it doesn't have a strip. it has a chip within it. every time you use it, you also have to use a pin. >> according to the federal reserve, credit fraud in england plummeted 34% after they implemented chip and pin cards. in france, fraud from in-person cards fell 34%. this holiday season millions of american shoppers might have been the target. target put out a letter saying in the case of this hack, p.i.n. numbers on the debit cards weren't affected. say the cvv data obtained was not what was obtained on the back. instead it's what's in that magnetic strip and what that means is you wouldn't necessarily be able to use the card to make an online purchase. rosa? you're in the "cnn

newsroom." i'm rosa flores like in atlanta. we'll looing looking at the stories you'll be talking about this week. let's begin with our five questions in the week ahead. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the first question. the americans were able to get out of the african nation today. the rescue comes after a failed effort that left four u.s. troops wounded. the violence in the south sudan has grown since the president has accused his ex-vp of attempting attempting a coup. let's go to athena jones. hi, athena. what did he say? >> we were able to learn about the failed evacuation attempt to get the americans working for the americans out of the south sudan. this is part of the letter under the war powers resolution.

the white house say this is standard practice whenever there are troops deployed overseas. it says on december 21st, 2013, approximately 46 additional u.s. military personnel deployed by military aircraft to the area of bor, south sudan, to conduct an operation to execute u.s. citizens and personnel. after the aircraft came under fire, as they approached bor, the operation was curtailed due to security considerations. and the air kraf and all military personnel onboard departed south sudan without completing evaluation. the purpose of this operation was to protect u.s. citizens, personnel and property. as i monitor the situation in south sudan, i may take further action to support security of u.s. citizen, personnel, and property. there was another evacuation and that was successful. so we know all the americans who presented themselves to the united nations were able to get out of the country successfully. the question is how many other americans may be on the ground

in south sudan, rosa. >> athena jones in south sudan. thank you. >> a line of deadly storms is pushing further east after clobbering much of the country with ice, snow, sleet, and rain. cnn's george howell has more of what's in store and the pop ripple effect across the country. >> reporter: rosa, a very busy day here in chicago and really around the united states when it comes to travel during this particular week over the holidays. you got a sense back here at the lines that we've seen here at o'hare airport, very busy throughout this day. the good news here in chicago. we haven't seen a lot of bad weather. a little snow this morning, but so far, so good. travelers here know that with a little snow, that could change. traveling through chicago's o'hare airport on one of the busiest travel weeks of the year -- >> we actually changed our flight. we were supplying poelsed to get

out at 4:30, and yesterday we called change to be on an earlier flight. and so when i saw the snow, i thought, oh, good, we're on an earlier flight. if we get delayed, at least we'll get there. >> rachel, john, and their slightly camera-shy son didn't take any chances. for many travelers, weather is top of mind as a winter storm threatens to snarl travel from the east coast to the midwest. >> we were monitoring the weather a little bit, and we're thinking we're going to be okay. >> reporter: so far at least 15,000 flights have been delayed this weekend. more than a thousand canceled, all according to the airline tracking site, flightaware.com. major hubs from dallas to chicago are feeling the holiday ripple effect. >> we're hoping the weather cooperates and we can get out on time. >> fortunately when it comes to getting your christmas packages to friends and family, companies like fedex and ups are on the ready, armed with snow removal

equipment and teams of meteorologists on staff. executives in the shipping industry tell cnn they can route planes around the storms and remain confident that they can deliver packages ahead of the holidays. it's a different story for air travelers. >> we don't have anyone to watch our kids if we don't show up. and we're hoping they'll just be okay. >> hoping that their luck holds up. >> reporter: the best advice we've heard from travelers is to get to the errant early because you don't know if you could run into a line like this or a long tsa line, something you wouldn't predict. if you think it's okay, rosa, you know, to get to the airport with an hour to spare, maybe you want to up that to two hours, especially on this day, just given how many people are traveling today, rosa. >> and we move on to question number three of the week, who will get a white christmas? some areas are seeing bizarre weather. new york city enjoyed a record-breaking 70 degrees today, while in other parts of the country, people dug out of

major snow and ice storms. meteorologist alexandra steele has look at the forecast. alexandra? >> who doesn't dream of a white christmas, right? no dreaming here. this is the reality. now meteorologically a white christmas is defined as having an inch of snow on the ground christmas morning. where we're going to see it here along the northern tier of the country where we have snow and temperatures have sustained their cold factor. idaho, tampa, wyoming, dakotas, michigan, wisconsin, and then moving east. so that's where we will. and let me show you where we won't, and a lot of that is contingent on the temperature. bismarck, you will have it. snow on the ground and temperatures will stay below freezing. minneapolis, you'll have it too, you lucky kids. 22, snow on the ground, staying well below freezing. denver, you won't be. look at temperatures. 46 on christmas. chicago, a white christmas for you. kansas city, not so.

so as we head farther eastward, all these big cities, forget it. new york city in the 70s today, right? record hie temperatures and, of course, we have the rain as well. so by the time we get to wednesday, 24 degrees, it will be cold enough, but there's not the next snowstorm. we've got to a little clipper moving through the great lakes but not the big ones. not for you, new york city, boston, pittsburgh. detroit, though, you will have a white christmas. we've got the storms and the cold temperatures. that's where we'll see it. certainly the upper midwest and the northern plains but certainly not far east and south than that. so dreaming of a white christmas, you don't have to dream in some big cities throughout. >> and question number four for the week ahead. is your personal data safe? the massive credit and debit card theft from target has a lot of shoppers worried. one u.s. senator today said the incident should be an opportunity to review all retail security procedures. >> if there's one silver lining in this mess, it's perhaps that

we could use this troubling news as a lesson for the future. we can get to the bottom of how target's in-store payment security was compromised in order to make sure that target in the future and all other stores adequately protect consumers from this kind of devastating theft. >> now, the hack affects customers who shopped target between november 27th and december 15th. now to our fifth question. how serious is the situation on the international space station? nasa says the second emergency spacewalk is now set for tuesday. astronauts spent several hours yesterday working on a replacement for a broken cooling pump. without the pump some of the station's important electronics have been shut down. the second space walk was originally scheduled for tomorrow, but that's being delayed while they make adjustments to one of the space suits. i want to bring in one of the

astronauts, chris hadfield. he's also the author of a book "an astronaut's guide to life." he joins us now via skype. i have to ask you now, how serious is the situation? >> the problem they're fixing is pretty serious. they had to power down much of the station. it put as lot of the science they're doing on hold. it's not really life-threatening, but it's definitely something you don't want to be living that way on station. they're getting there. the first spacewalk went well and red for the next one in a couple of days. >> the other issue that they're talking about is the spacesuit. can you talk about that and explain the situation? >> you know, outside in the sun, it's about plus 300 degrees fahrenheit, so the suit has to be cooled. and the cooling system in that suit while they were coming back in yesterday may have got a littli little waterbury the cooling system. so just to make sure they're ready in two days they're swapping out that suit. there are three suits on board.

they're going make sure the guys have the two best suits to go outside on the 24th to get the best shot of getting everything done. hopefully they'll get everything done in that one spacewalk. >> now, we can't let you go without showing you this. roll it. ♪ this is major time to ground control i left forever more ♪ ♪ and i'm floating in a most peculiar way ♪ ♪ >> now, i'm a huge fan, i've got to say. how did you come up with the idea? >> a lot of people all around the world via the internet asked for that, and it was sort of an evening project i did with my son evan. i put together the audio and the video and he edited together only the ground. the space agencies approved all the video, and the reaction has been huge. 20 million youtube hits and hundreds of millions of views around the world. kind of a nice thing to show

what all the station can do. >> chris hadfield, thanks for joining us via skype from toronto. and still ahead in the "cnn newsroom," the good feelings over the congressional budget deal may not last. the debt ceiling deadline awaits washington not long after the new year and president obama says he's not in the mood to negotiate. plus -- >> reporter: the image behind me, the capitol dome, is one of the most recognizing in the-year-old wo. from here it looks pretty good, but when you get up close, you can see it's in need of serious repair. we got an inside look, a rare tour of the inside of the capitol dome and we're going to have that coming up. my mantra? family first. but with less energy, moodiness, and a low sex drive, i saw my doctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age.

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everyone is happy, but, of course, the debt ceiling deadline still awaits and the president says he's not in the mood to negotiate. >> to repeat, the debt ceiling is raised to pay bills we have already approved. it's not something which is a negotiating tool. it's not lever language. >> now, lz, you heard the president, but republican congressman paul ryan says the republicans want something in exchange for raising the debt limit. now they have until february 7th, we should add. are we going to see compromise or do you think this is going to be the next crisis in washington? >> i think we'll definitely see compromise, and here's why. we're heading toward it. the last time they were dogmatic about this conversation, it took a severe hit.

they don't want to do that. the reason they don't want to do that is democrats have been so afraid of the affordable care act that if republicans could just seem seane enough they woud be ready to write it through the midterm elections, they don't want to take that away by creating another false drama, have a hit to their popularity and allow democrats to skate by by the former care act debacle. >> coming up, i have to ask you. you're a republican strategist. should the gop stand firm and force a new shutdown? >> no. look. i don't think shutdowns are good. i think the reason we were successful is republicans don't want to have a shutdown. i think they'd much rather have an election year fight over contrast like obamacare. look. i think a key part of what was missing from the president's sound bite there, what he said on friday was i'm not willing to negotiate but i'm willing to talk. i think that does signal that he's going to talk with folks like paul ryan, that there are

going to be discussions. i think -- i do think that l lz right. we may see a shutdown. issues like debt and spending with democrats. i think the budget deal changed the atmospherics but there are still big differences between republicans and democrats on capitol hill. >> lz, there's been a lot of optimism and happy deal because of the budget deal. was that all happy talk premature or do you foresee another crisis? >> well, you know, i'm trying to see who are all these happy peep about the budget deal. we might have been happy that they, you know, didn't kill each other. but let's face it. neither group was really happy. you saw a lot of sound bites from both leaders selling all the parties the things they weren't going to get from the budget deal and on the flip side you saw john boehner totally going off on organizations and the tea party about the budget deals. i don't think anybody was happy

about that happening, but they were pragmatic about it. i think you'll still see the pragmatic pragmaticism. no one wants to screw this up. >> let's turn to another topic and the topic is obamacare. the president said friday the program is getting better every day, but democrat senator joe manchin was on cnn's "state of the union" today, and obamacare, he says, is not out of the clear just yet. >> are they lwilling to come. don't say this is what you've got to buy whether you like it or not and you're going to pay more even if you think you weren't, otherwise you are. >> so it basically falls on its own weight? >> absolutely. >> lz, do you think obama care could still collapse?

it helps remind me the reason it wasn't enacted in the first place is the american people and american economy were under a great deal of weight because of unsustainable health care and unchecked debt that was being driven up by health care koftss. the affordable care act addresses that, and it's important to keep hammering that home. now, the affordable care act has been not smooth at all. that is an understatement. but when you look back through history, i cannot find a single significant law that was as wide reaching as this that did not have flaws at the beginning and wasn't adjusted throughout the decades. whether we're talking medicare, medicaid, social security introducing 35. we're still passing laws to fix it today. so i suspect that the affordable care act will be very similar as the other laws that have passed

and have helped great deal of americans in the long run. didn't start off smooth, wasn't perfect, and continued to be fixed. >> so, kevin, to you, people are still signing up. the website is improving, we should add. should republicans move on to something else and just accept that obamacare is the law of the land? >> no. think the big problem here is that it's not just a website. it's much bigger than that. you remember about medicare and social security. those were laws passed to deliver with a sliver over the american population. obamacare affecting everybody in health care. that has essentially rearranged 1/6 of the american economy and it applied one federal standard where it used to be state-by-state market place. that's one of the big problems. i think what's significant about senator manchin's comments today, he's essentially a case study for how many democrats on capitol hill feel. and as l.z. pointed out earlier, we're going into an election year. this is a sign of real

democratic panic, panic within the president's own party. obamacare is like a policy game of jenga. when you take away one little piece, the whole thing collapses, and i think that's sort of what's happening right now with some of the announcement coming out of the administration as it relates to the individual mandate. >> l.z. granderson and kevin manan. thanks so much for the conversation. as we look ahead to christmas, here's a touching story for you. a mother sends a special christmas message to her family two years after she died. her wish? for her husband and his new fianfee an say next. [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep everyone on the right track. the power tools introduce themselves. all the bits and bulbs keep themselves stocked. and the doors even handle the checkout so we can work on that thing that's stuck in the thing.

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rosa, consumer reports actually did a poll and nearly 20% of americans hate shopping for christmas gifts, but that's not the only thing they hate about the holidays. wholesalers, seasonal music playing repeatedly on tv really gets on people's nerves, also receiving gifts from people you

don't an it is pant, maybe because you don't have a gift in return. fake holiday cheer, aggressive driving in store parking lots, not a shocker there, crowds, of course, and long lines. what people do with the gifts that they hate may not surprise you either. a lot of people return/exchange them of course, at love people banish them to the basement and lock them up. others donate the gifts they don't like. some can redwift them, which can be dangerous, you know. and some find a way to put them to good news. some of those shocking. some not as much. rosa? >> interesting stuff there. the dying wish of an iowa woman is granted two years after she lost the battle to cancer. an iowa radio station made it all come true. kevin kuhny of our affiliate

station cnni has the story. of the thousands of christmas wishes the station has received over two decades, they've never received one like this. >> when you are in receipt of this letter, i will have always lost my battle to ovarian cancer. >> reporter: she wrote the letter more than two years ago shortly before she died and she arranged to have a friend keep it until -- >> brenda's wish was she wanted david to find somebody to love him and to take care of their boys and help raise them and that when that had happened and he had moved on, that it was okay for this letter to be sent for us for her wish to be granted. >> reporter: yesterday david heard the letter for the first time. >> my reason for writing this. i have a wish. i have a wish for david, the boys, and the woman and her family if she has kids also. i want them to know i love them very much. i was hoping one small act you all could do for me could change and help their lives forever and they know i am with them always. first for david's new livelong

partner, a day or better yet a weekend of pampering in all aspects of her life. hair, makeup, body massage, clothes, shopping, spa, or weekend getaway, whatever. she deserves it. >> before brenda had died, and the reason i say this, she had told me, you know, she wanted me to move on and hopefully meet somebody, et cetera. she says, i know you'll find somebody. i said, how will i know if it's the right person. she goes, because you'll know i'll be there. >> make her smile and know her efforts are truly appreciated from me. for the family, a magical trip somewhere where they all can enjoy their company and companionship as a family and create those memories that will be with them forever. >> there was one other wish, a big party for the people who cared for her at mercy. >> there are people in this world that no matter who they touch, they bring something special to that person's life

and brenda was that kind of person. >> may god bless and keep all of you safe there. thanks for this. when you wish upon a star. brenda. >> and we should add that the radio station has put together a trip to disney world for the entire family, including pampering for david's new fiancee. and still ahead in the "cnn newsroom," the pope is celebrating christmas by serving the underprivileged. we'll tell you who he's reaching tout at this special time of year. [ male announcer ] every inch. every minute. every second -- we chip away. making the colors of earth and sunset skies into rich interior accents. or putting the beauty of a forest in the palm of your hands... it will take you to another place... wherever you happen to be. this is the new 2014 jeep grand cherokee. it is the best of what we're made of. well-qualified lessees can lease the 2014 grand cherokee laredo 4x4 for $359 a month.

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it is will a christmas, the first for the new pontiff, pope francis. just nine months as the leader of a billion catholics worldwide. francis's nontraditional ways have invigorated the favorful. we'll remind you how. first the preparations for pope francis's first christmas as pope. >> reporter: there's a sense of excitement here in rome for christmas, and pope francis has a lot going on. on christmas eve he will celebrate the two-hour mass at st. peter's basilica. this year there were a record number of requests to attend. christmas day we expect thousands of pilgrims to flood

through st. peter's square to hear him deliver a special message to the world. now, pope francis already has his christmas gifts taken care of. 2,000 immigrants at a local shelter received special packs complete with christmas cards signed by the pope. the packs include everything an immigrant might need to be able to contact loved ones back home including stamps and international calling cards. so a very busy week ahead for pope francis as he celebrates his first christmas at the vatican. >> and let's take a look at buzz beat's best pope francis moments of 2013. take a look. they include when he washed the feet of others, and then, of course, when he prayed with the sick, including kissing a severely disfigured man and when he plays with kids including one boy who hugged him during his homily in front of people. let's reflect not only what has happened but what will happen. so let's get buzzfeed's 2014, i

guess, predictions, shall we say. joining me now is buzzfeed's reporter brian roderick. brian, thank you so much for joining us. can we say a buzzfeed prediction for 2014. miley cyrus will be respected as a serious artist? what? >> i know. i know it sounds crazy. but the time of making fun of miley cyrus is about to end. i think we're going to see a very serious, lady gaga-style miley cyrus for 2014. >> very interesting. ott ters, big in 2014. you've got to explain this one. >> it sounds crazy to say certain animals are pop already in 2014. 2013 was the year of the french bulldog and i think 2014 is going to be the year of the otter. they're like little dogs, they're very cute and they hold hands when they swim together. it's a perfect combination for great viral animal.

>> of course, we have to talk about chat, we have to talk about internet, the rise of instagram and the fall of snap chat. why? >> snap chat was super big out this year and it was making all kinds of headlines and everyone was very afraid of what teenagers might do with the self-destructing pictures, but now that instagram is direct message in its own form of self-destructing pictures, it's kind of hard to argue that instagram isn't primed to take over the world. i was instagramming a couple of minutes ago. it's addicting. you can't stop doing it. >> buzzfeed has so many lists out there. do you have a favorite? >> so we did a list of about anything you can think of for an end-of-the-year wrap up but my favorite was a word list of the most cringe-worthy online dating profiles and messages of 2013. they are pretty darn

cringe-worthy. >> it seems like nothing is off limits at buzzfeed. for instance, there were 41 cats who had a worse year than you. what are on these lists? i've seen very ridiculous. what do you have on the cutting floor, do you think? >> well, we look at pictures of weird animals and weird people doing weird stuff all day, and the things we don't include are just ones that don't really make us feel a certain way. you know those boring pictures that don't really fit anywhere. if it makes a feel a certain way, it's not off limits at buzzfe buzzfeed. >> i think a lot of people around the world have so much fun with your lists. thank you so much for joining us, taking the time. we appreciate sthiet thanks for having me. and we're going to be talking sports straight ahead. are you ready for super bowl tuesday? don't laugh. it could happen if the weather gets rough. so who thought an outdoor game in new york would be a good idea in the winter? we're going to talk to terrance moore next.

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welcome back. it's time to talk sports and america's super bowl obsession. i'm joined by terrance more, a contributor to cnn.com and a columnist for mlb.com. terrance, i'm so excited to be in atlanta so i get to see you. >> welcome. >> thank you. we're talking about the super bowl. let's break it all down. we're talking about the super

bowl in the northeast in february in a stadium that's not covered. who thought it was a good idea to do this? >> can you say satan? i'll tell you, this is going to be an absolute disaster. we knew this three years ago when the nfl owners first gave the super bowl to new york. >> so the time was ticking. >> oh, yeah, yeah. but to answer your question quickly, whenever you build a new stadium, you're talking about the super bowl. it's the largest media market in the world, okay, and then you have the family who have owned the giants for years. they're beloved by their fellow nfl owners who decide who gets super bowls. and, rosa, where is nfl headquarters located? new york city. it's a disaster waiting to happen. open air facility in february. it's just nuts. >> it begs the question. is the winner going to be not based on talent but whoever can fair the weather the best? >> it's secondary to this. they openly admitted to this

earlier they're talking about moving the super bowl game up a day or back as far as a week if the weather is bad. if the weather is bad? i mean -- but here's the thing. you're talking about tens of thousands of people from around the world who are coming to the super bowl games. besides the thousands of dollars they pay. i think about the plane tickets, hotel tickets. you move the time period? it's going to be a disaster. it's going to be a lawsuit waiting to happen if they move the game. >> unbelievable. i've been reading about it and obsessed about it. but talking about manning, he opened another restaurant in new orleans. he set another record. >> as soon as he threw the seven touchdowns in the game, you knew something was going to happen. he was going set the record in the season and he did that in the first game against baltimore, the defejding world champions who have a great defense. but i guess you can say he's

over those neck surgeries. >> now let's talk kobe bryant. >> kobe, kobe. >> injuries, injuries. is he going to be the same? >> kobe will never be kobe again but it won't matter. he's got one of those magic names along with tiger and lebron. one atlanta, the hawks have the second worst attendance in the n nba. but you know what? when the lakers came to town with kobe, it was packed. as long as he got that name, he'll be fine. >> the contract, $2 million. >> they're paying him not only for what he does on the court but what he does off the court. >> money, attention, everything else. there's also a brawl with women's hockey? it's all over twitter. i've been pulling up the pictures. tell us about it. >> first of all, these two teams don't like each other. team usa, team canada. this is the third brawl they've had in the last three years. this is an exhibition game. call me a shoev nift if you

will. this was disgusting because it took place in north dakota. they were playing the rocky music in the background when they were duking it out there. i read the ap story, the "associated press" story. it said little girls, quote, were cheering in the background, so we are truly in the final days. >> oh, my goodness. terrance, thank you so much for joining us. you'll be here next week. >> i will. you will too, right? >> i will. thank you so much. still ahead in the "cnn newsroom," the new film ""the wolf of wall street"" is raising a lot of eyebrows. some of the stuff that happens in the movie is kind of crazy we should say, but the character that leonardo dicaprio plays is based on a real story, a real guy, and guess what? a lot of that stuff really happened. we'll show you. plus -- >> you see that beautiful fresco at the top of the rotunda? architects say that could be damaged because of cracks on the outside of the capitol dome.

we got a rare look inside way up there. that's coming up next.

from a distance the capitol dome in washington looks pristine, but it's a different story all together when you get a close-up look. as dana bash reports the secondary structure is in need of some major repairs. >> reporter: the capitol dome, one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world. we got a rare tour inside the dome, more than 200 feet up in the area you can really see some of the damage. a long crack in a window. rust eroding the dome's ornaments and underlying structure. architects count more than 1,300 cracks in the capitol dome caused by wind, rain, and sun threatening the fresco inside. >> when rust develops between the plates, it binds the plates from moving and that creates enormous pressures within the

yiernwork. >> reporter: this spring a massive two-year renovation will start. it's no easy task. the dome is made of some 9 million pounds of iron with an incredibly thin exterior shell as demonstrated here. when the capitol was built in the late 1800s, this dome didn't exist. taking us through steep narrow staircases the architect was eager to show off the architecture of the building we had to walk up a narrow treacherous staircase, but look at it. boy, was it worth it. up and all the way down. from famous fresh co-s including washington ascending to heaven to dramatic acoustics high inside the tundra. >> you had to be very careful what you're saying up here because anyone on the opposite side can hear you. please be very careful and duck as you go through the doorway.

>> reporter: and then through the breath taking view outside. >> all the way up, 250 feet in the air. this is what you can see. it's really clear the capitol is the focal point of the design. >> the access to the mall, maryland avenue, pennsylvania avenue all radiating from the central point. >> reporter: congress already approved $59 million for the restoration, still the costs tend to explode. so can you guarantee you won't go over budget? >> guarantee, that's big word. well, we're pretty confident i'll give you that. >> reporter: it has been meticulously planned, in the works for years. >> it's something that has to happen. there is no more recognizable symbol of the country than the capitol dome or the national flag. >> reporter: dana bash, cnn,

capitol hill. are you looking for something to do after the presents are open on christmas day? you could see the five new movies opening that day. here are they are. "the secret life of walter mitty", 47 ronan, grudge match and they're all hitting the silver screen. there's oscar buzz which stars leonardo dicaprio as a disgraced financial executive in the 1980s. some of the wild hard partying scenes seem too crazy to be true, but we found out they're not that far off from what actually happened. >> my name is jordan bellfer. i made $49 million which made me pretty missed off because it would three million shy a week.

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here's a look at your weekly five. for some americans, monday is the last day to sign up for obamacare and have health care on january 1st. but some will have up to january 10th to sign up. open enrollment where you choose your coverage plan will continue through march 31. tuesday, astronauts will do a second space walk on the international space centerme.

they're continuing repairs to the broken pump. and santa dawns his skis, the condition continues in washington when he water skis the potomac river. his reindeer will be on the lookout for the evil jet skiing grinch. pope francis celebrates the first christmas as pope. during the christmas celebrations the pope will preside over the traditional christmas eve liturgy and deliver his christmas message to the world. a vatican expert thinks the pope will forego the rhetoric and reach out to ordinary people. federal jobless benefits expire on friday. congress did not extend benefits in its recent budget deal which has not yet been signed by the president. and that's your "weekly five." the u.s. is now trying to determine if there are any more americans to evacuate from south sudan. officials say today, all

americans who showed up at a u.n. camp in the town of bor were airlifted out of the troubled nation. the successful rescues came one day after a failed attempt that left four u.s. troops wounded. the fighting there has grown worse since the president threw out his cabinet. president obama has been briefed on the situation as he vacations in hawaii. tragedy in kentucky. four people were killed in a storm-related accident today. three died when a car veered off of a bridge into a river overnight near new hope, south of louisville. the brings the number to seven people killed in severe weekend storms. apple is expanding the reach to the world's most populous country. apple struck a deal with china mobile which has around 700 million customers. the iphone 5-s will be available january 17th with presales starting on wednesday.

i'm rosa flores. "back to the beginning" with christi christi christi christi christian amanpour begins right now. tonight, a special holiday event. was the christmas star real? >> there was extraordinary activity in disguise. >> did noah's flood happen? >> the land went under and stayed under. >> where is the garden of eden. >> figure out where all four rivers are and then you have the location. >> come along on an epic journey around with christiane amanpour. who has seen everything that tears us apart. searches for what unites us.