in one nine hundred eighty three j j rowlings asked for help from the i.m.f. which returned to ghana after eleven years of absence and has remained until today . in the following decades the economy thrived the annual average growth rate lies at five percent unemployment has declined and so has poverty which reached fifty one percent in one thousand nine hundred. twenty nine percent in two thousand and six. the good news does not stop there. it's. quite how much oil is out there. mean look at the point old. the second approach and if you've been given some discomfort. goes back in the night two thousand and seven that news reports show that gone it made a world class oil discovery the true scope of the size of the field wasn't exactly known on but it was clear from that moment on that the gonna assume to join the ranks of africa's oil producers. dependence overall much he also depends on not trying resolves us all busy does not bring i want to talk formation of economies in spite of the huge glories of the me hot with not being able to walk again the never so

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rowling is working on a play that's a prequel before harry went to hogwarts school.s of the year. ♪ what does the fox say >> "what does the fox say" is closing in on 300 million youtube hits. yes. 300 million. and the new children's book based on it has just debuted on "the new york times" best seller list. i'll bet a lot of kids will be finding that under the christmas tree. >> my 5-year-old niece has a "what does the fox say" t-shirt that she won't take off. >> the cutest little fox ever. >> adorable. >> yeah. >>> next up, now to a musical family, who doesn't just mail their christmas cards. they perform them. check out the family's cover of miley cyrus' "we can't stop." ♪ and we won't >> look at the dad. ♪ gingerbread house >> i love families that have a sense of humor like this. >> i'm not sure they're kidding. >> yeah, right. >> i don't know. between this family and the pajama family. >> the jingle. >> the kids don't know what they're in for, though. >> can you imagine your parents doing that? >> absolutely. >> it explains so much right now. >> next week's viral

rowling is taking harry potter to the stage. she will be co-producing a production in london. about the wizard, as well as consulting about the script. and the creator of "glee" said in a recent interview his and leah michelle's characters were not going to end up together after all. michelle would be a broadway star and monteith a teacher in ohio. >>> congratulations to "supernatural" star who welcomed a second baby boy over the weekend. >>> and mariah carey definitely won't be having children any time soon. >> if nick could have the babies himself, then maybe, yeah, bring them all. we love kids. well, italian has found quite an interesting way to market 12 years a slave. to the right of your screen is one of the posters of marketing brad pitt who has actually one of the smallest roles in the film. to the left is the american version of the poster. >>> one "home alone" super fan came up with you a unique christmas card for family members. >> kevin, you're such a disease. >> i hate families, families suck. >> i hope you don't mean that. >> do these fans get good gas mileage. >

right this is left tenant jerry join rowlings who had just overthrown his government. a government he had appointed a few years back after a coup d'etat. i. the poor economy was again one of the reasons for the coup. in one thousand nine hundred eighty three j.j. rawlings asked for help from the i.m.f. which returned to ghana after eleven years of absence and has remained until today . in the following decades the economy thrived the annual average growth rate lies at five percent unemployment has declined and so has poverty which reached fifty one percent in one thousand nine hundred two dropping to twenty nine percent in two thousand and six. the good news does not stop there. it's. quite how much. renuka spoil. the second approach and if you've been given some discomfort. goes back in the night two thousand and seven that news reports show that garnett made a world class oil discovery the true scope of the size of the field wasn't exactly down on but it was clear from that moment on that gonna assume to join the ranks of africa's oil producers. dependence overall mu

earlier this week a presidential commission recommended rowling back some of the domestic surveys lance by the national security agency, programs that were exposed by former nsa contractor edward snowden who is now a fugitive. in response to questions there cbs news correspondent major garrett, the president would not say whether edward snowden should be granted amnesty. the president also pointed out in his news conference recently improvements in the job market and growth in the economy. he said that 2014 could be a breakthrough year for the united states after long years of poor economic health. bob schieffer in our washington bureau our chief washington correspondent and anchor of "face the nation" has been watching along with the rest of us, bob, what struck you? >> well, the lack of news, i think, scott. i think the president spent almost an hour without any startling headlines here. he did as you say say that the nsa, he is going to review all those rules governing the nsa. he's going to try to follow kind of a middle of the road course, it sounds like. he said that edward snowde

south finally a breakthrough to rowling opposition parties that come to a compromise and mentors aimed at ending a months long deadlock and normalizing problem entry procedures starting wednesday during a meeting on tuesday with resumes and eating the chairs and floor leaders of her rulings in the tea party and the opposition democratic parties agree to lock the special committee in charge of reforming the national intelligence service within the national assembly that the opposition parties meeting the committee the two sides have been at odds over allegations that the nation's spy agency and other governmental bodies medal in last year's presidential election. as the pending issue of appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the allegations from rival parties decided to continue negotiations. earlier today that the nation's top off this president up and hand held bilateral talks to her inquiry counterpart during which the two leaders agreed to further boost cooperation particularly in the economic sector. the presidential office correspondence and two as well. beckett and visiti

by the government in september has been stabbed in the legislature and in a deadlock between bill rowling and main opposition parties over allegations at the national intelligence service try to sway opinion in favor of now press them up and head of last year's presidential election. to that and the two parties also agreed on wednesday to pass a bill under warranty and i guess. additional talks on the decals are scheduled to run through friday the christmas day and treatment of liver does not resolve all the pending issues at the national assembly. the ruling and opposition parties remain at odds over a series of bills aimed at revitalizing the economy which is suffering from sluggish growth president pat in and urged policymakers earlier this month to pass the legislation saying it is needed in order to maintain the momentum of recovery seen them on record high exports this year. on seeing items before your dns and another begins. get the latest line from seoul. any expert analysis from ages fourteen with a viewpoint on the cold its local network and why for the odd rifle that has sevent

rowling was the case of turkish workers party leader to her and care to describe the armenian genocide as an intentional lie during a two thousand and five election in switzerland in april that it thousands of armenians claim national flags and held candles to mark the ninety eighth anniversary of the mass killing all the techie geeks that many armenians died in the fight scene in what is now east and turkey says it was not an act of genocide the ruling has implications for other european states last year from skin out to them go on to the government of then kristin nicholas sarkozy which criminalize denial of the armenian genocide a month later the needle was struck down by a french court which said that contradicted the constitution in the most recent based european court of human rights true distinction between the denial of the armenian genocide and the denial of the holocaust the courts a few historical facts such as existence of gas chambers and compete in the holocaust should still be a crime. i fan. free movement is a fundamental and basic right to bed. all eu nationals have as

. >>> and jk rowling has taken harry potter to the state. the show is slated to begin within the next two years. david, and if it's as good as the films i'm sure it will be really popular. >> are you a fan of harry potter? >> i have watched some of the films, yes. >> would you go to a show on broadway if they made a show about it? >> yes, of course, wouldn't you. >> i think so. i don't know, that would ruin the book, i don't know, maybe if a whole group of colleagues went i would go with everybody. thank you. appreciate it. local shame ends in peru practicing south out by tourists looking for a natural cure. >> in the heart of the amazon jungle shaman guide through the session. a revered plant turned into a potent hallucinogen drink. for thousands of years it was sacred. when the night is over he'll become a better person. >> to me it's medicine, it cleans the negative energy that we have in our body. >> the dumping made out of the bark of this jungle vine would purge the body and the spirit. the shaman guides the patient through the experie

and rowling will not write the script.start development for teeth merse the uk next year. >>> a playoff berth on the line a preview of the 49ers-falcons game. we look back at another great candlestick moment. that and more next. >>> ring in the new year with new year's live presented by nissan. the only local live show in the bay area that will give you a front seat to the biggest and best new year's fireworks shows and party. hosted by gary radnich. this is a way to ring in the new year. >>> we'll look at the extended forecast. we do have not much change in the order over the next week or so. we'll see temperatures in the 60s. and pretty much the bay area. if you are doing any holiday traveling. let's talk about the holiday travel forecast. you will notice there is not a lot over california. look at the rest of the country it's another story. we have rain and snow throughout the us you can see it over texas and oklahoma stretching all the guy new england. there is a front extending from new england down to texas that will

rowling series on top since publishing her first book in 1990 every is. the potter series dominated the top five spots from 2000 to 2002. but it has declined. it fell off the list entirely last year. probably more people heading outside than staying inside and reading these days. leigh, quite mild weather we are having. >> very mild. well above where we should be for this time of year. as much as 5 to 10 degrees above the temperatures weather wise. live doppler 7 is showing you clear skies. you remember last night we did have the offshore warm winds. it kept temperatures a little above levels, but tonight the winds have calmed down and clear skies and radiational cooling will take place and the temperatures will drop near freezing. a nice shot from our sutro cam. san francisco 52 and 44 in los gatos. check out what is going on in the north bay. already the valley areas are in the 30s of the in fact, we have 35 right now in santa rosa. novato is 37. 39 in fairfield. livermore right now is 40 degrees. it will be clear tonight. it will be much colder than la

rowling series on top since publishing her first book in 1990 every is. the potter series dominated the top five spots from 2000 to 2002. but it has declined. it fell off the list entirely last year. probably more people heading outside than staying inside and reading these days. leigh, quite mild weather we are having. >> very mild. well above where we should be for this time of year. as much as 5 to 10 degrees above the temperatures weather wise. live doppler 7 is showing you clear skies. you remember last night we did have the offshore warm winds. it kept temperatures a little above levels, but tonight the winds have calmed downclear skid clear skies and radiational cooling will take place and the temperatures will drop near freezing. a nice shot from our sutro cam. san francisco 52 and 44 in los gatos. check out what is going on in the north bay. already the valley areas are in the 30s of the in fact, we have 35 right now in santa rosa. novato is 37. 39 in fairfield. livermore right now is 40 degrees. it will be clear tonight. it will be much colder t

rowling, nancy pelosi. laura bush. karl rove. hillary clinton. lance armstrong. mother theresa.good choice. prince williams. the royals. and nelson mandela. barbara will pick a winner again this year. good choice. >> -- whatever her name is. >> kim-ye. >>> coming up, a disturbing new poll shows americans don't trust each other very much anymore. okay: . >>> one of the nutty things that makes america great is we're for the most part friendly people. easy to get along with and trust worthy. that may be eroding. according to a poll, surprisingly one-third of americans say most people can be trusted as opposed to '72 when almost half the country felt that way. a record high say you can't be too careful in dealing with others. this is when the crime rates are down all over. there's got to be a reason for this. what do you think, eric? >> i don't know that the crime rate's high. i think violent crime is down. the thefts and the bernie madoff things and those types. i don't trust liberals. i don't trust anyone with my medical records. >> you had to bring it to that. okay. >> i think th

rowling working on new harry potter from the source error's stone to the working on harry potter play. while the books gaining admission to hog warts. it will the story of harry's childhood. explore the story of orphan and outcast. maybe there is a spell and bring it to the u.s. >>> is donald trump going into new business, rapping? donald trump tweeting: what's with this rap stuff with me and ebenezer scrooge? that's right. he fights scrooge in epic rap battle of history ♪ i'm like a star on a christmas tree ♪ you're like the star ♪ i'm not known for my heart ♪ but you will still get. >> the video features a cameo of j.p. morgan the ghost of rich dude's past. worthy of donald and the scrooge. who wins? we report, you decide. >>> and did lebron james tweet a selfie? not exactly. lebron tweeting my nephew little richie before school this morning. pajama day always awesome. ninja turtles in full. lebron's nephew whole new pajama boy. use #greta in all your tweets and posts. more in the duck "duck dynasty" controversy. what's it really like. real housewife of new york kelli bin simone is

. >> the seiu played a bill rowling in getting the minimum wage. activists say, despite the critics, keep fighting for the higher wages. we just heard the woman behind it admit that some jobs will be lost, quote, here and there. it that their proper tradeoff, to have fewer people making more money? >> well, let me start by saying, the three-quarters of americans believe the minimum wage needs to be raised. right? i certainly agree with them. the minimum wage is at a level that doesn't allow people to even if they -- did work fulltime -- it was designed to be a safety net but designed to be a reasonable safety net. right now -- >> i thought was designed to be a stepping stone. very few people in this country even are working at minimum wage, and even -- >> that's actually not true. it's -- we're talking about 20 million americans, a significant number of people, and most of them are not teenagers. 84% of them are over 20 years old, and because our economy has changed and because our economy is suffering, right, we are in a position where people are

rowling, author of the series, confirmed she's working on a new stage play about the wizard focusing to hogwarts and will feature popular characters from the book series. she will co-produce the product but will not write the script. we're not sure who gets that lucky honor. the stage play is expected to open in london in 2015. >>> make sure to follow me on twitter and also at theleadcnn. that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. i'll be back in two hours substitute anchoring on "outfront" at 7:00 p.m. eastern. i turn you over to wolf blitzer right next door in "the situation room." mr. blitzer? >>> happening now, obama on the hot seat. the president gets a grilling at the end of a bad year for the white house. he takes the most heat over nsa spying amid new snooping revelations. he signaled some changes are on the way. >>> general gone wild. an air force report reveals a top nuclear missile commander was removed from his post for boozing. and boorish behavior abroad. we have the details. >>> and sea world is reeling right now after a cnn film exposes its treatment of killer whales.

rowling announced she is working on a play based on the widely popular series.l probably focus on harry's childhood years as an orphan. that is today's "speed read." david: talk about the federal reserve creating money, she creates money, a moneymaker. >>> gold is on track as you gold bugs to post its biggest annual loss in 32 years as prices fell to a three-year low this week. liz: has the precious metal hit rock bottom or will prices continue to plunge? joining us from the pits of the cme, fox business contributor, phil flynn. the phil, this was bound to happen. this is one of the largest bull markets in any metal in history, possibly. i don't know. you look at the numbers. where does it stack up? >> it's a major correction. if you look where gold has been since the bottom, it was a 13-year bull run. even where we're at today, gold is up 358% since the bottom compared to the s&p which is only up 37%, believe it or not. but since the bottom, when the stock markets bottomed out, stocks have outperformed gold since qe started. stocks are up 172% versus 36%. but w

. >> there is a man maybe you all have heard of him doug rowl. he's the previous president of trader joe's. doug has been focusing on food waste reductions. it's an educational process to know just because this date is stamped does not mean that the food is not good or you have a health risk. there needs to be greater education about that. what doug is looking at doing is he's in the midst of trying to create a retail store that sells all expired or short code dates and he gets them sold to him as dramatic discounts and people come and shop and get great values for products that are fine to eat. i think as you said, the solution is the key issue and there are many solutions we can look at. i think it's just really up to us. we look at the bulk buying we do at costco and sam clubs, the amount of waste that can occur there is enormous. they provide great value to us but often it's just too much. so we have to think about that and look at how we as consumers can reduce our purchasing. it's fascinating in food service, what is beginning to happen is

rowling is going to have a play.d over to hog wart's. there is been 8 books and spawned 8 movie adaptations. it's expected to be in the west end in the next two years. >>> check this horse's talent. he's using a paint brush. he was adapt by his new owners after his bad knees forced him to retire. he was really depressed until he got a chance to paint. they say selling those masterpieces has given them away to pay for his medical needs. each painting is worth $700. >> a horse can actually paint better than me now. big shopping days straight ahead. there a few stores and make sure everything is crossed off your list. >> it's hitting the midwest hard, it's not enough to stop the football fans coming out and getting ready for tomorrow's game. achines, and one touch creates the perfect coffee, cappuccino, and latte. ♪ tempt all your senses with one extraordinary coffee. [ penélope cruz ] nespresso. what else? [ male announcer ] available at these fine retailers and nespresso-us.com. . >>> more than a thousand families are

rowling is collaborating with a play. >>> now you need to tell us what which thalter. christmas in the catholic church got under way as pope francis delivered a key address. he stressed the importance of maintaining professionalism in the work of the church. he's making changes. he's expected to name several cardinals next month. >>> it's about 22 after the hour. now here's a look at the weather for your weekend. >>> coming up deep inside the nfl. the author of a new book spent an entire season with the team. what he got was unprecedented access on and off the field. >>> and later before you head to the mall this weekend, hunting for your the perfect gift? we will explain how to use the scientific method to help. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." >>> coming up 100 years of crossword puzzles. >> did you send a message to me in "the new york times" crossword puzzle? >> well, i had a little help from this guy. >> "new york times" crossword editor and master constructor -- >> i actually wrote that crossword. >> i edited it. now, get back to crosswording. >> yes,

rowling announced this friday. based on harry potter's early years before heading to hogwart. next year. that's a pet peeve of mine. a stage play. it's a play. >> is it a play, victor? >> yeah, it's a play. >>> the family behind that wildly popular show "duck dynasty" suggests the series may be over. maybe it's done. they say they cannot imagine going forward without phil robertson. >> yeah. a lot of "duck dynasty" fans not happy about the prospect of that happening, a&e suspended robertson for homophobic and racist comments, but robertson isn't the first celebrity to trip on his tongue. here's national correspondent gary tuchman. >> i'm not in to dainty things. >> reporter: "duck dynasty"'s phil robertson certainly isn't the first celebrity whose mouth has gotten him or her in trouble. >> get eway from my wife and baby with the camera! [ bleep ] that is. >> reporter: alec baldwin recently lost a program. >> you know what's going to happen to you, don't you? come on! [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: after those comments, baldwin was suspended from his show, and then it was c