♪ ding, dong ♪ ♪ savior born on this day ♪ born to save us ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ halleluiah ♪ from afar♪ no crying he makes ♪ i love thee, lord jesus ♪ look down from the sky ♪ and stay by my cradle ♪ till morning is nigh ♪ gloria ♪ in excelsisdeo ♪ glory ♪ in excelsis deo ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ gloria [ applause ] the droid razr by motorola. the newest droid armed with motocast. granting you wireless access to files on your home computer from almost anywhere. 4g lte equipped to pull pictures, music, and movies. all at mind-melting speeds. powered by verizon, this droid is too powerful to fall into the wrong hands. >> one of the most popular choral songs sung at christmas time was written almost 300 years ago in 1741. it's recognized throughout the world as it proclaims that christ is the king of kings and lord of lords. this song written by george handle was once sung in the presence of the king of england. king george. when he heard the words, he stood. now, it was custom in incorporate gland when the king king -- england when the kin

they are men of the afar tribes who make their living from the salt they extract from the danakil saltts. the salt that is pulled out here is transported all across ethiopia. the salt forms a layer over a kilometer thick, deep under the ground. even now the danakil lowlands blesses us humans with a valuable gift. in the northern part of the danakil desert tow airs volcano with a scorching lava lake. this is erta ale. fierce volcanic activity has been going on here for over 100 years, attracting the attention of scholars from around the world. ♪ as we approach the mountain, the lava covering the ground makes our progress a lot rougher. erta ale has tremendous power, spewing out lava over a great distance. we arrive at the village that will serve as the base camp. it is a four-hour walk from here to the summit where the lava lake is located. it is now three hours since we started walking. only a little further until we reach the crater. the lava rock beneath our feet is clearly starting to change. there are distinctive shapes which resemble crashing waves. actually, only three months ear

show you some very devastating pictures from pakistan the normally unseen results of striking from afar then president obama continued his iraq victory tour by speaking at fort bragg today and telling the troops welcome home or just because john soltz who just returned from iraq will ask him what kind of a country he thinks we've left behind are not all that morphine and i could have a dose of happy hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. all right so as i just mentioned time magazine which nobody really reads in a war except for when they come out with this one issue finally said who their person of the year winner is and i was a little less vague that one time when they just named you but was still a gigantic group of people fighting for different causes around the world they all got lumped together. time magazine has just announced its annual pick for person of the year someone who for better or worse has done the most to impact our lives over the past year and this year's winner is. the protester as they've done a handful of times before editors chose

♪ ♪ ♪ wise men came from afar ♪ they came following that star ♪ ♪ they saw where the babe was born. ♪inga ti beto. ♪ ♪ noel! noel! ♪ jesu me kwisa ku zinga ti beto. ♪ [all exclaim joyously] ♪ noel! noel! ♪ jesu me kwisa ku zinga ti beto. ♪ ♪ noel! noel! ♪ jesu me kwisa ku zinga ti beto. ♪ ♪ noel! noel! ♪ jesu me kwisa ku zinga ti beto. ♪ ♪ noel! noel! ♪ jesu me kwisa ku zinga ti beto. ♪ ♪ kana nge zola ku zaba mwana. ♪ ♪ nge fwiti kwisa ku fukama. ♪ kana nge zola ku zaba mwana. ♪ ♪ nge fwiti kwisa ku fukama. ♪ noel! noel! ♪ jesu me kwisa ku zinga ti beto. ♪ ♪ noel! noel! ♪ jesu me kwisa ku zinga ti beto. ♪ ♪ noel! noel! ♪ jesu me kwisa ku zinga ti beto. ♪ ♪ noel! noel! ♪ jesu me kwisa ku zinga ti beto. ♪ [handbell choir and orchestra play] [instruments only; no vocals] [instruments only; no vocals] [instruments only; no vocals] ♪ ♪ [resonant, sustained tone of the bells] [playing softly] ♪ o yule full of gladness ♪ and cheer and delight, ♪ we welcome you now ♪ with our singing. ♪ our hearts open wide ♪ to the brilliance of light ♪ from heaven to earth you are bringing. ♪ ♪ we merrily

is there a way, especially those that might be absentee that on businesses from afar but are managedurious if there is any data on the reality? >> for the licenses, the license itself, they will have to be a review of that. for the businesses, this will help us because for the business certificate that they have to maintain through the city, there might be a site in the city that is one location, but if they are a large corporation, we might be sending something back to the york. -- new york. supervisor mirkarimi: that is where the risk is where they are less responsive, going to p.o. boxes instead of specific addresses. that has been the charge for the city to collect in a more compliant away. >> if they are more than 30 days delinquent, by operation of law, there permit expires. supervisor mirkarimi: i think i agree with the notion of on line, whatever we can do to make it more accessible and customer friendly, a wholeheartedly support that. supervisor chu: i understand there is no budget report, if there are no questions, what the three open items up for public comment? >> i am th

. >> it is america able to exert any influence from afar? >> sure. we have been a part of that region forever. we will continue to be. we have friends in that area. we have tremendous intelligence- collecting committed -- intelligence-collecting capabilities. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, mary christmas. >> when nato aircraft killed two dozen soldiers in pakistan last month, what went wrong? the pentagon said it was communication problems with train the two sides. the pakistani contingent says that the investigation a short on facts. it will take more than this report to ease the already strained relations. >> it was an attack that shocked pakistan, all the more because it was perpetrated by an ally. 24 pakistani soldiers were killed in an aerial bombardment at a border post by nato forces. for the first time washington confesses that those forces made a series of mistakes. >> the loss of life, the lack of proper coordination between u.s. and pakistani forces contributed to those losses. we express our deepest regrets. we further express save

. >> if it's me, if i can enjoy it from afar and not have to pay that power bill, i'm all for it. >> ditto. >> thanks so much. president oh beau obama fighting for his reelection. >> do you think you'll have it down to 8%? >> it's a deal that could help save the euro, prevent a global recession and help business here in the u.s. so why is britain the loan holdout? and we get to see for the first time beginning early tomorrow morning. >> and it is amazing. we have the clear skies tonight which means you have to take a good look up in the sky first thing tomorrow morning. more on the eclipse as eyewitness news continues on the cw. taking a toll on president obama's approval ratings. a new cbs news poll shows he s >>> the economy is taking a toll on president obama's approval ratings. a new cbs news poll shows he has his work cut out for him if he wants to be reelected. 46% disapprove of the job mr. obama is doing. 44% approve. the president believes he can bring unemployment numbers down by next year's election. >> do you think you might have the unemployment rate down to 8% by the tim

. >> they view us as specializing in noncombat warfare, the ability to strike from afar without putting as much of our forces in direct jeopardy and contact. they talk for our ability for our cruise missiles, stealth bombers, carrier battle groups to reach out and touch someone if you will. >> does china feel it's disadvantaged from the united states by reason the of the fact we have more space command, more satellites in space, the satellites are more sophisticated, spacecraft superior to theirs, do they feel at a tragic disadvantage? >> next they do. >> they do. however, at the international conferences china has been very outspoken for over a decade declaring that space should not be militarized, correct? >> yes. >> and it deplores the militarization of space, correct? >> correct. >> although it's quite clear that they're going down the military track to at least not be in a position of disadvantage to the united states, is that correct? >> they are moving down the track of wanting to ensure their own ability to use space in event of conflict. whether or not that's quite the same thi

. >> it is america able to exert any influence from afar? >> sure. america is over the horizon. we have been a part of the region forever. we have friends in the area. we have tremendous intelligence- collecting capabilities. we have a very large military presence as well. the short answer is yes, and multiple fonts. >> thank you very much. >> thank you and very christmas. >> when nato aircraft killed two dozen pakistani soldiers near the afghan border last month, what went wrong? according to the pentagon, it was a combination of a lack of trust and communication errors. pakistan says that the investigation is short on facts and it is clear that will take more than a report to placate the pakistani opinion and ease badly strained relations. >> it was an attack that shocked pakistan, all the more because it was perpetrated by an allied. 24 pakistani soldiers were killed in an aerial bombardment at a border post by nato forces. for the first time washington now confesses that those forces made a series of mistakes. >> the loss of life, the lack of proper coordination between u.s.

crowd like was expected but he did go around and really talk to people it looked a little bit from afar like some kind of campaigning really and what he did say was that if he becomes president he would dissolve this this state duma and call for new elections we also saw former finance minister alexis accouterments speak to the crowd he spoke officially on stage and he called for people who were involved in the so-called vote rigging to be brought to justice and called for a snap elections in terms of the parliament well as soon as we saw protests which happened in almost immediately after the vote some of them sanctions others unsanctioned we heard reaction from both president medvedev and prime minister putin saying that protests are encouraged in terms of people coming out and voicing their demands and that's important for russia's political development and important that people are politically active as long as it stays within the law but we also just two days before this rally heard from president medvedev a proposal about some mass reforms to russia's political system disease cent

pocketed it they stashed it in swiss bank accounts they bought new yachts so they could watch from afar just how bad this great depression was screw the ninety nine percent of us who aren't c.e.o.'s on wall street. so they could watch millions of americans lose their jobs their homes and watch one point six million children who through no choice of their own are now living in a homeless shelter a car or just on the side of the street you know how much it cost these banks to renegotiate the terms of all the nation's underwater mortgages something that would instantly stop the foreclosure crisis it would cost us seventy one billion dollars less than half of the fat paychecks and bonuses that they plan to pay themselves this year less than half they could give every homeowner in america who's underwater a break of five hundred forty three dollars a month enough to keep their families in their homes and still hand themselves eighty five billion dollars in pay and bonuses far more than banks was made back before reaganomics brought us all this and as far as those one point six million kids w

i watched her career in politics from afar, but from the first "see jane run" campaign when she was running for the board of education here. you one by one of the largest margins or highest vote-getter. it was it the highest vote- getter here, which is absolutely incredible. it was a relief fractious campaign. people mobilize and i think people came out to vote for her because of what they saw in her in terms of her leadership qualities, her real commitment to communities, to san francisco, to change. as soon as we landed on san francisco, i knew i wanted to involve jane. she is someone i respect tremendously, though has a great store -- sorry, who is really committed to just people. people in general, and making sure that the government is doing right by communities, making sure that the people that are here to serve them are actually serving them. with no further ado, i would like to introduce you to supervisor jane kim. [applause] them a first of all, it is such an honor for me to be here tonight. i saw the release team list of grantees that are here today. i feel honored to be here to t

crowd like was expected but he did go around and really talk to people it looked a little bit from afar like some kind of campaigning really and what he did say was that if he becomes president he would dissolve this this state duma and call for new elections we also saw former finance minister alexei couture in speak to the crowd he spoke officially on stage and he called for people who were involved in the so-called of vote rigging to be brought to justice and calls for a snap elections in terms of the parliament but really the most common thing we're hearing today is that people will continue to come out onto the streets until their demands are met and the next protest is already being there are rumors circulating around that it's already been planned for the end of january. but what about the government is it ready to meet the people's demands what's been the kremlin response so far. well as soon as we saw a protest which happened almost immediately after the vote some of them sanctions others unsanctioned we heard reaction from both president medvedev and prime minister putin sayin

then in a twinkle the great northern star, all the space nicks came from near and afar. was unick and munich and plutnik and my, there must have been thousands that popped from the sky. saint nick was amazed and astonished to see so many creatures dressed exactly as he. the colors of these space nicks were grand to behold. some even flashed like sequins of gold. they had sacks of toys, all different and gay and many kinds of games for the children to play. there were moon dolls and boon dolls and hobos from space and a different kind of candy with an all-around taste. the space nicks worked quickly in venus's short night, and christmas shined wondrously before morning's bright light. venick looked out on moon stars and christmas's grand theme and wondered moreover is this but a dream? with joy in his heart for this gift so dear, venick thanked his new friends, you saved christmas this year. so when they departed and said their good-byes, there were hugs of goodness and tears in their eyes. well, since that time, many christmases went by, and santa claus saw no more pie i

cover elections and cover protests and and kind of be really in the thick of it here in moscow not afar telling the story about russia from outside of russia but being in the center of it all. parties in this and every day right up to new year we'll bring you a personal view from more of our team of international correspondents who brought you some of the biggest news stories and what's so the be very big news year twenty eleven if you missed any as well they're available to watch right now at our team dot com twenty seven is posted exactly business from moscow next. hello welcome to the business program while a number of western economies are drowning in debt russia is on a course to post a one percent budget surpluses share how to pray new year holiday meeting of the gulf prime minister putin emphasized the improvements that have been made away from the energy sector in those. oil and gas deficit narrowed which is a very positive factor in improving our economy it shows that the effort to diversify is bearing fruit it will be around nine point eight percent of g.d.p. which is almost t

. >> in all five women have accused cain of sexual misconduct, one of a decade-along afared, cain has now amitted to the affair which he kept secret from his wife. >> on our facebook page, people say: >> former penn state defensive coordinator jerry sandusky is speaking out on camera. he spoke to "new york times" reporter for four hours. >> he answered questions about the allegations he sexually abused young boys. >> reporter: jerry sandusky says the allegations against him are false. the former penn state defensive coach answered questions on camera for the first time in an interview with "the new york times." sandusky said former head coach joe paterno never came to him about any inappropriate behavior with young boys. >> i don't know he didn't know. i know he didn't -- never said nothing me. i know that. >> he told the times reporter that assistant coach mike mcqueary did not see him rape a young boy in the team showers because it didn't happen. sandusky failed to clarify the infamous remark he made in a phone interview about being sexually attracted to underage boys. >> if i say,

some looked impressive from afar, but i couldn't help but wonder if they were just for show. really people living inside? i couldn't get access to find out. we also went to the national library, where they have lots of less than state of the art computers, also have a computer room where folks could listen to their favorites. i was surprised by some of them. who would have thought, governor, we're here at a library in north korea, and kenny rogers. how are you? i had some fun when i saw the north korean girls national ice hockey team jogging outside the national ice rink. we're running, we're running. everybody is looking good. i couldn't help but join them with my hand-held camera shooting away. wolf blitzer, cnn, north korea. >> our breaking news coverage on the death of north korean leader kim jong il continues in a moment. stay with us. [ indistinct talking on radio ] [ tires screech ] [ crying ] [ applause ] [ laughs ] [ tires screech ] [ male announcer ] your life will have to flash by even faster. autodrive brakes on the cadillac srx activate after rain is detected to

. >> reporter: it's one thing to read about military history, and another to see it from afar. there's nothing like the experience of walking the plank. >> it's got a soul of her own. you get to see it every day. >> reporter: the docks of richmond have become the temporary home of "uss iowa." after two decades, the ship is undergoing restoration here before heading to los angeles to become a floating museum. there's plenty of work before the ship's final trek. 60,000 square feet of wood deck needs replacing. decades of neglect. >> we are breathing life back into it. make it a living memorial, not just a silent museum. >> reporter: for the members of the pacific battleship center, work is a labor of love. >> we have this gigantic passion for the ship and think it's important that she be saved. >> reporter: the iowa was christened in 1943, fought in world war ii and has a scar from a japanese shell to prove it. >> think of the number of people that came through it. the kids' lives were changed. >> reporter: plenty of faces pressed against the gates to look in. now, the gates will

christ's birth made the angels rejoice and attracted shepherds and kings from afar.s a manifestation of god's love for us. he grew up to become a leader with a servants heart who taught us a message as simple as it is powerful that we should love god and love our neighbor as ourselves. that teaching has come to encircle the globe. it is endured for generations. today, it lies at the heart of my christian faith and that of millions of americans. no matter who we are, and this holiday season, let us reaffirm our commitment to each other as family members, neighbors, as americans regardless of our color or creed or faith. let us remember that we are one. we are family. on behalf of malia, sasha, michelle and our grandmother-in-chief marian, i wish you all the happiest holiday season, the merriest of christmas, god bless you all and god bless the united states of america. [ applause ] >> with that, i'm going to invite the entire obama clan up here to light the christmas tree. i need some help. there's a lot of technical aspects to this. come on, guys. [ cheers and applau