will you say good night, oprah? >> yeah! >> will you do good night oprah tonight? >> you got it!u agree to do it. i know we hounded you but you have been hounded before. you said it was really important, really? >> i want people to see in the middle of america, access to gay culture is drag queens and leather queens and gay pride parades and what they see flashing on the tv. it's gotten better with "modern family" and other gay characters on tv. great for gay people to see that. >> as for our own modern family, we explained to oprah exactly how it came together. >> the surrogate was not the donor? >> correct. she was more like the oven. >> she was the oven? >> two embryos, two eggs, two embeios. one of mine. one of his. >> we lucked out, boy. >> that is super healthy and happy. >> really? >> huh, so cute. jason, does that make you want to have a couple kids? >> nervous the whole show because i want to make an announcement. i'm going to be needing a ride home after the show. can you help me out? >> [laughter]

and oprah says, quote, her answer leveled me. >>> and man on a wire. with all the world watching, nik wallenda walks a wire as wide as 3 pennies, 20 stories up, across niagara falls and into history. >>> good morning, everybody. we got a little bit of news around here. one bianna golodryga celebrating her birthday yesterday. so, we want to wish you a happy birthday this morning. >> well, thank you. i didn't know you were going to do that. embarrassing me on tv. >> well, you're 23. >> 23. 22, dan. 22. >>> can we talk about nik wallenda last night? >> crazy. unbelievable. >> 33-year-old walks across niagara falls, making history. 1,500 feet. that's four football fields. he did it while he was interviewed by television. >> to me, that was the wildest part. >> incredible. >> and it sounded like he was taking a walk in the park. >> that's right. he's already on to the grand canyon. the next feat for him, coming up. that was incredible television last night. >> bill weir was right there and will have a full report for us. >>> also this morning, the young wom

is going digital with an online program called oprah's book club 2.0.nd many in the book world are eager to discover if she still has clout with the reading public now that her network audience is smaller than the syndicated talk show. >> get ready for a spectacle that will not be visible another 105 years. it's called transit of venus that, is when venus pass as cross the face of the sun. happening tomorrow afternoon. >> this shows what you can expect to see and you cannot look directly at the sun. astronomers say a small dot is the silhouette of seenus. >> it was this event that allowed scientists to determine the distance to the sun. and today... this event sk made relevant by some researchers using it to refine their techniques. >> and this deck will be open tomorrow and the next one will not occur until 2127. i think i'm going to miss that one. >> we'll be right back. c >>> coming up a dramatic change in the way we elect people to congress. the new system some voters don't like. >> also, there she is. miss america. looking to help a group of kids s

while oprah the dog was lmto, laughing my tail off, oprah the celebrity wasn't.oprah. >> he spent much of the interview not looking at oprah. >> you have a dog named oprah. i consider that a compliment. whether you meant it to be one or not. >> i love you. you know, they say dog is man's best friend. >> reporter: lots of celebs name their dogs after other celebs and usually mean it as an honor. jennifer garner has a lab named after martha stewart. >> this is one martha stewart, this is the other. >> reporter: jennifer is a fan of martha. she also used to have a dog named charlie rose. back when kathie lee and regis used to cohost, he was asking her to name her babies after him, so she counter offered. >> if i adopt a puppy from the pound and name it regis, will you get off my back. he goes would you do that for me? >> reporter: he would and she did. in 2009, movie called "i love you man" featured this pug beagle mix. >> he is cute. what's his name? >> and war saddat. because they look alike. >> reporter: the daughter of the egyptian president disagreed, filed a l

>> on oprah winfrey ice couch always seemed over the top. sure enough, five years after that famous lover's leap, it all came crashing down. >> this was a huge hollywood shocker. the biggest news of the summer. >> sources close to the actor it came as a complete surprise to him that holmes had filed for gors. as of today, he hadn't hired a lawyer yet. just two weeks ago, he was gushing to people magazine about his blissful home life. >> he and katie had a wonderful life together with suri match they played scrabble, had dinners at home. she was a wonderful woman. they don't like to spend time apart. >> the last time the couple appeared in public together was oscar night t shells to come. >> there's no question in my mind that that sole custody request is a bomb shell. >> at least you would have to convince a judge that joint custody would be somehow harmful to the child. tabloids are already speculating scientology may have something to do with it. holmes was raised a catholic and converted to scientology before she married cruise. >> kind o

dog oprah. >> you named your dog oprah.t a compliment. >> you have a tattoo? >> named gayle. >> oprah's best friend. >> oprah and 50 cent had a feud going. she campaigned against the use of the n word in rap and said some rap was degrading to women. 50 took it personally and fired back. he didn't just name his dog oprah, he started a twitter account for oprah the dog sending out twit picks and foul-mouthed tweets. oprah the dog was lmto, laughing my tail off, oprah the celebrity wasn't. years later on her own network asked 50 to himself. >> i heard you had a bitch named oprah. >> i should consider that an compliment, whether you nent to be or not. >> i love you. dog's is man's best friend? >> yeah. >> reporter: actually, lots of celebs name their dogs after other celebs and usually mean it as an honor. actress jennifer garner has lab named after martha stewart. >> this is one martha stewart, and this is the other martha stewart. >> who's better behaved? >> reporter: generjennifer is a. back when kathie lee and regis co-host

when oprah offered to do an oprah winfrey show to launch mrs.esity campaign, michelle held a meeting and said i don't want some fat, rich woman being the emblem of my campaign. >> mike: wow. >> you know what, oprah? i want to tell you, sweetheart. you endorsed the wrong person four years ago, should have been me. [applaus [applause] >> i had to throw that in there, ed. and there is another very interesting high level people obama administration that abruptly left. rahm emanuel and bill daley, two men chief of staff. it's rare that people in that position sort of kind of one day up and leave. >> they ran into the buzz saw named valerie jarrett, who is mrs. obama's closest friend and political advisor. the president's friend and political advisor, the only person in the white house who goes upstairs every night and dines with the first family, goes on vacation with them, leaves the oval office last, has the president's ear, enormous power and she is the gate keeper of the white house. and she has run into conflict with both of the chiefs of staff,

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[ bleep ] that you're friends with oprah now.why don't you put a dollar sign on your head go sell yourself at the corner kiosk of hollywood and highland while you're at it. sellout. because, let me tell you something -- >> jimmy: hold on a second. just for memory sake, didn't you go on a date with levi johnston or something like that? >> how dare you question my relationship of a sexual nature with levi johnston? how dare you. i almost spanked myself for a minute. >> jimmy: why are you scared of oprah? >> i feel that she and ryan seacrest are trying to kill me. yes and i feel that not if but when i show up slain in my hollywood hills home, you should go to oprah's house first and then ryan seacrest. >> jimmy: i will do that. >> you probably have the keys. >> if you put it out there, then you're protected. because if oprah is the prime suspect in your murder -- >> i'm just telling america, that if anything happens to me, a wayward bottle or gunshot, go to oprah's house, or ask gayle. she'll have all the secrets. >> jimmy: what abo

and oprah apparently takes on kim. your favorite. >> my favorite media person and my favorite whatever kim does. >> she looks good. >> she looks great. and apparently oprah hit her hard about the marriage and what was the real deal behind it. should be interesting. >> i want to see that, actually. >> yeah. check it out. see what k.k.'s talking about. >>> also, it's monday, of course. insomniac theater. we'll take a look at the hit broadway show-turned-movie now. "rock of ages." it has plenty of star power, but did it hit a high note with all the moviegoers out there? i've heard very mixed reviews. and i don't know if i want to see that. and you know i love going to the movies. i'm not sure about that. wool see what amanda thinks. >> usually you're a fan of bad movies. i'm surprised you don't want to see that. >>> but first up, new details in the death of rodney king. a neighbor said she heard someone "really crying," like really deep emotions and then a few minutes after that a splash. >> results of an autopsy are expe

>> on oprah winfrey ice couch always seemed over the top. sure enough, five years after that famous lover's leap, it all came crashing down. >> this was a huge hollywood shocker. the biggest news of the summer. >> sources close to the actor it came as a complete surprise to him that holmes had filed for gors. as of today, he hadn't hired a lawyer yet. just two weeks ago, he was gushing to people magazine about his blissful home life. >> he and katie had a wonderful life together with suri match they played scrabble, had dinners at home. she was a wonderful woman. they don't like to spend time apart. >> the last time the couple appeared in public together was oscar night t vanity fair party. >> earlier this month when he was promoting his new movie and receiving an award from the friar's club, holmes was notably absent. extra asked cruise about his father's day plans. he plaid it cool. >> we're going to hang out. we'll be in iceland and have family and hang out. >> sure enough, paparazzi caught up with them holding hands. everything presumabl

of the kardashians, yay, oprah, thank. >>> listen, we love her foot.paula deen isn't -- she isn't all the woman she used to be. >> no, she's not. she's lost 30 pounds in six months. she came out with the diagnosis of diabetes type 2. a lot of her fans were really, really mad, because she was diagnosed three years ago, but didn't come out to the public with it until six months ago, so you're still cooking with shall sugar and butter and fat? but now she's losing weight, so i think the public is understanding she was still eating bad, too. >>> i've had this song in my head all today. a california musician is suing jessie jay and universal music group over the song "domino." will loomis says it's too much like the one he did in '08. let's compare. first bright red cords. ♪ ♪ i put the needle in the groove ♪ ♪ to a song that fits the mood ♪ i watch the record spin around ♪ ♪ into a wall of sound >> catchy tune there. >> yeah, now let's listen to jessie jay's version of "domino." ♪ i'm feeling sexy and free ♪ like glitter is raining on me ♪ ♪ you like the s

. >> remi, you were talking about oprah crashing weddings. i have been searching and i have seen nothing about this. was this in your dreams? when was oprah crashing weddings? >> i don't know how you didn't find it on the internet. a couple years ago she was stoping into regular people's weddings unannounced, and it was in the news. >> okay. >> she pre end ited it was for them, but -- she pretended it was for them, but she was eating all of the cake. >> i have no memory of that. >> i'm assuming none of you men have watched the oprah show on a regular basis. >> you are assuming incorrectly. >> my wife watches it. >> did you call her instead of googling? did you call her and ask her? >> i will do that. story two, b. this is phac mating. recommend -- fascinating. remi you said, they weren't just using words, they were violent. were they violent? was there imagery there? >> actually it is threats and it is a form of violence. you can have violence without a form of contact. >> and they actually touched her. >> and that language, that is a very da

so i went to one of the smartest people i know to ask for advise, oprah winfrey. she said if you're nervous, tell people you're nervous. i am a little nervous, but i'm also very excited. i'm a friend and such porter of bill clinton. it's my honor to introduce my next guest, the 42nd president of the united states, william jefferson clinton. >> the things i do for you. >> you're so comfortable, mr. president of people. how do you do that? >> you look them in the eye and forget about what else is going on. >> an area that i am comfortable with is talking about movies and i know you're a great movie fan. over the years we have watched a lot of movies together. what is your favorite movie, mr. president? >> well, the first movie i ever saw more than once was "high noon" and i was still living in hope arkansas, i was 6 years old and you could go to the movie for a dime. and i would get 20 cents and i think you could get a coke and a candy bar. the only other movie that i can watch over and over and over again and not get tired of is "casablanca". >> i have the stanley

. >> meantime coming up straight ahead this morning, we'll hear more of oprah winfrey's interview with michael jackson's daughter paris. the 14-year-old opened up about what life was like with her father and how she's dealing with cyber bullying at school. >> summer is upon us. beautiful weather. probably concerned about that summer vacation you want to take. if you can't afford it, we have ideas that might help you save money. tell you the secret of finding the best hotel deals. >> so much planning goes into mother's day. a lot of people don't even know this weekend is father's day. >> i do. >> well, on behalf of dads everywhere, we want to give you a friendly reminder, we've got great gift ideas, whether your dad is a griller or golfer, we've got some great ideas, some great toms shoes. >> two great dad with us. >>> taking a look at summer style, whether a party or business meeting, some hot fashions that will keep you cool and comfortable at prices that won't empty your wallet. >> meantime, let's get inside and get a check of this morning's top stories. for that we have natalie mora

big news about oprah. launched it about a year and a half ago in january 2011. ratings have not been strong. the thing has been hemorrhaging money here. according to the "national enquirer," she is being forced out kind of in a way. there was recently a meeting and discovery communications, which co-owns the network with her, basically stripped her of her power. she'll keep the title of ceo, but it's really just in name only. she's no longer, according to this report, no longer in a position to actually make any executive decisions or hire staff without consulting with discovery executives first here. they say she has taken an emotional and ego hit off of this and is just not really running the show anymore. doing everything they can to try to salvage -- >> what is going on with that video? >> -- to try to salvage the network here. so what a potential blow to her empire there. really shaky ground. again, "national enquirer" reporting so do that, you know -- that's the only caveat there, but clearly the sig

the show goes on for lady gaga, tom cruise a rock star, and paris jackson opens up to oprah. >> billy bush has access hollywood. hey, i like that haircut. you look great. >> good afternoon. yes. a little shorter. lady gaga, we're looking at a picture right now, she's recovering after a mishap. >> i'm still thinking about -- >> okay. go. >> i'm still thinking about how drunk dina cortesi is. when you're out in the street high-fives cars, that's a big bus. >> but jim says she's had some experience with this kind of behavior before. let's move on to lady gaga. >> you mentioned snooki. weeble wobble, they all fall down. we love her. lady gaga, how about this? she's been taking it from all sides. madonna was in rehears always not too long ago, made a little barb at the fact that she believes gaga ripped off her song "express yourself" so she handles them on that front and she's also taken shots physically and literally. she's on stage in new s.e.a.l.ant. one of hurl back updancers bonks her on the head. she is a little weeble wobble, she makes it off stage, fixes the noggin and says, hey,

is oprah winfrey about to lose her own network? national enquirer seems to believe so. communications the company that partnered with the tv host is going to appoint someone else to run own. executives realize she was quote too inexperienced. >>> it is 39 minutes after the top of the hour. summer is here and that means a lot of outdoor fun. would you know how to react if a child were drowning? you might think you would know how to react but our next guest's answers might surprise you. >> our question of the day. do you think punishing a graduate over excess i cheering by his or her family is right or ridiculous. we will read your e-mails next. first what you missed on leno last night. >> i have a fantastic announcement. forget the lions according to nasa the world will not come to an end for another 4 billion years. or about the same time your 401 k comes back. in kandahar they 3w4r50e6 believe 22 other people were injured. ousted president hosi mubarak is on a ventilator after collapseing in prison. he started serving the life sentence a few days ago in connection with

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her shocking answer sunday night, on "oprah's next chapter" on own. >> trying to give away oprah's handr monster fabulous woman out there. meryl streep is in the news. she says she is ready to dye her hair white, put on the sunglasses and reprise her role of miranda preissly on "the devil wears prada." and if it does make it to the big screen, meryl said in an interview, she will absolutely do it, under one condition. she has to have the time to drop weight to get back into the sample sizes again. spoken like a true fashionista. >> i loved her in that movie. i'm excited for it again. >> dismissed. dismissed. cameron will chime in down there. >>> remember pudsey? you and i spent time with pudsey, the amazing dog. the pooch crowned champion on "britain's got talent" in london. he seemed a little preoccupied, didn't he? now, it's been discovered that pudsey has been hard at work writing a biography. he made a book deal. the book will offer an inside look at pudsey's private life and how he got the moves. he could be a best-selling author, with the help of a ghost writer who has opposable t

. >>> oprah's surprise. who winfrey just honored. >> i was going to say i take my spanx off to you, but no, i don't. >>> the 756-pound man who begged for dr. phil's help. how he went from this to this. >> i lost 120 pounds. >>> and snooki being pressured to drink while being pregnant. >> i'm going to be the person that has a drink of wine and it comes out with three legs. >>> now "the weekend insider" is on. >> snooki, you never know what she's going to say. lindsay lohan, nicole kidman, michael douglas, why some of hollywood's biggest stars are playing some of the largest icons. >>> michelle obama and her support for robin roberts. >> to our viewers, you are our family and we want things to be heard from us. >> it's a result, she says, from her battle with breast cancer five years ago. >> fighting tears and vowing to beat a rare blood disease. >> i received so many letters and e-mails from families who are looking for a donor. >> robin, wearing a band on her left arm. >> i started what's called pretreatment

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. >> if you want to know where oprah's not on television anymore, it's because she supported obama. oprah decided that she would let her racial association take precedence over her television and broadcasting knowledge. it was at that point that oprah's audience began to ask themselves, maybe suspect, you know, maybe race matters to her more than all this other stuff that she talks about. >> joy, rush limbaugh actually supported the white candidate for president last time around, and i don't remember people saying that that was a racial decision that rush limbaugh was making. >> yeah, and i think this was also the guy rush limbaugh, who did a skit on his radio show called "barack the magic negro." i think we tend not to go to rush limbaugh for wisdom when it comes to racial matters in this country. again, rush limbaugh's job is to speak to lower middle class white america and say, that guy thinks he's better than you. anyone like him thinks he's better than you. those people are taking your stuff. those people tend to turn into racial and ethnic groups that rush limbaugh maybe doesn

. >>> michael jackson daughter, what she said to oprah. which is friskies plus more.of the things alice desires. with all the nutrition alice requires. it's a world of shiny furs. of sparkly eyes and happy purrs. it's a world unlike any alice has ever seen before. the world of new friskies plus. which is friskies plus more. >>> good morning. it's 7:26 right now. >>> breaking news on the roads in fairfax county this morning. >> right now all of the southbound lanes are blocked due to a serious crash. this was earlier shot by chopper. fairfax county parkway, all the southbound lanes are blocked. someone get medevaced off of the roadway, but for now this is what the scene definitely looked like earlier today. i'll give you a work around. take lee highway and make a left on string fellow road and another left onto braddock road. aaron, back to you. >> thank you. >>> a look at >>> goopd morning. increasing clouds today, and here's a seven-day outlook. we could see showers and thunderstorms and highs in the mid-80s. lower humidity and cooler wednesday into the weekend. aaro

>> reporter: beginning with that lover's leap on oprah winrfey's couch. with that, a new hollywood name was born -- tomkat. a paparazzi sensation that lasted barely five years. katie holmes filed for divorce yesterday asking for sole custody of 6- year-old suri. sources close to cruise tell abc news this all came as a "complete surprise" to him. he hasn't even hired a divorce lawyer yet. >> when you file for sole custody, there's something majorly wrong. but in the tabloids, rumors of a split have been swirling for weeks. the last time the couple was seen together was oscar night at the vanity fair party. when tom cruise was honored earlier this month at the friar's club, katie holmes was noticeably absent. for cruise, this marriage was "mission: impossible 3." his previous marriages to mimi rogers and nicole kidman also ended in divorce. his courtship with holmes was studiously choreographed. the paparazzi dutifully documented every kiss. their scientology wedding at a grand italian villa was a celebrity fairy tale. >> the princess marries the prince in

she sat down with oprah last night. like since her father's passing and said she's been a -- a product of bullying. even girls at her new school, says it doesn't work. here's an excerpt. >> if you're out someplace and you hear a song or a song comes out of nowhere and you weren't prepared for it, does that -- >> i just start to dance. >> you do? >> you start to dance? >> but it doesn't throw you into a sad place? >> no, unless it's a really sad song like "you are not alone." makes me cry. >> how do you feel you are doing without him? how do you feel inside yourself that you are doing? >> i think i'm doing all right. i mean, me and my brothers, we miss him with all our hearts, but -- >> she has grown into a beautiful young lady. >> beautiful. she's making -- she's not following in her daddy's footsteps. she's going to become an actress. she's starring in "london bridge." and "the three keys," two movies. >> to lose a parent that young has to be awful. then to do it with the world watching you has to be even more bizarre.

. >>> michael jackson daughter, what she said to oprah. which is friskies plus more.of the things alice desires. with all the nutrition alice requires. it's a world of shiny furs. of sparkly eyes and happy purrs. it's a world unlike any alice has ever seen before. the world of new friskies plus. which is friskies plus more. >> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am lisa robinson. in less than two months, baltimore city police commissioner fred bealefeld will step down. during his tenure, there's been a decline in city gun violence. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake has assembled an advisory panel to aid in the search for his replacement. the panel will recommend a finalists to the mayor for consideration. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> in the past few minutes, getting word of an accident in the city. otherwise, eastbound eye-to 70, this delay is disappearing, but once you get past the accident on the shoulder, we have some delays from 40 towards 29. 29 miles per hour on the west side outer loop. you may cap the brakes on the ou