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Campaign for Jobs and Economic Recovery www.JobsandEconomicRecovery.com <http://www.jobsandeconomicrecovery.com/> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jeremy Funk, 202-470-5878 DATE: January 29, 2009 Lauren Weiner, 202-470-5870 Ad Campaign Presses Key Republican Senators to Back President Obama's Jobs and Economic Recovery Plan Day after House Republicans Fail to Provide a Single Vote for Vital, Historic Package Click Here to View 'Factory' Ads <http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/blog/entries/new_ads_target_republican_senators_on_recovery_bill/> Senators Face a Clear Choice, Putting Millions of Americans Back to Work or Letting Our Economy Fall off the Cliff Americans United for Change, MoveOn.org Political Action, AFSCME and SEIU Fund Ads to Run in Maine, New Hampshire, Alaska, Iowa and the DC Region Washington D.C. - The Campaign for Jobs and Economic Recovery <http://www.jobsandeconomicrecovery.com/> announced today that ads will be run in key Senate states to help assure the passage of a robust version of President Obama's "American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Plan." The ads are funded by a coalition of progressive groups including Americans United for Change, MoveOn.org Political Action, AFSCME and SEIU. The ads demonstrate clear momentum behind President Obama's first initiative in office. The vote on the President's plan is expected in the Senate late next week. Against a backdrop of a worsening economic crisis that resulted in 2.6 million American jobs being lost last year, and with layoffs accelerating in the early part of 2009, President Obama has outlined a recovery plan that will create or save three to four million jobs, strengthen our middle class, and improve the economy in the near and long term by making sound investments in health care, energy efficiency, transportation and schools. The ads, which begin immediately, are targeted at securing the votes of five key United States Senators for President Obama's "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act". Entitled "Factory", the 30-second spot makes the case for urgent action to address the nation's economic crisis and presents a stark choice for U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Charles Grassley (R-IA): "support the President's plan or the failed policies of the past." The ad overlays President Obama's recent speeches outlining the need for urgent action on the economy on dramatic images of a shuttered factory coming back to life and people returning to work. While economists and other experts across the board have praised the package and its focus on sound investments in our nation's infrastructure and other priorities to stimulate the economy immediately, some Republicans have called instead for more of the policies which were pursued over the past eight years and which failed to stave off the worst economic crisis in a generation. "The House vote in favor of President Obama's plan to revitalize our economy and protect American jobs was good news for our economy and for all Americans," said AFSCME President Gerald McEntee. "As we face the greatest fiscal crisis since the Great Depression, Democrats in the House acted boldly to protect jobs and create opportunity. With 11 million workers unemployed, with home values declining at an alarming rate and the need for vital public services growing rapidly, it is time for Republicans to put partisanship behind them and stand with President Obama. In the days ahead, thousands of AFSCME members will contact their senators, urging them to act responsibly and support President Obama's plan to put people to work and get our economy back on track." "It was the get rich quick greed of Wall Street that got us into this hole and it will take the long-range vision of President Obama, Congress and the American people to pull us back out," said Anna Burger, International Secretary-Treasurer of SEIU. "The millions of working people reeling from the severe economic recession are counting on our leaders to show the political backbone to pass a recovery package that not only addresses the crisis and relieves the pain, but also lays the groundwork for a stronger and fairer future. We need change that works - now and in the long-term so we can start building a stronger American economic future by investing in infrastructure and green projects to create new jobs for the 21st Century." "President Obama's recovery plan would begin to provide the medicine our ailing economy desperately needs," said Justin Ruben, Organizing Director of MoveOn.org. " The Senate has a clear choice--support the President's plan to green our economy and create millions of jobs, or stick with the failed economic policies of the last 8 years." "Few people alive today have ever experienced the crushing weight that the current economic crisis is exerting on Americans of all walks of life," said Brad Woodhouse, President of Americans United for Change. "President Obama has proposed a plan which has been passed by the House to create or save more than three million jobs by making smart and timely investments in health care, renewable energy, transportation and education. Unfortunately, every Republican in the House and some in the Senate would rather play partisan games and promote the failed policies of the past than put the American people back to work. Hopefully Republicans in the Senate, including those targeted by these ads, will get the message that change has arrived and its time to work together to get America back to work rather than playing politics." The Campaign for Jobs and Economic Recovery <http://www.jobsandeconomicrecovery.com/> is a coalition of more than 30 leading progressive and labor groups utilizing all the resources and techniques of a modern campaign to pass President Barack Obama's jobs and economic recovery plan. From hundreds of grassroots events, to grass tops contacts, to thousands of phone and emails into Members' offices, to paid advertising - this $4-5 million campaign aims to pressure key and potentially deciding votes in Congress and to build a movement for an overwhelming victory for this package so that the American people have confidence in the plan and its ability to help turn our economy around. To date, the following organizations have signed on the Campaign for Jobs and Economic Recovery Now: AFSCME, SEIU, AFLCIO, MoveOn.org Political Action, NEA, Americans United for Change, USAction, Campaign for America's Future, ACORN, Health Care for America Now, TrueMajority.org, Sierra Club, People for the American Way Foundation, 21st Century Democrats, American Postal Workers Union, Campaign for America's Future, Institute for Policy Studies - Cities for Progress, Community Action Partnership, Economic Policy Institute, Environment America, League of Conservation Voters, Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA), National Education Association, National Postal Mail Handlers Union, National Priorities Project, National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, National Women's Law Center, People for the American Way Foundation, Progressive Future, Roosevelt Institution, United Food and Commercial Workers, Women's Voices - Women's Vote Action Fund, Working Group on Extreme Inequality, Young Democrats of America and YWCA USA. ### "Factory" Ad Back-Up Americans United For Change SCRIPT FACTS OBAMA (VO): We start 2009 in the midst of a crisis unlike any we have seen in our lifetime. Remarks at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA January 8, 2009 Link to video: <http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/dramatic_action/> 0:28 OBAMA (VO): That is why I have moved quickly on an American Recovery and Reinvestment plan. Remarks at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA January 8, 2009 Link to video: <http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/dramatic_action/> 4:22 OBAMA (VO): A plan I am confident will save or create at least three million jobs. Remarks at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA January 8, 2009 Link to video: <http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/dramatic_action/> 6:28 OBAMA (VO): The first job of my Administration is to put people back to work and get our economy moving again. Remarks at Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Co. Inc. Bedford Heights, Ohio January 16, 2009 Link to video: http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGxFYy 3:32 <http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGxFYy%203:32> ANNCR(VO): Tell Senator Gregg to support the Obama plan for jobs not the failed policies of the past. Title Card: Tell Senator Gregg to support the Obama Plan. 202-224-3121 AUFC Logo President Bush left the economy in shambles. "President Bush has presided over the weakest eight-year span for the U.S. economy in decades, according to an analysis of key data, and economists across the ideological spectrum increasingly view his two terms as a time of little progress on the nation's thorniest fiscal challenges." [Washington Post, 1/12/09 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/01/12/ST2009011200359.html>] As of July of last year the Bush Administration "created just 58,000 new jobs per month on average compared with 237,000 per month under President Clinton." [The Bush Administration's Failed Economic and Fiscal Record, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget, 7/31/08 <http://budget.house.gov/doc-library/2008/2008-0731bush_econ_fiscal_rec.pdf>] 2008 marked the highest job lost rate since 1945. "The hemorrhaging of American jobs accelerated at a record pace at the end of 2008, bringing the year's total job losses to 2.6 million or the highest level in more than six decades." [CNN, 1/9/09 <http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/09/news/economy/jobs_december/>]

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CLEAN: Exterior shots of closed, boarded up stores with "for sale" signs during a recession on October 29th 2009 in Georgetown, Washington, DC, United States

CLEAN: Exterior shot streetscenes including a homeless person sitting on the streets and a shop with a for sale sign during a recession on October 29th 2009 in Georgetown, Washington, DC, United States

\n --SUPERS--\n0 - 07\nSan Ysidro, California\nSeptember 23, 2009\n\n07 - 10\nHighway 200 near Mexico-Guatemala border in Mexico\nOctober 21, 2018\n\n20-24\nJavier\nWorks for logistics company in Mexico\n\n38-48\nJavier\nWorks for logistics company in Mexico\n\n48 - 54\nGuatemala-Mexico border\nOctober 29, 2018\n\n54 - 01:05\nLaredo, Texas\nJuly 25, 2017\n\n01:05-01:34\nPatrick Oppmann\nMexico City\n\n01:49-01:58\nIsrael Concha\nPresident, New Comienzos\n\n02:06 - 02:11\nPresidencia Mexicana\nApril 2, 2019\n\n02:13-02:25\nJesus\nWorks for logistics company in Mexico\n\n02:30 - 02:35\nTijuana, Mexico\nNovember 17, 2016\n\n --LEAD IN--\nTHE RESULTS COULD BE "CATASTROPHIC" IF THE US- MEXICO BORDER GET SHUT DOWN \nMANY BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY U-S CAR MANUFACTURERS, \nDEPEND ON PARTS AND LABOR ON THE MEXICAN-SIDE OF THE BORDER. \nCNN'S PATRICK OPPMANN BREAKS DOWN THE IMPACT A POTENTIAL BORDER CLOSING COULD HAVE ON BOTH THE US AND MEXICAN ECONOMY.\n\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nPRESIDENT TRUMP'S THREAT TO CLOSE THE U-S - MEXICO BORDER -- IF THE SURGE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION DOESN'T FALL -- HAS CAST A SHADOW THAT REACHES HUNDREDS OF MILES… ALL THE WAY TO MEXICO'S CAPITAL.\nTHAT'S WHERE A LOGISITICS FIRM PAIRS COMPANIES SEEKING TO MOVE THEIR PRODUCTS ACROSS THE BORDER WITH SHIPPERS WHO HANDLE THE TRANSPORTATION. \nJavier, Works for logistics company in Mexico: "Clothing, it could be auto parts, it could be whatever you can imagine."\nMANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES - LIKE JAVIER AND JESUS-- ARE BILINGUAL AND SAY THEY LIVED FOR YEARS ILEGALLY IN THE U-S BEFORE BEING DEPORTED OR CHOOSING TO RETURN TO MEXICO.\nTHE POSSIBLE BORDER SHUTDOWN LOOMS LARGE.\nJavier, Works for logistics company in Mexico: "It bring a lot of economy back to Mexico and it helps the United States acquire products that are good quality, things that they are not able to grow there."\nEVEN THOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE MIGRANTS COME FROM CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO HAS EVERYTHING TO LOSE HERE…\nTHE U-S IS MEXICO'S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER AND MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS OF MERCHANDISE CROSSES THE BORDER EACH DAY… COMMERCE THAT IS VITAL TO MEXICO'S STABILITY.\nPatrick Oppmann, CNN: MEXICAN OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE NUMBER OF MEXICANS ILLEGALLY CROSSING THE BORDER HAS DROPPED IN RECENT YEARS, IN PART, BECAUSE INCREASED TRADE WITH THE U-S IS CREATING MORE JOBS ON THIS SIDE OF THE BORDER. SOME IMMIGRATION EXPERTS WARN THAT IF PRESIDENT TRUMP FOLLOWS THROUGH ON HIS THREATS TO CUT U-S AID TO CENTRAL AMERICA AND CLOSE THE BORDER WITH MEXICO IT LIKELY COULD LEAD TO MORE ECONOMIC DISPARITY AND AN INCREASE IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.\nTHE INCREASE IN DEPORTATIONS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BY THE TRUMP ADMNISTRATION HAS ALREADY CHANGED THE FABRIC OF LIFE IN MEXICO SAYS ISRAEL, WHO WORKS IN A MEXICO CITY NEIGHBORHHOD CALLED "LITTLE L-A" RESETTLING DEPORTEES.\nIsrael Concha President, New Comienzos: "I was deported after 30 years in America. I was detained for two years in detention centers even though I didn't have a criminal record. I can tell you pretty much your life ends."\nEVEN IF THE MAJORITY OF MEXICANS DISAPPROVE OF WHAT THEY SEE AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S HEAVY-HANDED POLICIES, THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT MAY NOT HAVE ANY CHOICE BUT TO FIND A WAY TO APPEASE WASHINGTON, SAYS JESUS.\nJesus Works for logistics company in Mexico: "If the border got shut down? I think that would affect the United States economy and anything that happens with the United States economy is definitely going to affect Mexico's economy even worse because American money runs this whole country."\nMEXICANS ARE WAITING ANXIOUSLY TO SEE HOW THIS LATEST CRISIS WITH THE ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE TO THE NORTH WILL BE RESOLVED…\nAND AS ALWAYS ARE LEFT TO WONDER WHETHER THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE UNITED STATES IS A BLESSING OR A CURSE.\nPATRICK OPPMANN, CNN MEXICO CITY.\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nUS MEXICO BORDER CLOSING TRUMP ECONOMY \n\n

WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH REMARKS ON THE ECONOMY IN KERNERSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 13:07:48 Bush walkout 13:08:20 gladhanding 13:08:27 thank you 13:08:59 the economy in US is strong and I'm here to talk about how we're making it stronger 13:09:19 thank workers 13:09:22 try to keep comments brief so you can get back to work 13:10:00 Thanks Snowe, Butiera 13:10:08 I'm proud to be here with Senator Richard Burr from NC 13:10:24 good down to earth fella.strong member of US senate 13:10:36 make sure you remember ppl of NC 13:10:44 cong. Foxx.she's doing an excellent job 13:10:54 cong Coble 13:11:08 cong Patrick McHenry 13:11:19 thank mayor of Kernersville 13:11:25 Ron Morrison operation manager 13:11:53 government does not create wealth.businessmen, entrepreneurs create wealth 13:12:17 where small business can grow into big business 13:12:29 our most precious resources to American worker 13:12:40 freedom to make a better life for themselves and their families 13:12:50 confident and optimistic nation 13:12:56 trust in American ppl brought us to some pretty tough times 13:13:07 recession.terrorist attacks, devastating national disasters 13:13:19 all shocks to economy, which I felt needed action 13:13:30 ppl keep more money--to be able to save and to spend 13:13:44 called on congress to keep money 13:13:50 gave you an opportunity.let you decide how to spend your money 13:14:03 reducing marriage penalty..reward marriage in tax code, not penalize 13:14:21 these cuts making real difference form American families 13:14:32 kerby harzall story 13:15:25 ppl in Washington who say we don't need the money ought to come to NC and talk to Harzalls 13:15:41 an investment 13:15:48 most new jobs in America created by small business owners 13:16:00 lower taxes on individuals.connect to lower taxes on small businesses 13:16:18 to help farmers and entrepreneurs.death tax 13:16:31 spring of 2003, one dem called tax relief a tragedy and said it could not create jobs or help economy 13:16:51 doing what you think is right.laying out criticism 13:16:58 our economy has added nearly 4.5 MILLION NEW JOBS 13:17:12 just this 215,000 in November alone 13:17:22 unemployment down to 5%, lower than 70s, 80s, 90s 13:17:37 economy growth in last quarter 13:17:44 growing for 2 years 13:17:48 economy on move..people can find work.good paying, steady work, and that's what's happening in America 13:18:11 Americans are buying homes 13:18:21 minority home ownership at all time high in America 13:18:33 consumers are confident 13:18:43 businesses activity growth 13:18:58 FORTUNATELY I DIDN'T LISTEN TO PECISMISTS ABOUT TAX CUTS. THE TAX CUTS ARE WORKING 13:19:16 we're on track to reach our goal by 2009 13:19:27 thanks to tax relief, spending restraint.economy strong, businesses are booming, and ppl in this country are working 13:19:50 cant' thank this growth for granted..agenda to keep economy growing 13:20:04 commitment to keep taxes low and being wise how we spend our money 13:20:17 we're hearing voices in washing that want to raise your taxes 13:20:44 that happens a family of 4, see income taxes to go up by 50% 13:21:01 some folks want to take more out of your paycheck. 13:21:12 what they're really saying they're going to raise your taxes 13:21:29 us congress needs to make this tax relief permanent 13:21:40 restarting efforts.we're going to spend what it takes to support our troops in harms way 13:22:13 earlier this year , in non security non spending congress has said to meet this target 13:22:33 terminate and reduce 150 programs.not meeting needs of American people 13:22:46 for first time since 1997.saving entitlement program 13:22:56 we're on our track to cut deficit in half by 2009 13:23:07 in the long-term, most sig. deficits will occur as baby boomers retire and more people receive soc sec and benefits 13:23:26 if there's a lot of baby boomers retiring, paying into system 13:24:00 congress to do something about it 13:24:18 obligation to confront, not pass on to future generations and congresses 13:24:31 priority.unfortunately we have too many politicians in Washington 13:24:53 raise your taxes.my solution is to keep your taxes low and be fiscally sound about how we use your money 13:25:10 as we think about ways to keep economy strong.one thing we need to work on is energy.LESS DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN SOURCES OF ENERGY 13:25:39 both affect economic and national security.work for a day when America is less dependent 13:25:58 energy bill encourages conservation 13:26:49 use corn or soy beans to fuel automobiles 13:27:12 so we've got a good bill on the table that I've signed but we got to do more 13:27:25 Katrina hit us and we realized how vulnerable we were - and I know that . 13:27:43 we ought to take notice of what happened we haven't built a refinery since back in the 70's - more gasoline, less pressure for consumers 13:28:15 we've got to produce and refine, natural and crude gas 13:28:26 artic wildlife refuge in America 13:28:39 2000 acres out of 19 and use that 2000 acres.to exploit 13:29:05 this area can yield up to a million barrels of oil per day - so important for congress to find .anwar 13:29:38 working people can look to the future with confidence and that's why I promote an ownership society, have control over health accounts, and own their own small business 13:30:14 we need to prepare Americans to take advantage in the 21st century as it changes must make sure that the workers have what it takes to do the jobs 13:30:43 I think they work well, and they have got flexibility in their curriculum been to I've seen workers in textile industry go back and become hospital workers

00:00:00:15 We had a real election. Were there irregularities, yes. And has there been counting of those irregularities, yes. But the fact that an election was held in a conflict as uh terrible as this one is in many parts of the country that it was a real election with rallies and platforms and uh a number of people did quite well. The two uh predominant winners we uh know uh President Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah I think should be uhm also recognized. So we're trying to be realistic here not blow too hot or too cold. (0:41) /

NAME: WORLD LEHMAN 20090914I TAPE: EF09/0871 IN_TIME: 11:20:39:15 DURATION: 00:02:53:05 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Various - 14 Sep 2009/ Recent/ File RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: London, UK - 10 September 2009 1. Former Lehman Brothers skyscraper under cloudy skies 2. Bicycles parked outside former Lehman Brothers building 3. People on plaza in front of former Lehman Brothers building FILE: London, UK - 15 September 2008 4. Newspapers announcing collapse of Lehman Brothers 5. Policewoman shields sacked Lehman worker from media 6. Sacked employee with box walks past media into train station London, UK - 10 September 2009 7. Caroline White walks across design studio 8. Various of White looking at different kinds of fabrics 9. Artwork on wall inspired by collapse of Lehman Brothers 10. White's employee pass for Lehman Brothers 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Caroline White, banker turned designer: "I think it's quite unique in that it's been born out of a quite catastrophic event. Its creation and its early drive has been behind a concoction of different emotions. I think I'm looking to use those to create some beautiful and unique pieces." FILE: New York, US - 15 September 2008 12. Exterior of Lehman Brothers building in New York FILE: New York, US - 15 September 2008 13. Lehman employees removing personal belongings in boxes Arlington, Virginia, US - 8 June 2009 14. Jobless pilot Trent Bliven filmed through window of Arlington Employment Centre 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Trent Bliven, jobless pilot: "We were doing flying, mainly operating planes for relief stuff. Then the company lost their contract from the government, so we couldn't fly any more. So we had to come back. " 16. Various of pilot talking with employment advisor 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Fernando Delgardo, employment advisor: "Personally I have had people crying, I've had people very concerned about losing their homes, having to move, being homeless." Tokyo, Japan - 14 September 2009 18. Unemployed people hand out leaflets demanding better treatment 19. Jobless demonstrators standing beside banners 20. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Tomoaki Okada, sacked car worker: "I am trying to make the best of this difficult situation. But I can't help wondering if there's a way to help us a bit more. I spent a week on the streets and I was lucky it wasn't longer. Being homeless is so tough." Yokohama, Japan - 14 September 2009 21. Nissan factory sign 22. Exterior of Nissan factory STORYLINE The demise of Lehman Brothers a year ago sparked the near-collapse of the international financial system, and triggered the worst recession for decades. It also cost thousands of people their jobs - causing personal and professional traumas that continue to this day. The Lehman Brothers skyscraper is one of the defining features of London's financial hub, Canary Wharf. People still work in the building, either as accountants or lawyers drafted in to deal with the aftermath of Lehman's implosion, or as bankers for Nomura who bought Lehman's European assets. But it's a shadow of its former self, a monument to a once-mighty bank that fell into the abyss. A far cry from the tumultuous events of 15 September 2008 when the world woke up to news that Lehman was about to bite the dust. Bankers turned up for work and were immediately told to clear their desks and leave, running the gauntlet of the media as they carried out their belongings in cardboard boxes. One of the banker who left Lehman Brothers that day was Caroline White. She earned hundreds of thousands of pounds a year, trading derivatives and other financial products. Now she's traded her entire career - and begun a new life as a designer. From a tiny studio in East London, White designs handbags and other high-end accessories. The studio is crammed with mementoes of her Lehman days - from her staff pass to an artwork commissioned in the aftermath of the bank's collapse. White says her designs are directly inspired by the trauma of losing her job in banking. "It's been born out of a quite catastrophic event," she says. "Its creation has been behind a concoction of different emotions. I think I'm looking to use those to create some beautiful and unique pieces." Across the Atlantic, former Lehman employees in New York are marking the anniversary. But the impact of the bank's collapse goes far beyond the lives of sacked Lehman staff, and beyond the financial sector generally. The global recession triggered by the financial crisis has affected just about every aspect of American life. Trent Bliven is a pilot. Until the recession he worked for a US-funded charity in Africa, flying relief aid to some of the poorest countries on earth. Then the funding stopped as the US government sought to combat the recession by reminding itself that charity begins at home. A move that left Bliven grounded - and unemployed. "We were doing flying, mainly operating planes for relief stuff," Bliven recalls. "Then the company lost their contract from the government, so we couldn't fly any more. So we had to come back." Bliven was stunned by his misfortune, but for his employment advisor, Fernando Delgardo, such stories are nothing new. "Personally I have had people crying, I've had people very concerned about losing their homes, having to move, being homeless," he says. That experience is echoed in Japan, where the recession has struck hard, pushing unemployment up to 5.7 per cent in July, a post-war record. Tomoaki Okada worked for Nissan in Yokohama until he lost his job as demand for cars plummeted in the face of the global downturn. Then he was evicted from his company apartment and found himself on the streets for a week. Now he's campaigning for a better deal for people out of work in the world's second-biggest economy. "I can't help wondering if there's a way to help us a bit more" he reflects. "I spent a week on the streets and I was lucky it wasn't longer. Being homeless is so tough." Now Okada is hoping the stimulus packages agreed by world governments will lead to a global recovery. But like many people whose lives were traumatised by the Lehman collapse and by everything that resulted from it, his personal scars will take a long time to heal.

CLEAN: Exterior shots of an empty shop window and lock, Barack Obama pumpkin decoration and a far sale sign during a recession on October 29th 2009 in Georgetown, Washington, DC, United States

CLEAN: Exterior shots of closing down sale signs in store windows,"for lease" signs and a streetscene during a recession on October 29th 2009 in Georgetown, Washington, DC, United States

18:53:59:28 18:54:27 And march on means marching through our communities to make sure every one is ready to vote, this time it is to reelect barack obama 18:55:12 Let me erase some confusion, they say we go to far with inclusion, they say we have a caucus tall short people, but god did not burden the US with diversity, he blessed us 18:55:58 In our diversity we are all in this together, not just talking about black people, when I say we not just Dems, not talking about anything but all of America 18:56:43 Americans who struggle to make ends meat, we must move the US forward, more power in unity than division, lets do more than say the pledge lets live it 18:57:27 that means every one of us 18:59:00 Dannel Malloy : Americas choice in this election, Romney said he would sign Ryan's budget into law, lets talk about what that means 18:59:42 medicare vouchers, education would be slashed, and all of these cuts are so Romney can give tax cuts to your avg million 19:00:12 and continue subsidies for oil executives. We celebrate those who succeed but that's the R/R budget. Its harsh, radical, wrong 19:00:52 it would shred the safety net of the middle class, it would leave us with Romney raw deal 19:01:14 We believe something very different, a budget is a document that will reflect our values 19:01:35 Thats why obama signed mor that 2 trillion in spending cuts, we must ask every American to do their fair share 19:02:07 Can and should invest in what would grow the middle class, lets talk about jobs 19:02:38 4.5 million private sector jobs. voting right, in CT we are expanding them. Rep govs in states they control are disenfranchising millions of African Americans and Hispanic 19:03:35 the Rep want to take away a womans right to choose even if she is a rape victim 19:03:59 three reasons everyone should vote obama over romney: mother, sister, and daughter 19:04:22 belief that america is people of all walks of life, dont discriminate. need to fight for our children, seniors, women, middle class, and future. why we need to fight for Obama 19:05:16 Richard Trumka : Third generation coal miner. Last week Romney told us his friends built America without help from the rest of us- doesnt know a thing about hard work. We are the ones who built america 19:06:40 our work connects, all the hard men and women who make this place run. thank a worker, it will make you feel good all day. 19:07:25 every worker deserves the right to organize and bargain collectively. the Dem party will fight to protect this right 19:07:59 our country has a big job to do, rebuild the middle class together. shared prosperity is the middle class, will have that under obama. Prosperity requires leaders to invest, who are serious about rebuilding our manufacturing economy. 19:09:05 we know the wealthiest among us must do their part to help rebuild, prosperity requires economic security. properity requires democracy 19:10:13 Obama and biden have put the country on the right path despite the obstruction from the politically disruptive majority in congress 19:10:52 our country needs unity, leadership, Barack Obama 19:11:23 Denise Juneau (MO) : first native american to win a state wide election 19:12:30 education was the path to success, my mom is here tonight as a MO delegate. essential to my success were teachers 19:13:16 Teachers do the work that matters, we cannot thank them enough. thank you educators 19:13:39 As superintendent i have to honor to be advocate for all of our children, every child is entitle to an excellent education, compels us to work to reelect Obama 19:14:20 committment to grow our economy from the middle out, that's why he made historic investments in education 19:14:59 teachers are sometimes the only ones who tell our children they can go from an indian reservation to the white house 19:15:36 Obama understands that the native american story includes painful chapters and hopeful ones, we deserve to be part of the American dreams. invited us to the white house, made investmesnt in native communities. brought health care to all americans. 19:16:35 became an honorary member of the crow nation 19:17:33 Video and Remarks 19:18:43 Nancy Pelosi (CA) : isnt that American dream story that of america? we are here to reignite the dream, so many young people, the future of america. first mother and grand mother to serve as speaker of the house 19:20:16 we all stand together for the drive for 25 as we reelect obama as president 19:20:59 Dems believe in removing barries and building ladders of success, jobs are essential and obama has focused on job from day 1 19:21:28 adding 4.5 million private sector jobs, jobs mean freedom. working with obama dems passed lily ledbetter, repealed dont ask dont tell, made college more affordable, passed dream act but senate rep blocked it 19:22:23 Comsumer protection, make health care a right not a privilege, and make sure being a women is no longer a pre-existing condition 19:23:00 our freedom is secured by the men and women in uniform, thank them for keeping america the land of the free 19:23:24 this election offers the clearest choice of our time, many names of on the ballot and so too the character of our country 19:24:03 medicare on the ballot, Rep will end the medicare guarantee. vote for medicare. obama 19:24:26 some Rep want to replace SS with the gamble of private accounts, when you go to the polls vote SS, Obama 19:24:57 hearts of women are on the ballot, vote for womens rights, vote for obama 19:25:19 our democracy is on the ballot, curb the interests of special interests, create drops, build from middle out not top down, Dems will work to over turn citizens united 19:26:02 Rep supressing the right to vote, vote for democracy, vote for Obama 19:26:30 the American dream is on the ballot, to build ladders of success, vote for the American dream, Obama and Joe Binden 19:27:26 Tom Vilsack : Rural Americans are special people, their spirit of community. Obamas fight for rural America, understands challenges they face preserving their heartland values 19:28:39 They didnt say back to what but we know what backwards looks like, we know how far we've come. 19:29:17 obama is infusing new capital in rural communities, boosting job creating, making smart investments in clean energy supporting thousands of job 19:29:54 in this season of severe drought while calling on congress, we have more to do and Obama has a detail plan for a rural economy 19:30:31 Rural americans want leaders who help the middle class not opportunists who reap the beneifts with nothing left for those who do the sewing 19:31:32 Video: Women of the US Senate 19:32:49 Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, Debby S, Amy C, Jean Shaheen, Kay Hagen, Kirsten Gillibrand, Barbara Mikulski: first woman elected to the senate in her own right, made sure i wasnt the only 19:35:50 we want more. we Dem women of the senate are like the Olympic team, come in different sizes but united in determination to do the best for our country 19:36:38 I was a social worker for baltimore families, now building opp for americans 19:37:12 women leading means congress is willing to grow our economy, these are our priorities. we know that every issue is a womans issues, and equal pay for equal work is an all american issue 19:38:08 so proud that the first law signed by obama was the LL fair pay act 19:38:30 now those Rep tried to block our efforts to go further, but we are going to keep fighting bc you deserve equal pay for your hard work 19:39:08 nothing gets done more to improve care for women than health care reform, 9 states victims of domestic violence were denied coverage. millions of families know we are one medical catastrophe from financial disaster 19:40:17 ensured lifesaving preventive services, being a woman is truly no longer a pre-existing condition. restore security in the middle class, now we are ready to do more 19:41:10 take a look at the women running, those who can help us and reelect President Obama (48:14) / 19:32:45:03 rough log: 19:32:55 sen dianne feinstein walks out - beginning group of women intro's - barbara Boxer, Klobuchar, - ending with Sen Barbara Mikulski, MD - who high-fives the group 19:35:03 Mikulski at podium 19:42:14 women walk off 19:42:22 arne duncan 19:46:00 duncan walks off 19:50:02 Harvey Gantt - former mayor of charlotte 19:59:01 Jessica Sanchez - singer performs with choir 20:05:07 Elizabeth Ann "Libby" Bruce 20:07:40 she walks off 20:07:46 Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood federation of America 20:08:28 on behalf of women, etc - proud to support reelection of pres obama 20:08:47 few years ago tea party promised jump start economy - instead since day one - come after womens health - even tried to redefine rape (boos) 20:09:18 now mitt romney campaign to get rid of planned parenthood and overturn roe v wade 20:09:37 when we aren't at table -on the menu - we organize and vote for leaders who fight for us 20:09:57 nearly 100 years ago - birth control illegal - times have changed 20:10:11 today we are mothers and teachers scientists, members of armed forces 20:10:24 because of pres obama - more women than ever serve in cabinet and on supreme court 20:10:42 come so far so why fight against politicians want to end birth control 20:10:56 when romney says get rid of planned parenthood has real impact - cites examples 20:12:15 romney and Ryan - they won't even stand up for equal pay for women 20:12:37 good news - already have pres on our side - understands and trusts women - stands with women on every single issue important to us - preventive care covered with no co-pay no matter where work DNC RICHARDS PRE-EXISTING TRT :30 OC:"CONDITION IN AMERICA."(APPLAUSE) 20:13:10 because of pres obama, soon, women won't be denied insurance coverage because we've had breast cancer or been victims of sexual assault, and we're no longer going to pay more than men for the exact same health insurance. (applause) thanks to pres obama - being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition in america (applause) 20:13:39 20:14:19 24 years ago - my mother former texas gov ann richards spoke to this convention - (applause - very long) 20:15:06 she reminded us how far we've come - and time when folks drank from separate water fountains - punished for speaking spanish - mom spent entire life working to make things more fair 20:15:40 she believed american dream not meant just a few - but oppty for everyone 20:16:05 couple of years before she passed became friends with barack obama - saw in him promise of future and america - always move forward - come too far to turn back and we won't 20:16:53 this november keep moving forward - re-elect pres barack obama 20:17:09 music - intro steny hoyer 20:17:37 hello maryland - i am proud to be here to support pres obama and joe biden 20:17:55 obama spent last 4 years seeking solutions we need to meet challenges - spent first term focused build strong economy - thanks to leadership - america's auto workers back on jobs and manufacturers hiring 20:18:34 need more - why he wants revitalize manufacturing - house dems share that vision - plan called make it in america - invest in out educate out innovate, outbuild those overseas 20:19:11 this elex moment of truth for middle class families 20:19:19 choice critical but not difficult - romney said wished obama succeeded - if so he was alone in his party mcconnell say number one priority - defeat obama - not defeat terror, health care, education disabilities - but to simply defeat our president 20:20:19 as rev jackson - they want to drown the capt and are prepared to sink ship to do so 20:20:34 for 4 years - republicans confrontation and obstruction - why not single house republican voted to bring economy back from brink - obama's jobs plan - not try fix problem - played politics 20:21:14 despite historic obstruction pres brought back from verge of 2nd great depression 20:21:30 in jan 2009 - lost 800 thou jobs - this past july added 172 thou added jobs - 29th month of gains 20:22:12 not enough - but turn around of nearly one million jobs - ***surely even romney thinks we're better off today than we were then 20:22:36 romney ryan and tea party cared more about tear down pres than build up america - hope we forget and their role in piling up mountain of debt 20:23:10 ryan voted to put 2 wars on credit card, voted for tax cuts for rich - abandoned bi-partisan principle of pay for what we buy 20:23:48 also didn't tell you want turn medicare into voucher 20:24:40 decision this november simple - move forward or join romney-ryan retreat - 20:25:00 let's send obama back to wt hse and keep moving forward 20:25:14 hoyer walks off 20:28:36 Ed Meagher remarks 20:30:48 Gen'l Eric Shinseki intro'd 20:31:13 good evening everyone, especially veterans - spent 38 years in uniform - president devotion to veterans is sincere - know this first-hand we were both shaped and inspired by family members in ww2 20:32:30 during first mtg - his commitment to vets clear - 20:32:49 today iraq and afghan warriors display enormous discipline and love of country pres obama gets it - results of leadership clear - nearly 800 thou vets gained access to v-a health care 20:33:50 historic expansion treatment of ptsd and traumatic brain injury - job training and on track to end vets homelessness 20:34:21 we could not ask for stronger advocate - much more to be done 20:35:03 thank you 20:35:18 gov John Hickenlooper, Colorado 20:35:34 we had challenging summer in co - wildfires - shootings - on behalf - thank you 20:37:26 after my inauguration - republicans didn't plan defeat - worked together - 20:37:48 we don't always agree - but leaders cooperate for good of state - so we are moving forward - need keep moving forward with pres - his policies helping --- 20:52:49 CROSS-ROLL - 08734902 / 08734896 BEGIN (81:17) /

President George W. Bush / GW Bush Remarks to National Association of Manufacturers RS20/X83 Slugged: 1345 WH REMARKS X83 POTUS 13:46:23 bush walk out 13:46:53 man announces bush, kept economy growing doesn't like long introductions 13:47:59 thank you all for doing what you do for the country 13:48:11 make products that enrich our life, that drive and sustain our lives, when healthy this country is healthy 13:48:36 how to make sure this nation ahs a healthy economy remains one of the most important parts of 13:48:55 my former buddy, thanks for hiring him dong a fine job I might add 13:49:32 economic growth powered by manufactured goods, eighth largest economy in the world pioneered the technology it's important that we remain the economic leader in the world 13:50:06 responsible for 3/5th of developments - to stay ahead of the competition 13:50:48 if you're working for a manufacturing job, you probably get paid more than your neighbor 13:51:08 represents, economy as it did 20 years ago 13:51:24 everyday you stay creative, and we continue to lead this nation, I'm here to thank you and your work, we've overcome a lot together 13:51:44 easy to forget short-term history , corporate scandal, September 11 which still drives my foreign policy, high energy prices, we face a lot 13:52:17 I see a problem 13:52:30 this economy is going to grow, American people spend money so the government doesn't have to spend the money 13:52:54 incentives for small businesses to invest 13:53:14 want to make capitol less expensive 13:53:52 taxation without respiration 13:54:01 house passed, senate working on it 13:54:24 our policies to enable you to work better 13:54:43 our economy grew at 3.5& that's more than any other industrialized nation 13:55:04 34 straight months American economy has grown 13:55:30 up more than 7% since January 2001 productivity growing 13:55:47 American workers more productive 13:56:21 double the cost of living 13:56:33 manufacturing activity is growing 13:56:52 this morning commerce appointment 13:57:00 economic policies that we pursue are working 13:57:14 fundamental question, what do we need to do to make sure the economy stays strong 13:57:39 we go to be wise about how we spend your money, appropriate money 13:58:03 AS LONG AS OUR MEN AND WOMAN they will get all they need to get the job done 13:58:26 homeland security 13:58:47 reduce non security spending, and my budget has cut this spending 13:59:14 reduce mandatory spending 13:59:30 cut deficit by 2009, mid session review 14:03:14 social security and Medicare until we change it 14:03:32 living longer and getting ready for the benefits that we have been promised 14:03:58 overhand unfunding liability 14:04:23 put social security and Medicare on the road to solvency 14:06:54 for too long we had system that just shuffled kids through the schools 14:07:13 9th grade teacher looking me in the eye because my kids can't read 14:07:30 in return for additional money from Washington dc we expect the schools to measure.whole purpose is to have an accountability system able to detect problems early 14:08:01 more to be done in match and science, apply the same rigor used in no child left behind 14:08:19 we need to measure and solve problems earlier for our children.I'm a big believer in advanced placement 14:08:42 never forget going into Dallas to see an AP class there 14:09:07 there were Latinos and African Americans. Bright young kids 14:09:19 need a teacher capable of teaching advanced placement.sometimes science isn't viewed as cool 14:09:38 need to be able to connect fact jobs of 21st century will depend on person's ability to be an engineer 14:09:57 vital for our country we take action now to make sure we remain a leader in the world 14:10:10 take care of the poor and the elderly 14:10:18 says to poor seniors you no longer have to choose between your medicine and your food 14:10:41 big believer in health savings accounts, hope as you analyze your health care plans to look at your money 14:11:02 in order to make sure customers have more choice in their health care you have to have transparency 14:11:20 if you're worried about rising health care costs it makes sense to have transparency in pricing and quality 14:11:39 strongly supporting health IT. Many of you productive because you've been able to employ info technology 14:12:00 sometimes the files get misplaced, and a lot of times there are medical errors 14:12:16 if you are truly interested, you need to join us in making sure we end these frivolous lawsuits running doctors out of business 14:12:49 strong economy is good for our people. 14:12:56 want the American people to benefit, want people's lifestyles to go up want people to realize their dreams 14:13:42 we must expand our nuclear power industry if we want to be competitive 14:14:43 when demand for hydrocarbons goes up, it affects your 14:15:15 spending money to make sure liquefied natural gas terminals 14:16:08 every bushel of corn grown in Midwest makes us less dependent on oil from overseas 14:16:22 drive the first 40 miles on a battery, and your car doesn't look like a golf cart 14:16:37 in order to make sure this country's competitive, we have to spend money 14:17:03 big believer in trade 14:17:09 what I'm for is trade that opens up people's markets, that's what I'm for. 14:17:31 we open up our markets, you'll open up yours 14:17:56 makes sense for people locked in impoverished market that we open up our nations 14:20:09 owe it to future generations of Americans to keep our entrepreneurial spirit strong

03:18:46:23 02:12:24 WS H/O as Aretha Franklin exits capitol and descends stairs, good shot // 02:14:40 Laura Bush and Lynne Cheney arrive // 02:19:02 Michelle Obama and Jill Biden exit capitol and walk down steps // 02:21:17 CU Michelle // 032:22:23 Sen. Bill Bennett (R-UT), Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) precede President George W. Bush down steps to seats // 02:25:45 VP Joe Biden enters and walks down steps // 02:30:09 Obama enters and walks down steps // 02:33:36 CU Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) at podium // 02:40:25 Aretha Franklin sings // 02:34:55 Rev. Rick Warren invocation // 02:43:37 VP Joe Biden swear in with Justice Stevens // 02:46:15 Musical performance with Yo-Yo Ma and Itzak Perlman // 02:51:22 Obama swear in with Justice Roberts // 02:5:56 H/O Obama inaugural address // 03:14:15 Poetry reading by Elizabeth Alexander // 03:18:45 Joseph Lowrey arrives at podium to deliver final prayer, cut off in progress // (0:31) / 00:00:00:00 FEINSTEIN/WORLD IS WATCHING 11:45:57 The world is watching today as our great democracy engages in this peaceful transition of power. Here on the National Mall, where we remember the founders of our nation and those who fought to make it free, we gather to etch another line in the solid stone of history. (22) The freedom of a people to choose its leaders is the root of liberty. In a world where political strife is too often settled with violence, we come here every four years to bestow the power of the presidency upon our democratically elected leader. 11:46:41 (44) // FEINSTEIN/REALITY 11:46:42 Those who doubt the supremacy of the ballot over the bullet can never diminish the power engendered by nonviolent struggles for justice and equality, like the one that made this day possible. No triumph tainted by brutality could ever match the sweet victory of this hour and of what it means to those who marched and died to make it a reality. 11:47:10 // FEINSTEIN/TURNING POINT&#xd;11:47:11 Our work is not yet finished, but future generations will mark this morning as the turning point for real and necessary change in our nation. They will look back... and remember that this was the moment when the dream that once echoed across history from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial finally reached the walls of the White House. In that spirit, we, today, not only inaugurate a new administration, we pledge ourselves to the hope, the vision, the unity and the renewed call to greatness inspired by the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. 11:48:02 // FEINSTEIN/44TH PRESIDENT 11:47:45 We, today, not only inaugurate a new administration, we pledge ourselves to the hope, the vision, the unity and the renewed call to greatness inspired by the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. 11:48:02 // OBAMA/PRESIDENTIAL OATH 12:08:20 Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace.Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents. So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans. That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. 12:09:12 // OBAMA/MIDST OF CRISIS 12:09:10 That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet. These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land - a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights. Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met. 12:10:27 // OBAMA/WILL BE MET 12:10:14 Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met. 12:10:27 // OBAMA/GOVERNMENT 12:15:05 What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account - to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day - because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government. 12:15:49 // OBAMA/AMERICA 12:16:43 We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, our Founding Fathers faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more. 12:17:32OBAMA/IRAQ-AFGHAN 12:18:33 We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you. 12:19:07 // OBAMA/NOT APOLOGIZE 12:18:50 We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you. 12:19:07 // OBAMA/NEW ERA 12:19:21 For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace. 12:20:02 // OBAMA/MUSLIM WORLD 12:20:05 To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. 12:20:42 // OBAMA/OLD VALUES 12:22:43 Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends - hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. (38) What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task. 12:23:47 (1:04) // OBAMA/GREAT GIFT 12:25:37 With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations. 12:26:03 // (0:00) /

AP-APTN-1300: US CFDA Obama Tuesday, 16 June 2009 STORY:US CFDA Obama- NEW Michelle Obmam honoured by fashion world LENGTH: 05:52 RESTRICTIONS: Check script for details TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP Ents / CFDA STORY NUMBER: 609882 DATELINE: New York, 15 June 2009 LENGTH: 05:52 SHOTLIST (including transcript) :- CFDA Location unknown, recent 1. SOUNDBITE (English) First Lady Michelle Obama: (pre-recorded acceptance speech) "Good evening everyone and thanks so much to all of you at the CFDA for this unexpected honour. The past year has been an extraordinary time for me and I want to thank the many designers who have so graciously and beautifully played a part in it. The ingenuity and craftsmanship of American designers contributes so much to our economy and to our culture." Associated Press Television New York, 15 June 2009 2. Wide shot, Tracey Ullman poses for photographers 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tracey Ullman, Comedian: "She just looks great in things. She carries things well. Her deportment is wonderful and I love that she tries mixing things up. She doesn't look like someone said, 'You wear this.' You know she makes her own decisions and budget things and some expensive pieces and she's just very comfortable in herself anyway. So she looks fabulous in most things and I love when she met the queen in a cardigan. That killed me. But you know, she's great." POOL - AP Clients Only London, UK, 1 April 2009 4. Barack and Michelle Obama meeting with Queen Elizabeth II Associated Press Television New York, 15 June 2009 5. Medium shot, Designer Vera Wang poses for photographers 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Vera Wang, Designer: "Well I think her style is great because she's somebody who actually loves fashion. But I don't think she's trying to make a career out of it. And I think as a first lady that's kind of extraordinary." POOL Washington, DC, 20 January 2009 7. Wide shot, Barack and Michelle Obama walking in inaugural parade Associated Press Television New York, 15 June 2009 8. Medium shot, designer Jason Wu and Daine Kruger speak to reporters 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Wu. Designer: "I think Michelle Obama has really transformed how America looks at fashion and it's been really great that she's being honoured tonight and as a young designer I'm just so thrilled that we have a first lady that has such great taste." CFDA Location unknown, recent 10. SOUNDBITE (English) First Lady Michelle Obama: (pre-recorded acceptance speech) "Designers from Levi Strauss to the reigning 7th Avenue giants have had a global influence, exporting not just fashion, but the American spirit as well. I'd like to commend the leadership of the CFDA for encouraging the creativity and innovation that is vital in every industry but especially important to this particular art form. Though the mentoring, training and scholarship programs you provide to up and coming designers you are not only empowering the next generation of artists to make their dreams come true, but you're securing a bring future for the entire industry as well." Associated Press Television New York, 15 June 2009 11. Medium shot, Heidi Klum and Michael Kors speak to reporters 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Heidi Klum, Super Model/TV Personality: "I think it shows that beauty and brains can also have a lot of style. And that not just, women who are in politics have to wear dark blues and greys and dark greens and it's all a bit sad. I think that she put a lot of colour into politics and I think that a lot of women admire her. They admire her for her beauty, for her brains, but also because she has a lot of style. I think she is playful. She's not so boring." SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Kors, Designer: "I think dressing Mrs. Obama for me has been such a pleasure because she really is indicative of how so many modern women want to look. She enjoys fashion but she doesn't want it to rule her life. And I think she likes playing around with clothes. Expressing herself, she knows that fashion's a big part of expressing yourself. And it doesn't mean that you're any less intelligent or brilliant because she's all of that. And she's really been a great flag-waver for American fashion around the world." 13. Wide shot, Heidi Klum and Michael Kors speak to reporters POOL - (via ABC) - AP Clients Only Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 13 March 2009 14. Michelle Obama walks into a room of US Army Airborne troops and families POOL - AP Clients Only London, UK, 2 April 2009 15. Wide of Michelle Obama walking to speaker's podium Associated Press Television New York, 15 June 2009 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Kenneth Cole, designer: "Michelle's natural comfort with who she is and how she appears is very extraordinary and it's uncontrived and it's very natural, clearly. And I think it's inspiring to all of us." 17. Medium shot, Jack White and designer Anna Sui speak to reporters 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna Sui, Designer: "I think it's incredible. I think that she's made it more egalitarian and I think that that's good. We were going the wrong way. It was just getting too luxe and too extreme. And now there's a whole new style and it looks so fresh. " 19. Wide shot, Padma Lakshmi poses for photographers 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Padma Lakshmi, Host, Top Chef: "I think it's been really vast, the fact that she's not a twig, the fact that she has curves. The fact that she loves to wear bold colour and is not afraid of fashion and really seems to enjoy fashion while retaining her own identity is I think really, really applaud-able. And you never get the sense that even though she is so well put together that it in any way prevents her from being a woman with great gravitas, great intelligent and great accomplishment. And it just shows you what I've always believed to be true, that you can be smart and really beautiful at the same time." 21. Medium shot, Designer Rachel Roy poses on red carpet 22. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachael Ray, Designer: "I think what she's done for American fashion is phenomenal, particularly young designers. And the sense of edge and what she loves; Rick Owens and a little Asdine, right up my alley." CFDA Location unknown, recent 23. SOUNDBITE (English) First Lady Michelle Obama: (pre-recorded acceptance speech) "To both the legends and the future legends I'm honoured to celebrate your craft with you tonight. And on behalf of men and women everywhere I want to thank you all for making fashion liberating, inspiring but most of all fun." FIRST LADY OF FASHION HONORED BY THE CFDA Michelle Obama keeps feeling the love from the fashion world. She was honoured with a special tribute from the Council of Fashion Designers of America board of directors for her contributions to the world of fashion. Although she was missing from the crowd at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Monday (15 JUNE 2009), Obama's presence was felt throughout the star-studded ceremony, which included Heidi Klum, Blake Lively and Kirsten Dunst. Klum said that Mrs. Obama's style has revolutionised political fashion: "I think it shows that beauty and brains can also have a lot of style. And that not just a lot of women who are in politics have to wear dark blues and grays and dark greens and it's all a bit sad. I think that she put a lot of colour into politics and I think that a lot of women admire her for her beauty, for her brains, but also because she has a lot of style." Designer Michael Kors has had the honour of dressing the first lady. "I think she likes playing around with clothes, expressing herself," said Kors" I think she knows that fashion's a big part of expressing yourself. And it doesn't mean that you're any less intelligent or brilliant because she's all of that." The evening's host, Tracey Ullman, poked fun at Mrs. Obama's preppy looks: "She looks fabulous in most things and I love when she met the queen in a cardigan. That killed me." Designer Anna Sui was also celebrated on Monday with a lifetime achievement award. She says Mrs. Obama caused a shift in trends. "I think she's made it more egalitarian and I think that's good," said Sui. "We were going the wrong way. It was just getting too luxe and too extreme. And now there's a whole new style and it looks so fresh." Three designers that Mrs. Obama has been known to wear - Narciso Rodriguez, Jason Wu and Thakoon Panichgul - also received CFDA nominations. "I think Michelle Obama has really transformed how America looks at fashion," said Wu. "And it's been really great that she's being honoured tonight and as a young designer I'm just so thrilled that we have a first lady that has such great taste." 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi commended Mrs. Obama fearlessness: "The fact that she's not a twig. The fact that she has curves. The fact that she loves to wear bold colour and is not afraid of fashion and really seems to enjoy fashion while retaining her own identity is I think really, really applaud-able." Obama accepted her award via a pre-taped video speech. Wearing a crisp white button-down shirt and two strands of pearls, she spoke of fashion as an American "art form" with "ingenuity and craftsmanship that contribute so much to our economy and culture." "Designers from Levi Strauss to the reigning 7th Avenue giants have had a global influence, exporting not just fashion, but the American spirit as well," she said. "I want to thank you all for making fashion liberating, inspiring and most of all fun." The evening's other big winners included newcomers Rodarte, Proenza Schouler and Alexander Wang. CLEARANCE DETAILS APTN (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-06-16-09 0924EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1300: US CMT Awards preview Tuesday, 16 June 2009 STORY:US CMT Awards preview- REPLAY Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley rehearse for CMT awards LENGTH: 04:16 RESTRICTIONS: Check script for details TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP Television STORY NUMBER: 609881 DATELINE: Nashville, Tennessee, 15 June 2009 LENGTH: 04:16 CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: COMMERCIAL MUSIC, MUSIC VIDEO AND OR PERFORMANCES, MUST BE CLEARED ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN LOCAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE AND COPYRIGHT AGREEMENTS WITH YOUR APPLICABLE COLLECTING SOCIETY. DETAILS OF THE TRACKS, WHERE AVAILABLE, MAY BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE SCRIPT.YOU HAVE EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF ALL AND ANY CONTENT INCLUDED WITHIN THE SERVICE, AND FOR LIBEL, PRIVACY, COMPLIANCE AND THIRD PARTY RIGHTS APPLICABLE TO THEIR TERRITORY. SHOTLIST (including transcript) :- AP Television Nashville, Tennessee, 15 June 2009 1. Wide pan workers preparing arrivals area for 2009 CMT Music Awards to 2009 CMT Music Awards sign 2. Wide interior of arrivals area 3. Sommet Center electronic sign: "CMT AWARDS JUNE 16" 4. INT Tilt down from monitor to Sommet Center stage 5. Medium place card with event attendees' names and photographs 6. Kellie Pickler place card 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kellie Pickler/Musician: "The thing that makes the CMT Awards different from any other awards show is that it's completely fan voted, and it's really all about the fans." 8. UPSOUND (English) Taylor Swift/Musician: "I can see how you think that, but that's my next dream, you know. I want to be in the NFL." CMT 9. Still image: Taylor Swift and Def Leppard AP Images 10. Still image: T-Pain AP Television Nashville, Tennessee, 15 June 2009 11. UPSOUND (English) Taylor Swift/Musician, on reports T-Pain will be performing with her at tonight's CMT Music Awards: "Well the T-Pain thing, it's not really specified what that collaboration is yet, and so it's been really fun to keep that a secret, because we've never confirmed if it's a performance or if it's a something else. You never know. You know, you should watch it." (Reporters laugh.) AP Television Nashville, Tennessee, 15 June 2009 12. UPSOUND (English) Taylor Swift/Musician: "I do have this dream where I want to be in the NFL." 13. Wide Lady Antebellum on stage at 2009 CMT Music Awards rehearsal 15. Wide shot Lady Antebellum rehearse 'Lookin' for a Good Time' 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Charles Kelley/Musician, Lady Antebellum: "I was just going to say yeah, one of the cool things is the stage this year is so exciting, there's so many different little jut outs and stuff, and it's visually very appealing." Hillary Scott/Musician, Lady Antebellum: "And all the lighting and everything when we were just running through our rehearsal, I really think it's going to blow people's minds, just how bright and colourful it is. It's going to be a lot of fun." 15. Various Brad Paisley rehearses 'Then' 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Paisley/Musician, on his latest single, 'Then', which he'll perform at the 2009 CMT Music Awards: "Well, yeah, it's as heartfelt as I've ever written anything. In the writing process of the song 'Then,' I found myself in the middle of the last few months of our - I say 'our' because I think that's the wrong term - of her pregnancy. There's no 'our' about it." 17. Mid shot place cards for Brad Paisley and wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Paisley/Musician, on his latest single, 'Then', which he'll perform at the 2009 CMT Music Awards: "The day before the birth, you think you love somebody. And then 24 hours later, after watching what a woman goes through, again, you stand corrected. You thought you couldn't love her more, but no, not true." 19. Mid shot Brad Paisley rehearses 'Then' 20. Electronic sign: "2009 CMT Music Awards" 21. Wide shot Darius Rucker rehearses 'Alright' 22. SOUNDBITE (English) Darius Rucker/Musician, on playing the 2009 CMT Music Awards: "Crazy. I mean, it's another one of those things where I have to sit back and pinch myself to realise all this stuff is happening, because there's a lot of big names out there playing the show, and they've penciled me in, too, and that's pretty cool." 23. Wide shot Darius Rucker rehearses 'Alright' SWIFT'S DREAMY CMT OPENER Taylor Swift's top secret CMT Music Awards opener promises to be nothing but a dream sequence. Although staffers and crew have been sworn to secrecy about the show open, country and pop queen Swift and host Bill Engvall were in plain sight shooting a portion of the segment backstage Monday (15 JUNE 2009) at Sommet Center, the site of tonight's 2009 CMT Music Awards. "I can see how you think that," Swift could be overheard repeatedly saying in the scripted dialogue directed to Engvall. "But that's my next dream, you know. I want to be in the NFL." Fantasy-football sequence or not, Swift, 19, is set to perform tonight with veteran rock band Def Leppard, her co-headliner on a recent episode of 'Crossroads' series, for which they are CMT Awards nominees. And backstage at the CMA Music Festival Sunday, Swift also confirmed reports that rapper T-Pain will play some part in her appearance on tonight's show. "Well, the T-Pain thing, it's not really specified what that collaboration is yet," she teased. "It's been really fun to keep that a secret, because we've never confirmed if it's a performance or if it's something else. You never know. You know, you should watch it." The 2009 CMT Music Awards airs in the U.S. Tuesday night at 8 EDT. CLEARANCE DETAILS APTN (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-06-16-09 0924EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1300: US Michaelangelo Tuesday, 16 June 2009 STORY:US Michaelangelo- REPLAY Exhibition of what is thought to be Michelangelo's first painting LENGTH: 02:10 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 609823 DATELINE: New York, 15 June 2009 LENGTH: 02:10 SHOTLIST (including transcript) :- AP Television New York 15 June 2009 1. Wide exterior of Metropolitan Museum of Art 2. Close-up of Michelangelo exhibit banner reads "Michelangelo's First Painting" 3. Various of man looking at Michelangelo's 'Torment of Saint Anthony' 4. Close-up of man looking at Michelangelo's 'Torment of Saint Anthony' 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Keith Christiansen, Curator Department of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: "To tell you the truth there, a detail in the picture that immediately convinced me and it may seem like an incidental detail but it is precisely because it was so incidental, excuse me if I make my point (walks over to point to painting) along the edge of the rocks here, there's dense cross hatching, almost awkwardly dense cross hatching. When I looked and I thought that this is exactly what we find in Michelangelo's earliest pen drawings, this precise kind of hatching, nobody but Michelangelo does this. And then as you look to the face of Saint Anthony to the hands and so forth, all of these remind me of aspects of his earliest sculptures from 1490-92. This looks to me exactly, it's got all the finger marks, finger prints of the young Michelangelo." 6. Various of Michelangelo's 'Torment of Saint Anthony' 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Keith Christiansen, Curator Department of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: "He has actually corrected, tightened up the composition and he has in fact given all the monsters a much more real, animal like character." 8. Pan from Michelangelo's 'Torment of Saint Anthony' to Martin Schongauer's: 'Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons' 9. Close-up of Martin Schongauer's: 'Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons' 10. Wide of man looking at Michelangelo's 'Torment of Saint Anthony' MICHELANGELO'S TEENAGE TORMENT An exhibit showing what is believed to be Michelangelo Buonarroti's first painting marked the start of a summer-long exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday. Michelangelo known for his sculptures and drawings was an accomplished painter before ever learning to carve marble. He studied in Florence during his youth and it is during this time the work on display 'Torment of Saint Anthony' comes. The work is a copy of a well-known engraving of the time named 'Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons' by Martin Schongauer (1448-1491.) Experts believe Michelangelo was 12 or 13-years-old when he made it. The two works hang side by side at the exhibition for comparison. Keith Christiansen curator for the department of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art says he believes the painting is Michelangelo's first because of the "almost awkwardly dense cross hatching". "When I looked and I thought that this is exactly what we find in Michelangelo's earliest pen drawings, this precise kind of hatching, no body but Michelangelo does this," Christiansen said. The Met will show 'Torment of Saint Anthony' until early September. APTN (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-06-16-09 0924EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1300: UK Metal Hammer 2 Tuesday, 16 June 2009 STORY:UK Metal Hammer 2- NEW Highlights of Metal Hammer Golden God Awards LENGTH: 06:34 RESTRICTIONS: Check script for details TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP Ents/VNR STORY NUMBER: 609883 DATELINE: London, UK, 15 June 2009 LENGTH: 06:34 CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: COMMERCIAL MUSIC, MUSIC VIDEO AND OR PERFORMANCES, MUST BE CLEARED ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN LOCAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE AND COPYRIGHT AGREEMENTS WITH YOUR APPLICABLE COLLECTING SOCIETY. DETAILS OF THE TRACKS, WHERE AVAILABLE, MAY BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE SCRIPT.YOU HAVE EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF ALL AND ANY CONTENT INCLUDED WITHIN THE SERVICE, AND FOR LIBEL, PRIVACY, COMPLIANCE AND THIRD PARTY RIGHTS APPLICABLE TO THEIR TERRITORY. SHOTLIST (including transcript) :- AP Entertainment London UK, 15 June 2009 1. Wide shot venue Indigo2 2. Mid shot arrival shot Biff Byford, Saxon 3. Mid shot Behemoth 4. Mid shot Five Finger Death Punch give interview 5. Mid shot Steve Vai gives interview 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Vai (offering advice for new rockers) "Well there's a lot of distractions in the music business and there can be a lot of distractions in life, but if you love the guitar than everything else is gravy. Nothing else is as important as your relationship with your guitar." 5. Mid shot Anthrax 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthrax (on being metal pioneers): Scott Ian: "We didn't know we were pioneers until like about a month ago. You can only realise you're a pioneer until about 20 years later when people tell you you're a pioneer." Dan Nelson: "I knew my whole life." Scott Ian: "When we were doing that stuff it was just because we love music so we never really thought about it at the time." Rob Caggiano: "Pioneering to us never came into the story." Scott Ian: "Exactly." 7. Mid shot Steel Panther ++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE, BITE CONTAINS PROFANITY 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Steel Panther (on Steel Panther's mission to bring Metal music to the world): "So far we've f**king brought it back to London. It's totally coming back. I mean these girls they were into hip hop when we met them, now they're f**king into Motley Crue and Steel Panther." 9. Mid shot Anvil 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Robb Reiner, Drummer, Anvil (on performing at awards): "It's going to be great, there's nothing like rocking for your fellow metal brothers." VNR 11. Iron Maiden accept 'Best UK Band' and 'Golden Gods' AP Entertainment London UK, 15 June 2009 12. Wide shot Iron Maiden drummer Nico McBrain with awards 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Nico McBrain, Drummer Iron Maiden: "I do actually have my own award here, and I have Adrian's I do believe, Mr Smith's here - it's going to cost him about 200 quid to get this back." 14. Close up tilt award to Anvil, SOUNDBITE (English) Steve "Lips" Kudlow, Anvil: (Reporter: "Metal as a word I can't mention on the television." Kudlow: "Metal as Fun." 15. Wide shot Anvil pose for photographers 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve "Lips" Kudlow, Anvil: "It's not even a question of overdue or not overdue or expected or unexpected, it's just the whole thing is a miraculous turn of events that is unbelievable and I am...I couldn't be at a better place in my life and at a better age to appreciate it with full open heart. It's just amazing." SOUNDBITE (English) Robb Reiner, Drummer, Anvil: "I second that." VNR 17. Saxon accept 'Spirit of Hammer' award AP Entertainment London UK, 15 June 2009 18. Wide shot Saxon 19. Close up award 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Biff Byford, Saxon: "They're telling me that it's for being together for 30 years. That's what it's about, so that's cool." 21. Mid shot Best Underground Band, Behemoth 22. Wide shot best breakthrough band, Five Fingered Death Punch 23. Close up award 24. SOUNDBITE (English) Ivan Moody, Five Finger Death Punch "We started off and nobody gave us credit and I'm going to say it truthfully and bluntly from my heart, with a name like Five Finger Death Punch you're overlooked, especially in metal, and just to get something like this, I hope that it's the first of many accolades for us and we...I say that this is we as a unit, this band has earned it. We've squabbled together, we've bled and died together for the last three years, everything from playing at eleven o'clock in the morning to eleven o'clock at night and..." SOUNDBITE (English) Matt Snell, Five Finger Death Punch: "Sharing socks." SOUNDBITE (English) Ivan Moody, Five Finger Death Punch: "...Absolutely." SOUNDBITE (English) Zoltan Bathory, Five Finger Death Punch: "Yes. (Indecipherable)." SOUNDBITE (English) Ivan Moody, Five Finger Death Punch: "This is to the troops that I'm surrounded by and every single fan that's stuck by us so I'm absolutely proud." VNR ++ CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE - FOOTAGE CONTAINS PROFANITY 25. Slipknot accept Best International Band via video link 26. Announcement Riff Lord award to Steve Vai, Vai accepts AP Entertainment London UK, 15 June 2009 27. Wide shot Steve Vai with Riff Lord award 28. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Vai (on the look of his award) "It is very cool, I mean it's very threatening and it's very metal and it makes you want to go play the guitar, play some loud riffs." VNR 29. Performance Saxon 'Battalions of Steel' METAL HAMMER AWARDS HONOUR THOSE WHO ROCK Rockers including Saxon, Antrhax and Anvil gathered in London Monday (15 JUNE 2009), for the seventh Metal Hammer Golden God awards. Guitar virtuoso Steve Vai made a special appearance at the Indigo2 venue to collect the 'Riff Lord' award. On the red carpet, the Grammy award winner had advice for newcomers to the rock scene. "Well there's a lot of distractions in the music business and there can be a lot of distractions in life," Vai said, "but if you love the guitar than everything else is gravy. Nothing else is as important as you're relationship with your guitar." In addition to the award show, thrash metal icons Anthrax played a rare intimate show for 500 fans, as part of three hours of live music on gig-boat stage HMS Anthrax. Widely considered pioneers of the genre, Anthrax say for them, it's all about the music. "We didn't know we were pioneers until about a month ago." insisted rhythm guitarist Scott Ian, "You can only realise you're a pioneer until about 20 years later when people tell you you're a pioneer." "When we were doing that stuff it was just because we love music so we never really thought about it at the time," he continued. Enjoying a new surge of success thanks to big screen documentary 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil', Anvil picked up the 'Metal as F**k' award. Steve "Lips" Kudlow from the band was delighted to accept it, despite their years of obscurity before the film: "It's not even a question of overdue or not overdue or expected or unexpected, it's just the whole thing is a miraculous turn of events that is unbelievable and I am...I couldn't be at a better place in my life and at a better age to appreciate it with full open heart. It's just amazing." Anvil also played live at the ceremony. The night's big winners included Iron Maiden, honoured as 'Golden Gods', and given the title 'Best UK Band' for the second year in a row. Slipknot won 'Best International Band' and 'Best Live Band'; Def Leppard were named 'Legends'. Saxon picked up the 'Spirit of Hammer' award - the group's Bill Byford explained why: "They're telling me that it's for being together for 30 years. That's what it's about, so that's cool." Lamb of God won 'Best Album' for 'Wrath', while Marilyn Manson was honoured with the 'Icon Award'. Marilyn Manson, Def Leppard and Slipknot did not attend. CLEARANCE DETAILS APTN (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-06-16-09 0944EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM -------------------

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&lt;pi&gt; ***This pkg contains photos from AP/Getty Images that are only cleared for use within the pkg. Affiliates may not cut these photos out of the pkg for individual use.*** &lt;/pi&gt;\n\n --SUPERS--\n:00 - :10\nNovember 3, 1992\nDallas\n\n:10 - :24\nPresidential Debate Commission\n\n:10 - :24\nOctober 15, 1992\nRichmond, VA\n\n:32 - :38\nOctober 4, 1995\n\n:38 - :50\nFrom CNN's "Larry King Live"\nFebruary 20, 1992\n\n:38 - :50\nRoss Perot\nFormer Presidential Candidate\n\n:50 - 1:18\nPresidential Debate Commission\n\n:50 - 1:18\nOctober 15, 1992\nRichmond, VA\n\n1:00 - 1:06\nRoss Perot\nFormer Presidential Candidate\n\n1:18 - 1:23\nNovember 9, 1993\nWashington\n\n1:23 - 1:48\nFrom CNN's "Larry King Live: The NAFTA Debate"\nNovember 9, 1993\n\n1:32 - 1:36\nAl Gore\nFormer U.S. Vice President\n\n1:48 - 1:57\nSenate TV\nJune 25, 1993\n\n1:57 - 2:25 (mandatory font)\nPerot '96, Inc.\n\n2:25 - 2:37\nAFP/Getty Images\n\n2:37 - 3:16 (mandatory font)\nPerot '96, Inc.\n\n3:16 - end\nNovember 5, 1996\nDallas\n \n -- LEAD IN --\nTEXAS BILLIONAIRE AND FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROSS PEROT HAS DIED.\nWOLF BLITZER LOOKS BACK ON PEROT'S REMARKABLE LIFE.\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nH. ROSS PEROT WAS ALREADY A MEGA-SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN WHEN HE LEAPT INTO THE AMERICAN CONSCIOUSNESS AS AN INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 1992.\nHIS FOLKSY MANNER...\nRoss Perot/ Former Presidential Candidate:\n"I was down in Texas taking care of business, tending to my family and this situation got so bad that I decided I'd better get into it."\nAND HIS LASER-LIKE FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY...\nRoss Perot/ Former Presidential Candidate:\n"We have got to stop sending jobs overseas..."\nMADE PEROT ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN U-S HISTORY. \nHE WON ALMOST 19 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN 1992.\nFROM THE BEGINNING, PEROT'S CAMPAIGN STRUCK A CHORD WITH THOSE SEEKING A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE.\nHE THREW HIS HAT INTO THE RING ON CNN'S LARRY KING LIVE - \nRoss Perot/ Former Presidential Candidate:\n"Number one, I will not run as either a democrat or a republican, because I will not sell out to anybody but to the american people - and I will sell out to them."\nIN A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, HE ATTACKED BOTH REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT GEORGE H-W BUSH AND DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER BILL CLINTON WITH EQUAL VIGOR ABOUT THE NATION'S DEBT.\nRoss Perot/ Former Presidential Candidate:\n"It's not the republicans fault of course, and it's not the democrats fault&lt;pi&gt;&lt;/pi&gt;and what I'm looking for is who did it?"\nPEROT ALSO DIRECTLY CHALLENGED BOTH CANDIDATES' SUPPORT OF NAFTA - THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT.\nPEROT FEARED IT WOULD CAUSE THE LOSS OF AMERICAN JOBS.\nRoss Perot/ Former Presidential Candidate:\n"There will be a giant sucking sound going south."\nPEROT'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST NAFTA CONTINUED BEYOND THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.\nTHE CLINTON WHITE HOUSE RESPONDED WITH A CHALLENGE - A ONE-ON-ONE DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE - LIVE ON CNN - WITH LARRY KING AS MODERATOR.\nGore: "Yeah, I'm listening. I haven't heard the answer, but go ahead."\nPerot: "That's because you haven't quit talking."\nGore: "Well, I'm listening, how do you stop it without NAFTA?"\nPerot: "Ok, are you going to listen? Work on it."\nIT WAS WATCHED BY MILLIONS OF VIEWERS. \nJUST OVER A WEEK LATER, NAFTA PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE.\nIT TOOK EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 1994.\nROSS PEROT WAS BORN IN 1930 IN TEXARKANA, TEXAS WHERE HIS FATHER RAN A COTTON MILL.\nHE GRADUATED FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1953 AND SPENT FOUR YEARS AT SEA.\nHE STARTED 'ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS' IN THE EARLY 1960'S.\nIT LATER BECAME ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST TECHNOLOGY SERVICES COMPANIES - PROCESSING DATA.\nPEROT BECAME A BILLIONAIRE IN 1984, WHEN HE SOLD A CONTROLLING INTEREST IN E-D-S TO GENERAL MOTORS FOR TWO-AND-A-HALF BILLION DOLLARS.\nA COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, HE STARTED A SECOND DATA PROCESSING COMPANY - PEROT SYSTEMS CORPORATION.\nIT SOLD TO DELL IN 2009 FOR ALMOST 4 BILLION DOLLARS.\nIN 1969, PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON ASKED PEROT TO SEEK BETTER TREATMENT FOR U-S PRISONERS OF WAR IN NORTH VIETNAM.\nHE TRAVELED TO LAOS WHERE HE MET WITH AMBASSADORS FROM RUSSIA AND NORTH VIETNAM. \nPEROT MADE HEADLINES AGAIN IN 1979 WHEN TWO E-D-S EMPLOYEES WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE DURING A REVOLUTION IN IRAN, HE ORGANIZED AND PAID FOR A SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE MISSION TO RESCUE THE MEN AND BRING THEM HOME. \nPEROT RAN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN IN 1996 - BUT THIS TIME, HE WAS BARRED FROM THE DEBATES, SO HE BOUGHT NETWORK AIR TIME AND BROADCAST A SERIES OF INFOMERCIALS TO EXPLAIN HIS PERSONAL VISION FOR AMERICA.\nPEROT WON ONLY EIGHT PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN '96.\nWOLF BLITZER CNN WASHINGTON.\n -- TAG --\nPEROT WAS 89 YEARS OLD.\nHIS FAMILY SAID HE HAD BEEN FIGHTING LEUKEMIA FOR FIVE MONTHS.\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nROSS PEROT CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE POLITICS TEXAS BILLIONAIRE INDEPENDENT\n\n

AP-APTN-0600: US Nick Jonas Thursday, 25 June 2009 STORY:US Nick Jonas- REPLAY Nick Jonas lobbying on behalf of diabetes research LENGTH: 01:38 FIRST RUN: 0000 RESTRICTIONS: Check script for details TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP Television STORY NUMBER: 610707 DATELINE: Washington, DC, 24 June 2009 LENGTH: 01:38 SHOTLIST (including transcript): AP Television Washington, DC, 24 June 2009 1. Mid shot of Nick Jonas sitting at panel 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Jonas, Jonas Brothers: "I think I've always looked at my diabetes as an opportunity, a platform to be able to share my story and try to be an encouragement and inspiration to people if I can. And hearing stories like that, you know, just makes it all worthwhile and really mean the world." 3. Wide shot of crowd 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Jonas, Jonas Brothers: "I'd tell them that you can be an independent person, I'm an independent person myself, but definitely look to your doctors and family, rely on them, you can always rely on other people to help manage your diabetes. It is a lot to take care of and it's important to make sure you have them to look to." 5. Mid shot of Nick Jonas sitting at panel 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Jonas, Jonas Brothers: "Absolutely, I think diabetes merely gets in the way of my performance or my day-to-day life. It's just another thing to have to think about and that's how I always looked at it. It's not something that's going to slow me down, but just a challenge or something that's added to my busy day." 7. Wide shot of crowd 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Jonas, Jonas Brothers: "I think when I first got diagnosed I was in a bit of a shock -- counting carbohydrates, making sure I knew how much insulin I needed. Then once I started to really manage it, it was a lot easier. It took about six months to nine months before I was really comfortable managing my diabetes and was completely aware of all that I had to do it make manage it." 9. Mid shot of Nick Jonas sitting at panel NICK JONAS LOBBIES FOR DIABETES RESEARCH The youngest Jonas brother spent Tuesday (23JUN09) lobbying Washington's power brokers on behalf of diabetes research, starting with the big guy, President Barack Obama. Clad in a white oxford shirt (no tie) and a gray blazer with the sleeves pushed up, 16-year-old Nick Jonas stopped by the White House for a photo with the president and children who are living with diabetes. It was his second time at the White House this year. He and brothers Joe and Kevin hung out there with Obama's daughters, Malia and Sasha, on the night of Obama's inauguration. After the White House, Jonas headed off to Capitol Hill for a private meeting at the office of Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J. The teen idol and the senator made small talk about music while photographers snapped their pictures. Roughly a dozen Capitol Hill interns waited quietly across the hall from Lautenberg's office for a glimpse of Jonas, no loud outbursts or attempts to sneak around security were made. Nick Jonas publicly revealed that he has Type 1 diabetes while performing at a Diabetes Research Institute fundraiser in 2007. He is scheduled to testify on Wednesday before a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on federal funding for diabetes research. Other witnesses include boxer Sugar Ray Leonard and actress Mary Tyler Moore. The Jonas Bothers created the Change for the Children Foundation, which donates money to charities benefiting children who are disadvantaged or ill. The band released their fourth CD, 'Lines, Vines, and Trying Times,' last week. APTN APEX 06-25-09 0223EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-0600: Israel Jason Alexander Thursday, 25 June 2009 STORY:Israel Jason Alexander- REPLAY 'Seinfeld' star visits Jerusalem for OneVoice peace movement LENGTH: 02:14 RESTRICTIONS: No Access Israel TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: Ch 10 Israel STORY NUMBER: 610681 DATELINE: Jerusalem, 24 June 2009 LENGTH: 02:14 CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: SHOTLIST (including transcript):- Channel 10 Israel - No Access Israel Jerusalem, 24 June 2009 1. Wide of press conference 2. Medium of Jason Alexander 3. Wide of press conference 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jason Alexander, comedian and actor on the board of the One Voice peace movement: "To be able to sit down with Palestinians and see how similar we are even as an American, and a Jew, gave me tremendous hope that if the right steps are taken, the solution, the practicality that blossoms from the solution is very real. If a settlement can be made in which both people can have dignity and resolution and can live side-by-side with each other without being at each other's throats...I'm not even envisioning a friendship at this point ten years from now. I'm talking about a situation where there is calm, where there is sovereignty and where there is cooperation." 5. Medium of Jason Alexander 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jason Alexander, comedian and actor, One Voice peace movement: "The only thing you can equate with 'Seinfeld' and the conflict is that 'Seinfeld' was not supposed to work either. 'Seinfeld' was different from anything else that was on television at the time. It was dismissed, it was thrown off, we were cancelled, we were gone, we were a distant memory and somehow it came back. Somehow we kept working on it with a singular vision of what it could be and eventually everybody caught on and started paying attention and enjoying it. So in that way I guess it's similar to the conflict. Other than that, we shed no wisdom. And in fact, nobody in this part of the world should do anything like anybody that is on the 'Seinfeld' show. That would be a terrible mistake." 7. Wide of press conference 8. Various of press conference 9. Wide of Alexander at press conference 10. Wide of press conference JASON ALEXANDER FOR ONE VOICE 'Seinfeld' star Jason Alexander told a crowd in Jerusalem Wednesday (24JUN09) that a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the watershed "show about nothing" that launched him to fame share only one thing in common: neither one was ever supposed to work. "'Seinfeld' was different from anything else that was on television at the time. It was dismissed," he said. "Somehow we kept working on it with a singular vision of what it could be and eventually everybody caught on and started paying attention and enjoying it. So in that way I guess it's similar to the conflict." Alexander, 49, is a creator of Imagine: 2018, a project that asked Israeli and Palestinian high school students to write stories about what the world might look like 10 years down the road if an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement was signed in 2008. The group collected 50 stories from each side into a book and has made two of the stories into short films. The project is sponsored by One Voice, a non-profit organisation that works to forge connections between Israeli and Palestinian moderates. Alexander was calm and jovial in an appearance with some of the high school writers and One Voice officials - a far cry from the alternately nebbish and erupting George Costanza he played for nine seasons on 'Seinfeld.' "To be able to sit down with Palestinians and see how similar we are even as an American, and a Jew, gave me tremendous hope that if the right steps are taken, the solution, the practicality that blossoms from the solution is very real." he said. APTN APEX 06-25-09 0224EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-0600: US Real Housewive in Court Thursday, 25 June 2009 STORY:US Real Housewive in Court- REPLAY Danielle Staub in court to block a sex tape LENGTH: 01:59 FIRST RUN: 0000 RESTRICTIONS: Check script for details TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP Television, Bravo STORY NUMBER: 610712 DATELINE: Paterson, NJ, 24 June 2009 LENGTH: 01:59 CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: ALL SUBSCRIBERS PLEASE ENSURE THAT FILM CLIPS ARE CLEARED FOR MEDIA BROADCAST AND/OR INTERNET USE OR THAT THEY COME WITHIN THE PROMOTIONAL WINDOW FOR YOUR TERRITORY. CONTACT DETAILS, WHERE AVAILABLE, MAY BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE SCRIPT. SHOTLIST(including transcript):- Bravo 1. Clip: 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' AP Television Paterson, New Jersey, 24 June 2009 2. Wide shot of Danielle Staub and her attorney leaving court and walking to podium AP Television Paterson, New Jersey, 24 June 2009 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Darren Del Sardo/Attorney "I have an order in my hand granting Danielle Staub everything that she asked for today. Mr. Zalewski will be temporarily restrained from exploiting my client any further. Any acts or attempts to try to distribute any photograph, video, digital reproduction of her has been stopped by the court. I have that order in my hands right now." Bravo 4. Clip: 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' AP Television Paterson, New Jersey, 24 June 2009 5. Wide shot of Danielle Staub and her attorney leaving court Bravo 6. Clip: 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' AP Television Paterson, New Jersey, 24 June 2009 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Danielle Staub/Reality TV Star "And I think not just for my children, for everyone's children that know me and all women who are looking up to me. My private moments should remain just that. Private." Bravo 8. Clip: 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' AP Television Paterson, New Jersey, 24 June 2009 9. Mid shot of Danielle Staub greeting fans outside of court AP Television Paterson, New Jersey, 24 June 2009 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Danielle Staub/Reality TV Star "I think we need to protect all women. I'm all about protecting women and lifting them up. This is in no way shape or form lifting anybody up." Bravo 11. Clip: 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' AP Television Paterson, New Jersey, 24 June 2009 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Danielle Staub/Reality TV Star "And I think not just for my children, for everyone's children that know me and all woman who are looking up to me. My private moments should remain just that. Private." AP Television Paterson, New Jersey, 24 June 2009 13. Mid shot of Danielle Staub greeting fans REAL DRAMA FOR A 'REAL HOUSEWIFE' One of the stars of Bravo's television series "Real Housewives of New Jersey" went to court Wednesday (24JUN09) to avoid getting a little more exposure than she wanted. A judge granted Danielle Staub's request for a temporary restraining order to stop her former boyfriend Stephen Zalewski from releasing a sexually explicit videotape and images of her. State Superior Court Judge Thomas F. Brogan also ordered Zalewski to produce all copies of the video and pictures of Staub, and he set a hearing for July 21. Staub, 46, also filed a lawsuit against Zalewski seeking damages for invasion of privacy, defamation and infliction of emotional distress. She claimed she was unaware Zalewski was taping her and only found out about it when someone read her a Star magazine article in which Zalewski discussed the tape. "It sickened me," Staub told the judge during the brief hearing. Zalewski didn't appear in court, and a telephone message left Wednesday at his home in Lincoln Park, in northern New Jersey, wasn't immediately returned. It was unknown if he had retained a lawyer. Outside court, Staub said Zalewski was trying to get back at her and her two daughters, ages 11 and 15, for her breaking up with him. She said the couple dated from May 2008 to December 2008 and Zalewski appeared briefly on "Real Housewives," which is described on Bravo's Web site as following "five of the most affluent Jersey Girls as they live lavish lifestyles and deal with all the drama that money can buy." "This is about my kids," Staub said. "I'm a big girl. Do what you want to me. But you broke bread with my children. Don't do this to me. No adult should ever do this to a child." According to the suit filed by attorney Darren Del Sardo, Zalewski told Star magazine he was considering selling the videotape and images and said, "She cost me so much money, why shouldn't I make a few dollars?" Del Sardo said the judge told him he would refer the case to the county prosecutor's office since videotaping someone involved in sexual activity without that person's consent is prohibited under state law. Staub is one of five New Jersey women on the Bravo series, which premiered in May. Her bio on the show's Web site describes her as a newly single mother "whose history of celebrity hook-ups is one for the record books." "Known for being brutally honest," the bio says, "Danielle enjoys pushing people's buttons and doesn't apologise for it." Outside the courthouse, passers-by called greetings to Staub, and a small crowd gathered around her to take pictures with cell phones. "I like her. I like the fact that she's outspoken," said Cassandra Jordan, of Paterson, a devoted "Housewives" watcher. Her daughter, Brenda Jordan, had some words for Zalewski: "I think he just needs to find something better to do with himself," she said. APTN APEX 06-25-09 0225EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-0600: US My Sisters Keeper Thursday, 25 June 2009 STORY:US My Sisters Keeper- NEW Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin attend premiere of new film LENGTH: 06:01 RESTRICTIONS: Check script for details TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP Television/New Line Cinema STORY NUMBER: 610722 DATELINE: New York, 24 June 2009 LENGTH: 06:01 CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: ALL SUBSCRIBERS PLEASE ENSURE THAT FILM CLIPS ARE CLEARED FOR MEDIA BROADCAST AND/OR INTERNET USE OR THAT THEY COME WITHIN THE PROMOTIONAL WINDOW FOR YOUR TERRITORY. CONTACT DETAILS, WHERE AVAILABLE, MAY BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE SCRIPT. CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: FOOTAGE CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY SHOTLIST (including transcript):- AP Television New York, 24 June 2009 1. Wide shot, pan left from street to Loews Theater 2. Zoom out from poster to Cameron Diaz on red carpet 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Cameron Diaz, Actress: "I didn't really think twice about if it was a mother role. I didn't worry whether it was something believable or that I hadn't played it before. It was something that I really enjoyed. I though the script was really well done and if I was ever going to do a film like this, with this subject matter I would want to do it with Nick Cassavetes because I knew that he wouldn't make it overly sentimental, he would be honest and straight forward." New Line Cinema 4. Clip trailer: 'My Sister's Keeper' AP Television New York, 24 June 2009 5. Wide shot, Cameron Diaz speaks to reporters 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Cameron Diaz, Actress (on how the role affected her emotionally): "It does take its toll on you. But that's what we do, you know? It's like how policemen go into a crime scene or a fireman comes out of a fire, you know? It's just sort of what we do emotionally. And it's hard to explain how you equip yourself with that because everybody does it differently. But we had a lot of great support. We all have our families and we all have each other and we laughed a lot whilst we were on the film. It's one of those things that you don't think we would but we actually did laugh a lot." New Line Cinema 7. Clip trailer: 'My Sister's Keeper' AP Television New York, 24 June 2009 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Cameron Diaz, Actress (on working with teen actors): "I was amazed at how courageous they were, you know? Sophia shaved her head and her eyebrows at fifteen, you know. That's a really formidable time when kids really have their identity with their hair. That's who they are. And she just did it. She had hair down to here. And Abigail was just sort of fearless in everything. She's a warrior. They're just both very powerful, wonderful girls and I really felt honoured that I got to work with them in this capacity." 9. Pan up, Abigail Breslin speaks to reporters 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Abigail Breslin, Actress: "My grandpa died of cancer, so you know, I know that anybody in my family would have given anything to make him feel better and that's sort of what's going on in this family too." New Line Cinema 11. Clip film: 'My Sister's Keeper' AP Television New York, 24 June 2009 12. Medium shot, Abigail Breslin speaks to reporters 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Abigail Breslin, Actress (on how she prepared for the role): "Well you know I read the script and there was a girl on set, Nicole, and she was a technical supervisor and technical consultant. And she went through leukaemia and she's great. She's a really cool person and she's like my hero." 14. Medium shot, Sofia Vassilieva poses on the red carpet 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Sofia Vassilieva, Actress (on shaving her head): "It was such a great team to support me through and I remember when I was shaving my head, Nick was there. Nick Cassavetes, our incredible director. Nicole Schultz who's a girl who was actually our support. She's gone through cancer and she knows all the steps. She was there and we chanted fuzzy wuzzy was a bear, fuzzy wuzzy had no hair and I shaved some of it off. So it was fuelled with energy but of course it was scary up until then. The eyebrows were the worst. Hair can be a fashion statement, but your eyebrows, that automatically labels you with an illness." New Line Cinema 16. Clip trailer: 'My Sister's Keeper' AP Television New York, 24 June 2009 17. Wide shot, pan from Sofia Vassilieva to Cameron Diaz 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Sofia Vassilieva, Actress (on Cameron Diaz): "She's a gem. She's precious. She's one of those people that you come by so rarely in life that meeting them and being able to work with them is a dream because they're so supportive and so strong and so welcoming and they fuel you with energy and strength and to be able to work with Cameron and be a team with her made us all stronger." New Line Cinema 19. Clip film: 'My Sister's Keeper' AP Television New York, 24 June 2009 20. Pan up, Thomas Dekker and Sofia Vassilieva pose on red carpet 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Dekker, Actor (on creating on-screen chemistry): "The first day that we were shooting together is when we met. We'd had no time previous. And Sophia and I are both people who don't really open up to anybody. We're kind of?and so there was no chemistry there. Shot this really short thing fortunately so it didn't really matter. The Nick asked me to take her out for the night and we just went out for like four hours and laughed and really opened up to each other and from that point on we didn't even really have to build the chemistry. It was just there." New Line Cinema 22. Clip film: 'My Sister's Keeper' DIAZ TAKES ON NEW ROLE IN "MY SISTER'S KEEPER" Hollywood superstar Cameron Diaz admits she didn't think twice about becoming a mom - in her latest film that is. "I didn't worry whether it was something believable or that I hadn't played it before," she says. "It was something that I really enjoyed." And though she's not a real-life mother, Diaz plays the bulldog matriarch Sara in director Nick Cassavetes' latest drama, 'My Sister's Keeper.' The film premiered Wednesday (24 June) in New York City. Based on the Jodi Picoult best-seller, the film focuses on the Fitzgerald family, and the drastic decision they made in medically engineering a child (Abigail Breslin) as a perfect genetic match to help save the life of their older daughter Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), who has leukaemia. Diaz says working on such a heart-wrenching movie takes its toll on the actors. "It does take its toll on you. But that's what we do, you know? It's like how policemen go into a crime scene or a fireman comes out of a fire, you know? It's just sort of what we do emotionally," she says. In the film little Anna provides blood, bone marrow, whatever Kate needs. She does it because she loves her sister, and because it's all she'd ever known. Now at 11, with Kate needing a kidney, Anna says no for the first time - and beyond that, she files a lawsuit seeking medical emancipation from her parents to keep them from making further decisions about her body. Diaz says she was "amazed" how courageous her young co-stars were during filming: "Sophia shaved her head and her eyebrows at fifteen, you know. That's a really formidable time when kids really have their identity with their hair. That's who they are. And she just did it. She had hair down to here. And Abigail was just sort of fearless in everything. She's a warrior." Vassilieva admits that shaving her head was a scary prospect at first, but credits her colleagues for helping her through. "It was such a great team to support me through and I remember when I was shaving my head Nick was there. Nick Cassavetes, our incredible director. Nicole Schultz who's a girl who was actually our support. She's gone through cancer and she knows all the steps. She was there and we chanted fuzzy wuzzy was a bear, fuzzy wuzzy had no hair and I shaved some of it off. So it was fuelled with energy but of course it was scary up until then. The eyebrows were the worst. Hair can be a fashion statement, but your eyebrows, that automatically labels you with an illness," says the star of TV's "Medium." Breslin says she was able to draw on real life experience for the role. "My grandpa died of cancer, so you know, I know that anybody in my family would have given anything to make him feel better and that's sort of what's going on in this family too," she says. In the film Kate shares her first love with a fellow cancer patient, played by Thomas Dekker ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"). Dekker says portraying their romance was a challenge at first. "The first day that we were shooting together is when we met," explains Dekker. "We'd had no time previous. And Sophia and I are both people who don't really open up to anybody. We're kind of?and so there was no chemistry there. Shot this really short thing fortunately so it didn't really matter. Then Nick asked me to take her out for the night and we just went out for like four hours and laughed and really opened up to each other and from that point on we didn't even really have to build the chemistry. It was just there." "My Sister's Keeper" opens in US and UK theaters 26 June 2009. Other release dates include: Iceland 8 July 2009 Greece 9 July 2009 Australia 30 July 2009 New Zealand 30 July 2009 Russia 13 August 2009 Ukraine 13 August 2009 Taiwan 14 August 2009 Romania 21 August 2009 Czech Republic 27 August 2009 Germany 27 August 2009 Netherlands 27 August 2009 Bulgaria 28 August 2009 Italy 4 September 2009 Norway 4 September 2009 France 9 September 2009 Portugal 17 September 2009 Belgium 23 September 2009 Brazil 25 September 2009 Sweden 25 September 2009 Finland 4 December 2009 APTN APEX 06-25-09 0247EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-0600: US Hung Thursday, 25 June 2009 STORY:US Hung- NEW HBO's latest comedy series 'Hung' premieres LENGTH: 06:52 RESTRICTIONS: Check script for details TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: APTN/HBO STORY NUMBER: 610723 DATELINE: Los Angeles, 24 June 2009. LENGTH: 06:52 CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: ALL SUBSCRIBERS PLEASE ENSURE THAT FILM CLIPS ARE CLEARED FOR MEDIA BROADCAST AND/OR INTERNET USE OR THAT THEY COME WITHIN THE PROMOTIONAL WINDOW FOR YOUR TERRITORY. CONTACT DETAILS, WHERE AVAILABLE, MAY BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE SCRIPT. SHOTLIST (including transcript):- AP Television Los Angeles, 24 June 2009 1. Wide exterior of the Paramount Theater on the studio lot 2. Medium of backdrop 3. Wide of arrivals 4. Fashion shot Thomas Jane 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Jane/Actor, on the synopsis: "It's about a guy trying to survive the times, you know? Here's a guy who's an all American guy. A relatively good looking guy, talented, baseball player, played a season for the Braves. Married his high school sweet heart, home coming queen, had a couple of kids, travelling around the country, he's got it made. This is America for God's sake." HBO 6. TV clip: "Hung" AP Television Los Angeles, 24 June 2009 7. Camera cutaway 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Jane/Actor: "He's trying to hang on, to what is left of his American dream. And that's a house, and his two kids. And there is a little house fire, he burns down half his damn house, he's living in a tent in the backyard, his kids can no longer sleep with him. So he ends up doing what any civilized American man would do, he starts selling his penis for money." 9. Camera cutaway 10. Fashion shot Ann Heche 11. Anne Heche speaks to reporter 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Heche/Actor: "Jessica is a girl who, you know it's kind of little bit of the story of Jack and Diane, she is an American kid in Detroit, and fell in love with a boy named Ray and then they grew up. And then things weren't as wonderful as she thought they were and not as wonderful as she would continue to like them to be. So she lives a little in that bubble." HBO 13. TV clip: "Hung" AP Television Los Angeles, 24 June 2009 14. Jane Adams poses for photographers 15. Jane Adams speaks to reporter 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Jane Adams/Actor: (Reporter: "High five, very empowering.") Jane: "Oh good, good, it is empowering. It's empowering. It's a little empowering. I'm selling his ass. Selling his ass." (Reporter: "Is it going for a pretty penny?") Jane: "It's going to go for a pretty penny, we hope." HBO 17. TV clip: "Hung" AP Television Los Angeles, 24 June 2009 18. Jane Adams speaks to reporter 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Jane Adams/Actor: (Reporter: "Do we see anything?) Jane: "I see it all the time." (Reporter: "And?") Jane: "It's awesome. What a great job I have. What a great job. Thomas Jane in the bathtub, Thomas Jane in the, my mock apartment running around naked. He loves to be naked." 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Jane/Actor: "I am my own stunt cock. I am my own stunt cock. Fortunately things look bigger on film. Things look bigger on film, that's all I got to say." 21. Rhea Perlman speaks to reporter 22. SOUNDBITE (English) Rhea Perlman/Actor: "I guess he didn't have to, I wonder did he have to audition that way? (Laughs) Because how do we know? Oh my God. I never thought of that. Poor dude, I don't know, oh geez. (Laughs.)" 23. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Jane/Actor: (Reporter: "What in the world did the audition consist of for this role?") Thomas: "I don't know, I'd say it was a little bit of type casting. But I try to avoid it, but in this business it just keeps getting harder and harder...I don't know." HBO 24. TV clip: "Hung" AP Television Los Angeles, 24 June 2009 25. Charlie Saxton and Sianoa Smit-Mc-Phee pose for photographers 26. Charlie Saxton speaks to reporter 27. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlie Saxton/Actor: "But it is definitely laid back, and a totally fun atmosphere, but getting the work done but also you're on a show about a guy with a big penis sop. (Laughs) You kind of have to have fun and be light hearted about it all in way." 28. Sianoa Smit-Mc-Phee speaks to reporter 29. SOUNDBITE (English) Sianoa Smit-Mc-Phee/Actor: "You want me to describe it? I don't know if I can. This is hung, 'Hung', that is what hung is. Everyone knows what it is." 30. SOUNDBITE (English) Jane Adams/Actor: "The next big thing. That is what we just figured out what hung is. It's the next big thing." 31. Cast photo "HUNG" PREMIERES IN L.A. HBO celebrated the premiere of its latest addition to the line-up, "Hung" on Wednesday (24JUN09) in Los Angeles. The offbeat comedy is about a well-endowed schoolteacher-come-escort named Ray Drecker. "It's about a guy trying to survive the times, you know?" said the show's star Thomas Jane. "Here's a guy who's an all American guy. A relatively good looking guy, talented, baseball player, played a season for the Braves. Married his high school sweet heart, home coming queen, had a couple of kids, travelling around the country, he's got it made. This is America for God's sake." As the economy gets tougher and tougher to survive, the underpaid teacher decides to supplement his income by capitalizing on his generous physical gift. With the help of a former-acquaintance-turned-pimp, Tanya (Jane Adams), Ray attempts to earn extra cash. "It's a little empowering. I'm selling his ass. Selling his ass," jokes Jane Adams. "It's going to go for a pretty penny, we hope." The extra money helps to counter the financial drains caused by his divorce from his ex-wife (Anne Heche), the needs of his teenaged twins, a lapsed fire-insurance policy, and a stubborn inability to take control of his life. "Jessica is a girl who, you know it's kind of little bit of the story of Jack and Diane, she is an American kid in Detroit, and fell in love with a boy named Ray and then they grew up," explained Heche. "And then things weren't as wonderful as she thought they were and not as wonderful as she would continue to like them to be. So she lives a little in that bubble." For those living in caves, "Hung" does not refer to anyone's last name. It's a description of Drecker's sole useful asset. Because, you know, he's hung. It leaves one to wonder what the audition process was like for Thomas Jane. Quick to admit to the process, Thomas Jane shows no shame. "I don't know, I'd say it was a little bit of type casting," smirks Jane. "But I try to avoid it, but in this business it just keeps getting harder and harder...I don't know." "Hung" debuts on HBO, Sunday, June 28. APTN APEX 06-25-09 0351EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM -------------------