probably the most famous is sigh rick mccormick. he was the inventor of the reaper.rew up hearing these stories that it's very important to protect your idea because if you don't, someone will steal it. >> 20 years after filing her first copyright, lolita was inspired to paint on a martina glass after "sex and the city" made martini's famous. she copied the design for that famous glass as well as every one she's created since. almost 700 copyrights later she knows better than anyone how simple the process is. >> you can do it online. $30 for copyrights. all you have to do is attach an image, written work, it's just a matter of filling out your name and address and sending in a foetd with whatever it is you're trying to copyright and usually within one to four weeks you get a certificate back in the mail. it's very simple. >> and if someone does try to copy you, you can file suit and get up to $30,000 if someone is copying you. >> copyrights are ones that i use. trademarks is different. lolita, my brand, is different, it's trademarked. its protects brand names, slogan

. >> and joining us our political panel rick klein mccormick and chief political correspondent byronork. first to you? >> well, after criticizing the press, he admitted to having been wrong about the optics of it but he never dealt with the substance of it. >> you mean that he says it didn't look good. he didn't say he shouldn't have done it. >> exactly. it didn't look good and the press really kind of ruined my vacation anyway. i wish i could get a vacation from them. and i know it looks bad but i mean he never really dealt with the idea that he was coming out. he was making this statement and then he went off and had a great dime playing golf. maybe he should have skipped it that day. >> take a six hour break? that smile i think alonzo morning how can you go -- i mean, who who was right after watching that video for like a day? >> the high fiving, it did look really bad. it looked bad because it was bad. >> byron is exactly right. he never expressed actual regret. in general, i think the president should take break and get out on the golf course every now and then. at times there a

"action news" reporter annie mccormick is outside of boardwalk hall. >> reporter: hey rick, the countdown is on for sunday night's big show and the contest ans are working hard all week and they have final preparations. look at this video from the past week, the second year that the show is back where it all began at boardwalk hall, this is a tradition since 1921, now, our three girls, miss new jersey, miss delaware and miss pennsylvania are all getting cheers in the tri-state area, they wrapped up a week of preliminaries, and now she will receive a 2,000 dollar scholarship for her singing performance. sunday is the big night. back out here live, lightning we said today is full of rehearsals for the televised show, they have to learn dance numbers and where to stand and the 1.3 mile walk here on the boards, half of the proceed goes to the childrens miracle network hospital. we have three beautiful ladies waiting for us right now, we'll talk to the local three contestants, new jersey, delaware and pennsylvania, and have everything they are thinking and the last minute jitters they might ha