larry king starts now. see you tomorrow night. >>> larry: tonight, a prime-time exclusive with the jacksons, jermaine, marlon, jackie, and tito, they're all here. ♪ jackson street >> there you go. >> larry: they'll tell us how the family dynasty is doing since michael's death, now five months ago. what his kids are up to. and how they're moving on in the face of tragedy. >> doing as best as you can expect when you lose a parent. >> larry: next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening, we welcome jermaine, jackie, tito, and marlon jackson. the brother's new reality series, "the jacksons: a family dynasty" premieres on a&e this sunday night, december 13th. the only member of the jackson five not here is brother michael. five months, hard to believe so quick, five months since he died. first, jermaine, where's randy? >> randy's probably in monaco, where we should be right now. >> larry: did he not want to be -- is there any reason he isn't a part of this reality show? >> well, he's still taking care of thi

whoa. >> larry: look at that. >> you are crazy. >> can larry hold it? >> larry: no! don't want to hold it. >> how do you know it's not going to sting you? look at this, everybody. this is an amazing creature. can you put them both together there? that is the biggest one i've ever seen, larry. there's a stinger back there, right? see how he gets excited? they also glow in the dark, larry. these animals are eaten by the fake fox in africa. they circle around and bite the stinger off real quick and that way they can eat the scorpion. this animal here, larry-f you're allergic to bee stings could be lethal. most people get real sick and it's a bite -- it's a stinger that can really hurt you. put him on your jacket. i want to see him on your jacket. don't let him get near his ear. >> larry: hey. >> don't let him get near his throat. look at that. that is cool. >> larry: cool for you. >> wow. >> larry: whoa. next, the gila monster. >> this is the gila monster, and you find these out in the deserts of california -- >> arizona. it's also called a beady lizard some people refe

> we'll bring you with us, larry. >> larry: i'll intro you.okay. i love to do one swing with you. you know, just make one week and do every night to see what it's

yes. >> larry: randy has kids as well. >> larry: and randy has kid. >> right. >> larry: there's a lot of jacksons. >> a whole lot of jacksons. >> larry: do a lot of them have talent? >> oh, yes. >> larry: we're going to be hearing from the jacksons forever? >> forever. thank you. >> larry: we'll be back in 60 seconds with the jacksons. alright, so this tylenol 8-hour lasts 8 hours... but aleve can last 12 hours. and aleve was proven to work better on pain than tylenol 8-hour. so why am i still thinking about this? - how are you? - good, how are you? aleve. proven better on pain. >>> a 40th anniversary reunion of the jackson five is one of the key themes of the jacksons' new reality series. efforts to produce a 40th anniversary album, that don't always go so well. take a look. ♪ time is right for me finally >> this is a good roller skating song. ♪ time is right >> tell you what, let's erase that. let's erase it. >> i would do that. okay. you want to start over? >> let's erase it and start over. >> jackie say kill it. let's go to lunch, jackie. i'm not saying nothing. >> remember what w

larry king starts right now. >> larry: tonight tiger woods before the controversy. >> i've learned how to in a sense manipulate things in life so i sna places that are private. >> larry: before the scandal. >> it's amazing how people like to take shots. >> larry: before his now troubled marriage. you like life as a single man. >> life is good right now. eventually when i'm ready. >> larry: tiger woods in his own words next on "larry king live." >>> thanks for joining us. our first talk to tiger woods back in 1998. he was fresh off of a historic victory at the masters, he's first of now 14 majors. looking back on this interview, a lot of things may strike you as interesting. his thoughts on marriage, on race, life in general. i was struck by how comfortable and self-assured he was. he was age 22. we started by talking about what else, golf, and an injury that was keeping him on the sidelines. the first obvious question would be how's the back? >> the back's fine. what happened was i was kind of doing a little cross training, running too many miles, and too early. i started -- i hadn't r

>> larry: look at that. >> you are crazy. >> can larry hold it? >> larry: no! i don't want to hold it. >> how do you know it won't sting you. look at this here, buddy. this is an amazing creature. that is the biggest one i've ever seen, larry. there's a stinger right there? back here? see how he gets excited? they also glow in the dark, larry. these animals are eaten by the fake fox in america. africa. they sting really quick. they can eat the scorpion. this animal, larry, if you're allergic to bee stings can be lethal. it's a sting that can hurt you. put him on your jacket. i want to see him on your jacket? don't let him get near your ear. hold him. >> larry: hey! >> don't let him get near his throat. that is cool. >> larry: cool for you. >> wow. >> larry: next. the gila monster. >> this is the gila monster, and you find these out in the deserts of california -- >> arizona. >> larry: it's a lizard? >> it is. >> turn him. i don't want larry to touch his head. it's very poise announce. poisonous. it's a neurotoxic poison, right, anita? >> exactly. they can go we

>>, it's not, larry. >> larry: how did that happen?ou dress great and sell books. >> we believe god wants you to be blessed, but being blessed is not just so i can have nice cars and homes. we're blessed to be a blessing to other people. so i think the image comes because we don't believe god wants you to be defeated and be depressed and go through life poor old me. >> larry: this is the hardest thing to explain. i don't think i've asked it of you. i know it's written in the book, but the question would be, why do you believe? >> you know -- >> larry: you don't believe a book says to believe, do you? or do you? >> to be honest i think i believe -- i was raised in this. i saw my parents a faith and how they loved people and each other. there was something on the inside. so i can only speak from my own experience. i was raised in this. i can understand. i have friends that are totally opposite than me, weren't race raised in this at all. i believe there's a place in everybody's heart that only god can fill. we're people of purpose and de

larry: the jacksons are going to tour. >> we'll bring you with us, larry. >> larry: i've got an idea> 15 minutes. >> larry: what do you pay opening acts? okay. i'd love to do -- i'd love to do one swing with you, you know, just one we can do every nigh. you go by bus or

"larry king live" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, president obama slams the money men. >> i did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on wall street. >> larry: and tells them to pay their profits forward. >> and now that they're back on their feet, we expect an extraordinary commitment from them to help rebuild our economy. >> larry: donald trump joins us what he thinks. and the fallout from tiger woods' infidelity, corporate backers backing out of deals with the disgraced golfer. will his self-imposed exile repair a reputation? nba bad boy dennis rodman is here for what it will take for tiger to claw his way out of controversy next on "larry king live." good evening. we're in new york tonight and all this week. tomorrow night the whole cast of "nine" will be with us. tonight, penn gillette, author and producer, libertarian, a new web cast called "we've got a country to save.com and robert rice, good to see robert again, professor of public policy university of california, berkeley, former labor secretary in the clinton administration. and here in new y

>> what. >> larry: you like doing love scenes. >> no. >> larry: no?> it's always a very strange thing. i mean, we had the best director and i was in the best possible company but it's always something strange, right? daniel? >> we had a laugh. >> we laugh a lot together because you have to bring humor to those situations. >> larry: with a cast this big there had to be behind-the-scenes drama. was there? we'll ask after the break. i drove my first car from my parent's home in the north of england to my new job at the refinery in the south. i'll never forget. it used one tank of petrol and i had to refill it twice with oil. a new car today has 95% lower emissions than in 1970. exxonmobil is working to improve cars, liners of tires, plastics which are lighter and advanced hydrogen technologies that could increase fuel efficiency by up to 80%. and when my symptoms-the coughing, wheezing, tightness in my chest came back- i knew i had to see my doctor. he told me i had choices in controller medicines. we chose symbicort. symbicort starts to improve my lung

larry king next. thanks for watching see. you tomorrow night. >> larry: tonight, tiger woods, confesses, admitting transgressions, personal sins. about what? his online apology doesn't spell anything out. but clearly, he's in trouble. is his once squeaky clean image tarnished forever? how about this friends, his name, his talent? made of millions, tiger woods, what now next, on "larry king live"! >> larry: we're going to begin, by the way, with two of the best sports writers in the business, rick riley, the award-winning sportswriter and columnist for espn, also hosts espn's "homecoming" with rick riley, a terrific show. and in washington, christine brennan, "usa today" sports columnist and a commentator for espn as well. but, first, tiger woods admits to personal sins and being far short of perfect in a statement posted on his website. here are the comments. i have let my family down and i regret those transgressions with all my heart. i've not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. i'm not without fault

sick. >> well -- >> larry: thank you all very much. >> larry, that's exactly the point.ost americans like their doctors, they like their choice of doctor, but when it comes to the private insurance companies most americans who have wrangelled with private insurance companies don't like it, in fact, they hate it. they know that they're being taken. >> larry: thank you all, panel. we'll have you back, guaranteed donald trump has something to say about obama's fat cat remark and a few other topics. he'll sound off right after the break. when we're in the mood. it's our choice. announcer: today, guys with erectile dysfunction can be ready with another dosing option from cialis. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. so relax and take your time. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. don't drink alcohol

eventually when i'm ready. >> larry: tiger woods in his own words next on "larry king live." >> larry: thanks for joining us. i first talked to tiger woods in 1998. he was fresh off a historic history at the masters. his first of major, a lot of things strike you as interesting, on race, life in general. i was struck by how comfortable and self-assured he was. he was age 22. it started by talking about what else? golf and an injury that was keeping him on the sidelines. the approximate first obvious question would be, how's the back? >> the back is fine. what happened was i was kind of doing a little cross training and i was running too many miles, and too early. i started and i hadn't run for a while and i was going to run four or five miles every day and hit a whole bunch of golf balls and put a little strain on the back and felt a twinge. we did it as a precautionary measure and make sure it's okay and ready to go. >> that's why you didn't play in condemn per? >> yes. >> larry: it's strange for someone so young to have a back problem? >> i'm getting old, i guess. >> larry: when you

>> what. >> larry: you like doing love scenes. >> no. >> larry: no?it's always a very strange thing. i mean, we had the best director and i was in the best possible company but it's always something strange, right? daniel? >> we had a laugh. >> we laugh a lot together because you have to bring humor to those situations. >> larry: with a cast this big there had to be behind-the-scenes drama. was there? we'll ask after the break. at the first sign of a cold... ( sneezing ) i didn't take zicam cold remedy... but i did. zicam reduces the duration of a cold. ( sneezing ) no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... can you do it by 3:00 ? yes, i can. how about 2:00 ? hmm... ( sneezing ) ( moaning ) get over your cold faster. now try new throat-soothing liqui-loz and great-tasting zavors. >>> it's going to be a wonderful show. ♪ >> i pulled the trigger. >> nothing more. >> perhaps we might take a walk. >> larry: nicole, is a musical harder to do? >> no. no. i don't think so. >> larry: even though you prerecord the music and have to lip sync over it. >> yeah. except as

"larry king" starts now. >> larry: tonight, is tiger woods in hiding? he snubbed investigators looking into his mysterious car crash and now he's a no-show at his own tourney. what's going on with the world's most famous golfer? and then, the white house party crashers. publicity seekers or high-level security risk? the couple's friends are here to tell us why the salahis thought they were invited. plus jesse ventura, he has a plan to end the war in afghanistan. what is it? next on "larry king live." good evening. golf superstar tiger woods still is not taking questions about the suv crash he was in early last friday near his home in florida. now he's not going to be taking part in his own golf tournament. he cited injuries he sustained in the mysterious one-car smashup as a reason for the decision. last week, a story in the "national enquirer" alleged that woods and a new york nightclub hostess had been having an arrangement in australia. the woman met in los angeles sunday and met with her attorney, gloria allred and denied having an affair with woods

we hate this, larry.e hate what happened. >> larry: i don't think i consider ben stein -- i think of ben stein, i never know where he's going. where are you going on this? >> before stephanie was born, i wrote the speech that sent the first federal comprehensive health care legislation up for mr. nixon in '73. >> larry: he proposed a lot of liberal things. >> he was a very liberal republican. our idea was simple. outrageous in a country as wealthy as this that poor people should not get adequate health insurance. we'll give poor people money to buy health insurance. we won't have the government step in with health options, choices, what kind of medical care they can get. >> larry: why did that fail? >> because nixon got overwhelmeded by watergate. >> larry: did the insurance companies fight that? >> i don't think they fight it. i still think it's a good idea. but keep the government's big feet out of it. give the poor people who don't have enough money to buy a private insurance policy. >> larry: is it lo

i want to keep it independent. >> larry: good seeing you, mitt. >> thanks, larry. >> larry: that's inay," his ten points, excellent read. thanks for joining us. we look forward to "no apologies." >> thank you. >> larry: we leave you with a washington tradition we all can enjoy, the lighting tonight of the national christmas tree on the elipps. anderson cooper and "ac 360" will follow that. that's next. good night. >>> and now to the serious business of pressing the button and lighting this beautiful tree. so guys, come up here. i need some assistance. i'm technologically challenged. i

>> larry: what?e his father is a prominent nigerian, reported him to the american authorities, why was he not placed on the no-fly list? >> larry: harvey, why wasn't he immediately placed on the no-fly list as soon as the father reported animal. >> well, as said before by some of our guests, you know, it depends on the information that i think his word should have been looked at much more carefully than other tips that do come in. >> larry: jack, harry was just telling me that our agents sometimes go through practice runs, try to break security. are they often successful? >> it has happened multiple times where they are successful. look, i got grabbed when i was on my way in to delhi from afghanistan because i fit the profile of a drug runner. yeah. nice, huh? but the thing they put me off and i sat in a glass cubicle for about 3 1/2 hours. so we need to think about the prospective end of this. think about what happened. we had specific intelligence regarding what the father said, regarding how this

i want to keep it independent. >> larry: good seeing you. >> thanks, larry. >> larry: that's in "usaoday." excellent read. look forward to seeing you again soon. we look forward to "no apologies." >> thank you. >> larry: we leave with you a washington tradition we all can enjoy. the lighting tonight of the national christmas tree on the ellipse. anderson cooper and "ac 360" will follow that. that's next. good night. >>> and now to the serious business of pressing the button and

next on "larry king live." tonight, penn gillette, author and producer, libertarian, a new webcast from larry elder called we've got a country to save.com. and robert reich, good to see robert again, professor of public policy university of california, berkeley, former labor secretary in the clinton administration. and here in new york, s.e. cupp the conservative columnist of "the "new york daily news". obama pressed wall street bankers urging them to help rebuild the economy. listen to what he said. >> my main message in today's meeting was very simple. that america's banks received extraordinary assistance from american taxpayers to rebuild their industry and now that they're back on their feet, we expect an inordinate -- extraordinary commitment from them to help rebuild our economy. >> larry: let's start with miss cupp. what do you make of it? >> well, there's a couple of problems. tough talk is great, larry, but a little disingenuous when we're looking at a health care bill that's going to strangle small b

that and more stories on "360," larry. >> larry: there's a great polar bear joke -- >> larry: earlier the house homeland security committee voted to subpoena the white house gate crashers tarik and michaela salahi, i'm tired of this story. the couple has been the target of plenty of late night punch lines. here's letterman. >> how about the kids, the couple that sneaked into the white house for the big state dinner? remember those guys? the salahis, the guy and his wife, good-looking couple. now, they are going to be subpoenaed by the house homeland security committee. and i thought, well, finally, they are being invited somewhere. hey, look, honey. look what we got in the mail! but i mean honestly, look at it this way, you can't blame the salahis for going where we are not invited, suspect that our foreign policy, when you think about it? >> larry: ben, what do you make of this salahi story? >> i have gone lots and lots of social events at the white house, they are usually incredibly strict. >> larry: very. >> somebody screwed up very badly here and there should be an investigation o

>> no. >> larry: why? >> because -- >> larry: germs on the button? >> yes. i have little sticks and tools. >> larry: you wear surgical masks when you fly because? >> i think it's obvious. i don't want to inhale what everybody's exhaling. but not every time. i fly a lot without it. not every time. but you know, when you have issues, there are ebbs and flows. at this particular time, i flew yesterday, i didn't wear a mask and i was okay. i have it with me. i have utensils with me, you know if i got into a restaurant. but i don't always use them. if i need to use them. >> larry: your own utensils? you don't trust the restaurant's? >> you don't know what they touched. and now -- is it not amazing that one time i opened up about what my issues are, and the biggest issue people are aware of is my germiphobia. but what is the lug ck of the dw that me, who finally writes a book, it comes out in the time in the center of the first pandemic. h1n1 and i'm going out on signings and i'm going out to the public. this is the one time when i need to be sealed -- >> larry: h

>> larry: miami, hello. >> caller: hi, larry, hi, suze, my idol. i'm a self-made woman, a renovator rehabber, before the boom, during the boom, after the boom. i think that i could help this country and other people like me with a proven record of buying foreclosures and buying homes that need rehabbing and doing that and, you know, flipping them or renting them out. i did three houses i purchased for $40,000. >> larry: what is your question, dear. >> how could i person like me, i have seven houses, i bought 21, how can i get money to do more properties? because the more i do, the better the streets are -- >> larry: can flippers get money? >> here's the thing, my miami friend, is that that is the question, you are running a business, whether the business is flipping houses, whatever it may be, you need money in order to run your business. and still small businesses today are not getting the money to flow through to be able to expand their business or create a business, the banks are holding on to the money still. interest rates have got to go up, t

next on a special edition of "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. hard to believe, but the same detroit-bound northwest airlines flight that was the target of a terrorist attack on christmas day faced another security scare today. let's go to martin savage at detroit metropolitan airport for the latest. what happened? >> reporter: it was just dramatic deja vu, almost jaw-dropping. it began like it did on christmas day. shortly after noon there's word of an inbound international flight coming to detroit where on board the pilots have declared there's some sort of problem. maybe a developing emergency. they requested emergency vehicles meet the plane. it lands safely on the ground, and you can imagine the shock when it was revealed it was flight 253. this is the same flight number, same northwest airlines coming from the same city of origin, amsterdam, coming to detroit that had a problem in the final stages of the flight. then you have the disturbing video. the plane lands, it gets taken to a remote part of the airfield, it's surrounded by emergency

my thoughts go that to their family, obviously. >> larry: larry? >> the cia is kicks around for not connecting dots and men and women are on the lines gets killed. it's one of the largest losses of lives of cia employees in 30 years. >> larry: the cia is rejecting accusations that it failed to properly share vital intelligence on the christmas day bombing is the. do you buy is that? >> i think that did share. the problem here is that the system that was set up in 2004, set this up. this was almost in'emible with the expansion of the intelligence community and the bureaucracy. it comes to the field. and it goes to the cia, the white house, all these people get it. the problem is they have broken the link wean the analytical process and the operators in the field. many of them are young contractors. they don't have the experience and don't have the grasp of this to go back to the station and ask the second question. the station does haven't the contact to specific analysts to go, to follow up on it and see if what they have sent it in has been follow

>> absolutely, larry.believe the president has always been on top of this issue of securing the homeland. it is not a partisan issue. it's not a democratic issue or republican issue, and he stood today and indicated we're moving forward on items we've done improving our security and screening, looking to ensure that we're going after the terrorists who want to come after us. finding al qaeda wherever it is, and yes, doing an inventory and investigation on what happened and why. but several issues we have to address. and one of them is the serious stove piping of intelligence. communicating information that could have prevented this individual from boarding this plane, flight 253. >> larry: congressman paul, does -- is politics outside the door here? >> well, i don't know. depend on our definition of politics. if you disagree iguess it's political. if you agree then it isn't. but, no, the answer to your first question, you know, the statement wasn't all that satisfactory to me. sort of putting the pressure

. >> here's larry. >> larry: tonight, a young mother in utah vanishes. last seen and heard from 11 days ago. now foul play might be in the mix. police call her husband a person of interest in her mysterious disappearance. why are they focussing on him? >> they had issues but they were working through the issues. >> larry: susan powell's father is here telling us why he's worried sick. and governor david paterson and his rift with obama. is the president trying to push him out of office? then joel and victoria osteen. that's next on "larry king live." strange doingings. susan powell's husband, joshua took their two sons camping at around mid night on december 6. when he returned the next afternoon, 28-year-old susan was gone, nowhere to be found. her keys, purse and cell phone still at home. police say they're not ruling out foul play. with us are chuck cox, susan powell's father and mike, susan's best friend. she's known susan since she was 8 years old. how are you holding up? >> well, larry, it's a struggle and just day to day basically. >> larry: now,

>> larry, thanks.ight at the top of the hour, new and frankly mind boggling details about what u.s. intelligence agencies knew about the alleged underwear bomber. details, which, of course, did not stop him from boarding that flight in amsterdam last week. we are keeping them honest tonight, taking a look as well at the recommendations made by the 9/11 commission. those recommendations came out 5 1/2 years ago. all made to prevent exactly this type of scenario. recommendations to keep us safe. knowing that, you might think all the things the panel suggested were put into place or at least the majority of them. think again. joe johns breaking it down for us. and on a much lighter note, we're getting ready for tomorrow night. anderson and kathy griffin lighting up times square. kathy is going to join us live to tell us what we can expect. we'll also hear from her what she thinks are the top stories of the year. one of your favorite people, larry. brace yourself. >> larry: i'll brace. erica hill, 10:00 ea

larry? >> larry: there has been no christmas like this one. jeanne meserve -- jeanne is our cnn homeland security correspondent -- safe to assume this was a suicide mission? if so, why is he waiting until it lands? >> those are some questions we are still looking at. yeah, they're calling this an attem attempted terrorist event. apparently he was going to commit suicide and allegedly was going to take the rest of the plane down with him. as to why he was doing it over land as opposed to somewhere else we haven't heard anything definitive from investigators yet. there's a lot of speculation about what it could be. it could have been he was looking to maximize damage on the ground. also perhaps it would be easier to claim responsibility if the wreckage was found as opposed to being lost in the ocean, let's say. those are some of the theories floating around, but investigators are being very tightlipped at this point in time, larry. >> larry: how do we know, know, jeanne, that it wasn't just a sick individual? >> we don't know know that for sure.

let's go to larry king. larry, i don't know where you are? los angeles, i assume. >> larry: tonight, christmas flight terror, a 23-year-old nigerian man is charged with trying to destroy an american airliner. who is he? how could he get on a plane with a high explosive? did he have help from any organized group? were his father's warnings about his radicalized behavior weeks ago ignored by authorities witnesses will tell us what they saw onboard and passengers prevented what might have been a disaster. >> when we were about to land -- >> we smelled a bunch of smoke -- >> we saw fumes and there was a flame fire coming out. >> larry: all next on a very special edition of "larry king live." drew griffin was right. we are in los angeles. good evening. there are major developments regarding the attempted terror attack on a commercial airline yesterday and major questions tonight surrounding the near disaster. here to walk us through this incredible turn of events is martin savage who is at the detroit metropolitan airport and bundled up on a cold

"larry king live" right now. >> larry: tonight, do our die for health care reform? could a crisis become a catastrophe? are the president's plans for change in danger of going down the drain? and are blacks adan donning obama? an article out today says yes. we will talk about it. plus, tiger woods named athlete of the decade in spite of a public scandal that rocks his personal life. we debate it next on "larry king live." good evening. skbloining us, barney frank, he chairs the house financial services committee and ron paul, a member of the house financial services in committee as well. ron is also a medical doctor. congressman frank we start was. is this dead on arrival in the senate? >> larry, one of the things that is the most troublesome to me is the lack of interaction between the house and the senate. there is an institutional barrier. you have to say i have been preoccupied with the reform. i haven't looked at it. but i don't think it's dead. there is a great need to do something. we have people who are going to say, if it can't be perfect, i'm against its.

live coverage continues now with "larry king." >> larry: tonight, is barack obama the new war president? >> as commander in chief, i have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 u.s. troops to afghanistan. >> larry: what will the decision mean for his presidency? america, the world? michael moore is here. he says obama's caving in. we've got reaction from war vets. we'll go live to afghanistan. those for and against troop escalation will debate it. can the u.s. win all this? next on a midnight special edition of "larry king live." midnight in the east, 9:00 in the west. the special live edition of "larry king live," following this historic westpoint address by the president. we go first to tokyo, where michael moore is standing by. the oscar-winning documentary filmmaker, his latest film is "capitalism: a love story." prior to tonight's speech, he posted a letter to the president. the president didn't listen to you. you wanted to withdraw. he did not take your advice. what do you think the result will be? >> i feel very bad for him. i feel even

larry. >> larry: would all those people have been killed, do you think? >> that's what experts are weighing up. several things factor in. could the aircraft have landed with a big, gaping hole in the side? possibly. that's been done before. if some of the control mechanisms had been damaged, if the fuel tank nearby where he was sitting had exploded because it was mostly empty and fumes at the end of a long flight, that could have brought the plane down. it could have been very, very tough. he would not wanted to be on that aircraft when that bomb went off, larry. >> larry: the president breaks off a golf game and rushes back to the compound. what happened? >> we were here covering this story, and we get word that the president broke off the golf game and the motorcade left the golf course at a rapid speed to go back to his home. we understand an ambulance was speeding away from the home. given the nature of the threat, the given the developments of the last couple days, a lot people were ala

larry king starts now. see you tomorrow night. >> larry: tonight do or die for health kay reform? could a crisis become a catastrophe? are the president's plans for change in danger of going down the drain? >>> and then are blacks abandoning obama? an article out today says yes. we will talk about it. plus, tiger woods named athlete of the decade by the ap in spite of public scandal that rocks his personal life. we debate it next on "larry king live." good evening. the health care fight in congress has stalled in the short run. is it going anywhere in the long run. joining us to debate the issue are two top members of the united states congress. barney frank, democrat from massachusetts. he chairs the house financial services committee. and ron paul, a republican of texas, a member of the house financial services committee as well. ron is also a medical doctor. congressman frank, we'll start with you. is this dead on arrival in the senate? or do we have a shot here? >> larry, one of the things that is the most troublesome to me is the lack of interaction between the house and the

"larry king live" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, amanda knox' parents from italy. their exchange student daughter was called a drug-crazed killer. a she devil who played sex games before slitting her roommate's throat. did the jury convict that image of amanda? mom and dad say that the girl they raised could never have murdered anyone. and they'll tell us how they plan to get her out of prison and why they'll never give up clearing her name. and winning freedom next on "larry king live." >> larry: they're the parents of amanda knox. she's the 22-year-old american exchange student convicted of murdering roommate meredith kercher in perugia, italy. the guilty verdict against amanda and her italian ex-boyfriend were returned on friday. we thank you boeth for joining s from italy. even though they are divorced, they are totally united in the support of their daughter. you've had an opportunity to see her, how is she? >> you know, the first time we saw her, she was completely crushed. devastated, you know, in shock as we all are. a second visit today and she's, you know

go larry. go larry. go larry. go larry. go larry.was -- i would be little. we would go christmas carolling. my brothers and sisters and cousins and just go with the santa hats around singing christmas songs. and we also used to perform as a family at like retirement homes and hospitals and those are just -- those are some of my favorite memories we had. being able to give back to other people. and in any way we can. i mean, like we -- didn't feel like i could do much for other people but music was something i fell we could give back. opening presents by the tree. and having christmas dinner together at my grand parents' house. and it is just -- just fun things. we used to have talent shows. we used to do talent shows and have family -- take turns performing and stuff. >> i think when it snowed it made may little gray industrial town into this magical landscape. i used to work with my daddy on the run. we were the first people, 5:00 in the morning, to disturb the s snow. i loved the snow. it was cold and after a few hours i was pretty

it's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening.ays. we've got a great hoir of beautiful music for you tonight.

charlie and lee and teddy rhodes and a number of others. >> larry: thanks. that's nice that you remember. >> it's because of them that i

♪ >> jim: welcome back to larry king live. i'm jim moret sigtting in for larry.hristine brennan, we reported earlier today on "inside edition" that tiger woods may be leaving country with his wife elin on their $22 million yacht. getting out of the country. getting out of dodge. trying to make the first steps to repair their marriage and then this announcement that tiger woods is leaving golf indefinitely. from your perspective, what does his departure mean and then as a woman, he has a lot more work to do at home than on golf course clearly. >> certainly as a sports journalist looking at tiger, this is the punctuation mark, the exclamation point on the wildest sentence we have seen maybe ever in sports. this tiger woods saga, the greatest fall from grace, i believe, in the history of sports of an athlete. i know others have other ideas, but this is extraordinary. these two weeks are stunning. for golf, this is a huge blow. the game is kind of reeling, anyway with the economy, the sponsor. there's no sponsor name, jim. on the tournament in san diego that would ha

larry klayman. >> caller: how y'all doing this morning? i got a few comments, but i just want to say that this man is an eagle, and that's what we need. we don't need a bunch of ducks swirling in the same pond be, crapping in it and eating out of it at the same time. what i want to say to nancy pelosi and dick cheney, the reason i don't like what was going on at guantanamo bay is because it reminded me of how you all used to string black people up, put ropes around their neck, hang 'em naked while you beat with them. this health care bill, the fda is not watching out for us and it's simply a big bailout for the health industry for all these doctors and all this, and the last thing that i want to say is with these illegal aliens here, you can look at this housing crisis, you can look at this health care crisis, and you can look at this school crisis with these kids -- you say you don't want to leave any kids behind, but these schools are so filled up with illegal aliens, look at the grades that the fourth and eighth graders are getting. >>

you're watching "larry king live." stay with us. >>> welcome back to "larry king live." i'm jim moret from "inside ee edition." author robi ludwig joins us from morning. and here in los angeles, judy smith, a crisis management expert with impact strategies. judy, you've heard what many of these folks have said tonight. is this a lost cause, or what do you do if he's your client? >> oh, absolutely not. it's not a lost cause. tiger woods is an icon. >> a fallen icon. >> yes, but as everybody has pointed out, the american people are very forgiving. and he's doing exactly the right thing, taking time to deal with his marriage and his family and his kids. he'll be back. he'll be back. >> dr. robi ludwig, it's one thing to forgive someone. we don't even know everything he's done yet. and the news keeps piling on. what do you do to treat a patient in this situation? >> well, i would help tiger woods understand why he did what he did. i don't even know if tiger woods understands what motivated his behavior. and you need to first understand why you're doing what you're doing. if

i'm jeff probst from "survivor" sitting in for larry. tonight we're talking about survivors in a different context. medicine and technology are bringing people back from death. there are those who have died but have lived to share their experience. you'll hear from some of those and about some of those stories later in the hour. according to the near death experience research foundation, yes, there is one, nearly 800 near-death experiences happened every single day in the u.s. alone. joining us to talk about it is dr. sanjay gupta, cnn chief medical correspondent and author of "cheating death, the doctors and medical miracles saving lives against all odds." also dr. deepak chopra. medical doctor, spiritual teacher, author of "life after death." and dinesh d'souza author of "life after death the evidence." sanjay, in your book you talk about the idea what we used to think of as the lines between life and death, this black and white thing is changing. >> yeah. i mean, we had this sort of conventional wisdom that it's a binary thing. one mo