and it could possibly happen. then on friday, president obama leaves for hawaii spending both christmas and new year's. one last thing it could be a very big day at the box office. the highly anticipated mothvie "anchor man 2" make its debut. thanks for joining us. i'm martin savidge. my colleague rosa florez takes it from here. rosa? >> martin, thank you so much. the next hour of "newsroom" begins right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm rosa florez live in new york. thank you so much for spending some of your sunday with us. we start with some sad news tonight. the iconic actor peter o'toole is dead. >> my life when it is written will read better than it lived. >> that line may have been appropriate for king henry ii, but not for the actor who

portrayed him. nominated for eight best acting oscar, peter o'toole won the golden globe for this film "the lion in winter." there were many others. he won awards for "beckett," "good-bye mr. chips" and this one from 1962, arguably his most famous role "lawrence of arabia." never winning an oscar, in 2003 he accepted an honorary oscar after receiving the award he spoke to the media and made a comment about not doing terribly well with musicals. >> i've been in three musicals. i can't sing a note. all three have died. all i know is that if i'm in it, then you'll be bankrupt. >> peter o'toole was a truly legendary film star. a man who personified old school epic hollywood.

a family statement today confirmed he passed away peacefully in a hospital in london. he was 81 years old, and according to his family, he had been ill for some time now. he made a long list of huge movies, but peter o'toole will always be best known for his first major role, "lawrence of arabia" in 1962. i want to bring in tom o'neal, all-around hollywood journalist and author of several showbiz books. tom, peter o'toole had slowed down a bit but was still working. tell us about how a big loss this is for hollywood. >> well, he wasn't just one of the greatest actors whoever lived. he was certainly one of the most versatile. a couple years ago he had an ongoing major role on "tutors" on showtime. you could see this guy in flintstone episodes, you could see him great comedies, like from woody allen and another

side he made great fun of. this swashbuckler, hard drinking, hard loving side to him that will forever be part of his legend. speaking of lawrence of arabia, do you know what he did with all that money? rosa, after that movie opened he went to the casinos of casablanca with omar sharif and gambled most away, shrugged it off and said, oh, well. i'll go earn some more. >> having a little fun. many don't know even though he was so epic, epic in so many films, peter o'toole never won an oscar. is that one of those big, great hollywood mistakes, do you think? >> oh, it's the biggest of all, because if this man, and he is, one of the greatest actors who ever lived, he went to his grave at oscar's biggest loser. nobody lost more than him. and a few years ago when his best friend richard burton was still alive, they were both tied at 7-7. burton went to his grave,

hollywood's most loser, and red button, a comedic actor could win an oscar, not this man. he took it in great stride. when e he arrived in hollywood for his last nomination "venus." he said it's kind of cool being the big et loser because i'm still in the history books this way. >> great sense of humor. how is hollywood reacting? >> i think everybody is devastated and shocked by it. he retired last year. was very sickly even when he came out for "venus," still the loss is immense because tman wa so talented. richard burton said he was odd, mystical, deeply disturbing. he was all of those things. not just any actor. lawrence arabia ranks on the american film institute as one of the ten greatest movies ever made. >> tom aneao'neal, we appreciat. the other big story we've

been following, of course, is the weather. people from missouri to new england spent part of the day digging out after a storm dumped nearly a foot of snow in isn't areas. nearly six inches fell in wooster, massachusetts. and look at this damage cam video from our affiliaaffiliate. the crew was driving and caught a car spinning out in the snow ending up next to a guardrail. cnn's alexandra field is live in woolburn, massachusetts. set the scene for us. >> reporter: rosa, the nice thing, it is pretty scenic. you can see the holiday decorations, a fresh blanket of snow. this city is about ten miles outside of boston, but the part you can't see is how cold it is here. the snow stopped coming down earlier this afternoon. the temperatures warmed up, the plows able to come out and move some of the snow around but the temperatures dropped again, stuck below freezing here in the northeast and you can see over

the snow, the ice is starting to harden and form. that makes the cleanup job harder and certainly heavier. it's also a concern if you're heading out on the roads. you can see again the plows have been out. cleaned up a lot of the roads but the massachusetts department of transportation also put 1,200 of their trucks out on the road today and warning their drivers of a possibility of flash freezing, that can happen when the temperature drops like this. people will have to deal with these freezing temperatures another day. after that, rosa, they could see a little more snowfall. expecting another 2 to 4 inches in the boston area by tuesday. winter is officially here now. >> all righty. alexandra field, live in massachusetts. thank you so much. now, the snow moved through now. it's just really, really cold. meteorologist alexandra steele joins us and alexandra, what can we expect? are we expecting more snow? >> more snow and continued cold temperature, rosa. so the storm that moved through is done. you can see way up here in halifax, washington, new york,

boston, the snow is over. the temperatures are cold, though. so whatever has fallen will certainly stay, and as alexandra field in the field said, there's another clipper coming through. this is what we expect through tuesday. syracuse, buffalo, so the lee side of buffalo and lake onta o ontario, snow, of course. and boston and new york, a couple more inches for them. and north haven, seven inches. boston had six. chicago had four. new york had five. really, just on par with the forecast. we saw that develop. again, the temperatures remain cold. look at new york. well below average. up and down the eastern seaboard. conversely, though, rosa in the south east, temperatures warmer than average. look at memphis. 60s. new orleans, 60s. atlanta warming up as well. so things warming up in the southeast, but the upper midwest feeling like 20 to 30 below zero. and also the northeast, quite cold, too, for the next couple of days. >> so we can all, i guess, just pray so that it just gets nicer

and we can enjoy it all. thank you so much,ing a alexandra steele in atlanta for us. and we stay on the weather beat. people in the northeast saw snow and ice, but in the south, it was rain and in florida, look at this. a tornado. homeowners in palm coast are cleaning up debris. the national weather service says the apparent tornado struck just before 8:00 last night damaging at least 15 homes. one man was hurt when his home crashed on top of him. crews rescued him. he only had minor injuries. and senator mccain spoke to anti-protesters in ukraine. he called hem an incredible display of patriotism. uprisings since november 21st when ukraine the president backed away from a trade deal with the european union. instead the ukrainian leader close to tighten its relationship with russia. mccain told our candy crowley

russian president vladimir putin is putting pressure on other countries. >> i've watched him become more and more assertive in his desire as on old kgb ap ratchet to the restore the near abroad. pressure on estonia, latvia, that all of the so-called near abroad and ukraine is the crown joy, of course. >> the demonstration are the biggest in the rue cain since 2004 when protesters demanded the country's presidential electionen overturned. the man who became the symbol of a new and united south africa has been laid to rest. about 4,500 people packed a giant tent today for the state funeral of nelson mandela. mourners joined heads of state and celebrities including prince charles and oprah winfrey to pay their final respects to south africa's first black president. mandela was buried in his

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the army notices movement on the other side. soldiers in this video showing attacking rebels as they try to fortify one of their positions. this area is deeply scarred by the war and heavy flashes could be heard from neighboring districts with a syrian army, they're on the offensive. >> as you can see, this area was pretty destroyed in the fighting. the front line static for quite a while. as the government wins back more territory around here rebel fighters are fleeing to the front line in this area and in have been increased battles recently. >> now, fred, the united states has been providing aid to opposition forces. what's the status of that? >> well, i mean, currently they have stopped providing some of what they call that non-lethal aid to the opposition. one of the reasons is that the opposition is pretty much falling apart. if you look at the modern opposition right now, they're having a lot of trouble staying cohesive. their leadership is not

recognizing any of the forces on the ground. their political leadership and islamic groups are really making headway in syria. one of the interesting things is, when we were there, we talked to syrians there. obviously not everyone dropped bashar al assad yet, but peer are on the cusp. people are telling me again and again what is the alternative? they're sitting in damascus, looking at their own ghodon't l and looking towards the opposition and seeing islamist fighters on the move. they're seeing beheadings in places and an opposition that hasn't gotten any state going in their area. >> chris, let me ask you, because we were talking, of course, about the u.s. providing this aid in an area where you don't know where the good guys and who are the bad guys. account u.s. successfully provide this aid? >> well, that's why the u.s. has backed away. it doesn't feel it can know enough who's going to be the end receiver of these goods, whether

they're bullet of proo ve-proof night vision glasses or different kind of armaments and have been very reluctant. especially on the northern front. the front in the south, i think the united states is still providing what's called non-lethal aid to some of the rebel groups down there. but, you know, it's incredibly complicated, because it really isn't a question of just islamists here and then good guy moderate secular types in the middle and then bashar al assad on the other side. and, of course, knowing this well, it's a mosaic of lots of dir warlords with different allegiance and those shift. you have two different al qaeda-related factions. saudis building up an islamist front, that's not al qaeda related. and you've got all of these, these people who really, who are the ones who started the protest

movement, who feel completely orphaned by this turn of events. but even if the united states gave them a lot of weapons and certainly a lot of non-lethal aid, i don't think it would turn the tide for them. >> and fred, paint a picture for us, because you've been on the ground. talk to us about the infrastructure. how are people actually dealing and coping with all of the chaos? >>h. it's very interesting, because the infrastructure is very different depending where you go. completely destroyed in places. especially the front line areas hiding around damascus. to the north, places like aleppo, destroyed and getting more destroyed. if you go into places like downtown damascus and other towns under control of the opposition, it's almost like southern europe. the roads are very good, infrastructure, very good. people in most places have most of the things that they need. one thing that always a problem is getting fuel. that's one of the things they usually haven a issue with, but in some places the infrastructure is actually okay. one of the things that i take from the time in syria, which i think is very important, is that

when i talk to opposition people, and when i talk to government people, the ones that are secular are actually not that far apart. i think if you stuck them in a room and they started talking, they could actually sort out their differences. syrians would be willing to fight with the modern opposition if it was to destroy the islamist forces, but there is one dividing factor. that's assad and something that america's going to have to deal with and america's probably going to have to deal together with the international community to solve that somehow. >> and let's turn to iran. senator john mccain told our candy crowley today that the senate probably will pass a new sanctions bill that would take effect when the new six-month nuclear deal expires. are sanctions what pushed iran to a nuclear deal, are they going to be dealt with, chris? do you think? >> well, i think that the administration is going to fight as hard as it can to keep those sanctions, bills from being passed right now. you know, the u.s. faced this

problem a few days ago, and all of a sudden the senate bill died. nobody was sure exactly why that was. but then a couple of days after that, the u.s. did impose some in sanctions directly on certain companies and individuals, and the result was a breakdown, a temperature error breakdo temperatu temporary breakdown and zarif, the foreign minister of iran saying we weren't ready for this. this goes against the spirit of the negotiations. so there's going to be a lot of back and forth like this, and every new element that's thrown in to the works, like new sanctions imposed by congress, is just going to complicate things, but it your question is, did sanctions bring the iranians to the table in the first place? they absolutely did. >> all right. so fred and chris, stay with me. our conversation will continue. senator john mccain spoke to protesters in kiev today. he's concerned with the russian president's recent moves to

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a massive and growing protest movement in the former soviet union got some bad news today. i'm talking about ukraine where crowds have been massing for weeks. this is how center kiev looked a short time ago. hundreds of thousands of people angry at the president for choosing an economic alliance with russia instead of better relations with the european union. today the eu made it official. any chance to make a deal is now apparently dead. cnn's nick paton walsh is in that crowd of protesters right now. >> reporter: these protests have put up another line of defense, perhaps because they got bad news, it's european union making clear they were stopping talks

with ukraine about improving relations with the eu. making signals in the part couple of days, they're not being seas, making the commits th commitments they need. continuing to play out in the square, a desire for a life facing the european direction. and from u.s. senator john mccain saying their future lies with europe and the u.s. supports them, but nine years ago many thought this country made its decision to head in a westerly direction. pru brushes away most of its postsoviet leadership. moscow doesn't want to let this country go. threats of sanctions from russia if they sign that european deal. russia is offering its own kind of opposite deal to the europeans, and many feel this country in the east could suffer significantly if russia were to try economically to punish it.

ukraine ukraine's-of-split between the ukrainians in the weft ast and east, so much closer than its soviet russia. playing out for a decade almost now. in the freezing cold, protesters, not dented at all. a political impasse is many ways because the president is not budging on their key demands and many kearns seeing rival pro-government protests, we could see tension rise in the days ahead. >> nick paytton walsh, thank yo so much. and talking with ckrcnn's correspondents. john mccain is concerned about russia's past and future role there and says vladimir putin's actions remind him of the soviet era. >> i've watched him become more and more assertive in his desire

as an old kgb to restore the near abroad. he's put preserver on moldova, estonia, latvia, all of the near broad and, of course, ukraine is the crown jewel. >> so, chris, to you. do you think putin is trying to reassemble the old soviet union? >> yeah. i absolutely think he's trying to do that. maybe not in the kind of dictatorial way that the soviet union was, but in terms of organization, in terms of the alliances, bringing people closer and closer to moscow. bringing these near abroad closer to moscow, yes, absolutely, and the russian people want to do it and a lot of people in those countries are not so unhappy about doing it either. [ inaudible ]. >> we're having a little audio

issues. let me go with you now, fred. do you feel that russia is putting a lot of pressure on the ukraine? >> they are. and when chris was starting to cut off, at that point i want to pick'em on it. he's absolutely right. a lot of those people in a lot of those countries wouldn't be too unhappy about it. you're seeing gigantic protests and pro-western politicians is that janokovic won an election. voted in office. the majority of pro-russian. you have high-profile gatherings showing a different side of ukraine but a deeply divided country. the u.s. a has to tread carefully on this. it's obviously very good of senator mccain to go there and downright threaten ukranians not to use force against these

protesters. an awful signal. yeah. on the one hand, i swine the russians are trying to reassemble the soviet union, but i would say there are many rue cranie i ukrainians not against that. by and large, russians want to increase their influence but the russians are not a real threat to the united states at this point. the russians are too weak. their economy is about the size of holland's economy. not very big. they still have a large military but not a potent military. they're trying to play a power game in syria but also willing to cooperate. look what they've done on the weapons, they were willing to go with that. ukraine is a difficult issue for the russians. not that they want to increase their sphere of influence, they have a naval port in that area

that's basically turned into a russian city. it's key to the russians, something they won't be willing to let go. it's something the u.s. should be concerned. they need to tread carefully and also, washington should make clear, yeah, they support democratic protesters. the big question, we all should ask, why do both need to be mutually exclusive? why can't they be close to russia and the eu? why are we still at odds? >> interesting question. fred, thank you, and chris as well, who was live for us. still ahead, the iconic peter o'toole is dead. we'll take a look back at his incredible career and his legacy. that's next. life could be hectic. as a working mom of two young boys angie's list saves me a lot of time. after reading all the reviews i know i'm making the right choice. online or on the phone, we help you hire right the first time. with honest reviews on over 720 local services.

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old school hollywood lost a drat one this weekend. peter o'toole was 81 years old. he died in london. he brought lawrence of arabia to life on the screen.

and he rebelled against show business off the screen. and despite his mega stardom, peter o'toole somehow never managed to win that one big hollywood award. here's cnn's martin savidge. >> reporter: he was one of the greats. peter o'toole was simply an icon, towards the end of his life continued to wow audiences with his screen presence. born peter seamus o'toole in ireland in 1932, he made his professional debut on the london stage in 1955. from the west end he transitioned from the stage to film. in "lawrence of arabia" he was catapulted to worldwide stardom and earned him his first emmy nomination. oscar nomination. >> why don't you take a picture?

>> reporter: that film gave o'toole his big break and made him an international sensation and got him his first nomination for an academy award. >> if you oppose me i'll strike you anywhere i can. >> reporter: admittedly a heavy drinker his taste for alcohol not only threatened his career but also his life. he managed to give up the drink and mounted a comeback as a crazed director in "the stunt man." >> it screws you up! >> reporter: a self-described entertainer by trade, o'toole mocked his own image as an alcoholic over the hill matinee idol in "my favorite year," a performance that earned him his seventh oscar nomination. >> ah! >> reporter: though he made some regretability films through the '80s such as 1984 "super girl" o'toole continued to work appearing in several made-for-tv films including "joan of arc." >> i know a good deed without all of that, but this work is every bit as important as the other. >> reporter: in 2003, the academy of motion pictures arts

and sciences honored the then 71-year-old actor with the oscar for lifetime achievement, initially he declined the accolade fearing it would signal the end of his career. >> i suppose fighting for love makes more sense than all the rest. >> reporter: but o'toole carried on returning to the desert sands where his career began with a turn in 2004's sword and sandals epic "troy." ♪ >> i've got a in job modeling. >> reporter: his role as an out of work actor in his golden years who became obsessed with a much younger woman, in 2006's "venus" earned him yet another best actor nomination. further cementing his status as a legendary performer. >> in terms of people that have gone, i've lost a few. through the last few years. oh, i miss them dreadfully, but they're not here. on we go. >> reporter: finally in july of 2012, o'toole himself admitted that he could not go on in the acting business. he officially retired, giving

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a movement, some say will have a huge impact on the ent tire music screen. up to now you could listen to thousands of songs for free with spotify but only on your computer. now your mobile device, your tablet, all for free. great for you and me, but how might it affect the artists and the music labels that want to make sure they get paid? joining me now is anthony decurtis, contributing editor with "rolling stone" magazine and shanon cook, spotify music expert and spokeswoman. shannon, let me start with you. talk to us about just this big move. this is huge. >> basically what we've found in the last year, rosa, is that more and more listeners are engaging with spotify and accessing music and sharing music and playing around with

their play lists on mobile devices. what we wanted to do was essentially bring a free version of spotify to shows listeners and give them a chance to dig into our 20-plus million songs and if they like it and want more bells and whistles they can upgrade to our premium service, which is a parade sup descripti subscription service. >> i have to ask you, anthony, how does this affect the music industry? we love free stuff. apps are free. how does this affect the industry? >> it's continues a trend that is ongoing nap is the question finally with spotify and other streaming sites. artists and record labels have been concerned about, you know whas, what is their payment, and even with a service like itunes there's a sense of which, this music has been created by the artists, being created by record

companies, and, you know, services are streaming, and obviously, their business model is based on this music, but, you know, how exactly artists get paid, you know, is the ongoing struggle. you know. in so many ways with the culture. >> all is there because the labels gave it to us essentially. we're very very serious and 75% of spotify goes to the rights roalders ending up in artists hands. it's a service that is not intended to just provide free music for people. it's provided to bring music to people quickly. let them access it instantly, and also takes care of all the rights holders. >> i'm going to ask you to stay with me, because we have lots of conversation to talk about. and coming up next, we're talking top rock 'n' roll stories of the year.

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i think she is a lot smarter than people think she is. i think miley will be around for a while and i think the sub verbive provocations are part of the fun she's having. >> and i think if her goal, by -- with all this vivid imagery, i'm personally not sure i needed to see her licking a sledge hammer. but, if her goal with all of

this stuff is to make people listen to her music more, it is absolutely working. because she's had a stellar year with sales. on spotify, she is one of the top six most stringed females in the u.s. more popular this year than lady gaga, beyonce. it t is working for her. but interestingly, i think we have to give her credit for putting twerking on the mainstream. >> getting lots of attention. >> i think even my parents now understand what twerking is. >> explain that to kids. i know, one of the worst things for parents. let's talk about the seasoned musicians. mick jagger. stones, these are some major artists. they are very seasoned. we should use the word "seasoned", and they are big hits still. >> the rolling stones tour was a big deal. and jagger turned 70 this year, which was a little hard to

believe. but the stones shows were incredible. and rumor has it that they are going out again next year. i think we can look forward to that. and there's a sense of which where the age for, you know wbt age of which it is possible to be a rock star just continues to rise. i mean, it used to be, don't trust anyone over 30, and now you have people in their 60s and 70s on the road touring very successfully. and you're writing a book about lou reid. >> i am. >> i was going to ask. because when performers like that pass, they leave a lot like that behind. what about the younger performers. do they perhaps use what more seasoned performers have left behind? or where do they gain inspiration, you think? >> i think in the case of someone like lou reid, his death has -- i mean, musicians i think really always -- there's a famous line about the velvet underground that only 30,000 people bought their first album,

but 30,000 people formed bands. so musicians were always inspired by lou reid. for the general public who didn't understand his impact and influence, which by my way of thinking rivals bob dylan's or the beatles, anyone who came up and liked punk rock or any kind of alternative music, those bands and those fans owe debt to lou reed. that's one of the things they find out when someone dies. >> i think one of the things we noticed is right after lou reed died in october, our users were streaming "walk on the wild sides" and his song "perfect day" in mass numbers all around the world. in the uk, australia, spain. those songs were streamed and added to personal lay lists in huge numbers for about three weeks after he died. it is interesting to see that sort of heart-felt sentimental activity happening. and a lot of our users are younger. some were probably checking them

out for the first time. let's talk about beyonce and beyonce dropping this album on itunes. do you think we will see this more, shannon? >> i think we probably will. it was a really shrewd move on her part to release it without any warning whatsoever. some people say, it was a bit of a stunt. but stunt or no stunt, it absolutely worked. because she's done really well. whether or not whether or not it means next week down loads and sales will be as high as they've been since the announcement, it remains to be seen. there is never really a formula that really works. but yes, i think we will see more of this, don't you? >> i think it is an example of -- i think successful even if it failed. it didn't fail but people are trying things. i think is a wide open environment now. and it was bold. it was amazing for an album on that scale by an artist that that level of success to just put a record out there with no promotion whatsoever. it's amazing and smart and

daring and it is interesting. and it is the kind of thing, i think, we'll see more of. >> before i let you go, because we've got about ten second before the next hour, number one rock story of the year. what do you think? >> number one roblg story of the year. i think that the number one rock story of the year is -- you know, i think stories like, you know, the story about spotify that we talked about before, you know, the ongoing evolution of what the music industry is and what that's going to become is something like beyonce releasing this album. people trying to find their way in a very new environment. >> shannon? >> i think the biggest story of the year in music is lourd. 16, 17-year-old singer from new zealand land who was obscure at beginning of the year to getting award and sharing the stage with beyonce and rihanna. >> thank