we are one on one with the donald. headline-making interview you will see only on "showbiz tonight." >>> explosive developments in the reported j.lo sex tape shocker. will the ex release a steamy tape of her? >>> i want to go back to the normal, simple life i used to have. >> is jon gosselin trying to change his ways? the outrageous new video, the weekend edition of tv's most provocative entertainment news show continues right now. >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." it is 30 minutes past the hour. i'm a.j. hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> i'm brooke anderson coming you from hollywood. and tonight, a "showbiz tonight" exclusive. donald trump strikes back against meltdown beauty queen carrie prejean. wait until you hear my explosive exclusive interview with trump getting his very first reaction to prejean's over the top tantrum on cnn's "larry king live." you are not going to believe what the don add has to say about that. i asked him if he plans to sue prejean about the way he run i

tonight, the beauty versus the donald.e absolutely unbelievable results of the "showbiz tonight" poll just coming in late today. so what do you think? was carrie prejean simply out of her mind for attacking the donald? >>> and in another big breaking smackdown, taylor swift versus kanye west. "showbiz tonight" was right there in nashville when taylor made history, becoming the youngest entertainer of the year ever at the country music association awards last night. but the buzz was all about the guy who wasn't there, kanye west. you have got to see the bashing kanye got. >>> and also making big news today, levi johnston revealing his very personal connection to, of all people, jon gosselin. joining me tonight in new york, whitney casey, author of this book, "the man plan." also tonight in hollywood, carlos diaz, a correspondent for "extra." all right, whitney can , carlos saw my exclusive interview with donald trump today talking about carrie prejean. and i can tell you we just got the late-breaking results of the "showbiz

donald trump happened to be watching the show last night and today donald trump on a "showbiz tonight" exclusive interview, he did not hold back one bit of what he thinks of little miss ex-california. this woman barbed him in her book saying he humiliated contestants because he would single out the woman he thought were hot. >> that's right. i asked trump what he thought of carrie prejean's outrageous temper tantrum. watch this. >> i actually was watching. i'm a big fan of larry king and i was watching. i was very surprised to see it. she was talking about how inappropriate he was. that's more of a sexual term as far as inappropriate. i'm surprised she didn't say i can't answer that question. she wants to walk off the stage. it was surprising and strange to watch. too bad. i felt badly for her actually. >> he felt badly for her. i was surprised he said that. i thought he would be harsher. did you? >> you are thinking the same as i was thinking. he's being diplomatic, but he's a genius. if he starts bashing the girls that go out for the pageant, no one will want to go for the pageant.

carrie prejean makes startling claims about donald trump, so the donald slams carrie. ask, is carrie out of her mind to take on trump? >>> explosive developments in the j lo reported sex-tape shocker. tonight, will jennifer lopez's ex be able to release a steamy tape of her? >>> i just want to go back to the normal, simple life, like i used to have. ♪ if i could turn back time >> hey, jon, dude, what's with the cher song? tonight, jon gosslen's outrageous new video. will this help him turn back time and fix his image? >>> plus, more stories breaking from the "showbiz news ticker," tv's most provocative entertainment news show continues right now! >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." it is 30 minutes past the hour. i'm a.j. hammer, broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> and i'm brooke anderson, coming to you tonight from hollywood. and tonight, the beauty versus the donald. an all-out war of words has broken out between donald trump and conservative former beauty queen carrie prejean. trump is taking no prisoners today, blasting carrie prejean for

the donald gave a new interview to extra and donald slams carrie's claims.ten to this. >> carrie should be a slamed of herself. i would never say you go over here and you go over there. >> donald said you guys were making big headlines. just how mad is he? >> i expected him to be madder. i heard him a lot madder. he was very careful with his words to defend himself and use terms like she should be ashamed of herself, but he never attacked her specifically. he was defending himself as far as separating the women on stage. eats a beauty contest. they will be separated by some kind of beauty. >> let me head to you. certainly i would never do a thing like that because it would be too hurtful. i don't stand the less attractive on one side and the beautiful on the other side. it was fiction in her imagination and i don't know how she came up with that. she should not have written that in the book. he said she is trying to sell the book and doing the best she can. i can't imagine too many people would be interested in it, but you never know what sells these days. i

we are one on one with the donald. headline-making interview you will see only on "showbiz tonight." >>> explosive developments in the reported j.lo sex tape shocker. will the ex relesion a steam my tape of her? >>> i want to go back to the normal, simple life i used to have. >> is jon gosselin trying to change his ways? the outrageous new video, the weekend edition of tv's most provocative entertainment news show continues right now. >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." it is 30 minutes past the hour. i'm a.j. hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> i'm brooke anderson coming you from hollywood. and tonight, a "showbiz tonight" exclusive. donald trump strikes back against meltdown beauty queen carrie prejean. wait until you hear my explosive exclusive interview with trump getting his very first reaction to prejean's over the top tantrum on cnn's "larry king live." you are not going to believe what the don add has to say about that. i asked him if he plans to sue prejean about the way he ru

will the donald help her? i don't like vampires, i don't like any of the stuff, i don't like the wolf that pops out on the screen when i'm watching my tv at night. i don't like it. i don't want anything to do with it. >> miley trashes "twilight" "new moon." "twilight" is something her fans are probably obsessed with. is this a really bad idea? plus, more stories breaking from the "showbiz news ticker." >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." it is 30 minutes past the hour. i'm a.j. hammer, broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> and i'm brooke anderson, coming to you tonight from hollywood. and tonight, it is sarah versus levi, the great celebrity debate. >> yeah, that's right, brooke. it is the battle of the century going on here. sarah's gone rogue and levi's gone hollywood. and their dueling star power made for even more big news breaking today. palin's on oprah, barbara, and now she's hitting the road for a big-time bus tour, all to push her tell-all book. but levi johnston has unveiled

>>> will donald trump save carrie prejean. is the former beauty queen reaching out for career advice to donald trump after her sex tape scandal? "showbiz tonight" investigates. the great debate after johnny depp is named people's sexiest man alive. why wasn't robert pattinson chosen. the shocking results of our poll. >>> i'm aj hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> i'm brooke anderson from hollywood and tonight, hollywood at war over sarah palin. >> "showbiz tonight" is revealing how much sarah palin is dividing hollywood as she storms the country on her tell all book tour. wait until you hear what martha stewart told us about palin. talk about a smack down. it was a brand-new jaw dropping revelation about sarah's arch nemesis, her almost son in law, jeeve e jeeve -- levi johnston. >> more than a year ago republicans used the word celebrity to mock barack obama. now there is someone from the 2008 presidential campaign who is getting massive ratings, selling tons of books and causing a major stir in

but donald told me he is not planning to sue carrie prejean. >> wow.m really curious to know if there's a gauge on the barometer at this point as to carrie's public perception, how people are seeing her at this point? >> she did not do herself any favors with this interview last night. 90% of our "showbiz tonight" viewers think she's in over her head with donald trump. we will have how he feels about carrie and whether she's getting the proper advice. it's a fired-up response. that's tonight on "showbiz tonight," trump's first reaction to carrie prejean's live tv tantrum, what trump tells us about prejean's meltdown on cnn's "larry king live." we've got the ugly battle on tv's most provocative entertainment news show, "showbiz tonight," 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. but it was really an uncomfortable moment between carrie and larry king. >> it was uncomfortable to watch it. you could feel the tension as you're looking at the screen. it was something else. brooke, good to see you. thank you so much. >> thanks. >>> this i have to tell you is an incredi

and for donald not to give it to her, i was surprised.s being incredibly sweet to her, which is not really his nature when somebody pieces him off. you remember rosie o'donnell and elisabeth hasselbeck. good for her, she hasn't pissed off trump enough for him to go at her, but she's crumbling. >> she had a real chance to say something meaningful and she didn't. she gave canned responses when she did answer questions, but for the most part, she just refused to answer questions and it was awful. >> i don't think she has anything meaningful to say. i think it's apparent now. >> well, she certainly didn't on "larry king live." and tonight, there are more shocking revelations about carrie prejean regarding her sex tape. carrie prejean's ex-boyfriend says carrie is lying and that she was older than 17 when she made her solo exhibitionist sex tape. listen to what he tell s tmz. >> how old was she? >> she was 19 when i was out there. the videos poured in all the way up to just shy of, gosh, i mean, she had to have been in her 21 -- being 21 years

more in the interview with donald trump.owbiz tonight" names the most provocative celebrity of the week. will it be carrie prejean, sarah palin or michael lohan for releasing private phone calls. more stories from the newsroom making news right now. >>>> you are watching "showbiz tonight." keep on watching the bottom of your screen. more compelling and provocative news from "showbiz tonight." >> are now on "showbiz tonight," brand-new sarah palin revelations from her tell all book and interview with oprah. the startling things sarah said about levi johnston. >> we don't have to keep going down this road of controversy and drama. we are not into the drama. we don't like it. >> what she thought when she found out her teen daughter was pregnant. >> the fired up reaction to brooke anderson's interview with donald trump about carrie prejean and carrie may have been lying when she said she was 17 in the tape. will carrie be named the most provocative celebrity of the week or will it be sarah palin or lindsay lohan's dad for leakin

and it's the beauty versus the donald. wait till you hear prejean's startling claims about how she says donald trump absolutely humiliated beauty queens like herself. >>> joining me in hollywood is carlos diaz for extra, in new york megan alexander who is a correspondent for inside edition. seems all we're hearing is carrie, carrie, carrie. she was on the "today" show, the view, she made the cable news circuit and admits that she made the biggest mistake of her life with this sex tape that's not really a sex tape. carlos, you first. she did own up to it but she certainly did not apologize. considering she is the face of family values these days, should she have said i'm sorry? >> i'm just counting her 15 minutes, by the way. yes, she should have. tick, tick, tick. she should have said she's sorry. she didn't. you said in the open, her virtual apology. she didn't say she was sorry, the biggest mistake but the words i'm sorry never came out of her mouth. you can't call for family values and then have a tape of you where you'

he used to draw a donald duck for walt disney. he was in charge of donald duck continuity. in the 1940's, he was one of several union organizers and they staged the first animator'' strike and he got fired and blacklisted. because of the history of blacklisting in the family, when my father was drafted to go to vietnam, he did not want to go. he was a pacifist. he continues to be a pacifist, but he also did not want to go through the process of proving his political credentials because of the history of un- american activities and the political resonance in his own family of having been the son of a blacklisted artist. he preferred to leave and came to canada. that is why i am a canadian. i was born a few years later. >> your mother and father were married here? >> in new jersey. yes. and then they moved together. i have an older brother. >> to montreal. >> are they still there? >> no, they are in vancouver for the weather. but they moved to montreal. many american young people in this time moved to canada. it was kind of a brain drain. war resisters from the vietnam era. m

and it's the beauty versus the donald. wait until you hear her startling her claims about donald trump humiliating beauty queens like herself. and megan alexander, who is a correspondent. carie made the news sir kooews . and she did own up to it, but she certainly did not apologize. now, considering she is the face of family values these days, should she have said i'm sorry. >> i am just counting her 15 minutes, by the way. yeah, particultic, tic, very go. you said in the opening, her virtual apology. the words i am sorry never came out of her mouth. you cannot call for family values and then have a tape of you, where you are doing unspeakable things, things that -- i talked to inside sources about what is on that tape, it's pretty bad and you can't have it both ways. >> she does have to stick to her talking points, she is on tour. and the whole point is to defend her good name, so to speak. but some of the things she said today on the tv appearances made us go, huh? take a look. >> you could call it whatever you want to c

remember rose i on-air feud with donald trump? yeah, rosie's not over that. >> i simply 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'd say to him. >> it almost seems like she holds grudges. seems like she hasn't let a lot of these feuds go. >> but once again, rosie's willingness to bear all is showing us she's still one of the most fascinating celebrities out there. >> one thing you take from this interview is that rosie is a complicated person and just when you think you know her, you realize you don't know anything about her. >> there was so much more to rosie's interview, including her account of an emotional phone call she placed to of all people oprah winfrey. why was she calling oprah? coming up on "showbiz tonight," we'll have the dramatic details of rosie's frantic call to oprah. tonight, david

there are reports she is turning to the donald -- donald trump, once again. "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer is in new york. she's asking the donald for advice? i know donald thinks he's pretty wise. >> yeah, he does think highly of himself. but this is what we're hearing. and donald trump owns the miss usa pageant where all the carrie controversy began. according to the "new york post" carrie prejean has been reaching out to donald trump now that her credibility is shot since it was revealed she has a sex tape or perhaps tapes. according to the "post," trump told one source -- >> and according to the "post," she wasn't entirely kidding. and here wearing from carrie prejean's dad. he's speaking out about the impact that all of those sex tapes or sex tape, what it's doing to his daughter and how important all of this is. and he talked to e!. his response speaks for himself about the flak she's been getting -- >> i'll offer this about that -- really? >> really? >> didn't see it that way at all. >> i don't either. but that's a dad sticking up for his daughter. >>

remember rose i on-air feud with donald trump? yeah, rosie's not over that. >> i simply 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'd say to him. >> it almost seems like she holds grudges. seems like she hasn't let a lot of these feuds go. >> but once again, rosie's willingness to bear all is showing us she's still one of the most fascinating celebrities out there. >> one thing you take from this interview is that rosie is a complicated person and just when you think you know her, you realize you don't know anything about her. >> there was so much more to rosie's interview, including her account of an emotional phone call she placed to of all people oprah winfrey. why was she calling oprah? coming up on "showbiz tonight," we'll have the dramatic details of rosie's frantic call to oprah. tonight, david

donald from tallahassee, florida, good morning. -- donald from tallahassee, florida, good morning.ld like to hear the president stepped up and make this one comment, we are bringing back the press. once these republicans, who love to say -- once they hear the draft, you will end this war in two minutes. what we have are just a few boys just going over there and dying while they sit in their health arspot and going into these juie bars and getting juiced up and feeling so good about this war. but if you bring back the draft tomorrow this war will stop. host: if you are just joining us, we're talking about the president a intuits -- to announce early next week his decision on sending more troops to afghanistan. there will be various groups testifying before congress. we will likely hear from secretary of defense for gates as well as secretary of state have agreed clinton. -- secretary of defense robert gates as well as secretary of state hillary clinton. peter, bruce become arizona, good morning. caller: i would like to make maybe one or two comments. president obama is making a deci

said she should have left donald out of the mix. she better watch out because donald always has the last word. sign up for our facebook and twitter pages. >> now the show biz lineup on "showbiz tonight." when sarah met oprah. the shocking new slam on levi johnston today. >> he's on a road that is not a healthy place to be. he's a teenager. i don't think he realizes quite yet what it is he is being handled and orchestrated around. >> controversial conservative ann coulter right here with her first reaction to palin's new interview with oprah winfrey. the unbelievable reports that there a lot more carrie prejean sex tapes and she could get big bucks for them. rosie o'donnell's revelations about her love life. more stories from the "showbiz tonight" newsroom making news right now. ninininininininininini >> explosive revelations to oprah about levi johnston. >> he's on a road that is not a healthy place to be. he's a teenager. i don't think he realizes quite yet what it is he is being handled and orchestrated around. >> what's really go

mrk donald's almcdone al'ald's all-american out of so you were california. 20 point lead. final minute. will mercer hit a two point shot before this half expires? they have not done it yet. 5-37 from the field, all five have been three point shots. shot clock running down. jenkins in trouble. and a foul by kitchen bails mercer out at the end of the shot clock. >> dan: the big guys inside for florida state with their eight blocked shots have really taken away any inside play by the mercer bears. they've pushed the ball to the perimeter and now the seminoles doing a great job with pressure. mercer can't really get anything offense. can't get anything set up. >> rich: and mercer can't shoot free throws either. what a woeful first half. >> dan: 5-37 from the field. 3-8 from the free throw line. >> rich: eight turnovers. they've had eight shots blocked. kitchen. and a foul out high. jeff smith on the reach. >> dan: bears still playing very, very hard trying to turn up the pressure on the ball. they have four steals in the first half, but what they discovered was they weren't ab

of evangelicals spin-off known as citizens for religious freedom which would have been headed by donald gill, a washington staffer for the nae. next, he relayed the results of a recent poll the protestant clergy had estimated 76% of them were supporting nixon. dpraim felt this percentage would increase by election day as a result of the massive efforts he was planning. while there would be a large catholic block vote for kennedy, it was not as large as some had original ri thought, and he thought kennedy's share might be under 70%. those gathered in montro believed the catholic vote for kennedy had peaked whereas the protestant vote would gain right up until the election. graham and other clergyman thought nixon should emphasize the south and border states. it could put some of the states, those states in nixon's column. they did not think that johnson's presence on the democratic ticket would trump the religious issue in these states. graham's political advice then became more pointed. he and peel urged nixon to put more religion in his speeches. there were real questions in the protes

association of evangelicals spinoff known as citizens for religious freedom, which would've been headed but donald o'connor in washington staffer for the in 80. next you relate the results of a recent poll of clergy who were supporting nixon. graham felt this percentage would increase by election day no doubt as result of a massive effort he was planning. graham concluded while there would be a large catholic bloc vote for kennedy was not as large as some had thought. he thought by election day kennedy share of the catholic vote might be under 70%. those gathered at the meeting blew the catholic vote for katie had peaked whereas the protestant vote for nixon would continue to rise. they thought nagin should emphasize the south and border states. the more conservative republican platform combined with the religion issue could put some of the states, those states in the column. they did not think josh's presence on the democratic ticket would count the religion issue in these states. graham's political bias then became more pointed. gnp of urge nixon to the more religion in his speeches. there were

an exclusive with donald trump's response to carrie's tantrums. tv's most provocative news show starts at the top of the hour here on hln.

a war of words between carrie prejean and donald trump.s the fallen beauty queen in over her head? carrie and the donald. >> brooke, it is good to have you book. >> thanks, you, too. >> thank you. >>> do you know if you have been hijacked on facebook? protesters have taken over groups giving anybody access to personal information. that is what the protesters wanted to point out. a group called control your info posted a message saying how it could change the name of a group if it chose. facebook says no confidential information has been placed at risk. >>> a rock slide closed down a highway in southeastern tennessee. workers were trying to clear the roadway and almost got hit by another one. that one was caught on video. look at this. that's just way too close. a local news crew was covering the cleanup effort and managed to get the video of the second slide. a state transportation geologist warned there might be a second slide and moved them out of the way. that highway 64 may be closed for nearly a week. stay with us. >>>, of course, pre

donald demerit. thank you.applause] i'd also like to thank the director of the national book foundation who has been absolutely tire bowl for his outstanding leadership. the terrific staff of the foundation, my fellow board members, especially the board's vice chairman morgan and trick and who is really inspired us in his vision here it morgan, thank you. a special thanks also to our board member lynn as bait. who longer with morgan is a cochair of the event, the dinner tonight. into her other dinner cochairs shelley and height. i thank you for coming, being part of this great tradition, remind you that the finalist books up on the centerpieces of your table are yours to take at the end of the evening. good luck to her 20 finalist and now let me introduce the vice chairman of the book foundation, morgan enter can. [applause] >> thank you, david. my job tonight is to announce the winner of the best of the national book awards. you've heard this is the 60th national book award so we came up with this idea. actual

who served in iraq, donald clark and scott huddleson for the "san antonio express news." we reached out to hasan's attorney. no comment. he says he has asked investigators not to question hasan and doesn't know if he has been medically cleared to talk. as an investigator, how do you handle this? he is awake and talking. do you say why did you do this or how do you handle it? >> mike n the course of an investigation there are not that many times you go right to the person who is accused and get information. investigators have to go in all directions from ft. hood and figure out who they should be talking to. in fact, it is a lot of times much better to go outside and get the information so that you, as the investigator, you have the knowledge and therefore, if you do get a chance or if the suspect does talk you know when they are lying to you k, when they are telling you something unbelievable. >> the question is why. we are finding out he might have unveiled his motive out of the gate this is private first class joseph foster, a survivor, shot in the hip. here is his acco

the donald, trump, responds to cachie prejean's tantrum in an exclusive. make sure you stay tuned for it tonight at 11:00. that's great. >>> when we come back the latest in david letterman extortion case. what a show this is tonight. >>> the lawyer for the man who allegedly tried to extort two million dollars from david letterman says he wasn't trying to blackmail dave, just trying to sell him a screenplay. with me is the attorney for the man accused of blackmailing the late night host. explain exactly how this screenplay defense works. >> i think it diminishes it when you call it that. i think i can best explain it this way. you know, there was a time when william randolph hearst learned about citizen caene, the movie and didn't want it published in the worst way and went ahead and offered millions of dollars to see that "citizen cane "not be released. as we all know it was released. just this week three cases in the news where confidentiality agreements were at the core of the issue. where someone wanted to pay to have something not published or made pub

being a long stretch between the vice presidency and the white house and winning a beauty pageant for donald trump. yeah, she's a pretty girl and her name is known, but she has no experience. and i think we're all experiencing, in some places in this country, what politicians who lack experience can result in on a state or federal level. so this is absolutely ridiculous. those who are popular and beautiful shouldn't be running for office. they should be somebody who has a political background behind them. >> i think it was a pretty goofy thing to say. and you've got to wonder, what about the little sex tape situation? that solo sex tape that carrie admits she made. here's what congressman chaffetz says. we've all made mistakes when we were 17, the sex tape will be an impediment, but people are excited about her convictions and her beliefs. a sex tape an impediment? are you kidding me? carlos, do you approve this message? >> i have to say carrie prejean tapes are much more than nixon's tapes. although watergate, prejeangate, two very different things. and i'll be quiet now. >> carlos, strange

with donald runs fell, wasn't he a ceo of a drug company? and further, who wrote medicare part d?m sure that the drug companies were very instrumental in writing ala. this is nothing but a great boon for the drug companies. guest: doug badger and i were the two major people who put part d together and i was with bush i i the white house, for the first three years as well for the second bush administration -- this is not driven at all by the drug companies. i worked for the drug companies and had respect for the views, but i was never pursued by anyone to be a close friend of the drug companies and still am not. the v.a. it's a wonderful drug program. my father just passed away and he used the v.a. and also medicare part d. their 6 million out there who use the v.a. the co-pays going up to $7 was actually passed by congress. they went up by design from a bill that congress passed -- no one from the administration. it is still a heck of a deal. host: the last question for tom scully comes from the republican line. caller: i like to ask mr. scully, the previous caller i think hit the

the carrie prejean donald trump smack down. striking back at the claims about him. tv's most provocative news show at the top of the hour.

next, i would like to introduce congressman donald payne from the great state of new jersey, chair ofand global health subcommittee and the labor committee, are african scholar in congress. next, i like to introduce and recognize congresswoman dr. donna christiansen from the virgin islands. who has led the health care reform debate and a big way and make sure that the health care bill included are provisions for health equity and justice for ethnic minorities. thank you again, donna, and for underserved communities. but may also recognize now congressmen al green from the great state of texas, serving on the financial-services committee with congresswoman waters. a voice of vision and strength and clarity of purpose. thank you, congressman green. our first chair of the congressional black caucus who will help moderate this panel is congressmen rev. emanuel cleaver. rev. clifford, from the great state of kansas. let me now say a bit about tonight. it is because really, first of all, the hard work and the strong voices of people like yourself who have been out there toiling in the viney

if you want to sell a book, if you put donald trump's name into it, that's the best way to. i think that that's why i'm here. i just -- enough already. this was not about her answer. it was about the fact she was absolutely impossible to work with when we tried to make things -- make it work -- >> at the pageant? >> at the pageant and afterwards. >> she's a very tough cookie. i found her to be tough in the interview today with her. >> i'm going say something about george w. bush i rarely said before. he was right in the whole dixie chicks argument when he said freedom of speech is just that. you have the freedom to say what you want but it doesn't mean you're devoid of the consequences. when carrie prejean puts herself out there with an argument, statement, book or anything else, she has to face the music. the more you put yourself out there, the more you're going to get criticized. >> ma does this have to do with the dixie chicks? >> they said what they said about president bush. they weren't proud of him being their president. president bush said you have the right to say

general, frank and donald rumsfeld did not put a large number of american troops there, unless they feel resented by the afghans. " michigan, larry, democratic line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i remember harry truman. he had numerous models. one of them was walked quietly and carry a big stick. this is what i think should happen with what is going on. he should contact all of these leaders and bring them over here and get them in that conference room and tell them -- here is what we are going to do. and if you do not agree, i am going to keep you in this room until you do. and then i want you to go back to your country can tell your people, and that the taliban and al qaeda, they should understand. they are not messing with some ragtag country. what this country has accomplished in the blink of an eye was what i thought about when they brought home the shuttle yesterday. one of the commentators said that they sent it up and brought it home 129 times. host: ok. we will leave it there. knoxville, texas. running out of time. caller: tenn., actually. host: sorry about that. caller

this is what donald trump said on tv, that these people have been fighting for five dozen years. -- 5000 years. the minute you pullout, they will continue to fight. it is totally a waste of money. if you want to end the budget deficit, why do we need a military with $700 billion of income? the cost accounting is just out of control with the military. and obama is going to wind up like john kennedy, blamed for the next 30 years for staying in afghanistan. thank you for much. happy thanksgiving. you are great host. callerhost: republican gubernatl candidate scott mcinnis and his wife as they plan on their platform for prosperity. in the 2010 midterm elections. we cannot afford lawyers to find tax loopholes for us." writing about what is next in terms of the health-care debate -- "it would appear that one word is testing well, arrogance, which is how they repeatedly described the democratic approach. mitch mcconnell was at it again on sunday, the first day of the debate on the sweeping legislation passing by a squeaker that was needed to launch an intense series of what they have cale >> we

is donald rumsfeld -- wasn't he a ceo of a drug company? further, who wrote the plan d of medicare? am sure the drug companies were very instrumental in writing the law and this is nothing but a great boon for the drug company. host: george, let us get a response. guest: they want, -- or not. i was the cms administrator -- center for medicaid and medicare services. i was with president was number one in the white house -- and i was there for the first three years of president bush 40, the second bush administration. this is not written by the drug companies at all. i was the primary -- along with doug and bush administration. i have worked with the drug companies, have respect for their views, but -- not a close friend of the drug companies, policy wise. to say the drug companies were writing this is unfair. the va is a wonderful drug program. my father just passed away and he used part d but also the va. there are 6 million seniors out there that used the va and it is a great thing. the benefits are great. the copiague, $7 instead of $3, that was passed by congress but put in place

with donald runs fell, wasn't he a ceo of a drug company? and further, who wrote medicare part d? am sure that the drug companies were very instrumental in writing ala. this is nothing but a great boon for the drug companies. guest: doug badger and i were the two major people who put part d together and i was with bush i i the white house, for the first three years as well for the second bush administration -- this is not driven at all by the drug companies. i worked for the drug companies and had respect for the views, but i was never pursued by anyone to be a close friend of the drug companies and still am not. the v.a. it's a wonderful drug program. my father just passed away and he used the v.a. and also medicare part d. their 6 million out there who use the v.a. the co-pays going up to $7 was actually passed by congress. they went up by design from a bill that congress passed -- no one from the administration. it is still a heck of a deal. host: the last question for tom scully comes from the republican line. caller: i like to ask mr. scully, the previous caller i think hit t

what donald trump had to say after the break. y8 >>> was little shaniya sold as a sex slave to pay for mom's drug debt? more shocking allegations in the 5-year-old's tragic death here. the little girl's body dumped on the side of the highway. her own mom, suspect kidnapper, accused of staging this elaborate hoax. even lying about little shaniya's disappears to 911 operators. new charges filed at any moment. will it be murder? >> plus this. carrie prejean, trying to sell a book. she's answering questions about a sex tape. and an adult entertainment company says they have the sex tape. they say they're going to release it and trying to make a deal with carrie prejean. is this thing going to be released regardless? call in, 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail me, cnn.com/primenews. or send me a text at hlntv, just start your message with the word prime. it's your chance to be heard. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this is "prime news," hour number two of the show. i'm mike galanos. we continue to follow this tragedy. there are new deve

donald shoup in california wrote a book recently called the high cost of free parking and he noticedn the certain parts of town where there is a lot of contestant actually by charging more for parking they get more turnover contador business revenue, or sales tax revenue, you know and people were going there but they decided i don't want to pay the parking fee so i will take transit. so you can reengineer your taxes and fees. wondering if you're looking at that. maybe in a revenue neutral way. >> just a quick example we did a little bit of that for two different reasons. one was for an hour of parking in many areas downtown center city philadelphia it costs about, it was the cheapest parking possibly anywhere in the united states of america we were almost giving it away. so we doubled the parking rates in center city and a couple of other areas. it has actually done exactly what you said. it did reduce some congested. it does lead to great turnover and the side benefit was some of the extra money actually not from our own pocket but another funding source so it worked very well. >> o