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.

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

>> 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

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

final thoughts on where this is all going for sarah palin. >> guest: i mention two things. one of the caller mentioned, bush. i think the shirt palin. the country had gone through eight years of george w. bush. we had gone through two wars on bush's unpopularity was extremely high. and we were also entering a recession in december 2007. and there are some similarities between her political profile and george w. bush is. and to that extent i think she was hurt by the bush hangover which i think it's going to continue for some time. they limit her ceiling, if you will, the political future. otherwise, i'm just fascinated with the reaction to my book, with reaction to her book, reaction to her as a person. she's not going anywhere. that's for sure. everyone has an opinion about sarah palin and she seems to like being in the middle of this. >> host: her book comes out tomorrow, officially. but matthew continetti has been talking about his book, "the persecution of sarah palin". we appreciate your time. >> guest: thank you. [applause] >> we want to start off by thanking everyone

so how can she say that sarah palin is boring? uldn't read martha stewart's book even if she paid me, so, there, martha. >> now, ellen from california had it right when she said that sarah's interview with oprah went frye scored oprah her biggest ratings in two years. hyla, why do you think martha has it in so for sarah palin? >> i don't know. there's some ego factor. we know that martha stewart has a big ego. we know that she has a little bit of a chip on her shoulder. she's not afraid to go toe to toe with donald trump or whoever else she's had a little beef with in the media. she likes to pick on this girl. you know what, good for her, because now we're talking about both of them. so we're giving them both a little publicity. >> yeah. martha's not playing nice at all. we also heard from carrie who called into "showbiz on call," but she is siding with martha stewart. take a listen. >> reporter: hooray for martha. she's right. she is dangerous. martha knows best. >> i have to say, a lot of people hate, hate when big stars speak ou

>> right now on "showbiz tonight," hollywood at war over sarah palin. why hollywood is drawing a line in the sand over whether to support sarah. >> she would probably make an excellent host. >> she is a very boring person to me. >> at war over palin, "showbiz tonight" dares to ask, is levi johnston actually a bigger celebrity than sarah? >>> will donald trump save carrie prejean. is the former beauty queen reaching out for career advice to donald trump after her sex tape scandal? "showbiz tonight" investigates. the great debate after johnny depp is named people's sexiest man alive. why wasn't robert pattinson chosen. the shocking results of our poll. >>> i'm aj hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> i'm brooke anderson from hollywood and tonight, hollywood at war over sarah palin. >> "showbiz tonight" is revealing how much sarah palin is dividing hollywood as she storms the country on her tell all book tour. wait until you hear what martha stewart told us about palin. talk about a smack down. it was a brand-new jaw dropping re

. >>> 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

this new sarah palin interview has everybody talking. listen to palin's new slam of levi johnston. >> he is on a road that is not a healthy place to be. he's a teenager. i don't think he realizes what it is that he is being handled and orchestrated around. >> sarah revealed how she screwed up the katy couric interview. controversial conservative ann coulter will have her first reaction to palin on oprah. >> rosie o'donnell to the confessions of her love life just out. this is "showbiz tonight." these are more stories from the newsroom and they are making news right now. >>> janet jackson's stunning revelation. she said michael jackson's personal doctor is to blame for his death. janet points the finger at conrad murray. murray admitted giving michael proep fol, one of the drugs that killed jackson. in the janet jackson interview, janet said murray should no longer be allowed to practice medicine. >> steven king is speaking out about rumors he is going to retire. the "new york times" bestseller. in an exclusive on one interview with my goo

. >> what brings you here saturday to the sarah palin book signing? doesn't have anything to do with us what shirt? >> reading to do with it and i went to some of the rally is and estate up all night to get the front row. >> how can you explain your enthusiasm for sarah palin? >> because she stands for the values and principles of what i believe them. less taxes come a strong military and sticking to the constitution. she walks the talk basically. she is the one politician that walks the top. >> will you support hurt in 2012? >> i will be supporting her the rest of my life. i am pleased to be living this long to see a woman politician like this. >> what makes her different than other politicians? >> she is not afraid to take on her own party she is full of integrity says what she means and not afraid to bring down her own party or if she sees something that is wrong or corrupt she tackles it plus she is not from inside the beltway and has not been to washington d.c.. she is unbelievable. a politician we have not seen. remember the movie "mr. smith goe

and tonight, the brand-new sarah palin bombshells breaking today. >> yeah. if you thought what sarah told oprah winfrey was explosive, wait until you hear what she told barbara walters. barbara revealed her interview with palin today, and look out, tina fey and david letterman, she's not happy with you guys one bit. but wait, there's more. palin is also really ticked off at a picture of her that is everywhere today, posing in running shorts. palin's also addressing all of the buzz that she could be getting her own talk show. and "showbiz tonight" can now reveal that it all made for big news breaking today. >> reporter: you may have thought sarah palin was done dropping bombs after her big sit-down with oprah on monday. now "showbiz tonight" can tell you palin was just getting warmed up. >> oh, there's so much bullcrap out there. >> reporter: palin pulled no punches in her new interview with barbara walters that was revealed this morning. on "good morning america." and palin's new book called "going rogue" is now going off on almost everyone that's crossed her

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

but what could sarah palin do?ut the media keeps covering this like this is the guy who invented a cure for cancer. but while leaving gore's children alone, while leaving joe biden he's child alone. >> he did do a commercial for pistachios. let's move on to that katie couric interview, because obviously this got a lot of play in the media and she was very frank about this interview. you'll remember, katie couric asked the question, and i thought a perfectly legitimate question, looking for some insight into sarah palin's world view, what informs that world view, what magazines, what newspapers do you read? sarah knows that she fumbled that answer and everybody made a big deal of it. let's watch her address that with oprah. >> obviously, you've read books and magazines. why didn't you just name some books or magazines? >> well, and obviously, i have, of course, all my life read. i'm a lover of books and magazines and newspapers. by the time she asked me that question, even though it was kind of early on in the inter

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

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

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

>> 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

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

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 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

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

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. >> that's the question asked the next couple bunch of years. not according to a cnn/opinion research poll

let's begin with sarah palin's interview with oprah. this is something. n really opens up to oprah about that katie couric interview that really when you think about it came such a defining moment in the presidential campaign for her after it made her look not that bright. watch this. >> that was a defining moment for you. that interview. >> i did not. neither did the campaign. in fact that is why segment two and three and four and five were not scheduled. the campaign said right on, good. you are showing your independence. this is what america needed to say. i said if you thought that was good, i don't know what bad was. i knew it wasn't a good interview. >> she admits that at least that one is bad. really? you think? palin calls couric badgering and writes she felt sorry for katie couric. does any of it make sense to you? >> i'm confused about the whole thing. why are you attacking katie couric? she asked questions and she was a new candidate on the scene. we didn't know anything about her. what newspapers do you read? that's not katie couric's fault for

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.

. >>> right now on "showbiz tonight," the brand-new sarah palin/levi johnston smackdown. big news breaking. levi's unbelievable new sarah slam, caught on tape. >> what does she think about you posing nude? >> who knows, man. i ain't thinking about her. >> also, just in today, "showbiz tonight" with the very 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 just in today from a "showbiz tonight" poll. >>> the michael jackson suicide shocker. a startling 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 dramatic threat over her solo sex tape. will she stop it from getting out? >>> tv's most provocative entertainment news show starts right now. >>> hello. i'm a.j. hammer, broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> hi, there, everyone. i'm brooke anderson, coming to you from hollywood. and tonight, there are remarkable new developments in the sarah palin/le

johnston is the father of former alaska governor sarah palin's grandchild. let me ask you, would you invite johnston to thanksgiving dinner with the family? well, that's what oprah asked palin in an interview that airs on monday. here's a sneak peek. >> so, one final question about le levi. will he be invited to thanksgiving dinner? >> you know, that's a great question and it's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing because of course you want -- he is a part of the family and you want to bring him in the fold and kind of under your wing, and he needs that too, oprah. i think he needs to know that he is loved and he has the most beautiful child. and this can all work out for good, it really can. we don't have to keep going down this road of controversy and drama all the time. we're not really into the drama. we don't really like that. we're more productive, we have other things to concentrate and do. >> does that mean yes, he is coming or, no, he's not. >> palin was anything but upbeat when talking about her interview with katie couric d

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

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

i do not believe sarah palin is really prepared to be president. t then again, if bush could do it, maybe palin could do it, too. host: you're calling on the republican line. are you truly a republican? caller: yes, i am. but i believe there's other republicans that are more qualified for that sort of leadership role. host: so who do you think best represents your party right now? who are your spokes people? caller: i would go with someone more like newt gingrich or possibly huck abee. host: thanks, chris. did you have another point? caller: yes, please. i wanted to make a point on health care real quick. i just wanted to mention that health care to me seems like it's a 10-year plan, a package for the entire 10 years and that it provides coverage for six to seven years. with the fiscal deficit at $12 terrell today and 10 years from now projected to be $24 terrell, double what it is today, and that's without health insurance, my question is are we providing the falsehood to security? are we reinforcing negative behavior? what are we going to do after

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 --

>> 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 off the hook at this point? >> no, we shouldn't, a.j., i mean i applaud her, sure, for owning up to the

>>> plus a real warning about phony money. >>> more quotes, more topics, more sarah palin. on the oprah show. and correspondent richard lui is here with some of the best sounds bites. good morning. >> that's right. oprah asked palin if she was thinking of running for president in 2012. and here's what palin said to that. >> trig is heading into kindergarten in 2012. i'm looking forward to that. i'm looking forward to affecting positive change between now and then. i don't know what i'm going to be doing in 2012. >> palin admitted to oprah that she probably would not say if she was thinking about a presidential bid, but she quoted something her father said when she left the governor's office in alaska. quote, she's not retreating, she's reloading. there you go, robin. >> you know, if she decided to run for president, what ado the latest polls say about how people feel about that? >> one poll says she doesn't have a good chance, according to the cnn research poll, 28% of people think palin is qualified to be president. 7 in 10 said she is not. one political analyst says that d

hollywood at war over sarah palin. y 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 the

magazine and "newsweek" cherry-picked that photo and put it on the cover of the magazine and blast sarah palinthe 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 mess there. at this point, haven't gotten word that anybody was hurt which is the good news. >>> you know how much time teens spend texting their friend

host: some have said that the media and pundits are underestimating sarah palin. with destiny" is about how the media underestimated ronald reagan up until the end in 1980. do see a parallel between sarah perron and him? guest: there are some parallels and some obvious differences. ronald reagan had been on the national scene from the time of the 1940's as an actor, and in the 1970's as a governor and radio commentator and columnist and lecturer. he had been around for a long, long time before being elected. sarah palin just burst on the scene last year. obviously, they are both underestimated by the elites. there is a great disconnect in 1980. between president carter and gov. reagan. after the debate in cleveland one week before the election, all the political reporters all said that jimmy carter won. the american people by virtue of the polling all said that ronald reagan had one. there has always been a disconnect between those in power and those who put them into power. you see it today was sarah palin. the more that she is attacked by elites, the more popula

it made me think of sarah palin. , of course, i go online and read that now they've become pals. prejean and palin are pals and now all about being perfect and you're inappropriate. >> whitney, don't palin-ize her, okay? donald 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 str

but he talks about sarah palin, and he talks about how they are mean to him, and he talks about sarah palin being a hypocrite, and his "play girl" shoot. he is not trying to make anybody believe he is a good dad. >> well, if levi were really smart and going to fight for his child, he would clean up his act. >> yeah, a court is not necessarily going to be happy with that. and the bottom line here is we have somebody incredibly immature and thrown into the spotlight and left with a very serious important lifetime issue which is he and bristol share a child and will share that child forever. it's okay to seek joint custody, but that's a solemn serious legal obligation. that's what is going to give everybody revservation here. >> yeah, who is advising him to pose for "playgirl." >>> and the travolta, a family affair here. john travolta and his wife star in "old dogs." we have the premiere in los angeles, and the family has been in saw clueson. they are dealing with the devastating loss. at the premiere, the travolta's co-stars had glowing things to tell "showbiz tonight" tonight about wor

. >>> 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

his bond at $1 million adding to the $5 million bond set last week. >>> former alaska governor sarah palinisn't sugar-coating her feelings about those who ran senator john mccain's campaign. according to the associated press, palin's new book includes details about the rumored tensions between the two camps. now, the ap says palin appears upset about being charged $50,000 to pay for the cost of vetting her as mccain's running mate. but the general counsel for mccain's campaign refutes the claim saying palin wasn't asked to pay that bill. palin released a statement on her facebook page. she says, as is expected, the ap and a number of media outlets are erroneously krort reporting the contents of the book. she goes on to say, keep your powder dry. read the book and enjoy it. palin will appear on the oprah winfrey show on monday, the day before her memoir "going rogue" hits stores. >>> let me ask you, are you alone in believing that you're alone? a group in california says no. the new push to make atheists feel they belong. is this a good idea? richelle carey has been monitoring what you're s

>> 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

>> 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

if it were sarah palin, it would have.t is the problem with the country come out media bias grid with rush limbaug c-span.or = -- problem with the country, a media bias. with a rush limbaugh, i'm not a fan of him, but he was not allowed to buy the nfl team. and yet keep older men is so liberal -- keith olbermann is so liberal. host: "the washington post" is shutting its last three bureaus in the united states in new york, chicago, and los angeles. the executive editor issued a memo to the staff on tuesday setting minute -- citing limited resources. he says that the drive to provide national news to readers is undiminished. next up is little rock. you hung up on us but let's go to dallas, republican line. caller: morning. i want to thank you and i want to thank the senator for his service. he may be -- made me realize that -- [unintelligible] host: edith, i apologize, all we have a bad connection. next up is lubyouise. caller: i tried to get in when you talking about the boards. i wanted to comment about what other callers

how much of a role did sarah palin in this? >> let's look at this district. three candidates in this race. district along the canadian border. there was an open seat. that's why we have an off-year election. republicans nominated dede scozzafava. that upset those on the right. they put their own person there. doug hoffman. that split on the right would allow bill owens, the democrat to win a district democrats haven't won in more than 100 years. all of the action from t.e.a. party and sarah palin went to hoffman. the republican dropped out and endorsed a democrat. this is a real good battle between for the heart and soul of the republican party. >> hoffman has a slight lead? >> slight lead in the polls but one in five voters still undecided. >> let's talk about a national referendum in these off-year elections ever decide that in new jersey for example. the governor's race between corzine and chris christi. >> new jersey is a great case for incumbents next year. beware. a democratic governor in a democratic state. corzine is fighting for his political life ri

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 wh

second car bomb hit a police station south of the city. >>> we have another clip for you from sarah palin's interview with oprah. palin talks about everything from the presidential campaign to her relationship with levi johnston. and she got surprisingly candid about her interview with katie couric during the 2008 race. remember a lot of people thought it really hurt her image. here's what she said. >> let's talk about the interview with katie couric. >> must we? okay. okay. >> you talk about in the book so i assume everything in the book is fair game today. >> it is. >> you do say that it wasn't your best interview. >> here again -- >> did you think that was a defining moment for you? >> i did not. neither did the campaign n. fact, that is why segment two and three and four and maybe five were with xscheduled the cn said, right on, good. you're showing your independence. this is what america needs to see. it was a good interview. i'm thinking, if you thought what a good interview, i don't know what a bad interview was, because i knew it wasn't good. >> the entire intervoo with oprah airs o

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 when she says -- yeah. >> i don't know completely if she knows what she's talking about at this point. her whole life is really one of those things where because

it made me think of sarah palin. , of course, i go online and read that now they've become pals. prejean and palin are pals and now all about being perfect and you're inappropriate. >> whitney, don't palin-ize her, okay? donald 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

army is changing its tune about sarah palin's with upcoming visit to ft. bragg. ort 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 only

neither levi nor sarah palin has even been in alaska for the last 12 months.'s been out promoting the book and stumping for -- >> therefore? >> this couldn't have happened. >> they were at the convention together. >> okay. that brief photo op. >> she passed the joint around more than a joint at the grateful dead concert. >> i'm sorry. i just don't think she said that. i just really don't. >> i think she has a whole other side to her we don't see. >> here's palin's response. she said, consider the source -- i remember when i was a kid, they'd go, consider the source of the most recent attention-getting lies. those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention and are likely to say and do anything for even more attention -- meaning the full frontal in play girl. which by the way, does he know that mostly gay guys read that book? >> for sure. hello. that's where the money is. gay porn. he's not stupid. >> i like when levi is on the shows like the "today" show. they treat him like a serious political pundit, like he's george will or so

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