0 liberty. i m sorry, she s closed. the museums, closed. liberty bell, closed. the shutdown in 1995 was the longest in our nation s history and we are beginning to get a sense of what a shutdown would like this time. crucial government functions, if not stopping all together, then at least powering down to a significant extent. the essential stuff like air traffic control and sending out social security checks and so on, that stuff will get done, but defining what s essential isn t that easy. in colorado right now, they are of course cleaning up from devastating flooding that killed eight people an swept away homes and washed out hundreds of miles of roads. as part of its recovery, colorado s been getting help from all over the place. for example, the utah national guard was planning to send 120 engineers to help rebuild a stretch of u.s. north 36 to rebuild a stretch. colorado s been racing to rebuild its roads before the winter sets in. now, as part of us all getting he used to be co
0 turned away tr the statue of liberty. the museums, closed. liberty bell, closed. the shutdown in 1995 was the longest in our nation s history and we are beginning to get a sense of what a shutdown would like this time. crucial government functions, if not stopping all together, then at least powering down to a significant extent. the essential stuff like air traffic control and sending out social security checks and so on, that stuff will get done, but defining what s essential isn t that easy. in colorado right now, they are of course cleaning up from devastating flooding that killed eight people an swept away homes and washed out hundreds of miles of roads. as part of its recovery, colorado s been getting help from all over the place. for example, the utah national guard was planning to send 120 engineers to help rebuild a stretch of u.s. north 36 to rebuild a stretch. colorado s been racing to congressman tom latham of iowa. a couple of farms that had his name on them, so back hom
there, done that. the somali-born icon says you will rarely find her at a show these day bus she tells me face-to-face, she loves how models of today are seizing the opportunity, recognizing that the cat walk and magazine covers can be a spring board for even bigger business breaks. you know, i was awarded the fashioning icon award, which was i was totally surprised because it is not a yearly award they give. they have given it only to other four women, kate moss, nicole richie, sandra bernhardt and i can t remember the other one and i was the fifth. so i have to stay is great for the ego, at my age, i m a 55. i thought how perfect, right? on top of that barney s gave me two windows, it was celebration and lovefest for a week. tells me it was forever.
ruler moammar gadhafi himself, his son is supposed to issue a statement some time tonight. in the meantime, from ben gas zucker we have a protester on the telephone. as is our custom, we do not identify this person for their own protection. are you there and can you tell us what is happening right now? caller: hello there. can you hear me? yes. call okay. great. well, basically, benghazi is free from the tyrant, the end of his regime here in the eastern section of the country. his military compound, which was the sign of his dominance, was breached today by a commando brigade that turned the people against gadhafi and his percentnaries were captured, some of them were killed and the eastern sector of libya is free. talking about benghazi, and there are strong reports that tripoli realized what an accomplishment benghazi accomplished and will join in and hopefully soon the whole country will be free of him had. you mentioned the takeover of the military barracks in bengh
tonight, bette midler, kathy griffin and vanessa williams. i ve got more stars in here than the betty ford clinic. all that and more from the time warner center in new york, tonight. you never know what my guest is going to say or say about you behind your back. her comedy is brash, outspoken and takes no prisoners. in fact, i am wearing body armor right now. please help me welcome to my table, kathy griffin. i love that intro and here s why. i love that you pointed out that i talk about people behind their backs. yes. and here s why. i think it s interesting when people want me to confront these celebrities, and the truth is i was raised right. i talk about people behind their backs, and i wait until you leave the room. yes. so when people say that on reality shows. if you have something to say, say it to my face. i would rather wait until you leave the room. i can be funnier and it s more freeing. sometimes you get into trouble. you have things that i have dow