Piers Morgan Live (2011)
Piers Morgan Live is a talk show on CNN, hosted by Piers Morgan. The show premiered on January 17, 2011 and filled the former Larry King Live timeslot. The theme music is written by Anthony James, composer and CEO of British company Music Candy, and his writing partner Yiorgos Bellapaisiotis, Music Candy's Director. Piers Morgan Live is recorded primarily in CNN's studios at the Time Warner Center in New York City.
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Episode 1 - Oprah Winfrey
Release Date: 2011-01-17In the premiere episode Piers Morgan interviews talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
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Episode 2 - Howard Stern
Release Date: 2011-01-18Howard Stern is interviewed.
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Episode 3 - Condoleezza Rice
Release Date: 2011-01-19Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Former United States Secretary of State is interviewed.
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Episode 4 - Ricky Gervais
Release Date: 2011-01-20Comedian Ricky Gervais is interviewed.
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Episode 5 - George Clooney, Nick Clooney
Release Date: 2011-01-21Actor George Clooney and his father Nick are interviewed.
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Episode 6 - Rudy Giuliani
Release Date: 2011-01-24Rudy Giuliani is interviewed on "Piers Morgan Tonight", and he tells Piers Morgan he may be more likely to run for President in 2012 if Sarah Palin does too. In a green room Q&A after the interview, Giuliani gave his take on the state of the New York Yankees...and the state of Piers Morgan at CNN. "We're going to need a pitcher," said Giuliani. "As a Yankee fan, I'm nervous." As for Piers' future at CNN, Giuliani was a little less nervous: "A very probing interview, wonderful engaging personality, I don't see any reason why he wouldn't succeed." Giuliani also gave his take on how to get Piers to stop with all the cricket conversation – take a trip to Yankee Stadium. "He can come with me, the biggest expert on baseball," he said.
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Episode 7 - Joel and Victoria Osteen
Release Date: 2011-01-26Joel Osteen, Senior Pastor of Lakewood Church and his wife, Co-Pastor Victoria Osteen are interviewed.
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Episode 8 - Kim and Kourtney Kardashian
Release Date: 2011-01-27Sisters Kim and Kourtney Kardashian are interviewed.
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Episode 9 - Crisis in Egypt
Release Date: 2011-01-28The first in a series of programs on the remarkable events in Egypt leading to the stepping down of President Hosni Mubarak. Reporters include CNN Correspondents Nic Robertson, Ben Wedeman,Wolf Blitzer, John King, Amir Ahmed, Fran Townsend and Mohammed Jamjoom. Other guests are Steven Cook (Senior Fellow, Council On Foreign Relations), Frank Wisner (Former U.S. Ambassador To Egypt),Richard Grenell (Former U.S. Spokesperson to the United Nations), Robin Wright (Former Middle East Correspondent), Mark Coatney (Director, Tumblr) and Egyptian Journalist Sarah Sirgany.
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Episode 10 - Crisis in Egypt
Release Date: 2011-01-31The second in a series of programs on the remarkable events in Egypt leading to the stepping down of President Hosni Mubarak. Reporters include CNN Correspondents Anderson Cooper, Ben Wedeman and Nic Robertson. Guests appearing on the program are Christiane Amanpour, (ABC'S This Week), Prince Reza Pahlavi (exiled son of the Shah of Iran), Dan Rather (HD Net), Mohamed El-Erian (CEO of the world's largest bond fund manager, Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO)) and Mohamed Elbaradei (a leading opposition figure).
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Episode 11 - Crisis in Egypt
Release Date: 2011-02-01The third in a series of programs on the remarkable events in Egypt leading to the stepping down of President Hosni Mubarak. Piers interviews Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney. CNN's Anderson Cooper and Nic Robertson and Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times report on the crisis. A breaking news segment with CNN meteorologist Rob Marciano, located in Chicago, on a massive winter storm with the potential to cut a 1,500 mile swath of heavy snow, ice and bitter cold across America and affect 100 million people is also presented.
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Episode 12 - Crisis in Egypt, Barbara Walters
Release Date: 2011-02-02The fourth in a series of programs on the remarkable events in Egypt leading to the stepping down of President Hosni Mubarak. CNN Correspondents Anderson Cooper, Ivan Watson and Hala Gorani report. Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani and Barbara Walters of ABC News and The View are interviewed on the crisis. Barbara also discusses a variety of topics, including having had open heart surgery.
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Episode 13 - Crisis in Egypt
Release Date: 2011-02-03The fifth in a series of programs on the remarkable events in Egypt leading to the stepping down of President Hosni Mubarak. Reporting are CNN Correspondents Anderson Cooper, John King, Nic Robertson, Fionnuala Sweeney and Peter Bergen. Other reporters are Nicholas Kristof (The New York Times), Sarah Sirgany (Daily News Egypt/International Herald Tribune), Mort Zuckerman (Editor In Chief U.S. News And World Report) and Martin Peretz (The New Republic).
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Episode 14 - Crisis in Egypt
Release Date: 2011-02-04The sixth in a series of programs on the remarkable events in Egypt leading to the stepping down of President Hosni Mubarak. Reporters include CNN Correspondents Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer and Ivan Watson. Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi (via a tanslator), Egyptian Finance Minister Dr. Samir Radwan (via telephone), Christiane Amanpour of ABC News, Sarah Sirgany of the Daily News Egypt/International Herald Tribune, Atlantic Council Chairman Chuck Hagel and Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff are interviewed on the crisis.
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Episode 15 - Anthony Hopkins
Release Date: 2011-02-05Actor Anthony Hopkins is interviewed.
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Episode 16 - Legendary Women of Television Special
Release Date: 2011-02-06Angie Dickinson, Linda Evans, Stefanie Powers and Nichelle Nichols are interviewed.
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Episode 17 - Crisis in Egypt, Queen Noor
Release Date: 2011-02-07The seventh in a series of programs on the remarkable events in Egypt leading to the stepping down of President Hosni Mubarak. Reporters include CNN Correspondents Ivan Watson, Fareed Zakaria and Anderson Cooper. Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times and Senator Bill Nelson (D) of Florida are interviewed on the crisis. Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Chair of King Hussein Foundation is interviewed on the crisis and a variety of other subjects. Lastly, Arianna Huffington and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, are interviewed on AOL's $315 million purchase of the Huffington Post.
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Episode 18 - The Winklevoss Twins, Michael Oher
Release Date: 2011-02-08Actors and twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss from the film Social Network and NFL football player Michael Oher are interviewed.
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Episode 19 - Donald Trump
Release Date: 2011-02-09In the first program before a live studio audience, Donald Trump is interviewed. A report on the sudden resignation of New York Republican Congressman Christopher Lee three hours after a report that he sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman who wasn't his wife is also presented. Maureen O'Connor of the web site Gawker, who broke the story, is interviewed.
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Episode 20 - Crisis in Egypt
Release Date: 2011-02-10The eighth in a series of programs on the remarkable events in Egypt leading to the stepping down of President Hosni Mubarak. Reporters include CNN Correspondents Ben Wedeman, Ivan Watson, Wolf Blitzer, John King and Arwa Damon. Sarah Sirgany (Daily News Egypt/International Herald Tribune), Christiane Amanpour (ABC News' This Week), Sameh Shoukry (Egyptian Ambassador To United States), John Negroponte, (former United States Ambassador to Iraq), Paul Wolfowitz (former Deputy Secretary of Defense), General Richard Myers (former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman), Reza Aslan (author of No God But God), journalist Robin Wright, Rafat Ali (Founder of Paidcontent.org) and Aladdin Elaasar (author of The Last Pharaoh) are interviewed on the crisis.
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Episode 21 - Crisis in Egypt
Release Date: 2011-02-11Live from London, England, the ninth in a series of programs on the remarkable events in Egypt leading to the stepping down of President Hosni Mubarak. Reporters include CNN Correspondents Nic Robertson, Arwa Damon, Ben Wedeman and John King. Sarah Sirgany (Daily News Egypt/International Herald Tribune), Samir Radwan (Egyptian Finance Minister (via telephone)), Bill Richardson, (former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, former Energy Secretary and former Governor of New Mexico), Zalmay Khalilzad (former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.), Bob Baer (former CIA Officer), Paul Wolfowitz (former Assistant Secretary of Defense), Jane Mayer (The New Yorker), Maha Azzam (Associate Fellow, Chatham House) and Zvi Mazel (former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt) are interview on the crisis.
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Episode 22 - Love Calling
Release Date: 2011-02-14Donny Deutsch, host of Bravo TV's Love Calling and Phaedra Parks, Kandi Burruss and Nene Leakes of The Real Housewives of Atlanta are interviewed.
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Episode 23 - Janet Jackson
Release Date: 2011-02-15Janet Jackson is interviewed.
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Episode 24 - Did the Pentagon Ignore Allegations of Rape, Sexual Abuse in the Ranks?
Release Date: 2011-02-16Marine Corps veteran Anu Bhagwati, Executive Director of the Service Women's Action Network and Rebekah Havrilla and Myla Haider, military members and plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Defense Secretaries Gates and Rumsfeld as interviewed. Rebekah and Myla tell their stories of sexual abuse while in the military. Also, Cheryl Burke of Dancing with the Stars is interviewed on overcoming her childhood trauma and abuse, which she discussed in her book Dancing Lessons.
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Episode 25 - The King's Speech
Release Date: 2011-02-17Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Academy Award nominated stars of the film The King's Speech are interviewed.
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Episode 26 - Chaos in Libya; New Zealand Quake; Who is Gadhafi?
Release Date: 2011-02-21The first in a series on the crisis in Libya with reports from CNN's Ben Wedemen and Wolf Blitzer. Jamie Smith (SCG International Risk), Khalil Matar (author of Lockerbie and Libya: A Study in International Relations), Prince Said Idris Al-Senussi (a member of Libya's opposition in exile), Victoria Cummock and Paul Hudson (Organization Families of Pan Am 103), John Hanna (former national security adviser to Vice President Cheney), Hank Cohen (former assistant secretary of state for African affairs, former ambassador to Gambia and Senegal), Mohammed el-Erian (CEO Pacific Investment Management Company), Tom Kloza (oil analyst, Oil Price Information Service) and Rafat Ali (founder of PaidContent.org) also discuss the developments in Libya. Also, Kim Savage, a reporter with Newstalk ZB, is interviewed via telephone from New Zealand where, on February 22, the city of Christchurch was hit with a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that has resulted in many fatalities.
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Episode 27 - Chaos in Libya; Hugh Hefner
Release Date: 2011-02-22The second in a series on the crisis in Libya with a report from CNN's Ben Wedeman. Hugh Hefner and his son Cooper are interviewed.
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Episode 28 - Chaos in Libya; Larry King
Release Date: 2011-02-23The third in a series on the crisis in Libya with a report from CNN's Ben Wedeman. Piers interviews the man he replaced, Larry King. Next, a look into the suicide of former NFL player Dave Duerson with his ex-wife, Alicia, his son, Tregg and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Lastly, and interview with Lindsay Lohan's father, Michael, on his daughter's latest legal troubles.
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Episode 29 - Chaos in Libya; Terror Arrest in the U.S.; Sharon Stone
Release Date: 2011-02-24The fourth in a series on the crisis in Libya with reports from CNN's Ben Wedeman, Ivan Watson and Anderson Cooper. Other guests include Reza Aslan (author of No God But God), Mohamed El-Erian (CEO of the world's largest bond fund manager, Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO)), Commissioner Ray Kelly, New York Police. Actress Sharon Stone is interviewed. Piers Morgan Tonight's Special Royal Correspondent, Katie Nicholl, reports on the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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Episode 30 - Chaos in Libya; Dr. Drew Pinsky; Kevin Smith
Release Date: 2011-02-25The fifth in a series on the crisis in Libya with reports from CNN's Ben Wedeman, Ivan Watson and John King. Other guests interviewed on Libya are Richard Barrett (U.N. Al Qaeda Taliban Monitoring Team) and Judith Drotar (Director Of American School Of Tripoli). Addiction expert Dr. Drew Pinsky is interviewed regarding Charlie Sheen's recent erratic behavior and drug problems. Film Director Kevin Smith is interviewed.
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Episode 31 - Charlie Sheen
Release Date: 2011-02-28Charlie Sheen is interviewed.
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Episode 32 - Charlie Sheen Fallout; Harvey Weinstein; Senator Scott Brown
Release Date: 2011-03-01Howard Bragman (founder of Fifteen Minutes Public Relations) and Bob Forrest (Hollywood Recovery Services) are interviewed regarding last night's interview with Charlie Sheen. Christiane Amanpour of ABC News discusses her recent interview with Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi. Harvey Weinstein, Executive Producer of the multiple Academy Award winning The King's Speech, including Best Picture, is interviewed. Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass) is interviewed.
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Episode 33 - Bret Michaels
Release Date: 2011-03-02Bret Michaels is interviewed.
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Episode 34 - Matt Damon
Release Date: 2011-03-03Matt Damon, star of the film The Adjustment Bureau, is interviewed.
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Episode 35 - Jackie & Joan Collins; Cast of Take Me Home Tonight
Release Date: 2011-03-05Jackie & Joan Collins are interviewed. Topher Grace, Anna Faris, and Teresa Palmer of Take Me Home Tonight are interviewed.
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Episode 36 - Charlie Sheen Fired; the Ladies of The Talk; Howie Mandel
Release Date: 2011-03-07Howard Bragman (founder of Fifteen Minutes Public Relations), Janice Min (talk director of the Hollywood Reporter), Stephen Battaglio (business editor of TV Guide magazine), and Bill Carter (The New York Times) are interviewed on the firing of Charlie Sheen. The ladies of CBS' The Talk Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, Sara Gilbert, Holly Robinson Peete and Leah Remini are interviewed. Howie Mandel is interviewed.
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Episode 37 - Donald Rumsfeld
Release Date: 2011-03-08Donald Rumsfeld is interviewed.
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Episode 38 - Mackenzie Phillips, Daniel Baldwin and Todd Bridges; 12-Year-Old Accused of Killing Parents; NPR Scandal
Release Date: 2011-03-09Mackenzie Phillips, Daniel Baldwin and Todd Bridges, all recovering addicts, and Dr. Howard Samuels, founder and CEO of the Hills Treatment Center, share their stories and are interviewed regarding Charlie Sheen. A 12-year-old Colorado boy has been accused of shooting his parents to death, wounding his sister and a brother. His uncle Wally Long and his brother Jacob Long are interviewed. NPR (National Public Radio) ombudsman Alicia Shepard and Andrew Breitbart, author of Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World., are interviewed regarding the resignation of NPR chief executive officer Vivian Schiller.
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Episode 39 - Kid Rock
Release Date: 2011-03-10Kid Rock is interviewed.
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Episode 40 - Coverage of the Japan Earthquake and Related Tsunamis
Release Date: 2011-03-11The following individuals are interviewed about the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on March 11: eyewitnesses Jonathan Hammill and Andy Clark, Japan's ambassador to the U.S. Ichiro Fujisaki, Kyung Lah (CNN Tokyo correspondent - by telephone), Ken Hudnut (geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey), Eddie Bernard (Director of Marine Environmental Laboratory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), Nate Berkus (survivor of the 2004 tsunami in Thailand), Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist), Richard Lester (Head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT), Matthew Wald (The New York Times' nuclear expert), Antonio Villaraigosa (Mayor of Los Angeles), Rob Marciano (CNN Meteorologist) and Sam Champion (ABC Weather Anchor).
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Episode 41 - New Explosion at Japanese Nuclear Plant; Yoko Ono
Release Date: 2011-03-14CNN Correspondents Anderson Cooper, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Kyung Lah and Anna Coren report on the crisis in Japan. The following individuals are interviewed about the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on March 11: Craig Fugate (FEMA Administrator), Gail McGovern (President and CEO of the American Red Cross), Matthew Wald (The New York Times' nuclear expert), Dr. Irwin Redlener (Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Colombia University), Bill Richardson (former secretary of the Department of Energy and former governor of New Mexico) and James Woolsey (former director of the CIA). Yoko Ono, who is from Japan, is interviewed.
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Episode 42 - New Fire at Japan Nuclear Plant; How Much Radiation is Safe?
Release Date: 2011-03-15The latest from Japan featuring reports from CNN's Anderson Cooper, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Elizabeth Cohen and interviews with Matthew Wald (The New York Times' nuclear expert), Senator David Vitter (R - Louisiana), James Acton (physicist with the Nuclear Policy Program of the Carnegie Endowment), John Ritch (Director of the World Nuclear Association and former U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency), Petra Nemcova (2004 Thailand tsunami survivor) and Nick Kristof (The New York Times). CNN's Arwa Damon reports from Libya on the tensions there.
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Episode 43 - Japan's Radiation Threat; Fresh Violence in Libya and Bahrain
Release Date: 2011-03-16Tonight's program is live from Israel. Tom Friedman of The New York Times and author of Hot, Flat and Crowded and David Remnick of The New Yorker are interviewed about the situation in the Middle East. CNN's Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta report from Japan on the nuclear crisis. Matthew Wald, the The New York Times' nuclear and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani are interviewed regarding the crisis. CNN's Arwa Damon in Libya and CNN's Wolf Blitzer in Tunisia, traveling with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, also file reports.
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Episode 44 - Benjamin Netanyahu
Release Date: 2011-03-17Piers travels to Jerusalem to interview Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his private residence.
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Episode 45 - Violence in Libya; Japan's Nuclear Crisis
Release Date: 2011-03-18Tonight's program, live from London, focuses on two subjects. CNN International Correspondent Arwa Damon reports from Libya. In addition, General Richard Myers (former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) General Mark Kimmitt (former Assistant Secretary of State for Political and Military Affairs) and Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat (Chief P.L.O. representative to the United States) are interviewed. Anderson Cooper reports from Tokyo. In addition, Noriyuki Shikata (Spokesman for Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) (ranking member of the House Committee on Natural Resources) on the potential hazards of the nuclear crisis in Japan are interviewed. Lastly, Chris Hope, who was working inside the Fukushima nuclear plant when the earthquake struck and escaped, talks about his ordeal. Alan Dershowitz, attorney and author of A Child of Zion, shares his thoughts on Piers' interview of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
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Episode 46 - Battle for Libya
Release Date: 2011-03-21Tonight's program is telecast live from London. The ongoing situation in Libya is examined with CNN Correspondents Nic Robertson, Arwa Damon and Wolf Blitzer and guests General Michael Hayden (former Director of the CIA and former National Security adviser to George W. Bush), Ali Suleiman Aujali (former Libyan Ambassador to America), Ibrahim Dabbashi (Libya's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations), Paul Wolfowitz (former Deputy Secretary of Defense and former President of the World Bank), Anne-Marie Slaughter (former Deputy Director of Policy Planning for the Department of State) and William Cohen (Secretary of Defense under Bill Clinton). Also, CNN correspondent Gary Tuchman reports live from northern Japan on the current situation there in relation to the ongoing nuclear crisis.
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Episode 47 - Gadhafi Regime Cracking?; The Endgame in Libya
Release Date: 2011-03-22Tonight's program is telecast live from New York. The ongoing situation in Libya is examined with CNN Correspondents Nic Robertson and Arwa Damon and guests General Richard Myers (former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), Rick Santorum (former U.S. Senator), Francois Delattre (French ambassador to the United States), Ali Errishi (former Libyan Minister of Immigration and Gadhafi regime defector), Peter Beutel (President and founder of the firm Cameron Hanover), Neil Livingstone (terrorism expert) and Robin Wright (former diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post). Also, CNN Correspondent Gary Tuchman reports live from Tokyo on the ongoing nuclear crisis and Piers interviews Japanese citizen Keikichi Katsuta on his experience. Lastly, a man known only as Wisam is interviewed via telephone. Wisam is a Syrian protest organizer who talks about the situation in his country.
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Episode 48 - Remembering Elizabeth Taylor
Release Date: 2011-03-23Carol Bayer Sager, Joan Collins, Larry King, Carrie Fisher, Mathilde Krim, Kenneth Cole, Dick Cavett, Nick Clooney and Morgan Fairchild speak of their memories of Elizabeth Taylor, who passed away today.
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Episode 49 - New Airstrikes over Tripoli; Elizabeth Taylor's Jewels; Problems at Japan's Nuclear Plant
Release Date: 2011-03-24The Libyan situation is discussed with Congressman Howard Berman (ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee) and Michael Posner (Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor). CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson files a report from Libya. Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry collection is discussed with Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia and gem specialist John Block. CNN International Correspondent Anna Coren report on the situation from Japan and Piers speaks with Jean and Julz Anderson, the mother and sister respectively of Taylor Anderson, the first known American victim. Taylor was 24 and taught English in a seaside town. Lastly, Piers interview Intern Daniel Hernandez, who helped save Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' life when she was shot in Tucson on January 8, 2011. Following the interview, a video narrated by Piers is played with the following member of Ms. Giffords' staff appearing: Pam Simon (Outreach Coordinator), Ron Barber (District Director), Michael McNulty (Campaign Chairman), C.J. Karamargin (Communications Director) and Andrea Richardson (Constituent). Also on the video is Ron Zimmerman, the father Gabe Zimmerman, who was killed in the attack. A video update on her condition from her husband astronaut Mark Kelly is also played.
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Episode 50 - Elizabeth Taylor's Final Farewell; Matthew McConaughey
Release Date: 2011-03-25Piers talks to Yul Brynner's daughter Victoria and Jose Eber, who was a close friend of Elizabeth Taylor for 30 years, about her funeral, which they both attended. Matthew McConaughey is interviewed.
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Episode 51 - The Great Middle East Debate
Release Date: 2011-03-28Piers discusses the situation in the Middle East and tonight's speech by President Obama's on the situation in Libya with Senator Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani (former Mayor of New York and 2008 Republican Presidential candidate), Bill Richardson (former U.N. ambassador and former Governor of New Mexico), Congressman Anthony Wiener, P.J. Crowley (former Assistant Secretary of State for Public of Affairs), Ali Suleiman Aujali (former Libyan Ambassador to the United States), General Richard Myers (President's Bush's Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman). Also, CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson reports from Libya.
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Episode 52 - The Twitter Revolution
Release Date: 2011-03-29Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey are interviewed. Nick Kristof (The New York Times top foreign correspondent), Martha Stewart, Alyssa Milano, Cory Booker (Newark, New Jersey Mayor), Gary Vaynerchuk (entrepreneur and author of The Thank You) and Katie Rosman (Wall Street Journal staff reporter and author of If You Knew Suzie) are also interviewed regarding their use of Twitter. Regarding the latest developments in Libya, CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson reports form Tripoli and a video taped interview with United States ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is played.
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Episode 53 - Rod Stewart
Release Date: 2011-03-30Rod Stewart is interviewed at his mansion in Beverly Hills.
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Episode 54 - The Libya Crisis; Price of Crude Oil Soars; Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson; Jerry Weintraub
Release Date: 2011-03-31CNN International Correspondent Frederik Pleitgen reports on the latest development in Libya and Judge Michael Mukasey (Attorney General of the United States under President George W. Bush) and Victoria Cummock, who lost her husband in the bombing of PanAm Flight 103, are also interviewed on the situation in Libya. Mohamed El-Erian (CEO of PIMCO, the Pacific Investment Motion Company) is interviewed regarding the dramatic rise in crude oil prices. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is interviewed. The program concludes with an interview of Jerry Weintraub, star of the new HBO documentary called His Way.
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Episode 55 - Middle East Violence; Sarah Silverman
Release Date: 2011-04-01CNN Correspondents Nic Robertson and Mohammed Jamjoom report from Libya and Yemen respectively on the latest events in those countries. Corey Saylor (Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations) and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) are interviewed on the attack against United Nations personnel in Mazar-e-Shari, Afghanistan. Bob Parsons (CEO, GoDaddy.com) and Dan Mathews (Senior Vice-President, PETA) are interviewed via telephone on a video of Parsons shooting and killing a wild bull elephant in Zimbabwe. Comedian Sarah Silverman is interviewed.
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Episode 56 - Jesse Ventura
Release Date: 2011-04-04Jesse Ventura is interviewed.
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Episode 57 - Simon Cowell
Release Date: 2011-04-05Simon Cowell is interviewed.
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Episode 58 - Russell Brand
Release Date: 2011-04-06Russell Brand and Tyra Banks are interviewed.
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Episode 59 - Eva Longoria
Release Date: 2011-04-07Eva Longoria is interviewed.
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Episode 60 - Deal or No Deal?
Release Date: 2011-04-08Wolf Blitzer acts as Guest Host for this special breaking news edition of the program focusing on the impending U.S. federal government shut down and the last-minute negotiations aimed at averting it. Reporting for CNN are Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash, White House Correspondent Dan Lothian, Chief National Correspondent John King, Senior Political Analyst Gloria Borger and Correspondent Nick Payton Walsh. The following individuals are interviewed for their perspective on the situation: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota), Rep. James Clyburn (D-South Carolina), Cecile Richards (President, Planned Parenthood), Kasey Long (Military Wife), Ashwin Madia (Iraq war veteran, interim co-chairman of VoteVets.org), David Bellavia (Iraq war veteran, former Army Staff Sergeant), Dick Armey (R-former House Majority Leader) and Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wisconsin).
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Episode 61 - Robert Redford Directs
Release Date: 2011-04-11Director Robert Redford is joined by members of the cast of The Conspirator. Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Kevin Kline, Tom Wilkinson and Evan Rachel Wood join Piers to discuss the film.
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Episode 62 - Maya Soetoro-Ng; Tim Pawlenty
Release Date: 2011-04-12Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of President Barack Obama and author of the children's book Ladder to the Moon is interviewed. Next, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty discusses his decision to run for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination followed by Gregory Jaczko, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, who is interviewed regarding the nuclear crisis in Japan. Lastly, Katie Nicholl, Piers Morgan Tonight Royal Correspondent, reports on the upcoming Royal Wedding.
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Episode 63 - Donald Trump; Sen. Chuck Schumer; Whoopi Goldberg
Release Date: 2011-04-13Donald Trump (via telephone), New York Senator Chuck Schumer and Whoopi Goldberg are interviewed.
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Episode 64 - Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore
Release Date: 2011-04-14Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are interviewed with focus on their passion to end child sex slavery. Joining the discussion are Nicole (a 17-year old American citizen who survived sex trafficking), Brad Myles of the Polaris Project (one of the leading non-profiting combating human trafficking charities and modern day slavery in the United States) and Siddarth Kara (author of Sex Trafficking, Inside the Business of Modern Slavery).
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Episode 65 - George Michael and Kim Cattrall
Release Date: 2011-04-15George Michael and Kim Cattrall are interviewed. The show concludes with the world premiere of Michael playing his song You and I, which he wrote for the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
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Episode 66 - Whoopi Goldberg
Release Date: 2011-04-17Whoopi Goldberg is interviewed.
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Episode 67 - Sharon and Kelly Osbourne
Release Date: 2011-04-18Sharon and Kelly Osbourne are interviewed.
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Episode 68 - Worst Oil Spill in U.S. History; Where's the Money?
Release Date: 2011-04-19The April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon explosion is revisited one year later with Courtney Kemp and Shelly Anderson (widows of two workers killed in the explosion), Earnest Cannon (Shelly's attorney), Kenneth Feinberg (administrator of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Victim Compensation Fund) and Craig Taffaro, (President of St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana). Also, CNN special correspondent Philippe Cousteau reports from Grand Isle, Louisiana.
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Episode 69 - Larry Flynt
Release Date: 2011-04-20Larry Flynt is interviewed. Stacey Lannert and her longtime best friend, Tom Wilson, are interviewed. At the age of 18, Stacey shot her father to death after what she says were years escalating sexual abuse. She spent 18 years in prison, until on January 10, 2009, outgoing Missouri Governor Matt Blunt commuted her sentence. She tells her story in the book Redemption, a Story of Sisterhood, Survival and the Search for Freedom Behind Bars.
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Episode 70 - Carol Burnett
Release Date: 2011-04-21Carol Burnett is interviewed.
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Episode 71 - Countdown to the Royal Wedding
Release Date: 2011-04-25The first in a week long series of shows from London leading up to the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29th. Interviewees are Piers Morgan Tonight Royal Correspondent Katie Nicholl, Kevin Toolis (author and terrorism expert), actress Jane Seymour (special correspondent on the royal wedding for Entertainment Tonight), Elizabeth Emanuel (designer of Princess Diana's wedding dress and Carolyn Robb (Chef to the Royal Family, 1989-2000).
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Episode 72 - Royal Wedding; Sir David Frost
Release Date: 2011-04-26The second in a week long series of shows from London leading up to the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29th. Tonight's program comes from Kensington Palace, Princess Diana's old home and features a lengthy conversation between Piers and one of his all-time heroes, Sir David Frost. David Reiss, the founder and managing director London's Reiss Clothing, from where Kate chose the dress her official engagement portrait, Ozwald Boateng (British fashion designer), Eric Deardorff (CEO, Garrard Jeweler) and Katie Nicholl (Piers Morgan Tonight Royal Correspondent) are also interviewed.
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Episode 73 - Royal Wedding
Release Date: 2011-04-27The third in a week long series of shows from London leading up to the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29th. Philippa Gregory (historian and author of The Red Queen, Katie Nicholl (Piers Morgan Tonight Royal Correspondent), Richard Kay (columnist for The Daily Mail), Sharon Osbourne, Marco Pierre White (chef and restaurateur), Matthew Fox and Dame Edna Everage are tonight's guests.
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Episode 74 - Tornado Devastation Across the South; Royal Wedding
Release Date: 2011-04-28The fourth in a week long series of shows from London leading up to the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29th. The program begins reports from the southern United States on the worst tornado devastation in decades. A total of 288 tornadoes caused 342 deaths. CNN's John King reports from Georgia and CNN anchor Don Lemon from Pleasant Grove, Alabama. Also, Adam Melton, a student of the University of Alabama and an eyewitness to the destruction and FEMA administrator Craig Fugate are interviewed. George Michael, Katie Nicholl (Piers Morgan Tonight royal correspondent), Cat Deeley (CNN contributor), Colonel Stuart Cohen (a Commander of the Household Cavalry), Andrew Lloyd Weber, Lord Sugar (a multi- millionaire business tycoon) and Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia discuss the upcoming Royal Wedding.
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Episode 75 - Royal Wedding
Release Date: 2011-04-29A look back at today's Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. CNN's Anderson Cooper and CNN Contributor Cat Deeley join Piers. The program also features highlights of the wedding ceremony.
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Episode 76 - Royal Wedding
Release Date: 2011-04-30From London, a look back at yesterday's Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The program is a series of video clips of the wedding ceremony and the celebration surrounding it.
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Episode 77 - The Death of Bin Laden
Release Date: 2011-05-02Tonight's program, live from New York, features reaction to the death to terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. Guests are Rudy Giuliani, Tony Blair (former British Prime Minister), Bob Woodward (author of Obama's Wars), Senator John Kerry, Senator Chuck Schumer, Carmen bin Laden (Osama bin Laden ex-sister-in-law), Tom Ridge (former Homeland Security Secretary) and Andy Card (President Bush's White House chief of staff).
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Episode 78 - Bin Laden's Hideout; Inside the White House Situation Room
Release Date: 2011-05-03Continuing coverage of the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden and the military operation that lead to his death. Guests are Nic Robertson (CNN Senior International Correspondent), Lt. Cmdr. Eric Greitens (Navy Seal Reserve), Montana State Senator Ryan Zinke (former Team 6 Navy SEAL), Denis McDonough (Deputy National Security Adviser), Representative Peter King (Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee), Colonel Morris Davis (former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo), Alan Dershowitz (author of The Trials of Zion, Jennifer Palmieri (President of the Center for American Progress Action Fund and former press secretary to John Edwards) and Mary Matalin (CNN political correspondent).
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Episode 79 - Bin Laden Death Photos will not be Released
Release Date: 2011-05-04The White House's decision not to release photos of Osama bin Laden along with other aspects of the ongoing fight against terrorism are discussed with Congressman Mike Rogers (Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence), Paul Bremer (former presidential envoy to Iraq), Nic Robertson (CNN Senior International Correspondent), Alan Dershowitz (author of Trials of Zion, Colonel Morris Davis (former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo), Nick Kristof (New York Times columnist), William Bratton (vice chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council), Jim Riches (former deputy chief of New York's Fire Department), Carie Lemack (whose mother died on 9/11) and CNN senior political analyst Gloria Borger.
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Episode 80 - President's Message to New York; Michael Moore
Release Date: 2011-05-05Commissioner Salvatore Cassano of the New York City Fire Department and filmmaker Michael Moore are interviewed. The program concludes with the world television premiere of Beyonce's version of God Bless the USA with proceeds going to the New York Police and Fire Widows and Children's Benefit Fund.
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Episode 81 - Rob Lowe
Release Date: 2011-05-06Rob Lowe is interviewed.
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Episode 82 - Rumsfeld on Bin Laden's Legacy; Is America Safer Now?
Release Date: 2011-05-09Donald Rumsfeld (former Secretary of Defense), Rudy Giuliani (former Mayor of new York), Simon Reeve (terrorism expert and the author of the New Jackals), Bob Woodward (author of Obama's Wars and Steve Coll (president of the New America Foundation) join Piers to discuss the death of Osama bin Laden and whether or not his death makes America safer.
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Episode 83 - Chelsea Handler
Release Date: 2011-05-10Comedian Chelsea Handler is interviewed.
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Episode 84 - Where is Madeleine McCann?
Release Date: 2011-05-11Kate and Gerry McCann, whose daughter Madeleine disappeared from her bed while they were on vacation in Portugal four years ago, are interviewed.
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Episode 85 - Chaz Bono
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Episode 86 - Jesse James
Release Date: 2011-05-13Jesse James is interviewed.
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Episode 87 - Donny and Marie Osmond
Release Date: 2011-05-16Donny and Marie Osmond are interviewed.
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Episode 88 - Power, Politics and Scandal
Release Date: 2011-05-17Recent scandals involving Arnold Schwarzenegger's confession to fathering a child 10 years ago while married to Maria Shriver and IMF head Dominique Strauss-Khan's imprisonment on sexual assault charges are discussed with David Axelrod (President Obama's Re-Election Campaign Chief Strategist) and his wife Susan, Donny Deutsch (Chairman, Deutsch, Inc.), Mike Sitrick (Chairman, Sitrick & Company), Don Goldberg (Former President Clinton's damage control specialist), Hilary Rosen (Democratic strategist and CNN contributor) and Dan Abrams (ABC News legal analyst).
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Episode 89 - Strauss-Kahn to Appear in Bail Hearing; Ted Nugent
Release Date: 2011-05-18Matt Belloni, news director of the The Hollywood Reporter, discusses the Arnold Schwarzenegger love child story. Roy Black, Criminal Defense Attorney, Alan Dershowitz, Defense Attorney discuss the sexual assault case against IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his upcoming bail hearing. Ted Nugent, rock musician and author of Ted, White and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto is interviewed.
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Episode 90 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn Granted Bail; What's Next for Arnold and Maria?; Too Big to Fail
Release Date: 2011-05-19Lisa Bloom (attorney and author of Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed Down World, Sue Moss (Partner at Chemtob, Moss, Forman & Talbert), Raoul Felder (divorce attorney and author of Getting Away with Murder are interviewed regarding the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the separation of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. Andrew Ross Sorkin, who wrote Too Big to Fail which has been made into an HBO movie and James Woods, who plays Dick Fuld, the chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers, in the film are interviewed. Lastly, Joe Kernen (co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk Box) and his 11 year-old daughter Blake, who have co-authored a book called Your Teacher Said What? are interviewed.
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Episode 91 - Celebrity Apprentice Final Two; Dick Van Dyke
Release Date: 2011-05-20Country singer John Rich and actress Marlee Matlin (via an interpreter), the final two contestants in Celebrity Apprentice Season 11, are interviewed. Dick Van Dyke is interviewed.
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Episode 92 - Tornado Watch in Joplin
Release Date: 2011-05-23Sam Champion, ABC News Weather Editor, Jeff Piotrowski (Storm Chaser) (via telephone), Tom and Olivia Rogers (Tornado Survivors), Zach Tusinger (lost aunt and uncle in tornado) and Jacqui Jeras (CNN Meteorologist) discuss the deadly tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri. CNN's Anderson Cooper (Host, AC 360) and T.J. Holmes (anochor) report from Joplin. Also, the President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, is interviewed regarding an erupting volcano in his country and the potential effects on European air traffic.
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Episode 93 - Tornado Emergency in Oklahoma; Latest From Joplin, Missouri
Release Date: 2011-05-24Jeff Piotrowski (storm chaser - via telephone), Sam Champion, (ABC News Weather Editor), Michelle Hare (her son Lantz is missing after tornado), Creed Jones (survived the Joplin Tornado), Tarah Castleberry (tornado survivor), CNN correspondents T.J. Holmes, Ed Lavandera and Anderson Cooper, Elizabeth Brown, Vivien Moreno, Allison Brister (Joplin High School Graduates), Rob Marciano (CNN Meteorologist) and Ford Sypher (Team Rubicon Rescuer) appear on the program to discuss the devastating tornadoes that struck various regions in America.
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Episode 94 - Tornado Coverage
Release Date: 2011-05-25Jeremiah Morrison (Oklahoma Tornado Survivor), Jacqui Jeras (AMS Meteorologist), Pam Capener (searching for her missing three year old), Bailey Knight (a Wal-Mart employee who survived a tornado), Dan Abrams (ABC News Legal Analyst) and CNN's Anderson Cooper contribute to the continuing coverage of the tornado devastation across America. Gayle King (Oprah Winfrey's best friend), Suze Orman (CNBC Anchor) and Lisa Ling (host of Our America) are interviewed regarding Oprah Winfrey's final television program.
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Episode 95 - Gordon Brown; Pervez Musharraf
Release Date: 2011-05-26Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and former Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf are interviewed.
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Episode 96 - Chris Colfer; Craig Robinson
Release Date: 2011-05-27Glee star Chris Colfer and Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson are interviewed.
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Episode 97 - Nick Cannon; Terry Fator; Michael Grimm
Release Date: 2011-05-30Nick Cannon, Terry Fator (Ventriloquist) and Michael Grimm (Season 5 Winner, Season 5 of America's Got Talent) are interviewed individually.
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Episode 98 - Paris and Kathy Hilton
Release Date: 2011-05-31Paris and Kathy Hilton are interviewed.
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Episode 99 - Donald Trump; Jerry Springer
Release Date: 2011-06-01Donald Trump via telephone and Jerry Springer are interviewed. Nancy Grace (Host, HLN's Nancy Grace) and Dan Abrams (ABC News legal analyst) are interviewed regarding the trial of Casey Anthony, charged with murdering her two-year old daughter Caylee.
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Episode 100 - Rudy Giuliani; Wanda Sykes
Release Date: 2011-06-02Rudy Giuliani and Wanda Sykes are interviewed individually. Also former supermodel Christy Turlington, writer and director of a film entitled No Woman, No Cry is interviewed.
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Episode 101 - Who Killed Caylee Anthony?; Ellen Barkin; Edie Falco
Release Date: 2011-06-03Nancy Grace (Host, HLN's Nancy Grace), fresh from court, discusses the day's developments in the Caylee Anthony trial while Melanie Sloan (Executive Director, Citizens For Responsibility & Ethics) and Alan Dershowitz (criminal defense attorney and author of the Trials Zion) are interviewed regarding the John Edwards case in which the former senator and presidential candidate has been indicted for allegedly using campaign funds to buy the silence of his mistress. Edie Falco and Ellen Barkin are interviewed.
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Episode 102 - Anthony Weiner Admits Lying; Mitt Romney
Release Date: 2011-06-06Piers and CNN's Wolf Blitzer discuss the case of Congressman Anthony Weiner, who today admitted that he had sent a lewd the photo himself to a woman in Seattle and that he repeatedly lied about it. Mitt Romney, who recently announced that he is seeking the Republican nomination for the 2012 Presidential election, is interviewed.
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Episode 103 - Ann Coulter; Mitt and Ann Romney
Release Date: 2011-06-07Ann Coulter, author of Demonic, and Mitt and Ann Romney are interviewed.
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Episode 104 - Jack Welch
Release Date: 2011-06-08Jack Welch is interviewed.
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Episode 105 - Sarah Ferguson
Release Date: 2011-06-09Sarah Ferguson is interviewed.
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Episode 106 - Kevin Bacon; Men of a Certain Age
Release Date: 2011-06-10Kevin Bacon is interviewed. Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula of the TNT program Men of a Certain Age are interviewed.
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Episode 107 - Chris Christie
Release Date: 2011-06-14New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is interviewed. Joining him later in the show are his children Sarah and Andrew Christie.
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Episode 108 - Jimmy Fallon
Release Date: 2011-06-15Jimmy Fallon is interviewed.
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Episode 109 - Rep. Weiner Steps Down; Tatum O'Neal
Release Date: 2011-06-16Congressman Anthony Weiner's resignation after a sexting scandal is discussed with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Andrew Breitbart (Breitbart.com), Dr. Drew Pinsky (host of HLN's Dr. Drew and Christiane Amanpour (ABC's This Week With Christiane Amanpour. Tatum O'Neal is interviewed.
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Episode 110 - Jada Pinkett Smith; Steve Harvey
Release Date: 2011-06-17Jada Pinkett Smith and Steve Harvey are interviewed.
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Episode 111 - Ryan O'Neal
Release Date: 2011-06-20Ryan O'Neal is interviewed.
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Episode 112 - La Toya Jackson
Release Date: 2011-06-21La Toya Jackson is interviewed.
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Episode 113 - Christiane Amanpour
Release Date: 2011-06-22Christiane Amanpour, host of ABC's This Week is interviewed.
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Episode 114 - Barry Manilow
Release Date: 2011-06-23Barry Manilow is interviewed.
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Episode 115 - Beyoncé
Release Date: 2011-06-27Beyonce talks about her husband, Jay-Z, her new album "4" and more, including how her race has affected her career. She also describes the power of the Obama Inauguration moment in 2008.
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Episode 116 - Linda Hogan; Bethenny Frankel
Release Date: 2011-06-28Linda Hogan and Bethenny Frankel are interviewed.
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Episode 117 - Charlize Theron
Release Date: 2011-06-29Charlize Theron is interviewed.
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Episode 118 - Rory McIlroy; Billie Jean King
Release Date: 2011-06-30U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy and Billie Jean King are interviewed.
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Episode 119 - Andrew Lloyd Webber; Jackie Evancho
Release Date: 2011-07-01Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jackie Evancho are interviewed.
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Episode 120 - Casey Anthony Not Guilty of Murder
Release Date: 2011-07-05Aphrodite Jones (host of True Crime on Investigation Discovery), Orlando reporter Jacqueline Fell, Alan Dershowitz (criminal defense attorney and author of Trials of Zion, Kathy Reichs (defense's lead forensics expert, author of the Temperance Brennan novels and inspiration to the TV series Bones), Attorney Lisa Bloom, Jo-Ellan Dimitrius (jury consultant), Alex Ferrer (former Florida Circuit Court Judge), Marcia Clark (former prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson trial and author of Guilty By Association), Richard Gabriel (jury consultant on the Anthony case), Brad Conway (former attorney for the Anthony family), HLN's Dr. Drew Pinsky, Gloria Allred (victims rights attorney), Judge Larry Seidlin (presided over the Anna Nicole Smith custody trial) and Yale Galanter (celebrity defense attorney who defended O.J. Simpson and Charlie Sheen) discuss the Casey Anthony verdict.
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Episode 121 - Casey Anthony Going Home Next Week
Release Date: 2011-07-07Dan Abrams (ABC News legal analyst), Jeff Ashton (Prosecutor, Casey Anthony Trial), Judge Larry Seidlin (presided over the Anna Nicole Smith body custody hearing), Stacey Honowitz (Florida State Prosecutor), Attorney Robin Sax, Herb Hoelter (Sentencing and Prison Consultant), Lin Wood (attorney in the Jon Benet Ramsey case), Michael Sitrick (Chairman & CEO, Sitrick & Co.) and Ashleigh Banfield (ABC News correspondent) are interviewed regarding the recently completed Casey Anthony trial.
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Episode 122 - Bill Maher
Release Date: 2011-07-11Bill Maher is interviewed.
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Episode 123 - Billy Ray Cyrus
Release Date: 2011-07-12Billy Ray Cyrus is interviewed.
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Episode 124 - The Debt Crisis
Release Date: 2011-07-13