my romantic lover levi johnston and i had one hot date last night. i'm going to tell you guys all about it. so, joan, good-bye, and next get ready for my levi. >>> welcome back to "larry king live." it's me, larry king griffin. it's me, kathy griffin. i'm sitting in for larry king. our next guest -- i hate to use the word guest. he was my date for the teen choice awards. he's the father of sarah palin's first grandchild, tripp. here he is, my own levi johnston. levi, let's just kiss and tell, shall we? what do you have there with me? >> had a great time. you look very beautiful tonight. thought i would get you a gift here. >> would you like to pin it to my bosom? there's my bosom. >> yeah. >> not that you haven't seen it, tiger. look. i'm exhausted. i'm going to be honest. i woke up this morning in your arms spooning. just so confused about what love is. i realize i found it in your chocolate, beautiful eyes. how are you ever going to get over me, levi? >> i done don't know. it's going to be tough. >> isn't it? >> yeah. >> can we please talk about my

it's levi johnston. i'm kathy griffin johnston. >> best looking one around here. >> he cares for the woman inside the woman that is kathy griffin. he's actually delayed hunting season by a day to share our love. i'm also going to slip him a -- and he'll wake up four hours later, crying. what do you think of britney's comeback? >> i don't really pay attention to other women. >> see, he only has eyes for me. levi, we were even in a twirling fashion shot. i don't do as much modeling as you do. >> well, you look good. >> i cannot get enough of you, honestly. now, what kind of modeling would you like to do? i'm seeing underwear campaign. >> that would work, you know? >> i think so, too. >> yeah. >> tell me what it was like the first time you had to wear makeup. you don't care for the hollyweird makeup. >> that was the biggest -- one of the best times right there. >> can you stop looking at my rack and look at my face, please? >> i'm trying, you know. >> i know it's incredible. i'm a person, levi, i'm not just

levi johnston was once engaged to sarah palin's daughter bristol and is the father of bristol's son, pp. sherry johnston's deal with let her five years in jail with two years suspended. who's the teacher? actor tony danza, that's who. he will be co-teaching tenth grade english class for a raeality tv show called "teach." yesterday the philadelphia school commissioners gave the project the green light. danza will be working at philadelphia's northeast high school. that's the same location where the 1968 documentary "high school" was filmed. philadelphia's mayor says the show will give a much needed spotlight to urban education issue. the program will air on the a&e network next spring. >> magician david copperfield is the target of a lawsuit by a fashion model. and former beauty queen. 22-year-old seattle woman says copperfield sexually assaulted and threatened her while she was a guest on his private island. no criminal charges are on file. coppfield's attorneys dismissed the lawsuit an an extortion for money. it was apparently just "idol" talk. paula abdul's manager says she is not i

trying to grab the spotlight from kathy griffin and levi johnston.rea, even made his way into orbit and landed on the moon. i don't know if you googled it at all but they're calling it squirrel bombing. people are going online and competing who can come up with the most clever way to pop this squirrel up into a picture. >> oh, no. >> you knew they couldn't resist this. >> i'm not coordinated. >> i'll leave that to you. >> man ka, onica, here comes hu bill. >> picking up steam out in the atlantic. we'll get an update from the national hurricane center. chloe is 9 months old. she is the greatest thing ever. woman: one little smile, one little laugh. - honey bunny. - ( coos ) we would do anything for her. my name is kim bryant and my husband and i made a will on legalzoom. man: it was really easy to do. - ( blows raspberries ) - ( laughing ) robert shapiro: we created legalzoom to help you take care of the ones you love. go to legalzoom.com today and complete your will in minutes. >>> i'm amanda drury with your cnbc market wrap. the dow down 186 points.

levi johnston, a great looking kid, interesting to watch. he needs to zip it.oks like my high-school boyfriend. i have no problem with that. the stop talking about sarah palin. >> my is -- minus the loan. the passengers on their plan strapped for nine hours. this is an abomination. we need a passenger's bill of rights. we needed now. >> we were about people who are kidnapped, essentially, a corporation kidnapping these people. we will let you go now. our show is over. no kidnapping. we'll be will come out next week for more of "white house chronicle." until then, all the best and watch what airplane you're right in. cheers. ♪ >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut howard university television. from washington, d.c., this has been "white house chronicle" -- a weekly analysis of the news with insight and a sense of humor, featuring llewellyn king, linda gasparello, and guests. this program may be seen on pbs stations and cable access channels. to see the program online, visit us at whitehousechronicle.com. whitehousechronicle.com.

kathy griffin and levi johnston teaming up again. this event on the palin family -- >> look at the flirting. >> we will come back, cars, click and drive, president versus the protestors. and, yes, levi and kathy. we are back right after this. well, this chevy cobalt xfe has better highway mileage than a comparable honda civic. this chevy traverse has better mileage than honda pilot. the all-new chevy equinox has better mileage than honda cr-v. and chevy malibu has better mileage than accord. however, honda does make something that we just can't compete with. it's self-propelled. there's never been more reasons to look at chevy. long summer days and not enough sleep. what i wouldn't do for a do-over. (announcer) new neutrogena total skin renewal. gentle exfoliating puffs and micro-vibrations speed surface cell turnover. it's clinically tested to help undo the look of a year's worth of skin aging in just one week. that summer of sun? i just made it disappear. (announcer) new total skin renewal. neutrogena recommended most by dermatolog

levi johnston lets loose. but is levi just playing a big joke on all of us? >>> and brad pitt is one-on-one with "showbiz tonight," his fired-up comments about gay marriage and why he won't marry angelina. >>> that's your "showbiz tonight" news break. tv's most provocative entertainment news show starts at the top of the hour right here on hln.

remember levi johnston, sarah palin -- he was back in the news yesterday.the teen choice awards. she brought levi johnston. he walked the red carpet. he gave her a little kiss on the cheek. apparently he's in town doing a magazine shoot, working on some re reality stuff. levi johnson -- >> don't go to pat. >> willie, lock and load. >> i told you not to go to pat. good lord. >> what's wrong with america? >> secretary of state hillary clinton, as you know, is on an almost two-week tour of the continent of africa and she was dancing. she was doing some dancing. first to wednesday night in kenya. she got herself in a dance circle, getting low, grooving, reaching for the sky. good for her. she's getting involved. then saturday night, this time in cape town. this was saturday afternoon in cape town. >> nice head bop. >> head bop, toe tap. she wants to feel it. she wants to feel it before she commits to it. >> that's neat. >> i give her points for trying. >> what's she supposed to do? she is doing great, having a great time. >> we love hillary clinton. >> just wha

also, the 2009 teen choice awards levy johnston this is a bizarre thing here.e escorted kathy griffin to the awards? what is up with that? >> well, i mean, look. you know the way the white house correspondent dinner works where everybody tries to bring some outrageous celebrity. kathy griffin gets the idea that that is the best way of coming up with press and she made the best choice anyone could make for the teen choice awards. it is ironic that levi johnson pulls upfor the teen choice awards which we are not calling the teen pro choice awards. >> thank you so much. >>> the news is far from over. the news edge at 6:00 starts right now. >>> the news edge, continuing to follow a developing story out of virginia. a 0 young man mauled to death by a dog. the 20-year-old victim found dead in a home in leesburg. stacey cohen has been on the scene the last hour and a half or so. what are the dotals you have learned. >> let me explain first this has been an

our staff winner, taste of levy johnston's new reality show. that is clever.viewer winner is ken who didn't tell us where he is from. cagey. his caption and with one final strategic move the u.s. congress begins their summer break. >> democrats or republicans? >> that is an excellent question. i think nonpartisan. >> let's say one of each. >> perfect. ken, your beat "360" t-shirt is on the way. we are not done. up next, a planned building implosion gone terribly wrong. it is our "shot of the day." >>> plus the economy is improving but will president obama keep his campaign promise not to raise taxes on the middle class? ahead on "360." welcome to the now network. right now five co-workers are working from the road using a mifi, a mobile hotspot that provides up to five shared wifi connections. two are downloading the final final revised final presentation. - one just got an e-mail. - what?! - huh? - it's being revised again. the co-pilot is on mapquest. - ( rock music playing ) - and tom is streaming meeting psych-up music from meltedmetal.com. that's happenin

levi even gave kathy griffin a little smooch. there's reports that johnston is loving the hollywood life and his own reality show is not out of the question. i've always said that levi is the only one that's ben fate ee from the sarah palin chronicles. >> and, boy, has he. i love kathy griffin. never mind. all things bad that i'm thinking. well, he's working it. whatever. good luck to him. that does it for "the big picture." we had to end on this note. come on. >> we have to end on cougar alert. >>> death wish. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in boston tonight. leading off tonight, killing it loudly. let's face it, the people who said they're opposed to this provision of health care reform or that one aren't looking to improve the bill. they're trying to find any way they can to kill it. they argue against federally funded abortion or make up stories about government sponsored euthanasia for old people, but they never say take this out of the bill and i'm for reform. no, they want this dead, and they want to destroy barack obama in

. >>> on a much lighter note tonight, the headache that is levi johnston. remember him? most son-in-law? he's cracking jokes about his almost mother-in-law. levi and kathy griffin together on "larry king live" last night and it was a train wreck. >> let's just kiss and tell, shall we? i woke up this morning in your arms spooning and just so confused about what love is and i realize i found it in your chocolate beautiful eyes. how are you ever going to get over my, levi? >> i don't know, it's going to be tough. >> my plan is that sarah could make all of the trouble go away if she moves you into the big house, everybody gets along and you actually get to help raise the kid. why is that a problem? >> i don't know. she screwed all that up. i'm not looking forward to being around that family anymore. >> johnston was kathy griffin's date to the teen choice awards this week. >>> as hard as we've tried to, we can no longer ignore what's happening among some of our cable news colleagues. in case you've not heard, they are at war. big swinging anchor number one thinks that big swin

meanwhile levi johnston, the father of bristol palin's infant son says palin's marriage has been in trouble from the start. >> reporter: you think they're having marital problems? >> they have from day one. >> reporter: really? can you explain that? >> not really, no. >> reporter: meaning that's a reason why she stepped down? >> yeah, i do. >> reporter: cheating? >> no, i'm not going to get into that. >> reporter: but marital problems? >> yeah. >> bruce narkins, i have a theory that levi is the only one that's benefited from the attention. >> boy, has he benefited. he's turned into this complete celebrity, because he achieved the magnificent result, i guess, of getting a high school girl pregnant. i mean, only in america could this get you sort of constantly on television. he was just at some tv awards or something. it's ridiculous. >> tamron, go ahead. >> well, ruth, i get what you're saying, but he became famous, because they put him in the limelight at the convention. i don't know, were he not present at the convention, had people not been as fascinated. >> well, they kind of had to at t

her caption, a little taste of levi johnston's new reality show. very clever.y staff favorite, i have to admit. our viewer winner is ken who didn't tell us where he's from. very cagey. his caption, and with one final strategic move, the u.s. congress begins their summer break. >> are those democrats or republicans? >> that is an excellent question. i think it's a nonpartisan. >> let's say one of each. that would be a good way to do it. >> perfect. >> ken, your "beat 360" t-shirt is on the way. >>> up next, a planned building implosion gone terribly wrong. we'll tell you where it happened. it's our shot of the day. you can probably see why. >>> plus will president obama keep his campaign promise not to raise taxes? you know why i sell tools? tools are uncomplicated? nothing complicated about a pair of 10 inch hose clamp pliers. you know what's complicated? shipping. shipping's complicated. not really. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service shipping is easy. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that's not complicat

it turns out that levi johnston's 15 minutes of fame aren't up yet.at were taped last night as comedian kathy griffin's date. hand in hand, they walked out on the red carpet. noah levy is the senior editor of "in touch weekly." noah joins me right now on the phone. what is going on? >> this is the year of the cougar and it looks like kathy griffin is jumping on the bandwagon, she is 49, she is 19, and she brought him to the teen choice awards. >> so are we starting rumors here, or are they just having fun, because kathy's one of my favorite comedian. >> i think this is just a lot of media fun. they both get the joke, they both love the press, and why not? everyone had a great time with the whole thing. >> i'm here with mort zuckerman, who was jealous of levi and says that -- >> this is the gift that keeps on giving. carlos recommended that i go out with a woman that was as young as 49, i don't know what that means. >> no, that's good advice. you know what, why not? get press wherever you can get, and younger is great with older, vice versa, why not? n

and it's to her benefit to stay out there and to the benefit of levy johnston to ride it as much as hes the interview with the man who wants to be president of afghanistan. >>> also ahead, why some college football stadiums may be banning facebook, twitter, and youtube. does it make any sense? can they really do that? >> no, they can't. they cannot do that. >>> plus, stephen colbert gets a congressman to funnel a beer. >> can they do that? >> some of us did. you're watching the big picture on msnbc. he ran off with his secretary! she's 23 years old! - oh, come on. - enough! you get half and you get half. ( chirp ) team three, boathouse? ( chirp ) oh yeah-- his and hers. - ( crowd gasping ) - ( chirp ) van gogh? ( chirp ) even steven. - ( chirp ) mansion. - ( chirp ) good to go. ( grunts ) timber! ( chirp ) boss? what do we do with the shih-tzu? - ( crowd gasps ) - ( chirp ) joint custody. - phew! - announcer: get work done now. communicate in less than a second with nextel direct connect. only on the now network. deaf, hard of hearing and people with speech disabilities access www.spri

kathie grif event showed up with levy johnston. griffin called him the ultimate teen. >> my first question was, did he talk? >> i was going to say. >> every time he's on tv he can't talk. >> kathy griffin with the personality. >> maybe she did it as a contrast. >> that's good. she's funny. >> manchester, doing any traveling across new england, gray side then things will clear up. look at that. nice shot. that's in new hampshire. what about the delays for the day? rain moving through boston, cleveland, detroit, chicago, st. louis, probably going to get thunderstorms that will give you a delay of an hour or more. more thunderstorms developing later this afternoon, talking about atlanta, cincinnati and seattle with showers and storms but new york city metro philadelphia just a morning part of your day with poor visibility. otherwise hot up there. we'll talk about that, robin in 20 minutes. >> a plane made an emergency landing in the middle of a seaside wedding on saturday. the couple rode horses to the connecticut beach and about to b

kathy griffin appeared on the red carpet with levi johnston as her date.arah palin's daughter. >>> do gun exchanges like the one in fresno really work? we'll get your views. bbbbbbbbbbb >>> sad news from broward county, florida. a mother whale and her baby became stranded on the beach today, about midday. the spokeswoman for the marine animal rescue society says the mother has died and the calf is in extremely critical condition, and you see them right there. side by side. a team of vets is examining the baby whale. it will probably have to be euthanized because it can't survive without its mother. the whales were spotted around 1:00 p.m. the mother tried to beach herself. it could be bad health or any number of reasons. swimmers work feverishly to guide her back to open water. every time the whale swam back to shore. now the baby whale is in definite peril. >>> divers have locate d what they think is the wreckage of the small plane. the single engine fixed wing aircraft that collided with a helicopter and crashed saturday. the search was called off becaus

levi johnston. does that name ring a bell? of writing a book -- >> isn't that the father of her grandchild? >> who is the daddy, it's lee ve johnston. one night, at least, with kougar kathy griffin. >> still ahead in the second hour of the "morning meeting," we got bigger fish to fry. do whatever you want. enjoy yourselves. subsidize abortion. another nice nightmare to get people worked up. we will separate fact from fiction in the health care debate and see if we can create a conversation as opposed to a bunch of hooting and hollering. you're watching msnbc. the greataste of splenda no calorie sweetener and added a little fiber? sweet! sweet! sweet! (announcer)splenda no calorie sweetener with fiber. now for the first time, a gram of healthy fiber in every packet. sweet! (announcer) splenda no calorie sweetener, starts with sugar. tastes like sugar. but it's not sugar. no calories and a little fiber. how's that taste? (together) sweet! sweet! (announcer) splenda with fiber. imagine life sweeter. when i really liked to be outs

>> we want to play our "morning joe" moment where it's pat buchanan and levi johnston, and a lot to doouldn't you say? >> she is not my favorite mother-in-law. >> i wish we had not shown that either. >> yeah, me either. >> pat, what do you say about levi in the stream? >> please, tell us once again. >> take him down to the creek and hold his head under water until the thrashing stops. >> i am uncomfortable every time he says that. >> every time levi gets his little 15 minutes -- >> who would have guessed he worked for the nixon administration. i never would have seen that coming. what time is it, willie? >> it's time for our man, dylan ratigan. >> yes, i am dylan ratigan, and welcome to the "morning meeting." we have seen the right get angry, and now the left is angry. democrats revolting this morning over the public option. he says the president will lose 100 democratic votes in the house if he keeps that public option. >>> and then a man accused of stealing 100 debit card and credit card numbers. what did he do with those numbers? >>> engineering a crime scene, and dna evidence is su

sherry johnston's, levi's mom, pleaded guilty yesterday to possession of oxycontin with intent to deliver. she will likely get three years behind bars. prosecutors agreed to the shortened sentence since she was using oxycontin legally until her insurance stopped paying for it. levi and sarah palin's daughter called off their wedding after their son tripp was born. >>> economists got a surprise when the weekly jobless report came out today. first-time claims rose more than expected to 576,000. experts anticipated that there would only be about 550,000 new claims. and the conference board said its report on a leading indicator which forecast economic activity rose again last month. it was up over half a percent, less than expected, but board says the report stills indicates that the recession has bottomed out. wouldn't that be nice. >>> okay. people in india are getting the keys to the cheapest car in the world, but what does it mean for the u.s. ando industry? hln money expert clark howard breaks down how the new car might help your wallet in the future. >> the nano car, the world's cheape

sharon johnston, levi's mom, pleaded guilty to drug charges and likely get three years behind bars. the prosecutors agreed to a shortened sentence since she was using oxycontin legally until her insurance stopped paying for it. levi and sarah palin's daughter called off their wedding after their son was born. >>> hurricane bill, it's not exactly a concern for you today. it is a concern as we look at how huge it is. it's still very strong. >> it's a major storm, still a category 3 storm down from category 4 from yesterday. 125 miles an hour sustained winds. you get a glimpse how far away it is from the mainland, moving at 18 to 16 miles an hour. it is in northern puerto rico and bahamas, goes all the way up the eastern seaboard for the weekend. you will see effects of it and a rip current and basically to nantucket all the way to florida for the weekend. look at this, rain thunderstorms and big complex out of parts of missouri to oklahoma. and showers in oklahoma itself a nice line south of eden, moving over to the east the next six hours or show, posted watches out there. getting ne