engineer amy lo explained the challenge. >> lo: in my mind, the biggest engineering challenge was tong the optics, the mirrors, and the instruments on webb. how do you build something big, but lightweight? >> pelley: the sun-shield keeps webb cold and dark. any infrared heat from the sun or earth would blind the telescope. the five layers are made of gossamer sheets, not unlike mylar birthday balloons. >> lo: the layer facing the sun is layer one, and layer one reaches about 230 degrees fahrenheit. so, a pretty warm oven. like, if you wanted to cook a meringue, or something. >> pelley: and on the telescope side? >> lo: on the telescope side, it gets to negative 370 degrees fahrenheit. >> pelley: there's a roughly 600-degree difference! >> lo: there is. >> pelley: between one side of the heat shield and the other. >> lo: yes, it's amazing that it's able to do this with nothing more than these layers. >> pelley: the engineering is amazing. but, the science may reveal the universe. since the beginning, the big bang, the arrow of time has flown nearly 14 billion years. webb may see all t

. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "los salieris de charly" by argentine folksinger leÓn gieco. used by gabriel boric and his eltoral campaign. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we turn now to chile, where celebrations are continuing after gabriel boric's presidential victory on sunday. the 35-year old leftist is a former student leader who is set to become chile's youngest president. he easily defeated the far right-wing candidate josÉ antonio kast, winning over 55% of the vote. boric has vowed to fight for progressive social reforms and overhaul the neoliberal economic policies left by the u.s.-backed dictatorship of general augusto pinochet. boric's election comes after two years of massive peaceful demonstrations over inequality, high cost of living, and privatization. on sunday, gabriel boric addressed supporters in santiago. >> chileans, receive this made it with humility and a tremendous sense of responsibility. weave an enormous challenge. i know in the coming years, the future of our country is at sta

amy: a nosotros nos encanta. queremos siempre apoyar a la comunidad. estamos muy felices de estar aquÍ. luis: que les trajeron a losagram, mantente informado y revivir segmentos favoritos en despierta amÉrica.com. la app univisiÓn y nuestra pÁgina de youtube. carlos: esta tradiciÓn que es un mexicano. " maratÓn guadalupe reyes" es la primer fiesta el 12 de diciembre. luego viene el perÍodo difÍcil. entre navidad y aÑo nuevo. luego viene aÑo nuevo y luego la tienes que seguir hasta dÍa de reyes magos. el 5 de enero. si lo logras te llevas un premio. despuÉs viene el mÁs difÍcil. " el maratÓn reyes guadalupe" si logras hacer eso te ponen un monumento. maity: el 15 de enero celebramos mi cumpleaÑos. los que estÁn celebrando por todo lo alto. es un grupo que queremos muchÍsimo. .camila para esta Época de navidad lanza un nuevo sencillo. que se llama " navidad sin ti" carlos: esta padrÍsimo la canciÓn. >> camila canta a la ausencia quedÓ de mÁs en esta Época de fiesta. a travÉs de " navidad sin ti" ç hice lo que pude ♪ quise quedarme. >> en esta Época del aÑo muchas personas van a pasar la navidad sin un ser querido. ♪

santa barbara, even los angeles, amy, as we kick off christmas eve going to be super rainy. >> wow. know and plan ahead for it. ginger, thank you very much. >>> turning now to kellogg's workers ending their 11-week long strike after ratifying a tentative new contract with the cereal giant. let's go to alex perez with all of the latest details for us. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, amy. after weeks of back and forth and the company even threatening to replace those striking workers, a deal has finally been reached. the union representing some 1,400 kellogg's employees and the company have reached a new five-year agreement. the new deal gives employees at the cereal and snack making company new health benefits and a cost of living raise at the kellogg's four plants in michigan, tennessee and pennsylvania. they will get a $1.10 raise with new hires making $24.11 an hour. none of the plants will be closed for at least the next five years. amy? >> alex, thank you. >>> coming up next, tips from medical experts on reducing your risk of covid when you gather the holidays. >>

k prime minister bars johnson has called on lo, celebrating the need to get tested for corona virus as ami cron spreads across the country. people to be cautious and sensible. hundreds of homes have been destroyed in the us state of colorado. after wildfire, driven by high winds and gulf to town from the denver is being described as a life threatening situation. tens of thousands of people have been told to leave their homes. the us and russian presidents have spoken for the 2nd time this month to be, to de escalate tensions over the ukraine turbine and repeated the threat of sanctions . if moscow invades, letting me approach and responded that such a move could lead to a complete breakdown of ties between the countries. and more than $100.00 were hinge refugees who spent almost a month of drift at sea in a damaged bars. and now in quarantine in indonesia, the group made up of mostly women and children was allowed to do some back and change. they will be moved into temporary housing. one's health checks have been completed. indonesia initially planned to turn the boat away, but allowed it

nominees include los angeles mayor eric garcetti and university of pennsylvania president amy dutton.ve coverage begins at 10 a.m. on c-span, online at c-span.org or full coverage on c-span now, our new video app. >> this morning, president biden's nominee to be fda commissioner, testifies in his confirmation hearing before the senate health committee. watch live beginning at 10 eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org or watch full coverage on c-span now, our new video app. .. >> next, democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut talks about congressional war powers including legislation he and others are working on to protect this authority and avoid executive branch overreach. this is from the cato institute.

amy: i want to turn to and from -- excerpt from her 19 on a nice beach at the los angeles public library she talks about her conception of love and her book. >> when i go and i talk a little bit about the question of love, people will start saying to me, oh, i hope you're not going to lose that critical edge, that during -- you know, angry voice that we had in all the other writings. and i say to them, that is exactly what i think about the question of love that you talk about love and to talk about the big question of why choose love and why our nation has to choose love again as one of the ethical values driving our daily lives is in fact to be doing that which is courageous and daring and enormously difficult to do, precisely because of that profound trivialization of our love in our culture. we might do well to not just problemitize gender and race but also talk about what brings us together. what kinds of yearnings do we share across all of those things? it seems to me the desire to live and be loved is one of those yearnings people share irrespective of class, race, sexual preferen

los angeles. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: and good morning, amy.x and the city"'s latest chapter "and just like that." as he denies the allegations that have surfaced, his career is in serious jeopardy. this morning as chris noth faces allegations of sexual assault the tv drama "the equalizer" firing him. cbs and universal television saying in a statement, chris noth will no longer film additional episodes of "the equalizer" effective immediately. >> it's different this time. >> reporter: the 67-year-old also reportedly dropped by his talent agency and his viral commercial for peloton pulled. peloton telling abc news the company was unaware of the allegations when he appeared in the ad. with the premiere of the "sex and the city" reboot, "and just like that" just over a week ago he was back in the spotlight. >> depends how spent i am. >> reporter: two women say all the attention surrounding the revival and devise of his character was triggers. they chose to remain anonymous claiming they were sexually assaulted by him. one in los angeles in 2004. t

amy: valentina and her mother came to the u.s. from chile about six months ago. the girl's father, juan pablo orellana, recently reunited with his family in los angeles. at tuesday's press conference, he said -- "it is like my whole heart has been ripped out of my body." in colorado, a gunman went on a shooting spree in several locations around denver monday, killing five people and wounding two others, including a police officer, before he was shot dead by police. witnesses to one of the shootings described a chaotic scene they hid from gunfire in the storeroom of a cell phone store. >> there was probably maybe seven or eight gunshots and then another set of maybe five more. scary. scary this is what goes on nowadays. it is not an uncommon event for there to be public shootgs. it is scary. amy: the gun violence archive has recorded 687 mass shootings in the united states this year alone. a federal judge in washington, d.c., will allow a major january 6 nspiracy casagainst leaders of the faright proud boys organization to proceed. on tsday, distct judge timothy kelly rejected claims by proud ys leader joseph biggs and three other defendants t

amy chi's east coast pizzeria. . they have two games left. first, houston texans at home and then at the los angeles rams. they have to win both these games, and then maybe get some help. they could lose a game, and still win and get into the playoffs. but basically, ian, they need to win these last two games. >> yeah, and they obviously need to win these last two games and i think one of the games coming up tomorrow, on monday night with the saints and the dolphins, you have a young quarterback starting at quarterback for the new orleans saints. they put a lot of wins behind their season this past two weeks, i think they can come out there and possibly do some things for the 49ers and beat the saints. >> yeah, they will be rooting for the dolphins there is no question about it. and listen, as you pointed out, playing monday night football, a quarterback who is not that experienced, that is not an easy task. >> definitely not. i mean, you got a young quarterback out there. obviously, is going to be a hostile environment because they are trying to go to the play offs for a first time in a long time. so the

los angeles, and the current u.s. ambassador to tunisia. >> >> thank you very much. thank you for allowing me to briefly introduce dr. amy gutmann and express my support for her nomination to be the next u.s. ambassador to germany. dr. gutmann, thank you for your willingness to serve in such an important leadership role. s to serve in such an important leadership role. dr. gutmann serves as the president of the university of pennsylvania. before i highlight a few of her many accomplishments, i went took knowledge the different aspects of penn's history. benjamin franklin was one of the u.s.'s must accomplish diplomats he navigated the collocation -- collocated dynamics of european politics to protect our nation's democracy abroad. much has changed but many double medic challenges franklin faced are the same today, including faithfully and ardently defending u.s. interests, even in times of disagreements with allies while maintaining those relationships. we face this challenge today in our relationship with an important european ally, germany. we rely on germany is a major security and trade partner, especially given its

los angeles from fox 11. one of the big stories there tonight. a california woman run as nonprofit making dolls for children who have disabilities or other medical issues. amy it says she produces dolls for kids who do not see themselves on store shelves so it makes them feel better. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report," we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ learning is hard work. hard work requires character. learning begins in faith. it must move upwards toward the highest thing, unseen at the beginning - god. and freedom is essential to learning. its principles must be studied and defended. learning, character, faith, and freedom: these are the inseparable purposes of hillsdale college. (vo) nowadays, business can happen anywhere, anytime. with verizon business unlimited plans, you can get 5g, learning, character, faith, and freedom: truly unlimited data, and more hotspot data. so you can run a bakery from the blue line. ha! cupcake. or collaborate with clients from the concourse. and to get your team geared up with the good stuff, book a one-on-one tech check with a business expert. woo! visit us in store or book an appointment to

los angeles with more on that. good morning to you, kaylee. >> reporter: hey, good morning, amy.ne, and millions of them made a point to outrun the spoilers and run to the theaters making "spider-man: no way home" the most successful film to premiere since the pandemic hit and put it among the biggest opening weekends ever. "spider-man" is swinging into box office history. >> hello, peter. >> reporter: after only three days in theaters, "spider-man: no way home" is already the highest grossing film of this year, and last. >> dude! >> dude! >> dude! >> reporter: exclusively in theaters, it's the biggest opening weekend of the covid era by a long shot, raking in $253 billion domestically. no other film during the pandemic has topped $100 million a weekend. "spider-man" did that in a single day. add in the film's massive totals overseas and it's the third biggest worldwide opening of all-time. >> it's not just huge numbers for pandemic times. it's cementing all-time box office records. >> reporter: the final chapter in the trilogy starring tom holland sending die-hard marvel fans ra