plus, the snub by johnny carson that stings to this day. joan rivers and a few surprise guests, including bill maher and kathy griffin, next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. what a night. joan rivers is a comic, author, actress, entrepreneur, and the focus of a brilliant new documentary, "joan rivers: a piece of work." i saw it, loved it, it is brutally frank about the highs and lows of joan's incredible career. in between laughing, which you'll do a lot, you'll be amazed by her drive and the relentless schedule she keeps. take a look. >> right now everything is absolutely wonderful. i am the golden girl. but i have been here before. and i know, nothing is yours permanently. and you better enjoy it while it's happening. >> so, next week, monday, regis and kelly, a book signing at qvc, tuesday, wor, rachael ray, howard stern. wednesday, florida, breakfast lecture, an afternoon book signing. back to miami to perform two shows. thursday, a radio show, red eye home, qvc, corporate booking. then back to the cutting room. >> larry: t

johnny will go through a much more significant lists and the second. but there are success stories as well. not the least of which is the situation in liberia. liberia and, long a problem in africa, now becoming a significant part of the solution. just use one example of where the president is providing direct assistance and counsel next door as it tries to work is back to a civilian and constitutional rule. we have a succcssful engagement recently with that later, and then you've gone done playing a significant role in the passage of u.n. resolution 1929 last week, and so there are many news stories here as well. the man who has led this effort, sometimes with very direct diplomacy, it is our very for speaker, the enormously capable assistant secretary for african affairs and my friend and colleague, johnny carson, to begin our discussions today. -- johnnie carson, to begin our discussions today. [applause] >> p.j., thank you very much for the kind introduction. i would also like to thank cheryl benton who has put this program together. i also would l

willis, johnny turner and others. that you are unwavering commitment to promote civil rights for all americans is a great tradition that the naacp continues today. i am a member of the naacp and am proud of it. i encourage members to support the naacp. i congratulate the naacp on its 101st milestone and urge my colleagues to support this important resolution and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, this resolution recognizes the 101st anniversary of the founding of the national association for the advancement of colored people. this resolution also praises the naacp for its work to secure the political, educational, social and economic equality of all persons. phe naacp was founded on february 12, 1909, in new york city. this was a centennial of abraham lincoln's pirt. the naacp is the oldest

and i don't think johnny, because of his location, is probably doing better than the rest of them.ut that doesn't take care of the rest of them and grand isle is like a ghostown. and from memorial day on is when they make their money so splichhhers are not making money, hotels, restaurant not making money, grocery stores and the oil companies with the drill stuff, that is another issue. >> what did you get out of this meeting today with them? >> mostly getting updated on where they are. the meeting that was the most important was sitting down with michelle. i ne -- with michel. if he is feeling better i'm better. it is not a perfect world. we are not getting everything we like but as i mentioned a minute ago we are in a response mode. the oil is not come into this area. we are watching for it at the barrier islands. once they see it then they deploy. right now they have deployed where they need to or feeling they need to apnd policing it because we have to continue the integrity of the boom and it will be an ongoing process. as long as that thing is pumping oil who knows how long i

you may remember johnny horton's folk song about that, you know in 1814, took a a little trip, along with colonel jackson down the mississipp. fired our cannons until the barrel melted down, then we grabbed an alligator and fired another round, filled his mouth with canon baals and powdered his behind, when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind. you do remember. absolutely. jackson was a pretty aggressive defender of freedom. he loved it and america loved him for it. now, you know that that was not the age of the blackberry or even the cell phone or even the telephones. i don't think they had invented two tin cans and a string at that time. jackson was down fighting the british in january of 1815, not knowing, not knowing that the treaty of ghent had been signed on the 24th of december of 1814. even after he pretty much slaughtered the british, it was a brutal battle, in 1815, early in january, not too -- early to mid january. no one knew about the treaty having been signed. at least it wasn't official. but it became pretty apparent the british weren't a threat like they

paisley and vince gill but also hundreds of musician like dave row, who has worked with the likes of johnnysh. row loss tonight bass gi tarz he stored at sound check. >> having insurance on that many instruments is kind of-- it's a big nut to crack. it could end up being a couple of house payments for you. so you put them in there and feel safe. obviously i-- we did. we all felt safe against theft and flood. keeping that many guitars around the house is a real liability. people see you coming in and out with that kind of stuff it's an easy target for thieves. but nobody thought about the river, you know. >> brown: ben jumper is now, of course, thinking about the river but he's rebuilding sound check anyway, and expects to open the first of his nine rehearsal rooms by the end of summer. >> it was a really tough decision, but we're committed . we love our business. it's family here. we've got s.b.a. disaster funds that are going to help us get back open. i'll be paying on them for the next 30 years, but that's okay. >> brown: for his part, mayor dean is also looking to the long-term future bu

. >> have you seen johnnie glover around this morning? >> mr. glover is actually here today with his wife. >> lead the way. >> how are you doing? further notice. [unintelligible] >> thanks for coming over. how are things going? >> very good. >> here is what i am interested in. over the last week and a half, we have made a number of significant changes, trying to be more responsive. >> i think we have a great relationship with the eoc right now. with a booming operations, [unintelligible] we are considering alternate billing strategies b.g.e. booming strategies. some islands may be switching to -- we get trucks and every day. >> [unintelligible] >> we are requesting some of the larger rooms. -- some of the larger booms. >> we are going to try to go down and do a tour of the staging area. >> we are just trying to get caught up. i have not been down to grand isle since last friday. charlotte was down there, and we are hearing their concerns about the dispersant. it looks like they have kind of got caught up and are moving quite well. >> there are a

johnny and i served in the state legislature together. one thing we do agree on is the saltwater marshes, preservation of the coastal wetlands, the conservation of the fisheries. we don't get one iota on any of that. -- dip one iota on any of that. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> now, president obama and a vice-president biden tore a dealership in maryland. following the tour, the president talked about the monthly job numbers. the numbers show that the economy added 431,000 jobs last month, and that the unemployment numbers were down .2% to 9.7%. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. let me just -- please, everybody. have a seat. it is wonderful to be here. i wanted to make a couple of quick acknowledgments. this guy behind me, you might know him. he is the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] maryland's lieutenant governor is here. [applause] the mayor of hyattsville, william gardner. [applause] and, wof c

[inaudible] you are making a comparison about the movie with johnny depp. people do not even have tv's to watch these movies. they hear these things passed down through generations. host: you are breaking up a little bit. donna hopkins, any last words? guest: i have a common 3 we have great empathy for the fact that poverty is a crushing problem in africa. i think the people who would excuse piracy on the basis of poverty do great disrespect to the millions of proud and productive smalleomalis for tryg to deal with their situation in ways that do not involve the extortion of other human beings. the proceeds from piracy do not helping alleviate the poverty of these nations. piracy is adding to the poverty of the nation because it suppresses international development. suppresses tourism. it is discouraging humanitarian aid. the united states government is aware and we're doing a great deal to try to address it. host: donna hopkins with the state department, thank you for being with us. in just a moment, we will talk to andrew mccarthy the national review. he

butler, wayne campbell, johnny cruise, james l. keys, terry mcmillan, williams mccain, charles osborne, james prayeder, and mack thomas. it's been an honor to bring this resolution honoring them to the house and i strongly urge my colleagues to add their neams to the roster of those recognizing these american sailors. with that i yield back the balance of my time. mr. buyer: reclaiming my time. i thank the gentleman for bringing this. i also want to recognize hoosiers who also shared danger of combat above the rice patties and forest of the mekong delta. that is those who served with hal-3 from indiana. j. howard cook, rick hodge, melvin howl, thomas h. jackson, robert l. redmond, and jay wakeland. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. buyer: in support of house resolution 1228. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. buyer:with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana yields back the balanc

you may remember johnny horton's folk song about that, you know in 1814, took a a little trip, along with colonel jackson down the mississipp. fired our cannons until the barrel melted down, then we grabbed an alligator and fired another round, filled his mouth with canon baals and powdered his behind, when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind. you do remember. absolutely. jackson was a pretty aggressive defender of freedom he loved it and america loved him for it. now, you know that that was not the age of the blackberry or even the cell phone or even the telephones. i don't think they had invented two tin cans and a string at that time. jackson was down fighting the british in january of 1815, not knowin, not knowing that the treaty of ghentad been signed on the 24th of december of 1814. even after he pretty much slaughtered the british, it was a brutal battle, in 1815, early in january, not too -- early to mid january. no one knew about the treaty having been sned. at least it wn't official. but it became pretty apparent the british weren't a threat like they once we

johnny hayward will make his first appearance -- tony hayward will make his first appearance before congress next week. that will be covered live on c- span. >> this weekend, the chicago tribune printer's row lit fest will be coveree on c-span2. >> alive now to the brookings institution here in washington. the assistant attorney general will talk about counter- terrorism. he is expected to talk about the recent bombing attempt in times square, and the christmas day bomber. here is david kris. >> let's get started. i am a senior fellow here in government studies. thank you for coming. i will be very brief, because i am sure that not a single one of you came to hear my voice. i am pleased to welcome david kris back to brookings. he once spent some time as a resident fellow here before going back to government. david is a very rare thing in government, which is a sort of scholar/practitioner, whoohas as deep an academic understanding and background in the material that he works on as he does a kind of granular, a working understanding and working familiarity with the matters and that he writes