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london. and welcome to the amanpour hour. in the next 60 minutes we will take you around the world to ask the tough questions and tackle the problems and let history be our guide. here is where were headed this week. no more excuses. the australian billionaire turned eco warrior who says it is do or die if we are to save the planet puts his money where his mouth is. >> the science is not in any debate by anyone with half a brain, so we must change. then to the violent epicenter of ...

very interesting way. >> bill: during the trump years this was quite common. make a phone call, take you down there, see what you wanted to see. a very different story in the first two months of this administration. >> dana: as the feds restrict media access rob portman let fox news tour the border with him. griff jenkins joined him last night and has been delivering incredible reporting from the border for weeks. lets take a look. >> the residents here in at least the rio grande valle...

Who drove in from florida. >> she went to see a rocket launch and my son and i are space nut, and we love to see what elon musk is doing to bring the whole space experience to the public. >> reporter: do you think it is going to happen? is this going to open the door one day? >> absolutely. absolutely. the inspiration for a launch is the tip of the iceberg, and this is what we are looking for. and something like this is going to bring humanity together.

But nasa pushed it back for a days because of the one of the problems with the astronauts space suits. >> did you see the video over the weekend? >> incredible. >> whether youre a space nut or what. >> just a nerd. >> i am too. its all good. >> its amazing to watch. >> it is. coming up here on "early start," anticipation growing at the vatican as pope francis gets ready to celebrate his first christmas as leader of the roman catholic church. we are live with that story. we are hearing the te...

>> if you watched the grammys last night you know it was a soulful tribute to whitney houston. one performer there still too shaken up to sing and well talk about all the winners from last night. a massive budget battle. an election preview. it seems to be. the president is unveiling his final spending plan before the 2012 election today. and you know what, its mot even delivered to capitol hill and the gop is already on it. what are they going to say about it and how do we know this...

the surge just in time for an election year. and scientists find earths 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. im christine romans along with my friend ali velshi. >> i have to tell you. im excited of the news of the new planet. its different. not a political log jam. not pay rolle troll tax plan. new planets! well t...

Scheduled shuttle missions ever. once the program is over, theyre offering the shuttles. the competition is heating up to get them. laura ingle is live. this is great for me. anyone who watches knows i love space. im a space nut. if i could sit in one of those, i would want to sit in the drivers seat. eric and i are arguing over who could drive. >> reporter: how fun would it be. think of all the students that would be able to see one of these shuttles if it came here. now, there are at least 20 ...

That tom has seen first hand. he is a spacewalker and i hope he gets to go back. >> mable one day. thank you, tom. >> good to be with you. >> take care. >> jamie. in. >> you know already that im a space nut. i do love all of that. toms great. we told you that the storm would be epic and that is what we were told and we reported it. and boy was it ever! did you see this blizzard dumping more than two feet of snow in some areas in the mid atlantic state? it brought things to a stand still and brou...