Hello Everyone!

Good evening Anderson, Erica & Team 360.

Good evening fellow bloggers.

Looking forward to remaining report on the soldiers.

I love, love, love Oprah. I stopped on the way home just so I could catch her goodbye message.

Her emotional moment got me. My eyes and soul became misty when she spoke and I thought of the many years spent following the show.

24 years. Wow! Somewhere along the way she no longer became a talk show host; she simply became Oprah!

Looking forward to enjoying the final ride and then following her on to her new adventure.

OK, so Oprah had a show, and now she won't. Does this really need to be dissected?

It will be facinating to see what Oprah decides to do next.

Her TV history Is "history"! So, having seen what she has already accomplished i can only imagine what her next step in her evolution will be.

Hello and good evening. Missed the Oprah show today unfortunately. Afternoon television will never be the same once her show comes to a close.

Hi everyone! We will certainly miss Oprah; just so sad to see her TV run end after a quarter century.

TV in the afternoon just won't be the same for a lot of folks. I can barely remember when Oprah wasn't on tv – amazing that its almost over.

No one can ever replace anyone, he/she may only fill in that particular time slot. Ellen might be the closest, but even have doubts about her. I am not crazy about Oprah...but it will be a long time, especially with so many personalities out there today and already so many ( too many) networks. Programming is tough today. I am old enough to remember the big 3 (no not Cars) but ABC.NBC.CBS. Too many choices today, we are not obligated to the 3 mentioned , just to have something to view. Nope , persons like Oprah happens only once.

I have watched her since the Oprah Show started. She has done more for people around the world by coming into their homes and changing lives than anyone else I can think of. It is her right to move own. I support her decision and have become a better woman because of her.

More power to Oprah; she's not going anywhere. Looking forward to watch her on her continued path.

Oprah is definitely one of a kind.

Oprah has been a part of my life everyday since I can't remember when. I think she has had such a positive impact on so many lives internationally – how could it be that she won't be on TV anymore. Sad Sad Day!

Please Oprah change your mind! The world needs you!

Oprah was great!

However, she is not everything! I was embarrassed for her when she chocked back the tears announcing the ending of her show.

Come on! Life will go on. That Oprah is ending is not the end of our world.

Why, oh why, is this report getting so much attention?????

Good evening Anderson, Erica, Isabel, everyone. Oprah quite overcome with emotion, this is a huge decision for her. I've seen only a few of her shows, but I don't think there's any topic she doesn't cover. Her show on the death penalty moratorium in Illinois a very balanced look at that question.

Good evening Anderson, Erica & Team 360 and fellow bloggers

It would be interessting to see the impact on Oprah on housewives.
Its the right time to leave for her, she will come up with new things.

Happy Friday, all. Hope you're ready for the weekend

Everything she touches turns into gold, and everyone can perceive why. She's powerful yet genuine, she's tough and kind.

I wish Oprah well in everything she does. She is truly an outstanding businesswoman.

Changing someone's life isn't necessarily doing something dramatic. In that respect, although she has done so many amazing things for us, Oprah's certainly changed our lives also by being there in every aspect of our lives – And even if she leaves the show, she will always be part of our lives.

Everything Oprah touches turns to gold!

You might think that Oprah is quitting next month. She is quiting almost 2 yrs from now. Give me a break! If you make an announcement that you are quitting, then quit now not 2 yrs. from now.

As a long time viewer, I believe that you see is what you get with Oprah. She is smart, kind, generous, real and an inspiration to many women.

Certainly the end of an era!, Oprah, just like Michael Jackson has been a major influence in America and around the world, she will be truly missed in television,

It was a miracle she choked up and let a tear fall during her announcement, I cry with most of her shows and wonder how can she keep it together.

@ Erica Happy Friday!

Good evening Anderson, Erica, Bloggers, and AC360 team... Oprah is a media icon, she is proof that anyone can make it anywhere in life...

I think Lisa Ling is right.Oprah has something really
big planned once she starts her own network.There
really is not great shows for women on cable.

The world loves Oprah!

Anderson,
Hi! Happy Friday.
Oprah does quite a lot–as do you.

Hi Erica, enjoyed your reporting earlier in the evening. Thanks for reminding me...TGIF to Everybody!

We shouldn't be sad today but excited about the future. We know what Oprah can do and now a cable channel? She will continue to transform our lives.

Just guessing here, but I think the sun will still come up tomorrow without Oprah. This is a daytime TV show. Let's have some perspective.

i am from saudie arabia and opra had alot of infloence on me since the 80's, its a given that i dont want her to quit yet i do understand why but i cant pretend it doesnt sadden me to lose her vioce in my life. i guess thank you is not enough but thats all what i can say now

Oprah's show is older than I am... It would be a dream to reach how far she got, but I would be just satisfied where Anderson is

"That is much better than fifteen years, my goodness!"

I think that Oprah is making the best decision ever. She is at the top of her game, her show is still pulling in great ratings, she is look ing great, and it can't seem to get better! What a great time to leave. It's better to leave at the top then at the bottom. I wish that Brett Favre would have done the same!!

I don't know what a Pap test is, I know nothing that has to deal with tests... If I were to take a blood test, I would fail

I think Ellen would become the queen of talk shows after Oprah is gone...

Glad you're feeling better too Erica.

That would be a long seven minutes, but he was lucky to have the woman on the platform looking after him. Even so, an very upsetting experience for a child.

What is the rationale for the new PAP smear guidelines, do they have anything to do with the HPV vaccination?

Soldiers are trained to kill the enemy, not be policemen. These 'detainees' were caught with weapons and admitted killing Americans and enjoying it. The world is better off without them.

@ Gady I pap test checks for cancer in women. Not my favorite test but it is important to have checked.

What is Oprah going to do after she is gone? I would not give up an empire that took several years to make... but I understand, people need their breaks...

This memo is a joke! This is war not Park Avenue in NYC. Rules of civilian evidence have no place in a war zone.

Hello,
Oprah defiantly a great woman any she touches tern to gold Dr. Phil Dr. Oz and our dear President just to name a few, she will around for the next 18 mo, I love her

God bless that woman who kept an eye on that little boy who was separated from his Dad.

They are fighting by the book, and the enemies are taking advantage of their fight book.

@ Karen Gonyea, MN – I don't even know what tests us guys have to get, I think I would rather die not knowing what I have rather than having a doctor violating my spaces

Thank you for joining us!

Oprah always knew what America needed to hear.!!

Oprah will always be the missing voice of day time television that exposed the world to the plights of all communities Rich or Poor. You will be missed

@ Gady too Funny

I have watched Oprah since the beginning. She has 18 months left and she might change her mind. She has her own network so if you have cable you can still see her. I am proud of this strong, black woman who has certainly made her name one that won't ever be forgotten. I mostly appreciate her honesty about her personal life and I appreciate the intregrity of her show. First class all the way.
God Bless you Oprah and thank you for 25 wonderful years.

I now sympathize even more for the soldiers suffering from PTSD. No wonder!

It's sad and shocking that Oprah will be leaving her show. She is indeed a true and great star. I wish her all the best. I will miss her.

Anna

These rules are obscene. If this is what our troops are doing, pull them out.

For some reason I am finding the end of Oprah a very interesting...

oprah is an unbelivable individual, who has and will continue to
educate and entertain us for another 25 years. just a different format.
what i dont understand is where did 25 years go. i'm 50???
damm.

After hearing that our soldiers were forced to apologize to terrorists I'm incensed.

@ Karen Gonyea, MN – Trust me, I am telling you from experience... It happened once and it well never happen again...

Hi everyone I'm sad about the soldiers I think they are not getting a fair deal here, During Viet Nam whole villages were wiped out by our guys. This wasn't right but it is war. Doubtful any those soldiers stood trial. Then the news coverage on this and watching the interagated and being hoodwinked into a confession where was their attorney?

Why are we asking a Navy Commander about what Army Infantry should be doing?

Isn't a soldier's eye witness view of shots proof enough? It's difficult to take a photo of someone shooting at you when you're trying to avoid fire.

I know in our civilized country that the soldiers' behavior in Iraq is wrong.
However, (being a soldier & a policeman) and given the frustrations that these soldiers felt, right for wroing, i can see why these men did what they did.
@David, Indiana, is saw your post to me the day before yesterday too late to respond. You were right, "fog of war" was not the correct term. I think, because i was brought up in the military, i am likely biased toward empathy for these soldiers.
I don't think any of us know what we would do given the circumstances that these men dealt with every day they were in Iraq.

@Mike formerly from Syracuse what constitutes a terrorist? Someone who is defending their country from invaders who wish to impose on them their definition of 'freedom'? Or someone who invades a country and tries to force their way of life on that country's people??

Exactly,

We have to address the evidence needed to hold them or stop this.

I agree, we need to avoid detaining innocent people but this is war and some of the evidence level needs to be suspended.

There is a balance here...we just have to find it.

It is terribly bad timing to run a story like this.

Our soldiers are doing a job. They are trained to be soldiers not police officers or civil rights attorneys. They must have the right to defend their lives without these extensive unrealistic requirements of "proof" or evidence. What about their rights?
Kathleen Souza
Dighton, MA

Somehow she has managed to take each and every ethnic group by the hand, taken us in tow and convinced us that "it's all good". I love watching her show mostly because her audience is so diverse and inclusive. It really feels like we've made progress. Thanks "O"!

We are in a new kind of war. That requires new rules. Shoot now, provide evidence later!!!

I am scared of turing 40, I hear us guys have to get a test at 40... I have no clue what I will do when that time comes, I don't understand why people are afraid of dentists, they should be very afraid of doctors...

Evidence?? Is this a crime scene, or a war. Stop taking, just shoot!!

Oprah is inspiring.
It is an interesting exercise in self-development and self-motivation to sit and listen to all of the comments about Oprah, and think "What would I need to do in order to have people speak about me that way". The things we find admirable within other people are often what we perceive as our own shortcomings. And Oprah has made a wonderful role-model for so many, for so many years. And she will continue to do so. And she will continue to inspire.

I'm a USMC veteran and I'm sorry but there is no excuse for assassinating an unarmed setainee, period.

The soldiers should fight for their safety.

Great story on the soldiers. I feel so sad that they have to deal with such awful situations. My prayers are with them.

@Amatullah, there is an elected government in Iraq. These people who take up arms against that government, and kill innocents and our soldiers are terrorists. If they want us out, and the government changed they can vote with ballots not bullets. Until then they are terrorists. Get it?

@Janel, given how much hard work it takes to run a show like Oprah's I don't see how she could not get emotional.

Did the rules for gathering evidence help soldiers? Did it work in fighting insurgents and successfully building trust with the Iraqi population?

Why fully is this policy put into effect? It must have to be in force because soldiers are operating in the middle of the civilian population.

Capt Lippold is right the threshold for detaining someone in a war zone should be much lower than in a civilian arrest. Holding onto people indefinitely is another matter, though some detainees must be turned over to their county's govt?

Seems like gathering photographic evidence, with digital cameras, would not be too hard to do.

Battlefield justice.

@JonesJ as I asked Mike formerly from Syracuse earlier, what defines a terrorist, I ask you....what war are we fighting here?? WE invaded a country, and now fight THEM to force our so-called freedom on them...who's war is this??

I recently got out of the Marine Corps and I empathize with our men and women still serving overseas. The rules of how to properly do your job over there are increasingly strict. I can only begin to explain how many powerpoints I saw on proper procedures for this and proper procdedures for that. They all run together and each one means less than the one before it. I think we need to give these guys a break. Very few know what the stress feels like to be over there.

I may just be 18 but I don't get todays youth... guns, drugs, alcohol... what are they trying to prove, I don't even understand people my age... pretty sad....

Soldiers are not police men – by their nature and training, a soldier shoots to kill and not to apprehend. It is meaningless to expect soldiers in a war zone to act as police men. Kill the insurgents in battle and forget about arresting them. There is no morality in war.

@Robert Castro, amen to that.

We can't just execute Iraqis the same way we shouldn't be torturing prisoners.
It has nothing to do with battle and is the kind of disgraceful activities that are undermining the very values we are supposed to be representing in the world.
On top of that, we invaded and bombed their country by mistake in the search for WMD’s. It’s not like we have improved anything during our more than six years in Iraq.

Guns once again are in the wrong hands and on the streets.

Here in Los Angeles we have a lot of gangs and we avoid those areas with great measure.

They have nothing so they try to hold onto anything and don't get that sharing is the solution.

Good "LATE" Evening Everyone!

The story about the young girl in New York is just sad. Just yesterday a young 16 year old boy was shot and killed in his OWN HOME! these killings are driving me nuts! i just wish it would all stop!

I will truely miss Oprah..She has been a big part of my life, that I decided to pursued a career in Broadcasting radio and television, because I told myself, If she could suceed as a black woman on television so can I. She has did so much for so many...once again she will be miss, when she leave her daytime show.

Ok, In Baghdad from March '08 to March '09. I worked under these rules the entire time, taking pictures-at nightime with flash no less- gathering witness statements, taking fingerprints, taking all steps required by the court systems of Iraq to detain and prosecute insurgents. We did all that and provided our own security with 13 soldiers and one translator. And we were succesful, detaining and imprisoning over 50 insurgents. It can be done, and more importantly- the Iraqis respected our tactics. How do you win counter insurgency? You get the people on youe side. If you represent democracy, then give them democracy. Innocent until proven guilty. How do you lose? Kill and torture prisoners.

Anderson, you said it's their moms, brothers, sisters. But what about the dads?

The detainee story is interesting to me because I am retired military. Regardless of how or what you feel in carrying out orders, you are required and expected to do so. That is the essential concept to having an effective and well-organized military. So if orders are not complied with, the Commanding officer has no choice but to reprimand or brings to trial the individuals responsible for not obeying orders

As a past teacher. Many teachers care about student but need to support of parent and the community. Kids want to be good!

Excellent reporting, as always, by Gary Tuchman.

The violence among gangs seems endless and too many Innocent people & children have been murdered.

Anderson, you are right, it is too easy to ignore these reports. I'm glad that you don't! Your consistent reporting on the violence in Chicago has been excellent and much needed.

As always, Mr. Perry contributes "reality" to us to help us understand what & why the violence continues. He is,of course, right. We all can help with this problem.

Amatullah. BOTH. however people who live glass houses should'nt
throw STONES!!

The root stems from broken families.

Mom needs to be home to take care of the house and be there for the kids.

Dad needs to be the provider and authority in the house.

The kids have role models, parenting, support and Love.

Not the structure we have right now were all falls apart and lands on someone elses shoulders to raise the kids.

2 cents

If Soldiers get so depressed, then why do they join the army... doesn't make sense, its like eating food that we don't like...

It's getting too dangerous to walk the streets even in rural areas. And it's not just because of young people.

These really successful schools – they are really expensive, right? Is that part of the problem, our society still doesn't see the value?

Glad to hear you have a story on a community member working to improve their community on the site, would like to see some of those stories on the show as well.

The guy you just had on re: education in poor communities.... we need people like him in our government... changing policy to change the lives of inner city situations you just aired.

As I always believe, this problem of youth violence starts at home. I blame the parents first for their lack of involvement in the lives of their children.

Although its a bit radical, they should be held legally accountable for the violence of their children–maybe then they'll start to raise them properly.

Perry was dead on with his assessment.

welcome back, Erica... sounds like you are still recovering.. hopefully you can get some R&R this weekend.

There are many people who survive rough circumstances. The school system is not at fault. Mom, Dad, their core family – support system has failed them.

Cynical at 16 years old. No regard for life even if that life is your own. That's the moment when you know life is more than tough. It's insurmountable. Time prohibits those type of challenges being addressed in a 50 min classroom course.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Some how I feel that Mr. Perry in some where out in the left field when it comes to our children. Is he trying to promote his school? I find that he does not have a clue when it come to the children in their troubled time.

MILEY CYRUS's TOUR BUS CRASHED??!! Wow... that's not going to be cheap to replace...

If one is not surrounded by others who give personal developmental feedback - disappointment, encouragement, inspiration - (either by choice or circumstance), it is then upon the shoulders of the individual to explore these emotions on their own. Some people can do this, and some can not. Those who cannot are often those who lose their way.

Is that the hair-pulling soccer player at that beauty pageant?

Haha... such an odd day, Paps, Oprah, drag queen pageants ...

Erica is not in the same studio as Anderson? Where are they exactly, I thought they were in New York...

OK now THAT is really one of the funniest things I have ever seen!! And it was just an upper respiratory thing from the fine dust in Afghanistan anyway...

This problem of violence is only gonna get worse if parents don't get back
their right to discipline their children, which unfortunately must include the whip. Kids these days have nothing to fear. Spare the rod and spoil the child was not just a phrase, it worked. Until we can get back to those days, God help us all.
Again, I am not advocating abuse, but the right to discipline.
Your thoughts parents......

I really enjoyed the show and the blog this week!! Have a great weekend everyone!!

Good Night Everyone! Anderson, you got to remind us when you are doing these night shows, please!

Thank you Anderson, Erica & Team 360 for great reporting this week as always. And good night too-have a great weekend!

Good night fellow bloggers-Hope all of you havea terrific weekend too.

The Conan Obrien clip- LOL-too funny.

Well my beloved Cyber CNN family... Good night Anderson, Erica, Bloggers, and AC360 team... its been such an odd day and yet a great one too ... take care everyone

Hey Happy Friday Erica.

I'm not sure I agree with all of Steve Perry's approach, but I do agree we do have to own our piece of responsibility in society, the positive effects of that have their own ripple effects. Also, getting children in troubled schools and neighborhoods to be sure they have a connection to the future would be help kids everywhere.

My thought and prayers are with Veda and here family.

That is funny, but if you did have the swine flu Anderson, I think you're recovered from it.

Good night Isabel if you're reading, good night everyone, great weekend to you all

Have a great weekend everyone...