paula abdul is was. paula, we learned something shocking.ears old, her babysitting was michael bolton and we tracked mike the bolton down. and he is with us now. hi. >> how you doing? >> jimmy: michael just got off stage in south dakota and is with us. can you confirm you were paula's babysitter? >> i don't know what she is talking about. yes. we -- we were hanging out with wendy, with her sister. and we couldn't leave her alone. she was too young. >> but you left me along all the time. look what happened to me. >> i am like a bad babysitter. it was not my job. someone else's responsibility. >> jimmy: you have to be held accountable for your actions. we also tracked down the pencil that went into paula. >> now that is scare write. >> yeah, i was crying like a baby. >> jimmy: well, you were a baby. >> you were adorable. i don't remember you being that much of a brat. >> jimmy: because you were singing with friends in the building. >> you used to say, shake it up baby, and twist and move. >> how do you remember that? >> jimmy: what do you reme

paula and steve! steve and paula. so, where do you know sue from? do you want to tell him, or shall i? you tell him, paula. is angela not at our table, then? can't we-- can't we do something about that? i-i don't think it would be fair to disrupt the seating plan, frank. i mean, look, a lot of work's gone into that. when jesus was... a bit older... mm-hmm. and he was still being searched by the romans, why couldn't he shape-shift... shape-shift. ...into a roman, and then when all the other romans were asleep, he could go along and kill them so they would stop searching for him. yes, well, i doubt he would do that. he wasn't a power ranger or anything like that. can i ask you another one? i-is this is the last question? no. okay. ben: when jesus... so, who'd like some wine? wine? oh, this is daft. there must've been a mix-up. i'll just swap this one over. i-i don't think it's fair to disrupt the seating plan. i'm sure they won't mind. anyway, it'll be nice if we're all together, won't it? ...yes. be lovely. would jesus forgive somebody if they flew u

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i walked in and paula abdul is sitting there. i was like, where am i? >> what a long way you've come. that was ten years ago. >> i'm old now. i'm 29. >> you are? is that freaking you out a little? >> no, no, were your 20s just searching? >> i don't remember my 20s. >> you were drunk. i'm just kidding. my 20s were searching years so i'm looking forward to my 30s chilling out a little bit. >> i like your life for so many reasons. one, you're a texas girl. >> an oklahoma girl. >> yeah. i was born in oklahoma. you have a huge farm you and your family hang out on? >> we have a rescue ranch. we have like a bunch of animals.

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. >> paula dean? >> paula dean! number one! >> what's up? >> i swear -- >> yes!ts my vote. >> she's going to make southern fried chicken, sexiest female chef on tv. >> i agree with that completely. >>> also endangered animals and what is being done to save them. cute little tiger. oh! >> oh! >> and it gets older and tears your head off. >> tears you apart. >>> after the program i'll be headed down to washington, d.c., and the white house to help, to talk with the first lady michelle obama about her let's move initiative to keep kids healthy and joined by a group of kids in d.c. and here on the plaza tomorrow morning to try to break a guinness world record. >> all right. >> great, that's cool. before do you that,a guinness w record. >> great. that's cool. >> very excited. >> before you do that and fly off, will you give us a check of the weather. >> i will. that's what is going on around the country, and here is what is happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. clouds around and here is a picture from the sky watcher camera looking to the west into fai

pell, paula hancocks joins us live from bangkok on where the water is going.he government is facing some difficult decisions it seem. >> reporter: absolutely, charles. the preparations are being made in central bangkok as well in case the water gets this far. the building where we are at this point, the sandbags are coming out and they are making sure that they're taking every precaution in case the water does get this far. now, authorities are hopeful that it won't get to the central business district which is where we are at this point but the waters have been inching forward. we've seen the domestic airport. this is ironically where the headquarters of the flood relief operations command is, that is seeing flooding around the area. they have to move and have their headquarters elsewhere. there's about 3,500 evacuaees bt no plans to move them. another in a university that's now been flooded and they're being moved further into bangkok into a stadium. it looks like according to authorities it could be saved but that's little comfort to those in the suburbs. e

paula so why all this confusion. well there certainly is a lot of confusion the official word from the hospital that is looking after the former egyptian president hosni mubarak is that he is suffering from heart problems that there has been an increase in his blood pressure but nothing more serious than that now since august the international medical center has both looked awesome about it can also kept him there as prisoner them for sure word is that despite rumors he has not moved into intensive care and i mention rumors because there are certainly a lot of rumors circulating the privately owned paper here has quoted hospital staff who say that his heart stopped beating for a few seconds this co-incided would have agreements we've heard that he was clinically did there was another newspaper the alba fired newspaper that went so far as to publish on its web site that he had died they have since retracted those statements but they quote hospital staff who say that last week he contracted a virus bad virus if it spre

good for paula.tory. >> all right. >>> we have reported on this show before and other places, bethenny frankel sold her skinny girl line of drinks reportedly for $120 million. everyone's like, wow. and she made "forbes" list of highest paid businesswoman. turns out, insiders say there is no way she sold it for anything near that. it is like a single figure millions. an insider said this, even brad pitt is not raking in a sum like that for an endorsement deal, so ex-reality star certainly isn't. of course, what does bethenny frankel say, she did not lie about earning $120 million for her cocktail company. >> she made a pretty penny. maybe inflated the price. >> the number that i've heard that is more realistic is something like $8 million. >> far cry from 120 but -- >> not too shabby. not too shabby. not necessarily retiring on that. >> not at all. one of the big news stories, casey anthony trial down in florida. the mess that turned into. now the "orlando sentinel" is reporting that casey is going to

. >> paula newton is outside the prison.et the scene outside the prison in perugia right now. >> incredible tension and security, i have to tell you. soon as the verdict came out, we saw influx of police officers. we are not sure what is going on. we do not know if, in fact, amanda knox will enter this prison in those police paddy wagons as she entered it. we see the italian police in front of those prison gates. before then we saw a dark tinted van. we could not see who was behind there go in behind this police van. we don't know if they escorted the lawyers or the parents. we expect to be here with amanda knox. we have not seen the vans who took her to hear her verdict. what a difference covering the verdict almost two years ago. the reaction couldn't be more different. here they are ready for her. they have the documents ready. it will take time for those to be processed. her passport is expired. we expect the american embassy in rome to help her get a new passport to get on a plane as soon as possible. >> we got a statem

number 1, paula dean, tucker was right. >> the coon of butter, paula dean.s hungry for bacon wrap, beer battered fries, sticks of butter proving that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. i love that. i love that maxim did that >> out of all of them, i want to sit down with a scones or sausage aren't that would be biscuit with paula. >> halloween is two weeks away. holly morris is getting into the spirit early. >> you know, we are here to celebrate the holiday and keep our kids safe. >> i've been looking all among long for the better affect costume. i know they have scary options. i know that people like scary. i am not a scary girl and i'm dealing with a current condition. i'm a green m & m. >> you know what i didn't know about being an m & m, only four fingers. and thinks the top thee holidays that result in injuries and emergency room visit for your kid, especially if your kids are between the age range of 10 to 14. we thought that would be a good idea to call our mom expert. >> thank you. >> why are you not dressed up? >> i didn't want to upst

>> we have heard stories, paula, about elegants on rooftops.e've heard stories will historical sites completely submerged by water. >> reporter: that's right, yes. we went to an ainncient city an could see how many historical monuments had been covered by water. the big fear is if this water stays for a long time there could be permanent damage to these very significant structures. we've just been inside a temple which was almost completely submerged but the ground floor was okay and so there were a lot of people staying there. but, again, the mon was telling me if this stays for too long there will be significant damage. we spoke to a government spok spokesperson who said it could take months for it to recede if there's no significant storms and typhoons and that is a big if at the moment, carol. >> paula hancocks reporting live from bangkok, thailand this morning, thanks so much. >>> even though he's on top right now, some conservatives still question if herman cain can cut it in a nationwide race but getting a boost from one southern governo

slant she is in tel aviv paula it's a breakthrough of course softer more than five years of stored to go sheesh and so what's going to happen next. what we've just been hearing from the hamas political bureau chief khaled mashal speaking from damascus and he called this a national id cheeseman the for the palestinian people he expressed regret that not more palestinian prisoners were being released as part of this deal now throughout the seed me to stay there has been an emergency cabinet meeting in jerusalem that has now finished with the israeli government giving its nod to this prison a deal what we do understand is that some one thousand palestinian prisoners will be released for this one israeli soldier gilad schalit the details as we have been suggest that some three hundred fifty prisoners will be released in the initial stage that will be taken to egypt this is a deal that was brokered by egypt and is happening on egypt and soil at that stage another one hundred and fifty prisoners will be released i mean finally when the lad returns to israel the final number of prisoners wil

yeah, baby, paula dean. guys at maxim. >> they did a good job. >> ain't that a deep fried surprise? paula dean was voted number one. i like paula dean. >> bless her little heart, little butter. yes indeed. >> we love that. good for paula. i like that. >> i like it too. >> good story. >> all right. we have reported on this show and other places, bethenny frankel sold her skinny girl line of drinks reportedly for $120 million. everyone is like how? made forbes list of highest paid business women. turns out, insiders say there is no way she sold it for anything near that. it is like a single figure millions. an insider said this, even brad pitt is not raking in a sum look that for an endorsement deal, so ex-reality star, certainly isn't. of course what does bethenny frankel, saying, she did not about earning $120 million for her cocktail company. >> she made a pretty penny. maybe inflated the price. >> and a number more realistic is like $8 million. >> like $8 million. far cry from $120 million. >> not too shab

paula deen is on the couch.right now >> this is paula deen and y'all are watching "fox & friends," the news machine. i said sugar! >> gretchen: that's how you say sugar, brian. >> brian: i didn't know. i also don't have a new book out. >> steve: it's not just a cookbook. it's bible of southern cooking. my wife and i were looking at it last night. >> brian: what sound did you have last night? >> steve: going to make a special french toast this morning. plus some other thing with a whole bunch of potatoes in it. >> gretchen: and jalapenos and eggs. i've been smelling it the whole time. statued. the rest of your headlines. a stunning admission from the mother of missing baby lisa irwin. she says she fully expects to be arrested. police haven't named deborah bradley as a suspect, but she reportedly feels her arrest is inevitable as police try to find inconsistencies in her story. she has hired a private investigator who is speaking about his role in the case. >> i want everyone to know, i am not here to defend or re

. >> paula dean? >> paula dean! number one! >> what's up? >> i swear -- >> yes!a biscuit gets my vote. >> she's going to make southern fried chicken, sexiest female chef on tv. >> i agree with that completely. >>> also endangered animals and what is being done to save them. cute little tiger. oh! >> oh! >> and it gets older and tears your head off. >> tears you apart. >>> after the program i'll be headed down to washington, d.c., and the white house to help, to talk with the first lady michelle obama about her let's move initiative to keep kids healthy and joined by a group of kids in d.c. and here on the plaza tomorrow morning to try to break a guinness world record. >> all right. >> great, that's cool. before do you that, though, and fly off, will you give >> good morning. we have more clouds in the sky. temperatures are not as warm as they have been. >>> and that's your latest weather. >>> coming up, single by choice, why women are saying no to marriage. why women are saying no to marriage. first this is "today" on nbc. woman: working in public relations is no

that's what we've been told. >> paula newton, fascinating.o, how much sway might knox's own words have with the jurors? earlier t.j. holmes talked to attorney holly hughes. >> it's going to be important what she says. more important is her demeanor. how the jury perceives this young woman. she's four years orlando now. i think gone is that care free young fwirl who came across as cold, indifferent, didn't really care. i think she's come to realize that her own affect and her own attitudes may have played a part in her conviction more so than any physical evidence. >> and of course we'll bring you the judge's decision when it happens. >>> all right. now to another court drama here in the u.s., week one of testimony in conrad murray's trial in the death of michael jackson has been filled with startling revelations and red flags. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death. paramedics testified that murray didn't tell them about all the drugs that were in the singer's system. they say there was no mention of propofol, t

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paula, we heard amanda in her own words. now what's next? >> she will arrive at this prison in about 15, 20 minutes and what a day it will be for her. the judge has already said he does not a return back until at least 8:00 p.m. local tonight. 2:00 p.m. local our time back home. she got up and what was different this time carol, than other times, she didn't have a prepared statement, she might have, she perhaps discarded it, she perhaps committed it to memory. she was not composed enough to speak at first, she said, i am afraid. the judge said, you can sit down. she said basically no, i'll remain standing. she basically categorically underscored what she's been trying to tell jurors before her for four years now, i did not kill. i did not rape, i did not steal, i was not there. as we just heard, she underscored her innocence again. what was interesting here is this was more of a heartfelt emotional plea. she's made them before. but this time she seemed to go off-script and literally, plead for her life in front of this jury for what she says

right i'm going to go to go back to paula in washington on the country's awash with arms right now is this a major concern for you as we see some kind of civil society state building going on because you know it's a lot easier to pick up a gun than let it go and plus with being so much with so many people disenfranchised for so many decades they have power right now and they power in numbers and weapons this is going to take a long time to disarm this country if it's ever going to happen at all yeah you know i think that's very true and i think there's two elements to. this sort of fact that everybody in libya's armed. the first one is as you say there's a you know unless people are are satisfied quickly and that's hard to do then it's very easy to bring dissatisfaction people put up with you know shortages of food and water and electricity and all the rest of it in the middle of the uprising in the rebellion but very very quickly there will be demands for normality and in the absence of normality in the absence of power in the absence of salaries in the absence of that sort of thing

israeli jails we go live now to our teams paulus we are standing by in tel aviv with the latest hello paula so where is shelley now. well this is one of those rare occasions when both israelis and palestinians are celebrating because it's official off to five years of captivity the israeli soldier gilad shalit is now in egypt sin hands a short time ago he was handed over that the kerem shalom go to crossing between israel and gaza and we expect that in the next hour also he will be handed over from the egyptian authorities to the israeli army now this is the first phase of the prisoner exchange deal already before daybreak some four hundred and seventy seven palestinian prisoners were transferred to to locations one on the gaza border and another inside the west bank according to the deal some of those prisoners will not to turn into gaza and others will be deported. every agreement between palestinians and israel has led to a mixed reaction among some israelis though why are they are happy about it. well the majority of israelis do support. still but certainly there are many who feel that

. >>> paula newton is now outside the courtroom where the jury is deliberating. if the jury does overturn the verdict, how soon could she go free? >> amanda knox believes she could be free tonight, that's returned here to this prison where she sits right now, and that she would be on a plane home within hours. i just spoke to an italian parliament earn who was allowed in to visit with her. he says she is in the prison chapel. she is singing hymns, playing hymns. she is being allowed to stay with the chaplain, the prison's chaplain, and that she is absolutely confident, she's calm, she does believe she will be on a plane bound for home tonight. martin? >> and there is also even though this is an appeal, still a further appeal that is possible here. is that true for both sides? >> reporter: it is true for both sides, but they cannot hold her. if she is absolved, if she is acquitted in this appeal, she is a free woman, she'll be given her passport back. she will be able to go home. if they order another appeal case, that means that the italian government can appeal

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they want her home tomorrow. >> all right, paula newton for us in italy.rnational attention, the case of dr. conrad murray. his trial will resume tomorrow. there are 13 witnesses for the prosecution last week, in week one of the trial. the e.r. doctor will be back on the stand tomorrow. as you know, dr. murray charged with involuntary manslaughter. he's accused in the death of michael jackson, accused of injecting drugs that eventually killed the pop star. >>> the man who shot president reagan may be closer to getting out of the mental hospital where he's been the past 30 years. the hospital says john hinckley should be allowed longer trips away from the facility leading up to his eventual release. federal prosecutors, though, say he is still a threat and that his mental condition has not improved enough. hearings on the hospital's request scheduled for late november. >>> and tonight is it. the last broadcast of the cbs news magazine "60 minutes" that will include andy rooney's parting thoughts. on tuesday the network announced the show's 92-year-old pundi

the magazine has bestowed food network star paula deen with the title of hottest tv female chef.eat out the likes of top chef padma malak shrks i. she came out number two. while some may find deen's caloric fare to be dangerous, they find her to be a turn identiturn-on. i'm going to leave it at that, kyra, because i'm speechless. i'm going to toss it right back to you. >> those at maxim magazine know exactly how to promote their cause. >> i think you're right on the money. >> if you want more information on frankie and the entertainment world, a.j. has always got it, or corinne, who is part of the showbiz team. it airs every night at 11:00 eastern. >>> is herman cain just the flavor of the week? our political buzz weighs in. i'm not a number. i'm not a line item on a budget. and i'm definitely not a pushover. but i am a voter. so washington... before you even think about cutting my medicare and social security benefits... here's a number you should remember. 50 million. we are 50 million seniors who earned our benefits... and you will be hearing from us... today and on election d

i want you to know that if fox news were the food network you would be paula dean. >> how is that? >> well, if you don't know, greg, i am not going to explain it to you. >> come on, joe. >> i am not here to spoon feed you. >> but i spoon feed you sometimes, joe. >> and that's why i call you paula dean. you are tiny, tan, hot. >> thank you, joe. while we are on the subject of cooking, i always look at you like you were -- >> ida garden. >> garlic. you are smelly, sticky, but sometimes the necessary ingredient. beat it you sad freak. >>> let's welcome our guest. i am here with diane ma -- macedo. and he has more gags than a kidnapper. it is dan soder. and it has been years since he:00 occupied a shower, bill schulz. and he is tougher than a thong made of sand paper. terry sapor fresh from sniper school. and he is never surprised when he is caught printing lies. good to see you, pinch. >> as pleased as i am by the heavy presence of "new york times" back issues that occupy wall street, i must impress upon the protesters that the paper is meant to be read. we're all the news that is fit

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that's where paula hancocks filed this report. >> reporter: this is a neighborhood, an eastern suburbthe capital. this is a perfect example of many other areas around the inner city of the capital, bangkok, that are affected by the flood. water here has been here for at least three days. the water levels are expected to rise as more than 1 billion cubic meters a day is reaching bangkok. now, for this particular area, it is one of the areas the government is willing to sacrifice so that the business district is not affected. this area is sandwiched in between the river on this side and the flood gates on the other side, which are protecting the inner city. you can see the chaos it has created. the water itself has turned many of these roads into rivers and obviously there are gridlock as people are trying to go about their business but obviously it's very difficult. many cars getting stuck in the water. now, of course, there ask another fear for this neighborhood. this is the time of the high tides as well as seeing a deluge of water coming from northern parts of thailand, from the 13t

as paula hancocks report, the design-savvy south korean market may not be ready for america's gas-guzzling vehicles. >> reporter: jung hang su bought his car three months ago. he even joined a local chevrolet club. he's not convinced the u.s./south korea free trade agreement will not lead to an influx of models into south korea. first of all, he says, parking spaces in korea are made to fit korean cars. european and japanese cars are okay but the big american cars will have problems. the korean mark set an attractive one for the u.s., given the phenomenal explosion in car ownership here. back in 1990, just over 3 million vehicles were on the road. 20 years later, there were almost 18 million. that's an increase of more than 400%. environmental concerns could make some u.s. models undesirable in an increasingly green korea. as part of the fda agreement, south korea agreed to lower its strict emission and safety requirement in some cases. car design is also a factor. one fta expert tells me when koreans buy cars they look for style, design and convenience. big powerful cars like in the u.s.,

cooking show, top chef and finally, miss paula dean. by the way, maxim didn't use her picture. she responded. >> when it came time to putting a picture in the magazine, they didn't even put your picture. they just put a stick of butter. >> i hope it was salted. >> congrats to paula dean. >>> contact lens users, cooper vision is voluntarily recalling more than a half a million of their avaira toric lenses. linked to pain, even torn corneas. a manufacturing glitch left some residue. cooper vision had focused its recall -- the fda says they need to step it up and issued the following statement -- check your boxes here and 8 million lenses manufactured. not all were distributed. >> betty white making a presidential announcement on television. joe jones is here with the political pop and show me the video, joe johns. >> oh, man. whether or not you think this is funny, no one can dispute how funny betty white is, one of those endearing comedic characterers, made her mark on shows like "golden girls" and appearing here on an obviously scripted sketch saying she's running for president

paula hancocks, cnn, bangkok. >> a look at the areas affected by the floods. karen mcginest is live at the cnn international weather center. karen, is there any letup in sight? >> it looks like we are starting to see the shift as far as heavy rainfall is concerned but nothing is going to make it improve because the water is already there. so we're looking at several more weeks where that rainfall is going to be fairly consistent, but we do have high pressure expected to move on in and drag that rainfall a little bit further towards the south. you have to remember that these river basins, it all just feed in from the north towards bangkok and lean towards the gulf of thailand have been running high. what we can expect over the next 24 to 48 hours, a continuation of the floodwaters across the region means we'll see situations like this. this man carrying a small dog and helping someone through the flooded waters, this is kind of a typical scenario that we've been seeing across most of the provinces of thailand. here several containers are floating in the floodwa