michelle turner with more on that and the backlash >> you contribute. you pitch in. no you don't. no you don't. >> reporter: tough talking tv doctor who goes in to the personal drama of others. now he is dealing unwanted controversy of his own. on tuesday a tweet posted on his official twitter account saying if a girl is drunk is it okay to have sex with her? reply yes or no. the question to provoke discussion for a episode sparked heated backlash. so he wonders when it's okay for a girl to be raped? read one. another wrote, dr. oz was saving lives today and dr. phil is trying to hook up with drunk girls, where is oprah? dr. phil deleted the tweet when he saw it but not before one user captured and started a petition asking for an apology. >> the idea of like collecting people's opinions on if someone is rape is a invalidating way to talk about the problem of date rape and friend rape. >> reporter: in a statement to cnn a representative for the show said it was an ill advised poll question not written by dr. phil. he said it's by. >>> the rep for the show adds he is very upset thi

cnn entertainment correspondent michelle turner live in new york with more on what oprah said.> reporter: good morning, carol. you know, it's actually really interesting what she said last night at the premier of her new movie, lee daniels "the butler." oprah isn't apologizing for talking about what happened to her. she seems to be saying she is sorry everyone is focusing on the specifics of this story. not the point she was making that even oprah winfrey believes she is discriminated against. let's listen to what she had to say to cnn last night. >> i think that incident in switzerland was just an incident in switzerland. i'm really sorry it got blown up. i purposely did not mention the name of the store. i'm sorry i said it was switzerland. it's not an indictment against the country or even that store. it just was, you know, one person who didn't want to offer me the opportunity to see the bag. so no apology is necessary from the country of switzerland. >> reporter: now, carol, just to add to her point, she didn't name the store. it was the media who figured out what she was

here's cnn's michelle turner. >> some are calling this a comeback kicking off a new comedy tour in austin in curiosity festival playing in 15 cities around the country. this tour also includes a host of popular comedians but to many people this is the biggest project that chappelle has been involved with since he walked away from his hit comedy central show and a $50 million salary back in 2005. he just said he was burned out at the time. this tour has chappelle fans hoping that he's ready to do more high-profile projects, because he's basically just been making appearances at comedy clubs since his show went off the air. by the way, if you're wondering, according to the people that have seen him perform recently, he's still got it. fred, back to you. >> still funny. all right. good job. thanks so much. >>> let's go to hayward, california, now, where they a little demolition this morning. that was the cal state east kamps building. workers brought the building down because it was built too close a fault line and considered vulnerable to earthquakes. not to be outdone, demolition experts i

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joining me now is entertainment correspondent michelle turner. r had just come out as gay we may not be talking about him today, but he came out as he was taking a public stand against the laws in russia, and that's getting the attention today. neil patrick harris responded so to this story on twitter saying, well done, wentworth miller, bravo. you may remember him from "prison break" but he's also carving out a career in writing and produced "stoker" with nicole kidman. in the open letter he rote to the director of the st. petersburg film festival, he politely declined the invitation to attend, "i cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their right to live and love openly." eloquently put. given the growing awareness of the situation in russia, more and more celebrities will be scrutinized, we've seen lady gaga and madonna protest these laws. other stars like till da swinton have had smaller protests. but i don't know if we'll see a lot of stars l

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. >>> michelle turner has more from new york. i can't imagine how hard that was for her.t was beautiful and eloquent and heart wrenching all at the same time. she had a necklace on that read cory and this was michelle's first tv appearance since monteith's death. right before lea michele took the stage, you can see right there her "glee" kcastmates als won an award. you know the question now going forward as people are asking is what's going to happen to the show. although we don't have details on how they're going to address it, we do know that after a production delay, the "glee" cast rushed to the set to shoot season five of the show last week. ryan murphy who is the producer of the show thsay they're goingo address his death in the third episode of the season. they don't know how, but they are going to deal directly with his death. and they're going also going to have the cast make a public address announcement. >>> "money" magazine just released a list of the 100 best places to live. we'll tell you who made the list. >>> think you live in the best town of america? yo

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michelle turner has a preview. >> reporter: hey, brianna, hey, ivan.e year. it's pretty wild, huh? let's fast forward 30 years and it's now justin timberlake and taylor swift leading the pack. happy birthday vma's, the mtv video music awards turned 30 this year, and as their motto goes, expect the unexpected. >> the vma's are known for spectacles. if you want to see britney spears kissing madonna, lady gaga in a meat dress-- >> the vmas leave their home and head to barclay's center in brooklyn. lady gaga will appear in one of her first tv appearances after hip surgery. kanye west rocks the mike in his seventh vma performance. and look for the songs of the summer tribute. ♪ brendan haywohe >> a few moon men will be handed out during the live telecast. matt lamore and -- timberlake will be honored with the michael jackson video vanguard award and there are rumors of a reunion wi wi with -- >> the day after, there's always something being talked about at the water cooler. >> dan akroid and bette midler 30 years ago. >>> well, still to come, a cnn exclusiv

justin timberlake, michelle turner is here to tell us all about it. >> i'm just rolling in.i know that someone declared "new day" a free zone. i'm putting this all on miley cyrus. because the mtv vma's motto is expect the unexpected. it seems like none of us are ready for hannah montana to die and miley cyrus to twerk her way in. a beloved boy band got a good welcome back. >> might be a little excited about n sync. >> reporter: it was a night full of memorable moments for justin timberlake. the singer kicked off a near 20-minute medley after receiving the vanguard award. the show famous for surprises had a few more to offer. lady gaga returning to live performing after hip surgery in april opened the broadcast with four costume changes after performing. somehow it seemed tame compared to miley cyrus. a stripped down cyrus got r rated with a foam finger. the night's top winners taking on top hip hop video for "ceiling can't hold us". taylor swift lit up twitter after appearing to utter an ex pletive. the more than two hour show wrapped with a live concert after the iconic bro

after more than a decade away from hollywood she is back with the new film "the butler" and cnn's michelle turnerith oprah to find out what inspired her to take the role. >> reporter: so your first dramatic role in 15 years. >> can you believe that, michelle? can you believe it? really. what made me say yes to that? >> that was my question. >> especially since i was going through it. i was going through building own and thank goodness we were on the other side at least headed in the right direction for that and i said to lee, this is the absolute worst time you could ask me to do anything, lee. and, you know, he just would not take no for an answer. i think that one of the reasons why there's so much still lingering prejudice and racism is because we don't get to see people as ourselves. and so this was an opportunity thought to let the world feel the heart of a butler, the heart of this period that really was a defining period in the lives of many black people but also our nation. >> the conversation that is had in this film about race, race relations, racism, we're still having that conversatio

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turner, appreciate it. >>> happening now, new information about a key behind the scenes player in the drama surrounding the nsa leaker. >>> two victims of the bomber enter they plea. >>> and the story behind michellen the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in t"the situation room." >>> we begin this hour with breaking news. important new details about the intercepted al qaeda communications that sparked an unprecedented terror alert closing u.s. embassies and consulates across the middle east and north africa. cnn learned it contained specific words that u.s. intelligence interpreted as a coded message for what they believe triggered a potentially imminent attack. let's go to barbara starr. she's getting the latest information. barbara, what are you picking up? >> reporter: well, a source with access and understanding of the latest u.s. intelligence tells us that what sparked this unprecedented closure was as we know intercepted al qaeda messages. but what was in those messages was specific code words that the u.s. immediately understood to be a signal for potential imminent attack against u.s. entrance. those code words sparking the closing of some 22 embassies and insta