it s memorial day, may 30th, 2011. president obama is at arlington national sepl tore. live pictures paying tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. shortly the president will speak at arlington s amphitheater. his address live, as well as remarks from mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates. arlington national cemetery, 624 acres of hallowed ground, the final resting place for fallen troops from all of america s wars, including the most recent. the war dead from iraq and afghanistan are laid to rest in an area that s known as section 60. our correspondent chris lawrence is there on this memorial day. chris, describe for us if you can the significance of this place that some call the saddest acre in america. reporter: well, suzanne, this is where most of the iraq and afghanistan war dead have been buried. so for a lot of these families the wounds are still very fresh. they have lost their loved ones in the last year, the last
reporter: we asked him how to help this house sell in a sea of homes for sale. you don t have a dining room. you have to make people think they have a space to gather in. when i see the table, i almost think you have this great light fixture you put in to center the table. reporter: spring is the big selling season but according to fannie mae, home sales are expected to remain soft in the near term and the spring season could deliver disappointing results. so in this climate when it comes to sprucing up your house to sell, it could be as simple as paint color that can make a really big difference. for a couple hundred dollars you can redo the whole first floor or paint the front area. gray is the new beige. a cool modern gray right away tells perspective buyers that your house is different than all of the other ones on the block. i think for very little money you can tweak a house all over the place. reporter: perhaps at the end
on it. we believe there was a fire. we re trying to get details. passengers had to be evacuated. scary moments obviously but apparently there are no injuries. just a few minutes ago we did watch a bus transport passengers from that plane to the delta terminals here in atlanta. we want to bring in on the phone, you were in a hotel that overlooks the runway as i m told. can you tell us exactly what you saw? caller: we were just out on the balcony of our hotel that overlooks the runway and we were just watching planes come in and then after one landed there was a big boom and just a line of smoke and then it looks like it turned off the runway and then the fire got a lot bigger. and then fire trucks went over and they started evacuating everybody. did you see any need for any ambulance or anything like that? caller: a bunch of ambulances and fire trucks went to it. i don t know if they needed them or just because of the fire. okay. thank you so much for that eyewitness a
sale. you don t have a dining room. that s one thing in this house you have to sort of make people feel like they have a space to gather. when i see the table i almost think you have this great light fixture you put in, is the center of the table. reporter: and spring is traditionally real estate s selling season. according to fannie mae, home sales are expected to remain soft in the near term and the spring season, could deliver disappointing results. so in this climate when it comes to sprucing up your house to sell it can be something as small and simple as paint color that can make a big difference for a couple hundred dollars redo the first floor or repaint the foyer depending on what you can afford. gray is the new beige. a cool modern gray right away tells perspective buyers your house is different than all the other ones on the block. i think for very little money you can tweak a house all over the place. reporter: and perhaps at the end of the day the most important th
light fixture that you guys obviously put it, it is the center of the table. reporter: spring is traditionally real estate s big selling season. but according to fanny mae, the spring season could deliver disappointing results. when it comes to sprucing up your house to sell, it could be as simple as paint color. for a couple hundred dollars you could redo the whole first floor or just paint the foyer, deep pending on what you can afford. here s a hint. gray is the new beige. a cool modern gray right away tells perspective buyers that your house is different than all the other ones on the block. i think for very little money you can tweak a house all over the place. reporter: and perhaps at the end of the day the most important thing to keep in mind, it s all about coming home. there are simple things that create that mental illusion for people coming in as a perspective buyer to say, i could see myself living in this home and that s really key. reporter: christine romans,