plus, the real story behind that infamous katie couric interview.nd conservative lightning rod ann coulter right her with her reaction in the interview you'll see only on "showbiz tonight." >>> carrie prejean gets a big offer for her solo sex tape. will she take it? and could there actually be more carrie sex tapes out there? >>> startling new reports today that brad and angelina are splitsville. tonight, the dramatic way they're trying to put those rumors to rest, once and for all. plus, more stories breaking from the "showbiz news ticker," tv's most provocative entertainment news show continues right now! >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." it is 30 minutes past the hour. i'm a.j. hammer, broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> and i'm brooke anderson, coming to you tonight from hollywood. tonight, when sarah met oprah. sarah palin today makes her much-anticipated appearance on oprah. >> yeah, brooke, it was sarah palin's very first interview with oprah winfrey. she was on to sell her new book called "going rogue." and nothi

katie couric asked the question. i thought a legitimate question looking for insight into sarah palin's world view. what forms that world view and what newspapers and magazines do you read. she knows she fumbles the answer. everybody made a big deal out of it. >> obviously you read books and magazines. why didn't you name some? >> obviously i have of course all my life read them. i am a lover of books and magazines and newspapers. by the time she asked me that question even though it was early on in the interview, i was already so annoyed and it was unprofessional of me to wear the annoyance on my sleeve. >> you couldn't think of any? >> it was more like are you kidding sidney. >> i don't want to debate the merits, but i think it was a legitimate question. i did not buy what she told oprah about why she answered it the way she did or saying i read the "new york times" or whatever. >> what was going on there with katie couric and charlie gibson is you have the morning tv hosts who are normally doing inexpensive get aw

caller: another interview with katie couric would be a blast. once again she would be caught in the headlights. what did she do for alaska? not really that much. they have the highest crystal meth problem. come on, people are alcoholics up there. 286 seniors died on her watch because she did not want to fund health care. host: let's hear from our guest. guest: that is the democratic critique of sarah palin. it goes back to iraq -- her record in alaska, which i am happy to hear, because so much of a critique of her had nothing to do with a record in alaska last year. it is amazing, "the washington post" and " new york times -- and "the new york times" both went to alaska last year, never commenting that she had the highest approval ratings of any politician in the country. yes, like any politician, her record has its highs and lows. but until she was nominated for the vice president and became this extremely polarizing political figure, she was remarkably popular. there has to be reason for that. host: san antonio. jack, good morning. caller: i l

why are you attacking katie couric? she did was ask questions and she was a completely brand-new candidate on the national scene and we didn't know anything about her. she was asking her simple questions like, what newspapers did you read? that's not katie couric's fault for being able to answer, on the know, "the washington post" or hundreds of others newspapers you can choose from. "showbiz tonight" did reach out tonight to katie couric. they said no comment about palin's claims in her book. tanika, sarah palin is obviously not going anywhere, neither is katie couric. would you not love to see a rematch between these two. wouldn't that be great? >> oh, yeah! first of all, i love oprah, you guys know, so i think this interview is going to be unbelievable and i'm sure everyone is going to watch it over and over and over. but her against katie couric is like a wwe matchup and i want to see it again. i want to see if maybe she knows how to spell her name this time, i don't know. >> oh, come on! you don't have to go there,

democratic line, hello there. >> caller: i would love to see a katie couric reactor fuel. but the blast. sarah palin but look like a dear caught in the headlights. [inaudible] what did she do for alaska? not that much. the have the highest crystal meth problem. people are alcoholics. she ran up the panel for the health care and 286 she didn't want to fund the senior house. go home and tear your poster down i'm so over you. >> guest: why don't have her poster of, did. but as a critique of sarah palin. it goes back to her record in alaska which i'm happy to hear because so much of the critique of sarah palin last year it was amazing the "washington post" and "the new york times" went to alaska. sent teams reports and basically interviewed everyone who had something negative to say and never acknowledging she had the highest approval ratings of any republican politician in the country at that time john mccain nominated her for the vice presidency. so, yeah. like any politician, the record can be as its highs and lows, but on till she was nominated for the vice president and b

that's some of the ways sarah palin described katie couric. she said she didn't respond well to some of the questions because she was annoyed by couric's constant presence. she described one incidence after she had just finished a campaign rally. >> my friend opens the curtain for me to get backstage and there's the perky one again with the microphone and the cameras rolling and i'm like, dang, give me just a couple of minutes to gather -- with all due respect, yeah. nicely. >> so pretty perky, too. >> well, cbs' news president says -- yeah, that's right. the president of cbs saying the quality of the interview and the questions, they speak for themselves. >> wow. palin also claims in her book that she was basically tricked into doing the interview in the first place. how so? >> well, palin says she was driven to do the interview by a campaign adviser named nicolle wallace who used to work with couric. in the book she says wallace told her, quote, katie really likes you. she admires you as a working mom. she just relates to you, end quote. she

here's what she said. >> let's talk about the interview with katie couric. >> must we? okay. >> you talked about in the book, so i assume everything in the book is fair game. you do say that it wasn't your best interview. do you think that was a defining moment for you, that interview? >> i do not. in fact, that is why segment two, three, four and maybe five were scheduled. the campaign said, right on, good, you're showing your independence. this is what america needs to see and it was a good interview. and of course i'm saying, if you thought that was a good interview, i don't know what a bad interview was because i knew it wasn't a good interview. >> the entire interview with oprah airs on monday, the day before palin's memoir "going rogue" hits stores. >>> we're still seeing a lot of rain. i'm assuming from what used to be hurricane ida. so let's talk about the weekend. meteorologist bob van dillen. >> yeah, good morning, robin. you saw the floodwaters in virginia. this is the reason why. this is all rainwater. this isn't ocean surge or anything. this is rain. langle

her against katie couric is a wwe matchup. i want to see it again.be she knows -- >> i would like to say palin is opening up to oprah with another big thorn in her side. levi johnston who is the father of sarah palin's grand chile. in the new book, you want to know how many times she writes about him? not once. zero. his name is not mentioned. take a look at what oprah asked her. >> will he be invited to thanksgiving dinner? >> that's a great question and it's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing. he is a part of the family and you want to bring him under your wing. he needs that too, oprah. to know that he is love and has the most beautiful child. this can all work out for good. it can. you don't have to go down this road of controversy and drama. >> this is refreshing to watch. keeping in mind she called him malicious and someone in desperate need of attention. is palin acting like a politician? >> she has gone hard on him in the media and he won an award and that warmed her up to levi a little bit. that is a porn industry

he got candid about her interview with katie couric. remember a lot of people thought it really hurt her image. here's what she said. >> let's talk about the interview with katie couric. >> must we? okay. >> you talk about it in the book. i assume it's -- >> yeah, it is. you do say it wasn't your best interview. >> but here again -- >> you said it was a defining moment for you, that interview. >> i did not. neither did the campaign. that is why other segments requester scheduled. the campaign said good, you're showing your independence and it was a good interview. i knew it wasn't a good interview. >> the entire interview with oprah airs on monday. the day before "going rogue" hits stores. police took away several evidence bags from a nearby property. police won't say what is in the bags. anthony sowell, the man who owned the house there, will be in court later on today for the rape charges that led to the investigation at his house. which airline trs the best at not using lug sgagluggage? airtran lost the fewest bags. luggage tags and

nia, you mentioned the katie couric interview. let's listen to it as it happened on the abc evening news, asking her about what she read. we'll listen to sarah palin's response then and her reaction now with oprah. let's listen. >> what specifically? i'm curious -- >> all of them. any of them that have been in front of me over all these years. >> can you name any? >> i have a vast variety of sources where we get our news. alaska isn't a foreign country. >> let's talk about the interview with katie couric. >> must we? okay. >> you talked about in the book, so i assume everything in the book is -- >> yes. >> you do say that it wasn't your best interview. do you think that was a seminal defining moment for you, that interview? >> i did not. neither did the campaign. in fact, that is why segment two and three and four and maybe five were scheduled. the campaign said, right on, good, you're showing your independence, this is what america needs to see. and it was a good interview. of course, i'm thinking, if you thought that was a good

let me tell you, the thing we're talking about here is the katie couric interview. to me that says how important that one interview was to shaping everyone eers perception to sarah palin. if she wants to make herself a future, she has to go up against katie couric again. >> she says nicolle wallace in the mccain campaign told her to do the interview with katie. she didn't want to do it, i guess. she said, do it, because katie has low self-esteem. in other words, she did the interview because she pitied katie? what kind of spin is that? >> sarah palin spin. randi talked about deer in the headlig headlights. that would make sense if you were sold on the interview like a total oprah life person. you would be a little shocked, what's going on here? >> she was running for vice president at that point. >> i'm saying in the moment, joy. you have to weigh that. >> katie couric is a network news anchor. >> what was told to -- >> she didn't do well with charles gibson either. >> she has excuses. what would be her excuse about not knowing any supreme court cases, for example?

because katie couric has low self-esteem. did you read that? >> yeah. >> like a pity interview. >> like a pity interview. >> katie couric, didn't she do her colonoscopy on television? don't you think you need high self-esteem for that? >> i feel bad for the mailmen that month. what do they do with the envelopes you're supposed to send in? >> what are you talking about? >> the stool samples. >> my people only told me to come here today because you had really low self-esteem. >> there's another example of some crazy talk. nicolle wallace says the opposite. when she -- levi johnston, her pseudo son-in-law says one thing about her, she disagrees. then there's this guy, steve schmidt. it's like, what do these people need? a lie detector test? it's always he said/she said. >> you know that politics. in any, you know, losing campaign, fingers get pointed and people get blamed. heads roll. you know, this was her sort of chance to defend herself against all of these accusations and allegations that have been swimming around for a year

>> it seems like a personal thing she has with katie couric. she goes back to the point time and time again. the one explanation is four or five pages long. she does more than that than with the rnc clothes thing and other decisions with the campaign and with the vetting. she really focuses on this interview. she clearly has some ill will toward couric. there's been a back and forth there. palin hasn't resisted in any of the interviews from slamming katie couric and i expect to see more of that. >> you talked about clothes. she says she was micromanaged and they tried to change her look. isn't some of that what happens with any new person on the national stage that they will be miko manaicromanaged to a pointd make you look your best. >> that's true. there will be dozens of people dedicated to making sure they look good and say the right thing. they are all handlers. these people have busy schedules and the handlers are necessary. she clearly did not react well to that. now, the personal relationships between her and mccain staffers and people

because katie couric has low self-esteem. did you read that? >> yeah. >> like a pity interview. >> like a pity interview. >> katie couric, didn't she do her colonoscopy on television? don't you think you need high self-esteem for that? >> i feel bad for the mailmen that month. what do they do with the envelopes you're supposed to send in? >> what are you talking about? >> the stool samples. >> my people only told me to come here today because you had really low self-esteem. >> there's another example of some kpraez talk. nicolle wallace says the opposite. when she -- levi johnston, her pseudodoe son-in-law says one thing about her, she disagrees. then there's this guy, steve schmidt. it's like, what do these people need? a lie detector test? it's always he said/she said. >> you know that politics. in any, you know, losing campaign, fingers get pointed and people get blamed. heads roll. you know, this was her sort of chance to defend herself against all of these accusations and allegations that have been swimming around for a

she also got surprisingly candid about her interview with katie couric. that famous interview during the 2008 race. remember a lot of people thought it really hurt her image. and here is what she said. >> let's talk about the interview with katie couric. >> ha, ha, must we? >> yes. >> okay, okay. >> you talk about it in the book. so i assume everything is fair game. you do say that it wasn't your best interview. >> but, here again -- >> do you think that was a seminole, defining moment for you, that interview? >> i did not. neither did the campaign. that is why segment two and three and four and maybe five were scheduled. the campaign said, right on, good, you're showing your independence, this is what america gets to see. and i'm thinking, if you thought that was a good interview. i don't know what a bad interview was. because i knew it wasn't a good interview. >> the entire interview with oprah airs on monday. that's the day before palin's memoir "going rogue" hits the stories. >> i absolutely agree. >> okay, you know, at the top of the hour, the u.s. a

sarah palin's new book has some harsh words for katie couric.bs anchor was condescending, biassed and badgering during their interview. she also told oprah yesterday that she didn't respond well to some questions because she was annoyed by couric's constant presence. palin described one instance after she had just finished a rally. >> my friend betsy, she opens the curtain for me to get back stage, and there is the perky one again, with the microphone and the camera is rolling, and i'm like, dang, you know, give me just a couple minutes -- >> you mean katie. >> with all due respect, yeah. nice nicely. yeah. >> because you're pretty perky, too. >> well, the president of cbs news says that the quality of the interview and the questions speak for themselves. . >>> more americans are going hungry. the agricultural department says that about one in seven u.s. households struggled to put food on the table last year. it is a record high. president obama says the report is unsettling, and he is urging congress to pass a strong child nutrition bill to he

mccain-palin ticket. >> let's talk about the interview with katie couric. >> must we?k about it in the book, so i assume everything is fair game. >> yes. >> you do say it wasn't your best interview. do you think that was a seminal defining moment for you? >> i did not. neither did the campaign. that is why segment two and three and four and five were scheduled. right on, good, you're showing your independence. this is what america needs to see. it was a good interview. i'm thinking, if you thought that was a good interview, i don't know what a bad interview was. i knew it wasn't a good interview. >> palin one-on-one set to air on monday's oprah winfrey's show. those saying you don't care, i think you do care. >>> all right. there was a little drama with former miss usa carrie prejean on larry king live. she also has a book she's trying to sell. larry asked about a sex tape she made and why she settled her lawsuit with the pageant. she was ready to bolt. watch this. >> why did you settle? you don't have to tell me the terms of the settlement. why settle since you had a

i saw the foot of katie couric at the state dinner. -- for a graph of katie couric at the state dinnerst: you have been watching a long time. i showed that the first hour. caller: there were photographs of her dancing and some of it was very raunchy but none of it was in the media. if it were sarah palin, it would have. that is the problem with the country come out media bias grid with rush limbaug c-span.or = -- problem with the country, a media bias. with a rush limbaugh, i'm not a fan of him, but he was not allowed to buy the nfl team. and yet keep older men is so liberal -- keith olbermann is so liberal. host: "the washington post" is shutting its last three bureaus in the united states in new york, chicago, and los angeles. the executive editor issued a memo to the staff on tuesday setting minute -- citing limited resources. he says that the drive to provide national news to readers is undiminished. next up is little rock. you hung up on us but let's go to dallas, republican line. caller: morning. i want to thank you and i want to thank the senator for his service. he may be -- ma

attended the obamas' first state dinner and took photos with everyone from the vice president to katie couric problem is, they were not on the guest list. how could this happen inside what should be the most secure building in the country? we'll dig deeper with the reporter who broke the story and former president bush's home land security adviser. >>> and also the president's decision to send 30,000 more troops to afghanistan. >>> plus, black friday bargains worth waiting for. all tonight on "360." >> larry: as ed sullivan used to say, get all the kids up close now, here he is, or she is, olive. representing the rudolph song "olive the other reindeer." >> they're raised and also called a caribou. it's important to know that. anita does a great job with this animal. the female and male, one effort few deer species that both have antlers. both the male and female. she loses the antlers after the male. >> larry: is that a she? >> that's a she, yes. you've heard of rudolph the red-nosed reindeer? >> larry: heard of him, yeah. >> the reason they go click, click, click, those feet have cartilage i

the katie couric interviews were devastating. they're going to be on youtube forever. people to start right to forget that. she has to rehabilitate her image for much of the country. there is a huge percentage -- not a huge percentage, but a huge number of people in this country who will support her no matter what she does, but not enough to win an election. she has got to do more than that. >> my perception when i studied her other, you know, past interviews before she was a presidential candidate covers social views, she stressed that those were her views. she was just expressing a personal opinion. is that accurate? >> absolutely. in alaska even though it is a red state it is more hands-off. so the social issues, brought up, he was the independent running. he brought up that she was pro-life. she said, you know, this is a sensitive issue. we are here to talk about resources. we should answer these questions and tried to stay away from it. >> it's hard to imagine sarah palin dancing a question. >> about abortion. >> at the time just three years ago she said your brin

did you see the katie couric interview? did you think it was hostile of katie? say that just because i work at cbs. she did follow up. it was like journalism 101. it's sad that that's seen as something as how extraordinary. she did a great job. >> why was it seen as extraordinary? >> because everybody's so afraid. >> of what? >> she wouldn't answer a simple question by what do you read? it's great if it's highlights for children. and she just wouldn't cave in and just say, i read "the new york times" or the "washington post." it was a question somehow pe neath her. i think that ended up biting her. >> are you on her side? >> i don't know about that. i think it was actually interesting, because people who are in the audience of the oprah taping said that she, sarah palin, intimated that she might be interested in hosting a talk show. >> aha? >> i thought that was the most interesting news actually to come out of that. is that what we're going to get? that's going to be christmas for a long time. >> i better watch my step around here. >> i thought that sarah in th

did you see the katie couric interview she did? >> yes, i did. >> katie did what she was supposed to do and i don't say that just because i work at cbs. she did follow a lot, it was like journalism 101, it's sad that that's seen as somehow extraordinary. she did a great job, but it's par for the course. >> why was it seen as extraordinary. >> she wouldn't answer what kind of newspapers do you read. and it's okay if it's "highlights jshsz for children. it was a question that was somehow beneath her. and that's what ended up biting her. >> i think it's interesting because people who were in the audience of the oprah taping she, sarah palin said she might be interested in hosting a talk show. i thought that was the most interesting news to come out of that. that's going to be christmas for a long time. >> i better watch my schedule. >> i thought that sarah in that clip was brilliant that we just saw because she was doing an amazing impression of tina fey doing an impression of sarah palin. her hair is very pretty. >> oprah also asked

the katie couric interviews were devastating, and they're going to be on youtube forever. so she really has to rehabilitate her image for much of the country. there's a huge percentage d not a huge percentage, but a huge mum in of people in this country who will support her no matter what she does, but not enough to win an election. she's got to do more than that. >> my perception when i studied her, you know, just few past interviews before she was a presidential candidate that scherr social views, she stressed that she wasn't trying to legislate them or impose them on others, she was just expressing a personal opinion. is that accurate? there absolutely. it's absolutely accurate because in alaska even though it is a red state, people don't -- it's more libertarian, it's more hands off. so those social issues, i mean, which one you may be talking about is this debate she had, or a debate when she was running for governor, and andrew brought up -- he was the independent running -- he brought up that she was pro-life. and she said -- it was a debate about resources. and she

thereon oprah ask her about the infamous katie couric interview. >> did you think that was a seminole defining moment for you? >> i did not. neither did the campaign, that's why segment maybe two, three, four, five were scheduled. the campaign said right on, good, showing your independence what the country wants to see this is a good interview. i was thinking if you thought it was a good interview i don't know what a bad interview was because i knew it wasn't a good interview. >> sarah bernard contributing editor of "new york" magazine and brian, comedian and journalist welcome to the show. >> thanks. >> did you see the interview? >> i did. >> did you see it was hostile of katie? >> no, i think this he were very straightforward questions and she did what she's supposed to do. i don't say that because i work at cbs, persist tents and followed up like journalism 101, sad that is seen as extraordinary. she didn't a great job but shouldn't that be par for the course. >> why isn't that? >> because ever everybody is afraid. >> she wouldn't answer a simple question what do you need. it's oka

sarah palin did an interview with katie couric. a lot of people saw. 15 million people saw tina fey. -- being sarah palin. i think that is where it is going right now. we have to understand there's so much opportunity to communicate now than the way we use to, which was through traditional media. if we find ways to get people interested, we can have profound consequences. >> we use to make decisions about some of the shows are based on the size of the audience. you would say it only has 2 million people. i don't know if we should take a candidate's time. but with youtube and at thousand -- and cable shows repeating the clips from it, something that was originally viewed by two or 3 million people gets viewed by 15 million people and it is a different calculation when you are making the decision of do i take three or 10 hours of the canada's time and bought them on that show -- of the can of its's time and book them on that show. -- of the candidate's time. >> you are trying to drive as much raw content to them as possible. it is a

sarah palin did an interview with katie couric. a lot of people saw. 15 million people saw tina fey. -- being sarah palin. i think that is where it is going right now. we have to understand there's so much opportunity to communicate now than the way we use to, which was through traditional media. if we find ways to get people interested, we can have profound consequences. >> we use to make decisions about some of the shows are based on the size of the audience. you would say it only has 2 million people. i don't know if we should take a candidate's time. but with youtube and at thousand -- and cable shows repeating the clips from it, something that was originally viewed by two or 3 million people gets viewed by 15 million people and it is a different calculation when you are making the decision of do i take three or 10 hours of the canada's time and bought them on that show -- of the can of its's time and book them on that show. -- of the candidate's time. >> you are trying to drive as much raw content to them as possible. it is a

. >> let's talk about the interview with katie couric. >> must we? okay. okay. >> you talk about it in the book. i assume everything in the book is fair game. >> it is. >> you do say that it wasn't your best interview. >> here again -- >> did you think that was a defining moment for you, that book? >> i did not. neither did the campaign. that is why segment two and three and four and five were scheduled. the campaign said right on. good. you're showing independence. this is what america needs to see. that's a good interview. i'm thinking if you thought that was a good interview, i don't know what a bad interview was. i knew it wasn't a good interview. >> more bad blood between her and the mccain campaign officials. >> with answers like that, what is this? a book tour? to make money? to stay in the public eye? >> it's everything. she wants to get her message out. you write a book. get back in the spotlight, write a book. go on oprah and do a book tour. is there politics involved? does she want to run for the top spot next time around? we don't know. i tell

sarah palin did an interview with katie couric. a lot of people saw. 15 million people saw tina fey. -- being sarah palin. i think that is where it is going right now. we have to understand there's so much opportunity to communicate now than the way we use to, which was through traditional media. if we find ways to get people interested, we can have profound consequences. >> we use to make decisions about some of the shows are based on the size of the audience. you would say it only has 2 million people. i don't know if we should take a candidate's time. but with youtube and at thousand -- and cable shows repeating the clips from it, something that was originally viewed by two or 3 million people gets viewed by 15 million people and it is a different calculation when you are making the decision of do i take three or 10 hours of the canada's time and bought them on that show -- of the can of its's time and book them on that show. -- of the candidate's time. >> you are trying to drive as much raw content to them as possible. it is a

. >> couric: about? >> agassi: katie, i... i wouldn't be able to put a number on it. is i did it for a good part of 1997, a better part of the year. starting early in the year, and ending deeper into the year, you know. so it was... it was... it was way more than it should've been. >> couric: in his book, he writes that no one close to him knew about his drug use. but after he lost in the first round of a tournament in germany, his coach gave him an ultimatum: he needed to quit tennis or start over. he decided to start over. >> agassi: and i... i said, that's what i'm going to do. i'm going to choose this. i don't have to. i can quit right now. my dad's not choosing it. this is my choice and my choice alone. and i made the decision right then and there that i'm going to choose to fight this battle. and i'm going to choose tennis. >> couric: is that the first time in your life you felt it was your choice? >> agassi: yeah. it was the first time in my life.& 27-years-old, ranked 141 in the world, and in a marriage that i shouldn't be in. >> couric: when we come back, ins