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Some things can't be explained, you have to experience them. vallarta-nayarit, live it to believe it. . for years barbara walters has been an idol of mine. we have watched her interviews with world leaders, entertainers, ordinary people doing extraordinary things. sadly this is the last time she will be telling us about the ten people who have fascinated her the most this year. the queen of television talked to cnn's piers morgan tonight about the 2013 version of her most fascinating people. and in the interview took a

If nobody wins tonight and there's been no winner of the jackpot since mid october, if nobody wins tonight then the jackpot rolls over christmas eve to a cool $950 million minimum. which probably, bearing in mind tickets have been selling at half a million a minute, will go to $1 billion. >> you sound a lot like austin powers when you say that. million dollars. so listen, the smartest thing that you can do tonight, let's say there is a winner, they're watching cnn, what's the smartest thing that you can do tonight after you pick yourself up off the floor? >> reporter: right. so if one of your ...

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Tonight there are still more than 42,000 still serving. edward snowden, criminal or hero? i know. it depends on who you ask. but this is clear. he is willing to offer up more of what he knows. today he reached out to brazil's government, perhaps offering up a deal. cnn's chief national security correspondent jim sciutto reports. >> reporter: six months after fleeing spying charges all the way to russia, today edward snow den made an offer back across the globe to brazil. help fighting nsa surveillance in exchange for political asylum in a letter addressed to the brazilian people snowden writ...

Controversial topic. he canceled today. here with me now shall we say the incomparable ms. ann coulter. her new book is "never trust a liberal over 3 especially a republican." also cnn political commentator mark lamont hill. thank you for joining me tonight. >> sure. >> we're using the n word to spark a larger conversation about personal and professional consequences of saying the n word. we've seen a lot of people lose their careers and become stars because of it. is it okay, mark, to say this word dozens of times in movies or albums? does that make it okay? >> it depends what you mean by oka...