for those of you wondering, first lady was not wearing vera wang.he wore a red gown. >> a plan to repeal president obama's healthcare reform law. today the bill -- the house passed a bill directing committees to replace sections. the vote comes a day after republicans pushed through their bill to repeal the law entirely. yesterday's debate shows that pledges of new stability in washington have disappeared. >> we will not stop until we repeal a president and put a president in the position of the white house who will repeal this bill until we repeal the current senate, put in a senate that will listen to the american people and repeal this bill. >> they say it's a government takeover of healthcare, a big lie. just like you say it enough, you repeat the lie, repeat the lie and eventually people believe it. >> they called yesterday's vote purely symbolic. >> arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords has made another break-through in her recovery. her husband mark kelly told diane sawyer in an interview his wife stod on her feet and looked out the window

for those of you wondering, first lady was not wearing vera wang. wore a red gown. >> a plan to repeal president obama's healthcare reform law. today the bill -- the house passed a bill directing committees to replace sections. the vote comes a day after republicans pushed through their bill to repeal the law entirely. yesterday's debate shows that pledges of new stability in washington have disappeared. >> we will not stop until we repeal a president and put a president in the position of the white house who will repeal this bill until we repeal the current senate, put in a senate that will listen to the american people and repeal this bill. >> they say it's a government takeover of healthcare, a big lie. just like you say it enough, you repeat the lie, repeat the lie and eventually people believe it. >> they called yesterday's vote purely symbolic. >> arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords has made another break-through in her recovery. her husband mark kelly told diane sawyer in an interview his wife stod on her feet and looked out the window o

, the designer, wearin3 what else, brian, vera wang. >> i guess that's par for the course.nnah, thanks, as always. in the midst of this visit by his high-level house guest, we know a lot more tonight about what americans think of their president right about now. tonight we're debuting our new nbc news/wall street journal poll. it shows a dramatic turn in opinion here lately. our chief white house correspondent chuck todd here to unveil the numbers for us. welcome. >> thank you, brian. what a move tomorrow. it's the two-year anniversary since obama took office. his job approval rating now sitting at 53%. this is the highest level it's been since july, 2009, the month before the health care debate took off and served as a drag for 18 straight months. now, three reasons why this number jumped up. number one, the president's handling of tucson. 74% approve of that and a lot had to do with the speech that he gave. number two, simple optimism about the economy and the future of america. 53% say over the next five years, things are going to get better. six months ago, it was 20 po

jackie chan, vera wang, wearing, who else. even barbra streisand.n of the salahis or three of the top four in congress. john boehner and harry reid, both no-shows. under the north portico, the first lady wearing alexander mcqueen. and president obama greets president hu. the room fills. the evening begins. presidents both offer toasts and a surprise. >> our national zoo will continue to dazzle children and visitors with the beloved giant panda. >> reporter: dinner begins. on the menu, surf and turf. lobster and ribeye. apple pie for dessert, an american meal, just as the chinese delegation requested. jazz fills the east room. even sasha and malia get to stay up. chris botti, dee dee bridgewater, and headliner, herbie hancock. just another day at the white house.

it included vera wang who wore a dress and necklace of her own design, of course.nd ice-skater michelle quan. you can speculate whether the red is for good luck, fortune, good symbolism there. >> i wanted to say don't forget james brolin who was there on the arm of barbara streisand. he used to be famous, too. 4:52. >> a clear one, huh? >> absolutely. take a look outside. good morning, everybody. 4:53 on this thursday. just about unlimited visibility this morning. we're looking from ballmer peak all the way back to sutro there. you can see the twinkling lights there in san francisco. let's talk about temperature. it is very mild this morning. the breezes keeping the atmosphere overturned so most of us in the mid-40s to near 50 degrees. we are slightly cooler in redwood city and santa rosa at 42. a little warmer at half moon bay at 57. monterey bay we have low to mid-40s. monterey a little warmer, 49. about 10 degrees cooler though in gilroy with 39. so our highlights. sunshine today, near record warmth. much cooler because it will be much calmer tonight and the ext

other designs were vera wang who wore a necklace of her own design and the olympic medal ice skater michelleguratively and literally. it comes amid considerable tension between the two super powers. john hen -- hendron reports from washington. >> he greeted him as an ally. >> nations including our own will be more prosperous and more secure when we work together. >> but china is also an adversary, one the u.s. is challenging on a number of issues including the currency manipulation and widespread piracy of software and protectionism in trade matters. the chinese leader offered a diplomatic push back. >> china and the united states should respect each others choice. >> for the president and the chinese whose events are carefully choreographed there were awkward moment. >> i'm sorry. i thought we were -- >> we want to sell you all kinds of stuff. we want to sell you planes. we want to sell you cars. we want to sell you software. >> a new abc washington post poll finds most americans feel china is an economic threat, and many wonder whether china is an ally or enemy. >> the reasons why we are r

some of the other guests included -- included michelle quan, vera wang. and here is ed lee arriving for the din he. we talked to mayor quan about what it meant to her to be invited. >> i had not realized there were so few state dinners. >> there were actually a number of people from the bay area at the dinner, including john chen, nancy pelosi and intel e xecutive. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> 7:16. well, state senator leland yee is insulting rush limbaugh insulting the president of china and the chinese community. yesterday, on his show, lush rhumba complained about the lag in -- rush limbaugh complained about the lag in words from the president. >>> a new report says u.s. officials have determined e xactly who executed wall street journal report daniel pearl. according to the report by a team of american journalists and students, u.s. officials using vain matching technology identified the hand of the u nseen man who killed pearl video. reportedly it's khalid sheik muhammed. the investigation

she's wearing vera wang. this dress fits her. we love the hair and jewelry. >> sometimes, women who are curvy can look too sexy if she show too much skin. she's showing enough skin on top. showing how narrow the waste is with that black belt. she looked amazing. >> she was tweeting all night in her fittings that she couldn't find a dress that fit her curves. >> oh, such a problem. but the colors we saw also. kind of like the pinkish colors and things like that. >> lots of pink. >> lot of pink on the red carpet. we saw natalie portman and claire danes. >> we loved that. >> she looked so modern and elegant in calvin klein. this is a neon silk halter dress. she's wearing the gold '70s cuff inspired. and lea michele, last year, she got it wrong. this year is spot on. this is also oscar de la renta, this is how she should look. >> we also saw a lot of emerald green. >> we talked about angelina jolie before. but a whole bunch of other stars. it was like emerald city. >> yeah, catherine zeta-jones in green. she did dress catherine, catherine wants to look regal and

at the academy awards she came out in the yellow vera wang and i will never forget it.sleeves tr stunning with the back cutout. >> do you know who i loved? emma stone. newcomer to the red carpet knocked it out in the simple calvin klein, the coral, pink, blush. it was everywhere. >> i liked angelina's hair. you may not have. i thought she looked hot. >> that gorgeous calvin klein. look at the back. >> she looks great. a great back. >> and hayley steinfeld from "true grit". >> age appropriate. >> she looked great. >> lovely hair. >> makeup. >> how cute. that's how you should look. she's 14. >> yes, 14 years old. >> how about natalie portman's gown? >> you know what? i think it's hard to find your pregnancy style. i do. i think she's doing a great job. she's beautiful. she's stunning, glowing. i think it's just really hard. i think in awards season to find a pregnancy style, that's not easy. >> with the little belly. >> she carried it beautifully. i don't love the pink shiny. >> there was a lot of pink on the red carpet. >> that's a great cut, isn't it? >> i'm not a fan o

also celebrities like jackie chan, barbra streisand, yo-yo ma and vera wang.he theme was quintessentially american, as requested by the chinese. jazz. lobster and steak. even apple pie. no details were missed. but three top congressional leaders skipped the formal affair. john boehner and mitch mcconnell declined the invitation, as did democratic majority leader harry reid who went one step further criticizing president hu. >> hu is a dictator. he can do a lot of things. he threw the former government they had. >> shame on hu jintao. >> reporter: across the street from the white house, protesters reminded the world of china's oppression of religious minorities and tibet. and its jailing of the current nobel peace prize winner. but on this trip, president hu acknowledged, for the first time publicly, white house officials believe, quote, a lot still needs to be done in china in terms of human rights. but the emphasis for president obama was having hu open chinese markets. >> we want to sell you all kinds of stuff. we want to sell you planes. we want to sell you