Bob Schieffer spoke with Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) about the upcoming health care reform vote on the Senate floor. Plus; The stars come out for Bill Cosby, who received the Mark Twain Prize for Humor at the Kennedy Center.
Bill & Melinda Gates: A Pair Of 'Impatient Optimists', Talking to Charlie Gibson
ABC's Richard Sergay reports from Washington: Bill and Melinda Gates are on a new mission here in Washington today: hoping to connect the dots between US aid aimed at helping solve global health issues and the frustration many Americans feel...
Sarah Palin's $1.25-million book retainer
by Mark Silva
A little more insight into why Sarah Palin was able to resign as governor of Alaska last summer: The advance for that forthcoming memoir of hers was $1.25 million.
Going Rogue -- or Going Rouge as satirists have dubbed it -- will be out Nov. 17. Palin, the 2008 GOP nominee for vice president, stepped out of office in July.
A disclosure statement released today about Palin's finances from Jan. 1 to July 27, when she resigned as Alaska governor, shows she received $1.25 million from publisher HarperCollins for her memoirs. She refers to the payment as a "retainer.''
It's likely that Palin will make more after publication. Going Rogue jumped to No. 1 on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com after HarperCollins announced that it had advanced the release date of 1.5 million copies by several months. The book is No,. 6 on Amazon now, and 11 at Barnes & Noble.
Palin will make an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show the day before the book's release.
The Associated Press contributed.
Lieberman Opposes Reid's Health Care Plan
Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman says while he's "strongly inclined" to vote to move Sen. Harry Reid's health care plan to the Senate floor for debate, he would ultimately oppose the measure because it includes a public option.
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