kathy geithner. when you think money, you think secretary griffin 37. >> kathy bernanke.n all seriousness, what do you think about what's happening in your commune tri? >> i thank the audience for buying a ticket because it's a big deal. buying a ticket, paying for a baby-sitter. so i'm conscious as ever as are other performers i know. it's frightening but we're going to get through it. >> do you think washington politicians have any real connect now to the american public? >> yeah. they're human beings. i mean, this particular bunch is a little frightening to me, but i still support the president, which in hollywood by the way, makes you a terrorist. i even liked jimmy carter. so shoot me now, shoot me in my sleep. but i think he's a very bright guy. and also people seem to forget that during the clinton administration, you know, there was no debt at all. i mean, it was gone. and then during eight years of bush, i really feel like that -- it was almost an untenable situation for the president. >> but the problem for the president is he inherited clearly a massive -- >> l

kathy griffin on the economy climbs on desk to kiss piers. most awkward piers morgan show ever. >> give it up, people. >> you've only been on ten minutes. >> i know. >> congratulations. >> i say we do the rest of the show bottomless because anyone can do topless. that's so last week. but with the glass table, it's limitless. >> you are dangerous for any cnn host. >> i'm dangerous for you right now. >> cnn fires you every year. >> every year i get fired. >> terrible slug to get us all back into trouble. >> thank you. i came -- i am a terrible slug that is on cnn every new years trying to make people laugh. and that's a bumper sticker that i'm going to put on my prius. i don't have a prius. >> i heard you had a foxy dinner last night. >> okay, so i have a list moments in my life. >> you had dinner last night, a private dinner party with jack nicholson, john hamm, steve martin. >> john hamm is not really a celebrity. >> he's the biggest one out there. >> whatever. who else? >> steve martin, funniest guy, michaels and, my god, when it comes to mo

kathy griffin decided she wouldn't be outrated there. version to justin bieber. take a listen. >> justin biebeb, i want you to know you are all the way beautiful. you're smart and kind-hearted. if i could, i would marry you. oh, that's actually not true. it's messy, justin. there's a distribution of assets. we would just go steady. >> so good. so funny. and, you know, a lot of people have been asking jim carrey, what the heck was up with that? he decided to come clean. this is what he said. yes, my message to emma stone was a comedy routine, and the funniest part is everything i said is true. that clears it up. >> yeah, jim, what -- i don't know what that's all about. >>> another breakup news to report this morning. derek jeter, famous yankee, is splitsville now for three years with his extremely hot girlfriend, mika kelly. they are done. you think about all the athlete/actress couples that have broken up over the years. you had halle berry, david justice and kim kardashian and reggie bush, lance armstrong and sheryl crow. the list goes

so watch out, america, because there's nothing that kathy griffin won't see. she's always outrageous, always hilarious. she'll be here for the hour tomorrow night. that's kathy griffin that's it for us tonight. >>> hello, i'm monita rajpal at this hour. >>> bashar al assad has given the okay for different political parties. after the u.n. security council condemned the ongoing human rights violations of the use of force against civilians in syria. the government says it's crackdown is aimed at armed gangs. >>> the united nations says three more regions of somalia have slipped into famine. one area includes the capital, mogadishu where an estimated 100,000 people have come looking for aid. the u.n. says nearly half the country is suffering from malnutrition. >>> egypt's ailing former president will next appear in court august 15th as his trial opened. hosni mubarak denied charges of corruption and playing role in the death of more than 800 anti-government demonstrators. the trial of his rmer interior minister is scheduled to get under way at this hour. >>> in e

that's kathy griffin. and now here's anderson cooper with "a c360. ". >> piers, thank you very much. begin tonight with keeping them honest, them being lawmakers. lawmakers who are taking five weeks off instead of finishing their work, five weeks. here they are adjourning for their summer recession, and if you're thinking recess, just like in second grade, you're not alone. by the way in, january, house members scheduled more than 23 weeks off this

red eye" hit the pavement to find out why the greatest sport ever invent edition appeared like kathy griffin'sld nose. >> hi, here i am in central park. it is a lovely summer day. look around me. all you can see are bikes. nasty bikes. why have two wheels when you can have four. 10 years ago this place would have been dirty with in line skaters. what happened? i intend to find out. two wheels ain't the deal! you're yesterday's news. oh god. any thoughts on what roller blades or roller blade corporate can bring this back to the masses? >> you know what, they have to get some cool people blading. >> done and done. now i'm looking at what you guys are wearing, and i don't want to be an investigative reporter, but let me guess. mexico? >> no. canadian. >> canadians, all right. i'm close. can i get some viva la in line skating? that works, yeah. >> i don't know it. >> viva la roller blade. >> no, never say that. >> what central park activity would you banish so in line skating might replace it because it ain't here right now? what about sun bathing? look at that guy's gut over there. if you could r

. >> kathy griffin, it's been horrendous. what can i say? >> i miss you already. are you a nightmare, my friend. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> that's all for us tonight. thank god. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com by enemy fire, but a full investigation will be conducted. commanders and special operations and the navy are moving quickly to send assistance officers to the families and hometowns of those lost offering as much information and assistance as they can. remains are expected at dover air force base delaware in the coming days. >> barbara starr, thank you very much. president barack obama was notified of the helicopter crash and released a statement which reads in part "their deaths are a reminder of the essacrifices made by the men and women of our military and their families, including all who have served in afghanistan." there are nearly 100,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan right now. that's about two-thirds of the total nato force. but the u.s. special forces in afghanistan are a breed apart. retired army brigadier general mark kimmitt jo

kathy griffin. she doesn't live here, but she visits a lot. en kathy comes to new york city, oh, she comes to get down. >> we're still like four minutes away. and we're going to be live all the way through, all the way through the new year. they're playing all the traditional stuff we love. new york, new york -- what is going on? >> i'm taking your clothes off. >> all right. >> it's for america. i love america. >> even watching that makes me sweat. pretty sure kathy doesn't behave that way in portland. and what's up with portland anyway? how did they get to be number one? is gossip girl set in portland? no, that would be new york. did they make "sex and the city" in portland? no, because no one would buy the concept of samantha wearing a oversized flannel shirt and working as a barista. everything i learned about portland, i learned from fred armison. >> remember when people were content to be unambitious, sleep until 11:00, no patience whatsoever, maybe working a couple hours a week at a coffee shop. >> yeah, i thought that died out a long tim

that's kathy griffin. that's it for us tonight. here's "anderson cooper 360" with ac 360 >>> piers, thanks very much. we begin tonight as we always do keeping them honest. them tonight being these guys, la law d.c. lawmakers who are taking five weeks off instead of finishing the work. here they are adjourning for their summer recess. if you're thinking recess like in second grade you're not alone. in january house members scheduled more than 23 weeks off this year. 23. now, that will likely age some of you, but that's not the worst of it. turns out as a result of this current five-week adjournment, as many as 74,000 americans might be losing their paychecks. that's because badly-needed construction at american airports is at a standstill. air safety inspectors, for instance, are working without any pay. and the government is not collecting $200 million a week in airline ticket taxes. that's 1 billion tax dollars lost between now and when congress gets back to work. now remember, the lawmakers responsible for blowing this hole in th

. >> kathy griffin it has been horrendous. >> it is a nightmare. i miss you already. you are a nightmare, my friend. >> thank you very much. that's all for us tonight, thank god. > and in that case, there was a terrific principal at that >>> we begin in afghanistan with the single deadliest loss for the u.s. in that country since the conflict began in 2001. 30 u.s. military personnel lost their lives in a helicopter crash in a mission earlier today. we are learning their names, where they are from and how their families will remember them but first the details on what happened. this is file video of the type of helicopter they were on. it is a ch 47 chinook. it had 25 special forces on board. most of them navy s.e.a.l.s when the taliban apparently shot it down. let's go to pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. >> in the worst single incident of war in operation, 25 special forces members lost their lives many were from the unit that conducted the raid against osama bin laden, though none of the s.e.a.l.s on that mission were on this latest raid. a u.s. military sourc

. >> kathy griffin, it's been horrendous. what can i say? >> i miss you already. are you a nightmare, my friend. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> that's all for us tonight. >> that's all for us tonight. thank god. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> good evening. i'm don lemon. we begin in afghanistan with the single deadliest loss for the u.s. in that country since the conflict began in 2001. 30 u.s. military personnel lost their lives in a helicopter crash while on a mission early today. tonight we're learning who they are. their names, where they're from. and how their families will remember them. but first, the details on exactly what happened. this is file video of the type of helicopter that they were on. it is a ch-47 chinook. it had 25 special forces on board. most of them navy s.e.a.l.s when the taliban apparently shot it down. now to pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> don, in the worst single incident in ten years of war in afghanistan, 25 u.s. special operations forces lost their lives. 22 of them were navy s.e.a.l.s, many from the sa

. >> kathy griffin, it's been horrendous. what can i say? >> i miss you already. are you a nightmare, my friend. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> that's all for us tonight. thank god. >>> from the cnn center, this is cnn sunday morning. it's august 7th. good morning. i'm deborah feyerick in for t.j. holmes. a special good morning to our service men and women watching on the american forces network. well, they are considered among the nation's elite warriors, navy s.e.a.l.s. this morning, the families and friends of 22 u.s. s.e.a.l.s and 8 other service members are mourning their loss. >>> and violence in london, what led people to torch buildings and a tour bus. >>> an expert that says you can retire. >>> it is the single deadliest loss of u.s. forces in afghanistan since the war began a decade ago. we're beginning to learn the names of those killed and how their families are remembering them. the father of a 2-year-old son and a 2-month-old girl t. was aaron's birthday. in june he turned 30. and i told him to be careful. and he said, granny, don't worry a