. >>> tonight on "nightline," oprah on oprah. with her talk show about to wind down, oprah sits down with barbara walters for a soul-searching interview, addressing those lesbian rumors, her relationship with gayle king >> shoot, i wasn't going to cry here. >> and the man in her life. >>> plus, don't try this at home. >> there it goes. >> as authorities destroy the home of a suspected bank robber, the "nightline" guide on how to blow things up without this happening. >>> and, royal mistreatment. a shocking scene in the streets of london. protesters attack a car carrying prince charles and his wife, leaving it badly damaged and the royal couple horrified. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 9th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a fascinating conversation between two of the most famous women in the world. oprah winfrey and barbara walters. the occasion? oprah's decision to leave her dail

michelle and i love oprah winfrey. personally love this woman. and the more you love oprah, the more spectacular you realize her character and her soul are and the more you appreciate what a wonderful, gifted person she is. it's easy to forget sometimes that oprah was once a girl with a funny name in a little town down south. back theven nobody would have ever dreamed that she would become someone who moves an entire nation. each and every day. but the signs were there. after two days of kindergarten oprah wrote a note to her teacher that read, i don't think i belong here because i know a lot of big words. the teacher agreed and she moved on to the first day. and while she was working as a reporter in baltimore, oprah was told she was too engaged and too emotional about her stories. so the station put her on a talk show to run out her contract. that worked well. payback. that planted the seed for what would become the highest-rated talk show in american television history. oprah's gift as a host, as a producer, as an oscar nominated actress, has

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oprah was busy handing out her favorite things. still impact of being on the show last month and our news story have paid off, big time. >> we're not only getting so many more applications, at least triple the amount of applications for adoptions and questions about how to start a senior dog rescue which has been -- i love that. >> patty kent got swept up in the oprah affect and now she has a dog. >> i saw it on tv. i was very excited because i was looking for an adult dog. low maintenance. i have my new forever friend here. >> being on oprah turned into a financial bonanza. >> we're able to take items oprah gave to us and put it on a web site that does online auctions for nonprofits wex made about $5800. >> that will pay a lot of vet bills to make sure pooches under top shape for adoptions. >> diamond earrings we didn't keep those. so two pairs of diamond earrings, ugg boots. >> but they're keeping one of the new volkswagons coming their way. it will be painted with the muttville logo, used to transport the pets. they want the lic

carolyn tyler has more. >> oprah, yeah. (laughter) >> thank you, oprah! >> cherry franklin is the founder of muttville, a nonprofit organization that's found homes for hundreds of older harder to adopt dogs. a volunteer nominated franklin as someone oprah should salute and together they wound up on winfrey's show. >> we practiced in a taxi cab over there. what if she says something to you. >> what do you say! >> they did not get to talk about muttville because oprah was busy handing out favorite things. but being on the show, the so-called oprah effect, and the p news story about her appearance have paid off big-time. >> we are not only getting so many more applications, at least triple the amount of applications for adoption. and questions about how to start a senior dog rescue which i love that. >> that's wrapped up in the oprah effect and now she has a dog named two lip. >> i saw it on tv and was very excited because i was looking for an adult dog, low maintenance. thanks to oprah i have my new forever friend here. >> being on oprah has turned into a f

to be compared to oprah.never compare myself to her. but she's my idol. and i always put myself in a situation like, what would oprah do right now? >> what would you say to her if she were here right now? >> i would thank her. i would thank her for giving me the strength to do what i'm doing here. >> reporter: with that oprah-like celebrity came the wrath of conservatives. >> i'm a very controversial figure here. there's some of them that actually call in and threaten to kill me. >> so you have round the clock security? >> yes. i have security always. i have my own gun. i've been trained to use a gun. >> you carry a gun? >> yes, i carry a gun, a licensed gun. i've been trained to use it. i have my cell phone and my gun at all times. >> is it worth it? >> if they allow me to continue my show the way that i want and be able to actually teach families what i want them to know, then i think it's worth it, yes. i have some regular families come to me, they say please, please don't stop what you're doing, you're re

lch how did you meet oprah?ed to do the oprah winfrey show when i'd been on food network for a while and i was on a book tour. it was this time of the year. it was about six years ago. and i was so nervous because the night before, there was this huge snowstorm in washington and i didn't think i was going to get to go to the oprah show. i couldn't get out. i got in to chicago at 3:00 in the morning. i was so nervous and i had been crying the whole time because i'm like, i'm not going to make oprah -- my eyes were like golf balls. and i brought beautiful, like, you know, going to church or meeting your boyfriend's family for the first time clothes. i'm pressing my clothes like 3:30 in the morning. they pick me up at 6:00. i go over there. the hair and makeup team, the look of disappointment on their face when they saw me was a lot. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> yeah. so they tried to fix me up and curl my hair and i ended up in these ringlets sort of oprah-esque. then i put on the big fancy skirt and the sweater and a

oprah: and... >> integrity. oprah: integrity? >> yeah. my dad, mm-hmm. oprah: integrity. this question because when we did this interview 10 years ago for "o" magazine, you said something i never forgot. you said, "to do life right, you have to feel like you're growing up until the day you die." do you still feel that way? >> absolutely. you know, you commented earlier i have a lot of energy. you know why? because i'm curious. i learn every day. every day. and if you keep learning and stay curious and try to be more interested than interesting--who cares if you're interest--stay interested, and love people. so i intend to get to the end of my life with this sort of like, "oh. i get it," at the very end. you know, i want to keep learning. there's so much to learn. oprah: yeah. as i did from your biography. as i say, your memoir, beautifully done. jane fonda. >> and i do from your show. oprah: well, thank you. "my life so far," jane fonda, everybody. good-bye, and thank you. >> thank you. oprah: what a beautiful hour. thank you. [captioning made possible by king world] [cap

. >> i think oprah's going to sue.idn't like anybody doing her style. >> larry: what do you make of that, ryan? you are good at hits. >> i think she's got a lot of work ahead of her. that's tough to launch a network, isn't it? i would imagine. >> larry: i would guess. what do you think, regis? do you think you could start -- the regis network. >> why not? i've been doing it for a long time and, you know, i'm about ready to take over my own network. you and i, larry! we do it together. >> larry: the regis/larry network. >> love it. want to be a guest? >> larry: who would we have as hosts? trump does the first show. >> okay. >> real estate. golf courses. >> but i love what oprah is doing and another special one. she's a tremendous woman and i think very successful and suze, i think you will do very well. >> i hope so. i'm going to keep my fingers crossed. >> the questions asked ad lib and they took questions from me this week for you. >> yeah. we won't know the questions. we are just going to go for it. >> you'll never c

even that didn't put a damper on oprah's special day. >> oprah winfrey was among those saluted in washingtonor their contributions to the art. the president and the first lady joined and celebrated for helping to define, tv, dance, theater and music. >> jimmy: you know what, he immediately -- [ applause ] appointed her head of the tsa. so we're in very good hands. tonight is the sixth night of hanukkah. this is the night on which jewish parents around the world say enough with the dreidel, go watch spongebob. there aren't many hanukkah specials but there are a lot of christmas specials. there are too many. they've got new ones and all the classics. for the most part, especially the classics, they're the same special we've been watching for years. every christmas special has the same plot. somebody's bad and they do bad things. then a little kid or a mouse or something says something nice to them. and then they become good and they spread christmas cheer and everyone's happy. we've been doing something to give the old classics a new twist. what we've done tonight is we took the classic cartoo

o.w.n., the new oprah winfrey network.n what we have called oprah's next chapter. her very own network called o.w.n., set to debut on january 1st. >> i started this year, i said to my producers, this is the year i want to feel everything. >> we're going to australia! you and you and you -- >> and i want to be able to say to the people who have been with me from the beginning, whose children were in school and came home and watched them watch "general hospital" followed by "the oprah show." grew up watching them do that. and now those children have children. i want to be able to say to those people, thank you. >> it is special. to be able to air that long, you literally -- you feel like they've watched you grow, you feel the same way in turn. we do now know the official date. september 9th, 2011 will be the final oprah winfrey show, which is almost the exact 25th anniversary when the show first went national, which was september 8th, 1986. she's going to blow the roof off that show. >> she says she loves seeing 40-year-old

good-bye, oprah! >> bye, oprah! got to say, jon, just for the record, your rally is supposed to be about sanity... >> uh-huh. >> and that was insane. [laughter] oprah: great! wasn't that great? ok. that was fun. ok, you're right. that was fun. so when we asked who wants to help me pop in on jon stewart with a little surprise, xbox raised their hand, because they have the next big thing in video games. it's called kinect for xbox 360. and it is so cool. sensors pick up your body movement, and instead of a remote control, it's your entire body controlling the video games, ok? so i want to say a special thank-you to xbo for helping me pull that surprise off for jon's audience. and for everyone here in this audience, you're going home with both xbox 360 and the new kinect! [cheering] oprah: thanks, xbox! bye, everybody! [captioning made possible by king world] [captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--] pfffffffff! Ñ ♪ let's szush up this one tone hair color! try nice 'n easy, with color-blend te

oprah: i don't believe! next "oprah." >> welcome back.nt tamalpais why it's pay spare the air day. no burning of wood products. the poorest quality will be in the north bay. temperatures outside, frost. look at fairfield at 28. santa rosa and livermore at 31. 33 concord and about 34 redwood city. the rest of us should be above those frosty-like conditions. this afternoon we'll have high clouds and hazy conditions with some of the thickest in the north bay and east bay valley. temperatures mid to upper 50s. a stray shower possible as far as south at santa rosa. very, very light. same for clear lake. most of the rain north of us today and again tonight with the haze and the high clouds, temperatures in the 40s for the most part. fairfield 39. let's take a look at your 7-day forecast. any rain that falls tomorrow will be the north bay. the rest will have us get rain there he is. good morning, america. i'm george stephanopoulos. >> and i'm robin roberts. >>> also, do all of the high-tech gadgets fill you with high anxiety? we have your high-t

not for oprah, it's the real deal. >> not for oprah. >> scarlet johansson's husband, if it was me, i'm i would stop working and, you know, i wouldn't want to be -- >> i would stop working, yes. i feel the same way about ryan reynolds. i don't know if our significant others would like that. i'm lynn berry. stay tuned, "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> a flurry of legislative activity in congress today where there will be a senate vote on the president's tax deal, a house vote on a standalone repeal of don't ask, don't tell, and debate in the senate on the start nuclear arms treaty. will any or all of this be passed before congress bolts for the holidays. a wild scene yesterday inside a

>> please welcome, oprah. >> and oprah, the queen of talk in australia. >> hello, there.haotic scenes around a london court today as the founder of wikileaks was granted bail as he fights extradition. but julien s&p is still in custody -- julian assange is still in custody. the swedes want him to answer allegations of sexual offenses, which he denies. tom simons reports. >> julian assange is used to a nomadic international life style, but for the last week he has been locked up. the only glimpse of him has been from a prison van. he will have to accept spending more nights behind bars. >> finally, after two hours, we have heard that the swedes will not abide by the umpire's decision and they want to put mr. assange through get more trouble, more expensive, more hurdles. they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. >> such as his fame each time he comes to court. there is a and international -- such as his fame. each time he comes to court there is an international media presence. his mother was here, and there was a small demonstration by anti-

it wouldn't be oprah winfrey, would it?had a crush on paul mccartney in person is getting a kennedy center honor alongside the legendary beatle. we'll see her exclusive conversation with julie chen. >> very nice. except for you. except for you, very nice. >> except for you, russ. >>> and betty nguyen has a check of the newsline. good morning. >> good morning, rebecca and russ. >>> good morning, everyone. the fifth straight day of stormy weather in california is expected to be the worst yet. forecasters say two or more inches of rain could fall today around los angeles. hundreds of homeowners have already been told to evacuate because of the fear of mudslides. earlier, one mayor told russ that two-thirds of the folks in this town who should leave are staying put. >> they have a sense and a feeling as to when they should and should not evacuate. some are suffering from evacuation fatigue from the previous year, but we're hop hopesing for the best, obviously. >> six counties already declared disaster areas. >>> some of the wor

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look at oprah there. >lynn, i have to question your judgment. i think you should have led the news off with the fact that scart johanssen is now available. >> breaking news, top of the show, bill karin has a chance. >> i wouldn't go that far. i'd have to bring that back to the editing room and cut that last part o. >>> all right. this comes to us from providence, rhode island, where shoppers in one mall were treated to a surprise concert. an acapella group invaded the food court in a flash mob performance they called a random act of music it was a pleasant surprise for the unsuspecting diners. the group of 17 school kids say the mini concert was their way giving back to the community, especially during the holiday season. they've got some moves there. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the datoday on your nbc station. >>> and this is a cold morning here in the nation's capital. 22 degrees right now at 4:28. good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to news 4 for this wednesda december 15th,

>>> and on injury on the set of oprah's australian getaway this morning. we have the pictures of a bloody and you're free. >>> fewer homeowners are under water. but that is not necessarily a good thing. about 10.8 million households owe more than their homes were worth in the third quarter. that is down from 11 million the previous three months and the third-straight decline. that's because more homes have fallen into foreclosure and not because home prices have risen. >>> yahoo! is planning another round of layoffs. its fourth big cutback in three years as it tries to right its ship. early as today, the struggling internet company will lay off as many as 700 workers. that's 5% of its workforce. yahoo! has been losing ground to google and facebook. >>> overseas stocks are mixed this morning. tokyo's nikkei average rose 0.2% today. hong kong's hang seng is higher. and in london, the ftse opened slightly lower. on wall street, the dow added 18 points yesterday. meanwhile, the nasdaq fell 12 points. >>> general motors first electric car will be adriving in de

oprah is in australia with 300 fans to tape 2 shows.ed to what wolverine went through, right? >> that's true. >>> and we're not done with hollywood just yet. up next, it's one of the early mornings in tinseltown. lots of nervous celebrities. we'll explain why. swiffer sweeper is 2 in 1. it sweeps and it mops. designed to look natural, even when wet. ♪ [ female announcer ] sorry, broom, but swiffer sweeper's electrostatic dry cloths and the dirt dissolving wet cloths ♪ she blinded me with science for adults, stelara® helps control moderate or severe plaque psoriasis with 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. in a medical study, 7 out of 10 stelara® patients saw at least 75% clearer skin at 12 weeks. and 6 out of 10 patients had their plaque psoriasis rated as cleared or minimal at 12 weeks. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections. some serious infections require hospitalization. before starting stelara®, your doctor should test for tuberculosis. stelara® may increase your risk of cancer.

. >> find out why oprah starts crying during the ♪ >>> oprah winfrey says she is not a lesbian.t was just one of the many things with barbara walters in a new special that airs monday night. barbara walters shares some on "good morning america" today. her emotions called gail king the sister everybody would want and the friend everybody deserves. >> i don't know a better person. i don't know a better person. >> why is it making you cry? >> shoot! it's making me cry because i'm thinking about how much i probably have never told her that. tissue, please. now i need tissue. >> and you can watch the barbara walters special, oprah, the next chapter in its entirety on abc 7 tomorrow night at 9:00. >> a new stud suggests that cellphone explosioner in the child's early years may affect their behaviors. the study in community health listed 28,000 danish children. it found those exposed to cellphones before and just after birth even for short periods of time were 50% more likely to have emotional or behavioral problems by the age of seven. ucl researchers say they don't know why but they

oprah: i don't believe!xt "oprah." >>> so depending where you live, whether it be the east coast or west coast, there were two different versions of "the view." on one version you got to see this wonderfully sweet moment. why don't i let you take a look at it? susan boyle singing "o holy night." ♪ oh hear the angels' voices oh -- >> yes. >> poor thing. >> she didn't realize they were live so you hear her, she turns to sherri shepherd and whoopi who are standing next to her and says, can we do that again? she had a little frog in her throat. of course the two of them were very gracious, and said, what we heard of it was beautiful. in essence, the audience never got to see the full thing until they ended up retaping the entire thing for the west coast. some people said she turned "o holy night" into a holy terror. i think it's proof of how real she is, she didn't realize it was live, she said can we start again? there's something very classy about her, to me. i love her. >> so they wasted haul that money on a

so, yeah, you talking about oprah talking about video games. like -- or something random, those things all matter. on the site we just show an overall score. when we work with the advertisers, like audi, disney, virgin, we target on topics. so you might not be influential overall but you're the person to talk to about. >> we could do a full half hour on that, sure. >> how does one come up with the score? because i probably have a fraction of the number of followers that he has. i would dispute that i have an equal footer with her. >> you value. those graphs and colors. >> yeah, whatever. >> but anyway -- >> yeah you are tied. >> it's like the bcs rankings. it's all very subjective. what's the formula? because i have a friend actually with 4,000 followers twitters and has a lot of influence in canada and her score is fairly low. >> and remember the techcrunch twitter account has millions of followers and everything i write gets tweeted off that so does that play into it at all? >> so a couple of things, we actually -- what we found is follower a

the rally in a uniquely oprah way. here's the announcement she made on "the daily show" last week. watch. >> "daily show" audience. look under your seats! >> look under your seats. what's under there? >> open the envelope. >> they have no qualms about obeying oprah. oprah's our leader. >> you're going to the rally! you're going to the rally! you're going to the rally! everybody's going to the rally! >> here's what is crazy. >> larry: all right. >> are we coming back? so here's what is crazy. she gave everybody in the audience rally tickets except for one person. one person opened it up, anthrax. that's how she plays. she gets everybody -- like you're going to the rally. one person just looked and went, my god, i can't breathe. she's very nice. she sent people plane tickets, reservations. >> larry: she's amazing. >> she's unbelievable. >> larry: and they obey her. >> she said look under your seats. she was like, okay. stand up. punch the person next to you. >> larry: there is some controversy. we're going to settle it i

. >> owe plough -- oprah sits down with barbara walters and answers questions about her personal life. >> i'm bill wier. up next on "nightline" it may be cheese, dough and toe may mow sauce, but it is the best recession food money can buy. we take you to the pizza wars. and a father and son [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. it's the way to individually brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew, hon. [ female announcer ] choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. from 15 leading brands, including tully's. it's the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in under a minute. woman: way to brew. [ female announcer ] choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> berkeley's city council is considering a resolution giving hero status to an army private suspected it of providing wikileaks with classified government documents. the resolution was approved last month by the peace and justice commission made up of residents uh .ed by their councilmembers. the measure honors u.s. army priva

oprah wanted us to be ourselves and have the camera be a fly on the wall. today, they wanted us to go down memory lane and we went to our old house and by the time we got -- can i tell this? are you okay? >> it's national television, might as well. >> we get to the motel and i had a horrible life changing event happen where i had to take the kids and hide in the motel. and the camera guy drove right by the door, the door where 30 years ago -- >> larry: you were attacked. >> i had a tragic event. i was flooded, this emotional term. i went away. i was there and she was trying to talk about what it was like for her because she was there and i couldn't hear it. i was absolutely -- i was flooded. every emotion that i could have, shame, guilt, horror, fear, desperation. >> larry: why do you do that? why put yourself through that. >> that's a great question. >> larry: that's why i asked it. >> you want to know the truth. >> larry: yeah. >> besides the fact that i'm willing and open to be a work in progress and share that, i get literal mail from people who say a m

. >> find out why oprah starts crying during the sit-down interview with barbara walters. ♪ >>> oprahey says she is not a lesbian. that was just one of th many things with barbara walters in a new special that airs monday night. barbara walters shares some on "good morning america" today. her emotions called gail king the sister everydy would want and the friend everybody deserves. >> i don't know a better person. i don't know a bette person. >> why is it making you cry? >> shoot! it's making me cry because i'm thinking about how much i probably have never told her that. tissue, please. now i need tissue. >> and you can watch the barbara walters special, oprah, the next chapter in its entirety on abc 7 tomorrow night at 9:00. >> a new stu suggests that cellphone explioner in the child's early years may affect their behaviors. the study in community health listed 28,000 danish children. it found those exposed to cellphones before and just after birth even for short periods of time were 50% more likely to have emotial or behavioral problems by the age of seven. ucl researchers say they

but today, oprah.s leaving her program after 25 years because in january, just a couple of weeks away, she starts her new network. she doesn't leave until the spring. but the new chapter begins next week. so, we sat down with her. and as i said, i've never seen her quite as revealing throughout the interview. we asked her, what i thought was sort of simple question, about her relationship with her best friend, gayle king. and this was her answer. very personal. a lot of women have close friends. very few, as close as yours. describe that friendship to me. >> ooh, okay. she is the mother i never had. she is the sister everybody would want. she is the friend that everybody deserves. i don't know a better pe i don't know a better person. >> why is it making you cry? >> shoot. i wasn't going to cry here. it's making me cry because i'm thinking about how much i probably have never told her that. tissue, please. now, i need tissue. i never told her that. >> so when these dumb rumors come up, that you are gay

oprah says she's devoted about 10% of her time to o.w.n. right now, as she focuses on the final season of her syndicated talk show. >> oprah may do it again. don't doubt the queen. >>> when we come back this morning, words that some say should be banned in the coming years. >>> and the overall win streak versus the home court win streak. something had to give between uconn and stanford. something had to give between uconn and stanford. stick around. wwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww nothing starts your day like honey roasted, honey bunches of oats. the perfect balance of crunchy flakes and clusters, with a kiss of golden honey. delicious. and the same calories per serving as special k original. so, try honey roasted, honey bunches of oats! heck try 'em all. >>> now, for a look at the morning road conditions. treacherous from the rockies to the upper midwest, with heavy, blowing snow on parts of i-25, 70, 80 and 94. wet from the great lakes to the gulf coast, on i-10, 20 and 40. still slippery in arizona and new mexico. and slick on

barbara conducted a very personal interview with oprah winfrey. released excerpts of the interview yesterday. a lot was made of the fact that oprah cried and the fact she denied she was a lesbian. [ laughter ] she did. she denied. i was surprised to see barbara kind of really pressed her on it. >> i'm not lesbian. i'm not even kind of lesbian. >> recently there was a picture taken of you and a girl on a backseat of a car. >> oh, okay. >> what were you doing? >> tissue, please. i now need a tissue. >> jimmy: oh, my goodness. that was -- barbara really -- barbara also asked oprah about barack obama. obviously oprah was a big supporter of the president. even from before he launched his campaign. and opinion polls be damned, she is still very fond of him. >> how much difference do you think you made? >> i don't know how much i think i made but from the first moments i spent with barack obama, i felt like he was going to be -- the love, the lover, the man, the partner, the mate. >> i'm shocked. >> you're shocked? >> yeah, because i didn't know that it

this is my favorite part of the hour with oprah.discovery network, which is the umbrella under the new oprah network will operate. >> 15 years later, those came closer to reality when she was approached by the president of the discovery network. >> jimmy: he looks like he just came home from work and found his wife having sex with another man. oh, the puppy bowl sign. what is that noise? it sounds like -- linda? linda! in hour two of the two-part special series, barbara sat down with sarah palin. on sunday, kate gosselin and her abundant brood, they're going to head north to make a guest appearance on sarah palin's show. this is going to be great. the palins and the gosselins go camping together. and i think they get lost in the wilderness and they're forced to eat one of the gosselin children. it should be -- the pro mopes for this children tlc crossover event are online. i think i might tune in. >> sunday. >> go camping with kate and her eight kids. >> yay. >> i have never camped for real. >> our ruggedness is a mystery to people

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to be compared to oprah.always put myself in a situation, how would oprah do it? >> reporter: what would you say to her if she were here right now? >> i'd thank her for giving me the strength. >> reporter: but with that oprah-like celebrity came a wrath of conservative. >> there are some that call in and threaten to kill me. >> reporter: so you have around-the-clock security? >> yes, i have my own gun. >> reporter: do you carry a gun? >> yes, a licensed gun. i've been trained to use it. i have my cell phone and a gun at all times. >> reporter: is it working? >> it they allow me to teach families what i want them to know, then i think it's worth it, yeah. i have some regular families that come to me that say, please, please don't stop what you're doing. you've helped families. my husband has stopped beating our kids because of your show. >> reporter: so you're making a difference? >> yes, i think so. >> reporter: there is no doubt about that. when we come back in the next half hour, we're going to have more af

>>> it is good to be oprah, in the land down under. her production team and 300 lucky fans are on an australian adventure. by surprising her audience what she called the trip of a lifetime. some 12,000 free tickets were handed out the taping of two of her shows. australia is paying the $5 million for the trip. exposure to the country and is a smart investment. >> okay. that is johnson making a dramatic entrance. and something happened. he hit the brakes too late. ouch! he hit his face but wasn't seriously hurt. the stunt was so much fun until the very end. >> sexiest man alive. >> show you what is going on this morning. we're looking at lower clouds starting to move across the bay. some of those could drop a sprinkle for you. heaviest of the wet weather is still a couple hours away. here is a look at san jose this morning. let's start off with live 7 hd, if you are heading to the east on or to the north, scattered rains and mountain snows. so far it looks like things are okay up in the sierras. the snow elevation has been high, but onc