mrs. michelle obama."hail to the chief" playing] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of japan followed by the national anthem of the united states. ♪ ♪ ["the star-spangled banner" playing] >> mr. prime minister, the honor guard. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ceremonial. >> mr. president, this concludes the honor. president obama: good morning. [speaking japanese] [applause] president obama: on behalf of the american people and michelle and myself, it is a great honor for me to welcome prime minister abe and mrs. abe of japan, one of america's closest allies in the world. [speaking japanese] president obama: across japan, over the coming days, our japanese friends are marking special holidays, honoring their history celebrating their constitution giving gratitude for nature's beauty and expressing their hopes for their children. now with this visit, it is a truly golden week. president obama: for michelle and myself, it is an opportunity to return our hospitality that shinzo, akia and the japanese people have had

mrs. michelle obama. [ playing "hail to the chief" ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem present. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ playing the national anthem of japan ] ♪ [ playing "the star-spangled banner" ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> mr. prime minister the honor guard for inspection. mr. prime minister, please. ♪ when you're ready, sir. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ready. ceremonial. >> mr. president, this concludes the honors. >> good morning. [ speaking in foreign language ] [ applause ] >> on behalf of the american people and michelle and myself it is a great honor for me to welcome prime minister abe of japan. one of the closest allies of the world. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> across japan over the coming days, our japanese friends are marking special holidays honoring their history, celebrating their constitution, giving gratitude for nature's beauty and expressing their hopes for their children. now with this visit it is truly an honor. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> for michelle and myself, this is an opportunity to return the hospitality that shinzo, aki

mrs. michelle obama."hail to the chief" playing] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of japan followed by the national anthem of the united states. ♪ ♪ \["the star-spangled banner" playing] >> mr. prime minister, the honor guard. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ceremonial. >> mr. president, this concludes the honor. president obama: good morning. \[speaking japanese] \[applause] president obama: on behalf of the american people and michelle and myself, it is a great honor for me to welcome prime minister abe and mrs. abe of japan, one of america's closest allies in the world. >> [speaking japanese] president obama: across japan, over the coming days, our japanese friends are marking special holidays, honoring their history, celebrating their constitution, giving gratitude for nature's beauty and expressing their hopes for their children. now with this visit, it is a truly golden week. translator: "speaking[speaking japanese] president obama: for michelle and myself, it is an opportunity to return our hospitality that

mrs. michelle obama and mrs. victoria kennedy. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> mr.f keith motley, cardinal o'malley, to o'malley, to the senators members, and elected officials who have joined us today, the children's choir stokes mitchell friends on behalf of ted's sister, jean, teddy junior and kiki, patrick and amy, karen, caroline and the entire kennedy family standing beside me literally and in spirit we are honored and grateful you all can be here. thirty-six years ago my husband came here to dedicate the presidential library next-door. speaking about the speaking about the older brother he loved and admired so deeply teddy called the moment a combination a happy rendezvous with history that makes his memory come alive. today the same is true for all of us who loved edward m kennedy. it seems like only yesterday i was standing with teddy at a window on the 7th floor of the jfk library looking down on the plot of land where this institute now stands. it was an empty low-lying field but he had a vision that something extraordinary could rise from. ascould rise f

mrs. michelle obama.d applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [background sounds] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [background sounds] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of japan followed by the national anthem of the united states. >> present arms. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> [background sounds] >> [background sounds] >> mr. prime minister, the honor guard is here for inspection. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [background sounds] [background sounds] >> mr. president, this concludes the honors. >> good morning. >> good morning. [speaking japanese] [applause] [laughter] >> on behalf of the american people and michelle and myself it is a great honor for me to welcome prime minister abe and mrs. abe of japan, one of america's closest allies in the world. across japan over the coming days, our japanese friends are marking special holidays honoring their history, celebrating their constitution, gi

mrs. michelle obama. [applause] mrs.-- ladies and gentlemen madeleine. [applause] >> hello. my name is madeleine and i am a national student poet from new orleans, representing the southwest region. poetry has taught me that wonder is the inevitable conclusion to fear, that every panic will metamorphose into something exhilarating because someone somewhere has already felt it and cracked open its beauty. in ars poetica, it czeslaw milosz writes, "poetry reminds us how difficult it is to remain just one person." this is what poetry has done for me. kept me from ever being alone. my role as a national student poet has deepened my faith in poetry's future. the support the president and the first lady have shown for this art form preserves poetry's sacredness but also reminds us it is a commodity, a right we all have and should take advantage of. i did not enter this year believing i was a poet. but the national student poet program proved me wrong. it has taught me that a poet can be defined as any person who has ever wanted to connect. poetry only asks one thing of us, to be h

. >> michelle joined mrs. obaman japan as part of the let girls learn initiative. >> please talk about that experience and how it was to get the call from the white house. that michelle obama wants you. >> it was a very wonderful experience. michelle obama told me that her daughters loved my work and they were very excited. and i think maybe they're part of the reasons why i came with michelle obama on this trip. which i'm very grateful for. >> you had said this, that i live, i love, i teach but most important i learn. >> i learn yes. >> what's the biggest lesson you say you would have learned? >> don't are trust everyone. especially when they say "trust me." >> you keep your private life private but you do share. it's also important to let people know about some of the hardships that you've gone through. why is it important that people know that? >> because i need to give them context, who i am what i am where i am today. i wanted them to see i was able to make it out of this poverty. i was able to take myself and

mr. obama say-- michelle obama says it reveals who you are. through the processing with up a folks will be rescreamed as to who they are. we're just right at the beginning of it, but we're going to find out a lot really soon. >> the candidate suffers indignities develope i have to cue up the video? do i have to do it? the press should find its own dignity. bill, it's good to see you. >> good to see you. >> it's like the dog chasing the van. what happens if they catch the bumper? let's see it one more time. yes yes. press, see yourselves. you wish you had a do over don't you. look at the end. can you keep it rolling? see what happens on the screen left, it's like the swarm look at how many there are. dignity at the door. okay. moving on. >>> a big city mayor is now trying to blame governor scott walker for a recent surge in gun violence, including the weekend shooting of a man and a teenager. milwaukee county sheriff david clark is here with what he thinks is really going on. could it have to do with a presidential election? >>> plus dr. ben ca

. >> michelle joined mrs. obama in japan as part of the let girls learn initiative, a campaign to help girls worldwide attend and complete school. >> reporter: tell us about that experience and get the call from the white house that michelle obama wants you. >> michelle obama told me that her daughters loved my work and were excited, and i think maybe they are part of the reason why i came with president obama, which i'm grateful for. you said this. i live, i liv, i teach. and i learn. >> what is the biggest lesson you say you've learnt. >> don't trust everyone. trust me. >> keep the private life private. it's important to let people know about the hardships that you go through. why is it important to know that. >> i need to give complex on where i am. i wanted them to see that. i was able to make it out of the poverty. i was able to take myself and family out of it by doing something you love. vietnamese. avalanche. >> reporter: in a sense aren't you an avalanche to the beauty world. >> it created a trigle effect.

. >> michelle joined mrs. obama in japan as part of the let girls learn initiative. ram that helps adolescent girls worldwide attend and complete school. >> it was a wonderful experience. michelle obama told me her daughters loved my work and they are pretty excited part of the reasons why i came with michelle obama on this trip which i'm very grateful for. >> now michelle wants her followers, she calls them dreamers, to do what she did. they can come in any time to her studio and space time and equipment is free of charge. >> i want to leave behind a road map for any of my dreamers to follow so they can again take care of their family, pursue what they love and live a fulfilling life where they feel like they're not just going into a job and doing a 9 to 5. they're doing something to play and experiment and learn more about themselves. >> who are the dreamers? define what dreamers are. >> these are the people that we need to empower in this world because they will be the one who can actually make a radical change in society. are these people, dreamers. >> are you sti

michelle obama. christina shocky is credited with helping soften mrs. obama's public image. she's the aide behind that undercover shopping trip to target, the first lady's cameo at the oscars, even those unforgettable dance moves with jimmy fallon. after signing a lease for a campaign headquarters in brooklyn, new york, at the start of the month, clinton likely now has until the middle of april under election law to declare her candidacy. close aides tell nbc news she'll initially focus on small intimate events rather than huge rallies. the goal to focus on voters not on herself. not an easy task for a politician who's been in the eye for nearly 25 years and faces no serious democratic challenger. >> when you have been in the public eye for so long, people sort of identify you in one way, but i think our american politics also allow the people want to see all sides of you. >> reporter: one potential opponent, jeb bush, today tried to defuse an embarrassing situation. on this 2009 florida voter registration form, bush whose wife colombo was born in mexico marked himself down

mr. cannon: it was personal and michelle obama said it is personal. ant ant and i think that's where the commitment starts. we only see the happy side of it. there are a lot of obstacles along the way. and let me add one quick, way back, you do find that some of these women have felt very passionately and there were animal rights advocates and started for the brief time she was there to bring animal cruelty and even proposed that public schools adopt homeless animals and it's a way of teaching little adults, humans, little children about the treating other people with kindness. ms. swain: was it nancy reagan and the just say no campaign? mr. cannon: it was ridiculed and the kits listened because drug use went down in high schools. i think we formalized it. michelle obama's other issue getting the troops, martha washington did that. she was called lady washington by the troops out of respect. andthere was alan wilson's bill, her renewal. i think that this has always been -- we codified it later but it has always been there. first ladies have an interes

mrs. bush worked with michelle obama on a program that aims to help first ladies around the world empower women and children. >> i think it's a great example to the rest of the world that no matter what our party is we're americans. that we work together and ice the influence that we have. >> reporter: the friendships seen between the bush and clintons is something else. is that friendship able to endure another campaign? >> well i don't know about that, but we'll see. >> there's been speck latelation about a certain brother-in-law of yours running for president. >> i'm for him. >> reporter: if we were to get elected, you'd have a husband, a father-in-law, and a brother-in-law elected president. >> it's a family business. we can say that for the clintons as well, their side of it. it is. if you grow up like george did, with a parent who's interested in politics, that you become interested in politics. >> reporter: when barbara bush said we've had enough bushes. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: did you tell your mother-in-law that you disagreed? >> no believe me, you think i would tell my me

mrs. bush has worked with michelle obama at a program that aims to help first ladies around the world empoweromen and children >> it's great example. to the rest of the world. that no matter what our party is, we're americans. and that we work together and use the influence that we have. >> reporter: and the friendships we have seen between the bushes and the clintons have been something else. is that friendship able to endure another presidential campaign between a bush and a clinton? >> i don't know about that. we'll see. >> reporter: there's been a lot of speculation about a certain brother-in-law running. >> i'm for him. >> reporter: i understand. if he were to get elected, you would have a husband, a father-in-law, and a brother-in-law elected president. >> it's a family business. and we can see that from the clintons, as well. from their side of it. it really is. i do think if you grow up like george did, with a parent who is interested in politics, that you become very interested in politics. >> reporter: so when barbara bush said -- >> we've had enough bushes. >> i was shocked. >> rep

first lady michelle obama talked about the experience with talk show host rachel ray. mrs. obama admits she hasn't driven herself in seven or eight years. you can watch the interview on the rachel ray show when it airs tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. here on abc 7. leon: how would you like to be the instructor when you know the student's dad can call an air strike on you? at any moment? good luck. coming up on abls 7 news at 5:00 -- how music is opening doors and changing lives for some area youngsters. alison: a little bit later, flames rip through a building trapping people inside. see what firefighters did to rescue them. leon: plus a record-setting donation. tone -- tonight at alison: the golden girls. not just the classic 1980s tv show, there is a plan to immortalize it legos of all things. they gave an example of what they'd like it to be. legos accepted it into its ideas program. once the idea is accepted it needs 10,000 fans to vote within a year to make it a reality. if that does happen no word on how much the set would cost. leon? leon: ok. all right, a d.c. woman with a pa

>> that clip you showed of michelle obama was excuse me of the two quotes grace coolidge and martha washington mrs. obama gave an interview yesterday that she had on both of those and that if you. she says what don't you like? you can't go out. i'm stuck here. you can't just go out. the other thing come to john's want want to be a first lady? she said i want to be a pediatrician. that's not what you wanted to be when she grew up i'd to me michelle obama's embrace the role in an uncommon way. more than any of these others i've covered. hillary clinton is an exception to she thought as obviously a stepping stone. and she often talked about eleanor roosevelt. it's as if eleanor roosevelt eleanor roosevelt could have run for president now. they would've handed her the nomination. the party would've been hers if we had risen by the. so hillary clinton has a personification of eleanor roosevelt 50 years later. in terms of embracing all of this role for what it is michelle obama to me is almost a transformational figure. i don't cover the white house anymore. i covered it for 15 years. now i added the pe

first lady michelle obama spent time away from the white house today with american veterans. mrs. obama and dr. jill biden visited a veterans center in silver spring. the trip was made to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the joining forces initiative that raises awareness of veterans issues. the white house is launching a new push against the senate to stop its stalling on the confirmation vote for loretta lynch. president obama leading that charge today. president obama: call loretta lynch for a vote. get her confirmed. put her in place. let her do her job. this is embarrassing. leon: president obama nominated lynch to replace eric holder as leader of the justice department five monthsago. her confirmation process has now lasted longer than the seven previous nominees combined! republicans have held up her nomination for a variety of reasons. among them her support of president obama's immigration policies. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 pulled back from the brink. drivers jump to the rescue after a crash that ends with a mother being cut out of a car. plus a plan to pull i-6

michelle obama says she wasn't allowed behind wheel admitted she hasn't driven herself in seven, eight years. mrskes malea feel like a normal teen, and as soon as she was able, she got her own car and drove herself around washington. >> that's cool. >> that is cool. >> when i was there last week, i was so hoping to see the first family, but everyone was gone. maybe malea was out cruising the streets of dc? >> i saw the motorcade once, there in 2009 for the inauguration the night before he assumed the presidency sworn in but you don't see the president, because it is just a motor kade, right, they go by, you wait two hours anticipating. >> they came into memphis when i was there so motorcade comes through, you can see he landed, air force one but so far away you can't see anything. >> it is still cool. >> coming up the casino prices in atlantic city continues powered to the formal revel casino is going to be shut off today? >> plus, disturbing video police officer charged with murder. and now, we know that officer has ties to our area. details and live report from south jersey next. the answer to

. >> first lady michelle obama says some local school elementary kids are helping the united states and japan strengthen their friendship. mrsama and japanese prime minister's wife visited great falls elementary school in virginia today. that school has a japanese immersion program. the women met with the kits in their classrooms, then attended a musical program in the school's gym. >> areajapan is one of america's best friends in the world. and when you learn about japanese culture and languages and you get to know kids from japan, you're helping to strengthen that friendship. >> in commemoration of the visit, the school will plant a cherry tree in its japanese garden anchtsz arm garden. >> announcer: armed soldiers and police replace visitors. what neighbors are telling news4 about the impact yesterday's riots left behind. local police departments make a plea to hotels and airlines. why they're asking for help to put a stop to human trafficking. plus, more problems for metro. the major decision on the hill that could impa >>> right now at 6:30, we are just under four hours from a mandatory curfew for everyone in baltimore.

. >> and first lady michelle obama was fielding question at the white house's take your child to workday when one little girl asked mrsthe first lady seemed to have perfect response. >> i'm 51. say that again. give her the mic. >> what was that? >> you're too young for a 51-year-old. >> thank you. you should come up and give me a hug. come on up here. come, give me a hug for that one. >> i mean who wouldn't love that. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. it's 2 1 minutes past the hour. time to bring in bob franken who joins us from washington. good morning to you. >> good morning. you mean 51 is not young? >> it's definitely young. let's talk about this. you just made the politically correct comment. >> this could set off a lot today. "the new york times" is reporting hillary clinton may have used her influence as secretary of state to support the interests of donors who made large contributions to the clinton foundation. how so. >> this is a mind numbingly detailed report in the new york times which has to be juxtaposed with another article. the point of the article is that russia has through a series of

first lady michelle obama said secret service agents taught the obama's 16-year-old daughter, malia how to drive. in a television interview, mrsa said quote the secret service taught her, actually because they would not let me in the car with her. first lady said melia sometimes drives outside the white house grounds though always with a protection detail. mrs. alabama added it made sense for them to give the driving less options since neither she nor the president have driven a can a are for seven years. >> thank you for that politic aducation. we appreciate it. spring filled missouri residents have voted in favor of rolling back provisions of gay, lesbian and trans gendered citizenship. a little over 548 were against it. for repealing the protection call the vote a win for religious citizens and small business owners. >> refer end phil snyder is the senior minister at brentwood christian church in springfield, missouri and an advocate forqual. >> rights for the lgbt community. thank you for joining us this evening. it's our pleasure to have you with us. but i want to know what first went through your mind when you heard of t

michelle obama. she bought her game face to the annual white house easter egg roll. this was to celebrate the fifth anniversary of her let's move initiative. mrs. obama joined dancers on stage and some pretty intricate choreographed moves up there. you may recognize some of them from her history of mom dance appearances which she's done alongside jimmy fallon on "the tonight show". look at her. leon: there's the easter egg roll. alison: lot of practice involved with that. that's funny. that was only part of the excitement for that really fun event. leon: that's right. now, jeanette reyes takes us to the white house easter egg roll. jeanette: shortly after the sun came up today, tens of thousands of kids hit the south lawn for the event of the year. >> i'm here to do the easter roll. >> i'm excited for all the activities down there. but mostly the easter egg roll. jeanette: it was the 137th annual white house easter egg event. the theme this year was "give me five" as part of first lady michelle obama's let's move initiative. it encouragings children to stay healthy and active and egg rolling does just that. >> i am excited to do the egg roll a

mrs. obama gave an interview yesterday. you cannot go out. you cannot just go out. but she said i wanted to be a pediatrician. it isn't what she wanted to do but to me michelle obama has embraced the role. a hillary clinton is the exception and she often talked about eleanor roosevelt. she could have run for president now to hand her the nomination. so that medium personification it said not cover the white house anymore but i have to say what i think but if you watch this program you have to be objective about michelle obama but i don't. [laughter] >> and eleanor roosevelt was nobody followed her. she is the first african american first lady. we have written about that for there for even broader than that the first post titled line is she walks with confidence and to be just as good of athletes but michelle obama does not do that. shoebox and as of this so-called confidence -- physical confidence as a person that is the inspiration. >> it is so easy and so fascinating with public figures and how often refer get that. is before coming to the white house before lady bird johnson. then what would be said about mrs. obama and willing to give up their privacy it

the the word ♪ >> word is first lady michelle obama is getting a special send off to a good friend tonight. >> she's saying good bye to david letterman. it will be mrsfifth and final appearance the late show. most of the appearances did come in 2012. letterman has a string of famous guest ahead of his retirement next month. catch late show tonight on cbs-3 right here after "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >>> sam smith is cutting his australian tour short. doctors ordered british sing tore stop performing because hemorrhages to his vocal cord. they are working on a new tour for december. >>> it turns out justin beiber will appear in the much anticipated zoolander two. movies director and star ben stiller posted this picture of his male alter ego facing off with the beiber right there. zoolander two comes back into theaters later this year. >>> right now 6:50. we will be right back with traffic and weather together. >> but first here's is what coming up tonight on cw. three. >>> check this out a terrifying scene at this gas station in israel. >> it happened so fast, surveillance video shows a woman intentionally setting a man's koran fire while pumps gas.

michelle obama has revealed the secret service agents taught malia how to drive. she said malia has driven outside the white house grounds on her own with secret service protection. mrs. obama said the secret service would not let her in the car. she says neither she nor president obama has driven since before his 2008 election. you can watch the interview tomorrow on abc 7. >> teenagers learning how to drive. a puppy is recoverying after he was rescued from a well in fresno. >> firefighters safely pulled timmy out of an 8-inch hole. he fell about 50 feet down an old well yesterday. >> firefighters lowered a knotted rope in the hole looping his legs and tor so and sthen pulled him up. he is okay and the opening to the well well, it's been sealed now. >> abc 7 news at 4 continues. changing the way traffic courts punish people who don't pay up. >>> but first, new details about the police officer charged with murder. we're now hearing from the victim's family. >>> and we're about 30 minutes what e from the start of a critical meeting within san francisco's police department after the discovery of those racist text female announcer: get on board for better sleep! it's sl

the first lady michelle obama got help from school kids yesterday to plant the annual white house kitchen gard and. -- garden. it's the seventh straight year the garden has been grown. mrs> it has five new vegetables this year. broccoli, spinach, radishes, lettuce and bok choy. >> how delicious. that's great. >> all about this menu. eventually this will be on the menu there at the white house. at some point. >> terrific. >>> coming up, when was the last time airlines offered you free wine or beer? >> oh, come on. >> yeah. >> are you serious? >> i'm serious this time. also in "the skinny," kim kardashian proves again she is not shy. >> and later we'll take you into the jungle for a documentary about monkeys two years in the making and comic tina fey is actually involved. you're watching "world news now." now." is actually involved. you're watching "world news now." i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b me

first lady michelle obama in new york city today helping to dedicate the new home of that world class art museum there, the whitney museum of american arts. back open after a six-month renovation. mrs. obama used the occasion to make an appeal about how important it is to expose kids to the arts. >>> it's a hot commodity helping some women make hundreds of dollars every month. doreen has details on what these new mothers are selling over the internet. >> hi, jim. it's breast milk. human breast milk. we found that some new mothers can make a lot of money selling it on specialty websites. one of the most interesting parts of this story the people who are buying it. we reached out to? of the people on this website called only the breast.com. it's full of new mothers selling their breast milk. that's where we met alma, a fredericksburg virginia mother who produced too much milk after her baby was born and instead of throwing it out posted an ad. >> i don't drink alcohol. i don't smoke. i eat very healthy. most of the food i eat is organic. almost everything. so, yeah, i'm sure my milk is on the top-shelf quality. i hope. >> she told us after she posted her ad she got a lot of responses

mrs. president and was outspoken on her views on slavery. she provided the unique window into colonial america and her personal life. abigail adams sunday night on "first ladies: influence and image." from martha washington until michelle obama, sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. c-span's new book is available "first ladies," providing lively stories of these women creating an illuminating read. it is available as a hardcover or e-book. >> former first lady and 2016 presidential candidate hillary clinton was in new hampshire today where she toured a business for which makes furniture for schools. >> i would like to welcome you to whitney brothers. this is really cool. we are a match in fracture or -- manufacturer of early childhood equipment, which you can see but our main customer is -- our products are in a lot of places, day care centers jewish community centers, ski areas car dealerships, anywhere where mom and dad can leave their child for 10 minutes or longer, if they got a job or have to go shopping. you might fidnnd some whitney products. there are 40 of us employees and we are excited to have the secretary here, and i think the process will be is that briefly my coworkers will identify th

michelle obama is rocking out at a robust 61% approval rating. she's a clear asset to the administration these days, which makes it easy to forget when some decried her as a political liability. mrslled her. "the new york times" once wrote of how she contrasted with her presidential candidate husband, quote, she is a descendant of slaves and the black south side. she burns hot where he banks cool, and that too can make her an inviting proxy for attack. but history and some hilarious late night mom dancing has proven otherwise. first lady michelle obama has emerged as a likable and powerful figure in her own right and in many ways the obama moment is the first lady michelle obama moment. joining me is peter slevin author of "michelle obama: a life." we talked when you were writing this. it's an unauthorized biography, which means you didn't directly interview the first lady. but can a white man write it and get it right? >> we're going to find out. it's for other people to say. it was something i thought about every day. it posed challenges, of course, but i've been a reporter for a long time. i set out to do on this book what i have done before which is to listen and challenge my