theme, actor tom hardy makes it to the top of a popularity list. >> awards show buzz surrounding daniel day lewisre is rachel smith. >> actor daniel day lewis receive aid golden globe, sa zb. critic's choice nomination for "lincoln". today, yet another recognition. a film festival announced it will give it's montecito award, in january. if lewis goes on to get a oscar it will be a fifth. and if he wins it will be his third. actor tom harding is the year's most-viewed person on imdb. this year, i starred in the rg this means war. the silver lining play book star, jennifer lawrence came in second. now, power couple david and victoria beckham. romo appears in the burberry campaign sutd up for april showers, for more entertainment news go to otrc.com. i'm rachel smith in los angeles. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00 a friend of the connecticut gunman gives insight into the killer. >> and fighting fire with fire. the state thinks it can prevent shoot attacks by arming teachers. >> also, a decision today about possible criminal charges against the mistress and former cia director davidizn petraeus. >

>> lincoln as portrayed by daniel day lewis was a deeply compassionate human being, who understood the people who were both opposed to him and the people who were supporting him and had just a deep, deep kind of communion with all of the issues. and that his patience, which as you know he was widely and broadly criticized for, too slow to come to any decision, too slow to replace mcclellan with general grant, too slow to issue the emancipation proclamation waiting for a great victory on the battlefield at antietem and he was hurtling down through history. in a sense you, you see all sides of him. >> you also see the turmoil. we overlook the fact that there's turmoil inside his house, turmoil inside his union, the new york riots. this is a president that had to stare down enemies on all sides. >> true. >> the other thing that the movie does is that all of these characteristics that lincoln represents, patience, strategic delay, are things that in our society now we would castigate a candidate for you're slow to make decisions, you change your mind all the time. it's one of those -- unfo

star studded of thens at the screening was the movie's director steven spielberg and it starred daniel day lewis who plays lincoln among other cast and crew they both had the honor of privately meeting senate majority leader harry reid the journalist at the event even got journalists tweeting year here a few of them at rebecca berg wrote many more journos at this link in photo op than any fiscal cliff prosser who's covering the news for a.p. one reporter wonders aloud another one ad annie lowrey said details leaking from the hill retreated jonathan weisman there daniel day lewis is not that tall ridiculously skinny has short surprisingly gray hair and then it kind of goes on there meredith shiner tweeted sort of disrespectful to hold recess subject to call a chair for senators who watch movie one gallery sergeant at arms plus cap police have staff have to stay she also said particularly when those are the same people whose holidays might be cut short through no fault of their own that's right the senate require the sergeant at arms and the capitol police to work late for the movie screening now

. >> or ing in daniel day lewis. >> i want to talk about the nrara quickly. on the fiscal cliff, this is friday but the markets did not star pretty. is the business community getting what they deserve? >> actually, a lot of the ceo's have been active in washington trying to broker a deal. that have been verery active and very piscivorous -- >> but a deal on their terms. >> actually not. the ceo's tend to be me morate because they arare just so bloody well feet. if you are jamie dimon, you u can say i can afford to pay more taxes. those guys do n not get affected by these tax hikes quite like the rest of us do. their army of accountants and taxx lawyers prohibit them from paying taxes. >> do you u feel like they are contributing or hurting? >> wdo not have an autocratic government. a lot of these ceo's are used to giving orders and having those orders followed. >> we finally heard friday from the national rifle associatition -- the gun industry. will they keep all of the freedoms that they have now? >> it is very weird when the nra is calling for a lotf spendi

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including best actor for daniel day-lewis. "django unchained" is set in a similar time but different place. many were surprised it has five nominations. >> you are telling me there is a movie company in hollywood right now that is funded by the cia? >> the true story of a dangerous rescue mission in iran also took five nominations, including best drama and director. it is a tight race. , the pundits are leaning toward "clinton -- "lincoln." >> i have seen the movie twice. the first time, you were swept away. the second time, i watched. it would be hard not to remember the performance. it is extraordinary >> the golden globes also award television phones and series. unlike the oscars, they spread the love between us, and best the childmusical >> ♪ as my daughter ♪ >> there is much talk about "les miserables." hugh jackman is up for best actor. the british, the -- british comedy "the best exotic mar igold hotel" also has buzz. nominations are great for renting of the hype in hollywood, where people care more than most, and are p

for example, "lincoln" and daniel day-lewis as best actor. >> i think, yes.eeping, historical movie. and when you combine the fact that it's tony kushner supplying the script and it's spielberg. it's really an extraordinary achievement internationally. it's one of those movies -- you'd think "lincoln's" an american movie, but it's an international phenomenon. >> best actress in a motion picture? >> i think that seeing rachel weisz in "deep blue sea," a movie not many people saw, that was a great surprise. jessica chastane in "zero dark thirty" was someone everybody really expected to see nominated. and helen mirren in "hitchcock," a movie that didn't get particularly good reviews, but boy, what a perfect performance she gave in that. >> is it a pleasant surprise to see "salmon fishing in the yemen"? that was a good movie, but it didn't do well at the box office, but a very sweet movie. >> yes, well, this is -- >> it got a lot of nominations. >> yeah, this is where the hollywood foreign press in dividing movies into drama and musical comedy works in the favor

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i'm trying to go this weekend. >> academy award written all over it. >> daniel day lewis is a shoo-inere first. >>> five days after the newtown tragedy, the president is pledging quick action on a new gun control policy for the country. the president has named vice president joe biden to head a commission, or a task force he's saying, not really a commission, he wants this task force to really look into the issue and turn around action pretty quickly on it. >> and joe biden meets today with police officers on the front lines of gun violence. with more, we're joined by abc's t.j. winick in newtown, connecticut. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and sunny. president obama, of course, gave his administration orders to come up with new proposals to curb gun violence in the wake of last week's deadly shootings here in connecticut. ♪ amazing grace how sweet >> reporter: the tributes in newtown and neighboring communities continued with song and prayer. earlier, some of the students of sandy hook elementary visited their new school for the first time. police officers showed t

aloud at any larry said details leaking from the hill she returned retreat someone there says daniel day lewis is not that tall ridiculously skinny short surprisingly gray hair and meredith shiner tweeted sort of disrespectful to hold recess subject to call of chair for senators to watch a movie when gallery a sergeant at arms plus count police staff have to stay she also said particularly when those are the same people whose home it is night because short through no fault of their own. that's right the center require the sergeant at arms and capitol police to work late for the movie screening now a little background the sergeant at arms is the largest and size of staff and budget in the senate the capitol police officers has a force of about eight hundred but it's uncertain how many of them had to work overtime for this event. so as senators mingle with the stars others at the capitol are working overtime just in time for the holidays meanwhile congress is in broiled in a debate over how to cut the country's deficit which is in the trillions and how to stop the u.s. from falling over the so-c

lincoln leads the pack with seven nods including best drama, best director and nominations for daniel day lewislly field and tommy lee jones. argo got five nominations as well as the jane doe and chained. other nominees are live of high and zero dark 30. the golden globes will be held january 13th with comediennes tina say and amy polar posting. stella had at 7:00 a richmond city employees blowing the whistle on the assistant city manager alleging she is running a private business using city resources. it is a story you only see on kron4. the warriors giving basketball fans and the bay area something to be really excited about. we will have more on the big sucking wind and gary at 745. [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. get breyer's ice cream for $2.88 and dessert will surely shine. make it a grand finale with starbucks just $6.99. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. safewa

best actor drama -- daniel day lewis for "lincoln." gere, john hawks, jauquin phoenix and denzel washington for "flight." so those are the highlights. and for the sake of the commish, do want to point out, for best television drama, "breaking bad" "boardwalk empire" "doubting abby," "homeland" and "the newsroom." just wanted to add that in there. for a show i love that he hates. but we have that ongoing feud. >> i love that clap. how is that jack? >> it's a good show. >> that i hear is great. >> willis and the commish can have a viewing party. >>> great thing happening in new york city last night. they had the sandy benefit. you saw bon jovi, bruce springsteen, everybody collaborating for the victims. but something mick jagger said on stage is a little insensitive. here's what he said. and he's drawing only ire and rage from some people. he said this has to be the largest collection of old english musicians ever assembled in madison square garden. but if it rains in london, you've got to come and help us. so basically comparing hurrica

give daniel day-lewis the academy award right now. >> best animation, call it a draw between "brave"eck-it ralph." most tedious -- "anna karenina." even the book seemed shorter. hottie of the year, channing tatum, although some might say he can't act. >> because he did that stripper movie, right? didn't he? yeah, hello. nice. sure, yeah, sure. bring that. that's good. >> where hell have you been? >> enjoying death. >> and the best run away revival that had everyone talking -- >> i love, love, love the new james bond movie "skyfall." >> did you just say bond? >> lucky 007 blew the doors off the theaters and daniel craig rolled out what many are now calling the best bondage of all time. >> he's the best bond ever. sorry, sean. he's the best bond ever. i will fight somebody over it. i will slap fight an old lady. >> don't go anywhere. the book that gave adult websites a run for their money is just 50 shades away. >> and maybe the mayans should try a swimsuit calendar. "all the best, all the worst" continues. >>> the internet kept growing up this year, and for many people, it became less

. >> lincoln was hot like daniel day lewis. >> for the record billy bob thorton was stunning, and hesuccessful path at the prime minister secretary. of course he has to fire her. he loves her. >> great boots. >> amazing boots. she was not chubby. she just had a full figure. >> what were her sides like? >> de electable. her dad called her chubs. he did it in front of the prime minister. >> what did he call her size, bill? >> he called them rigimarol. >> they were size of stree trunks. tree trunks. >> now i am becoming a feminist because i hate it. >> the woman said she had a sizable act, but hugh grant never said that. >> by the way "prim rose hill" is a better movie. >> the only other hugh grant movie close to this is "about a boy" which is slebt. >> what about "bridger jones diary"? >> i don't know. >> "about a boy" is on sherrod's arrest record. >> why are we listening to baby-sitters? what happened in the world? >> the mayans were right. they were right. this show will not air tonight because they know this movie is terrible and they will go, the soundtrack will make you love the

spielberg and daniel day-lewis were there as well. >>> this morning we are hearing from florida senator bill nelson. he has been working with officials to he can secure the release of john hammar who has been locked up in a mexican jail since august on a bogus gun charge. he was carrying an antique weapon across the mexican border. >> the obama administration has not been able to get him released but last knightsen tore nelson promised they are getting closer. >> i talked to the mexican ambassador to the united states. several times most recently today he is -- and by the way he's a good guy. he is working very hard to make sure that this happens. now here is the big travesty. the fact that he was picked up in the first place when obviously he didn't have any mean, evil intent, but secondly that a justice system is so slow that a federal judge won't hear his case. >> we all know that but we all have to get the good boys the president and secretary clinton -- >> that's why i was on the phone. >> please stay in close touch with us. days are dwindling. >> i am very optimistic this is going

blew people away with his direct orrial skills, daniel day lewis as "lincoln," hugh jackman in "les miserablesn hathaway, of course. i saw it last night. it blew me away. >> what about music? >> one of the best years like ever for taylor swift. >> ever, ever! >> she had "we're never ever getting back together," the best kiss-off anthem ever. that was number two on my best songs of the year list actually. and gotier who came out of nowhere from australia with somebody i used to know, this very odd duet that sort of took over the charts. we also had fun with "we are young," this new rock trio that had a song called "some nights" and carly rae jepsen. "call me maybe." you can listen to it on the treadmill for the entire 40 minutes and it works. >> we haven't even mentioned gangnam style yet. >> are we ready to retire? come the new year -- >> i say that until it comes on the radio. >> i see willie with one of these. >> we'll be singing it tonight. >> happy new year. we're back after this. [ dog barking ] ♪ [ female announcer ] life is full of little tests, but your basic paper towel can handle the

daniel day lewis for lincoln. john hawk for the session. hugh jackman for mess and denzel in nritd and joaquin phoenix and jennifer lawrence topic for silver lining play back but support is building for jessica chastain in zero dark 30. other choice include 2 french actress and immanuel in amore. amazing sick yooeringd-year-old in beast of the wild. supporting actor choice the favorite has to be tom lee jones for lincoln. supporting actress include' hathaway in less mess and helen hunt in the session. dream work madagascar and rise of the guardian and pixar for animated feature. >> i am. >> we make the financial vote then i'll be at the award ceremony in santa monica on january tenth. that show will be a full bucket. see it live on the cw. i'm don sap chez abc 7 news and we'll see you on the aisle. >> who gnaw the force was with so many people in england. >> "star wars"here they come. >> the popularity of the "star wars"mavie can not be underestimated. in the 2011 census in the united kingdom more than 1 sfaiv,000 people say they practice t

it was a riveting movie, daniel day lewis is brilliant as lincoln. but all about how he fought in his last few months as president to get slavery apolished. there were millions of americans who thought slavery was perfectly acceptable. who was outraged at what he was doing. he was not trying to make something popular at the moment. he knew instinctively it was just wrong, unfair, unequal. >> and why did he know that? because it's in the bible. >> right, but we had this discussion. >> it's in the bible. he was building it on biblical truth. the bible says every man should be free. >> but you don't believe every man should be free and equal? >> of course we're free and of course we're equal. you can love anybody you want to. >> but you don't think a gay man or woman should be free to be married like a straight man or woman. so what is freedom? >> what i oppose is redefining a term. now, let me explain this. you know, jews, there's a group called jews for jesus. and jewish feel don't like jews for jesus because they say, wait a minute, you don't get to

just give daniel day-lewis the academy award right now. >> now, now, now!, call it a draw between "brave" and "wreck it ralph." most tedious -- >> i must warn you about something -- >> warn me? >> ana krenina. even the book seemed tedious. hottie of the year, channing tatum. even though some say he can't act. >> because he did that stripper movie. yeah, bring that. that's good. >> and the best runaway revival that had everyone talking -- >> i love, love, love the new james bond movie, "skyfall." >> oh, did you just say "bond"? >> lucky 007 blew the doors off the theaters and daniel craig rolled out what many are now calling the best bondage of all time. >> he is the best bond ever. sorry, sean. he is the best bond ever. i will fight somebody over it. it will slap fight an old lady. >> don't go anywhere! the book that gave adult websites a run for their money is just 50 shades away and maybe the mayans should try a swimsuit calendar. "all the best, all the worst" continues. [ female announcer ] almost nothing can dampen a baby's mood, when he wakes up dry in

just give daniel day lewis the academy award right now. >> now, now, now!t a draw between "brave" and "wreck it ralph." most tedious? >> i must warn you about something. >> warn me? >> "anna krenina." even the book seemed shorter. >> hot tee of the year, channing tatum, although some might say he can't act. >> oh, yeah, he did that stripper movie, right? didn't he? yeah, hello. nice. sure. yeah, sure. yeah, bring that. that's good. >> where the hell have you been? >> enjoying death. >> and the best runaway revival that had everyone talking -- >> the luove, love, love the ne james bond movie "skyfall." >> did you say sfwhond. >> daniel craig rolled out what many are calling the best bondage of all time. >> he is the best bond ever. sorry, sean. he's the best bond ever. i will fight somebody over it. i will slap fight an old lady. >> don't go anywhere, the book that gave adult websites a run for their money is just 50 shades away. and maybe the mayans should try a swimsuit calendar. all the best, all the worst continues. bob, these projections... they're... o

daniel day-lewis is amazing in that show, lincoln. anne hathaway is nominated.ven in the theaters and already nominated for a golden globe. more on tha coming up. >>> the "fiscal cliff" is fast approaching but the stalemate in washington continues. the white house is still demanding tax hikes on the top 2%. president obama did lower the amount from 1.6 to $1.4 trillion. republicans say that's not good enough. they are holding out for cuts to programs like social security. >> we'll stay here right through the new year and make sure we resolve this in an acceptable way for the american people. >> the fed chair ben bernanke says just the threat of a "fiscal cliff" is already creating uncertainty in the economy. and that is not good for the stock market. >>> "fiscal cliff" negotiations though are throwing a wrench into year end tax planning, as well. >> but there are plenty of actions to take starting with changes of tax laws that expire at the and of the year. jill schlesinger, editor at large for cbsmoneywatch.com joins us now with information on tax laws that exp

cooperative governing but competitive dealmaking where each is merely trying to crush the other as daniel day-lewis' ruthless oil man did in "there will be blood." >> my sword reaches across the room and starts to drink your milkshake. i drink your milkshake. i drink it up! >> who will drink the other's milkshake? will they learn how to talk to each other? will they drive off the cliff? oh, there's a cheap hollywood feel to this bhol narrative, this self-inflicted drama, and i hope no one ever, ever makes a movie about it. that does it for "the cycle." jonathan capehart is in the chair today? i feel like he's cheating on us. weren't you part of "the cycle", brother? >> i was, but it's a new day now. thanks guys. i'm jonathan capehart in for martin bashir on this december 31st, 2012. we're so very close to a deal that would stop all hell from breaking loose. oh, and happy new year. >> today it appears that an agreement to prevent this new year's tax hike is within sight. >> we're going cliffing. >> still no deal in sight. >> they just shovel it out to us. >> washington still in deadlock. >> we're fa

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clinton said this, coming to a theater near you this isn't daniel day-lewis, he said this of jefferson. all honor to jefferson to the man who in the concrete pressure in the struggle for national independence had the cool forecast and capacity, so the great blurb of all time to introduce into a revolutionary document an abstract truth applicable to all men and all times that today and in all coming days it should be a stumbling block to the very signs of reappearing tyranny and oppression. jefferson put something in motion. his words put something in motion and his deeds protected the country in the experiment. lincoln saved him, tiahrt, fdr managed to internationalize it. the story of america is always on folding and is always provisional. but by and large we have been lucky with these human beings who managed to transcend the flaw may be just for 15 minutes sometimes, but those are an important 15 minutes. i will leave you with this. jefferson was driven by this idea. the life of the lighted the life of the country were inexplicably linked into the purpose of humanity was to discover

senators and their spouses will be joined by spielberg, actor daniel day lewis, screenwriter tony kushnernd doris kerns goodwin. senate majority leader harry reid and mitch mcconnell wrote this. the film depicts the good which is attained when public servants put the betterment of the country ahead of short-term political interests. we believe that viewing this film would provide all senators with a positive opportunity to gather and reflect during the holiday season. the movie's themes should hit pretty close to home, don't you think, for senators still struggling to find common ground on the brink of this fiscal cliff we're talking about. bitter partisan divide, gridlock. the clock is ticking. but lincoln offers us a powerful message about democracy. the question is will the senate be moved by this movie? the way the rest of america has been moved by this production? will it shake their sensibilities in the senate to compel them to compromise for the good of their constituents and the country? let's hope this movie night inspires the party of lincoln to quit voting against the interests

steven spielberg and daniel day-lewis, of course, for "lincoln," extraordinary movie. >> great movie. with my wife. >> and ben affleck is nominated for "argo," of course that interview with him, and "zero dark 30" coming out soon, causing a lot of buzz because of its controversial take on the hunt for bin laden and "game change," the hbo series with -- inspired by the book by our friends, heilman and halpern. >> man, if those guys don't have big heads already this is just gonna make it worse, you know? >> it's gonna make it a whole lot worse, say nothing of sigourney weaver and jeff daniels in "newsroom" and "downton abbey." >> our a favorite. thanks so much. >> a plug for "homeland" very quickly. great show. >> "homeland." >>> that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell report." >>> tomorrow, joe lieberman and jeffrey goldberg joining us. >>> tamron hall has what is next on news nation. >> in our next hour, signs that efforts to avert are the fiscal cliff may be headed in the wrong direction. we will play out the day. >>> and with no talks currently planned between the presiden

stood up to ask a question of a couple of the people on the panel who were pretty fabulous, like daniel day lewis and doris kerns goodwin and steven spielberg and tony kushner, and it was really quite a panel. the first thing i said was how great it was to see bipartisanship here. but let me tell you what -- i think you know how great the movie is. i've now seen it twice. it's better the second time. but it shows you that government can do important, good things for the cause of human dignity. and that it takes work and it is hard. it takes focus. and presidential leadership. and you have to think about the good of the country. and it shows that government can be a force of good. and, of course, you know, in my work sometimes it's so exhilarating and sometimes it's so frustrating. and you get -- you just throw up your hands. but we can do it. if lincoln could do what he did, which was an amazing feat to outlaw slavery when everything, all the cards were stacked against him, as a matter of fact, i think it was tony kushner who said tonight we had the fiscal cliff. there it was the 13th amendment c

this is the story told in the beautiful motion picture "lincoln" starring daniel day lewis and sally field. the film presents the 16th president as an astute, capable pragmatist. >> shall we stop this bleeding? abolishing slavery settles the fate for millions now in bondage. and unborn millions to come. >> either the amendment or this confederate piece you cannot move forward. >> don't waste that power. >> only hundreds of thousands have died under your administration. >> we must cure ourselves of slavery. this amendment is that cure! >> god help us for trapping you in a marriage that's only ever given you free. >> the fate of human dignity is in our hands. blood has been spilt to afford us this moment now, now, now! >> we are guaranteed to lose the whole thing. >> leave the constitution alone! >> you insult god. >> you think they'll keep their promise? >> i am the president of the united states of america. clothed in immense power. >> the movie and its performers are remarkable, but much of the film's power, its eloquence and percepti perception, its observation on the unchanging na