FNC’s Greta Van Susteren and her husband John P. Coale had a trip to the Hamptons cut short when Van Susteren jetted off to India Friday morning to interview Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Cindy Adams writes about it today in her column as a way of pouring cold water on the rumor that Chelsea Clinton is engaged.

So between the Old Mill Inn’s rib-eye and cheesecake (John Coale doesn’t dine lightly), his wife rang to say: “Hillary and I are so exhausted. We’re sitting at the Taj in Mumbai ordering Diet Coke and coffee — not mixing it together — just to keep awake.” I was wildly thrilled with what Greta’s drinking, but what I needed to know was what’s Hillary saying. Two text messages and cellphone calls later came: “Hillary says Chelsea is not marrying Marc, no matter what’s been reported.”

Van Susteren returned to Washington this morning. Her interview with Secy. Clinton airs tonight on “On the Record.”

The Bill O’Reilly “100 months at #1” media tour continues as the week comes to an end, with an interview in the New York Post with Cindy Adams, an appearance today on the Rachael Ray Show and an interview on WTTG-TV (D.C.’s FOX station).

In the Post interview, O’Reilly reveals the topic for his next book: President Barack Obama. “He’s becoming a historical figure not because he’s black, but because his liberal agenda is taking the country in a direction we’ve never been before,” he says. The book is slated for release in “the latter part of 2010.”

O’Reilly also talks about what it takes to be a staff member on The Factor. “Working for me, you’ve got to be a Navy SEAL,” he says. “No mistakes. I need facts, or it’ll get rammed down my throat.”

Click continued to see the WTTG interview, in which O’Reilly talks about how much longer he’ll host The O’Reilly Factor…

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> The New York Post’s Cindy Adams describes, in general terms, Bill O’Reilly‘s upcoming book, “A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity,” from her “embargoed, not for sale, uncopyedited, bound manuscript.” O’Reilly’s “mantra” from the book: “Living well is not the best revenge. Succeeding in your career and humiliating your critics is.”

> The Today show’s Alaskan American Story, reported by Bob Dotson, aired today. TVNewser reported last month about the goal of finding a place reporters, “haven’t found,” and with the Gov. Sarah Palin VP pick, the special report has new meaning.

> CNN has the “Magic Wall,” FNC has the “Bill Board,” and now MSNBC has their own fun piece of technology — the Microsoft Surface. It is the first time the public gets to see the device in use. Click continued to see one of the first reports using the Surface, with Chuck Todd playing the John King/Bill Hemmer role…

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