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Theres something really great about that. >> hey! >> this is why we love movies. we get to see portraits of people and how they deal with whatever the struggle is to be a human being. >> snap out of it! >> 80s was a good period for movies. there were comedies that had to do with real life. werent over the top. there were dramas that took on tough subjects. genres that hadnt been explored in that way. >> but at the same time, theres just more overload on us. the aesthetic gravitated to bigger, fa...

2019 a big year for trernndg topics. social media went wild. cnns brooke baldwin breaks down the top nine trending stories of the year. ♪ >> reporter: from the u.s. womens soccer team demanding equal pay to the passionate teach ager fighting to save the planet, social media a powerful medium. the top nine trending stories of the year. number nine, a friend who nearly broke the internet. jennifer aniston joined internet. couldnt handful. her first post crashed her page.

Prince. he was asked that in a "60 minutes "oint view minutes" interview. >> did you order the murder of jamal cou jamal khashoggi? >> translator: absolutely not. >> the cia has concluded with medium to high confidence that you personally targeted khashoggi and you probably ordered his death. >> translator: i hope this information to brought forward. if there is any such information that charges me, i hope it is brought forward publicly. >> the trial was done in secrecy. no one knows what eviden...

With this verdict beginning with the fact that three of the key participants in this premeditated murder were either found acquitted or werent even charged. then theres the issue of the narrative that the saudi government is still putting out including the chief prosecutor. this, in fact, was an accidental killing. it wasnt premeditated. thats contradicted on the report this summer which documents fairly authoritatively it would seem exactly what the saudis wanted to do. and our own cias assessm...

>> did you order the murder of jamal khashoggi? >> translator: absolutely not. >> the cia has concluded with medium to high confidence that you personally targeted khashoggi and you probably ordered his death. >> translator: i hope this information to be brought forward. if there is any such information that charges me, i hope it is brought forward publicly. >> obviously the trial was done in secret, no one knows what evidence was presented in it. is that denial credible do you think? >> reporte...

Of black pride. >> them is free. is free, honey. >> one of the reasons that "roots" was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith in it, but because abc didnt. >> earlier miniseries were broadcast in weekly installments. and the abc executives determined that if "roots" were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight nights. >> it was high risk, high reward. if it didnt work, you were out a lot of tv time and not many people watching. >> the television premiere o...

Swedens greetings. enjoy your first payment on us when you lease a new volvo. now through january 2nd. public television has been expected to do a great deal. almost half of all noncommercial program hours are aimed at children. and it has come to be so many things to so many people. >> the pbs childrens programming in the 70s became the platinum standard on the planet for how you use this medium to educate kids. ♪ would you be mine could you be

Decided by violence. and violence only begets violence. >> from the underground, that radical left wing group, the weathermen promises more attacks on the establishment around the entire country starting next week. the medium for this message was a tape recording reputedly by the weatherman rebel leader, bernadine dorn. >> sisters and brothers, we are not just attacking targets. we are bringing a pitiful, helpless giant to its knees. guard your colleges, guard your banks. guard your children, gu...

>> dana: that is a photoshop. do you have an ugly sweater? >> anytime i wear a sweater, its ugly. >> dana: you have no sweaters? >> of course my have sweaters. i work in front of a tv. but they are going. im not -- big guys dont go to -- its like a billboard for people to stare at. you can wear a little deer on a sweater. [laughter] i dont put a lot of stuff on there. like i said before. >> dana: so if someone wanted to send you a sweater, what size, extra? 3x long, tall, they think with their h...

Want. donald trump found a way to get a message out to 40% of the public that they like and the rest of the press covers it and gives him free publicity on every other medium. >> but you said leaders dont tweet. >> i didnt say that. >> thats what the ad says. >> i think in the context that you would be better off doing rather than just tweeting. and not -- if you do tweet, telling the truth. that, yes. >> are you going to use twitter if youre the president? >> no, im not a twitterer or tweeterer...