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Talk a little bit about this. i mentioned that air force one costs $180,000 an hour. that is something a lot of people are talking about these days ever since the sequester kicked in and the white house said we've got enough money for this but not enough for that. yesterday it was rather tense tweens jay carney and -- tense between jay carney and ed henry. henry was calling into question what the secretary of homeland security said presequester. you take 5,000 agents away, america will be less safe. here's the ying and yang from yesterday. >> the secretary said people are going to be less safe...

The jodi arias murder trial costing taxpayers a lot of money. official documents show that arizona's maricopa county has paid more than $1.4 million so far for arias' defense. the trial is expected to last for several more weeks. so how much is it going to cost? capital murder suspects in arizona are guaranteed two lawyers that can handle death penalty cases. they are also allowed to hire an investigator and other experts to help in their defense. there is also big money in tr g trinkets set for tweens and teens. one woman is trying to get at that market. you probably haven't heard of this f...

>> for every stage of life for these kids nice to have a manual to help you through. >> communication is everything. i ask my daughter once every few weeks, anything you have to talk about, really embarrassing, say it fast. believe me i heard it all. no matter how awkward. just do it. usually she says "no." every once in a while she will give me a nugget. >> plus has a mom. sharing lots with her. >> yep. yep, yep. >> oh, good to have that. need to pick up that little guide how to deal with tweens. >> probably right. i should check it out. coming up next, how are your brackets doing? the swee...

♪ >> reporter: the secret life of tweens, no longer a child, not yet a teen. they crave independence, but still need boundaries like in the movie "the sitter." >> what is your deal, why are you wearing so much makeup? ♪ looking real fly ♪ on the way to the club ♪ going to dance all night >> say what you want, i know i look good. >> reporter: now there is an updated handbook designed to let tween girls read for themselves the answers to slightly embarrassing questions from body odor to peer pressure to social media. i sat down with seven girls their moms and the other, dr. karen naderso...

The resolve easy clean system. don't just vacuum clean. resolve clean. ♪ >> stuck in the middle. that's a really good song for this. these are kids who are not really young kids not quite teenagers yet. they're literally stuck in the middle -- they're tweens. >> they're tweens. i have one of them. seems like it should be a carefree time. these girls face pressures that might surprise some moms. abc's juju chang has more.