. >>> christiane amanpour is a fearless woman. she's reported in every one of the world's hot spots and now not hotter than washington. tonight, christiane amanpour -- >> this is tough and extreme duty and we take it on for a reason. it's because we believe in it. >> what drives her. >> we're not going to stand by and allow those lies to be told. >> a story she risked her life to get. >> christiane amanpour, cnn, israel. it's getting dangerous and much more dangerous frankly from when i started to today. >> and challenges of female reporters in the danger zone. >> we have to be careful. women have to be careful. >> christiane amanpour for the hour. this is "piers morgan tonight." watching you come back into the studio just now is like watching the queen of england returning to meet her subject. sort offed adore ration for you. >> these are people i worked with all my career. i dispute the word subject. we're a team. i've always been a team player. i believe strongly that television of all our medium is only a team operation. you c

. >> announcer: live from the newseum in washington, "this week" with christiane amanpour, starts right now. >> welcome to the program. senator mitch mcconnell joins me in just a moment. but first some news since your morning papers. in north dakota the swollen souris river is cresting at this hour and 17 feet above flood level. lower than expected but high enough to swam 4,000 homes and force 11,000 residents to evacuate. the epic flooding is the worst the region has seen since 1881. in new york, more than half a

and tonight, what john mccain told our christiane amanpour, about the republicans running for president. >>> the race to nab a front row seat and the fight now breaking out. it's a chilling trial. so, we ask, why do so many people want to watch it? >>> and the hollywood treasures revealed. the famous actress quietly collecting so many pieces. cleopatra's headdress. the famous marilyn monroe dress. tonight, they're yours, if the price is right. >>> good evening. it is great to have you with us this saturday. we begin tonight here with new questions about hospitals and perhaps unnecessary radiation. hundreds of hospitals routinely give patients two, powerful c.t. test scans on the same day. but many experts say one would be enough. are they doing this to make more money? here's what it's doing to the body. a single c.t. scan of the chest, is equal to about 350 standard chest x-rays. so, 2 scans would be equivalent of 700 x-rays. tonight, here, rob nelson, on the new numbers on the scans and their hidden costs. >> reporter: more than 70 million c.a.t. scans are now performed in the u.s. ea

. >> announcer: live from the newseum in washington, "this week" with christiane amanpour, starts right now. >>> welcome to the program. we'll get to the economy in just a moment. but first, some news since your morning papers, protesters in yemen are celebrating today. this, after the embattled yemeni president dent saleh left saudi arabia to seek medical treatment after being wounded in an attack in his compound on friday. his regime now in danger of falling, is a key u.s. ally against al qaeda which could take advantage of a leadership vacuum there. and american and pakistani officials are increasingly confident that a top al qaeda leader, ilyas kashmiri was killed in a drone attack friday in pakistan. officials say they provided a key tip-off about his whereabouts, the operation is being seen as confidence building measure between the two countries and we'll have more on the u.s./pakistan relations with diane sawyer who's in afghanistan. we'll have that later in the program. and this week, just as the race to the republican nomination shifts into high gear, the economy has dominated

christiane amanpour, always fascinating to talk to you on a sunday morning, thank you. and be sure to join christiane later on abc's "this week" when her guests include john mccain. bianna over to you. >> all right, dan, turning to greece, a nation once again on the verge of economic collapse. after a week of heated and violent protests over spending cuts and tax hikes, it appears another round of financial aid for the country will be approved the european leaders meeting today. if greece were to default, it could have a ripple effect across europe and the united states. joining us from washington to talk about it is wall street journal's chief economic correspondent, jon hilsenrath. good morning to you. thank you for coming in. et greek prime minister out, just within the last hour, saying in exchange for another financial aid package they make rigorous revisions to their constitution. but i guess the question to you is will a second package actually work this time? >> what it does, it buys greece and european counterparts time. but it doesn't solve the under lying pro

i'll ask the man who broke the story, andrew bright bart, plus wolf blitzer and christiane amanpour on the political fallout and dr. drew pinsky on anthony weiner's challenges and then tatum o'neal as she talks about her battle with addiction. she tells an incredible true life story. drugs, her marriage to bad boy john mcenroe, and most of all, her troubled relationship with her father. tatum o'neal talking about ryan. >>> your brother said your father gave him drugs when he was, i think, 11. did he do that to you? >> you'll to have ask him. >> why do i have to ask that? >> because we have a show that we're doing and it just -- i don't want to say any incriminating things that will kind of make it harder to kind of make peace. i know for sure my dad made a lot of mistakes. i'm sure that he is living with them today. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. an extraordinary moment just a few hours ago. congressman anthony weiner announcing his resignation amidst shouts from hecklers. listen to this. >> unfortunately the distract that i have created has made that impossible. so t

. >> announcer: live, from the newseum in washington, "this week" with christiane amanpour, starts right now. >> welcome to the program. and happy father's day. senator john mccain will join us in just a moment. but, first, some news since your morning papers. in japan, a new phase in the struggle to contain radiation at the crippled fukushima nuclear plant. workers will briefly open the main door to install a cooling system to avert another explosion. it's been three months since the reactor was swamped by that devastating tsunami. here in the states tens of thousand of people are without power as heavy stores battle the region. heavy winds, pounding rain and lightning hit florida, jo and north carolina. >>> and bruce springsteen fans gather to remember longtime band member clarence clemons. the saxophonist died last night after suffering a stroke early in the week. >>> today also mashes a milestone in america's war against libya. it is now 90 days since the united states launched air strikes against moammar gadhafi. president obama authorized that military intervention without congress

to talk about the political and personal implications, wolf blitser, christiane amanpour, wolf, let me start. but you conducted the interview which he lied through his back teeth, another way of putting it. what was your reaction today when he finally resigned? >> pretty sad. obviously he is an intelligent guy, a smart guy. but ealso a stupid guy. he made a horrible mistake and he's paying the price for it. not only politically but personally. he's been married less than a year. his wife is pregnant. we know his wife, she's lovely. she works for the secretary of state hillary clinton. and it is a tragic story. a fall from power, a fall from grace. he's been humiliated and it is sad all around to see what's happened. having said all that, i wouldn't necessarily rule out the possibility that at some point down the road, maybe a year, five years, who knows, he'll try for a political comeback. i will sense it is almost in his dna. he would like to do it. we'll see how he cope with the personal problems first though. >> his speech was carefully crafted. it was quite political. it was almost

"this week" host christiane amanpour joins us from washington with more on the killing of this terror mastermind. christiane, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, dan and, of course, this was a bit of luck according to the somali and u.s. authorities. they got him at a roadblock, at a checkpoint, and he was shot because he was carrying a weapon according to them. but whatever, it does appear that this is now the third obviously high-profile terrorist target on the wanted list by the united states. there was osama bin laden at the beginning of the month. there was ilyas kashmiri, the head of al qaeda in pakistan just a few acts ago and now this man who was head of al qaeda, if you like, in africa. and it's very important that the somalis got him because they are not used to doing this kind of thing. but they host al shabaab, which is a very powerful al qaeda ranch, and it is attracting many foreign militants. so that is quite important, and as the u.s. officials are saying, this strikes yet another blow against al qaeda and against their extremist allies. >> but that's the ques

. >>> let's go for more on this to washington to christian amanpour, host of "this week." christiane, good morning you to. >> good morning, dan. >> so the relationship between america and pakistan was badly strained, if not broken, in the aftermath of the killing of osama bin laden, but in the aftermath of the alleged killing of mr. kashmiri, some are saying that this might actually help relations. why is that? >> well, as you've been discussing and as nick said, this man was on a list of joint targets that both the pakistanis and the u.s. wanted. even, of course, in the aftermath of the killing of osama bin laden, the u.s. and pakistan are trying to get that relationship back on track. and so trying to get him, trying to work together to go after what they call high value targets is important. and, of course he was responsible allegedly for the attack on the karachi naval base recently, attacks on previous pakistani leaders and all sorts of things that have really upset the apple cart in pakistan and relations between pakistan and the u.s. >> christiane, there's another b

hot topic here in russia following a number of high profile incidents our correspondent christian amanpour filleted caught up with one of the country's top sports slowest the scene changes are being made to try and protect the koreas and pictures of russia's top athletes. but in a school told his wife was turned upside down in november two thousand and nine she suffered horrific injuries for no fault of their own a boat collided with another slid due to the mistaken official the line of her slit to run a red light at one point she feared she might lose her leg but a physical injuries was not universal that she had to overcome. there have been problems with ensuring our sportsmen and women for instance the insurance policy could cause just a few rubles if the kids who are in a sports thought she was insured under a tourist policy which would only pay out if you thousand euros in case of after just a few days of treatment that your insurance funds had already dried out. thirteen is an inch will be all run into hundreds of thousands of euros however it was a happy ending as a media campaign b

. >> let's turn to christiane amanpour, she joins us in washington preparing for tomorrow morning's program. christiane, this latest case, more luck than intelligence. there's no question, when you put it all together, this has been a good month on the war on terror? >> well, absolutely. a good month for international justice, precisely as you say. they can run, but eventually, they can't hide, no matter how they're taken out. the president of counterterrorism has called this a big victory against al qaeda and its extremist allies. and important to know, within somalia which is not known for success in tracking down the militants which does house the african version of al qaeda, this al shabaab group is host to many foreign militants. so it's a big victory for the somalis as well and the fight against al qaeda. >> christiane, thanks to you. christiane will have much more including the latest on the anthony weiner scandal during the debate tomorrow morning on "this week." >>> we turn next to the gigantic wildfire in arizona. 640 square miles and growing. flames now spreading in neighboring n

we want to bring in christiane amanpour, the anchor in washington preparing for tomorrow morning's program. as so often the case with the drone strikes, it takes time before u.s. intelligence can confirm whether they got the person they were looking for. >> that's right. reports on the ground say in any event, the bodies were smashed to smitherines. there is some confirmation to a group belonging to kashmiri, what is important the u.s. and pakistan put his name on a list of targets who they want to get in their fight against al qaeda. >> christiane, you heard what the secretary said to diane who is traveling with him that the drone strikes have been significant in their operation over pakistan. you've learned of new debate within the administration about the strikes as a whole. >> there are reports about divisions over the use of these controversial drone strikes, but as you heard secretary gates saying they have contributed significantly to degrading al qaeda. however, he also says that one has to be mindful of the sensitivities of pakistan, particularly this time of heightened tensions a

but christiane amanpour said today that gadhafi will not agree to a transition if it forces him to leave libya. >>> we are learning tonight for the people living in countries like libya, syria, egypt, there's a huge effort under way by the obama administration to help them get onto the internet, after their own governments have shut the internet down. this path to the internet, their governments wouldn't know about and couldn't block. in fact, part of the plan involves developing what some call the internet in a suitcase that can travel to these hot spots. tonight, a senior administration official acknowledges to abc news, there is an effort to help people silenced or censored by their own governments. in recent weeks, the u.s. stepping up its efforts in syria. it is impossible to overstate the role the internet has played in the last six months, what some have called the twitter revolution. about governments from syria, yemen and egypt have tried to shut the internet down. in february, we were in cairo's tahrir square, when some of mubarak's men surrounded a woman we were interviewing,

let's bring in the anchor of abc's "this week," christiane amanpour, in washington. christiane, you and i were talking. they made some headway on spending cuts. where does the impasse stand right now? >> well, it is at a critical juncture because a senior administration official tells me, in the talks with the vice president, members of congress have agreed to between $1.4 trillion and $2 trillion worth of cuts. but there needs to be more. what the republicans are saying is, no new taxes. while the democrats are saying and president obama said, we cannot cut our way to prosperity. the democrats are saying they need revenue-raising. so, they're hoping to persuade the republicans by closing some loopholes and other issues. david? >> christiane, thanks to you. and as you heard, the senate republican leader and will be one of christiane's guests tomorrow morning on "this week." >>> turning, now, to another high-stakes battle, the campaign for president. the republican field will get even more crowded when michele bachmann makes her candidacy official. at least nine repub

you know these are products of news organizations they have news people running them christiane amanpour you know goes on this is not often history is she right if you watch that show oh well she goes on somebody else's show which she has runs it's the sunday show that the whole context is that it's a news talk you know the pinions and shouldn't shouldn't we be concerned about that shouldn't i mean there used to be a time i did news back in the seventy's in michigan and the station that i worked at if i this was you know back before reagan blew up the fairness doctrine and clinton side it's all occasions if i even talked to the sales people in that station i would've been fired because i was news so now we have more free speech why is it that well it's not it's not free speech and this is so that it would read the news department could know because we knew that regardless of what might be happening to our advertisers in you know in the news we would report the news period and now you've got news where the company that owns the news you know the news divisions of course are now into the e

. >>> now let's bring in christiane amanpour who joins us from washington, good morning you to, christiane. >> good morning. >> we don't know what sarah palin's future plans are, but michele bachmann got the boost just days before she declares her bid for the white house. a new poll shows her neck and neck with mitt romney. >> well, it is a very respected poll, the des moines register. what it's really showing, now everybody has been saying, really since her performance at the republican debate, that she is emerging as a force to be reckoned with and particularly there in iowa, which is such an important state in the early part of the race to get the nomination, so it's good news for her. what also did show was that it was not such good news for tim pawlenty, who also invested a heavy amount in iowa, and came up with just about 6%. it's still early, still a huge amount of scrutiny to be leveled at michele bachmann to really pin her down on issues, but certainly at the moment. she's emerging as a force to be reckoned with. >> meantime, the issue at hand here in washington, i want to turn to

. >> announcer: live from the newseum in washington, "this week" with christiane amanpour, starts right now. >> welcome to the program. senator mitch mcconnell joins me in just a moment. but first some news since your morning papers. in north dakota the swollen souris river is cresting at this hour and 17 feet above flood level. lower than expected but high enough to swam 4,000 homes and force 11,000 residents to evacuate. the epic flooding is the worst the region has seen since 1881. in new york, more than half a million jubilant gays and lesbians expected at this year's pride parade, the oldest in the country, and this year's march is a victory rally, as new york backs the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage. and in iowa, the presidential race comes into sharp focus with the first snapshot how voters are shaping republican candidates. the poll shows mitt romney and michele bachmann are locked into first place, herman cain, comes in third with former minnesota governor tim pawlenty trailing in single digits with 6%. and president obama weighs into the contentious debate over ra

>>> "this week" with christian amanpour from the knee snewseum washington will continue after this from stations. lflff >>> the country watched transfixed this week as disgraced congressman anthony weiner finally confessed to pretty sleazy behavior. in politics, it's a too familiar story. here's abc's john donvan. >> reporter: what can he say at a moment like this, that hasn't been said before. put together the words clinton, hart, gingrich, sanford, spitzer, lee, edwards and on and on. and the congressman had the whole accusations, confession, accusation, script written for him in advance. from round one, denial, when he said my system was hacked. i was pranked. >> was he not invoking this -- >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> or this -- >> the story is false, it's completely untrue. >> or this -- >> it's campaign trickery, and it is dirty campaigning. >> and when he did fess up, finally with tears -- >> i'm deeply sorry for the pain this caused my wife, huma and our family. >> had we not seen that before too? >> i hurt you all, i hurt my wife. i hurt my boys. >> of

she told the "vogue" interviewer four years ago her aspirations were to be the next christy yawn amanpoururnalist. ended up working for the first lady. and now here she is. but apparently she did have aspirations. she married an ambitious man who planned to perhaps be governor of new york some day. and who knows what from then. so one would think they were becoming a power couple. >> one person in washington said anybody who is able to make the transition from the first lady's office, make it through all of it into the secretary of state's office had to have sharp elbows. so i'm wondering is this a person who is really looking at the much bigger, farther long-term picture. instead of calling a therapist, this couple, when all this broke, when he reportedly told her on monday, this has been going on, and he tells reporters that she knew about some of it before they got married, they don't go to a therapist, they go to a hotel and figure out how to handle the political fallout together. >> she had a mentor in hillary clinton. someone who history will show you experienced far more than she's

requested the press office, because she said she decided at age 15, she wanted to be the next christiane amanpour the secretary of state. >> let's talk more about this relationship between these two women. do you think that huma will lean on clinton for advice and support, probably already has? >> well, as you said, just last night they boarded a flight. they're in the united arab emirates right now. i'm sure they talked about it. at least working for. to monica lewinsky. and she saw her go through that, and perhaps there are some lessons learned. >> alan duke, thank you so much. >>> well, checking other stories. firefighters are still on the scene of a massive eight-alarm fire. that huge blaze ignited before 8:00 last night. nearby residents evacuated, and hundreds of people lost power. the navy ship that buried osama bin laden at sea made its first stop on u.s. soil yesterday. the crew of the "uss carl vinson" will spend a few days there until they report to the home dock of san diego. >>> and what's being billed as the first-known written stance of his intolerance of jews. the letter goes on d

at 1:00 p.m., on abc's "this week," christiane amanpour talks with president attended a tim pawlentys with presidential candidate tim pawlenty and mitch daniels. at 2:00 p.m., on "fox news sunday" -- at 3:00 p.m., on cnn "state of the union," austin goals we -- austan goolsbee and alice rivlin. at 4:00 p.m., on cbs "face the nation," the host interviews nancy pelosi and governor haley barbour. the network tv talk shows are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. 1:00 p.m., "this week," 2:00, 1:00 p.m., "this week," 2:00, "fox news sunday," 3:00, "state of the union," and 4:00, "face the nation." >> during his three terms as speaker of the house in the 1890's, he changed the structure of the house. >> he was impugned as a tyrant because the overturned a longstanding custom in the house. the minority would be on equal footing with the majority. >> tonight, james grant, on his new biography. c-span's "q&a." you can download this and other programs as podcasts online. this weekend on american history tv, eileen shanahan talks about her sex discrimination lawsuit a