chris: soon after that sarah palin's tv ability was put to the katie couric test and "saturday night live" tina fey came on with her spot-on impression of palin. >> sarah palin gave john mccain a boost coming out of the republican convention but then came the network interviews especially the one with katie couric. her troubling answers made her an object of ridicule on late night tv. >> ultimately what the bailout does is it helps those who are concerned about the health care reform needed to help shore up our economy, to help -- it's got to be all that for our economy. ris: things have only gone downhill from there in the latest nbc poll, the republicans listed sarah palin as the biggest drag. plus or minus all told? >> short-term plus and long-term minus. that term was nine days because it has been one bad news episode after another. >> did she pick them or did they pick her, the handlers of john mccain. i have a feeling she had a hand in this? >> she was very active for promoting herself for several months and that was coming together of like-minded people and shows how shallow c

it was a day of mixed emotions as he told abc's katie couric. >> honestly, it was one of those days wherevery elated and completely terrified. the prospect of 2 billion people watching was quite daunting. my brother was cracking some very bad jokes trying to settle my nerves. >> to me, it was a real love story. it was a true love match. and this was the fairy tale wedding we had all hoped for, and we all hoped it would be very, very different, of course, from charles and diana. >> william wanted the strong marriage his parents never had and charted his own course right from the beginning. >> . . >> girls are too much drama. boys are great. >> we'll see in a minute. there's the baby. the new royal heir in the united kingdom. and the duchess of cambridge, smiling. william, so proud. >> hopefully you guys can all get back to a normal life and we can look after him. >> well, that was quite an entrance. the baby at the center of it seems gloriously unaware of the fuss. the little prince's mum and dad certainly weren't and they surely had that sense of stepping into the unknown. ♪ >> we might t

it was a day of mixed emotions as he told abc's katie couric. >> honestly, it was one of those days whereeel very elated and completely terrified. the prospect of 2 billion people watching was quite daunting. my brother was cracking some very bad jokes trying to settle my nerves. >> to me, it was a real love story. it was a true love match. and this was the fairy tale wedding we had all hoped for, and we all hoped it would be very, very different, of course, from charles and diana. >> william wanted the strong marriage his parents never had and charted his own course right from the beginning. >> they didn't want hundreds of statesman and dignitaries they went know. they wanted their friends. if you looked at the pews near the altar, it was their friends. they managed the remarkable. they had the most extraordinary wedding, but they actually made it remarkably ordinary. >> after a wedding broadcast to billions. this is the quaint welsh island. since 2010, the island's most famous residents have been the duke and duchess. it's less than 300 miles from london but couldn't be further from the

alex rodriguez had this exchange with katie couric on "60 minutes." >> for the record, have you eversubstance? >> no. >> speaking of questions, director james clapper asked -- >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> not wittingly. >> uh-oh. he later aapologized for what he called his erroneous statement, erroneous as in false. that brings us to the world of weiner, this week's news of anthony weiner's now apparently extended sext-a-thon. we're reminded how he tried to dismiss allegations two years ago. >> someone got word of my account. >> liar! >> maybe we hold public figures to too high of a standard, have never been as honest as we like, from washington to weiner. or just maybe the "x-files" was right, the truth is out there. sc scully never lied to me. so even to claim the title the world's biggest liar, you have to earn it. the competition takes place in england every year and it's been noted lawyers and politicians are banned because they have an unfair advantage. i turn you over to the alw

she did save katie couric's career. unlike sarah palin a stripper can't quit halfway through a lap dance. coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> john: have you had enough of the anthony weiner scandal? good. because neither have we. we're committed to finding point of view the mainstream media isn't shoving down your throat. don't worry, there will be jokes. from the paul show which had been can be heard on itunes, it's the man the comedian, the artist who got paul mccartney to sit down for his podcast the one and only paul merckureio. >> actor activist and director of the documentary after koni, y'all know her from everything from the west wing to "the stephanie miller show

we were on the katie couric show recently with dr. sanjay gupta and he had a lot to say about this. not a medical professional. i wish we had a medical professional. a medical professional would disagree. >> doctor, back to you. >> i'd like -- >> i want have to the doctor finish real quick. doctor, why don't you think pot should be legalized? >> yeah. let's get something straight. all right? these people, their specialty is pr. it is not addiction. i've been involved in addiction field for almost 25, 30 years based on also me being an addict. okay? i deal with this day in and day out. how dare they tell me what i'm saying is not true when i treat individuals who have panic attacks, anxiety attacks, who cannot sleep who have major impulse control issues because they've been smoking pot every day for five years, three years, ten years. lack of motivation. these are facts. so please, don't tell me that i'm wrong when i deal with this issue on a daily basis. that is irresponsible. >> ladies, what are your thoughts? >> as a mother, here's what i find very interesting. first of all, i'm n

the reflected glow of the tv presenter he could chat with katie couric.hollywood was represented of the event. steven spielberg and the indian director of the $0.06 whose best were in attendance that night. the indian success story in the united states, looked at all the indian and the legends of non-indian too. he had worked with many and served as a mentor to others. the principal deputy solicitor general was in high school for his indian parents to study medicine, he was advised to follow his dreams, his position in the justice department as one of the chief attorney representing the government before the supreme court was a testament to the heights to which indians had risen american society. as he looked around the room that night was a breathtaking to see the diversity and depth of talent, the u.s. ambassador to india, there were ceos and dr. brewer's, doctors, hotel owners and riders, aspiring office seekers and office holders, people who had grown up poor in india but now ceo of the company. you could feel how live the american dream was in that r

he lost the custody with the child's mother but in an emotional interview with katie couric he's speakinge. linsey davis with a preview. it gets to the fight of parental rights. >> jason patric is embroiled in a personal fight off screen that has the actor at the center of a nationwide debate over who has the right to call themselves a parent? today his impassioned plea for custody of the little boy so desperately needs his father. we've seen him in the 1987 teen vampire classic "the lost boys canth. >> protecting you. >> reporter: but this is a side of veteran actor jason patric we're not used to seeing? are you sorry you donated your sperm. >> i didn't donate my sperm. i gave my sperm to have a child with danielle. >> reporter: in what's become a real-life drama, he was candid and emotional in his latest role as a activist and crusader for paternal rights that plays out on "katie" when he speaks out about his battle to playen active part in his 3-year-old son gus' life. he agreed to be the donor for his one-time girlfriend's insemination. she claims they would raise gus alone but patric

think of elizabeth smart, silent for seven months before speaking to katie couric on date line.aycee due guard it was almost two years. >> there's going to be more for people to step out and speak up earlier in situations. >> reporter: for mental health experts that raises the question, how soon is too soon. >> i have to say that part of me wonder what is the motivation is. a lot of times we see women that come out of these situations don't feel comfortable speaking until much later but at the same time i wonder if there a benefit to these women choosing to speak out at this time. >> reporter: the doctor says it's all about empowerment and sending a strong message. >> being able to retell the story says i'm a survivor and i'm still here and it's also sending the message to the public but the perpetrator to say you didn't damage me or ruin my spirit. i'm still alive. >> reporter: by saying they still want their privacy they're setting clear boun drdaries. what they have done is feed the media beast. now there's less pressure to get the first shot of them and maybe people will bac