and dads take on are very different than they used to be, even when the kids are in what, beauty pageants. some of the manliest of dads have put down the remote, helping with hairstyles, even dance moves. here is andrea canning. reporter: they re a sideline staple on the pageant circuit, extreme stage moms accused of living vicariously through their daughters. our next contestant, eva perez. whoa! reporter: now a new unexpected face emerging in the world of glitz and glamour. the pageant dad. shaky, shaky. reporter: on toddlers & tiaras , david perez has devoted his life to taking 3-year-old daughter eva all the way to miss america. i am the super dad of
did not appear with the president. only attending a $600,000 fund raiser closed to cameras. our only glimpse when pelosi boarded air force one for a ride back to washington. she has become a very polarizing figure. as such it is very difficult for her to go out in the swing states and campaign for any candidates. monday the president travels to rhode island to campaign. he spends most of the week act the white house, rolling out small business initiatives. next weekend. final arguments in illinois, ohio, pennsylvania, states important not just for the mid terms but for the 2012 presidential race as well. david kerley, abc news, washington. the president not the only political player campaigning today in rhode island, michael steel and senator scott brown from massachusetts will also be there to help a gop candidate in a congressional race. meanwhile, michelle obama will spend the day out west, helping democrats in washington state and in california. and, senate candidat
hundreds of millions in taxpayer money into something if we are not confident it is worth the work. surveillance cameras provided blurry images. the ground to radar system at times had false detections, unable to tell the difference between humans, cars and animals. the radar system also frequently broke down. and did not perform well in bad weather. in fact, there were so many technical difficulties, a congressional investigation concluded the system may be inoperable two and a half to seven weeks per year. there were cost overruns and boeing, the primary contractor repeatedly missed deadlines. boeing declined to answer specific questions on the record, but said in a statement, it stands behind its work on the sbi net system as a reliable, effective border security tool. homeland security ordered a review of the project. the final report expected possibly in two weeks. critics want to know did the taxpayers really get what they paid nearly $1 billion for? pierre thomas, ab