we re talking this area as much as 50 degrees below average come tuesday. this is a very dangerous storm. now is the time to prepare for it pause this is certainly going to be impacting millions of people and could be a crippling storm. we ll keep you up to date. rob marciany is getting ready to go out in the field. thanks for that. i ve been sneaking over to the red carpet out in los angeles and it looks like the weather there is terrific. the 2011 s.a.g. awards are to night. kareen wynter, joining me live from the red carpet. the king s speech is getting all the buzz tonight. is that the heavy favorite? reporter: oh, my gosh. well, the critics are certainly betting on the king s speech, but you know what? the two films to wrach in this category would be with the king s speech, but also the facebook movie.
the story getting all the buzz tonight, queen elizabeth and the big apple. here in new york, even the biggest celebrity test hardly rate a second glance but today, the 84-year-old grandmother in a hat and gloves stopped traffic all over town and made a speech to a standing room-only audience at the u.n., more than 50 years after she first spoke there. it was only october, 1957, when the new queen, just 31 years old, four years into her reign, arrived in new york city. and at the u.n., in a demure black dress and hat and the queenly purse, she seemed shy and young. i offer you my best wishes in your tax. the queen shared the wisdom gained in nearly 60 years as mon took standing room-only crowd in the general assembly hall. it has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all. secretary-general ban ki-moon
the story getting all the buzz tonight is one that is going to be pretty baffling to adults. what do you do when you combine a moving car, daredevil teen, and a bridge? you get one really bad idea called car surfing. of course, it s caught on tape. kids do not try this at hope, at hope, on vacation, i don t care where you are. this daredevil balances on top of an suv. seconds later he adds this. completely insane. totally illegal on several counts. hit your head, you are gone. was it worth it. $1,000 in fines and possible jail time. you don t care, it s fun? it s fun the i know what i am doing. the brilliance of teenage boys. and a word to the wise car surfing is illegal for both the jumper and the driver. tonight, a dramatic trial,
it would have been even worse if he hadn t cooperated with the authorities. so jack abramoff didn t exactly get off easy. we just think the time really flew. joe johns. for us tonight. joe, thanks very much, appreciate it. larry king live starting in just a few minutes. up next, tonight s punch line. now there s a tropical storm in that area and it may interfere with the cleanup of the gulf. too bad because it was going pretty well. hey! [ tires screech ] [ female announcer ] when business travel leaves you drained, re-charge with free high-speed internet and free hot breakfast. comfort suites. power up. two times with comfort suites or any choice hotel, you can feed a family of four. book now at choicehotels.com to start earning your $50 restaurant gift card.
got to see to believe. we are no strangers to politicians behaving badly in this country. take a look at what happened when ukraine s parliament met earlier today to ratify a treaty with russia. you could call it bare knuckle politics, ukrainian-style. there is the floor of the ukrainian parliament. but the scene looks like something from a barroom brawl. fists were flying, hair was being pulled. the speaker at one point pelted with eggs. not by protesters, but by the politicians themselves. he had to be shielded from the barrage with umbrellas. and if the eggs and fistfights weren t enough, several smoke bombs were also set off. and the story getting all the buzz tonight, the graphic new music video from the singer/rapper known as m.i.a. she may be best known for the song on the soundtrack of slumdog millionaire. but the video for her new single born free is generating a lot of controversy with her brutality and nudity.