itis considered the precursor to the oscars with more champaign. they hand out top honors to the best in tv and in film. cnn entertainment correspondent michelle turner has a preview. >> it is going to be splendid. >> filled with surprises. slightly ghetto. >> tina fey and amy poehler aren't just hosting an awards show, mer emceeing the biggest party of the year. just ask anyone who attended in the past. >> when i was there, people had a good time. >> i went last year with all the ladies from "the help." we drank a lot of champaign. >> they want us drunk for some reason. >> it's a way to celebrate how hard it is to survive in the business. >> reporter: being recognized for your work is another. awards are handed out to some of the best in television and movies. >> now, now, now. >> reporter: now appears to be the time for steven spielberg's lincoln. it leads the way in the drama categories with seven nominations including best motion picture, best actor and supporting actress, sally field. >> joining lincoln are "argo" "life of pi" and "zero dark t

a box of wine, some champaign. >> and towards the end, he claims and appears to be pretty darn drunk.> who smokes bucks -- who smokes boxed wine? me. >> does this really work? is he really, really doing this? does that -- or -- it just seems crazy. >> the idea of vaporizing alcohol really isn't anything new. it's been around for a while pap device online called the vapor -- a little cocktail glass that warms up over a candle, and that, also, in a similar way, vaporizes the alcohol out of the beverage that it's in. >> the whole point of this is just to get drunk. people who enjoy alcohol for the taste, for the flavor, this is all about the high and that is terrifying. >> if want to get drunk without the calories -- then i suggest you start smoking some alcohol. >> i've got a couple of videos for you of older gentlemen doing whatever the heck they want. >> these fella, neighbors, and it's rubbage day in the uk and they can't decide which side of the street the trash should really go on. >> arguing over what rubbage should be on what side of the road. should it be outside his house or ou

police reported the 19 year-old died after he was shot to death in the 4500 block of south champaign no one is in custody and 12 other people have been shot in the city since midnight last night a man and woman were shot around for in the morning the woman hit in the thigh and the man in the back, no one was arrested in any of the 12th shootings. chicago sought a total of 506 homicides in 2012 which is an increase of almost 16% from the years before. gary mccarthy helped make an arrest in the austin neighborhood. all around 130 this morning he helped officers pull over a vehicle in the area. the police department says that mccarthy goes on patrols pretty frequently and so does every member of the command staff. it wasn't mccarthy's first arrest. calls for legalizing same-sex marriage are picking up with our live outside holy name cathedral. francis cardinal george is making a very hot topic in catholic churches as well he wants parishioners to track down the local law makers to make sure that cybill unions do not come to illinois. the church is weighing in with no time to waste. past

first some male, champaign, illinois, your talking points summed up the current status of the countrythe president is accumulating more power and people are the not paying attention. >> and michael stapleton, min ams. -- minneapolis. and why don't you tell two wars and tax cuts run up the 16 trillion dollar web make, get off the websites, maybe that would be a good thing for you. the wars are a factor in the debt, but entitlement spending is overwhelmingly driving. mr. obama had two years of a democratic congress which drove the wild spending. sorry to upset you with the facts. rosemarie nicholson of new jersey, what took you so long. too bad you didn't talk about obama's agenda to socialize the country before the election. now, rose marie, you and the guy from minneapolis are the same mindset. a fair and precise poll, 80% of the factor said that. i did not use words socialism as facts, because that's an opinion. betty santos, albuquerque, new mexico, where does it all end. we have military people coming back home with serious injuries and the taxpayer is being forced to pay a million

here, she can put all of her liquor bottles in here, notice we even got orange and green on the champaignes so we're doing great. color is subjective. everybody has their favorite color. jae is crazy about green and orange but my fear was that there's too much just green and just orange in the room it's going to be retro 70's but not in the good way. so i wanted to bring in some extra color. i got this painting i guess it is. it's almost sculptural. its got all different levels. i got this at z gallery. and what i love about it, is its definitely got the green and the orange but it's also got this rainbow of other colors, which is going to help up tie in extra accessories and textiles throughout the room. so i'm thinking we'll probably hang this painting over the television because here's the deal, we've got that bright green accent wall so we need to carry a little bit of color to the walls that are still white. i think this is going to be the thing. thank god for bob from concord assembly. every week he helps us out so much and this week is no exception. we had a ton of furniture. pretty

don't start popping the champaign just yet. and senate republicans reached a deal. vice president biden went up to capitol hill to sell it to senate democrats. >> happy new year. >> reporter: biden swooped in at the 11th hour to hammer out a way forward to senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. the agreement would permanently extend bush tax cuts to those making under $400,000. and households making under $450,000. raise the estate tax at those valued at more than $5 million and extend unemployment benefits for one year for some 2 million people. and automatic spending cuts that go into effect will be postponed for two months and paid for by other spending cuts. the house could take up the deal tomorrow. taxpayers would have felt the impact of the fiscal cliff immediately. if the deal passes, the average american family would avoid a tax increase of more than $3,400. a white house official said this is a compromise, so we don't love it but it's the right thing to do for the economy. paula and john, back to you. >> both sides

right now, this moment, after the election, after the inauguration, after the balls, after the champaignw we have to focus on protecting. look, the way to deal with the electoral college thing is abolish it. just elect the president. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. that would be a much better process. i think what we need to think about is the fact that the voting rights act, section five stopped, in the last ten plus years, stopped 1,000 diskrim that acts. when people are saying to the court, hey, this is wrong because you are only targeting these states. you account for 80% of all of our litigation. >> stop cutting up. >> exactly. stop discriminating. if you would stop discriminating. you allow latino voters, black voters, allow asian voters, young voters, elderly voters, people with disabilities. if you would stop discriminating. >> one last point, section two applies nationwide. >> yeah. >> let's understand we are not trying to create a punitive system that is focused only on the south. >> this is the moment to have our eyes folks. thank you to bark bra. wayne is going to come ba

adam: enjoying champaigne because it's france. france is that what you say? adam: no, work, drink, take an hour for lunch, and you're done. cheryl: i grew up in the wrong country. adam: fiscal cliff averted, but don't look now, it's preparing for the next fight. the ugly battle over the debt ceiling. cheryl: oh, boy. san jose police in a standoff with a naked man brandishing a samurai sword. only in the west coast minute will you have this story. adam: first a look at today's winners on the nasdaq. ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all onhinkorswim from td ameritrade. ♪ adam: a few minutes on the fox business network. peter barnes breaking down last night's fiscal cliff deal by income. we're hearing from a lot of you wondering what's the deal meaning for you? peter's next, the report coming up at the top of the hour. the

uh, how we've staffed, uh, that we've probably had the best managed champaign, uh, in either the republican the internet as a way to-to, uh, uh, organize across the country. our organizations have built- been built through volunteers. and they're constantly giving us messages and ideas and, uh, that kind of, uh, faith in ordinary people and their ability to... make a difference and have an impact on government. it is a principle that i think i wanna, uh, continue when i'm in the white house. >> [jackson] barack is a very capable man. he's smart. he has integrity. he's passionate and he's tough. you've seen in this campaign he has grown. everyday he just gets stronger. he's a long distance runner. >> [warner] let's bring him out right now. the next president of the united states, barack obama. [crowd cheering wildly] >> [crowd chanting] yes, we can! yes, we can! yes, we can! yes, we can! yes, we can! >> let me-- >> yes, we can! >> let me start by noting, virginia, that this is our last rally. this is the last rally of a campaign that began nearly two years ago. we've gone to every corner of

i grew up northeast of here in champaign, illinois, midway between chicago and st. louis.and adding h2 tended to make life shaping decisions, i had to choose between being a cubs fan and a cardinals fan. all of my friends became cardinal fans and grew up cheerful and liberal. [laughter] i became a gloomy conservative. but not, i stress, gloomy about the long-term prospects of the american republic or the role of religion in it. the second peculiarity is this. america just had a presidential election. its 57th. in which the ticket of one of the major parties did not contain a protestant. this is an event without precedent, and is especially interesting because the ticket, a mormon at a catholic, was put forward by party that is a current choice of a majority of america's evangelical protestants. clearly, regarding religion, the times they are a changing. but then, when are they not in this relentlessly forward looking and forward leaning nation? a third peculiarity is that i am part of this interesting change. i am a member of a cohort that the pew survey calls than none. t