CNN 2009-06-01

let's talk about G.M. That's really the big story today, as we know it. They have about, what, 24 hours left on the books. Tomorrow, the deadline comes due for the automaker either to declare bankruptcy¹ or dramatically restructure its operation. It has to make that decision in order to get any more money from the government, and we're hearing it wants $30 billion or more.

"The New York Times" reports, bondholders have finally agreed to swap² their debt for a piece of the new company. We'll know for sure tomorrow when G.M. holds a news conference in New York. And, by the way, we are hearing the government could have a stake up to 72 percent of the new G.M.NGUYEN: And the president is also making news today about date night.

HOLMES: Yes.

NGUYEN: In fact, was a campaign promise to his wife. You know, he promised his daughters a dog. They got the dog. Well, last night, his wife got her Broadway play and, you know, a little criticism today about that.

HOLMES: Isn't it amazing everything the president -- and no matter what he does -- it will get criticized?

NGUYEN: Well, he's under scrutiny³, no doubt. HOLMES: But we're seeing them there. If we can take that, and show it to you, a full picture there. They're in the helicopter now on that picture. But they are dressed to the nines, really, looking pretty good. She had -- I can't describe the dress but ...

NGUYEN: A little black dress. Yes, it's very pretty.

HOLMES: Oh, I could have come up with that, I guess, little black dress.

NGUYEN: Just about every single woman has one of those.

HOLMES: But they did go on the East Village, a lot of people lining⁴ on the streets and kind of gotten word that the president was coming. They went to see Joe Turner's "Come and Gone." That is a play that's written by Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson.

And, Betty, as you just mentioned, some criticism and it's coming from the Republican National Committee criticizing him for this night out. Put out a statement actually before the president even left on this trip. But here it is. We'll put it up for you.

It comes from a spokesperson for the RNC saying, "As President Obama prepares to wing into Manhattan's theater district on Air Force One to take in a Broadway show, G.M. is preparing to file bankruptcy and families across America continue to struggle to pay their bills."

NGUYEN: Yes. The White House has not revealed the cost of the evening, but said the first couple took a small plane to New York -- not the jumbo jet that they usually are on. And, also, the press corps⁵, obviously, had to go with them and their staff.

So, I think there was a total of about, what, three planes involved in this.

HOLMES: Three planes, a helicopter or two had to fly them over to Manhattan as well.

NGUYEN: And, you know, security has got to be there and all of that.Popular priest caught having an affair. He is back at the pulpit actually this morning but not in a Catholic Church.

Alberto Cutie -- you see him there -- is giving his first Episcopalian mass in Florida. The man some called Father Oprah left the Catholic Church after a romantic photo came out showing him with a woman on his left you see there on the right of the screen. He admitted seeing her for two years. They are planning to get married. Thousands used to listen to Cutie give relationship advice on his radio show, he has had to leave that show as well.

1 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

2 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。

3 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

4 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

5 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。