Mrs. Obama Surprises White House Guests
KAYE: The new governor of California getting a very specific death threat, and police are not only calling it very real, but they are considering it a terror threat. Jerry Brown hasn't even been in office for a month, but somebody reported seeing some pretty disturbing graffiti. Take a look. The first message, "We're gonna kill Gov. Brown on 2/14/11." We're told it was on a wall in one residential neighborhood. Somebody also found a second message in another neighborhood, this one includes a countdown. Quote, "26 more days 4 Brown." Police are investigating. We're told city crews have painted over that graffiti. A fun "Political Pop" today. White House tourists got a special surprise yesterday. Brianna Keilar tells us what that's all about. Good to see you, Brianna.</s>BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good to see you, Randi. I don't know if you've ever been on the White House tour, but it normally does not include a run-in with the first lady, although yesterday it did. Michelle Obama was hanging out in the Blue Room. She was just kind of kicking it there with Bo the dog while tourists came through, quite surprised, as can you imagine, Randi, to see her just standing there waiting to greet them</s>KAYE: Yes, I think we'd all be surprised.</s>KEILAR: I know, can you even -- they had -- it was the funniest reactions that these people had. But this was the two-year anniversary of President Obama's inauguration of the first family coming to the White House, and so the White House put this on. This came from whitehouse.gov, and they live streamed this saying that this was part of the Obama's commitment to making the White House more open and accessible, or that's what the press release said, Randi.</s>KAYE: I love to see those folks coming through. When I was at the White House as a kid, but never got inside. Certainly, never met the first lady on a tour. But I know there were some pretty funny moments. As you watch these people come through, can you tell us what happened?</s>KEILAR: Yes, I mean, they are going through the White House, which is pretty amazing in itself. So they are going through the Green Room, as you can see there on the right, into the Blue Room which is where Mrs. Obama was. And a lot of them would just kind of stop in the door sort of surprised at what they were seeing. There were a number of responses. They were very varied, I guess you say, but this one in particular was kind of funny. One of them asked Mrs. Obama how to get to really what's a D.C. Institution, a restaurant that the Obamas have made more famous by visiting. Listen to this.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Where would I find Ben's Chili Bowl?</s>MICHELLE OBAMA, FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES: Oh, where is Ben's? OK, Ben's Chili Bowl. These guys will know.</s>KEILAR: OK, of all the things, Randi, that you could ask the first lady and you ask her how to get to Ben's Chili Bowl. Because of that, we actually --</s>KAYE: Forget about health care -- you know, forget about health care, forget about the economy.</s>KEILAR: I mean, right? No, no. Where is Ben's Chili Bowl, which, of course, has some of the finest half smokes and chili in D.C. And we've actually prepared a map for people, should they have to run into the first lady, they can ask her a different question. It's up there on U Street north of the White House. Well, I thought we had a map. I'm not sure --</s>KAYE: Maybe you can still tell us because people will be going there now.</s>KEILAR: Very delicious. There you go. From the White House to Ben's Chili Bowl. And I went there actually for the first time in five years, in the five years I've been in D.C., it's very delicious.</s>KAYE: You didn't see the president there though, did you?</s>KEILAR: No. Although, there's a sign that says, "Only the Obamas and Bill Cosby eat for free." That's sort of a famous sign. But as you can imagine, Randi, there was a whole lot of joking during this time period where she spent almost an hour there in the Blue Room. There is even some one-on-one conversations between Mrs. Obama and Bo the first dog. Take a look.</s>M. OBAMA: I'm Michelle Obama. You are in my home. I know. Are you bored? That way.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I know that you're a Beaver fan.</s>M. OBAMA: Oh, you're a Duck. I'm surrounded by Ducks and Packers.</s>KEILAR: So very strange, almost like the tourists thought they were on "Candid Camera." They just didn't know what to do about it all, Randi.</s>KAYE: I love that she was talking to Bo though to, I guess, kill some time.</s>KEILAR: Yes, because those were in between tour groups and she was kind of waiting for people and it was live streaming, so she's just kind of standing there trying to fill time.</s>KAYE: Bo was very well behaved though it looked like.</s>KEILAR: That said, he did a lick a little boy's face and he got a slight reprimand from the first lady for that.</s>KAYE: Oh well, I'm sure the little boy thought it was cute. I got to say though on that guy, the one who asked for the directions to the chili place, I don't even think he said hello. If you play that back, he just went right up to her and said, where's Ben's Chili. I don't think the guy even said hello and greeted the first lady.</s>KEILAR: This is what was shocking to me. It's like some sort of sociological experience because people just didn't know what to do with themselves.</s>KAYE: We're going to play that back actually. Let's play that back, cause I do want to know if he said hello. It seemed to me he didn't, but let's listen one more time.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Where would I find Ben's Chili Bowl?</s>M. OBAMA: Oh, where is Ben's? OK, Ben's Chili Bowl. These guys will know.</s>KAYE: OK, I didn't hear him say hello.</s>KEILAR: No.</s>KAYE: I mean, wow. That man was on a mission.</s>KEILAR: Good chili, I don't know.</s>KAYE: All right. Brianna Keilar, that was fun. Thank you.</s>KEILAR: Happy Friday to you, Randi.</s>KAYE: Go get some chili now.</s>KAYE: Pirates hijack a ship in the Indian Ocean. They take hostages, but navy commandos fight back. We'll show you this very dramatic rescue. Also, a brand new message believed to be from the world's most wanted terrorist, and Osama bin Laden's warning is very specific. 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