wrong, surging in prominence in republican and tea party circles, giving us a new book, a new word of the year, refudiate, and even a new reality show. i think sarah palin would say she s not doing a reality show, she s showing you the peaks and valleys and indigenous life of alaska. and by that i mean her husband, i think. i think she is a brilliant politician. i think she has an instinct for the zeitgeist and what people need to hear, but i don t see her as a serious political figure. and you can see more of tom foreman s all the best all the worst 2010 as part of cnn s new year s eve coverage. anderson and kathi griffin are together yet again this year for new year s eve live counting you down to 2011. up next, living life to the limit and way above the speed limit. extreme living to the max.
the accusation was made by the child s father who tells people his son is alive. a hearing was held today before an investigative magistrate with both waggoner and the father present. a colleague of waggoners telling cnn the hearing lasted about four hours but was cut short due to a power outage. no ruling was issued, but waggoner supporters are hoping the judge may decide tomorrow to release him. here s the background of the story and how it got to this point. a month after the earthquake devastated haiti, waggoner was volunteering when a man walked in to a hospital with his son who did not survive. he was asked to come in the following day to claim the body. an american doctor was present at the hospital the next day. in an affidavit, dr. adams says when the father was shown the remains of his son, he says, it jokingly looked like the baby was still alive but i pulled out my stethoscope and listened for
one story we ve been following closely is the arrest and imprisonment of an american hospital volunteer in haiti on the allegation he practiced voo doo on a child. his name is paul waggoner. he s accused of kidnapping a 15-month-old boy who in fact was seriously ill and died and then turning that child into a zombie. that s right. a zombie. an american man who is not yet charged with a crime is being held in haiti s notorious national penitentiary. the allegation which is under investigation was made by the child s father who tells people his son is alive. a hearing was held today before an investigative magistrate with both waggoner and the father present. a colleague of waggoners telling cnn the hearing lasted about four hours but was cut short due to a power outage. no ruling was issued, but waggoner supporters are hoping the judge may decide tomorrow to release him.
reporter: president obama is an avid fan of football, as have other presidents been, including richard nixon who at one point, legend has it, supposedly called the coach of the washington redskins and gave them a play which they used in their very next game. it had disastrous results and the team actually lost. martin savage, cnn, atlanta. up next, it s been a big year in politics from the crazy campaign ads to the midterm elections. find out which stories made our list of all the best, all the worst in 2010. also ahead, life in the extremely fast lane, driving for more than two hours in broiling heat. think of fastest woman in nascar. [ male announcer ] at&t introduces a new windows phone.
it was rainy, cold. reporter: oh, no. just the messiest day. reporter: oh, that s terrible. but it was sunshine in our hearts. reporter: they lived in a 3500 square foot four bedroom home on a corner lot complete with a three car garage for their bmws. so can they save their house from foreclosure? watch almighty debt tomorrow only on cnn. after one court opened the door to gays and lesbians openly serving in the military, another court closes that door. also later, an exclusive, the murder of john lennon as remembered by his widow yoko ono. and when he said that he passed away, i said, no! he didn t! he s alive. i was very, very upset about it. and i just refused to think that he died. we asked people all over america where the best potatoes come from.