the charges of whoopi goldberg stand. >> i think she probably should have let it alone because whoopioldberg is on television five days a week and that is a big platform. she doesn't need to go there and it is not going be in her best interests to fight whoopi goldberg. whoop ppy iwhoopi is not runnir president, barack obama is. keep the focus on obama. >> long reported you and romney don't get along. bad blood from the previous campaign. do you see any one now in this campaign who can galvanize all of the different branches of the republican party and put forth a tough and winning campaign against this president? >> there is no candidate and i don't see any on the horizon that causes anybody to say that is the one. no one. >> maybe it is never going to be that way. >> turns out whoever gets the nomination when it comes down to do you like this guy better than obama, oh, yeah. we people talk about romney and me. let me make it clear. mitt romney is the nominee, i'm out there on his team. >> side-by-side campaigning? >> whatever it takes. i think he would be a much better president tha

i don't care if you are an actor, greg gutfeld, bill shultz, whoopi goldberg or bill marr. if it is meant as a joke as opposed to saying the f-word, c-word or s-word to get attention, you can't get away with it by saying blanket, i am a comedian. >> luis ck, one of the best comics ever does a six-minute joke about the "n"-word. and it is not just the n word, but actually saying it, and nobody has had a problem with it. michael richards who is a stupid actor who tries to be funny and he said it once and it ruined his career. he is not skilled enough to do that. political activists will get themselves into trouble because it is not funny enough. that's what john mare blew up either. he was trying to be funny, but he is not good as being funny. he is not professionally funny enough to say that in an interview and it doesn't come off as racist. >> you think he wasn't trying to be funny when he said that -- or he wasn't funny when he said that, and it makes it not okay to you. >> it is not the specific case. it is you are categorizing anyone who calls himself a comedian can say

. >> talk show host and actress whoopie goldberg is among the many celebrities wishing nelson mandelay. to honor its first black president south africa calls july 18th international mandela day. south africans are asked to volunteer 67 minutes of service representing each year he fought against the policies of apartheid. we'll check some of the headlines. a crash involving a tour bus in upstate new york left at least two people dead. several others were injured in the accident which took place this afternoon on interstate 390. a number of hospitals reportedly received patients from the crash. those with more serious injuries were transported by helicopter. >>> not only was there no carmegeddon in los angeles, a highway project that was supposed to cause it finished 17 hours ahead of schedule. interstate 405 re-opened at noon today after crews finished demolishing a bridge earlier than expected. the city was bracing itself when ten miles of

. >> talk show host and oscar winner whoopi goldberg is among many of the celebrities wishing nelsonappy birthday. one of the world's best known freedom fighters turns 93 on monday. south africa is calling july 18th international mandela day. south africans are asked to volunteer 67 minutes to service representing each year mandela fought against segregation policies of apartheid. watch this now. >> is that any idea how to run a newspaper? >> don't know how to run a newspaper. i just try everything i can think of. >>> or son wells in "citizen kane." rupert murdoch, both men brilliant. commanders of powerful media empires. from there the comparisons are less kind. murdoch is the last of the media barons a list that extends back in time to include william randolph hearst. he took "citizen kane" very personally. he even made an offer to the studio to destroy all prints of it and burn the negatives. but it backfired. "citizen kane" became a classic. what about murdoch's le cubacy? is he about to have his own rose bud moment? let's talk to jeff jarvis. jeff, thank you so much. is this the

there's whoopi goldberg there, getting ready. dalai lama is expected to talk about his world experiences and questions from the crowd. he is in washington for a ten-day visit. you hear the applause. the dalai lama met with leaders earlier in the week. right now there are no public plans for a meeting with president obama. >>> it has been nearly seven years, believe it or not, since a massive tsunami devastated southeast asia. one woman has turned that tragedy into an opportunity for children in need. that is why she is a cnn hero. >> my father called me and told me that something bad had happened in thailand. my daughters, eleanor and josephine went to thailand for vacation with my ex-husband. as it was hard to get good information in sweden, we decided to go to thailand ourselves and look for them. when i realized i wouldn't bring them back home alive, i wanted to die. but the thai people that had suffered so much more, i felt a connection to them and i wanted to give something back. my name is susanne janson. i moved to thailan

he's there, of course, promoting peace as you see in the back ground there, whoopi goldberg. >>> yeartheir life, to run with the bulls in spain. earlier i spoke to nadia billcheck and she talked about why people do it. >> it dates back hundreds and hundreds of years. the history is that during that time there was no transportation for bulls. how were they going to get them from the markets to the arenas? they had o literally goad them through. what people realized is that through fear and excitement, the bulls would run faster. it became a sport for people. originally it was only men and it was very macho. you asked me earlier, do women do it? more and more women are doing it to get that absolute adrenaline. and noticing their wearing white and red. the festival is this in tribute to the saint and also the red was supposed to be his martyrdom. but bulls are colorblind. >> no need to wear the white and red but it's part of the tradition there? >> exactly. you're watching not only the bulls. what happens is 8:00 every single morning of this festival, the gun goes off and the people star

she would be the third woman to do so behind whoopie goldberg, and ellen degeneres. >>> a new memberthe 3,000 hit club, and the man who caught the ball is also making headlines. >>> a look at what you can expect for your neighborhood, coming up. >>> new york yankee shortstop, derek jeter is the newest member of baseball's 3,000 hit club. jeter is the 28th major leaguer to reach this milestone, and the very first yankee to do it. jeter's teammates greeted him at home plate, to celebrate hit number 3,000, part of jeter's perfect day at the plate yesterday against the tampa bay rays. he hit safely in all five at- bats, and had the game winning hit. the lifetime yankees fan gave him back the ball. >> mr. jeter deserved it. money is cool and all, i'm only 23 years old, i have a lot of time to make that. >> he told the yankees he didn't want anything, the team awarded him anyway, with 4 luxury box seats for every game for the rest of the year, including the playoffs. >>> thousands of thrill seekers have run with the bulls in spain. the running of the bulls on sunday is traditionally, the b