Grapevine: New friends Dennis Rodman, Kim Jong Un?

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And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine the sequester isn't the only story where the White House is being challenged on the facts.

The weekly standard is questioning the first ladies claims about the success of her let's move campaign to end childhood obesity.

Michelle Obama said on Good Morning America quote.

When we started.

There were a lot of people in this country who would have never thought that childhood obesity was a health crisis.

We're starting to see a change in the trends we're starting to see rates of obesity coming down like never before.

She praised Mississippi specifically which according to the Robert Wood Johnson report has seen a 13% drop in childhood obesity.

And she said quote when I first went there Mississippi was considered one of the most unhealthy states in the nation.

But the report.

Actually shows the decline happened between 2005.

And 2011.

The let's move campaign began in 2010.

Monday we told -- the president's new nonprofit advocacy group organizing for action.

Is essentially selling White House access to wealthy donors something then candidate Obama campaigned against.

If you get your evening news elsewhere you probably did not see that story at all the New York Times broke -- Saturday.

ABC CBS and NBC had no mentions of the controversy in -- morning or evening newscasts.

Throughout the weekend or on Monday.

The trend continued on Tuesday for ABC and NBC with CBS devoting one minute to the story Tuesday morning.

And finally North Korean leader Kim -- has a new BF staff.

Dennis Rodman.

The flamboyant former basketball star is visiting North Korea this week -- making him the most high profile American to meet with cam.

Since he took power.

Today they attended the game afterwards Rodman told him you have a friend for life.

Rodman may not be fully up to speed on tensions involving North Korea when he arrived Tuesday the warm tweeted.

Maybe I'll run into the -- and style dude well I'm here.

That's singer size from South Korea which is technically still at war with the north.

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