should i call you larry or should i call you king larry?rry: well, king larry would be a great honor, but let's do larry, and i'll do gaga. >> okay. >> larry: okay. you were born stefani -- how did you come up with lady gaga? >> well, it was actually a nickname that some of my friends called me in new york. i was doing these performance art pop music pieces in the city. and they were a bit on the eccentric side, i suppose. so people started to call me gaga after the queen song "radio gaga." >> larry: at what age growing up, gaga, did you know that you wanted to be a performer? >> in the womb, larry. in my mother's warm womb. >> larry: at your birth. >> yes, at my birth. i guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer. i used to perform even just in restaurants with my family or in the living room. but it's been really a very exciting transition now that i get to do this for a living. and i just refuse to stop. i probably should take a break and go on vacation. but i'd rather die onstage, not under a palm tree. >> larry:

all the ne more, bill maher and he is next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. before i start the show tonight, i want to share some personal news with you. 25 years ago, i sat across this table from new york governor mario cuomo for the first broadcast ever of "larry king live." and now, decades later, i talked to the guys here at cnn and i told them aid like to end "larry king live", the nightly show that -- this fall and cnn has graciously agreed to, giving me and my wife time to get to the kids' little league games. i will be hosting larry king specials on major national and international subjects and we will be here until a replacement is found, here in the fall. tomorrow night, elizabeth edwards will be our special guest. i'm incredibly proud that we with recently made the guinness book of world records for having the longest-running show earthquake the same host in the same time slot on the same network. with that chapter closing, i'm looking forward to the future what my next chapter will bring. but for now, for here, it's time to hang up the nightly sus

for some reason, i feel very badly about it. >> larry: no, don't. >> there's always been a larry kingsudden, i can't believe that we're not going to see you on during the week at night in the fall. >> larry: well, it will be some time in the fall. i'll be doing specials. i'll pop up elsewhere. when are you going to leave the daily grind? >> well, i feel like leaving the same time you do at this point. but i think the -- i think bill maher is totally responsible for this. >> no, no. not at all. >> larry: in what way, regis? >> just by being there. bill maher has cast his spell on you. >> no. i -- i would do anything to keep larry in this chair. >> so would i, bill. i'm only kidding. >> i know. >> it's like i said, larry king has always been there, always been there. i'm going to miss you terribly, larry, because, frankly, you're one of a kind. >> larry: well, so are you, reg. >> i'll miss your suspenders, i'll miss your voice, i'll miss everything. >> larry: i'm not going away. >> okay. that's what i want to hear. that's why i called. i want to make sure you're not going away. >> larry

all of that and the latest efforts to rescue wildlife at the top of the hour, and now back the "larry kingarry: we welcome the founders of the maribel foundations to "larry king live." that are jennifer lopez, and actress, and singer and entrepreneur and if i have to tell you who she is, you have a major problem. and her sister lynda lopez who is the emmy winning journalist and sister of jennifer, and they join me from the sip rcipriani t in new york city. so tell me about it. >> it is a foundation that lynda and i have talked about forming for years, and when we both got pregnant, it is something that we decided to do now. obviously, when you become a mom, your perspective and your whole kind of view on life changes. and it did for us. we always wanted to form a foundation that helped women, and children and education and health care, and tonight, we are here like you said at ciprianis doing a big samsung fund-raiser as part of helping our telemedicine program with samsung. >> larry: all right. lynda, why maribel? >> we named the foundation the maribel foundation because it has special me

"larry king live" starts right now. next on "larry king live." good evening. we begin with news from the gulf. anderson cooper, host of "ac 360" is in port jackson, louisiana tonight. phillip cousteau joins us from new orleans and edward james e olmos, the actor returned from the gulf coast, shot a short film bp doesn't want to you see. here is what the president and bp executives discussed today. watch with. >> this $20 billion fund will not be controlled by either bp or by the government. it will be put in an escrow account,ed a minute sfwird an impartial, independent third party. so if you or your business has suffered an economic loss as a result of this spill, you will be eligible to file a claim for part of this $20 billion. >> you talk to people here, they overwhelm leg support this idea of having the escrow account. the devil is in the details, larry. how soon will this be set up? how do payments work? how do people apply for it? a lot of criticism about the system that bp has in place currently. a lot of people saying they put in claims weeks ago, not

. >> larry: welcome back to this special edition o "larry king live." we're marking the one-year anniversary of michael jackson's death. jermaine jackson returned to forest lawn with me for the first time since his brother was laid to rest there it's a beautiful place, but jermaine wants michael at neverland, as he told us during a visit there last year. hi, jermaine. needless to say, this is unbelievable. where are we? >> we are looking over neverland. this is what he considered as the ultimate joy, the ultimate happiness, the ultimate wonderment, the ultimate peace. this is neverland. >> larry: and this is one small part of this whole picture, right? >> yes. this is one small part. there is so much more. other valleys beyond these hills here that are just flat surfaces. mt. catherine around here. >> larry: named for your mother.

jack kevorkian is next on "larry king live." we welcome dr. jack kevorkian back to "larry king live." he's a pathologist and a right to die activist. he claims to have been involved in at least 130 physician-assisted suicides. you'll remember he served more than eight years in prison for second degree murder in the 1998 death of thomas youth. he's the focus of a new documentary "kevorkian" that premieres june 28. much of the film focuses on dr. kevorkian's life since his parole in 2007. by the way, he was with us right after his parole. but it provides the insights and attitudes and experiences that have shaped a controversial career. take a look. >> all my research through residency was done trying to find out when a person dies exactly what point is their death. >> before i met jack, he did some research on the eye in death where he looked at the retinas of people in their last moments and noted the changes in the vessels in the back of the eye. >> i went down and checked the corpses and i took photographs of the eye. how long after death ho

"larry king live" starts right now. thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> larry: tonight, disgraced general stanley mcchrystal, the man running the war in afghanistan, is abruptly fired by president obama. >> today i accepted general stanley mcchrystal's resignation as commander of the international security assistance force in afghanistan. >> the journalist who brought him down is here for his first on-camera interview. who gave him access to a four-star commander in the middle of a war? did mcchrystal forget he was talking to a reporter? did the journalist know that his bombshell story was going to blow a military career? next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. michael hastings is a contributor to "rolling stone" magazine. he's author of the article the runaway general. that article will be out on the magazine stands friday. it led to general mcchrystal's resignation. he's also written "i lost my love in baghdad." this is his first on-camera interview about the uproar that his piece

anyway, larry king just fired three people. >> larry: i did not. >> and it's made me ner vufs. and now i have -- >> larry: you want to know something, griffin? you want to hear something that will kill you and shock you? >> what? >> larry: i've been on the air 53 years. >> what? >> larry: i have never fired a person in my life. domestic -- >> there are two men crying in the men's room -- all right. all right. >> larry: you recently took out this -- this is the ad of the year. >> you're not supposed to say that i took it out. you're supposed to say the network took it out. >> larry: i'm sorry. >> but they didn't. >> larry: took out the ad in your underwear. now, is this your real body? >> it's my real body. but i am airbrushed almost beyond recognition. which is what i prefer. so i did a photo shoot with mike ruiz, who is a great photographer, and he was trying to have me channel betty page. >> larry: do you think this will get you an emmy award? >> i know i'm dating myself a little bit, but if i could just buy one, i would. >> larry: what did she do with the golden globe? >> i

they just ignored it when i published it. >> larry: i should welcome back to "larry king live" dr. jack kevorkian. this documentary premieres. we just had the great move. al pacino playing you. documentary right behind it. why? >> good question. >> larry: that's why i asked it. >> you know, that's enough about me. it's the issue that matters. unfortunately i'm connected so intimately with it, it's always about me. the issue isn't alive. i am, see? so they concentrate on me. but it's time to do something about this because everyone knows it's needed. they do it secretly now. doctors do it secretly now. also you have spouses where one shoots -- one kills the other and then has to commit suicide because they're afraid of prosecution. these are unnecessary deaths, unnecessary suffering, misery. >> larry: how many states allow it? >> three allow it, but it's not allowed right. it's not done correctly. >> larry: meaning? >> it's done wrong. it's not a medical service the way it's laid in the law. you don't need a law for this. all you have to say is legitimate medical practice. now you ca

back to "larry king" after this. >>> we're following the breaking news out of los angeles.ackson has been taken to a hospital. >> paramedics tried to perform cpr and get him breathing again. >> cnn is confirming from the l.a. coroner that michael jackson is dead. >> he attempted to resuscitate him. they were unsuccessful. >> larry: the pain of michael's passing is with his brother every day. it was not easy for him to return to forest lawn for our interview, and it's not easy for him to talk about the circumstances surrounding his death. but he does. do you think your brother was killed? >> yes, of course. of course. >> larry: no doubt in your mind. >> no doubt in my mind. >> larry: have the authorities done enough? they have stopped at murray, haven't they? >> it's the d.a.'s office, and i just don't trust anybody. i really don't. we lost a brother. what really has really -- one of the hearings we went to, they were sitting there laughing. i felt like getting up and walking out. >> larry: who? >> i think first of all tmz was filming this, and they are all showboating for t

on "larry king live"! >> larry: good evening. you just saw a sample of what went down in washington today. here to talk about it, ben stein, the economist and actor, best-selling author of "little book of bulletproof investing." our old friend stephany miller, progressive talk radio host of her own program. websi website, stephanymiller.com. mark lemont hill, a professor, contributor to theroop.com. and dana bash, organizer with the nationwide tea party coalition, and talk show host of the dana show. we'll get their takes after this. you watch this. the hammering that bp ceo tony hayward took on capitol hill. it's brutal. watch. >> that's what this committee is doing. it is an investigating committee and we expect you to cooperate with us. are you falg to cooperate with other investigators as well. they're going to have a hard time reaching conclusions if you stone wall them which is what we seem to be getting to day. >> i'm not stone walling. >> you are the ceo of the company. do you have any sort of technical expert who helps y

good to welcome him back to "larry king live." good to see you again. ngratulations on fatherhood. >> thank you, thank you. >> larry: when's this all about? your company signed a contract with bp for 32 of your -- >> yeah. >> larry: when did you get into this business? >> about 17 years ago i finally had it with the images that i think everybody had been watching, the oil spills that continued, the exxon valdez in particular. but we've been seeing them up to that point and when i finally -- the exxon valdez happened and i saw that the reaction was the exact same. the oil looked like pudding. the birds had the arms, wings, distorted images that went with the animals. people on the beach in rubber boots and pitch forks, i thought is this the best we can do? i was approached with a small technology out of the department of -- the d.o.e. department of energy. it was a little machine about six inches tall separating very severe stuff but i looked at the machine and with my brother and the scientist that invented it we thought we could scale it up to separate

joan rivers and a few surprise guests, including bill maher and kathy griffin, next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. what a night. joan rivers is a comic, author, actress, entrepreneur, and the focus of a brilliant new documentary, "joan rivers: a piece of work." i saw it, loved it, it is brutally frank about the highs and lows of joan's incredible career. in between laughing, which you'll do a lot, you'll be amazed by her drive and the relentless schedule she keeps. take a look. >> right now everything is absolutely wonderful. i am the golden girl. but i have been here before. and i know, nothing is yours permanently. and you better enjoy it while it's happening. >> so, next week, monday, regis and kelly, a book signing at qvc, tuesday, wor, rachael ray, howard stern. wednesday, florida, breakfast lecture, an afternoon book signing. back to miami to perform two shows. thursday, a radio show, red eye home, qvc, corporate booking. then back to the cutting room. >> larry: this documentary's has gotten brilliant reviews, all of them reserved. why did you do this? why so reveal

next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. michael hastings is a contributor to "rolling stone" magazine. he's author of the article the runaway general. that article will be out on the magazine stands friday. it led to general mcchrystal's resignation. he's also written "i lost my love in baghdad." this is his first on-camera interview about the uproar that his piece has caused. president obama has nominated us, the u.s. central command general, david petraeus, to replace general stanley mcchrystal as the top commander in afghanistan. let's take a look at the president's remarks earlier today. then we'll talk with michael. watch. >> but war is bigger than any one man or woman, whether a private, a general or a president. as difficult as it is to lose general mcchrystal, i believe that it is the right decision for our national security. the conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general. >> larry: all right, michael hastings, the obvious first questio

"larry king" starts now. >> larry: tonight, supreme court nominee elena kagan on the hot seat. highly partisan highly political hearings under way. >> i will do my best to consider every case impartially. >> larry: plus a landmark decision from the high court. gun owners win it. then, a 7 year old vanishes from school three weeks and thousands of it tips later his disappearance still a mystery. does the second grader's stepmom know something that could help find him? next on "larry king live." good evening. today's confirmation hearings were devoted to opening statements by committee members and nominee elena kagan herself, if confirmed, kagan will succeed justice john paul stevens retiring after 35 years on the court. here to talk about it is james carville, cnn political contributor and democratic strategist and a conservative talk show host and organizer with the tea party coalition and back in l.a., stephanie miller, host of her own program and we go to las vegas with the libertarian talkative half playing at the hotel and casino in vegas. they also have a series on showtim

and "larry king live" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, exclusive. did a father risk his 16-year-old daughter's life sending her out alone on the open seas for a reality show? here to tell us the truth about abby and her attempt to circle the globe by herself. then the kindergarten teacher false low accused and acquitted of sexually molesting three little girls. tonya craft joins us. an unlikely suspect falsely accused of heinous crimes, her own daughter testified against her. all next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. lawrence sunderland joins us. his daughter, 16-year-old abby set out to circumnavigate the glob m the world when she activated the emergency beacon on her boat. she was rescue add life two days later. now allegations sur fashi s sus done for a reality show. first, before we get to that. how is abby? >> abby is doing well. aboard a french fishing vessel at this time. and she is very relieved to be rescued. and the delayed shock is setting in a little bit of losing the vessel. >> where is she specifically? >> she is right in

"larry king" starts right now. i'll see you tomorrow from the gulf. >>> did a father risk his 16-year-old daughter's life sending her out on the seas for a reality show? . we'll learn about abby and her attempt to circle the world herself on a boat. >>> then tonya craft joins us. an unlikely suspect falsely accused of heinous crimes. her own daughter testified against her. all next on "larry king live." >>> good evening. lauren sundayerland joins us. abby was rescued two days after issuing the rescue beacon on her boat. it was all done for a reality show, a stunt on which the sunderlands can cash in. how is abby? >> she's doing well. she's aboard a french fishing vessel at this time. she's very relieved to be rescued, and the delayed shock has set in a little bit of losing the vessel. >> where is she specifically? >> she's right in the middle of the indian ocean, heading to a little island with this sailing fishing vessel about 46 degrees south. >> when do you expect to see her again? >> we won't see her for anothe

prime time exclusive next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. general stanley mcchrystal is prepared to resign if the president has lost confidence in him. let's talk about today's bombshell with lieutenant colonel tony schafer, external communications director of the centers for advanced defense studies has more than two decades of field experience including two combat tours in afghanistan. and john soltz co-founder of vote vets.org. a "rolling stone" article portrays the general and staffers as being critical, even contempt wous of president obama and his administration. mcchrystal ordered back to washington, oval office meeting scheduled for tomorrow. president obama offered his first public comment on the controversy about -- a couple of hours ago. watch. >> i think it's clear that the article in which he and his team appeared showed a poor -- showed poor judgment and -- but i also want to make sure i talk to him directly before i make any final decision and so any decision that i make with respect to general mcchrystal or any other aspect o

and "larry king live" starts now. >> larry: thanks, wolf, president obama in his first address from the oval office outlined his battle plan. a three pronged approach. we'll be talking about in the next hour. it comes on the day the government upped the estimate of leaking oil to as many as 60 barrels a day. that may be up to 50% more than previously thought. joining us to begin things, james carville, cnn political contributor, democratic strategist, and sammy kershaw, country music artist and republican candidate for lieutenant-governor of louisiana. sammy, i will start with you. the president said in one paragraph here, make no mistake, we will fight this spill with everything we have got for as long as it takes and we will make bp pay for the damage their company has caused. we'll do whatever is necessary to help people recover. was that strong enough for you? >> well, you know, i also heard him say that -- he was going to work together with bp. but i hope that don't just mean they're going to make bp pay not only that, but they need to work together to plug this hole. that's what w

. >> larry: jermaine jackson's emotional interview, next, on a very special edition of "larry king liveood evening. it was a year ago today that news out of los angeles shocked the world. michael jackson had died. pele all over the planet poured into the streets, mourning the loss of a singer that moved generations. he was buried at forest lawn cemetery. jermaine jackson returns to his final resting place the first time since then and sat down with me for an eye-opening interview. this is where michael jackson is interred. one year ago today, the nation stunned by the death of this incredible superstar at age 50. by the way, other people buried or interred here include you will lucille ball, spencer tracy. our special guest is jermaine jackson. what can we say? what's this year been like? >> it's been tough, larry. it went so fast. we've been just putting the pieces together and the family's having a will the of meetings, and just trying to hold on. >> larry: have you come to terms with it? you ever really accept it? because he was so young? >> it's hard. no, we haven't come to terms. i

. >> larry: jermaine jackson's emotional connectifessions, nex a very special edition of "larry king live." good evening. it was a year ago today that news out of los angeles shocked the world. michael jackson had died. people all over the planet poured into the streets, mourning the loss of the singer who had moved generations of music lovers. michael was burr rid at forest lawn in glendale, california. jermaine jackson returns to his brother's final resting place for the first time since then and sat down with me for an eye-opening interview. this is where michael jackson is interred. one year ago today, the nation stunned by the death of this incredible superstar at age 50. by the way, other people buried or interred here include lucille ball, jack baring, clark gable, george burns, jimmy stewart, humphrey g humphrey bogart spencer tracy. our special guest is jermaine jackson. what can we say? what's this year been like? >> it's been tough, larry. it went so fast. we've been just putting the pieces together and the family's having a lot of meetings. and just trying to hold on. >>

the stories about larry king not pulling in the numbers he did before. that's the immediate issue i guess, right? is deal ing with that prime time programming. >> you know, it's interesting. so far this year the networks' prime time ratings are off by 40% which is really dramatic especially compared to that of its competitors. the challenge for cnn was really underscored when campbell brown asked to be released from her contract. she released really a remarkable statement saying plainly not enough people are interested in the show that i'm putting on. i think that kind of summed up the challenge cnn faces. it still has that brand and that identity of the place that people turn to for breaking news. but when that news subsides it doesn't offer the kind of really polarizing opinionated provocative host that you can find on fox news and ms-nbc in prime time. the question they're wrestling with right now internally is what do they do? they are not going to abandon that dedication to, as they put it, non-partisan journalism, but i think they are looking at wa

i heard about it on larry king. have heard that other china and other countries are drilling in the gulf. if the jobs move, they will never come back. if other foreign countries can drill out there, why are we penalizing ourselves? people did not understand. they do name calling. but they do not realize or they do not research or try to find out what all is going on. guest: there are leases off the coast of cuba. we do have a joint operations in the gulf of mexico with other foreign nationals. bp for example is a british company. part of the reason we're in the deep water is we have not been allowed to go and shallower -- in shallower areas around the united states. we do need the resources moving people were. we really do. we have more in california, but i am not sure how many. in the gulf of mexico over 5000 altogether. operations on federal and private. host: what percent of the oil to be produced domestically? guest: we produce 40% of the nation's oil. we import 60%. the estimates show we could displace as much

he appeared on "larry king live" two years after that and started to alter the questions from israel to nuclear weapons from iran. he was asked how old his daughter is and when she got married. he was never asked why 300+ people were executed llst year in iran. the western media who go theee, the journalists -- are doing a good job of portraying what is happening, what the society is doing. the american people are sitting here and watching the media. they believe whatever they hear. >> i think that there have been, over the last decade, two major problems with media coverage in iran. one is that as you mentioned access to information is difficult. of course, there was a period of liberalization in which it was easier to interview people. when i was there, i could virtually interview anyone who would agree, including serious hard-liners. that has changed. in defense of the media, it is a lot more difficult now. i think the position now, among a lot of journalists, is that even a little information is better than no information. if you are there, you want to behave and not get on the b