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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
WRAPPED UP HIS TWO- DAY FUND
RAISING TRIP IN ATHERTON
TODAY, WHERE HE WAS THE STAR
ATTRACTION.
KRON 4'S MAUREEN KELLY SHOWS
US HOW HIS VISIT GENERATED
EXCITEMENT AND CRITICISM.
>> REPORTER: HERE IS THE
PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE AS IT
PULLS AWAY FROM THE NEARLY
33-THOUSAND DOLLAR A PLATE
BRUNCH AT A PRIVATE HOME IN
THIS WEATHLY SILICON VALLEY
SUBURB.OBAMA SUPPORTERS AND
THE JUST PLAN CURIOUS CAME
TO TRY AND CATCH A GLIMPSE.
AND MAYBE SNAP A PHOTO.
>> I SAW HIM
>> IT'S HISTORY
>> REPORTER: THIS WOMAN
BROUGHT HER BABY BOY.
THE PRESIDENT WAS ALSO
GREETED BY
ENVIRONMENTALISTS LIKE THIS
SUNNYVALE RESIDENTWHO SAYS
SHE WAITED FOR OBAMA TO ***
BY WITH ABOUT 100 OTHERS.FOR
ABOUT TWO HOURSIN HOPES THAT
HE SAW THEIR SIGNS CALLING
ON HIM TO REJECT THE
>> I AM A MOTHER OF THIS IS
ONE OF THOSE KEY MOMENTS
WHEN WE NEED TO STOP THIS
CONSTRUCTION OF THE KEYSTONE
XL PIPELINE, WHICH WOULD
CARRY OIL FROM CANADA TO
>> REPORTER: THIS VIDEO
SHOWS THE MOTORCADE AS IT
DRIVES AWAY FROM THE SECOND
FUNDRAISER OF THE DAY AT
ANOTHER ATHERTON RESIDENCE
AND THE FINAL OF THE
TRIP.WHERE DONORS COULD
SPENT ANYWHERE FROM ONE
THOUSAND TO ATTEND TO FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SNAP A
PICTURE WITH THE COMMANDER
AND CHIEF. A NEIGHBOR WHO
SHE DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF
CASH.TOOK SOME VIDEO.OF WHAT
SHE CALLED A WASTE OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES
>> IN ENGLAND EVERYBODY
COMES OUT AND HAS A LOOK
THERE IS NOT ALL OF THESE
CARS AND PEOPLE STANDING
AROUND
.
>> REPORTER: OTHERS WHO CAME
TO LOOK SAID THEY JUST HAD
TO.SINCE IT'S NOT EVERYDAY
THE LEADER OF THE COUNTRY
HAS LUNCH AROUND THE CORNER.
MAUREEN KELLY KRON4 NEWS.
>> CATHERINE: WE DON'T HAVE
THE FUND-RAISING TOTALS ON
TODAY'S EVENTS YET.
BUT THE PRESIDENT DID VERY
WELL IN TWO OTHER EVENTS
YESTERDAY.
WE NOW KNOW THAT HE RAKED IN
3-POINT-2 MILLION DOLLARS
FOR HOUSE DEMOCRATS.
NOT BAD FOR A COUPLE OF
HOUSE PARTIES.
BOTH WERE AT THE HOMES OF
WEALTHY DONORS.
ONE OF WEDNESDAY'S EVENTS
WAS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE.
THE OTHER - FOR HOUSE
MINORITY LEADER NANCY
PELOSI.
>> THE D=N=C=C DOESN'T GET
TO KEEP ALL THAT MONEY.
SOME OF IT, MAYBE A LOT OF
IT, WILL HAVE TO GO TOWARDS
PAYING FOR THE PRESIDENT'S
TRIP.
AIR FORCE ONE.
MARINE CORPS ONE.
A FLEET OF BULLETPROOF
VEHICLES
A SMALL ARMY OF FEDERAL,
STATE AND LOCAL SECURITY
PERSONNEL.
(KA-CHING)
THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT
TRAVEL CHEAP.
HOW MUCH ARE ALL OF US
TAXPAYERS PAYING FOR THE
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT?
THE ANSWER IS. WE WILL NEVER
KNOW.
THE WHITE HOUSE DOES NOT
REVEAL THAT INFORMATION.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THIS
AIR FORCE ONE, THE MODIFIED
BOEING 747 THAT BROUGHT HIM
HERE, COSTS ABOUT
180=THOUSAND DOLLARS AN HOUR
TO FLY.
ON PURELY POLITICAL TRIPS,
WHETHER IT'S CAMPAIGNING OR
FUNDRAISING, THE PRESIDENT
HAS TO REIMBURSE THE
GOVERNMENT.
BUT ONLY FOR THE COMPARABLE
COST OF CHARTERING A
PRIVATE JET, ABOUT
25=THOUSAND AN HOUR MAX.
PLUS THIS TRIP WASN'T PURELY
POLITICAL.
THE PRESIDENT STOPPED IN
DENVER TO CAMPAIGN FOR GUN
CONTROL, WHICH QUALIFIES AS
OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
ON MIXED=PURPOSE TRIPS LIKE
THIS ONE, TAXPAYERS PAY FOR
TIME SPENT AT OFFICIAL
MEETINGS AND RECEPTIONS.
THEY DO NOT PAY FOR EXPENSES
ASSOCIATED WITH POLITICAL
MEETINGS, RECEPTIONS AND
RALLIES.
SO HERE IN THE BAY AREA,
THE PRESIDENT HAD TO PAY FOR
ALL HIS ROOMS AT THE
INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL, AS
WELL AS ALL MEALS.
BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY
FOR THE SECRET SERVICE.
THEY ARE ALWAYS CONSIDERED
TO BE ON OFFICIAL TRAVEL
AND ALL THEIR COSTS ARE PAID
BY THE TAXPAYERS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA LEFT ON AIR
FORCE ONE. JUST AFTER ONE-
PM.
KRON 4'S SCOTT RATES WAS
THERE FOR THE TAKE-OFF AT S-
F-0.
THE HELICOPTER CARRYING THE
PRESIDENT TO S-F-O ARRIVING
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THE
PRESIDENT SEEN HERE GETTING
OUT OF THE HELICOPTER,
GIVES HIS SALUTE BEFORE
WALKING ACROSS THE TARMAC.
HE GAVE A FEW WAVES, THEN
WALKED UP THE STEPS, TURNED
AROUND FOR ONE LAST WAVE,
THEN BOARDED AIR FORCE ONE.
MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF QUICKLY
BOARDED AS WELL, AND ONCE
THE DOOR WAS SHUT THEY
DIDN'T WASTE ANY TIME.
AIR FORCE ONE LIFTED OFF.