gets the okay to attend her husband s launch into space on the shuttle endeavour. living a lie. an alaskan police officer is arrested, accused of hiding his true identity as a mexican national illegally working in the united states. and today s news nation gut check, can we call it the gospel of oprah? one professor says the talk show queen has transformed herself into a religious icon. hundreds of prisoners have escaped from a jail in southern afghanistan via an underground tunnel dug by taliban insurgents. more than 450 inmates disappeared through the 1,000 foot passageway. most of the prisoners were taliban fighters. it highlights the continuing weakness of afghan security in the south. we are live in london with the latest. this has been called a disaster for not just the afghan government, but for foreign forces who want to gradually withdraw from that country. reporter: absolutely, tamron. this is actually very frustrated
are they not immune? well, it happened the other day. details on that in a second. first a look at our top stories. her long road to recovery starts with a short flight. this is congresswoman gabrielle giffords. her mother, nurses and staff all en route from tucson to a houston hospital yesterday. that s where giffords will spend at least the next four to six months in treatment and rehab. one of her new doctors describes her as doing surprisingly well. arnold schwarzenegger among those burying the casket of his late father-in-law today outside washington. sargent shriver died tuesday at the age of 95. the cardinal conducting the funeral mass cited shriver s work with the peace corps and the special olympics. first lady michelle obama, former president clinton and the vice president, joe biden, and entertainer and talk show queen, oprah winfrey, all among those attending. and msnbc has parted ways with eight-year anchor keith
year, anna chapman revelled in her notoriety. she has been given a position in the youth wing of russia s main political party. fueling speculation the 28-year-old could follow former spy vladimir putin, russia s prime minister, into politics. creative work in the future, she s asked. just watch television, she smiles. next year she promises i will reveal my secrets. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. police say some people will refuse a breathalyzer in the hopes of beating a dui conviction. but in a couple states they won t have the option. that s ahead. and south carolina governor-elect nikki haley just told oprah a bug n-o. she will not let the talk show queen interview someone in prison there in south carolina and you are going to recognize the inmate. jim across that standing by. he has that and our political pop next. we are monitoring breaking news out of texas.
right now for the workforce as whole in chile in large part because they re national heroes. harry reid, here s a guy who delayed on don t ask, don t tell, the middle class tax cuts, the dream act. given up for dead at one point for sure. rally with a shocker candidate, tea party candidate sharron angle and then comes back and in a lame-duck session has to deal with all those issues again. i think that s intriguing. number one? number one. that s my drum roll. oprah winfrey. that s a good one. good one. here she s coming up the show that made her a talk show queen, made her a king maker, to starter her own network, which is frought with risks. going out still pretty much on top. richard, my friend, we have a token man here. token, but i m loving it. it s a good place to be. i don t blame you. i don t blame you being between those two. hello, pell low. i ll start with ben bernanke, not the most exciting person but
john edwards is going to have to give his side of the story in a deposition on may 13th. monica. very interesting. a very different look for her, dramatically different from that gq shoot, very soft, more matronly, not that sexy bombshell gq things. she said johnny edwards, as she calls him, said, where are your pants and apparently did not approve of the way she posed thain gq article. i should point out andrew young has now responded to this interview. the youngs actually said they think rielle has now had plastic surgery. remember, of course, rielle lived with the youngs for a while. at one point he claimed paternity for the child. they also say rielle hunter s claims that andrew young stole the tape from her is bologna. monica. norah o donnell. good to see you. oprah winfrey is asking you to put down your cell phone while driving. the talk show queen is working to raise awareness of talking