>> craig mclaughlin: that was actually my idea.w going into the sixth grade and he had always shown talent in his position as a quarterback, but i really wanted to understand how talented he was and get someone that had national exposure and the experience that steve has with quarterbacks and see how aaron evaluated. >> safer: and how much of a change have you noticed in your talents since you started with him? >> aaron mclaughlin: i've noticed a big change. i've been throwing the ball better. my footwork has been better. i used to kind of trip myself when i'd do drops. i haven't done that at all. >> safer: it's a major financial commitment for you and your family, correct? >> craig mclaughlin: correct. i don't know what the future has to hold, but the one thing is... is that he's going to know that his parents, when he set his mind to something, we believe in him. and he's going to have that sense of confidence. >> safer: that sense of confidence that inspires parents and kids has a lot to do with the college scholarship offers th

here's the master of ceremonies, john mclaughlin! >>> biggest winner of 2013, pat buchanan. >> cardinal becomes pope francis the i, the most famous and popular man in the world. >> eleanor? >> wall street tops 16,000. and markets are doing fine and i'm glad the pope is pointing out all the inequalities that represent because main street is still waiting for its turn. >> martin? >> well vladimir putin, the leader of russia who outmaneuvered the united states in virtually every strategic corner of the world. >> clarence? >> the most exotic political race, the new mayor of our biggest city. >> the envelope please, martin. thank you. >> i can't tell you what's in there, john. you've got to read it. >> it is magnificent, yes. johnny had the answers. right? >> yes. >> god bless his soul. >> the biggest winner of 2013 is russian president vladimir putin. he resolved the syrian crisis in the new york times that ended the military action against syria. in december putin snatched ukraine away from the west just before ukraine signed a trade pa

mclaughlin joins us now, along with dr.you can submit those by logging on to foxnews.com. on our chat we've got a lot of folks on. doctors, it's great to have both of you. dr. mclaughlin, i'd like to start with you. in the scenario that you painted out, can you respond to this question from our viewer? will people still be treated if they show up and they don't have the money to cover a multi-thousand dollar deductible at the beginning of the year, will they still get treatment in. >> the way the plans are constructed is the patient has to go to an in-network only facility and in-network only participating physicians. that is one of the major complaints that most of the physicians are having with how these plans have been constructed or architectured. we need to have a greater diversity of facilities and physicians to handle the increased numbers of patients who are now insured. so the answer is, if you go to a facility or a doctor that is not in your network, you will be responsible, unfortunately, for the cost of that car

mclaughlin, how about you? >> absolutely no. >> have you ever heard of solving a problem without putting everything on the table? dr. english. >> say that again, please? >> have you ever heard of solving a problem by not putting everything on the table? >> no. >> it is foreign to me. >> the law did actually approve the opportunity for some demonstration programs for medical liability reform but in the law, the plain language of the law says you may not do any demonstration program that includes any limits on non-economic damages. so. the constraints were fairly significant. >> you know, dr. mclaughlin, i want to go back to reducing time for physicians to see their patients. we're reducing reimbursement rates. we're reducing panels. all choreographing hurting the patient, would you agree. >> absolutely. >> and you made the comment that you want to practice medicine your way. you want to individualize that, take your time, how you see fit. individualize the treatments, right? >> yes, sir. >> how do you feel most

cnn's erin mclaughlin explains nigella lawson's confessed drug use during the trial might have tipped the jury against her it's a trial turned real life soap opera, played out in a london courtroom. the star witnesses celebrity chef nigella lawson an us cooed of habitual drug use. and her multimillionaire ex-husband charles saatchi, accused of ipty mat terrorism. the actual wa defendants, their former personal assist nz, liz bet ta and fran chess cal grillo. the prosecution alleged the sisters fraudulently abused sachi company credit cards to fund a million dollar lifestyle. the defense claimed nigella allowed them to spend what they wanted to hide her drug habit from sachi. >> i think the celebrities need to return to the days of downton abby where the staff were not friends. >> lawson admitted to only having done cocaine during two separate life phases. i did not have a drug problem, she said. i had a life problem. she certainly had problems with saatchi who she cast as a brilliant but brutal man. details of the breakdown of their marriage were divulged in court, including the now i

here's the master of ceremonies, john mclaughlin!iggest winner of 2013, pat buchanan. >> cardinal becomes pope francis the i, the most famous and popular man in the world. >> eleanor? >> wall street tops 16,000. and markets are doing fine and i'm glad the pope is pointing out all the inequalities that represent because main street is still waiting for its turn. >> martin? >> well vladimir putin, the leader of russia who outmaneuvered the

mclaughlin? >> it was illegal to cancel the publicity because of an increased utilization for a serious medical illness. this wholesale nonrenewal of policies is shocking. it has been reported that the insurance companies felt small businesses were losing proposition to them economically and this probably became a great opportunity to rewrite those policies which is why we are where we are today with some so many small-business policies not being renewed. hospitals again advise taking care of acute care conditions when somebody is uninsured but we have to fix the problem we are facing now as much as it is laudable to see the people that things -- pre-existing conditions can have insurance. >> i don't have much more to say than dr. novack and obviously we agree that there are changes that need to occur and we are just pointing out that unfortunately this plan is having huge amounts of unintended consequences. >> mr. chairman with your indulgence can i simply simply asked the panel if they would ag

patricia mclaughlin. dr. mclaughlin, thanks for joining us this evening. how has it affected you and patients? >> started out i have a small group policy. and i was given notice it was going to be nonrenewed starting january 1, 2014. i was shock by the that. it's a ppo level plan that had everything. i wasn't missing anything. i was foet anied the letter suggested another plan would be forth coming that would be comparable. i could stay wut had to wait to see what they're going to ofrment a couple weeks letter that plan had in nut work benefits only instead of out of network and in network. so cutoff half of the ability to see people outside of the network there is an epo, epo never traditionally needed refersalss but the pathway network was going to be so much smaller than current network of doctors which meant everyone i currently went to, everyone my employees went to was no longer going to be participating in network only, which meant we can keep our doctor but would have to pay out of our own pocket not going to our deductible, increasing from 2,000se

mclaughlin? >> sir, physicians have always given charity care, love of their heart to people who couldn't afford be it. always did. >> always did. >> and always will continue to do so. but what this has created, sir, is a roadblock of unsurmountable to organizations. the high deductibles that were imposed on these patients is nothing more than them not having insurance. can we understand that? >> dr. novack? >> the gentleman may answer, of course, doctor. >> i agree with you. >> mr. chairman, i know my time has expired, but we have found that collection of ideas on which we can agree, and i agree with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, we should begin working towards those goals, and we should do that immediately. i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. we now go to the gentleman from massachusetts for five minutes. >> well, thank you. thank you for your being here today. i wanted to ask, i think it was dr. mclaughlin who made a comment that her patients' policies were -- the insurance

let's get the international reaction from erin mclaughlin. we are talking about the fact he was seen as the father of south africa but the influence and the fact he was an icon around the world shows you what a larger than life man he was. >> absolutely, michaela. people here this morning stopping to pay tribute outside the south africa house in london. they are leaving candles and flowers and cards thanking nelson mandela for everything he has done. saying how much they would miss him. sentiment is being echoed around the world. >> tonight, one of the brightest lights of our world has gone out. >> reporter: news of his death traveled swiftly around the world. in the uk, prince william and kate heard the news while attending the uk premiere of the film "mandela long walk to freedom." >> tragic news. we are reminded what an extraordinary and inspiring man nelson mandela was. >> reporter: hours before signing autographs on the red carpet, british actor elba who portrayed the south african icon in the film shared this story from one of mandela's

is notricia mclaughlin small at just in a private isctice and dr. eric novak an orthopedic surgeon with ortho-arizona in phoenix, arizona. i would like to recognize the gentleman from georgia, mr. woodall, to introduce his constituent, dr. english. >> i appreciate the courtesy. we have the great pleasure of having dr. jeffrey english with us. he got his bachelor of science and graduated from dartmouth medical school in 1995, served as chiefy close by resident of neurology and university of maryland in 1999 and to the great pleasure has chosen to call norcross home where he is the director of clinical research at the multiple sclerosis center in atlanta and president of the of docs for patient care. it's with great pleasure that i welcome you today, dr. english. thank you for what you do not only on the committee but for back home. to committee rules, i ask all three of our witnesses to rise to take the oath. lease raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give would be the truth, the whole truth and nothin

erin mclaughlin was there. >> reporter: as you can see, they're streaming into st.eter's square, people from all over the world, pilgrims and atheists, men women and children of a multitude of religions flooding the square to hear what the pope has to say to the world on christmas day. >> translator: god is peace. let us ask him to help us to be peacemakers each day. >> what did you think of the pope's message? >> i think it was wonderful. it was beautiful. very touching. and i felt even like crying. he's very humble person. >> i really don't know the if humanity will listen. but he's strong to say this. >> his message delivered in italian, and even though not everyone here understands exactly what he is saying, they're here to see him and to experience history. >> it was wonderful to be in such a large crowd. people were nice. we were trying to communicate with each other but we were all from many different countries. people were happy to be here and calm about it. >> it was a great moment just to see him speak to all the people. a lovely day here in rome. great ex

. >>> don't forget the mclaughlin group has its own website. you can watch us on the web from anywhere in the world from mc mclaughlin.com >>>ish other two. >> while still a student i learned of nelson mandela and the struggles taking place in this beautiful land. and it stirred something in me. it woke me up to my responsibilities to others and to myself and it set me on an improbable journey that finds me here today. and while i will always fall short of my diva's example, he makes me want to be a better man. >> president obama addressed the crowd the tens of thousands in the stadium in south africa who were at the service for the former leader nelson mandela. mandela passed away last week at the age of 95. but mr. obama's rousing speech was overshadowed by his simple gesture, not just with anyone, but with the leader of cuba. raul castro. the u.s. and cuba have been estranged for 54 years since raul's brother, fidel, overthrew the u.s. regime and the u.s. subsequently imposed sanctions on cuba. this cold war embargo on cuba remains in place

aaron mclaughlin is following the story.rin, what did knox say exactly about the trial and did she explain why she's not there? >> reporter: hi, john, well, amanda knox is not legally required to be in court. and she said that she's afraid to be there, writing, and that she's worried that the prosecution will be able to, in her words, blind the judges. though she did submit this five-page letter written in italian to the judges. when the italian judge treefd he questioned why she was not there to deliver the message in person. he nevertheless read the message out in court. she reasserts her innocence. she said i must repeat, i did not rape, i did not steal, i did not kill meredith. now for six years, questions have swirled around her seemingly erratic behavior and statements that followed meredith kercher's death. she explains in this letter that was in part due to police intimidation writing, quote, i was lied to by the police. i was threatened. they hit me twice, i had no lawyer. and she described the psychological pressur

erin mclaughlin, cnn, the vatican. >> and let's take a look at other christmas celebrations around thethousands of christians packed the town of bethlehem in the west bank for christmas celebrations. a top roman catholic leader in the holy land said the message of christmas is peace, love, and brotherhood. the church of nativity is the birthplace of jesus. in tacloban, church goers remembered those lost to lant month's deadly hurricane. they relied on candlelight because electricity is not fully restored. >>> in australia, revelers celebrating in the is surf on the sand. santa parked those reindeer and he padded around in flip-flops to deliver gifts and good cheer. i think he was holding a beer there actually. >>> in china, christmas is not so much a religious holiday as it is a wacky excuse to celebrate. kind of like st. patrick's day here in the u.s. but china's government does take pride in its massive exports of toy oz saying without its cheap products, americans couldn't enjoy the piles of gifts unite the tree. >>> coming up, heat waves, hurricanes and tornadoes like this one. we'

erin mclaughlin, cnn, london. >> pretty awesome journey there. congratulations.m starts right now. have a great weekend. >> right now the white house is facing questions over robert levinson the american held in iran now identified as working for the cia. >>> democrats now are taking direct aim at the new jersey governor chris christie, blaming him for a traffic j

(scott-mclaughlin) in the prisons, they would sing songs.and you'd have to ask yourself what was this thing about, why were they singing these songs as they're being beaten? and the reason why they sang the songs was just like when the priest chanted gregorian chants or when a buddhist has a mantra. or when you say, "hail mary mother of god" in the catholic religion. it was a means of going inside of yourself to find the strength within to deal with the outside world. one of my mentors was bill kunseler. there was one scene he told me about when he was in birmingham where he was representing dr. martin luther king. and they had come from a demonstration or rally, and king had been told that there were men looking to kill him that night. and they drove up to a house, and bill and king were staying in the house together with a group of other people. bill told the story that people were petrified that night. i mean, they thought that the house was going to be bombed, and they darkened the house so there were no lights at all. and he was afraid

cnn's erin mclaughlin is live in front of the courthouse in london.: good morning, carol. when nigella lawson arrived at court she said she felt a bit tired, not given surprising she has chose on it stand not sit through hours of testimony. today the defense grilling her about her admitted cocaine use. she said quite simply she'd rather be honest about drug use than bullied by lies. she also talked about now infamous incident that took place outside a very famous london cafe in june an incident that resulted in photos being splashed across the british tabloids showing her now former husband charles saatchi, his hands around her neck. she said following that incident saatchi made up stories that he was examining her for cocaine at the time the photographs were taken. she also went on to testify about one of the defendants, francesca grillo, a former assistant, described her as a fantacist saying she was responsible for cleaning their house as well as arranging saatchi's frappuchino's and eggs. she went through lists amounting to thousands of dollars fu

erin mclaughlin is live outside the court this morning. what went on today, erin?porter: well, earlier this morning, nigella lawson arrived here at the courthouse dressed in black, her face expressionless amidst the flash bulbs of the world's media. she testified this trial that her former husband threatened to destroy her if she did not appear in court saying, quote, he had said if i didn't get back to him and clear his name, he would destroy me. of course this testimony falls the very public breakdown of their marriage earlier this year. she also talked about how difficult it is for her to appear and testify at this trial saying i felt i need to do my civil duties. she also talked about how at times it felt like she's been the one on trial in allity, the defendants are her two former assistants. the prosecution alleging that the sisters charged over a million dollars to company credit cards, fraudulent charges that the sisters deny saying lawson habitually used drugs and knew about the expenses. so far lawson had not commented on the allegations. this is really t

cnn's erin mclaughlin is live in london to tell us more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ca l carol. it took the jury nine hours. neither sister in court to hear it due to poor health. following the hearing the defense attorney reading a statement on their behalf saying "this has been a long, hard fight played out in the gaze of the world's media elisabetta and francesca would like to thank friends and relatives for their love and support and members of the public who expressed their best wishes." the prosecutors alleged the sisters fraudulently funded a lavish million-dollar lifestyle using company credit cards. they had to prove not only what they did was dishonest but they thousand it was dishonest. they argued these transactions took place over a time period of four years and nigella lawson implicit or explicitly authorized the transactions in order to hide her drug abuse, something that lawson vehemently denied in court, they also argued at no point did the sisters try to hide these transactions and they argued that they were

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cnn's erin mclaughlin has the latest, live in london. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kate, a very scary night for over 700 theatergoers here atland done's historic apollo theater, more than 70 injured, 7 seriously. after a section of a roof collapsed, sending members of the audience and actors alike running for cover. many saying they initially thought it was part of the performance. it was certainly not your typical thursday night at london's historic apollo theater. an audience of over 700 people, families and children had assembled for a performance of "the curious incident of the dog in the night time." and then -- >> a loud bang and the ceiling came down. >> it we thought it was sound effects of the theater and then, yes, we just looked up and the whole ceiling was like slow motion. >> reporter: parts of the roof started caving in. >> a lot of dust, chandelier, wood, all that sort of stuff, landed on about five or six rows. >> reporter: panic erupted inside the auditorium. >> i was right next to the steward. we were at the

erin mclaughlin from london. it's a serious story and a serious court case.hat else did prosecutors say about these messages? >> reporter: hi, michael. this is the first time we're hearing details, actual transcripts into allegations the duchess of cambridge, then kate middleton's phone, had been hacked by news of the world. in open court today the prosecutor reading some transcripts from voice mails they say obtained by police during the course of the investigation. one of the incidents -- voice mails dates back to 2006, when prince william was undergoing military exercises at sandhurst, left a voice mail. prosecution says for kate middleton in which he describes nearly being shot by blank rounds. let me read you the transcript read in open court in london today. he left a message saying, hi, baby. sorry, i've just got back in off my night navigation exercise. he goes on to say, i had a busy day today. again, i've been running around the wood of aldershot chasing shadows and getting horribly lost, and i walked into other regiment's ambush which was slightly

cnn's erin mclaughlin live in rome. what are we expecting from pope francis? >> reporter: well, we're expecting a celebration as well as powerful messages for the world's 1.2 billion catholics. final preparations are underway at the vatican for tonight's christmas eve mass. just a short while ago they unveiled the nativity scene there in st. peter's square to much singing and celebration. the pope's celebrations actually began on saturday, though, with his christmas message to the governing body of the roman catholic church. he wants them to focus on serving others and cutting back gossip. then he practiced what he preached, spending three hours at a local church, cheering up sick children, meeting with their doctors. last night we saw history made. the two popes met to exchange christmas greetings for the very first time. francis met with benedict for a total of 45 minutes a sign this is not your usual papacy. as for his christmas gifts, well, those are already taken care of. 2,000 immigrants at a local shelter received special packs complete with christmas c

mclaughlin. >> good morning could i want to thank you for the invitation to be here and i welcome that opportunity. i submitted a testimony which i hope you'll all take the time to read. it is packed with details about the nuances of how these plans were designed in architecture with her hats improper thoughts of the drive it's in the battlefield and that being the patient and the doctor. we are all generals and we respect the hard work you have done to to get the to get the slot past and as mr. cummins said even in my own family i can personally attest to the fear that came when my father passed away and my mother at the age of 61 with a terrible medical history, lost her insurance because it was company based with my father's company. for four years she was essentially uninsured so i have walked that road and i understand where you are coming from and the president in to do something for the citizens of this nation who have the cheers as well. however, in taking care of that unintentionally there were horrific events that are only starting to come to light which is the part that conc

. >> while the ceremonies involved a lot of pomp and circumstance as erin mclaughlin shows us, the popeto the point. >> reporter: as you can see, they're streaming into st. peter's square. people from all over the world, pilgrims and atheists, men, women, and children of a multitude of religious flooding the square to hear what pope francis has to say to the world on christmas day. >> translator: god is peace. let us ask him to help us to be peacemakers each day. >> reporter: what did you think of the pope's message? >> i think it was wonderful. it was beautiful, very touching, and i felt even like crying. he's a very humble person. i real >> i really don't know if humanity will listen, but he's strong to say this. >> reporter: his message delivered in italian, and even though not everyone here understands exactly what is saying, they're here to see him and to experience history. >> it was wonderful to be in such a large crowd. people were nice. we were trying to communicate with each other but we were all from many different countries. people were happy to be here and calm about it. >>

. >> erin mclaughlin live in london. >>> it's 15 minutes past the hour. families in newtown of bracing for receipt lease of the 911 calls at the sandy hook mess carry. 20 first graders and six school staffers lost their lives. a judge ruled last week to make those tapes public, affirming a freedom of information request. state attorney s spent months fighting the release. >>> cleveland captor ariel castro died by his own hands. castro was found hanging in his prison cell after being sentenced to life plus 1,000 year for assaulting three women for a deck cad. it points to all signs as a suicide. but still plenty of questions how he was given the time and space to commit suicide to begin with. >> exactly, when they should have been watching very closely. >>> a montana judge under fire for saying a 14-year-old rape victim looked older than her age. he admits he broke judicial ethics code but 72-year-old g. todd baugh said he could be censored but not removed for his remarks. the judge convicted the man convicted in that race for 30 days in jail. >>> producti

erin mclaughlin in london for us, thanks very much. >>> to the latest on the deadly train derailmentnew york. we found out the metro train was equipped with a warning device that could have awaken a dozing engineer but it was located in the locomotive that was pushing the train and not in the car where the engineer was actually sitting. also new this morning. a passenger on the trial has filed a notice of claim against the railroad so this is the first step in a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages for negligence. >>> college in north carolina on lockdown wednesday after gunfire erupted near the campus. two people killed and one wounded outside of wingate university outside of charlotte. the identity of the victims have not been relieved. none were students or employees of the school. a search is under way for the suspect. >>> 14-year-old philip chism was indicted last month by a garage for the death of math teacher colleen ritzer. prosecutors say chism sexual assaulted her and stole her credit cards and an iphone and then he killed her. in a school bathroom that was before dumping he

let's get the international reaction from erin mclaughlin who is live london. you look in the united states getting honorary doctorates. on the world stage he truly was rever revered. >> he really was, ma day la. i'm here outside the south africa house in london. this used to be a place of anti-apartheid protests during the time of nelson mandela's and now it's a tribute. the british prime minister was here to sign the book. people coming by all morning to leave candles and flowers and notes of remembrance thanking nelson mandela for all he has done and saying how much they will miss him. sentiment that is being echoed around the world. >> tonight, one of the brightest lights of our world has gone out. >> reporter: news of his death traveled swiftly around the world. in the uk, prince william and kate heard the news while attending the uk premiere of the film "mandela long walk to freedom." >> extremely sad and tragic news. we are reminded what an extraordinary and inspiring man nelson mandela was. >> reporter: hours before signing autographs on the red carpet,

. >> erin mclaughlin. london was the scene of daily protests during the times of apartheid, too.tests there in london. all right. well, the world lost an icon and the world likes to claim nelson mandela, but of course, he has a family. his family lost a husband, a father, a grandfather and so much more. >> we'll bring you a personal view of the former south african president from a cnn colleague who was a close friend of the mandela family. people don't have to think about where their electricity comes from. they flip the switch-- and the light comes on. it's our job to make sure that it does. using natural gas this power plant can produce enough energy for about 600,000 homes. generating electricity that's cleaner and reliable, with fewer emissions-- it matters. ♪ yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat, not caused by

erin mclaughlin following it in west london. another tawdry day in court. what did we hear?porter: that's right, michael. just a short while ago we saw nigella lawson leave the courthouse concluding a second and final day of testimony. during the testimony, she faced more allegations from the defense of habitual cocaine use, claiming she kept the drug inside her jewelry box, defense also claiming a drug dealer would come to her house, claims she responded to by saying, quote, i have never known or seen a drug dealer in my life. i was given them. she also went on to say, quote, people who are regular cocaine users do not look like this. gesturing at her body and face. now, during yesterday's testimony, she did admit to having used the drug cocaine on two separate life phases, troubling times during her life but she's not a habitual drug use somewhere not a drug at dig. also went on to talk about she never at point allowed the defendants to use the saatchi credit cards at their leisure saying, quote, there were not written down rule but was they were not for personal use unles

cnn's erin mclaughlin is live for us in st. peters square. how goes it? hello there. >> reporter: good morning, miguel. it's an absolutely beautiful day here at the vatican. there is a sense of excitement. thousands of pilgrims are in rome to celebrate and they say it's extra special, not just because it's christmas eve, but this is francis' first christmas as pope. take a listen to what they had to say. >> it's amazing to be here and to be part of the party, the energy. we all love the pope. i think he brings people to the city and to the vatican. >> it's the center of our faith and we are all very close to this pope because is a people's pope. for myself and my children it's a great honor. >> it's so different than being in the states where it's so overcommercialized and here, back to the simpleness, the real meaning of celebrating christmas. >> reporter: the pope's celebrations began on saturday with a message to the governing body of the roman catholic church. he told them that he wants them to focus on service and to cut back on gossip and then he le

erin mclaughlin tells us why. >> reporter: move over brad pitt, step aside george clooney. it looks like you have very serious is competition in the style department. "esquire" magazine last named pope tran sis the 2013 best dressed man of the year. the magazine admits this is an unconventional decision but point to his very simple style decisions as signaling new hope for the catholic church. take a look at pope benedict, the elaborate robes, golden cross. "esquire" magazine says this is look oh, so last season. now it's all about pope francis with his simple garments and iron cross. he's been trying to focus the church on helping the margin naturalized, the poor. esquire magazine writes the holy roman emperor does have new clothes and they reflect the people's pope. eric macculloch lynn, cnn, rome. >> rocking the robe. this really takes the cake. this is folks in azerbaijan celebrates the president's birth day. >> what you're watching here, you're looking at a 170-foot long cake. that's right. if the local government commissions the birthday giant birthday cakes every yea

peter's square counting down the hours till tonight's mass, and erin mclaughlin is lucky enough to be there. >> reporter: the tree is trimmed. the nativity scene unveiled and everyone seems excited for the pope's very first christmas. >> we want to share this special moment with a person who is beloved person and we appreciate all he's doing. >> reporter: nine months into his papacy, much has been made of the pope's reforms. more scrutiny at the vatican bank, changes to the church's bureaucratic structure, and a commission to deal with the abuse of minors. and that's to name a few. >> he tends to be a surprise because he does things that are normal but are very abnormal in terms of the papacy. he brought three homeless men noon the place where he's living to have breakfast with him on his birthday. >> the festivities began on saturday with his christmas message to the curia. he urged the church's governing body to avoid gossip and to focus on service. and then he practiced what he preached. spending three hours at a local hospital bringing christmas cheer to sick children. for the fir

. >> erin mclaughlin covering this from gavel to gavel. it is about the an sittents.ry and as much about the broken marriage of nigella lawson and her new ex-husband. she admits to using cocaine. how does that come up in a court case about fraud? >>. >> hi, michael. today, nigel lal lawson addressed allegations that have come up through the course of this trial he's a habitual drug useser. she says she does not have a drug problem, she's not a drug addict. she says she thinks she has a life problem. she did, however, acknowledge using the drug cocaine on two separate occasions. the first occasion during a time, a tough time in her marriage to the late john diamond when they both had found out that he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. she aid they took the drug to, in her words, escape from treatment. she said she didn't use cocaine again until july 2010 in her marriage it charles saachi. she described that marriage in which she felt subject to "intimate terrorism" from saachi. she said she felt totally chained, isolated and unhappy and a friend gave her cocaine. she

erin mclaughlin, cnn, london. >> pretty awesome journey there. congratulations. thanks for watching "around the world." cnn newsroom starts right now. have a great weekend. >> right now the white house is facing questions over robert levinson the american held in iran now identified as working for the cia. >>> democrats now are taking direct aim at the new jersey governor chris christie, blaming him for a traffic jam on the george washington bridge. now christie is responding to these allegations. and right now, a winter storm is poised to hit 23 states. that means a weekend of more snow and freezing temperatures affecting millions of americans. we're going to tell you how long it will last. >> hello, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. a fierce winter storm is taking direct aim the northeast and the great lake states. 23 states will be affected. that means more snow, more ice and more bone-chilling temperatures. our meteorologist jennifer grey is joining us from the cnn weather center right now. jennifer, we started this week with some bad weather. now what, another

mclaughlin about the various situations that you found yourself in. in some kind of way we have got to balance all of this. congressman tierney was so adamant. a lot of these things could've been solved when this was put together but there was a lot of give and take and a lot of things happened that i think we could have avoided a lot of what we have here now. there are a lot of problems that you are right, we have got to fix this and it's got to be a can-do attitude and not one where we just throw up our hands and say -- because do you know what? the people that suffer are the people you try to help every day. i thank you for all you do and i thank all of you for bringing the passion that you bring to your professions. we understand you are just trying to help people to get them well and keep them well. we really appreciate you. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you wall and again you will have seven days two and traditional statements or other material into the earh and we will now take a short resource resource -- recess for the second pane

erin mclaughlin, thank you so much.tune in for our live coverage of the pope's first-ever midnight christmas mass 6:00 pm eastern right here on cnn. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," the president signs up for his own health care plan on healthcare.gov. is it too little, too late for what some are calling a pr nightmare on pennsylvania avenue? our political panel will weigh in on obamacare next. >>> hi. i'm major tom here in germany. happy holidays, merry christmas and happy new year to dad and mary and all my family and friends in toledo, ohio. love you guys. miss you very much. have a blessed new year. they're not really looking. not at the rings. i can feel them looking at my thick, flaky red skin. do i tell them it's psoriasis? do i speak up and say it's not contagious? or do i just say... have a nice day!" when your psoriasis has gone from uncomfortable to unacceptable, visit psoriasis.com to connect with a psoriasis patient advocate from abbvie for free one-to one education and support. sign up at psoriasis.com

. >> erin mclaughlin for us in london. thank you.lleged los angeles airport gunman appeared before a judge. he is paul anthony ciancia, charges with a murder of a tsa officer. authorities say he pulled an assault rifle out of a bag and opened fire in what looked like a planned attack on airport security. one tsa officer was killed, three other people were wounded before police ultimately took down this gunman. this was ciancia's first court date. he said yes when asked if he understands the charges, but he did not enter a plea. >>> coming up here, more on the deadly train derailment in new york. the operator of the train may have been suffering from highway hypnosis. have you heard of this? we'll explain, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. i have obligations. cute tobligations, but obligations.g. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for t

mclaughlin in particular, and he did and it is an amazing afterward. i want to read a lot of your words that you read so eloquently the words of others who contributed those 29 chapters. he says here there was admittedly no apparent attempt to feel rise the chicago renaissance or advocate for unified approach by those who were involved. there was no anthology equivalent to the new negro. the few black literary magazines that were lost in chicago, lyndon johnson's favorite magazine, robert abbott and alice browning, a negro story, were short-lived. the closest thing to a manifesto is richard wright's much anthologized blueprint for negro writing but the essay is typically attributed solely to write members of the south side writers group with whom he read the essay and members of those with whom he wrote the essay have been pushed to the background. the 1937 issue, a new challenge where the essay first appeared was, edited by mary and miners and featured poetry by frank marshall davis, robert davis and margaret walker called all founding members of the

erin mclaughlin with that. >> reporter: a welcome break from all the christmas shop going on in londons dates back to the 13th century. used to have meat but now it has a gooey fruit-based center. mark's and spencer says they expect to sell over 31 million minced pies this year alone. back to you, kate. >> you got a little in your teeth, erin. >> what was that? >> my mom makes amazing butter tarts. >> i've never had a minced pie. >> i always stayed away because of the word minced meat. >> well, yeah. >> i'll take it, as long as you're cooking. >> i can make a wonderful rum ball. >>> next up, we'll take a short break here, a little girl helping her parents get into the holiday spirit through sign language. it is our holiday good stuff on this christmas morning. >>> 24 christmas trees and a thousand yards of ribbon, the secrets behind decorate be, you guessed it, the white house. >> ribbon or red tape? take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ [ male announcer ] that's handy. discover card. hey! so i'm looking at my bill, and my fico® c

mclaughlin rights about media, architectures of activism in documentary form and mows recently coeditedsensible politics. the visual culture of non-governmental activism published by zone books in 2012. we're truly honored to have her moderate the panel. i would like meg to give us a few opening remarks. thank you. >> hi, everybody. i would like to start by thanking alex kelly and the new york public library for inviting me to moderate today. it is a real honor to be on the same stage with people who have served in these post-9/11 conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. my connection as alex said to this issue is as a filmmaker. dari summers and i made a film which we started working on in 2005, finished in 2008 about a group of army women who served in the sunni triangle and were sent out with all-male infantry and artillery units to help deal with some of the tensions arising when they were going into homes and encountering iraqi women and children, civilians. we saw the american women who were doing this work as important historical actors in an ongoing transformation of the armed service

karen mclaughlin has that. >> reporter: over a million euros in france?oks like your company will have to pay a roughly 75% tax on your salary t. constitutional court has cleared the way for french president's tax law which will affect over 400 companies and around a dozen soccer clubs. he has long argued the rich need the pay more in france and his plan angered business leaders, foreign investors and soccer clubs, which at one point threatened to go on strike t. bill needs to be published before it is enacted. back to you, mikaela. >> raising the ire of many millionaires. >> soccer players very upset. threatened to strike at one point. >>> you trust all those holiday packages you sent arrive safely in this from one maryland house, this will make you pause for sure. take a look. >> oh, there it is, the delivery guy approaches. he hurls the package and flees. he is done, like, here, have your package. jackie moons who ordered this for her daughter says the box openly contained doll clothing, but what if it had been doll china or electronics, something frag

let's go to erin mclaughlin in rome. >> all eyes were on pope francis for his first christmas at theican. i have to say the leader of the world's 1.2 billion catholics didn't disappoint. there's a new christmas message from pope francis. and the focus is on the poor and the forgotten. >> this is a pope who wants the catholic church to be a change agent, a force for good in the world. >> reporter: in st. peter's square on christmas day, the energy was palpable. young and old, religious and atheist gathered to hear what pope francis had to say. >> it's amazing. it's an amazing feeling, even if i'm not a catholic or religious. >> i heard him mention peace many times. you could tell from the response around us, people are hopeful about him. >> reporter: this is not your normal christmas at the vatican. for the first time in history, two popes exchanged holiday greetings. and a record number of people requested to attend this pope's first christmas eve mass at the vatican. after the final blessing, pope francis greeted children from five different continents. >> this is a pope who loves e

the difference -- jay mclaughlin is one of the companies in our portfolio. the northeast they're flat. that makes sense because you've lost three different weekends to snowstorms here in the northeast, and that is not good for business. >> yeah. do these longer hours -- i mean, the question was posed this morning on our air, tom, but when you're open for a hundred hours in a row, does it work? and if it does work, why didn't retailers always do this? >> well, frankly, there's two reasons. number one is the incremental sales at night, you have people in the store stocking anyway. if you try doing the same thing in march, it's probably not going to work. when you start going into thanksgiving day and paying people double time or more and frankly abusing their lives, i'm not sure that's quite as smart. >> you co-founded staples and you were ceo -- if wh you look at a company like target with the massive breach, what do you think as a former ceo? >> first of all, as one who shops target from time to time, i've been overwhelmed by how good their systems are. thei

cnn's erin mclaughlin has more in london. what do you know, erin?was a safety decision, many of the participants were amputees from conflict zones, they're facing extreme conditions. harry is an active service member, he's also a patron of the sponsoring charity, walking with the wounded and while the racing portion has been called off, prince harry and other participants are determined to see this through. prince harry's race to the south pole was never going to be easy. the print of the trek is to show the world what injured veterans can achieve, crossing 208 miles of dangerous terrain at temperatures of minus 31 degrees fahrenheit, all the while pulling sleds weighing more than 165 pounds, is a dangerous proposition. add to that the stress of a three-way international race. the gruelling trek has already seen delays due to severe weather and now for safety reasons, organizers have called off the racing element of the expedition. >> people are going to get very, very tired and with our doctor here who i am in constant contact with, we just feel we

erin mclaughlin has that. >> mt.t it again, europe's tallest and most active volcano erupted in the early hours of monday morning, sending plumes of smoke and debris into the air, illuminating the italian skyline. this is the 20th eruption of 2013. while it may look ominous, they say it's posed no risk to nearby residents. the last major eruption was in 1992. back to you, michaela. >> thanks so much, erin. and in china, a spectacular city chiselled from ice has taken shape. can you say frozen skyscrapers? anna coren has details. >> braving subzero temperatures, they are making the final prep tags to the snow and ice festival which opens in the new year. this 30-year tradition show cases massive skull -- sculpture s made from ice and snow. back to you, michaela. >> how cool is that? >> that's plain cool. >> the new year means a lot of things. one of the things it means is new laws from florida to washington state. an estimated 40,000 will take effect next year. many of them begin at midnight tonight. it's time to bone