nothing changed in 25 years, and today, michelle miller reports, oprah's reign as the queen of daytime tv came to an end. >> reporter: after months of anticipation, the final guest of the oprah winfrey show was revealed-- it was oprah herself. >> thank you, america. thank you so much. >> reporter: the woman who for millions of viewers is more than a talk show host... >> you are responsible for your life. >> reporter: ...she's a life coach... >> love somebody. >> reporter: ...teacher. >> no one completes you. >> reporter: even pop culture preacher. >> god is love. >> reporter: oprah has interviewed 30,000 guests, turned some into top tv stars themselves. >> for open the game is the talk show but it's much bigger than that. i mean, she's a whole industry. >> she gave me great advice about being in television. she said don't take any advice. be yourself. because they know if you're not. >> reporter: oprah let it all hang out and frequently her guests... >> have you ever felt this way before? >> reporter: and her audience the same. >> everything gets a car! >> reporter: after 25 years her

katie. >> couric: michelle miller. thank you, michelle. in other news tonight, another big step for arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords as she covers from an assassination attempt. in january, surgeons in tucson removed a piece of her skull to relieve pressure on her brain. today, doctors in houston replaced that piece with a custom-made plastic implant that will allow her to move around without having to wear a helmet. gifford's husband, astronaut mark kelly, is up in orbit commanding the next to last shuttle mission. today he guided "endeavour" as it docked with the international space station. nasa engineer looking for damage to the heat shield say they found three areas of concern. they could order a closer inspection by the shuttle crew. and still ahead here on the "cbs evening news," what's known about the child, now a teenager, fathered out of wedlock by arnold schwarzeneggar. but up next, the push for new guidelines to keep infants from overdosing on popular fever- reducing drugs. >> couric: for years, children's medications t

and michele miller found someone who is inspiring thousands of young achievers. in this rural village in napal these american teens are digging a foundation for the future, a school for kids half a world away. they're here because of this man jim ziolowski. 20 years ago while backpacking in nepal, he was moved by the opening of a new school there. >> it was a two-day celebration, is 48 straight hours, they never went home. >> reporter: he returned home to a corporate job in new york but couldn't let go of the images of hope he'd seen amidst all the poverty. >> i saw what they're dealing with on a day-to-day basis and i realized we had to do something and give them a way to take action. in 1991, he did take action, right in his own backyard. he began an after school program for inner city kids who wanted to make a difference in their communities, he called it "build on." the organization is now 20,000 strong. on any given saturday you can find build on teens feeding the homeless, playing cards with the elderly, and caring for the disabled. they spend on average ei

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michelle miller has more on the arrest and tells us what this could mean for the business of the imf. >> reporter: for almost four years dominique strauss-kahn has run the international monetary fund which is grappling with europe's debt crisis. now the 62-year-old french politician has a crisis of his own. accused of attempted rape inside an upscale manhattan hotel. a 32-year-old made told police she was sexually assaulted saturday afternoon by strauss- kahn inside his $3,000 a night suite on the 28th floor. she had gone in to clean what she thought was an empty room. but according to police, strauss-kahn was inside a bathroom in the suite. he allegedly walked out naked, locked the suite door and forced the maid on to the bed. she told police he then tried to take her clothes off. and when she resisted he allegedly dragged her into the bathroom and forced her to perform a sex act. three hours later, at kennedy international airport, police arrested strauss-kahn as he was seated in first class, just ten minutes before his air france flight to paris was scheduled to take off. charged w

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, thanks so much, michelle miller. in other news, when arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver announced their separation after 25 years of marriage, it came as a big surprise to most people. to the outside world, they seemed like a happy couple. but today ben tracy reports the outside world learned the secret the former governor had been keeping from his wife and almost everyone for a decade. >> your governor for the next four years, arnold schwarzenegger! >> reporter: maria shriver was her husband's biggest backer. many say she's the reason he was elected california's governor. >> i know how many votes i got today because of you. ( cheers and applause ) yes. >> reporter: but what she did not know at the time was that schwarzenegger had a secret. at least ten years ago he father a child with a woman who worked in their home. he's reportedly been supporting the child financially ever since including his seven years in office. the bombshell of a headline in the "los angeles times" this morning forced shriver to respond.

>> couric: michelle miller. thanks very much, michelle. in another criminal investigation, the f.b.i. has asked the man known as the unabomber for a d.n.a. sample in the still-unsolved 1982 tylenol poisonings in chicago. ted kaczynski, serving life in prison, denies any involvement in the tylenol case, which left seven people dead, and sources say he is not a suspect. but his d.n.a. could rule him out for sure if prosecutors ever bring a case against someone else. turning now to the middle east, where the political dynamic seems to change every day. and on this day, president obama outlined his vision for the region: arab countries that embrace democracy and a palestinian state that co-exists peacefully with israel. what he said after that sparked new controversy. here's chief white house correspondent chip reid. >> reporter: president obama spent most of his speech talking about the arab spring uprisings, but he saved his biggest surprise for the middle east peace process. >> we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based

michelle miller is at the criminal court building right here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. lawyers for the now unemployed dominique strauss-kahn head to court hoping to negotiate his release from jail, that, as a grand jury decides whether or not to charge him with the sexual assault of a 32-year-old maid. last night, dominique strauss-kahn resigned as the head of the international monetary fund and released a statement saying he did so with infinite sadness and in an effort to protect this institution. he also map tanintained his inne saying, i deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me. his defense team is now trying to negotiate his release from jail with a detailed proposal on grand jury investigates the allegations of sexual assault that took place inside this manhattan hotel room last saturday. in documents obtained by cbs news, strauss-kahn has agreed to post a $1 million cash bail while wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet and confined to a home address in manhattan for

>> thank you so much, michelle miller from midtown manhattan. >>> for some perspective on the strauss-kahn case we turn to defense attorney and legal analyst jami floyd. michelle just sort of painted a picture of what strauss-kahn is going through right now. and you say there are actually some advantages to him being out on bail in this lower manhattan apartment. explain that. >> well, absolutely. if he were behind bars any time his lawyers wanted to consult with him, to prepare his strategy for court, they'd have to go to rikers. they'd have to go through security. it would be very, very limited in terms of their access to him in preparation for trial. which will be lengthy, i assume. because he's probably not going to exercise his speedy trial right. and so now they have unlimited access to him. and he can, as michelle reported, also leave with the judge's permission to go to their offices and prepare for trial. so, in terms of just the preparation for defense, this is much, much preferable. also, in terms of his psychology, his appearance to the potential jury pool, this is better. so,

it's sent shock waves through european financial markets and tonight michelle miller reports he's being held in without bail. >> reporter: he faces charges of rape, unlawful imprisonment and sexual assault all connected to an alleged attack on a 32-year- old chambermaid who entered to clean his penthouse hotel suite saturday afternoon. she later i.d. him in a lineup and authorities say they have d.n.a. evidence to back her story. >> he sexually assaulted her and attempted to forcibly rape her. when he was unsuccessful he forced her to perform oral sex. >> reporter: near lie five hours later police arrested him on a flight to paris ten minutes before takeoff. hotel security found out he was at the airport after calling him about a cell phone he left behind. >> that's not consistent with someone who was trying to conceal his whereabouts. this theory that he ran out of the hotel and to the airport is simply not true. >> reporter: but in denying bail judge melissa jackson called the multimillionaire a flight risk. >> when i hear your client was at j.f.k. airport about to board a flight, tha

michelle miller reveals chef boyardee's recipe for success. rita braver offers a very personal mother's day card and more but first the headlines for this sunday morning the 8th of may, mother's day, 2011. as we mentioned a moment ago the pentagon yesterday released home videos seized from the compound of osama bin laden the day he was killed. they show a different bin laden wrapped in a blanket channel surfing. there are even outtakes of his video messages to the world. our david martin will have more on all this in just a few moments. the rising mississippi has some memphis residents heading for high ground. the river is expectd to crest at 48 feet on tuesday. that is a day earlier than expected. and just seven inches short of its 1937 high. an oil industry analyst is predicting a drop in gasoline prices over the next few weeks. fred rozelle of the i'm price information service says the drop could be as much as 50 cents a gallon by next month. the navy's newest warship the u.s.s. michael murphy was launched yesterday in bath, maine. it was c

>> cbs's michelle miller outside rikers island jail. the 32-year-old woman is not identified but her attorney, jeffrey shapiro is discussing the case and we spoke with him last night. did she have any idea when she did come forward that this would cause this international incident? >> not only did she not have that idea she didn't know who this man was until later. what she did was escape from this, report it to security, who then called the police and all of the events took place after that. >> now that she sees some of the ramifications of coming forward with something like this against someone who is this powerful as mr. kahn will she on it press forward? has there been any apprehension on her behalf saying this is not what i want? >> it's her word against a man as powerful and rich in the world and she is grateful to be in a country where her rights are equal to his source is she reluctant to go forward? no, she will do what she's asked to do and she will tell her story and happy to do that because she's telling the truth. >> when y

chris. >> michelle miller, thank you. here is erica. >> chris, thanks. you can imagine the full impact of this arrest being felt around the globe. liz palmer is in london with more on the reaction to these charges. liz, good morning again. >> reporter: good morning. dominique strauss-kahn was a prominent member of the jet setting il heat and the next few months should have been the pinnacle of what has been a stellar career. strauss-kahn known as a gifted mr. fix-it will be missed at greek bail-out talks starting today but they will go ahead. >> i think generally markets will perceive that this will be sorted. >> reporter: strauss-kahn's political ambitions, though, have almost certainly been sunk. sometime this summer, dsk as he is known was expected to quit the monetary fund and return to france as a strong candidate for president. his center left supporters along with his wife, a famous journalist, have reacted to news of the arrest with disbelief. i don't believe for a second the accusations leveled against my husband, she said, i have no doubt that

michelle miller is outside of rikers island in queen, new york for us this morning. >> good morning. >>> dominique strauss-kahn is in protective custody. he has his own jail cell and eats all of the meals alone. this comes a day after he faced sex charges in criminal court. >> this defendant is charge in criminal sexual acts in the first degree. >> reporter: the man "forbes" magazine considers one of the 40 most powerful men in the world stood silent in manhattan federal court on monday considered a flight risk. >> we know the defendant has the personal, political, and financial resources to flee. >> reporter: strauss-kahn is being charged with seven counts of attempted rape, sexual assault, and unlawful imprisonment for an attack on a 32-year-old hotel maid. according to the criminal complaint, he shut the hotel door, tried to forcibly remove her clothes, and attacked her. strauss-kahn agreed to dna tests. forensic evidence sipts the victim's claim. and security tapes show strauss-kahn rushing to leave the hotel. but the defense counters he had a full afternoon of meetings before he

>> reporter: michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >>> dr. phil mcgraw also became a tv host and household name due to his appearances on oprah. before he left to cover the tornado, chris sat down with dr. phil to discuss her role in the talk show host's own career as well as how oprah helped to shape the history of daytime television. >> we just celebrated our 1,500th show and we were thinking that's a really big deal, and you look over and she's done almost 5,000 shows, close to 30,000 guests, and really has defined daytime television. it's appointment television. it's been a part of people's days for so many years. >> you talk about the void that now exists. other shows will replace the time slot but can she ever really be replaced? >> well, in my opinion, she's the best there ever was, the best there ever will be. i mean, oprah has that unique quality. she once told me way, way back, she described herself as a viewer with a microphone. she said i asked the questions the viewers want asked and people connect with her. they believe her. the

>> cbc's michelle miller outside of rikers island jail for us. thank you. >>> want to get a look at some of the other headlines. jeff glor standing by at the news desk with that check. >>> good friday morning to you. a u.s. consulate convoy was hit by a car bomb in pakistan this morning, what is believed to be the first attack on westerners since the raid that killed osama bin laden. two americans suffered minor injuries. one pakistani civilians were killed and ten others hurt. the taliban claimed responsibility. the president of tepco, the utility company behind the nuclear crisis in japan resigned this morning. he stepped down after reporting the biggest financial losses in the company's history. the earthquake and tsunami on march 11th triggered a leak of radiation at the plant run by tepco. >>> they blamed a west virginia vary coal company that killed 29 miners. they say that massey energy ignored basic safety practices and allowed explosive dust to accumulate and blamed state and federal regulators for not enforcing laos. >>> a qantas airlin

but as cbs news correspondent michelle miller reports, wednesday's last hurrah was not really a good-bye. >> you, and this show, have been the great love of my life. >> reporter: all alone onstage, without a single guest, oprah winfrey shined the spotlight on her audience. >> we have hooted and hollered together. had our ah-ha moments. we ugly cried together. ♪ isn't it lovely >> reporter: after a two-day star-studded buildup, the swan song was a love letter to her fans. part pep talk -- >> nobody but you is responsible for your life. >> reporter: -- part sunday morning sermon. >> nothing but the hand of god. has made this possible for me. >> reporter: she urged them to build better lives. be better people. much like she's done over the last quarter of a century. >> all the energy that you spend trying to hurt somebody else, that energy will turn around and slap you in the face. >> reporter: and no sooner had her finale hit the airwaves did oprah's fan clubs flood the internet. i can barely watch this last show without crying, said one viewer. it was a great way to end said another. ev

michelle miller has the story of one perfect match. >> reporter: as the youngest mayor of east haven, connecticut, april capone knows the important of pressing the flesh. thanks to a post that hit her facebook page in late 2009, she's taken it one step further. >> it was like a little s.o.s., i need help. >> reporter: it came from one of her constituents, carlos sanchez. in the throes of renal failure after his first transplant failed, sanchez faced another lengthy wait for a healthy organ. with no relatives who were a match, his doctor suggested he turn to his facebook family. >> all of a sudden, i get a private text. i didn't answer her. i said, i think she made a mistake. i think she meant to say, you're in my thoughts and prayers. >> reporter: a few hours later, a second message came through. >> carlos, i'll get tested. i've got two, what the hell, you can have one. >> i thought, what are the odds of her being a match to me. >> reporter: turns out, she was. and in april of 2010, doctors removed april's left kidney and gave it to carlos. facebook tells cbs news that it doesn't trac

all sorts of commonplace objects require skillful design as our michelle miller has discovered. >> reporter: if choosing choosing a kitchen product is anything like dating, designer david stole has some advice. >> we can't really rely on love at first sight. relationship will develop over time. you won't know at first glance whether it will do what you expect it to do. >> reporter: he should know. for more than 30 years as head of his firm smart design, stole and his team have created some keepers. the kind of products you settle down with. as a college intern at corning ware, he dreamed up the single- serving grab-it. >> it actually became the best- selling product in the corning ware line for quite a few years. >> reporter: next he took on the company's familiar floral design which he says he detested. creating the grooved and very popular french white line. >> i knew if i made the corning ware fluted with a sculptural surface, their machines couldn't put the decoration on it. >> reporter: then one day stole got a call from businessman sam farber whose arthritic wife was having a hard tim

cbs news correspondent michelle miller is here to talk about the mom prom. >> can you believe it? >> you are afraid, my friend. >> normally, i can tell you, there's a nominal fee, $5 to $25. women are inviting their best friends, sisters, moms to enjoy a night out without their husbands and children. and they have a great time. take a look! >> some women are never too old to play dressup, especially for a good cause. >> hi, mom. >> betsy craft is one of them. >> this is where i keep my gowns. >> she is the founder of mom prom, a nationwide movement where women raise money for charities while wearing the clothes of their past -- the old prom dresses to bridal gowns. >> so much fun. women have no responsibilities and have fun together. >> jody, how are the kids feeling? >> in her sister hood are raising money for the hht foundation, a charity close to jody nissan's heart because her husband and kids have hht -- a rare genetic blood disorder that can be fatal. >> it means everything. there's no funding now for hht. so the only money you get is through these efforts. >> you can make s

michelle miller spoke with the crew last night. late last night. >> it was late, good morning. the commander is astronaut mark kelly whose wife congresswoman gabby giffords was shot and critically wounded february. she's undergone surgery and continued her recovery. the couple had to share it all by being worlds apart. >> reporter: aboard the endeavour, it's still day one of the mission that most resonates with mark kelly, because his wife, injured congresswoman gabrielle giffords was at the launch and made it there on her own two feet. >> it's a moment after what happened to her on january 8, the fact that she was able to recover to the point to walk on the airplane, walk off, make the trip to florida. >> reporter: during the mission, endeavour's last, kelly's crew made four space walks to update and perform maintenance on the international space station. >> it's really special to be up there on the space walk because there's a quarter inch of flex si glass between you and the rest of the season. you can see the rest of the cosmos in front of you. >> and while the endeavour cr

the shoulders of toni morrison, taraji henson and michelle miller. you stand on the shoulders of our mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, we stand on the shoulders of all who have struggled, all who have sweated, all who have bled, all who have yearned, all who have sacrificed, because they join in celebrating howard university's class of 2011 united, under god, indivisible, with liberty, justice and a commitment to excellence, equality and high expectations for all . . congratulations class of 2011. this is your mission. this is your moment. good luck and godspeed. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> later today, remarks from supreme court justice samuel alito on supreme court practices and traditions. he told an argument -- an audience that cases usually involve reading five. pages or more of legal briefs. he spoke at a bar association luncheon. you can see his comments today at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. tomorrow on "washington journal

and you stand on the shoulders of general davis, and lori stokes, tony morrison, and yes, michele miller. you stand on the shoulders of all the mothers and fathers and grand mothers who are here today who have gone before us, who struggled and bled and yearned and sacrificed and nurtured and tolerated each and everyone of you. you stand on each shoulder today. howard university class, let us be united with a commitment for excellence and equality and high expectations for all, this is your mission and this is your moment, good luck and god's speed. [applause] >> tomorrow on are "washington journal" townhall guy benson and judd legum speak about the presidential race, and sheila krumholz will speak on "washington journal," live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. and tomorrow morning, former president clinton will speak about the federal deficit and middle east peace process. you can see his comments sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> people often say to me, and a good question, how much of your time do you spend writing and how much time doing research? great question, no one ever says

miller. you stand on the shoulders of all of the mothers and fathers and grandmothers who are here today who have gone before us and who struggle and sweat and who bled and year-end, who sacrificed and borrowed and scolded and nurtured, who tolerated each and every one of you. you stand on all of their shoulders today. so, howard university class, let us the united, let us be united under god, indivisible with liberty, justice, and a commitment to excellence, the quality and high expectations for all. congratulations. this is your mission. this is your moment. good luck and godspeed. [applause] [applause] general electric chairman and ceo gave the commencement address at the university of maryland baltimore county on monday. he spoke about leadership and innovation. this is 15 minutes. [applause] thank you very much of the faculty and all of the administration for this great honor. welcome retrievers, it's great to be here. thanks for that introduction and for the artery degree of doctor of p

sunlen miller is traveling with the president. good morning, sunlen. >> reporter: good morning, peggy and rob. it was quite a sleepover. president obama and first lady michelle obama woke up here at buckingham palace. a good night's sleep in the six-room suite was just what the obamas needed. after a day with a few royal mishaps. the president first seemed confused about the year, mistakenly writing 2008 when signing the official guest book during a visit to westminster abbey. then, his ping-pong partner, not exactly up to para. the british prime minister needing a bit more practice. and at a state dinner with the queen when every move is so final finely tuned, the orchestra hit a sour note. >> to her majesty, the queen, note note the vitality of the special relationship between our peoples. >> reporter: interrupting the president's toast, music over his words to the queen. the speed bumps aside, the pomp and circumstance over, today is about the work. the president will address the british parliament, the big speech of his week-l

sunlen miller joins us now from london with more. sunlen? >> reporter: good morning, peggy and rob. the obamas are wrapping up their state visit in london where michelle obama may have found her second calling. move over, oprah, michelle obama may be stepping in. giving dating advice to young students while at oxford university. choose a good husband, she told the young women, and throw out that checklist. >> there are a lot of women who have the boxes, did he go to the right school, what is his income? >> reporter: 20 years ago a summer associate where she worked wooed her in a different way. >> he was smart. and i like that. and he was low key. and he wasn't impressed with himself. and he was funny. and we joked a lot. and he loved his little sister. >> reporter: mentor michelle said that giving girls advice was the highlight of this trip. >> the dresses, the cars, the horses, the carriages, i can watch that on tv. but moving you guys and pushing you to see more for yourselves is all that matters. >> reporter: but that pomp and circumstance was exactly why the obamas came here upo