had his share of legal problems. he served 90 days himself for drug possession. said his star status did nothing. lindsay, he says, has it better than she knows. she got really lucky with being able to take two weeks to get her affairs in order. reporter: chances are lohan won t probably serve the full 90 days. she can get as much as a third blocked off her sentence just for good behavior. 90 days doesn t mean she ll do 90 days. she ll do 25 to 40 days, in that neighborhood. reporter: if she files an appeal, she may succeed in putting off her time behind bars. but most agree, it will probably just delay the inevitable. lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. do you know how many people came in my newsroom drenched? they were outside on the plaipl the today show for lady gaga.
push of credibility that we needed at that time. it was great timing and the fact that we started a grassroots movement and all just came together nicely. norah o donnell joins us live from d.c. and nikki haley went to an unknown person and sarah palin endorsement catapulted her and all the bloggers started talking about this woman and now here she is on the verge of making history. she shattered the glass ceiling in south carolina and now she s one step closer to becoming the first female governor of south carolina and she also catapulted herself into star status in the republican party. not just because she is a young woman, she is 38 years old and also an indian american and, you know what, the road to the republican presidential nomination in 2012, not only goes through iowa and new hampshire but also south
first, we want to have a united front with the allies, but we saw new pictures of kim jong-il and the betting seems to be that we are in the middle of a succession. we see the elevation of his son to fourth star status, this young man with no military experience suddenly being given the status of four-star general. we don t know if this is months or a year, but something is clearly happening. for sure. that s the most logical explanation of this aggressive behavior. first, the sinking of the ship, the artillery shelling. it s probably to give him what appears to be some military kre d credentials. i think it sends a strong signal. it s a very tough signal to china that neither china or north korea should assume that