. >> sasha's mother says she is a happy go lucky friendly kid. cheating, they talk about honesty all the time. >> they have to be very honest with not only yourself but your friends and your family. >> so what are your predictions for what might happen today? >> i hope he does the rig thing. >> did you see that katie perry died her hair blonde? >> emma says her daughter is a smart student. she remembers what happened back in elementary school when a classmate tried to copy emma's work. did she tell the cheaters at that time? >> she did. >> did she tell the teher? >> she did. >> how do you think she'll react when cheating starts happening around her? >> i think she'll be really stressed and nervous. >> and while her mom thinks she will resist the temptation to cheat, she admits she's not sure. >> kids act differently when they're not with their moms. >> thank you so much for coming today. >> sasha, gianna and emma think they're here to be tested on pop culture. a dry run our producer tells them for a game show nbc is developing. >> we need your he

>> ritmo de mariachi abrimos la semana, este lunes seÑores ya es 9 de abril del aÑo 2012 y nuestra sasha yo te quiero dar un besito y un abrazo. >> ahÍ estÁs personalmente desearte un cumpleaÑos. >> para su paÍs y ver en su familia como que pasa >> gracias por el pastel y todo. >> oye, me encanta que viniste cargada de delicias hondureÑas. ¿quÉ es? >> son de semitas de yema y tambiÉn hay de arroz, unas que conocemos como empanadas. >> ¿cÓmo se llaman estas? >> son las tustacas hondureÑas son de maÍz. >> ¿saben a quiÉn le gustarÍa esa? >> a poncho. >> les mandamos saludos. vamos a ver si te guardamos compadre. >> tamales de frijoles. >> tienen otra variedad muchachos. >> ¿de frijoles? >> como a ti te gustan >> lo pensaba que los hice yo. >> sÍ, mira, que deliciosa, quiÉn los hizo <.> >> sÓlo la masa es muy parecida. tienen frijoles fristos. >> ¿le puedo meter un mordisco? >> sÍ. >> mientras tanto. >> oigan en "despierta amÉrica" tenemos una pregunta para comenzar el prarl, ograma. es Á prefiero que la hagan ella. >> adelante carla. >> hemos hablado entre nosotras sobre la in feufidelidad.

and sasha gong, director of the china branch at voice of america. born in china, she was jailed for a year during the 1970s for participating in political protest. sasha gong, i want to start by asking you, some people are comparing this to the movie, the shaw shank redemption and apparently those words are being banned on the chinese version of twitter today. how did this happen, how did chen escape? >> well, this is indeed more interesting story. and what we got the reporters that actually, he planned for, planned the whole event for a few months, and he pretended to be sick or something like that, just to loosen up the -- he had dozens of guards guarding outside, and he calculated the time of the guards going out to get water and coming back, that's 10 seconds. he used that 10 seconds to somehow to cross the big wall. >> ifill: he couldn't see where he was going? >> yeah, he's blind. and we actually talked to the people who took him out who drove him out is that he was injured and he was in not very good condition, but he managed to escape. >> if

sasha.os sujetos exigieron dinero y pastillas y tomaron rehenes uno de los d delcuens sdisparÓ a la policÍa y huyoierta icaivisio e >> el video del dÍa de hoy muchachos los dejarÁ con los pelos de punta ahÍ estÁicaunivÉ muchacho que se saleision@@despm avioneta que estÁ en el aire, se acerca y se acomoda en una de @@ las alas y miren lo que estÁ haciÉndose va a colgarericauniv todo en el aire es impresionante. ahÍ lo vemos como se empieza acomodarn se va a sostener de una de las alas de la avioneta y la avioneta harÁ una maniobra extraÑa, miren lo que harÁ. >> lan avioneta empieza a girar impresiÓn se cayo. >> la gente estÁ muy loca o tiene mucho dinero o no tiene que hacer quiere vivir la vida intensamente como se sale de esa avioneta lo impresionante que ves el video se cayÓ y lo hace a propÓsito porque se ha lanzado al vacÍo, yo le pregunto a usted en casa. ¿usted piensa que este hombre estÁ en s 5 sentidos? >> que impresionante video. >> mira algo mal. >> te iba a poner los pelos de punt

buenos dÍas para mi compadre que nos acompaÑa, poncho se sigue recuperando gracias a dios, nuestra sashaijo chiqui maÑana comienza el mes de maÑana y con ello la gran celebraciÓn de nuestro 15 nifrs r aniversario, le damos la bienvenida a usted porque es el ma dru ga dor fiel >>> hoy vamos hacer nuestra primera llamada no salga de casita, deje la tele prendida, estÉ pendiente porque usted puede ser nuestro primer llamado, gracias >>> mientras esperamos esa llamada seÑores, me voy a mi escritorio de noticias porque tenemos mucha informaciÓn para usted, porque quien tiene la informaciÓn tiene poder >>> te veo poderosa, sasha >>> cuenten me quÉ han hecho muchachos >>> hemos tenido uno video del dÍa maravilloso, hemos estado comentando lo que comenta la gente, hemos estado preparando la fiesta a un rers vniversario >>> tuvimos terremoto, jackie guerrido >>> quÉ le habrÁn hecho >>> una cosa quÉ bueno. >>> le mando un beso a mÍ , jackie >>> un dÍa me despertÉ carla que no se me veÍan los ojos, que habÍa amanecido hinchada ji s, sigue con la alergia >>> vamos con nuestra sasha preto, ella de ro

contamos algunos datos in ica despierta americaunivision@@deÉ >>> la verdad me gusta mucho como viste sashao quÉ te vas a poner para vernos igual de guapas >>> tan linda >>> tenemos como 3 dÍas, con los mismos tonos >>> a parte, estamos comÚn canis >>> para que te veas distintas >>> de rojo con cariÑo >>> asÍ estÁ de rojo >>> muchachos quiero comentarles a todos ustedes, nosotros estamos preparando junto al equipo de producciÓn una gran fiesta, una gran rumba de celebraciÓn de los 15 aÑos de "despierta amÉrica ". (gritos) (aplausos) >>> y quiero que sepan que el reventÓn que estamos haciendo lo estamos haciendo por y para ustedes, no se imaginan quÉ estamos preparando y la gran cantidad de cosas que vamosion@n conocido gente ¿se debe ser amigo del ex de su pareja? invite a escribirnos, (risas) >>> es duro eso eh (risas) >>> yo creo que no, bueno. (risas) >>> yo mira la gente que puedo, yo no puedo, yo no puedo >>> llegan a la casa y se visitan >>> el esposo y la esposa nueva se sienta la ex esposa y entre ellas se hacen mejores amiga js con el esposo nuevo tamÉs js con el esposo nuevo tambi

the president, first lady, sasha, and malia attended easter services at st.'s episcopal church just across lafayette park and the white house. about the same time, pope benedict xvi delivered his easter mass. the pope prayed for a renewed peace effort in the middle east, specifically an end to the violence in syria. >>> and this week, a grand jury hearing involving the trayvon martin shooting death is scheduled for tuesday in florida. shooter george zimmerman's attorneys were scheduled to join me right here in the newsroom during this newscast, but were no-shows. we're not show why zimmerman's attorneys committed to an interview at this time, wbut hae not followed through, but of course we continue to extend an invitation. i'll be back in one hour with a full hour of politics. on our political radar this week, the power of women at the ballot box. new poll numbers suggest who they'll vote for and why. i'm fredricka whitfield. stay with cnn. "your $$$$$" starts right after this. well, in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, thr

>> ritmo de mariachi abrimos la semana, este lunes seÑores ya es 9 de abril del aÑo 2012 y nuestra sashaa regresÓ. >> olvidarse. >> yo te quiero dar un besito y un abrazo. >> ahÍ estÁs personalmente desearte un cumpleaÑos. >> para su paÍs y ver en su familia como que pasa >> gracias por el pastel y todo. >> oye, me encanta que viniste cargada de delicias hondureÑas. ¿quÉ es? >> son de semitas de yema y tambiÉn hay de arroz, unas que conocemos como empanadas. >> ¿cÓmo se llaman estas? >>despieamericuniv sonn@@despie >> oigan en "despierta amÉrica" tenemos una pregunta para comenzar el prarl, ograma. es Á prefiero que la hagan ella. >>ion adelante carla. >> hemos hablado entre nosotras sobre la in feufidelidad. >> ¿por quÉ las mujeres piensa que son infiel joes? >> por quÉ piensa que decide buscar alguien fuera de su casa >> no lo quiere comprometerse >> asÍ me gusta. >> es una buena salida. >> yo quiero que todas los pres presidentas ejecutivas se den rienda suelta a la imaginaciÓn y piensen en casos cercanos. >> ¿por quÉ piensas que una mujer es infiel? >> pienso que lo que no consiguen

no voy a dar noticias >>> mientras sasha se prepara para dar su vals, digo para dar noticias, les tengoebe ser amigo del ex de su pareja? invite a escribirnos, (risas) >>> es duro eso eh (risas) >>> yo creo que no, bueno. (risas) >>> yo mira la gente que puedo, yo no puedo, yo nouedo >>> llegan a la casa y se visitan >>> el esposo y la esposa nueva se sienta la ex esposa y entre ellas se hacen mejores amiga js con el esposo nuevo tamÉs js con el esposo nuevo tambiÉn. > js con el esposo nuevo tambiÉn. >>>con el esposo nuevo tambiÉn. >>> no >>> yo conozco a una persona, que se llegÓ a ser tan amiga de la ex mujer y la llegÓ a ser madrina de su hijo >>> yo tengo un amigo que su mejor amigo es el actual esposo de su ex mujer, y Éste no te ha hecho esto >>> debe ser la pregunta. >>> a parte de imaginarte cÓmo habrÁ sido la vida de ellos dos juntos >>> tampoco no llegar ahÍ. mejor vamos a las anoticia, per vamos a informarnos es el tema de hoy, muy uinteresante, sasha hasidomiga de uno de sus ex. >>> definitivamente no, a mÍ se me harÍa imposible, pero queremos saber quÉ piensa usted en sus h

even when we were supposed to be saving for malia and sasha.ntil eight years ago. >> jimmy: what? >> eight years ago. and now i'm president of the united states. it worked out for us. but -- >> jimmy: i remember the day when -- you -- it will happen, you will pay off these loans eventually. when that day happens, it's a magical day. >> it's like finding money in the couch. i have all this extra cash. but it's especially important for young people today, because a lot of them, when they come out, they may have to defer buying a house. they may put off getting married, they may put off starting a business, they may have a great idea, but because of this loan burden it's a real challenge. what we've done, it used to be banks, where the middlemen on student loan program. we cut out the middleman, that's how we were with able to raise pell grants and give young people more support. now, the thing we're really concerned about is congress potentially doubling the student interest rates on student loans, which is not a good time to do it. especially wh

that changed when sasha took a shot at it. sasha, you are very brave to come on tonight.ried out today for the squad. so how'd you do? >> well, i didn't make the cut, but let me tell you, these girls are really good at what they do. i mean, they've been dancing since they were 3 years old and they're so professional. i mean, i have the energy, but the whole structure of the moves and stuff, that really takes something. >> so you're not disappointed then that you didn't make it? >> i'm not disappointed because i didn't try out to become a broncos cheerleader. i really took this on as a project to really get -- prove a point to my students at uzeki that you can accomplish your dreams. you can -- don't be afraid to express yourself and go after the things you want and just, you know, keep trying and never give up and that's what i really did here and it was my point of doing it. >> what if you had made it, what would you have done? >> if i was what? >> if you had made it, what would you have done, if you had made the squad? >> oh, man, i would have danced my life away, man.

hampshire hasta la florida, irÓnicamente es la semana de conciencia contra los incendios forestales, sashalamente estaba disponible en productos apple. >> 30%, 30 del trÁfico que se genera en la red cibernÉtica estÁ destinada a la fono agraagraf pornografÍa, recibe casi 4.000 millones de visitas. mÁs visitas a las pÁginas de cnn y espn. >> las redes sociales como facebook y buscadors como goo e google. >> no precisamente por su descubrimiento cientÍfico, segundo el abogado britÁnico, david g. descubriÓ por fin su padre que el biolÓgico que en los aÑos 40 habÍa fundado junto a su esposa una clÍnica de fertilizaciÓn que le dio cerca de 600 hijos de donar su esperma para embarazos de inseminaciÓn, muriÓ en 1972 aos 70 aÑos. >> en busquÉ de soluciones al problema de los daÑos. en el moderno hoteles. totalmente verde eles para proteger a la ecosistema. >> para planesara construir mÁs hoteles nos vamos todos. me gustarÍa comer mucho civevichceo se imagina y la carnales encanta y vamos a conocer porcina y chile mayor. >> no sÉ. claro que sÍ que estÉ completamente. en la fuente. en la fuente porci

asÍ es sasha y me llamo "chiqui" g.aja presiÓn mantiene temperaturas como la siguiente. sonÓ como jackie guerrido. en los Ángeles 65 grados, san francisco, nubosidad, 59 seattle, 57 y vamos a ver el otro lado de la naciÓn, en nueva york pero allÁ estÁ mi hija. mucho sol washington. >> tampa 82 y miami hay sol pero con un poquito de nubosidad esÁa con 85 grados. >> asÍ que ya sabe, salga bien preparado paraguas en mano y estÁ variada la temperatura y seguimos con mÁs muchachos. >> muy bien "chiqui" me gusta. >> pero me encanta porque mira, que calor dicen esto. >> que bajas presiones levantaste >> altas presiones y bajas presiones porque la costa oeste estÁ para aca para ustedes en la casita pero para nosros estÁ aqui al revÉs, complicado. >> oigan muchachos nos vamos directamente hasta la capital mexicana. nos tiene todos los detalles de la lamentable muerte del actor julio alemÁn. buenos dÍas pilar cuÉntanos ¿cÓ estÁs? >> buenos dÍas chicos, pues si, lamentablemente saludarlos y con esta mala noticia del fallecimiento

estamos listos para saber que nos depara el martes el estadio del tiempo adelante paola >> gracias sashasobre todo en la costa atlÁntica, imagenes como estas que tenemos a continuaciÓn, estas son del estado de connecticut en donde los bomberos siguen lidiando. que no solamente afectan parte del noreste les cuento que esta es la Época clodespierta america u las brisas fuertes que se ionde en el estado de goeorge, inclus en el sur, algunos incendio que han estado registrando, tambiÉn han sido afectados por estos incendios amigos algunos chubascos se han estado moviendo por el Área de texas, se estara moviendo algunas Áreas de tormentas y en arkansaarkansas, entretanto veremos las posibilidades de chubascos hasta el centro y sur de california un sistema frontal estarÁ invadiendo con precipitaciones. cielos nublados para los Ángeles asÍ que la costa atlÁntica tambiÉn con posibilidad de precipitaciones tiempo bastante soleado y muchÍsimo mÁs calido como ven para las rocosas y temperaturas mÁs agradables alta presiÓn sobre esta region y ahora se mueve como les mencionaba para el noreste del pa

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i want to know whether malia and sasha would get regular education in a d.c.ol. >> if i wanted to find a great public school for malia and sasha we could probably maneuver to do it. >> john: apparently he did not want to do it. he sends them to the same vice president kids's. tuition, $32,000 a year. >> you went to private school? >> that's correct, i graduated from catholic high school. >> he is head of the newark teachers union. at this meeting. when the chairman said he used up speaking time he demanded more. saying my union contract mandates seven more minutes than i got. >>> this stupid union contract is why the kids suffer. your union is the problem? >> i think you know better than that. >> he opposes letting kids to allow them to attend charter schools. >> over my dead body they are going to come to it. i'm going to be there and physically -- there are certain things that don't mix, oil and water. >> john: there is no room. >> no. >> john: he says charters favor rich kids but newark public schools spend almost $400,000 per classroom. charters get less.

. >>> ahora sÍ >>> nos vamos a i a donde nos gusta, sasha a nueva york para ver las ventanas hermosasquÍ estÁ un mucho que te rmite realizar una manera interactiva un paseo por el mundo de la tecnogÍa >>> a veces los niÑos no tiene tlaund der a otros lugares, y como somos gratis, vienen aquvÍ >>> ellos reciben una tarjeta, en la tarjeta van a personalar su visita, van ap n poner su nombre, ponen su fo, escoger su mÚsica favorita y su color >>> me gustan cuando las mÁquinas me reconozcen >>> las tarjetas, permiten recorrer los 4 pisos del museo >>> el mÁs emocionante la exhibiciÓn (nombre en inglÉs) y los niÑos se puede convertir en una caricatura y bailar? cada esciÓn mounstra diferentes aspectos de launstra diferentes aspectos de la tecnologÍa. >>> me ha encantado el robot > claro, hasta que sentÍ que mi acompaÑante, me quitÓ el trabajo. (hablan en inglÉs) >>> si no eres muy dado a la tecnologÍa, este es el lugar ideal para obtener un mejor conocimiento de esta ciencia moderna que cada dÍa se nos hace mÁs negociaciÓn >>>. ay! nal ellos reciben su certificado con su nombre. nuch fluch

estamos listos para comenzar la maÑana estas 4 horas de informaciÓn de entretenimiento y para eso estÁ sashae george zimmerman confinado a una celda solitaria. por asesinato en segun grado. >> zimmerman que lleva semanas apareciendo en pantallas idea rÍos en el pais y estÁ alejado del resto de los reclusos, antes de quedar entre rejas comprÓ en la comisarÍa articulos de aseo y dulces. nos hablan del futuro del vigilante voluntario. >> despÉs de haber visto su fotografÍa en caras, vimos por primera vez a zimmerm de cuer presente. entrÓ a la corte esposado. el juez le presentÓ formalmente el cargo de asesino en segundo grado. durÓ pocos minutos y solamente se le escuchÓ la voz en dos oportunidades una vez cuando le dijeron si estaba siendo representado por su abogado. >> le dijo que habÍa recibido la investigaciÓn de la fiscalÍa y la contundente declaraciÓn segÚn expertos legales contradice la versiÓn dada por zimmerman el dÍa que matÓ a tiros a trayvon martin. >> no creo que Él matÓ a mi hijo por accidente, fue liberado, saliÓ con la intencion de matar a mi hijo y lo matÓ como un animal. >> s

." >> sasha joins the conversation with the cheaters.ch what sasha does now. >> oh, my gosh. >> like he was the one only. >> then our actress pretends to discover the cheat sheet we planted. >> oh, these are all the answers. >> and instead of protesting, sasha appears to be celebrating the group's good fortune. >> oh. >> i'm very uncomfortable about it. but, he'll learn from this experiment, that's for sure. >> as the teacher comes in to say what they did is typical for kids their age. >> you are not in trouble. okay? so everyone take a deep breath. >> well, sasha and all the other kids we tested obviously good kids, and they just got caught up in the moment. what we saw from our testing, what research shows us, it's not that the kids are more dishonest these days, rather they are feeling more pressure than ever to get good grades. this say tall order for parents, when schools and parents relax about grades and they focus more on the learning and less about the grades, carl, then studies show the cheating goes down. >> it's a great serie

. >> say hello to sasha. >> big mama. she's all about bringing her mama to the white house.i, big mama. >> getting everybody there. when you think about the holidays and you have to think about the family, are you friewgal, are you a big spender? >> i'm old school. why do you have that alarm clock plugged in. i try to be friewgal without being cheap, but there's a fine line. i'm a giver. i don't expect anything. i'm not preaching, but i believe in my faith in god blesses he. what goes around comes around. i try to give as much as i can to people. i know it will come back to me. that's how my career has been. >> i know you mentioned the show. this has been a vision of yours for a while. what else do you want to do? >> my passion is acting. i said people don't know that my first love is acting. i do comedy because i feel it comes natural. it's a gift from god, but i started off at 19 in a theatrical setting where i did a play called mr. jones. six week play, this is called humanithumility. i had no lines. thethen i ended up playing lead role at the last matinee on sunday. now

. >> ama: the first lady, who attended the event, wish sasha and malia, flew to los angeles afterwards for the nick -- nickelodeon kid's choice awards. >>> ahead, the departments that may be targeted as a company undergoes a strategic change. >>> five spots in the bay area prove lucky for lotto players, though the tickets that won the big jackpot were sold in other states. >> ya yahoo bay me gearing up for layoffs next week. the new ceo is preparing for major restructuring of the company. the divisions include products, public relations, marketing and research, but not media. earlier this month yahoo said leadership was working on changes. >>> cal osha is investigating a possible carbon dioxide leak at ghiringhelli company. it was caused by a leak from an external carbon dioxide tank. one person was considered in serious condition and was released from the hospital last night. >>> the new price tag for the high speed rail is just over $8 billion. over $30 billion than a highly criticized draft last fall. officials will have the details on monday. the first full section of track would s

sasha cohen plays a reporter from kazakhstan. >> my government send me to usa to make a movie film. >zakhstan banned the movie because of how it mocked the country. the kazakh government changed their mind? >> they said just this week, we thank you borat because tourism has increased ten-fold. in fact the foreign minister said the following. he said with the release of this film, the number of visas issued by kazakhstan, with the release of this film, the numbprelimina. >> they had that so situation that huge embarrassing situation with the wrong anthem with the sporting event. >> we had the olympic event in march of this year, they played the borat version of the anthem. there it is, let's take a look. ♪ >> it was the athlete herself. we are kazakhstan proud of our prostitution. but it has been rectified. that is not going to happen again. >> if kazakhstan benefits, there must be some other movies that benefit when movies are done? >> don't you want to go to the rainiest city in the country and and you might see a werewolf or a vamp pyre. you can go to 150 different places in new zea

sasha cohen plays a reporter from kazakhstan. >> my government send me to usa to make a movie film. >zakhstan banned the movie because of how it mocked the country. the kazakh government changed their mind? >> they said just this week, we thank you borat because tourism has increased ten-fold. in fact the foreign minister said the following. he said with the release of this film, the number of visas issued by kazakhstan, with the release of this film, the numbprelimina. >> they had that so situation that huge embarrassing situation with the wrong anthem with the sporting event. >> we had the olympic event in march of this year, they played the borat version of the anthem. there it is, let's take a look. ♪ >> it was the athlete herself. we are kazakhstan proud of our prostitution. but it has been rectified. that is not going to happen again. >> if kazakhstan benefits, there must be some other movies that benefit when movies are done? >> don't you want to go to the rainiest city in the country and and you might see a werewolf or a vamp pyre. you can go to 150 different places in new zea

. >> sasha and nick are often sent to situations like this.paramedics for more than 10 years, so this is routine. this can be a tough job in zero again sometime the nighttime calls make them uneasy. -- this can be a tough job in zurich. >> you had out feeling nervous. will we be attacked? is the situation under control? >> footage of an earlier call of a knife fight downside of a club. police are there and several people have serious knife wounds. the mood is tense. it is a situation in which they are increasingly becoming a target of abuse and violence. sometimes they are even attacked by the people they're trying to help. >> he grabbed me by the colleran pulled me down and scream. i defended myself, and i was able to get his hands off me. >> quite often, drugs are involved and usually is a wild mix of different substances. many of the injured do not just have control over themselves anymore. >> most of the people we see to react in such an uncontrolled and unruly manner are the ones who consume both alcohol and drugs. it used to be opiates a

first lady michelle and daughters sasha and malia joined in reading "where the wild things are" to kids. the harlem globetrotters joined in and thousands joined in on the festivities. a little pressure for the president. harlem globe trotters chose some serious moves. >> reading "where the wild things are." >> a favorite of your kids too. >> a favorite of mine in there you go. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today." just your first stop for the day today on your nbc station. >>> what better place to participate in the world's coolest race than the north pole. 40 contestants braved icy terrain for the 26.2-mile run. the course was icy, but they did bundle up in plenty of layers. that came in handy as temperatures dropped as low as negative 14 degrees fahrenheit. and for onlookers, there were indoor refreshments provided. so you could get a little escape from the cold. >>> one zoo in japan has some alluring animal attractions for the spring season. a pair of newborns joined the zoo's family of kappa barras, the world's largest rodents. four days ago the babies have quickly risen to sta

especially because when we had malia and sasha we were supposed to save up for their college education and we are paying off our college education. >> president obama says that college education must become more affordable for all american students. but get this, one month from now student loan interest rates will double. from 3.4% to 6.4%. a move the white house estimates will impact seven million families. so, mr. obama visited three universities this week. the university of north carolina, the university of colorado, and the university of iowa. all in an effort to gain the attention of young voters and their parents before the 2012 presidential election six months from now. private universities have raised their tuition over months from now. by 29%. that is private universities. they charge board and division for a b.a. degree. and public universities funded by state tax dollars have seen their divisions rise in the last decade by 72% nearly doubling in ten years a b.a. degree. so, mr. obama has unvailed a plan to make college more affordable through loans administrated by the u.s.

and revealing why she does not want sasha and malia copying her style. >>> her weekend of paris with posh pals. all just hours before her companion with the toy gun, landed her on front pages around the world. >>> vertigo for a minute. >> we parachuted in today. >> how was your day yesterday? it felt like summer around here. people at the beach, in the middle of april. and sam is tracking the latest on the heat. >> everybody was outside yesterday. we have an abc news exclusive. diane sawyer spoke to mitt and ann romney. the governor has some fighting words for the president. polls have romney and the president in a dead heat. and he gave the first details for a search for the running mate. it has begun. >>> and it's the book that a lot of people have been talking about and reading on vacation and stuff like that. now, the writer behind the smash hit "fifty shades of gray." it's not late enough in the morning to give a book report on that. >> your research is thorough and comprehensive. >> i have to have a better understanding. >> always well-prepared. >>> plus, speaking of hot and bo

ryan seacrest will be live in studio to talk about his future and his recent red carpet run-in with sashaaron cohen. >>> keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today, on your nbc station. have a good one.

once we had maleah and sasha, we're trying to save for their college education even as we're paying off own college education. so this is personal. this is at the heart of who we are. we have to make college more affordable for more young people. we can't put the middle class at a disadvantage. we can't price out folks who are trying to make sure that they not only succeed for themselves but help the country succeed. we can't price the middle class out of a college education. we can't do it. especially when most new jobs in america will require more than a high school diploma. higher education, whether it is a four-year institution or a two-year president obama aat a community college, it can't be a luxury. it is an economic imperative every family in america should be able to afford. before i came out here, i had a chance to meet not just with blake but with a number of other students and we had a round table, and the stories they told me were so familiar. one young man, single mom, lost her job, he was already about $30,000 in debt. he was only halfway through here at university of io

sasha joins me now.teresting, perceived contrasts between republicans and democ t democrats i want to get them up. republicans are neat freaks versus democrat whose have sloppy. republicans are law and order based where the democrats are live and let live in terms of friendship, republicans, loyal to only a few whereas the democrats have friends from all walks of life. socially, republicans being more cautious, being more reserved, democrats are talkative and outgoing. first glance those seem to be well-defined stereotypes. you say psychologists believe they're grounded in reality. how so and why. >> well, we're starting to find that what we think of as ideology is often highly tied to personality traits, like some of the ones you were describing. increasingly psychologists, biologists are finding those personality traits are manifested early in life, children who are observed by psychologists playing at ages of 1, 2, 3, before the line of which liberalism or conservatives is available to them are manife

especially because when we had malia and sasha, we're supposed to be saving up for their college educations, and we're still paying off our college educations. >> the president earlier today in north carolina. nbc's john yang has more tonight about how hard it's become to pay for college. >> carried over into the second half -- >> reporter: college graduation season is right around the corner, and for millions of students, the joy of achievement can be accompanied by dread. consider the average senior, she'll leave college this spring with a diploma and student loans totalling more than $24,000. a new life with old debts. at new york university, some students owe even more. >> i'll be facing 80 grand worth of debt when i leave. >> looking at close to a quarter million. >> it will be quite a bit, about 250,000. >> reporter: those burdens could soon grow. on july 1st, the interest rate on a popular government subsidized loan program, called stafford loans, is set to double to 6.8% unless congress acts. nearly 7.5 million students have stafford loans, averaging $11,000 each. the higher rate wo

and we noticed an interesting small detail on the tax returns, sasha obama's full given name is actually natasha. >>> we're learning more about the spending scandal at the general services administration. the agency that is supposed to be in charge of purchasing, keeping the government going, and managing government costs. in addition to a lavish taxpayer financed trip to las vegas, we learned today about a second conference, this one for gsa interns flown in from around the country to palm springs, california. ahead of a congressional hearing on the matter scheduled to start monday, the gsa inspector general has referred some of his findings to the u.s. justice department which could lead to a criminal investigation. >>> now to the news that was just breaking as we were on the air here last night, the launch of the long-range rocket by north korea despite near universal warnings not to do it. the launch failed over the ocean. a huge embarrassment for north korea in the eyes of the world. and the global reaction has been swift. our chief foreign correspondent richard engle joins us once