this smarmy guy. it is playing out in e.r.a. real life. it makes you wonder. bizarre. $2 million. richard can t get over. 2 million bucks a show. i can t take it. kwame kilpatrick, let s talk about him. more legal troubles for the detroit mayor. what do you think, richard? the kwamster is really in deep trouble. he was in trouble before when they violated him on probation. when you get hit with a major rico charge alleging you had a trust in a charity you use as your own personal piggy bank and rigged contracts and kickbacks and now all the people around him are allegedly government witnesses are going to testify firsthand against him. oh, boy, this guy is going to go away for a long, long time. that s right. avery, it sounds like you agree. he wouldn t make restitution
shotgun which accidentally went on. the body was moved and dumped in a dallas suburb. brazil is inaugurating the first female president. the daughter of a bulgarian immigrant and never held elected office. secretary of state hillary clinton attended the inauguration calling brazil an essential part anywhere in the hemisphere and the world. it is one of the most anticipated tv debuts in history. we re talking about o.w.n., the oprah winfrey network signed on about 40 minutes ago. the channel is available on cable to potential audience of 85 million homes. congrats to oprah. there were lots of stories that outraged our legal guys, topping their ridiculous of big names in and out of court. let s bring back avery friedman and richard her man. nice enough to join us again. i m going to start with richard out of las vegas on this thirst
day of 2011. lindsay lohan, need i say more. take it away. no, you don t. she is toxic. she can t get a job. she can t work. she can t act. the only way she gets press is by violating probation, walking into court with crocodile tears, in and out, these judges in california are absurd. they let her go. sentence her to 180 days, she does 10, 14 days in prison. they release her. on february 25th she goes back again for a potential probation violation. how can they go away for a couple of weeks in betty ford and not be a drug addict or dunk? they are releasing her from betty ford. on the 25th we ll see if she is violated again for failing to take a drug test. avery, do you feel for her if she has an addiction problem?
there something that says they cannot sue if they accept the settlement. sorry about that. avery you can take that question. there is a clean up fund which is $20 billion. there are individual lawsuits pending. that ask a good thing for the victims. there are also separate justice department cases. sooner or later i m optimistic, i don t agree that the matter should be settled. every victim should move forward. i don t think the justice department should settle these cases. this is the largest oil disaster in american history. this is not the kind of case that should settle. it should move forward with tul prosecution. avery, i will stay with you on this one. no matter where you go, people have an opinion on this one. a reform bill passed and signed in march. health care, a big one? i love this case because we knew lawsuits were going to be