robin roberts sits down with sarah palin. >> oh, my goodness. that's -- i don't think anybody's ever asked me that before. >>> quack hunt. "nightline" heads into one of india's largest slums to investigate the so-called doctors defrauding some of the world's most vulnerable children. >>> and, cold coyote. a four-legged fisherman ends up in a tight spot today. and we zoom in on the volunteer effort to save her. >> announcer: from the global rell sources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," december 17th, 2010. >> good evening, thanks for joining us. there is no more electrifying and polarizing figure in american politics today. sarah palin demands the attention of so many, her husband and small children draw more google searches than the rest of the republican field combined. long out of office, she still manages to alter national discussions with a single tweet. but can this heat last all the way to 20123? tonight, abc's rob by roberts heads to alaska to spend time with palin, talk a

babies lives. >> that is fantastic. >>> first, we head back to alaska, where robin is talking to sarah palinllenge, raising five children. >> reporter: five children. who is most like you? >> oh, my goodness. i don't think anybody's ever asked me that before. well, i think they all have a little bit of me in them. they're all very determined. >> reporter: that's a true mom. >> yeah. >> reporter: i know you love them. it's not a -- you love all them equally. >> absolutely, yes. >> reporter: you had a beautiful story when you were talking about how running -- and there was a correlation with your youngest son. and how it helped you. you explain what you meant by that. >> well, trig has -- a lot of children with down syndrome, when they feel a little bit out of sorts, or they're in an uncomfortable situation, they look to something that is comforting to them. their own internal gps. or their own great north star. well, trig's is, it's his right hand. when he is uncomfortable or scared about something, he stops and looks at his right hand. we tease him about it. we say, yep, it's still there, so

. >>> finally, on sarah palin's reality show, kate gosselin and sarah palin had no chemistry together and they never spoke to one off another camera. it's no surprise, she hated the food, the camping accommodations and she left before sundown. >>> this comes to us from wds news in louisiana, where though he's no st. nick, what one man did was nothing short of saintly. sam and his wife traveled from missouri to new orleans to deliver 1,000 toys to the children of families affected by the oil spill. the war vet and cancer survivor had been traveling cross-country delivering his handcrafted toys for 20 years and he doesn't plan on slowing down, saying the hobby and no doubt a child's thankful smile kept him from growing old. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station.

just another day in the life of sarah palin. >> she sat down with abc news to talk about how life hasthe national spotlight two years ago. >> she may not hold public office, but when it comes to politics, sarah palin does not like what she sees. >> president obama is trying to fulfill his promise of fundamentally transforming america. we do not need a transformation. we need a renewal. >> in an exclusive interview, sarah palin remarks on the recent tax bill, a delight effort by the president and congressional republicans. >> this is one instance that i -m glad the president flip =f flopped. >> it is compromise. there are rumors that sarah palin believes she would make a better president. >> my decision will not be made for some time still. >> 59% of americans would not consider voting for sarah palin for president. >> that is what primaries are for. you are getting your message across and talking about your record. >> until then, she will focus on her family, talk about her book, and promote her book. it has already met with controversy over the shooting of a terrible. clocks -- shoot

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a new poll shows sarah palin metrolink president obama by 22 points -- a new poll shows a sarah palining president obama by 22 points. >> a primary is months and months of processing. i would be in eight to win in. >> she says she opposes the tax cut compromise just passed by congress, calling it a good start but not enough because some taxes will still go up >>> programs could be put on hold in prince george's county schools. a budget would freeze employees pay and eliminate after-school baseball, basketball, and soccer in middle schools. it cuts will also be made in support staff. they could save about $800,000 per the >>> 6 lawmakers are being treated for injuries after a brawl on the floor of the ukrainian parliament. they were assessing a corruption investigation involving an opposition leader. members of the ruling party stormed the podium. unbelievable. take a look at this amazing video out of chicago. a coyote was trapped on a block of ice, floating in like michigan. the animals swim in the water for about 20 minutes before scrambling into the ice patch. a fire department boat

a new nbc news/"the wall street journal" poll shows if the election were held today sarah palin wouldt by 22 points. but palin isn't worried about the numbers. she thinks that she can overcome the deficit with her debating skills. >> a poll number like that, it's like ugh, that doesn't look pretty today. but a primary is months and months in the process and there are thankfully many debates and if i were to participate in that contested primary you know i would be in it to win it. >> for more let's bring in radio talk show host mike papantonio, nationally syndicated ring of fire radio host. mike, here she is calling president obama a flip-flopper on the tax cuts when everybody's been talking compromise. does she have a clue? >> it's impossible, ed, to put person's into economic's theories when it's an individual who changes colleges six times in four years because she couldn't decide whether she wanted to be an actress, whether she wanted to be a sportscaster or whether she wanted to be a politician. she talks about obama flip-flopping, again changed colleges six times in four years.

>> sarah palin. not only the charisma, but the comeback of the year, the major force in the republican party, the darling of the tea party, and probably gets the poll position in the paddock for the presidential election of 2012. >> president clinton. he is the man of the moment. he was most in demand on the campaign trail. he is now strategizing with president obama on how to move forward with the divided congress. and he is a philanthropist around the world. and democrats love him. even the liberals who had their problems with him when he was in the white house. everybody loves bill clinten. >> mon ka? >> even conservatives do. >> i'm giving it to the service men and women of the united states military. they turned around iraq. they're fighting valiantly in afghanistan. and they continue to fight islamic terror around the world. >> clarence? >> people of the year. >> hear, hear. >> the person here doesn't have to be the best person, i will say julian assange because he is launching a debate about t

number two, is he tilting his head. >> when he talks about sarah palin?bill: does that mean anything? >> it depends. when he talks about sarah palin, see that? >> bill: yeah. >> he is disengaging there. as he does that he breaks eye contact and he also breaks the connection that he has, the forward facing connection. when you do that, you are able to desengage and kind of reevaluate. he does that and immediately after lifts up his chin in that kind of superiority gesture. >> bill: when you lift your chin you are a superiority person? >> what you are doing is looking down your nose. >> bill: beneath him to talk about sarah palin. >> to even think the thought of sarah palin even coming to mind. >> bill: i think the president believes that. >> i agree he does believe that. >> bill: 100%. >> because when they were talking about the economy that was only time that i saw red flag which was the increase in blink. here he is calm, cool, and relaxed. disengaged in the conversation. then the economy comes up and he starts blinking. >> bill: blinking again. i blink

>> sarah palin for sure. newt gingrich has been out there speaking.he things i noticed about this information, romney was asked a couple of key questions. he was asked about don't ask, don't tell, the tsa, and he tried to be funny and liable, which i totally understand, but didn't say how he felt about those issues. i think he's a top contender, but when you have sarah palin writing facebook notes that caused the whole country, our whole media empire to shake, i think he needs to let us know what he stands for. >> sean: who are the top contenders? >> too early to predict. i have personal favorites. i like mike pence a lot. he gave a tremendous speech this week to the detroit economic club, and gave a specie about a republican administration ought to be about to hillsdale college a few weeks ago. a real thinker. he resigned his leadership post to think about. hasn't made a decision. >> sean: cotop contenders? >> sarah palin. she could do it. obviously romney could be part of it, part of the mix, will be. newt certainly. there could be a fresh face. paw

sarah palin calls it a lousy deal. do you call him an extremist. >> i think if you work the far left, it is not extremists, but the position, he thinks it is terrible. sarah palin thinks it is terrible. go figure. the point is when people who actually end up having to govern, pass it, but nobody loves it, they just accept it, it usually is a lot like marriage. nobody gets everything they want. that's governing. that's why i am neither governing or married. >> and it is good for marriage. >> they say sarah palin is an extremist. >> that will be on the internet and i will be bloged out of existence. >> she will come after you on facebook bravely. >> bill, i checked and they are not usually wrong. >> is that turtle neck hiding a certain hickey i may or may not have given you. i would be proud of that. >> i think it was third grade. >> i don't see what puts the republican party ahead of the americans. >> there is nothing positive. he didn't explain why it was negative other than it will have obama re-elected in two years.

president obama versus sarah palin, obama 55% to palin's 33%.rah palin, 28% positive, 50% negative. >> this is a big problem for her. >> go ahead. >> there are two interesting issues she's got going on here on the negative side. one is there's a huge gender gap, somewhat of a gender gap. women dislike her more than men. >> wow. >> and the whole -- you would think that if a woman would be running for president, that she'd overperform, even a republican woman. and we've seen it in senate races and gubernatorial races, that they would over perform along women. not sarah palin. that's a big red flag if you were plotting the potential sarah palin. >> why is that, mika? i'm asking you, somebody who is progressive. but i find republican women are a little quicker to jump than republican men. why is that? >> wow, i don't have an answer that i think would serve any of us. but -- >> okay. that's one way to put it. >> would you like me to ask chuck a question? >> no, i'm going to make an attempt here. i think she's pole arizing, and women trying really har

but last night, sarah palin went hunting with her father for their mother.o, they went hunting for caribou, also known as reindeer. caribou and reindeer are the same thing. it's weird timing to shoot a reindeer on television two weeks before christmas but sarah palin does what she wants to do. you hear a lot about her hunting prowess. but when it comes to actual shooting, let's just say she's no calamity jane. >> you missed. he's not going anywhere. take your time, adjust. take your time. [ gunshot ] take your time. [ gunshot ] >> uh-oh. let me -- something's not right here. because this gun's right on. >> yeah, must be the gun. [ gunshot ] >> that was high too. >> here you go, sarah. come on. >> this gun -- >> go ahead. [ gunshot ] >> there you go. >> jimmy: how many times do you have to shoot before that stupid reindeer runs already? they're bullets whizzing by your horns! by the way, there's no way sarah palin shot that reindeer. you see the editing there? i will give $1,000 to anyone who can prove sarah palin shot that caribou that suddenly is through th

. >> bill: and what is kate gosselin doing in the alaskan wilderness with sarah palin? this is beyond bizarre. >> come on, it wasn't that bad. >> bill: caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the bell is tolling for the far left. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. it is now just about certain that the obama tax compromise will be passed in congress. yesterday just 15 senators opposed bringing the compromise up for a vote. five of those are republicans. coburn, sessions, demint and senator voinovich. the other 10 are liberal democrats the usual suspects like bernie sanders and patrick leahy of vermont. the opposition comes of course from the far left. and with yet another crushing defeat, the question is, can george soros, aryana huffington, the "new york times" and nbc even survive much longer as credible enterprises? it's clear the country has turned against the radical left even obama figured that out. howard dean's current take on the tax c

"sarah palin's alaska." this is going to be great.palins and the gosselins go camping together. and i think they get lost in the wilderness and they're forced to eat one of the gosselin children. [ laughter ] it should be -- the promos are online for this tlc crossover. i think i might tune in. >> sunday. >> go camping with kate and her eight kids. >> yay. >> i have never camped for real. >> our ruggedness is a mystery to people in the lower 48. >> but when the kids get into the weapons trunk, all heck breaks loose. it's palins versus gosselins. and alaska will never be the same. an all new "sarah palin's alaska." sunday december 12th at 9:00. on tlc. >> jimmy: well, that's something to see. [ applause ] this is interesting. supporters of wikileaks founder julian assange have specifically targeted sarah palin. her website and her personal credit cards were attacked yesterday. they were able to get into her account. they figured out her password, which turned out to be "palin 2012." they got it on the first guess. but where were these

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as you may know sarah palin has a hit tv show on cable.other best selling book called "america by heart," where she talks about her vision of what america should be. all of that stuff may be hurting her in the political arena. joining us from -- charles krauthammer is a smart guy. even bill clinton said that. talking about possible contenders in 2012. your name came up. he is not sure that the activities you are engaging in would help you if you decide doo decide to run for president. does cac have a point. krauthammer have a point. >> he is probably used to those out in the beltway talking and meeting people and doing their strategery whereas i'm working and having a great time doing it it's been a pleasure to bring americans along for the ride to show them what america's fort knox, this land we call alaska has to offer and film eight episodes to show americans what it is what we do and what we have up here in terms of resources. it's a pleasure. the book is all about america's heart and exceptionism and how important it is -- so i don't

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reality show, kate gosselin and sarah palin had "no chemistry together" and they never spoke to one another off camera. she's rechbltly said to have gotten a $10,000 haircut. she hated the food, camping accommodations and left before sundown. >>> this comes to us from wds news in louisiana, where though he's no st. nick, what one man did was nothing short of saintly. sam and his wife traveled from missouri to new orleans to deliver 1,000 toys to the children of families affected by the oil spill. the war vet and cancer survivor have been traveling all across the country delivering his handcrafted toys for 20 years now, and he doesn't plan on slowing down. he says the hobby and, no doubt, a child's thankful smile, keep him from growing old. i see why. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> visitors at one nature reserve are seeing double, or are they? rare, siamese twin turtles are turning heads in turkey. the turtles share four legs and a shell, but they have two separate heads that sometimes compete with each ot

he invited sarah palin to come.hey built, for example, more than 10,000 shelters for the homeless people here. a lot of work has been done for these people. but the problem is there's so much to do. there's more than 1 million homeless people. only 10 million people in the entire country. 1 out of every ten people are homeless. and this is the saddest thing. this park across the street has been totally full each time. it was a little less full. i thought maybe people found shelter, better places to be. as it turned out, we found out from the people who operate the hotel, two people were killed in violence the other day. everyone was so scared there would be more violence, they got out of here. they're homeless somewhere else. so that's the only reason this park emptied out a little bit. >> gary, thanks for the update. stay safe. your crew as well. when we come back, since the midterm election whence we all know republicans made big gains there's been a big domino effect. party switching including two african-america

sarah palin and kate gosselin. the former governor and the mother of eight are two of the biggest reality stars on tv. tonight they appear in the same episode. as you will see they have plenty in common and they are armed. there is a big bear there. we'll have more coming up. >> plus, the final installment of our "today" teen idol series. for me it was michael j. fox. do you think? wasn't just my idol. this guy was my heart throb, the one i thought i would one day marry. didn't work out for me that way, but i am still quite a fan and those are all mine. that's actually not my apartment right now, just in case anybody -- >> when you see that many clippings it looks like the beginning of a hostage note. >> one restraining order and the guy's crazy. >> you're labeled for life. looking forward to that. >>> we want to start with the weather affecting folks this morning. it began with a blizzard in the midwest. the worst is yet to come for a lot of molson canadiafolks. michelle franzen starts us out. >> reporter: whiteou

an all new "sarah palin's alaskalask alaska."tlc. >> jimmy: well, that's something to see. [ applause ] this is interesting. supporters of wikileaks founder julian assange have specifically targeted sarah palin. her website and her personal credit cards were attacked yesterday. they were able to get into her account. they figured out her password, which was "palin 2012." they got it on the first guess. where were they during voting for "dancing with the stars"? they couldn't stop that? julian assange is in jail right now on sexual assault charges. this morning, headline news interviewed his step-father who had some interesting insight. >> strangely enough, i always thought that he would do something like this. >> jimmy: really? wasn't even an internet back then. and your glasses belong to sally jesse rafael. is it jesse or jeffy? this morning, prince made a surprise stop to visit the ladies of "the view." usually surprises on tv aren't really surprises but sherri shepherd appeared to be in shock. apparently she's a very big princ

. >>> sarah palin's visit to haiti. there and joins us with the details. >>> an nfl coach suspended for the rest of the season. his bad behavior lands him on the ridiculous. >>> you may have heard that sarah palin was in haiti over the weekend. she arrived saturday, visited some cholera clinics and traveled with a relief group led by franklin graham. it's a tense time in haiti. commercial flights were canceled last week because of civil unrest. demonstrations broke out after disputed election results were announced. gary tuchman joins me now from haiti. gary? >> reporter: when sarah palin was here this weekend, she didn't see the rain, but she did see the tears. she talked to earthquake victims and cholera victims. the cholera epidemic is still raging here. she was a guest of franklin graham. franklin graham is the son of the reverend billy graham. he is the president and ceo of samaritan's purse. it's a charity organization that does a lot of good work. they built more than 10,000 shelters for earthquake victims. it wa

against sarah palin everybody knows sarah palin. 55% to 33%. esident gets his highest numbers there. my question to you, mr. carville, does any of had matter on the palin question? will republican primary voters, will electability be an issue or is it about ideology? >> electability is an issue. i'm supporting sarah palin. look. i think this is the warm-up. i think the mother of all is the debt limit. >> amen. >> i think this is all foreplay here. the big event is coming up. >> i totally agree with james on that. what they do with the debt limit will make or break these guys. in particularly those in congress right now and even some of the ones who are speculating that they'll vote for it depending on what deal they get cut from the democrats which i'm starting to think you're going to see the republicans, new guys in particular, mike lee and rand paul come in and flat out say they're not going to vote for the debt limit and which candidate will rise above that. >> rand paul says he has $500 billion of cuts in his back pocket that he's going to

sarah palin. i really mean it. i'm trying to be very serious.hink the tea party movement would have been very large without her or senator demint as a, you know, kind of afterthought. but, still, using "time's" criteria for better or worse, she had a great impact this past year, the entire year. she lost some of her candidates. she won some of her candidates. the poor moose she shot. i mean, there's an impact for you. but i think that people like sarah palin, to me, are ones that really move -- great movements of this country. >> she commanded attention in our national politics like no one else. a singular figure. love her or not. she was a dominant player in the tea party movement. she was a dominant player in the campaign this year. piers morgan, when you come across the pond to our style of politics, sarah palin stands out why? >> she's a mesmerizing character on television and television is now the most powerful medium outside of the internet for any politician. if you chart back really the empowerment of the internet to the public, look no

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thank you. >>> sarah palin, for one, thinks the plan is a, quote, lousy deal. in an exclusive interview with "good morning america" anchor robin roberts, palin said extending the push tax cuts for only two years creates too much uncertainty for businesses. palin said she is thankful that obama give tax cuts to the wealthy, too. although, she doesn't call it a compromise. >> it is a flip-flop on his position on taxes because he was so adamant about not allowing the tax cut extension to take place for job creators. all of a sudden, one day, he was fine with it. >> palin also opens up about her kids and even takes robin snowmobiling. don't miss the interview this morning on "good morning america." >>> travel stress just got a little more stressful, with a new warning about terror attacks possibly coming over the holidays. state and local law enforcement have been warned about the threats. but no specific plots have been uncovered here in the u.s. the warnings follow claims from rebels who have been captured in iraq. at the same time, riders of washington, d.c.'s me

what exactly was sarah palin doing in haiti? franklin graham. franklin graham is the son of the revlaerend billy graham. he's the ceo and president of a charity called samaritan's purse. they toured haiti. we got some great photographs. but we were not able to take photographs. that's the unique part of this visit. she's not a declared presidential candidate. she was a vice presidential candidate, a governor. she's a vip. when vips come to disaster zones, the journalists work together to cover these visits. sarah palin made the decision at the last minute not to allow any media to cover any of her visit. we never saw her with a single haitian. one media group was invited. that's where she does some work, the fox news people were with her the entire time. we were told when we came here that we'd see her. it turns out, we did not. we couldn't ask her why because she wouldn't take any questions. what's interesting, the palin people said they'd have a news conference. we showed up yesterday, and franklin graham gott up on the stage

she also worked on the sarah palin campaign. like me, she is a californian with a degree in journalism. with that, we are going to start. i hope we will get to oligarch questions today to all of your questions -- i hope we will get to all of your questions. with that, we are going to see a clip from the kennedy debate to help get started. >> in 1950, only 4 million homes had televisions. by 1960, it reached into 44 million homes. congress has made possible direct to television debates for the first time to give one station in chicago was chosen as e scene. >in the studio, they prepared fr the arrival of nixon and kennedy. representatives approved each detail. vice president nixon was the first to ride. -- arrive. now he listens why the rules of television debates are explained. >> good. excellent. >> the first question will be to senator kennedy. once you get up, you are up for the rest of it. >> what is it? >> get out, 5 seconds. >> you want to cut quickly? >> howard will give you a few seconds. looking right at the camera here

elk. [ laughter ] they don't want -- that's right, tlc is trying to get sarah palin so shoot a secondson of her show. in response sarah palin was like, "stop, you have me at 'shoot.'" [ laughter ] this is pretty interesting, according to a new study, e-mail use among senior citizens has increased 17% last year. or as grandkids put it, "kill me now. [ laughter and applause ] no grandma -- just press send. i know there's no send key. you don't need a send key. it's on the screen. [ laughter ] forget it." [ laughter ] you guys, we have "feliz navidad" singer jose feliciano. [ cheers and applause ] the coolest guy. my favorite. a legend. [ cheers and applause ] i stayed up all night learning the spanish part so i don't look like one of those dudes who faking it. i'm like "feliz navidad pro bono onions some peas ta da?" [ laughter ] it's pretty close. it's pretty close. [ laughter ] this is crazy, police in tennessee found four live monkeys inside a man's house during a meth raid. [ laughter ] i just want to say, matt lauer, i'm not bailing you out this time. [ laughter ] i'm not doing it

>>> and sarah palin, will she or won't she run for president?rd, a new generation-- a fifth generation-- of fighter aircraft has been born. because of one word, america's air dominance for the next forty years is assured. that one word... is how. >>> they are already behind bars, convicted of crimes, but now thousands of inmates may be stealing millions and millions of our hard-earned tax dollars. cnn's mary snow has this report. >> reporter: for tens of thousands of inmates filing phony tax returns is proving to be an easy way to collect money. the inspector general for tax administration finds that in 2009 nearly 49,000 inmates filed false claims for $130 million, and uncle sam paid out $112 million of it. >> it is because the irs did not make a concerted effort to screen the tax returns received from prisoners. the i.r.s. has the ability to identify the tax returns from people who are incarcerated and they made a decision not the pursue this. >> reporter: jay russell george calls it troubling since he testified about the problem five years ag

. >>> and sarah palin's big humanitarian trip to haiti lasted, less than two days. and it included exclusive access for a fox news crew. how interesting. she basically parachuted in for a photo-op. and this just in, of course the giants and vikings play tonight in detroit. brett favre, he's been put on the inactive list, so the streak stops at 297 games. our technical crew here, don't diss me during the show. i still love the viks. >>> but this is the story that has me fired up tonight. congress is another step closer to blowing a $900 billion hole in the deficit by lining the pockets of americans who are in the top 2% of income in this country. now, late this afternoon, the senate overwhelmingly passed a test vote on president obama's tax cut compromise with republicans. the president late this afternoon, moments ago, just addressed it. >> i am pleased to announce at this hour the united states senate is moving forward on a package of tax cuts that has strong bipartisan support. and this proves that both parties can in fact work together to grow our economy and loo

everybody has an opinion about sarah palin. chris: and it seems to be rning. there's something wrong here. doing soft things, like t.l.c. and the woodsmen stuff and it seems to be -- it doesn't seem to be making friends. >> she's becoming a much better reality tv star. but she's not a politician. the only thing that she can do to turn around her image as a politician as opposed to a celebrity is to take a creative , interesting, brave position on some issue. she has no positions on any issue. >> yes. >> at first it was really cool to be a celebrity politician. but to have minded to the extent that she has, makes everybody thinking maybe that's what she's in this thing for. and not preparing in any serious way to run. chs: and america's boredom complex. we get bored with politicians. and thanks to a great rournedtable. howard fineman, katty kay, norah o'donnell and joe klein. that's the show. thanks for watching. have a wonderful christmas. and see you here next week. - hello! - ha! why don't you try a home cooked meal... with yummy hamburger helper? oh! tada!