thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me, and singing to me. >> you should have sang with mehings well. give you and your loved ones an expertly engineered mercedes-benz at the winter event going on now. but hurry - the offer ends soon. ♪ >> larry: we close out tonight's show with shakira, the grammy winning music superstar. the new album is "she wolf." she is the founder of the barefoot foundation and a unicef good will ambassador. we welcome shakira to "larry king live," we hope the first of many visits. she's on the front cover of "rolling stone" where they call her "conquering the world." and she's also on the front cover pictured with many outstanding figures, on issue called "the world in 2010." of "the economist." what was that like to be included in the "exon econ mist." >> i'm very surprised and humbled to be in such good company on the cover of "the economist" which is one of my favorite magazines. actually, it's my favorite magazine of all time. i got to say. honestly. >> larry: was it because of your -- because of the. [ speaking spanish ] which is? >> barefoot fo

i mean, it's on me. i mean, i understand your point, but that's sadly what happened. >> was there any moment when you were sitting in a coffee shop in brooklyn and looking in a paper and you saw a lie you printed that you felt, hmm, i pulled one over on "the times"? >> the whole sitting in the coffee shop thing, it was more actually being in my apartment. there was a stretch -- [laughter] no, there was a period of like literally -- someone else knows the timeline better than i, and i don't fear. but there was literally a period of two months where i may have left my apartment a handful of times. literally did not leave, as in may have had some people bring some stuff over to me so i could survive. so i don't really remember reading the paper that much during that period of time. i don't remember reading my story. >> what were you thinking of yourself, especially when you noticed what you were doing and realized what you were doing was wrong? >> it's not like i didn't notice when i did it the first time.

joining me now, come over here with me.i know. >> so close! >> the losers' corner over here. >> it's true every season. donny is saying he misses you. >> oh, well i miss everybody. it's been such an amazing experience. and i miss you guys. >> no, really, it has been. especially, like, everybody that's in the final. everybody deserves to be in the final for one reason or another. we're just rooting for everybody. >> that's cool. one of the things you were telling me during the break is -- don't divulge anything. you had a killer free style move, right? >> yeah, i did. i had a really interesting move for this season. i'll just have to save it. >> we've all talked about the journey of being on the show. how has it been for you? how are you different from when you started 10, 14 weeks ago when you started training? >> gosh, such an amazing experience. it definitely made me stronger and more competitive. and definitely made me realize i could really do anything that i want as long as you have the dedication and take the time and

it's hard. >> you want me to believe, but you give me no faith to believe! i just know that you're walking with me and you've got my daughter looking down. and i love you, jesus. >> hallelujah! >> hallelujah. >> just give me the strength. >> we are taking your calls. straight out to theresa in new york. hi, theresa. >> caller: hi. how are you, nancy? >> i'm good, dear. >> caller: good. you kind of answered it. i was just wondering, the creep in the video, do they feel he was bringing the poor baby to somebody else? you said they had video of him leaving also. why wouldn't they show that? >> to billy liggett with the "sanford herald," joining us there in sanford, north carolina. mr. liggett, thank you for being with us. what is the theory right now? i mean, he's only in the room with the child for an hour. that's time do plenty with a 5-year-old defenseless little girl. but where was he taking her? he's clammed up behind bars. did he hand her off to somebody else, or is the most obvious and simplest solution the answer, that he in fact is responsible for the

let me -- let me just ask you guys. this has been a crazy week for you.etween the show monday and tuesday, you're going to have to dance four dances in your quest for the mirror ball trophy. how you holding up, kelly? >> you know, i'm doing surprisingly well. i kind of changed my schedule around a little bit to where i rehearse in the morning and then i have a break and i come back and i rehearse till night. sometimes it goes a little later until midnight and then you have to be up and back in the studio at 8:00 in the morning and you get really tired. but it's part of it. it's the excitement. it's the challenge. it's fun. it really is, believe it or not. >> oh, i can see -- i told you on one show when you came over to me, getting ready for the judges, it's fun watching you have fun. and that was true back i think in week three or four. but as you've fwroen as a dancer, it's been even more fun to watch. >> it's just, you know, i never thought in a million years that i would find myself through dancing. it just seemed so weird to me because -- i mean, i wa

is killing me, the internet is harming me. and, in fact, you hear more of that whining. and it really makes me sad because i actually think that many people who are whining, particularly, say, people at "the new york times," are doing god's work. the blogosphere is never going to replace the kind of reporting and expenses that "the new york times" invests in a place like afghanistan today. or that some newspapers, most newspapers -- not very good newspapers, i would argue -- but there are some that are wonderful newspapers and sometimes spend two, three, four months investing in investigative reports or covering state and city capitals. and in the digital world you have a way of proving who is reading or watching what. and what editors in the digital world, and larry page and i talked a lot about this, he said to me, once, he says, i worry that people are going to, editors or publishers are going to see that people are interested in britney spears, but they're not interested in government news. and those papers will start cove

the whole time everyone's backstabbing me and undermining me trying to get me kicked off the show. >>survivor! >> i'm a -- >> he also took on the muslims in another episode. so he really is a religious basher on all counts. >> buddhists are next. >> maybe buddhists. they're pretty funny, buddhists. >> they are funny. >> i'm jewish. my grandparents are holocaust survivors. we, as jews, have bigger things to worry about like our people not getting re-murdered in europe. we have bigger fish to fry. than our -- you know, the adl or whatever coming after larry david. >> to me there's still something that is so -- and i -- i understand your point totally, but to me, it's just, i guess it's my upbringing. it's just my opinion. i would never, ever think of doing something like that to a picture of jesus. i just -- >> because it offends the catholic sensibility. >> it does. i'm with my mom, who is 78 years old. totally -- i mean, she could be the pope, you know, if she wanted to be. that's how strict she is. >> i don't think technically she could be the pope. >> i agree. i'm not familiar with

and talk to me and do all sorts of things with me. each one to his own. i never really fancied older people. there are lads and lasses who do. so, you know -- >> you're special because you're, you know, not only -- you're handsome but you're, you know, talented and smart. you're a good catch. you're a very, you know, a -- what's the word i'm looking for in. >> charismatic. >> charismatic. that's it. thank you. and modest. i love -- i have one twitter question at this point. i have to take a break. when we come back, i want to ask you this. we'll be right back with sir ian. >>> i don't think i believe all of this. my mother sat me sideways on the potty when i was a toddler so now -- >> oh, grow up, man. >> that was sir ian mckellen in the new amc miniseries "the prisoner." you said part of "the prisoner" is about the nature of government today. you said that. >> yeah. it's a thriller, basically, but it's a thriller with so many twists i couldn't even go into it. it's really a commentary on the way the individual is treated by governmen

it's so easy to ask me your question. all you do is go to cnn.com/clarkhoward and click the video submission and send me a little video clip of what you want solved. that's what melba has done. >> i'm an environmental scientist at the epa and i need a money coach. my biggest debt is my educational loan debt. after i finished school, i was like, there's no way that i can pay this loan back. i don't have a job. i have approximately $150,000 worth of student loan debt. my loans are like -- the thing that i never think about. my question is, how do i pay off all of my student loans. or what's the best way to pay off all of my student loans? >> melba, you got a lot of student loans, but do i have great news for you. there is a brand-new federal program, and since you work for the federal government, if you stay with the feds, you're going to love this. it is an income-based repayment plan. and after ten years' employment with the feds, all your federal loans, whatever remains balance of those, will be forgiven. all right. here

he got out of his vehicle and approached me as if he were going to assault me. i found out what residence he went to, which was the davis residence. i called the tenant at that residence, you know, the woman who rented it, brenda davis. >> the mom's sister. >> caller: mom's sister, correct. >> yeah. >> caller: i asked her who this individual was. she gave me some nickname. and i said, no, what's his real name? and she said, oh, well, i don't know. that's my sister's boyfriend. and i said is your sister living with you and she said, oh, no, no, no, no she's at my trailer right now because she's watching my little boy but she doesn't live with me, no. >> okay. >> caller: and she assured me she would provide me with this individual's information so i could go downtown and take charges on him and she never did. >> thanks again, barbara davenport, close to this situation. we'll keep you updated we know we have an arrest in the kidnapping of little shaniya, 5 years old. we'll keep following that for you. barbara, thanks again. . coming up this brutal story, family of

as an artist, you can tend to be like me, me, me. even if you're married with children.t's good and balances out well if you give of yourself completely. >> mary j. credits kendue with saving her life. >>> you can take the man off of the "sopranos" but you can't take the soprano out of the man. james gandolfini went off on a photographer who was taking film of him in new york city for a website called guest of a guest. watch. >> relax, man. >> get away from me. you understand me? >> relax. >> i'm going to break your [ bleep ]. face. >> okay. >> now, this isn't the first time gandolfini went all tony soprano on a photographer. last year in the airport, he punched a fan who want an autograph. >>> in a brand new interview, the tennis star is speaking out about the revelation that he used crystal meth in in t1990s. an interview for sunday's 60 minutes. he got emotional when katie told him thatnavratilova compared him to steroids. >> when someone takes a performance inhibitor -- a recreational drug. >> versus the performance enhancing drug. >> i hope there are not rules to be

you're too much for me to do. get somebody else. >> do you think this maine vote is going to stop the momentum of gay rights or another little glitch? >> when you leave it to the public -- the public is never going to vote themselves higher taxes but they want better schools. public is never going to vote other peoples' rights -- >> in this country we don't know what we're getting for taxes. in europe, you have health care, trains running all over the place. you get your money's worth. >> joy, you have socialism. >> that's why people don't want to pay taxes here's because we don't get much for it. >> i think we do. we're in new york city and have the most amazing mass transportation. we have -- i can come from d.c. to here in, you know, two hours. >> big deal, but you can't go to chicago really easily. >> that's what warren buffett is building. >> good for him. thanks, randi. thank you and thanks to all of my guests tonight. good night, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> breaking news tonight. li

>> and there are a lot of i, i, i, me, me, mes in that. the person really hurting is rihanna after she was beaten up. he needs to focus on how he can undo that damage and make amends. which he did use that phrase. i thought that was encouraging. but he's not quite there yet. >> exactly. let's bring in kim ser a fan. jane makes a good point. i noticed that as well. not a lot of heart-felt sympathy concerning rihanna, which i thought that's where you begin. go ahead, kim. >> exactly. that's what jumped out at me, too, from this interview. number one, that he was so concerned about the public perception of him. compare that to what rihanna was saying in her "20/20" interview. and what she was concerned about is being a bad influence for young girls. she said that sort of changed everything for her, that she didn't want to have and let a y girl get hurt because of her. it's very, very different when you compare the two. when asked if she hates chris, she says no, i want him to have a great career, i want him to do well, i want him to grow up,

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care about me as a person and, you know, they want the best for me. >> wow. let's listen. not to sandra bullock but to leann touhy talking about you being part of their family. >> there was just never really a defining moment that we said that we were going to take this young man in. he was there. we were there. he had needs. we had potential to fill them. we'll tell stories that happened before we had michael and he'll throw in and i go you weren't even here, you know, but he thinks he's always been there and we think he's always been there. we don't really know life without michael anymore. i know that's hard for people to understand but it's just, you know, that's just how it is. so there really was not a defining moment. it just kind of happened and it was a great thing that happened to us and he blessed us far more than we'll, you know, probably could have ever blessed him. >> michael, did you think it would last? did you think from that meeting you would become a member of the touhy family? >> oh, definitely, because it's a feeling you get. i got that f

we talked about religion, but they let me choose. and it's funny to me. where we've come as a country. where we are now so prepared to polarize, rather than to see common ground. when we show up to so many events looking to disagree with somebody rather than to see well, maybe that point of view is worth considering. and i want to show you something about barack obama. i want to show you why he won the election. this is a statement that coming from one of the debates. and it was one of the most powerful statements of the campaign. rather than show of hands, because i don't want this on camera to embarrass. by applause, how much voted for barack obama? and how many of you in this room voted for john mccain john mccain. the back of the room voted for barack obama, these people right here voted for john mccain. this is why we voted the way that we did in 2008. if you've seen this before. i do something called instant response. which test the power of language word for word. i did these moves. and i say this to anyone who's a critic of fox news. i hosted thre

let's talk about you. >> me? >> you. >> one of my favorite subjects. me. >> okay.getting married? >> if it becomes legal in this country -- in this country? in this state. i'm from massachusetts. i could go there. it's not legal here. what's the point? i'm going to go to connecticut and buy a house in greenwich. that's not going to happen. i don't want to do that. when it becomes legal here i will marry him. >> there was a time when you never believed in any kind of marriage, gay marriage or any -- what made you change your mind? >> i'm older now. >> though you look very youthful. >> what do you mean? i'm going to be 50 in december. >> you don't have to tell everybody. >> everybody knows. you can go on the internet. once you lie you look like an ass because they can go look it up. he's 50. i'm going to be 50 in december. >> i can't believe you're 50. you don't celebrate the relationship. god forbid someone gets sick, something happens, and, you know, i've been with him for, like, 19 years. i mean, this is it. as my mother would say, when she found out my father had

tell me. >> okay. fine. from the time i was 9 years old you gave me sleeping pills. >> that was over the counter medication and i gave it to you because -- >> you don't give children sleeping pills. >> they were not sleeping pills. it was store bought and it was perfectly safe. >> that was one of my favorite movies. i just love the way shirley mcclain -- >> she was great. >> is she like debby in the movie? >> yeah. >> sort of self-absorbed? >> you know, my mom -- i don't know that that's what -- i wouldn't call my mother self-absorbed. i mean -- >> all actresses are self-abs b self-absorbed. >> we are. this isn't narcissistic. you're probably that. i am that. >> narcissistic is a disorder. >> a good form of narcissism. >> you think so? how about -- let's do a little bit on your men before we run out of time. you were married to paul simon. >> you're kidding. >> i went to college with paul simon. >> how was that? >> we used to hear him playing his guitar on the library steps. >> he said the bar mitzvah was st

people embraced me. they told me their stories. >> i think people are in awe of that in a way that you could do that. >> because it really is something you're saying to the world, like, you know what? i'm so grateful i'm here. i don't care if i hair or not. >> you've been through the health care system now. >> i have. >> how do you think it fared for you? >> i was very blessed, very fortunate. >> you have good insurance. >> yes, and that's why i'm very grateful. that's why i decided to make my mess my message. my mother said to me she knew i had a good job, i had health insurance. that's not the way it was for everyone. i could not imagine facing cancer as i did if i had to worry about how i was going to pay for it and worry about the care i was receiving. >> many people do. >> many, many, too many people do. so that's why i was really speaking out, and just letting people -- and not getting into the whole debate about universal coverage of anything like that. just saying if you are going through somethi

he didn't call me himself. there was a tiny item in the baltimore sun saying that he was quoting him as saying he was sick that he didn't see his old friend taylor branch on election night because my wife and i went down there just on a lark, having played no part in his campaign. i was busy writing my martin luther king. went down there, stay there, watching from afar. got on a plane and came home. a few days later in the baltimore sun there was a little thing saying he was sick that he had heard i'd come and he didn't see me. i will call him. my phone started ringing off the hook in baltimore. the president-elect wants to call you. has he called you? he did go a long time, but find i got a call from the office and the president-elect would like me to come to a data. i had no idea what that it was a captain graham's own. it was a big to-do. it was probably the zenith of clinton's love affair with the washington press corps and the establishment. >> host: i remember that occasion. it was very self-consciously w

and he will tell me all about it. all this and more tonight. >>> a lot of people go to bed at night watching david letterman. and it turns out a lot of female staffers were going to bed with him during the day. but this news wasn't a secret to everyone. joining me now for an exclusive interview is nell scovell, a former writer for nbc's "late night with david letterman." i want to say up front nell worked at the letterman show and never had sex with any of the staffers, right? >> that's correct. >> okay. i just wanted to get that out of the way. tell me what was going on while you were there that made you uncomfortable. you were a writer there for a few months. >> right. well, i was the second woman ever hired, the first was the great merrill marko. she helped create the show and she was my hero before she became my friend. and i wanted to be on that show. i was a journalist. i wrote for "spy" magazine and "vanity fair" in new york. i applied for the show in 1988, filled out the classic submission. i didn't hear anyth

>> she's with me. she lives with me. >> right. i thought that she was living with you. >> lori tobias with the oregonian, what more can you tell me? >> well, what struck me about this as mr. frazier tells me i'm wrong, and i suspect i am. a week ago i was in cook hill to write about a ten-year-old cold case. i drove the road because it leads to the road where leah was found. yesterday, suddenly, there's another person missing from coke hill, which is this itty-bitty place in the middle of nowhere, everybody knows each other. it's as rural as can be. i have to say all kinds of lights went off in my head. >> we are showing a shot. it let's see it again. leah vanished in june, 2000. lori tobias with an organizian doing an indepth study on that. anything else? >> there are no signs of forced entry in the home. >> i don't find that unusual, clark. she goes in, for all i know, to take a shower. the car keys are found in the car on the floor of the car. somebody could have come in right behind her. >> point taken. law enforcement says th

and nancy, let me say one thing. many years ago, when you were very young, patty hearst was videotaped robbing a bank with an m-16 rifle. she was acquitted of that bank robbery by proving that she had been brainwashed and kidnapped and went along for fear of her own life and safety -- >> okay. pause. put giudice up on the screen. put him up. >> i'm here. >> number one, i never believed patty hearst. that was complete b.s. >> she -- >> number two. no, you had your turn. number two, she was held by the symbionese liberation army -- >> that's right. >> -- for many, many weeks. this woman was held according to her for 24 hours. you're saying all this b.s., ray -- >> my point is don't jump to the automatic conclusion because you haven't heard all the facts, as usual. >> ray? >> yes, nancy. >> are you suggesting this is a real kidnap? >> i'm suggesting she may have some defenses that may -- >> i'm asking you, are you saying this is a real kidnap? >> i don't know the answer. as a defense lawyer i'm going to defend -- you as

you got me. happy birthday, paul. >>> we met with the district attorney, ed grannis, margaret russ and after going-over facts in the case, the fayetteville police department will be filing the following charges against mario mcneal. first-degree murder, first degree rape of a child. >> breaking news. we're live in north carolina where murder one charges have just been announced by chief of police. charges against this man, 29-year-old mario mcneal. there he is photographed with 5-year-old shaniya davis taking her into a hotel room after her mother hands her over to him. we are taking your calls live. shirley in iowa,shirl e. >> caller: hello, nancy. >>, dear. what's your question. >> caller: will the mother get the same charges as the guy. i think she needs to. that is so sad about that. >> shirley in iowa, we can only pray that she meets the same fate as mario mcneal. i laid out the legal theory for the lawyers and the prosecutors, not that they need it. they have excellent reputations as prosec

it puts me in a diabetic coma with too much sarah. randi loves me, right? i just think what's more interesting is what it says about us. >> well, oprah asked about the infamous katie couric interview, specifically the part where she was asked what she reads. wat watch. >> i was more like, are you kids me? to me it was in the context of, do you read? it seemed like she was discovering this nomadic tribe from a cave in alaska asking me how do you stay in touch with the real world? i rolledmy eyes and was annoyed with the question. i know there were hours of tape that was shot and i would think that those few minutes that were edited together, packaged together and shown to the american public and people only know me from that interview. i don't blame people for thinking i was not qualified. >> you know, she says that she rolled her eyes when katie asked her what do you read. i remember that. i did not notice her rolling her eyes. she looked like a deer in the headlights, like, what, right? >> she did. you know, she keeps saying that -- first of all, she's bla

for me, yes, they helped. but they have all these other things they do. >> and since you don't practice birth control, and you believe you should have children as long as god wants you to, do you ever get a headache and say, look, tonight, i can't? do you ever say that? >> i don't. >> you don't. did you ever say that, vyckie? >> oh, i was so exhausted. i was burned out. >> you never say -- she was exhausted. >> but i had a vision, i had an inspiration this was my purpose which the lord has given me and i was determined to do it whatever the cost. if it was going to kill me, i was willing. i was that far into. and it almost did on several occasions. and it was that vision, that extremely inspiring idea of this beautiful, this perfect family. and that is what i was going for. i was really wanting to do the lord's will, his best plan for the family, which i believed was defined in the bible. so there was a very narrow idea of what is a family, what is the right, correct godly family. that's what i was going for.

but enough about me. it's actress and author carrie fisher who joins me to reveal how she turned personal pain into career gain. >>> then "gma's robin roberts" gives us the scuttlebutt on who will replace diane sawyer. maybe she'll even tell me what scuttlebutt means. and i'll talk to dolly parton about fame, faith and why she is known as the iron butterfly. all that coming up now. >>> i'm excited today because this woman has had an extraordinary career. seven grammys, two oscar nominations, ten country music association awards and sales of more than 100 million records. the list goes on and on. it's hardly over. her latest, a dvd and cd combo called "dolly, live from london" was just released this week. dolly, how are you? it's a pleasure to have you with us here today. >> well, thank you. i was so excited. i love your show. i've been watching you, and you've been doing a great job. >> thank you. we always get along with you at "the view." and now you're here and i have you all to myself without anybody

this is something that worries me enormously. it is easy to talk about what would be wise international or domestic policy. it is much more difficult to implement it. the fragmentation of political power is an enormous cost involved in running for office and staying in office. there factors that have emerged in the most recent decade. it seems to me to suggest -- we will meet increasingly going forward. we have always had the luxury of being shielded. canada was not a threat to the united states. no matter what you may have thought, we're not taking over the country in any way. it is very difficult to attack the united states. one thing is the absolute shock to the system that came out of 9-11 -- 9/11. it was the first time we had an attack on our soil since the british attacked the white house. it happened a scale that will completely upset the whole country. i do not know if we have the capacity to deal with these kinds of issues. there is such an emotional response that makes it very difficult to govern, and the role of the me

joining me now, just come over here with me, if you would. every season -- donnie is saying he misses you. >> well, i miss everybody. it was an amazing experience. i miss you, guys. >> it really has been. everybody deserves to be in the final for one reason or the other. and we're cheering for everybody. >> that's cool. one of the things you were telling me during the break -- don't divulge anything. you had a killer freestyle. >> i had a really interesting idea for this season. but, you know, i'll have to save it for next season. >> i'll be heartbroken if i see it next season. i'm like, it was supposed to be with me. >> now we all talked about the journey of being on the show. how has it been for you? how were you different from when you started 10, 14 weeks ago when you started training? >> gosh, such an amazing experience. it made me stronger and more competitive. and definitely made me realize i can really do anything i want as long as, you know, you have the dedication and take the time and focus. i would say a great partner helps as wel

let me repeat that. nfcc.org. you're going to put in your zip code and then it will take you to the closest national foundation for credit counseling office, where you will be able to make an appointment with a housing counselor. and with their help, hopefully you'll be able to get this thing moving for you and your family so that you can keep your home. steve, you are headed to retirement. congratulations to you! >> caller: well, i had things go right, clark. i appreciate that. i'm just laying it out right now. i guess my question is, i've been -- let me back up. i don't know if it's once a year or twice a year, you know, the social security sends you a statement saying you have so many credits based on -- shows your income over the years and shows if you retire at 62, it's approximately this or at 65, full retirement. first of all i was wondering if you know how accurate those numbers are. >> very. >> caller: oh, okay. >> those are very accurate, because especially as you get close to retirement, they are almost

joining me have caroline rhea, joe levy. caroline, let me start do you.he apologized for being so mean to jon ron the show. sit too late for them to get back together? >> hasn't this woman suffered enough with that hair cut? >> and the rest of america. >> when prince charming left snow white, she missed him, too. she needs a personal assistant. first of all, people don't know this, i don't know if you have children yet. your libido is in your placenta and it's removed at birth. very smart mammals eat theirs. >> where are you getting your information? >> i have a baby. and after eight children? >> maybe her brain was in her placenta. not her libido. >> i feel bad for her. >> she said she's still in love with jon. >> you to still love jon? >> a part of me always will. it's hard to be married to somebody, i think, for ten years and try to say, no, i don't love them anymore. it doesn't really work really well. um -- i love the memories that we have together. of the good times. >> oh, the good times. i'm sure she means good times like these. >> the white sanda

let me say this. what they would have you believe is that women could pay for their abortions thank you supplemental plan. but those of us who absolutely are just torn up about this don't believe that insurance companies are going to offer any supplemental plans by which people can purchase abortion. >> the problem with the writer and s who knows if they will get an abortion? it is ludicrous. like him to say do you know in advance you're going to have an abortion? >> no one plans to have an abortion. that's ridiculous. >> it is unreasonable. ridiculous. they think women will plan an unplanned pregnancy is ludicrous. let's also say that there was a promise here that women in this country that people in this country, would not lose ground on this health care reform. and what happened to women in this last action in the amendment, women in this country lost ground. they presently have coverage, insurance that covers abortion care. they lost that under the abortion ban. >> let's talk about the white house

give me a, give me a for instance. like what is this doctor's bill that you were charged? >> caller: $245 and initially i paid $200 at the hospital. >> all right. the $245 is a full retail list price. and nobody pays full retail list. what you should do is you should contact the doctor -- you have insurance now. say, what would my doctor charge have been under your plan. and whatever that is, that would be a reasonable amount for you to pay. >>> boy now i hope everybody in america who has a toyota or a lexus made between 2004 and 2010 has checked to see if your vehicle is one of the ones affected by one of the oddest recalls of all time. four million vehicles approximately recalled because the driver floormat could cause you to be in an accident and possibly even cause a fatal wreck? it's weird, isn't it? the remedy, so simple, you pull out the floormat on the driver's side and you let your carpet get dirty. but most recalls aren't so simple. the shocker is that most of the time, even when there's a recall involving serious safety stuff, people don't respond, don't take th

lisa nowak hunted me down and attacked me in a dark parking lot. her attack was part of a well researched, well-planned and deliberate crime. now, almost three years later, i am still reeling from her virgs attack. >> moments later, she was seething with anger. >> i know in my heart when lisa nowak attacked me that she was going to kill me. it was in her eyes. a blood chilling expression of limitless rage and glee. >> wait until you hear and see lisa nowak's bizarre apology. i know you will have an opinion, so give me a holler. straight to my experts, darin, criminal defense attorney and legal analyst for "insider" and our own voice of reason and taf writer with people.com. steve, your article in people.com about this draw-dropping sentence includes reader comments. what exactly are they saying? >> well, people can't believe how light the sentence was, especially after hearing the gut wrenching testimony of colleen shipman and then a year's probation, it didn't add up. >> it's an outrage. i will say that myself personally. i watched this. i saw thi

but in reality it's -- he blew me away. he really blew me away with his strength. >> larry: why?his strength and dignity and courage was -- i mean -- >> larry: he knew he was going to die then? >> oh, well, he -- >> larry: i mean that day did he know? >> i -- you know, even then we didn't say it out loud, and i actually talked to a nurse about that. i said, you know, we haven't really said -- because once he was on that journey out of this world, you know, it went pretty fast. and i asked the nurse, i said, you know, we haven't really talked about it and i haven't really said, you know, are we both looking at the same thing here? and she said trust me, he knows. he knows. so we just -- >> larry: we've got a great and timely web exclusive for you. julie fleischman is president and ceo of the pancreatic cancer action network. she offers her thoughts on the death of patrick swayze. you can read them at cnn.com/larryking. back with lisa and donny in 60 seconds. >> larry: patrick swayze was in some of the most popular movies of all time. let's take a look back at some of his most famo

>> [ sighs ] he kept me out of jail. he got me out of jail. state of clemency.hat's important, too, because he still had that on the record. i think he looked at the case, you know, saw all the inconsistencies. the unfair treatment. and he made a decision based on what he felt was right. >> did he make you promise him anything when you get out? >> no. you know what? he did by letting me out. i felt that he fell that by letting me out i would make the best of my situation. i'm pretty sure he knew what type of athlete i was and that i had a chance to do something positive with my god-given aibilityd. >> announcer: coming up -- >> this is an educational institution and religious institution. if education and religious john can't give a person another chance, whwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwh this is a great car. show me the carfax. i'll give you $500 off. show me the carfax. i'll throw in the oil changes. just show me the carfax. a carfax report can help you choose a great used car. it's free at thousands of reputable dealers. just say, show me the carfax! >> describe your

, challenge me, but challenge me on the merit of the idea, not because it flies in the face of the way things have been done in the past. our attitude and our perspective is going to to be the difference on how we navigate through all of these challenges. it is our ability to give back, to serve, especially for those who are less fortunate than ourselves. thank you very much for your time, and god bless each and every one of you. (applause) >> really a great job. >> thank you. >> at some point did your heart take over that speech? >> yeah, you know, early on, i was trying to just get my thank yous and my formalities out of the way, but i started off by saying i'm living a dream. i love this. there is nothing else i would rather do, and somewhere through the speech, you know, it just became the kid from sacramento talking to people in his city and saying, look, i want to do all i can, and i need your help and we can collectively get through this, but we're going to need everybody to be on the same page. and you did great. >> hey, thanks. >>> we also wants to actage the special guests wh

you will probably shoot me in the parking lot. that tells me you are a great dad. for the teachers who are here i thank you for your service and hope you have a good festival and what americans really want, really, thank you. thank you very much. [applause] >> frank luntz is a pollster and television pundit who frequently appears on fox news. he is the author of words that work, is not what you say, is what people here. this was part of the 2009 texas book festival. visit texasbookfestival.org. >> the two founders of myspace who figure largest were tom anderson and crystal wolf. as i said before they were not technologists. they were marketers. they live in l.a.. they left a start up after it collapsed in 2000. they started their own e-mail marketing company. at the time e-mail marketing was not officially known as spam but it was. because they weren't getting consent from the people they rescinding e-mails to and quickly they were profitable. there was no many to raise money. they branched into selling in addition to sending e-mails for other people they started s

she graduated a few years before me. collectively we would like to say thank you for writing this book as we try to explain to friends who have moved away that we are perfectly happy in small-town iowa and they are helping to keep it alive. your book is helping to open the eyes of many people as i find out about the book from one of those friends who doesn't understand how we can live in such a small place. after reading your book she admits she misses it. she will visit her parents more often. thank you for making our lives seem normal and for making small calm life available for people for your pages. that is one of them. another note from a young woman in a small town in western kansas. she writes my name is sarah downing and i am a practicing community planner in kansas and missouri. i was doing some research and came across an article in your book. i felt compelled to get in touch with you and express my interest in your research and ideas. i am from rural northeast kansas and i was raised in a working family farm.

it took years for me to stop jumping when people came up behind me. there is a lot of surprise maneuvers in domestic violence relationships. from my side, i hate the new age word, but i co--created that. i stayed for three years and danced with that. i didn't have a lot of options, but i made that part of my life at the time. >> that's interesting. >> spreading my wings in a bigger way. yes, it saved me. it got me towards comedy. i don't do the comedy of rage. yes, i forgive him. of course i do. i want to say this, because i don't say this easily, either, and it's true. my ex-husband's son told me -- they do not know who beat his mother into a semivegetative state, but she lost custody of her younger child. that happened to his second wife. they do not know who did that. but his son wrote me a letter about it. >> the next wife? >> the one after me. >> i didn't press charges, he married someone else and had a child. this child is a grown man now. on one end i said if i reported him he wouldn't be here. to anybody that is in this on a receiving end of i

we ask them so, tell me about what it was like to go to high school and tell me about the different groups that were there and so on. so talk of it in terms of sometimes they talk about it in terms of what people did come as a the kind of activities they did. and one of the main dividing factors between the stayers and particularly the achievers and some of the returns the stayers and achievers because the book ends was the stayers worked during high school and worked early and worked a lot and that work was something we heard from them. one guy put it this way. you had your preppie types and mittal types and work types and i was a work type. and other people would talk about how working is something i was born to do. and this sort of pride in the work ethic. but the undoing of that or the great irony of that was one of the things that makes it so attractive to work for the stayers early is you can earn a decent wage at 16. work of 30 hours a week you can go to school and some of these guys did work 25, 30 hours a week and still went to school, which is totally lawless to kids in suburbs a

are you with me on that?lt like i was watching the tv show "v" saying, larry, don't ask me any questions. it will paint me a negative light and then the true monster comes out. you know? it's funny. it is very funny because she's all about freedom of speech. >> yeah. >> you know? that's the big thing, freedom of speech. real close to freedom of speech there, carrie, freedom of the press and you can go on all the show you want and have an agenda and can and can't ask, not larry king. he asks what he wants to ask you. you have been around for snoulg you can't control larry king and came off looking pathetic. >> if you really listen to what larry was asking, he wasn't asking her that breach the agreement agreed. it was just yesterday carrie, i think, just made fool out of herself on "the view." today the ladies had a field day with what happened on larry. watch this. >> but that phone call was i'm gay and want to trap you f. a question came through, i love you and sarah palin more than life itself, she would hav

hold on, let me finish. if there's one thing we need to do, it is to find out what's happening with the pharmaceutical companies and all the other companies' advertising on tv and getting older people and younger people to buy products with a long list of problems -- [crosstalk] my point is we are allowing the system for the sake of the bottom line, people are willing [unintelligible] not just to senior citizens, but children -- we have millions of children in this country on anti-depressant. i do not believe millions of children are depressed or millions of children suffer from attention deficit disorder. this is the problem with a system out of control. we should never have allowed them to advertise drugs. if you are going to go to your doctor, a decision between your doctor and you, whether you need a drug. it's not something to be advertised. [applause] >> what i just proposed in the field of nutrition is that we take an action that is exactly identical for senior citizens as what was done in health care

go ahead and touch me if you don't believe me. >> larry: i believe you.g me nervous. >> i think he likes corn. >> larry: i do, too. >> that is the neatest bird. >> larry: now we have a water monitor. this is like in school. go out and monitor the water. what is that coming out of his mouth. >> the wildlife world zoo, in phoenix, arizona. the brand-new aquarium, only aquarium in that part of the world. look at this. this is a savannah water monitor. larry, look at his tongue. what he's doing, he's stealing your attention right now. you don't want to do that. act like you're not nervous. better. do this, larry. it feels good. let him touch your hand. do that. has it ever licked you? >> larry: it's not poison? >> no -- well -- >> larry: well, don't say well. you try it. >> put it like that, larry, do you see that? >> larry: yeah, did i see it? >> do you feel it? >> larry: yeah. >> what he's doing is he's picking up particles. what the dragon will do if he bites you. he will track you for days. the bite isn't what's going to kill you. do you like this animal

are you kidding me? >>> plus, toxic secrets of a soccer mom, diane schuler was boozed up and high on pot when she drove the wrong way on a new york highway. eight people were killed. now an explosive new article in new york magazine goes inside her marriage. tonight, a racially charged trial divides a small motown. the and it all started at a walmart checkout line? yes, indeed. now, 24-year-old heather ellis, a preacher's daughter, could face 15 years in prison. that's 1-5 years in prison. is she a victim of racist police brutality or did she lose her cool and assault a police officer? here is heather's dad. >> this has been a horrific roller coaster. she has her moments. sometimes she wakes up kind of hollering with nightmares. >> the scuffle broke out three long years ago at walmart in missouri. heather says she simply joined her cousin in line. but she was accused of cutting the line. an argument quickly got out of control. police were called to the store. according to the police report, heather threa

>> joining me now dr. james peterson professor at bucknell university and the self-proclaimed hip-hop scholar. who better to talk about this? all right, dr. peterson. is this a legitimate diploma? >> of course it's legitimate. i took a look at it online to see what courses they're offering. there's a couple different tracks. it's absolutely legitimate. it's legitimate in a couple different ways. on the one hand, there are courses of study you can take in terms of learning the production of the music and the creation of the music which is just like creating and producing any other form of music but they also have courses that investigate the industry, the business side and the kind of courses i teach investigate the more literary and poetic side. there's a wide range of curriculum. >> i know you also researched making this happen at other schools. what were your concerns when you started to broach the idea about a hip-hop diploma? i know you know people are going to think what are you talking about? >> sure

that stayed with me. and just three weeks ago i was with this same inuit in greenland standing there watching that slabs of ice crack off and drop with a thunderous roar from what they called the big ice, where until 30 years ago no water ever came, no melting had ever occurred. and what started off as a tiny trickle of melted water is now a roaring, raging river. every so often swollen, and yet another piece of ice cracks off. and i flew over where he told the. at that time of the year which was july. he used to drive with his dogs in a sled. that it is water. and i landed on a piece of ground out in that seat, which entailed a couple of years ago had been trapped under the ice since the last ice age. and now it is emerged. so it was a very -- is one thing to know when your mind was going on, and quite another when you actually experience it. and i came away from that trip to greenland feeling, it is so desperately important for every single one of us to do everything we can within our power to slow clim