mr. lawrence," one of his best known films. the altar was designed in the style of the ceremony, also an oshima film. decorated with about 5,300 white flowers, the favorite hat and scarf were placed inside his coffin. >>> and we'll we back in 30 minutes with more news. i'm gene otani in tokyo. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

mr. lawrence," one of his best-known films.ack motto composed the piece and starred in the film was among the mourners. the author of designed in the sign of "the ceremony," also an oshimi film. it was decorated with white flowers and his favorite hat and scarf were placed inside his coffin. >>> we'll be back in 30 minutes with more news. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

mr. lawrence. he was the artist and residence in my alma mater. who is this? >> this is huey schmidt. >> wow. >> and this is that typical style. >> beautiful. >> and an interesting landscape setting. good morneous. >> and this is an important -- gorgeous. >> and this is an important piece? >> yes. >> this is a recruitment poster for -- to join the -- the, to join the -- . >> the union army. >> right. thank you. >> yes. yes. >> and i said civil rights, you know what i meant. >> yes. >> and -- . >> this is lovely. >> what we have are 10 types and amber types. you are seeing a young girl and we don't have the photographer identified. >> isn't she lovely? >> yes, she is. >> and this is -- i never know? and this is the version, one of the early versions of the emancipation proclamation, the centerpiece of the collection and the exhibition. it was published in september of 1862. >> wow. >> and this is an amazing moment, given the 1 fiftyth anniversary of the emancipation proclamation that we have the document that is on display at moad until may. >> oh, my goodness,

mr. lawrence karnow. >> happy new year. surprised to see who came in today. on out there folks. we have some clearing skies, still a couple of clouds but looking like a good start to the new year. when might we see some rain? i will talk about that coming up in a minute. >> and a good start to the freeways right now. here's a live look at conditions at the golden gate bridge. so far, so good. we'll keep you updated on traffic all morning long. >> thanks a lot, gianna. it is now 4:30. and congressional leaders may have found a way to avoid that so-called "fiscal cliff" that we have been talking about. after that midnight eastern time deadline, the senate passed a bill that would retroactively prevent the automatic spending cuts and tax hikes but as tara mergener reports, even if the house approves this bill, there is a lot more work that needs to be done. >>> reporter: in the early- morning hours of new year's day, the senate began voting on a bill to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff.

mr. lawrence bartlett is the director of the office of refugee admissions at the u.s. department of state's bureau of population, refugees, and migration. he leads the state department program abroad and in the u.s. that identifies processes, places, and received more than 260,000 refugees in the united states over the past four years alone. previously, mr. bartlett held the state department leadership position for refugees from afghanistan, iraq, kosovo, and lebanon. mr. bartlett served as the peace corps country director in bulgaria and jordan and was a peace corps volunteer in the yemen arab republic. miss barbara strack is the chief of the refugee affairs division at the department of homeland securitiy's citizenship and immigration services. ms. strack's responsibilities include managing the refugee corps and headquarters to support the u.s. refugee admission program by conducting overseas adjudications and the related policy training, quality assurance, anti-fraud, and national-security efforts. miss strack came to dhs with both public and private sector experien

mr. lawrence bartlett is the director of the office of refugee admissions at the u.s.department of state's bureau of population refugees and migration. he leads the state department program abroad and in the u.s. that identifies processes, places and receives more than 260,000 refugees in the united states over the last four years alone. priestly, mr.-- previously, mr. bartlett held the state department's positions for refugees from afghanistan, iraq, kosovo and lebanon. mr. bartlett served as the peace corps' country director in bulgaria and jordan and was a peace corps volunteer in the yemen arab republic. ms. barbara strack is the chief of the refugee affairs acquisition of the department of homeland security's citizenship and immigration services. ms. strack's responsibilities include managing the refugee corps and headquarters staff to support the u.s. refugee admission program by conducting overseas adjudications and through related policy training, quality assurance, antifraud and national security efforts. .. and state, local, tribal and private sector partners

mr. wright does say, lawrence wright, who wrote that book says that he has been threatened with legal actionat several of the people he spoke to have been harassed and threatened with legal action and randomhouse says it, too, has been threatened with legal action. cnn sent off a number of questions to the church of scientology as we were developing the story, the church got back to us with several different statements, both from lawyers and from the church itself. we're going to put these up online later, so that the church's response, their full response to all of our questions can be seen, but it is a full throttled response. carol? >> miguel marquez reporting live from los angeles. anderson cooper will have more tonight on "ac 360" joined by lawrence wright, the book's embattled author, 8:00 p.m. eastern, right here on cnn. >>> still ahead, talk back question today, obama's speech, what was your takeaway? facebook.com/carolcnn, or tweet me @carolcnn. (announcer) make mornings special, with fancy feast mornings gourmet cat food. mornings are delicious protein rich entrees with garden vegg

mr. darcy is the opposite of james bond, rarely shaken or stirred. whether it's lawrence colin firth -- >> my affections and wishes are unchanged. >> reporter: -- he is the thinking woman's heartthrob. >> when i was about to play the part, everybody i knew was horrified and astonished. women i knew said, "don't! you'll ruin it forever!" >> reporter: no chance of that. there's now the bollywood version, "bride and prejudice," the zombie version and on the internet -- >> my name is lizzy bennett -- >> reporter: a version where mr. darcy maintains a twitter feed. tonight, we're in pasadena. southern california could not be more different from the world of jane austen and peopmberly. but here, everyone is dressing the part. as one woman put it, this is the jane austen equivalent of a "star trek" convention. who knew? what is it about mr. darcy? i don't get it. >> you don't get it? well, you're a man. that's why. >> he admits when he's wrong, but he's strong in his opinion, and he's described as being pretty darn handsome. >> reporter: the courage to dance. david wright, abc n

mr. high pressure sticking around all day long. we'll talk about that coming up. >> we love our high pressure. thank you, lawrence.l, outside right now we're already watching one accident. it's eastbound 4 approaching 242. one lane blocked and roadwork in the area. we'll talk about that coming up. >> busy already. >> a little bit. >> thank you. >>> 20 hostages are reportedly escaped from a natural gas plant in algeria where islamic militants hold dozens of foreigners captive. a security official says the escapees include americans and europeans. susan mcginnis has more on the ongoing situation deep in the sahara desert. >>> reporter: algerian troops now surround the natural gas field where terrorists are holding dozens of workers hostage including several americans. the two sides are in an apparent standoff. the militants claim to be part of al qaeda and stormed the complex in the sahara desert wednesday morning killing two people and injuring six others. u.s. officials say they are in constant contact

chris lawrence is live at the pentagon. so what can mr. hagel expect? what kind of a fight?ing to be some tough questions. this thing has been run almost like a political campaign with those who oppose hagel taking out ads against him, his supporters raising money to defend him. but he's got an office here in the pentagon that has been buzzing for weeks. this office is dedicated to just prepping him for this hearing. so he's got a pretty good idea of what's coming. chuck hagel's past is about to come roaring back at him. >> good morning, guys. how are you? >> reporter: how he's voted, what he's said. >> he has insisted that the israelis negotiate with hamas, a terrorist organization. >> reporter: so one of the first questions could be will you support israel? recently hagel promised he would, unequivocally saying his record has been distorted. but he'll have to explain what he said before his nomination. >> i reference to a quote, jewish lobby, which i don't believe exists. >> reporter: senators will demand to know what hagelment a -- hagelme meant. >> i cannot support a nom

mr. president. [ applause ] >> stephanie: he needs to wear a split shield the next time he has alex jones on. >> sneeze guard. >> stephanie: right. lawrence, awesome show. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: yes, i -- my issue is the president is constantly being attacked by the right-wing and they are saying -- they have been saying for a long time that he wants to take away your guns. talking to all of the gun owners, and he is steadily trying to defend that. and i think the problem is that he is having is we -- the right-wing -- i mean the president does want to take away the guns but only from the crazy people, and that's the only way that all of those democratic congressmen or senator around the count friday will be able to survive, you know, by making a clear definition of who needs the guns taken away and who can keep the guns. you cannot win if everybody believes you are trying to take guns from everyone. so my -- the reason for me calling is that you stephanie as a comedian and very brilliant person -- [ bell chimes ] >> caller: to frame the definition of who is crazy and who is not. because others feel offended when you say gun

lawrence, thank you very much. >>> the 66,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan may be headed home sooner than expected. afghan president hamid karzai met with president obama in washington yesterday. he and mr transition of combat operation operations by the end of 2014. president obama is considering keeping some troops, possibly between 3,000 to 9,000, in place after 2014 for counterterrorism and training but only if they get immunity from prosecution. karzai signaled he may be willing to do that. >>> faith leaders talk gun control at the white house. you'll meet one of the men who sat down at the table with vice president biden. now count the number of buttons on your tablet. isn't it time the automobile advanced? introducing cue in the all-new cadillac xts. the simplicity of a tablet has come to your car. ♪ the all-new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bringing the future forward. you paid...wow. hmmm. let's see if walmart can help you find the same look for less. okay. see? walmart has all these leading eyewear brands and styles. rockstar! really? yeah. oh, wow! oh, black frame looks good on you. yeah? you can get a complete pair starting at just -- $38. really?! and did you know that

mr. lincoln himself, daniel day lewis, took home best actor for a male in his role as lincoln. he swept the season. and "silver linings playbook" jennifer lawrence won statue for best female actor. and anne hathaway earned a trophy in best supporting actress category. beautiful dresses, good speeches. i think it was a good night, carol. >> speaking of beautiful dresses. it's all over the internet. jennifer lawrence's dress, did it really rip open when she stood up to take her award? >> you know, looks can be deceiving because this seems to be the wardrobe malfunction that actually wasn't. it's almost like that depends on what your definition of is is. because technically she did have a wardrobe malfunction, but the dress didn't rip. in case you're not completely confused, here's a little bit more. according to e-online, when she was walking up the steps to receive her actor, she adjusted the beautiful christian dior gown, and she revealed clear lining, which was purposely connected to the gown. it wasn't a tear. it was a little fabric connection that you weren't supposed to see. >> it was just a complicated construction thing going on. >> there