peggy bartels, king peggy, a pleasure to have you on the program. >> a pleasure. tavis: i have been to about 50 or 16 african countries, and there is one that i regarded as having the nicest people, and that is ghana. i might get some hate mail about that, but the ghanaian people are friendly. >> we are very humble people. come.ove to people we are very happy to have people. tavis: i have never been to otuam. now that i have the hookup of knowing the king, i might go this summer. you were born in ghana, in cape coast. >> yes. tavis: how long were you there? >> my teenage years, and then i went to london, because i was with my mom, and she was afraid that the more i got closer, i might not be able to function, so she threw me out and told me i had to go out there and experience is something for myself. i am going to educate you on what you need to do, and since i love food, she said to me to study catering. i went to england. there was an ambassador. i came back, and we went to see him, and he helped me to get a job at the embassy, and i have been there since. tavi

why are you king peggy? why not queen peggy? yes, i had to be the king. >> reporter: in her kingdom of 7,000 she's pampered. and welcomed with parades. she never dreamed of all this. see, peggy always lived a quiet, humble life, owning a one-bedroom condo in silver spring maryland and making her morning commute in an old honda. but early one morning back in 2008 she got a life-changing phone call that at first she thought was a prank. >> i said, listen, if you don't hang up, i'm going to hang up on you. he said, oh, no, no, no, don't hang up. i'm serious. i'm telling you you've been chosen as the new king. >> reporter: wow. >> i said wow. i said, okay, let me think about it. >> reporter: after all, she hadn't been to ghana, a fishing village on the coast, in years. her uncle had once been the king here but peggy had moved to the u.s. decades ago, even becoming an american citizen in 1997. why were you thinking you wouldn't want to be the king? >> because there's a lot of responsibility. it comes with a lot of burdens. as a king

(cheers and applause) please welcome king peggy! (cheers and applause) your majesty, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> stephen: now this is a vest very interesting story we'll get to in just a moment but first you couldn't have dressed up for me? >> (laughs) >> stephen: is this the official crown you're wearing? >> yes, it's an official crown i'm wearing. it's not gold because i can't take the gold with me right now >> so the gold back in ghana? >> yes. >> stephen: your fascinating story is in the new book "king peggy, an american secretary, her royal destiny and the inspiring story of how she changed an african village." first of all, explain to the good people of america-- my kingdom-- (laughter) how you became... you're an american citizen now, you were born in gonna. >> yes. citizen now. how you became the king of this village? >> well when my uncle passed away they did the rituals and then i was chosen because i was the first woman so they did it three times to make sure i'm the woman they wanted. >> stephen: s

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it is a delight for me to welcome king peggy. if you want to read a real sinder rel la story, this is what you want to read, her royal destiny and the inspiring story of how she changed an african village. oh, king, honorable king, how delighted i am to have you. and this is a fabulous, fabulous book about your life. i didn't know a woman could be king. >> well, now you're seeing one. a woman can be a king. a monkey can become anything she wants to be. >> i love that. young girls, are you listening? a young girl can be anything she wants to be. tell me how you became a king in a village in ghana. >> in august of 2008, i run in the morning and i receive a call, and i pick up the phone because normally over here, it's 9:00 in the morning in ghana because we are five hours ahead. so my phone rang and i was very, very reluctant to pick it up. but i said let me pick it up because most of the time my brother in australia tends to call me. but this one wasn't from him, it was from a cousin from ghana. when i picked up the phone, you kno

elderly care nurse peggy is happy about the older couple's young love. the paired is not need much assistance. peggy only needs to make sure their tea is not too hot and their bread is cut into small enough pieces. the alzheimer's village is tucked between two of parma blocks. at first glance, it looks like an education center, but a closer look reveals a beauty salon and sidewalks without curbstones and ample seating. hank is settled in here. he takes care of the birds. he used to live in another home, but he was unhappy there and develop heart problems. his children took him out and brought him here. hank has another girlfriend, a media -- amelia. she is a beast, he jokes, but one with a golden heart and a gift for song. hank lives here with five other companions. corey's illness had reached an advanced stage, while richard is constantly looking for his cigarette lighter. there are no planned meal times here. patients eat whenever they are hungry. richard is even allowed to smoke here. there is an extra room for smoker's right next to the living room.

dionne, and peggy noonan.p next, politico's mike allen with exclusive details on how the santorum campaign is planning to break out the race against romney. >>> he's back, it's bill, he's got the forecast. >> you could add better than ever. that was better than i usually get from you guys. good morning, everyone, it was a cold day around the nation and now snow has moved into the heartland. a widespread snow. not heavy, but many people dealing with snow including st. louis, kansas city, chicago, yesterday it was here in amarillo, texas. a lot of areas of south texas dealt with the snow and a lot of traffic accidents. and this is what's heading through the heartland today. be careful on your morning commute. there's the snow on the map from st. louis right now, just outside dallas, we have reports of some sleet too. not a big snow. 1 to 3 inches widespread and as far as new england goes, yesterday was brutally cold, a big improvement today, the winds are dying off, windchills in the teens, temperatures today, t

peggy fox, 9 news now. afford it. peggy fox, 9 news now. >> planned parenthood said since the news broke it has pulled in close to a half million dollars for donations for its just launched breast health emergency fund. we need to tell you wusa9 has been a sponsor for komen's race for the cure several years. that relationship has since ended. >>> today in annapolis it was a family touched by tragedy versus the motor vehicle administration. the question, how often is often enough to test older drivers for competency behind the wheel. nathan cransopler, a cyclist was hit by an 83-year-old last year and now his family is fighting a new proposal that would let drivers go eight years before testing for renewal. >> this stint a unique incident there. are other examples of -- isn't a unique incident. there are other examples of older drivers having incidents on the roads. >> the move is to save money. the administration says it depends on families, doctors and police to refer older drivers who may need additional testing. >>

peggy fox is live in alexandria with more. peggy. >> reporter: the funeral begins in an hour at 1:00 at temple bethel here on seminary road. the procession has been going on for the past hour and we saw casket, we saw procession of hundreds of alexandria firefighters and paramedics and their equipment coming in. the firetrucks, the ambulances. we saw flags being raised. they have closed down seminary road here for this procession. this huge, huge american flag flying up above as the procession has been going underneath. many people here paying their respects, saluting as the casket goes by. joshua weissman was 33 years old when he died in a freak accident, trying to save someone he thought was in danger in a burning vehicle on i-395 last wednesday night. it was raining, he was jumping over one jersey wall to another. and there was a drop 30 feet down and he fell between the two bridges and died several days later. we have his family here to pay their respects, of course, and many firefighters filling in for the alexandria fire

save us, and i keep thinking he's going to believe" mar-chanti leaves - behind his wife of 24 years peggy...four children...and a 3 year old grandson, malachi. the guardsman who always put his children first...inspired his son to join the airforcc...and even swore him in. violent protests continue in kabul over the burnings of korans at a u.s. base. president obama has apologized for he burning...but it isn't stopping the violent protests there. afggan president hamid karzai is calling for calm after the shooting of two americans officers inside the country's interior ministry on saturday. so far, our u-s troops in all have been killed. in carney, joel d. smith, fox ornhtnvtigatin a3ettis e alh so saturday.ministry on country's interior officers inside the americans shooting of two after the calling for calm hamid karzai is afghan president there.violent protests isn't stopping the thinking he's goi ttoav us, and i keep thinking he's going to save us again and it's hard to believe" believe"hard to believe" believe"save us gain and it's thinking he's going to to save us, and i keep hero, h

peggy. >> a faulty furnace started spewing spewing carbon monoxide. when the little boy had to come to the hospital and when nobody at home would answer the phone, doctors here put together the mystery. >> i heard -- >> i was really scared. >> this was the scene in fort washington at around 1:00 this morning. two adults and three children are air lifted to baltimore shock trauma for treatment in a hyperbaric chamber. narrowly escaping death. >> they took atmospheric readings and discovered 450 parts per million of carbon monoxide. now anything over 5 parts per million is considered unhealthy. initially you'll start feeling flu-like symptoms. headaches, nausea, dizziness. if not removed from that environment, you will eventually die. >> the first event that saved the family was their two-year- old son, falling out of his bed at 9:30 last night. his parents thought he was having a seizure and they called 911. >> because carbon monoxide is colorless and odorless, the paramedics who came for the boy had no idea the levels were so dangerously high inside.

with us most of msnbc's "morning joe," joe scarborough, and peggy noonan, and ej dionne, and former aide to president obama who is running a super pac, bill burton. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning, a one-two punch for mitt romney. he got 39%, and second place finisher was ron paul at 36%, and here in washington the former massachusetts governor won the support of conservative activist that gathered for annual event for c-pac, and they had romney edging out santorum 38% to 31%, and that's getting a lot of attraction this morning. we will talk to rick santorum live from the campaign trail live in just moments. but first the debate over providing birth control coverage and the president's annual budget plan that will be delivered to congress tomorrow morning. with us the president's new chief of staff, formerly his budget director, jack lew. welcome to "meet the press." >> thank you, david. >> and here, religious freedom, social issues is the israel that is really taking the city by storm because of the birth control decision. within the white house there were

my name is -- >> peggy. come on. >> reporter: center service, a world away.scene from "slumdog millionaire." >> just down the road from your house, mrs. macintosh. >> reporter: in the '80s and '90s, a stunning number of american companies began outsourcing their call centers. 600,000 american jobs, evaporated. gone to the philippines. to india. where operators had to learn english. >> hi. this is sherry. >> hi. this is betty. >> hi. this is nick. >> reporter: 8,000 miles away from those call centers in india, we arrive at this one in ft. worth, texas. hi, mary. david muir. i heard you're hiring. >> oh, we are. >> reporter: at this growing call center alone, 800 american workers. they now have five centers in the u.s. and growing. how many american operators have you hired in the last year? >> about a thousand. >> reporter: what's changing the game? what we're calling about. what americans used to need are now answers we can find ourselves on the internet. a password reset. an account balance. today, the answers we can't find online are more complicated. espec

it's not about guilt, is it, peggy. it's just that he lives in a really different universe from most americans. and that's where he finds it hard. and that's why the $10,000 wager was such an issue. or i didn't make that much money on speeches. >> i have a different sort of psycho analysis which is he looks like a watch, so we project onto him the villain from "the great gatsby." but in fact, he's a jew. the mormons have an exodus story. his family has a story in which they have perpetual poverty from which they're perpetually climbing out of it. a sense of we just have to work hard and make it. and i think he has that sort of drive and immigrant experience. out of the mormon experience which he cannot talk about because it involves mormonism and polygamy. >> i want to know what he really believes. i think this is important in wo voters and their relationship to candidates. and this has always been the problem with romney. and yes, it's made into more of a cartoon because he's so handsome. he's just comically handsome i

peggy: oh... that looks wonderful! the 20s? at least. katie: that's almost heavier than you!ghing ) i would like to say a word of thanks before we enjoy this feast. recently you have taken away one of our family members, patrick. but in return, you have brought us kevin and rebecca. thank you for reuniting our family and for this delicious meal we are about to share with our grandchildren and our children. amen. amen. amen. i'd also like to say a word of thanks. i want to thank all of you for being so kind and welcoming at a time when we needed it mos before we begin eating, i would like to say that we have a very special reason for being thankful today. uncle brendan and aunt anne have agreed to let me stay and help out on the farm. kevin has decided to put up with us... ( all laughing ) so that his sister... can go back to college in san francisco. michael: hey! oh, kevin, thank you. michael: wha4 about us? give us a hug. that's great! i would like to propose a toast to our new cousins from boston to welcome them. and although i could go on and on... brendan: oh, i know tha

my name is -- >> peggy. come on. >> those maddening customer service calls from a world away. tonight, david muir on how that frustration may bring 100,000 jobs home. >>> and turning the page. harry potter's author, her surprising, new book deal. can she work her magic with grown-ups? >>> good evening. you see it, you feel it. and most of you are angry about it. gas prices, they've gone up every, single day for almost a month. 28 in a row. and with americans from coast-to-coast fed up as they fill up, president obama did what he could, today, to channel that anger. speaking out to calm fears, explain the cause, and make the case that he's not the one to blame. that may be a hard sell. and those runaway gas prices are certainly the president's political problem. tonight, our reporters tackle the issue on two fronts, with a warning from a top government watchdog who tells us that a big chunk of the pain at the pump is wall street's fault. >>> but we begin at the white house and abc's jake tapper. >> reporter:

it's listed as "king peggy." my mother's name was peggy king.terview, you request we call you nana. >> yes. >> why? >> that's the name given to our king or queen in ghana. also, you call your grandparents nana. so i prefer to be called that. >> and why a king and why not a queen? >> in ghana, mostly in african countries, the queen is the one that, you know, really relates to the children and gathers information and come and talks to the king to do some changes. then they chose me as the king because they know i have a strong personality. the king is the one that is doing all kinds of the hard work. >> so you can do both. >> you said you have a strong personality. what does that mean, nana? how does that show itself? >> well, when i say strong personality, in the sense that whenever i really set my mind on something that i want to do, i just don't waste time. i just do it. and do it right. do it the best i can. >> and the people at home like that too. things have changed in the three and a half years since you been king. it wasn't an easy transit

david recommend remnick is -- peggy noonan and christy freeman. welcome all. so if mitt romney gets the nomination, what happens to the conservative base? will it reluctantly accepted -- will it feel like a john stewart said, that's the chocolate in the chocolate box nobody ever wanted to eat but eventually they'll eat it and like it? >> they'll like it. you know, when obama ran against clinton, you could get polls saying 40% of democrats wouldn't support the other. that all vanishes. that's always going to vanish. i think what the tea party people should be asking ourselves, we had this -- >> you say ourselves. you mean -- >> they should be asking themselves. thank you. >> on the show you're not to out yourself as a tea partier. >> i have always been partial. it's been obvious. and they should say, lisp, we have all this energy, all these ideas, we have mowed by so many people, and we produce mitt romney. why couldn't they produce a leader? why couldn't they really change the party? if romney wins, the head of the republican party, the most -- three most impo

it's listed as king peggy. my mother's name was peggy king.picture. you request we call you nana because? >> it's the a name given to the name of a king or queen in ghana. you can call your grandparents nana. i always prefer to be called nana since i'm a king. >> got it. >> and why a king and why not a queen? >> in ghana, mostly in african countries, the queen is the one that really relates to the children and gather information and come and talk to the kipg to do some changes. and then they chose me as a king because i have a strong person amount. the king does all the -- all kind of the hard work for the tribe. >> you can do both? you said you have a strong personality. what does that mean, nana? how do that show itself, a strong personality? >> when i say strong person amount, in the sense that whenever i really set my mind on something that i want to do it, i just do it. and do it right. >> i like it. >> do it the best i can. >> the people at home like that too. things have changed in the 3 1/2 years since you've been king. it wasn't an ea

and as peggy fox reports, albo's sexually charged speech was the stimulous for the woman strike force pack. >> in a picture of a bill that has albo on it. >> dave albo's story about not having sex with his wife went viral over the weekend. >> the very next scene was a gentleman from alexandria going -- >> after they caught a clip about the transvaginal ultrasound bill, his wife was suddenly not in the mood. >> the show is over and she looks at me and she goes, i got to go to bed. >> both sides of the aisle found it funny, it pushed a group of women into action. >> i was angry about it. >> fairfax station activist, rebecca gellar helped create the pack that will get candidates that voted for the personhood bill. >> help these candidates, train them, and take over these seats. we want to defeat the people who supported these crazy bills. >> he's the one who forged a compromise. >> all what was said and they don't know that i was the guy who fixed it. >> gellar says the bill as it is diminishes women's rights. rebecca has an impressive group of women leading the pack. seven former women

i'm peggy fox, reporting on the pump patrol. back to you. >> you can always find the best gas prices in your own neighborhood at wusa9.com. just click on pump patrol. lesli? >> okay. well. i'm suppose to be telling you about this mild winter. you know what, i'm just going to talk to kristin. she's going to talk to us more about the fabulous weather that she got a chance to be out in all day. kristin, take it away. >> reporter: i'm kristin fisher on the basin where washington residents are enjoying the 70- degree weather in the middle of winter. it's february, what are you doing with your shirt off? >> it's crazy. we try to take advantage of the weather. just look at it. it's beautiful. it couldn't get any better. >> reporter: while most people love the warm spell, the organizers of the cherry blossom festivals are starting to sweat. >> what we have seen in the last month to six weeks is sort of a ping-pong event of the temperatures. >> reporter: it's 70 degrees today, but it's forecast to be freezing this weekend. the back and f

peggy fox has the incredible chain of events that led to their rescue. >> my family, you know, six of them. >> this was the scene in fort washington at around 1:00 this morning. two adults and three children are air lifted to baltimore shock trauma for treatment in a hyperbaric chamber. narrowly escaping death from carbon monoxide poisoning. >> they took readings and discovered 450 parts per million of carbon monoxide. now anything over five parts per million is considered unhealthy. initially you'll start feeling flu-like symptoms. headaches, nausea, dizziness, and if not removed from that environment, you will eventually die. >> the first event that saved the family was their two-year- old son, falling out of his bed at 9:30 last night. his parents thought he was having a seizure and they called 911. >> because carbon monoxide is colorless and odorless, the paramedic who's came for the boy had no idea the levels were so dangerously high inside. it wasn't until three hours later when the doctor at children's figured it out. as we discovered other family members were not responding, i

as peggy fox reports, it all started when one car hit a deer. >> i couldn't stop bleeding. >> reporter: juan delgado had no idea what hit him as drove this xterra saturday night. he soon learned a prius had hit a deer coming the other way had crashed into the windshield. a leg slashed juan's forehead, but he's the lucky one. his best friend and wife's cousin 26-year-old rodolfo villatoro who was in the passenger seat was not moving. >> they pulled him out of the car and start cpr were. >> reporter: because rodolfo showed no signs of life no helicopter was sent juan says. >> he was such a nice friend to have. any time i used to go anywhere he would go with me. >> reporter: rodolfo immigrated from guatemala five years ago and has been living with juan and his family since. in addition to working two maintenance jobs, he also helps take care of juan's children. rodolfo's mother also lives with them. marta villatoro said her son was a good boy and his death is enormously painful. the accident happened on route 9 west of leesburg on their way to the charlestown racetrack when the deer came

>> reporter: i'm peggy fox in leesburg. a waterford couple was summoned to court this morning. they'll be on trial next month because their children were excessively late to school. >> i don't think it's appropriate for the county to basically make up laws and then try to enforce them in order to intimidate or bully parents into compliance. >> we're not trying to punish children here. that's the last thing we want to do. i think we wanted to work out with the parent how can we alleviate this problem because obviously if you're late 30 times in half a year, that's a problem. >> reporter: the dennicor children have been tardy about 30 times this year. last year one was tardy 68 times, but mark dennicor, a lawyer who represents himself, says the statute doesn't apply to tardiness. >> the statutes in virginia are for basically truancy and for kids that are skipping school without their parents' knowledge and that's not our situation. we know exactly where they are. they're in our car and we're trying to get them there. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now. >> coming up at 7:00 tonigh

so it is up to us to pass on his stories. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now. >>> more details abouthe final days of pop diva whitney houston's life are coming to light as the planning is still underway for her private funeral and burial. shelby lynn has the latest. >> reporter: whitney houston's behavior the days before she died has become a focus of the investigation into her death last saturday. the singer was partying at the bar of her beverly hills hotel the night before her death according to a source close to the investigation. investigators requested surveillance recordings. houston was seen drinking considerable amounts of alcohol in the hotel last wednesday and thursday morning according to a source familiar with her activity at the time. the source says other guests expressed concern about her erratic behavior. the source also says on the morning of the day houston died she was seen drinking at the pool. witnesses said her behavior did not appear erratic. houston's cause of death is not expected to be revealed until toxicology tests are complete which could take weeks. mea

i'm peggy fox.ing up, i'll tell you what it's all about. >> but up next, president obama's new budget plan is under fire. we'll break it all down when we come back. >>> president obama delivered his 2013 budget plan. the $3.8 trillion spending plan cuts to military and domestic spending. and the renewed plea for tax hikes todd very wealthy. at $350 billion to stimulate job growth. but the forecasted $901 billion deficit does fall short of the president's goal of cutting the deficit in half by the end of his first term and the republicans already say the cuts in the president's proposal just don't go far enough. >>> president obama unveiled that budget proposal at the campus of the northern virginia community college today. >> plan would create an $8 billion fund to help connect community college students with businesses looking to hire workers for high growth industries. >> here in american, we have the best workers and some of the fastest growing companies in the world. there's no reason we can't c

i'm peggy fox. coming up, we'll talk to one abortion care provider for some answers. 9news now is sponsored in part by nissan. choose nissan.com. >>> updating our top story. the abortion debate is heating up in virginia. late this afternoon, governor bob mcdonnell backed off supporting a controversial bill that would force women seeking an abortion to have an invasive ultrasound. he called for an amendment so that women would not be forced to undergo that kind of procedure. that bill was amended and has passed the house of delegates. now headed to the senate. that is just one of three bills being debated in virginia that opponents claim would infringe on women's reproductive rights. give unborn children at every stage of development the same rights as any other person. that is what is known as the personhood bill and the other would draw abortions of abnormal pregnancies. anita. >> lesli, as you know, people around the nation are watching this. but what do these bills mean for the women who live in