but donna karan has made a career embracing her style.ong seductive clothes with lots of black and just enough skin. in the midst of fashion week, we sat down to talk about everything from the one part of the body she says never gains weight and her passion for hair. the reigning queen of 7th avenue, she's been called america's coco chanel done made karen is not just a designer, she's a one woman empire. you failed a draping? >> yeah. >> how is that possible? >> you've got to fail to move forward. >> in the early day, she trained under women's sports wear pioneer anne kleip she has a global empire that today includes dkny, men's wear, fragrance, home and a separate company, urban's end, a socially conscious line. more than 100 stores worldwide. and more than $2 billion a year in reand i will sales. >> i started as a dream. >> but did you ever think -- >> no because i started did not in a karen, i wanted to design send easy pieces that were just for me and my friends. and that's the truth. and then all of a sudden, everybody wanted them. >

now donna karan is a star. reigning queen of seventh avenue. she's been called america's coco chanel. donna karan is not just a designer, she's a one-woman empire. >> you failed draping? >> yep. >> how is that possible? >> you've got to fail to move forward. in the early days, she trained under anne klein. the now 63-year-old designer launched her own label, donna karan new york. a global empire that today includes dkny, menswear, fragrance, home, and a separate company, urban zen, a socially conscious line. more than 100 stores worldwide and more than $2 billion a year in retail sales. >> you know, it started as a dream. >> but did you ever think -- >> no, because i started donna karan, i wanted to design seven easy pieces that were just for me and my friends. and that's the truth. and then all of a sudden, everybody wanted them. >> reporter: seven easy pieces that women could easily mix and match. >> oh, my god, i'm working and i have to go out. and i have to pack. how do i pack? what do i need? you know, how

>> no, because i started donna karan, i wanted to design seven easy pieces that were just for me andm. >> reporter: seven easy pieces that women could easily mix and match. >> oh, my god, i'm working and i have to go out. and i have to pack. how do i pack? what do i need? you know, how do i make it simple? >> reporter: she has a legion of celebrity fans, including hillary clinton. she advised president clinton on the campaign trail and when he won, he wore a donna karan suit to his first inauguration. >> i have a crush on him. i mean, president clinton has been so supportive but he is my inspiration. >> reporter: one of the big reasons karan decided designing just wasn't enough. >> with the world that we're living with today and you talk about dressing i could no longer just dress. it was dressing and addressing. the health care problem or educational problem, the cultural problems, the impoverished lands of people. >> reporter: like haiti. since the earthquake in 2010, karan is visited haiti numerous times and makes a point to go back at least once a month. karan supports asian arti

. >> reporter: in the early days, karan trained under ann cline.hat today includes dkny, men's wear, fragrance, home, and a separate company, urban's end. more than 100 stores worldwide and more than $2 billion a year in retail sales. >> you know, i started as a dream. >> but did you ever think? >> no. because i started donna karan. i wanted seven pieces just for me and my friends. that's the truth. and then all of a sudden, everybody wanted them. >> reporter: seven easy pieces that women could easily mix and match. >> oh my god. i'm working and i have to go out. and i have to pack. how do i pack? what do i need? how do i make it simple? >> reporter: she has a legend of celebrity fans. including clinton. he wore a donna karan suit to his first inauguration. >> president clinton is my inspiration. >> reporter: one of the reasons karan decided designing just wasn't enough. >> with the world we're living in today and you talk about dressing, i can no longer just dress. it was addressing and addressing. the health care problem. our educational problem.

. >> the incident was the reported accidental burning of karan's at a u.s. base after detainee's use them to communicate back and forth with extremist messages. >> our military neglected long established correct procedures for handling religious materials. >> he promised today not only punishment for those responsible but also vowed all 140,000 coalition troops will be immediately retrained on protocol. >> an apology goes a long way especially from the government of the united states. >> it is a good thing for the muslims. >> will this gesture make any difference where it matters most? will be seen just as lip service for those filling the streets with chance of "death to america." >> we have to convey this apology today in a wider perspective and share it with many people it around the world. >> a spokesperson for the state department told me this afternoon they are going to do whatever possible to make sure this message is rebroadcast overseas and online to make sure the entire muslim world can see exactly what length america is willing to go to try to rep

thousands are demonstrating for a second straight day against the accidental burning of karan's at a military base. the embassy is an lockdown and the american commander has apologized for the mistake and asked afghans to join in the investigation. >> and in syria, to western journalists have been killed in a bombing. one of them is an american work reporter who has been a foreign correspondent for the "sunday times" in britain for the past two decades. they were killed by shelling and hundreds of syrians have died in the siege. france and other countries are calling for an end to the syrian regime. >> another failure in the standoff with iran. weapons inspectors are leaving after being refused to let into sight. they have made little progress. just hours ago, an iranian general warned there would be a pre-emptive strike against any enemy who threatens the country. >> a man accused of plotting a suicide attack against the capital is scheduled to appear in court for a bond hearing. amine el khalifi is accused of threatening to detonate a suicide best in the capitol building. he did no

least five individuals were reported killed in a fresh round of riots inspired by the burning of the karanear a u.s. air base. -- the burning of the koran near a u.s. airbase. >> the first talks after the death of kim jong-il in december. the two countries have been negotiating about pyongyang's nuclear program. >> a memorial service has been held at the cathedral in when a star is honoring the victims of yesterday's rail disaster. 1500 were killed and more than 650 injured. is believed to brake failure was the cause of the accident. >> prince daniel has announced that crown princess victoria has given birth to a girl. the new princess was 51 centimeters long and weighed about 3.25 kilograms. the couple have not yet named their daughter. >> here is news of another positive surprise. construction crews struck gold in northern germany. >> while laying a gas pipeline, workers can across a 10,000 year-old fireplace, and historic burial ground, and pieces of pure gold from the bronze age. >> for archeologist, it is the find of a lifetime. >> it is one of the biggest treasures found not at the j

the clippers and dallas, karan butler received his championship game.e couldn't knock down the three. navitsky had 23. milwaukee has beat miami this season. will he bran james, a man among boys, a game high 35. miami crewsed 114-96. college hoops, number two syracuse escaped louisville with a win. amaze zingly neither team scored the rest of the way. syracuse held on to beat 18th ranked louisville 52-51. you show you're having a bad day, dan boil ripped a shot from the red line. it was tipped in at the blue line. braid den holsby didn't have a chance. the jets dustin buck lynn scored a similar goal last week. oddly enough that goal was also against the capitals. u.s. swimming team members know all about the olympic rings. now they share the most sacred ring of them all. he had more than gold on his mind this weekend. he was thinking diamonds. after winning the 100 meter back stroke, they congratulated him on the podium. that's when he dove head first into the deep end. look at annie's face. she could not believe it. it took her a few seconds, but she sa

that attack, suspected pay back for the burning of the karan by u.s. troops. >> my dad, he was a good man. >> reporter: the news devastating his wife and four children who live in baltimore. >> take care of mommy. take care of mommy. >> take care of my sweetheart if anything ever happens to me. >> reporter: before taking full-time work with the national guard, he spent years as a phys ed teacher for several baltimore county schools. his last teaching job was at carnie elementary where staff remember him well. >> he was the kind of person who came into the room and just calmed it down. >> when he got his job with the army he said he had two passions -- one was working with kids and the other was a soldier. and he was so fortunate to do both. >> reporter: he is the 12th maryland guardsman to lose his life in the global war on terror. >> it's really touching to see how many lives he did touch. >> reporter: the military says they know who his killer is and there's an active search to find him. >> the remains arrived at dover air force base. since their mur

nato was a top commander says an investigation into the burning of copies of the karan in a u.s. base in afghanistan is underway and asked for patience. today there has been a fourth day of angry demonstrations which have already claimed 13 lives. the afghan president hamid karzai says there should be a public trial for those who carried out the desecration. andrew exton served with the u.s. army in 2005 and was an advisor to stem the mcchrystal in 2009 and is what the center for -- security and he is in our edinburgh studio in scotland. what kind of a threat to stability are these protests? >> i think there are a number of different factors that can use this unfortunate incident to their and manage. on the one hand, you will see hamid karzai to use the incident to increase his own negotiating power, telling the americans it is time for the bathroom of facilities to be turned over to afghan control. -- bagram facilities turned over to afghan control. others causing more violence and afghanistan. and i think the most general reaction that many of us have -- both many of us who ser

using common broadcasting to you lot from the heart of moscow on karan taraji with crisis locked damascus feeling the squeeze from within the country and abroad it's crucial ally in the region is also feeling the strain experts warn about the collapse of the syrian regime would be a devastating blow to iran making extremely isolated and compelled to act artie's laura smith reports. iran's military is put through its paces but how long will this carry on being a drill as the conflict in syria gets bloodier by the day western powers range against president assad ally iran the strategic position looks increasingly shaky which some suggest is no coincidence there is a proxy conflict between israel and its western allies and iran which basically only has one ally in the region which is the syrian republic so if you can get syria away from iran either through a diplomatic deal which they're trying for many years all through regime change which seems to be the direction of travel now that would definitely weaken iran and all roads in the middle east right now do seem to lead back to tehran exper

. >>> overseas to afghanistan, where fury over burning karans tonighted today. nick schifrin covers the latest from kabul tonight. nick? >> reporter: george, i've lived in this region for four years. and i never felt this level of anger at americans. and now, that anger has led to the murder of two american troops. afghan fury has been fierce. it spread to all corners of the country, and inside a u.s. base. an afghan soldier shot and killed two u.s. troops. he escaped into a crowd of anti-u.s. protesters. and two of those protesters were killed by soldiers guarding the base. today's written apology from president obama himself failed to pacify the crowds. even in areas where the taliban have little influence, afghans called for the death of americans. apologies, he says, are not enough. at another u.s. base, protesters threw rocks and tried to storm the walls. afghan soldiers responded with bullets, but couldn't prevent protesters from raising a white, taliban flag on the base's outer wall. tomorrow are traditional friday prayers. and demonstrations are expected

protests started after was made public after an workers saw soldiers burning and the karan at the airfieldiers were seen damping the koran into a trash pit. mr. obama sent a letter to the afghan president formally apologizing for the burning of the koran. the letter expresses the president's regret over the incident. they were reportedly pulled from a shelf because detainee's had written extremist inscription's in them. the u.s. military is still investigating. >> she is taking center stage in the broadway hit and miss rising star has roots in howard county. we will catch up and dr. her about her new fame. >> >> it is scary but true, google has a new privacy policy putting your personal information at risk. how the company is defending >> coming up tonight, the legislation to legalize same-sex marriage continues to sit in the senate. how close is maryland to making history? and what is next for george huguely? the recommended sentence is in but where could go from here? finally, we stepped onto a campus to see how they feel about t >> in fiat -- insects like the want just as much as we do,

. >>> in this half hour, amid a fourth day of rioting over burned karans a top u.s.ist reminds the they are our fans. >>> a fatally flawed system. >>> what do you do when your boss says make me a burger? how about check to make sure he's really your boss? >>> across afghanistan today, thousands took part in anti-u.s. an anti-nato rioting. it's the fourth day of violence after people learned nato troops had burned qurans and other islamist writings from detainees and burned them. >> there will be moments like this when your emotions are governed by anger, and the desire to strike back. these are the moments when you reach down inside and you grip the discipline that makes you a united states soldier. and you gut through the pain, and you gut through the anger, and you remember why we're here. we're here for our friends. >> cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence joining me now. chris, you've heard what the general said. pretty emotional, moving words there. you've been in contact with some of those currently serving in afghanistan. what are they saying? >> reporter:

donna karan is everywhere. tommy hilfiger is everywhere. people come in and say, do you have louis vuitton. macy's sells louis vuitton, so does madison avenue. i want to be where the customer wants us and needs us. >> martha has a huge presence on the web as well. some of the best-selling apps on itunes not to mention social media. and basically with about 250 million twitter followers, i think, martha stewart, inc., pretty much a good thing, at least for investors for the last 12 months. before that, the stock had had some trouble. but it seems to be rebounding. >> did she talk to you at all about the dust-up involving jcpenney and macy's? >> she says macy's has renewed their arrangement for the next five years and she made the point that she thinks retail is changing. and as a result of that, jcpenney is going to the store -- in the store concept. macy's will continue their relationship with martha because she feels that people pick stores -- maybe you know this after the supermarket documentary you did. people have their favorite stores.

that is tolerated but we don't tolerate the karan?t is a big problem in this country, i believe. host: the earlier caller referred to this story which includes a photograph of osama bin laden's former home in pakistan. that story is from inside the "washington post." and there is also a photograph. from our twitter page -- newt gingrich is among those too quickly criticized the president and the story is available at cbs news.com, saying the president surrendered by his apology. carl is on the phone from memphis, tenn., democrats line, good morning. caller: good morning, are they going to put these people who were part of the operation for burning this book? the president does not need to apologize for somebody else's mistake. he has gone through enough for his administration. it seems to me that somebody has done something by putting their foot in their mouths and we have to apologize for something else. it is time out for apologies. it is time for trying to work together. host: if you are just joining us, our focus this morning is t

justine: an apology from president obama has not ease the anger or the protest over burning of the karane troops in afghanistan it has drawn more criticism from republicans looking to take the president's job. >>reporter: outbreak is spreading over the burning of a copy of grant at a nato base. angry and a time violent protests have been raging in the country since tuesday despite repeated apologies from nato and the u.s. military. >> this was unintentional there was no intention by any member of our staff to defame the faith of islam or desecrate the precious religious materials of this faith. >>reporter: president obama issued an apology came as to american troops were killed by a man wearing a afghani in this form. newt gingrich wasted no time criticizing the president for issuing an apology. >> there seems to be nothing the radical islamists can do to get barak obama attention in a way that he has consistently apologize to people that do not deserve the apology of the president of the united states. >>reporter: the state department says it will work with the afghan government to hold

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and we stopped them and confiscated the karan's that they had defaced.aced the koran. the so-called muslims, people who are supposed to be really passionate about the koran, which cannot be defaced, unless they do it, in which case it is ok, because they are not us. i just want to pose to you how bad this has gotten. in 2009, the u.s. army burned bibles in afghanistan. the confiscated bibles that had been sent to afghanistan, and they burned them. this is our army. did kristin's right? we go find somebody to kill? no. we passively accepted a really bad decision. in nigeria, churches are burned. does anybody apologize? in egypt, churches are burned. does anybody apologize? in malaysia, churches are burned. does anybody apologize? in saudi arabia, it is illegal to practice the christian or jewish religion. does anybody complain? in iran last week, just last week, they found a christian minister guilty of hypocrisy and sentenced him to death. has anyone apologized? no one in this administration is prepared to stand up for any of our values. they are very pr

it is a lot different if it is a new missile from north korea or karan. several missiles coming from russia, which is not an enemy of the united states. if none of these states are, in principle. these are a lot of things to calculate. second, the question is how promptly. this review makes it clear that the president wants to move away from launch and move away from relying on being able to launch our weapons fell to be destroyed by an incoming attack. in fact, be able to ride out the attack. in some ways, these characteristics fight against each other. you may need more weapons if you get rid of prompt launch. you have a higher risk that by the time the president made the decision to retaliate, some weapons would be destroyed already. the idea here, of course, is to avoid some kind of accidental war. some kind of war that escalates accidentally when that is not what had to occur. therefore, get away from so- called hair trigger decisions. give the president a chance and the ability to survive long enough to consider what his options are and what is real

. >> reporter: for 27 years, donna karan has been an icon in the fashion world, but even though the 63gning, her latest passion is haiti. car ran helps haitian artisans in the earthquake zone by buying their products and selling them in her urban zen stores. >> 100% of the profit all goes back to the haitian art sans. not only are we buying product from haiti but we are also foundationally giving all the money back to haiti. >> what do you get out of it then? >> my heart. >> reporter: we also talked to the designer behind red carpet sensation, marchesa. georgina chapman takes me behind-the-scenes for a look at the gowns worn by halle berry, jessica alba and jennifer lopez and answers the question whether her husband, hollywood heavyweight producer harvey weinstein, encourses a-list actresses to wear marchesa groups. >>> it doesn't hurt. >> of course it doesn't hurt. i think his relationship with actresses is a very different relationship. i don't think anybody is going to let harvey tell them how to get dressed. >> reporter: a growing trend is designers who are not just creating looks

but you know, one of the highlights was speaking to donna karan.at down and talked in-depth about her business. we also spent a lot of time talking about her work in haiti. it's really her passion. in fact, she goes back about once a month. she's head ing there again today. just a couple of days after showing her latest collection. she also share with me, listen to this, guys, some of her secrets of the trade. how about this? a dress she designed that shows off the one part of the body that she says never gains weight, that would be the shoulders. so she made something called the cold shoulder dress. we want to look at it. hillary clinton actually wore it to her first state dinner as first lady. >> women never gain weight on their shoulders. i guarantee you, no matter what you do, your shoulder will always remain. >> it is true if you think about it. you know, this also surprised me. one of the most memorable moments of the interview. she told me what her favorite item of clothing is. guess what it is. a scarf. she seays it keep use warms, doubles

. >> can you update us on the status of the investigation into the karan burning itself? has anyone been pace on leave -- been placed on leave? we were told last week that there would be preliminary results within 24 hours, and we have not heard much about that. and what was the decision making about recalling he got -- recalling advisers from them ministries in kabul and are around kabul, and not in the rest of the country? why is that distinction made? why you think advisers around the country are safer than those in kabul? >> john, do you want to take that question? >> yeah, sure. on the status investigation, it is ongoing. it is not yet complete. i would be loath to get into a specific deadline here, but i can tell you that they're working very hard on this. i am not aware of any body being put on leave or anything like that as a result of this. the work is going on. they are working very hard at it, because general allen did want this done right the, but expeditiously. that is where we are. i just do not have a better feel for it than that. on the other question, thi

for the international security assistance force in afghanistan said today that the burning of the karan by u.s. military personnel was a mistake and completely unintentional. it has sparked protests across afghanistan, leading several wounded and at least one dead. this is about 1 hour 7 minutes. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. sorry for the slight delay. we will adjust a little bit. we're pleased to have major- general hook with us this morning. we will let you know that the tail end of his briefing, we also have the iisaf spokesperson to give us a briefing. major general david holt is joining us again in the briefing room. he was last with us on the eighth of december. at that time, we had some technical difficulties. we will keep our fingers crossed. gerald kokerhook has held his position since october of last year. from october 2008 to october 2009, he was deputy commander regional command south. following his opening remarks we will take your questions. with that, sir i do not want to delay it any further. over to you. >> thank you. good morning ladies and gentlemen. thank y

we were in partnership after the karan incidents. -- koran incident. we believe they are committed. we look forward to seeing violence abate in the coming days. i'm sorry, john, do you have anything to add? >> no, george, nothing to add. >> i want to go back to the incident of the minister of interior. are you 100 percent sure that the issue is related to the koran issue? and you think that senior afghan officers could be involved in this incident? to both of yourr question is, quite honestly, we do not know. we do not know what the motivation was behind the murders. frankly, she was able to get out as quickly and easily as she did. we just do not have that level of detail. >> a couple more questions. >> can you update us on the status of the investigation into the koran burning itself? has anyone been placed on leave pending the outcome of the investigation? and where is that? we were told last week there would be some preliminary results within 24 hours or something. we have not heard much about that. and what was the decision making about, calling advisers from the ministry in ka