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June 17, 2009
Beat 360° 6/17/09
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Ready for today's Beat 360°? Everyday we post a picture – and you provide the caption and our staff will join in too. Tune in tonight at 10pm to see if you are our favorite! Here is the 'Beat 360°' pic:

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens as President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak conduct a joint press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Eric Dutton - Sheboygan, WI   June 17th, 2009 6:38 pm ET

I feel like Dick Cheney hiding back here doing all the dirty work.

Jasmine - Spokane, WA (Tehran,Iran) (Spokan't)   June 17th, 2009 6:38 pm ET

oh, no worries, I'll stay back here so i can catch up on my soap operas.

Jasmine - Spokane, WA (Tehran,Iran) (Spokan't)   June 17th, 2009 6:40 pm ET

I thought the rose garden was supposed to smell good...

Alvin--- Mansfield, TX   June 17th, 2009 6:41 pm ET

Hilary " Excuse me, but there's something wrong with this headset. Everything is in Korean. I don't speak Korean."

Lori - PA   June 17th, 2009 6:42 pm ET

I can't beleive Obama is making me sit in timeout.

Michael, Dresher, PA   June 17th, 2009 6:42 pm ET

Somone just said in my head phones that Iran is now involoved in the Minnesota recount.

Michael, Dresher, PA   June 17th, 2009 6:44 pm ET

I have Obama in one ear and Myung-Bak in the other. And to think I once thought Bill talked too much.

Lori - PA   June 17th, 2009 6:44 pm ET

Oh my allergies! Why did I leave the Zyrtec at home?

kate from Miami, FL   June 17th, 2009 6:45 pm ET

The new fertilizer they're using is really making me nauseous.

Delores - Albuquerque   June 17th, 2009 6:45 pm ET

How I would like to be a fly to listen to what President Obama is whispering to President Myung-Bak! Maybe not!!!

Orla Stuart Santa Cruz, CA   June 17th, 2009 6:45 pm ET

I beg your pardon? What's that I heard in the Rose Garden?

Michael, Dresher, PA   June 17th, 2009 6:45 pm ET

Maybe we should test world leaders for steroids.

Isabel, Brazil   June 17th, 2009 6:46 pm ET

I can't see! Who is there is Anderson Cooper or Dr. Drew?

Joanne Osinkowski Ontario Canada   June 17th, 2009 6:46 pm ET

Geez Barack! my ears are not as well endowed as yours are tone it down a bit bud...:)

Kevin Haggith Toronto Canada   June 17th, 2009 6:46 pm ET

Although Clinton continues to listen to the press conference, she can hardly contain herself when she spots a rose that she feels would be the perfect color for her next pant suit!

Sheila Stuart CA   June 17th, 2009 6:47 pm ET

The rose is in the knows!

Jill from West Los Angeles   June 17th, 2009 6:49 pm ET

Oh no! Barack, that’s not the right thing to say.

Amelia from Miami, Florida   June 17th, 2009 6:50 pm ET

Oh man! Bo must have done his business in the garden again.

Delores - Albuquerque   June 17th, 2009 6:51 pm ET

US Secretary of State Clinton shows her displeasure when she founds out that she will have to rebuke again North Korea leader.

Cindy Panackia   June 17th, 2009 6:52 pm ET

OMG it sounds like Ivan and Theordore of the Chipmunks

Cindy
Riverview, MI

Gayle McCauley Malden,Mass.   June 17th, 2009 6:53 pm ET

"This isn't what I had in mind when I said I should stop and smell the roses."

ERIK J.   June 17th, 2009 6:53 pm ET

OH!! I think they see me!

ERIK J
Austin Texas

Lori - PA   June 17th, 2009 6:53 pm ET

I don't know why I can't be inside, where it's air conditioned, listening to the press conference.

Kevin Haggith Toronto Canada   June 17th, 2009 6:54 pm ET

Maybe because she has been watching 'America's High' all week coupled with the fact that she is listening to a 'joint' session, Clinton tries to focus in on some plants growing in the garden that are unlike any roses she has ever seen.

Tarja, Finland   June 17th, 2009 6:54 pm ET

Is this a smell of the roses or has Bo relieved himself on these bushes ?

Tom Ervin, Bucks County Pa   June 17th, 2009 6:55 pm ET

Hillary ponders the thoughts of what could have been as she gazes upon the last rose of the first summer at the rear of the Rose Garden.

Pamina in New Rochelle   June 17th, 2009 6:55 pm ET

If I could just find the damn plug!!

Pamina in New Rochelle   June 17th, 2009 6:56 pm ET

What is he saying? He wants a cheeseburger?

Georgeanna, Carney's Point, NJ   June 17th, 2009 6:56 pm ET

And the party supported him instead of me?

Chris Turntine   June 17th, 2009 6:56 pm ET

I agreed I would play a background role but hiding in the bushes is ridiculous

Chris Turntine
San Diego, CA.

Luie - Hialeah Gardens, Fl.   June 17th, 2009 6:56 pm ET

Man, Can Eric Clapton Rock or what? Are these two done hoping yet!

David, Detroit, Michigan   June 17th, 2009 6:57 pm ET

'I should be out front and not in this dark corner listening to this guy read from a telaprompter'

Mark Toronto Canada   June 17th, 2009 6:57 pm ET

Why did that gay translator have to tell. This new one is almost painful.

Dave K, San Diego   June 17th, 2009 6:57 pm ET

BRock, this is the "All Pants" over......

Kathryn from Miami, Florida   June 17th, 2009 6:58 pm ET

Oh no, that's not how you say "hello" in Korean. . .Barack just told him "you smell."

Rikki, Fargo, ND   June 17th, 2009 6:59 pm ET

I wonder if he'll notice me slip out, I've left a casserole in the oven and don't want it to dry out!

Attila from Southgate, MI   June 17th, 2009 7:00 pm ET

Thanks Chelsea, but I really don't think the new Black Eyed Peas album is my kind of music.

Rick Kaufman   June 17th, 2009 7:00 pm ET

"That could be me up there as the head of state...if I can just figure out how to get elected president of South Korea."

Jonathan from Knoxville, TN   June 17th, 2009 7:01 pm ET

Bill! Red suitcoats only look good on me!

M Coleman   June 17th, 2009 7:01 pm ET

You planted what kind of herb in the White House garden?

Michael Coleman
Hewitt, Texas

Terri from Atlanta   June 17th, 2009 7:01 pm ET

Hillary Clinton mentally makes her checklist of things to do for
her run in 2012.

Dave K, San Diego   June 17th, 2009 7:02 pm ET

"Headquarters...This is Clinton....I have a visual on Bo....He is still has my shoe....Over......."

Rick Kaufman Dover, NH   June 17th, 2009 7:02 pm ET

"That could be me up there as the head of state…if I can just figure out how to get elected president of South Korea.”

Jay in Los Gatos, California   June 17th, 2009 7:02 pm ET

Oh God, did Barack just say "Hello Tokyo?"

Kyle Whelton from Sheboygan, WI   June 17th, 2009 7:03 pm ET

Really! I lost to that guy. Ugh!

Jane Schrantz, Gurnee IL   June 17th, 2009 7:04 pm ET

► "If I squint at that flower just long enough, it shows what the future has in store for me. ☺

Dave K, San Diego   June 17th, 2009 7:04 pm ET

"This is call sign "All Pants"...I have visual confirmation that Bo has buried my shoe in the Garden...Over....."

Greg Myers,Houston TX   June 17th, 2009 7:05 pm ET

I wish they would play some Seoul music for awhile.

Jane Schrantz, Gurnee IL   June 17th, 2009 7:05 pm ET

► “If I squint at that flower just long enough, it shows what the future has in store for me." ☺

lance sweeten   June 17th, 2009 7:05 pm ET

CHENEY SAID WHAT???????????

Jude From New Jersey   June 17th, 2009 7:05 pm ET

"Enough with these nuclear weapon talks. Please Mr Presidents, tell me more about my eyes"

Jon -- Niantic CT   June 17th, 2009 7:07 pm ET

Hillary lurks in the shadows more secretly than Monica Lewinsky!

Carrie from Colorado   June 17th, 2009 7:08 pm ET

Want to eavesdrop on an intense discussion between two heads? There’s not an app for that.

Tim Singer - Redwood City   June 17th, 2009 7:09 pm ET

That doesn't smell like a rose.

Ishaka - Atlanta, GA   June 17th, 2009 7:09 pm ET

Why do I smell something funny? Isn't this supposed to be the 'Rose Garden?

Dave K, San Diego   June 17th, 2009 7:09 pm ET

A fort in the oval office, call signs for the staff, and now conference calls via walkie talkie.....what's next?

Gerard Manogin   June 17th, 2009 7:10 pm ET

Hillary Clinton: I can't listen to this anymore!

Gerard Manogin
Jackson, Mississippi

mike-grand rapids, mi   June 17th, 2009 7:10 pm ET

mrs. clinton still trying to figure what monica seen in bill clinton

Lisa, Tampa   June 17th, 2009 7:11 pm ET

I used to be able to smell these roses. Darn that Zicam!

Dave K, San Diego   June 17th, 2009 7:11 pm ET

Walkie Talkie...$45....All black pant suit $195......Call sign "All Pants"...priceless.

damon kyles, st. louis, mo   June 17th, 2009 7:11 pm ET

Do these things pick up any country music

Michelle (Gulfport, FL)   June 17th, 2009 7:11 pm ET

I may not be president – but a snazzy "Beat 360" T-shirt as a consolation prize from Anderson and Erica would probably cheer me up!

Nick Baki in Laning,MI   June 17th, 2009 7:12 pm ET

i should have gone to the bathroom earlier

Jeff in Cincinnati, OH   June 17th, 2009 7:12 pm ET

Darn it! I got stuck by a rose thorn AGAIN! Why couldn't this have been a Daisy Garden, or a Sunflower Garden?! Anything without thorns!

Deb   June 17th, 2009 7:12 pm ET

OMG! Is that dog poop I smell?! Geesh Bo!

Debbie Campbell
Topeka, KS USA

Sandy Pennsylvania   June 17th, 2009 7:12 pm ET

It's really hard for Hillary to look worldly and stately with allergies.

Tiffany Sjoquist   June 17th, 2009 7:12 pm ET

Does anyone else smell that?

Terry Kappel - Woodstock, IL   June 17th, 2009 7:13 pm ET

The periphery of the White House rose garden...where all American political disidents are exiled.

Ekene Onyebeke   June 17th, 2009 7:14 pm ET

Are you serious what I'm hearing, that Barack will kill more bugs in White house?

patty a banks palmdale, ca.   June 17th, 2009 7:14 pm ET

( whispering) from what i see, Anderson Cooper is just reporting on marijuana not using it!

Eleanjor Coombs, Ga.   June 17th, 2009 7:15 pm ET

With a phone in each hand and none to the ear, Secretary of the State Hillary Clinton hams it up for the camera.

Kathleen Sullivan-Hawthorne, NY   June 17th, 2009 7:15 pm ET

Bill (on the phone), I can't get any closer than I am right now. I'm squinting to see or hear something I'm that far away.

Jacqueline, NY   June 17th, 2009 7:16 pm ET

Hillary: Ooh, ooh, ooh! What's that buzzing I hea– (sound of the president killing a fly - like in the comics: Smack! Swat! Slam! "BAMM!")

Greg S in Santa Monica   June 17th, 2009 7:16 pm ET

Hillary frequently hides in the Rose Garden hoping to get dirt on foreign dignitaries.

Joanne Osinkowski Ontario Canada   June 17th, 2009 7:17 pm ET

Ole' someone put a little too much manure in the mulch...:)

Penny, Ohio   June 17th, 2009 7:17 pm ET

Yes, I can hear you now!

Daryll G... Edmonton Canada   June 17th, 2009 7:17 pm ET

Listening to this Is like having someone scratch thier nails on a blackboard

Anthonia-califonia   June 17th, 2009 7:18 pm ET

"Ahh, i have to admit, New York does have the worst road rage drivers.."

Debra Sinclair   June 17th, 2009 7:18 pm ET

Oops!!! Looks like President Lee Myung-Bak stepped in the new "Vegetable Garden" instead of the Rose Garden. I wouldn't want to be the one to tell Michelle.

ursa vuga   June 17th, 2009 7:18 pm ET

I haven't heard so much crap since Bill told me he hired this new secretary Monica.

Jeff in Cincinnati, OH   June 17th, 2009 7:18 pm ET

These earphone things hurt! I'll just read Obama's teleprompter. If it goes out again, I'll have something to 'twitter' about.

David, Florida   June 17th, 2009 7:20 pm ET

What is Randi Kaye looking for in the rose garden?

Javier - Madrid, Spain   June 17th, 2009 7:21 pm ET

Wait... Didn't I plant that rose last time I was here?

Suzanne, Annandale, NJ   June 17th, 2009 7:22 pm ET

Hillary Clinton winces as Obama declares Rose Garden a fitting place to discuss thorny issues.

Paul - Bay Area, CA   June 17th, 2009 7:22 pm ET

Hillary: "Michelle needs to leave that Vegetable Patch alone and spend a little more time in this Rose Garden it's gone wild out here !!"

Linda, Upstate, New York   June 17th, 2009 7:22 pm ET

OMG! They put THAT on the Queen's iPod?

Kristien, Antwerp, Belgium   June 17th, 2009 7:23 pm ET

Oh, Fran Drescher doing the translating makes my ears hurt!

shawn d. shaw palmdale ca   June 17th, 2009 7:26 pm ET

Ok Anderson, but this looks very suspicious, 5 more minutes & i'm outta here!

Friar Rick   June 17th, 2009 7:26 pm ET

They won't notice if I sneak in to the Oval Office and try out MY desk!

Christine, Minnesota   June 17th, 2009 7:26 pm ET

What is that smell? I know its not fresh bakery.

Ron, Ohio   June 17th, 2009 7:26 pm ET

Hillary takes a moment to order some roses for the not so rosy Rose Garden.

BETH , MEMPHIS, TN   June 17th, 2009 7:28 pm ET

the thorn among many roses

Paul - Bay Area, CA   June 17th, 2009 7:28 pm ET

Oh how I remember when Bill used to pick me roses from here everyday, I guess I should have know something was wrong when he continued picking and I stopped getting the roses !!

Susan   June 17th, 2009 7:28 pm ET

My goodness, Glenn Beck's preaching is too loud

Gary Hunt/ Neosho Mo.   June 17th, 2009 7:29 pm ET

Don't Blow it! Don't Blow it!!!

Brenda   June 17th, 2009 7:29 pm ET

Hillary cringes as she listens to Obama brag once again on how he killed the fly.

Jeff Lambert   June 17th, 2009 7:30 pm ET

Hillary thinking: "Oh my G-d, couldn't they have found a Korean translator who doesn't continually burp when he speaks?"

Jeff Lambert – Hicksville, New York

Terri from Atlanta   June 17th, 2009 7:30 pm ET

Whew! I was getting worried. It was looking like Barack had
more pictures on "Beat 360" than me!

Fabrizio   June 17th, 2009 7:30 pm ET

So much botox..i can't smile anymore!!!

Fabrizio from argentina! =D

Lori from IL   June 17th, 2009 7:31 pm ET

Hmmmm..... Do you think there are any marijuana plants in the rose garden? Those drug cartels are pretty clever these days!

Annie C.   June 17th, 2009 7:31 pm ET

"I know it's only for today, Barack, but I'm not really liking this whole 'spying' thing."

Ed - Sidney, OH   June 17th, 2009 7:33 pm ET

Why didn't I think of doing this when Bill was in the oval office?

Rikki, Fargo, ND   June 17th, 2009 7:33 pm ET

"Like sands through the hour glass?...What? Darn it! They gave me the wrong feed, again!"

Aniela Cordoba, Las Vegas, Nevada.   June 17th, 2009 7:33 pm ET

Oh wow, that does smell. No wonder they kicked me out.

Alicea Kelso, WA   June 17th, 2009 7:35 pm ET

President Obama speaking Korean is as bad as G.W. Bush trying to speak English.

Paul - Bay Area, CA   June 17th, 2009 7:36 pm ET

Hillary: ". . . . mental note tell Joe Biden he needs to keep up with his rose pruning duties its gone wild out here"

Ed - Sidney, OH   June 17th, 2009 7:37 pm ET

Why do we have to come out here?......... Oh yeah, I see now with all those cigarette butts in the rose garden.

Alan Craig -- Bedford, Indiana   June 17th, 2009 7:37 pm ET

Hillary was prepared for the 2am phone call, but rose garden fertilizer is a little hard to swallow.

Darrell Williams,Fairless Hills,PA   June 17th, 2009 7:37 pm ET

Who am I.... the spy who came in from the Cold War??

Ashley P.   June 17th, 2009 7:37 pm ET

But I WAS promised a rose garden..

Darrell Williams,Fairless Hills,PA   June 17th, 2009 7:37 pm ET

Literally,it smells like a joint news conference

Jean (Clarksburg, Maryland)   June 17th, 2009 7:37 pm ET

Wait a minute.... this is the rose I planted back in the days....or am I in the middle of a nightmare?

Anthonia-califonia   June 17th, 2009 7:40 pm ET

"What you talkin 'bout Willis..?"

Bill, Hartford, CT   June 17th, 2009 7:41 pm ET

"I wonder if I could take this home to better understand my man."

Aniela Cordoba, Las Vegas, Nevada.   June 17th, 2009 7:41 pm ET

I swear that bush over there is trying to give me millitary advice right now.

Aniela Cordoba, Las Vegas, Nevada.   June 17th, 2009 7:43 pm ET

Is that Cheney hunting over there?!

Isabel, Brazil   June 17th, 2009 7:45 pm ET

Why does every rose have thorns?

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