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>> merry christmas, live from america's news quarters, i am anna koinan. that announcement this morning -- a lot of hopes for a christmas miracle that would soon allow several federal departments to reopen and employees to return to work. the partial shutdown began on saturday and senate democratic leaders say there is no resolution in sight. it's happened again. an 8-year-old boy from guatemala has died under the custody of u.s. government. he's the second immigrant child to die in detention. hours after he was taken to a new mexican hospital to be traded for a cold and fever. i'm an appointm...

Anna -- back to "charles krauthammer: making his point." >> charles krauthammer best known for writing about politics. the power, the policies, the people who dominate the news. the point of it all? not any of that. to charles, the point of it all was the stuff that folks not politically upset live for. family, friends, a day at the ballpark, a good movie. a game of chess. well, maybe not chess. >> pick your poison. you reach a point when you're on the internet, playing speed chess middle of the night when you realize you are in a motel room and drinking aqua velva. you know you hit bottom. >>...