and then kanye west had his time to shine. he actually came out and played a solo of some sort of -- sampling keyboard. i didn't know kanye west played an instrument but i guess he does. here's kanye tickling the electronic ivories. ♪ [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, kanye west! >> jimmy: you know what, never had a lesson. never had a lesson. [ cheers and applause ] but the biggest star of the night last night was undoubtedly lady gaga. she won eight vmas and showed up covered in actual meat. this atkins diet is getting out of control. she said she wore the meat to protest the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. makes sense. [ laughter ] i can't imagine wearing meat. i mean, that's -- that's a long show. she came wearing meat, she left weari ining jerky. it was disgusting. i hope they -- i hope this inspires an episode of "project runway" because i would love to hear tim gunn say, designers, you have 30 minutes to skin this moose and turn it into wearable runway fashion. make it work. sadly, though, lady gaga's meat d

. >> reporter: and kanye west jumped onstage hogging the microphone. >> but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. >> reporter: west was widely condemned for doing that and even drew a rebuke from president obama. >> he's a jackass. >> reporter: this year as clips from that played on an old black and white tv swift sang a song about innocence and forgiveness. ♪ i guess you really did this time ♪ >> reporter: west also performed. an obscenity-laced song poking fun at his critics and perhaps also at himself. ♪ making her first tv appearance after being let out of jail in rehab, lindsay lohan kidded chelsea handler about alcohol abuse. >> do you think anyone will work with a drunk? take it from me, they don't. >> reporter: biggest award of the night video award of the year and another award for lady gaga who with tears in her eyes managed a plug for her next song.

taylor swift's moat-hyped showdown with kanye west. and more surprises on mtv's biggest awards show of the year. >>> good morning, and thanks for being with us on this monday. well, it is the announcement that an american family has waited for more than a year to hear and it's the announcement that could come at anytime. >> sarah shourd, the american held in an iranian prison is expected to be released on bail but that hopeful news is overshadowed with a looming trial for the americans in custody. >> abc's lara setrakian is following the story. what is the latest on the developing story? >> reporter: good morning. as you said, sarah shourd could be freed anytime. now that she's up for bail. and they said it would post $500,000 bail for her release. she's been in solitary confinement for more than a year. her family tells us she's in ill health with a possibly precancerous condition and has had no access to medical care. she has had some contact with the two other detainees, shane bauer and josh fattal, the two other americans in prison

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one year ago, kanye west stole taylor swift's moment. now, she's written a new song about him that she'll be singing tonight on the video music awards. this is a story of fame, forgiveness, and, of course, publicity. >>> and the drama continues, of course. this follows kanye's tweets last week, apologizing. >> did you read those tweets? >> we read them. we were talking about them here on "gma." >> unbelievable. >> lot of people will be watching that show tonight to see what happens. >>> important news this morning. today, families will be allowed back in the california neighborhood leveled by a massive gas explosion. police now say five people are still missing and four were killed. our reporter toured the area. we'll have an up-close first look. just ahead. >>> also, we'll have an amazing update from half a mile underground. our reporter is back in chile this morning. checking in on those 33 trapped miners. it turns out that they now have electricity, running water, phone, even tvs down there. >> internet access down there. amazing. >>>

is kanye west finally again apologizing to taylor swift? >>> was lindsay lohan bust >>> time for "the skinny." it's awards season, rob. that means kanye west. >> yes, his favorite time of year. >> back in the news. he took to twitter, which he's a new twitter user. only been on there since the summer. already got a million or so followers. he wrote on his twitter page, again, "i'm sorry, taylor." referring to taylor swift. last year around this time at the mtv music awards -- >> a low point in his career. >> he jumped in front of taylor as she was accepting an award and said beyonce deserved to win. he said he has "bled hard" over the past year. went in seclusion a bit. he was supposed to tour with lady gaga, canceled that. >> spent some time for himself, my ego's in check, i'm coming back, i'm going to be a new person. >> this was the latest round in all of his award show snafus and televised incidents. so i don't know, we'll see. >> let's hope, one, the apology is sincere, maybe he's learned something from the incredible backlash from las

taylor swift and kanye west provided the preshow buzz. but the real sound of the mtv vmas was a gargantuan scream. prior to her parade of way over the edge wear lady gaga entered with service people with the don't ask don't tell policy. >> their stories are very inspiring. not one person is more valuable than another person. >> reporter: she left with eight statues. >> because we were born this way, baby! >> reporter: including video of the veer from a riotously retro cler cher rocking "if i could turn back time." >> i'm the oldest with the biggest hair and littlest costume. >> reporter: unlikely authority. >> wake up handler. don't you get it you're next. >> reporter: jersey shore's snooki and the situation. usher put on a show. and 16-year-old justin bieber busted out new and improved dance skills before scoring the best new artist. >> thank you to everybody. >> reporter: taylor and kanye did not appear together but indirectly addressed their drama in music. the 20-year-old singer/songwriter extending an angelic hand of forgiveness in t

and, mtv's big night as kanye west and taylor swift take to the stage one year after their controversial showdown, lady gaga steals the show with eight awards, but lindsay lohan takes center stage with the surprise appearance poking fun at herself. we'll take you inside the big awards show early this monday morning, september 13, 2010. >>> this is the real monday in september when really this is it. back the school, it's really all over. >> summer is over. >> good morning. i'm harry smith. >> on that uplifting note. i'm erica hill. all eyes this morning, not just on the reality that is back to school and we're back to september but on hurricane igor which is in the atlantic. could be the first category five storm we've seen in years. dave price is back this morning with the latest. >> good morning to you folks. let's get to the business. could be the first category five in the atlantic base innen three years. there is igor, there is julia. right now the storm 940 miles east of the leeward islands, british virgin islands, u.s. vrnlgen islands. wind speeds 150 miles per hour. it's going to

. >>> kanye west has issued yet another apology, nearly a year after upstaging taylor twist at the mtv video music awards, the rapper used his twitter account to talk about the backlash. he suffered after taking the mike in declaring that beyonce should have won instead of taylor. west tweeted that he wrote a song for swift, and he wants her to sing it. after staying away from the spotlight for nearly a year, he plans to perform at the vmas next sunday. >>> time now for sports and a big weekend in baseball. plus a wild finish for the first weekend of college football. here's jonathan coachman at espn news. >>> good morning, as we get into september, all of the baseball races are really heating up. as we heat up, padres, they apparently have cool trying to avoid losing ten in a row. ten in a row. top four, blane richards on mound. tulowitzki. 2-0, rockies trying to hang around for the wildcard. bottom six, miguel tejada crushes that one, into the san diego skyline. we're tied at 2-2. his fifth. top of the six, melvin moore, he's going to single to right. caeeonzalez always seems to be o

west's innocence while she was barefoot. i said, give kanye a break, it's not like he raped her. i -- i'm just saying, not as a woman, but as a comedian, it was amusing her see her singing barefoot as if she was afraid, even of shoes, and saying that -- i don't know if innocence is the word when i think about kanye, so, i went to his twitter, and i know you sometimes follow -- >> jimmy: i do. >> and sometimes you follow 50 cent? >> jimmy: yes, i'm astonished by 50 cent's tweets. >> i don't call them tweets. >> jimmy: what do you call them? oh, i know. >> imagine what's under this pretty skirt. that's what i call them. and by the way -- let's go to west covincovina! all right, so -- i've actually brought with me in my brassiere a 50 credit actual tweet. >> jimmy: that's where you keep them? >> in my bra. you can follow me at at kathy griffin. and get more for you at jimmy kimmel. this is something that i retweeted from 50 cent. solja and fab kicked it. they cool now. yo [ bleep ] have a nice day [ bleep ]. so, there's -- okay

last year was outrageous with the whole kanye west smackdown of taylor swift. this year? >> it was pretty lack luster. you heard chelsea handler say, if you do anything, misbehave and nobody did anything that we are talking about today. what we are talking about today, of course, is the taylor swift/kanye swift moment that's been built up for a year. overall, not a lot to be memorable going forward. >> we saw with taylor swift, she actually sang that song about forgiveness and kanye west, again, a vulgar song performing. >> right. >> did that put that to bed? >> i think what's interesting is taylor swift's forgiveness ballad is something that we are now looking at saying, okay, maybe you should get over it. it was so drawn out and maybe overthought a little bit. in contrast to kanye west's song which was difficult to know what he was talking about between the auto tune and censoring, you need closed captions to understand it. what we are talking about is what was he saying? what was his purpose? it didn't necessarily put anything to rest. >> lady gaga stole the show winni

kanye west is on the album? >> kanye, my artist young dro, you got the dream. right now, i'm in the narrowing down process. i have recorded like 105 songs since december. >> jimmy: what? >> 105 songs since december. >> jimmy: really? >> so, now i have to kind of consolidate and focus. >> jimmy: you want me to help you with that? >> could you, please. >> jimmy: i'd be helping. i'll tell you, this one is bumping, this one -- what do they say these days? >> sucks. >> some things never get old. absolutely, man. >> jimmy: that's a classic. >> i welcome all your criticism and comments. >> jimmy: believe me, i'll be very complimentary through the whole thing. i mean, for god's sakes, you were in prison, i'm no idiot. congratulations on all this. i'm glad you're -- everything went well for you. >> yeah. it's a weird thing, but it actually has probably been helpful for your career. you should go in every few years. >> no, no. i think my career would be all right, just fine without it. but you know, through all adversity comes triumph. you know. and i was just -- i was d

the thing people were talking about was this big rivalry between taylor swift and kanye west, was it going to play out, was it not? she had a song a lot of people said seemed was about him. >> it was to me at least my interpretation a song of forgiveness for him, like kind of forgiving him. >> of course referencing when he interrupted her last year at the vmas. listen to his song, though, because a lot of people said it addressed his character flaws. this closed the show. ♪ ♪ let's have a toast >> so, i mean, a lot of people are saying that's the end of his pop culture exile. and you should note everyone was chanting "kanye." the only standing ovation of the night. >> i'm surprised they let him close out the show, but they gave him a big spot in the show. we can't say some of those lyrics on the air that he said. but basically he was admitting i screwed up but trying to atone for that. as always, never dull. [ female announcer ] fact. when pain keeps you up, nothing is proven to help you fall asleep faster than advil pm liqui-gels. rushing real liquid relief to ease you to sleep

i organized my closet from things that kanye west is most likely to wear to things that he probably would not wear. >> jimmy: okay, all right. >> i had sex with carrie ann inaba. she was upset. i brought my foot up off the ground and so that was -- >> jimmy: you can't do that. >> i can't do that. i -- i masturbated 47,845 times. i -- oh, i found jesus on a wheat thin. >> jimmy: you did? that's where he's been. >> i beat stephen hawking in a doing anything physical contest. >> jimmy: you did? >> i really did. i didn't think he would take me up on that challenge. and i peeled grapes and fed them to a blind men, he felt it and i told them, these are your eyes. just for poops and giggles. >> jimmy: the blind have great senses of humor. sounds like you had a lot of fun. i can't help but feel like there's -- i don't know. there's something -- i don't want to make you uncomfortable. it seems like there's something different or is there something wrong or, anything -- >> i'm not going to lie, i'm kind of doing the sad clown thing tonight. i'm covering up a bit. >> jimmy: i felt a little extra squ

. >>> kanye west has ently gotten over his rift with "saturday night live." the artist spouted profanities about the show in one of his songs but now he's scheduled to be a guest. now he is going to appear as a pus cal guest. >> everybody kissed and made up. >>> let's take a look at the news coming up with brian bolton. >> lawyers for chandra levy's alleged attacker try to get a critical piece evidence of thrown out. >>> plus, a community kitchen wins a contract to provide meals to several area schools. >>> and a local police department needs your help identifying the man who has been dubbed the preppy burglar. that's at 6:00. hang tight. ♪ i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >>> a ban on blond hair? female security officers in houston, texas claim they were warned not to show up to work as blondes. the five african-american employees work at the hairs county courthouse, and they say a supervisor sent a note warning that blond wigs could get th

." >> taylor swift sang a new song at the vmas last night about kanye west about [ bleep ] him. >> actually i am [ bleep ] older than most of these nominees. >> you betcha. there's another woman i got to [ bleep ], you betcha. >> the city of bell is going to [ bleep ] a great big [ bleep ] and 4,000 homeowners are going to get a piece of it. >> jack white brought one of the jackson, who was a fantastic rock a billy [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> she was down in the jail [ bleep ] [ bleep ] like, that's my -- you know. >> well, lady gaga and senator harry reid are [ bleep ] buddies. >> i really love about america? i love [ bleep ]. >> oh. >> that's right. i love [ bleep ]. >> gets a chance to steal. >> [ bleep ]. >> did you say [ bleep ]? >> years ago when "good will hunting" came out, we got in the elevator with you guys. two guys, just [ bleep ] their [ bleep ]. >> i don't -- the way you said that was -- made me uncomfortable. >> jimmy: we have a good show for you tonight. maura tierney is here. music from usher. and we'll be right back with ben affleck, so stick around. when i brought it home, a

. >> taylor swift and kanye west were kept apart from each other. >> that's good. remember the time when he grabbed the mike from her? they are trying to keep them apart. >> wearing a homemade dress. unique outfit very popular last night. made a dress made out of garbage bags. >> economically. >> and puzzling in a wet suit. jacket and black face paint and hot pank arm band. it seems so traditional and boring. >> i will have to do something with garbage bags. >> 6:42 right now.st stihi sryig on the cost of higher education. g >>> welcome back. 6:44 and taking a live look outside. expected highs in the bay area and fremont is 73. just about perfect across the bay. >> we also have a live look at the destruction zone in san browno and a look down the stretch of the neighborhood there. you can see where the crater is. federal investigators are on the ground trying to figure out what happened and at the same time, fire officials are continuing their grim task of searching for other victims. you will have a live report if in a few minutes. >> students are carrying a heavy

kanye west interrupted her while she was accepting an award. she openly forgave him in a song. last night a different female superstar was really the big winner. lady gaga was crowned queen of the ceremony. >> look at those shoes. >> she has worn those kind of shoes before. they are called something. tracy is our resident fashionista. she won eight awards including video of the year. >> what's that on her head? >> i think norah jones the last one to win about 8 or 9 awards but she is incredible. you listen to her music and it gets you moving. >> i agree. >>> coming up, changes on an east bay freeway. >> why some new striping could cause confusion and possibly some traffic congestion this morning. >>> and the investigation into the natural gas explosion continues here behind me in san bruno. now it's being expanded to thousands of miles of pipeline across the state. we'll have the latest on the investigation coming up next. hey, look, it's grandma! oh, she's early. no...on the counter. [ female announcer ] art projects in hen? bring it. i think you forgot her glasses. [ both gig

kanye west interrupted her acceptance of an award last year. this time around she decided to forgive him in a song. last night lady gaga was big winner, crowned queen of the event. she had multiple outfits that she changed. >> she changed every time she accepted an award. >> there is one you will never notice the one didn't tell you made out of meat but i'm sure it will be posted. >> i'll have to check my tmz after i get offset. >> she just dresses like that to bring more attention to herself. she has a fabulous voice. >> definitely well talented. >>> if you have a story

so do you guys remember when kanye west hijacked taylor swift's acceptance speech at last year's vmas? he'll be at the awards show again this year. we'll wait and see if he has a repeat performance because searches about the vmas are up 1700%. now, as you guys know, yahoo!'s been able to accurately pick winners by finding the top searched nominees. for best male video, search results say usher's "omg" will win. best female video? it seems to be anyone's guess this year. if you go by top searches it will definitely be kesha's "tik tok." and it will be an upset if anyone beats out justin bieber's "baby." one more thing, searches for this year's hosts. comedian chelsea handler's searches are up. people want to know whether she has the chops to pull it off. rob, vinita, what do you guys think? do you think she can do it? >> i think she's really, really funny. really, really bitin >>> high stakes in the fight over burning the koran. >> islam is possibly much more dangerous and much more violent than we thought. >> we have an exclusive interview with pastor terry jones. >>> a raging fire ne

west is hoping for. of course, we all recall what happened last year at the vmas. can we play the sound bite here. >> yo, taylor, i'm really happy for you i'm going to let you finish, but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. >> that sparked outrage. that took everyone by surprise. everyone started rallying around taylor. she was so humble and sweet. >> including beyonce who got on stage and gave her the opportunity to give the speech all over again. >> fast forward. the vmas are next week. kanye took to tweeting out all the apologies. they were nonstop. he said he's sorry, his life has changed since then. those people booed when i would go to concerts and the performer mentioned my name. he really took a lot of heat. >> that doesn't sound like an apology. it's about him, right? >> right. beyonce didn't need that, tv didn't need that. taylor and her fans and friends definitely don't need that as well. the question is, what does taylor think about this? i would think she wants to put it to rest.