thank you very much have a nice day. >> applause. >> jacob, novak, robyn low. >> good afternoon. united taxi cab workers first i want to say that the confusion around these meetings is really doing a lot of harm. our taxi newsletter was obsolete before it came back from the printer the flyers that we made for the meeting are did destined for the garbage. i can't see how you can good forward at this point with any kind of a coherent decision until we know what's going to happen with uber and side car and lift the california public utilities commission currently has a proceeding going on supposed to term innate 6 months from the time it started which would be 2 months from the time that you know this hearing is going to take place and we are facing an un limited number of vehicles providing the same service that we are and if they get a green light from the state -- they are already going full speed ahead at that point there's nothing to stop them and they are going to drive everybody into the ground and you are helping them and first of all it's your fault that we're facing -- the

i did crossfire for six years and i was on myself, a rotating gang on the right again, of bob novak and pat buchanan assed john sununu when pat was off running for president. mary madeline joined us tucker carlson. i think those were the ones but one of those on the right. me on the left. that the program lasted for 19 years. nineteen years. it was cnn's second highest rated program after larry king live. it was very successful. it was the first political debate show on television and it was by far the best. i will say that flat out en though, you know, i was part of it. it was the best political show and i will tell you why, because it lasted just a half an hour.

this is where novak suspect 2 in surgery. all the way outside, you can see a number of officers. this one has nine police officers. when you go inside, you can see them wandering around. this large campus of beth israel,ul find police officers, including at the children's hospital across the street. they are taking no chances here. we are told there are guards on the floor where the surgery's taking place. they are not afraid he is going to get away, but they want to ensure that no one gets to him. they want to make sure he is in complete lockdown, so if he does recover, for them, as part of this investigation, they will be able to ask questions for him. but it sounds like it won't be for quite sometime. we're at beth israel in boston. driving to the hospital, after they brought the body here of the second suspect, you came through parts of boston and you saw the restaurants reopen. you saw bars reopen. at one point, a bunch of college students, probably 500 shut down one of the streets and only let ambulances and police cars through, cheering. you can see, quite a celebration in

. >> i think the world of david novak.industry whether it be comp son, whether it be the -- look, shake. there are titans in this industry of which novak towers over everyone. and pizza hut, and the reason i say that he towers over them is because every analyst who doubted him point-blank did not understand the tenacity of this man and the perseverance of this man including the merrill downgrade yesterday that is making this stock go up as much as it did. merrill basically predicted the opposite would happen. david novak has reassured a lot of people that it is his life's work to restore china and he is not going to lose china. he doesn't want to be stillwell and doesn't want to be marshall. he doesn't want to be with his state department in 49 to 52 attacked by senator mccartney. he's done a remarkable job and to bet against novak is a fool's game. >> i'm quickly reviewing a lot of those generals and the likes. he's not going to lose china. >> do you have time, though, to wait and see how he's figuring that out? >> i thin

turned out to be a small message. 9-year-old robbie novak known online as kid president returned to make an appearance in the briefing room. >>> in health news for you now, including fish in your diet could lead to a long, healthy life. harvard researchers studied levels of omega 3 fatty acids in the blood of nearly 3,000 older adults and found those with the highest omega 3 levels had a 27% lower risk of death overall. and 35% lower risk of death from heart disease. people who wasn't from zero fish intake to two to three servings per week saw the biggest benefit. >>> "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil. bring yourself back. >>> stocks edged down side as cyprus remains steady for now. a federal appeals court says internet company aereo can provide feeds to computers, iphones and ipads despite objections from broadcasters. including nbc. >>> the average salary for america's most common job for a retail salesperson is just $25,310. >>> the largest city to file for bankruptcy. stockton, california gets to that dubious distinction. the question now, who gets paid first? retirem

kid president is known to his third grade classmates in henderson oh , tennessee as robby novak.s happened for kid president monday. he went to the white house easter egg roll, where he was a big hit. >> kid president! give kid president a big round of applause! >> the other thing that happened that day is that kid president got to spend some quality time with the real president. this image of the american president in the oval office was unimaginable as a political reality. until that summer night in 2004 when john kerry's presidential nominating convention introduced barack obama to this nation. >> now, even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us. the spin masters, the negative ad pedestrianlers, who embrace the politics of anything goes. well, i say to them, tonight there is not a liberal america, and a conservative america. there is the united states of america. there is not a black america and a white america and latino america and asian america. there is the united states of america. >> before we saw barack obama give that speech, we could all imagine t

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even robby novak who plays kid president will be on hand. the family of high day yeah pendleton, the teenage girl shot and killed will also be in attendance. sunday, eyes were focused on pope francis and his first easter sunday mass. >> narrator: they came by the thousands. a quarter of a million welcomed pope francis as he delivered his first easter mass. the faithful lining st. peter's square to hear a message calling for peace. he appealed for peace between israelis and palestinians, for refugees pleaing syria and what could be the next big conflict for reconciliation between north and south korea. >> we wanted to come and get the blessing from the pope and feel the love and community here toda today, and that's what we did. we're hoping this will be a new sign for world peace. >> pope francis urged the faithful to be good stewards for nature. nbc's claudia lobango was in st. francis square. >> reporter: it was short, simple, somber. once again, it touched the hearts of thousands of people who came here to see him by getting off the pope

it turned out to be a small announcement literally as you see there. 9-year-old robby novak known onlineas kid president returned to make an appearance in the briefing room. very cute. >>> time for a check on what's moving your money today. here's cnbc's bert a coombs. good morning. >> good morning. it would be great if he did become president. >>> in terms of wall street action, it should pick up today after a light volume yesterday. today, you'll watch for data on factory orders, also health care stocks could be in focus. shares of shares such asset that and humana soared after the government decided to hike medicare reimbursement rates instead of cutting them as expected. big automakers report march sales today. it could be the best month for the industry in more than five years thanks to the improving economy and pent up demand. that's it from cnbc, betty? >> thank you, berth a. >>> stocks were down a touch by cyprus remains steady for now. internet company arrow can offer $8 a month live broadcast feeds to computers, tablets and smartphones. the average salary for america's most com

anybody cancel david novak out is making a real mistake. i say yum! start buying.s worrisome though, bird flu -- >> of course it is worrisome but novak is a man who had's trumped a lot of different adversity in his life. those who bet against novak are making a serious mistake. >> at their peril. >> exactly. >> netflix. >> netflix. there is a lot of subtle ka a pitalation going on. goldman sachs is raising its price target from $125 to $184. that's what happens when you've been negative. you quietly have to come out and move the needle. >> how about the run in this sfok. >> a lot of people were short it. david faber -- when david faber announced that the disney deal was good i thought they overpaid for disney. netflix is about walking dead. you can't crack into these great series without going back on netflix and watching them. that's why netflix does well an that's why everybody loves them, whether amc entertainment or disney. you want people to get into these long form series and you can't crack into them without netflix. >>> the stock market looking to make more

robert novak and he never he never he claimed it was inadvertent i mean we have a situation john kiriakou who was told that there was a beta was was water boarded one time and then he gave a lot of information then he comes to find out it's like eighty three times and he never gave any information that was useful and he felt this was absolutely horrible and you know the disclosure of a name you know armitage said it was inadvertent i mean how are we to know that john kiriakou is now serving a sentence but frankly i think. you know depending on. it was very clear the administration wanted to make the bush administration want to make joe wilson and discredit his claim about the iraq war and or the weapons of mass destruction and. i guess scooter libby paid some price for it but the actual whistleblowers didn't really at the actual people who dealing with you would go one step further valerie plame didn't let me agree with you and you had mark i want to go through and go one step further because valerie plame was a covert operative her name was disclosed there's no doubt in my mind that vice

but also on the sunday novak djokovic ended rafael nadal's eight year reign in monte carlo as the world number one beach the king of play on his favored surface six two seven six was the final score after jock itch twice came from a breakdown in the second set a serbian sending out a strong message ahead of next month's french open the only grand slam title missing from his collection. while staying with tennis in russia booked their place in the fed cup final after a thrilling come back from to nail down to stun slovakia three to receive on port reports. russia produced a little bit of history is overcome with her side ever to come from two robbers to love down in a fed cup semifinal the hero of the day was with. my carla as first of all she won only a second ever live singles rubber beating down your one hundred men teamed up with lin the best in our country and the many possible so you know her ever growing reputation it was a really tough match for me and i don't remember that day. screaming come one in my imagine my life i never remember this and everything yeah when you play for y

and also on the sunday novak djokovic ended rafael nadal's eight year reign in monte carlo as the world number one beach the king of play on his favored surface six two seven six was the final score after djokovic twice came from a breakdown in the second set a serbian sending out a strong message ahead of next month's french open the only grand slam title missing from this collection. was staying with tennis in russia booked their place in the fed cup final after a thrilling come back from to nail down to stun slovakia three to rebound porfiry reports. russia produced a little bit of history is overcome with her side ever to come from two robbers to love down in a fed cup semifinal the hero of the day was with. my car as first of all she won only a second ever live singles rubber beating down your one hundred twenty. nine hundred and the many possible strain on her ever growing reputation it was a really tough match for me and i don't remember that day. screaming come one in my imagine my life i never remember this and everything here when you play for your country you get more emotion

and novak were so it's a two down on the advisory board of the korea truth commission thanks for joining us here on r.t. it would appear that the neither side seems to benefit economically from pyongyang's latest decision not to allow south koreans to work in a joint industrial zone why is the north taking such a step. well basically there's a whole history of leading up to this this current impasse have been reached. under military constipate of meeting to south korea and the united states held back in october they developed a new military plan for north korea so that even a minor conflict devote united states and south korea would hit north korea with considerable force and according to the south korean ministry of national defense policy reply in both peace time and war time under the missile technology control regime united states allow itself to create an exemption list of missile ranges but so they could now are lifting missiles work of the entire territory of north korea north korea is under sanctions basically sort of north korea how the few options to to resist and but yet i'm s

robby novak got to meet the real president. he's become a viral sensation for his video autos because of his impact the 9-year-old got a tour of the oval office including a bit of a history lesson. and asked the president what can be done to make the world a better place. >> how can kids and grown ups work together to change the world? >> most important thing we can all do is to treat each other with kindness and respect. >> good answer. the meeting ended with a big hug and a high five. >> mazing when you consider here is a young man who is making videos on his own, at home. that turns into him going to the whit house and meeting the president. remarkable. >> yes. >> let's check on the weather. >> not much falling now in the way of rainfall. we have light spotty scattered showers and there is a chance of the pattern continuing tonight ask into the weekend. we have active weather coming our way. tomorrow, weather picture won't be very active. it will be dry with showers moving off shore. into upper mid west and interior northwes

novak djokovic has helped security the service of the davis cup. already leading 2-1.e has singles against sam querrey to ensure that they would progress. he twisted his ankle after medical time-out. he returned to take the set 7-5. querrey though roared on by the home crowd at the arena. that was as good as it got for the american. djokovic powers to victory, three sets to one. also into the semifinals, argentina they breat france. carlos burr lock. wan martin del potro. after si match 3-1 mon. in the semifinals in september. , the gning world champion spanish started a class a part from the race. valentino seven time champion. came out from having a tough time with the second. >> this was difficult to open this stuff because i wanted me to eight. but finally i opened two things more and realized. i was a little bit more easy. but very good result. i'm happy for valentino because he has past two difficult years. and i think it's good if the economy and the situation. >> the world number two came second at the texas open in san antonio. the northern irishman was too sh

>> kid president is robby novak. he is a 9-year-old boy from tennessee.m. >> did he give remarks? >> he just said hello and a few words. he is nine. >> are you saying -- cnn did not broadcast the kid president speech live, only the actual president? as a cnn contributor i am concerned. >> equal times. >> when you look at the obama daughters they didn't look overly thrilled to be there this year. i think they are getting a little older. >> that's right. we need the teenage president to sort of go up there and says something obnoxious about adult authority. >> they are so bored. they are done with it. >> i can sort of understand. we will bring in more of the easter egg roll throughout the day. >> absolutely. happy easter. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the

. >>> third grader robby novak known as kid president is getting a ton of online attention.why. >> what grade are you in? >> third. >> third? >> uh-huh. >> third grade? >> uh-huh. >> how is school going? >> good. >> going pretty good? i know you have all these other activities. >> yeah. >> so much demand on your time, trying to balance being president and being in the third grade, you know. that's a lot of stuff. >> uh-huh. >> but you seem to be handling it pretty well. >> very well. >> the white house pulled off an april fools' joke on monday with the help of a 9-year-old youtube sensation with a white house tweet announcing a special video message from the president. when viewers tuned in to white house website to watch they were punked by this pint-sized president. adorable. >>> men and women of sterling, cooper, draper, price are back. the creator of "mad men" is back to talk about the latest season. flying is old hat for business travelers. the act of soaring across an ocean in a three-hundred-ton rocket doesn't raise as much as an eyebrow for these veterans of the sky.

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we like david novak and yum and kentucky fried chicken, kfc. they had a bird flu instance there.ill people stay home and use more mccormick spices in china because of that? >> people will take a break. what we have seen in china, the business is so robust and resilient, that we expect the consumers are going to come back to the stores. we are seeing double digit growth in consumer business. some of that is our work that we're expanding and increasing marketing there and entering new provinces with our direct sales force. so we're really driving it, but we're seeing pretty good solid growth in our consumer business. >> we had international flavors, and they talked about how the innovation is driving their business. you have a technology bent to mccormick that people don't seem to know about. >> yeah, we expect we're going to grow, about a third of our growth is going to come from new products. new product innovation. we have a lot of proprietary technology that we use both in our consumer and our industrial business, which gives us flavor advantages and helps manage the cost volat

turns out the third grader, bobby novak, got a meeting in the oval office. >> i think you should trybehind the desk so you look a little more official. >> hello. >> okay. any advice for me as just an ordinary kid president? >> i have one. >> okay. >> it's not really my opinion. you're doing awesome. >> i'm doing awesome? that means a lot to me. i think you're doing awesome. we have a lot of responsibilities. between the two of us maybe we can get things going in a good direction. >> thanks, man. >>> up next, why are democrats not making the case. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> robert ebert has died. he was 70 years old. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." remember when republicans championed $85 billion worth of spending cuts known as the sequester? they're saying, where's the problem? no one even cares. the budget cuts are causing real problems for real people. catch this headline on the front page of "the washington post" just today. "cancer clinics turn away patients citing sequester." "the post" reports cuts across the country turned a

turns out the third grader, bobby novak, got a meeting in the oval office. >> i think you should tryo sit behind the desk so you look a little more official. >> hello. >> okay. any advice for me as just an ordinary kid president? >> i have one. >> okay. >> it's not really my o pinion. you're doing awesome. >> i'm doing awesome? that means a lot to me. i think you're doing awesome. we have a lot of responsibilities. between the two of us maybe we can get things going in a good direction. >> thanks, man. >> where we you that age? probably not in the oval office. >>> up next, another big sign hillary clinton is definitely running. you're watching "hardball." the place for politics. more than two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. we've shared what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. bp's also committed to america. we support nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america

turns out the third grader, bobby novak, got a meeting in the oval office. >> i think you should trybehind the desk so you look a little more official. >> hello. >> okay. any advice for me as just an ordinary kid president? >> i have one. >> okay. >> it's not really my opinion. you're doing awesome. >> i'm doing awesome? that means a lot to me. i think you're doing awesome. we have a lot of responsibilities. between the two of us maybe we can get things going in a good direction. >> thanks, man. >> where we you that age? probably not in the oval office. >>> up next, why are democrats not making the indication. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. . you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. c. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. a. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. s. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. . you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. . you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. . you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. . you're watching "hardball," the place for polit

but within of the stars likely robbie novak, also known as kid president who is on a mission to makeing. >> steve: he mentioned the eggers -- reagans started selling the eggs. i used to cover it and we've got a picture of me and my wife at the easter egg roll and as you can see, a young future correspondent there. i think that's 1988. >> brian: wow. that's peter doocy. >> gretchen: very cute. >> steve: i still have those glasses and the hair. >> brian: very attractive family. peter would get bigger. >> gretchen: much taller. let's bring in donald trump now, the author of "time to get tough." happy belated easter to you. >> happy easter to you. >> gretchen: thanks so much. let's talk a little bit about capitol hill coming together. say it isn't so. labor and big business agreeing apparently on a key part of the immigration reform bill. the final deal still faces hurdles and so is this guest worker program, in your mind a good idea? >> well, the republicans are just absolutely rushing to do what they can to get out of the box they're in. they're in somewhat of a box or maybe they're no

just ask matt novak. >> everything from board games to, you've got lunch boxes and little trinkets ofself-described jetsonologist. it was just a cartoon. >> that's the thing. it is just a cartoon. i totally understand that and recognize it. but as a par deshow i think it's important. >> reporter: he analyzed all 24 episodes from the original series for smithsonian magazine, making the case that despite it being a half a century old, the jetsons still set the bar for what we expect. >> one soft boiled egg. reporter: the jetsons represent sort of this retro future but in a lot of ways a lot of those elements still feel very futuristic to us. >> reporter: most of what animators hannah and barbara conjured up was for laughs. >> as shown on our million mille meter... >> reporter: but there was a lot about the future that the jetsons got right. >> this is jane. i forgot to remind you. >> reporter: george's videophone sure looks a lot like our modern-day skype. >> what time is it? 8:29. thank you. reporter: his talking watch would likely be pretty good friends with i-phone. >> what time is i

>> i would like to think more of what david novak is doing at yum.that they have bird flu and given the fact that they've lost china or they're stillwell. no. novak is showing that he really knows what he's doing. on the boeing side. boeing was always a great company and people continue to doubt them throughout this run from 69 to now it will be a hundred soon because they don't understand when they get a long cycle for aerospace, the cost of the planes come down, but they do not cut the price to the airlines so these are both really good quarters. >> have you seen faber this morning? >> david? >> he's not on the set. >> of course, we've already chatted on numerous stints. >> there are people cutting the price target on apple. i felt guilty running the penguins. i dusted it up and dug it out and i put courtesy david faber at the bottom. i don't know if we ever had ten. i think we had three or four to run them. they're all coming down with the price targets today. >> that's what was amazing. on the conference call cook was as confident as ever talking

it's 9-year-old robby novak. they were in the oval office. check it out. >> what grade you in?? >> mm-hmm. >> third grade? >> mm-hmm. >> how is school going? >> good. >> going pretty good? i know you have all these activities. >> yeah. >> i want you to balance being president and being in the third grade. that's a lot of stuff. >> mm-hmm. >> you seem to be handling it pretty well. >> very well. >> had no intention of giving up that seat. he's not going anywhere. >> he's managing it all very well. his school life balance is working well. >> being school president and a president kid, not difficult. kevin ware taking on the top ten last night. the top ten things going through ware's mind last weekend when he suffered that awful leg break. >> what was that loud cracking sound? >> number nine. >> hope this doesn't leave a bruise. >> yeah. >> number eight. hey, look, my tibia. >> that's right. number seven. >> ouch. >> yep. number six. >> did it go in? >> mm-hmm. >> number five. >> oh, boy, hospital food. >> mm-hmm. number four. >> tape it up, coach, i'm staying in. >> yeah. number

third grade counterpart, robby novak, met in the oval office. >> this is the oval office right here.should try to sit behind the desk. so you look a little more official. okay. we'll make sure not to talk. what grade are you in? >> third. >> third grade? >> um-hum. >> yeah. >> going pretty good? okay. because i know you have all of these other activities. so much demand on your time, trying to balance being president and being in the third grade, you know. that's a lot of stuff. >> um-hum. >> you seem to be handling it pretty well. >> very well. >> this is a program from the march on washington. where dr. king spoke, this is the original program. and a portrait of abraham lincoln, one of my favorite presidents. >> mine too. >> any advice for me? >> i have one. >> okay. >> well, it's not really advice. >> it's how you are doing. are you doing awesome. >> you think i'm doing awesome? >> um-hum. >> that means a lot to me. keep doing the great work you are doing. i'll do my best, between the two of us, maybe we can get things going in the right direction. even though are you president, c

. >> what actually happened is she showed the photographs to her friend emily novak who is my agency,s my friend casey. are you interested. and i came in and we talked very briefly and then they signed me within the day. >> and they had no problem with it, just did it immediately, didn't care man, woman? >> i don't think it was that they didn't care. they saw me walk in and they were like she obviously belongs on our men's board, you know. >> when you're modeling as a man, what's going through your head? is this a performance art that you're doing? >> yeah, sure. so my background is art so i have this whole body of work and i was also a professional athlete. so i have always used my body to kind of be the narrative to carry the narrative of what i'm doing. and so in a way this modeling is just kind of an extension of that. and so when i'm modeling men's clothes, it's actually pretty easy for me. when i'm modeling women's clothes, i think it's closer to the performance is what happens. because that's definitely so much more involved and there is the voguing and the this and the that an

usually it was bob novak or tucker carlson but john sununu there for a couple of years. >> on the leftand still on the left and proud of it. what's potus up to today? we will tell you. >> on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show." i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ music ] >> this is the pull court press, "the bill press show" live on your radio and on current tv. >> okay. on this friday morning april 12th, taking a look ahead at the next hour at the top of the hour congress woman donna edwards from the state of maryland will be here in studio with us. she is now leading the charge in the house of representatives to make sure we get a vote in the house on gun safety legislation, a vote on whatever comes out of the senate and after yesterday's lopsided vote of 68 to 31, to open debate on gun safety it looks pretty clear that we will have 51 votes by the end of the day

robby novak, who's become a youtube sensation with those weekly web ep sides.real president in the oval office this week, and like any other kid, he picked up the phone. take a listen. >> hello? >> is anybody on there? >> nope. >> okay. well, quite sure not to cause an international incident. >> the president even showed the youngster a telegraph machine, which, of course, he had never seen. neither have i, actually. >>> there's a political action committee, would you believe, to promote candidates with beards? yes, it is true. the founder of beard pac says, "with the resurgence of beards in popular culture in today's younger generation we believe the time is now to bring facial hair back into politics." their ultimate wish, support a bearded candidate for president. >>> could north korea test a missile this week? back to the news and a report from the korean peninsula, next. >>> also, american space cowboys. nasa's latest plan to lasso an asteroid, to bring it closer to earth. >>> you're watching msnbc, the place for politics and space. [ male announcer ] it's

it's more of a -- and david novak will triumph over this, but china's got a lot of problems. >> look,ee-through buildings and china has chicken they don't want. i don't know. i don't know. >> and the pmi at -- >> is that another lulu problem? >> customer loyalty. there's not a lot of customer loyalty when you have that problem with the chicken. >> that's true. they don't make the chickens without bones. they went out to try to grow chicken. >> seedless watermelon? >> it's bad enough when they -- >> they can't walk as we all know. >> they have that thing. >> let's get to pisani. >> nice start to the day. four to one advancing in the declining stocks. i am very happy with the earnings report. i was very worried yesterday about the big multi-industry companies your illinois tool works and ingersoll-rands and your johnson controls and united technologies, concerned they might lower their 2013 guidance because those are the big, global companies and if you're worried about global growth they're the ones who will tell you immediately, it didn't happen. that is a tremendous relief. not a sin

thank you, kid president, roib novak, isn't he wonderful? [cheers and applause] robby, we're proud to have you here, so inspiring. i can't imagine that there's anyone whose not seen your video; right? you make us want to work hard and be better, that's right. you're going to spend a little time in the oval office just fixing things up for this president, around you? all right. well, good to have you here, and it's great to have everyone here this morning. we are so excited. the easter egg roll is thee biggest event that we have here on the south lawn of the white house each year. today, we're going to have more than 30,000 people who will pass through this yard in celebration of nutrition and health and activity, and we could not do this if it were not for all our wonderful volunteers, our staff, all of the terrific performers and athletes who have taken time out of their lives and busy days to make this important. we have to give all of them a round of applause for all their hard work. yes, indeed. [applause] so, today, we want you to have

. >>> and 9-year-old roger novak, better known as kid president, finally got to meet the real presidentham lincoln. >> yes. >> very famous and one of my favorite presidents. >> mine, too. >> you're doing awesome. >> you think i'm doing awesome? >> mm-hmm. >> that means a lot to me. even though we're presidents, can we still hug? >> yeah. >> okay. i wanted to make sure. >> very sweet. well, the kid president was at the white house for the annual easter egg roll. his original viral video, pep talk for kids and grown-ups, has now more than 18 million youtube hits. >>> it is 8:06 right now. let's go back outside to matt and savannah. very cute. >> very cute. and you can see him running down the colonade, having his way with the place. >> do you think he'll ever forget that moment? probably not. >> no, because his mom will be playing it over and over again. >> mr. roker has a check of the weather. >> the video was and -- well, i like the soul waffles, myself. how are you doing? you lost some weight, huh? >> yes, sir. >> what's your name? >> mckenzie harris. >> how much did you lose? >> 135 p

it really does seem that -- i used to work for robert novak, and he used to say that a reporter is someone who will sell his soul for a good story. but it turns out that when the story might make barack obama look bad or make his presidency look like a failure, reporters suddenly lose a lot of intellectual curiosity. and they often, you know, when you have a news media and especially a d.c. political news media that's 90% liberal according to surveys, that votes 90% democratic, that's very unrepresentative as america as a whole politically. they're going to miss a lot of stories by definition simply for inability to see and failure to be interested. >> you're the editorial page editor at the the washington examiner. did you take any issue with the withdraw your paper covered the campaign and the election? >> well, you know, for the part, we covered it the way, on the editorial page anyway, we covered it the way i wanted it to be covered, so i suppose if i have to blame anyone, it's myself. we're proud of who we are as washington examiner, but we also, you know, there's no reason we should

policy story about the guy who runs the entire foreign policy apparatus of the united states but robert novak used to say that a reporter is someone who was sold his soul for a good story but it turns out when the story might make barack obama look bad or his presidency looks like a failure the reporters lose intellectual curiosity and within news media especially from d.c. 90 percent of liberal that votes 90 percent democratic it is very representative of america as a whole they will miss a lot of stories by definition with the inability to see and failure to be interested. >> you are from "the washington examiner" did you take issue the way your paper cover the campaign? >> for the most part we covered it on the editorial page bhilai wanted it to so i can only blame myself if we miss anything but we are proud of who we are but there is no reason we should be the only ones to find obvious trend of the labor statistics we were the only ones to rightabout and in some cases the only one. everyone is aware the economy is lousy but while we are about to turn the corner, people don't realize there