in blockbuster movies and in best-selling books. and this, despite the fact that they have both been dead for nearly 2,000 years. one is venerated as the mother of jesus, the good virgin mary who said yes to god s request and who reigns from heaven crowned with stars. in a sense, you could say that christianity began the moment mary gave birth. in fact, you could say the whole modern world begins the moment mary gave birth. it s the way we make dates, ount our age, our anniversaries and so on, from the moment mary gave birth. the other mary, called magdalene, is the bad mary. who was seized by demons. in ancient times, scholars say, her flaming red hair was a sign that she was touched by satan. until she found jesus. and her conversion at his hands made her christianity s original hooker with a heart of gold. i think i learned what most people did, which is that mary magdalene was a repentant prostitute. she was a follower of jesus, but she was the woman caught in adu
they watched friends and neighbors die in streets and tasted freedom. you ll experience all of that through the eyes and minds of my colleagues and friends, where it happened right from the start. january, 2011, the rumblings of an uprising in cairo. crowds begin to gather in tahrir square. a revolution has begun. what is your message to president obama? he should leave tonight. mubarak has been the leader for years. they want him out. mubarak digs in and the once peaceful protest grows violent. this is an unmistakable military force. fighter jets flying low over tahrir square, liberation square, a symbol of defiance. what you are hearing them say is go, go. flying in the air. the demonstrators say that s the army firing to warn them to stay away. promubarak forces target the protesters. journalists come under attack. it s completely surreal experience. okay. okay. i m not okay, i m being told to walk. don t say okay. we have been hit now like ten times.
less than one year ago on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it s friday, december 23rd. i m deb feyerick an with alina cho on this american morning. good morning to all of you out in. so glad you re with us. up first, an early christmas present for 160 million americans. the house is expected to vote today on extending the payroll tax cut that divided washington for weeks. house republicans caved yesterday after a lot of arm-twisting by president obama who stead was the disgust of the american people that broke the log jam. boehner saying his side still wants a one-year extension but saw the political reality. we have fought the good fight. i talked to a number of members over the past 24 hours who believe that, hey, we don t like this two-month extension, we don t like this reporting problem in the senate bill, and if you can get this fixed, why not why not do the right thing for the american people, even though it s not e
tom brokaw anchor man anchor man. tonight i ll ask him about this generation of the end of the war. we re ending the war with a final march towards home. this is an extra ordinary achievement. this is politics. the protests at home and around the world. and his new book, the time of our lives, what he thinks america needs now. this is what we can learn from our time. top of the hour, this is piers morgan tonight. tom broe ka s one of my journalistic heroes. he says exactly the saying, the nbc anchor of nbc news for 22 years announcing his retirement in the wake of 9/11. he s now an author the time of our lives. tom, welcome. piers, it s really good to be here. and that business about me being your hero, you re going to get over that by the end of the hour, i promise. i doubt that very much. you re actually the perfect guy to ask this question. i your book with great fascination and also with an eye how this year, 2011, is going to rate in the news becaus
. this is a freehand gloves. for people upgrading to a smartphone, the solution to that, plus there are two options. you have the free form option. they have lig magnets so it will clasp on the back so you have access to your fingers. top of the hour, here we go. president obama headed to hawaii. one one government will pay women to replace their breast implants. brianna keel later, my friend in hawaii waiting on the beach for the president, looking lovely, by the way. i m sure you re enjoying the palm trees and lovely surf behind you. what is the president up to once he gets there? reporter: you know, there s no public nothing publicly scheduled for the president but a lot of times when he comes here, as he has each christmas for the past several years, he keeps a schedule that looks like what the hawaiian shavize, which is a favorite. and remember he grew up here. he lived on oahu until he was 6. he hit some of the favorite. is it all play and no work or a little