she was familiar. she would say anything. she was funny. greatest comedy writers in the world putting jokes in rhoda s mouth. there was a recognition that she could be your neighbor or the gal at the drugstore behind the counter. it was a wonderful character to play. i was privileged to do it nine years. so, yeah, it s true, piers. that is connected. when you look back, valerie, with this extraordinary life you have had, what is the greatest moment for you? if i could replay a moment for you, what would you choose? oh, my goodness, my husband telling me he thought we should adopt. because i would make a great mother. that was a nice one. other, the achievements, being directed by paul newman. who wouldn t want to look into those blue eyes. there have been milestones all
is the one you become. it explains why people feel so vested in what s happened to you. so many people related to you on a human level. you were the kind of person they could be. that s right. she was familiar. she would say anything. she was funny. greatest comedy writers in the world putting jokes in rhoda s mouth. there was a recognition that she could be your neighbor or the gal at the drugstore behind the counter. it was a wonderful character to play. i was privileged to do it nine years. so, yeah, it s true, piers. that is connected. when you look back, valerie, with this extraordinary life you have had, what is the greatest moment for you? if i could replay a moment for you, what would you choose? oh, my goodness, my husband telling me he thought we should
i listened to the consulate breakfast, lunch and supper throughout the day. and john paul i and ii, i was the judge of the rhoda, the supreme court of the catholic church. and for hundreds and hundreds of years, judges were asuned there were 14 of us, to guard the cardinals in the conclave. i wish you could have seen us. some of us were to thorring at 75 and so forth. not great guards. were they trying to escape or something? to see if others didn t come in. we each had a door. i was assigned a door for both of those conclaves. you remember this extra almness. let everyone leave. most who are to leave is the 14 judges that did the guarding. we leave along with a doctor and a few others.
yeah. and i m scared for my family. i think of, you know, not going to christina s wedding, but maybe i will. oh, god. i love her. cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen, you know, i look at her and think of all those years i watched rhoda growing up. she s just so lovely. this is an inoperable disease. it s not a brain tumor, but what is it, elizabeth? it s not a solid tumor, ashleigh. what it is is sort of these cancer cells that hang out in the cerebral spinal fluid. you can imagine cells sort of floating in fluid. it affects the meninges. the layers that form a bag around the brain. it s not in her brain, it s in the layer around her brain. still, as we just heard her say, a very, very tough diagnosis. you just have to so admire her strength. i know. she s just wonderful when she says maybe five years. she s undergoing chemotherapy anyway. we wish her the best.
and the tsa s decision to allow small knives and baseball bats and hockey sticks on airplanes has some people worried about maybe, they re letting dangerous items back on the plane. should congress get involved if the agency doesn t reverse its decision? going to talk to the head of the association of flight attendants international about those regulations. all that and much more ahead this morning. fantastic. a lot of confusion about those knives. yeah, it was very, very odd. sheryl sandberg, have you had a chance to read it yet? i want to discuss that with you. that would be lovely. i ve read some excerpts. you re not a woman, so i don t care what you think. he s been chiming in all morning, you may care. maybe we ll all have a discussion. thank you. 42 minutes after the hour right now. actress valerie harper, best known for her days on the hit show rhoda and the mary tyler moore show. she has been diagnosed with a rare former cancer. she s talking about it with some