but the latest from nick davis in kingston. it was supposed to be close. it is it close? >> they really thought they had it, especially when i spoke to their leaders a few days back. people really thought the election was lifted by the bounce which she had been given after taking over, after being annoyed it -- after being anointed by the prime minister. they did not think would make a difference. the flags are being waived, the orange of the people's national party is seemingly everywhere, the forces eventually graduating eat -- congratulating each other. >> it seems as if the electorate had accepted the plans to revive the economy. tell us about the state of the economy and her party's plans. >> this country has a history of debt which goes back decades. the deal was done with the imf under the labour party, which some people say managed to resuscitate bring them to a state where the could just about survive the economic crisis. the people's national party said it was 2% of gdp on debt, a huge amount of money, which they said was not workable. they're looking for differ

our nick davis has this to report. >> andrew turned out earl you to vote. his finger dipped in dye to symbolize his vote. the snap vote was seen by the jamaican labour party as a way to bring their voters to the polls. he became the country's ever prime minister. that was gamble he hoached would have paid off. >> well, when i did my assessment as seen by people now which is toughness in thought or by sampling and by pandering, and onboard others. we are ahead. >> it was quite clear that the turnout was low yet both parties knew they needed to towards country's financial situation. a high level of debt and unemployment. it was far from the coal pistols of that. and the constituencies took many. one appealed to the working class and mobilized their vote. her job now as prime minister elect so make good on her promises of the campaign. he is now the sortest-serving prime prifmente his leadership of the j.o.p. is in question as a loss to the poles. >> other stories for you. attack planes carried out an attack east of gaza. the military says it was targeting mil

nick davis, bbc news, jamaica. >> you go to bed on a thursday and wake up on a saturday morning. it sounds like a pretty heavy night. that's exactly what has happened and the tiny pacific island of samoa, but not because of a heavy night, but because they've decided to miss out an entire day. the clock struck midnight. instead of moving it to december 30, the country has jumped straight to the 31st. it is all in the name of a hard- nosed business sense as some what looks to improve ties with its major trading partners, australia and new zealand. the prime minister of samoa joined me straight from a ceremony to mark the date change. >> it feels very great. we have just finished our ceremony, which formally signals the changing of our times ozone. it has been attended by a lot of our dignitaries in samoa. we all feel very happy. >> you have done this for business reasons. are you able to give us an idea, to quantify the benefit of changing times zones? >> i have already mentioned several times that immediate benefit will be to our tourist industry with the confusion in the differen

. >> well, i trained as a journalist in the merrill group same one as nick davis that you heard yesterday. that involved training in the basics of journalism, getting qualifications and then on the job training in local and regional papers. i then started to work as a freelance for the daily mirror. i worked for other newspaper titles as a freelance. i became a staff reporter at "the mirror." i left briefly to work for "today" the launch. i went back to "the mirror." i was at "the mirror" as a journalist. and again, for the latter stages of my journalistic career before i went to work for tony blair. >> and you made it clear in your statement that there are many aspects of the press in journalism of which you are proud either personally or vicariously, is that correct? >> grateful i am. i was one of the executives. he said british journalism is the best in the world. but i think it is important to remember that some of british journalism is the best in the world. i think you saw -- i watched your evidence. they missed an inquirey yesterday. they saw some very different aspects of british

davis: agreed. >> lauren: then that appears that the remainder is for nicholas. >> adam: why don't we just poll everyone, as a formality? >> lauren: fine. i stand behind nicholas. >> victoria: as do i. >> nickmade up my mind yet. >> nick: (sighs) [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold... medicine. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] vicks dayquil. defeats 5 cold & flu symptoms. ♪ see? he's taking his vitamins. new one a day vitacraves plus omega-3 dha is a complete multivitamin for adults. plus an excellent source of omega-3 dha in a great tasting gummy. one a day, gummies for grown-ups. how about the beat of a healthy heart? campbell's healthy request soup is delicious, and earned this heart, for being heart healthy. ♪ feel the beat? it's amazing what soup can do. how about both? with covergirl lashblast fusion. a mascara for lashes that want it all... all at once. our biggest brush meets our fiberstretch formula to bring you a blast of volume and length. lashes that want it all want lashblast fusion. from easy, breezy, beaut

nick nolte, chris ftopher plummer. >> reporter: the leading role in the film played by michelle williams who earned a s.a.g. nomination and joins viola davislose for albert knobbs. janet mcteer nominated in supporting category and joins chastain and spencer and bejo and melissa mccarthy. >> you must be annie's fellow. >> i'm glad he is single. i am going to climb that like a tree. >> she was so funny in "bridesmaid." >> i laughed out loud. >> funny. it was great too. s.a.g. awards will air on january 29th. a few weeks from now. the oscars of course here on abc. the 26th of february. >> fun to catch up on all the movies before oscar time. i try to watch everything. so i have a say in the voting. >> an informed >>> this morning on "world news now" -- final chapter in the iraq war. the u.s. troops who are still in baghdad will be given a final farewell today. >> it is the ceremonial end of a long-fought battle that involved more than a million servicemen and women who served our country there. it is thursday, december 15th. >>> good morning, i'm sunny hostin. >> i'm rob nelson. good morning, everybody. >> as american troops leave iraq there a

. >> it was given to this committee by nick davis, the journalist. >> do you recall when the guarding produce that story and then a week later they came, the documents were published following our session, do you remember where you are? >> when a newspaper allegation was made i was in the united states. i was in idaho at a business conference. >> where you've been at the time based in london? >> yes, and i return to the u.k. the following week. >> did you ask for anything? >> my reaction was to understand whether or not it was true, that there were further allegations. and i asked, i received a telephone call from the u.k. i received a copy of the article and the allegations made, was asked is this true. went back to the news of the will to say, because they been, mr. koh and mr. myler had answered the settlement that the answer came back very strongly that investigations have been made, inquiries have been made, previous investigations have been made and are, had uncovered no new evidence at all. the same assurances that you received in 2090 and, indeed, it was only well before i ret