and jennifer lopez and larry and steven spielberg. tavis: you went from morgan freeman to steven spielberg with lo as the middleman. >> there is something about the sweatpants she wore. >> i digress from that point. for those who have not seen the show, tell us about your character. >> nicholas brady is a marine sergeant who is not in the army when 9-11 occurs. he signs up out of duty and is taken hostage and spends the next eight years of his life in captivity, and the assumption is for the first two or three years he is systematically tortured

highlights, the civil war directed by steven spielberg and it is in the lead with 7 nominations, tied with second place, iran hostage crisis and the terrible tino movie starting jamie foxx. as a mother, the popular hbo series for best drama cease series. by the way the golden globes will be presented january 15thth. >>> the calm act, it is designed to do away with blaring television commercials geese into effect today. they are going to make sure ads are the same volume they are

steven spielberg directed film based on doris concerns good win's book "team of rivals," the film turned out to be talk of t capitol hill, and pundits expressing renewed respect for the art of the political deal. >> academy award winning director and producer steven spielberg joined us along with rick engel who devoted the entire time to the question what would lincoln do? and we spoke to adaniel day doig who had the extraordinary task of becoming leaningoe lincoln? >> lincoln as portrayed by daniel day lewis was a deeply compassionate human being, who understood the people who were both opposed to him and the people who were supporting him and had just a deep, deep kind of communion with all of the issues. and that his patience, which as you know he was widely and broadly criticized for, too slow to come to any decision, too slow to replace mcclellan with general grant, too slow to issue the emancipation proclamation waiting for a great victory on the battlefield at antietem and he was hurtling down through history. in a sense you, you see all sides of him. >> you also see the turmoil.

tavis: you went from morgan freeman to steven spielberg with lo as the middleman. >> there is something about the sweatpants she wore. >> i digress from that point. for those who have not seen the show, tell us about your character. >> nicholas brady is a marine sergeant who is not in the army when 9-11 occurs. he signs up out of duty and is taken hostage and spends the next eight years of his life in captivity, and the assumption is for the first two or three years he is systematically tortured physically and mentally, and there is some kind of strange transition that happens when he becomes a prisoner under house arrest, and he becomes involved in this terrorist warlord family, and he becomes a tudor- like figure to his son, and he becomes a muslim, and he returns. he is found and returns to the u.s. as a hero, and everyone believes this to be true apart from this damaged cia agent played by claire danes, who things she has word he might be someone else and that he might be a danger to homeland security, and that is the premise of the show, and we discover who is right in some woasure

the senate will be getting together for a screening of "lincoln" next week with steven spielberg on hand for a q and a afterwards. >>> betty white helped open grinchmas where she got the whomanitarian award. >> he looked decidedly well kept in his mug shot there. baldwin was booked on charges of tax evasion totaling nearly $350,000. >>> jed, justin bieber was snubbed by the grammys. his manager said his frustration. he said he deserved a nomination. is it the beginning of the end for the biebs? say it ain't so. he has so much life left in him. >> it seems immature to go at it with a tweet. >> that's the whole generational thing. it's like scooter is sort of edgy and young. he's going to take it to twit jer and say his peace. ryan seacrest with a big interview with him would have been another way to go. >>> this comes to us from nbc 5 in dallas, texas. in nearby fort worth a young boy was given the sleigh right of a lifetime. 5-year-old zachary who is undergoing cancer treatment has become fascinated by helicopters. he was given the gift of a helicopter tour of the surrounding county's ch

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in fact, there's a lot of pushback against steven spielberg's film precisely because he does not acknowledge the significant effect that slave activities had on pushing emancipation. there's no question. one of the things that interested me was why slaves did what they did during the war, and for a long time, as scholars began to recognize that they did play a role, meaning leaving plantations and farms, heading to union lines, underminding slavery where it was in existence, forcing the union side to deal with the slavery question when the lincoln administration, initially, at least, would have preferred not to at all. they wanted to deal with the issue of secession and reconciliation and thought that slavery would complicate the process, but the issue is why did they do that? i was really interested in the ideas that, political ideas, that slave brought into the civil war era, and i think they had a much more sophisticated understanding of american politics than we recognized. i think they understood that the nation was divided politically, they had imagined that they had allies in are the

the second part is, did you meet steven spielberg? in the third part of this is your book how to drive the attendance to spielberg's movie? [laughter] >> well, thank you. yes, i attended a screening of spielberg's movie that my employer "time" magazine put on a new york. i think it's a wonderful movie and i'll be interested to hear what you will think when you see it. yes, i did meet steven spielberg. in fact, words were spoken that night but i never expected to hear in my life. when a publicist came up to me and said good come you're still here, stephen wants to meet you. [laughter] and yes, and he does that he gets his purely reflect live off of my book. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> yes, yes. the question is, we focus so much on lincoln, he's so fascinating and the war so dramatic and so terrible with shiloh in april, two days in which more people were killed and in all the battles of all the wars america had fought up to that point in two days. and later at sharpsburg, where more americans were killed and one day than any d

enormous interest to me and has been of other scholars and there is a lot of pushback between steven spielberg's film now precisely because he doesn't acknowledge the significant effect back to the activities have been pushing emancipation. there is no question one of the things that interested me is why they did what they did during the war to read for a long time as they begin to recognize that they did play a role meaning leaving the plantations heading to the union lines underlining the slavery where it was in existence and forcing the union side to deal with the slavery question when the lincoln administration initially at least would have preferred not to at all. they wanted to deal with the issue of secession and reconciliation and thought that slavery would complicate the process. but the issue is why did they do that? and i was interested in the ideas, political ideas the slaves brought into the era and have a much more sophisticated understanding of american politics to be recognized that they had allies in the republican party of lincoln and you read the newspaper accounts. there's a

the golden globes kick off with nominations that steven spielberg can be very happy about. welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. the government of syria appears to be losing the confidence of its most important factor. russia's envoy for medalist affairs says the rebels are gaining control -- envoy for middle east affairs says the rebels are gaining control. washington congratulated the kremlin for waking up to reality. >> the aftermath of a bombing in a damascus suburb. syrian official media said a car packed with explosives blew up near a school in this district to the southwest of the total, and that at least half of the casualties were women and children. "we were going to school when the explosion took place. i do not know anything about my parents. they may have died." this man says the victims were all students, or going to their places of work. after the explosion, the ground was full of bodies. the state news agency has blamed the violence on terrorists, its name for the rebels intensifying attacks on the government. this was the latest

place with slightly more than $7 million, "rise of the guardians," and coming in a close third, steven spielberg'sn." a little something for everybody. >>> everybody. ashley morrison, thank you so much. >>> in sports, a great game in foxborough. the patriots make a stunning comeback against the 49ers. tom brady plunges into the end zone. next possession, brady hits aaron hernandez. for the 6-yard strike. danny woodhead scores standing up. game tied now. the game has momentum now, right? michael crabtree grabs the pass from colin kaepernick and goes 38 yards for the score. that is it for new england. san fran holds up the pats, 31-24. >>> big drama in overtime. ben roethlisberger's pass gets picked off by brandon karr. he gets all the way down to the 1 yard line and that sets up dan bailey's 21-yard field goal. cowboys rally to beat the steelers, 27-24. dallas now in a three-way tie for first in the nfc with the giants and redskins. >>> and he is off. the vikings' adrian peterson goes up the middle for an 82-yard touchdown against the rams. the rams' danny amendola catches a pass and spikes the bal

. >> honorable mention, hollywood director and producer steven spielberg who brought abraham lincoln to the big screen. as he fights for the 13th amendment. the institution that outlawed slavery the film >>> okay. here it is. person of the year. pat buchanan. >> mohammed morsy of egypt. he goes from the muslim brotherhood to president of scrimmage to pharoah. he is winning the constitution. he is going to be a formidable power for a long time. >> the 14-year-old girl shot in the head by the taliban because she was an activist in wanting girls to go to school. molalla. she is on her way to recovery. we will hear more from her as she lives a good long life. >> the latino community whose political involvement won the election for obama. >> interesting. clarence? >> david axlerod with the obama campaign. >> the person of the year is federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. he and other like minded bankers have kept the world from skidding into a deep depression. to the friends and family of the sandy hook victims, our thoughts and prayers and are love are with you. next week tune in for th

steven spielberg will be on hand for q&a afterwards.at fiscal crisis after all. >>> betty white helped open grin grinchmas on wednesday and was awarded an award on behalf of animals. >>> and steve baldwin decide to buck the trend of disheveled mug shots by looking well kept, even with the duck face going. baldwin was booked on tax evasion totaling nearly $350,000. >>> and yesterday, justin bieber was given the snub by the grammys and his manager, scooter braun, decided to express his frustration through what we all do, on twitter. he said that justin deserved the nomination, saying that the grammy board blew it on this one. i have to say, i'm not quite sure what the new bieber song is that came out this year. >> i can't keep any of those straight at all. >> you know you've got the poster like hanging up in the bedroom, come on. admit it. we all do. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned. "way too early" starts right now. ♪ >>> for 40 years, every morning when i wake up, i look in the mirror, and it's me and my mustach

director steven spielberg attended a screening of his film "lincoln" for a bipartisan group of senators in hopes of bringing them together in talks on the fiscal cliff. spielberg, a major obama supporter surprised some when he said that new jersey governor chris christie was a hero to him because he told the truth right before the election about president obama's help with hurricane sandy relief. and speaking of christie, the governor gave an interview discussing the 2012 and 2016 elections saying "i wasn't ready to run for president this time." if it cops i know i will be more ready for it than i would have been this year. >>> charlie crist blasted the state's election law that was supposed to prevent voter fraud. he trashed governor rick scott for the law that might have suppressed the vote in florida, saying it turned the state into what he called a, quote, late-night tv joke. >>> actor ben affleck testified to congress about security in congo and he stuck to his mission, politely declining to comment on possibly being named to the senate if john kerry becomes secretary of state. aff

capitol last night and it was a star studded event at the screening was the movie's director steven spielberg and it starred daniel day lewis who plays lingen among other cast and crew they both had the honor of privately meeting senate majority leader harry reid the event even got journalists tweeting here's a few at a back bird wrote many more journos at this link in a photo op than any fiscal cliff press or who's covered in the news for the a.p. one reporter also wonders aloud at annie lowrey said details leaking from hill and she recreated jonathan weisman daniel day lewis is not that tall ridiculously skinny has short surprisingly gray hair meredith shiner tweeted sort of disrespectful to hold recess subject to call of chair for senators to watch movie when gallery sergeant at arms plus cap police staff have to stay she also said particularly when those are the same people whose holidays might be cut short through no fault of their own. that's right the center require the sergeant at arms and capitol police to work late for the movie screening now little background the sergeant at arms i

and it was a star studded event at the screening was the movie's director steven spielberg and it's are doing all day lewis who plays lincoln among other cast and crew they both have the honor of privately meeting senate majority leader harry reid the event the journalist tweeting here's a few at rebecca berg road many more journos at this lincoln photo op than any fiscal cliff prosser who's covering the news for a p one reporters one reporter wonders aloud at any larry said details leaking from the hill she returned retreat someone there says daniel day lewis is not that tall ridiculously skinny short surprisingly gray hair and meredith shiner tweeted sort of disrespectful to hold recess subject to call of chair for senators to watch a movie when gallery a sergeant at arms plus count police staff have to stay she also said particularly when those are the same people whose home it is night because short through no fault of their own. that's right the center require the sergeant at arms and capitol police to work late for the movie screening now a little background the sergeant at arms i

steven spielberg leaves all film was 13 nominations. and les miserables scored another nomination. book, 10 mom nations. zero dark thirty is getting a lot of attention. the small film beast in the southern wild. other best picture nominees are jango and shane, the master and moon rise kingdom. >> thank you. q for best actor nominees. hugh jackman, impressive for less miserables. and joaquin phoenix in the master. jennifer lawrence is a top pick for silver lining play book. but support is building. other choices include two french actresses. and the amazing 6-year-old in the southern wild and naomi 9k@wnjn÷ choices the favorite hs to be tom eye lee jones.orite hs bay area represented by madagascar three. pixar part of our disney family. and i'll northbound the audience for the critics choice awards in santa monica january owe 10th. broadcast live on the cw. that show and nominees deserve a full bucket. good koiss we'll see you on the aisle. >> you get the full bucket too, don. >> thank you. >> some salvation army bell ringers stepping up their game in a big way. that is joey osti on

steven spielberg is bringing new glory to abraham lincoln.he golden globes with seven nominations. also on the list is the iran hostage crisis thriller argo followed by life of pi, django unchained. and zero dark 30. the nominees were announced this morning. the awards will be presented in january. >>> ahead, five things to know before you go. >>> welcome back. live look at san mateo bridge where there was a fatal crash this morning. it is in the westbound -- >> that that's the first thing you need to know before we go fatal crash past highrise westbound that has been cleared. traffic still a little slow but okay now. >> number two, classes will take place as usual at cal-state fullerton. police lived lock down order for the campus early this morning after a manhunt for a robbery suspect. they never found the man. students spent hours hiding in buildings. >> number three, san francisco police sergeant faces questions about this video. someone claiming to be that sergeant moved this on facebook it shows a view from the front seat as a lamborgh

. >>> the 70s monumental highlights, the civil war directed by steven spielberg and it is in the lead with 7 nominations, tied with second place, iran hostage crisis and the terrible tino movie starting jamie foxx. as a mother, the popular hbo series for best drama cease series. by the way the golden globes will be presented january 15thth. >>> the calm act, it is designed to do away with blaring television commercials geese into effect today. they are going to make sure ads are the same volume they are seen with. now theyco wrote the law. >> we will we do have 880 traffic as you mentioned and the traffic looks good if you are driving north or south and i have that picture there on the left and northbound on your right. metering lights came on early and we have a backup which stretches beyond the 880 over crossing which translates to a delay request you may is -- translates to a delay. >>> poke valley, it's going to be a very cool, breezy day. patchy fog, a little possible early morning, then we have build ups in the hills and there could be a shower or two, better opportunity comes t

. >> steve: steven spielberg was there, please. >> gretchen: doug has more. okay, doug. was it? >> maybe so. i guess if congress can't practice statesmanship, at least they can watch it. this is one of those persons that comes with being a member of congress. we may be drawing closer and closer to the fiscal cliff, but lawmakers last night took some time to watch one of the longest movies to come out of hollywood this season "lincoln." the run time, about 2 1/2 hours and this wasn't just a screening. there were also some celebrities sightings as the director, steven spielberg and star, daniel day-lewis, dropped by to visit with harry reid. all of that as the house is preparing for a big day today. house speaker john boehner is going to bring what he calls his plan b to a vote. that's a back up plan to prevent the big across the board tax hike that would hit if in fact we go over the fiscal cliff at thend of the year. the boehner plan would raise taxes, but only on those who make more than a million dollars a year. >> the house will pass legislation to make permanent tax

. >>> the senate holding a special screening of steven spielberg's lincoln. spielberg and daniel day-lewis were there as well. >>> this morning we are hearing from florida senator bill nelson. he has been working with officials to he can secure the release of john hammar who has been locked up in a mexican jail since august on a bogus gun charge. he was carrying an antique weapon across the mexican border. >> the obama administration has not been able to get him released but last knightsen tore nelson promised they are getting closer. >> i talked to the mexican ambassador to the united states. several times most recently today he is -- and by the way he's a good guy. he is working very hard to make sure that this happens. now here is the big travesty. the fact that he was picked up in the first place when obviously he didn't have any mean, evil intent, but secondly that a justice system is so slow that a federal judge won't hear his case. >> we all know that but we all have to get the good boys the president and secretary clinton -- >> that's why i was on the

important because whoever wins the golden globe may or may not win the oscar. [ laughter ] and steven spielberg'sovie "lincoln" had the most nominations of any film this year. seven. "lincoln" was nominated for best picture, best director, best beard without a mustache, and furriest top hat. so that's impressive. good news for iphone users. as you may recall, apple removed the google maps app from the iphone operating system and replaced it with their own navigation app, apple maps, which didn't work well. it got people lost. so last night, apple unbanned google maps from the phone, which means iphone owners can find things again. which i guess means white people are going to have to find something new to complain about. it is a little bit weird, though, because you can download the new google maps app, but apple doesn't allow you to delete apple maps. which means apple maps will always be there on your home screen watching you use google. it's like dating a new girl while you're still living with your ex. i miss the apple maps. for me, it was like a choose your own adventure kind of thing. never

a special screening of steven spielberg's movie "lincoln" -- if i am reading it right harry wants to get the -- get by the hurdle of preventing food in the auditorium for the" lincoln" thing. it is movie night for politicians who have neither guts nor grace and just fire. incredible. >> yes, it all gets better and better on basic cable. talk about looney bins, the house is voting to strike the word lune lunetic. who is the lunetic who didn't vote? he is here. we book the lunetics. you saw it for what it was. what the heck were they trying to do here? >> well, why would we even need to do this? they said well we changed the word retarded. yes, i know some people found that offensive, but lunatic is a good word. my communications said ap and all of these others are wanting a statement. why did you cast the only no vote against this? i typed up a statement and said, look, not only should we not eliminate the word lunatic when the nation is on the brink of bankruptcy, we should use the word to apply to anybody who wants to do business as usual in washington. it is lunacy what we were doi

goodwin's book "team of rivals," published in 2005 is back on the best seller list thanks to steven spielberg's movie, "lincoln," and on our list, it's number 20, remarkable for a serious book that's been out for so long. also, john's biography of thomas jefferson. just when you think there's no more to be said, someone writes a popular, read readable, somewhat controversial book. >> host: hard to mention dead presidents and not mention "killing lincoln" and "killing kennedy" both best sellers. >> guest: bill and his writing partner, martin. i introduced bill about his process. o'riley says the partner does the research, and he does the writing. he has the idea to write history like a thriller, not in an academicceps. you have to trust him where he got the information from. it's like history is a page turner. he's promising to announce his next book, which in o'reilly fashion, he says is going to, you know, blow the walls down, the biggest book in non-fiction history. we'll see about that. yes, his point, o'reilly's point is that history is treated too dryly, dryly being a word, i don't know, b

the all important steven spielberg epic that harry reid moved even and teeth screen at the congressional waive rule against food in the auditorium so members could bring in munchies. popcorn, but not buttered popcorn. that's a relief. here i thought the end of humanity tomorrow, but barring that the start of financial armageddon two weeks after that would have them doing something profound or deep or meaningful. no. just a movie. good movie but alas a movie. harry reid dedicated more time and tried to bend more rules than i have getting outside bennigan's friday night after closing asking the manager to open the door. but harry runs the restaurant and he decides who eats there and what they can eat there. my last night on earth, is that how i'd spend the night before night before the last night on earth? two hours i'll never get back. but why change everything you are when you can sit back in an easy chair and embrace everything you haven't done. return to the aimless point stuff for which you're known in a theater with a tub of popcorn, gummy bear, jumbo drink and not a care in the worl

steven spielberg is going to hate to hear this coming from me, a big liberal. i'm not.l job the "lincoln" movie and great entertainment for the families in the holiday season. nice, "lincoln" and "sky fall." naughty, scrooges who want to deny christmas. >> all right. even the whiteboard on christmas eve. merry christmas, guys. thank you very much. doug, back to you. >> doug: all right. white board with no numbers. thank you, bret. coming up next, the inside story behind romney's loss. fox all-stars will discuss the latest report. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- you can stay in and like something... or you can get out there and actually like something. the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >> doug: remarkable piece in "boston globe" yesterday that examines why mitt romney lost the 2012 election and why barack obam

also the team of rivals published in 2005 is back on the best-seller list thanks to steven spielberg's movie lincoln. on our list was up to 20 or so which is remarkable for a series that is out so long. a new biography of thomas jefferson, just when you think there's not much more to be said about thomas jefferson's someone writes a popular, beautiful, controversial book. presidents have been in the news as well. >> hard to mention dead presidents and not talk about bill o'reilly and his two books, killington, killing kennedy, best sellers. >> bill reilly and his writing partner, i actually interviewed 0 riley about his process, does the research, the writing, the idea to write history like a thriller, not in an academic sense, very few footnotes there, where he got his information from, kind of like history is a page turner, he is promising to announce his next book which he says is going to load the world down, we will see about that. dry -- being a word. it would not be. there's a lot of personality as well. a lot of policies in his books. >> a lot of books come out on current presi

. >> reporter: actor daniel day lewis plays lincoln in the movie and director steven spielberg watcheswas a great honor to be invited here by senator reid and to be ready to, you know, run the film and see both sides sitting in the same room watching a president who put the people out in front of the abyss. >> reporter: this congress is also facing their own abyss. while both republicans and democrats watched the movie, the clock ticked closer to their year-end deadline to avoid the fiscal cliff. the parallels were not lost on some. >> i hope everybody will go out there and see "lincoln." the movie portrays the nobility of politics in exactly the right way. >> reporter: and inviting members, the senate leaders said now is as good a time as any for senators to remember their priorities. some already heard the message. >> if you see the movie "lincoln," you saw even back then they were battling for months at a time in order to convince each other to go one way or another. since when has it been a problem to have vibrant debate in the united states senate? in this great chamber? since whe

since goodman spoke spoken a team of rivals in 2005 is back on the bestsellers list thanks to steven spielberg's movie, linking. these are two number 20 or so, pretty remarkable for three spoke out so alone. also jon meacham's new biography, thomas jefferson, when you think there's not going to be said about thomas jefferson, sinai-grace the popular, readable, somewhat controversial book. so presidents in the news as well. >> host: it's hard to imagine that presidents do not talk about o'reilly and his new books coming killing again and doing can indeed commit this year. >> guest: bill o'reilly and martin duke guard -- i actually interviewed o'reilly about his process. his partner disagrees to us, he does the writing. the idea is to read history like a thriller, not an academic sense. there's very few footnotes they appeared you have to trust where he got his information from. he's promising to announce his next book, which in the right of the fashion is going to blow the wall stand and be the biggest book in nonfiction history. we'll see if the data. his point, o'reilly's point is history is of

a private screening of steven spielberg's lincoln at the capital.ow, harry reid using his time to take a special waiver to allow unbuttered popcorn in the auditorium. that's what passes for work these days. the president's holding another campaign style event as the middle class families, and with more, michael burgess of texas. congressman, great to have you object show again. >> great to be with you, thank you. gerri: everything's hanging in the banse, economy, middle class income, taxes, you name it, and you and your fellow house members are not going to work. >> well, wait, this is a 24-hour day job, seven days a week. i'm in new york tomorrow looking at the hospitals affected in hurricane sandy, and i feel like i need to do the ground work to investigate that for myself. gerri: you're doing work, but not all the people you work with in washington are. some are just taking time off before the holidays when this big issue is on the plate. nancy pelosi had to say about this. >> we should be here and came as a surprise, and i'm really surprised tha

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you see, tonight a divided senate will come together for a screening of steven spielberg's film.pielberg a fabulous producer and director. senators and their spouses will be joined by spielberg, actor daniel day lewis, screenwriter tony kushner and doris kerns goodwin. senate majority leader harry reid and mitch mcconnell wrote this. the film depicts the good which is attained when public servants put the betterment of the country ahead of short-term political interests. we believe that viewing this film would provide all senators with a positive opportunity to gather and reflect during the holiday season. the movie's themes should hit pretty close to home, don't you think, for senators still struggling to find common ground on the brink of this fiscal cliff we're talking about. bitter partisan divide, gridlock. the clock is ticking. but lincoln offers us a powerful message about democracy. the question is will the senate be moved by this movie? the way the rest of america has been moved by this production? will it shake their sensibilities in the senate to compel them to comprom

well, steven spielberg's latest drama "lincoln" is a must-see.fers a window back in time to the weeks preceding the end of the civil war and passage of the 13th amendment abolishing slavery. some historians, though, contend the movie's limited snapshot of abraham lincoln's presidency paints an incomplete picture of lincoln. and day lewis' portrayal of the president was so spot on. it's really no surprise here that not only was lewis nominated in the lead actor category for the recently announced golden globe nominations, but the movie also got a nod in the best picture category. not bad since the golden globe nominations are usually a good indicator of how the oscar race will shape up. >>> some other films to watch, ben affleck's nail-biter "argo." also scored a best picture golden globe nomination. the critics have been raving about his directorial performance. listen to what he told me drew him to this project. >> i wanted to make a movie about people who sacrificed for their country were more grounded and realistic. what it cost them in their

. ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, steven spielberg's "lincoln," for coming to theaters today.e strange that lincoln would ever want to be back in a theater. [ laughter and applause ] ♪ thank you, people who take pictures with their ipads, for basically saying, "i like taking pictures, but more importantly, i like other people seeing me taking pictures." [ laughter ] there you guys go. those are my "thank-you notes." [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with "freestylin' with the roots." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of tim and laura. it's amazing how appreciative people are when you tell them they could save a lot of money on their car insurance by switching to geico...they may even make you their best man. may i have the rings please? ah, helzberg diamonds. nice choice, mate. ...and now in the presence of these guests we join this loving couple. oh dear... geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. well, it's that time of year again. you know, picture-taking season. and with photo stream, you can share a

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steven spielberg and daniel day-lewis, of course, for "lincoln," extraordinary movie. >> great movie. with my wife. >> and ben affleck is nominated for "argo," of course that interview with him, and "zero dark 30" coming out soon, causing a lot of buzz because of its controversial take on the hunt for bin laden and "game change," the hbo series with -- inspired by the book by our friends, heilman and halpern. >> man, if those guys don't have big heads already this is just gonna make it worse, you know? >> it's gonna make it a whole lot worse, say nothing of sigourney weaver and jeff daniels in "newsroom" and "downton abbey." >> our a favorite. thanks so much. >> a plug for "homeland" very quickly. great show. >> "homeland." >>> that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell report." >>> tomorrow, joe lieberman and jeffrey goldberg joining us. >>> tamron hall has what is next on news nation. >> in our next hour, signs that efforts to avert are the fiscal cliff may be headed in the wrong direction. we will play out the day. >>> and with no talks currently planned between the presiden

people on the panel who were pretty fabulous, like daniel day lewis and doris kerns goodwin and steven spielberg and tony kushner, and it was really quite a panel. the first thing i said was how great it was to see bipartisanship here. but let me tell you what -- i think you know how great the movie is. i've now seen it twice. it's better the second time. but it shows you that government can do important, good things for the cause of human dignity. and that it takes work and it is hard. it takes focus. and presidential leadership. and you have to think about the good of the country. and it shows that government can be a force of good. and, of course, you know, in my work sometimes it's so exhilarating and sometimes it's so frustrating. and you get -- you just throw up your hands. but we can do it. if lincoln could do what he did, which was an amazing feat to outlaw slavery when everything, all the cards were stacked against him, as a matter of fact, i think it was tony kushner who said tonight we had the fiscal cliff. there it was the 13th amendment cliff. no one knew whether it would pass until

. ♪ >>> he's obama's favorite president, and now, thanks to steven spielberg, a part of the nationalversation. abraham lincoln was an outsider who became a famous political operator. the great emancipator who wrestled with his own views on race, and in the end, held the country together amid civil war. chuck sat down with "time" editor at large david vondreli, one of the best political writers in the country, to talk about his book about the 60th president's most difficult year in office. >> when 1862 began, the u.s. was broke, the banks had lost faith in the fiscal system, secession threatened to split the country apart for good, and president abraham lincoln, the standard bearer for a 7-year-old political party that had never governed before, was elected with less than 40% of the popular vote, was increasingly seen as a feckless and inadequate leader in washington. people gossiped that a military dictatorship might replace the president. a year later, lincoln had signed the emancipation proclamation and the unschooled frontier lawyer had emerged as a towering figure. as author davi

steven spielberg did the movie, and i remember one he telephoned me and said we are really making a good film. [laughter] and i stayed until 1981. and i went to hell, it was much more, i learned a great deal. but houghton was an old-fashioned publisher that i was more used to. it was wonderful. the authors followed me. so for about six and a half years, that was at the time that there were all these takeovers random house -- random house was the first one to go public. and then it went into the office and said we are going public and there will be a stock offer. everything will go up, then we'll go right down again. i am not advising anyone to buy stock, i'm just telling you what to do. and then when i was at simon & schuster, golf and western blot simon & schuster. it was already a publicly held company. i remember the director coming to me and saying, you know, they're not going to sell the trade edition. and i thought, they just brought here. stop telling me they're not going to tell me. it was very hard, 90% of the company was a textbook division. and as much as i didn't want to leav

. >> rose: we saw some of that with steven spielberg when we saw the movie about d-day that was the thing about the movie that made it different from other movies. >> i remember. >> rose: limbs being ripped off and that kind of thing. >> when i saw private, staving private ryan i needed a drink just seeing the movie and it was hollywood so this is real but i felt like ultimately i had to be honest, there were other things that were difficult decisions to make, one of them was, one of the soldiers who dies in the book and the back trace it is whole history of the outpost from 2006 to 2009, one of the, one of the soldiers who was killed at the time he was killed, the biggest thing on his mind was he was a husband and a father, he also had a girlfriend, and she had just had a child,. >> rose: so. >> he had two families. >> he had two families, it was a secret and racking him with guilt and felt he needed to get right about it with god and talked a lot about it with my friends but i knew if i reported on it i would be airing dirty laundry the family didn't necessarily want out there but ultim

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