. >>> "good morning america's" robin roberts on a search for a new "gma" co-host. >> am not my hair. i am a soul that lies within, and that's it. no more wig. not going to do it. >> how did you decide to do it? was there a particular reason? >> i was finally strong enough. fear keeps us from doing the things we all want to do. i realized there was a part of me that was holding on desperately to the old robin, holding on desperately to how i look. >> do you believe us when we all say you're beautiful? because you are. >> you really are. >> my mom says i look like a little greek boy. so i don't -- >> i had a chance to sit down with "good morning america" co-host robin roberts earlier and began by asking her who's going to take diane sawyer's seat on the couch. >> i really don't know. >> how about levi johnston? he's cute. that's what we love. >> give me other names. anybody else out there? >> george stephanopoulos. he'll have to sit on your lap. but still -- >> come on, joy. joy, you were doing so well there with levi. and then you do that. he is great. >> he is phenomenal. >> he would

. >>> then "gma's robin roberts" gives us the scuttlebutt on who will replace diane sawyer. maybe she'll even tell me what scuttlebutt means. and i'll talk to dolly parton about fame, faith and why she is known as the iron butterfly. all that coming up now. >>> i'm excited today because this woman has had an extraordinary career. seven grammys, two oscar nominations, ten country music association awards and sales of more than 100 million records. the list goes on and on. it's hardly over. her latest, a dvd and cd combo called "dolly, live from london" was just released this week. dolly, how are you? it's a pleasure to have you with us here today. >> well, thank you. i was so excited. i love your show. i've been watching you, and you've been doing a great job. >> thank you. we always get along with you at "the view." and now you're here and i have you all to myself without anybody interrupting me. >> yeah, let's just do it all by ourselves. we like that. >> let me start with the country music awards and we'll get to the cd and the dvd. we'll get there. >> oh, i know. >> taylo

we could have talked for hours. >>> "good morning america's" robin roberts on a search for a new "gma not my -- i am a soul that lies within, and that's it. no more wig. not going to do it. >> how did you decide to do it? was there a particular reason? >> i was finally strong enough. fear keeps us from doing the things we all want to do. i realized there was a part of me that was holding on desperately to the old robin, holding on desperately to how i look. >> do you believe us when we all say you're beautiful? because you are. >> you really are. >> my mom says i look like a little greek boy. so i don't -- >> i had a chance to sit down with "good morning america" co-host robin roberts earlier and began by asking her who's going to take diane sawyer's seat on the couch. >> i really don't know. >> how about levi johnston? he's cute. that's what we love. >> give me other names. >> george stephanopoulos. he'll have to sit on your lap. but still -- >> come on, joy. you were doing so well there with levi and then you do that. >> i love george. >> he is phenomenal. >> he would be great. look

r robin roberts has certainly gone through her share.ing america" but they're not over yet. you now her bosses are looking for a co-host to replace the legendary diane sawyer. >> what are you doing? do you want another job? what have you got up, huh? >> well, you know, i have between 7:00 and 9:00 i'm available. why don't i just work 24/7? >> you're doing well here. this is like a reflecting pool you have in front of you. it is so big. >> it is a beautiful set. we all look gorgeous here. let's talk about this. that diane -- >> i didn't distract you enough? >> i want to go back. that's what america wants to know. >> what do you want to know? who do you think is going to get the job? >> how about levi johnston? he's cute and mute. >> give me some other names. >> any body else out there? >> george stephanopoulos. he'll to have sit on your lap. >> come on, joy! joy, you were doing so well there with lev ichi. and then you do that. >> he would be great. they're looking for a man or a woman? >> we're looking for the best available person. >> t

we could have talked for hours. >>> "good morning america's" robin roberts on a search for a new gma my -- i am a soul that lies within, and that's it. no more wig. not going to do it. >> how did you decide to do it? was there a particular reason? >> i was finally strong enough. fear keeps us from doing the things we all want to do. i realized there was a part of me that was holding on desperately to the old robin, holding on desperately to how i look. >> do you believe us when we all say you're beautiful? because you are. >> you really are. >> my mom says i look like a little greek boy. so i don't -- >> i had a chance to sit down with "good morning america" co-host robin roberts earlier and began by asking her who's going to take diane sawyer's seat on the couch. >> i really don't know. >> how about levi johnston? he's cute. that's what we love. >> give me other names. >> george stephanopoulos. he'll have to sit on your lap. but still -- >> come on, joy. you were doing so well there with levi and then you do that. >> i love george. >> he is phenomenal. >> he would be great. looking

plus, robin roberts, co-coast of "good morning america" is joining us. rumor has it it might be a man joining her. there goes my shot. like i need another shot. all this and more starts right now. >>> i want to begin with the tragedy at ft. hood, texas. ki78d 13, injured 30. he is now talking. what set him sof the subject of a lot of speculation. joining me now to discuss, the founder and executive director of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. from the american islamic foreign for democracy. first let's go to cnn correspondent on the scene. what is the latest, samantha? give us an update. >> joe, major hasan is awake and apparently talking. and you also know that he was shot four times. he is being treated in a hospital in san antonio, texas. and staff members there tell us that he has been communicating with them, although an official hospital spokesperson would not tell us whether he has been communicating with investigators as well. back here at ft. hood, in an afternoon press conference, lieutenant general robert cohen, the commander, talked

she spoke with robin roberts. >> how did he react to the intervention that you conducted? >> how do i say this. he understood it was out of love and because of caring, but when it's something like that people continue to be in denial. >> with janet's revelations and the shocking news about the suicide, the aftershock was michael jackson's death are far from over. in the past, the brother of ray chandler spoke about the problems evan had faced after mot lestation case and he has not responded to calls for comment about his brother's apparent suicide. >>> tonight's prejean's porn fight. the war is on between carrie prejean and a porn company that wants to sell her solo sex tape. it is one of the stories that made for news breaking today. she is now threatening to sue the porn company, vivid entertainment because they won't take no for an answer. they reportedly offered millions for her sex tape and she said no way. now carrie's lawyers are saying they will sue if they sell her sex tape anyway. speak of lawsuits, even more bad news for jon gosselin. she is being threatened wi

she spoke with abc's robin roberts. >> how did he react to the interventions that you all conducted? >> how do i say this? understood that it was out of love because of caring, but when it's something like that, people can tend to be in denial. >> reporter: so with janet's new revelations and the shocking news about the suicide, clearly, the aftershocks of michael jackson's death are far from over. now, in the past, ray chandler, the brother of evan chandler, had spoken to cnn about the problems evan had faced in the years after the molestation case. so far, ray chandler has not responded to cnn's calls for comment about his brother's apparent suicide. >>> tonight, prejean's porn fight. the war is on between conservative beauty queen carrie prejean and a porn company that wants to sell her solo sex tape. it is just one of the stories that made for big news breaking today. carrie prejean is now threatening to sue the porn company vivid entertainment, because they just won't take no for an answers. the company reportedly offered the beauty queen millions for her solo sex tape, but prej

from the media, katie couric, brian williams, robin roberts, and sanjay gupta. you are looking at video right now. let's take our next telephone call from houston, missouri. david on the independent line, go ahead. caller: we would rather see our tax dollars paid to hunt down osama bin laden than to pay for health care on 20 million illegal aliens. thank you. host: thank you. next telephone call is from santa rosa, calif. on the democrats' line. good morning. caller: i was wondering if any of the troop surge included catching bin laden. i have not heard any more about that. t again. host: thank you. chile, republican -- joey, republican line. caller: i think we should stay the course. if we pulled out now, everybody who has died would have died in vain. all these democrats will are saying that we need to pull out. they have no idea. look what happened in somalia when those rangers wanted support and clinton denied it. democrats are likely need to pull out. clinton was the calveroward. 18 rangers and countless others died in vain. if we do not stay the course, ev

robert sacher, jr. >>> welcome back. i'm richard lui in for robin meade today. >>> he apparently had a bumpy start to his medical career. they got a copy of his record. they said hasan made poor judgment in discussing religious topics with patients. >> put his islamic obsession aside, put aside hasan's apparently extremist islamic views, what this memo is saying, it's right there in the army's official credential file, it says this psychiatrist could be reckless for his patients, he could be a danger to them. yet he kept being promoted, and as we all know, he was sent to ft. hood to treat some of the most vulnerable soldiers in the army. >> cnn couldn't corroborate the authenticity of the memo or reach the supervisor who signed that. they said hasan's passed evaluations did not raise red flags about a potential for violence. >>> two people were killed when their tour bus ran off a road in minnesota and fell into a ditch. all of them suffered injuries ranging from minor to critical. some passengers got trapped inside that bus and rescuers had to smas