$4.2 billion. >> this is our small effort to stand behind them when they need us most. >> reporter: earlier, president obama received a hero's welcome just before repealing the 17-year-old don't ask, don't tell policy, allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the military. >> it was just, you know, surreal. is this really happening? i mean, it was history. and we've been waiting for this for such a long time. >> reporter: the president has left for christmas vacation in his home state of hawaii where he will meet up with the first lady and their two daughters. rob and vinita? as we've been talking about all morning, the weather outside is frightful. in one southern california hospital the newborns were truly delightful. >> not to mention they came wrapped in their own christmas stockings. look at that, that's adorable. it's become an annual tradition at the millers children's hospital in long beach, california. >> it almost makes the crying not annoying. >> almost.