it was called chaplin mania. it continues a century later. >> our freeze frame tonight is the image of the stay. it is the journalist christiano mapor closing her program with a plea to egypt to free al jazeera's staff, our colleagues held in detention. it's a sign of solidarity in a competitive world of tv journalistism. people all over the world are posting the same call online speaking out in support of global freedom of the press. from all of us here, free aj's staff. the headlines are coming up next. >> welcome to al jazeera america. here are the top stories. another winter storm is blanketing the u.s. with heavy snow, ice and rain. the midwest felt the brunt of the system, and now it is headed to the north-east. more than 100 million americans are under a winter weather alert. america's future in afghanistan was a topic of a close door meeting with president obama and top military advisors. barack obama wants hamid karzai to sign off on a deal to leave a few u.s. troops in the region to train local forces i

charlie chaplin, now novelist. a short fiction was pulled together from manu scripts found amongst pages of archives. >> to find something new produced by chaplin is re-examinered. there kapt be that many times more that will happen. the pages were full of scribbles, changes. and took experts years to reveal. >> the novel was the basis for his film "lime light." it was hugely successful and was the last great film. it's a deep reflection in the relationship between the artist and his own art. >> the film deal with the issues. the book goes deeper into the jight mares and shadows. >> many of charlie chaplin's movies were filmed. he never forgot where he came from. >> the film was set in loipd and royalty -- loipd, and roilty -- london and royalty attended. it coincides with a 100 year anniversary. >> everywhere was crazy by the character. two years later, there wasn't anyone in the world that didn't know his name. it was chap lip mania. >> it continues septemberure yeas later. >> it doesn't have an american or briti

. >> consider charlie chaplin. his politics leaned far to the left, too far for many. despite being considered one of the most important filmmakers and artists of all time, chaplin never won an oscar during the height of his career. >> people were black lifted for political views. they had to write under pen names. had to leave the country if they were charlie chaplain. they paid a huge price. while he received an honor for lifetime achievement, it came well into the twilight of his career. >> i could have been a con tender. >> iconic director kazan took the oscar for on the waterfront even after he named names during the anti-communist red scare in the 1950s. but when it came to honor his life's work it wasn't without protest. >> when he won his honorary oscar a number of people in the audience refused to stand when he came out on stage. but if you look at the close recent history of the a cad may awards, most oscar voters have been able to set aside whatever concerns they have about a person's personal behavior and recognize the work. >> and that holds true. at least

chaplin, whodavid happened to be a methodist "i shall had chosen see the goodness of the lord in the land of the living." that was the little program for camp david that we can. -- that weekend. so i use that for our bible verse in our first christmas card, because that is what i think we saw. we saw americans lined up to give of themselves by lining up to give blood after september 11. >> how do you think you grew or changed in the role of first lady after 9/11? >> i guess what happens to a lot of people is you grow just because you are strong. you already were strong. and i was and george is. i did not know that, maybe. i did not know the kind of emotional strength i had and physical, really. physical strength that i had, the stamina that i had that i knew george had, but i was not so sure i had. grew is theway i way that i found out that i had that strength and that i could go on. not only go on, but go on and help any way i could, the people that were around me and the people that were affected, the families that lost somebody on september 11 or our whole country as we came to te

and our camp david chaplin, who happened to be a methodist minister, had chosen "i shall see the goodnessf the lord in the land of the living." that was the little program for camp david that weekend. so i use that for our bible verse in our first christmas card, because that is what i think we saw. we saw americans lined up to give of themselves by lining up to give blood after september 11. >> how do you think you grew or changed in the role of first lady after 9/11? >> i guess what happens to a lot of people is you grow just because you are strong. you already were strong. and i was and george is. i did not know that, maybe. i did not know the kind of emotional strength i had and physical, really. physical strength that i had, the stamina that i had that i knew george had, but i was not so sure i had. i think the way i grew is the way that i found out that i had that strength and that i could go on. not only go on, but go on and help any way i could, the people that were around me and the people that were affected, the families that lost somebody on september 11 or our whole country as

served in this capacity for decades, we miss danny now in his retirement but we are fortunate to have chaplinow with his voice, the closest thing to the voice of god that we will here on this earth. the senate prayer breakfast is a tradition that has endured for more than 65 years. in so many ways it exemplifies 133:1. behold how good and doesn't it ren to dwell together in unity. ladies and gentlemen, my brother and colleague senator bob casey. [applause] >> thank you, roger. good morning, mr. president, first lady michelle obama and mr. vice president and distinguished guests, here in the united states and around the world. we are honored by your presence and grateful to have it in the prayer breakfast and the senate with roger wicker. it is a time for one day a week for about an hour for us to come together in prayer and fellowship but it is also a time to express gratitude. as my mother would say, to count your blessings. sometimes we don't do that enough. i hope it is, and for many of us it is a time when aware reminded of our obligations. it is a great hymn entitled "we are called" and