queen, we only have about 40 seconds. what do you get out of this, queen?just what he said. you know, when you supported -- you give support to other people. i think getting back everything that was given to me. someone supported me, and i hope to support them. i hope people will go to the hersheylegacy.com and become a teacher at the milton hershey school or become a staff member or become house parents. these kids, or actually, they enroll 400 new students every year. they need some more applications. they need people to apply. they want to help more people, so this is just my way of getting the word out so that the people know that there is an amazing thing happening up in hershey, pennsylvania. check it out. >> larry: hersheylegacy.com. >> and it's some good chocolate. hear me? the best chocolate. >> larry: thanks to all of you. we have a sad note tonight. condolences to filmmaker tyler perry. his mother, willie maxine perry died at age 64. she was the inspiration for her son's most popular stage and screen career. the tough-talking, outrageous entertai

queen latifah is with us.ar "the new york times" quoted you saying i don't discuss the topic of being gay but i have a problem discussing my personal life. how do you draw a privacy line in the public eye? how do you do that? >> you just draw it. i just call it. i mean, people can choose to deal with their personal lives however they choose. i can't tell another celebrity how to handle their personal life. some like to live their life out in the open. they want you to come into their kitchen and watch them cook, and they want you to come with them to their kids at the park. i can't see me living my life like that. i feel like what i do with the public is what we share together, and what i do when i'm off the clock is my business. i just want to keep it for myself and my family and my friends. i don't want to share it with the world. >> larry: yu do you think the world has such an interest -- why do people have such an interest in the private lives of public people? >> because we just don't share it. you know,

queen, we only have about 40 seconds. what do you get out of this, queen?i get just what he said. you know, when you give support to other people, i think i'm getting back everything that was given to me. someone supported me and i hope to support them and i hope people will go to the hersh hersheylegacy.com and become a teacher at the milton hershey school or become a staff member or become house parents. these kids -- they enroll 400 new students every year. they need some more applications. they need people to apply. they want to help more people. so this is just my way of getting the word out so the people know there's an amazing thing happening up in hershey, pennsylvania. check it out. >> larry: hersheylegacy.com? >> and some good chocolate. the best chocolate. >> larry: thanks, guys. we've got a sad note tonight. condolences to

year saw a new black robe, the queen's messenger, he made his customary walk to the commons and thedoor was slammed in his face. which means he has to bang on the door. he spoke his usual words. >> the queen has to attend her majesty immediately in the house of peers. >> and the mp's made their way from the commons to the lords, they appear to be talking to each issue. -- each other. the speech was handed to her majesty. >> my lord and dears of the house of commons. my governorance of a rising priority is to deliver a fair and prosperous economy for families and businesses. as the british economy recovers from the economic downturn. through employment and training programs, restructuring the financial structure and strengthening the infrastructure and providing responsible investment. >> opening the debate on the speech, david cameron said there were some good things in the program. and he edged gordon brown to tackle the issues. >> what is the point of this government? what else does he have to do? this is the shortest queen's speech in time, they have run out of ideas and time as

this is the shortest queen's speech since 1997. they've run out of money, run out of time, run out of ideas and we've seen from the prime minister, they've run out of courage as well. >> gordon brown dismissed claims the queen's speech was motivated by politics. >> it will ease anxiety and give new rights to elderly. the first ever legislation to abolish child poverty. the second his foric energy and climate bill. a bill to make parent responseable for anti-social behavior of children, a bill banning cluster bombs, a bill to legislate for the development target, action on bank bonuses, regulation so that agency workers are never again denied the rights over workers have. >> nick cleg said it wouldn't address the problems. >> all the pageantry in the world cannot cover up the fact that this is a fantasy queen speech from a government running out of rope, from a parliament that's lost the trust of the british people. a queen's speech which won't give people the help on housing, on bank lending, on adult joblessness, they so desperate

round the christmas tree ♪ that changes everything >> larry: and the night before christmas as only queend it. it's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. and happy holidays. we've got a great hoir of beautiful music for you tonight.

jorge's called the angel of queens, the superman of roosevelt avenue.is my hero because one day he rolled a window down and asked, are you hungry? >> i'm school bus driver. one day, i see these guys standing in the street. i saw them and say, why these guys doing here? i stop and i ask them. he says, the day laborers spend the whole day on the corner hoping to get a job. says, if we have a job, we got money to eat. if not, we don't eat nothing today. so i say, okay. wait for me tomorrow here and i'm going to bring something to eat. i get up at like 5:15 in the morning. getting on my bus around 6:30. i finish my work around 5:00. be back home around 6:00. and i start my second job. ♪ this is a family operation. justin! la pasta, por favor. the beginning, friend of mine, he donated a lot of bread, and then later i got more donations. the food start to come in big and big. little, little by little, the whole inside of the house is getting smaller, smaller. now i have six refrigerators in my house. today, we're going to cook chicken, rice and beans. we're g

the night before christmas as only queen latifah can read it.holiday celebration on "larry king live." >>> good evening. happy holidays. we have a great hour of beautiful music for you tonight. we will start it off with something special. sting, amazing artist. put him in an amazing setting and you have something to remember. so we kick off tonight with sting. accompanied by the terrific chris on trumpet, the old bass carol, gabriel's message. the setting, the beautiful cathedral church of st. john, the divine in manhattan. ♪ ♪ the angel came from heaven ♪ his wings drifted ♪ his eyes ♪ mary ♪ most highly feared ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ the blessed ♪ generations ♪ emanuel ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ ♪ the gentle mayory bowed her head ♪ ♪ to me it pleases god ♪ she said ♪ may soul shall defy us ♪ most highly favored ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ the angel gabriel from heaven came ♪ ♪ his wings drifted ♪ ♪ glor why ♪ gloria ♪ [ applause ] >> larry: to american classic. you will be hard-pressed to find a better one this one. andrea bocelli's unmatched voice. the famous c

round the christmas tree ♪ that changes everything >> larry: and the night before christmas as only queenit's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. and happy holidays. we've got a great hoir of beautiful music for you tonight. we'll start it off with something special. sting, he's an amazing artist. put him in an amazing setting and you have something to remember. so we kick off tonight with sting. accompanied by the terrific chris botti on trumpet, the old bass carol, "gabriel's message." the setting, the beautiful cathedral church of st. john the divine in manhattan. ♪ ♪ the angel gabriel from heaven came ♪ ♪ his wings as drifted snow ♪ his eyes as flame ♪ all hail said he thou lowly maiden mary ♪ ♪ most highly favored maid gloria ♪ ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ for the blessed above shouts be ♪ ♪ oh generations ♪ ♪ by some shall be emmanuel ♪ foreseers foretold ♪ most highly favored lady ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ ♪ the gentle mary meekly bowed her head ♪ ♪ ♪ to me be as it pleases god she said ♪ ♪ my soul shall laud and magnify his holy name ♪ ♪ most highly favore

after the queen's speech -- >> [unintelligible] >> order. government back benchers do need to simmer down. mr. cameron. >> thank you, mr. speaker. after the queen's speech, i offered the prime minister our support if he brought forward the legislation to implement the kelly report in full. the leader of the house has said that she is prepared to talk about this. can he confirm that the necessary legislation will be brought forward -- and, indeed, will be published before christmas? does he agree with me that we need to end this damaging year for parliament by showing once and for all that we "get it"? >> mr. speaker, on the very issue he raises -- perhaps he should know this -- i understand that a meeting is taking place this afternoon to deal with exactly the issues that we are talking about. i would prefer that we agreed that there be the maximum transparency, and that we will do everything we can to make that happen. we have set up the independent parliamentary standards authority to do this. let them get on with the job of doing it, and

now after the queen speaks, after -- >> order. government, you do need to simmer down. mr. cameron? >> thank you, mr. speaker. after queens beach i offered the prime minister are supporting the brought forth the legislation to intimate that they can't report in full. the leader of the house has said she is prepared to talk about this. can he confirm that the necessary legislation will be brought forward and indeed will be published before christmas? does he agree with me that we need to end this damaging year for parliament by showing once and for all that we get it? >> mr. speaker, i understand that on the very issue he raises and perhaps he should notice that the meeting is taking place this afternoon to do with exactly the issues we're talking about. i would prefer that we agreed it would be the maximum transparency, that we will do everything we can to make that happen. we have set up independent parliamentary standards of authority to do this. let them get on with the job and let us reach a consensus in this house that the maximum transpac is what we are going to achieve. >> mr

. >> now queen elizabeth's annual christmas message. the queen talks about the war in afghanistan, where 106 british soldiers were killed this year. she talks about the commonwealth group recently celebrating its 60th anniversary. ♪ ["god save the queen" plays] ♪ >> each year that passes seems to have a tone character. 2009 was a difficult year for many, in particularly those facing the difficult affects of the economic downturn. i am sure we have all been affected by defense in afghanistan and saddened by the casualties -- by events in afghanistan and saddened by the casualties suffered by our forces serving there. our thoughts go out to the relations and friends who are shown immense dignity in the face of great personal loss. ♪ we can be proud of the positive contributions our service men are making along with our allies. there were 13,000 soldiers in england and across the commonwealth serving in afghanistan. the depth of gratitude owed to these young men and women and their predecessors is indeed profound. is it 60 years since the

ride a book about madam chang kai-shek it was about the loyal said daughter and to granddaughter of queen victoria why would any writer in her right mind jump from europe to asia from transparent western ladies to mysterious chinese? the explanation goes back to my life with my late husband who was working on a screenplay of doris kerns quote could win no ordinary time separate a book about the roosevelt white house. we have had one of the usual dinner conversations about our work. neither of us listening particularly carefully to what the other was saying. [laughter] and allen told me during world war ii when madame chang was staying at the white house although there were phones and call bills in her room, when she wanted something, she would always go to her door, open it and clapper rounds -- clapped her hands loudly and expect servants to appear. this is the way they call them in shanghai but you can imagine how this went over in the old showed democratic rose about white house. why with such a high and the intelligent woman looking for american money to arm her country do anything so

it was about this group of former slaves who sang to the queen of england. so how do we address this cover-up that has kept us in poppers since the emancipation proclamation? i mean, i see a primary as a financial purpose by keeping this history hidden. but i'd like to hear your comments on that. >> toure, you can bring it on your program in the morning. well, one of the issues when we talk about history that's been lost is how do you correct it. the only way you correct it is to keep repeating what the truth is, because we're not going to get the money from it but we do want the recognition. we want people to know that our contributions help to make in this sense, nashville but to help make this country great. so just keep telling the story. i'm glad you brought that up. that was an excellent part of reading the book and sharing with the rest of us. thank you. >> i'm going to agree with that. you know, you're familiar with john henrik clarke. most people haven't a clue that the people in the caribbean, the people in america, the black people, in caribbean,

the queen arrived in the traditional irish state coach. ♪ as all the peers stood, the queen and the dukeook their seats on the thrones. >> my lords, you may be seated. >> this year saw a new black rod, the queen's messenger. he's freddie biggest. he made his cursory walk to the entrance of the commons, and the door was slammed in his face which means he has to bang on the door. black rod spoke his usual words of invitation -- >> the queen commands this oval house to attend her majesty immediately in the house of peers. >> and mps made their way from the commons to the lords. rival politicians always talk to each other on this occasion or at least appear to be talking to each other. the speech was handed to her majesty by the lord chancellor, jack straw. >> my lords and members of the house of commons, my government's overriding priority is to insure sustained growth, to deliver a fair and prosperous economy for families and businesses as the british economy recovers from the global economic downturn. through active employment and training programs, restructuring the financial sector, str

it was about this group of former slaves who sang for the queen of england. so how do we address this cover-up that has kept us impoverished? i see it primarily as a financial purpose by keeping this history hidden, but i'd like to hear your comments on that. >> hey, toure, you could bring it out on your program in the morning. >> yes, absolutely. [laughter] >> but one of the issues when we talk about history that's been lost is how do you correct it? and the only way you correct it is to keep repeating what the truth is because we're not going to get the money from it, but we do want the recognition and want people to know that our contributions helped to make, in this instance nashville, but helped to make this country great. i'm glad you brought that up, that was an excellent part of reading the book and then sharing information with the rest of us. thank you. >> i'm going to agree with that. you know, you're familiar with john henry clark, most people haven't a clue that the people in the caribbean, the people in america, the black people in caribbean and

here is the queen in new york boy who now loves to go down south and quail hunting, that contain, alcontained, and sometimes he will bring back something that's marty ginsburg can cook up for their new year's eve dinner. >> host: so he could sell its and they all have dinner. >> guest: he loves wine, loves food. >> guest: . >> host: tell me about his writing style, we talk about that earlier but i am taking with it. i find it absolutely fascinating. what have you found? >> guest: is rich with illusions, he will quote everything from shakespeare to leonard bernstein and thugs in west side story. he is constantly -- invoking all sorts of wonderful literature, song lyrics. interestingly his father who as i said is a professor of romance languages collected lyrics, italian lyrics, and the justice himself who has been quite musical and will invoke a song in his opinions, there are lively, they are punchy and he often as you said even though you hedged this and use sarcasm, face it, they can be sarcastic especially the dissent's. >> host: i would not say that. >> guest: because you argue b

here is this queens new york the way who now looks to go down south and go quail hunting, but hunting, elk hunting and sometimes he will bring back something marty ginsburg can cook up -- >> host: so he kills it which is just like him and marty cooks it. >> guest: right, they have a great new year's eve and he loves wind, loves food. >> host: tell me about his writing style. we talked about that earlier but all i am taken with it. i find it absolutely fascinating. what have you found? >> guest: it is rich with illusion. he will quote everything from shakespeare to funds and west side story. he's constantly invoking all sorts of wonderful literature, song lyrics. interestingly his father who as i said was a professor of romance language collected lyrics and the justice himself who's always been quite musical and will invoke a song in his opinions wifely, punchy, and as you said he hedged and used sarcasm they could be very sarcastic especially the dissent. >> host: i wouldn't say that three >> guest: i know you wouldn't say that but they are sarcastic. he can't get away with it because

surgeon commissioned my company to produce the first inter-occular lens and on friday received the queen's prize for enterprise in restoring sight? >> in her constituency there are many excellent companies and one of them is reyna and i want to thank all who contributed to the success. the inventions that have come from britain are truly wonderful. we should be very proud of our british scientists and engineers but also very proud of our medical researchers and our medical firms. >> mr. ben wallace. >> thank you, mr. speaker, recently revealed figures showed since 2001 140 inmates were allowed to die of cancer while serving in uk jails. under this government, is it one rule for british inmates and another one for libyan mass murderers? >> mr. speaker, as he knows, the decision on libya was made by the scottish administration. it was their decision to make. it was not our decision to make. >> roger barry. >> mr. speaker, my constituents are extremely concerned about the impact of global warming and wants speedy action to deal with it members opposite in their european allies. will my right

. >>> the fbi had been watching najibullah zazi for month, born in ago, bred in queens new york and plottingattack the subway stations. in his possession, video of this place, grand central terminal. zazi is one of a string of homegrown terror arrests this year. i'm drew griffin with cnn's special investigative unit. >> i'm nick robison. senior international correspondent as america's homeland security chief said days ago, home-based terror is here. if 2001 was osama bin laden's year, 2009 belongs to the terrorist next door. this is a cnn siu special report, "homegrown terror." >> right here in the united states there are groups that applaud osama bin laden. they want to convert americans to wage war on their own country. one of those groups is based in new york, revolution muslim. their teaching in stark contrast to most muslim preachers, but they are not hard to find. these are the brothers of revolution muslim. >> we tell you muslims to rise up. >> they are recruiting just outside new york's 96th street mosque. inside thousands of faithful muslims from every walk of life pray here, practi

then the annual christmas message from queen elizabeth. >> in the mid 1990's, " newsweek's"named omarne of the top people to watch in cyberspace. he founded a charter school in brooklyn. sunday night, he talks about his current study in harvard and what is ahead. now president obama participates in a form on community service with george bush at his presidential library. this marks the 20th anniversary of the points of light service movement. from texas a&m university, this is about half an hour. >> it is a great honor and privilege to have millibarelody barnes. she had been at the center for american progress. she is part of the greatest alumni society ever. one of whom is on the supreme court. we note the will happen to you someday. melete barneody barnes. the u.s. special trade representative. you all know him. he needs and no introduction. and the mayor of dallas. everybody knows him. he is a wonderful friend of mine -- she is a wonderful friend of mine went to work that america online. she is now the ceo of the chase, foundation. thank you for being with us. and then a man who ne

they surrounded the palace and invited the queen to leave.he first example of american regime change. when i went there in 2005 it was than that i realized why in 1905 when the americans on this imperial cruise sale than to honolulu harbor, novated hawiians came to greet them. you can imagine my surprise when i was out there in china. i am walking the streets of china and a stumble upon, i stumble upon the origins of the fortune that supported the life of franklin delano roosevelt. with a name like roosevelt i thought he had inherited roosevelt money but i learned that franklin delano roosevelt's father was a farmer up in the hudson, well off but not wealthy, not wealthy enough to support the lifestyle of franklin delano roosevelt, a town houses in manhattan and yachts and whatever. where did this money come from? i learned in china of that it was the delano fortune that supported franklin delano roosevelt who. the dylan of fortune that was made entirely in china. it turns out that grandpa adela no, warren delano was the american opium king o

i am queen of the ball. it is my manner. i know everything. i know the unspoken words. i know in between the lines point i know the tilt of information, when yes means no pattern in your culture, i do not even know when yes means yes -- means note. in your culture, i don't even know when yes means yes. we need an acknowledgement of human limitations. we do not know how to read one another. even in this country where we have been together, these multiple races, we african- americans were created on this continent. this is the only place in the world we could have been created we are as indigenous as the native americans in some ways. we're still getting to know one another. we're still learning to read one another. i was talking with one of my fbi friends -- yes, i have fbi friends. [laughter] i have been learning the culture. i said to my friend, joe, you cannot even handle your black fbi agents. what are you going to do with muslim americans? and what are you quick to do with somebody from baghdad? you can even handle our minorities. you are still getting the ability t

this year's host is queen latifah. sandra bullock, l.l. cool j and the list goes on for those expected to attend. >>> dancing with the stars champ and friend of 9 9 news now helio gives usagers glimpse of his baby on twitter. he posted thisic churr of himself. and his new daughter and mom. >>> last call to meet the cast of the real world dc tonight. the mtv reality show teamed up with metro mix for the premier of the real world dc. meet them tonight at black fin at 1620 i street northwest. space is limited. to rsvp, go to wusa9.com. >>> nehemiah clark took time to chat it up with our army reporter. his thoughts on the dc version. >> the houses are amazing. i would love to see what they have in dc. anything on the east coast i'm a big fan of. dc should be a good season. >> reporter: thank you for that report. >>> in other reports, we see that football fans and patty were supporting toys for tots at the redskins game this month. she wasn't thrilled with the final score but donating a few toys to the organization made her happy. and we want t

there are people who want to radicalize the population, people who go out on the streets and say the queenuld be kicked out of buckingham palace. it should be turned into a mosque and islamic law run. there's so much, instead of obscuring the real radicals behind this. >> joining us from amsterdam as well as cnn international anchor richard quest. what's the latest in terms of the dutch investigation, how the suspect got on the plane with an explosive device? >> good evening, larry. the interesting thing about the investigation is they are saying that everything actually was well performed and the security checks the suspect went through were entirely normal. he arrived here from the flight originating in nigeria. he transferred over a three-hour period to the northwest flight. he went through a metal detector, x-ray machine or his bags did. as they point out to me here, larry. if he did have s have something on him such as we're hearing in his underwear or similar. that would not have been picked up by the metal detector. and no secretary research was required then. tonight we know that s

queen latifah puts her own spin on it. >> a wonderful christmas story called "the night before christmastwas the night before christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. the stockings were hung by the chimney with hair in hopes that st. nicholas soon would be there. the children were nestled all snug in their beds while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads. sugar plums, nice. and mama in her kerchief and i in my cap had just settled down for a long winter's nap. when out on the lawn there arose such a clatter i sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. away from the window i flew like a flash. tore up the shutters and threw up the sash. the moon on the breast of the new fallen snow gave a luster of midday to the objects below. when what to my wandering eye should appear but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. with a little old driver so lively and quick i knew in a moment it must be st. nick. more rapid than eagles his courses they came. and he whistled and shouted and called them by name. now dasher, now dancer now prancer no

this is the private quarters for the president, the prime minister, the king or the queen that's staying bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms. this is 1988 construction, built to look like the rest of the house. this is fairly new. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we always invite you to add another page of history to the blair house guest book. and we're honored to have you in the house for the third time and in the future. thank you. >> the guest book is really one of the great historical pieces in our collection here at blair house. it has every president that has been here, u.s. president, and also every foreign leader that has stayed here. it's a fantastic, fantastic collection of comments from significant world leaders that have changed the world through their actions. >> in 1942, there were a series of visits. the king of greece, king george of greece, i believe, king peter, young king peter of yugoslav ya, foreign minister molotov of russia stayed here. winston churchill is there, harry truman and his family, their signatures are there for when they stayed for f.d.r.'s funeral in 1945. blair house is really an imp

to act out terror plots, there are people who want to radicalize the population, people who say the queen should be kicked out buckingham palace and there is a radical substrata that diffuses the ideased radicals have, obscuring the real radicals behind it. >> joining us from amsterdam as well as richard quest, cnn international anchor and corresponde correspondent, what's the latist on the dutch investigation as to how the suspect got on the plane with an explosive device? >> reporter: good evening, larry. the interesting thing about the dutch investigation is they are saying that everything actually was well performed and that the security checks that the suspect went through were entirely normal. he arrived here on the flight from lagos, nigeria. nigerian flights tend to be those that authorities take interest in any way because of immigration, fraud and other such issues. he then transferred over a three-hour period to the northwest flight. he went through a metal detector, through the x-ray machine, or his bags did. but as they point out to me, larry, if he did have something on him

applause] >> coming up on c-span, nasa astronauts discuss the legacy of the apollo 11 moon mission queenelizabeth delivers her annual christmas message. we will talk to the director of moonbeam, a documentary about apollo 11 and our interview about u.s. military deployments around the world. on "washington journal" tomorrow, we will talk with a political science professor and have a look at the obama family christmas vacation in hawaii. "washington journal" begins at 7:00 a.m., eastern every day on c-span. >> there is less than one month left to enter the 2010 studentscam contest. $50,000 in prizes for middle and high school students. create a five-eight minute video on one of our country's greatest strengths or talent is. it must incorporate the cspan program and showed varying points of view. enter before midnight, january 23 winning entries will be shown on c-span. go to studentcar reformation. >> commemorating the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, a group of apollo astronauts gathered to share their thoughts about the historic day. they also discussed the legacy of the nasa apoll

antonin scalia is from queens. samuel alito is from trenton, new jersey. we just wonder if we will have a little more mixing it up from the bench with the introduction of justice sotomayor. >> that go around by order of seniority after the chief justice has set up the case. this is what we are are to decide, here is the question. then they start casting votes, starting with the chief justice. if someone is not ready to cast a vote, he or she can wait, but typically it is up to the final justice to have his say, and then once every justice has been able to speak, they might have some give-and-take among the others. that is what they do for every case as it has been argued earlier in the week. also they go through on seniority if there is discussion to be had for a case that might be up there on a petition or appeal, and they decide whether to take the case and schedule it for oral argument. no secretaries or law clerks are allowed in the room, just the nine justices. before they start, they start out with a little coffee and pastries. they all shake hands,

from queens, new york, number 21, ros gold-onwude.-foot junior from california, number 23, jeanette pohlen. the cardinal are assisted by bobbie kelsey and kate paye. and the head coach of the cardinal, tara vanderveer. >> jim: a huge following on the peninsula. stanford university, 7,233, and they're still trying to find some seats. we told you the history goes back to 1989, and tennessee has the upper hand including 13 of the last 14. tennessee also won last year's meeting in knoxville, but that one went overtime, 79-69. overtime seems to be a theme. two years ago here at maples pavilion, these two clubs went overtime again. stanford won that time. 73-69. the series dates back to 1989, the very first meeting, stanford won by 14. afterwards pat summitt after losing addressed the stanford booster club because tara vanderveer asked her to, and that's who pat summitt is. she lives up to her word. standing room only. two undefeated teams. jayne appel, pac-10 player of the year, leads number two, stanford, against kelley cain, glory johnso

my experience with hoover goes back to my first book, the last romantic, a biography of queen marie of romania. this was a long time ago. alan and i were living in southern california. he was directing all the presidents men, and i went up north to see the sun of the romanian prime minister who was working at hoover at the time. at that point in my life, i had written nothing more than book reviews and pieces on bluejeans and shopping bags. so i was amazed of the cordial reception i got. all, mrs. pakula, we are so happy to have you here. we apologize for not giving you the first class tour, but governor reagan is here today. now you know how long ago it was. here, let a show you the diaries. why were they treating me so well? i worked there for about a week or two. got ready to leave. as i was walking out, the powers to be stopped me. mrs. pakula, mrs. pakula, it's been such great pleasure having you here. do you think you could get woodward and bernstein's papers for us? [laughter] >> the list of archives credited in the back of my book on madam as she was called is ridiculously long

reality show about finding the next great american drag queen. >> one book looks a lot like the other. >> i was waiting to see what you were going to do with that. i'll just get out of the way. >> thanks for spending time with me. i'm rick sanchez. see you tomorrow. >> here's larry. >> larry: tonight, a young mother in utah vanishes. last seen and heard from 11 days ago. now foul play might be in the mix. police call her husband a person of interest in her mysterious disappearance. why are they focussing on him? >> they had issues but they were working through the issues. >> larry: susan powell's father is here telling us why he's worried sick. and governor david paterson and his rift with obama. is the president trying to push him out of office? then joel and victoria osteen. that's next on "larry king live." strange doingings. susan powell's husband, joshua took their two sons camping at around mid night on december 6. when he returned the next afternoon, 28-year-old susan was gone, nowhere to be found. her keys, purse and cell phone still at home. police say they're not ruling out

. >> brown: britissoldiers receiv a similar tribute from queen elizabeth in hernnual christmaspeech. 106 brith troops died in afghantan this year, >> i asure that we have all been affecd by events in afghanistan, and saddened the casuties suffered by our forces servinghere. our thghts go out to their relations and friendwho have shown imnse dignity in the face ogreat personal loss. >> brown: in rome, pe benedict xvi al spoke of war and peace and hopes for the worlin his annualhristmas blessings. >> ( anslated ): today, to the man family, deeply affected a seris moral and economic crisis a by the wounds caused byany wars and conflicts, the chur repeats, in a spirit of sharing: 'let's go to belehem. there we'll nd our hope.' >> brownthe pontiff did not mention a christmas eve indent in st. peter's basilica. a woman jumped a securit barrier and briey pulled the 82 yr old benedict to the ground. it turneout the same woman, susanna maiolo, unsuccessfly ied the same thing last year today, a vaticanpokesman said the's no such thing as "zero risk", but he promis a security review. >> ( trans

but the british government of good queen and overruled the act largely because the royal treasury dependedon revenue from british slave traders. in the decades that followed under the three king george's virginians petitioned time after time to end slavery importation. the georgians all refused, and during their brains more africans crossed the atlantic to america than europeans involuntarily of course. ironically, the increase in the number of slaves was more of a burden than a benefit to most virginia planters. sleeves were usually unskilled and unable to speak english. and they had fewer incentives to work in peace workers in the north, and as they age and fathered children they added enormous numbers of nonproductive to infants and elderly to the population the planters had to support. in only 50 years from 17221770 just before the american revolution, in those 50 years virginia slave population grew almost eightfold from 25,000 when the problem was still controllable to nearly 200,000 or more than 90% of the white population. virginians owned 40% of all this leaves and america and wit

canada to fight the united states and it took a lot of effort on the part of lincoln and on the part of queen victoria's husband, prince albert to stop it. prince albert i had written a biography by the way of prince albert and another victoria. prince albert was on his deathbed dying probably of stomach cancer and despite that, from his deathbed he rode a watered-down ultimatum to lincoln that would save face for lincoln and return the two emissaries from prison, they were in prison in boston. they were released. there was no war and i think a lot of people in england were on happy that there was no war. but they continue to supply the confederates with arms and munitions despite federal blockade. a blockade runners were sent through to the south to pick up cotton and they got through the english would supply munitions and trade. the english and french even lent money to the confederacy to buy munitions and arms, hoping they would get the money back when the south became its own nation. this continued on and there was great hostility between the two nations and it became very funny at the en

he set him up at the queen's bedroom and really kind of made it a night to remember and that became as far as the research i've pulled up at the library and the national archives and first african-american to be a guest at the white house. >> three more years. let's go to the next one. it's pretty ikon ag and i think most folks have seen this one, this is richard nixon negative elvis presley. >> sure, a good folk of elvis and nixon. the most requested photograph from the national archives, which out of everything, to think of everything the national archives keeps in storage this is the one people want to see the most over the years. >> is it true elvis asked richard nixon to allow him to carry a badge of some sort? i've heard this story many times. >> he did. he rolled into washington and was concerned of the hippie culture at the time and wanted -- keefer rolled his limousine up to the west gate at the white house and asked the guard to see nexium and wanted to be made a federal marshal at large to help with the drug problem of young people. of course he was turned away but only for

panthers are away this weekend, that leaves sports fans free to focus their mind on tennis in the queen city and what a final they have. two battle for the crown here at the breezeplay championships. two men who between them have 18 grand slam titles and 13 titles on the outback champion series. the most of any two players. and this will be good. >> temperature be fasts fascinating to see if courier has the legs and enough skill to break down sampras who you know can take it away from any opponent because of his power. no one has broken sampras yet. it will be up to courier to find a way. otherwise have to get it done in a tiebreaker because sampras' game is built on his ability to put pressure on his opponent. >> sampras got a bye in the first round and the win over cash last night in the raindrops. courier with a quarter finals win. the win earlier today in the delayed semifinals. and here they both are. jim courier to serve. >> he's a wig apple guy now up from florida now that his att career is over. native of dade county 23 career titles. four grand slam titleses. >> you have to wat

no one has explained their purpose they go back to the time of queen elizabeth. they go back very long time and they serve the fundamental purpose. they prevent a crook from choosing the victims that will bear the loss. they can still decide how to prevent some from recovering and letting others bear the loss. if we do not have this statute, we will create very strong incentives for the court to decide who will be the real victims. i do not think we want to do that. i think you can use a statute that uses different language. today, anyone that is sood is under the bankruptcy code. you have to show not just subject of good faith, but that you had the good faith of an objective, reasonable person i think that my time is out. i want to congratulate your chairman. for the first time, congress is trying to try to move it from being a strange, non insurance system to a true system that will charge risk adjusted prince. if you want to do that because otherwise good brokers are subsidizing crooked brokers. on that note, i will stop. >> i want to thank all the witnesses f

learn more at c-span.org. >> queen elizabeth's annual christmas message. she talks about the war in afghanistan where 106 british soldiers were killed this year. she also talks about the commonwealth group of countries that celebrated the 60th anniversary. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> each year that passes seems to have its own character. some leave us with a feeling of satisfaction, others are best forgotten. 2009 was a difficult year for many, particularly those facing the effects of the economic downturn. i am sure we have all been affected by events in afghanistan and saddened by casualties suffered by our forces serving there. [bell ringing] >> our thoughts go out to their friends and family who have shown dignity in the face of great loss. ♪ but we can be proud of the positive contribution that our servicemen and women are making in conjunction with our allies. well over 13,000 soldiers from the united kingdom and across the commonwealth, canada, australia and singapore are currently serving in afghanistan, the debt of gratitude owed to these young men and women and t

then the annual christmas message from queen elizabeth. >> in the mid 1990's, " newsweek's"named omarne of the top people to watch in cyberspace. he founded a charter school in brooklyn. sunday night, he talks about his current study in harvard and what is ahead. now president obama participates in a form on community service with george bush at his presidential library. this marks the 20th anniversary of the points of light service movement. from texas a&m university, this is about half an hour. >> it is a great honor and privilege to have millibarelody barnes. she had been at the center for american progress. she is part of the greatest alumni society ever. one of whom is on the supreme court. we note the will happen to you someday. melete barneody barnes. the u.s. special trade representative. you all know him. he needs and no introduction. and the mayor of dallas. everybody knows him. he is a wonderful friend of mine -- she is a wonderful friend of mine went to work that america online. she is now the ceo of the chase, foundation. thank you for being with us. and then a man who ne

into the white house, set him up in the queen's bedroom and really kind of made it a night to remember. and that became, as far as the research that i pulled up at the library in the national archives, the first african-american to be a guest at the white house. >> we've got three more here, let's go to the next one, and it's pretty iconic. most folks have seen this one, this is richard nixon and elvis presley. >> sure. again, a great photo of elvis and nixon, the most-requested photo from the national archives which out of -- you think of everything that the national archives keeps in storage, this is the one that people want to see the most over the years. >> is it true that elvis had asked richard nixon to allow him to carry a badge of some sort? i've heard this story many times. >> he did. he rolled into town, into washington, and he was very concerned of the hippie culture at the time and wanted -- actually rolled his limousine right up to the west gate and asked the guard to see nixon and wanted to be made a federal marshal at large to help with the drug problem of young people.

consumer protection provisions senator reid has put in the merged bill as it relates to exchanges or queen to keep low quality plans out. this is going to offer customers the peace of mind knowing when they look at the plans they can be certain that they will have to meet minimum consumer protection standards. this is an important message to send in a new marketplace, and boy, it will be an opportunity to have a very different start than we saw with medicare during those early days when seniors were sold these policies to supplement their medicare private insurance policies that were a lot of junk. finally under the merged bill you're going to be able to see the value that you are getting for your health care dollar in an important respect through what are called lost ratios that insurance companies would have to make public. what this means of course, mr. president, is consumers want to know that when and they put out a dollar for premiums that they get a significant portion of that dollar backed in actual benefits and services and benefits and with the exchange it is going to be possible

. >> queen bee. >> queen bee. >> and pamela. >> okay. >> lisa. and assertive. >> william. >> aggressive. >> very aggressive. >> okay. and can -- and we used whack job, so we can't go back there. >> and harry reid, how many people know harry reid? okay. say it. we got one, two, three four, five. harry reid? >> wheeler, dealer. >> politician. >> anybody else? >> balanced. >> aged politician. >> and sarah palin? word or phrase. >> whack job. >> okay. lisa. >> can't handle leadership. >> william. >> unstable. >> and patricia. >> future leader. >> and bill, immature. >> bernadette >> ridiculous. >> tim? >> a joke. >> crazy. >> attractive. >> we're going to start and goo straight around upon michele obama. >> admirable. >> admirable. >> i love her. >> yes. >> and tim. >> first lady. >> that's position. feeling. >> she's very first lady-like. >> and vick. >> strong character. >> poised. >> i would say poised. >> and i don't know, i guess poised. she takes a good picture. >> william. >> very strong woman. >> and lisa. >> inspirational. >> inspirational.