a warrior in old-school politician wasn t afraid to twist some arms to get things done. candy crowley knows that all too well. cnn chief white house correspondent, host of state of the union. we ll get into rahm-bo and not putting up with we keep talking about. this aggressive and tough and so the picture of him, reading a children s book to a bunch of little kids but okay. we should have used the pictures of him doing pointing at people. well, i guess, first 0 of all, let s start with what does this do to the obama white house? and in particular, barack obama. i mean, these guys this was, you know, one of his closest advisers. it is. but he is known pete rouse who we expect to take over on a permanent or interim basis has been with president obama since he was a senator so he was with senator obama. he was there in the campaign. he was in the transition.
there is a saying here in japan that you eat from the eyes. beauty is appreciated. fresh, locally produced food, people here grocery shop almost every single day so very little is processed food. and for your health, you don t stuff yourself. you only eat until you re about 80%. if you and as far as dessert, two pieces of fruit. that s what they offer. so, food here, though is much more expensive than the united states. all of this costs about $26 and this is all before the sake. cnn, tokyo. i m dave mckenzie in nairobi, kenya. in kenya, the butchery and the restaurant are often in the same place. if you want an evening meal, you do it a bit like this. how is it going? could i have one kilo chomanbuzi? he is going to cut our meat to get our food.
quite interesting meeting at the white house where democratic leaders said to the president they really want him to get out there and be more aggressive campaigning for him. you know what this is what it did today, i brought some water, are you happy? are you proud of me, i m going to take a sip. when you start feeling that in your throat. then i m going to tell you about our second item. our second item is actually something unfortunately not a laughing matter, something that went on in your state, at least the senator from your state, saxby chambliss, he is somebody who had to fire a staffer in his office. why? because that staffer posted an anti-gay comment on a gay blog here during the don t ask, don t tell debate and toad fire him and actually apologized to the person who was running that gay blog. last, i want to point out something we have been doing here at cnn, highlighting the top 100 house races. gaby giffords of arizona is on the ticker right now. very interesting race.
the meal has ballooned and so has the calorie count, up to 920 calories. that got us thinking, what people around the world eat and how much of it do they eat? so we used cnn s worldwide resources to send our reporters doubt dinner. here is taste of typical meals in asia, africa and the caribbean. . i am not proud of this but as a chicago-bred american, i like food and the more the better whether it be jumbo-sized hot dogs or personal pan cookie desserts, topped with ice cream, of course. in america, when it comes to food, size matters. not so much in japan. this is a classic japanese dinner, sushi. what is valued here, it is beautifully presented, made with fresh, natural ingredient and you may notice it is much smaller than the american dinner out. when i first moved here, i would eat all this and say that was a delicious appetizer. so, it has taken some adjusting.
comment from any mcdonald s employees, any hourly employees about the prospect. each time we go into one of these places, they tell us that they can t let us film inside, the managers can t talk to us, we can t talk to the employees without permission from a regional or corporate managing office of one of these facilities. when we call them, they say no or we ll get back to you. none of them have so far. a number of other major companies with hourly employees offer the same kind of health plan as mcdonald s. but administration officials tell cnn the rules mcdonald s asked about haven t been fin finalized yet and if mcdonald s requests a waiver, officials say, they re committed to finding a solution. brian todd, cnn, arlington, virginia. well, if you re a facebooker, you might want to check out a movie hitting the theaters to. it is the story of how facebook got started and not so much about friends as enemies. you guys were the inventors