my father was working for this tailor who was making dresses for sophia loren. 'm at college at usc, i meet my future husband and he is the son of sophia loren.n. and that tailor brought my father to america and my father continued working and the tailor business and opened up, you know. >> jimmy: so your mother-in-law is sophia loren? >> yes. >> jimmy: that's a really good mother-in-law to have. >> it is. >> jimmy: is she a good mother-in-law to have? >> well, i'm sure she's just like your italian momma. but she's sophia loren. >> jimmy: that's a big but right there, i mean, that's serious. and so -- your kids grandma is sophia loren. >> yes. i gave her her first grandchild and we get along famously. but the only thing that we disagree on is parenting. like, the italian mommas don't really discipline the same way we do. when i give my daughter a time-out, for her, it's like a sent her to a torture chamber. she gets very mad. shakes her head. she has to leave the room. emotional crisis. >> jimmy: really. >> when time my daughter was 2 and she was very defiant, he

while our clothes have changed over the years -- rita haworth and sophia loren setting the b r for picnic-- the rest of us turned to the basics. a tree. a blanket. watermelon. often at the end, a simple wish. perhaps put best by don and betty draper. >> we should do this more often. >> we should only do this. >> reporter: david muir, abc news, new york. >> sophia loren looks good picnicking. >> she does. by the way this is our question of the day on wnnfans. you can go there and talk about what you're going to be doing. >> what your plans are. picnic or barbecue or hit the beach. >> i wear my tie in honor of it. and apparently this hot. >> the purple tie. boy, my face says it all there. >> do not adjust your set, this tie is red, white and blue. >> it's not. >>> maria shriver looks forward to her own independentance day. >> a lot of folks bringing independence above another kind. this is the hollywood kind. "the skinny" coming up next. got sick. she wasn't able take care of me. my dad wasn't there to take care of me, so i needed a way to take careof myso and better my career choices. my g

. >> now she's sophia loren. >> reporter: new york. >> i'm candy crowley in "the situation room." for our international viewers, world report is next. in north america, john king usa starts right now. >> good evening. cautious optimism from president obama. republicans are ready to set aside years of bitter differences and strike a deal to slash trillions from the government's red ink. >> everybody acknowledged that there's going to be pain involved and our biggest obligation is to make sure that we're doing the right thing by the american people. >> in a moment, what a deal could mean to your mortgage deduction or your medicare costs. but, first, the crime and punishment drama that has captured the neags's attention. casey anthony was back in court today. the judge threw the book at her, yet she will be a free woman out and about on the streets next wednesday. a remarkable event for the 25-year-old woman who days ago faced the death penalty if convicted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter caylee anthony back in 2008. but, remember, she was found not guilty of first-degree murder

. >> now she's sophia loren. >> reporter: new york. >> i'm candy crowley in "the situation room."

. >> now she's sophia loren. >> casey anthony denied freedom today as the first juror breaks her silencen't mean innocent. >> do you think juror number 3's views consistent with the other jurors.