i want to thank julianne malveaux, dr. malveaux for a wonderful "surviving and thriving" and "black titan." thank you so much. i am carol jenkins. at c-span.org, or tweet us. >> mr. brown, you have just written a book. beating the odds. investing and less strategy. where did your life began? >> it began in a small town in florida, girl florida 13 miles from orlando, place called a parka. i was born to a 13 year-old unwed mother in abject poverty. >> what year? >> i was born 1940. >> racist *. >> during a time of segregation. so imagine this. i always say people cannot control the hand that they have been dealt at birth. so if someone has lifted my hand , on wed 13 year-old mother, abject poverty during a time of segregation. no running water, no electricity and to come from that to building a very successful investment management firm is really what the book is about. also it's about building this successful business and how i went about it over the last 28 years. >> what are two or three things that happened in your life

elsewhere, the russian orthodox church celebrates its christmas on january 7th according to the old julianne calendar, russians take part in an all-night mass. >> christmas banned all throughout russia. in 1992, the holiday was officially celebrated. >> not everyone is familiar with the christmas story. in some corners of the city, the emphasis is on reaching those that have never encountered the true meaning of christmas. one of the largest churches tells a modern day version of the story of christ's birth. we use this whole time from the first of january to seventh of january to tell people about jesus. >> for many it is their first time to hear jesus. >> i have never heard this story before. it is moving and professional. >> this is my first time being in a church. i found it very entertaining. >> others are focussing on the next generation through project hope, russian ministries is handing out 50,000 christmas presents in needy children, street kids and orphans throughout russia. each box is filled with toys, schools supplies and childrens' bible and other literature geared for kids. >>

the performances, julianne moore, ed harris, dead on, but it's going to take us behind the closed doorsenwriter, have knocked it out of the park, and all three of the lead performances, eddie harris as john mccain, woody harrelson is steve schmidt, and most extraordinarily, because of the amazing mimicry involved but also the depth of the performance, julianne moore is going to blow everyone's mind as sarah palin. >> we've obviously heard a lot about sarah palin behind closed doors, that she can be very tough. at the same time, we heard about the meltdown before the debate, where she just emotionally collapsed, and then she came back, of course, and finished strong. >> wow. >> this is really the story of sarah palin, and it doesn't look like it's going to be completely negative. >> oh, no. >> she's vindicated in many ways. >> it is an incredibly balanced portrait. we tried to portray her negatives and positives and they have stuck that movie. you see the dark side, you see the light side, and she is portrayed as an extraordinary american woman placed in an extraordinarily difficult circ

team mitt, with sidney crawford, the ozzies and julianne hough.eam santorum -- >> jimmy: that is 27 votes, right? i don't decide who i vote for until i see who the gosselins endorse. did any of you watch the debate from florida last night? mitt romney really went after newt gingrich. he was unusually aggressive. we're going to show you a clip from it. but we're in the oscar spirit today because the nominations came out. we decided, instead, to take a cue from the newly-nominated film, "the artist." it's a silent film. if you've seen the movie, you know how intense something, in this case, a debate, can be. even without words. ♪ ♪ [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that was good. some good news for lovers in canada. an all-canadian version of "the bachelor" is coming to canada [ cheers and applause ] oh, yeah. i hope that free health care covers syphilis. most canadians aren't familiar with "the bachelor," because it airs in the winter when they hibernate. they already have the american version. this is as close as we've come to declari

. >> julianne moore looked unbelievable. i didn't stay up to watch the whole thing. >>> and then there were five. it's the enthe d of the road fon huntsman. he will urge the party to come together and rally behind romney. he felt he was holding mitt romney back. >> and cnn had this story first. it's what we like to call breaking news, folks. our cnn political reporter peter hamby, who is live in myrtle beach, south carolina, joins us right now on the phone. all right, peter. not even on the phone. you got yourself in front of a camera, too. glad about that at 5:02 in the eastern. i am always jealous when somebody breaks news like this. everyone has picked up on this. i'm never jealous when it's a teammate. how did you do it? >> sources, you no he, been covering the race, this republican race specifically for about four years. you get to know people and you know if they feel like they want to have a story out there, sometimes they call you first. >> foregone conclusion, though. >> i was driving down here to myrtle beach when

. >> dianne calling us from julianne, california who says she's a clairvoyant, well known, and looking ahead to the outcome of the race. the article she was reading is this in the front page of the new york times. and we're on the jump page right here. santorum rose quickly from capitol hill reformer to gop insider. two quotes -- one is from terry modano, a long-time political scientist in pennsylvania based in franklin and marshall college who followed mr. santorum's career. said it to the paper, there was an evolution there, of santorum. quote, he went from someone who criticized the exercise of power and wanted reforms and turned into mr. insider calling people and making deals. another quote. john t. due doo little, a member of gang of seven, a house member at the time, he said of mr. santorum, you come as an outsider, some people never really learn the levers of power, mr. doolittle said, but others like rick did. you want somebody to be effective at using the levers to advance your values and your ideas. next is the phone call from san diego. republican. good morning, rough. >> c