they they had just hired phil donahue and they took phil who was their highest rated show and they threw him off the air to i don't think it mattered whether you're a liberal or democrat at that time you had to support the iraq war or you were not getting on the air phil donahue and i can attest to that what do you make of twenty four hour cable news cable of c.n.n. and fox and amazon b c. it's great entertainment i don't call it much the news i look to russian t.v. and algis are a much more for my news than i do any of those those are great shows if you want to see a political agenda and if you want to host it well you know push that agenda that's all there more entertainment than they are actual walter cronkite wouldn't be working at any of them larry how about interacting with the fans would you like ordinary citizens you want regular people to be in touch with you absolutely we're going to do segments every show of ask jesse where i will get they will tell me what the quick and guess what larry it's not going to be like a presidential debate they're not going to give me the questions

i go back to phil donahue days my ex-wife for good reason. phil donahue sent a camera crew down into mississippi poor sections trailer parks that whole bit this is about the same ronald reagan was talking about. welfare queens and the like in the early eighty's early eighty's who goes into real poor area and what not not even sidewalks there is a slightly overweight white woman sitting in kind of a house stress on the porch of this trailer and they ask her how she feels about welfare programs and she starts waxing about how african-americans are are so lazy and that they'll have children to increase their welfare benefits and all of these kind of things and this is the biggest problem society has well here's what she didn't see your did and what she didn't talk about is that she was a single mother with five children and no job and solely dependent on those same welfare benefits that she was going after white women black women that she didn't even know in essence somehow the race creates a real problem in really assessing what's going on it c

. >> you appeared on the phil donahue show. what was your reaction to the suggestive nature of that program? were you comfortable? were you uncomfortable? were you ready for it? >> it took me a minute or two to realize where i was, and then of course i had to act according to the program, the way it was done, and it took me several minutes, and i managed to be on the stage there, it had to be done. i don't see any reason that a if somebody looks at you but you have to give up. it is important. >> do you have programs like that in israel? >> not of this kind. there are some other programs, of course, and i do interviews a lot, so i might be aggressive, but we don't -- i never participated in a program of this kind. but also i did it. >> maybe it was a couple of days before that, you were scared to days -- scheduled to go on the larry king show, i happens to be watching that night. >> because of that, i did not, because it was a night with a particular discussion -- >> george stalling, a catholic, did it irritate you to come on t

. >> you appeared on the phil donahue show.what was your reaction to the suggestive nature of that program. with a comfortable, were you ready for it? it took me a minute or two to realize where i work, and then of course i had to act according the program, the way it was done, and it took me several be ons, and i managed to the stage there, it had to be done. i don't see any reason that a summary looks at you that you have to give up -- if somebody looks at you but you have to give up. it is important. >> do you have programs like that in israel? kind. of this there are some other programs, of course, and i do interviews a lot, so i might be aggressive, but we don't -- i never participated in a program of this kind. but also -- i did it. daysybe it was a couple of before that, you were scared to go on the larry king show, i happens to be watching that night. , i diduse of that not, because it was a night with a particular discussion with -- >> george stalling, cap the appraisals opted it irritate you george onto the show -- st

. >> you appeared on the phil donahue show. what was your reaction to the suggestive nature of that program? were you comfortable? were you uncomfortable? were you ready for it? >> it took me a minute or two to realize where i was, and then of course i had to act according to the program, the way it was done, and it took me several minutes, and i managed to be on the stage there, it had to be done. i don't see any reason that a if somebody looks at you but you have to give up. it is important. >> do you have programs like that in israel? >> not of this kind. there are some other programs, of course, and i do interviews a lot, so i might be aggressive, but we don't -- i never participated in a program of this kind. but also i did it. >> maybe it was a couple of days before that, you were scared to days -- scheduled to go on the larry king show, i happens to be watching that night. >> because of that, i did not, because it was a night with a particular discussion -- >> george stalling, a catholic, did it irritate you to come on t

phil donahue is president of the catholic league, good to see you.tals, colleges and charities and so on, in the president's view, have to offer contraception, or basically sign a permission group for a group affiliated with them to offer contraception. and at the same time, the president of the united states is going to sit down with pope francis, is that awkward? >> well, it is. too bad the pope doesn't have one of the little sisters of the poor in the room with him and ask him to look him in the eye and say i don't think you're a catholic organization, because of these elderly nuns and men of other religions, they have been disqualified as a religious organization. it is perverse. it is not just them, as well. i hope they have a nice meeting. all we ever asked for was the status quo, we don't want special rights. we just want to be left alone. i have never seen an organization busier trying to violate the rights of catholics, beginning with the first rights. >> there are 68 million catholics in the united states, do you think this is an attempt by

. >> and she just started watching phil donahue. not phil donahue. dr. phil.his wife is on every show with him. >> well, yeah, dr. phil's wife robin, sits in the front row in leather pants and supports him by holding his hand as they exit the show. which i think you should do with me. >> yeah? >> yeah as part of your prep. now, i do want to bring up and i hope the booth is ready for this i do watch you on "60 minutes," you're very good. when you interviewed mall come gladwell in your amazing journalistic work why during this interview did you not unlike cher have seven costume changes? i believe we have photos of you interviewing a highly intellectual malcolm gladwell. there you are looking kind of normal anderson. then you're surprisingly in a blazer. then now you're being pensive but like a different shirt. having -- okay. now you're in like, you look like morris day. you're all shimmery. now, i love when you walk down the street and try to look normal. that's my favorite. i'm surprised you're not on your bicycle. why did you do -- you're like diana ross the

. >> she just started watching phil donahue. not phil donahue, dr. phil. think he should do with me as part of your prep. no. i do want to bring up, i hope the booth is ready for this. do i watch you on "60 minutes." you're very good. >> thank you. >> when you interviewed author malcolm gladwell in all your amazing investigative journalistic work, why during this interview did you not unlike cher have seven costume changes? i believe we have some photos of you interviewing a highly intellectual malcolm gladwell. >> best-selling author. >> there you are looking kind of normal anderson. then you're surprisingly in a blazer. then now you're being pensive having a different shirt. now you look morris day in the times. you're like shimmery. i love when you walk down the street and try to look normal. i'm surprised you're not on your bicycle. why did you do -- you were like diana ross there. >> there were a lot of different shoots on different days it's not like i'm doing costume changes. >> i think it was all in one day. >> i'm actually wearing the same shirt b