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Water, gatorade? no, for serena williams, the beverage of choice was coffee. she was sluggish and knew she had to perk up in perth. >> she got a cup of espresso. top ranked williams then easily won the next two sets. she won the match. she admits she's never had coffee on the court before. she was jetlagged. she blames that for her fatigue throughout. whatever works. >> it was 111 degrees in perth. >> good gracious. >> warmer on the court. right? southern hemisphere, warmer. >> i just recently took up tennis, by the way. >> you are going to be in serena-type shape soon? >> i'm thinking 2012. >...

Economy. >> the question is, can democrats put republicans on defense, right? republicans thought they'd be on offense using obamacare with no alternative. now democrats have a chance to put them on defense. >> yes, absolutely. i'm going to put on my political psychologist hat. >> please. >> it's not just the issues and letting people know about the numbers. it's about emotion. they need to use fear. fear and anxiety. we know from political psychology studies that when you cue fear, this primal sentiment comes up and you pay attention, you perk up. when you perk up, then that's when you vote. ...

Strikes me, inflipped through here this morning, pictures of barney if theth in book, the president's dog recently died and recent come to light the president is apparently quite the painter of dogs. you got a lot of shots of bush and barney, how did his demeanor change when animals were around? >> the president loved barney. he called barney the son he never had. and any -- any time those moments would happen, yeah, he would definitely perk up, barney would lighten the mood of the day and there was also ms. beasley, the other scottish terrier. those private moments were the most enjoying -- f...

Seven dollar trades are just the start. our teams have the information you want when you need it. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. if your daughter was one year old when president obama was inaugurated, she just started kindergarten. america is experiencing the worst economic -- >> so that's just one of the new ads we're seeing hit the air waives. this one from the pro-romney super pac. we've seen it emerge as republicans try to appeal to women by using children in ads. as in this case, you saw them use a mother's fear to drive a wedge between what...

Up here in may that has been going on for months and months here. six senators have been in a room meeting many times a week trying to figure out that middleground and the sweet spot. i interviewed the senate budget chairman kent conrad who is one of the six senators and he said he is not sure they can come up with something, but they will be working on it, and it is a building area that they could bring these two sides together, but it is -- i mean, you said it, in looking at the fight over billions of dollars, but it is trillions and major, major changes to very important issues that people ...