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>> i think people here in korea certainly feel it was a wasted opportunity. rodman went in saying im not an ambassador, im not getting into politics. im just there to train the basketball players, but certainly there is a real feeling that he needed to relay a message to kim jong-un. we mentioned the excuse of his uncle. the most serious upheaval we have seen. the national intelligence service has really shared some light on what perhaps took place. they believe that it wasnt a power struggle be...

An international film festival and is going to host the world expo but the truth is this is just a veneer. this is a very conservative arab society. the leaders look at what happened in the arab spring. they see that the internet was a place for protest, and they want to prevent that from happening at home. so you have this debate in society going on right now between those who say we are a progressive country, we have to move in those directions, and those who say we dont want to see what happe...

Happy about them this christmas season. >> very tough numbers. thank you for breaking that down. lets go ahead and bring in cnn political director, mark preston. so whats going on with the obama white house today, sort of some weird developments where the president signed up for essentially obamacare, but didnt really need to, and also, p.s., he didnt actually do it himself, someone did it in person. whats going on here? >> hes going to pay for it but is not going to use it. clearly, this is dam...

Humans havent changed. >> to me, this is an issue about religious liberty. >> reporter: robertson has received the support in louisiana, where the program is shot, and beyond. the latest from the states lieutenant governor who criticized a & e for suspending him and jeopardizing louisianas tourism industry. and now this. under pressure from loyal fans, the restaurant chain cracker barrel reversed its decision to pull some "duck dynasty" merchandise. you told us we made a mistake and you werent s...

>> but the u.s. sort of being involved in it or trying to shape events, is it just now to the point of sitting back and seeing what kind of horrible resolution comes to be? >> well, the obama administrations view for a long time is who are the two most effective groups fighting there, al qaeda and hezbollah. neither of these groups we want to sort of promote. its a very difficult situation. that said, this is one of the biggest humanitarian catastrophes in the modern era. almost half the populat...

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Tape, seemingly fast asleep. many victims of something called micro-sleep. episodes of sleep as brief as a few seconds. your eyes could be open but your brain is asleep. >> micro-sleep is a brief transition from wakefulness to sleep. it can last up to maybe 20 to 30 seconds. >> reporter: tuesday night i found out firsthand when investigating the effect of sleep deprivation on driving. staying awake 30 hours and wired up behind the wheel on a test track. i thought i had done okay but my brain sca...

Number one train because the poles actually are magnetic. so that the tongue, using a magnet stuck to the pole which made it realistic. the kids bail on him. pretty cool, right? >> i love how some people know what is going on. >> they had a real new york city fireman play the role of the rescuer there. good stuff, right? >> that is so great. >> oh! >> nice. >> little tongue. ends good. >> the applause comes next. thats great. heres video of super fan. this is somebody who was two rows away fro...

Is entering the fourth day and theres no sign of their missing plane. software executive dale smith was flying the private plane from oregon to montana when it vanished in idaho on sunday. he radioed about engine trouble and asked for directions but never made it. he was on board with his son, daughter in law and his fiance. desperate rescue operation is underway in in the florida everglades. ten whales are dead and dozens remain stranded. wildlife officials will be out at first light hoping t...

Trainer. hes a former player. he knows better than that. >> theres a lot of conspiracy theories but if you look he take one step on before he jumps off. what were you going to do. >> no good. >> uncool. here we go. the holiday season. new york city just got brighter thanks to the giant christmas tree in rockefeller plaza. >> it was lit last night. a tradition that has taken place ever year since 1933. the 76-foot norway spruce features 45,000 lights and 9 1/2 foot wide star on top. >> man, oh,...