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syria today. it is supposed to observe, and therefore, discourage the governments brutal crackdown on its own people. a crackdown that seems to be in full force despite a promise to the arab league just last week. this is amateur video reportedly from the flash point city of homs. the opposition says 22 people have been killed here today alone. the global intelligence website stratfor is still down after hackers stole thousands of client names. a group called anonymous says it has no...

smith, whos leaving "politico" for buzzfeed. what is that? and a look back at our most provocative interviews of 2011. im howard kurtz, and this is the christmas day edition of "reliable sources." its been a better year for scandal. some sleazy, some superficial, all devoured by the media. perhaps the most chilling came from the world of sports. first at penn state, then at syracuse university with popular coaches accused of horrendous acts. >> in retrospect, i -- you know, i shoul...

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 gods 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. its the way we make dates, ount our age, our anniversaries and so on, from the moment mary gave birth. >> the other mary, called magdalene,...

difd mccullough will give us perspective on the present through the lens of the past. why in the world is not a tiny nation about to skip over a date entirely? ill explain. next up, a fascinating look inside spy games. both the fictional and nonfictional varieties with columnist and novelist david ignatius. then a look at innovation with the master architect frank gehry. finally, why president bush might have offended some italians on inauguration day. first, heres my take. w...

its 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 th...

are we possibly headed into further stagnation? >> well, you know, the political strategist side of things ive never had to look so much at politics to figure out where the economy was going. i tell you, its like watching the keystone cops. its gotten ridiculous. going forward we do have momentum carrying us into 2012. thats the good news. we hope we dont lose it because of political ineptitude. thats what would kill it. we have a lot of icebergs ahead. we hope politicians are better a...

streets but then tasted freedom. youll experience all of that in the hour ahead from cnn international who were there when it happened right from the start. january, 2011, the first rumblings of an uprising in cai cairo. crowds begin to gather in the city central square. a revolution has begun. >> egypts dictator for 30 years, and the growing crowd of protesters want him out. but mubar digs in and the once peaceful protest turned violent. >> this is an unmistakable show of military for...

dick cheney. >> i think the vice president was disappointed that in the second term we did a number of things with which he didnt agree. and the best of our getting to know series. >> i didnt want to be a nun and i didnt want to be a congresswoman. im candy crowley and this is "state of the union." the politics of the battle over the extension of the payroll tax goes something like this -- the president won, republicans lost. >> may not have been the politically smartest thing in...

Havent heard the last from antoine or his followers. before the summer is over, antoine and his crew will prove theyre still a force to be reckoned with. and theyll add fuel to the fire of a civil war thats dividing the gangster disciples. >> people are smelling the blood in the water right now. >> its inevitable. theres going to be some kind of theres going to be some kind of retaliation.t to pay, and we givu a range of coverages to choose from. who is she? thats flobot. shes this new robot wer...

the third mans crime was marked by the sign on the cross, jesus of nazareth. no one even thought to record his death. the story of jesus has transcended generations and cultures. the tale of a routine execution that gave birth to a new religion. yet from that unlikely beginning a great faith was born. today some 2 billion people believe jesus was the son of god. but even as billions of people pledge themselves to follow jesuss teachings we know nothing about the man. no other great fig...