it s a dangerous, tumultuous time in the roman empire. nowhere more so than in the province of judea on the far edge of the mediterranean. its capital, the holy city of jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passover. many of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to the romans, he s political trouble, so they crucify him. the followers of jesus believed that he has risen from the dead and will soon usher in the kingdom of heaven, but when and how will this new faith survive after jesus? today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region
next year. but here s the thing, folks, both parties want this. they agree that there should be an extension of this tax holiday. the problem here is that house republicans refuse to settle for the two-month band aid, the two-month extension that has already been passed by the senate. listen. our house gop negotiators are here and ready to work with their counterparts in the senate. he s not lucy, i m not charlie brown. we re not falling for that football stunt, again. okay, lucy and charlie brown. that s what we ve come to now, kate. it can be silly season up there sometimes. but just getting more and more silly, it seems. so, is this just all for show and eventually what people want to know, whether or not this is going to get done, is it? well, it s a good question. right now there s no clear answer, to be quite honest, as it seems both sides at the moment are more dug in than ever before. as you said, the house rejected the senate compromise that two-month extension
the surge just in time for an election year. and scientists find earth s evil twin far, far away. the size is right, but strange life might sizzle on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com all right. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, december 21st. i m christine romans along with my friend ali velshi. i have to tell you. i m excited of the news of the new planet. it s different. not a political log jam. not pay rolle troll tax plan. new planets! we ll tell you all about it this morning. love it. other space cases. washington first. washington s dysfunction could mean less money in your pay cze paycheck yesterday. rejecting the payroll tax cut. and president obama during a surprise visit to the briefing room raled against this. the house republicans referred to what they re doing as high stakes poker. he s right about the stakes, but this is not poker. this is not a game. this shouldn t be politics as usual. kate bolduan live in w
there s a lot you don t know about him. and all will be revealed about the dark secret side of seth macfarlane this evening. evil genius, welcome. oh, we re starting. we re starting. i thought you were doing a promo. we re off and running. how do you feel about being an ooel genius? i m a fairly peaceful, docile individual. evil isn t my primary goal, i ll take it. what was your original intro? the original intro, i just told you was tonight one of the greatest talents in the history of television family guy seth macfarlane. it was rejected. we turned it into evil genius. you started a t the age of i have no recollection of doing those which tells me that probably about 2 or 3 years old. barney, fred, wilma. looks like barney is misspelled. you re 3 years old. they re very good for 3. clearly a cartoon genius. i m not quite sure why fred is waving an american flag there. it could be an ax. which is where the evil starts to filter through. wilma l
thank you for coming back. i can only imagine it s been a hideous few weeks for you. how are you and the family holding up since amy died? very difficult, piers, very, very difficult indeed. we have each other, a wonderful family. and extremely wonderful friends. and we kept each other strong and, of course, we ve got the foundation that we re working on. so we re doing okay. under the circumstances, we re doing okay. obviously you knew that amy was incredibly popular. have you been taken aback by the sheer scale of the reaction to her death? i have. i didn t realize how popular i knew she sold 20 million albums but the sheer depth of feeling that people have had for her has been extraordinary. the love and the messages she s getting and how she changed people s lives, it s just wonderful. are your feelings ones of anger, frustration, sadness. how would you describe how you ve been feeling since you heard the news? all of those, all of those. very angry. i would s