twitter. i do text. i don t when i m driving. i ve already been stopped for being on the phone. i got this amazing reaction. the general themes were mr. america, icon, tv legend. the outpouring of affection for you and respect, real respect, was extraordinary, probably more than almost any other guest i ve had. how does that make you feel very good. when you look back on this career yuf you ve had? i ve had people come up to me in airports. thank you, mr. donahue. i m mr. donahue now. because of you i got out of an abusive marriage. because of your show i came out to my parents. because of your show i learned to speak english. i ve heard a lot that s more often now. and it s wonderful. i mean, to have had that kind of influence on people s lives. do you miss it? do you miss the daily connection? i don t miss the daily of it,
the shooting that nearly killed gabby giffords. christina taylor green died before her 10th birthday. she was born on 9/11. now her parents tell her story. i was hoping it was a nightmare and i was going to wake up and kept pinching myself hoping it wasn t real. it was that horrendous. it was unbelievable. roxanna and john green. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. i probably wouldn t be doing this job were it not for my guests tonight. he did an astounding 6,000 shows over a quarter of a century and pretty much invented the daytime talk show. he s talked to everybody and tonight i m delighted to say i have the great honor of being the latest person that phil donahue talks to. when i said i was interviewing you, extraordinary reaction. i put it on twitter this morning. you ve done one tweet. is that right? that is you, isn t it? there s a phil donahue twitter site. it has one tweet. that s my secretary s creation. you know, i m afraid i don t twitter. i do tex