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festivities beginning at 8:00 p.m. thursday. we'll go live to times square at 11:00 p.m. that wraps it up for us. thanks for being with us. please join us tomorrow evening. i will see you bright and early 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. we'll have to sleep quickly. up next, campbell brown. tonight, hear the questions we want answered. communication breakdown -- the plot to blow up flight 253. the cia met with the father of the alleged bomber months ago, so why didn't they connect the dots? >> it now appears that weeks ago this information was passed to a component of our intelligence community...

eric: that's tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m., and also if you want to vote on john stossel's quick quiz, go to john hestossel.com. swing the bat. happy new year, good night, america. chris: next on "special report, the finger-pointing starts about who knew when and when they knew it and on the ground in nigeria where new details emerge about the would-be bomber's past, and are democrats and republicans using the security failure to score political points? we'll take a fair and balanced look at government supporters in iran hit the streets again and new report suggests that the regime is...

former homeland security chief michael chertoff about the would-be christmas day bomber. we'll get his take on the intelligence failure, apparent intelligence failure at the cia and ask him what we can do to improve safety in the skies. that's it for now. thanks for joining us. "larry king live" starts right now. tonight breaking news. the terror suspect who allegedly got on a plane with a bomb was reported to the cia by his own father. did the agency drop the ball putting hundreds of lives on the line? president obama demands answers. >> a systemic failure has occurred. there was ...

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. the latest on the investigation into the failed bombing of a u.s. plane from authorities here and overseas. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, dutch officials called the preparation of the plot "fairly professional, "but its execution, "amateurish." >> ifill: why didn't anyone connect the dots and can anything be done to foil future attacks? we'll explore that with members of the 9-11 commission. >> brown: and we'll get the views of two representatives on what congress ...

a moment. first we have a little winter weather headed our way. parts of our area are under a winter weather advisory, and it could make for a slippery mess in the morning. let's check in with bob ryan. >> wendy and pat no problems this evening. this is nothing like the superstorm that we had a bit over a week ago, was it, yeah, a week and a half ago. outside, we have breaks in the clouds. our temperature right here in northwest washington is into the low 30s. frez ricksburg, even the folks i think may be seeing a little bit of snow but they are changing to some sleet and may some ...