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i love hollywood. i've been writing about it every since. in hollywood lives, that's the base of my life. >> what do you love about it? why are you here. you love it, right? >> i love new york as well. you love london. you're an l.a. girl, right? i love the beach, i love the fact that you can go to the desert. you can go to palm springs, las vegas and gamble and skiing in the mountains. so much to do here. it's an exciting place to live. >> all of the big stars tend to live here, right? >> yeah, as a writer, i go to a lot of parties and i like to be an observer. i like to think i'm an anthropologist crawling through the jungles of hollywood watching what goes on. >> who's the most single most charismatic male star you met. >> that's a good question. >> marlon brando. >> he was fantastic. he was my favorite movie star. and when i first met him, ill thought this man was interesting. he would have been a great politician too. >> did you -- >> you'll read about it in my memoir. >> taste of it? >> no. >> fling or -- >> something like when i was 1

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. >>> and the hollywood industry, some of the biggest stars talking. president obama isn't the leading man some of them hope for on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning to you. it is monday, october 24th. welcome to "american morning." i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm alina cho. christine and care are off today. >>> up first, a devastating 24 hours in eastern turkey. the body count and misery on the rise following yesterday's powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake. dozens of buildings collapsed. at least 264 people confirmed dead. search teams are hampered by bitter cold temperatures as they try to find survivors under t s tonsen ctons of concrete. at the scene of the worst earthquake to hit turkey in the situation. diana mag nnay joins us. >> reporter: this country is used to earthquake. but 7.2 is a huge quake affecting this rural area of southeastern turkey, and i'm in a down here you can see search and rescuers are trying to find people in the wreckage. they've been using dogs, trying to hear knocking or screams, no

it was really an odd hollywood moment. i was a huge fan of this show and here i am getting a phone call, just really, really angry phone call z do you think that he was right on the point of fact? presumably he was denying that he had done anything inappropriate. >> i think -- my take on it in retrospect is this. i do maintain that the standpoint that -- look, people have disagreements about unions. i think in that situation i think it's incumbent to stand up for the people that have not made it for. if it's low risk. you're like the most successful guy on that network and arguably the most popular, successful television personality in the genre. and, you know, if the argument is about who made you the -- >> that's exactly what the position he plays is. there is for mocking be him, isn't it? >> if i say yes, he's going to crucify me on his show every day for a year. >> i'm not scared. let's take him down together. jon stewart is watching this. you're in the wrong, stewie, and he never should have -- you gutless coward. you

leading man, action hero, and hollywood heartthrob. if you could choose one partner, who would it be? >> i'm looking over, i see people going don't do it, don't do it. >> do it, there's nothing to lose here. she'll be flattered. the answer tonight, and deepak chopra, michael jackson's long-time friend, what he thinks killed michael. >> he said, deepak, are you familiar with this thing that takes you to the valley of death and then brings you back from it? he was talking about propofol, the anesthetic that finally killed him. it took him to the valley of death and did not bring him back. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> gerard butler's career took off in his role in "300." his latest is a searing performance in "machine gun preacher." gerard butler joins me now. jerry, i think you're preferred to be known. americans call you gerard. which we can't have that. you're irish decent, but you're scottish, aren't you? >> that's right. >> scotland they never say gerard. >> they say jerad. >> i think we should insist on this pronunciation.

if i you presented this in hollywood they would probably throw you out. but the key adviser to king abdullah. what is the goal. why would iran want to do this and why here? >> well, i think one thing that iran has an advantage is when they make the rest of the world mad at them and either create a situation where the united nations starts hearing evidence against them, or other statements are made, then that unifies them politically and internally. someone like mahmoud ahmadinejad can gain national power internally if it is iran against the world and that could be one reason to have an attack like this. >> iran against the world. bob, how unusual is it for foreign government? if this is we believe this. the republican guard of iran outsourcing an assassination to a criminal drug enterprise, a drug cartel? >> it uses proxies to to make attacks. it could go on and on but they always use reliable proxies. i've never seen them go to drug cartels, sit down in a meeting like this, send money through new york. it is sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. this is not characteri

>> bob mueller of the fbi said it was like a hollywood plot. as we've gotten additional details, it's really not only that, but an incredible example of the sophistication and success of the law enforcement agencies here. we know that arbabsiar, the defendant here, flew into mexico and was denied entry. it turns out we've learned tonight from senior counterterrorism official hess was denied entry into mexico by design with the cooperation of the mexican government. he then flew to new york. you might ask yourself why didn't they fly to texas? that's where his family was living. he didn't go to texas because federal officials here in the united states understood that under texas law he may not have been able to be held to do an intelligence interview, so he was flown to new york unbeknownst to the defendant on that flight were federal agents. when that flight landed in new york, federal agents quietly took him into custody, then took him to a u.s. government facility. it was a secret facility where he was held from september 29th until today, th

you can imagine he watches these big hollywood movies and follows american music. he's, obviously, interested in them. if you look at the guest list. i'm assuming he invited other people. we know shakira turned down an invitation, for example. it's difficult to read into the actual guest list because you don't know who he invited. a big interest in american culture. >> we'd like to hear from swank and van damme on why they actually chose to do that. max, thanks. >>> alison kosik at new york stock exchange with third quarter earning season is getting off to a pretty slow start. alis alison, what can we expect today? >> today europe remains in focus, kyra. the issues in europe reaching ahead. more talk of a recession and greece is getting closer to running out of money. sometimes all about sentiment. why we're seeing stock futures in this country here higher because as things get worse, there is this optimism. there's this growing belief that something will get done. today we're expecting to hear more details about a plan to recapitalize european banks and basically

i love hollywood and i've been writing about it since. in "hollywood wives," that was based on my life here. >> what do you love it? >> why are you here? >> i love it, as well. i love new york. >> i love the beach, i love the fact that you can go to the desert, you can go to palm springs, las vegas and gamble, ski flg the mountains. there's so much to do here. >> and all the big stars tend to live here or near here. >> and as a writer, i go to a lot of parties and i like to be an observer. i'm like an anthropologist crawling through the jungles, watching what goes on. >> who was the single most charismatic male star you've ever met? >> that's a very good question. marlon brando was fantastic. when i first met him, i thought he was so interesting. he would have been a great politician. >> didn't you and marlon have a little bit of -- >> you can read about that in my memoir. >> are we talking fling? >> i was like 16, so we won't get into that now. >> just without getting into the detail, was it -- >> it was everything you would think it was

for people in hollywood to talk about this, i mean, most of hollywood has been under the knife. and his whole thing was he wanted to correct things and to make things look better. but i wish that he would have looked at the beauty of himself. >> he was a good-looking guy to start with. >> he was a natural beauty within and out. >> i don't want to hammer this point, but doesn't that tell you he must have had -- it wasn't just about wanting to look better. it's more to do with not being happy with how he looked? >> not so much not being happy but just wanted to make things better. >> it was like making a record for him. was he just a perfectionest? i think in his mind he had something that he was going after but with these things, once you start, you get caught up into it and then you want to do a little here and there. but he was still the michael that we knew, the eyes, the heart, the feeling, the emotions and how he felt for people. that would never change. >> you clearly feel, jermaine, that your brother's going to get trashed in this court case. >> well, look what they did in

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it sounds like a spy novel or hollywood thriller, a deadly plot to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the united states, the plan to make the hit in a crowded washington restaurant a place popular with members of congress. u.s. officials say iranian secret police tried to hire hitmen from mexico's drug cartel to pull off the plot. joining us so jessica yellin. jessica, a quite extraordinary james bond-style plot here. tell me more about this. >> reporter: well, the plot was under way for many months, and it got so far that money was actually transferred for an assassination. what the iranians didn't know, piers, was the person they hired to carry this out was a dea informant working for the u.s. government. so it was never actually going to take place. >> but that was a massive stroke of luck, presumably. >> reporter: absolutely. once this dea informant was contacted by the iranians, the fbi was brought in. what we know tracing the timeline was the president was notified in june. the arrest of the naturalized u.s. citizen, the iranian we all have a mug shot of now was on september

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it was a big night in hollywood last night. a star studded lineup turned out for a benefit concert for bill clinton and his foundation. performers included the edge and bono, kenny chesney, usher, and lady gaga. ashton kutcher, ellen degeneres, barbra streisand were all there as well. this year marks the tenth anniversary of the william j. clinton foundation. it supports a number of causes including health an the environment. >> i've had the most unusual life. i was born after world war ii in the second poorest state in the country, into a family that never had a college graduate, and, poof, lightning struck one time after another. and i never, ever believed i was born in a log cabin i built myself. nobody climbs any ladder alone. and we are not ever going to build this country back by telling people they're on their own. we have got to do -- america and the world, together. >> the former president turned 65 this year so this was also a belated birthday party. >>> routine mammograms for women in their 40s. you may remember the

i want to go back to the big stories of the week ahead from the white house to hollywood. our correspondents tell you what you need to know. we begin tonight with the president's plan for the week. >> i'm at the white house and president obama heads to texas on tuesday to tout his job's plan. he'll do some fund-raising in missouri. then the back half of the week is all about sports. he'll be welcoming the 2011 the ncaa basketball champs the texas a&m women. >>> i'm kate baldwin on capitol hill. the house early this week is expected to take up that short-term spending bill that threatened a government shutdown here this past week. the senate has already approved that measure. the senate is likely to focus on china and trade with many lawmakers accusing china of manipulating the currency, making exports cheaper, thus giving china an unfair advantage. the senate will take up a bill that attempts to crack down on chinese currency manipulation. in the house, house republicans will continue their efforts to roll back what they view as burden some regulations that hinder growth.

it's just as mueller said, it's a hollywood script. >> it's a hollywood script he said with very serious implications and if i remember his phraseology, this would have just been an opening act. >> right. precisely. >> and the saudi embassy, right there neat the potomac and near the kennedy center, you see it each and every day. we don't know -- we know the intended target was obviously a saudi ambassador at a specific rec restaurant but we don't know where that restaurant would have been? >> no, we don't. the understanding is that apparently it's a restaurant that the ambassador frequented and they did not say -- well, they discussed, apparently, allegedly, do you do it inside the restaurant? do you do it outside? >> right. >> and the crucial part for the mexican was to allegedly provide the explosives, the wmd as they have referred to it, which would be used for in this plot. >> a saudi ambassador, conspiracy to commit international terrorism. jill dougherty, thank you so much. >>> still some questions to come. what does this mean for the security of the united states? we have two secu

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so my life in hollywood, i'm afraid i was destined to be a republican. >> how does it go down with all your famous friends? is it lonely out there? >> pretty lonely. but they seem to tolerate me somehow because i can at least state myself eloquently and without -- without actually kind of assuming the veneer of what they some is what a republican is is some kind of nasty, strange villain that should be vilified. >> it's awful because that has become the way republicanism is now perceived in this country. you're either extremely with them, with all that appears to entail, or you're completely against them. to say you're republican now divides people immediately. you go back 30 years, it wasn't like that. >> well, the tone of political assessment has changed and the battle for the hearts and minds of the american people have taken on a bit more of a violent and narrow approach. i mean, you have to actually make sure that nobody swallows anything of what you are in order to ensure that you get their vote. so it's very easy to understand why you'd want to make somebody hateful. >> as you s

now, following a 24-hour accommodation for jet lag, work resumes at the wildcard gym in hollywood. >> let's go. come on. come on. hook. six. let's go. >> while pacquiao is the biggest name in the gym, with his fight still nearly a month away the focus here is on sparring mate jorge linares, as his bout is just days away. on the undercard of the bernard hopkins-chad dawson fight at nearby staples center. >> you'll enjoy the fight tonight. linares is -- >> that's a good fight. >> yeah. >> as dusk settles on a saturday night downtown, staples center is the focus of the boxing universe. a sense only reinforced by manny pacquiao's arrival. before heading to his ringside seat, the fighter takes a detour to wish his sparring partner good luck. >> ready? >> freddie roach and physical trainer alex ariza cannot conceal their enthusiasm about linares. >> yes, pacquiao! >> jorge linares sparred 30 rounds with manny pacquiao in preparation for this fight. >> how's training? good? >> real-g thank you. >> good luck. >> hey, manny. >> hard right hand! >> jorge linares physically has everything. >> th

i spent last week in a courtroom in los angeles and it was like a hollywood production and legal analyst holly hughes says that there is a good reason for that. >> look, a trial is a show. >> yes. >> and the most important audience is the folks sitting in the jury box, and nose are ttho people that you are playing to. you want it to be smooth and not just confident in the performance as it were but if they trust you and the way you present, they will trust your witnesses and evidence. >> and the prosecution is matter of a fact and they ask everything, what kind of medication did you observe. when he went to the doctor, did he do this? and straight forward question, and i think of ed chernoff as a matlock-type. >> well, he is brilliant and the prosecution is making a mountain and piling up all of the things they hope will point to guilt, but what ed chernoff is doing is to mining the mountain for nuggets and little things that when you hear them they are not a big deal, but when he weaves all of the little things together in closing argument, you are going to go, i never thought of it lik

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i agree with the director of the fbi, it seemed a little bit hollywood. it just almost seemed i didn't mean plausible that iran would take this very serious next step and contact somebody they believe had access to the united states, transfer money for the operation to begin to kill the saudi ambassador on u.s. soil here in washington, d.c., and with the discussion of collateral damage not being an issue. meaning civilians could be killed. and you think about -- we have been talking over the last few months about iran being the most aggressive state sponsor of terror in the world, and now stepping it up. i mean they have got more blood on their hands than most of the terror organizations on the state department's terror list, and that's what makes this so serious and it means that we're going to have to take steps to let iran know that we will not tolerate this behavior. >> what does that mean, take steps? the u.s. already has enormous sanctions imposed on iran. what else short of military action is the obama administration supposed to do? >> well, the fi

you went through what almost every hollywood star goes through these days. when you see the younger stars or entertainer, not called necessarily stars, but when you see how much more available drugs are even more than in your day perhaps, does it concern you? >> jack rolands, woody allen's manager he said that he managed lenny bruce years ago. who was a brilliant man. and he made one sentence that changed my life. he said, he sinned against his talent. somehow or other, at any given moment, you can learn, you know? and that sentence did it for me. i realized that i thought i was doing well with the drugs, and i really wasn't. and i realized that i'm sinning against the gift that was given to me by nature and by my influence of my great family. and it really stopped me cold. i did not withdraw. i had no recovery period. the minute i stopped it, i felt relieved, i felt normal, i didn't have to hide to smoke or do other naughty things. i was -- all of a sudden i was just honest. >> do you feel fortunate that you were able to do that? >> it was a blessing. chang

. >>> tonight, gerard butler, leading man, action hero, and hollywood heartthrob. if you could choose one partner, who would it be? >> i'm looking over, i see people going don't do it, don't do it. >> do it, there's nothing to lose here. she'll be flattered. the answer tonight, and deepak chopra, michael jackson's long-time friend, what he thinks killed michael. >> he's familiar with this thing that takes you to the valley of death and then brings you back from it. he was talking about propofol, the anesthetic that finally killed him. it took him to the valley of death and did not bring him back. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening, another dramatic day in the trial of dr. conrad murray, who's accused of causing the death of michael jackson. to ted rollins in los angeles. >> reporter: piers, it was a riveting day in court today, we got to listen to conrad murray, basically, this will be it for jurors, unless he takes the stand, he gets to tell his side of the story through a police interview. a two-hour audiotape that jurors heard about an hour and

hollywood stars. ozzy osbourne. ozzy, mom loves your stuff. >> let me talk about president bush giving you a shout out in 2002, ozzy. how did you feel about that? were you proud? were you pleased? horrified? >> i was pissed. i'd been drinking big time. >> what did you think when you heard it? >> i don't know. it's been a long time ago. but -- what did i think? what did i think? >> all i could think of was, because as usual as soon as ozzy and i get down to a table, we're throwing in the food, and he had a big pat of butter on his crotch. so the person he was sat next to when he was up on the chair, i kept saying, could you get that bi butter off my husband's crotch, please? anyway, it was just so exciting. it was just so exciting to be acknowledged. >> amazing moment. the president of the united states name checking your husband. >> i'll tell you what was really strange. it was shortly after 9/11 that thing was. and the -- everybody in the government was on the -- the security -- it was absolutely ridiculous. i was

. >>> we begin with breaking news that sounds like a far-fetched spy novel or a hollywood script. a braising plot to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the united states at a crowded washington restaurant frequented by members of congress. behind this plot, agents bank rolled by iran's secret police force who tried to hire hitmen from mexican drug cartels. sounds unbelievable, right? the middle east is on edge, the obama administration is slapping fresh sanctions on airan and the prime minister suspect held without bail after initial court hearing in new york. the attorney general and the fbi director among those on hand as charges were detailed hoover in washington. >> this conspiracy was conceived, was sponsored and was directed from iran and constitutes a flagrant violation of u.s. and international law, including a convention that explicitly protects diplomats from being harmed. >> these individuals had no regard for their intended victim new york regard for innocent citizens who might have been hurt or killed in this attempted assassination. they had no regard for the r

♪ nationwide is on your side >>> it reads like the pages of a hollywood script. that's how fbi director robert mueller described the plot. but when iran spoke they said just like a movie it is made up and this is the quote cnn received from the iranian government." this is a child's story. from our perspective, this is a fabrication. jamie rubin is former assistant secretary of state. and francis townsend and former homeland security adviser to president bush is with us. we want to start with the question of whether senior government officials in iran knew what was going on. i know there is some complexity. iran said. >> iran gains nothing and cannot afford an open confrontation with the united states. so the accusation that this alleged plot can be traced directly to the highest levels of iran's government i think deserves a good bit of skepticism. >> what do you think? i iran gains nothing, doesn't go to the top? >> i don't think that one shouldn't be skeptical, the way reza suggested but one should work on the assumption that this high-level forces group that'

entry level candidates are now required to have a ph.d. >>> a big celebration in hollywood this weekend. a star-studded lineup turned out yesterday for a benefit concert for bill clinton and his foundation. performers including the edge, bono, kenny chesney, usher and lady gaga. ashton kutcher, ellen degeneres and barbra streisand were also there. this year marks the tenth anniversary of the william j. clinton foundation, which helps with health and the environment. >> i had the most unusual life. i was born after world war ii, in the second poorest state in the country, into a family that never had a college graduate and, poof, lightning struck one time after another. and i never, ever believed i was born in a log cabin i built myself. nobody climbs any built myself. nobody climbs a ladder alone and we are never going to build this country by telling people they are on their own. we have to do america and the world together. >> by the way, happy birthday to the former president. 65 this year. much more in the newsroom straight ahead with don lemon. was that not star-studded. >> who was