the a's, they just hired their first femalennouncer. 34-year-old amelia schimmel. and a new poll from the -- of california indicates that governor newsom could be back recall, 40% saying they are in favor of kicking him out but 56% said that they would vote to keep him in office. >>> this week's big political stories, i am joined by senior political writer, joe guerra follow. and carla mayor nucci. >> good to be with you. >> thanks for you both being here. they join us from skype from oakland. carla, you had a big scoop, you talk to governor arnold schwarzenegger, what did he say about the recall? >> he captured lightning in a bottle back in 2003 without recall. he was an unusual figure, the world's biggest action here at the time. so he talked about yes, an unusual circumstance. but there are some similarities, he said, with the movement today and the one in 2003. voter dissatisfaction, anger, and something that has created the momentum and in that case it was the blackout, the electricity crisis of 2003. today he said newsom's french laundry incident, which rampe