joan rivers is one of the great comics. i love joan rivers.'t agree with what she said about getting the jews out of palestine, but i don't think she should have got fired about it. >> what did i say? >> larry: you got the wrong joan. >> oh, i'm sorry. i knew joan rivers was a great comic when i was 10 years old. >> he has to always end up -- i love bill so much and then he's got to give it to you. you know, i love you too, and you know that. >> i swear to god, she's had so many great eras of her career. she had the johnny carson area. when he liked her. and then there was the other johnny carson era when he hated her. but when she became a giant star on her own that followed her guest hosting on "the tonight show," when she was probably the biggest comedy star in the country for, i don't know, ten years. i mean, did people remember that era when joan rivers was the hottest thing in show business? how could you not list her as one of the great comics? >> larry: by the way, bill, have you seen the film? >> i have not. >> larry: you will thoroug

and for a nother -- joan, would you please join me?and for another perspective, we have asked marine money to join us tonight -- maureen mahoney to join us tonight. she has won 22 of the cases that she has argued before the court. she is known as recently for presenting the university of michigan and the affirmative action case that she won. her first case before the court was in 1988 and also brings varying perspectives because she served as a clerk to the justice william rehnquist and served as a time as deputy solicitor general. thanks for being here. as our panelists take their seats, i would like to do this. the book is edited transcripts of the interviews that we have recorded. we have picked a number of them tonight so that you can continue to hear the justices in their own words. first, we're going to start with the big news, which is the new appointment of elena kagan. what is interesting is that the court was on an 11-year stretch with those changes what -- with no changes. since 2005, there are new appointments to the court.

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>> larry: joan rivers here tomorrow night. jermaine jackson on friday. go to facebook.com/cnn.rry king live." for behind the scene photos of jermaine and me honoring the memory of michael on his first anniversary of his death. michael half tstings is with usm afghanistan. he's the author of the article in "rolling stone." anything you left out? anything you're sorry about? >> no, i think i did my job to the best of my ability. obviously, in the magazine story, there's always tons you leave out. so -- but in terms of regret, certainly no regrets. >> larry: all right, we have us a couple of excerpts from the article. number one. according to sources, you write, familiar with the meeting, mcchrystal thought obama looked uncomfortable and intimidated by the room full of military brass. that was -- without specifics, who told you that? >> without specifics, who told me that? >> larry: that's a cute way -- >> -- mcchrystal -- people very close to general mcchrystal and confirmed with a number of people very close to him. so i am very confident in my sourcing there. >> larry: on the f

and for a nother -- joan, would you please join me?and for another perspective, we have askkd marine money to join us tonight -- maureen mahoney to join us tonight. she has won 22 of the cases that she has argued before the court. she is known as recently for presenting the university of michigan and the affirmative action case that she won. her first case before the court was in 1988 and also brings varying perspectives because she served as a clerk to the justice william rehnquist and served as a time as deputy solicitor general. thanks for being here. as our panelists take their seats, i would like to do this. the book is edited transcripts of the interviews that we have recorded. we have picked a number of them tonight so that you can continue to hear the justices in their own words. first, we're going to start with the big news, which is the new appointment of elena kagan. what is interesting is that the court was on an 11-year stretch with those changes what -- with no changes. since 2005, there are new appointments to the court.

ylan mui look at new credit card rules and what they need for consumers, and joan lowy has details about a defense department request to the f.a.a. to open up u.s. air space for unmanned drones. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on cradge. up next, the usaid administrator talks about relief efforts in haiti. after that, a senate judiciary confirmation hearing for the attorney general. after that, a member of the afghan parliament talks about the future of his country. on wednesday, bp announceded that $20 billion will be placeded in an escrow account to compensate people and businesses affected by the oil spill, and that bp will not pay shareholders a dividend this year. tone hayward testified before a house committee. we will show you that testimony sunday starting at 10:45 eastern on c-span. >> supreme court justice clarence thomas on the prospect of a new justice. >> bringing in a family member, and it changes the whole family. it's different today than what it was when i first got here. i have to admit, you grow very fond of the court that you suspend a lot time on. >>

joan lowy talks about a new request to open up their space to unmanned drones. "washington journal," is live at 7:30 eastern on c-span. >> president obama's remarks in columbus, ohio, and the economy and jobs. after that, coast guard admiral thad allen briefs reporters on the oil spill. then a hearing on the defense -- then the defense briefing on troop withdrawal. bp will place $20 billion to compensate people into an escrow account. it will not pay their shareholders a dividend this year. thursday, tony hayward testified before a house energy and commerce subcommittee. we will show you the testimony sunday at 10:45 eastern on c- span. -- 10:45 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> supreme court justice clarence thomas on the prospect of a new justice. >> you are bringing in a family member. it changes the family. it is different today than what it was when i first got here. i have to admit, you grow very fond of the court that you have spent long time on. >> with the confirmation hearings for elena kagan starting june 28, learn more about the nation's highest court in c-

host: joan on our line for democrats out of tennessee. go ahead. caller: i would like to say one thing first, okay? on the people that do not like the united states, tell them to put their hand in their pocket and quit asking for money to take care of the things that they could have done themselves. another thing, when karzai gets up off of his bottom and starts taking care of his own people, then the war will be over because god says, we take care of our own and we pray for our leaders, with people seem to forget, and i do not care about the money as much as i do about what is doing to generations coming up. the thing about it is we have always done for ourselves. i'm in my 80's, close to my 90's, and i watched politics, the biggest part of my life, and i have never found any person that gets up there and says okay, we will do this and do that. they cannot do everything that they promised to do because the other party will not work with them. even my group of people, common people, they do not like their president or any of their leaders. i vote d

my colleagues have not applied their joan logic and i hope the final speaker will explain what enhanced baruptcy is. we re told bankruptcy was the answer. bankruptcy gotten hansed somewhere and we haven't what it is. and it's the case that we tell the fdic, when you insure the depositors, they are taken care of, but there are costs. the fdic is told about this method and that means spending money to wind it down in a way that diminishes the impact. my colleagues on the other side aren't quite as devoted to bankruptcy as theyhink. they're not prepared to put it into the fdic proposal and it's a form of enhanced bankruptcy and i hope in their remaining time they'll explain it. when they offer a recommital motion, mr. speaker, on this bill, they didn't say let's fix bankruptcy but said kill every sort of consumer and financial reform. the gentleman from texas wants to kill the consumer independent agency and kill the fiduciary responsibility for broker/dealers and leverage can never go more than 15-1. they remain oppos. their view is that the regulators in prior years didn't do a good job,

joan lowy from the associated press. thank you for being with us. coming up tomorrow on "washington journal," james wakley -- weakly, brian fishman of the new american foundation will be talking about afghanistan, and carrie severino who is the chief counsel and policy director who will speak to us about opposition to the nomination of the elena kagan to the u.s. supreme court. that will be on tomorrow's addition of "washington journal." i would like to thank you for watching and we will see you tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . >> that is at 10:45 eastern here on c-span. >> our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and on line. you cannot connect to the sun twitter, facebook, and u2. signup for our schedule alert e- mails. >> secretary of state hillary clinton said thursday that a new ratified start treaty could lead to talks on russia on missile but -- missile defense and iran. the chairman of the joint chiefs

ylan mui set credit cards and what they mean to consumers and joan lowy details about a defense department request to open up u.s. airspace for unmanned drones. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. >> he was a volatile and emotional and very complicated young man. he was very adventuress. when he was in america, he was 25 and he was having an adventure. >> take a new look at the 18th 31 tour of america. leo damrosch on q&a. >> coast guard admiral thad allen is that there is a push in the gulf now to provide more additional protective boom. admiral allen briefs reporters from new orleans. this is about half an hour. >> to give you a couple of updates on the initiatives. i will be happy to take any questions you might have for me. i am very pleased to report. we were actually able to recover 25,000 barrels of oil. this is utilizing discover enterprise and our exploitation of the key line to bring additional oil out and be processed. there are additional vessels being brought into the area. we anticipate by the end of the increase to about 53,000 barrels a month. f