a dialogue and needs to be transparency. we don't know exactly what b.a.r.t.'s motives were for doing this. we don't have that information, we don't know exactly what b.a.r.t. did to cut off cell service or how much was cut off. we can all agree we need discussion and transparentally because this really otherwise this really seems like big brother. >> gentlemen, i unfortunately need to end it there. i need to end it there and need to stop. "anderson cooper ""anderson cooper 360" starts right now. good evening, everyone, we begin with texas governor rick perry, a podium in alabama, where he is about to speak as a fund-raiser on the eve of an announcement that he's entering the presidential race, a move that's already shaking up the republican field and could spell trouble for candidate obama. part of governor's perry's pitch to voters is what his supporters call the texas miracle, creating jobs in a recession, balancing the texas budget and standing up

to washington but is all of that true? tonight we're keeping them honest. first the jobs. >> we created more jobs than any other state in the nation, as a matter of fact, in the last two years, we created almost half of all the jobs created in america. >> that's governor perry yesterday. you'll hear that a lot in the weeks and months ahead. we checked with the bureau of labor statistics and his numbers, do, in fact add up. texas created about 262,000 jobs between the summer of 2009 and now that's out of 524,000 jobs nationwide. but the bureau of labor statistics says many of those jobs were for the minimum wage, minimum wage jobs have more than dunld in texas over the last four years and texas is creating many jobs in part because the population is growing so fast, up more than 4 million since rick perry took office, more people buying goods and services and more jobs. some of the people come illegally across the border. according to the it ex-text association of business, illegal immigrant labor pumps in $17 billion a year which in turn

also creates more jobs. another job creating factor, federal stimulus money going straight into state and local construction projects or to cover 90% of the state's bubblinget deficit. in as much as jobs are jobs governor perry is on solid factual grounds with his claim. >> and that's exactly what we've done in texas, some very simple but very effective principles of keeping our taxes low and our regulatory climate fair and predictable, legal system that doesn't allow for oversuing and starting out by not spending all the money. we left $6 billion in our rainy day fund in texas, so we've got a decade's worth of experience. >> he's saying he balanced the state budget keeping taxes low without dipping into emergency money. however, he did it by taking big money from washington. back in june of 2009, when governor perry was signing the

2010-2011 budget texas was $6.6 billion in the red and had a rainy day fund to cover that shortfall. instead of using the fund, texas lawmakers in the perry administration filled the gap with $6.4 billion of federal stimulus money. that's how he balanced the budget without touching the rainy day fund. at the same time as he was taking billions in federal money he was railing against the federal government. earlier he posted a blog headlined "help us turn the tide in washington and stop these irresponsible bailouts." that post went up the same day he requested the federal money. here answer the letter he wrote to president obama "please allow this letter to certify we will accept the funds in h.r. 1 and use them to promote economic growth and create jobs in a responsible manner that is in the interest of taxpayers." he said he opposed the stimulus and took the money. right up to this day he continues to speak out against federal money and the state officials who take it. >> americans are fed up with democrats and republicans who

have embraced bailouts, championed so-called stimulus programs and supported big government giveaways. >> governor perry has published a book titled "fed up, our fight to save america from washington" during that period he was talking openly about the possibility of breaking away from washington. >> we got to break, there's absolutely no reason to dissolve but if washington continues to thumb their noeps se at america people who knows what might come out of that. when we came to the nation in 1845, we were a republic, we were a standalone nation and one of the deals was we can leave any time we want, so we're kind of thinking about that again. >> two years later the stimulus funds with dried up and there are no longer billions of federal dollars to help texas out. last month governor perry signed a new budget with deep cuts affecting millions of cuts.

charles in south carolina it will be a fascinating day tomorrow, and roland martin and mimi schwartz, executive editor of "texas monthly" magazine. mimi you live in texas an covering rick perry. will his jobs claim and budget claims hold up under campaign scrutiny? >> i don't think so. when you look at what's happened to the way people live here, our economy is really going to be suffering. once those budget cuts kick in you'll see a whole lot more employment maybe in time for the election. >> eric does it sound there's double talk on accepting stimulus money? >> yeah i think there is. keep in mind every governor opposed to the stimulus wound up keeping the money, in fact a lot of them did it because of pressure from state legislature or in some cases i think texas is one of them, their democratic delegation said we won't give you money for education unless you take stimulus funding and texas was affected by several but yeah he has to plaexplain t

on the trail. expect a mitt romney ad on the issue. >> roland martin jobs are the top priority with voters. >> here's one of the issues in 2008 with senator obama and clinton campaigning in texas and had to go to ohio. texas benefitted from nafta. nafta is not popular in states like south carolina, ohio, pennsylvania and michigan, and so he is going to have to also explain that. but to erick's point you must examine that. you can't decry stimulus funds but you accept them and also in texas republicans control the house and the senate. so it's not like rick perry actually had to do it. if he wanted to say no to stimulus funds he could have said so but he didn't. >> is that the case, mimi? >> i would assume so. i'm just thinking about quality of life here and again what people are going to see once reporters start digging into the way life is lived here, the poor

air quality, the poor health care, we're way down at the bottom of all of those things. i hate to see it, you know, i hate to see texas dragged through the mud when it but i think we're in for it. >> erick how strong a candidate do you see rick perry as a candidate and who does he most immediately affect by entering? >> i think rick perry would probably be a strong candidate. he has to wither a storm for the first couple of weeks. if they see he's not a paper tanker he'll impact mitt romney largely because of the impact on someone like tim pawlenty and michele bachmann, pulling people away from them. mitt romney seems to be capped out nationally a quarter of the republican primary vote. if perry can cause consolidation it pushes the fact he's the nominee down further. >> roland you look at the latest poll, rick perry five points

behind president obama, it's early, the polls are a snapshot. should the white house be worried about him? >> no, because you have to get through the republican primary first. 2004 a generic democratic candidate was leading president george w. bush in the polls and we saw what happened in november. you have to run the race. remember fred thompson in 2008 republicans were in love with him, he crashed and burned. former new york mayor rudy giuliani, same thing, he crashed and burned. i don't believe governor perry is the same, he will be an active campaigner. he will pull from michele bachma bachmann. rick asantorum placed his agenda on social conservatives. if he's able to craft a strong economic message he greatly impacts mitt romney. he impacts three or four candidates beyond one candidate. >> we're going to leave it there. erick erickson, roland martin,

mimi swartz. thank you. it's more complicated and the relationship is fascinating, take a look, reportedly there's been bad blood all around, jim acosta has "raw politics" tonight. >> amen. >> amen. >> amen. >> reporter: for rick perry a question keeps coming up, not whether he's running for president, but whether he's running from a certain president named george w. bush. >> i called him on his birthday. >> reporter: this week. ery told "time" magazine there's no bad blood with the man he replaced as governor from texas in. >> reporter: is there? >> not from my perspective and not between joornlg w. bush and i. >> reporter: go to youtube and you'll find a different story. four years ago speaking on behalf of rudy giuliani's failed campaign in 2008, perry slammed his predecessor. george bush was never a fiscal conservative, never was. wasn't when he was in texas. >> if washington won't protect our border, texas will.

>> in his run for relocation in '06, perry brasted washington on illegal immigration and clarified in an interview which washington he meant. >> which washington are you criticized, the republican controlled congress or republican controlled white house? >> all of them. the fact of the matter is everyone is complicit in not addressing the issue. >> reporter: martin frost says if perry has a bush problem -- >> football, cotton, barbecue, it's a great time of the year. >> reporter: it's that he's too much like him. >> you close your eyes and listen to governor perry, he sounds like governor bush. >> bring him on. >> drops his gs, has some of the same word choice so they sound very much alike. >> reporter: is all of that authentic in. >> i think it is. >> reporter: grew up in south text ex-boat have ranches, perry grew up on one in the tiny town

of pan creek. bush has crawford. texas political experts say that may explain why perry worked so hard to step out of bush's shadow. >> i don't think there's anything wrong with respectfully disagreeing with someone i highly admire. i love george bush. he's a great president and i support him. >> reporter: he's also courted tea party republicans. >> all of that was an effort to rebrand, if you will, texas as rick per re's texas rather than george w. bush's texas and looking forward to a possible campaign clearly governor perry is going to need distance from president bush. >> reporter: perry isn't the only one doing the distancing, when perry ran for re-election last year, bush's father and his vice president both supported senator kay bailey hutchison in what was a bitter challenge. >> in some of the texas staffers for george w. bush and governor

perry's staffers. >> reporter: ary fleischer says there's no scandal in perry wanting to be his own man. >> part of running for office is establishing your identity, sometimes you reinforce that which came before you and sometimes you differ, i suspect we'll see both with governor perry. >> reporter: in his speech perry is expected to tout his economic record but democrats in the state point out that record has never been tested on a national stage. that process has just begun. jim acosta, cnn, charleston, south carolina. >> let us know what you think, i'll be tweeting tonight. up next, the first big test for gop candidates tomorrow, some of the most interesting moments from the debate last night and sarah palin showing up in iowa for the straw poll. the question is she seeking publicity or does she have a reason to be there? the latest from sear yark the resistance not backing down even in the face of truly staggering brutality, kidnapping

children to punish their parents who protest. dramatic video from today. aisha? >> polygamist leader warren jeffs is now in prison serving a life sentence for having sex with minors. we'll play some of the tape that sent him there. it's chilling. you'll hear from ex-followers as they explain how he became a cult-like leader, bill a harem and stillare shipped by his followers today. that and much more when "360" continues. whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and 4g devices like the motorola photon. so let's all keep asking the big what ifs. sprint business specialists can help you find the answers.

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the ballot for 2012. she said she doesn't yet know. she and rick perry were making themselves felt at the gop debate last night in ames. in case you missed it here it is again boiled down to about a minute or so of key moments. >> people are looking for a champion, they want someone who has been fighting. >> it's an undisputable fact that in congress, her record of accomplishment and results is nonexistent. >> when you were governor in minnesota, you implemented cap and trade in our state. you said the era of government was over. that sounds a lot more like barack obama if you ask me. >> america's got to learn how to take a joke. >> look i'm not going to eat barack obama's dog food. what he served up was not what i would have done if i had been president of the united states. >> 4.2% unemployment. that's my credential. >> i need to respond to that. >> i'd love to see the rest of

tonight's debate asking us about what we would do to lead an america whose president has failed to lead instead of playing mickey mouse games. >> tomorrow the straw poll which again could be a make or break for the candidates just before air time i spoke with candy crowley in iowa and john king who will be there for the weekend. winning the straw poll can boost fund-raising but doesn't predict future success. mitt romney won it in 2007 and lost the caucus. >> it has no official role in the nominating process, plays out like a circus act but it sends well regarded candidates to the side lines. if you're like rick santorum, he told candy crowley if he's not in the top five he's probably done. why? if you're trying to get your footing and line up activists and fund-raising even though this event doesn't count a lot of people will look at it and see will you be viable down the road. >> candy, santorum said that to you. it's really judged as a

candidate's strength the turnout there, the kind of resources they can put into the event. >> reporter: exactly it measures organizational skills yes but also sort of tests your fund rising ability because listen, let's say tim pawlenty, he spent $1 million in this, this is a very important moment for tim pawlenty. rick santorum doesn't have that kind of money. he's been using shoe leather. look, we've bought some tickets for some people but $30 a ticket, you're talking about a pretty big state and trying to bring people on buses down here, so candidates you know, usually supply the tickets, supply the bus transportation, supply the food when they get down here, and that takes a pretty well-healed candidate. >> john for pawlenty, iowa is really make or break. he went after michele bachmann at the debates. sh sh she's been leading in the polls >> shes auto' got a record of misstating and making false

statements. she says she's fight are for these things. she led the effort against obama care. she led the effort against t.a.r.p., we got t.a.r.p. if that's your view of effective leadership with results, please, stop, because you're killing us. >> so what kind of showing does pawlenty need to have tomorrow in order to remain viable? >> the motto of minnesota is minnesota nice, that was a little minnesota spice. congressman bachmann is from governor pawlenty's space, she's ahead of him in the polls in iowa. he's from neighboring minnesota, organized probably on the ground as well as if not better than anybody in iowa. governor pawlenty would like to win. he really needs to win, if he comes in second or third it better be close to the top or else the money will dry out. >> it's interesting to see sarah palin showing up trying to create a buzz in iowa, at a

certain point, unless she's declared candidate, doesn't she start to look like she's just chasing cameras? >> reporter: sure. we may have passed that point, yes. listen, certainly that is already out there. she did the same thing a couple of months ago, sort of raining on mitt romney's announcement that he was going to run in new hampshire while she was taking a bus tour sort of up the east coast so this is the sort of thing that she's done. she does attract the cameras. it was a mad scene here when she showed up in iowa today at this iowa state fair. she says listen, you know, i'm not, someone asked her that very question, are you just trying to get the attention, trying to draw attention from them and she basically said you guys are here, go away, go find somebody else, which we're not likely to do as she knows. >> newt gingrich's campaign has obviously been full of messes, been limping along, campaign his

entire staff leaving, he was asked about it last night, really a fascinating moment. >> how do you respond to people who say that your campaign has been a mess so far? >> well let me say first of all, chris, that i took seriously brett's injunction to put aside the talking points and i wish you would put aside the gotcha questions. >> gotcha questions is so just i mean that term, sarah palin uses the term when you ask basic questions, that wasn't a gotcha question. i mean, newt gingrich cannot have been surprised to have been asked about his imploding campaign. >> he was not surprised but he was clearly irritated. it's not a gotcha question if you want to be the chief executive of the united states you're accountable for your campaign. when your staff resigns. his point i know i'm not one of the front-runners. why don't you ask me about the debt and afghanistan and america's debt in the world.

you can see his frustration, it was a strong performance but he is being squeezed out. i think largely just because he is yesterday's news to many republicans. >> candy crowley, john king thanks very much. >> thank you. still ahead sear wyria erup tens of thousands of proteste protestersprotesters taking to the streets. some protesters calling for president bashar assad's death, they're now kidnapping the children to punish the parents who are protesting. crime and punishment, the audio tapes that brought some jurors to tears and they've just been released, incredibly disturbing, warren jeffs talking to girls, underaged minors about pleasuring him. here's some of what he said.

syria's government renewed its crackdown, basically thumbing its nose at the international outcry. cities across the country, plain clothed security forces, thugs opened friday after friday prayers. this was shot after chaos breaks out. watch. [ gunfire ] [ speaking in foreign language ]

>> there was violence in alepo, the second largest city. support has been strong for al a ass assad. a warning this video is hard to watch. protesters under fire as they carry an injured man from the street. watch. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> 15 people reportedly killed in syria today. cnn can't verify the reports or video we've shown you because we're not allowed to be inside the country. we'd like to be but we're not allowed by the government. some protesters are demanding assad not only resign but some are calling for his death.

earlier i spoke with wousa wousam tarif a human rights activist. with the crackdown in the past few months and the crackdown this past week the fact so many syrians are risking their lives to protest i just find it stunning. >> it is astonishing, the protesters are determined. the proest issers are not going back to their homes. the regime has used all o oppressi oppression. we have seen children today being arrested. they have shot people while leaving mosques. they have in some areas sieged mosques and did not allow protesters to go into prayers, and we have to keep in mind, as you all know what happened in hama just during the last week.

we're talking about a massive number of casualties in one day, we have documented 109 people killed, and those whom we know about, but there's a lot which we didn't get out of hama because of the communication problem. >> and you mentioned it brief will you but i'm hearing that security forces are trying different tactics today, more aggressive tactics basically attacking crowds immediately as they come out of the mosque and even you say arresting kids. why are they now arresting kids in greater numbers? >> well, they have used every way of brutality they know, and they know plenty. they have 48 years of practice. we have documented until last week 2,998 people who are disappeared, families do not know anything about their

destiny, and now they are using more brutal tactics. we see them kidnapping children for the simple reason that the fathers or the brothers or a family member have participated in a protest or have been engaged, actively engaged in organizing a process and supporting a democratic movement in syria. this is a different stage of brutality and it's very severe. we're not talking about adults who have disappeared. we're talking about children. >> would it be an important step for the united states to finally say assad hats to step down, assad has to go, because they haven't been willing to go that far yet. >> well, they should. they should. the united states has a strategic interest in this region. they have an interest, a strategic interest in syria. this regime is pushing the country toward civil war. we have to keep in mind the

protesters have been taking all this brutality for the last five months and people are getting angry and people feel that they need to defend their properties, their families, their children and that at a certain point this will not continue to be as peaceful as it is. there is no political will from the opposition to militarize the protesters. there is a high level of awareness in the street that they want this to continue peaceful but at the end of the day, with the increased brutality and the increased violence no one can guarantee how things can end. therefore it is very important for the united states to call on al assad to step down or the european union to do the same and most importantly from the european union to stop financing this group, this cruel brutality and killing stop buying the fuel from the syrian regime. >> the strength of people to continue to come out in the streets and demand dignity,

demand the dignity that they deserve and have lived without for so long is, it's stunning to see it, and inspiring. wissam tarif thank you for joining us. >> thank you, anderson. back with "360 bulletin." >> accused rioters are being hauled into court, many in special overnight sessions, more than 1,900 people have been arrested in connection with this week's violence and looting, about half have been charged. a federal appeals court in atlanta has found a key provision of the health care reform law passed last year unconstitutional. the court said forcing americans to buy health insurance or pay a fine exceeds federal authority. the decision conflicts with another federal appeals court ruling and virtually ensures the case will end up before the supreme court. a relatively quiet end to one of wall street's most volatile weeks ever. the dow posted its second gain in a row, climbing 126 points.

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"crime & punishment" tonight.

the self-scribed prophet training young girls to be his so-called spiritual wives to satisfy his own personal desires presumably in the so-called temple beds you're seeing picture there is. the 55-year-old is now a convicted child rapist. the texas jury sentenced him to life in prison for the sexual assault of a 12-year-old and the same crime for a 15-year-old. some of the tapes brought jurors to tears. they may be too disturbing for some viewers particularly kids. here's warren jeffs in his own words.

>> there's more. listen to how jeffs tries to explain to women and girls why his sexual needs have to be met. >> this guy's a complete hypocrite on top of everything else because what he was preaching to the men in his congregation was completely

different than the message he was giving to these women who he wanted to have sex with. portions not yet released of these tapes are far worse, recorded what many in the courtroom say sounded like jeffs having sex with at least one girl, elisa wahl is a former member of jeffs' sect, along with carolyn jessup, author of two books "escape" and "triumph" one of these girls was your stepdaughter? >> that's correct, anderson. >> when you hear the tapes, what do you think? >> it's heartbreaking. it's absolutely heartbreaking. warren had so much power over these young girls' lives. she grew up from the time 3 or 4 years old hearing his voice being played in the home all the time. he are he leased upwards of 1,000 tapes of training into the community, and a lot of what's on these tapes is the same, it's

a lot of the same types of verbiage, a lot of the same types of things that they're already continued to listen to. so of course they're going to pay attention and believe what he's saying. >> and elisa, for you the tapes have to be disturbing. >> it is and it's harder know to hear the tapes. it's very much the same tone in which he is going about it as he did with me and coaching me to go back to the husband that i didn't want to be with and go back and be that submissive wife and to do what i was told to do. >> what was he telling the men in the congregation about having sex with their wives? >> sex was absolutely taboo, even if you were married. a man was to only have sex with his wife for the purpose of a procreation or fathering a child with her unless there was extreme other circumstances, it was not considered okay. he was never to have sex with her if she was pregnant, if she was nursing a baby so she could not conceive, he shouldn't have sex with her.

there were all kinds of rules and regulations. >> elissa as creepy as the tapes are, warren jeffs to me doesn't sound very charismatic. did you find him to be charismatic? >> we grew up since the tender age of a toddler constantly hearing his voice on tapes, hearing that monotone almost, just that voice, and so even though he doesn't sound charismatic, it was so much a part of our indoctrination that it was charismatic to us. >> in parts of these tapes, jeffs gives girls explicit instructions on how they should present themselves literally groom themselves for him, i just want to play part of this.

>> he's saying "this is not to be known." did other people in the compound know what was going on between jeffs and these girls? >> unfortunately, i'm afraid that many of them did. people in the flds do talk to each other when they're instr t instructed not to and unfortunately there are people that were involved in these crimes that, when i've learned of their involvement i was shocked they would be involved. >> elissa you testified against jeffs in the first trial the ruling was overturned. with this conviction now and jeffs sentenced to life in prison do you feel you've gotten a measure of justice? >> in a sense, i feel there's a measure of justice for a lot of people who have been heavily involved in this, and have sacrificed so much to see him come to justice. if i could describe it in a

sense that really described how i felt, it would be similar to that of the feeling of coming up for air after being under water for a long time, much longer than anticipated. >> yet as you know and you work now about and against, there are still so many, even if jeffs goes away for life there are still so many people who are in these communities and women in particular and girls who are going to be growing up in these communities with seemingly no way out. >> we have a very big problem with that, and one of the biggest issues that i have the most concern with personally is that, the education. the children coming out now are coming out functionally illitera illiterate, come out with no life skills, coming out with extreme trauma from literally being held in their homes as captives. >> carolyn jessop and elissa wall thanks so much. >> thanks for having us. >> thank you. we sent gary tuchman to some the strongholds of the flds

sect, places where even after the conviction and hearing the tapes still consider warren jeffs their prophet, we'll show you his report monday. according to robyn gardner's friend, she disappeared more than a week ago. why is he no longer talking to police. and a felony conviction anthony cannot escape. and this makes me crack up every time i see it, involves a cat who, well kind of looks like me. we'll be right back. sentials™ no calorie sweeteners. this bowl of strawberries is loaded with vitamin c. and now, b vitamins to boot. coffee doesn't have fiber. unless you want it to. new splenda® essentials™ are the first and only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber, or antioxidants, or b vitamins in every packet. mmm. same great taste with an added "way to go, me" feeling.

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a guerrilla war in mogadishu just as other supplies arrive. they said they have to resort to guerrilla tactics because they can't match the power the pro-government military forces. this is the same group denying aid to the people of somalia for months, denying a famine is even happening, not allowing kids to be vaccinated against diseases because they say the vaccines are part of a western plot to kill somali children. 600,000 kids boys and girls just like our own teeter on the brink of starvation. many of you reached out asking how you can help the victims of famine. find more information at cnn.com/impact. aisha is back with a "360" bulletin. a man detained in the disappearance of an american

woman, gary giordano told police robyn gardner, disappeared while snorkeling. the dougherty gang faces new charges tonight, a second colorado county filed attempted murder and assault charges after the siblings fired an ak-47 wednesday. they are also accused a bank robbery in georgia and attempted murder in florida. in ohio a driver accidentally yanked a gas pump off its base. the customer lated returned to apologize and and remarkably the station wrote the whole thing off as one of those things.

>> just one of those things. >> yes. still ahead have you seen this picture, isha, separated at birth from a cat? the feline who thinks he's my doneleganger, they landed on this night's "ridiculist." the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. i have a dream today! [ male announcer ] chevrolet is honored to celebrate the unveiling of the washington, d.c., martin luther king jr. memorial. take your seat at the table on august 28th.

we'll never stop sharing our or getting lost in a good book. we'll always cook dinner, and cheer for our favorite team. we'll still go to meetings, make home movies, and learn new things. but how we do all this, will never be the same.

all right, time for the "ridiculist." tonight we add this cat who apparently thinks he looks like me. we saw this, it does sort of look like me. totallylookslike.com. yes, i'm now going after defenseless animals, consider yourself on notice, back with you cat with a lot of nerve. i don't know who you are, where you're from or whether you were heretoforeunaware of my steely blue eyes. yes i once peeed on the floor but who hasn't in wolf blitzer's billiard one. interesting timing what with the

ramp-up in publicity for my daytime talk show check your local listings or andersoncooper.com. along you come with your white hair and aloof facial expression. tell my staff i'm not aloof at all. don't think that i don't know there's a whole group of you wannabes out there, gotten a lot of coverage, vibe.com, spread the news i'm on to your cam. i spotted this alpaca,ry hannah knows there's sex in the air, loves the smell of it. there's a freak in the barn, then there's the horse you know the one that looks like gary busey, you might be interested to know he was nominated for an academy award in the late '70s and on a reality show with star jones and the naked guy from

"survivor." here's eric stone street. they should be doing the spca commercials. i digress, cat. you see the reason i'm on to your scam is that, well i've seen it right here on cnn, perhaps the most famous animal celebrity combination -- sorry, let's see that again. that makes me giggle every time. those famous animal celebrity combination of them all, larry king. and this monkey, curious george, you're on with bill maher. what's your question? the monkey for the hour. a more uncanny resemblance i have not seen. i don't know who is who. there there is piers morgan who