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ameriprise. the strength of america's largest financial planning company. heart of 10,000 advisors working with you, one-to-one. together, for your future. ♪ >>> we're back with charlize theron. we have been joined by tacos and beer. the reason for that is in "esquire" magazine in 2007 you said the following. i can't go anywhere. a place where we can go sit around, drink beers, argue politics and be left alone. take me there, i'll go with you, i'm yours. well, charlize, here we are. >> you don't realize when you say these things how much trouble you get into because people remember them. >> tell me about your views on various political issues. what issues in america wind you up? >> there are a few. >> come on. >> i try not to get myself in it. look, here is the thing, i voted for obama. i only voted twice in my life. for obama and p mandela. i won't lie to you, both times i felt it was historical. >> you feel obama is as capable of being great? >> he's capable of it. i wish the democrats would put action to what they tell people. >> this is a contentious on

ameriprise. the strength of america's largest financial planning company.ou, one-to-one. together, for your future. ♪ >>> jesus came back to jerusalem, the gospels tell us, during passover. as a devout jew, he had been to the great temple many times before with his family. but now he came at a politically charged time with a provocative message. >> passover is the feast of freedom. the city has swelled with well over a million pilgrims. there's a concern for roman occupation. pilate has brought his troupes into the city. anybody who talks about the kingdom of god, and even more, anybody about whom the word goes out, this is a new king, is clearly a political liability. >> and not just a liability to the romans, but to the jewish hierarchy led by their high priest, ciaiphus. in one of the most vivid passages in the gospels, a furious jesus enters the temple to cleanse it of the money changers he finds there. >> overturning the temple tables of the money changers and the offerings that were being sold. which was the necessary business of temple work. it was a

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ameriprise. the strength of america's largest financial planning company. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you, one-to-one. together, for your future. ♪ >>> we made it to a neighborhood that was right next to the compound, gadhafi's stronghold. and there was, you know, dozens and dozens of men holding their guns, celebrating, saying, you know, it's close. it's about to be over. we are going to take this compound and we are going to kick, you know, the gadhafi regime out of tripoli and we are going to crush the regime that has been so crushing to us and our families for more than 40 years. it was exhilarating. it was one of those days where you are like wow, this is history being made right here and standing right here, august 23rd. tripoli is falling around me. >> sara sidner on the fall of the city. it exploded in 2011. people compared it to a fever or a wave, a set of giant dominos. it's rippling. sara and the rest of the panel are back. all have seen history made and rewritten this year. being there, i mean, was that the most intense experience

ameriprise. the strength of america's largest financial planning company. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you, one-to-one. together, for your future. ♪ >>> back now with charlize theron. there was this thing that happened to you. i don't want to rake over the coals, i know you have moved on from this but you talk fondly of both of your parents. one day, you are 15 years old and this awful scene erupts where your father comes back with his younger brother, they are both drunk, aggressive, your father has a gun as most people in south africa does. he starts shooting in a room with your mother and you in it. your mother shoots him dead. i don't want to go over the details. in terms of the impact it had in your life, how would you describe what happened afterwards? how much of it is down to you, if anything? >> look, i don't know. it was the great tragedy of my life, but i think that what follows is what normally follows when you go through something, like a great loss or shock. i'm not the first person and i won't be the last person on this earth to

ameriprise. the strength of america's largest financial planning company.rking with you, one-to-one. together, for your future. ♪ >> jamie: today is a major day in history as the u.s. withdraws the last of our forces from iraq. the final convoy crossing into kuwait early this morning. what will it all mean for civility in iraq? joining us now, fox news military analyst, retired u.s. army major general bob scales. hey, general, hooah to all our troops for the service and sacrifice that it took to bring them home today from iraq. but what will it mean for civil knit that region? >> as you know, you rely on me to give you the pulse of the american military on these issues issues and to be frank with you, virtually every senior official told me the same thing. today represents a job well done, but a job frankly not yet complete. the iraqi military lacks many things to remain effective as a counter insurgency force, things like intelligence, command and control, maintenance, transportation. all of those advance capabilities that the iraqis still haven't mastered

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ameriprise. the strength of america's largest financial planning company. advisors working with you, one-to-one. together, for your future. ♪ >>> i want to say merry christmas to my husband and daughters. i love you and miss you. i hope to be home before your birthday, trinity. i'm so proud of everything you have done and i can't wait to get home to see you. >>> by train, by plane, by curve of the road. an estimated 92 million of you are expected to travel somewhere during the holiday weekend. no matter where you're headed, bring your wallet, and more spare change than you may have expected. travel costs are up. tom costello is on i-270 in maryland with more for us. >> richard, good day to you. aaa is saying nearly a third of the population will be hitting the roads or hitting the skies at some point over the holiday stretch, going at least 50 miles or more from home. that could be going cross state or cross-country. yet again, you're in good company if you plan to be on the move over the holiday stretch. of 92 million people traveling 50 miles or more, nea

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ameriprise. the strength of america's largest financial planning company.he heart of 10,000 advisors working with you, one-to-one. together, for your future. ♪ >>> welcome back. this is "world business today" on cnn from hong kong and london. the christmas countdown is on, and temperatures are ticking down as well both in eastern europe and in china. let's bring in our meteorologist who's keeping an eye on all of those airports and highways for this busy travel days. how's it looking so far? >> i'm going to start with the good news. actually it's for nina and all the way in the west because britain, ireland, france, spain and portugal are going to see warmer conditions than average, especially for the holidays, for christmas. but the east is where the problem is. we're going to see snow in greece, definitely in bulgaria. the alpine region with a lot of snow, even southern parts of italy may see snow. you see what's going on in here? it's getting much better. and the good note is that temperatures are rebounding. they're going to be above average, believe it

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