she got it. >> stephen: oh, yes, cup cup, fetch me the downtons.while we commoners are left to fear what will become of downton as it lurches it into the roaring '20s, will lord grantham accept labbee cybil's child with branson. will they stay in prison forth murder of his ex-wife. will they accept a marriage proposal from a young corporal hitler? (laughter) so many questions! she knows the answers. but we don't. until the season premier on january 6th. well, tonight folks, i strike back at her highness. by presenting you, my nation, with something not even michelle has seen. part of the show vince gilligan has agreed to let me show you scenes from the upcoming season of breaking bad. (cheers and applause) as performed by the men of downton abbey. (laughter) james? (laughter) thomas? >> lord grantham is growing impatient. it's time to start. >> right you are, allow me to bring the mobile lab. there we go, mr. johnson. >> thank you. it's a shame that in order to save downton abbey lord grantham has sunk to brewing the black came cheil crank. >> stop

i'm nick watt for "nightline" on the set of "downton abbey." >> and "downton abbey" season three airsterpiece on pbs beginning sunday, january 6th. >>> coming up, barbara walters and a few of her most fascinating people of 2012. i have what science calls the nightly stuffy nose thing. i can't breathe, so i can't sleep. and the next day i pay for it. i tried decongestants... i tossed and turned... i even vaporized. and then i fought back with drug-free breathe right. these nasal strips instantly open my nose, like a breath of fresh air. i was breathing and sleeping better. [ female announcer ] exercise your right to breathe right. get two free strips at breatheright.com. hey it's your right to breathe right. >>> in her perennial effort to bring you the most fascinating people of the world, abc's barbara walters sat down with the obamas for their first joint interview since the election today, but it was also a chance to grill the president on pressing issues from the middle east to the fiscal cliff. barbara? >> bill, today the president had some big news, telling me that for the first

it is back on pbs in january and here is a teaser for the third season. >> from war and peace downton abbey still stands. >> no one must know. >> i am warning you. >> rose: joining me now, four of the stars, hugh bonneville, plays lord granderson familiar. >> elizabeth mcgovern. >> lady grantham. >> jim carter plays the butler and joanne greg plays anna, the head house made, i am proud to have all of you here. >> let me start and go around and tell me where you left your character and what to expect this year. >> the end of season 2. >> robert was relieved that the war and the spanish flu had deserted at long last and maybe he would get his home back in the way he wanted. we open season three having discovering robert has made a catastrophic financial investment and so down o downton peril. >> rose: it is about 19th 20. >> 1920. >> yes. >> the whole of season three takes around 18 months. >> rose: okay. >> and at the end, of season 2, anna has just had her life almost in complete tatters as he is sentenced to the death sentence and gets a reprieve at the end of season 2 so anna starts

but by the way, i was dying for the first episode first"downton abbey" in season 3. when i got tuned into it, me and my wife plow through it, fell in love with it. we wanted to be in the contemporaneously conversation. and right now, i would do anything to have my hands on the season 3. i think what we often do not talk about is the window element of content, right? the key is everything now is available to everyone some way. really the only issue is when and for how much. if you want to wait, if you were willing to watch everything you want to watch nine months to 12 months later, he could watch everything with these platforms. but the thing is, i do not think we are that patient. why? you want to be in the conversation. you are underestimating the power of that conversation. so, certain markey series, yes, you could go back. i do not meet a new friend and say "have you never seen the wire?" if you let the sun set on your life and you did not see one of the most brilliantly-written series, i would say shame on you. why? the cultural referencing and the power of what

but by the way, i'm dying for the first episode of downton abbey, season three, right?otally fell in love with the series. did not watch the first season in its original run. but when i got tuned into it, because everybody is talking about it, i sat there and plowed through it, fell in love with it. watched the second season, because we wanted to be in the come tell brainous conversation, and it was so good. who wanted to go that long and not see it? and right now i'd give anything to have my hands on season three, no matter what their timetable is. and i think what we often don't talk about is the windows element of content. right? the key is, everything now is available to everyone somewhere. the really only issue is, when and for how much? if you want to wait -- if you were willing to watch everything you want to watch, nine to12 months late center you could watch away. but the thing is, i don't think we're that patient about it. the average viewer is not that patient. why? you don't get to be in the conversation. and you're snubbed estimating the power of that conve

♪ no matter what it takes ♪ ♪ i'm coming home ♪ martha: downton still stands and the crawleys are stilloming home ♪ mary: come and see what we've done. ♪ my kingdom awaits ♪ ♪ and they've forgiven my mistakes ♪ ♪ i'm coming home ♪ matthew: i need to kiss you. very much. ♪ tell the world i'm coming home ♪ the critics love call the midwife "pbs could have another downton abbey on it's hands..." beautiful little girl... and watch for season two of call the midwife coming in march only on pbs [ ♪ opening music ♪ ] for this first programme in the new series of the antiques roadshow, we've come to portsmouth britain's principal naval base for more than 500 years. and, of course, it's been the scene of homecoming for generations of sailors. the image of the sailor coming home from the sea is a very potent and a very powerful one. in the age of sail, the women of portsmouth would come down here to the harbour mouth, never knowing when the ships of their husbands or lovers would return; they might wait for a week, a month, a year, and sometimes, of course, their men never came back. portsmouth's

. >> or if you are on the side of downton abbie. >> and i have been. i have a any role there. i play reginald. he is the sensitive, but shy butler with love for ms. pence. and then he kills her and eats her. >> no spoilers. >> what am i talking about? from teaching kids to not having them. our rate of birth and our rein on earth, a new report from the research center says america's baby production is now at a record low. in 2011 it was 63.2 per thousand. per women of child bearing age. continuing the downward trend with the economic recession. what does this mean? obama is killing america, and new york times columnist railroading giews one reason for americans enduring strength is we have more babies than other countries and it is thought a sure thing that the declining birth wait riel turn around even if the economy ever improves. pointing to surveys that don't think america are as important to a success of marriage as they used to. now a fox news alert. >> that was the fox news alerts. jedediah, is it any wonder americans don't want to have babies? >> kids have gotten a litt

on pbs its a stunning new season starting with the impossible to resist downton abbey. violet: nothing succeeds like excess. and an engrossing story of defiance and courage from american experience. douglass: it is not light that is needed, but fire! and a series filled with role models for all women clinton: we were breaking new ground. this season, there's only one place that can take you anyplace. attenborough: isn't it wonderful? pbs for artists, one tremendous thing about pbs is that it makes art accessible by putting it on a platform where millions of people can access it for free. on pbs, many people have seen something they would never see otherwise. the language of music so universal, it can touch someone anywhere. and we need it. we need music, we need dance, we need great theater. we need all these things for our soul, you know, for joy and peace in our lives. after all these millennia, art is still something that survives. a lot of people don't have the means or aren't even aware that's something out there, and they may flip on pbs and e something that wakes

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he probably, like all of us, cannot wait for the return of "downton abbey" on january 6th.tiny giant. a 20-week-old baby panda, becoming a star at the san diego zoo. thanks to its website, it has a 24-hour panda cam that allows people to follow his progress. the little guest, and that's the translation of his chinese name, he needs to know how to climb on his own and follow his mom in and out of the den, before he can make his big debut. meantime, though, you can follow him anytime on what has to be the most adorable reality show ever. >> can't get enough of the babies. >> and i feel right now, it's so nice to talk about fluffy, soft things. little gift, indeed. >>> and here's our pop quiz. everybody, listen up. which a-list actress is stepping behind the camera to direct a movie about world war ii? a-list actress, directing a movie. the answer -- why do you know everything? >> no. >> you are the smartest person ever. we'll tell you the answer and explain more. >> i'm sorry. >> that's okay. >> it still might be a mystery. >> you never know. you never know. >> it could be so

on pbs its a stunning new season starting with the impossible to resist downton abbey. violet: nothing succeeds like excess. and an engrossing story of defiance and courage from american experience. douglass: it is not light that is needed, but fire! and a series filled with role models for all women clinton: we were breaking new ground. this season, there's only one place that can take you anyplace. attenborough: isn't it wonderful? pbs for artists, one tremendous thing about pbs is that it makes art accessible by putting it on a platform where millions of people can access it for free. on pbs, many people have seen something they would never see otherwise. the language of music so universal, it can touch someone anywhere. and we need it. we need music, we need dance, we need great theater. we need all these things for our soul, you know, for joy and peace in our lives. after all these millennia, art is still something that survives. a lot of people don't have the means or aren't even aware that's something out there, and they may flip on pbs and e something that wakes

unless it's downton abby, you will never see it.ere's 300 million guns that are out there, i don't know, any way you ever can bring them all in and melt them down and -- >> no. nor should you try to, joe. the second amendment is there for americans to protect themselves against a tyrannical government. >> that will never happen. someone the other day told me that will never happen again. >> i'm sure the people of sarajevo thought that, too. >> nazi, germany. i don't know. video games, i don't know that i'd start there. lars larsen, appreciate your opinion tonight. that's it for tonight. thanks for watching. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- you can stay in and share something... or you can get out there and actually share something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. [ male announcer ] when gloria and her financial advisor made a retirement plan, they considered all her assets, even those held elsewhere, giving her the confidence to pursue all her goals. when you want a

i think she thought it was going to be a house like downton abbey. >> the chef was late. is no chef. >> and while i'm on the news that night during commercial breaks, i'm receiving tweets, not even tweets, actually, text messages from her. >> sexts. >> naked pictures of herself sprawled out on my couch, draped over -- >> excuse me, i think candy has done that on a daily basis. >> i had to get a wet vac and a cleaning crew in there for a week. >> okay. >> why -- >> moving this conversation along -- >> why don't you -- >> candy, put your shirt back on, this is embarrassing. i said why don't you ask anderson what i sexted him on election night. >> she did. she was sending me dirty messages for david gergen. >> top that, crowley. >> see, and usually i can follow-up very well, but there's no place to go after -- >> you know what the most embarrassing thing was? i actually showed david gergen the messages because she was pressuring me. >> i think with kathy griffin, it's almost like watching a train wreck, you want to watch to see what happens next. >> not only that, it's ander

i think she that was it was a house dour on downton abby. during the news that night during commercial breaks i receive tweets -- not tweets but text messages from her. >> sexts. >> she's sending me naked pictures of her sprawled out on my couch and draped over the kitchen counter. >> excuse me. i think candy has done that on a daily basis. >> how comfortable did you feel in that interview, candy? >> not at all. is that a good enough answer? here is how when you get those two together, do you an interview. so let me give you the floor for five minutes, because that's what happens anyway. you ask a question and they're off and running. everybody gets a chance to do that on new year's eve. they will be off and running. >> it will be fun. i'll watch. thank you, candy. >> sure, thanks. >> keep it here. it starts at 9:00 a.m. eastern time right here on cnn. >>> and the year is almost history, but what's the take away? comedian dean is up with us with top 12 lessons of 2012. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only,

gonna make it a whole lot worse, say nothing of sigourney weaver and jeff daniels in "newsroom" and "downtonrite. 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 president and house speaker boehner, are leaders now starting from scratch at this point in the game? we will talk to house budget committee member gwen moore. >>> and americans have some harsh words for our elected leaders. we will dig deep near the nbc news poll. and gonna find out which words folks used when they thought about the republican party and when they described democrats. quite interesting. we are up in three. something m? campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy g

and this is a difference from a kind of, you know, downton abbey set up. and this speaks to the economic drivers of the phenomenon. these are really hard working people. and one of the interesting things when you look at the data about hours worked is for the first time people have counted this kind of thing, you have less leisure at the very top than the middle. so these are people who are really hard working, tend to at least think of themselves as self-made, and i'm going to use that as a rather generous and roomny concept. so you could have an affluent dad like bill gates does, like mitt romney does, but still think of yourself as self-made because you didn't inherit the business that made you a multimillionaire from your dad. and that's particularly important playing into how they think of themselves in the world. it's important right now for these guys to be really numerate. one of the things i found really interesting and quite sort of international is this is really the age of mastery of numbers. and my favorite example of this, you know, we're kin

i'm a huge fan of "downton abbey" as i know you are too.are very grateful for the response to this brilliant masterpiece series. it's been record-breaking for pbs, enormous fan support,

it will compete against "breaking bad" and "downton abbey" for best drama series.modern family" is up against "the big bang theory" and h-b-o's "girls" for best comedy. hbo's "game change" picked up five nominations, including best mini-series or motion picture made for tv. the co-hosts for golden globe night, tina fey and amy poehler will be competing against each other for best actress in a comedy. the 70th annual golden globes air january 13th on n-b-c. i'm stacey cohan kron 4 news. >>catherine: a former prisoner whose infatuation with justin bieber included a tattoo of the pop star on his leg has told new mexico investigators that he hatched a plot to kill him. court documents say dana martin tried to persuade a man he met in prison and the man's nephew to kill bieber, along with bieber's bodyguard and two others. but after missing a turn and ending up in canada, one of the men was arrested on an outstanding warrant. >>jacqueline: it has been a chilly day. temperatures already in the 40's and a number of locations. 48 in half moon bay. 47 degrees in the sunnyva

michelle dockerry for downton abbey. and julianna margulies for the good wife.now, three are getting their i wouldn't say revenge, but they were not nominated for screen actors guilds awards and they were for golden globes. now let's talk about the actors. in a drama series nominated,board walk, breaking badge, newsroom, jon hamm, mad men and homeland. and the comedy actors, alec baldwin, don cheadle, matt la blanc, scrim parsons. it will be a fun night. i don't know if you've ever been, but the golden globes red carpet is so good and massive and everyone is there because it's television and it's movies and there are lots of star power. tina fey and amy poehler will be posting. and i don't if you have a favorite television show -- >> i do. >> i'm excited about this because 30 rock and parks and rec are my favorites. so i'm excited. >> i have a couple. but "the good wife," if you don't watch, that is the smartest show on television and the design, the furniture and the architecture, the great actors and actresses. i love julianna margulies in that. and josh charl