i want to pick up on the point that suzanne -- >> why is everyone quoting suzanne? >> she got the ball rolling. you talked about increasing the relevance of the narrative within muslim communities. at the same time, it is almost as if the narrative has taken on more salience among a muslim american living in northern virginia. what do we make of this? how can it become less popular in the arab-muslim world and become more popular in some of our own communities? >> i think some of this is a measure of time. the narrative reached these shores a bit late. i view this as a 30-year proposition. it took a while to get here. there are a threat to 20 million americans or something. i have wondered about going to the university of maryland and asking a statistician, if you saw going from three to a dozen plots in a country of three under 20 million, how statistically significant is that? i do not see this as an epidemic threat in the united states. they said not more threats in europe. easily 10 to one. i think we still should consider ourselves lucky, given that we are the

suzanne e-mails and says what are you going to serve on.ealized i didn't have dishes or cloth napkins or cutlery that matches. so i rented dishes, knives and forks. i've never had a cloth napkin in my life. i'm all paper towels all the time. >> larry: did you do a routine at the dinner? >> no, i took credit for it. i said, oh, i got these at saks fifth avenue. they were a fortune. >> larry: was it a success? >> it was so fantastic. you know, those are people that fascinate me. >> larry: they're nice people. >> larry: that's a group that has something to say. i was proud of it. lily tomlin was great. >> larry: you're going to meet -- >> oh, boy. >> larry: -- the woman who gave birth to kathy griffin. >> this can't be happening. >> larry: try to hide it the rest of her life. >> take it back. >> larry: kathy's mom maggie -- >> please no. >> larry: -- is next. >>> i'm don lemon. here are the headlines this hour. oil collection in the gulf of mexico resumed after an overnight shut down after equipment problems and lightning storm. two of the col

suzanne e-mails and says what are you going to serve on.have dishes or cloth napkins or cutlery that matches. so i had to rent it. so i rented dishes, knives and forks. i've never had a cloth napkin in my life. i'm all paper towels all the time. >> larry: did you do a routine at the dinner? >> no, i took credit for it. i got these at saks fifth avenue. they were a fortune. >> larry: was it a success? >> it was so fantastic. you know, those are people that fascinate me. i make fun of "the hills" but that's a group that has something to say. i was proud of it. lily tomlin was great. >> larry: you're going to meet -- >> oh, boy. >> larry: -- the woman who gave birth to kathy griffin. >> this can't be happening. >> larry: try to hide it the rest of her life. >> take it back. >> larry: kathy's mom maggie -- >> please no. >> larry: -- is next. digest best buy. ers they like that chevy backs the quality with a one-hundred- thousand mile powertrain warranty. they're not just trading in, they're trading up. qualified lessees now get a low mileage le

i want to pick up on a point that suzanne talked about. >> why everybody is quoting suzanne? don't do that! >> she got the ball rolling rolling. we see -- you talked about the kind of increasing irrelevance of the narrative within the muslim communities across the world. at the same time with the rise in domestic plots over the last 12-18 months, it is almost as if the narrate i ever has taken on more sailians among the american muslim living in georgia virginia or london. what do we make of this? how could it become less popular and on the other become more popular in some of our -- >> some of this is a measure of time. you know, that is -- that the nair tiver reached these shores i think a bit late and i should say from the outside, i view this as a 20-30-year proposition. i think it took a while to get here. i think, you know, 320 million americans. or something. i've always wonders for example about going to the university of maryland and asking a stati stician how statistically significant is that? i think it is significant operationly. -pbut as a security professiona bu

. >> why is everyone quoting suzanne? [laughter] >> she got the ball rolling. you talk about increasing the relevance of the narrative within muslim communities across the world. but at the same time, with a rise in domestic plots of the last 12 to 80 months, is almost as if the narrative has taken on more salience among most americans living in west virginia or in london. what do we make of this, and how could on the one hand the narrative become less popular in the arab muslim world, and on the other, become more popular in some of our own communities? >> some of this is a measure time. -- a measure of time. the narrative reach the shores of bit late. this is a 30-year proposition and we are 10 years in. it took awhile to get here. 320 million americans and i wondered about going to the university of maryland and asking a statistician, if you saw going from 3-12 plots, or whatever we had over the past year, and i country of 320 millions, how statistically significant effect? i still do not see this as an epidemic threat

>> the magic of the jackson five was having a team like motown, having a barry gordie, suzanne pass, these people who knew -- who just knew how to take what we had and put it into this motown machine and just present it for the world. that was the magic. and then we were so young, singing these grownup songs and michael singing about who is loving you and he's never experience ed love at that age. it was just unbelievable. >> larry: and it will never go away, you know. >> but we -- my kids are playing i want you back, abc stuff. i'm hearing this all the time now. yeah. >> larry: it's safe to say you think about him every day. >> every day. every day. i just -- sometimes i just say michael, michael, michael. where are you? michael. i miss you. yes. >> larry: do you believe he's somewhere? >> yes. absolutely. >> larry: because that cloud is moving in front of the moon is a little shaky. >> no. you know why, larry? his spirit is very much alive. i went to mumbai, and i went to go on the side of town in india to tailors. i saw this outfit in the window. i loved this outfit. it was in an

watching the proceedings is suzanne goldenberg. she is joining us by cell phone. you have an interesting perspective of writing for a british audience. how do merge those varied interests guest: it is a challenge. it covers so many areas. my primary interest is looking at the impact on wildlife. you cannot ignore the fact that bp is a huge company. whatever happens to bp will have huge repercussions throughout britain. people watch the hearings, looking into the cause of the disaster. also, what can be done to ensure that such a thing does not happen again. hoss: what can you tell our viewers about tony hayward as he begins to take questions? guest: p art is not one of his skills. he has made one gaffe after another. it has really made the situation more contentious. he has been undergoing media training quite extensively. bp is making that a big t.r. polish -- a big public-relations push. he is trying to show that he is contrite. that is his main challenge. host: with regards to the members of congress, what are you expecting from the democrats and republicans on

skipping over speaker, we have suzanne of the natural resources defense council, a member of the speaker's committee organized it days -- organize today's events. evan, chaar of the national press club's young members committee. bob keith, washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution and independent writer. thank you. on junee2, and farming bill brings west virginia is river as no. 3 on its 2010 most endangered rivers list. the threat that put it there was mountaintop removal. as its name implies, this mining practice removes the top of the mountain to reach the pole source inside, and it does not just affect west virginia -- to reach the coal source inside. that also affects mississippi. ashley judd is from kentucky. she first learned about them top removal from a grass-roots organization in 2007 and gave the keynote address at state capital last year. she is on the board of the defenders of wildlife and works with the sierra club, nrdc, and others on environmental issues. she's known as a feminist activiss an advocate of and it is human rights organization in 55 helping