rolled out the red carpet for president obama and the first lady for a lavish arrival ceremony. michelle and i express our extraordinary thanks for the wonderful hospitality that we ve received, and also we want to send warmest regards from the people of the united states. reporter: and later, a formal state dinner. cheers. reporter: president obama s next stop is indonesia, where he lived for several years as a child. jim sciutto, abc news, washington. the president s commission investigating the bp oil spill says the company did not skimp on safety in order to save money. commission investigators say it was several questionable decisions that led to the catastrophic spill. some critics are blasting the commission s conclusions, saying they amount to a free pass for bp and any other company involved. the oyster harvesting season in mississippi has finally opened after a month s delay. officials say there are fewer of
learn it. no longer, say the creators of rock band 3. it s hard to learn an instrument. learning is hard. learning keyboards or drums takes time and effort. at love people s complaint is, why do i spend my time playing a fake guitar when i can take lessons and learn the real thing? spending hours and hours. our response for a while was, you re right, if you feel that passionate about playing a guitar, you should play that. but this is fun and super accessible. reporter: what if you can t afford the entire set of instruments? which could run you hundreds of dollars for everything. or don t own a video game console? well, there is a much cheaper alternative. with paper jamz. don t need to know how to play the guitar or play the drums? absolutely not. it s called paper jamz instant rock star. all you have to do is pick it up, start strumming, and it plays the music for you. it s what s called active graphic technology. and it senses when you touch it. there s a sensor undern
overseas travels. mr. obama is meeting with the president of indonesia during a one-day visit there. after which the two men will hold a news conference. later, the president and first lady will attend a state dinner. it s all part of a ten-day asia tour that started in india where mr. obama focused on trade as well as diplomacy. jim sciutto has that story. reporter: president obama saved a dramatic diplomatic gesture for the last day of his indian visit. in the years ahead i look forward to a reformed united nations security council that includes india as a permanent member. reporter: india has made it known for years that it wished to be included with the five permanent members the u.s., russia, china, france, and the uk. until now the u.s. refrained from taking a position. while the president s announcement thrilled india it disappointed china and brazil, and particularly pakistan, india s neighbor and rival, which called the move counterproductive. this is a decision the
attractions. you walk into a room with these men, and all of a sudden they know more about you than people your whole life have known about you. reporter: for the next two nights, the men will bunk together here. i ll be on the bottom bunk here. this will be my spot. for some people, gay is never going to work. that kind of life, that way of living, is just not going to gel, ever, with their value system. reporter: david matheson is a licensed counselor. rich weiler calls himself a life coach. together they founded the retreat in 2002. this is the first time they ve allowed cameras inside their controversial organization. all but a few of the men asked us not to show their faces. journey into manhood is part of weiler s outreach organization called people can change, which is built on the nonscientific premise that people can actually change their sexual orientation if they just work at it. preston, who requested we only use his first name, says he was interested in boys from
whatever. good morning, everybody, i m rob nelson. i m vinita nair. it was an unimaginable crime. a young girl taken at knifepoint from her bed in the middle of the night. now elizabeth smart has taken the witness stand to describe her ordeal in her own words. diana alvear is joining us this morning with more on the opening day of the trial against brian david mitchell. reporter: vinita and rob, good morning. we heard some very graphic testimony from elizabeth smart on monday. she described in detail how brian david mitchell assaulted her repeatedly and how she would have to pray herself to sleep. throughout it all, elizabeth appeared remarkably cool and collected. she awoke to a cold knife on her throat. elizabeth smart told jurors she thought she was having a nightmare. smart calmly testified about what happened next that night in 2002. she said brian david mitchell took her to a campsite where his wife, wanda barzee, forced her to strip. she said mitchell entered, said a few