hard to believe that on one of her biggest nights of her career that maria shriver would steal some of that spotlight and she did just that. she walked out on stage and she had some really touching words for oprah. they go way back. they ve known each other for 30 years. it was such a surprise for maria to show up that night, with everything that she is going through, the very scandalous split from arnold schwarzenegger. she talked about thanking her for her friendship over the years, for thanking her for teaching her the truth and one of the most poignant moments of the night, she said here s to the truth and that s when the crowd went wild. oprah pumped her hand in the air, embraced maria. everyone gave so much love for this woman who is obviously going through one of the most challenging times of her life. real support there. and i understand that maria shriver was not the only big
she dazzle the crowd. she was dressed to kill in that gorgeous blue sequinned dress. her hair was done. her makeup. she was smiling ear to ear. she thanked oprah for her friendship over the years. she s known oprah for about three decades and thanked oprah for teaching her the truth. this is one of the highlight of the night. oprah chimed in and said here s to the truth and guess what, carol? the audience just rose to its feet, applauded, embraced maria, you re really, really felt for her. no specific reference to the scandal, of course, but you could tell they really appreciated her coming out on this huge night. oh, yeah, no need at all. there are a lot of rumors flying around, like i heard that when maria shriver got the news that the scandal would break and would become public, she was eating with oprah winfrey. well, we know that she did dine with oprah on monday at a
assaulting a hotel house maid. she can t go back to work. she has no idea what her future is going to be in any respect. so aside from what took place in the hotel room, the trauma what has taken place in her life is extraordinary. the mississippi river is heading for historic crest at vicksberg over the next 24 hours. it is expected to peak a foot above the 1927 record across mississippi and louisiana. and 9,000 people have had to abandon their homes already. but this man plans to to stay put. do you have a plan b y i mean, if for some reason, the levees broke, what would you do? hook my gps up and leave out on the levee, that s it. well, it s very peaceful. yeah, very quiet. that s why i m getting a vacation right now, really. syrian newspaper reports the country s president admits that security forces have made mistakes in response to anti-government demonstrations. bashir al assad did not specify what those mistakes were, but the president is facing internati
the governor of louisiana says the record water levels could last more than a month. houston s newspaper reports that doctors will perform major surgery on gabrielle giffords. but first, we have an idea of who will leave al-qaeda and it s not who you d expect. dan rivers is in london. who is this man? this is saif al-adel, who is a former egyptian special forces officer, a veteran of al-qaeda, the chief of their military committee for many years. a veteran of afghanistan and somalia. he s got a long record as a terrorist. he has been appointed in a caretaker capacity to sort of look after the organization while they try and find a permanent replacement for bin laden, which may be sa hary. that has been hampered by the intelligence that the u.s. has seized at bin laden s layer in pakistan. do we know where he is now? saif al-adel we understand is in afghanistan. we re not sure where, but his talked from one source, a former libyan islamist, now turned his back on ter