john palmer now. with the business part of the president s working vacation now over, they went to the beach. the president was dressed for it. police in reagan was not. with secret service agents alongside, the 71-year-old president put on an impressive demonstration of aquatic skill, freestyle, diving, and backstroke. later the president was joined by mrs. reagan and their long time friend and former hollywood actress claude sket colbert. is the president s concern about budget battles with congress and foreign policy problems seemed a long way off. i m very pleased to have a day off. i doubt we ll be getting that kind of footage from president obama at martha s vineyard. up next, birtherism is back and playing a bigg role an r at this summer s anti-obama protests. you re watching hardball. somg that i can t have turn around barbara i finally found the right snack