. >>> also in dave's corner tonight, barbara walters. why she's defending dave. "showbiz tonight" is also talking to stars in hollywood who are saying the same thing. hold on just a second, because the national organization for women is taking a powerful shot at letterman. what they are saying is getting women on both sides of the debate all riled up. >>> right now new york is midwin charles, attorney with midwin charles and associates. and pat, investigative journalist. out of all the support dave is getting, the one that surprised me today was martha stewart, arnold the way she's defending dave. i want you to listen carefully. because to me it sounds like she's actually condoning dave's behavior with her justification. watch this. >> it's not at all disturbing to me, unless there was force involved, which knowing dave is not very forceful, by the way. he's a very attractive man. very appealing. great sense of humor, obviously. i think all this was done when he was still not married. although it's probably still harmful to his wife of six months or however long

>> how do you feel about the fact barbara walters is considered a living legend and you're not? >> maybe because she's lived longer than me. oh. hey, hey. don't ever tell barbara that. >> no, no. she's not watching. >> wait a minute. barbara walters is a true icon if you want to call anybody an icon. no, honest to god, she blazed a lot of trails in this business for women, for people -- >> she's a pioneer. we wanted to get her a stagecoach recently. >> thank you. no, but she's great. i don't consider myself in her league to tell you the truth. >> why not? you're on icon on television also. >> no, i'm not. she interviewed fidel castro, you interviewed who? newt gingrich. >> i never interviewed him. >> you don't do that? you don't like politics? >> i really -- as a matter of fact i don't like politics. >> really? >> i really don't. i think -- it's so jaded now and everybody has to follow the party line. >> what about when fdr was in office? >> then i interviewed him. >> let me ask you something. what do you think about leno's show? let's talk show biz for a second. >> well -- >> do

they're all my girls. >> how do you feel about the fact barbara walters is considered a living legend and you're not? >> because she's lived longer than me? oh. hey, hey. don't ever tell barbara that. >> no, no. she's not watching. >> wait a minute. barbara walters is a true icon if you want to call anybody an icon. no, honest to god, she blazed a lot of trails in this business for women, for people -- >> she's a pioneer. we wanted to get her a stagecoach recently. >> thank you. no, but she's great. i don't consider myself in her league to tell you the truth. >> why not? you're on icon on television also. >> no, i'm not. >> she could interview fidel castro, you could interview who? newt gingrich. >> i never interviewed him. >> you don't do that? you don't like politics? >> i really -- as a matter of fact i don't like politics. i really don't. it's so jaded now and everybody has to follow the party line. >> what about when fdr was in office? >> then i interviewed him. >> let me ask you something. what do you think about leno's show? let's talk show biz for a second. do you think he mad

i have a fatwa mostly perpetrated by barbara walters. >> let's leave her out of this conversation? >> yes, we could. >> there are other people. >> regis, you have not been invited back. >> did you know you are in my book? >> i heard about that. i skipped that section. >> my book has an index where you can actually look yourself up and you can see what page you are on there by having to not read the whole book at all. what happened was i was on "the view" one time in the makeup room and you said to me out of the blue, have you been on regis lately and i said no. and i said know, and you said because gelman was regis's [ bleep ]. and then i said i haven't been on the show. i have not been on regis and kelly lee -- let's go with that. that's how long it has been since i have been on the show that i believe i have a fatwa from gelman. >> you might have a fatwa from gelman. >> i didn't know he could put a fatwa on anyone's head. >> he doesn't want to be known as regis's [ bleep ]. maybe some people don't have the same sense of humor. >> you don't think that regis beats gillman ever? >>

barbara walters seems to be making excuses for his behavior. i want you to watch what she said on "the view" on monday. lisa ling was a guest host on the show and barbara and joy did not see eye to eye on this at all. >> he is a very attractive man, lisa, and as i said, i can give you a list of executives and people in lower levels who have, you know, where do you meet people? in the workplace. >> yeah, but that does not eliminate the fact that if you're one of the girls who work there is and you're just, you know, doing your job, and suddenly this other chick is getting the air time -- >> maybe you're annoyed today, but that's not necessarily sexual harassment. >> midwin, let me ask you. barbara is a pioneer for women, so it's a little surprising to hear her come out so strongly defending dave. and perhaps, her friendship with letterman is affecting the ability for her to think clearly or communicate clearly, which i can't do, on the subject. >> of course. let's be frank here. friendship will always trump these kinds of situations. and it's --

>> how do you feel about the fact barbara walters is considered a living legend and you're not? >> maybe because she's lived longer than me. oh. hey, hey. don't ever tell barbara that. >> no, no. she's not watching. >> wait a minute. barbara walters is a true icon if you want to call anybody an icon. no, honest to god, she blazed a lot of trails in this business for women, for people -- >> she's a pioneer. we wanted to get her a stagecoach recently. >> thank you. no, but she's great. i don't consider myself in her league to tell you the truth. >> why not? you're on icon on television also. >> no, i'm not. she interviewed fidel castro, you interviewed who? newt gingrich. >> i never interviewed him. >> you don't do that? you don't like politics? >> i really -- as a matter of fact i don't like politics. >> really? >> i really don't. i think -- it's so jaded now and everybody has to follow the party line. >> what about when fdr was in office? >> then i interviewed him. >> let me ask you something. what do you think about leno's show? let's talk show biz for a second. >> well -- >> do

i saw barbara walters come to dave's defense. >> i want us to stick to the facts that nobody said that david letterman didn't get a job because you didn't do that this or that. nobody claimed sexual harassment. >> that's her take, but the former "the view" host who sat in as a guest host sees things quite differently. >> when you are the boss though, you have to keep your friend in your pants. >> very quickly, does it matter that no one claimed sexual harassment, or if you are the boss, you need to -- >> the bigger issue is women that thought i would like to further my career i would sleep with david letterman and i didn't have the opportunity. that would be the only problem. people on the letterman show said nobody knew it was going on. they found out when we found out and they are just as shocked. clearly nobody had an issue. >> he made a career poking fun about people getting into messes like his. it didn't take long for this to happen. >> folks, if you came here tonight for sex with a talk show host, you have the wrong studio. >> there is a new book called why women have sex with 2

barbara walters is making excuses for his behavior. lisa ling was a guest host and barbara and joy did not see eye to eye on this at all. >> he is a very attractive man and as i said, i can give you a list of executives and people on lower levels who have -- where do you meet people? >> that doesn't eliminate the fact that if you are a girl who works there and doing your job and suddenly this other chick is getting the air time -- >> that's not necessarily sexual harassment. >> barbara is a pioneer for women and it's surprising to hear her defending dave perhaps. her friendship with letterman may be affecting the ability for her to communicate clearly which i can't do on the subject. >> friendship will always trump these situations and you have to ask yourself, is barbara or martha stewart going to be unbiassed in the situation if they are friends with dave. he has been in the industry for decades like barbara walters and martha stewart as well. if there is a friendship, they won't say anything towards him, but the point is it triggers

>> well, martha's in her 70s so is barbara walters, david letterman is older., you don't have to be a boy to be in the boy's club. they are old school, those people, and they stick together. of course, they're going to support him. talk to some of the younger hosts and younger women and they're not going to have the same opinion of him. but they have this small little club with martha stewart and barbara walters and they have to stand behind each other. >> here's the guy i really need some help with. it's our next bad boy, jon gosselin. think about the things that he has done including on the day of his twins' ninth birthday, he ducks out of the house so he can say hi to the paparazzi. and we'll he's talking to them while he's doing that, i want to show you what happens. women come up to him to get his autograph. steve, i'm having a difficult time comprehending what women see in this bad boy, i don't get it. >> i think he was with this nagging woman that was wearing the pants in the relationship. she should have never married him. she was stupid for marrying he

listen to what barbara walters had to say on "the view." >> when you work on a show, especially in television, and you're working late, these are the women you meet. there is no record at all with david letterman of having promoted someone or telling someone, if you don't do this, you're not going to get the job. i've worked on that show a lot and talked with the writers who were women. >> all right. now, lisa bloom, here's the problem. over at cbs where the late show airs, you have a situation with the big boss dated and then married a staffer. early show anchor juli schen. i know your mom, famed attorney gloria allred is basically taking a shot at letterman, too. she says dave engaged in sexual favoritism in the workplace. do you, lisa, believe there was a quid pro quo in the late show offices, if you have sex with me, you're going to get better assignments, you're going to be the one who does those cute little skits out there at the deli? >> first of all, full disclosure. i'm cbs "early show" legal analyst. but that doesn't matter, because we've been talking about it openly on the "early s

. >> how do you feel about the fact that barbara walters is considered a living legend and you're not maybe because she's lived longer than me. hey, hey. don't ever tell barbara that. >> she's not watching. >> barbara walters is a true icon if you want to call anybody an icon. honest to god. she has laid a lot of trails for people and women. >> she's a pioneer. we wanted to get her a stage coach recently. >> i don't consider myself in her league to tell you the truth. >> why not? you're an icon on television. >> no, i'm not. >> you interviewed fidel castro. and newt -- what's his name? newt gingrich. >> we don't do politics. >> you don't like politics? >> as a matter of fact, i don't like politics. it's jaded now. everyone has to follow the party line. >> what about when fdr was in office? we'll take a break. >> another break? i'm just warming up. >> you're warmed up with regis. you're warmed up now. you'll come back with more. >>> what is day and night? >> no. >> night and day? >> day and night, night and day. all right, we'll give it to you. >> couldn't wait to say no, could you? no

you spoke to the press, to barbara walters. >> i spoke to you. >> what about bringing susanna shaw yourt action didn't deny a single moment with the children and harm her relationship with the children. >> a lot of people going through divorce with a lot bigger problems than yours. you are fighting over luxury yachts and trips to egypt. >> the fact that we are fighting over a boat, yeah, that is stupid. the fact that the issue is about my son not being able to go to egypt with me with his school trip, that sounds ludicrous, whether it was egypt or river head it doesn't matter. if the parent stops that child from being able to spend time with the other parent that is a problem for me, i don't care whistling you are rich or poor, it is not right. >> geraldo: in this case it doesn't seem like it is about money. >> it is about being hurt and being humiliated publicly. the fact that he cheated on her was a big slap in her face so she feels this self-righteous in dig nation and needs to get back at him in some way and kids are the way that she is getting back at him by holding back in her cus

in fact, barbara walters audition was one of them. she was honest and revealing and joan rivers and paula deen's first book and all about the cooking. those are the type of books i like to read so i had to talk about my eldest brother, kenny, who is now passed away. he was a pedophile. >> how did he die? >> he actually -- so awful. he was homeless and a crack addict and lived on the streets for years, and he actually died in my mom's arms. >> sad. >> very, very sad. lived to be i think 60 years old. >> when you say he was a pedophile, did he molest children? >> yes. >> he did? >> that's what a pedophile is. >> you don't say that exactly in your book. >> that's what i mean. and it was -- i mean, look. it's a serious thing. >> you say he got into bed with you when you were a little girl. >> yeah. i mean, here's the deal. it started when i was a little kid like under 10 years old, and this guy was 20 years older than i and get into bed with me and whisper sweet nothings in my ear. >> did he touch you? >> not that i recall. if you walked

but listen to what tv veteran barbara walters had to say on "the view." >> when you work on a show, especially in television, and you're working late, these are the women you meet. there is no record at all with david letterman of his having promoted someone or having told someone if you don't do this, you're not going to get the job. i mean, i worked on that show a lot and talked with the writers who are women. >> lisa bloom, here's the problem. over at cbs where "the late show" airs, you have a situation where the big boss dated and married a staffer. so i know your mom, famed attorney gloria allred, is basically taking a shot at letterman, too, we could say. in an open letter posted to radaronline, she says dave engaged in sexual favoritism in the workplace. do you, lisa, believe indeed there was a quid pro quo in the late show offices, if you have sex with me, you are going to get better assignments, you're going to be the one who does those cute little skits out there at the deli? >> first of all, full disclosure, i'm cbs' "early show" legal analyst as well. but really, that doesn't matte

>> how do you feel about the fact barbara walters is considered a living legend and you're not? >> maybe because she's lived longer than me. whoa! hey, hey. don't ever tell barbara that. >> no, no. she's not watching. >> wait a minute. barbara walters is a true icon if you want to call anybody an icon. no, honest to god, she blazed a lot of trails in this business for women, for people -- >> she's a pioneer. we wanted to get her a stagecoach recently. >> thank you. no, but she's great. i don't consider myself in her league to tell you the truth. >> why not? you're an icon on television also. >> no, i'm not. >> she interviewed fidel castro, you interviewed who? newt gingrich. >> i never interviewed him. >> you don't do that? you don't like politics? >> no, no. >> you don't like politics? >> i really -- as a matter of fact i don't like politics. >> really? >> i really don't. i think -- it's so jaded now and everybody has to follow the party line. >> what about when fdr was in office? >> then i interviewed him. >> let me ask you something. what do you think about leno's show? let's

barbara walters' audition was one of them and joan rivers and paula dean's first book and those are the type of books i like to read. so i had to talk about my eldest brother, kenny, who has now passed away. he was a pedophile. >> how did he die? >> actually, so awful. he was homeless and he was a crack addict and lived on the streets for years and he actually died in my mom's arms. >> sad. >> very, very sad. lived to be, i think, 60 years old. >> when you say he was a pedophile, did he molest children? >> yeah. >> he did? >> that is what a pedophile did. >> you don't say that exactly in your book. >> that is what i mean. it is a serious thing. >> you say he got into bed with you when you were a little girl. >> here is the deal. it started when i was a little kid, like under 10 years old. and this guy was 20 years older than i. and he would get into bed with me and whisper sweet nothings in my ear. >> did he touch you? >> no, not that i recall. if you walked into a bedroom, saw 7-year-old kid and there was a guy 20 years older than her, cuddling her and whispering sweet nothings in her

. >> that includes barbara walters who was talking about it on "the view." they have been talking about it all week on "the view." barbara said in her experience she has swreen the boss will show favoritism toward certain women. it doesn't mean they are necessarily sleeping together. she said in the case of dave letterman there is no record showing that favoritism was shown. >> when you work on a show, especially in television and you are working late, these are the women you meet. there is no record at all david letterman having promoted someone or told someone if you don't do this you are not going get the job. i have worked on that show a lot and talked with the writers who are women. >> it is not just barbara walters, martha stewart of all people said what happened with dave is not disturbing to her as long as there was not force involved. she adds he is a very attractive man, very appealing, great sense of humor, obviously, i think it was done while he was not married. but it is harmful to his wife. men are men. i put up with it all. martha stewart comin

barbara walters audition was one of them. she was very honest in revealing. and joan rivers and paula dean and all about the cooking. and those are the type of books i like to read so i had to talk about my eldest brother, kenny, who is now passed away. he was a pedophile. >> how did he die? >> so awful. he was homeless and a crack addict and lived on the streets for years and he actually died in my mom's arms. >> sad. >> very, very sad. lived to be i think 60 years old. >> when you say he was a pedophile, did he molest children? >> yes. >> he did? >> that's what a pedophile is. >> you don't say that exactly in your book. >> that's what i mean. it's a serious thing. >> you say he got into bed with you when you were a little girl. >> when i was a little kid like under ten years old and he was 20 years older than i. he would get into bed with me and whisper. >> did he touch you? >> not that i recall. >> if you walk into a bedroom and you saw a 7-year-old kid and there was a guy 20 years older than her, cuddling with her whispering sweet nothings in her ear -- >

mostly perpetrated by barbara walters. >> let's leave her out of this conversation. >> do we have to? >> regis, you have not been invited back. >> did you know you are in my book. >> i heard about that. >> my book has an index where you can look yourself up and you can see what page you are on there by having to not read the mole book at all. what happened was i was on "the view" one time and you said to me out of the blue, have you been on regis lately and i said no. and i said know, and you said because gelman was regis's [ bleep ]. and then i said i haven't been on the show. i have not been on regis and kelly lee -- let's go with that. that's how long it has been since i have been on the show that i believe i have a fatwa from gelman. i didn't know he could put one on. >> he doesn't want to be known as regis's [ bleep ]. maybe some people don't have the same sense of humor. >> you don't think that regis beats gillman? >> regis is the boss. when you do get into trouble, you will not apologize? >> i will not apologize for jokes. i will apologize if i step odd ontoe. i have apologized

. >> the 1 and only barbara walters on "the view." she calls her alter ego fantasia. of "the view" looked fantastic as they each chose to dress up as their favorite vampires for halloween. we asked barbara how she got into character and how sherry felt dressed up and wearing serious fangs. watch. >> i'm truly goth. my whole outfit is goth and my fangs are goth. i was very upset. yes, i am. i'm a member of the true blood. >> this feels really empowering. i have to say. >> they're look good. >> brand-new controversy over beyonce in the middle east. she is scheduled to take her i am tour to egypt for the first time ever next week. now an islamist member of egyptian parliament saying her tour violates islamic religious law. he thinks she too scant illy clad encouraging people to indulge in sin. she was forced to postpone her show after similar complaints from an islamic party. the facebook page is in a heated debate over whether jon gosselin is the most hated bachelor in america. it's sad that his kids are paying for his trips around the world and kate is at home taking c

couldn't help but take a few shots at her sparring partners, like her former boss on the view 'barbara walters. >> i assumed she was the first woman to break the barriers she was very much off sister and i got on that show only to realize, oh, my god, that's not the case. >> i did find her to be inaccessible in a way that startled me and i did find her to be sort of anonsupportive in another way with the trump thing. >> oh, "the trump thing." remember rosie's on-air feud with donald trump where the two of them spent almost a year trading public insults? rosie is not over that. >> i shade the truth and he went ballistic. what he did to me is an example of how he feels about all women. >> and don't count on the donald to appear on her upcoming radio show. >> he doesn't interest me in any capacity o so i don't know what i would ever say to him. >> it seems like she hadn't let it go. >> once again, her willingness to bare all is showing us that she's still one of the most fascinating celebrities out there. >> one thing that you take from this interview is that rosie is definitely a complicated per

but i was watching the view this morning and i saw barbara walters come to dave's defense.et's look at that. >> i just want to stick to the facts that nobody said that david letterman you didn't get a job because you didn't do this or that with him. nobody has claimed sexual harassment. >> that's barbara's take, but former "view" host lisa ling, who returned today, sees things quite differently. >> when you're the boss, you have to keep your friend in your pants. >> but does it matter that no one's claimed sexual harassment. or if you're the boss, you need to put it -- well, you heard what lisa said. >> the bigger issue is, women that thought, i would like to get further in my career, i would sleep with david letterman and i didn't have that opportunity. i guess that would be the only problem. but i know people on the letterman show and they say nobody knew this was going on. they found out when we found out and they were just as shocked as we are. >> we all know dave has made a career of poking fun at people getting into messes like his and now he's on the receiving end. >

. >> during a interview with barbara walters, givens described the abuse she suffered at the hands ofon. >> there was a time when he cannot control his temper. that's frightening to me. >> today on oprah, he remembered what he was thinking during that moment. >> i truly wanted to soccer her. at that moment. i just didn't do it. i was young at the time. >> did you sock her afterwards? >> not afterwards i didn't sock her. i wanted to sock her and i had socked her before. she socked me before as well. it was just that kind of a relationship. >> tyson's violent tendencies would get him in trouble again. in 1997 he bit off evander holyfield's ear. >> i was enrage and i wanted to inflict pain on him. >> today as he tries to turn over a new leaf, his life continues to experience tragedy. last may his 4-year-old daughter died after her neck got caught in a treadmill cord at the home of her mother. a still devastated tyson said he doesn't know the details of the accident and that's exactly the way he wants it. >> we're heard it was a freak accident. >> yeah, yeah. that's what i heard too. >> f

but listen to what tv veteran barbara walters had to say on "the view." >> when you work on a show, especially in television, and you're working late, these are the women you meet. there is no record at all with david letterman of his having promoted someone or having told someone if you don't do this, you're not going to get the job. i mean, i worked on that show a lot and talked with the writers who are women. >> lisa bloom, here's the problem. over at cbs where "the late show" airs, you have a situation where the big boss dated and married a staffer. so i know your mom, famed attorney gloria allred, is basically taking a shot at letterman, too, we could say. in an open letter posted to radaronline, she says dave engaged in sexual favoritism in the workplace. do you, lisa, believe indeed there was a quid pro quo in the late show offices, if you have sex with me, you are going to get better assignments, you're going to be the one who does those cute little skits out there at the deli? >> first of all, full disclosure, i'm cbs early show legal analyst as well. but really, that doesn't matter b

couldn't help but take a few shots at her sparring partners like her former boss on "the view" barbara waltersed because she was the first to break these barriers she was supportive of women that she was very much a sister right. i got on the show only to realize my god, that's not the case. i did find her to be inaccessible in a way that startled me and i did find her to be sort of a non-supportive in another way with the trump thing. >> oh the trump thing. remember rosie's fwud donald trump where the two spent almost a year trading public insults. yes. rosie's not over that. >> i said the truth about him and he went ballistic. what he did to me personally is just an example of how he feels about all women. >> don't count on the donald ever appearing on rosie's upcoming radio show. >> donald trump doesn't interest me in any capacity. i don't know what i would say to him except i think you're an [ bleep ]. >> it seems she hasn't let a lot of these feuds go. >> rosie's willingness to bare all is showing us that she's still one of the most fascinating celebrities out there. >> one thing that you

during an interview with barbara walters, gimpbs described the abuse she suffered at the hands of her and that's frightening to me. >> reporter: today on oprah tyson remembered what he was thinking during that moment. >> i truly wanted to sock her. you know, at that particular moment, i truly wanted to sock her. but i just didn't do it. i was young, i was really young -- >> did you sock her afterwards? >> no, not afterwards. didn't sock her. i wanted to sock her. i have socked her before. and she's socked me before as well. but it was just that kind of relationship. >> reporter: tyson's violent tendencies would get him in trouble again. in 1997 he bit off evander holeyfield's ear in a fight. >> i was angry that he was butting my head. i was just enraged and i wanted to inflict so much pain on him. >> reporter: but today, even as he tries to turn over a new leaf tyson's life continues to experience tragedy. last may his 4-year-old daughter, exodus, died after her neck apparently got caught in a treadmill cord at the home of her mother an ex-girlfriend of tyson's. a still-devastated tys