very alaska. before this story, the house majority leader, kyl johannson stood up and said, they are two birthdays in the building today. i'm going to talk to about one of them and if there's anybody else, they can talk about her. i wasn't sure who or what suffers, but then it was made clear that it was sarah palin. it is interesting before, which we really didn't knows much about it either, but before she became mccain's number two, she lined herself with democrats. that's who she worked with on her legislation whether it be a fix or oil and yes. so republicans didn't really get along with her. so when she came home and was a cold homecoming which we were able to witness. >> him and to bring about more specifically to our book. i don't know how many of you are facebook friends with the book "sarah from alaska," but we've gotten pretty good at the self-promotion thing. so if you aren't already, you should join us. we've gotten kind of a kick out of some people who have confused us with sarah palin

it's very alaska. and before the story the house majority leader kyl johansson stood up and said there are two birthdays in the building today. i'm going to talk about one of them and if there's anybody else they can talk about her. i wasn't sure who it was but then i was made clear it was sarah palin and nobody else wanted to talk to her. -- talk about her. but it's interesting before, which we really didn't know so much about either, is before she became the kaine's number two is that she aligned herself with democrats. that's who she worked with on her legislation whether it be ethics, we'll and gas. the republicans as scott said didn't really get along with her. they didn't like she raise oil taxes so when she came home it was a cold homecoming which we were able to witness. >> to bring it back more specifically to our book i don't know how many of you our facebook friends with the book "sarah from alaska" -- we've gotten pretty good at the self-promotion thing. if you are not already you should jo

host: this caller is calling from alaska, says she is -- calling from arizona, says she is from alaska. caller: first of all, i would like to say that sarah palin gave her reason for resigning, she owed $500,000 in legal fees for defending herself against so many ethics complaints, of which she was convicted, several of them, including taking money from the state for eating at her home, taking money for taking her family traveling around the country, and several others that she was not convicted of but there were still muddy waters when it was solved, at least in the eyes of many alaskans. host: what does all that mean to you, caller? caller: personally, i voted for her. i was willing to give her a chance as governor. she did very little of what she promised. in my eyes she became a drama queen. anytime things that none over way for any time that she got criticism, she became quite venomous towards the people that criticized her. she could not live with even a small bit of criticism. how ridiculous of her to pick on john mccain staffers in the book. i did not plan to read the book, but

people said she was a supporter of the alaska independence party. she wasn't a member. rumors about the maternity of her youngest child were circulated on the web. all of these rumors and lies i decided we should catalogue to show not only the fact of the smiths were propagated but also try to explore the question of why. and i think the question is more the interesting question. sarah palin has this on their ability to summon up the worst feelings and her opponents. it's really quite amazing. >> host: what is that quality? why is that quality there and what does it have the effect it has? >> guest: i personally think she represents most of the things the left in this country want to change about america. they don't like her forthright christianity. they don't like the fact that she is not a member of the feminist establishment in fact she disagrees with a lot of the shibboleths of mainstream feminism. they don't like that she is representing the people who are kind of left out of the obama revolution. joe plummer of the world, tito the builders. these are people that d

and i hope it comes across in the book alaska is like a character in the book. it's a unique place. i don't know how many of you have been there but to can see what impact the state had on sarah palin's philosophy, her demeanor, her upbringing. so, the one thing before i start getting into the alaska stuff is that we try to bring out in the book that she is a three-dimensional person and so much of the coverage of sarah palin as one-sided. she's easily caricatured, but what we want to do is get to the bottom of her character which is much more complex than either

this is a big alaska bald eagle. it's larger than the bald eagles that might live in america. >> larry: the bird of america? >> exactly. a lot of eagles are shot thinking they may be a buzzard or something but they're an immature bald eagle. if that were a wild bird, larry, those talons would go through her skin, break her bones and in a second. the pressure on the arm is beyond anything you can imagine. >> i work out. >> look at that peek there. it's used for tearing. >> when he does that, what is he doing, is he refreshing herself? >> she's just getting comfortable on my arm. she's stretching out her wings like we stretch our arms. >> larry: i got to get one more. >> thank you. >> larry: and now we have a red-crested turacao. >> look at the colors on the screen. look at this head. i think it dates back to australia, that prehistorici ii birds. >> larry: the next guest can outjump kobe bryant, now if only a basketball, who knows? that's in 60 seconds. stay with us. make that paperwork go away... ...making the proces

why an alaska town is mad at the u.s. postal service. >>> and four years after hurricane katrina, a federal judge decides who should pay for the mess. find out who's getting the bill. this is "hln news and views." i'm richelle carey. thank you for your time. >>> for the second straight day, hundreds of angry, chanting students are protesting on the campus of ucla, and this is what they're upset about, a vote that would raise their tuition, not by a little, by as much as 32%. the university of california's board of regents is expected to endorse this tuition hike in a vote. at any moment, the board has faced deep cuts and the state and board members say they have no choice. 14 people were arrested in protests yesterday. some came from other uc campuses and stayed overnight in a tent city. the protests are outside campbell hall, which is where the board is holding its meeting. we will keep an eye on this protest for you. a crowd not quite as large as the one we saw yesterday, but that may grow over the next few minutes. we'

look at them, they are from alaska. which ones are from alaska.aska and then from marietta, georgia. so welcome. if you want to be here and join us, go to cnn.com/robin. >>> a mysterious condition has caused three bears at a german zoo to go almost completely bald. and you can hardly recognize the poor animals. look at them. the zoo officials have pretty much ruled out stress as the cause because the only other symptom is itchiness. they think an unidentified disease caused the females to lose their fur. visitors are worried for them. >> translator: i feel very sorry for them. they are not used to it and to me it's inexplicable. >> translator: they'll certainly get rather cold and freeze now that the winter's about to come. >> they don't even look like bears. zoo officials say they aren't the first to lose their fur like this and experts are working on a diagnosis. poor things, i hope they'll be all right. >>> well, the celebration is on in new york as the yankees are world champions. again! here's rafer weigel with the latest. >> hey, natasha. it

. >> larry: al, what do you make of this phenomena that is the former governor of alaska?i think what is interesting about the sarah palin book tour, i've not read the book but certainly from the excerpts and reviews and even the titles, she talks about rogue. she's got to be one of the first people in american political history that is selling books in big numbers for attacking the party and ticket she ran on. what is the book? it's a tell-all against her running mate and against their campaign. and really saying how she was a rogue against the party, that now people are saying is she going to lead. i think all of that is only good for her opponents. i mean, to admit that they were a train wreck that we all watched does not really encourage americans to make you the next conductor of the next train ride. >> larry: ann, are you surprised that she's attacking the people who are behind the scenes for her? >> no. i think that's kind of a weird description of the book. i mean, i certainly haven't finished it but i've read, i don't know, 50, 70 pages of it. i'm looking forward

air force base in alaska mr. obama told troops he would carefully weigh sending more forces to afghanistan. >> i will never hesitate to use force to protect the american people or our vital interests. but i also -- i also make you this promise. i will not risk your lives unless it is necessary to america's vital interests. >> mr. obama's trip will take him from japan to singapore, china and south korea over eight days. >>> the man accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl and holding her captive for 18 years has apologized. phillip garrido wrote to a california tv station saying he wanted to apologize to every human being for what has taken place. garrido and his wife are accused of holding jaycee dugard in a compound behind their california home. they pleaded not guilty. >>> and new this morning, the top lawyer at the white house has resigned in the first shake-up on the president's senior staff. democratic sources tell cnn that greg craig has or was pushed out because of a dispute over closing the prison at gua

she was deep into policy as governor of alaska. anybody who pays attention to that will know what is coming next. >> robin, if we can get the "newsweek" cover. i think it is unfair that "newsweek" would take is this shot from "runner's world." isn't that a cheap shot to swipe this shot or what do you think? >> let me say this. i'm going to say something i said a lot about the hillary clinton supporters complaints about sexism, i don't necessarily think the cover is sexist. i think it is stupid. there is a difference. i would say this, the thing is you can't have it both ways. sarah palin is an attractive woman and she has benefited. i think rush limbaugh would agree because he calls her a babe. i don't know if you can have it both ways when people are object fiing me when that has benefited her. it is stupid not sexist. >> i just want to say sarah palin's politics are to the right of my own. as a woman i want her to succeed or fail on her own. it bothers me they are focusing on her looks. she did not pose for "newsweek." you saw th

he will be, again, speaking to troops in alaska.will be visiting new leaders in asia that themselves just begun their tenureships there. as you can see, president obama walking up the gangplank. he'll get in, turn around, is a salute, perhaps, and then it will take off. all right. there he is. "air force one" now headed to alaska. and a long trip to asia. we will be back with more. >>> new this morning, there's no record the ft. hood shooting suspect ever claimed to his supervisors about his claims of being harassed over religion. that's what two senior military officials told the associated press. they also say there's no indication major nidal hasan formally requested to leave the military. his family has said he was seeking legal advice about that. meanwhile his attorney has concerns about the case. >> not only do i have concerns about it, i can tell you, i've been approached on the street by many folks in this vicinity who've expressed the same concern. is it possible for him to get a fair trial, they ask me. and i just simply s

she is the former governor of alaska and running mate of john mccain. she is the queen of daytime talk who in the last election supported the other guy. >> please welcome sarah palin. >> today on the oprah winfrey show, oprah and sarah palin shared the same stage. right off the bad they shot down rumors. >> there were reports last year that i had snubbed you during the election by not having you on my show. did you feel snubbed? >> no offense to you, but it wasn't the story of my universe. >> even if she is not feuding with oprah, she got others to keep her plenty busy. on today's oprah she settled scores with the media. >> i was naive to think that the media would leave my kids alone. >> levi johnston. >> heart breaking to see the road he is on right now. >> katie couric. >> there is the perky with the microphone. >> for the first time today, palin shared details about the surprise pregnancy of her teen daughter, bristol in the presidential campaign. >> perfectly honestly, she was embarrassed. she called me in tears saying oh, mom. not just wasilla, bu

the national park service may have just the thing if you're up for a move to alaska. "anchorage daily news" say they are looking for a new kennels manager at denali national park and preserve. job duties include running the 31 dog kennel and mushing into the wilderness. the salary rye, a pay range of 33,000 to 66,000 with 25% cost of living adjustment. a little bit cheaper to live out there. you don't need all those swell clothes. >> you can say mush, mush, mush all day. >> reporter: there's some paper work involved and a lot of poop scooping. >> you won't be applying for that face. you don't need a job either. not even a part time job. >> reporter: love the dogs. >> great video, great story. thanks so much. have a good thursday. you work hard for your money. well, we got the scoop on some hollywood stars who might not be pulling their weight. find out which stars are the most overpaid. plus a gender controversy threatened to strip a runner of her dignity. will she be stripped of her gold medal as well? we got that answer. >>> helicopters should be allowed to fight fi

. >> sarah palin served as a republican governor of alaska from 2006 to 2009. and, was a republican candidate for vice president in 2008. to find out more, visit facebook.com/sarah palin. >> deborah gordon in 2009 how main cars are on the road in the world today. >> just over a billion cars on the world's roads, not just cars, motor vehicles, cars, trucks, buses, lots of scooters and two wheel,in asia. on the road today. >> how many in the u.s. >> in the u.s., about 300,000. >> 300,000, 300 million? >> 300 million i'm sorry. >> is that too many? >> is it too many? this is the issue, if we want... if what we have, mobility we have which is wonderful, if we want to replicate that to the world, we cannot do it the way... the world can't do it the way we've don't. in terms of oil, internal combustion, it is just, there is not going to be enough air, enough, in terms of climate change, enough oil, to do what we have done, for the growth toward 2 billion cars. >> has the world tried to emulate the u.s. >> it is at a crossroads, china, india and, brazil, russia, most

post office is stopping its service of answering letters sent to the north pole, alaska. "usa today" says that a group is working with local officials to get the service back up and running. one main challenge, keeping children's names and addresses private. >>> bob says he's going to wear his wife's maternity pants for thanksgiving e.'s starving now. >> i'm dying over here. it's less than a week away. the one with the nice stretchy belly panel. we haven't had a kid in 2 1/2 careers, but i told her to keep the pants for thanksgiving. there goes the belt. here comes the stretchies. this weather brought to you by green giant. what's happening right now? zero into new england, the rain is out there, heavy at times. look at the yellows and the greens. that's where it's really raining the hardest. that is edging in towards boston, edging in towards warwick, rhode island, coming right off the long island sound an atlantic ocean and stretches into new hampshire right now, too, coming out of vermont, stretches in toward maine later today. look at the heavy rain now pulling into e

former alaska governor sarah pal palin's recorded an endorsement of christie used in automatic phone calls. >>> upstate new york, not far from the canadian border. a third party conservative candidate has a chance to win because the gop nominee abruptly quit last weekend. she endorsed bill owens unexpectedly. it will fill a seat that's been in republican lands for more than a century. >>> lawyers for the d.c. area sniper mastermind are preparing to appeal. he and his accomplice killed ten people in 2002 during a three-week shooting spree. attorneys for muhammad say they plan to file the appeal today. the other man is serving life in prison. >>> a 25-year-old pregnant mother in pensacola, florida, is still missing. she went to see her unborn baby's father on thursday and hasn't been seen since. he's married and one of his old neighbors say he was in a hurry to move out of his apartment over the weekend. the the relatives are desperate and distraught. >> i hope she's not hurt. if anybody knows anything or saw her, i just hope they come forward. >> pensacola police are not commenting on

[inaudible conversations] >> sarah palin served as republican governor of alaska from 20062009 and was a republican candidate for vice president in 2008. to find out more, visit facebook.com/sarahpalin. >>> we are here with the author of the new book the venus fixers. who were the venus fixers? >> they were in the government in the cemetery in 2002 whose job it was to prevent damage to monuments, works of art during the campaign between 1943

there is where it's located south of alaska. now that drives on into the east.ake you live to d.c. traveling here low clouds are out there for the morning. looking at partly sunny skies to mostly sunny by the afternoon. not much of a travel delay there but you get it across new england and talk about that in a bit. there's a look at the capitol looking very lovely this morning. >> it is pretty. >> more details in a bit. >> i know that you know the news because you watch this show. so why don't you prove it to yourself. take the cnn challenge. challenge your friends, yourself, test your knowledge. you can pick your favorite anchor. so is hln's richelle carey. play now at cnn.com. >>> two sisters have a business that is right on the money. see how they're using cold, hard cash to make special flower arrangements. also ahead, you may soon have to pick up the tab for the afghanistan war. who is proposing a tax to cover the costs? >>> a window washer is okay after falling eight stories. this happened in seattle. the man was on top of the building when he fell. he hit

18 months in alaska? >> okay. stick with me. we're going to get the real political intrigue next. martha stewart versus rachel ray. i love this. stick around. >>> the fabulous martha stewart took off her oven mitts in an interview with abc's "nightline" when asked about fellow cook rachel ray. >> just came back from the rachel ray show. she drops things on the floor and throws them in the batter. >> to me she professed she cannot bake. she just did a new cookbook which is just a reed did it of of her old recipes. that's not good enough for me. i really want to write a book that's a unique and lasting thing, something that will really fulfill a need in someone's library, so she's different. she's more of an entertainer than she is with a bubbly personality than she is a teacher like me. >> we have cynthia mcfadden coming on the show next week. we're going it ask her. them's fighting words. i'm back with my panel to discuss this culinary throwdown. besides publicity ratings and cash, what does martha have to gain from that type of comment? >> you know, she's just bubbling with joy.

former alaska governor sarah palin chimed in on this race. they had big problems with hoffman's republican opponent dede scozzafava and her views on same sex marriage. she withdrew from the race saturday. the gop held the congressional seat since the civil war, 1872. >> wow. all right, richard, something else. we'll talk to you more later. >>> so a florida man was ready to celebrate winning $166 million on a slot machine from the seminal hard rock casino. they said it was a mistake, the machine spun out of control. its top prize was supposed to be $99,000 and since it was broken they won't even pay him that amount. >> they make you think you won and everybody around you that you won and an hour after it, oh, wow, we have to investigate this and it's probably a malfunction. >> gaming commissioners and the slot machine's programmers are trying to figure out why the machine malfunctioned. the would-be winner is talk iin to a lawyer. >>> two people are accused of stealing up to 1,000 pieces of luggage from a baggage claim carousels. new for you h

litany of grievances she has against former mccain staffers and members of the media and folks in alaska, too. she really goes back and forth between mapping out who she wants to be seen as to her supporters, what she wants as her vision in terms of kind of personal views and then really going point by point through the campaign incident by incident and describing who was to blame for some of that stuff. >> speaking of who is to blame, this is how she got into the katie couric topic in her book. she says as for katie couric where do i begin? she did begin. she kept talking about her shoes with katie couric. how are people going to perceive that? she seems to -- how will people certificates e perceive that? >> 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 th

. >> in a minor league game in alaska, baseballs were flying out of the park, but something else almost flew in. >> there's a plane coming down on to the field, folks, right now. we got a crazy landing going on. here it comes right on to the field. and it's on fire. no way did that just happen, folks. i can't believe what we just saw here. >> undersized boise state was an unquestionable underdog against powerful oklahoma in the 2007 fiesta bowl. and the broncos faced a crucial fourth down play late in the game. >> a last gasp for the broncos. down the middle. the lateral! to the corner of the end zone. can you believe that? >> i've seen it all now. >> in overtime, boise state once again had to make up a seven-point deficit. >> let's see them take an answer again. >> the quarterback zabranski is in motion mp he'll throw it to the end zone, touchdown. >> they're going to go for two, guys. they're going to try to win the football game right now. boise state for the win. >> they hand it off and boise state has won the tostitos fiesta bowl. can you believe it! >> it was even a storybook endi

those surveyed chose huckabee. 39% chose former massachusetts governor mitt romney. 33% tabbed former alaska fwof sarah palin. now none of the three have announced a formal presidential bid. >>> the parents of the virginia tech student who disappeared last month during a metallica concert are asking for volunteers to help search for her this weekend. morgan harrington disappeared october 17th. the search for her begins tomorrow. yesterday her parents said they will stop at nothing until she's found. >> be strong. we are trying to find you. we will never stop. we are trying, honey. hang on. and to the person who has taken morgan from us, please, just let her go. she has so much more to live and so much more to give. please let her come back to her family. we need her. >> heartbreaking to hear from her saying that. police are continuing to follow the leads in this case. they have no new information, though. there is a $150,000 reward for information leading to harrington's whereabouts. >>> school officials in one district actually found a way to get kids excited about showing up for class, tha

if you want the best chance of landing on time, alaska, southwest, continental. if you want to have an excuse for missing that meeting, the airline that fared the worst was delta. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 82%, huh? a freak snowstorm turned a family camping trip into a struggle to survive. how a dad and seven kids finally got rescued after being trapped in their van for days. plus, we've seen brawls like this at the pro soccer games but these are girls in high school. what is with the girls and the soccer games? ♪ >>> lenny kravitz is cool. a 106-year-old veteran is celebrating life and i mean celebrating. dr. louis stein danced at a surprise birthday party yesterday near miami, hugging the ladies. he says joining the military was one of the most outstanding events much of his life. >> being a soldier boy for 27 years, i loved it. >> he loved the military. >> what's kept him going for 106 years so strong? he says women, brandy and dancing. got to love him. today a judge could extend an order keeping jennifer lopez's first husband from selling a sex tape from

host: you mentioned the senator from alaska. other items on his wish list, what are some of the other things that we might see? abortion funding, what else might come this way? guest: one measure has been pushed by republicans that would allow americans to purchase insurance across state lines. a free-market approach that senators think have a lot of merit. they want to make sure there are no significant cuts to medicare services at rural hospitals within his state, alaska. with each senator you have these broad national and parochial concerns. it is a balancing act for the leadership to push something through. host: mitch mcconnell was described as the tortoise. what will his role be? guest: the minority leader from kentucky is pretty open about his role, which is to block the health care bill. he has attempted to do that, got pretty close in blocking it for coming up for a vote. at the very least he wants to slow this down. not just senator mcconnell, but also senator tom coburn. he has suggested that he might force the entire

. >>> former alaska governor sarah palin's new book "going rogue" hits store shelves on tuesday. it's already a bestseller. for months there's been speculation about what will and won't be in this book. it's 413 pages. and now to help sort through all of this is paul steinhauser, our sister network cnn deputy political director. great to have you in person. we appreciate it. we know a bit about certain e excerpts in the book. tell us about it. >> it seems the associated press did get a book and what it tells us from what they're reporting is that tension between sarah palin and her closest advisers and john mccain's campaign officials is something we knew about but now we hear it from sarah palin's mouth that she definitely didn't see eye to eye with them on many things. what does sarah palin say about this? she said this. the associated press and a number of subsequent media outlets are erroneously reporting the contents of the book. >> she may have a point you need to read the whole thing and get context. i agree with that. we have excerpts from the oprah interview. >> we have

she's the former governor of alaska and running mate of john mccain.he's the queen of daytime talk, who in the last election supported the other guy. >> please welcome sarah palin. >> reporter: but today on "the oprah winfrey show," oprah and sarah palin finally shared the same stage. and right off the bat, they shot down rumors of a feud. >> there were reports last year that i had snubbed you during the election by not having you on my show. did you feel snubbed? >> no offense to you, but it wasn't the center of my universe. >> okay, good. yeah. >> no, it wasn't. >> reporter: even if she isn't feuding with oprah, sarah palin still got some others to keep her plenty busy. on today's "oprah," she settled scores with the media. >> i was naive to think that the media would leave my kids alone. >> reporter: levi johnston. >> a bit heartbreaking to see the road that he is on right now. >> reporter: and katie couric. >> there's the perky one, again, with the microphone. >> reporter: for the very first time today, palin shared brand-new details about the surp

for more information about "sarah from alaska: the sudden rise and brutal education of a new conservative superstar" visit publicaffairsbooks.com. >>> coming up next, book tv present "after words," an hourlong interview program where we invite a guest host to interview the author of a new book. this week wil haygood recalls the life of boxer sugar ray robinson in "sweet thunder." bourn walker smith jr., the future titleholder spent his years in harlem and mixed his pugilistic career with the happenings of the harlem renaissance. mr. wil haygood recounts his connections to langston hughes, miles davis and lena horne, a generation who found success in their fields during the start of a broad civil rights movement. wil haygood discusses his book with dave zirin, sports columnist for the nation magazine and author of a people's history of sports in the united states. >> host: welcome to "after words." i am dave zirin, i am the sports editor for the nation magazine, and i'm absolutely thrilled to be interviewing a man who has written a tremendous biography about the greatest pound for pound bo

cops are not confirming that, but that's what we are hearing and he has been confirmed to be in alaska. >> that's correct, right? >> actually he is a commercial fisherman in the bearing sea. >> the answer would be yes he is over seas with his job? >> i confirmed it with his employer. >> marc klaas, this has to be someone who knows her very well and followed her that morning. it's not somebody just hanging around the mom's house and this is a random act. >> and she's a grown woman. i find it very difficult to understand how this character could have attacked her in the bathroom as it seems happened and then get her outside without a huge struggle ensuing. it's very difficult to control an individual that doesn't want to be controlled, particularly an adult individual. >> everyone, tip line, 541-396-3121, extension 371. let's stop and remember army first lieutenant kevin gaffers, 26, from nebraska, killed iraq. a university of nebraska lincoln grad. defense service medal and remembered as humble, dedicate and loved army, sports, hunting, fishing and time with friends. leaves behind paren

alaska, southwest and continental.ew delta you had almost a one in five chance that you were late in september. robin? >> ouch. thank you. >>> you know, more than 3,000 years can really take a toll. but it won't take that long to restore king tut's tomb to its former glory. we've seen brawls like this one at pro soccer games. these are high schoolers! >>> king tut's tomb is getting a makeover. egypt's government announced plans to restore the four-roomed crypt belonging to the so-called boy king. it is more than 3,000 years old. heat, humidity, thousands of yearly visitors are really taking a toll. so the renovations could take five years, and the tomb will have to close during part of that. >>> are you at risk of identity theft? a new website can tell you. hln money expert clark howard tells you about a free and easy way to help protect your identity. >> what risk are you at of identity theft? we hear so much about it. you you see all the commercials about how there's this great way for you to keep your identity from

[inaudible conversations] >> sarah palin served as republican governor of alaska from 2006-2008 and was a republican candidate for vice president from 2008. to find out more visit facebook. >> coming up next book tv presents after words. this week nomi prins former managing director at goldman sachs and current senior fellow talks about her book "it takes a pillage: behind the bailouts, bonuses, and backroom deals from washington to wall street." she discusses the book with the senator bernard sanders of vermont. a u.s. congressman for 16 years before moving to the senate and the author of the memoire "outsider in the house." >> host: let me begin by thinking c-span for the opportunity of me interviewing nomi prins who is the author of "it takes a pillage: behind the bailouts, bonuses, and backroom deals from washington to wall street." while i was in the house for 16 years. answered on the on the financial services committee. needless to say i have been actively involved in the last few years in the senate. let me thank you very much for being with us. >> guest: thank you very much and

post office is stopping its service of answering letters sent to the north pole, alaska. now "usa today" is saying that a group is working with local officials to get the service back up and running. a lot of people upset over that. one main challenge, keeping children's names and addresses private. >>> and police say they caught some men carrying a plastic container full of human fat. what peruvian officials think the men were doing with the stuff. @@@@@@@@@@@@@ >>> right now on "showbiz tonight," hollywood at war over sarah palin. why hollywood is drawing a line in the sand over whether to support sarah. >> she'd probably make an excellent tv host. >> i wouldn't watch her if you paid me. she's a very boring to me, very boring. >> and with hollywood at war over palin, "showbiz tonight" dares to ask, is levi johnston actually a bigger celebrity than sarah? >>> will donald trump save carrie prejean? tonight, is the former beauty queen really reaching out for career advice to donald trump after her sex tape scandal? "showbiz tonight" investigates. >>> plus, the

katie couric looked at her like she was from this nomadic tribe from alaska and asking her what she read was like asking her if she read. i don't think she's being a victim. >> i don't think that's true. i think they would ask president obama, what do you read? people ask me that question all the time. >> i don't know. president obama wrote an autobiography when he was a state legislator. he listed out the things he's read and his mentors and his influences from academia. i think they wouldn't ask him that because it's very clear he's a cultured -- >> it's a legitimate question. >> bill clinton used to love to read mystery novels and talked about -- >> and sex novels, too. he was a reader. >> they were written by lynne cheney. >> you know, she said that the campaign aide, this is another interesting thing, nicolle wallace, she said that she made her do the interview with katie couric 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 nee

for more information about "sarah from alaska," visit publicaffairsbooks.com. >>> history professor steven gillon details the a worse following the kennedy assassination on november 22nd, 1963 and the transfer of the presidency to lyndon johnson. mr. steven gillon uses newly declassified archival sources to explore the first hours of the johnson administration. barnes and noble in new york city hosts this hour-long event. >> i think the question when you write a book like this the first question that you have to answer is do we really need another book about the kennedy assassination? is their anything new to be said about the assassination of president kennedy? are there new materials that have become available that allow us to see these events in a different light, and obviously my answer to that question is yes for very selfish purposes. [laughter] boast of the books, the vast majority of books, you can fill a small library with books and articles that have been written about the assassination, the focus on one question, one singular question and that is who shot jfk, where did the bull

volunteers in north poll, alaska, have been answering kids' letters since 1954. now u.s. postal service are tightening restrictions because of privacy concerns. after a postal worker recognized a volunteer as a rink stirred sex offender. them prevent volunteers from having access to children's last names and addresses. >>> call this a sign of the time. jcpenney is getting rid of it's semiannual big book catalog instead of focus in online marketing and facebook. jcpenney says it will reduce catalog paper by up to 30% next year. >>> on wall street stocks headed lower right out of the gate and never recovered. felisha taylor joins us with a look at business. >> hey, richelle. stocks tumbled as investors pulled back for the second straight today. there's concern the market has come too far too fast. they took a beating as stronger dollar weight on oil prices. dow jones industrial fell 93 to close at 10,332. they had been down 170 points. nasdaq dropped and s&p lost more than 1%. tech stocks took a hit led by intel. shares of the chip giant fell 4% after bank of america cut it

he would be back in alaska, so he should be very grateful that he's made to be an idiot and made an idiotou, chris. call us at "showbiz on call." let us know what you think about this or anything else that is on your mind. the "showbiz on call" phone lines always open. ive give us a ring, 1-888-sbt-buzz. leave a voice mail. we'll play some of your calls right here on "showbiz tonight." >>> tonight, there is some big breaking oprah news i want to tell you about. today, one big star's wife says she's disappointed in oprah. is oprah a domestic abuse hypocrite? >>> plus, patrick swayze's widow breaks her silence on oprah today. and tom hanks sings beyonce? >> oh, oh, come on! ♪ a ring on it, ring on it >> that is tom hanks singing beyonce's "single ladyies," but why? >>> and "showbiz tonight" names the most provocative celebrity of the week. could it be jon gosselin for his bad boys, or levi johnston for his sarah palin smackdown, or michael jackson for his blockbuster new movie? >>> and now the "showbiz news ticker." more stories from the "showbiz tonight" newsroom making news right now. >>>

if those people get together for the holidays melting ice caps will be the least of alaska's problem. here is steve kornacki, political columnist for the "new york observer," ann ortiz of "ugly betty" and michael mckean, broadway star of "doughnuts." does this thanksgiving dinner happen? >> no way. only if the cameras are present, i think. i feel a little bit like sarah palin and levi were the ones dating and not bristol. >> that's an interesting point. >> there's so much bickering. >> they're on top of it, right. he should be fighting with bristol and he's not. >> wouldn't you love to be invited to a thanksgiving dinner on national television under duress? that's not the way i like to go to my family event. >> i think the thanksgiving event should be pay-per-view anyway, because she s let's be honest, she is the reality television candidate. she is the first one of this era. i think o.j. was the first reality television trial, and this is the first reality television candidate. >> there was no talk of o.j. becoming. of the united states. how scary is that? >> patience. patience. he's

big name republicans like former alaska governor sarah palin supported the conservative candidate, doug> the coast guard says that there is no hope of rescuing nine people who plunged in the pacific ocean last week. their coast guard plane and marine helicopter collided off of southern california on thursday night. authorities gave up the search and rescue mission yesterday after 60 hours with no signs of survivors. >> we looked at the time that was involved. we looked at the nature of the collision itself. we exhaustively searched the area where we would have found them if there was anybody that had survived it. you look at the cold water exposure models, as far as the time goes. when you put all those pieces together, we no longer believe that there's any chance somebody could still be alive. >> sad to hear. the coast guard will have a memorial for the victims on friday. >>> a horrific crash. did you see this at talladega? of course it was at talladega. rafer, this is one of the fastest tracks, right? >> that's right. every year there's a big trash at talladega speedway. here it is. o

he'll be at the white house before leaving for alaska.your state may be having huge money problems. many states are in peril and may be close to following california on the way to fiscal insolvency. you can see them clustered in the west and midwest and florida, new jersey, rhode island, facing higher taxes and big job cuts. all of the job cuts, which could be 900,000 could be a drag on the entire economy. behind the scary headline, here's some of the good news, also looked at the states doing better. you see them here in blue. some of them are even seeing their economies turn up and out of recession. iowa, north dakota are doing better. a lot of them in the midwest partially doing better because of the farms. >>> stock market, is it going to make it seven days in a row of gains after the job numbers? the dow does start from almost 10,300 after a 44 point gain last night. it hit another new high coming up and out of the bottom. >>> it's not your average baby sitter's club. changing the way parents find a sitter. stephanie has our small bu

air force base in alaska and told the troops he would carefully weigh sending more forces to afghanistan. >> i will never hesitate to use force to protect the american people. i also make you this promise. i will not risk your lives unless it is necessary to america's vital interest. >>> president obama will visit singapore, china and south krear during the week-long trip. >>> an ohio mom is accused of taking her kids shoplifting. surveillance tape shows the woman and her children stealing clothing. when a security guard confronts them a fight breaks out. two more got out of a vehicle to join. the adults were arrested. the 8-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl are now in productive custody. >>> we have another clip from sarah palin's interview with oprah. she talks everything from the presidential campaign to her relationship with lev johnson. 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

neither levi nor sarah palin has even been in alaska for the last 12 months.'s been out promoting the book and stumping for -- >> therefore? >> this couldn't have happened. >> they were at the convention together. >> okay. that brief photo op. >> she passed the joint around more than a joint at the grateful dead concert. >> i'm sorry. i just don't think she said that. i just really don't. >> i think she has a whole other side to her we don't see. >> here's palin's response. she said, consider the source -- i remember when i was a kid, they'd go, consider the source of the most recent attention-getting lies. those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention and are likely to say and do anything for even more attention -- meaning the full frontal in play girl. which by the way, does he know that mostly gay guys read that book? >> for sure. hello. that's where the money is. gay porn. he's not stupid. >> i like when levi is on the shows like the "today" show. they treat him like a serious political pundit, like he's george will or so

presidential bid, but she quoted something her father said when she left the governor's office in alaskaere you go, robin. >> you know, if she decided to run for president, what ado the latest polls say about how people feel about that? >> one poll says she doesn't have a good chance, according to the cnn research poll, 28% of people think palin is qualified to be president. 7 in 10 said she is not. one political analyst says that does not mean she could not have a significant impact on elections, though. >> she is going to be helpful to people in 2010 on the republican side. she'll choose some candidates -- and i think she will have a significant voice among conservatives. i do not think she will be the republican candidate for president, and i doubt she will run. >> it is important to note, in those poll results that more than half of the republicans thought palin was qualified to run the country, but an overwhelming majority of independents said democrats disagreed with that. >> all right, richard, thank you. >>> the nfl owner caught flipping off the other team now is going to pay for

bipolar just sounds like a gay bear from alaska. >> which do you like better? manic or depression? >> of course the manic. depression would be like an idiot. no, i don't like that stuff. >> were you running around the streets like some people i know, manic-depressive, running around and taking their clothes off? >> no taking of the clothes off i recall. i've had electro compulsive therapy for years. >> do you still get that? >> just when i take a bath. >> electroshocks? >> just last week. >> what does it feel like? >> it makes you feel better, for one thing. they put you to sleep now. there's no -- it's not like its depiction in media, which is really what's caused the stigma. i think also some of the pharmaceutical companies are probably not happy because it works so well. i'm on less medication now. they put you to sleep. they give you a medication that freezes your muscles. remember that movie, "what lies beneath," and harrison ford gives michelle pfeiffer this medicine and she's frozen and can't move? they give you that and you go to sleep. then you wake up and harrison -- >> y

alaska, southwest and continental did the best if you want to get there on time. if you want to be late going to grandma's house and you need an excuse, delta did the worse. almost a one in five chance you were late in you flew on delta in september. richard? >> fewer in the sky means i guess fewer turns and you get their faster. that's kind of nice. thank you, jen. >>> you may have growing doubts about the government's ability to ward off an h1n1 epidemic. the cnn opinion research corporation poll finds this, as you see on your screen, since august 8% more of folks across the country have lost confidence that h1n1 prevention will happen, but 53% are actually hopeful the government and private companies can produce enough of that vaccine. >> i absolutely agree. >> it's going to be a hith story. >> do you agree? do you have a opinion about something? we have an issue we discuss every day here on hln in the afternoon. our richelle carey handles the "your views" question of the day. today's has to do with adoption agencies. >> yes. >> of course, when you have a kid,

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 interview, i don't know what a bad interview was, because i knew it wasn't a good interview. >> interesting there. she flat-out admits it on a couple fronts she didn't know it wasn't. saying the mccain campaign thought it was. any thoughts on that? >> what comes out of that interview and hr comments there, it doesn't seem like she really prepared for the interview. it seems like she has this idea that she goes on her gut, then she can kind of wing it, and she can maybe co

we have also confirmed that he's in alaska. >> ms. gisholt, that's right? >> actually, he's a commercial fisherman in the bering sea. >> he is overseas with his job? >> and i confirmed it with his employer. >> marc klaas, this has got to be somebody that knows her very well and followed her that morning. this is not just somebody that was hanging around the mom's house and this is a random act. >> and she's a grown woman. i find it very difficult to understand how this character could have attacked her in the bathroom as it seems happened and then get her outside without a huge struggle ensuing. it's very difficult to control an individual that doesn't want to be controlled. particularly an adult individual. >> tip line, 541-396-3121, extension 371. >>> let's stop and remember army first lieutenant kevin gaspers, just 26. hastings, nebraska, killed iraq. a university of nebraska, lincoln, grad. awarded the purple hard. remembered as humble, dedicated. loved hunting, fishing, time with friends. leaves behind parents, pam and john, sisters katie and audrey. k

we've got more operators now than there are moose in alaska. got a call in to showbiz on call who says you bet when it comes to a palin talk show. >> i think sarah palin will make a very nice talk show host. she is a great presentation, her style is great and she looks great when she walks out. her voice is annoying but she'd be fine like oprah winfrey. she'll be okay. >> thank you for your call. >> glenda thinks that sarah palin and kate gosselin have something in common and that's not a good thing. >> caller: sarah palin is a lot like kate gosselin, a little goes a long way. no talk shows, please. >> thank you. you can call us, tell us what's on your mind about anything at all. >> the showbiz on call lines are always open. give us a ring. well, if sarah palin doesn't get a talk show, how about a reality show? >> have you been offered your own talk show? >> there have been lots and lots of offers in these last couple of month especially coming our way, some bizarre things, some funny. reality shows. >> the unbelievable tv offers palin revealed