abc s molly hunter has details. reporter: french president francois hollande went stag to last night s state dinner after a high-profile breakup left his dateless, the state department had to change the seating arrangement and forego the dancing. we have grown to love all things french, the film, the food, the wine especially the wine but most of all we love our french friends. reporter: michelle obama dazzled in a herrera. and president obama charmed america s french friends. in attendance, stephen colbert bradley cooper and mary j. blige, who sang for the guests. just hours before it was all business. the two presidents talked about syria and iran and president obama was asked, perhaps, the trickiest question who is america s best ally, france or britain? i have two daughters, and they are both gorgeous and
recognizable athlete of the sochi games, no thrill. only the agony of defeat. shaun white was hoping to bring home his third gold medal. just hours before competition, tweeting out a thank you to fans on youtube. i want to do the best, not only for myself but for you guys. wish me luck. and here we go. reporter: but white crashed on his first run and struggled on his second. his board, nearly bending in half. he came in fourth. those mittened hands covering a face we d seen grow up in front of our eyes. the 19-year-old flying tomato with a toothy grin won gold at torino, gold again at vancouver. he was 27 by the time he got to sochi. that flowing hair, long gone. he now has a lot more on his plate and a lot more on his shoulders. and a lot more than just being the kid with the crazy hair who gets to go out and just snowboard. reporter: white lost the biggest upset yet but other triumphs. sarah hendrickson trained for
and she really could act. grandfather, i ll never see you again. reporter: and she really could sing. polywolly reporter: shirley temple wasn t just the biggest child star of her day. the biggest star, period. photographed more than fdr. then it was over. the little girliness was gone. and money too. as she revealed in a rare interview on bbc. out of the $3 million i had earned from everything, doll sales, books, clothing, so ford, i had $44,000 left in a trust account. reporter: rather than crash, she figured out for real who she was and would be in this part two of her life, a wife and a mother. then the surprising part three. emulating this well-known actor friend, she turned to public service, including during the
all the women throw your hands up on average, women make 77 cents for every dollar man earns. and make up nearly half the american workforce. but lately, there are more and more women who are the bread winners in their families. but that comes with its challenges inside the home. here s abc s linsey davis with the story. this is a very good looking group today. reporter: michele benfor is a successful sales manager making twice as much as her husband. an unexpected role, considering the promise he made before they got married. what was the promise? that i could stop working by the time i turned 30. i had lofty expectations. i m 34. reporter: they are among the households with kids where the woman is the primary breadwinner bread-winning moms have much more stress. they are asked to do more at home. reporter: even though a recent pew study found the total family income is higher when the mother, not the father, is the
russia. a lot of people expected the u.s. to have at least one more. but it wasn t to be. here are the details. reporter: shaun white s reign as king of the halfpipe ended on tuesday. the two-time gold medalist was favored to repeat but stumbled and finished fourth. white failed twice attempting a move called the yolo, short for you only live once. i hate the fact that i landed that run perfect in practice, then got on the pipe and it didn t work out. but it happens. reporter: the swiss snowboarder that invented the yolo nailed it and won the gold. americans shut out of the halfpipe medals for the first time since the sport was introduced in 1998 but american women made some history. for the first time in 50 years since women s luge became an olympic event, an american won a medal. erin hamlin nabbed bronze in the singles competition. fellow american devon logan clenched silver in slopestyle skiing. a new event at the winter games. i was biting my nails and