see the most recent "shots can "at our website, ac360.com. >> fine website it is. >> that does it for "360." see you later tonight. larry king starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> larry: tonight, michael vick's brutality to man's best friend shocked the nation when it happened. vick said prison time taught him he did wrong. >> i was disgusted because of what i let happen to those animals. >> larry: is his remorse real? we'll meet a pit bull who survived it in vick's bad news kennels. then regis philbin. does he think michael vick should be back on the nfl? he's a great football fan. how is his good pal, david letterman, doing? in the late night wars? is kelly ripa trying to drive rege off their show using a twitter? >> this is going to become a distraction to the show. i can't wait.

>> larry: it's all next on "larry king live." good evening, michael vick is on probation after serving 18 months in jail. he pled guilty to being part of a dogfighting operation. vick and his partners executed dogs by various methods including electrocution, hanging drowning and slamming at least one dog's body to the ground. when police raided vick's property they found 66 dogs and exhumed the bodies of eight more. he's a member of the philadelphia eagles, conditional pending the decisions of the commissioner of football, commissioner roger goodell. he will be allowed to play in two exhibition games and could be activated by as early as the fifth or six game in the season. our panel in washington, james brown. he interviewed michael yesterday on "60 minutes." host of cbs' the nfl today. his book "role of a lifetime"

comes out next month. also in washington, john good win of the humane society of the united states. he manages the animal fighting campaign. works regularly with law enforcement agencies on dogfighting issues. here in l.a., lisa lang, senior vice president for peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals. in philadelphia, phil sheridan, sports columnist of "the philadelphia enquirer." before we ask anything, let's take a look at a clip of vick's interview yesterday. watch. >> the first day i walked into prison and they slammed that door, i knew, you know, the magnitude of the decisions that i made and the poor judgment and what i, you know, allowed to happen to the animals and, you know, there's no way of explaining, you know, the hurt and the guilt that i felt and that was the reason i crashed so many nights. >> larry: okay, lisa. is he working for peta now? is he doing promotional stuff? >> no.

we met with michael vick back before he went to prison, and he lied to us as he lied to so many other people about his actions. basically saying he didn't have anything directly to do with it, that he didn't do anything to his own pets. later it came out he actually threw some of his pets to the pit bulls. and watched as they were ripped apart. >> larry: you have no association? >> we have no association with him. >> larry: do you plan to pick at eagle games? >> we're not taking anything off the table. we don't ke this issue has become a big issue. such more than about this one man. unfortunately with the nfl giving him him his job back with the eagles signing him, our fear is the message is you can hang them. he stood there as eight dogs hung from nooses. some of them didn't die from strangulation. and then had them shot. >> larry: is the other message, though, if you do your time in prison, we won't hire you back, you paid your debt, that don't mean anything? >> well, no. i think that the gift to him is that he is not in prison anymore. >> larry: that's the only gift?

so he suffers the rest of his life? no job? >> like the rest of us he gets a job. should he be rewarded with a multimillion contract? we think, no. >> larry: if the owner wants to pay it. james brown, what was your impression during the interview? >> larry, my impression, again, against the backdrop of two previous meetings i had with michael vick. once in leavenworth, kansas, in prison for about an hour and three-hour visit during home detention. larry, all i can tell you at least during the interview he was consistent with what i use as a baseline to determine whether or not he was being consistent in his answers and not prepped answers, if you will. >> larry: do you -- how do we know if someone is really remorseful, james? >> i think that's purely subjective. everybody has, if you will, a floating standard to determine whether or not some people are being truthful and remorseful, whether it's body language, whether it's what they say or how they say. i tried to probe to get to the core of the answers in those areas that i know most people

had concerns and questions to determine for themselves whether or not he was being truthful. >> larry: john goodwin, what's the humane society's position on all of this? >> we are getting michael vick a platform to speak out against dogfighting. his people approached us in january and said he wanted -- when he came out to make amends. to try to become a leader, to speak out against dogfighting. in the humane movement we have a history of this sort of thing. people who were former fur trappers who became the most strongest advocates against fur trapping. people who performed horrible acts of cruelty on animals in certain laboratories that then later became the biggest critic of that sort of research. we have reformed dogfighters involved in our community outreach programs in chicago, in atlanta. we find sometimes those are the best advocates for speaking out against a particular form of cruelty. >> larry: bill sheridan, sports columnist, "philadelphia enquirer," do you have a problem playing for your team? not the team you root for but the team you covered?

>> absolutely, larry. what you said a few minutes ago when you were talking to lisa, there, the owner chose to pay him and that gives michael vick the chance to play in the nfl. i was a bit shocked, given the tape's stated philosophy of high-character players and trying to win that way without bringing in people with criminal pasts, it just threw flew in the face of all. i found that shocking. a lot of the fan base in philadelphia found it shocking, too. >> larry: phil, aren't we a nation, though, supposedly that forgives the judeo-christian ethic? >> there's a difference between forgiving. i certainly hope michael vick has a great life that he is able to change as a person and be productive and contributing member of society. here henceforth. i don't necessarily want to root for him on a team -- watching a team. it's not a rational thing. it's about passion and emotion and you don't necessarily know these guys you root for but you

like to at least believe they are people you could like, that you could get behind and believe in. it's pretty hard to start out with this kind of relationship with a player and then believe in him. >> larry: are you saying he's paid his debt to society? can earn a livelihood in his profession? >> no, i'm not saying he can't. i'm saying it shocks me this team chose to hire him. a lot of the fans here are having the same problem. being asked to root for a player that they, you know, again, michael played in atlanta before this, before all this happened. he has no real history in philadelphia. the crimes happened over a period of years. the news broke, over two years ago. for people here, michael vick, set in concrete. it has had two years to harden. you know what you think of this. the shocking actions he was, you know, guilty of taking. that doesn't -- just being asked to erase that now because he's put on a green jersey is affecting a lot of fans i think.

>> larry: if they keep winning and he plays great football, you know fans. >> you know fans. it will be interesting to see how that develops if it goes that way. he is a very talented football player. there's no getting around that. >> larry: coming up -- hold on, phil. coming up in a little while, we'll have a dog rescued from michael vick's dogfighting operation. stay with us. 80% of us don't get enough calcium from food. our bodies can steal it from our bones. give yourself some tlc. tender loving caltrate. and give tlc to somebody you love. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. robert shapiro: we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality.

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find me on facebook. go to cnn.com/larryking. sign up. let's be friends. four months ago to the day we started twittering. i wanted to report we're almost at 1 million followers. we just hit that milestone during one hour tonight -- we might hit it in one hour tonight. i'm being optimistic. when we reach a million, you'll hear it right here. back to the panel. let's take another look at the clip from the terrific interview james brown conducted on "60 minutes." >> all because of the so-called culture that i thought was right and i thought it was cool and i thought it was, you know, it was fun. it was exciting at the time. it all landed me in a prison bunk by myself with nobody to talk to but myself. >> who do you blame for all of this? >> i blame me. >> larry: what about culture,

lisa lang? we grew up in a culture, people in mexico go to bullfights. that's a culture. they torment the bull, kill the bull. people work in slaughterhouses. they accept it as a way of life. where do you draw the line here? >> i think we have to look at all of it really. in michael vick's case, what's dimpbts to us is that he didn't just have a side role in this. he ran it, he was there. >> larry: he grew up with it. >> a lot of people did, though. he went down one path. this is a man who had everything. he had a multimillion contract. he was the highest paid quarterback in football. >> larry: he was. >> and he had everything but he still did this. it was a macho thing. maybe he did see it when he was young. the bottom line is he knew it was illegal and he continued. this man saying he feels bad for what he did now. remember, this is six years in the making. the only reason he stopped is because he was caught. and the difference here, too, between this man and maybe someone else who ran a fur farm or something else is that he took part. he stood there. he watched as the animals were being drowned, clawing to get out of the pool as they were

being electrocuted, watched as they were being asphyxiated. ordered their deaths, shot them, took part in their deaths. >> larry: he was convicted, served time for that. when does it end? if he's out, does he deserve a second chance? no second chance? >> well, he needs -- what he needs is a lot of psychological counseling. >> larry: how do you know he isn't getting it? >> he could be getting it now. he hasn't had enough. there are very few people in the world who can actually do that and walk away and not be horrified. >> larry: james, do you think the commissioner has handled this well? >> larry, i would definitely say yes. i think he has been -- he's done his homework. he's touched a number of bases in making the decision. michael right now has a conditional reinstatement. he's not permanently reinstated. so he's watching this very, very closely. he knows and indicated this to michael that he has a narrow line to walk. the final decision rests with the commissioner. i think his history has shown since he took over the national football league he's very

serious about ensuring that behavior is consistent with the notion to play in the national football league is a privilege and not a right. >> larry: phil, would you have banned him from playing? >> no, i don't think that's the right way to go. it's a fine line to walk. i feel like goodell did the right thing by reinstating him. making it possible to get a job if somebody would give him one. where i had trouble with the eagles being the team that chose to give him one. there have been teams over the year that didn't care about the player's background, his past, what he did before, what his character might be. the eagles have taken this high road very, very publicly and made a big point of this over time, we don't do this. that's why it's so shocking to me. >> larry: in other words, if the raiders had signed him, you wouldn't complain about the raiders signing him? >> the raiders would be consistent. the cowboys have had a few guys last year. "pacman" jones and james johnson. they have carefully gotten rid of some of those guys, too. they found you can't necessarily build a team around that kind of

guy. as recently at august 3rd, the eagles' owner had a press conference at camp said one of the reason for the success the last ten years is because they built with high-character coaches, high-character players. it comes through when it counts. within a few weeks, sign mike vick arguably the most notorious player to return to the league. >> larry: john, do you believe in forgiveness? >> i absolutely believe in forgiveness. i believe in redemption. i go to work every day to campaign for humane society. that's why we're called the humane society of the united states. if i don't believe people can change then why do i even get out of bed and bother with all of this? now, has michael vick changed? i don't know. his actions will have to determine that. that's where we'll find out. so far he's made appearances for us in atlanta and in chicago and spoken to about 200 young men, men who are exposed to dogfighting in their neighborhoods every single week. i can tell you this. the dogs that can be saved from

this, they're not going to be questioning sincerity. they're just going to benefit from not being thrown into a pit to be torn to pieces. i believe in the long run we'll find out if he means what he says or not. >> larry: next, we'll meet a lucky dog. georgia was rescued from michael vick's dogfighting operation. she's here in 60 seconds. i was in the grocery store when i had a heart attack. my daughter was with me. i took a bayer aspirin out of my purse and chewed it. my doctor said the bayer aspirin saved my life. please talk to your doctor about aspirin and your heart. i'm going to be grandma for a long time.

>> larry: joining us now in las vegas is john garcia, best friend's animal society seen on the national geographic series "dog town." he's been working with georgia, the dog right there. one of the dogs rescued from michael vick's bad news kennels. what was georgia like when you came in contact with her? >> well, larry, georgia's come a long way. you know, when i first met her she could pretty much care less for humans. she had a laundry list of issues. behavior issues we had to overcome for her to get to this point where you see her now today. now she's a great spokes model for the breed and show people these dogs do deserve a second

chance and can be rehabilitated. >> larry: she was forced to breed? >> correct. yeah. we're not sure of the dog's histories for the most part. georgia is the dog with where the scars tell the tale. when we got her, from head to tail, she was covered in scars. she had been forcibly bred, over-bred several times. the poor girl was traumatized, definitely tormented for a majority of her life. now that the past is behind her and she's a very happy dog, in fact, we get to go very fun places and she absolutely enjoys cameras and loves to be the true diva that she is. >> larry: she has no teeth? >> no, she doesn't. they could have been pulled out for forced breeding or for sparring. we're not entirely sure. she came to us with absolutely no teeth whatsoever. >> larry: does she still have any problems? >> at this point she does have some hurdles she still needs to overcome. when she come to us obviously

she was very dog aggressive. i don't blame her. she was being put in situations where she had to literally fight for her life. with a dog like georgia, she is so incredibly loyal and so determined that no matter what she faces in life, she will overcome it. by building a relationship with the dog you can really take them a long way and help bring out their potential. you know, i didn't really do much with georgia. she's the one who did it on her own. i helped her choose that path. >> larry: are you saying pit bulls don't deserve their reputation? >> oh, absolutely not. you know, before i could even crawl i've had a pity in my life. i joke around a lot and say there's no such thing as a pit bull and best friends. we only have pities and cupcakes. in all seriousness this was a very serious case. these dogs were literally tortured. very tough life to live. i couldn't even imagine it. a dog like georgia here who has come so far so quickly is a true testament to this breed on how resilient, how loyal, how

determined they are and how athletic. i'm sorry, go ahead. >> larry: what are your thoughts on the michael vick question? >> well, i would want to say that the work we do with animals should be enough of an opinion for us. at the same time, "dog town" is the home of second chances. i mean, we definitely pride ourself for that. that does go for humans as well. we'd like to see the work we've done with the dogs and focus on the future and not dwell on the past. >> larry: we salute you, john. james brown and representatives, peta, the humane society, "philadelphia enquirer" back after the break. with more calcium and vitamin d... to support bone and breast health... while helping you hydrate. one a day women's 2o. refreshingly healthy.

>> larry: right back with the panel. let's check another clip from james brown's interview yesterday. watch. >> do you understand why people are outraged? >> i understand why. i'm going to say it again. you know, same feeling i'm feeling right now is what people was feeling. >> and the feeling you're feeling right now is? >> disgust. pure disgust. >> larry: why not believe him, lisa, and give him the chance to help peta? >> well, there are a couple of things here. if he convinces one young person in this program he's involved in not to fight dogs, that's a good thing. absolutely no doubt. if he can do that, it's a good thing. the bigger message here, unfortunately, is that he basically got away with it. >> larry: got away with it? went to jail.

>> well, not long enough. i think when you watch that interview, what follows, too, when he says he cries every night in jail. mr. brown asked him, what were you crying about? he said, i lost my career, i missed my family. at the news conference he talked about how he understands now this is a nation of animal lovers and he committed this horrific act and should have stepped in. what's missing from everything he says is anything about the dogs. we still haven't heard him say that now i recognize when they were screaming and they were struggling to get out of the nooses that they were fearful. >> larry: john goodwin, has he said that to you? >> he's made appearances in chicago and atlanta and expressed deep regret for torturing animals and told those kids directly you need to care for your animals. you need to love your animals. those animals will stand by you. they're our friends. they're our family members. you know, i'm willing to give him an opportunity to prove that he means it, and we're going to have him making more and more of these appearances, hopefully twice a month. i think he can be a game changer

in challenging this epidemic of dogfighting that's so pervasive across our country. >> larry: we live in a capitalistic society. if the eagles want to pay them they can pay him. if mr. goodell wants to let him play, he can play. vick could have gone to the courts for the right to play. that might have been an interesting case in the supreme court since football is not covered by reof trade as baseball is. it could have been a very interesting matter. why not, phil -- all right, let's do it economically. why don't eagle fans stay home? >> well, they might. i think the eagles calculated they have a waiting list for season tickets. the games are all sold out. they don't need to sell another ticket. they didn't sign mike vick to sell another ticket. there is a bit of a backlash now. we'll see how much people will get behind that and stay with us once they get over the initial shock of this. you're right. once they start winning and michael vick starts contributing, there's a great chance people will start to come around on him a little bit. it's a risky thing from an

economic standpoint from the eagles because they have corporate sponsors who have been getting complaints that people saying they'll boycott products. people do have to follow through. if that is going to have an impact on the team, fans have to follow through and not just talk a tough game. >> larry: james brown, we know how tough a town philadelphia is with a sports town. i saw a clip once they would boo a cure for cancer. we do know, however, michael vick, if the eagles first home game plays at a flanker position, catches a pass, runs 27 yards for a touchdown and eagles go on to win, he will be a hero, will he not? >> as it relates to the game of football. yes. speaking very specifically, very myopically with respect to that. the distinction still is on a human level and on a more fundamental level, will people be willing to forgive?

believe me, i clearly understand why people have the feelings that they do. make no mistake about it. what he did was wrong. it was barbarous treatment as we said. let me clarify as well, too, because in the interview michael vick did say, as he delineated the reasons why he felt bad. the first thing he said is because of what i did. might it have been nicer if he was very clear about that? yes. he did say, what about -- what i did. the second thing is i did ask him very specifically after he, again, delineated all the other reasons why he felt bad about being in prison. i did ask him very pointedly, michael, what about the dogs? the dogs, michael? he did answer that specifically. at least the way i gleaned it from the chair that i was sitting in, there was a fair amount of pain associated with that. again, i'm not excusing the culture, if you will, or the fact he was indoctrinated early on as a youngster at 8 or 9 years of age and seeing older people in the community doing that.

police officers coming through a neighborhood and seeing a crowd of people doing dogfighting. making sure there were no fist to cuffs going on in the crowd. looking at the dogfighting, getting back in the police cruiser and driving off. in essence showing approval for what was going on. it doesn't make it right. certainly by the time michael became an adult he absolutely understood right from wrong and he indicated that as well. >> larry: back with more. then we'll meet regis philbin. more with the panel after this.

i made a horrible mistake. now i want to be part of the solution and not the problem. >> larry: let's get a call in. sterling, new jersey. hello. >> caller: yeah, hi. i'm just wondering why isn't the nfl being held more accountable? he's just capitalizing an opportunity he has now. i mean, if the fans are really serious about this issue, boycott the games. >> larry: james, should the nfl had been toucher -- tougher, rather? >> larry, i think the nfl has been tough and still is. again, because michael has not been fully reinstated. you know, let me just say that from a personal standpoint, i don't think any of us here are condoning the actions at all. let's be perfectly clear about that. however, as john goodwin stated earlier with respect to forgiveness, the natural extension of that is redemption. what does that mean? that means by any metric you look at what he does from here,

and if, in fact, he can be proactive to minimize and reduce the number of kids out here who are engaging in dogfighting or introduced early, then i think, you know what, it's been a real positive thing. that's the target population michael says he's going after with the humane society. he can have a much greater impact than us continuing to vilify him. >> larry: i have to break soon. shouldn't we wish him well, lisa? >> we have to wish the dogs well. we have to wish the kids well that they're going to take away from him. >> larry: would we wish him well to do that? >> we wish this program success, absolutely. back to the nfl, they haven't added cruelty to animals to their -- goodell signed him back because he thinks it's going to make them money. the eagles signed him because they think it's going to make the team money. dogs be damned. while we're sitting here and talking about remorse, does he feel bad, is this a nation of second chances? a lot of these dogs didn't get second chances. >> larry: thank you, all. we haven't heard the last of this. we'll have all of you back. we appreciate you coming. regis, the man only needs one name, it's philbin.

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he's back now trying to get a job on what he did before he went into the prison. i say, bring him back and i think he'd be a tremendous asset if he works with the humane society in teaching kids getting involved in this kind of vicious situation to think twice about it and to get on the other side of the equation. >> larry: lots of things to talk about. why do this -- they said you can't go home again. why do this show again? >> it was a thrill, larry. i loved it the first time i saw it when it was still in brooklyn. in brooklyn -- in england. and i just wanted a chance to do it. i finally got a chance. it wasn't easy but i got it. the show is a tremendous success. now it's gone -- i went to see "slumdog millionaire" this year like so many other people and there was the show. they were doing the whole thing. the lights coming down and music coming up. i got excited sitting in my

little theater seat. i thought it was great and missed it all the more. so happy that abc thought of it and said, hey, tenth anniversary, let's bring it back for 10 or 11 shows. which is what we're in the middle of right now. >> larry: it's a rougher go this time, isn't it? >> it is. first of all, the show isn't going to surprise anybody. meredith vieira has been doing it in the afternoon now for the last seven, eight years. it's a fun show for me to do. i think for people to see, too, i think it's something different in primetime. larry, between us, primetime needs a lot of help. >> larry: you're not kidding. by the way, when you first -- when this show was first conceived, you appeared on this program and tried to explain it to us. it was insane. you can call the company, you can get a friend. >> exactly. that's what appealed to me. things we had never thought of before in relation to a gameshow. you can have partners. picking up the phone, calling

your father, whatever it is, you know? or the audience could vote on it. i thought it was great. we've had a couple more things, too. now we have an expert. wolf blitzer was one of our experts the other night. he was very good. you can actually ask the expert what he thinks of the question. i think it's still a wonderful show. but now, of course, cable has become a giant. there's a lot more competition out there and so it's difficult to get those blockbuster ratings we got the first time. i didn't think we were going to do that all over again. i'm thinking it's an excellent addition to what else is on on tv. >> larry: one of your joys, regis, is you love what you do. you love doing it, you love it. >> that's about it, yeah. i love -- i didn't think i was going to like a game show as much as i liked this one. i also loved "password," too, on cbs for the last couple of years. i think those are outstanding shows. of course, "the millionaire" has got that million.

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i think all of a sudden people are introduced to dancing. that is quite excites. the addition of the dancer going with a qualified choreographer. i thought it was a great idea. more and more the dancing shows are springing up all over the tv. i'm amazed you're not dancing with, how about the -- who's the girl -- who would you rather -- who would you like to dance with on cnn, larry? come on, let's hear it. >> larry: all right. i'd like to dance with campbell brown. >> there you go. i think she'd be just great for you. >> larry: okay. >> you make a great pair. >> larry: regis, what to you make of tom delay being one of the dancers? >> wow, they're really reaching out, aren't they? >> larry: that's a stretch. >> sure is. that's one of the great things about the show. that you never really know who's going to be on from whatever category of life they're from. tom delay i think is the first politician, am i right? >> larry: i think so, too, yeah. >> i think he is.

yeah. >> larry: donny osmond i bet does well. >> i bet he does, too. oh, sure. he's an accomplished entertainer. i'm sure he's done a lot of dancing in his time. >> larry: let's move to our friend, david letterman. he's beating conan in the overall ratings but not in the demo. >> yeah, not yet, yeah. conan had the big, young audience which is very, very important in our business as you know. everything's about the young. they've got all the money. >> larry: you're not kidding. >> anyway, it's an interesting race. dave has gone ahead. in total audience. i'm here in new york. i'm on with dave a lot and enjoy it very much. >> larry: what did you make of that thing with sarah palin and him? >> i thought that was a small thing that had blown out of proportion. finally kind of put it behind him, though. i think the next night, you know? i'm sure everybody picks on sarah palin and she's up to here

with it. i don't think he understood the ages of the kids he was talking about. >> larry: we'll be back with regis philbin. "who wants be a millionaire" now airs what night, regis? >> every night sunday through thursday this week and next sunday as well. >> larry: sunday through thursday this week and next sunday? >> right. >> larry: back with more regis in 60 seconds.

>> larry: our guest is regis philbin. what do you make of the jay leno 10:00 thing? >> boy, i'm interesting to see how that turns out. i've thought for a long time, why not let jay and david letterman take a crack at that? sometimes the programming is so weak i feel they put on a better show than what we have at 10:00 at night. give jay a chance and let's see what he can do. i think he's going to be okay. on certain nights i think he's going to do just great. >> larry: hey, your show, "live," has joined the world of

twitter, something you're not exactly thrilled about. let's take a look. >> what's new on your tweeter? the twitter is a distraction in your life. >> you should get onboard and start twittering. people want to hear from you. >> every morning i tell them what i'm doing. >> sometimes they want to read it, they don't want to hear it. >> just say no, regis, twitter is like a drug. you will become addicted. that's exactly what i'm talking about. problem. real big problem. >> i'm not addicted to twitter. excuse me for a second. >> larry: why does it bother you so much, rege? why does it bother you? >> well, i don't know, larry. you know, i'm computer free. are you a -- do you work the computer? >> larry: no, i'm computer free. however, i twitter but i have my top producers twitter for me. in other words, i give them things and they send it out. an ego trip. >> larry, that's the -- of course it's an ego trip. a celebrity ego trip. you know? celebrities are taking advantage

of it and twittering out information like it's a little publicity tour for them. sorry, i just can't get it. i don't want to be bothered with it so i don't participate. >> larry: my wife loves it. she can't stop. >> it's becoming -- it's very addictive, i think. when you've got a co-host on the show with you who is really addicted to it, major distraction. we're going to have to overcome it when she comes back from vacation. >> larry: four months ago to this day we started twittering. we're almost at 1 million followers. follow me on twitter. when we reach a million we'll announce it on this show. >> excuse me, larry, how many followers do you have? do you know? >> larry: what's our total, greg? 980,000. if we can do 20,000 more followers tonight, regis, you can bring it for us, regis. bring them in. 20,000 more. bam, we're in. >> i hate that word, we have so many followers. it's the worst. get out of it, larry. let it go. don't get involved. be like me.

we'll get through this together. >> larry: ♪ follow me where we go >> listen, wait a minute. larry, i want to talk to you about something. i'm here in new york and you're out there in california. i don't know if i mentioned it on your show or not. larry king is one of the few guys i know who knows all those old songs. you just heard him singing something. i once went to notre dame and showed larry king notre dame, football game. >> larry: great day. >> we flew back -- we had a wonderful time. we flew back on a little private plane and all of a sudden i heard larry singing an old song. so, tonight, larry, i would like to sing maybe the first line or two to a song and see if you can follow the -- give me the next line, okay? >> larry: okay. let's take a break and we'll come back and do this. this is for the grabber. we'll be right back with regis. n make it easier for you. we have the number one rated online banking website. it has an alert system that can text message you, so you're mobile banking, your bank's telling you

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>> larry: before we get back with regis, anderson cooper checks in. he'll host "ac 360" at the top of the hour. >> hey, larry, hey, regis. is president obama backing away from a cornerstone of his health care reform plan? government backed insurance may be on the chopping block. it has been nearly 50 years since the u.s. supreme court intervened to grant the appeal of an inmate on death row. it happened today. we're going to tell you why in tonight's "crime and punishment report." a milwaukee mayor came to the rescue of a grandmother and her granddaughter and taking a beating for it. his brother speaking out tonight. those stories and more on "360" tonight, larry. >> larry: that's "ac 360," 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. back with regis philbin. he is back with "who wants to be a millionaire." through this week and sunday night at well. on primetime on abc. we have other questions. but do you want to do a music

thing. >> yeah. i want to find out how astute you are in the music library. i'm going to give you a line or two but don't sing the next line until i go like that. >> larry: all right. okay. ♪ it was a lucky april shower it was the most convenient door ♪ >> larry: ♪ i found a million dollar baby in a five and ten cent store ♪ ♪ she was selling china >> good, larry. very good. larry, please, enough. you're sounding better than other. here's another one. ♪ i don't know why i love you like i do ♪ >> larry: ♪ i don't know why i just do, i don't know why you thrill me like you do ♪ >> honest to god, you really astound me, larry. >> larry: i love music, rege. >> growing up as kids in new york. that was great stuff.

>> larry: listened to william b., make beleave ballroom. >> that was good stuff. one more, larry. ♪ i can't give you anything but love, baby. >> larry: ♪ that's the only thing i have plenty of baby dream a while scheme a while ♪ go -- ♪ happiness ♪ and i guess all the things you always pine for ♪ >> larry: ♪ gee, i'd love to see >> can't stop him. have you made a record with shawn? >> larry: we are going to do that. >> i'm doing a cd with my wife, joy, right now here in new york and it's a lot of fun. >> larry: shawn's father wanted me to do that. you know what i could do? you and i ought to do a male thing. think about it. >> all right. i will. i will. why not? >> larry: think about it. >> why can't two guys sing a song, too, you know what i mean?

>> larry: why not. we have a slew of questions tweeted to us. one is, regis, would you consider updating your autobiography, "i'm only one man?" it's time. >> i've said it all. there's nothing really new except "millionaire" and a couple of live albums. i'm doing the "live" show in the mornings with kelly, of course. i don't have that much new to talk about. i enjoyed writing the book. i'm glad you liked it. >> larry: do you ever feel your age? >> no. do you? >> larry: no. i know it chronologically. >> i don't want to mention it. i feel psychologically when i do. physically i feel fine. >> larry: yeah, me, too. back with more with my man regis philbin. all you have to do is say regis. hey, don't go away. >> okay, larry. sfx: coin drop, can shaking

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>> larry: back with regis philbin "who wants to be a millionaire" in primetime all this week. wrapping up sunday. your co-host kelly ripa was on the show. earlier this month. we talked about you. watch. if regis ever hangs it up, could you work as mark and kelly? >> you know, larry, it's really funny. i always picture myself hanging it up before regis.

obviously, he is that show, he is the light of that show. he carries that show. that is his baby. i never even think about that show without him. >> larry: if regis ever hangs it up -- they cut out that last -- rege, what do you make of it? >> i can't believe it. she'd grab mark in a minute. and if he wasn't available anderson cooper would get it. i'm telling you. maybe you, larry. i don't trust any of you. >> larry: oh. there is always someone behind you right, rege? >> that's exactly right. believe me. >> larry: i think anderson cooper wants it, rege. >> oh, please. he's right up the street, or right down the street from where we are. he sits outside every day and waits, is regis coming in today? is regis coming in today? she is terrific. i appreciate all the things she said. larry, this new "millionaire" show has a celebrity on each night. we give them $25,000 and $50,000 if they answer one question correctly. tonight for your viewers on the west coast, patricia heaton is on.

i just watched her here in new york. it's really unbelievable. they're so nervous about coming up with the right answer that she total loses it in a simple -- not so simple, but an arithmetic question that finally, finally she deals with. it's really unusual and pretty hilarious television. >> larry: would you bring the again, again like next fall? >> larry, i would love to. i don't know how the big boys feel about it. i think it should be on once a night every week of the year. maybe i'll see you again in ten years. i'm not sure, larry, what is going to happen. i do know this. we have a million-dollar moment in the remaining nights of the show through thursday and including next sunday. >> larry: you do? >> yeah. it is great television. >> larry: are you saying someone is going to win a million? >> larry, i'm just calling ate a million dollar moment now. please. >> larry: one more thing. >> yes. >> larry: you are trying to beat athletes over 100 years old.

at their own game. here's the sample. let's watch. >> okay. are you ready to go back to work? >> sure. >> let's finish this game. emma. emma. emma. >> whoo! >> larry: regis, this is not going to get the demographic. >> no. i've got worry about that. i decided that every now and then we'll find a 100-year-old who's doing special things and we should salute them as well. that lady, 100-year-old lady out of new jersey, a pretty good bowler. in fact, she's the top 100-year-old female bowler in the country, larry king. >> larry: we've got about 40 seconds. notre dame, this year, look

good? not a bad schedule. >> not a bad schedule. a little softer than usual. i'm hoping for at least 10-2. i'd like to see a clean sweep. i would like to see them beat sc. it is time we defeated sc. we can bring charlie weis and the team back to the good graces of the fans is beat sc. >> larry: no one has a -- they can never have a better fan than you. up and down, you're there. >> you were there for one day, too, larry. >> larry: what a day that was. that was a great day. just hosted by you. regis stay well, my friend. >> you, too, larry. thank you very much. >> larry: see you in new york. regis philbin. don't forget, the tents anniversary of "who wants to be a millionaire." ten years ago it started. the return this week. a million-dollar moment coming. we don't know if it is a winner. here is a winner, "ac 360" who is gunning for regis' job. he starts right now. >> not true. not true.