tonight, the hottest political question of the summer. who will be mitt romney s running mate? remember the top republican who told me this i m running for president. i m not putting my hat in the ring rhetorically for vice president. that was then. now is tim pawlenty rethinking that whole vice presidential thing? i ll ask him also what he thinks of this from president. the republican says they don t want to raise taxes on the middle class. i don t want to raise taxes on the middle class. we should all agree to extend the tax cuts for the middle class. plus, hollywood s most gripping blockbuster settle their divorce just 11 days after she filed. what may be going on behind the scenes. and what role, if any, did scientology play in that split? i ll talk to a woman who was a member of that church and the counselor who says he helped countless ex-scientologists. i ll ask hollywood heavyweight rob reiner if the obama campaign s in trouble. this is piers morgan tonight
for you. good morning to you, welcome to early start on this monday morning. i m zoraida sambolin. and i m ashlee. it s the kind of heat that makes it hard to breathe and it is still threatening millions of americans all the way from the midwest to the northeast this morning. about 16 people have now died from this heat since thursday when triple-digit temperatures unleashed killer storms that have now left millions of people without power this morning. it s incredible, but look how many states are now dealing with miserable conditions in ohio, 425,000 people are now without power. that s as of 10:00 p.m. last night. it s the same story in virginia and maryland, where hundreds of thousands of people are just waiting for the power to come back on. just a whiff of ac in these extraordinary temperatures. the problem there doesn t seem to be much of a let-up in sight. 20 states are under heat advisory warnings. and now a state of emergency has been declared by the gove
america spends 17%. what is more, we don t benefit from the huge price tag. our healthy life expectancy, the standard measurement, ranks only 29th in the world behind slovenia. our infant mortality rate ranks 30th. it s more than twice that of sweden and japan. so what is our problem? in this hour in a time magazine essay, we will take you around the world to find out what lessons we can learn from others. we ll visit great britain, taiwan and switzerland to find out what those nations are doing right and what they are doing wrong. we will also show you some really interesting innovation going on back here in america. in one of the most poorest and crime-ridden cities in the nation. first, let s talk about the one thing americans are certain is bad. government-run health care across the atlantic in great britain. is the nation s health service an evil death panel as some say? let s take a look. during america s debate over health care reform, critics said britain s govern
colors and even crayons. her explosive theory about conrad murray. here did a terrible thing. there might have been others involved. catherine jackson in an extraordinary hour. the interview starts now. tonight an extraordinary look at michael jackson s private through his artwork. he started drawing as a child and new revelations about the iconic singer. much is kept in a airport hangar in los angeles. joining me now in an interview is michael jackson s mother and friend. thank you. we are surrounded by this incredible art, most of which has never been seen which your son michael did. what i am struck by, i love this picture which is how old is he there? about 9 or 10 there. he is clutching his own work of hard. he painted that. i don t know what is more impressive. the art or the hat he is wearing. very stylish. clearly from an early age, he loved art. tell me about that side of michael. michael loved art a lot. he loved paintings and water colors and even
i can drive you. i feel fine. as racy as ever. i don t think you can say this on prime-time cnn. we re just going to have to have a sort of slew of bleeps. let me apologize. tonight, the one thing you never thought you d see him go. she said, you okay with talking about it? i said sure. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight. oliver stone. on his first oscar more than 30 years ago for midnight express. churning out hits ever since. platoon. born on the fourth of july. jfk. and wall street. opinionated on everything. i m pretty sure he ll have some tough answers. oliver stone. hello, piers. welcome. i m very excited. i ve been a huge fan of yours for a long time. i don t normally say that. it s a very american thing to say that. we re british. we tend to hide our feelings. i love the provocative undercurrent towards them. i love the fact you in your own life are as provocative. you don t really take prisoners, do you?