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From the Field
Former President Bill Clinton was like a magnet in LA's Century City area last week. As part of his nationwide book tour he stopped at Bretano's Book Store only to find thousands of people waiting in line hoping to get his autograph on a copy of his just released autobiography. People waited for hours to be able to share a few seconds with Mr. Clinton. In some cases they camped out overnight! In the end, his signed over 1500 books, shook lots of hands and shared words with a bunch of people who said they really admired him. I reported on this for UPN 13 News that day. I remember seeing one woman so overwhelmed after shaking his hands ... tears poured down her face. The people handling the media basically rotated camera crews in and out of the store for "photo ops" -- no questions were to be allowed, but in our group a reporter wanted to know how Mr. Clinton felt about the large turnout. "It's wonderful," he said -- "I love it." Here are some pictures from that day provided by our webmaster Jocelyne Rohrback.
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A view of the front of Westfield mall, Century City at Brentano's for Bill' signing on June 25, 2004

These folks toward the front of the line had been waiting since 4:30 AM

A view from down one corner....the line spanned for seven city blocks

Sleeping and bearing the hot sun! Her hat I loved......"SYL LOVES BILL"

Young fans of Clinton, waiting since 1:30 AM

The Bomb Squad was front and center

Just some of the news vans waiting for their live shots

The view from Santa Monica Blvd....leaving the area took an hour!
     



 



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