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richard and mayumi heene will pay out of their pocket. >>> michael douglas's son cameron douglas facedcharges. michael dogs wrote a letter asking for leniency. some are saying perhaps the sentence was too lenient. let's get the scoop from pop culture columnist courtney hazlet. what did you get? >> he got five years. he's going to be on five years supervised released affiliated that jail time is completed. he also has to do community service. a lot of people are saying this is a case of celebrity treatment. if he hadn't grown up in a famous family with famous influences that could appeal to the judge, he would have gotten a much stricter sentence. essentially it boils down to the fact he was trafficking an enormous amount of drugs for a long period of time. anybody else under those circumstances would have gotten something closer to the ten years. i think the important thing to keep in mind, though, is what professionals like dr. drew penske are saying, he needs to get treatment so he can stay in recovery. cameron douglas says he's sober now for the first time in his adult life. if that

you can vote: or e-mail us at cnn.com. >>> to another great debate that exploded today after michael douglas's son was sentenced to prison for dealing drugs. was this a case of celebrity justice? a new york judge just sentenced cameron douglas for dealing huge amounts of crystal meth. after cameron's father, michael, his wife and others pleaded for leniency, cameron got five years in prison. here's the thing. that was only half of what he should have gotten under federal sentencing guidelines. right now in new york vein velez-mitchell host of "issues" every night at 7:00 p.m. eastern on hln and in philadelphia, danny bon due chaduci, former c star and now hosting a radio show. danny, beginning with you, like cameron douglas you, yourself, have spent a good part of your life battling drug addiction. do you agree with those who are outraged today, myself included, calling this a case of celebrity justice? celebrity treatment. >> no, because -- and as you, brooke, i'm sorry, you are mistaken about what happened. michael douglas writing a letter on behalf of his child did not get him five years at

michael douglas is such a great guy. drugs have caused and i think michael is a great father. >> larry: a lot of privileged. >> i think it happens to everybody. you read about the privileged, you don't read about so many others. i guess you need a little luck, too. >> larry: this is a tough time to grow up. >> this is a tough time. the drugs are all over the place. it's a tough time. >> larry: let's take another call. heartsville, south carolina. hello. >> caller: hello, larry. i have a two-part question for mr. trump. when was the last time you spoke with bret michaels and how was he doing then and how is he doing now? my second question, would you ever consider running for president? >> that's very nice. >> larry: you did consider once. >> they wanted me to run and i said i didn't want to run. i spoke to bret just two or three days before he had the difficulty and he was so great. how is he doing now? hopefully well. nobody really knows. it's a very tricky thing what can happen. hopefully, he's doing well. as far as pre

. >> famous alumni of sierra tucson are michael douglas, ring go star, julie andrews and mark foley who believe was addicted to teenage boys. >> hard habit to give up. >> maybe you can go to filtered. >> stay strong, boss. >> karl rove heckled. greg, you said there is no such thing as a citizens arrest. but every state except north carolina permits citizens arrest. >> but no one does it. >> i agree with that part. >> if somebody tried to do it you would laugh at them. >> yes, absolutely. remi, have you ever defended a client who was a citizen arrested? >> no, greg is right. this doesn't happen. no, people will not surrender to an ordinary citizen. >> what about an extraordinary citizen? >> that's different. if you think someone needs to be arrested, my advice is call your local police and let them do their job. >> lastly, a woman robs her bank because it was on her bucket list. also on the list, jump out of a plane, eat an ostrich burger, kill 42 people and drive a race car. >> it is true. >> you can't say it is true. you have to deny that. >> deny all you want. the odd thing is she now

. >> larry: cameron douglas, the son of actor michael douglas was sentenced yesterday for dealing crystalat's all he got, five? i thought he was going to get ten. >> larry: is that the standard? >> not standard. i read an interview with mr. douglas, said it looked like ten years. >> larry: will five years help him? >> i don't have any idea. i don't think anybody should have to go to prison. at the same time, i don't know what you do with people who break the law. i've met cameron a couple times. it's tremendously sad. >> larry: sad for the whole family, grandfather -- >> gosh, it has to be sad for everybody. they're a close family, especially for michael. >> larry: you said you had to make amends for people in pain, people you caused pain. do you go about doing that? >> i've done it with a couple people. it's a slow process. >> larry: what's the hardest part of all of it? >> forgiving myself and what i did to my mom. just the worry. my brother once told me she's been up for six years, okay, if you want to use dope, why don't you do something else like maybe -- he said something really cru

in the white house was a guest at our so-called global zero summit earlier this year in paris, michael douglas. but that, as i say, is just more of a celebrity factoid. more importantly -- i mean, we tell the white house and the obama administration what to do all the time, like everybody else in this town. but seriously, we try to be thought leaders. i think we are ahead of the policy-making curve. we're ahead of the bureaucracy. a lot of the concepts that were outlined in the nuclear posture review, the goal sets for the new start treaty and we think the process will be set for the follow-on agreement. we hope and expect and kind of lobby the administration to adopt so we're kind of participants in the policy process by virtue of being there. that said, we're not cheerleaders just for barack obama. and we're not freeped criticize the administration. when we think they are take ache wrong turn. but i have to say to answer your basic question of why is this issue kind of moved up to the front burner, yes, i think it's because of groups like ours and also the so-called gang of four, henry kissi

. >> cameron douglas, despite the pleas of his famous family, michael douglas and grandfather kirk douglasr years. this all stems from a conspiracy charge to distribute crystal meth and cocaine. he was up against -- i should say five years. more than four years, sorry about that. he was up against ten years as a possibility. they ended up giving him the more than four-year sentence. the judge in the case said something interesting. he said he's gotten too many letters from famous people that treated him like a victim. so he more or less said, it's time for him to serve his sentence. all this stems from an instance where half a pound of crystal meth was shipped overnight by him, then while he was in lockup his girlfriend snuck in some drugs for him. she was caught and arrested and he was returned to lockup. the eight months he's already been in jail counts toward that four-plus. >> that's good for him. a series of bad decisions it sounds like. too bad. well, you remember, here's "the skinny" update for you. david copperfield, this woman who claims she was picked out of the audience by david

film that was shown at the white house was a guest at our so-called, global summit in paris, michael douglas. that is more of a celebrity factoid. more importantly, we tell the white house and the obama administration what to do all the time, like everybody else in this town. seriously, we try to be thought leaders. i think we are ahead of the policy-making curve. we are ahead of the bureaucracy. a lot of the concepts that were outlined, a lot of the goals set for both the start treaty and will be addressed in the fall on treaty, we hope and expect to lobby the administration to adopt. we are participants in the policy process by virtue of being there. that said, we are not cheerleaders just for barack obama. but, we are not prepared to criticize the administration when we think they're taking a wrong turn. but, i have to say, to answer basic questions of why this issue has been moved up to the front burner -- yes, i think it is because of groups like ours and also the so-called gang of four. by the way, george shultz participated in our meeting in paris. the real reason is barack obama, to

a new york federal judge sentenced the son of michael douglas, cameron, to five years in prison on drugademy award winning actor. he admitted to dealing drugs. specifically methamphetamine and cocaine. he faced a ten-year prison term. during sentencing the judge told cameron this is a last chance to make it, his last chance to make it. those are the judge's exact words. >>> an update on a story we've been following for you today. police have broken up a new don't ask, don't tell protest right outside the white house. you can see it there. a group dressed in military uniforms chained themselves to the white house fence and called for a repeal of the u.s. policy on gays serving in the military. among those arrested today was army lieutenant dan choi. choi is an openly gay iraq war veteran. he is one of the most prominent critics of don't ask, don't tell. he was arrested for participating in a similar protest last month. and members of the same group protesting at the white house today heckled the president last night in california. listen. >> she's passionate about fighting for california