and you could understand how harper collins and sarah palin were damaged here. opening to bring out the story and all of a sudden -- >> there is no built-up at all. >> there is an intellectual property right here and it has to be protected. that is the bottom line. >> statute of limitations. >> unwind, both of you have good, fair and legal arguments, but the fact of the matter is, gawker took it down, as of this afternoon. case closed. sarah palin's book -- >> you know what it is? it will serve as a precedents for the future. this will happen again and again and again. >> common law analysis. >> always good to have you guys. >> you guys are so shy! >> another legal case, setting off continues various as well, occurring overseas, two soldiers convicted of using a nine-year-old boy, as a human shield, the sentence they received sparking outrage. >> a global warning about these animals, look, why scientists say tigers could soon vanish off the face of the earth. these. a unique sea salt added these. to over 40 campbell's condensed soups. helps us reduce sodium, but

interestingly the new book is coming out, and gawker got excerpts and harper-collins, the publisher is suing gawker and getting an injunction against taking that post down but lots of people write books, bob woodward, the stuff leaks, it's part of what happens. >> harper-collins is my publisher, too, but this is a perfect example of how her whole world view is. i get to say exactly whey want to say when i want to say it and no one can question me because she even said at one point, isn't it illegal to run excerpts? no, my dear that's good reporting is what that is. >> quick exit question, tina fey became increasingly famous doing sarah palin at the mark twain awards, this was not aired when pbs put on the awards program. >> and you know, politics aside, the success of sarah palin and women like her is good for all women, except of course those who will end up, you know, paying for their own rape kit and stuff. but for everybody else, it's a win/win. unless you're a gay woman who wants to marry your partner 206 years, whatever. >> should the producers have cut that out because it's too

harper collins is suing the gawker website. the lawsuit asks that gawker be banned from posting anymore window displays to the delight of children. all of the dogs and cats are up for adoption. i thought santa was at the north pole. he's in san francisco. >>> now, for a quick look at the weather. fog shrouds cities from indianapolis, to memphis, to new orleans and louisiana. gusty winds in the northeast, but milder temperatures. warm temperatures in much of the south. and the stormi forecaster david zahren here. this weekend before thanksgiving starting out chilly. 43 in annapolis. 39 in laurel with very light winds out there. the big picture high pressure on the storm scan over the washington area. that bodes well. plenty of sunshine today and tomorrow. our forecast for today temperatures around 60 degrees, tonight down into the 40's and tomorrow temperatures a bit cooler in the low to mid 50's. then look for much colder air mr. john berman? >> thanks, ron. late last night. now, the fbi wants to know who sent it? the scare for

. >>> harper collins sued the gawker after publishing images last week from palins book before it's released al qaeda in yemen is making new threats. it says attacks it has in the works will be small scale and cheap but they're still going to be disruptive and terrifying. the group is bragging it omt spent 4 rkds $200 on the failed cargo plane bomb last month. they posted this statement online, quote, it is such a good bargain for us to spread fear amongst the enemy and keep him on his toes in exchange for a few months of work and a few thousand bucks. dan gray's a military strategist and vice president of the conservative think tank at the lexington institute. dan, good morning. >> good morning. >> it's really annoying hearing what they say about that. actually they've been successful thus far. if it's really 4, $200 they put into it they have continue neblts of people thinking about it and the president of the united states reacting to it. >> then you have the christmas bomber who has caused all kinds of problems for the tsa and travelers worldwide. so they've gotten sophisticated. it used

harper collins filed a lawsuit against the gawker website for leaking pages from palin's book before its release, next tuesday. the lawsuit asks that gawker be banned from posting anymore portions of that book. >>> finally, adopt a pet for the holidays. at macy's in san francisco, california, santa claus unveiled the new window displays, to the delight of children. all of the dogs and cats are up for adoption. i thought santa was at the north pole. he's in san francisco. there you go. how about that? >>> now, for a quick look at the weather. fog shrouds cities from indianapolis, to memphis, to new orleans, louisiana. meanwhile, gusty winds in the northeast, but milder temperatures. warm temperatures in much of the south. and the stormiest weather is in the west, as we were talking about, with a large area of heavy snow and rain. mr. john berman? >> thanks, ron. >>> "dancing with the stars" has already seen its fair share of on-screen drama this season. but the drama became very real when a threatening letter containing white powder showed up at the show's production office. mike maru

. >> publisher harper collins said palin worked with a ghost writer on boast books and planning a multi-statebook tour. >>> expect more traffic jams than usual over thanksgiving weekend if you're headed north on i-95. the problem, is the work around the new arc delaware toll plaza. delays could start as early as tuesday and last until the monday after thanksgiving. so the best advice? find a different way to get there. this weekend many of you will head out to pick the perfect bird to adorn your thanksgiving dinner table and while the prices may change where you live, here's a sampling of what you can expect to pay at some area stores. at giant, a fresh shady brooke turkey sells for 99 cents a pound. that same turkey frozen sells for 47 cents a pound and a frozen butterball sells for 99 cents a pound. over at shoppers food warehouse stores in northern virginia, a frozen marval prime turkey sells for 47 cents a pound and that fresh shady brooke young turkey there sells for 99 cents a pound. by the way, that's not turkey. >> no. but it is neat. >> it is neat. >> stinky meat. if you like kosher,

. >> host: the publisher is harper collins to read that as my publisher, too. who is your editor? >> guest: adam miller. >> host: can use a word or two since they don't get talked enough on tv? >> guest: the great genius of a good editor like adams is the ability to take an idea and helped craft it to suit both the current environment as well as feeling as closely as possible to the underlying intellectual trends that are driving it and adams helped us do that immeasurably, and i think we have a much better book as a result >> guest: there were two things that haven't. doug and i met in a wendy's to start talking about it and have all these ideas. >> host: and to work together before? >> guest: we had been on tv together. we started with this idea and then when adams came, she was very nice about the way he did it but he reorganized our thoughts and put together a much more compelling way. >> guest: and i would say this, i don't know if you collaborated with anybody on a book -- >> host: it is hard. [laughter] >> guest: we cooperated and collaborated. the only thing i have to say

. >> host: in your publisher of the book is harper collins, that's my publisher i should mention. who is your editor? can you say a word or two about him since they don't get caught a lot of on radio or tv? >> guest: i would tell you this and i think the great genius of a good editor like adams is the ability to take an idea and helped craft it to suit both current, the current environment as well as appealing as closely as possible to the underlying intellectual trends that are driving it, and adams helped us do that immeasurably. i think we have a much better book as a result. >> guest: there are two things that happened in this book. we met at a wendy's to talk with this. >> host: and you worked together before? >> guest: we didn't on tv together. we started with this idea and then when adams came he was very nice about the way he did it but he reorganized our thoughts and really put it together in a much more compelling way. >> guest: i don't know if you've collaborated with anybody on a book. >> guest: it's hard. [laughter] >> guest: we i think cooperative and collaborated se

[applause] lionel shriver, so much for that published by harper and harper collins publishers.karen, i hotel published by coffee house press. [applause] and this year's national book award for fiction goes to lord of mr. rove. [applause] we might need some smelling salts over in the corner there. [applause] [applause] >> the this is really heavy. i am totally unprepared, and i'm totally surprised. a lot of friends of mine called me up and said, if you could get this finalist thing, that gives us hope. and i feel as though this is as much for them as it is for me and for everybody who was involved in this book in any way. thank you very much. [applause] >> okay one more time your applause for the winners in all of our nominees. , on. [applause] ladies and gentlemen thank you so much. i had a blast and i want you to join "the daily beast" after party up on the balcony sponsored by st. john. check it out. in this has been the 2010 national book awards. good night. [applause] >> you for more information about the national book awards, visit national book.org.is >> this is richard r

she has a book coming out with harper collins. i guarantee it's going to be number one. she has a reality show coming out called ”sarah palin's alaska.” and i still think she's got some steam behind her for possibly running for the republican nomination using the tea party as her basic platform. >> but what about in history. does this resemble for you any other election? >> just the one in '94 in recent memory, that gingrich one. you know, that's the one that it's the closest of, because it's a democrat that comes in who came in with the feel of some kind of mandate. now, clinton, of course, didn't really have when he had the ross perot factor, which changed that election in '92 as a third party. this time, obama was able to win states like indiana, north carolina, virginia. i don't think he can win those states anymore. what we're being told is that we're still living in the age of reagan, that america is a center or center-right country. and for a progressive like president obama to make a difference, he's probably going to have to do what clinton did and that's sort o

posted right now is sarah palin having gawker putting down or taking down excerpts from the harper collins book, "america by heart." saying the contents done come out until tuesday so gawker is ordered to remove the book excerpts from its website. next is santos joining us from east point, michigan. our line for democratic. caller: good morning. you know, i don't want to embarrass sarah anymore. everyone's talking about how she's a great governor. has about as many people as we do in -- in alaska as we do in michigan. they were trying to effect -- she's the one who invented the panel for the elderly. the senior home on her watch, -- two seniors lost their life. that is fact. that is not fiction. and, you know, he reality show is a little ridiculous. it's more like a commercial if you're wanting to go to a trip to alaska. everybody talking about how she's such a great parent. i know my parents were great parents. my sister got pregnant at 15. but what else is going on in alaska? host: well, you're going on too far. i have to stop you there. steve, we would love to see a few more liberal gue