an easy ride. cbs s laura logan told me that was arrogant and sided with general mcchrystal. this morning we ll examine the fine line between cultivating sources and protecting them. supreme court nominee elena kagan was grilled this week in senate confirmation hearings, and what s that? you didn t catch the hearings? could that be because cable news largely blew them off? we ll ask the web s top court watcher about that. dave weigel resigned as a washington post blogger after leaked e-mails showed him talking trash. pretty ugly trash. about conservatives. did he deserve to lose his job? we ll ask him. plus buzz bissinger is a pulitzer prize winning author. so why the blank is he dropping f-bombs on twitter? i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. at the outset, 25 years ago, it looks like what it was, a radio show put on the tv. the host sat there with an oversized mike and chatted with guests and took calls from viewers. but larry king live blossomed into a
charisma, just practical? can-do business guy. right. middle of the road. what do you think? or far right. what are you going to paint him as? paint him as far right, obviously. you re being very careful. can you make mitt romney a right-winger? i think mitt romney s doing a pretty good job of making himself a right-winger. thank you, steve hildebrand, on the left. and in the middle somewhere john. jeb bush, the most attractive of the bushes ever, is out there killing this guy charlie crist. he said backing of the stimulus program was unforgivable? is jeb running for president? i think this guy s back. we re going to talk about it in a minute. jeb bush. you watch. the republicans need a leader somewhere between the unexciting mitt romney and the too exciting sarah palin. maybe this is their guy. we ll be right back on hardball. breze fabric refreshr is an essential component of my toolkit. when a house smells good, it gives a very positive impression on homebuye
we re live in times square where it is already 2010. i can t believe it. it s flown by. it has flown by. and your hair is frizzing. i don t know what that means. one of the things that s interesting about tyke times s this place clears out after 12:15. the crowds disperse quickly. cleaning crews move in quickly. is that one of your side jobs? cleaning? just to make ends meet? it s a tough year. got to do what you can. bravo my life on the d list. the crowd, a matter of minutes. don t act like a few people aren t going to roll home. a few people will roll home. and maybe make new friends. the police did a thorough and good job as they do every year in times square of keeping this thing very safe. barricades. systems. very heavy security. yes. and it was a great i think it was good. yes. it was as far as i know no one got hurt. just your career. took a little hit. we do what we can. it s all right. it s over for lance bass. let s
long. with that, thanks for joining us. i m tom foreman. for everyone at 360, we hope you keep your job, keep your patience, and keep your spirits up through a happy new year. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening from times square. i m anderson cooper. this is kathy griffin. it s me, kathy griffin, everyone. i m on the bubble. can we be open about what s happening? yes. i got a letter from the cnn attorneys or possibly you warning me that if i m out of line tonight i get canned on the spot and i have to write the check back. uh-huh. now, do you have that in your deal tonight? no, i don t. oh my god, lady gaga, i love her. we re here with kathy grif n griffin, hundreds of thousands of people from all around the world. take a look. never gets old. times square. snowed this morning. it is raining tonight. we ve been here when it is barely 10 degrees. none of it seems to make the slightest bit of difference. people come to new york on new year s eve
cynicism and skepticism. i m glad he s a healthy skeptic. i wish we did not have to wrap this up, but we do. thanks to larry for letting me sit in the chair tonight. it was a pleasure. ac 360 starts right now. good evening, again, i m erica hill in tonight for anderson cooper. tonight a 360 exclusive in the case of the american father who s been trying to get his son home from brazil for the last five years. only on 360 the boy s grandfather is speaking out. the latest on today s court ruling that could bring this heart wrenching story to a close. the raw politics of health care reform and especially your bottom line. what you ll pay, how much you ll save and how much money was spent trying to influence lawmakers? we ve got it all. a bit later why anderson really wanted to be out of the office tonight or better yet out of the country. we ve made a list, we ve checked it twice. and we have it for you. the awkward, embarrassing downright strangest moments of the yea