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Christmas spirit is taking hold bringing comfort and joy to millions at gatherings large and small at celebrations at the vatican and at bethlehem itself. nbcs jim maceda has our report. >> reporter: at the vatican a solemn midnight mass. pope francis ushering in the holiday that marks the birth of christ for more than 2 billion worshippers worldwide. many in conflict zones. u.s. troops in afghanistan singing by candlelight. and pilgrims to christs birthplace, bethlehem in the west bank. >> merr...

Here is how some of our favorite celebrities are celebrating the holidays. neil patrick harris took to twitter last night to write, merry christmas eve. hope your night is filled with love, whether it be by romance, friendship or random circumstance. tis the season. singer taylor swift tweeted, my dad just gave me ten lint rollers for christmas, not for lint, but because you always have glitter all over you. not that she needs glitter to shine this year with her record-breaking album sales. hung...

Do justice, not about getting convictions but what is just and rite. and when you have a case, a capital murder case, and youre depending upon a detective because the detective is saying she confessed and ill tell you what she said and in addition to that, forget about the fact she didnt write it down or wasnt recorded, theres no independent eyewitness who was a police officer who was there. when its your word against the other persons and you have this egregious misconduct on the part of the de...

>> i am convinced that through a policy of engagement we can more effectively stand up for our values and help the cuban people help themselves as they move into the 21st century. >> reporter: it started this march with a meeting between president obama and pope francis at the vatican. the president then authorized direct talks with cuba about the release of u.s. aid worker alan gross and the potential opening of diplomatic relations with the castro regime. white house advisers ben rhodes and ri...

>> her story reflects really is not only is she having to recover from an injury and not only is her family needing to deal with a profoundly disabled daughter now, but you dont even begin to talk about the psychological effects of being in the same bedroom where her sister died. the effects on her family. her mom is a teacher. at the same time she is going to have to try to learn to read, to write, she said she loves math, but she doesnt want to go back to school idea. this is a middle class fa...

One of two attacks that caught the worlds attention over the past couple of days. steve hays, senior write for the weekly standard. mara lars and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. >> in some ways what we have seen over the past couple of days is one of two ways of committing terrorist attacks, yesterday the lone wolf attacks that we had predicted would be coming would be the new face of terrorism now for several years and then today we saw a mass casualty attack, conducted by a strong te...

I knew that they were killing lions in retaliation for livestock that were killed, but there were other reasons. cultural reasons. killing a lion brings a huge amount of prestige to the warriors. thats when it clicked. if we want to conserve wildlife, we have to include the communities that are living with the wildlife. i realized that maasai warriors would be the best protectors. they have a huge amount of respect in their community, and they have an intense knowledge of their environment. >> w...

Lions in retaliation for live stock that were killed but there are other reasons. there were cultural reasons. killing a lion brings a huge amount of prestige to the warriors. thats when it clicked. if we want to conserve life than we have to include the communities that are living with the wild life. i realized that these warriors would be the best lion protecters. they have a huge amount of respect in their community and they have an intense knowledge of their environment. when we first hire l...

Say at this particular moment why at this particular moment? because that conversation of race, we needed so badly. and i didnt want to bring this subject at this particular time. >> what johnson is suggesting there, the challenges of telling the truth about a difficult issue like sexual assault or attempted assault was the subject of an article for the nation this week by associate of pennsylvania discussing why its hard to write about rape, she says, the complexities and pitfalls about reporti...

>> well, you know, thats another peculiarity, mike. the agency is peculiarly, the organization of the president. we do what the president wants. whether its droning under obama or doing enhanced interrogations under bush. if lawyers are going to write what somebody wants them to write, then even more they need to go back to school and learn a little bit of integrity. but the question is really, was it -- was it essential, a., and was it useful? when we were attacked in 9/11, the military had abs...