were threatened by the united states government of loss of federal funds. this is what happened. we'll get back to our conversation on the kagan nomination in just a moment. a bit of breaking news that is very, very important for those of us here at cnn. larry king has just tweeted that he will end his nightly broadcast this fall. larry's been with cnn since 1985, 25 years. he'll tell us more tonight at 9:00 eastern on "larry king live." larry king has just tweeted he will end his nightly broadcast. a landmark of this network. here's larry's tweet.