independents, and we got the americans with disabilities act signed by then-president bush at the white house lawn 20 years ago today. so it is remarkable, those origins. is remarkable progress. it is remarkable the work that all of you have done. if you have ever watched, and maybe you do not want to, or maybe you had to -- i never good with notes. i have my own learning disability called dyslexia, so i cannot be very well, but i thought it was important to make susan's point, and then doing something that i never do, and that as i wrote some things down because i wanted to get some things right because i wanted to underscore what susan said about the last six-plus years. when i first became supervisor, some of you may know, i've posted -- hosted a little reception across the street, and i wanted to celebrate the fact that i had the privilege of a lifetime to represent the people of san francisco, and i was told i could not do it because i was at the green room across the street, and apparently, it was not accessible, which is rather remarkable to me. because as a small business person, this same

. >> 17 years ago in 1993 on the white house lawn in washington, d.c., the israeli prime minister and the palestinian leader shook hands in a deal. the plan was to change israeli- occupied land for a lasting peace. a few years later, the israeli prime minister had been assassinated. thousands of more people have been killed in the years since the first handshake and there have been thousands of hours of on off negotiations. this week, they're trying again. there's a modest memorial at the place where the prime minister was shot. the legacy of the past is very heavy and this is the reason why so many people think that the talks will fail. there is something else as well, it is not certain that either side is ready to pay the price and abandoned dreams, that would be necessary to make a lasting peace agreement. you can still have a good life in tel aviv. one israeli fears that the palestinians dream of destroying their state. >> when i was young, we would not have any armies. you don't go to the army. now, we don't say that. >> one fear is that israel still dreams of colonized much of t

the president continued to celebrate his 49th birthday with a barbecue on the white house lawn and to make the point that these guys are still safe to eat, gulf shrimp were on the menu. next week, the president will vacation here along the gulf coast with his family at just about the same time that this well could officially and finally be pronounced dead. more optimism from the federal official in charge of the spill response. >> we need to drill into the area outside the casing pipe and the well bore and do that with the relief well, and that will be happening this week. >> reporter: a few days earlier than anticipated, it would be the final chapter for this doomed well. a well that he says bp could not have plugged sooner. something that's sure to upset locals. today, a full-court press from the white house to assure gulf residents that the cleanup will continue, but also, that the seafood here is safe. >> the tests show nothing of concern. we're going to continue to test. we're not going away. >> reporter: that push was no more evident than in the great american seafood cookoff in

some of vice president bush's aide suggested he should helicopter onto the white house lawn to send a message to the world that someone was in charge. president bush wisely peace to do this. he said there is only one person who helicopters on the white house lawn. that person is the president of the united states. it is not me. i think is to be a problem for any vice-president to appear to be seen by the public as being too anxious to supplant the president. if anything, vice president are likely to be more reticent and over anxious for them. president inchespresident reagar surgery in 1985. president reagan in 1985 passed on his powers and duties did vice president bush. in the letter he wrote, he said he did not think the 25th amendment was applicable to that particular set of circumstances. the providence did indicate that he was doing it. he did not need the amendment really applied. in his memoirs, as a reagan now writes that he in fact invoked the 25th amendment. between the time it was done in the time when he wrote his book, it change. >> the unfortunate thing about that was t

some of those players joined the president for his birthday barbecue on the south lawn here at the white housebirthday weekend. the question is, how is he going to top it for his 50th? david kerley, abc news, the white house. >> that's going to be michelle's job, to figure out how to top that. >> what a team, wow, that's some hoops. >>> here is a look at your monday forecast. gusty winds, hail, isolated tornados from the dakotas to justwesago. isolated thunderstorms from detroit to upse ne northern rockies. showers and thunderstorms from new orleans to jacksonville. >> also heat advisorie northern plains to the gulf coast. 102 in dallas. 98 in kansas city. 96 in omaha. 90s from boston to atlanta. 67 in seattle. that sounds nice. 84 in sacramento. and 104 in phoenix. >>> as you can tell by the weather boards the dog days of summer are here and they're in seattle. look who's getting the last lap. >> here we go, four-legged friends of all shapes and sizes came out in force to take a dip in one of the city's public pools over the weekend. it's the only time of year they're given free rein to play

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. >> we're in the white house to you find yourself happiest -- do you find yourself happiest? >> the south lawn is extraordinary. we built this place set out and sasha didlia use. they are getting older. i have kids of staff coming. there times when i am working here, i look out the window, and someone is on a swing or laughing as they go down a slide, and it reminds you why you're doing what we are doing. little ones run by and that is always cheerful. bo is a good friend. >> what about a lincoln bedroom? >> i do not go into it much unless there are visitors. every once in awhile i will say sneak in to read the gettysburg address, especially when i get ready to make a speech. i'm consulate reminding myself that that speech was three minutes long. if i am getting long winded, it's helpful to look at that piece and take a look and remember that there is something to brevity when you make your point. didn't you ever feel like you're going to be here for a long time? >> no, i think that both me and the family recognize that this is the people's house. we're tipperary occupants. that means we want