the figures represent the holidays from around the globe, even italy, and even year joyce byers designsmited edition character. this year it's st. nicolas. >> st. nicolas is, of course, the patron saint of children. we feel very attached to st. nicolas. >> reporter: when we called to see the caroller, buyers tells us she was surprised we were even interested. >> i am, in our st. nicolas. >> reporter: she's not expecting the pontiff to stop by her show room. >> i think that would be asking too much. >> reporter: it wouldn't be unheard of, byers has a signed papal blessing from john paul ii and a lot of pictures with world leaders. >> this is margaret thatcher, mother teresa. >> reporter: byers hopes those visiting may come in and do christmas shopping, but if this is what you're after, you have to hurry, because only 100 are being sold. what if the pope was to say, hey, we'd like to put one in the vatican. >> we'd just pass out. >> reporter: but, of course, she would supply one. >> he seems like a really wonderful person. i think they probably all are, but there's just something a little

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byers is recognized for his question. >> thank you, mr.irman. , ithe spirit of fairness want to say the the jordan of title of the -- the pejorative title of the hearing, i think it is unquestionable that the epa was very far from the first mover of the heavy water wastewater. it is untenable that the epa is solely responsible for this spell. sense to say -- the epa was only at the site because of the problem of contaminated wastewater release. blaming them for the larger problem of wastewater release is blaming firefighters for a force fire. gallons were released august 5, as we heard, millions of gallons are released every week. i would like to think that the larger impact to the navajo nation is all of the lax releases that mayor brookie talked about. kennedy,count of the there are 23 pages up on the internet. i have yet to hear any resistance from mr. stanislas about not being willing to come forward with any transparency that is being requested. yet we have a suggestion that the epa is withholding. we want to hold people responsible,

. >> off screen taraji, trai byers, jussie smollett and gray are a tight night kind of fami family. >t know if they come to me to solve their problems because i got lot of problems of my own, but we are very close. >> we trust each other and love each other so much because of that right there is set the tone for us being able to truely be open in our acting but also, you know, adlibs. all that stuff. >> yeah. >> taraji's own son marcel is just 20 so slipping into the mom roll it comes naturally. >> i care about these boys. i love -- ooh shouldn't say boys. young men because they're my boys. they're my boys. but, you know, i care about them a great deal. i've met their mothers, you know, i feel a responsibility as a mother more so than as an actor. >> it means really keeping tabs on them at a time when quick success and big bucks can easily leader to trouble. >> i check on my boys because, you know, jussie and particularly yaz brashear because he's so young and so new to the industry and, upping, getting all this money and i'm always what you spending your money on? you buy property? y

joining me now and making his debut as cnn senior reporter for politics dylan byers in simi valley thismorning. welcome. >> it's a privilege and pleasure to be your colleague. >> this wednesday you are out there at the debate site, the candidates who haven't been polling as well are on at 6:00 p.m. eastern time and the higher ranking candidates will be on at 8:00. you wrote a lot about this this summer, the hand-wringing about the two-tiered fox debate. this time we're not hearing much complaining. have the candidates accepted their fates at this point? >> you have to think about it. how many candidates do we have left on the undercard stage now and how relevant are they? we have 11 candidates in the main event. rick perry who has recently dropped out of the race. i wouldn't be surprised if, by the time we get to the next republican debate we don't even have enough candidates to have an undercard debate. >> that's interesting. rick perry dropping out on friday. you wonder if the debate was part of the reason why, knowing the debate was coming. this week donald trump suggested that the p

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dillon byer, cnn's new reporter, welcome to the network. >> thank you for having me. >> brian stalterf re"liable sources" and buck sexton, skrn political commentator. good to have you all here. dillon, you first. nbz announced today that arnold schwarzenegger is going to fill the spot of next celebrity host of "the apprentice." he's a former governor of california and a huge movie star, as well. what in the world is going on here? >> what's going on is the sort of blending of politics and entertainment that's been happening for a very long time. you could argue it's been happening since nixon debated jfk in 1960s. but now, it's coming to a head where the line between media politics almost doesn't exist any more and that explains donald trump's rise in the polls and it explains the way entertainers can go into politics and politicians can go into entertainment and that is so much more true now than it even was when reagan ran back in the 80s. and, you know, that just might be the new reality we're dealing with in politics and in entertainment. >> all right. i'm glad you see that becaus

the president said that himself -- >> our pledge of allegiance will be led by melissa byers, student body president at the high school. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands: one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> our national anthem with the song by miss south carolina 2013, brooke. ♪ oh, say, can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ thro' the perilous fight ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched ♪ were so gallantly streaming ♪ and the rockets red glare ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ gave proof through the night ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ andthe home of the brave? [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your senator, tim scott. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you. goodness gracious. i tell you what, i would like to say that i draw a crowd, my goodness gracious. [cheers

congressman don byer from a district in virginia result elected congressmen but with a diverse backgroundhed individual as anyone in this area knows i think across the country as well come extraordinary successful businessman in this area for many years, lieutenant governor of virginia during most of the 1990s, involved in that period of time among his finest acknowledgments the most important were legislation initiatives concerning disabled individuals and also managing welfare reform as it was carried out in the 1990s, remains engaged in a lot of issues concerning the disadvantaged after leaving office and then became president obama's ambassador to switzerland and liechtenstein in the first obama term before becoming the elected representative just across the river in virginia where he represents alexandria, arlington, falls church and much of fairfax county which means much of the air in and around where the pentagon is located as well as many other federal workers. see you can see the logic of our asking these two gentlemen to begin the conversation today. we don't want to talk as i

byers, recognized for his question. >> thank you, chairman. with respect and in the spirit of fairness, i would like to say i object to the per joeshtive and accusative title of the hearing. i think it's been very clear from the testimony today that the epa was very far from being the first mover in the release of the heavy metal wastewater. it's an untenable stretch to say the epa is solely responsible for this spill. it makes no sense to compare deep water horizon to this spill. there's tens of thousands, perhaps millions of difference in order of size and impact. the epa was only at the site because it was concerned about the decade's-long problem of contaminated wastewater release. and blaming the epa is like blaming firefighters for the forest fire. 3 million began lons were released on august 5th. 3 million gallons are released every week, year in and year out. i'm very concerned about what dr. benn's testified to, impact on the navajo nation. all the gray releases and black releases and others that mayor brooky talked about about. on th

byer, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman.i'd like to thank you for sitting here patiently, capably answering all of these questions. i'm just -- and i'd also like to thank representative lamas for raising the whole issue of the bullworks and changing the hi hydrology. when the bullworks went into a consent degree, and there's problems still out there. i'm just amazed that all of these people, all of this attention to attack the epa over a completely accidental release of 3 million gallons of mine wastewater when 330 million gallons of acid river drainage are flowing into cement creek and animus river every year. 3 million gallons on august 5th and the same water sieve gets 3 million gallons every three or four days. we've heard today there's at least 161,000 hard rock abandoned mines around the country. u.s. forest service estimates 5,000 to 10,000 miles of rivers and streams contaminated with acid mine drainage just from hard rock abandoned mine lands located on usfs lands. it seems to me the huge elephant in this room is al

good to see you dillon byers.day when this news showed up. >> did it surprise you? >> id did not. well it did and it didn't. i think it probably took you the same way. >> his name wasn't on the short list. >> but it makes sense. >> he's recognized. a worldwide name. he's recognized in so many countries. a business sensibility because he's been so successful and made millions at the box office without being a businessman per se. and we have a reality show star trying to become president at the same time a former governor is becoming a reality show star. >> stop it. you are scrambling my brain, brian. but isn't that just the point? are all just extras no in this weird noo reality show called the presidential race? >> over time politics and entertainment, politics and media, these two fields have been blending. you can argue it goes -- certainly it goes as far back as the whole clinton scandal and the 24 hour cable news cycle around that and you can argue it goes all the way back to 1960 when nixon refused to wear ma