. >> larry: tonight, elizabeth edwards, a prime-time exclusive.r husband's shocking affair that wrecked a marriage. >> i think it's important for me to understand i didn't do anything wrong >> larry: the baby he fathered with his mistress. >> i have seen the child actually. >> larry: what the scandal did to her. >> i'm personally torn up. >> larry: and how she feels right now about the man who betrayed her. you love john? the resilient elizabeth edwards is next on "larry king live." >> larry: it's a great pleasure to welcome back to "larry king live" one of my favorite people, elizabeth edwards, the author of the number one new york times best seller "resilience: reflection on the burdens and gifts of facing life's adversities." it's now out in paperback. with a very candid and compelling new afterword. elizabeth edwards is a senior fellow working on health care issues. it's always good to see her. you look so good. how are you feeling? >> i feel great actually. you know, i'm always going to have some sort of treatment. i'm on chemotherapy now. ha

call or click today. >> larry: back with elizabeth edwards.have you read one passage from the book, a cnn opinion research poll from late last month shows a majority, 56%, still disapprove of the health care bill. what do you make of that? >> i think people don't -- they haven't yet seen the benefits coming to them. and when they see the benefits coming to them, i think the number will go up. i think that there was some things we needed to do that we didn't do. we did not create real competition for these insurance companies. so we're still seeing -- we're still seeing them up their premiums to individuals and to businesses. and that's going to, you know, create a problem in the -- certainly in the short term, before these -- before we start having these exchanges, where people who are out of the market for one reason or another are able to get in at a better rate. until then, i think -- >> larry: it's a process, right? yeah. >> it's a process. i think there were people who were dissatisfied with social security when it started, too. >> larry:

tomorrow night, in fact, elizabeth edwards will be our special guest.bly proud that we recently made "the guinness book of world records" for having the longest running show with the same host in the same timeslot on the same network. with that chapter closing, i'm looking forward to the future, what my next chapter will bring. for now, for here, it's time to hang up the nightly suspenders. until then, we have more shows to do, and who knows what the future is going to bring? bill maher is the emmy nominated host of "real time with bill maher" on hbo, a stand-up comic, best-selling author. we called him today in view of this announcement tonight and asked him if he'd come as an old friend. bill will be performing at the new orleans showroom on the 17th and 18th in july and at the amer ameristar casino in kansas city on july 30th. thank you, bill. >> i'm honored you would ask me to take over the desk. i'm ready to step in at a moment's notice. >> larry: so you're making an announcement tonight, too? >> do you want to finish the hour or would you like me

first, edward yingling who represents bankers, quoted in the story as saying that statements from elizabeth warren have raised tremendous concern in the industry. he says "from what i hear in the senate, that nomination would be tremendously controversial." lancaster, john, good morning. caller: if all of those geniuses in the senate are opposed to it and chris dodd said she might have a rough confirmation, it means he is probably opposed to it as well. but she has got common sense, she is interested in the everyday person, and everything she has said so far would make consumers want to have her involved. i have signed a couple of different petitions on the internet from other groups. host: what are some of the other groups? caller: i cannot remember offhand. i get them every day. i stay on top of the stuff regularly. if obama does not occur, he is done. -- does not pick her, he is done. those people on the fence will know that he is for corporations. host: asheville, north carolina. republican line. caller: absolutely elizabeth warren should run this commission. i think that the bankers wo