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Things are changing all around us. >> reporter: more than ever at christmas she remains a symbol of longevity and tradition as the windsors look forward to kates first child and heir to the throne and next years christmas reunion. nbc news, london. if you plan to head to the movie, you better make sure you have a little ex-tra time becaue many seasons blockbusters are clocking in at almost three hours. a report from hollywood. >> reporter: they are ep ic productions, earning oscar buzz. >> sha...

>> there is a fear of confronting and taking on a controversial subject, which is so profoundly important to get done and get them right. but it baffles me. >> young male audiences and companies are lobbying to protect that. all kidman once said she cant be responsible for all of hollywood over my own fear. so maybe it is of some of these hollywood heavyweights to change it in hollywood. megyn: its up to parents and individuals as well. just because they make movies doesnt mean they need to go s...

Bush. if hes a brilliant candidate four years from now, why didnt he run this time? >> why didnt he run? >> yes. >> why didnt portman run? why didnt john kasich run? even in 2012 and as difficult as the situation was for president obama, those heavyweights within the republican party saw the writing on the wall, that it was going to be a very difficult race for even the best candidate, so they all held their fire for possibly 2016, so thats why youre seeing people talk about jeb bush and others....

If you like that song, well, brad pitt, of course, is among the heavyweights in a new movie that looks like an action packed crime drama that also raises pretty interesting political questions as well. >> and "sopranos" fans can rejoice because james gandolfini is once again a made man. cynthia mcfadden had the tough job of sitting down with the two guys. >> reporter: it was more than 20 years a young actor played a sexy hitchhiker in "thelma and louise" and forever stole the hearts of millions ...

♪ until brad pitt comes along if you like that song, well, brad pitt, of course, is among the heavyweights in a new movie that looks like an action packed crime drama that also raises pretty interesting political questions as well. >> and "sopranos" fans can rejoice because james gandolfini is once again a made man. cynthia mcfadden had the tough job of sitting down with the two guys. >> reporter: it was more than 20 years a young actor played a sexy hitchhiker in "thelma and louise" and for...

The tea party candidates todd akin and richard mourdock let seats slip away, george allen and josh mandel go down in defeat. so where does the republican party go from here? a lot of gop heavyweights like bob mcdonnell who was here with me yesterday says the problem isnt what republicans are saying, its how theyre saying it. >> were still a center/right country. we have to do a much better job on the tone of our campaigns and the way we communicate with new voters, with minority voters. at the e...

Care without insurance and having you and i pay for it. >> your colleague, the house majority whip kevin mccarthy, suggested yesterday that the leader of your party, nancy pelosi, may not be on the same page with the white house on a potential deal. let me play that for you. >> and nancy said last may that it had to be a tax increase on those. she keeps changing the game plan. that cant be the case. >> what i hear you saying is that the president is not in lock step with nancy pelosi when it com...

Today. they tried to get out front of that saying the strong things and provoked a response of the president and will go on probably for sometime, a real gnashing of teeth politically between republicans and the president. >> all the while as you know, kelly, the president expected in about two minutes to meet with business leaders in the jefferson room. general electric ceo and american express ceo, a list of heavyweights in the business world and the president is hoping they will assist in mov...

Extreme, and in the coming hours and days, as the facts of this come out, well know a lot more about the circumstances and timing. thats the nature of and like that with somebody so high profile. the president has to deal with the investigation of benghazi and, as i said, rebuilding a national security team, which has been extraordinary close-knit and has functioned very efficiently. you may not agree with all the decisions. theyve had foreign policy and intelligence setbacks, but if you look at...

Nearly 3,000 tweets per minute. double what we saw yesterday. there has been more than 1.3 million election related tweets. here is a little bit what people are talking about. yesterday energy was at the top of this list because so much thought and tweets were going towards hurricane sandy and trying to find fuel in the east coast that was screwing a little bit what we were seeing. now were seeing the economy back up talk. that is what the top top topic related to the election of 2012. foreign p...