i know what is behind it, "downton abbey." >> downton abbey is part of it.y" is a small number of hours. we've seen an increase in almost every hour in prime time. >> what, besides "downton abbey"? >> everything. we have a strong history. was watched by" 33.5 million americans. and also streamed. part of our success has been rooted in content. the other part has been the fact that we really have been very aggressive in thinking about multiple platforms. whether that is streaming video or distributing on places like roku, netflix, amazon, or others. >> i downloaded the ipad app for pbs this morning. "downton abbey" was not there. why? >> because it has not broadcast yet. >> but i cannot get the back catalog? >> you will get the back catalog closer to the broadcast. we make decisions about programming. it is not just our programming. it is the local stations' programming. here, loaded your app you are watching channel 13. else, your local public television station. that is what we have been playing with. country, ourof the local stations are the last remaining

. >>> long before it was made famous by the drama series downton abbey, it served a higher purpose.re. >> reporter: everyone gravitates for a photo. here it is, downton abbey, but in reality, this is the home to the castle west of london, long before any thought of setting a period television drama here it was used as a military hospital for officers during the great war. the sun blinds came down in september 1914, it is there for all to see in the versus's book, a single word. hundreds of officers and gentlemen passed through as patients, wrote their names and their regiments in the book. the countess lady armina gave up her pearls and helped. >> she rolled up her sleeves and took them upstairs. she helped to wash them and sort out their gangrene and their dysentery, and through her help, all the nurses, she helped get them back to their families. >> afterwards they all sent personal and heartfelt thank you letters to their hostess. >> when i arrived from the front, i felt i was in heaven itself. the contrast was so great. >> each officer had a bedroom to himself, they could accomm

>> he is on the cover of time magazine i predict he will not discuss his favorite character on downton abbeyytime soon. i also predict he will not be the job he is always wanted. he is going to be the same mitch mcconnell he has always been which may well serve the country's purposes right now because he knows the art of the deal. >> he is going to look towards 2016. even the republicans in congress know they have to have the white house. he will have that in mind going forward. >> he does not like messy. he likes regular order. this could be good for those that like to see compromise. last night there were hundreds of winners. the koch brothers and just as many losers. mark udall, msnbc, and the charlotte hornets. john and i each picked one winner and loser who we do not think are getting enough attention so far from last nights results. who is your under discussed winner of the evening? >> i would choose a metaphorical winner, snoop dogg. great advocate of marijuana in general. marijuana legalization on the ballot in alaska. it passed in oregon. the exit poll last night asking people if th

. >> what is the best thing about "downton abbey"?i don't watch it, but my wife does. >> what is currently the best thing about the nfl? >> i'm really disturbed about the nfl, the violence and the fact that there's too much about money. the best thing about it is great athletes. it can be fun to watch at times. i'm a little concerned about what it is all about. >> thank you sir. >> that is john kasich. when we come back, more on today's big story. ♪ >> we are a couple of hours away from president obama's speech. congressman luis gutierrez democrat from illinois and a member of the congressional hispanic caucus. president obama last year but about doing this executive order before the election, decided not to do it. a lot of people think that was a mistake. do you think it was an error for him not to have done it earlier? >> absolutely. you rarely get good public policy and justice and fairness and that is what this is all about tonight. i think it was a mistake. in the end we were going to lose the senate. it had nothing to do with th

here it is, unmistakably three-dimensionally downton abbey.is home totter relevant and countess of carnarvon in the countryside west of london. long before anyone thought of setting a period television drama here, it was used as a military hospital fare officers during the great war. the sun minds came down in september 1914. it's there for all to see in the visitors book. a single exclam tore word. "war." hundreds of officers and gentlemen passed through as patients. wrote their names and regiments in the book. the countess, lady almina, gave up pearls and parties and became hospital matron. her bespoke uniform, strawberry pink. >> she rolled up her sleeves, took them upstairs, helped wash them, helped sort out their gangrene, sort out their dysentery, through her nursing skills and those of the staff and the nurses, all of whom she personally employed and paid for, she made them better and gave them back to their families. >> reporter: afterwards, they all sent personal and heartfelt thank you letters to their hostess. >> when i arrived at h

temperatures are going do "downton abbey" even more. we are expecting a few icy spots. possible just for the poconos. we're going to be a little too warm when all the rain starts to move in. mostly cloudy skies on this thursday, slight wind speeds out of the southeast. to at least we're not dealing with much of a windchill this morning, but it's freezing in if poconos. 29 in allentown. 43 in reading. 33 in washington township. mid 30s here in philadelphia. 32 degrees this morning in dover. a few snow flurries passing right through parts of the poconos, but we're mainly see just cloudy skies to kick off this sunday. we thing we want to point out is for the poconos, we don't know whether the winter weather advisory is 3:30 a.m. icy spots possible. and then all rainfall as we continue to see our temperatures warming into monday. here's a system to the southwest of us, it's going to continue to organize itself as we head into the rest of this afternoon and into your overnight hours, that's when we're going to start to see the chance of that mixed precipitationing although t

nation began to put sarah jones' name on their slates, from "scandal" and "the big bang theory" to "downton abbeymad men," all to reinforce the importance of on-the-set safety and to honor her memory. >> this was, given to us personally by nina dobrev of "vampire diaries." >> i think the latest count was 2,000 slates. >> reporter: the "slates for sarah" have a special place in the home of sarah's parents, who were watching as the oscars paid tribute. >> when you saw her name up on the screen at the academy awards, what were your feelings? >> overwhelming. >> she made it to the academy. she made it. >> yeah. >> reporter: earlier this month, heartened by news that there's now a smartphone app for crew members to get backup on safety issues, hundreds took part in a safety walkathon in atlanta. >> never again let someone's daughter die. >> reporter: those in attendance included "the vampire diaries" cast and crew. and her paints -- parents. >> in my head, she is always walking by me with this smile. and i am in a bad mood, and all of a sudden, i am instantly in a good mood. >> reporter: nowhere is he

>> the sexual innundo on the other hand is all down to "downton abbey," or its actor, who is mr.ed family. he dresses as a cleaning lady and attracts the attentions of a male security guard. whatever would lord grantham think. >> i suppose he's a patriot trying to keep his family together in the face of adversity. as for the bad language, that's understood to be one muffled occurrence of the b word which rhymes with fuddy duddy. >> mr. brown, that is extremely rude. >> a pg rating isn't the box office poison it once was. paddington has been brought to the big screen by the producer of the harry potter movies, however these films received the same classification as paddington. it hardly bears thinking about. both the author and his daughter collaborated with the film maker during production. >> we were consulted as to what was right, what they should put in, what elements they felt they might need to change. >> reporter: the family was delighted by the movie, but d dismayed by the censors. >> and with a series of positive reviews, a wave of outrage at the censors decision and a hi

a crew arrived to check out a broken utility pole that came "downton abbey" the crash.information about the victim's condition or what caused this accident. >>> waiting for a decision. a grand jury in ferguson, missouri, will reconvene tomorrow. the panel will determine whether they will indict police officer darren wilson in the shooting death of teenager michael brown. yesterday, crews in ferguson put up barriers around the court building where the grand jury has been deliberating. some businesses nearby also boarded up their windows. people in ferguson, from the brown family lawyer to residents there, remain on edge about what could happen once the grand jury makes their announcement. >> the jury is deliberating. they're going to do their job. and when they finish their job, we all will know. >> not knowing when the verdict is coming. not knowing what's going to happen after the verdict comes. it's just a scary situation. >> be sure to stay with us for updates on this developing story. in philadelphia, plans are in place for protests in the event that officer wilson

. >> rose from "downton abbey" plays the title character.chett is the wicked stepmother. >> it was my mother's old dress. >> it would be an insult to take you to the palace dressed in these old rags. >> you shall not go to the ball. excuse me. >> why are you crying? >> who are you? >> that's better. >> my fairy godmother. >> that's good. now that's good. "cinderella" hits theaters march 13th of next year. >>> finally, "the skinny" wouldn't be complete without an update on taylor swift. >> i like taylor. >> you love taylor. >> but i can only take so much taylor. she beat out the foo fighters and garth brooks with her album "1989" to stay on top of the billboard charts for the third week in a row. >> her three-week sales is now 2 million. she also had the top selling track as single "blank space" was pushed to the top spot on the billboard's hot 100 chart. >> all right. we'll talk about her again tomorrow. >>> topping the list of celebrity birthdays -- >> vice president joe biden is 72. >> bo derek, 58 today. >> actress sean young turns 55. >>

international secret intelligence service has been forced to write isis out of the show, even downton abbey faced criticism. >> she's got cancer, poor thing. >> reporter: in real life, the damage to a brand can cause plenty of real damage. take isis wallet, set up by at&t and verizon changed its name to soft card back in september. its ceo told me he had no other choice. >> i received personally, over 1,000 e-mails from people thanking us for taking the stance and deciding to make the change, and we did it in a matter of about eight weeks. everybody was vocal about the situation, whether it be our customers or clients. in fact, there was no way forward with our clients. i could not see a coca-cola or mcdonalds or at&t or american express standing behind a name like isis. >> reporter: here in the u.k. some businesses are following suit. isis equity partners tells cnn given the ongoing events in syria and iraq, it will come as no surprise to you to learn that we have decided to change our name. we are no longer prepared to share it with a terrorist organization. but re-branding can be a chall

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. >> you and allen, for the downton abbey fans, you are in the next season.nown as the matthew good clause in my contract. has to be there at least five days of filming a year. >> sucks to be you. >> and then i know, matthew, you play the youngest member of the group. >> yes. >> what was it like for you filming? >> well, it was easy to relate to a young guy who's just at university and just learning his field. so as a young, inexperienced actor, it was quite easy to relate to. >> we have one social media question. heather on instagram wants to know, is it ever intimidating taking on a movie based on real events? >> it's difficult when you're making a film about something because you have to judge the documentary element. you want to do it justice. but drama demands something uchb often a little more interesting than real life. balances the issue. >> it was a fantastic film. everyone should see it. "the imitation game" opens in theaters this friday. >>> and coming up, alton . >>> join us thanksgiving night. right now, alton brown is helping us countdown to tha

if i want to catch one "downton abbey" and pbs, give you a plug, starting again in january, more than likely to see it here when i want to and nobody in this room believes thursday at 8:00 to turn on "cosby," racing home to see -- appointment television is completely dead. i saw "jane the virgin," another great show, starring a young latina, a hit with 1.8 million, 1.8 million viewers that's a hit. 1.8 million would not have kept you on for -- 1.8 -- online and television, 1.8 million. across -- 1.8 wouldn't have got you -- would have been canceled the day after you got a 1.8 million share, but now, that's enough. the economics are changing and regulate verse to figure out twice not stifle that change but give consumers what they want, which is more of that change. >> can i be brief? and just radical. i want to be radical. get the conversation going, if you want to ask how if i were king for a day and rewrite the communication act, i would have charge i call a very skinny fcc and i realize once it gets to congress that they are going to christmas tree and add things to it, but i would

if i want to catch one "downton abbey" and pbs, give you a plug, starting again in january, more than likely to see it here when i want to and nobody in this room believes thursday at 8:00 to turn on "cosby," racing home to see -- appointment television is completely dead. i saw "jane the virgin," another great show, starring a young latina, a hit with 1.8 million, 1.8 million viewers that's a hit. 1.8 million would not have kept you on for -- 1.8 -- online and television, 1.8 million. across -- 1.8 wouldn't have got you -- would have been canceled the day after you got a 1.8 million share, but now, that's enough. the economics are changing and regulators have got to figure out a way to not stifle that change. but give consumers what they want, which is more of that change. >> can i be brief? and just radical. i want to be radical. get the conversation going, if you want to ask how if i were king for a day and rewrite the communication act, i would have what i would call a very skinny fcc. and i realize once it gets to congress that they are going to christmas tree and add things to i

i don't know if any of you watch do ""downton abbey."" al job? what is a job? this is not the american ethos. work has to be a cornerstone of an opportunity world view. the other things that are important are obviously character, grit and determination. and i'm rather encouraged in this regard to see that the left is starting to talk about these things. for the longest time there seemed to be a divide that conservatives would talk about character and virtue and the left was more interested in solutions that dealt with programs and transferring money. i find it encouraging to hear more and more voices on the other side acknowledging the importance of character. and lastly, of course, and rather obviously is education and having a solid education with the skills you'll acquire to climb that ladder of opportunity, but i would prioritize them if there that order. work, character, education. >> opportunity doesn't necessarily have the same ring to everybody who hears it. what do we do about that? >> yeah. so conservatives, like i said, have -- and libertarians for t

in britain, we have the poppies, and we have "downton abbey." [laughter] it is always with us. to my left is lorraine leaves. on americancialist foreign-policy and diplomatic history. she will say a few words about that. markova.ft is anna she is a historian of the late ottoman empire, the balkans, citizenships, and minorities in the ottoman empire. who is a historian of american immigration in particular in the late 19th and early 20th century. i will start out with a few more remarks about england and push it to my colleagues. we will take questions and i hope you guys can also reflect on the last -- today and yesterday's conference and what came out of that. memorialized the first world war and thought about it a great deal. we do have the issue of sacrifice. in england, sacrifice is often associated with -- in france, it is done. we have the poppies. we first started seeing that in england in 1921. the veterans organizations, especially in england, the royal british legion, started distributing them. one thing i find interesting about the legacy of the first world war is ho