sarah simons is an author and infidelity analyst. hello, women, and welcome to a hot topic. infidelity. i want to ask, have any of you been cheated on? >> yes. i was cheated on. his girlfriend -- he had a girlfriend while he was -- he was actually sleeping with her. i was his girlfriend. she called me in the middle of the night at about 2:00 in the morning and said, can i speak to michael? he's going to be listening. i said, who is this? she said, his girlfriend. we hung up the phone and i waited two hours and star 69'd her, so i could call her back and give me all the details. >> she gave you all the details? >> she gave me the details. you need the details. >> holly, holly hill author of "sugarbabe," you think that's okay, if you negotiate fidelity with your spouse or lover, it makes for a long and successful relationship. am i right? >> yeah. absolutely. and those details that we talk about, if you're mating the women that your partner is being with, you're not building her up to be some kind of supermodel in your head. and we always want to know the details. the best way

sarah palin this weekend looked like she was having a great time doing what she's doing. goes back to another quote, paul simon, the senator from illinois, said "in politics, sometimes when you win, you lose, and sometimes when you lose, you win." right now, sarah palin, at least for her own political interests, is looking like a big winner. >> all right. joe scarborough. we're simulcasting msnbc and nbc. thanks for lending me your viewers, joe. >> thank you so much! the extra 10 million's really going to put you over the top. this show could really be something one day. i root for you guys. >> good seeing you, joe. say hi to mika. take care. >> all right. thank you so much. >> that was fun. we've got to check the rest of the morning's top stories, however. we have carl quintanilla from cnbc subbing for me this morning. good morning. >> good to see you. good morning, everybody. >>> a huge relief effort is under way this morning in pakistan following flooding that has killed more than 1,100 people. more than 28,000 others have been trapped by floodwaters. the u.s. began delivering aid to the region on sunday. >