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and abc's muhammad lila was there, sending us a quick dispatch from the street. >> reporter: all night, protesters have been moving closer and closer to the country's parliament. all that separates them now from the heart of the government are those shipping containers. >>> and from muhammad lila there in the middle of pakistan's demonstrations, we move the now, you see these pictures in syria. they are new pictures of the disaster in that long fight tonight. this was a university, classrooms, dormitories. after two explosions in the city of aleppo. more than 80 people killed. the government and the rebels are each blaming each other for the blasts. >>> and we move on next to this nation, fighting the flu. and tonight, some new post cards from the front lines of america's epidemic. now, even worrying countries overseas. you can see it here. look. passengers from chicago are arriving in south korea, being scanned by those thermal cameras for signs of fever. and we are also hearing of churches back home asking sick parishioners to refrain from shaking hands or drinking wine from the larg

abc's muhammad lila joins us with more from a military base in kabul. good morning, muhammad. >> reporter: good morning, ron. this is one of the bases that will be affected. as the u.s. military continues to wind down its presence here in afghanistan. here's what the announcement means. for the most part, american and afghan soldiers have been fighting the taliban, side-by-side, in the mountains, in the valleys, where the taliban are hiding. that is changing. as of this spring, it's afghan soldiers in the lead. they will be the ones initiating the combat with the taliban. the american soldiers will be here to advise and assist when they are requested to. the big test of all of this will be in the spring. if the afghan army can prove they can take on the taliban without american support, it could mean that the 66,000 american troops that are currently stationed here, could be headed home sooner than scheduled. ron? >> thanks, muhammad. muhammad lila reporting from afghanistan. >>> and president obama will award the congressional medal of honor to former

among his awards are the civil liberties public education fund and lila wallace reader's digest award. phillip is also a respected independent film maker whose film recently premiered at sundance, but we're here to talk about his upcoming production, after the war. a jazz-infused drama set in post-war san francisco japan town in 1948 which chronicles the return of japanese americans into the internment -- from the internment camp. sharing this evening is chloe veltman. chloe was born in london and received a master's degree with distinction in conjunction with harvard university and the moscow art theater school. she has worked as a staff reporter for the daily telegraph and is a freelance writer, her articles appearing on both sides of the atlantic. she is the chief theater critic for the san francisco weekly, theater commentator for klaw. chloe worked for several years in u.s. and uk theater companies and is the recipient of the allen wright award for arts journalism, the sundance institute arts fellowship and the nea fellowship of journalism. in 2006, she received a best columnist

all your life and love her very much is here is the book, "darkroom: a memoir in black and white", lila quintero weaver is the author. the university of alabama is the publisher. you write that you were surprised to see african-americans when he first arrived in alabama. >> yes, because argentina, it is where i was in the first years of my life -- where i was raised. there are indigenous people in argentina. they mostly live away from the city and we really didn't encounter african-americans. >> next on booktv, paul dickson presents a collection of words popularized american presidents. the author includes warren harding's founding father who gives them an military address. this is a little under one hour. [applause] thank you very much. i have been playing around with words for a long time. i think when i was a kid, one of my weaknesses was i wasn't that athletic were smart in various ways. i can always go home and memorize some words like apathetic and things like that. reading was a lot of fun. as i got to be older, i was fascinated by doing tricks with words. one of my favorite exer

lila rose scott a delicate lavender gown while tommy hilfiger turned to the next generation with lookse becoming more interested in fashion and designers are keen to dress them. >> reporter: the first lady has had a few fashion missteps ruffling feathers when she wore alexander mcqueen for a state dinner and a cardigan when she met the queen but she takes it in stride even as she becomes a fashion icon for the ages capable of changing a company's bottom line in minutes telling our own robin roberts -- >> it's hard, you know, i like to look nice. >> reporter: nice indeed. one thing is for sure the first lady is bound to shine and life for one lucky designer will never be the same. as for president obama, the men's wear company that designed his tux for the 2009 inaugural ball filed for bankruptcy a year later. >> opposite of the magic touch. >> doesn't seem to have the same firepower. >> thank you. >>> coming up your sunday brunch with a woman who can eat a five-pound meal. it's "fixation." keep it here. [ female announcer ] born from the sweet monk fruit, something this delicious could

weighs wearing a disguise and walking with lake lila campground.e caught him after he tried pushing one of the officers and making a run for it. his partner joseph banks was caught to days after the escape. those are your headlines. there. >> all right. thanks, alisyn. let's check in with maria molina. >> good morning. good to see you. good morning, everyone. today we are tracking pretty chilly temperatures early this morning. over the next several days we will start to see a shift in the weather pattern where temperatures are going to start to be a little bit above what's typical for the month of january. good news for many people across the country. otherwise for today we are actually going to be seeing some areas of snowfall. >> we have been seeing that overnight hours in upstate new york. most of that not really accumulating. it's our next system that will be producing a little bit of interior snow along interior sections of the northeast. that's across the plains producing snow in cens and parts of missouri and arkansas. otherwise a brand new