it's me, deb. >> my best friend was a deb. she died this morning. >> i know.e were on the phone and -- >> reporter: the main character is a former model who died in a car crash and was reincarnated as a smart, likable, but larger attorney, played by brooke elliott. >> you have a dinner. new client. vicky wellner. >> to me, the message is, everyone is beautiful. you don't have to be a size 0 to be beautiful, to know your worth, to know how gorgeous you are. act accordingly. >> reporter: in the face of shows like "the biggest loser" and "dance your ass off," the hair win of "drop dead diva" chooses to lose her self-loathing instead of the pounds. >> don't hide it. embrace it. >> reporter: for elliott, playing the lead role is a vast improvement to the days when she was cast at the sugar bowl in broadway's "beauty and the beast." being a plus-size actress, even a great looking one, can still be cruel. i was reading the reviews and i but astounding by the language. everyone was saying how great your performance was and they were using words like dumb by and frumpy

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deb be ra moore nelly's car ended up in a ditch back in june. police say they smelled alcohol when they arrived and had to carry her out. the video shows an officer taking many bottles of wine from that car. also, she pled guilty and says she will not run for re-election. probably a good idea, bob van dillen. >> mini bottles of wine. little half ones? it's better than a box, i guess. air traffic. let's take a look. we do have one delay. de-icing delays, real short in denver. a couple minutes if you're sitting there. temperatures right now in denver 28 degrees so it's cold. here is with a we have for the rest of the day. dallas with thunderstorms an hour or more. showers and thunderstorms heading to houston as well. watch for about hour long delay there and then across midwest, the rain is still out there. delays when you get on towards memphis and also cleveland. more on that in a bit. >> thanks a lot, bob. folks better be careful this friday as we look at those delays. david letterman's admitted dalliances have raised questions about pressure i

. >> deb crw also works on building partnership capacity, teaching the army, marines, and maybe on how to fully operate this air strip wants to 615 poles out. shepard: thank you. fishing buddies went out on the low walker, right, thinking they would find a swordfish or two. wait until you see what they came home with. . . shepard: the ratings are in for big david letterman's apology episode last night. it seems his alleged extortion scandal has not hurt the late show host. he dropped the bombshell on viewers last week when he admitted to having sex with co-producers. robert halderman threatened to go public unless he gave up $2 million. david letterman said he would not discuss the case again. last night he apologized to his staff and wife on the air. comedian i can't be said he has got his work cut out for him. according to nielsen 5.7 million people tuned in to watch the show. that doubled conan o'brien's tonight show. that show is in trouble. a group of fishing buddies out looking for sword fish when they came across this which we put in the cube. they decided they could not let it

>> it's me, deb. my best friend died this morning. >> i know.e on the phone -- >> reporter: the main character is a former model who died in a car crash and was reincarnated as a smart, likable but larger attorney played by actress brooke elliott. >> you have a dinner. new client. vicki wellner. >> to me, the message is that everyone is beautiful. you don't have to be a size zero to be beautiful, to know your worth, to know how gorgeous you are, to act accordingly. >> reporter: in the face of shoes like "the biggest loser" and "dance your ass off," the heroine "drop dead diva" eventually chooses to lose herself loathing instead of the pounds. >> don't hide it. embrace it. >> reporter: for elliott, playing the lead role is a vast improvement to the days when she was cast as the sugar bowl in broadway's "beauty and the beast." but being a plus-size actress, even a great looking one, can still be cruel. >> i was reading these reviews. i was astounded by some of the language. everyone was saying how great your performance was. at the same time, they

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