncheons. there were two thing that she did that we never could get a good word for, women doers luncheons, anyway, that's what they were called, and beautification, stuff of that, i always wanted a new name. so ertha kitt was late, late, late. the ladies had had sherry and orange juice in the blue room, and we were getting ready to take her plate off the table. the luncheon was in the family dining room, so just about that time, all the ladies had gone in, and eartha kitt came up the stairs to the main floor, and she came across the -- the foyer, this large marble foyer, and she was doing dancers leaps all across, it was quite stunning and beautiful, but i thought she was going to crash into me in the doorway, so i moved sideways and she went on in the blue room, and i said oh, the luncheon has actually already started, but i'll take you to her table. so we went in there, she sat down, she never ate a thing, but he kept filling up her wine glass, and she kept emptying it, so, i guess, she was

mr. johnson: if the gentleman will yield? mr. ellison: i yold back. mr. -- mr. ellison: i yield back. mr. johnson: the next statement was released by the gentleman and the statement was to the effect that the entire membership of the congressional progressive caucus, members of the card carrying members of the communist party and i just think that it's important that we say that first of all that's not true. and secondly that it has no place in the rational dialogue and the honest dialogue that we seek to have here amongst us, both sides of the aisle. ms. woolsey: if the gentleman will yield. mr. ellison: one thing i don't want to do, and i'm just speaking for me. he calls us names. i am not going to call him names. i am mott -- i am not going to call him ugly names like that. you could call someone who has a right-wing perspective on the extreme. we don't exchange in tid for tat because we're adults. we are here to discharge our responsibility on behalf of the american people. we swore to uphold the constitution. that's what we're going to do. i am not going to be distracted by subwh

mr. johnson, i believe no bail is what it should be. >> reporter: so now, the judicial process begins, johnson's attorneys will start getting detail on what the state has against their client, and the barns family slowly waits to see if prosecutors piece together a puzzle they have been desperate to solve for 16 months. >> it's going to be up to the court to find out that mr. johnson, i would hope he would tell what he had in the container, tell his family, tell his family, tell them the truth about what happened to felecia barnes. >> we are going to gear up for a solid defense. >> reporter: both sides will work to answer as the defendant will remain behind bars. >>> we will learn that barnes' death will be added to the homicide rate here in baltimore city, her body was found last year. police tell abc2 news that the homicide goes on this year's count because that's when charges were filed in the case. her body was found in harford last april. however the indictment sates she was murdered in baltimore city and it's now added to the list. >> we are keeping you updated on air and on line as develo

mr. chairman. and ms. johnson, i want to make sure i avoid generalizations and myself and this committee as a whole the interest is not for grand standing and while the loss of your career is personally tragic to you, i have to tell you if you will excuse e me, my concern relies with the taxpayers today. i don't doubt your sincerity that you're sorry this happened, but i hope you recognize the magnitude of how this reaches. it's just incredibly difficult for me to imagine that this happened having worked in different organizations and seen it. i think your analysis was very honest with your matrix design whatever, but first your gara graduate students can do a gap analysis and see there were problems here. and it doesn't appear that that was done in waiting for -- i'm not going to pass judgment other than what we have seen here. there's certainly some problems. i want to turn a little bit here, mr. tanker leany to you. how did you get this job? >> i was asked by the white house to step in. >> what were you doing p

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mr. mark updegrove who is going to be the moderator. he's the director of the lyndon baines johnson presidential library and museum, and he himself is a journalist and an acclaimed author, and i hope he asks these guys the toughest questions, so without any further adieu, please welcome mr. mark updegrove, miss susan sterner, miss carol powers and mr. david hume kennerly. >> well, thank you. it's a great honor to be here. the great ancel adams photographer once said a photograph is usually looked at but rarely looked into. today we have the opportunity to look into the photographs of three great photographers and what they say about three extraordinary first ladies, two of whom are in the first row. betty ford, barbara bush and laura bush, and i have the easiest job of anybody today because i get to run this panel like tom sawyer painted his fence. i get my friends to do it, and they are going to share some of their work with you and talk about the extraordinary images that they have taken, and the first one up at this podium will be david kennerly, and i'll tell you a quick story a

and this is lady bird johnson and mrs. ford and the two johnson girls. and they're being shown the white house living room -- or bedroom. and when i did an edit for this book i did on the ford presidency, i looked back, and i wondered -- i forgot that suitcases of the picture, this was right before mrs. ford went out to bethesda naval hospital where she ultimately had a mastectomy, and she never told mrs. johnson that she was going there that day. and this is in the hospital with bob hope. bob hope's name comes up quite a bit. he was the one that said that president ford made golf a contact sport. but mrs. ford recovered nicely from this operation, and probably i know she's best known for the betty ford center and people with alcohol and drug dependency. but i can't imagine how many women's lives she saved, happy rockefeller was one of them who got a test because of her or she brought that whole problem out into the open. this is -- we had a is close relationship. this is in the white house solarium. mrs. ford is trying to strangle me yet again for a --

mr. neely's travel. when i talked to administrator johnson, i told her directly that i thought mr. neely needed to be candid with our special agents because in the interview, he said some things that we thought were less than candid. and i thought that was not appropriate for a senior executive service official. >> miss johnson, you say you took immediate action. you took immediate action a few days ago. this is a pretty scary report. >> i agree. >> yes. certainly you want to see the overall findings. but to see that they spent $1 million in las vegas is right here. to see what they spent it on, to see the pictures of the 2,200-square-foot rooms, to see that they went well over their budget, we have a completely separate investigation going on now because you failed to take action. has in here in this initial report, may of last year, that they had nine different trips. it certainly has, while inconclusive, at least the initial appearance that laws have been broken. criminal acts have been committed. i guess the very simple question is, if you took this serious, why did you not act

mr. johnson knocked on the door. you may have figured it out by now. to us, he was still the great dark man. a mythical man or object to desire. it was probably why we jumped to attention. jesus. tucking the incriminating evidence. wait. let this go down first. >> why? i don't know. seems rude. ben widened his eyes at me. did you learn that from miss manners. i hid myself. this probably made me look grand. that somehow seemed preferable. men opened the door. he was standing there. i'm sorry fellows. come on in. our visitor shot a quick glance. can we get you something to drink? remaining seated. there's a soda machine. no thanks. did you have a hard time finding us. i'm michael i said. finally standing. this is ben. he shook our hands. i'm patrees. i am worried that it might make me squirm. i found it hospitable. that it put he more at easy. we're glad you came. patrice smiled. ben caught my guy. he began to rearrange the forskin. it seemed to swell. when he removed it, he said, i open it's okay. i'm sort of a kiss pig. no problem. as i caught my breat

mr. johnson's innocence. >> the state contends phylicia barnes died from asphyxiation. johnson was spotted sweating profusely, struggling to carry a 35 gallon storage container from the apartment where phylicia barnes was staying. the defense contends johnson was simply moving than that he and phylicia barnes's sister were no longer a couple. >> he thought of for as a sister. he wanted to help in every way he could. >> court testimony indicates that investigators tested a 35- gallon tub by placing a woman the same size and weight as phylicia barnes into it. >> a florida judge says he needs more information before considering a request by the state to raise george simmons bond. this is after his attorney disclosed that his client had more than $200,000 in account last week. that money is from a fund- raising website. zimmerman is charged in the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. the moment told him the account was to save for his living it -- george zimmerman told him the account was saved for his living expenses. >> the family's members represented that they had no mon

miss johnson. >> mr. congressman, i'm just as appalled as you are by those examples of expenditures. when i learned about the extent of them and the nature of them i began disciplinary action, some of which is confidential and i cannot share at this point, i fired the two political people who were in the chain of command to me and i resigned. >> i think the gentleman, i think you had a slush fund question in there. >> mr. robinson, and also miss johnson, one other thing before we go on. the fact that you continue to say you don't want to interfere with an investigation by not approving a bonus is so outrageous that i think everyone in the room is shocked. not approving a bonus is not interfering with an investigation. mr. robinson will you assure us you will tell us how these moneys are available in gsa so we can on a congressional basis stop it. >> yes. i'm happy to get that information to the committee about the budget where these items were purchased. my understanding from the i.g.'s report is that one

mr. johnson has been arrested. >> reporter: long before the prosecutor in baltimore announced that michael johnson had been arrested and charged with phylicia barnes's murder, patterson suspected it was he. johnson's story that phylicia disappeared on the way to the store didn't add up. >> something smelled fishy about that. >> reporter: charles patterson can't help but feel what and who was lost forever. >> i don't think there will ever be an closure. there's something you have to live with the rest of your life. >> reporter: the principal here at union academy almost echoed the words saying she is done and it will be a long time before they can get over what happened here. >>> we first broke the story on our website. there's so much information there tonight, including an interactive timeline that will take you from the early days of her disappearance to today's news conference. it's all in a special section that you can find at the very top of our home page at abc2news.com. >>> all right. a cloudy day out there and rain at times earl this morning but for now we see the cloud cover with

mr. johnson was the last person to see her alive. the rest of the facts will come out during the course of the job. >> state's attorney gave few details about the indictment, but sources tell us that the cause of death is asphyxiation. johnson was seen carrying a large rubber container to his car. >> we remain confident that they do have the right person. >> her uncle and brother describe michael johnson as a long time trusted family friend. >> i would hope that he would do the right thing. tell the truth. differ family some type of closure. >> -- get of her family some type of closure. >> this is to keep this in our memory. i wear this every day. >> we reached her father on the telephone. >> we know we have a long way to go. we will fight for justice. >> johnson's attorney accuses prosecutors of a rush to judgment. >> baltimore city, they made a promise. we believe that your the person. sentchael johnson's family a statement through his attorney tonight. it says -- we're reporting live at baltimore city police headquarters. >> the p

mr. johnson is here with us tonight, is we have remarkable retired officers that might be a pool for -- of resources in terms of working in different components of the programs that come appear. with youth and perhaps there could be some coordination with the poa as well. thank you. commissioner slaughter: thank you for your time and forethoughtful this. i want to think the chief again for demonstrating his leadership on what

mr. johnson is here with us tonight, is we have remarkable retired officers that might be a pool for -- of resources in terms of working in different components of the programs that come appear. with youth and perhaps there could be some coordination with the poa as well. thank you. commissioner slaughter: thank you for your time and forethoughtful this. i want to think the chief again for demonstrating his leadership on what i see it is basically at community policing issue. this is another step in increasing trust between the department and the people it serves. that is what we have known is critical to the success of a effective policing. this is a continuation of that. it does not work without the leadership at the top and thank you for that, chief suhr. i was struck at our joint meeting, we have all been through some difficult meetings where the department can beat up at and it was not that. it was a balance set of public comment which i was pleased to see and a tremendous account of positive public comment from kids. i thought that was great. we can always do better as a department.

mrs. johnson. how often is it? >> we communicate several times a week between our staff and staff at gsa. and i know that my deputy communicates regularly with the deputy administrator and i believe they did so about this investigation. >> did anybody from the administration contact you? >> no one from the white house has ever contacted me. i have never spoken to them. >> so several times a week, the oig contacted gsa and let them know? >> did you let them know? >> no. because it's an investigation. and we need to keep it confidential. when we contact people throughout gsa, it's about many matters. we're involved in audits. we're involved in many things. so the contact between my office and gsa are on many topics. >> let me understand. my time is expired. i will come back to this. ms. norton? i think one of the members said we ought to just get rid of gsa. it's precisely because gsa serves a function in the government and it's such a serious matter. we have to do it the hard way. and i'm looking -- i'm trying to be

mrs. johnson, mr. peck, mr. foley, and miss daniels to please rise. stand and raise your right hand to be sworn in under oath. do you swear that the testimony you're about to provide to the committee is the truth, the who'll truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? we will have two panels today. the first panel includes -- i invite you back to the table. the honorable brian miller, gsa inspector general -- >> mr. denham, chairman denham, i'd just like to insert at this point in the record this comment and note for the record that mr. neeley has -- is not with us today. we had requested that he be with us. and he has taken i guess the fifth in another committee and is not appearing today against one of the requests that at least i made for him to be with us. i guess the only way we'll sigh him is on a video for the hot tub. but i want to make certain that it's noted in the record that he did not appear. >> mr. miller, deputy administrator, miss allison doone, gsa chief financial officer. mr. robert peck, former buildings -- former public buil

mr. johnson, for five minutes. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, all americans and i being one of them hope for justice in the trayvon martin case, but i stand here today because we must stop stacking the deck against all innocent americans. over 10,000 americans died of preventable deaths by gun violence last year. 10,000. and over 2,000 of those, mr. speaker, were children. many of those children were inner city youth and many of the victims were -- died at the hands of inner city perpetrate -- perpetrators. trayvon martin's case is a little different but it is another sad addition to these statistics which are very tragic. but his case caught the attention of the american people and it illuminates problems in our society. this is indeed, ladies and gentlemen, a teachable moment. the martin's family fight for basic justice has been delayed by florida's shoot first and ask questions later law. which incidentally is misnamed as the stand your ground law. and it grants criminals and civil immunity regardless of the facts when individuals ta

mr. johnson has done all over the world, we go out to the various communities, district 11, we go to community meetings, we look for ways to help them doing all sorts of work. and one person that is always there and in support of the project that the city agencies are doing, it is a supervisor of district 11. welcome. >> how are you all doing? it is great to be here. it is a great turnout for a great day, i was doing work in the city. the only way we can warm up is to go out and do the work. i want to say happy arbor day. this city is in the middle of great change. we have friends of the urban forest, a lot around san francisco that are helping to make sure we have a well- maintained urban forest. we planted hundreds of trees. i think we could use a few more trees in this part. if you have an urge to have more greening in your neighborhood, we can help make that happen. we can have tree plantings on this side of district 11. we see trees, we drive more slowly, we recognize the environment more. all these great things. he haunt arbor day, we represent that. i want to thank the organizations tha

mrs. johnson gave a bonus to? >> yes. >> in fact, it wasn't until deputy administrator gsa at a high level, democratic political appointee raised this issue to you that mr. neely's actions came to light. it seems clear that mr. neely has a los to answer for. let me ask you one final question. the chairman has written to mr. neely's attorney stating that the committee was considering conferring immunity on mr. neely. and i applaud the chairman, he is a great -- he made it clear and correct me if i'm wrong mr. chairman, he has now indicated that he has no immediate plans to go forward with immunity and i want to ask you this question. i agree with the chairman absolutely. mr. mill e given what you have uncovered about mr. neely, and his actions, would you support granting him immunity at this time and do you think it would be a good idea. the chairman's not going to do that but i'm curious. >> i agree with the chairman's decision not to grant him immunity. >> can you tell us why that is? >> well, i believe that the c

mr. johnson indicated she was surprised it took that long. she also indicated there were many conversations and meetings between you about this and other matters. did you have conversations with the administrator about the length of time and was taken -- the length of time it was taking? >> we had a few and she mentioned the regional administrator was appointed in region 9 in august of 2011. i personally briefed the administrator about this report and advise her to get a handle on the regional commissioners travel. perhaps you could have the financial officer take a look. ask realing to quickly. one of the critiques of gsa is there is too much economy for the 10 regional offices and not enough top-down management. i wonder if the two of you would address that. >> in light of this incident, i would agree there was and therefore needed to be more central control of the financial structures, yes. >> i agree as well. >> thank you. >> with the gentleman yield? >> absolutely. >> what is the highest-paid person in each of these 10 areas? when we tal

mr. johnson, i hope he will tell what he had in the container. tell the family, tell them the truth about what happened to felecia barnes. >> reporter: we will have more detail about what we learned in court today and more reaction from defense attorneys and the barns family. live in downtown baltimore, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >>> thank you. abc2 news broke the story on the website and sent out a news alert, we are updating the story as details become available. check abc2news.com and head to our home page slide show, you will find a link to all the coverage of the case. >>> this week's 9th attack on a 8-month-old baby prompted the state to finalize safety rules for social services offices. >> the mother allegedly turning on her baby with a knife prompted to push to better protect clients and workers in volatile visits with their children. they watched her grow up here just off of the alameda, neighbors say thomas, the mother charged in the multiple stabbing of he own baby must have snapped. she was there to say she did not like the living cond

mrs. johnson. no one answered the door when we went to her annapolis home. g to this letter from senator claire mackaskel, martha johnson gave her one more bonus. >> after spending $234,000 on a publicity firm, you believe you deserved a bonus? >> reporter: spokes women for both johnson and roy say the women do not want to comment about our investigation. and tonight an official inside the obama administration tells me that one of the officials in our story, the one that received the highest bonus, he has now been linked to that scandal in las vegas and he has joined the other gsa aids who have either resigned, been fired or put on administrative leave. he's on administrative leave. in the newsroom, 9news now. >>> new tonight, dc police have released video of a man wanted for shooting a store manager in the back. they say this is the man who walked into a right aid store in the 1400-block this afternoon, robbed the place at gunpoint. you can see the suspect standing at the cash register taking money out of it while more customers walk in. now, before leaving,

mrs. johnson to ms. cox when she was appointed. how did the trips not stop? >> when i say we have multiple contacts and we have contacts throughout my office, my senior staff contacts throughout gsa, it's on many issues. on this particular issue because it's an investigation and because of the nature of it, we wouldn't be going autoof our way to tell gsa people about this because it's an investigation. >> but you went out of your way in this case. you gave them a heads up. you let them know there was a problem here. you told them to get a handle on rc's travel. >> i told the regional administrator that in august. and we did the interim report in may. >> you were alerted to the 17-day trip which he was taking his wife on. of the party they were going to have and the places they were going to travel to. >> we contacted ms. brit ta about the travel and said do you know about this travel? is it really necessary? and she contacted the regional administrator. >> ms. cox? >> yes. >> did she let you know the trip was going to happen? >> i did not know about the trip

mr. johnson -- jackson, those kind of programs help me. if i go to chinatown or goat to mission street, which i do not get hired by asians or mexicans in a barely get hired by my own people because they do not have no jobs to give me. i cannot work for city hall because i am a felon. i have to be a good boy. i live here in frisco and you are not going to run me out. your guns is not going to run me out. you odndone killed behalf of my folks. let me put on my hoodie, are you going to kill me, too? i am telling you, the programs you have four black people, black males, you get rid of them. they're there for a while and you get rid of them. ycd, where is the man at? the real man? -- men at? the real men? >> all right. mr. moody, jacob muni and espinola jackson -- moody and espinola jackson. >> i called mr. jacob moody. >> i have something to get off my chest, can i speak wrote quick invite can? >> did you fill out

mr. johnson was the last one to be with her while she was alive. >> surrounded by law enforcement from theity, state, and neighboring counties baltimore state attorney had little to say. 16 months after her appearance and arrest in a highly publicized case of missing teen, phylicia barnes. her older sister's former boyfriend was charged with first degree murder. >> johnson was arrested and taken in to custody last evening. >> it's clear to me there had been some kind of physical confrontation. >> reporter: russell, johnson's attorney, had plenty to say. >> i believe that they have a circumstantial case just based had. they've taken dna. they've had him come in on numerous interviews and statements. i've been present on several of those. >> reporter: he said johnson, who's claimed his innocence all a long, wants the same. >> he too would like closure. he's walking around on egg shells all the time. >> reporter: family members suspected johnson from the beginning. they said why would a close family friend not be there for the vigils and search efforts? police considered him a suspect. >> we

mrs. johnson, what's your favorite wildflower?"he'd said, "damon, i can't tell you which is my favorite one. they're like my children." >> good evening. a tense standoff that began with the murder of a stanislaus county sherrif's deputy has entered its eighth hour. >> the deputy and another man were killed while trying to serve an eviction notice at an apartment complex on chrysler drive in modesto. the suspected gunman then barricaded himself inside, and apparently started blogging . >> we just received an update from the sheriffs department, the police department are on scene here, the officer just told me that they have been trying to communicate with the suspect for the last several hours but that the suspect has refused. so the standoff is going on right now as we speak.

mrs. johnson quite often during the presidency and linda and chuck were living in washington and my parents used to have the church services. and so linda and chuck were often there. and i just have a very warm feeling for the entire johnson family and really we're here tonight because of linda and lucy. they are very giving and caring people, and i'm just proud they're my friends. >> well, we appreciate that. and we're delighted to have you back here. you've been very good to this library and we thank you for that. behind us is a picture of your first meeting. >> uh-oh. >> in 1957. >> this was the first time we ever met. >> that's where you met, at the inauguration of president dwight eisenhower and vice president richard nixon, and it began a relationship that seems to have lasted. can you talk about how your relationship evolved from that time. >> well, we really just met as kids and saw each on other i think twice. and then we happened to get together again when we went off to college because mamie eisenhower was a very romantic person, and she was just insisted that david look me up wh

mr. johnson: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak for, not to exceed 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. president. i come to the floor today to mark an amazing anniversary. and by amazing, i don't mean good. i mean unbelievable. i mean sad. on sunday we will mark the anniversary, april 29, of the date where it's been three years since the united states senate has passed a budget. i know a lot of americans have heard that date. they've heard the talking point. but it's but a thousand, umpteen days since we passed a budget. but it's not a talking point. it's simply unbelievable. it's jaw-dropping. the united states government is the largest financial entity in the world and it's been operating now for three years without a budget. it's a $3.8 trillion-a-year entity. i come from the private sector. i'm an accountant. and when i tell the voters, the citizens of wisconsin that the federal government hasn't passed a budget, they really are amazed. that's why i call it an amazing anniversary date. the united states united st

mrs. johnson, what's your favorite wild flower?" e'd said, "damien, i can't tell you which is my favorite one. they're like my children." >> reporter: anne linville who volunteers at the johnson wild flower center said naming her favorite one is easy. >> i was a young nurse stationed overseas and my mother pressed the blue bonnets in the spring and sent them to me in a card so i could feel a little bit of home. >> reporter: you get very emotional about blue bonnets. >> yes, they're very special. >> reporter: in a few weeking the blue bonnets will wilt in the texas heat but the seeds of next spring's bloom will be in the ground giving texas hope for another picture-perfect blue bonnet season. chip reid, cbs news, austin. >> pelley: that's a beauty. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies th