>>> also, hulk hogan's startling suicide confessions. this is "showbiz tonight" this weekend on hln. ninininininininii >>> now, on "showbiz tonight this weekend." hulk talks about muhammad ali's daughter calling him while he was holding a gun thinking about taking his own life. >> you think if she hadn't you would have pulled that trigger? >> um -- i don't know, in a way it snapped me out of it. >> for the first time, hulk opens up on camera about why he seriously considered killing himself and what's changed his mind. >>> rosie o'donnell's explosive confession from her painful child abuse claims to a shocking revelation about oprah rosie isn't pulling any punches. >>> plus, things get really dark on the "late, late show" with craig ferguson. you have to see the moment when something totally unexpected happens in his interview with a big star. >>> plus, more stories breaking from the showbiz news ticker, the weekend edition of tv's first provocative entertainment news show continues right now. >> welcome back to "showbiz tonight" this we

>>> also, hulk hogan's startling suicide confessions. this is "showbiz tonight" this weekend on hln. @@@@@@@@@ >>> now, on "showbiz tonight this weekend." hulk talks about muhammad ali's daughter calling him while he was holding a gun thinking about taking his own life. >> you think if she hadn't you would have pulled that trigger? >> um -- i don't know, in a way it snapped me out of it. >> for the first time, hulk opens up on camera about why he seriously considered killing himself and what's changed his mind. >>> rosie o'donnell's explosive confession from her painful child abuse claims to a shocking revelation about oprah rosie isn't pulling any punches. >>> plus, things get really dark on the "late, late show" with craig ferguson. you have to see the moment when something totally unexpected happens in his interview with a big star. >>> plus, more stories breaking from the showbiz news ticker, the weekend edition of tv's first provocative entertainment news show continues right now. >> welcome back to "showbiz tonight" this we

back in just a minute with hulk hogan. >>> one, two. ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this bout and the new world wrestling federation heavyweight champion. >> inside the ring he had to deal with opponents like andre the giant and the undertaker. in his new book "my life outside the ring," hulk hogan paints a bleak picture of abuse, anger, affairs and suicidal thoughts. and that was just on the first page. welcome to the show. can i call you hulk? >> that's awesome. >> what is you real name? >> terry. >> terry? >> that's like saying santa claus' name is bob. you know the kids and -- >> terry's not a macho name. >> i hear hey, hogan! >> but you know, your book is filled with all sorts of things. suicide attempts, abuse. didn't anything nice happen to you? >> a lot of good stuff. a lot of great stuff happened to me. >> it opens with a horrific revelation that you nearly -- you discuss a suicide attempt. tell me about it. >> yeah, well, i kind of like bottomed out. i had a whole bunch of things happen in a short amount of time. i lost m

. >>> and joining me in the studio, hulk hogan. he wrestled more than just people. he struggled with a lot of personal demons, too. and he will tell me all about it. all this and more tonight. >>> a lot of people go to bed at night watching david letterman. and it turns out a lot of female staffers were going to bed with him during the day. but this news wasn't a secret to everyone. joining me now for an exclusive interview is nell scovell, a former writer for nbc's "late night with david letterman." hi, nell. >> hi, joy. >> how are you, dear? i want to say up front nell worked at the letterman show and never had sex with any of the staffers, right? >> that's correct. >> okay. i just wanted to get that out of the way. tell me what was going on while you were there that made you uncomfortable. you were a writer there for a few months. >> right. well, i was the second woman ever hired. the first was the great meryl marko. she helped create the show and she was my hero before she became my friend. and i wanted to be on that show. i was a journalist. i wrote for "spy" m

. >> i'm linda hogan from cincinnati, ohio and this is my daughter, jill. >> hi. i think that sarah palin is a real voice for america, and she has a platform to stick up for us, and to give america the change, actual, people are talking about change, she is the change that we need. >> you look familiar. >> yes. do i look a little like sarah. >> what is your name. >> carolyn from kings mills, ohio. >> are you dressed up to look a little bit like sarah palin on purpose. >> well, actually, this is my look, and we just happen to look-alike. >> why are you here today. >> absolutely to meet sarah palin. get my book signed. >> and what do you like about sarah palin. >> you know, i like her because i believe that she is... just real, she seems like one of us, and, raising her children and also, doing everything that she does, you know, running for environment and hopefully she'll continue. >> so if she were to run for president in 2012, why would you support that? >> i support it because i believe that she is a woman who, you know, knows what she is doing and i just suppo

>> my name is linda hogan from cincinnati ohio jill. >> i think that sarah palin is a voice for america and has a platform to stick up for us and give america the change, the actual -- people are talking about change. she is the change we need. >> you look familiar. [laughter] >> do i look unlike sarah? >> can you tell me your name and where you're from. >> carolyn from keen smell, ohio. >> are you dressed up to look like sarah palin on purpose? >> actually this is my look and we just happen to look alike. >> why are you here today? >> to meet sarah palin and get my book signed. >> what do you like about sarah palin? >> i like her because i believe that she is just real. she seems like one of us and raising her children and doing everything she does, running for vice president and hopefully she will continue. >> so, if she were to run for president in 2012 why would you support that? >> i support it because i believe that she is a woman who knows what she's doing, and i just support her and i like her. [cheering] [cheering] >> my goodness, thank you for being here. we are going to have

. >> james hogan was george washington's man. think it is important in understanding the white house today to understand where it came from. there are so many things that are there and unique about white house life and usage that really come from that time. >> it was george washington, who never lived there, who created it, who laid the cornerstone. >> with the nation's capital scheduled to move to a new federal city on the potomac by 1800, in 1792, washington and thomas jefferson announce a design competition to build a president's house. after the selection of james hoban as the designer and architect, problem soon are risrise before the cornerstone s even laid. >> do we put it to the north, south, east, or west? washington came and took off his jacket and cited the white house, and drove the stakes into the ground for where it stands today. he also had a certain taste that was very out of style. the white house is loaded with carving, and washington ordered that. he wanted it. if you go out the north door, there is a 13-foot g

in 1987, chevy chase, goldie hawn and paul hogan hosted it.er change this year, the number of best picture nominees is going from five to ten. >>> well, if you want to know how to dress for the weather where you live, just ask president obama. a new website gives you a personal forecast from the commander in chief himself.

which derek hogan has been responsible for setting up. the -- so the civilian effort is going quite well. i must say the tripling while we eliminate six month tours is really more than a tripling in terms of person days in the field. far more. so this is just an extraordinary increase. if you consider that each one the americans has a footprint of nine or ten support people, afghanistans third country nationals, ngos, it's a very large increase, proportionally larger than the military. we will have 900, about 900 by the -- say it again. way 974 by the end of the year is the target. actually, to be even more precise, 974 by the early weeks of next year. they have to run a couple of weeks behind the original build-upschedule. not because we don't have the people, but because of the bedding and personnel process. i don't want to go into all of these figures. that's not why you are here. you already heard from jack on that. but it is very important. and more american civilians will be on their way next year for an advanced talk with ambassado

on thursday, the same tai we were in kabul and you saw the training process out there which derek hogan has been responsible for setting up. so the civilian effort is going quite well and i must say, a tripling, while we eliminate six-month tours, is really more than a tripling in terms of person-days in the field. far more. so it's -- this is an extraordinary increase. if you consider that each one of the americans has a footprint of nine or 10 support people, afghans, third country nationals, n.g.o.'s, it's a very large increase, proportionally larger than the military. we will have 900, about 900 by the -- say that again? >> [inaudible] >> 974 by the end of the year is the target. actually, to be even more precise, 974 by the early weeks of next year. we're going to run a couple of weeks behind the original buildup schedule. not because we don't have the people, but simply because the vetting and personnel process, it's as simple as that. i don't want to go into all these figures, that's not why you're here, but it is very important. and more american civilians will be on their way n

thursday, the same day we were in kabul, and you saw the training process out there which derrick hogan has been responsible for setting up. so the civilian effort is going quite well. i must say, a tripling while we eliminate six-month tours is really more than a tripling in terms of persons gained in the field. it's far more so this is an extraordinary increase. and if you consider that each one of the americans has a footprint of nine or 10 support people -- afghans, third country nationals, n.g.o.'s -- it's a very large increase. proportionately larger than the military. we will have 900, about 900, by -- >> [question inaudible] >> yeah. 974 by the end of the year is the target. actually, to be even more precise, 974 by the early weeks of next year. we're going to run a couple of weeks behind the original buildup schedule. not because we don't have the people, but simply because of the vetting and personnel processes. it's as simple as that. i don't want to go into all of these figures because that's not why you're here and you've already heard from jack on that. but it is very impo