if i had to choose between sarah palin and levi johnston, i would have to go with levi, and just like in the poll you had, it shows people are tired of the lying. and sarah palin went on oprah and lied, because, no, she wouldn't want levi johnston at thanksgiving, she wouldn't welcome him to the table. and levi johnston, even though he's being immature, at least he's being truthful. >> what do you think, lauren? >> amen to carlos. he's being authentically him, a young, little kid, kind of immature, and a little bit of a jerk. sarah is not being authentic in my eyes. she needs to just say, this is private family business. yes, we're obviously having issues with my grandson's father, but i'm not discussing it because i'm a grown woman and i'm supposed to protect my family. quit engaging in this nonsense with this kid. it's not a good look. >> and you've got to love martha stewart, once again. and now i know, she did not wear a sarah palin costume for halloween. >> go, team martha! >> all right. well, levi, is, of course, hoping to get more people on his team, doing his very first "playg

let levi do the trashing. know, i hope her responses were sincere, because really, who wants a family feud? honestly. nobody. >> and if she does want to have a future and particularly if she wants to run for the presidential office again, high road. that's the road to take. levi, though, he is certainly keeping busy, in the meantime. he had that nude "playgirl" photo shoot. in a brand new development today, levi revealing how he thinks that guys, not girls, will respond to his nude photo shoot. listen to what he had on the derek and romaine show on sirius xm satellite radio. >> how do you feel about the fact that gay guys all around the country are going to rush out to take a look at all you've got to offer? >> that's totally cool with me. i mean, i don't have a problem with gay people. >> what's next on your agenda? >> i'm thinking about going to some acting classes back in california and we're going to start the modeling gigs and you'll be seeing a lot of me. >> oh, good for all of us. we're going to see a l

is levi becoming a bigger star than palin? also tonight, talk of a palin/levi turkey truce.owbiz tonight" right there in hollywood as levi was pressed for answers on whether or not he'll take up palin's invitation on oprah to come to thanksgiving dinner with the palin. and in more big news breaking today, levi says he's been invited to appear on "dancing with the stars." and i've just got to say, are you freaking kidding me? joining me tonight in new york, rachel zalis, a contributing editor"life & style weekl weekly." also tonight in hollywood, hyla. let's kick things off by showing you two images, they are straight out of hollywood and i mean that literally. take a look at this, charles, when i see this photo, please, we're going to do a little split screen for you. on the left side, levi johnston, all spiffed up and living it up for the camera last night. he was at the "gq" men of the year red carpet in hollywood. "showbiz tonight" was right there with him. on the right we have sarah palin, standing in front of thousands of her adoring fans as she embarked on her nationwi

if i had to choose between sarah and levi johnston, i will go with levi johnston. it shows that people are tired of the lying. sarah palin went on oprah and lied. she wouldn't want levi johnston atting this and welcome him to the table. levi even though he is being immature, he is truthful. >> amen. he is being a young kid, kind of immature and a little bit of a jerk. sarah is not being authentic. she needs to just say this is private family business. we are obviously having issues with my grandson's father, but i'm not discussing it because i'm a grown woman and i'm supposed to protect my family. quit engaging in this nonsense. it's not a good look. >> you have to love martha stewart again. >> yes. >> i know she did not wear a sarah palin costume. >> go team martha. >> levi is of course hoping to get more people on his team doing the first "playgirl" photo shoot. we have the first photo to show you. stay where you are. back in 30 seconds. >>> back now with the moment we have all been waiting for. the first photo released from the "playgirl" photo shoot, may i have

levi johnston is doing a spread -- >> big fan of levi. >> -- in "playgirl" magazine. >> i'm doing my own -- eight, actually, my own eight solo masterbation videos. i'm going to send them to heidi. >> in my day during the lincoln administration, if you made a sex tape, your career was over. now it makes you famous. >> that's right. we don't have a sex tape in there because we think it's so dirty and below the belt that we don't suggest that for anyone. obviously it's instant fame, but it's true. all the people in the tabloids -- >> kardashian girl -- >> they're all porn stars. >> here's a couple questions from viewers before we go. morgan asks, heidi, what kind of life do you expect to have with spencer in 30 years? >> i expect to have the best life in the world. every year gets better. >> how long are you together now? >> three years. >> almost four. >> almost four years. >> so a while. you know, almost our one-year wedding anniversary for our elopement. >> you see yourself as a geriatric couple on tv some day? >> with the walkers. >> the whole thing. spencer being president. >> oh,

is levi a bigger star than palin? talk of a palin-levi turkey truce? levi was pressed for answers on whether or not he will take palin's invitation to come to thanksgiving dinner with the palins. levi said he has been invited to appear on "dancing with the stars." i've got to say, are you freaking kidding me? rachel is a contributing editor for live and style weekly and also in hollywood, hyla, an entertainment journalist for $5 prep.com. two images are straight out of hollywood and i mean that literally. we will do a split screen for you. on the left side, levi johnston spiffed up and living it up for the cameras. these are the gq men of the year and show biz was right there with him. on the right we have sarah palin standing in front of thens of adoring fans as she embarked on her book tour. off to you, hyla. is levi a bigger celebrity than palin? >> we are getting excited with him in play girl and the bubble of hollywood. he's a big talk of the town. we talk about famous nationally, internationally, this guy doesn't come close. when i travelled to e

levi and jon?head is spinning. >>> also, your very first look at oprah's interview with levi's good buddy, sarah palin. >> one final question about levi. will he be invited to thanksgiving dinner? >> yeah, talk about awkward. levi and sarah at thanksgiving dinner. pass the stuffing. this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. >> now the "showbiz news ticker." more stories from the "showbiz tonight" newsroom making news right now. >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." i'm brooke anderson in hollywood with a.j. hammer in new york. hey, did you see this? tonight, the controversy over the brand-new movie "2012." now, the movie would have you believe that the world is coming to a spectacular end in 2012. now, "showbiz tonight" can tell you, have no fear, the end is not near. but because so many people have been talking about the thing, even nasa decided to look into it. here's cnn's jeanne moos for "showbiz tonight." >> reporter: save the date, could be the last one you save. >> december 21st, 2012. >> december

. >> and levy johnston has been in the news lately. he's the father of her grandson and he's often criticized palin. and what she says about running for president in 2010. >>> one of elizabeth smart's accused kidnapers is expected to plead guilty. wanda bar see and her estranged husband are accused of taking her from her home at knife point. smart says mitchell repeatedly raped heavy. she was found nine months later. >>> >>> you may be one of 1,500 people who may have to give back stimulus money back to the government. >> and basically a lot of people, you were expected to get a little bit more, a little bump in your paycheck, but some people got a lot more, they got the tax credit, $400 or $800 depending and then some. so basically every week there was a little bit more in there that wasn't supposed to be in there. the calculations, they weren't just right for these people. you can read the list here, but mostly the guideline is if you've got more than one job for a tax return. so that you would could be a single person with two jobs

levi. will he be invited to thanksgiving dinner? >> talk about awkward, levi and sarah at thanksgiving dinner? pass the stuffing. this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. >> more stories from the newsroom making news right now. >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight" with a.j. hammer in new york. did you see this? tonight the controversy over the brand-new movie 2012. it would have you believe the world is coming to a spectacular end in 2012. have no fear. the end is not near, but because so many people have been talking about the thing, even nasa decided to look into it. here's cnn's jeannie moos for show biz tonight. >> save the date could be the last one you save. >> september 21st, 2012. >> 2012. >> september 21st, 2012. >> are you high again? >> we will be high. sky high. bye-bye sistine chapel and u.s. capitol and white house. by an aircraft carrier. don't stop paying the mortgage because nasa assures us nothing bad will happen. >> there is no threat to earth in 2012. >> there is so much chatt

>> yeah, i do not think levi johnston. it's a one-trick pony., he's going to say something bad about sarah palin. i'm definitely going with jon gosselin. this week, definitely, he's found religion, found this new spirituality and you have this new reality show that "in touch" had reported on, but now apparently his spiritual advisers are advising him against it is the new thing. and by the way, i think that should have been called octo-jon. that to me would have been a better title, by the way, just fyi. >> jon gosselin, hands down, most provocative celebrity of the week. two to one, carlos. here we go. carlos diaz, kim serafin, thank you both. have a good weekend. >>> okay, what do you get when tom hanks sings beyonce? a totally hysterical piece of tape that we have got to show you. >> oh, oh, come on. ♪ a ring on it, a ring on it >> um, okay. so why was tom belting out beyonce's "single ladies"? did he put on a leotard, heels, and dance around? you have got to see this. >>> and now the "showbiz news ticker," more stories from the "showbiz toni

what levi johnston has to say today. explosive reaction to my exclusive interview with donald trump about his war of words with carrie prejean and disturbing new information today that carrie may be lying about being only 17 when she made that solo sex tape. "showbiz tonight" names the most provocative celebrity of the week. will it be carrie prejean, sarah palin for her tell all or michael lohan for releasing phone calls about lindsay? >> the news ticker has more stories from the newsroom making news right now. >> you are watching "showbiz tonight." keep on watching the bottom of your screen for more nonstop, compelling and provocative news from show biz tonight. >>>> we welcome you back to "showbiz tonight." i'm brooke ander in hollywood with a.j. hammer in new york. an awesome week for awkward moments on tv. carrie prejean threatening to walk off "larry king live" to a dumb struck kid on the today show. this week's most awkward tv moments. >> we never turn up our nose for news. not at the wonderfully -- awkward moment

he's studying law. >> sarah palin threw some punches at levi on "oprah" but levi hit back on "e.t. "let's look. >> the whole premise of levi ever having lived with bristol is false, and from there, though, i mean you take that foundational untruth and you can kind of measure all the other things that he's saying. >> you know, she's basically calling me a liar which is total [ bleep ]. i did for, you know, a few, a couple months, and then we split up, and that was it. >> well, i mean, you know, it's becoming he said/she said. >> right. >> if you read the "vanity fair" article i'm sure you read that with levi he says scathing things about her and she went after him and the interview with oprah, she talks about him as a porn star with the "playgirl" thing he's not doing full frontal. oh, my god, san francisco is creating a national day of mourning, because -- but anyway. who do you believe? who do you think is tell -- who is the bigger liar, let's say or the smaller liar? >> wow. i think it's just -- go ahead. >> i'm amazed. this is not the first time you've had embarrassing family me

come to think of it, so should another hollywood bachelor, the one and only levi johnston. he's the father of sarah palin's grandson, the ex-fiance for bristol palin. a hunk of burning love, that is until he opens his mouth. >> most teenagers are sexually active. >> levi johnston, i like to call him the toxic bachelor that will do anything for money. >> besides a scores of shirtless interviews, pictures with his son on gq and now selling pistachio nuts. >> now levi johnston does it with protection. >> now the biggest bombshell by reportedly dropping trou and posing for play girl. >> is anyone going to tell him it's not a website for heterosexual women. >> how does he size up on the meter. >> levi johnston because he's so toxic, i'm giving him four toxic hearts. >> if you want to talk toxic, you've got to talk bobby brown. his ex-wife whitney houston revealed bombshell after bombshell of his outrageous behavior while they were married. >> he spit on me. he actually spit on me. >> now that he's divorced, ladies, he's eligible. >> so bobby really began to look like a pretty te

. >> levi? >> levi -- i miss you too.appy belated birthday. >> it's weird that i'm seven years older than you, but i think we can make it work, levi. >> you're still looking good. >> she is looking good. >> when are you two going to get married? people are twittering me and asking me this question. why don't they get married, these two. >> my baby bump is showing. if i see levi looking at another woman, i don't know what i'm going to do when we go ahunting. >> levi, you're attracted to older women. >> a little bit. but this one caught my eye. >> what is it about kathy that turned you on so much. >> yeah, levi. >> she's outgoing. she doesn't mess around. she likes to beat me up a little bit. >> is it because of the new album with santa claus between her legs. is that what's doing it for you. >> there's a naughty picture. i should warn you. i don't want levi to fly in his famous jealous rages because he sees me and santa. we have to nestle up in our igloo and make things work. >> say happy birthday. we need to let you go. >

>> look out levi. sarah's not done with you as "showbiz tonight" dares to ask, sarah, or levi? who do you think is winning the war of words? >> brooke shields' shocking suicide confession. why brooke has just revealed she wanted to die after her daughter was born. tonight, "showbiz tonight" with brooke's startling and heart breaking revelation. plus, the congressman who says disgraced former beauty queen carrie prejean could have what it takes to become a big time politician. >>> tv's most provocative entertainment news show starts right now. >>> hello. i'm a.j. hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> hi there, everyone, i'm brooke anderson, coming to you from hollywood. and tonight, the brand-new sarah palin bombshells breaking today. >> yeah. if you thought what sarah told oprah winfrey was explosive, wait until you hear what she told barbara walters. barbara revealed her interview with palin today, and look out, tina fey and david letterman, she's not happy with you guys one bit. but wait, there's more. palin is also really ticked off at a picture

levi johnston is doing a spread -- >> big fan of levi. >> -- in "playgirl" magazine. >> i'm doing my own -- eight, actually, my own eight solo masterbation videos. i'm going to send them to heidi. >> in my day during the lincoln administration, if you made a sex tape, your career was over. now it makes you famous. >> that's right. we don't have a sex tape in there because we think it's so dirty and below the belt that we don't suggest that for anyone. obviously it's instant fame, but it's true. all the people in the tabloids -- >> kardashian girl -- >> they're all porn stars. >> here's a couple questions from viewers before we go. morgan asks, heidi, what kind of life do you expect to have with spencer in 30 years? >> i expect to have the best life in the world. every year gets better. >> how long are you together now? >> three years. >> almost four. >> almost four years. >> so a while. you know, almost our one-year wedding anniversary for our elopeme elopement. >> you see yourself as a geriatric couple on tv some day? >> with the walkers. >> the whole thing. spencer being president.

he's studying law. >> sarah palin threw some punches at levi on "oprah" but levi hit back on "e.t. "let's look. >> the whole premise of levi ever having lived with bristol is false, and from there, though, i mean you take that foundational untruth and you can kind of measure all the other things that he's saying. >> you know, she's basically calling me a liar which is total [ bleep ]. i did for, you know, a few, a couple months, and then we split up, and that was it. >> well, i mean, you know, it's becoming he said/she said. >> right. >> if you read the "vanity fair" article i'm sure you read that with levi he says scathing things about her and she went after him and the interview with oprah, she talks about him as a porn star with the "playgirl" thing he's not doing full frontal. oh, my god, san francisco is creating a national day of mourning, because -- but anyway. who do you believe? who do you think is tell -- who is the bigger liar, let's say or the smaller liar? >> wow. i think it's just -- go ahead. >> i'm amazed. this is not the first time you've had embarrassing family me

so here's a sneak peek. >> so one final question about levi. will he be invited to thanksgiving dinner? >> you know, that's a great question, and it's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing because, of course he is a part of the family. you want to bring him in the fold and under your wing and he needs that, too, oprah. i think he needs to know that he is loved and he has the most beautiful child and this can all work out for good. it really can. we don't have to keep going down this road of controversy and drama all the time. we're not really into the drama. we don't really like that. we're more productive. we have other things to concentrate on. >> is he coming or is he not? >> ooh, i guess you'll have to wait until this airs next week to see the answer. palin was anything but upbeat when talking about her interview with katie couric during the 2008 presidential race. that's new for you in about 30 minutes. and of course this interview comes as her book is about to be released next week. that's why the conversations. ma

levi johnston. you know what? it would have the fewest soundbites of any presidency, that's for sure. >> it would be great tape. >> hi, bob. >>> let me show you what's happening right now. the biggest concern is heavy snow right now all around kansas city. here is your upper level low, right around the missouri area in towards kansas and northern areas of arkansas, too. your surface low generating a lot of rain in towards kentucky, indiana and illinois. you can see illinois getting decent rain but it is falling shy of chicago so you get a couple of showers coming in later today. right now you're dry. here is kansas city that white is all snow and it's heavy at times in areas but the thing is temperatures are right around freezing but just a little bit of fog. it's having a tough time sticking on the road here. you have a winter weather advisory until 8:00 this morning lo local time for you around kansas city and then emporia. it will make things slick for you especially on the bridges and overpasses for the mornin

we'll see if he really did drop his levis. oh, levi. y8%%%%%%%%%%% >>> already this year the number of soldiers who committed suicide is at an all-time high. the army vice chief of staff says that so far 211 soldiers have taken their own lives but he says that in recent months not as many have committed suicide and it could show that the army's prevention programs are working. >>> just in this morning, somali pirates attacked "the maersk alabama" again. they fired automatic weapons at the ship. remember it was hijacked in april. pirates took the captain, richard phillips, hostage. sharpshooters helped free him five days later. elizabeth smart's father says he's willing to forgive the woman who pled guilty to kidnapping the girl. wanda barzee apologized yesterday, although she wasn't in court to hear it. barzee also agreed to cooperate against they are estranged husband who's charged in the case. she'll be sevntenced in may. >>> a wildfire in southern california is expected to be surrounded this afternoon. an orange county fire

he's not stupid. >> i like when levi is on the shows like the "today" show.y treat him like a serious political pundit, like he's george will or something like that. why does he have that credibility? i don't understand. >> i don't understand it either. >> by the way, his "playgirl" shoot is on the same day oprah is interviewing sarah palin. coincidence, you tell me. thanks, everybody, very much. >>> up next, one of the rare women of late night, wanda sykes, joins me. >>> people ask me why i'm doing late-night tv. well, now whenever we ask our friends to come over, they want to know, are the babies going to be there? of course the babies are going to be there. they're like, oh, we can't make it. i have to go give blood. so clearly i had no choice but to find another place to hang out. so this is my home away from home. but just don't tell my wife about it because right now she thinks i'm out in the garage putting together a highchair. >> i've known this woman for a long time. her hbo specials prove she's one of the funniest and edgiest women working in comedy

levi johnston is making a shocking legal move of his own. he's launching a new fight today against sarah palin. this is going to be ugly. and also this. >> that's incredible. she not think anybody would notice? that's outrageous. >> what video did "showbiz tonight" show that woman that left her speechless? >> these are more stories from the "showbiz tonight" newsroom. >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." i am brooke anderson with a.j. hammer. rooting for rihanna. rihanna should be feeling great being honored as one of glamour magazine's women of the year. "showbiz tonight" was talking to rihanna for the first time since her explosive abuse tell-all interview on abc. with us tonight in new york is janelle snoweden, just sat down with rihanna who told her a haunting revelation how her tragedy may have changed women's lives forever. rihanna was very reluctant to answer our questions about her emotional abc interview about the night chris brown beat her up. rihanna didtell "showbiz tonight" that she feels immense pressure now that she is stand

oprah also asked sarah palin about her pseudoson-in-law, levi johnston. >> one final question about levi a great question. and it's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing. because, of course, you want -- he is a part of the family. you want to bring him in the fold and kind of under your wing. and he needs that, too, oprah. i think he needs to know that he is loved. and he has the most beautiful child. and this can all work out for good. it really can. we don't have to keep going down this road of controversy and drama all the time. we're not really into the drama. we don't really like that. we're more productive, we have other things to concentrate on -- >> yes, he is coming or no he's not? >> oprah -- do you believe her? because, you know, levi johnston, these are the things he has said that she said that the little baby, trig, i believe his name is, she refers to him as my little retarded baby. which could be an affectionate way to talk about the kid. but i don't think sarah would like that. >> no. >> that she didn't cook. so what. and she wanted to quit the gov

and come to think of it so should another hollywood bachelor t one and only levi johnston. he's the father of sarah palin's grandson, the ex-fiancee of crystal palin and a hunk of burning love that is until he opens his mouth. >> all teens are most of them are sexually active. >> levi johnston i like to call him the toxic bachelor that will do anything for money. >> aside from scores of tv interviews, a shirtless photo spread with his naked son and interesting commercial selling pistachio nuts. >> now levi johnston does it with protection. >> levi johnston dropped the biggest bombshell by reportedly posing for "play girl." >> is anyone going to tell i'm it's not a sight for heterosexual women. >> levi johnston because he is so toxic i'm giving him four toxic hearts. >> and if you want to talk toxic, you got to talk bobby brown. his ex-wife whitney houston reveals bombshell after bombshell of his outrageous behavior. >> he spit on me. he actually spit on me. >> and now that he's divorced, ladies, he's eligible. so bobby really began to look like a terrible husband. however,

the one and only levi johnston.e is the father of sarah palin's grandson, and a hunka burnin' love, until he opens his mouth. >> levi johnston, i would love to call him the bachelor that would do anything for money. >> a shirtless photo spread in ""gq"" and an interesting commercial selling pistachio nuts. and he reportedly posed for "play girl." >> is anybody going to tell him that playgirl.com is not a website for women? >> levi johnston, because he is so toxic, i am giving him four toxic hearts. >> and if you want to talk toxic, talk bobby brown. >> he split on me. >> now that he is divorced, ladies, he is eligible. >> so bobby began to look like a terrible husband, however he spoke to the media himself and did not lash out on whitney, and he did not make it worse. >> how does bobby brown rate on the toxic bachelor sale? >> since he has not been that big of a bachelor this year, he is getting two toxic hearts. >> now for the biggest toxic bachelor of them all, and relatively new to single life, this man has been

your boyfriend. >> levi? >> yeah. >> levi, i miss you. >> i miss you, too, happy belated birthday. >> i i'm seven years older than you but i think we can make it good. >> people are twittering me asking this question, why don't they get married already these two. >> i think my baby bump is showing and if i even see levi look at another woman, i don't even know what we're going to do when we go ahunting. >> are you usually attracted to older women. >> a little bit but this one really caught my eye. >> what is it about kathy that caught your eye? >> she's got a really good heart to her. she doesn't mess around. she likes to beat me up a little bit. >> is it because the new album has santa claus between her legs? is that what she's doing? >> there is a naughty portion, levi, i don't want to surprise you. >> levi, say happy birthday because i know you have a busy schedule. >> all right. happy birthday, kathy. hope to see you soon. >> thank you, levi. see you soon. >> a lot more is coming down the pike. believe me

>> don't mind me. >> let's talk about what's his name, levi johnston. >> i love levi johnston becausebe. the more i say it, he'll want come kill me with a hockey puck. i love you, levi. i can't wait to see you naked. i can't wait to see you naked. "playgirl." >> does he realize mostly gays read that magazine? >> that's what's hilarious. he's going to have hundreds of homosexuals masturbating to him. that's how retarded he is. the dames are going to love me. i'm sure he doesn't say dames, no one says that since 1927. >> what makes you think he doesn't know? >> he doesn't know. he's not an intelligent boy, obviously. come on? >> do you believe him when he says sarah palin used to refer to the down syndrome kid as her retarded kid? hear little retarded kid. he said that she said that. >> yes, i believe everything levi johnston ever said. >> i thought you just said he's a moron. >> he called me on the phone and said i'm doing this for you, mario. i'm a doing "playgirl for you. did she say that? i don't know. >> why did he have to go report that anyway? >> because he's a moron. with a hot

oprah asking about levi. >> so, one final question about levi. will he be invited to thanksgiving dinner? >> you know, that's a great question. and it's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing. because, of course, you want -- he is a part of the family and you want to bring him in the fold and kind of under your wing. and he needs that, too, oprah, he needs to know that he is loved. and he has the most beautiful child. and this can all work out for good. it really can. we don't have to keep going down the road of controversy all the time. we're not really into the drama. we don't really like that. we're more productive, we have other things to concentrate on. >> is that yes, he is coming or no, he's not? >> oprah cutting through things there. we want to know what you think, call in, 1-877-tell-hln is the phone number. joining us to talk about it, a reporter from politico. good to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> what do you think? from what you saw of this interview, hearing, favorable reviews of sarah palin? not so

levi is not a reputable source on any of this. last night on "the insider" they did a poll who would be the better catch, jon gosselin or levy johnston. >> i would definitely go with levi. >> because he wouldn't have to take care of eight kids. >> and the other one's a rage holic. >> i just love the idea of that family and being at that thanksgiving. i feel like, you know, it's better for sarah palin, better for her to sell books right now, because let's face it all that she's doing is to act like that family might actually get back together. >> she's only going to what she calls the real america. isn't brooklyn, new york, the real america? >> she didn't actually write it, she just put together a series of mad libs so running for vice president was neat, that kind of thing. >> what do you think is mortal leapted, palin or oprah? >> this is the nonaggression pact of 2009, these two ladies are going to redraw the map of the world. it's terrifying, come on. >> let's move on, carrie prejean has admitted to having a solo sex tape. tmz

not levi. >> yeah, not johnston. gotcha, he's too young. >>> five minutes after the hour. >> yeah, two. another one dropping in on thursday across the pacific northwest. we'll get to that one in a little bit. but last half hour, i showed you the powerful rain maker for the northwest. let me show you the snow maker going on across central kansas, an upper level low, circulate to go upper levels, drifting to the north. so it will be here for the next few days. ahead of that, all rain. all well above freezing for you, chicago, all the way towards kentucky and stretching to the gulf of mexico. but the cold air is still out there, so that blue and pink shade -- the blue is a rain, the pink shade is a rain/snow mix, looks like everybody is beginning to switch over from from snow this morning to the rain as things get warmer during the morning hours. look at the heavy rain, a swath of it over central illinois in towards indiana, goes towards kentucky and light scattered showers for tennessee. here is the chicago metro radar, and it's moving up towards the city. you're going to se

. >>> and then levi johnston is launching a new fight against sarah palin. this is going to be ugly. and also this -- >> that's incredible. did she not think neighbor would notice? that's outrageous. what video was shown to that woman that left her speechless? >> and tonight, what is making news right now. >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." i am brooke anderson with a.j. hammer. and rihanna, rooting for rihanna. and showbiz where there on the carpet talking to rihanna last night for the first time since her explosive abuse tell-all interview on tv. and our guest sat down with rihanna who told her about how her tragedy may have changed women's lives forever. and rihanna was reluctant about talking to us about her abuse, but she did tell us she was under immense pressure to be a role model. >> how does it feel to be a role model? >> great. >> especially now? >> it's a lot of pressure being a role model realistic, but in any way you can help people, that's what life is about, learning and teaching. >> janelle, when you spoke with rihanna, did you get a sens

those blue jeans are junk and not worth the name levi strouse. i have blue jeans made by levi strouse and they are so old and never have anything wrong with them. so the woman makes ooh good point. with a mart is the selling a whole store full of disposable merchandise. it is inexpensive but also often cheap and it's true that the better deal is to buy the $35 pair of jeans that last forever rather than the $23 pair of jeans that last 1 na years. so that woman is shopping smartly and learning what you pay is different than the value you get. so i think we need to return to that. i think it would help us. host: on the democrats line, good morning. caller: good morning. host: you're on, sir. go ahead. caller: yes. i worked for wal-mart when sam was still runing the operation, and then he passed away shortly there after. and it was a night and day change. um, sam walton understood the importance of selling american goods. and i think he made an effort to promote selling american goods over profit and price concerns. and the reason i say that is when

i mean, i was talking about levi being a hero. he's more of an inspiration.t say he's a hero. but i think circumstances brings out the hero. >> larry: finally, was any actor ever a hero to you? >> paul newman for his onscreen, what he did, and offscreen. >> larry: not a bad choice. matthew mcconaughey. >> larry: tyra banks is the host of the tyra show, and creator of the executive producer and host of america's next top model, which airs wednesday nights on the cw and recently launched an online magazine called tyra beauty, inside and out. do you have heroes now? >> i do. >> larry: like? >> my mom is my hero. i mean, she is the strongest woman that i know. you know, she -- my paernts divorced when i was 6 years old. and my mom and my brother and i moved into a one-bedroom apartment. and she created a space that was so physically and emotionally beautiful, where we had less, but we didn't feel it. my mom slept on the couch. my brother and i shared the bedroom. and my mom, we lived in a southern part of los angeles, california. not the best area. and she said t

come to think of it, so should another hollywood bachelor, the one and only levi johnston. he's the father of sarah palin's grandson, the ex-fiance for bristol palin. a hunk of burning love, that is until he opens his mouth. >> most teenagers are sexually active. >> levi johnston, i like to call him the toxic bachelor that will do anything for money. >> besides a scores of shirtless interviews, pictures with his son on gq and now selling pistachio nuts. >> now levi johnston does it with protection. >> now the biggest bombshell by reportedly dropping trou and posing for play girl. >> is anyone going to tell him it's not a website for heterosexual women. >> how does he size up on the meter. >> levi johnston because he's so toxic, i'm giving him four toxic hearts. >> if you want to talk toxic, you've got to talk bobby brown. his ex-wife whitney houston revealed bombshell after bombshell of his outrageous behavior while they were married. >> he spit on me. he actually spit on me. >> now that he's divorced, ladies, he's eligible. >> so bobby really began to look like a pretty te

. >>> you wouldn't be inviting levi for the conversation. >> better chance of the turkey talking to you. have you finally gotten off the kids' table yet? it took me a few years. when i first started throwing it at my own house, no, no, you're sitting there. >> it can last all the way through college. >> i was 34 until -- good morning, robin. last of the coastal storm that used to be ida that reformed and became more powerful. look at the rain. the sent r of the storm is down south. you see the swirl in the rain showers here. with the long fetch off the ocean. wind over the ocean for a long way. picks up moisture and throws it back in towards new jersey. we had the flash flood watches out there. and the coastal flood warnings. down towards seaside. look at the winds. these are sustained. 35 miles per hour winds off the cost. about 37 sustained winds near atlantic city. not as fast as yesterday. still enough to have a problem at the airports. light rain showers in washington, d.c. coming from baltimore, too. then it cycles south further. virginia beach, you had a lot of rain yesterday. ar

i mean, i was talking about levi being a hero. he's more of an inspiration.t say he's a hero. but born of circumstance. but i think circumstances brings out the hero. >> larry: finally, was any actor ever a hero to you? >> paul newman was someone i always looked up to for his onscreen what he did and offscreen. >> larry: not a bad choice. matthew mcconaughey. thanks. >> thank you. now your chase card let's you make your own payment plan for what you charge. introducing blueprint. blueprint's free and exclusively for chase customers. for a big purchase, there's split. it lets you decide how much... or how many months you want to pay. so you can be comfortable managing all of your large purchases. if having a plan matters, chase what matters. create your own blueprint at chase.com/blueprint. >> larry: tyra banks is the host of "the tyra show," and creator of the executive producer and host of "america's next top model," which airs wednesday nights on the cw and recently launched an online magazine called tyra beauty, inside and out. in this segment, we wish to

joining me to discuss this and more are comedienne caroline rhae, danian neck, and joe levy, whatever it is, editor-in-chief of "maxim." okay, caroline, let me start with you. she apologized for being so mean to jon on the show. is it too late for them to get back together? please tell me they can get back together again. so romantic. >> this woman suffered enough with that haircut. honest to god. when prince charming left snow white, she missed him, too. there were just the dwarfs. of course she misses him. she needs a personal assistant. she has eight children. first of all, people don't know this, but i don't know if you have children yet. >> not yet. >> not yet. >> but your libido is in your placenta and it's removed at birth. and very smart mammals eat theirs. i don't know how after -- >> where are you getting your information? >> i have a baby. and after eight children? there is just no way that they-- >> maybe her brain was in her placenta, not her libido. >> i feel bad for her. >> okay. she said that she's still in love with jon. listen. >> do you still love jon? >> a part of

joy, you were doing so well there with levi. and then you do that. he is great. >> he is phenomenal. >> he would be great. looking for a man or woman? >> we're looking for the best available person. i mean -- >> the best available person? could be the security guard down the hall. >> i feel like an athlete. you know, the best available in a draft. draft by position. the best available athlete. let me just say this in all sincerity. i have had -- >> don't get too sincere. >> i've had the time of my life sitting next to diane and have learned from her. i am so grateful for that. so it's going to be difficult for anyone to -- there's no one that's going to be able to replace her and so we'll find out how we're going to move ahead. it's about "good morning america." it is. it always has been, always will be, no matter who sits there. >> that was good. >> come on, that was pretty good. >> very sincere. >> thank you. it was sincere. >> are you part of the discussions? are you like jay leno hiding being the closet listening to the negotiations? >> we have a

and i told myself we wouldn't talk about levi johnston tonight, but, you know, obviously, he's trying to get a lot of attention, and he must be very annoying to the entire family at this point. but, you know, he's a 19-year-old kid, and we're wondering why she needs to answer every time levi johnston says something. >> what's interesting about her skin thickening, it almost seems that it's getting thinner. you have to remember that before the campaign when she came right into office, she stood up to oil companies. the oil companies who had owned alaska and the alaska i can't think people. she said, that's not fair, and they owe us more money. when she raised the taxes, she was able to get incredible revenues for the state. but when she resigned, she cited liberal bloggers. that dichotomy is just incredible. >> kind of following up on that a little bit, you know, basically, i think the answer to this is going to be i don't know. what is her strategy at this point, and what is her goal? [inaudible] >> right. >> side of things? n you know, people think she's doing events and she's not. y

three times, voters shot down the levy increase to keep these programs.s approved this time by just a few hundred votes. owners of a $100,000 home would have to pay $227 per year to keep the programs. it resulted this threats and shouting matches in town hall meetings and police reportly had to break up demonstrations. >>> stephen colbert is coming to the rescue of american speed skating. the bank withdrew because it went bankrupt. he announced it would pick up the tab and the crowd goes wild. viewers are being asked to go to colbert's website and make a donation or to the u.s. speed skating website. >>> lance armstrong's bikes fetched $1.3 million at an auction to raise money for his cancer foundation. seven bikes. they were nice bikes. the frames were designed by artists. lance said parting with the bikes was not easy since he likes to keep the bikes he races, especially when they're worth several million dollars. it was a good cause. >>> my wife hates this story. tom brady's wife is putting the super in supermodel. just a month away from giving birth t

. >> one final question about levy, will he be invited to thanksgiving dinner? >> you know, that's a great question and, you know, it's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing because, of course, you want -- he is a part of the family and you want to bring him in the fold and kind of under your wing and he needs that, too oprah, he needs to know he is is loved and has the most beautiful child. this can all work out for good, it really can. we don't have to keep going down this road of controversy and drama all the time. we are not really into the drama. we don't really like that. we are more productive and have other things to concentrate on including -- >> yes he is coming or no he's not? >> oprah had it. do you believe her? you know levy johnston, the things he said she said the little baby, trigg, i believe refers to him as my little retarded baby which could be an afictionate way to talk about the kid. i don't think sarah would like that. she didn't could can, you know, so what and wanted to quit the governorship to make money in ""vani

>> don't mind me. >> let's talk about what's his name, levi johnston. >> i love levi johnston becauseig homophobe. the more i say it, he'll want come kill me with a hockey puck. i can't wait to see you naked. >> does he realize mostly gays read that magazine? >> that's what's hilarious. he's going to have hundreds of homosexuals masterbating to him. that's how retarded he is. the dames are going to love me. i'm sure he doesn't say dames, no one says that since 1927. >> what makes you think he doesn't know? >> he's not an intelligence boy, obvious bli. >> do you believe him when he says sarah palin used to refer to the down syndrome kid as her retarded kid? he said that she said that. >> we, i believe everything revie johnston ever said. >> i thought you just said he's a moron. >> he called me on the phone and said i'm doing this for you, mario. i'm doing "playgirl" to you. did she say that? i don't know. >> why did he have to go report that anyway? >> because he's a moron. with a hot pair of packs and a big one. >> okay. who else do we want to talk about? let's talk about you. >> me?

. >>> levi johnston hasn't been too kind when he speaks about sarah palin. it's her turn now. governor just sat down for a chat with oprah winfrey. and despite all the bad blood, palin says he's still welcome in her family. listen to this. >> so one final question about levi, will he be invited to thanksgiving dinner? >> you know, that's a great question. it's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing. of course you want -- he is a part of the family. you want to bring him into the fold and under your wing. he needs that too, oprah. he needs to know he is loved and he has the most beautiful child. this can all work out for good. it really k we don't have to keep going down the road of controversy and drama all the time. we're not really into the drama. we're more productive. we have more things to focus. >> does that mean she's coming or not. >> oprah, what does that mean. the interview airs, you're wondering levi was scheduled to pose for play girl sometime today. >>> i'm moving on to today's news. police arrested a suspect in the kidnapping of five-year-o

plus, is levi johnston actually a bigger celebrity than sarah?he great debate after johnny depp was named "people's" sexiest man alive. the shocking results of our "showbiz tonight" poll. "showbiz tonight" starts at 11:00 a.m. here on hln. robin, back over to you. >>> anyone who has ever been to one knows city council meetings are a little bit dull. here is a way to liven things up. just what was this chicken doing? >>> you may have to share some of the cost cans of the war on afghanistan if some house democrats get their way. yesterday they proposed the sacrifice act. it would raise income taxes to pay for the war and take some of the pressure off of the government to keep borrowing money. an aide says there would be different rate levels depending on how much they make. a big hike in tuition is not going over well in california. police arrested dozens of students at the university of california davis after they occupied an administration building. hundreds more marched at ucla. now the increases will cost students about $2,000 in the next two y

subsidies to help the uninsured buy policies from mid 2013 to january, 2014 long after taxes and fees are levied by the bill would have begun. that's the only way they can make this c.b.o. declare it budget neutral, deficit neutral. in fact, we know that over a ten-year period once it's fully implemented, the cost of this will be $2.5 trillion. americans, mr. president, don't think higher premiums, higher taxes and massive cuts to medicare is reform. and they certainly don't think it's what we need at a time when one out of ten, one out of ten working americans is looking for a job, and the chinese, mr. president, are lecturing us about debt. we want to pass this staggering spending program at a time when many would argue our international bankers, the chinese, are lecturing us about debt. at this time of economic crisis, we need to make things easier for people struggling out there, not harder. and make no mistake, the democrat plan we'll vote on tonight would make life harder for the vast majority of americans. it raises their taxes. it raises their health care premiums. it cuts their medicare

. >> well, tonight comedienne kathy griffin tells joy what she thinks about levi johnston and sarah palinthis ought to be good. catch "the joy behar show" at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on hln. >>> the army post at ft. hood is so big that it's practically a city in itself. we're going to get a closer look at the crime scene where 13 people were killed. >>> more now on our breaking story. it's out of ft. hood, texas. the response for blood donations from local hospitals following the shooting spree was so great that some people are now being turned away. the hospitals say that they'll call for more donations if they need them. the death toll is now at 13. ft. hood is the largest military installation in the world by size. it houses thousands of families and service members -- families of service members and other civilians. cnn's tom foreman looks at the crime scene. >> there are roughly 40,000 troops based here at ft. hood and about 17,000 family members actually live on the post and not that far from where the shooting took place. if you come out like this and move over here you can see the h

we are wondering why she needs to answer every time levi johnston says something. >> it's interesting, her skin thickening. you have to remember that before the campaign when she came right into office she stood up. the alaskan people. she said that's not fair. they tell us more money. she was able to get incredible revenues for the state. when she resigned a local alaskan liberal, that is incredible. >> kind of following up on that a little bit. what is her strategy at this point? people think she is is not. you know, is there anything behind that? >> i think it is clear that she thinks she does not have to do anything conventionally. she sees herself as an unconventional politician. so if she decides to run for president it's not going to be a convention of campaign. i think that's pretty clear. just playing it by year. i'm not sure she has a grand strategy thought up at this point. we do ping she is going to be interested in running for president. the way that i have seen that is the case to make immediately after the election she went back up to alaska and did this media blitz. se