but truthfully my mom watched julia child. and with me 6 or 7 years old at her knee and my mom became a better cook as almost every homemaker did at the time. >> we have learned a lot about julia child with the movie. what is it in this book that's new and different? >> you know, this is really the first time we've had a chance to examine her entire life from start to finish. julia wrote a memoir herself but it was only called my life in france, a small part of her life. this examines everything from her days in the oss, a spy. her life was an allout adventure. that was the thing i wanted to write this book b. it's an adventure story. there are so few adventures featuring women these days. i thought it was important to show how this great woman became a pop icon. >> you really had a love affair with julia child. >> i did. i met her in sicily in 1992. i was working over there as a journalist. someone called me and said, would you be an escort for an older woman. i went, i don't do that kind of work. they said it's julia child.

so the julia... the essence of the julia you saw on television was the real julia. >> brown: i don't know if you want to call it a philosophy, but this cooking as a social endeavor, cooking as something you talk to people about on the television and that you sort of do for people. that was... that was real? >> that was real. i mean, julia was a great communicator. she was a natural at this new medium at the time, television. and, you know, she had spent years working in obscurity, very hard, preparing her technique and learning about food and when it came time for her to go on television and talk about it to the american public she made it look easy. and one of the things she always said was "it really is easy. don't get disturbed by these long recipes, it's easy." and people followed her tune and, in fact, were really inspired by her to try things they never would have otherwise. >> brown: and when she became such a celebrity, she clearly was aware of it. did it change her? change anything? >> not a

julia child. coming up at 9:30, the author of a new biography is here. >> sarah simmons is here with this hour with a rita's giveaway. don't show up empty-handed. today's event is to help sick babies in need. what you need to bring. >>> how about that clip with julia child and lawrence. [ laughter ] >> like that. >> love it. >>> it's straight up 9:00 now. we have tucker barnes in the weather center to tell us what we can expect. >> more of the same warm and humid to start the morning. there are thunderstorms out to the west, might see a scattered storm later today although most of the day is hazy, hot and human. there is a live look at your radar and your thunderstorm activity getting going here in the past half hour or so towards charlestown. just east of winchester looks like front royal getting pretty good thunderstorms. closer to the metro area, quiet with plenty of sunshine around here will it will be hazy and hot for all of us later today with high in the upper 80s and low 90s. right now in

julia was not a prepackaged person. what she brought to the table was making delicious meals with fresh ingredients. she loved dan aykroyd prosperity of her. loved it. she pleaded for everybody. she also re-enacted it in her kitchen all of the time. >> to get a roasting chicken like this one. "she was a big woman. paul childs was much shorter than her. she towered over him. it never bothered him one bit. he never had a problem because intellectually, he towered over her. >> the famous chicken stew and red wine. it begins with bacon. >> she made $50 a show for years and never ask for more money. she was also independently wealthy. cooking has a fault and she of all to with it to some extent. i thought that she was one of the most remarkable women of the 20 century. she not only changed the way we 8 but she changed the way we lived as well. >> a culinary revolutionary. the 100th anniversary of julia ild's birth parent of that brings the show to a close, but remember, you can get updates any time on our website. from all o

one was julia binoche. and right after the sex, she asked you about your wife. >> how many billions together do you two represent? >> she's a poet. >> is that what she is? i thought she was a schifrin. >> a little of both. >> so, rich and priss. does she let you touch her personal parts? >> you look gorgeous today. >> seeing that again this time around. you said something fascinating to "time" magazine. you said the world would be a much better place in all of the billionaires and bankers were followed by paparazzi. what did you mean by that? that was yesterday. >> yeah. i think it's true. if, you know -- the weird thing is, i can't really tell what's interesting about actors, either. >> oh, all of them can. >> people don't find their lives -- the personal lives of people, much, much more power than any celebrity would have. i they if you put the lives of people who control billions of dollars on the front page of every, single paper, the world would be a better place. it's like, you know, the spin culture.

. >> this is julia child, bon appetit. >> it's great to see julia and charlie together again. i think i remember that scene there, with the red wine. she drank a few of those glasses. >> she deserves it after all her cooking. >> happy birthday, julia. >> we have classic recipes from julia child and more photos on our website, goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! >>> and we'll be right back. >>> big concert coming up friday. another tweet just came in from robin. working her way across italy. what have we got there? >> oh, look at that. >> sorry to miss robert pattinson and the fierce five, she says. >>> tomorrow on "gma," we're live with actor liam hemsworth, filling us in on his blockbuster. and get ready to save big. our most amazing secret "deals and steals" yet. >> thank you for watching. and we're always online on goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! and look who's daughter is there. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> good morning i'm kristen sze you two w

it's not because julia's chopping onions. one commenter wrote -- every time she mentioned the smell of something cooking reminding her of home -- ♪ i like the smells of cooking makes me feel at home ♪ >> reporter: -- i tear up a little. aww hell, i cried full out my first listen. the woman who once said how can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex has us reaching for our hankies. ♪ this is the way to eat ♪ bon appetit >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> bon appetit. that does it for me. the news continues next on cnn. >>> hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. here's a look at the top stories right now. >>> for the first time in months, wikileaks' founder julian assange appeared in public today speaking from the balcony of ecuador's embassy in london. assange demanded the u.s. free bradley manning, the american soldier accused of giving wikileaks secret government documents. assange is hiding in the embassy to avoid

and julia and jennifer are his grandparents. they take him to the local african methodist episcopal church in westchester, and julia was schooled at a quaker school in westchester. her mother had been a domestic in quaker homes, and they insisted on schooling julia in quaker homes, in a quaker school. and she takes those quaker values of nonviolence and the unity of the human family and human equality, and she passes those on to bayard very clearly. she also takes the black church values, those ame church values with the emphasis on the great stories from the hebrew scriptures which is the story of the exodus, the story of moses and god joining together to free the slaves. she passes that story on to bayard as well along with conviction that you need to free those slaves right here and right now. you don't need to wait until you get to heaven to experience human liberation. you don't need to wait until you get to the by and by in order to experience justice. in fact, you need to do it right now. so these are the lessons that she

and it's not because julia's chopping onions. one commenter wrote, "every time she mercedez-benzs the smell of something cooking reminding her of home" -- ♪ i like the smells of cook cooling makes me feel at home ♪ >> reporter: "i tear up a little. i cried full out my first listen." the woman who once said how can a on

in washington, i'm karen capa. >> julia childs moved to washington at the outset of world war ii. volunteered at the office of strategic service, a newly formed government intelligence agency. >>> this is 9news now. >> a severe weather alert tops our news tonight. let's get to topper who has the details. top. >> severe thunderstorm warnings south and west of town. we aren't out of the woods. we have some time to prepare, that's for sure. let's start with live doppler 9,000. we'll show you where the warnings are. madison county, page county until 6:00. so these are the counties in the warning. you folks around harrisonburg, you are under a flash flood watch until 7:45. we are seeing storms pop up now closer to home. up 270. nothing severe just yet, but the atmosphere is unstable, so a thunderstorm trying to pop up northwest of clarksburg and also on the east side of 270 over toward laithensville. that will drift toward laithensville before all said and done. these aren't severe, but they are becoming more prom that night in terms of popup thunderstorms. as the front goes through, i

with us is jon fortt and julia boorstin. ladies first, julia. you know, it seems apple is capitulating a bit saying we'll join those. >> if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right, sue? >> why. >> seems like rumors and exec thags that apple's going to transform television. allow people to cut the cord and still get what they wanted from tv. what we're hearing here is that's not the case. apple may be transforming the people experience television but it sound like it's not changing the way people pay for television which is in bundles and who gets paid and the way it's distributed. it seems like people continue to pay whether it's time warner cable or comcast or perhaps even a directv and continue to pay those companies and then the media companies for a bundle of content. >> do you agree, jon? what would be the tactics of apple to this end? >> i agree that apple's probably not trying to disrupt the even tv model. i'm not buying the set top box. the reason is that's just an incremental step beyond what they have now with a little $99 apple tv bc plac

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. >> reporter: julia child was born august 15, 1912, 100 years ago. to honor the anniversary, the smithsonian national museum of american history is unwrapping a renovated space dedicated to the late foodie icon, including the kitchen that first went on display here in 2002. 900 objects are meticulously placed just as julia had them when she filmed three of her popular television shows at her long-time home in cambridge, massachusetts. not just an inspiration to the at home chef, she's inspiring restaurants across the country, like here at washington's cafe dupont. >> she is a little bit special and different because the way she taught us is that we should have fun. it should be easy and we also should be happy in what we do. >> reporter: a special 100th birthday menu has recipes she shared with her own family and friends in this kitchen. >> just looking at this room and seeing just how homey it s you really can almost visualize yourself there. >> reporter: julia child's legacy still bringing people together with food. in washington, i'm karen cafa. >

phillips'. >>> the late julia childs would have turned 100 this week. so lots of people are cooking up tributes, including jeanne moos. >> reporter: eight years after her death, julia child is back and she sounds hungry. the woman whose "new york times" obit called her the french chef for a jell-o nation has been audited for a youtube nation. pbs commissioned john boswell to commemorate her. >> use the magic voto tune to bring her to life in song. >> reporter: julia child didn't mince words, she minced ingredients. if you went searching on google, maybe you stumbled on the google doodle cooked up in her honor. these days everybody is a foodie, but not everybody gets portrayed by meryl streep. >> bon appetit. >> reporter: and an ackroyd on "snl." nothing finger licking good about his chicken. >> must stop the leading. >> reporter: the real julia may have liked things rare, but not that bloody. she used a blow torch to melt cheese over a beef tartar burger for david letterman. >> ever cooked something that turned out awful? >> yes. >> what do you do then?

cnbc's julia boorstin is in los angeles with that. julia? >> reporter: simon, "2016: obama's america" grossed $10.5 billion and more this weekend nearly doubling the reach to 1,800 theaters. it's based on conservative author's book "roots of obama's rage" is breaking all sorts of records. highest per screen average. reviews of top critics mediocre with 33% approval. but it is striking a cord with conservative movie goers with an 80% rating. rush limbaugh and glenn beck urging listeners to buy tickets and rallying the gop base and the film's success does not promise republican victory because it's largely preaching to an already committed conservatives. and big box office does not always translate to the polls. anti-bush film "fahrenheit 911" released the summer before george bush was re-elected and had a better start than 2016 and did biggest documentary ever grossing $220 million. sue and simon, it's interesting to say if it impacts the polls but it is making hollywood take a much closer look at creating movies to serve specifically that co

>> not surprising, julia. thank you very much. jim cramer setting off a firestorm earlier this week. where is mr. zuckerberg? you have heard julia's report. what do you think? does it change your opinion? >> it would have if this very large and informed investor peter thiel didn't sell so much of the stock. i might have said this could be good and think about it. he knew this and he still dumped the huge amount of stock. i can't say it's over now. >> there was a lot of criticism that they weren't going to mobile fast enough. they seemed to have addressed that. you think it's enough or no? >> i think that mobile is about engagement and as much as you may have fun on your facebook page and get the insta-gram and pictures up, it is not about need for speed but engagement and you don't engage facebook the way you did with the desktop with your hand held. you're off and on it. facebook's kind of devolved in to a cocktail party. i think you should high a hoodie? no. google the find out what's going on and then buy and amazon and itunes

breaking news of julia boorstin of zynga. julia? >> that's right. electronic arts has filed a lawsuit against zynga saying that zynga's game the ville ing fringes on the copyrights to the facebook game the sims social. this is a show down of zynga of a social gamemaker. zynga issued a response sending the response to say -- saying that it's unfortunate that ea thought this was an appropriate response to the game saying that the ville is newest game in the franchise. saying ironic that ea brings the suits shortly after launching sim city social with an uncanny resemblance to theville name. we'll see how it's held in court. back over to you. >> all right. let's rejoin john steinberg here out buzz feed with facebook. facebook stock is a buzz kill over the past two months. if zuckerberg were here, what would you tell him to do? >> there's two ad products to move the needle. facebook exchange allows them to take data of sites, if you look at a pair ofsites. if you look at amazon and don't buy it, facebook can find you and that should triple the value of

thanks so much, julia, for being on our program. >> thank you. >> okay. take care. coming up we'll check in with tiffany burke. remember her? she is the one who decided to have a baby for her brother and sister-in-law. a remarkable story. they've got big news to share. stay with us. what's that? it's eassist. helps the engine run really efficiently. it captures energy that assists the engine... so i'm never guzzling gas. oh -- that's hippie talk. it's called technology dad... here take two dollars. take the money. [ male announcer ] the all new 37 mpg highway chevy malibu eco. from conserving fuel, to the technology that makes it happen. chevy runs deep. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical s

julia, thanks much. we'll check in with jules as she gives a sense of what's happening in spain. >>> first funds are expected to go to nationalized banks in spain, such as bnakia. how important is this? >> it's very important, there's no doubt about it, but we have actually moved the sort of discussion of spain to a higher level about what -- what the eurozone as a whole can do for spain and for italy. the problematic with all that is being proposed is they are all short-term measures. we know what spain's problems are. financial sector is largely insolvent or too many problems insolvent. regional government has huge debts at current rates are almost impossible to refinance. and budget deficit is escalating. >> is a bailout coming? >> i think a risk is very high but at the moment they seem to be playing cat and mouse with eurozone in some way investors would like that because in a pa bailout comes, they can step in with unlimited purchases. we get to bailout people may see it as a good thing. >> not real

julia child died in 2004. >>> foodies definitely listen up here. restaurant week kicks off this week here in the metropolitan area. that means you get to dine at some of the area's finest restaurants for a great price. you have until sunday to take advantage of the delicious event, too. the president of the restaurant association of metropolitan washington has more details. thanks for coming in, lynn. this is always very exciting. we were talking about before, this has been going on since 2001. it's been so successful that everybody looks forward to it. >> because the chefs know how to shine and it's an opportunity to shine to new customers and experiences for the restaurateurs and the restaurant-goers. >> we also want to point out, too, because a lot of people don't realize, this is not just for d.c., this is for maryland and virginia. their restaurants are taking part in this. >> it's a regional celebration and we love that part about it. we have metro to interconnect everybody to all the different restaurants. so it's five counties in northern v

julia boorstin's live in los angeles with more on the deal. hi, julia. >> reporter: hi, sue. well, the ftc and facebook settlement addresses rising concerns of privacy violations giving away user's personal information. facebook has agreed to give users, quote, clear and prominent notice and obtain express consent before it shares information beyond privacy settings and needs to maintain a comprehensive privacy program with third party audits. the network agreed to the terms in november. there was a public comment period that just ended. though there's no fine, facebook could face penalties up to $16,000 per violation and facebook's privacy issue is bigger than ftc. it's in the social network's best interest to assure users that the information is secure. if people worry that facebook is sharing personal information facebook will have much bigger problems than those fines. tyler, over to you. >> all right. thank you very much, julia. >>> the corporate story of the day, of course, one and up on only. jcpenney, the aging brand. the bold vision of the rock star ceo there and now

i was speaking with naomi wolf what she wanted to clarify for me and her position is that she sees julia sanji many do as the publisher similar to the new york times chilliness songes the publisher the one that made the information available he is not the leaker she noted why isn't the u.s. government going after the new york times for publishing what wiki leaks published instead the u.s. government it is presumed is ultimately hoping to go after julian assange either way she said that this is this would be a dark day for all journalists in the u.s. if he would be in the custody of america prosecuted held indefinitely or possibly even face capital punishment. if you'd like to hear more of now me wolf thoughts on doing the predicament or the increasingly belligerent role of the government will be showing her full interview here on our t.v. later in the program and that's coming up next hour in fact. now author and political analyst nicholas that goes last says the u.s. is now likely to make trouble for ecuador. i think that this is going to seriously exacerbate diplomatic tensions between

well there's there's no precedent for this julia side has not been charged with any crime in any country and yet. is threatening to overturn a century's worth the sanctity of embassies on behalf of its puppet master the united states and it's ridiculous and absurd for anybody to think that the us is just standing outside. the line months ago just to take you back when a chinese a dissident took refuge in an american embassy in china washington was the most unsympathetic with the asylum seeker what's the difference in this case. well of course the u.s. is right all the time is opinion there's absolutely nothing difference between this chinese dissidents or you know western dissidents who took refuge in eastern bloc embassies. you know during during the old soviet union years is the same thing and you know this. underscores the seriousness and they have surgery the actual charges against using this on bradley manning was tortured for nearly a year by marines to quantico in order to put him and to get him to testify against mr sonshine wiki leaks he didn't do that now they're pulling out ev

on marina josh welcome to the program julia sound has got political asylum in ecuador a but now no way of getting there britain's gone out of its way to make abundantly clear it would take drastic action to prevent the whistleblower from taking that asylum from an hour ride denial of safe passage all the way to threats to radiate with dorian ambrosi and take him by force charges laura smith who was at the embassy on a day of drama reports. it was the day they'd all been waiting for julian assaults holed up in london's ecuadorian embassy for two months and his supporters who turned out to cheer for him rain or shine since his legal battle against extradition to sweden first began more than eighteen months ago also there in large numbers the police who didn't wait long to make their first arrests and. when the decision came it was the one they wanted. we decided to grant asylum to julian a song. called it a significant victory and his mother was fulsome. and shining like it will automatically encourage the government. but not everyone was pleased the u.k. foreign and commonwealth office

a few years ago i did a guest star on the new christine, the julia louis dreyfus show. i'm home, i knew that i had to come back. tavis: i have read the were not really for the success that came with 3rd rock. >> it was a shocker. television fame, you might experience this -- tavis: i have no fame. >> you are famous on my set. in my own head. it's a very different thing. it's a different animal. i could be in an airport lobby with meg ryan and julia roberts and no one will look at them. it is the tv thing, the familiarity thing. that's her. i know, i am here. one guy was like, ooh, she got big. [laughter] i'm right here. tavis: i can hear you. >> television fame is weird. there was an intimacy i was not prepared for. and i have said this before, but honestly, the best way i can describe did is that it was like my life was two blocks ahead of me for five years. i ran so hard, but i could not ever get there. >> i was being flippant when i made that comment about having no fame. the one thing i do appreciate, about the work that i do on pbs and public radio at the books i h

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, julia. why couldn't i have -- i mean dustin hoffman did tootsie. why couldn't i have played julia child. >> that would not be believable. >> that was bizarre. >> why couldn't i have played julia child. >> all right, edward norton. kevin joins us tomorrow in studio with his reviews for the weekend's movies. >>> still plenty ahead. maryland lawmakers set to begin debate on a proposal to expand gambling in the state. plus, we are checking all your top stories, weather with tucker barnes and traffic with lauren demarco. stay with us. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] in 1996, president clinton and a bi-partisan congress helped end welfare as we know it, by requiring work for welfare. but on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. under obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work, and wouldn't have to train for a job -- they just send you your welfare check. and welfare to work goes back to being plain, old welfare. mitt romney wi

julia child used its ovens and her own oven is on display at the smithsonian. the foundation says she never endorsed the product. >> oakland a's announced they will honor the petaluma little leaguers. and they will sign autographs before the a's host boston. the city of petaluma going to honor players and coaches sunday afternoon at 1:00. you can see a map of the route on our web site. look under see it on tv. >> i how cool. >>> coming up in half an hour, an exclusive from napa state hospital. employees tell vic lee their personal safety devices don't work z mark math use gets inside of the democratic war room. and there is an 80 pound dog with a man made jaw bone to help him satisfy it. >> thank you. >> and a surprise reaction from staff at san francisco asian art museum. >> workers happy not enraged when they came upon this art work. >> monday night a group pasted hundreds of butterflies on the wall. >> and spells out the word

and if you'd like to hear more now me wolf thoughts on julia sanchez predicament or the increasingly belligerent role governments will be showing her full interview here on r t and that's coming up in about twenty minutes time. michael prisoner is an iraq war veteran and a member of the act now to stop war and racism coalition he believes. a reminder of government's double standards. the release of the collateral murder video and the release of the iraq war logs in the afghanistan war logs really did a lot to shift public opinion against the wars and really expose a lot of the reality that people knew and felt was correct but didn't have that that verification people begin to ask questions you know they see it being pursued in such a way and then these people you know they go to ask questions well what about the people who committed the crimes that were exposed in the wiki leaks documents what about this illegal torture illegal rendition or what about this massive daily killing of innocent civilians all those people when if they've been disciplined one of they've been tried for a cri

thank you very much, julia. we'll come back to you in a moment after bebring in jon fortt to talk about samsung which is unveiling a new version of its galaxy tablet today. hi, jon. >> reporter: hey, tyler. called the galaxy net 10.1. the same size as the ipod and same starting price and has a pen for drawing on the screen and built-in speakers getting good reviews and trying two lines of attack to gain ground on the ipad. targeting a creative niche apple used to do with the mac. that's the pen is about and the built-in speakers and popular s3 smartphone like the unique take on multitasking and the camera that knows when you're looking at the screen. if it can get a fraction of the people to buy a note instead of an ipad, that could be huge. samsung has a lot of ground to make up. data released at the patent trial last week showed apple is outselling samsung 20 to 1 in the u.s. >> stay with us. we want your views on a headline today and that is a group of retailers including walmart and best buy and target teami

recipe an updating. >> balls of creamy chocolate filling rolled in fresh -- >> auto tune cannot hide julia child's distinctive voice. she died in 2004 just before her 92nd birthday. >> auto tune can do amazing stuff. >> i guess. >>[ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years. every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney-ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes -- sylvester stallone, olympic swimmer missy franklin

>>trace: randy and julia, thank you both. governor mitt romney will begin a four day swing through critical ballot ground states. could this be the lead up to the republican candidate's announcement of a vice presidential pick? carl cameron with a live report coming up. and the prosecution in central florida releasing a picture that shows the body of teenager, trayvon martin, and a bunch of other things. today they say it was a big mistake. could it affect the case? the legal panel will tackle that. x=lówófófówó@ó<ó(. >>trace: this is "studio b" today. bus tours competing not same critical swing states, rebound's campaign bus hit the road this morning with the governor mitt romney set to follow close behind. governor romney's tour starts tomorrow in virginia. then on to north carolina, florida, and ohio. we could learn the governor's v.p. pick at any time. but they are not giving many more details. the president's team launch add four-day bus tour planning stops in the same states the governor is visiting. and now, kar

sorry about that, over to you, julia. >> that's right a record quarter for disney, they're bringing in earningings of $1.01 per share, up 31%. and beating expectations. it looks like wall street expectations because of an issues of deferred revenue the company changed the way it did affiliate revenue representation for espn. a very strong quarter, the studio operating nm, the park income up 21%. >>> we'll be back shortly when we're shoined by bob iger, and the stock is trading down on these numbers down about 2% on disney, we'll get back to julia momentarily. david, back to you, i know you disagree, and you said the president is clear on what he wants to do on taxes. >> yeah, nobody thinks these tax cuts are going to expire for january 1st -- >> that's what the law says, that they expire. >> the house republicans passed a budget and an extension of the bush tax cuts -- >> both parties agree that the tax cuts should continue. the only thing they disagree about is the tax cuts for the rich and that's where the fight will be. >> that's very important because the small businesses are in th

julia child's, by the way died just short of her 92nd birthday. her cookbooks are helping americans keep on cooking today. >>> it is now five minutes past the hour. let's go back out to al with a check of the weather. >> i love that. that is so fantastic. got some friends here. where are you from? >> southbury. >> southbury, connecticut. >> very good. thank you. >> just moved. >> just moved so you're not quite sure. >> got it. there you go. i know the feeling. my parents moved twice, didn't tell me. let's see what we've got as far as your weather today. we are looking at the typical jet stream pattern. normally have you a high pressure ridge through the south. well, this year it's a huge upper-level ridge. much of the country under it. that's why we're seeing this drought of 2012. look at the areas of extreme drought. through the midwest into the southeast. the rainfall deficits also tell the story besides the temperatures. oklahoma city almost three and a half inches, kansas city almost 11 inches below. atlanta almost seven and a half inches. it

julia boorstin is working that for us. daryl jones, what do you make of the recent gains in the market here at a time when the -- fears of -- you want to do that now? okay. let's go to julia boorstin for all the news on groupon. we see the shares moving lower here, last few minutes. what would the numbers look like? >> well, the revenue was a miss. revenue coming in at 568. lower than expected. wall street was looking for revenue above 573 million. now, the nongap eps looks like that is eight cents a share. that would be a beat. higher than the three cents per share wall street expecting. groupon the big question is their future growth prospects, company giving q3 guidance of 580 and $620 million in revenue. that's pretty much right a n line with what wall street was looking for. consensus there was 604 million. that's pretty much right in line there. we are going to continue to dig through this report. there are a number of issues that wall street -- very curious about that. >> julia, thank you very much. let me see a fou

that announcement is thanks to a 14-year-old girl named julia bloom who start add ed a petiti urging the magazine to change. thank you for coming on the show. >> thank you. >> i want to cop graduate langrn being such a vocal voice. you started this petition as you heard friends complain how they look during ballet lessons. tell me about that. how did this start for you in. >> well, i definitely heard it from my friends. all of my friends weren't very happy with how they looked, i guess, and i blog for an organization called spark summit and we were trying to figure out why that was and i think it's from the media and the photo shop that's used in the media because girls try to compare themselves to images that are impossible to be like. >> i work in the media as you know and i've been really interested in the media and also interested in the fact that you were able to get a mayor publication to change their policy. what was it like? was it a tough battle? how did it go back and forth? >> at the very end of may we went to new york and held a mock photo shoot and met with ann shockette