traffic controllers turned over communications to military air traffic controllers. >>> in 2004, dick cheney shows a special prosecutor who leaked the identity of a cia agent to the press. newly released documents showed cheney replied with many questions like "i do not recall." it became known as plame-gate when valerie plame's identity was leaked to journalist robert novak. the leak came after her husband criticized the bush administration and the run-up to the invasion of iraq. scooter libby was eventually convicted of perjury in the case. >>> attorney general eric holder says a lawsuit over warrantless wiretapping is threatening to expose ongoing intelligence work. holder wants the lawsuit thrown out. it's the first time the white house has tried to envoke the states secrets privilege. the bush administration envoked the privilege to get numerous lawsuits thrown out following the september 11 attacks. >>> talks between afghan president hamid karzai and the man challenging him for his job have broken down. christiane amanpour who appears on the sister network cnn has learned that karzai's

they say dick cheney, the former vice president and his daughter, liz cheney, are using fear in this fight. here's cheney last may speaking to the neoconservative american enterprise institute. let's listen. >> the administration has found that it's easy to receive applause in europe for closing guantanamo, but it's tricky to come up with an alternative that will serve the interest of justice and america's national security. keep in mind that these are hardened terrorists picked up overseas since 9/11. the ones that were considered low risk were released a long time ago. among these, it turns out many were treated too leniently because they cut a straight path back to their prior line of work and have conducted murderous attacks in the middle east. an estimated 14% of those released previously are believed to be back in the business of jihad. i think the president will find upon reflection that to bring the worst of the worst terrorists inside the united states would be cause for great danger and regret in the years to come. >> one of cheney's biggest allies in this debate, none othe

dana bash, cnn, capitol hill. >>> in 2004 former vice president dick cheney told a special prosecutor he did not know who leaked the identity of a cia agent to the press. newly released fbi documents show that cheney replied to many questions with "i do not recall." the scandal became known as plame gate when cia agent valerie plame's identity was released by robert novak. cheney's chief of staff, scooter libby was eventually convicted of perjury in the case. >>> two lawsuits have been filed following that sweat lodge tragedy in arizona. the family of one of three people who died filed a wrongful death suit and a woman who was badly hurt is also suing. both suits accuse motivational speaker and retreat leader james michael ray of negligence and fraud. the lodge co-owner says there is nothing wrong with this facility itself. an attorney for ray has not commented on the suit. >>> hi, folks, i'm reynolds wolf for hln. we're going to see those scattered showers stick around for the better part of the day for the northeast and the upper northeast. when you get into oregon and back into was

tavis: and your thoughts about the pushback that former vice president dick cheney has been delivering against the administration about the issue of security and safety and terrorism? and you know that drills down awfully deep. >> first of all, with regard to terrorism generally i don't see too many operational differences presently within the administration as it conducts military affairs in afghanistan and in iraq. i think again the next test, again another test, is what is this president, what is president obama's strategic view and what will be -- he assess are the operational needs of the military and what's yi -- he goods -- going to do about afghanistan? what's the long-term goal there? he said before we're not going to allow the taliban to create a safe haven in afghanistan. time will tell. secretary napolitano is continuing to move and do all those things very appropriate to deal with domestic terrorism. the f.b.i. is obviously still focused and centered as the domestic terrorism unit. the one area i disagree with is that we would have a special prosecutor go back and take a l

dick cheney has said quite a lot. you have been quite similar about your successor, prime minister riudd, with an occasional barb here and there. you are australia, after all. i mean no offense. what is the role of an ex- leader? how long do you have to be polite? >> i would not give a former american president advice. neil: go ahead, go ahead. >> no, no, no, i would not dream of doing that. look, speaking from my own party view, i will speak out in defense of my record. if somebody has a go at something i did, i was speaking out very strongly, but i do take the view that once you have left office, and this is especially true in a parliamentary system, where i give up the leadership of my party, and the leadership is taken up by somebody else, and it usually makes it very hard for the man and woman to follow me, and i think you do owe a certain amount of restraint and moderation about what you say. i think you are entitled to pin your ears back to defend what you did in office. no deficits, no net , not dead, and when

it worries me that dick cheney will be next. next time the election comes up, it will be dick cheney because people will say let's go back to that again. >> i think it could be right -- >> it scares me. thanks to my panel. thank you very much. >> regis philbin will join us later in the show. i'll be back in a moment with a few choice words on the whole letterman affair. >>> i have to be honest here. i never thought of david letterman as a sexual being. he was a whitey mr. rogers for me. when he married his longtime girlfriend it seemed sweet. they had been dating for 23 years but the kid was almost in high school by the time he married her. you can imagine my surprise to find out that dave turns out to be hugh hefner without the pajamas. i wasn't born yesterday and i know that powerful men like to screw around. there's even talk -- listen to this -- there's even talk that abe lincoln may have found sexual freedom outside of marriage in the arms of a man to which i say so long ago so what who cares and good for her. i don't think

role was, his conversations with "scooter" libby that "scooter" libby could not recall what did dick cheney say about the conversations? the federal judge made us all one step closer today to finding out. >> go down memory lane, all over that story, certainly, david schuster. thank you. >>> meantime, everyone, another strong 6.6 earthquake rocked western indonesia today, struck the island of sumatra, already devastated by a powerful magnitude 7.6 quake yesterday. hundreds of buildings have collapsed and nearly 800 people confirmed dead. that toll expected to go much higher. still, some people have been found alive in the rubble, including the woman you are about to see found screaming in pain under the debris of a collapsed house. it is believed thousands of other people are still trapped in the rubble. >>> south pacific, death toll climbed to 150 there from the tsunami that hit american samoa and samoa. debris-filled swamps and flattened homes are being searched while others are telling stories of being trapped under water or flung inland. waves 15 to 20 feet high crashed into american sam

it worries me that dick cheney will be next.he election comes up, it will be dick cheney because people will say let's go back to that again. >> i think it could be right -- but i don't think it will necessarily be. >> the pendulum swings. >> it scares me. thanks to my panel. thank you very much. >> regis philbin will join us later in the show. this is a potpourri of a show. first, i'll be back in a moment with a few choice words on the whole letterman affair. >>> i have to be honest here. i never thought of david letterman as a sexual being. he was a whitey mr. rogers for me. when he married his longtime girlfriend it seemed sweet. they had been dating for 23 years but the kid was almost in high school by the time he married her. you can imagine my surprise to find out that dave turns out to be hugh hefner without the pajamas. i wasn't born yesterday and i know that powerful men like to screw around. clinton had lewinski. kennedy had marilyn. thomas jefferson had sex with a slave. there's even talk -- listen to this -- there's

i mean, dick cheney had the nerve to say he was dithering on afghanistan. rushed into iraq and there were no wmd there and they started a war that will not end. he says he's dithering. the nerve, the hypocrisy. stay there. we'll be back in a bit. we're not done with you yet. >>> rush limbaugh said he hopes this administration fails. you know, so you're saying i hope america fails? you're like, i don't care about people losing their homes or jobs or our soldiers in iraq? he just wants the country to fail. to me, that's treason. he's not saying anything differently than what osama bin laden is saying. you know, you might want to look into this. i think rush limbaugh was the 20th hijacker but he was so strung out on oxycontin he missed his flight. >> i'm back with the very funny woman. her new late night talk show premieres on november 7th. that was from the washington correspondence dinner. you caused a lot of controversy at that dinner. everyone who does it causes controversy and gets criticized for it. it's a thankless job. why did you say yes? >> come on,

i mean, dick cheney had the nerve to say he was dithering on afghanistan.hen they rushed into iraq and there were no wmd there and they started a war that will not end. he says he's dithering. the nerve, the hypocrisy. stay there. we'll be back in a bit. we're not done with you yet. >>> rush limbaugh said he hopes this administration fails. you know, so you're saying i hope america fails? you're like, i don't care about people losing their homes or jobs or our soldiers in iraq? he just wants the country to fail. to me, that's treason. he's not saying anything differently than what osama bin laden is saying. you know, you might want to look into this. i think rush limbaugh was the 20th hijacker but he was so strung out on oxycontin he missed his flight. >> i'm back with the very funny woman. her new late night talk show premieres on november 7th. that was from the washington correspondence dinner. you caused a lot of controversy at that dinner. everyone who does it causes controversy and gets criticized for it. it's a thankless job. why did you say yes? >> c

are still prominent on the guest list. >>> newly released documents show former vice president dick cheneydidn't know who leaked the identity of a cia agent to the press. the fbi documents show in the 2004 interview cheney answered many questions with, quote, i do not recall. investigators were trying to find out who leaked cia agent valerie plains' identity to journalist robert nowak. her identity was revealed after her husband criticized the bush administration in its runup to the invasion of iraq. cheney's chief of staff scooter libby was eventually convicted of perjury in the case. >>> the list of candidates to become the next governor of california is down by one. san francisco mayor gavin newsom has dropped out of the race for the democratic gubernatorial nomination. in a statement newsom's campaign cited his young family and responsibilities at city hall as his reasons for leaving the race. newsom trailed former governor jerry brown in fund raising even though brown hasn't officially announced his candidacy. >>> a marine who recently returned from afghanistan says he was a bit overw

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so if law enmothersments going after the heenes, go after dick cheney and george bush. >> got to move on. thank you for your opinions there. we want to hear your views throughout the day. the questions we're asking, what do you think should happen to the heene family, and have children in general become victims of america's obsession with reality tv? e-mail or call. you know it's text, grab your cell phone text the word views plus your comments and name to hln tv. standard text rates apply and we will air some responses throughout the day. >>> in other news here, people with incurable cancer in stage multiple sclerosis could be denied access to florida hospitals if there is a massive flu outbreak, from a draft plan that a nonprofit news agency got from the state and gave to the "sun sent natural" newspaper. also says doctors may take people off ventilators if others with a chance of survival needs them. the state hasn't released details yet and nothing, they say, is definite. >>> take your reusable shopping bags to target and they'll give you a five cent discount for each one of use.

now, that would make dick cheney funny. and he's not. >> come on. vice president of the united states, a working sadist who is trying to get more prisons to lock up people to give them the water treatment? i mean, come on. i can't think of any higher comedy that we've had. >> yeah, that's a riot, all right. >> wowy. that's about as funny as it gets, you know? >> so, that's -- the other thing i want to ask you, so many things, i could just stay here all day. but you -- you have a longtime partner, howard -- >> mm-hmm. >> i read you said the secret to the success of the relationship was no sex. >> of course. >> ever. >> i thought that was clear. >> no, i wasn't sure if it just petered out like everybody -- >> no, we were virgins. >> that's interesting. that's a platonic relationship, no? or do you call it a love match? >> i never knew what plato was up to. we only have his word for it. >> so that's interesting because -- so you were able to really stay together because there was none of that sexual jealousy going on, i guess? none of that. none of the

now, that would make dick cheney funny. and he's not. >> come on.esident of the united states, a working sadist? who's trying to get more prisons to lock up people to give them the water treatment? come on. i can't think of any higher comedy that we've had. >> it's a riot, all right. >> wow. that's about as funny as it gets, you know? >> so, that's -- the other thing i want to ask you, so many things i could stay here all day. but you -- you have a long-time partner, howard -- >> mm-hmm. >> i read you said the secret to the success of the relationship was no sex. >> of course. >> ever. >> i thought it was clear. >> i'm not sure if it petered out. >> we were virgins. >> that's a platonic relationship. >> i never knew what plato was up to. we only have his word for it. >> so, that's interesting. so you were able to able to sta on. >> no. imagine being jealous of anybody over sex. >> it happens all the time. >> i know it does, which reminds you, if you go in the street and grab something passing by, you're just as well off as you were upstairs looking

now, that would make dick cheney funny. and he's not. >> come on.president of the united states, a working sadist? who's trying to get more prisons to lock up people to give them the water treatment? come on. i can't think of any higher comedy that we've had. >> it's a riot, all right. >> wow. that's about as funny as it gets, you know? >> so, that's -- the other thing i want to ask you, so many things i could stay here all day. but you -- you have a long-time partner, howard -- >> mm-hmm. >> i read you said the secret to the success of the relationship was no sex. >> of course. >> ever. >> i thought it was clear. >> i'm not sure if it petered out. >> we were virgins. >> that's a platonic relationship. >> i never knew what plato was up to. we only have his word for it. >> so, that's interesting. so you together, because there was none of that sexual jealousy going on. >> imagine being jealous of anybody over sex of all things? >> it happens all the time. >> i know it does, which reminds you of going out no the street and grab something passing by. >

. >> tell that to dick cheney. in an interview you were asked about gay people. this bothered me.u. so far i like you but this annoyed me. you said i personally still think it's wrong. homosexuality. people don't understand the dictionary, it's called queer means strange and unusual. it's not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. you said you wouldn't want your children near homosexuals. you are equating pedophiles with homosexuals. it turns out 70% of pedophiles are heterosexuals. >> how do you define that? >> how do you define what? >> you're talking about them being -- hold on. let's back up one second. when i was talking in the interview, i was making a point as my opinion should not necessarily be public policy, just like every politician out there thinks their opinion needs to be public policy. that was the whole interview. they were asking me questions abstract as far as this goes. when it comes down to homosexuality, how can you sit there and say they're straight? a guy sitting there playing with a 7-year-old boy, how is he straigh

. >> tell that to dick cheney. in an interview you were asked about gay people. this bothered me.u said i personally still think it's wrong. homosexuality. people don't understand the dictionary, it's call eed queer means strange and unusual. it's not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. you are equating pedophiles with homosexuals. >> how do you define that? >> how do you define what? >> you're talking about them being -- hold on. let's back up one second. when i was talking in the interview, i was making a point as my opinion should not necessarily be public policy, just like every politician out there thinking their opinion needs to be public policy. that was the whole interview. they were asking me questions abstract as far as this goes. when it comes down to homosexuality, how can you sit there and say they're straight? a guy sitting there playing with a 7-year-old boy, how is he straight? >> that's a pedophile if he's abusing a child. not because he's gay or straight. there are pedophiles, this is a fact, pedophiles will go for eith