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FOR THE BALL DROP IN TIMES
SQUARE.
I NEVER WANT TO SEE THE TIMES
SQUARE BALL DROP BECAUSE IT
MEANS THAT I'M WORKING, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>> I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL THE
FOLKS FAR AWAY.
BECAUSE IF THEY HEAR THEY'RE IN
TORONTO, DO YOU WANT TO WORK NEW
YEAR'S
ND THE FAST
FOOD BURGER
AUTOPSY WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY.
POLICE INVESTIGATING HIS DEATH
FOR MORE THAN A MONTH.
NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG?
GEORGE HOWELL ISLIVE IN
ATLANTA.
AN
ARREST.
JOINTLY INVESTIGATING THIS CASE
>>> JUST IN THE LABOR DEPARTMENT
SAYS 364,000 JOBLESS CLAIMS FILE
FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST WEEK.
>> WE HAD NUMBERS IN THE 400,000
FOR A LONG TIME.
>> THE LOWEST NUMBER SINCE APRIL
OF 2008.
ANYTHING BELOW THAT 400,000
LEVEL SHOWS YOU LAYOFFS ARE
SLOWING AND THAT YOU HAVE MORE
HEALTH IN THE LABOR MARKET.
>> THAT'S INDICATIVE OF WHAT
WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW
MONTHS.
A SLIGHTLY GROWING AND ALL THE
THINGS OUT THERE THAT YOU NEED
TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, JOBLESS
NUMBERS ARE THE BIGGEST DEAL.
YOU KNOW, JOBS ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT.
WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER NEWS, AS
WELL.
>> THE ECONOMY GREW SLIGHTLY
SLOWER IN THE THIRD QUARTER THAN
WE THOUGHT.
THIS IS THE THIRD REVISION FROM
THE GOVERNMENT.
1.8%.
PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT 2%.
WE KNOW THERE WAS SOME KIND OF
SUMMER, EARLY FALL SLOWDOWN.
>> EUROPE WAS STARTING TO AFFECT
US AT
LY UNEXPECTED BUT
LOWER THAN WE EXPECTED.
KEEP THAT IN MIND PLACES LIKE
INDIA ARE GROWING IN THE RANGE
OF 7% AND CHINA GROWING ABOVE
9%.
1.8%.
AND EUROPE, BY THE WAY, PROBABLY
NOT GROWING AT ALL ECONOMICALLY.
MAYBE ZERO AND MAYBE IN
RECESSION.
>> MOST PEOPLE THINK THE U.S.
ECONOMY IS DOING BETTER.
THE THIRD ECONOMY IS A REAR VIEW
MIRROR AND THIS QUARTER IS DOING
BETTER.
>>> RE
GETTING BETTER
REVIEWS.
HE IS RIGHT HERE AND HE'S ABOUT
TO SIT DOWN WITH US.
WEEK.
>> GO GET A MOVIE "MY WEEK WITH
MARILYN."
THE NEW MOVIE SHOWCASING THE
LATE SCREEN SIREN IN THE 1950s
BUT MORE TO MARILYN MONROE THAN
WE KNOW.
>> THE MOVIE SHOWS A CLASH OF
>> THEN SIMPLY RELY
KENNETH
BRANAGH.
>> A MAN WITH NATURAL TALENTS
AND ALSO NOMINATED FOR GOLDEN
GLOBE FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR.
WE LOVED THE FILM AND MUST HAVE
BEEN SO INTERESTING TO PLAY
SOMEONE WHO IS A REAL PERSON
COME TO ENGLAND TO MEET WITH A
BUNCH OF ACTORS AND MICHELLE
WILLIAMS COMES AND WORKS WITH A
BUNCH OF BRITISH ACTORS.
WE FILMED WHERE THE ORIGINAL
MOVIE WAS TRYING TO MAKE ON THE
SAME SOUND STAGE.
MICHELLE HAD THE SAME DRESSING
ROOM AS MARILYN.
WE DID SCENES IN THE SAME
CORRIDOR
LAYERS AND NUANCES AND
COMPLEXITY.
>> SHE COMES OFF MORE
SYMPATHETIC IN
BECOMES THIS HOUR GLASS
STRUCTURE --
>> HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
>> THEY WENT BEHIND A CLOSED
DOOR AND CAME OUT
URDO TO A BADG.
YOU SAY IT WITH -- DO YOU THINK
THAT WAS TRUE ABOUT MARILYN
MONROE.
>> THAT IS A REAL LINE.
>> HE SAID THAT.
WORLDS COLLIDE, THESE TWO
PEOPLE.
UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZED THAT THE
GREATEST ACTOR IN THE WORLD AND
SH
>> THAT'S AN ACTING
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
>> YEAH, EXACTLY.
THIS FILM DEMANDED
REAL PEOPLE.
YOU HAD TO ABANDON ALL THAT AND
THEN PLAY THE SCENE AS NATURALLY
AS YOU WOULD.
EYEBROWS PLUCKED AND A
PROSTHETIC CHIN PIECE.
>> I THINK YOUR CHIN IS FINE.
>> MY CHIN IS
RISK AND
MICHELLE WILLIAMS PLAYING A
MARILYN MONROE.
WHEN I WATCHED IT, YOU
BACK IN
TIME.
WHETHER IT'S MICHELLE OR KEN AND
STAGE.
>> YOU'RE UP FOR AWARDS.
WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THE FILM, DO
YOU GET
THINK SHE THINKS THIS IG
TO BE GOOD.
I'LL TAKE HER WORD ANY TIME.
>> A HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS.
KENNETH BRANAGH IN "MY WEEK WITH
AHEAD.
AND COMEDIAN WILL FERRELL.
WHAT A
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
AND SHE'S DONE SHOPPING FOR
CHRISTMAS.
YOU MAY STILL HAVE SOME MORE TO
DO.
GET OUT OF BED.
>>> OUR SPECIAL SERIES THAT
SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON
CELEBRITIES AND THE CAUSES THEY
SUPPORT AND WHO BETTER TO DO
THAT THAN CNN'S OWN ALINA CHO.
>> YOU GET TO MEET SOMEONE LIKE
WILL FERRELL.
IT DOWN
WITH WILL FERRELL.
IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FOR CANCER
FOR COLLEGE, IT IS A VERY SMALL
CHAIR CHARITY.
WHAT A GREAT
BROTHER THAT HE WOULD ONLY FOCUS
ON THIS ONE CHARITY FOR AS LONG
AS HE COULD.
HE WOULD FOCUS ALL OF HIS
EFFORTS AND ALL OF HIS TIME AND
MONEY ON CANCER FOR COLLEGE
BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE HE THINKS
HE COULD MAKE
MAKING A DIFFEREN.
THE FOUNDER SAID $4.5 MILLION IS
EASTERN AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY,
CHRISTMAS DAY,
THERE TOP TEN YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF
THE YEAR COMING UP NEXT.
54 MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR.
SUNNY AND FAIR.
>> DOES LOOK NICE IN BOSTON THIS
MORNING.
>>> THE FORMULA FOR MAKING A
VIRAL IS STILL THE SAME IN 2011
YOU NEED CUTE BABIES OR ADORABLE
PETS AND THINGS THAT ARE SO BAD
FORWARD TO.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR THAT.
>> Reporter: FELICIA TAYLOR,
CNN, NEW YORK.
>>> AND BEFORE WE FORGET, WE
WANTED TO WISH ALL OF YOU OUT
THERE A VERY HAPPY FESTIVUS.
FESTIVUS IS CELEBRATED EVERY
DECEMBER 23rd AND HANDED DOWN BY
HOLIDAY
WAS BORN.
A FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GENIUS.
>> HOW MANY TELEVISION SHOWS
ACTUALLY CREATE THEIR OWN
HOLIDAYS.
SOMETHING THAT IS LEGITIMATELY
CELEBRATED NOW.
OF COURSE, YOU HAVE
CUTTING
EDGE TECHNOLOGY.
I SAT DOWN WITH HER IN LOS
>>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M
GOING.
IT'S CHRISTMAS, IT'S NEW YEAR'S,
EVERYBODY IS GOING AWAY.
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
8:00 IN THE EAST COAST AND 5:00
IN THE WEST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER
23rd, TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
I'M
, WHY NOT DO THE
RIGHT THING FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT
EXACTLY WHAT WE WAN
SO, HOW LONG
PAYROLL -- CANDY CROWLEY, FIRST
OF ALL, YOUR THOUGHTS.
IT SEEMS THAT EVERYBODY IS
EXCITED THAT THEY'VE DONE
SOMETHING THAT ONLY LASTS FOR
TWO DEALS, FOR TWO MONTHS.
IT SEEMS SO --
>> I'M THINKING MAYBE WE SHOULD
USE THE WORD
THAT THEY SPIN THE
WHEELS QUITE A BIT ON THE SAME
ARGUMENTS.
>> CANDY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
MUCH IS GOING TO HAPPEN BETWEEN
NOW AND THEN, BUT WHAT HAPPENED
IS THAT THE DEMOCRATS WERE ABLE
TO STRENGTHEN THEIR STORYLINE.
YOU KNOW, Y
IN THE SENSE
THAT IT ADDS TO THAT, BUT NOT IN
THE PARTICULARS OF IT, IF THAT
MAKES SENSE.
>> ALSO, CANDY, ONE THING WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL ISSUE
HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT EXTENDING
A TAX CUT THAT IS ALREADY IN
PLACE FROM NOW 4.2% AND GOING TO
GO UP TO 6.2% IF THEY DON'T WORK
SOMETHING OUT.
BUT IF THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
WE'RE LOOKING AT TAX, EXTENDING
SOMETHING THAT EXISTS ALREADY,
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF THE
TOPIC OF REAL TAX REFORM COMES
UP?
NOTH
THE UPPER
BRACKET.
SO, THAT WILL BE AN ARGUMENT.
BUT EVERYTHING THAT COMES UP IS
ABOUT MONEY ON CAPITOL HILL.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
THEY DISPERSE MONEY.
SO ALL NEXT YEAR --
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, FIRST,
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT FREEZING
THE SALARIES AND THEN TAKE THE
MONEY AND GO AFTER PEOPLE WITH
MORTGAGES WITH FANNIE MAE AND
FREDDIE MAC.
IT'S ALL UP IN THE AIR.
LIKE BEING A JUGGLER IN A BIG
CIRCUS.
>> THE THING IS, THESE LITTLE
THINGS DON'T REALLY GET US
THERE.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY HAVE TO BE
BIG THINGS LIKE REFORM OF
ENTITLEMENTS AND THE TAX CUT.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED
TO GET TO BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE
HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE DO
NOTHING CONGRESS, THE DO NOTHING
CONGRESS AND, YES, THIS IS A
TWO-MONTH EXTENSION.
YOU COVERED POLITICS A LONG
TIME.
I MEAN, DOESN'T IT, AT A CERTAIN
POINT, JUST BOGGLE THE MIND?
THEY HEAR IT ALL THE TIME UP
THERE AND, YET, THERE'S STILL
THIS LOG JAM ALL THE TIME.
>> THERE IS.
BUT LET ME JUST BACK UP ONE
SECOND AND SAY, THERE ARE HUGE
PHILOSOPHICAL
OILS DOWN
TO.
WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR GOVERNMENT
TO DO?
>> CANDY, WHY ARE YOU GETTING
ALL PRACTICAL ON US?
>> I'M SORRY.
>> THESE PEOPLE JUST WANT THE
GOVERNMENT TO WORK.
I THINK THEY JUST WANT THEM TO
PLAY NICELY, OKAY.
IF YOU HAVE 5 YEAR OLDS WHO CAN
PLAY NICELY, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU
CAN HAMMER OUT A DEAL.
>> WHAT 5 YEAR OLDS DO YOU KNOW
THAT PLAY
2012, YOU CAN'T MISS
"STATE OF THE UNION" EVERY
SUNDAY WITH
DELAYS
WILL, TOO.
>>> LET'S GO LIVE NOW TO HOLLY
FIRFER.
HOLLY, EARLIER THIS MORNING WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE
COFFEE LINES WERE LONGER THAN
THE SECURITY LINES BECAUSE SO
MANY P
AIRPORT THIS MORNING THERE WAS A
GUY WITH A BIG TUB OF POPCORN
AND HE WAS SHARING IT WITH ALL
HIS NEIGHBORS THERE WHO HAD
SPENT THE NIGHT AND HE SAID,
WELL, I WAS BRINGING IT TO MY
FAMILY FOR THE HOLIDAYS, BUT
SINCE WE'RE HERE, WE MIGHT AS
WELL HAVE BREAKFAST.
I'LL JUST GO SHOPPING WHEN I GET
THERE.
>> PEOPLE ARE SO ELEGANT.
>> TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET
EXTREME
WEATHER CENTER AND, REYNOLDS,
BOY, NOBODY EXPECTED THIS.
OBVIOUSLY, NOBODY EVER DOES.
BUT YOU HAVE TO KIND OF BE
PRACTICAL.
THE
UPPER PLAINS BUT BACK IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST, SHOCKER Y
KNOW.
CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS.
RAIN IN SEATTLE AND THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS YOU MIGHT DEAL WITH A
TOUCH OF SNOWFALL.
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE FOR
CALIFORNIA AND, AGAIN, THE
SNOWFALL.
COULD IT BE A WHITE CHRISTMAS
FOR VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE,
IT MAY HANG ON A BIT MORE PLACES
LIKE TORONTO WHERE ALI VELSHI
IS.
NOT SO MUCH FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.
>> REYNOLDS WOLF, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>>> YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR THE
FOLKS OVER AT THE WEBSITE
JIB-JAB PUT TOGETHER THEIR YEAR
IN
♪
♪ AND IT'S JUST WAY TOO MUCH
STUFF TO LIST ♪
>> NOBODY WAS SPARED.
>> NOBODY WAS SPARED.
THEY GOT THE ECONOMY, THEY GOT
IN THE OBITS AND A COUPLE
CELEBRITIES.
>> OCCUPY WALL STREET.
>> IN 53 SEBLGDZ.
>> THAT'S
WAS A STUDY DONE ON .
THERE IS REALLY A WRONG SIDE OF
GEORGE H. W. BUSH IS REALLY NOT
A FAN OF NEWT GINGRICH.
CNN'S POLITICAL EDITOR PAUL
STEINHAUSER JOINS US WITH MORE
ON THAT.
GINGRICH?
NOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS.
HE SAID, I'M NOT HIS BIGGEST
ADVOCATE.
>> AND, PAUL, YOU KNOW, LOOKING
AT THOSE PICTURES THERE WE ALSO
THINK THAT ANOTHER PERSON WHO
ENDORSED MITT ROMNEY, G
OR OF
NEW JERSEY.
BUT, LOOK, WHOEVER WINS THE GOP
NOMINATION, I THINK PICKING
CHRIS CHRISTIE WOULD NOT HURT AT
ALL.
A LOT OF REPUBLICANS NATIONWIDE
LIKE HIM.
>> PEOPLE KNOW BY NOW WITH LESS
THAN TWO WEEKS TO GO BEFORE THE
IOWA CAUCUSES, NEWT GINGRICH HAS
BEEN SLIPPING IN THE POLLS OF
LATE.
HE IS LOWERING EXPECTATIONS,
ISN'T HE,
O IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AN
AND TAKE SOUTH CAROLINA.
THIS RACE HAS BEEN WILD AND IT
IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER
INTERESTING BATTLE RIGHT DOWN TO
THE END.
>> LOWER EXPECTATIONS AND
POTATO,
LIVE COVERAGE RIGHT
HERE.
BEST POLITICAL TEAM
ICAN
MORNING."
DENVER AND IN NEW ENGLAND LIGHT
SNOW COULD CAUSE MINOR DELAYS
TODAY ON THE ROADS AND, OF
COURSE, THAT MAJOR AIRPORTS.
>>> BACK TO OUR TOP STORY.
A PAUSE IN THE GRIDLOCK IN
OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR,
BUT, AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY A
TWO-MONTH EXTENSION.
>>> AND PRESIDENT OBAMA
IMMEDIATELY CONGRATULATED
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON THE
DEAL.
CNN'S DAN LOTHIAN LIVE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
DAN, INTERESTING BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT WHO'S BEEN URGING TAX
INCREASES NOW COMES OUT LOOKING
AS IF HE'S INSTRUMENTAL ON TAX
CUTS.
T LEAST
TEMPORARILY, AND THE
ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES IS GOOD
FOR THE ECONOMY.
>> DAN,
PRESIDENT WILL BE
DOING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS, BUT WE DO EXPECT THAT HE
WILL BE GOING TO HAWAII AT SOME
POINT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DAN
THREATENING TO SUE OVER
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
>> THIS IS
SOON.
SHE SAYS SHE IS GETTING E-MAILS
FROM AS FAR AWAY AS ITALY.
>> SEE, IT'S NOT HOW MANY LIGHTS
YOU
LE THE STRESSFUL DAY
AHEAD.
THE STUDY OF 3,000 ADULTS WAS
COMMISSIONED BY THE LARGEST
HOTEL CHAIN IN THE UK.
>> I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHEN IT'S LEFT SIDE FACING
THE HEADBOARD --
>> IF YOUR HEAD IS AT THE
"SUPE
JUMP START YOUR OWN NEW YEAR'S
RESOLUTION.
WE'LL HAVE HIM ON NEXT.
DEGREES.
PARTLY CLOUDY AND 60 LATER ON IN