i don't exonerate sarah palin and everything in the "the persecution of sarah palin." on the fiery of the department of the head of safety, where there was one political report, which try to blame her for not taking that to stopper has been from contacting ahead of public safety, by the judicial council exonerated her. >> host: from political, the mccain camp, they write to senator mccain camp back to sarah palin calling the former vice presidential aide self-serving fiction at the majesty of steve schmidt. excerpts he told political saturdays that her charges were made up. it's all fiction he said and then you go to u.s.a. today and other publications and they said mccain calls palin's buck a good account. he did acknowledge tension, but a lot of back-and-forth and contradiction. but he said it is a great book. so, what to believe. ask out exactly. it returns us to the mccain campaign, which was a pretty ramshackle organization throughout the entire time john mccain was running for president. and schmidt has now emerged as one of palin's biggest critics and she has ha

of sarah palin "? guest: as i watched the press coverage unfold i was amazed at the myths and exaggerations' that were being told about her by some of our most established news media. people said that she was a supporter of pat buchanan. she was not. people said that she was a supporter of the alaska independence party. she was not a member. rumors about the maternity of her youngest child were circulated. all of these rumors and lies, i decided that we should catalog them to show that not only were all of these myths propagated, but also to try to explore the question of why. i think that why is the more interesting question. sarah palin has this unerring ability to summon up the worst feelings in her opponents. it is really quite amazing. host: what is that quality? why is that quality bear? why does it have the effect that it has? guest: personally i think that she represents most of the things that the left in this country want to change about america. they do not like her forthright christianity.

>> to meet sarah palin and get my book signed. >> what do you like about sarah palin? >> i like her because i believe that she is just real. she seems like one of us and raising her children and doing everything she does, running for vice president and hopefully she will continue. >> so, if she were to run for president in 2012 why would you support that? >> i support it because i believe that she is a woman who knows what she's doing, and i just support her and i like her. [cheering] [cheering] >> my goodness, thank you for being here. we are going to have a blast. [cheering] i appreciate your balk does and courage especially those of you carrying the book under your arm [inaudible] [cheering] really it is good to be here on the tour and i appreciate those of you that want to read my words unfiltered. it's refreshing for me to call it like i see it and not worry about what anyone is going to say just get out there and speak truth and i know that is how you guys are winder, too otherwise you wouldn't be here. thank you. we will get to work and sign these books. i want

sarah palin, reality star? tonight, brand-new bombshells from sarah palin. the absolutely unbelievable offers she's getting. will sarah do a reality show? >>> brooke shields' startling suicidal thoughts. just in today, brooke's brand-new revelations that she thought about killing herself after giving birth. >>> and carrie for congress? the congressman who says carrie prejean could have what it takes to become a big-time politician. really? >>> plus, more stories breaking from the "showbiz news ticker,". tv's most provocative entertainment news show continues right now! >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." it is 30 minutes past the hour. i'm a.j. hammer, broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> and i'm brooke anderson, coming to you tonight from hollywood. tonight, sarah's brand-new bombshells. if you thought you heard everything sarah palin had to say on oprah, think again. and it made for big news breaking today. in her new interview with barbara walters seen today, sarah opens up about hosting her own talk show and she revealed today t

they happened to be together. >> sarah palin. >> sarah palin and trade. they were together. i told them that we decided to put the book together. they were so excited and so happy that given the pailin at the time got me got on the phonh me. kind of joking. what is in it for me. we with the to have u.s. done in alaska. we were really happy. this is something that we could have exclusive with the governor. a few weeks before we went the political buttons said that was a guy t was not going to happen. she wouldn't write us back. >> that is the part of the story. when we went to alaska we spoke with family and friends. but we spoke with people that she had once been friends with. a political enemy. they did not like that. there is one story in the boat. we were in juneau. a very small place. 30,000 people. right on the main road. it is not back behind the gate. we were walking down and we saw piper palin. she made me this halloween card that i still have on my fridge. we did notice of row. i said, hi, how is cool. we kept walking. an hour later we did this boy spelled from the

is levi becoming a bigger star than palin? also tonight, talk of a palin/levi turkey truce.owbiz tonight" right there in hollywood as levi was pressed for answers on whether or not he'll take up palin's invitation on oprah to come to thanksgiving dinner with the palin. and in more big news breaking today, levi says he's been invited to appear on "dancing with the stars." and i've just got to say, are you freaking kidding me? joining me tonight in new york, rachel zalis, a contributing editor"life & style weekl weekly." also tonight in hollywood, hyla. let's kick things off by showing you two images, they are straight out of hollywood and i mean that literally. take a look at this, charles, when i see this photo, please, we're going to do a little split screen for you. on the left side, levi johnston, all spiffed up and living it up for the camera last night. he was at the "gq" men of the year red carpet in hollywood. "showbiz tonight" was right there with him. on the right we have sarah palin, standing in front of thousands of her adoring fans as she embarked on her nationwi

may be able to see sarah palin on your own, you are out of luck. all of the slots for the book signing have been given out and, in fact, the store remains officially closed to the public until 3:00, when the book signing is over. back to you. >> phyllis, thank you. appreciate you. so nice to meet you. thank you so much for being here. appreciate you so much. make it to you. >> >> right there. >> the lady in the green. >> thank you so much for being here. >> do you have two? oh, okay. all right, good, thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. i want you to be comfortable, guys, and everybody, you will get through and we'll get you through quebec quickly with a good time. >> why did you come here. >> she's like a rock star to me, believes everything i believe and a great girl, and conservative, you know, i just love everything about her. great mom. >> thank you for being here. what is your name, god bless you, too. i appreciate the encouragement. >> it was so nice to meet her. >> did she talk to you at all. >> yes, a little bit. i had a few words to tell her

how did palin do today? could we be seeing a sarah palin show?oining me tonight in chicago, roland martin, the host of washington watch with row lan martin on the tv one network and a longtime supporter of president obama. in new york, kim serafin, the senior editor at "in touch weekly," who often defends slaip. all rig all right, roland, by and large, i think sarah palin did a pretty good job on the oprah show, how'd she do? >> as these things go, obviously, this was not the same interview when katie couric gave when palin couldn't answer anything with any kind of sense whatsoever. but, clearly, i think how folks are -- look, if you love sarah palin before the interview, you still love her, and if you thought when she talked it was like scraping nails across a chalkboard, you probably feel the exact same way. >> what do you think, kim? >> i think to a certain extent, that is true. people who like her will continue to like her, people who don't like her will continue not to like her. but i think she came across very likable in this interview, cam

so i told her -- >> sarah palin. >> sarah palin and chris. and they were together, and i told them that we had decided to put the book together. this was actually even before we got a book deal, and they were so excited and so happy that governor palin at the time got on the phone with me, and she kind of joked and said, what's in it for me? and chris came back on the phone and said, come to alaska. we were really happy. i mean, this is something that, you know, we could have an exclusive with the governor for the book, and then a few weeks before we went to alaska, her political spokesperson said that that wasn't going to happen. but we still went there, we were able to speak to her family and friends, and we were happy about that. but, i mean, she wouldn't write us back now i wouldn't think. >> [inaudible] snoop around alaska? >> yeah, that's another part of the story. so when we went to alaska, we spoke with family, with friends, but we also spoke with people that she'd once been friends with that they felt she'd thrown under the bus which

do, could we see a sarah palin show. the host of washington watch and tv one network and long time supporter of president obama, kimmer is pin is an editor of "in touch weekly" who often defends sarah palin. sarah palin did a decent job, what do you think? >> yeah. real simple. it's her and oprah. oprah asked a question and she gets to repeat what she wrote in the book. as these things go, obviously this was not the same interview that katie couric gave when palin couldn't answer anything with any sense whatsoever. clearly how folks are looking, if you love sarah palin before the interview. you still love her. if you thought it was nails on a chalkboard, you probably feel the same way. >> what do you think, kim? >> probably to a certain extent, that is true. people who like her will like her more and people who don't may continue to not like her although i think she came across likeable. # blap >> she was very open about her family and relationship with todd and her daughter's pregnancy. that is one thing that people rel

is levi a bigger star than palin? talk of a palin-levi turkey truce? levi was pressed for answers on whether or not he will take palin's invitation to come to thanksgiving dinner with the palins. levi said he has been invited to appear on "dancing with the stars." i've got to say, are you freaking kidding me? rachel is a contributing editor for live and style weekly and also in hollywood, hyla, an entertainment journalist for $5 prep.com. two images are straight out of hollywood and i mean that literally. we will do a split screen for you. on the left side, levi johnston spiffed up and living it up for the cameras. these are the gq men of the year and show biz was right there with him. on the right we have sarah palin standing in front of thens of adoring fans as she embarked on her book tour. off to you, hyla. is levi a bigger celebrity than palin? >> we are getting excited with him in play girl and the bubble of hollywood. he's a big talk of the town. we talk about famous nationally, internationally, this guy doesn't come close. when i travelled to e

how about sarah palin.should it be michael lohan, lindsay's dad, for his disgusting release of secret tapes about her? tonight, "showbiz tonight" names the most provocative celebrity of the week. >>> and chris brown getting a standing ovation from a room full of women? are you kidding me?! >>> time now for the "showbiz news ticker," more stories from the "showbiz tonight" newsroom making news right now. >>> tonight, "showbiz tonight" names the most provocative celebrity of the week. will it be carrie prejean for her solo sex tape and the fallout if fr her disastrous "larry king live" interview, or sarah palin for her explosive tell-all book, "going rogue," or michael lohan for his week-long leaking of tapes involving his train wreck daughter, lindsay lohan? >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." i'm brooke anderson in hollywood with a.j. hammer in new york. we will be naming "showbiz tonight's" most provocative celebrity of the week in just a moment. but first, the explosive reaction today to my exclusive i

palin. >> you have other events of this size? >> just in my time as a bookseller and cincinnati location, we have posted caroline kennedy which had about 3,000, stephanie by year from the "twilight" fame eclipse and people coming in and a number of very large events. johnny bench. it spans the gamut. >> how do these big events help a bookstore? >> the biggest thing is the challenge of letting people know that we do you vince is tricky. seems like we do a big event people that live in the city or neighborhood say i knew you were a bookstore but you had authors. but we have 25 authors her month. so awareness is probably the biggest benefit but also just having people experience the event here to understand how we do it with the line letters and letting them know what it takes to get from their door to our door back to our door hopefully at once or twice per year they will come in and read a lot more. >> i am here from the cincinnati. >> what time did you get here? >> about 7:30 a.m. [laughter] >> you have been here over three hours

more quotes, more topics, more sarah palin. sarah palin answered questions about her political future and correspondent richard lui is here now with more on her talk with oprah because the book's out, right? >>> oprah asked palin if she was thinking of running for president in 2012. the big question out there right now. and here is what palin said about leaving the governor's office and her political plans of the future. >> she's not retreating, she's reloading. >> reloading? >> yes. she's able to get out and fight for what is right. >> does that mean you're reloading for 2012? >> i'm concentrating on 2010 and making sure that we have issues tackled as americans to make sure that we're on the right road. >> would you tell me? >> no, i wouldn't. >> more on 2012. she went on to say that she was look i looking forward to her son starting kindergarten that year but she did not know, robin, what she would be doing beyond that. >> if she decides to run for president, would she have a real shot at it according to the polls right now.

. >>> sarah palin's new book is out. she's everywhere, first oprah, now barbara walters, next a nationwide tour. do you have a different opinion of sarah palin through all this? hln's own joy behar has an opinion. we're sure of that. she'll be talking with me this hour and taking your calls. want to hear from you. you know the number, 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail me at cnn.com/primenews or send me a text. it's your chance to be heard. >>> welcome once again, this is "prime news." i i'm mike galanos. so many new developments in the death of 5-year-old shania davis. her body was found along a highway in north carolina, the unthinkable allegations against her own mom, antoinette davis charged with offering up her daughter for sex. now police have released her 911 call from that day that little shaniya went missing. listen to mom here crying, pleading for her little girl. >> i woke up this morning and my daughter was not in the house. i don't know if she walked out -- i don't know what's going on, but she's not here. >> how old is

nicole wallace, who you see here, says palin is lying. robin, in a million years. >> something is just not matching up there. all right, thank you. >>> military police arrested a single mom with a baby son for refusing to deploy to afghanistan. specialist alexis hutchinson said that her mom was supposed to take care of the baby but was too busy caring for sick family members. an army spokesperson said hutchinson would not have been deployed if the army knew about this so they're investigating. so far she's not been charged. >>> a new kia motors plant that created thousands of jobs in georgia has opened its doors. the first car rolled off the assembly line yesterday. well, local officials say the plant could pump 6.5 billion into the area's economy and mean 20,000 more jobs in the state. >> the impact has been staggering. the small business development that is associated with these manufacturing jobs is really gaining momentum here. >> the area where the korean automaker is located actually had an up employment rate of more than 18% in oct

and the same with sarah palin. she was talking about abstinence and she has a daughter with a big belly. they always play the victim card. >> if you have an opinion and you voice it you open yourself up to being judged for it. she is forgetting that she cannot say anything she wants. and she nusled a crucifix in her cleavage. >> she wants to keep jesus warm. >> the funniest thing is like she was having a fight. he was perfectly calm the whole thing. calm down. you are being inappropriate which made him seem more and more in control. >> she was on the view with me and she was very tense. she turned on me. she turned on me. and in this show we had a moment where somebody made a joke. she wants an apology from me because i laughed. i support the comedian. i laugh at jokes. we stick together. >> so they watch the show. >> you remember dead man walking? >> sounds like my ex-husband. >> prejean keeps saying she is being palinized. >> there is a double standard that conservative women are fair game to be attacked. >> does

it made me think about sarah palin. now i go online and read, they're pals, prejean and palin are pals. it's all about being inappropriate. >> whitney, don't pailinize her. donald trump happened to be watching the show last night. and today on "showbiz tonight," in an exclusive interview, he did not hold back one bit on what he thinks of little miss ex-california. this is a woman who bashed donald trump in her new book. brooke anderson, come back in here, because you got that exclusive today. >> that's right, a.j. i asked trump what he thought of carrie prejean's outrageous temper tantrum. watch this. >> i actually was watching -- i'm a big fan of larry king and i was watching this. and i was very surprised to see it, because she was talking about how inappropriate he was. inappropriate is more of a sexual term, as far as i'm concerned. i mean, inappropriate, he asked a very, very easy question and i was surprised that she just didn't say, hey, listen, i can't answer that question. instead, she wants to walk off the sta

>> oh, absolutely to meet sarah palin, get my book signed. >> what do you like about sarah palin? >> you know, i like her because i believe that she is -- she's just real. she seems like one of us. and you know, raising her children and also doing everything that she does in a running for vice-president and hopefully she'll continue. >> so if she were to run for president in 2012, why would you support that? >> i support it because i, you know, i believe that she -- she's a woman who, you know, knows what she's doing. and i just support her. and i like her. [cheers] >> thank you so much for being here. oh, we're going to have a blast. thank you. >> thank you for yourness and your courage. even for being here. those of you carrying that book under your arm, you're going rogue with me. [cheers and applause] >> really it is good to be here on this book tour. and i appreciate those of you who want to read my words unfiltered. important for me to call it like i see it and not worry get out there and speak truth. i know that's how you guys are wired, too, otherwise you probably wouldn't

the sarah palin levi john son smack down. levi's unbelievable sarah slam caught on tape. >> what does she think about you posing nude? >> who knows. i ain't thinking about her. >> just in today, "showbiz tonight" with the first look at levi's naked "playgirl" photo shoot and who do you think is winning the sarah-levi war of words. the startling results from a "showbiz tonight" poll. >>> the michael jackson suicide shocker. a development as a major figure who caused big trouble for jackson kills himself. what really happened? >> the brand-new explosive carrie prejean porn war. tonight carrie's threat over her solo sex tape. will she stop it from getting out? tv's most provocative entertainment news show starts right now. >> i'm a.j. hammer from new york city. >> this is brooke anderson from hollywood and we have remarkable developments in the sarah palin-levi johnston smack down. >> sarah palin would have never imagined this when she went up to the republican national convention with her pregnant teenage daughter. this will be

sarah palin would draw twice the crowd as obama.re were jealousies on the campaign developing and the mainstream media was anxious to hear any bitter sniping from the campaign about sarah palin. so now we get to hear her side. >> larry: if she outdrew obama, who won? >> well, she was the vice presidential candidate. they rarely carry presidential campaigns, larry. i think you can check with anyone on that. >> larry: all right, guys, we'll have you back. ann coulter and al sharpton, at it again. we'll make this a regular scene here. we thank them both very much. >> thank you. >> larry: oprah's best friend gayle king is here and oprah show regular, suze orman, too. they'll both be with us after this. rchase. what you do with it is up to you. what will you get back with your cash back? it pays to discover. but i didn't know that it may have led to my erectile dysfunction. that's why my doctor told me about levitra. (announcer) certain medical conditions, including high blood pressure and high cholesterol, can decrease blood flow, which

is palin acting like a politician?she has gone hard on him in the media and he won an award and that warmed her up to levi a little bit. that is a porn industry award. hopefully that won't be awkward, but this is smart pr. don't lower yourself to his standards. you are the future presidential candidate for the republican party and you can't go toe to toe about a guy in play girl magazine. she got smart on oprah. >> off that point, you and i said all along as far as sarah and levi are concerned she would be better served to really not even respond to him or to even talk about him or say anything. she is talking about him, but at least she is saying something nice. think she is dealing with it the right way? >> yes. this is a huge contrast to the past when she talked about him. i think it will work in her favor. she was classy when she so easily could have been trashy. let levi do the trashing. i hope her responses were sincere. who wants a family feud? nobody. >> if she wants a future and particularly if she wants to ru

sarah palin would draw twice the crowd as obama.d the mainstream media was anxious to hear any bitter sniping from the campaign about sarah palin pop now we get to hear her side. >> larry: if she outdrew obama, who won? >> well, she was the vice presidential candidate. they rarely carry presidential campaigns, larry. i think you can check with anyone on that. >> larry: all right, guys, we'll have you back. ann coulter and al sharpton, at it again. we'll make this a regular scene here. we thank them both very much. >> thank you. >> larry: oprah's best friend gayle king is here and oprah show regular, suze orman, too. they'll both be with us after this. while i was building my friendships, my family, while i was building my life, my high cholesterol was contributing to plaque buildup in my arteries. that's why my doctor prescribed crestor. she said plaque buildup in arteries is a real reason to lower cholesterol. and that along with diet, crestor does more than lower bad cholesterol, it raises good. crestor is also proven to slow the

sarah palin big interview with oprah. promoting her new book "going rogue" unleashing on the john mccain campaign. said she was told to stay on script, given no cards to prepare for debates for what she calls nonanswers. did you watch the interview? does this interview change your opinion of sarah palin? we'll take your calls later, 1-877-tell-hln. we'll tail your calls on this story as well. how do we get to the point where someone changes line and looking at 15 years in prison? three years ago heather ellis was at a walmart in missouri. her cousin's line was moving faster. another customer shoved her and she was harassed by police. some customers say heather ellis was belligerent. police say she was given every opportunity to comply. she goes on trial. she is facing serious charges, two felony counts of assaulting an officer, disturbing the peace, punishment, possibly 15 years. this started with someone changing lines. we'll take your calls, 1-877-tell-hln is the number. joining me to talk about it, heather ellis' fathe

we're going to come back with more sarah palin. i want to talk about more of the oprah winfrey interview. it was terrific. stay right there. >>> she's a joke. i mean, i just can't take her seriously. we have serious problems in the country. the idea that this potential talk show host is considered seriously for the republican nomination, believe me, it will never happen. republican primary voters are just not going to elect her. >> what does he mean by that? a talk show host. >> they elected an out of work actor years ago. >> george bush not the greatest -- that's conservative columnist david brooks' less than flattering take on sarah palin on "abc this week." we're back talking about palin's one-hour interview with oprah winfrey. before i go further, kinky, you said before this whole palin thing reflects more on us than it does on her. what do you exactly mean by that? >> i don't agree with her on virtually everything except one point and that is she's right about the katie couric thing. new yorkers tend to -- they've got their --

i don't know how many of you have been there but to can see what impact the state had on sarah palin's philosophy, her demeanor, her upbringing. so, the one thing before i start getting into the alaska stuff is that we try to bring out in the book that she is a three-dimensional person and so much of the coverage of sarah palin as one-sided. she's easily caricatured, but what we want to do is get to the bottom of her character which is much more complex than either

and what does sarah palin think? this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. >>> now the "showbiz news ticker." more stories from the "showbiz tonight" newsroom making news right now. >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." i'm a.j. hammer in new york with brooke anderson in hollywood. and tonight, the ryan seacrest/robert pattinson smackdown. why did the "twilight" star walk out on ryan during an interview? at the big hollywood premiere of "new moon," robert pattinson was having a nice little interview when robert's publicist bared her fangs and shut the interview down. you have got to hear what ryan said to cause this major ruckus. and brand-new details about how nicolas cage lost his fortune, talking tens of millions of dollars. i can hardly believe all of what nick bought. joining us tonight in hollywood, hyla, an entertainment journalist for fivedollarprep.com. and in new york, megan alexander, a correspondent for "inside edition." so "showbiz tonight" was right there on the "twilight" red carpet where ryan seacrest had se

sarah palin's brand-new bombshells today. if you thought you heard it all on oprah, wait until you hear what she told barbara walters. >>> and brooke shields' brand-new shocking suicide confession.

will sarah palin's vindicti vindictiveness backfire? >>> and there's been posing and posturing this week. is sarah palin's "newsweek" cover too sexist? is levi johnston's play girl shoot not sexy enough? >>> finally sex addicts, dr. drew pinsky explains why too much pleasure often leads to pain. all that starting right now. >>> "going rogue" sarah palin's new book, is officially out today and it's selling faster than moose burgers in wazilla. is the former vice presidential candidate really going rogue or just going after the mccain campaign? joining me now to discuss is hilary rosen, cnn political contributor and ann coulter, my pal, conservative commentator and author of "guilty: liberal victims and their assault on america" now out in paperback. i say that because the title is vin tidictive and nasty and i l it. how are you girls? >> all right. >> 70% of americans are saying sarah palin is not qualified to be president. my question is who are the 30% that think she is besides you, ann? >> yes, well there's me. >> there's you. >> i gu

the only person who can derail sarah palin is sarah palin herself.et's go to call ma zoo, michigan. good morning. caller: i was calling in regards to the basic tone of this debate about the health care reform bill. it seems that from the caller that i've heard and the people that i've talked to is debate is framed around opinion and a lot of people are really losing the facts on both sides. i just think to have a serious debate, the public should be informed of the facts, not the opinions of the people reporting the facts. and one more point is that, you know, a lot of people say i don't want government between me and my doctor. well, right now, insurance companies are dictating what services you're qualified to receive based on your insurance policy. host: thank you. we'll get a response. margaret carlson? guest: well, i agree. i'm not sure which is better in between you, but i would prefer the government bureaucrat than what i've seen of insurance companies, which have motive to discriminate, motive to deny. my first job out of high school when dur

watch this. >> you say you have been palinized referencing sarah palin. what do you mean by that? >> you know of the attacks sarah palin has been under. >> don't you think -- >> do you think sarah palin has been attacked? >> i think sarah palin has been criticized as have many. >> there is a double standard out there. there is an extreme double standard that conservative women are under attack. why is there this double standard? >> carlos, what do you think. is carrie prejean being palinized? would that be a bad thing? >> sure if sarah palin made sex tapes. no, you're being prejeanized if you will. you're talking about family values and you made a sex tape. you're talking about family values and there are topless photos of you out there. as i said before you can't have it both ways, you can't talk about family values, then do things that most families find despicable. >> i want to bring in brooke anderson. i want to get your take. we sat there and watched prejean on show after show explain herself and the sex tape. do you think she did a good job and to the point we should let her

. >> you say in the book you have been palinized, referencing sarah palin. what do you mean by that? >> you know the attacks she has been under attacked, don't you? >> i think she is certainly been criticized, as have many politicians. >> and there is a double standard out there. an extreme double standard that women are under attack. >> what do you think, is prejean being palinized? >> well, you are talking about family values and you made a sex tape. there are topless photos of you out there. as i said, you can't have it both ways. you cannot talk about family values and then do things that most families find despicable. >> i want to bring in brooke anderson, and we watched prejean explain herself and the sex tape. do you think she did a good job to the point where we should let her off the hook at this point? >> no, we should not the, a.j. i applaud her for owning up to the tape and being honest about what she says is the biggest mistake of her life. but she is in no way to be a family values spokesperson. how many families would want their daughters emla

or will it be levi johnston for his naked ambition and new slams on sarah palin?ho else is in the running? tonight, "showbiz tonight" names the most provocative celebrity of the week. >>> tonight, big breaking oprah news. why a big star's wife is calling oprah a domestic abuse hypocrite. plus, patrick swayze's widow goes on oprah's show today and reveals her heartbreaking ordeal for the very first time. tv's first provocative entertainment news show starts right now. >>> hi, there, everyone. i'm brooke anderson, coming to you tonight from hollywood. and tonight, jon gosselin's very freaky friday. and yes, you can definitely file this one under, "you can't make this stuff up." how else do i describe the news today that jon gosselin could have been doing a brand-new reality show with the octomom. i mean, what were they going to call it, "jon plus kate's 8 plus octomom's 14 equals 22"? but, wait, there's more. just as we're trying to absorb the jon/octomom news, "showbiz tonight" reportat suleman. her turn-ons are having babies and that's pretty much it. her turn-off

hollywood at war over sarah palin.hy hollywood is drawing a line in the sand over whether to support sarah. plus, is levi johnston actually a bigger celebrity than sarah? the great debate after johnny depp was named "people's" sexiest man alive. the shocking results of our "showbiz tonight" poll. "showbiz tonight" starts at 11:00 a.m. here on hln. robin, back over to you. >>> anyone who has ever been to one knows city council meetings are a little bit dull. here is a way to liven things up. just what was this chicken doing? >>> you may have to share some of the cost cans of the war on afghanistan if some house democrats get their way. yesterday they proposed the sacrifice act. it would raise income taxes to pay for the war and take some of the pressure off of the government to keep borrowing money. an aide says there would be different rate levels depending on how much they make. a big hike in tuition is not going over well in california. police arrested dozens of students at the university of california davis after th

palin by the way will appear on oprah monday.the day before palin's memoir going rogue hits stores. >>> a mother of five kids reportedly was having some money problems. the fbi says she came up with one desperate solution. >>> the centers for disease control and prevention has sickened 22 million americans since april and killed 540 children and there is still not enough vaccine available to everyone who wants it. last night, cnn's campbell brown took on the assistant attorney general about the delay in getting the shots to the people who need it most. >> the president did declare this a national emergency, so shouldn't the buck stop with you? shouldn't you guys have come up with a better distribution plan? >> i think that stauts and cities are in the best position to reach their populations and i think everyone is working very hard each day to try to do better. we hate the fact that some people are looking for vaccine and can't find it. people are waiting in lines. a good thing is people who haven't been able to get vaccinated w

palin-ize her, okay?trump was watching last night. today donald trump on a "showbiz tonight" exclusive interview, dhe not hold back one bit on what he thinks of shall i call her little miss ex-california. that is woman that bashed donald trump in her new book saying he humiliated the women. brooke anderson, you got that exclusive today. >> that's right, a.j. i asked trump what he thought about outrageous temper tantrum. watch this. >> i'm big fan of larry king and watching this, and i was very surprised to see it because she was talking about how inappropriate he was. inappropriate is more of a sexual term. as far as i'm concerned. inappropriate, he asked a very, very easy question. and i was surprised that she just didn't say, hey, listen, i can't answer that question. it's very surprising. it was really very strange to watch it. too bad. i felt badly for her, actually. >> he felt badly for her. i was a little bit surprised he said that. carlos, i thought that he would be a lot harsher, didn't you? >> ye

craig is not commenting. >>> we have a new clip for you from sarah palin's interview with oprah. it's coming up next week. now palin talked about everything from the presidential campaign to her relationship with her almost son-in-law, levi johnston. she also got surprisingly candid about that interview that she had with katie couric during the 2008 race. remember a lot of people thought it really put her in a bad light. here's what she said. >> let's talk about the interview with katie couric. >> must we? okay. >> you talked about in the book, so i assume everything in the book is fair game. you do say that it wasn't your best interview. do you think that was a defining moment for you, that interview? >> i do not. in fact, that is why segment two, three, four and maybe five were scheduled. the campaign said, right on, good, you're showing your independence. this is what america needs to see and it was a good interview. and of course i'm saying, if you thought that was a good interview, i don't know what a bad interview was because i knew it wasn't a good interview. >> the entire

>> no. >> sarah palin in running shorts. took a picture of "running world" magazine and "newsweek" cherry-picked that photo and put it on the cover of the magazine and blast sarah palin in the magazine as well. we will talk about that with joy behar. call in, 1-877-tell-hln's the number. e-mail, cnn.com/primenews and hlntv. >>> i heard an interesting question, canshsarah palin, can make a comeback? i thought interesting question. i wonder how it will be addressed. thank you, mike. >>> we want to get news and views you that we're just getting in here, pictures here for you of a crane crash. this is a couple of residential streets in santa rosa here are going to be closed for most of the day while crews remove this large crane. it fell into a home and split it in half during an attempt to remove a large tree from the yard. look at that. trying to remove a tree, your house gets pummeled. the weight of the tree apparently was more than the crane could handle. the crane toppled backward and crashed into that home. boy, what a mes

. >>> christmas is coming and sarah palin is back. oprah sat down with sarah palin. oprah released clips, listen to oprah ask her about the infamous katie couric interview. >> did you think that was a single defining moment for you. >> i did not and neither did the campaign. and that is why segment two and three and four and five were scheduled, the campaign was saying right on, this is what america needs to see, it was a good interview. i was thinking if you thought that was a good interview, i don't know what a bad interview was because i knew it wasn't a good editor. >> sarah bernard and brian balatazar. did you see the katie couric interview she did? >> yes, i did. >> katie did what she was supposed to do and i don't say that just because i work at cbs. she did follow a lot, it was like journalism 101, it's sad that that's seen as somehow extraordinary. she did a great job, but it's par for the course. >> why was it seen as extraordinary. >> she wouldn't answer what kind of newspapers do you read. and it's okay if it's "highlights jshsz for children. it was a que

i know that you are a big fan of sarah palin. let's watch this. >> there are a lot of politicians that would be lat o latinos and a lot now who are latino. sarah palin, latina. she's got all the science. she works and her husband don't. >> owhat other signs are there that palin is latino? >> she has a child and a grandchild the same age and the tell-tale sign is she needs to get her roots done. >> you think so? >> absolutely. >> do you live -- let me ask you, do you live in her real ameri america, do you think? >> i can't see mexico from my porch, so i don't think so. >> i mean, are you -- i think you're part of the liberal elite in some way, are you not? >> you know, it's funny, because i think i have become, but i wasn't intending that at the beginning. i mean, it's funny that when you talk about political subjects and people that at some point they think you're more intelligent than you actually are. >> uh-huh. i think there's a conservative elite. they're the ones making the big money. i don't know what she's talking about wh

palin-ize her, okay?trump was watching last night. today donald trump on a "showbiz tonight" exclusive interview, he did not hold back one bit on what he thinks of shall i call her little miss ex-california. that is woman that bashed donald trump in her new book saying he humiliated the women. brooke anderson, you got that exclusive today. >> that's right, a.j. i asked trump what he thought about outrageous temper tantrum. watch this. >> i'm big fan of larry king and watching this, and i was very surprised to see it because she was talking about how inappropriate he was. inappropriate is more of a sexual term. as far as i'm concerned. inappropriate, he asked a very, very easy question. and i was surprised that she just didn't say, hey, listen, i can't answer that question. it's very surprising. it was really very strange to watch it. too bad. i felt badly for her, actually. >> he felt badly for her. i was a little bit surprised he said that. carlos, i thought that he would be a lot harsher, didn't you? >>

. >>> if you were sarah palin would you almost son-in-law be coming to thanksgiving dinner. here's a sneak peek of her interview. >> will he be invited to thanksgiving dinner? >> you know, that's a great question. it's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing. because, of course -- he is a part of the family. you want to bring him in fold. he needs that, too. he needs to know that he is loved. he has the most beautiful child. this can all work out for good. it really can. we don't have to keep going down this road of controversy and drama. we're not into the drama. we're more productive. we have other things to concentrate on including -- >> does that mean yes or no? >> palin was anything but upbeat when talking about her interview with katie couric during the 2008 presidential race. that's new in about 30 minutes. >>> you wouldn't be inviting levi for the conversation. >> better chance of the turkey talking to you. have you finally gotten off the kids' table yet? it took me a few years. when i first started throwing it at my own house, no, no, you're si

reconcile with the palins? >> yeah.on't see myself over there for christmas or whatnot, so i don't know. >> oh, my god. >> do we really want this to end? andy, it's such a great thing. >> i never want it to end. first of all, i'm so happy he's posing nude. actually, i've been doing a little dance of joy in my office all day long. can't wait for the picture. like the tasteful wang on the antler shot. whatever they're going to go for. i don't know, but it's going to be tasteful. >> do you know he's going to drop his levis and showing us his johnston. did you know that? >> i know that. i think whatever floats your boat or whatever floats his stuff. it's fine with me. i don't care what he does. i just don't want him bashing his family all the time. >> levi and sarah palin have become the republican version of jon and kate. they're like this fraught couple that doesn't get along. we haven't heard from bristol in months. todd, i -- >> she's laying low, bristol. she's smart to do that. >> todd, we've never heard from. >> what'

you see it today was sarah palin. attacked by elites, the more popular she is with people. there was the famous debate in 1980, one between president carter and gov. reagan which happened one week before the election. to this they the most watched presidential debate in history. host: we have one of the most famous moments from that debate. >and we will get to it in just a minute. it is october 1980 with jimmy carter. my apologies that it was not ready to go. let's keep talking about your book. you spoke to carter before this book. guest: it was fascinating. i was surprised to greed it to an interview. i sent him a letter and expected a perfunctory no. within a matter of days and got a call from his office asking if i would like to meet the president. i said i would love to. i thought about arrangements to fly to georgia. and they said no, 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning by phone. i e-mailed a series of questions to his secretary. at my office the next morning, very early -- impressed me that he got up that early -- we wen

>> i think, face it, though, again she has something to sell like sarah palin. we would not be talking about her, i think what she did actually was kind of brilliant in a way. if you flip it around and realize she's got -- >> carrie and prejean and brilliant in the same sentence -- >> if she just sat there and did her regular interview with larry king we would not be talking about her right now. >> so terrible for miss north carolina who actually won miss usa. everyone forgets she won -- >> nobody cares about her, only interested in carrie no. it's true. >> seems she went to the canye west school of training. customarily when you say you will walk off you actually do. i think the one thing she did right if you do a sex tape do it in your 20s because gravity a and -- is not kind. >> tmz spoke to the ex-boyfriend who she made the tape for. listen what he said? >> there was numerous, i'd say, probably about 15, 20 videos that she sent. >> and they were all explicit videos? >> yes, very much. >> how old was she, how old was she some. >> um, she was 19 when i was out

sarah palin and john mccain had been ahead. we were looking pretty seriously at a future of a mccain/palin ticket winning. and then, lehman brothers collapse. there is a two-week period, august 30 when lehman brothers collapsed in september, and after the lehman brothers collapse, barack obama found his voice and he started talking about how this financial crisis was not the result of just one or two bad apples but a result of ideology of the regulation. -- of deregulation that had gripped the united states for eight years, and that is where he was not telling the truth. it was not just the bush years. democrats and talking about what gives me a little bit of a different perspective is because i do not live in the u.s.. i am much less partisan. i am not driven by a desire for democrats to win elections. that is not what drives my riding. -- my riding. -- during that election campaign, we knew damn well that the key pieces of legislation that created the economic crisis had been created during the clinton years. -- that is not w

>> everyone wants to talk about sarah palin. she is a new polarizing force. people doubt she has viability as a 2012 candidate but ask about that a lot. what does that mean? has she filled a void in republican leadership? she is able to carry a lot of weight on issues like death paddles and the health-care debate and a tremendous amount of money. she also endorses candidates to her benefit. it leads to a surge in support. she wields a tremendous amount of power. she is not appealing to moderates or independents. in terms of her political future is hard to say. she has a lot of challenges. michele obama is stretching the boundaries of being a first lady. she is a modern woman, very adept at being a mother as well as being a first lady, champion causees and she will improve in the role of women overall in terms of her professional nature. she was a working mom before she came to the white house. a different experience. i look forward to seeing where she takes it. >> is very woman out there right now who you see as the next politician presidential nominee? >> as

army is changing its tune about sarah palin's with upcoming visit to ft. bragg.port hes won't be allowed to do during her visit. >>> time for us to salute our troops. sarah winsoni wants to salute her fiance. she says that he's in iraq, he'll return in july of next year. listen, she says he joined the army right after high school and loves what he does and that he is all she have ever wanted in her life. so sweet. if you have somebody in the service and you want to salute them, go to cnn.com/robin. >>> what a way for the astronauts to wake up today. alarms went off on the shuttle "atlantis" and the space station overnight. the alarms to warn them of fires or loss of pressure. nasa says it was a false alarm thankfully. no danger to the crew. yesterday the astronauts finished the first of three space walks. nasa says a close inspection of the shuttle revealed no launch damage. >>> there is another new set of testing guidelines for women. this time for cervical cancer. now, the american college of on sta trigss and gynecologists says that most women in their 20s onl

and despite all the bad blood, palin says he's still welcome in her family.this. >> so one final question about levi, will he be invited to thanksgiving dinner? >> you know, that's a great question. it's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing. of course you want -- he is a part of the family. you want to bring him into the fold and under your wing. he needs that too, oprah. he needs to know he is loved and he has the most beautiful child. this can all work out for good. it really k we don't have to keep going down the road of controversy and drama all the time. we're not really into the drama. we're more productive. we have more things to focus. >> does that mean she's coming or not. >> oprah, what does that mean. the interview airs, you're wondering levi was scheduled to pose for play girl sometime today. >>> i'm moving on to today's news. police arrested a suspect in the kidnapping of five-year-old girl. police took clarence coe into custody last night. he's been charged with first degree kidnapping. has he a record dating back eight