he shuttles between the white house, the prison, and john watts' house, the white house gardener. there they concoct a wildly improbable story. this one i love. watt has to give testimony. as the white house gardener, i have access to the executive mansion. i was preambulating in the home, and i happened to see a parchment on the president's desk and a literary man, of course, he decides to read this document, and he has one of the most remarkably retentive memories in the 19th century because he happens to recall it word for word from a single glance. then later in the casual morning conversation that he has with wickoff, he happens to roll through this entire speech completely word for word, and wickoff, again, another mental gymnast happens to remember every stitch of this thing and repeats it to somebody else. it is a ludicrous story in every particular, and by the time it gets told, everybody knows how someone would have access to this particular speech. it had to be mary lincoln. she had to have given them access. well, lincoln knows it too, and so he intervenes with some of

she added 600 paintings and antiques to the white house collection, illuminated the white house at night and opened the white house gardens to the public. mrs. nixon's service to the nation extended over many years. only dolly madison, eleanor roosevelt and hillary clinton, among our first ladies, have served the country as long as patricia nixon. laid to rest in 1993 on the grounds of the nixon library in california, mrs. nixon's grave marker reads, even when people can't speak your language, they can tell if you have love in your heart. patricia ryan nixon had love in her heart and now at her 100th birthday we remember her for her devotion to family, her grace and perseverance and her patriotism to the united states of america. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. . mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from, mr. boswell, for five minutes. without objection. mr. bozz well: mr. speaker, today i stand before the 112th congress to recognize and honor mr. stanley e. peterson for his 40 years of service to the united states as an officer in

the first lady starts this or beganic garden -- organic garden the white house and she gets a letter he fertilizer pesticide society saying we hope you'll recognize us. she just wants to grow an organic garden! we'll talk more about michelle obama, how to be black and how to be black in the white house right after this. this was the gulf's best tourism season in years. all because so many people wanted to visit us... in louisiana. they came to see us in florida... nice try, they came to hang out with us in alabama... once folks heard mississippi had the welcome sign out, they couldn't wait to get here. this year was great but next year's gonna be even better. and anyone who knows the gulf knows that winter is primetime fun time. the sun's out and the water's beautiful. you can go deep sea fishing for amberjack, grouper and mackerel. our golf courses are open. our bed and breakfast have special rates. and migrating waterfowl from all over make this a bird watcher's paradise. so if you missed it earlier this year, come on down. if you've already been here come on back... to mississippi.

absolutely, the first lady's garden gets a lot of attention as it should at the white house. a companion effort at the usda is called the people's guard and and we have started one at our facilities and have close to 1500 people's gardens across the country and across the globe in some of the embassies. we have donated nearly 900,000 pounds of produce from those gardens to community kitchens and food banks. we haven't programmed kn calledow your farmer, know your food that talks a little about how a community can set up a community gardening program which would be applicable to schools. h governorickenloooper's denver schools have in of the programs and they are using the resources to produce delicious foods. in the area of food deserts, the department of human health and services and usda provide health assistance to growers restores and where they are located. there's a wonderful foundation from jeff brown in philadelphia who runs a shop right or safeway and has established a foundation to help communities evaluate why they have a food desert. there's now a food desert locat

married in 1813, to leticia christian, had 8 children she died in the white house in 1842, he then married my grandmother in 1844 julia gardenerand had 7 more children my father was the 5th child of that second wife born in 1853. then my father, not to be out done was married had three children served as president william and mary college for 51 years 1888 until 1990 and was responsible for the reopening and retired at 65 in 1919 his wife annie baker tucker great granddaughter of george tucker, had a stroke and had several strokes and died in 1922 he married my mother, sue harrison in 1923, my brother was born in 1924, and i was born in 1928. >> here we are. >> and here we are today. >> a wonderful -- so are you speaking to us from sherwood forest plantation. >> i am on the property but it is the house on the river called milton on the james. part of the sherwood forest but that house itself is a museum house. >> yes, sir and i mention that just to say that that was the home of course of president tyler from 1842 until his death in 1862 and remained within the family and maintained we are looking at a picture of its stately gr

she became the hell czar and is forcing people to wake up and do jumping jacks with her. >> she has a organic garden in the white houseying we hope you'll recognize you will recognize us. 41 just wants to grow an organic garden! does any mother ever feel like their kids are adults? i have twins, 21 years old. each kid has their own path. they grow up, and they're out having their life. i really started to talk to them about the things that are important that they have to take ownership over. my name's colleen stiles, and my kids and i did our wills on legalzoom. [ shapiro ] we created legalzoom to help you take care of the ones you love. go to legalzoom.com today and complete your will in minutes. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. ask me. complete your will in minutes. [ male announcer ] even if you think you can live with your old mattress... ask me how i've never slept better. [ male announcer ] ...why not talk to one of the 6 million people who've switched to the most highly recommended bed in america? it's not a sealy, a simmons, or a serta. ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me how i can finally sleep

first of all, the first lady's garden gets a lot of attention as it should at the white house. ut a companion effort at usda so-called the people's garden and we've started a people's garden at usda facilities. we now have close to 1500 people's gardens across the country and across the globe actually in some of the embassies. we've donated nearly 900,000 pounds of produce from those gardens to community kitchens and to food banks. we have a program called know your farmer know your food and it will be coming out at the end of this month with a report that basically talks a little bit about how a community could set up a community gardening program which would obviously be applicable to schools. i can tell you that governor hickenlooper's denver schools have some very interesting garden programs. and that they're using the produce to really produce delicious food. i will tell you also on the area of food deserts, a couple of things. number 1, the department of health and human services and the treasury department and usda all have programs to try to provide help and assistance t

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garden. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some top headlines this morning. the white house is reportedly considering dramatic cuts to the nation's nuclear arsenal. the proposals include an 80% reduction in deployed weapons to the lowest number since the cold war. no decision is expected until after the presidential election. >>> a warning from the maker of the cancer drug avastin. counter fit versions are being distributed to u.s. health care facilities. they don't have the key ingredients needed. >>> one in eight u.s. voter registrations are either invalid or have serious inaccuracies. the pew center on the states blames it on an outdated registration system. among the findings, 1.8 million people listed as active voters are actually dead. >>> and the duchess of cambridge, the former kate middleton, spent her first valentine's day as a bride without her husband. she visited charities in liverpool while prince william is on a royal air force deployment. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,878 after adding four points. t

the white house. a spokesman said today that president obama is very impressed. it's amazing how many coaches passed on lin, and jim axelrod is at new york's madison square garden withore on that. jim. >> reporter: scott, the world's most famous arena is now home to the world's biggest sports story, overnight. ticket brokers have started getting 60% more for knicks tickets. the cheapest seat in the house tonight-- $125. >> drives goes in for the lay-up! >> reporter: jeremy lin's skills have certainly grabbed the attention of basketball fans for the last 10 days. two game-winning finishes and a record-setting scoring pace has earned him the affection of his teammates. >> wof mwa! >> reporter: but it's his underdog story that has everyone else talkingbout him as well. his coach. >> it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing. i don't know. i don't know what to tell you. i've never seen it. >> reporter: nothing has come easy for this first generation asian american point guard. after winning a state championship in hool he couldn't get a scholarship to play college ball. boston college head coach steve donahue was at cornell at the time. he looked at lin as a possible recruit and

honey actually comes from bees and beehives at the white house and they take the honey from the bees. >> that's the whole gardenly. >> tell us a little bit about the race. mitt romney, newt gingrich, a lot of back and forth. hard hitting and very negative ads here. gingrich didn't pick up the phone and call romney and say, congratulations. still a lot of glad blood? >> a lot of bad blood. i can't imagine that it's ever going to get better. there's been a lot of discussion in the last 12 to 14 hours about why newt gingrich didn't do it and voters care. it's not whether voters care. it's symbolic of how bad it's gotten between mitt romney and newt gingrich. very personal. but they go beyond policy. last night newt gingrich's daughter was asked by piers morgan about the telephone call. she said, look, it's the fact of the race and we're going on to 46 more states and we plan to win. so are you ready for this one? we're in for a long haul. >> a little bit of bitterness. >> yeah. so mitt romney will pick up secret service protection and we've already -- there's a blessing and a curse. for the many years that you've

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garden soil. start right. finish big. >> reporter: new this morning, if you live along the coast you may not like what the white house is tsunami warning system. i'll explain coming up in a live report. >> reporter: in a couple hours the fire department will begin its search for answers as to what caused a large apartment fire here in mountain view. i'm bob redell. that story coming up. >> one of the final steps before construction of the 49ers' new stadium happens today. we'll have all of the details coming up. >> a beautiful live look outside at the golden gate bridge. traffic is picking up. we'll check your morning commute for this tuesday, february 28th, "today in the bay." >> good morning. thanks for joining us. 6:29 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley. we check in with meteorologist christina loren. if i recall correctly, earlier in the forecast you mentioned maybe it's going to be cold but we need wear a tankini? >> hold on to that for now. we'll get to that forecast when we get to your weekend. we're going to see the 70s return rather quickly after we get through this potent winter storm. right n

garden friday night and boy it hadn't felt like that for a long time. as far as kate upton. i did meet kate upton last year at the white house correspondents dinner. karen raffle has a picture of kate upton on his facebook page. i snapped that picture. >> that does it for us. let's get to scott walker and the "fast money halftime report." >> thanks so much. four hours to go now until the close. here's where we stand. take a look at the major averages. if the rally is looking a little long in the tooth, not much of a pullback today. the dow industrials in the red across the board. down 24, s&p and nasdaq also negative by a third of a percent. is it time to add some protection to your portfolio. traders take their positions. dennis garthman explains why he's less bullish on stocks. take a look at the commodity space as well. crude and gold down today. we'll tick a pit stop to find out what's going on there. financials taking a breather today as the bank of america rally losing steam. citigroup is the latest firm to lower its rating on that stock. and should you friend the rally in zynga? we'll ask a top analyst why he's bearish on the facebook deriv

a white house spokesman says the first lin command is very impressed but is he linpressed. look who showed up last night at madison square gardensee choopy goldberg and speak lee is there. the fans showing up wearing masks now and they all have the signs. there it is. you've got the feeling good, lin your face, and every day is a must lin. the most famous -- the geekiest handshake of all of sports right here. lin and his buddies and teammates, the textbook and then the glasses and pocket protector. the fans love that. in fact, they're running with the pose and they're calling it linning like tebowing. fans are doing the pose. check it out. posing in spots around town with the glasses. last night the sensation did not disappoint. the first quarter against the kings, it's lin, the kickout to landry fields for the three. lin wasn't scoring as much as usual last night, but he was incredible passing the ball around the floor to tyson command ler for the jam. he set a career high with 15 assists. a month ago he was in the developmental league like the minors. any team could have grabbed him and no one wanted him. the knicks blow out t