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Official christmas trees to the white house since 1929. this years tree comes from a farm in shepherds town, west virginia, from a paver farmers who have been here before. >> this is the baby here now. we have to figure out how were going to get this loaded. for eric and gloria sunback, this is a holiday tradition. growing a christmas tree fit for a president. >> youre helping make a christmas for the whole country. >> reporter: the west virginia couple, both in their 80s, have grown four presid...

That have good form and for trees that have stronger branchs because they use a lot of decorations. >> reporter: and it takes a lot of hard work to grow that perfect presidential tree. careful pruning, experimenting to get the right mix of characteristics, and a little tough love. >> she had a word with it. when shed get up in the morning, get out, things are going -- well, fellows, you want to be a christmas tree now or are you going to wait until later and be toilet paper? and that gets the tr...

Christmas for the whole country. >> reporter: the west virginia couple both in their 80s have grown four presidential christmas trees, one for jimmy carter, two for ronald reagan and this 18 1/2 foot douglas fir destined for the obama white house. >> what we really like this year is that its going to a family, the children are there, the family is well-knit. >> reporter: to provide the white house tree a farmer has to be crowned by the national christmas tree association. then white house offici...

Time for the obamas first white house christmas tree arriving this afternoon. dan lothian following the festivities. >> we got to figure out how to get this loaded. >> reporter: for eric and gloria sunback, this is a holiday tradition. growing a christmas tree fit for a president. >> youre helping make it christmas for the whole country. >> reporter: the west virginia couple both in their 80s have grown four presidential christmas trees. one for jimmy carter, two for ronald reagan, and now this ...

Obama white house. >> what we really like this year is its going to a family. the children are there. the family is well knit. >> reporter: to provide the white house tree, a farmer has to be crowned by the national christmas tree association and then white house officials make a visit. >> theyre looking for trees that have good form and for trees that have stronger branches because they use a lot of decoration. >> reporter: it takes a lot of hard work to grow that perfect presidential tree. car...

Country. we can be a majority party if we just simply restore our conservative credentials. >> well, it will certainly be interesting to see how this goes for you. and i know a lot of people on the left made fun of it. on the other hand, i was around when the contract with america came through with the same sort of idea. so lets see how it plays in the comingksjibopp. a christmas tree farm that >> thank you for having me on. supplies their fourth official white house christmas tree. there it i...

On our political ticker, the official white house christmas tree has arrived. the 18 1/2 foot douglas fir was delivered by traditional horse-drawn carriage from a farm in west virginia. first lady michelle obama and her daughters were there to accept it. our cnn dan lothian joins us now. dan, tell us the story about the tree. >> reporter: this is a tree really that has been grown by a couple that have been at it for about 40 to 50 years have been growing trees and so they got an opportunity agai...

Problems. bill: how is it affecting the economy there? >> people that grow exotic flowers have been hard hit. the flowers are getting burned it to a crisp because of the sulfur dioxide. the flowers are basically turning and asch once they get hit. -- turning to ash once they get hit. bill: interesting story. hawaii, where it is almost daylight. in july. alisyn: we are hearing that chuck schumer is going after the insurance companies this morning in a big way. he is expected to call for a big cha...

Oh, oh. no glass ceiling. the freedom to name your price. now, thats progressive. call or click today. jane: we want to take you to the big island of hawaii. serious health problems in destroying crops. >> i am standing near the top of the volcano. you might be able to see a lot of this light gas -- white gas coming out of the ground. that is where a lot of this volcanic smog is affecting a lot of people to read it is also affecting the economy. the exotic flower market -- date

Inner-city thugs will soon learn why its called "suburban sprawl." >> i think that officer just bumped it. >> narrator: the suspects bail off the freeway, hoping to lose police on side streets. >> theyre getting off at atlantic here. >> narrator: but theyre the ones who soon get lost. >> turning into a residential section now. i cannot tell you exactly where we are, and, obviously, this guy doesnt know, either. >> within seconds, the van is caught in a cul-de-sac... >> now hes pulling into a yar...