kitty kelley takes on the talk show queen and says much of the media is afraid to challenge her. is the author's new and gossipy biography fair? >>> second act. conan o'brien going from the "tonight show" to basic cable? is that a smart move? >>> plus, charging for tweets. will corporate advertising ruin twitter? >>> a major chunk of washington journalism is filled in through the prism of the white house, which is why you see so many reporters standing right here on the north lawn. and a good bit of that coverage involves the man whose job it is to deal with the media. as anyone who's ever watched robert gibbs in the briefing room well knows that can get pretty contentious. >> didn't expect to have this package within a party about the public option? >> again, contrived almost entirely by you guys. >> with all due respect, and i sympathize with you trying to explain the vice president's comments, but that's not even remotely close to what he said. he was asked about if a member of his family said -- >> i understand what he said, and i'm telling you what he meant to say. >> gibbs

penned by kitty kelly, what is she saying about oprah? kitty kelly is back today to talk more about this headline-making new book. >> big buzz on that. lot of people talking about it. >>> another woman who seems to spark controversy wherever she goes, kate gosselin. interesting reviews of her dancing on "dancing with the stars." of course. but she's got a new book, a new reality show and what is also very sad, she's in a battle for custody of her children with her ex-jon. we'll hear from her about how she's coping with this. >> her ex, jon. not her ex-john. >> that would create another controversy. >>> this morning joy bauer will take a look at calories versus fact. whi versus fat. which one is better for weight loss. on our "diet s.o.s." >>> natalie has a check of the headlines inside. >>> good morning, everyone. officials in west virginia say the bodies of all 29 miners killed last week have now been recovered. the last nine were removed from the mines this morning. the recovery now allows investigators to go inside to try to find out w

will you be reading kitty kel yims new -- kitty kelley's new book on oprah? video takes your breath away. a college student beaten to the ground by police officers. today there are new details on what might happen to the police caught on this tape. and rich, poor or middle class, who is paying what on this tax day? we looked into the numbers and you may be surprised what we found.  megyn: fox news alert. this just coming in from the state of wisconsin. former republican governor tommy thompson says he will not run for the u.s. senate in the fall. there had been speculation would decide to challenge democrat russ feingold. but thompson said he will not enter the race, saying the party needs new faces which means according to many political watchers that feingold looks to be in good shape ahead of election day. we are on it, more as we get it. did send in your taxes yet? you always get nervous when it's tax day. but one thing is true for everybody. your taxes are technically due. one thing that is not the same for all of us is how much

we sit down with kitty kelley. i don't even think she's been on larry king yet. >> she's having a hard time getting publicity. >> i wonder why. >> i know. no one wants to make oprah mad. >> coming up next, not the homecoming game but this rally will be just about pomp and circumstance. >> we all know who is running against former governor bob ehrlich but he wants to make it official today. >> it's now all about your vote. i'm linda so. when you can hear o'malley make his first pitch to voters as he kicks off his re-election campaign. - friend: yeah? car owner: and this is what he had in my budget. friend: oh well, the top is down! car owner: the top is gone! friend: yeah, there's lot's of head-room! car owner: tons of head-room! careful! friend: ow! car owner: that's sharp. friend: cheese! car owner: yeah. sorry. carmax spokesperson: settling for less is not smart. what is smart is getting more car for your money at carmax. guaranteed quality used cars can cost a lot less than new cars, so you can get more car for

look down there. >> here, kitty, kitty. >> what's the story?ircus business forever, and it's just bred into them. >> she's 3. >> i know she's 3. even without the tigers below -- i know. >> imagine a 3-year-old head, you know how scary tykers are. >> no, i don't like it. i'm not condoning it. >> look how windy it is. >> is this in china? >> they might even have completely different laws there, who knows? i'm saying i think it seems horrible to us. >> terrible, terrible. >> you know what i didn't say? if you are in the new york area, i am will be at barnes and noble tonight, i finally got it right. >> 5:30, barnes & noble. >> here at lincoln center. >> kate gosselin is out today -- she's competing with you. >> i know, kate gosselin, oprah, and michael j. fox. >> she was talking about a bunch of things. one of the things people have asked is how can you be a mother when you are on this dancing show and you're not with your -- >> the schedule is insane. >> let's just take a listen to her reaction to that? >> i'm a working mom and cameras are on me,

this is kitty hardee in the later years to be harvey was quite a character. ki karni was one of the most openly gay women in the city. probably one of the first openly gay in society. it's part of the reason she ultimately was not allowed to take over the fred harvey company but was a fascinating woman involved in aspects of the cultural kansas city and one of the great collectors of native american art from the time she was 9-years-old and started buying art in santa fe. and byron hardee who for kansas city i guess is the one you should boo because he was the youngest five children of party and took the company away from kansas city. what is revealed in the book for the first time most people assume the company went down over time because of the depression because of the railroads went on but in reality family business as we all know is mostly done in by these families. in this case after four harvey died in 1928 of a flu epidemic i honestly never heard of in my life, anybody that knew there was a flu epidemic after the 1980 many died, for harvey died afte

kitty kelley interviewed 800 people over three years to gather information on every aspect of her life. it comes out on tuesday. oprah did not participate in the book. but she is speaking out abo her new round the clock network. the talk-show host is releasing details on who will appear on the network. beauport offered assurance that she will be appearing on the 24- hour network. >> january 1, 2011, which will be the launch of my new brainchild, a dream that i have been carrying around for years, to have my own network. >> the network will also present a series that gives viewers a look at the final season of the oprah winfrey show. >>> coming up, when you can check that a home ga this week. >>> is one of my favorites. >> and the first lady. find out where her favorite places are in washington. >> i am steve rudin in the belfort furniture weather center. the cold front on the way. we >>> space shuttle discovery crew is finished their mission this week. the crew members have finished one of three planned space walks. the astronauts were working on a cooling system. discovery and its sev

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keep in mind kitty kelley said she interviewed 850 people.autobiography, she did sinatra's biography. i shouldn't say autobiography. biography as well. so right now, it's number three on amazon's best-seller list. oprah is saying -- >> take it with a grain of salt. >> right. >> yeah. a lot of people want to know about oprah's life, that's for sure. seems producers of the new bond movie are shaken and stirred and they don't know what to do and they're not going to put the movie out just yet. they were in production but it's been put on hold over uncertainty over the future of mgm studios. this is what, like the 23rd installment of the bond series. but mgm is $3.7 billion in debt. they're trying to sell or restructure the debt. the movie's supposed to be released in 2011 or '12. right now it's on hold. daniel craig says he has full faith this thing will resume. right now money troubles are putting it on the back shelf. >> i hope so. he's my favorite bond by far. >> he rocks, he's good. >> really good. add this story to the gag pile. sharon osbo

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until then keep your doggy and kitty friends away from mommy. she's an animal-killer, closed quote. in the fish with daddy tearing apart a fish on the cover, until your daddy learns that it's not fun to kill, keep your doggies and kitties away from him. he's on hooked on killing defenseless animals they could be next. closed quote. imagine your kid came home crying thinking you're going to kill their beloved pet. but the zeal of animal rights is so strong and the emotionalism so fervent that they're willing to undermine the relationship between parents and children over these issues. so i think i'll stop there on this aspect of the book. the book is to show that animal rights is not about being nicer to animals. it is not a benign movement. it is actually in my view a dark movement. an antihuman movement and a nillistic movement. [applause] >> the second part of the book deals -- i'll end soon here. i'm a lawyer, short-winded isn't what i do. the second part of the book i get into the uses of animals and how they benefit people. medical research -- i put the most focus on. and i als

here, kitty. here, kitty. oh! just come snuggle with mama. [ male announcer ] missing something?$149.99 at sears optical, with progressive lenses for just $25 more per pair. hurry in to sears optical today and don't miss a thing. >>> just about every night on comedy central, "the daily show" writers find new, hilarious ways to expose bias and hypocrisy in the media. if none of that works, jon stewart has his own gospel choir to back him up, as he tells you off. the bottom line? don't pick a fight with jon stewart. do not do it. you cannot win. in our number one story, bernard goldberg of fox news found that out the hard way. the stewart/goldberg tussle began with a bit on "the daily show" last thursday. stewart played sound bites of outraged fox newsers who wereup set about the lefts generally liesing regarding racism in the tea party. some of that outrage came from former cbs newsman turned fair and balanced analyst bernard goldberg. . >> by the way, the anti-generalizers at fox want you to know generalizing is the least of the liberals' problems. >> the left in this country is

. >> does it have kitty kerry type revelations about senators, dining rooms, stuff like that? >> it looks at the 2006 class that took over the senate, the democratic class that took over the senate in 2006 and how they try make their way over trying to live up to the promises they made in that campaign. and how difficult that is because the senate is such a strange institution. >> but also referred to, untold. that collection is college -- >> that's the comedy. it is particularly not. for a long time it was partisan and continued to be that. when the majority leader is accusing the minority leader of the united states senate of having a meeting with wall street bankers and using it as kind of a slur, you know something's combon seriously, seriously wrong. >> especially when those bankers helped them enormously to get them elected with money. >> that's what we're talking about. >> chuck lewis, do you get the feeling the president has turned some kind of corner, that his star is rising? >> certainly the white house likes to think that is the case -- >> i was wondering what the n

what we know about the rumored romance and kitty kelley's new tell-all, and what happened the day wewent on the oprah set. >> do you remember we went on a date once? >> it was two dates. >> dixie carter remembered by his designing women co-stars. the latest news on her death as we look back at the love of her life. >> i recommend it for anybody who can get him. >> glee goes vogue for tv guide magazine. only we are behind the scenes for the madonna faceoff. >> i have never been a madonna fan. >> how dare you. >> welcome, "e.t.," to my dance rehearsal in chicago. >> exclusive niecy nash secrets before tonight's ballroom battle. >> all these people are seeing

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washington's own kitty kelley just finished the book. talk had a relationship with john tesh. this morning, tesh confirms he did in fact date win friday. the book is the result of 8 50 interviews. kelley claims the book reveals hidden secrets of a very public person and a very private life. >>> the violent night in prince george's county including a woman found stabbed to death in an apartment. >>> and the deadly accident blocks away from a national security summit involving a cyclist and the d.c. national guard. >>> and police needed pepper spray and tear gas to get >>> security sweeps -- get ready for more gridlock in downtown d.c., as d.c. police investigate a deadly accident involving a bicyclist and part of a motorcade. >>> and internal investigation -- prince george's police officers could be facing criminal charges after a new video shows them beating an unarmed college student. >>> good morning and thanks for staying with us on "news4 today." >>> it's tuesday, april 13th, 2010 as the sun rises, it looks like another lovely day. b

look at you staring at yourself. >> kitty kelly saying i did it for oprah.> she did it for the money. do you really believe kitty kelly, though? where does she get her information from? >> she claims 825 interviews. >> really? >> she's a lonely woman. >> she is. >> hey, loni, when do we get to see you do this comedy special of yours? >> oh, my first comedy central hour special will be premiering may 8th. >> may 8th. it's coming up. >> saturday, may 8th at 11:30. you guys check it out. it's called "america's sister." i'm talking about a lot of stuff. >> is john stewart losing his hair? >> you know what? he's going to get some plugs, you know. or either take that new medication that they have, that's going to help bald guys. >> really? >> thank you for announcing that our show first. >> allegedly. >> and we also see you on "chelsea lately." >> you have to say allegedly. i learned that from doing, you know, "chelsea lately." we always say allegedly. >> to get yourself out of trouble. >> exactly. >> do you find that ryan seacrest is oppressive as an executive pr

are the cats who do adorable stuff just to amuse your ♪ ♪ we will stop at nothing just to let those kittiespresidential library ♪ ♪ oh, meow >> jimmy: that's amazing. we assembled every great cat. i liked it better than the new version of "we are the world." last night on "american idol" tim urban was voted off. i apologize for making another volcano joke. coming up with funny stuff to say about "american idol" nine seasons in is getting hard. we're outsousing outsourcing 30 k writers. are row there? >> hi. >> jimmy: it's jimmy kimmel. >> hello, mr. jimmy. jimmy kimmel joke hot line, how can i help you? >> jimmy: do skrou have any jokes about tim urban. >> we do. i guarantee big-time laughing. let me get andrew. >> jimmy: oh, that's -- that is -- wait a minute. >> you never get me. >> jimmy: i thing we lost a computer. i don't think they can hear me. if they're watching, thank you. all right, it's thursday night. time for the tribute to the fcc where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it's this week this unnecessary sensorship. >> here's someone who recently had a new bab

the gossip reporter kitty kelley wrote to the book. she interviewed more than 800 people to gather information on every aspect of a proposal life. -- of oprah's life. three months after being booted from the tonight show, conan o'brien has a new home on the table. he has agreed to host a show on tbs. it will air at 11:00 p.m. george lopez has a show that will be moved to midnight. conan o'brien hit the road today on a two month, the tour. >> i still cannot figure out how they do this. hundreds of competitors met this weekend for the world championship in the export of stacking. -- sport of stacking. team usa, the gold. it 10 year-old boy managed to to do this in a 12.2 seconds. >> security is tight and traffic is terrible around town as president barack obama host leaders from around the world. the nuclear summit could improve things internationally, but while it is happening here, it is having a bad effct on local neighborhoods. also, we will talk about the short list of possible nominees to replace justice john paul stevens on the su

>> jimmy: you get him a little kitty machine gun to maybe kill the keyboard cat. [ applause ] bristolrmer alaska governor sarah palin is continuing her campaign against teen pregnancy. it's funny she's telling kids not to get pregnant while he mom goes around yelling "drill baby drill," but she is. bristol was a pregnant teen herself. she named her baby tripp, with two ps, which is reason enough for teens not to have kids. she released this public service announcement with the candies foundation. >> what if i didn't come from a famous family? what if i didn't have all their support? what if i didn't have all these opportunities? >> you are not the father! >> pause before you play. >> don't do this. >> jimmy: don't do this. powerful. powerful stuff. powerful ads, these shoe companies are making lately. all right, it's thursday night, right? yes. it's time for our weekly tribute to the fcc where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it is "this week in unnecessary censorship." enjoy. >> can you tell us what your injuries were? >> yeah, i had a busted up lip and a pretty

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this big tell-all book by kitty kelly, famous for celebrity tell-alls, she's got a bombshell in thisone saying that basically back in the '70s oprah and john tesh, the guy from entertainment tonight, the new age musician, apparently they hooked up, even lived together for a while in nashville, until the pressures of being an interracial couple in 1970s tennessee got the best of tesh and he bolted. apparently she's saying they were an item for quite some time. oprah's people are not commenting on the book. john tesh's people didn't respond either. interesting couple. >> that is a really interesting couple. probably the two most unlikely people in the world. >> right. he's of course married to connie selle selleck. if things were different that could have been the power couple right there. >>> he >>> here's some stories to watch today on abc news. a team of federal investigators arrives in montcoal, west virginia, to look into last week's deadly explosion. >>> thailand's government could call for early elections to stop deadly political unrest. today is a national holiday in thailand b

when kitty is married, the opening months of their marriage is such a delirious description. and people say happiness writes right. but that's such a beautiful celebration of love. and then what happens? some friend comes and he gets jealous. he thinks she's flirting with him. of course she's not. but a crack appears. it's so beautifully done. and maybe "madam boefry." but they are long, very, very long, and they're messy and human and drenched in the personality of the maker. so perhaps we can never have perfection. we can just have a straining for it. >> rose: how do you grow that? >> well, i think you've got to... well, i'm almost 62 and i keep thinking what novels require is stamina. will i be fit enough to write another novel? at the end of writing "solar"... and i felt the same, actually, i felt exhausteded. can i do this again? and, in fact, you do start, i'll go on, i'll go on. is. >> rose: exactly. >> and i think well, the only try do is is to do press ups and make sure you play tennis. >> rose: did hemingway commit suicide because he just couldn't write anymore? >>

according to "the new york times" review of "opractice, a biography," the author kitty kelly says she's not going to reveal it because she says oprah doesn't even know. "the times" says kelly went for the jugular but didn't draw blood. this book comes out tomorrow. kelly drew extensively from oprah's own interviews. >>> spirit airlines wants to charge passengers who use the overhead bin. one lawmaker, though is now saying enough is enough. hear why he thinks the proposed carry-on fee crosses the line. >>> looking for the best carrier to fly? well, researchers at wichita state and purdue university say hawaiian airlines was tops last year and rated the airlines on a lot of things including on-time arrivals and the number of overbookings. hawaiian has been ranked the best in three out of the past four years. overall, the group said more flights from all carriers arrived on time last year and fewer people complained about lost luggage. it also found fewer people flew in 2009, possibly because of the recession. >>> and spirit airlines plans to start charging passengers for carry-ons up to 4

kitty kelly, the author of several unauthorized biographies has just finished her latest book, this one called "oprah a biography." she says she conducted over 850 interviews while researching this book. earlier this morning, she spoke on "the today show" about why she decided to make oprah her latest century. >> i mean, i can't think of a better life story. really, she gave me a gift. she has a fabulous life story. and when you finish reading it, no matter what's inside, you come away being inspired. >> oprah, a biography hits store shelves tomorrow. >>> the fate of steelers' quarterback ben roethlisberger will be determined today. last month a 20-year-old college student filed a claim saying the super bowl winning quarterback assaulted her in a bathroom at a bar in millingville, georgia. the georgia bureau of investigation and the police department there turned their investigation over to the d.a. last week. the state's decision will be announced at a news conference today at 2:00 p.m. espn is reporting that roethlisberger will likely not be charged in this case. coming up in the next

. >> this is the fearless kitty kelly, and she went where few authors would dare go when she wrote herprah is at least publicly acknowledging the book's existence for the first time calling it a so-called biography. in this book kelly claims among other things that oprah abused the drugs and questioned the depths of oprah's longtime claims she was abused as a child and she claim the man she knows as her biological father -- i'm sorry that the oprah knows as her father, and that's something that oprah has conceded to in the past. oprah was in new york city on monday and presented an award to her best friend gayle king. listen to what oprah said. this is a quote from oprah winfrey. last week was a rough week for gayle when a so-called biography came out. every day she's getting herself more and more worked up with about all of my daddies that are showing up. new daddies who are saying, hello, daughter. call me. i need a roof. well, this too shall pass. she's having fun with this situation and showing everyone it's not getting the better of her. >> this one particular new daddy that's get

there is no money left in the kitty. if we're going to make promises like that, and it is an important promise, we have to know we can pay for it. when we see people going into old age, if you ever worked hard and saved and put money aside -- it is not right that you should have to pay for a residential care as someone who did not pay and it's the whole thing for free. that is not right, and we are going to change that -- and gets the whole thing for free. >> it should not have been broken in the first place. it needs to be restored. there are so many other costs which the elderly have to confront which make it extremely difficult to make ends meet, including food. the cold winter was a very good example. i heard from an elderly couple who said it is so hard to with their homes during cold, winter days, from they are getting in a bus to travel around just to stay warm -- cold winter days, they are getting on a bus. someone who is heating a great five-story manner is paying less than someone heating it 1- bedroom flat. we

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basic principle on which we structure that economy in the 20th century and yes i understand, dulles, kitty, there's always back and forth her time an economist. i'm dismal, right? and i'm cynical, you know that. and we make this very clear in the book. but there is no way that it is acceptable for these large banks to operate out of size, with this kind of risk profile come with this amount of political power. it must stop. and these are six banks, that's it. at our proposal, the argument were having on congress and we'll see how many people will bring with us. a lot of people are interested, but a lot of people are afraid or your it's about limiting the power of the size of six eggs. the blind spot in the legislation. six banks, which operate, it is true, very much in the interest of the people who control them. we're talking about several hundred people. and we won't take them on. were not ready to take them on. andrew jackson bought the second bank of the united states was too powerful in the 1830's. and a lot of people thought andrew jackson was crazy. you know, he took a bullet early

. >> and charles the cat is one lucky kitty.trol located his owner. another albuquerque resident will bring charles back home, but how exactly did charles get from albuquerque to chicago? can someone ask him some those are the headlines that the hour. now let's take you back outside to lonnie with the weather. >>> i'm glad all you guys are so happy about the weather because the weather right now on top of new york city, it's not terrible, kind of drizzling out here, but it's cloudy and damp and that's the situation for the entire northeast. now look down around florida. that situation looks pretty thighs. now look out around texas, that is not a good situation. flash flooding an issue there. then up in to the colorado mountains and we're talking snow, about a foot, maybe a foot and a half. the west coast, that looks pretty nice, as well. that's a quick look at the national picture. here now a closer look at the weather in your weekend. >>> i want you to meet the day canine built for speed. he's a sensation, over 20 million hits.

because we all know we have an enormous budget deficit, there isn't any money left in the kitty. so if we're going to make promises like that, and it's a big promise, an important promise, we have to say how we are going to pay for it. i want to make sure that when we see people going into old age that if you have worked hard, if you've saved, if you've put money aside, you are not punished. that is why we say as well, it is not right that you should have to pay for your residential care, and someone who didn't do the right thing gets the whole thing paid for free. that's not fair and we are going to change that. >> nick clegg. >> grace, the earnings link needs to be restored. it needs to be restored immediately, there is no doubt about that. it shouldn't have been broken in the first place, you have lost out for many years, it needs to be restored. something which i'm sure you're familiar with, which is there are so many other costs which the elderly have to confront, which really do make it extremely difficult to make ends meet. fuel costs. we have just had a very cold winter f

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and oprah winfrey, a book written by kitty kelly will join us for a live interview when we get startedmorning right here on "the today show." >> oprah winfrey, that's rough territory to delve into. we'll see. >> tackling a big fish there. >> absolutely. >> take care. >> 6:38 is your time. coming up the hunt for a man who killed a 27-year-old woman and 3-year-old daughter in northern virginia. >> it's caused international outrage. why an american family sent their adopted child back to russia. >> it's already 59 degrees outside. find out just how much warmer it will get today. ♪ hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain tend to have a healthier body weight. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 calories per serving. multigrain cheerios. try new chocolate cheerios with a touch of delicious chocolate taste in every bite. . >>> good morning, everyon

host: kitty hawk, north carolina. daniel, democratic line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i became aware of the underage drinking problem and of the prescription drugs because the kids -- actually, cocaine is on the rise. one of the main reasons i have found out, in talking to these young people i have asked a bunch of them. many of them must take drug tests if they are athletic or for other reasons. this fact means that they take prescription drugs because they do not test for these drugs. they drink because alcohol is a substantive drug. cocaine, from what understand, leaves the system. i do not agree with drug tests, said is a court order. i think it is saying you are guilty before there is evidence. the effort that they are trying to do, i think it might be some of the problem. any child that you talk to, they explain its the same way. -- they explain it the same way. guest: drug testing is an individual city issue. a number of school systems test for drugs as a part of athletic and some of them as a part of other extracurricular activities. the important part that we

they just wanted their as a kitty in case they decide to initiate one of their programs like a smallect, this money has been set aside but it has not been obligated. >> i am not certain of that. i get that. let me just say this to you. i personally believe the larger number that cbo tells us it will not be used, we do need to find a fence before we end this mark up so we have an assurance that money goes to pay down the deficit. senator gregg and i insisted that any tarp money that remains be applied to the deficit. we insisted that that money go to pay down the deficit. that is the law. but i do think before this markup ends, we want to make certain that is fenced. >> this money should be taken off the table. they are just holding it there as a piggy bank. there is no purpose for it other than they might come up with some great idea of how to spend it. >> this is a pretty good rule for washington, just generally speaking. they did not know what they are going to do with the money. they are going to spend it if we let them keep it. let's take it away so we know it will not be spent o

our understanding is they are a kitty.nt on these dollars. >> i have been told it has long been obligated. >> it is wanted as a kiddie in case they decide to initiate one of their additional programs like a small loan program. >> my understanding is that is correct. this money has been set aside, but it has not been obligated. >> it is supposed to be taken away. >> i am not certain about that. let me say this. i personally believe the $148 billion that cbo tells us will not be used -- we do need to find a fence before we end this markup so we have an assurance than money goes to pay down the deficit. i would say senator gregg and i in deliberations insisted any tarp money that remains went to pay down the deficit. >> any tarp money that came back? >> and tarp money that came back. we insisted that money go to pay down the deficit. that is the law, but i do think before this markup ends, we want to make certain -- >> i also think senator gramm is exactly right. this money should be taken off the table. they are holding it t

had gotten this promotion i didn't want and i loved cnn and didn't want to leave cnn and i ran into kittynext five years and figure out where you would like to see yourself in five years and you need to start moving toward that right now. and that was when i became aware that, you know what, maybe i should take a shot and be on air and maybe i should take a shot and do what i've been doing for other reporters, producing pieces for myself. so, yeah, i did have that self-awareness. that's when i started my own efforts to do something different. >> it's an amazing story, and i think that self-knowledge is something you build on. i will say chris is a little concerned, a little upset. >> why? >> you're saying basically my take-away is that you were too good to be in the control room. >> no, that's not what i said at all. what i said was i wanted to be out in the field dealing with people, talking to people, getting the story in the field. the control room, i mean, it's like an incredibly exciting job as well. but it's different. you have different skill sets. and i did not have the skill set

host: kitty hawk, north carolina. daniel, democratic line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i became aware of the underage drinking problem and of the prescription drugs because the kids -- actually, cocaine is on the rise. one of the main reasons i have found out, in talking to these young people i have asked a bunch of them. many of them must take drug tests if they are athletic or for other reasons. this fact means that they take prescription drugs because they do not test for these drugs. they drink because alcohol is a substantive drug. cocaine, from what understand, leaves the system. i do not agree with drug tests, said is a court order. i think it is saying you are guilty before there is evidence. the effort that they are trying to do, i think it might be some of the problem. any child that you talk to, they explain its the same way. -- they explain it the same way. guest: drug testing is an individual city issue. a number of school systems test for drugs as a part of athletic and some of them as a part of other extracurricular activities. the important part that we

and like the kitty genovese story like i'm sure many of you know about.o one came to the woman's aid and hardly anyone called police. and so the woman eventually fearing that no one was going to come to her help and uncertain about what to do leaped off the bridge. she didn't know how to swim and she was eventually drowned in the river. i'm going to start reading a little bit from the end of that example. and then go on to the section that i'm -- the main section that i want to read for you. what do you think happened on the bridge that night? from the outrage that followed, you would think that she had been surrounded by the only people in the world who would not help a victim in distress. everyone else swore they would have come to her aid. children in schools told reporters they would not have sat idly by. the right course of action was obvious. step forward, do something, think for yourself. this was my own view of the tragedy. it was not until i started learning about the hidden brain that i realized there was an entirely different way to think about

can find the pledge because we all have an enormous deficit budget figures and any money left in the kitty and so for going to make policies like that then it's an important promise, we've got to say how we're going to pay for it. i want to make sure that when we see people going into old age that if you work hard, if you save time if you put money aside and you're not punished enough why we say it's not right to you should have to pay for your residential care and someone who didn't have the right thing at the whole thing paid for free. >> nick clegg. >> greece, the earthling needs to be restored. in needs to be restored immediately. there's no doubt about that. it should have been broken in the first place. it needs to be restored. something which i'm sure you're familiar with, which is so many cards, which the elderly have to confront, which really do make it extremely difficult to make and meet. .. that is what we're going to do as a result of our pension reforms but it's the case everyone who works for an employer will have occupational pension and that's another change making coming