Burnett tonight. There is now an Aerial Search over the java sea as the search intensifies and zeros in closer to the target. 30 bodies have been recovered as day breaks over the java sea and day five of the search is set to begin. Crews from around the world are focusing their efforts on a zone that covers just over 2,000 square miles. Officials are calling that zone the most probable area in which to find the fuselage and their top priority the planes black boxes. 59 teams of divers are ready to go but bad weather and rough seas waves reported to be as high as 13 feet have stalled the work. A piece of wreckage possibly a window panel was found today. Of the 30 bodies recovered, four are identified. Among them one of the Flight Attendants. Airasia Tony Fernandez is accompanying that body home. Writing on twitter. I cannot describe how i feel. There are no words. The uss sampson part of the Recovery Team has recovered a dozen bodies and the uss fort worth with dive teams set to sail from singapore on friday although indonesia authorities have not asked them to join the search. David malco is out outfront in indonesia. Reporter for the first time recovery of actual parts of airasia flight 8501 brought ashore in indonesia. More pieces resembling windows from the airbus a320 but the fuselage is believed to be at the bottom of the java sea. The search has narrowed to over 2,000 square miles. Slightly the size of delaware. Crews are listening for a sound like this to guide them to the planes black boxes. But weather is a major factor. Visual searching nearly impossible and divers dealing with 13 foot waves. Still some remains are being recovered, including these there the u. S. Navy ship sampson. In surabaya ten bodies made their way through pouring rain to a hospital. And they are making progress identifying the victims. One of the first was a Flight Attendant, nisa has she was known by her father and mother. Translator she is an obedient daughter. She is always tidy. She loves to learn. A lot of her friends love her. Reporter pictures from the Instagram Account show a poised young woman with a giving heart, her mother said and an adventure adventurous spirit that took her hundreds of miles away from home. She loved this. It was her dream. She loved traveling. Reporter the reflections in our interview cut short by a phone call. The call no parent wants to get. Leaning on her two old brothers and cousins, their smiles vanished and replaced by a sense of urgency and finality. A few hours later, a solemn transfer of remains. Her parents say theyve already made preparation for their daughters burial as she begins her final journey home. Translator goodbye. Goodbye, nisa. Reporter a difficult day for that family and so many others here. What struck me most about her parents was their strength and resilience even in the face of such grief. Her father saying that her eldest brother wants to follow in her footsteps and wanted to become a Flight Attendant and travel he said that despite what happened that he would still support his son. Here outside of the Family Crisis Center and Police Hospital three other victims have been identified. 158 other families still waiting for aents. Jim. Thank you very much david malco. Gary tuchman is in surabaya. You have been speaking with families. How are they doing . It is a difficult wait with no possibility of happy news at the end of the tunnel . Reporter that is right, jim. It is saturday morning here and this moment this is six days exactly since we learned about the disappearance of the plane. So it is a very long time and most of the families havent found out anything about their loved ones. Here in surabaya were at the Police Headquarters because the tent behind me is the family waiting center where families wait for information and get help. There is a truck here delivering chairs and the reason they are doing that is interesting. Unfortunately the weather is so bad that the tent over the last couple of days has flooded. So they had to move everyone out. There is no one in there right now and they built a raised floor with carpeting, so when it rains again, and it likely will so they are raising that. And there are no families here because most of them are staying at home waiting for information. And 30 bodies recovered and that means 132 bodies not. And yesterday we went to a church service, that was so sad and poignant but this aircraft had 46 members of one small christian denomination here. 36 people were from the same church and we went to the service the church had and it was very sad being there. These poor people going through with what so many other people are going through, waiting to hear about loved ones. Incredible onethird of the plane from one church. Thank you very much to gary tuchman. Outfront tonight, pentagon secretary john kirby also live tonight. The u. S. Playing an Important Role in the search. We were waiting, i understand admiral kirby, for at rival of the uss fort worth to join. Has it gotten to the site yet . She is on the way. And she is west but should arrive later today. What special capabilities does it bring along, particularly to the under water search. It is a combat ship and very shallow, 14 feet draft ship. So she can go into Shallow Water where perhaps other navy ships arent able to good. Good. And she does have a helicopter which will help in the search and recovery. There are under water capabilities but right now there is not a need for that or a desire to use it. So right now, i think shes mostly used in the same way the uss sampson destroyer is being used which is for Aerial Search and recovery. Why fwho ask for why no ask for help from the u. S. And the u. S. Has been helping and preparing dive teams, et cetera. Any frustration on the part of the u. S. Military that they havent been asked to take part more . No. Not at all. Jim, were here to support them in any way they see fit. The indonesian search and rescue agency is coordinating this and leading the effort and doing quite a good job, we might add. So were just proud to be able to support in any way we k. There is no frustration at all. We want to bring whatever capabilities that are jermaine to this search effort if they are needed. And if they are not needed that is okay. Too. We want to be ready to participate in any way. And you said the uss sampson, the destroyer onsite for a number of days has now collected some 12 bodies. And other search teams have collected 30 bodies. It seems that is accelerating in the last 24 hours or so. Are searchers reading anything into that and do they believe as a result of that concentration of bodies they are getting closer to where the concentration of wreckage is on the ocean floor . I havent heard anything like that jim. And i think it is a little too soon to be able to say that because of the stuff that is being recovered and the bodies recovered that we have a better sense of where the wreckage is on the ocean floor. As you are reporting and the reporting on cnn has pointed out, there are tides, currents winds, and the sea state changes every day and with all of the movement under water and on the surface, quite frankly, you will get wreckage and debris spread around and that makes it more difficult. So too early to see that there is any trend here. But obviously, were going to be at it and willing to support for as long as necessary. The u. S. Of course also took part in the search for mh370 which still has not been located for the wreckage and there was questions about who was leading it and false starts and signals, et cetera do you believe this search learned any lessons from that search in terms of research allocation of resources and coordination of countries taking part. We always learn and look at how we can improve our performance next time around. But weve gotten pretty good at search and rescue operations in the u. S. Military. It is a part and parcel of the kinds of missions that we are trained to conduct. But i will tell you, again, back to what i said before the indonesian government has the lead here and their search and rescue agency is coordinating and doing a good job of it. And we are here to support and lend whatever capabilities we can but we learn from every operation we have. And can you give us what sense of time the u. S. Offering the help and although much progress has been made in recent days these things take a long time. How long is the u. S. Committing resources to the search and how long should americans expect for this to last Going Forward . Weve made it very clear to the indonesian government and to our partners in the region well be ready, willing and help for as long as required. There is no time stamp or deadline put on that. Well help as long as required. And given this is a different situation than mh370 Shallow Water, more confined Geographic Area and are recovering bodies so we have a better sense of where things are. I think were looking at a matter of weeks. But you never know. It could go longer than that any. Admiral john kirby, thank you for joining us. Two of americas most advanced ships taking part. Great to have you on tonight. Thanks jim. Gary gallo, had a central role in locating the wreckage of air france 447 and much deeper water. Listening to admiral kirby, one thing that strikes me is what seems to be indonesian government reluctance to take in the help that the u. S. Is helping here. The uss fort worth, a combat ship, it has side scan sonar, experienced dive teams, essential for the search. Are you surprised by that . Im not. I agree with the admiral. They are doing a good job and it would be wrong to impose ourselves on them. And they are aware and weve made an informal offer that we are available to help if that is needed. So were no were in a sit and wait mode. On the other side of that equation in the middle of a search it is nice to have people there if you need them. Buff you dont want someone imposing on you. Clearly they made progress in the last couple of days something that never happened with mh370 you found bodies and debris and you know the area and that is accelerating and finding more debris and the area is still quite large. 2,000 square miles. I think the size of long island new york. That is right. With that in mind maybe you can give our viewers a sense of how long that will take in to hone in on the area. We had 5,000 miles for malaysia and this is less than half of that. How long did it take you . It would have taken months it. Depends on the vehicles the talent of the team. The Operational Plan in place. How detailed do you want to look . Do you want to go over quickly certain areas or focus in. And more importantly, it depends on the weather. And in this case theyve had horrible luck with the weather. Big advantage here though it is 100 feet deep and not miles deep. And it is you dont have to come out miles and you can stay on station. David gallo, thank you for joining us as always. The air space over Southeast Asia could be extremely crowded. Could that be a reason for the crash. And did the pilot land on the surface of the water only to have it sink in high seas. And the u. S. Slams north korea with even more sanctions, targeting Cyber Operations and weapons dealers. Well have the latest. Alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours but aleve can last 12 hours. And aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. So why am i still thinking about this . How are ya . Good. Aleve. Proven better on pain. [carpenters rainy days and mondays] [ac dc back in black] [ac dc back in black] chevy colorado. When you find new roads, you win motor trends truck of the year. If a denture were to be put under a microscope we can see all the bacteria that still exists. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher brighter denture everyday. Breaking news in the search for flight 8501. A helicopter is now in the air searching for debris and bodies. Weve learned just tonight they have recovered 12 of the 30 bodies found so far. Uss fort worth is on the way to the search zone as well just hours away from being on station. Also found during yesterdays search a window panel that appears to be part of the planes fuselage. Tonight there are new questions as to whether the congested air space around Southeast Asia could have contributed to the crash. Tom foreman is outfront. And tom what, are you learning about the number of planes flying near flight 8501 at the very moment it vanished . We know that just as the skies around there have grown much more crowded in recent years, there was congestion in this area. The plane was at 32,000 feet when it was last recorded there and this is what it was flying into. This gigantic storm, about 200 square miles. The height of the storm some 52,000 feet towering up in the air and in a big storm like this you might have winds of 70 80 90 Miles Per Hour in individualized places in microburst. So what else was going on. At the time this plane disappeared. Somewhere within 124 miles of it and 2,000 feet above it were five different flights. There may have been more. But these were there. So these had the air space that this plane wanted to some degree. Now whether you could fit in there or not, that is where air Traffic Controllers debate. He was at 32,000 feet and he requested to go up to 38,000 feet and that was denied. They said he could not go up there. Air Traffic Control had concluded apparently that it was okay to go to 34,000 feet but somewhere in the process of this being decided and the message being sent to him, that is when they lost contact with the plane. And all of this is fuelling the idea that maybe maybe what happened is this pilot was desperate to get to a higher salt tude and in doing so to a higher altitude that he winged into a stall or had a failure that made the plane fall to the ground. That is just a theory jim. But in the crowded skies, which are more crowded in that part of the world and against this storm, there is certainly a notion that he did want to go much higher much faster and of course now the plane is lost. Jim. Thanks very much tom. Lets test out some of the theories based on the information we have so far. Outfront is cnn safety nalt david sousie and later less al bin and marie sky bow. And you do believe that heavy air traffic is significant when it comes to this crash. Why is that . It is extremely significant for two reasons. One, i dont know if it would have made a difference if he got the clearance in this particular case. If the planes overhead prohibited that. Because the information that came out over new years indicated a climb rate between 6,000 and 9,000 feet per minute. The maximum crime rate is 3500. So i think the weather was forcing a lot of this climb rate because it was so different from it. And i do think that had a difference and the decision to go through the storm instead of around it and the vast increase in flights in this area has left the government unable to keep up with the aviation. Our own federal aviation has ajudged indonesia Safety Standards and regulators as subpar. So i think that the regulation and the investigators havent kept up with the traffic volume. And mary i saw you shaking your head when tom was talking about the one theory of the plane perhaps stalling as it tried to get to the higher altitude . Im going to go on the side of this particular captain for 20,000 hours, 6,000 hours with the airline itself. He knows the performance of his airplane. To climate suppose a rate that could to climate such a rate to possibly cause a stall, and up to an altitude that is close to the ceiling of that airplane there are aspects that led me to believe maybe they were in an urgent situation trying to deviate around weather and it wasnt going to happen because the altitude requested was denied. But in the same token, you wont take the airplane out of performance, not at that level of experience. Im thinking something mechanical got this got the crews attention. I can hear mary whispering her agreement. David, this is speculation territory at this point, but what we do know the weather was bad and it just strikes me as a frequent flier, often in really weather, weve had two incidence incidence, air france 447, a failure of equipment and plane goes down. Here bad weather, which looks to be a major factor should there be new regulation about what kind of weather the planes fly through. Mary makes the point of get thereitis. I think one of the things to think back to this, the pilot has at his disposal to declare a emergency. He could have declared an emergency and overruled the controller. Exactly. So i think as far as getting around yes, i agree with that with marys thought of the fact it was rising faster than the climb race makes sense. But if he declared an emergency, it would have taken time to clear out the airplanes out of the way and make a spot for them. But that does put the onus on the air Traffic Controller. And lets look at what we do know. You have the 30 bodies and you made this point david, and i want to ask your opinion, mary you had an exit door discovered and an exit raft discovered which gave you possible indication that maybe the pilot had tried unsuccessfully sadly, to ditch the plane and they were preparing to get off the plane. Well and the reason i think of that was there no other debris found in the first pass. This may change. They may find other debris. But for that exit door to be outside of the airplane with the slide outside of the airplane with the tank that inflates the slide outside of the airplane and had no other debris other than some passengers that were out there, three i think at the time and from a specific area the ocean is not smart enough to filter out everything except the things associated with the escape and that raises flags. And mary youve been participating in the reading of the clues and does that sound plausible to you as well. Well again, this is information leaked out on new years day and it was said that it was up to 34,000 feet per minute and that exceeds anything the plane could do and so i think it was a tremendous updraft and at that rate that is not a controlled descent. It is supposed to be 2,000 feet per minute. And those tremendous up and down drafts how difficult to control the plane in those circumstances . It is not so much the control issue, it is the fact that the crew would be attempting to creep that airplane basically right side up and they might be having adding some stresses to that airplane. They would be focused on the auto pilot off and handflying the airplane and more than likely they would be going after the attitude as opposed to the altitude of the airplane saying we have to control this thing and keep it right side up and it may have added stress. 24,000 feet a minute sounds excessive to me. Even though the down draft is in the thunderstorm. Well know when they find the black boxes. Less, david and mary thank you for joining me. And outfront next the u. S. With the first public response to the north korea cyber attack on sony. Todays announcement a tough round of sanctions targeting their arms dealers. Will north korea strike back . O way to tell the good from the bad . So we gave people the power of the review. And now angies list is revolutionizing local service again. 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And the response to the north korea alleged cyber attack on sony pictures. Senior Administration Officials say they are aimed at any and all officials of the north korean government the political hierarchy and the heart of pyongyang Cyber Operation and the money that finances it. Specifically blocked from any dealings with u. S. Financial firms, the rgb, the north korea intelligence komed, the primary arms developer and a research and Development Firm n. A letter to john boehner, the president said his executive order adds to sanctions already in place and not targeted at the people of north korea but rather aimed at the government of north korea and its activities that threaten the u. S. And others. The president vowed to hold pyongyang responsible before leaving for his annual vacation in hawaii. They caused a lot of damage. And we will respond. We will respond proportionally and well respond in a place and time and manner that we choose. Reporter in an interview, the president called it a kind of cyber crime that the u. S. Will be dealing with for years to come. We are in an environment where so much is digitalized, that both state and nonstate actors will have the capacity to disrupt our lives and we have to do a much better job of guarding against that and we have to treat it like we would treat the incidents of crime in our countries. Reporter the white house appeared to suggest the u. S. Was not behind the vast internet outage in the days after the president s comments. Press secretary josh earnest said the sanctions are the first aspect of our response. And the u. S. Is not ruling out the possibility that north korea may have done it to themselves. And just how much the new sanctions will pinch north koreas isolated economy is unclear. Senior Administration Officials say the u. S. Is not certain whether the ten people targeted in the sanctions even have assets in the u. S. But the white house made it clear today, that more is on the way. They are just getting warmed up on this front. It could be costly to the north korean economy. Thank you, jim acosta joining us from hawaii. Joining me author of Nuclear Showdown and david cong director of korean studies at the university of southern california. David, i want to begin with you, because you said you believe the latest sanctions are more symbolic than substantive. Do you believe they will have any measurable impact on the north korean regime . It is hard to say. As was pointed out in your clip they dont do any business with the u. S. Right now. So prohibiting them isnt going to stop a lot. I think it is aimed at sending a signal or symbolic that they will respond to cyber espionage. And other businesses that does business with north korea will be concerned that their access to the system might be blocked or theyll pay other prices. Is that not a carryon effect of the features. Sure. That is one of the intended targets, other companies and banks in china or russia doing business with north korea that also have to worry about what the u. S. Might do. That being said this is a very small portion of the north korean economy and so it is not clear what kind of effect it will have. Gordon you know that part of the calculation with responses like this and measures against north korea, is concern about sparking further retaliation from the north korean side. I wonder as you look at these sanctions, do you consider them a proportional response and are you concerned about how north korea pays the u. S. Back as it were . Yeah it is very difficult to figure out what a proportional response would be considering what north korea and some associated hackers did to sony picture entertainment and indeed they attacked the core of american democracy. I dont think the North Koreans are going to take this lying down. We have to remember that in a few weeks south korean activists will take dvds of the interview, the money that north korea hates and try to loft it over into north korea so they can watch it. And at that point, north korea is probably going to react in very tangible ways certainly against south korea and maybe against sony and also maybe against the United States itself. We have to be this is a country that has taken military action against u. S. Alleyy south korea and have sunken a ship before in retaliation. And david, i wonder if i can ask you, when you look at this now, is the administration clearly doubling down on blaming the cyber attack on north korea . Administration officials are saying well they are not necessarily connected but if you look at the department of treasury announcement it says this is intended to punish north korea for repressive actions and particularly and im reading from the statement, to undermine u. S. Cyber security. Is this a sign that despite the doubts youve heard from private Cyber Security firms, the u. S. Believes it was north korea . Yeah i think it is very clear that the Obama Administration is quite convince the that north korea was behind the attacks. Either directly or outsourcing it. And so i think that this is their belief and this is how they are responding. And i think that the extentics on the out side the skeptics on the outside are the ones they are having to convince but that hasnt happened yet. Gordon though the white house said imbedded a warning into todays announcement saying that todays actions are the first aspect of our response telegraphing there will be other measures. What kind of measures can we expect to see . Well people have been talking about putting north korea back on the state Department List of terrorism sponsoring states. And i think that we could see more sanctions of the type we saw today, which would then make these maybe less symbolic and more substantive. But i think the administration is going to be very careful, because were a wired society and north korea is not and they want to avoid the cycle of escalation. That is certainly a very paramount response. But i think also that we have to realize that north korea will respond because they always have responded in the past. They can be counted on it. Gordon chang, thank you for joining us tonight. After 13 years of war, the american combat war in afghanistan officially ended last week but what did the u. S. Achieve there and in other conflicts where u. S. Troops have fought and died. And later beloved film critic roger ebert is filmed where many of his peers have given a thumbs up. Well hear from the movies director. [ narrator ] mama sherman and the legion of super fans. Wow [ narrator ] on a mission to get richard to his campbells chunky soup. Its new chunky beerncheese with beef and bacon soup. I love it. And mama loves you. [vet] two yearly physicals down. Martha and mildred are good to go. Heres your invoice, ladies. A few stops later, and it looks like big ollie is on the mend. It might not seem that glamorous having an old pickup truck for an office. Or filling your days looking down the south end of a heifer but. I wouldnt have it any other way. Lo ok at that, i had my best month ever. And earned a shiny new office upgrade. I run on quickbooks. Thats how i own it. Welcome back. Im jim sciutto in new york. Tonight a new year and a new mission for the u. S. In afghanistan. U. S. Combat mission there has now officially ended, after 13 years and more than 2300 american lives lost. Operation enduring freedom is over. But nearly 11,000 u. S. Troops will remain in afghanistan. The new job is to train, advise and assist afghan forces. I recently returned from afghanistan where i accompanied outgoing secretary chuck hagel which will likely be his final trip in his office and i asked him about the future of afghanistan . I think this country, first of all, has made tremendous progress. Where afghanistan was five years ago, two or three years ago, is hardly any comparison. But it still has threats. Al qaeda, taliban. I think every sign is they can do this. But it is still a dangerous place. Dangerous indeed. And according to my next guest, james fallows, despite the blood and treasure committed there by the u. S. And iraq the u. S. Has not achieved any of the stated goals. He makes the difficult and controversial argument that the best military in the world is in effect being wasted. He writes the cover story for atlantic magazine why do the best soldiers in the world keep losing. Thank you for joining us tonight. My pleasure. Thank you, jim. I want to begin by quoting your article, which is part of the nut of your argument. He say, quote, outsiders treat the military too reverently and too cavalierly as if regarding the members as heroes makes up for committing them to unending unwinnable missions and denying them anything the political mind share we give to any major public undertakings. Are you saying we diafy the American Military to a default . Yes, i am. In the past 13 years, an openended war, the fact that so few americans have bourne the burden of this combat is less than 1 of the entire population that served in iraq or afghanistan in the last dozen years and those who did serve have been there again and again. The fact that this is so removed from map stream mainstream concerns and impacting political families is we have half time ceremonies of political heroes and that are reverent but not paying attention to how the sacrifices and risks were asking our troops to bear. And you make the point that the politicians sending troops to the war are just as disconnected to the population. In past times they might have been veterans themselves or sent children there, men or women, sons an daughters to fight but that is not as true today as it was then. Right. I think the way in which the military policy does involve almost every member of congress is through contracts. For example, modern weapons smexs have contracted in almost every Congressional District and state and so there is a stimulus package that they have. But when it comes to having serious debate about what kind of wars we want to engage in and who should be accountable for the frustrations in iraq and afghanistan what, the future direction of spending should be there is almost no discussion in our president ial debates. There was a house discussion budget that was 610. The house cant agree on anything but there is no debate of substance. Accountability. You zero in on that being lacking. And a great point by tom ricks, a long time correspondent, over the past decade of war not a single army general has been relieved of duty for combat ineffectiveness. How much of a failure is that . I think it is a failure. If we think of military history, some people do well and some people do less well and institutions thrive and succeed only if that distinction is made. But over the last in the civil war, Abraham Lincoln was removing generals and world war ii and i they were saying this general is good and that general is bad. And in this era of classifying all troops and leaders as heroes who we wont look at in too much detail we have personal disciplined cases in involving famous generals but not saying this general has not done the job in iraq or afghanistan is a sign of respecting but not engaging with americas milt. And when they do use their job, general patraeus it is for personal issues and not for issues on the battlefield. And finally, you say we spend too much money on the military and spend it stupidly. Many of the hightech ventures have been costly and spectacular failure and now the f35 133 billion, well overbudget but you say it is not helping troops win battles in the field. If you talk to any troops they the a10 is more important to their survival than the f35. But the American Public has heard of sill ind raw but now there is 100 times the cost difference and much more of the human consequence. And american men and women fighting rely on the same weapon theyve been using for decades. All of the money spent on things flying high above. In the iraq invasion there was just basic armor issues for the vehicles being a crucial life or death matter. I remember being there in iraq and the soldiers had to armor themselves with pieces of metal and welding. Jim fallows very important piece, great to have you on tonight. Thank you, jim. Outfront next remembering two extraordinary lives. Roger ebert and marrio cuomo who die mario cuomo who died yesterday at 82. That is ahead. Tripadvisor not only has millions of real travelers reviews and opinions but checks hundreds of websites, so people can get the best hotel prices. To plan, compare book the perfect trip visit tripadvisor. Com today. When the Academy Award nominations are revealed in a few weeks, its likely legendary film critic roger ebert will be listed. Theres a documentary about his extraordinary life. Two film critics talking about the movies. This is roger ebert in the chicago sun times. This is cisco from the Chicago Tribune tribune. The story told in life itself which debuts sunday night. Erin burnett interviewed the director steve james. What made you decide to make a film about roger ebert . Well i mean roger was the most significant film critic i think, ever. Especially for sort of the great mass of people who love movies. Maybe not the high pollutant types. But really what made me fall in love with the story was his life story and this incredible journey he went on through his life from small town illinois to the big city of chicago to the show. And then eventually how he dealt with cancer. Roger was absolutely certain about this. That he didnt want the film to not show his daytoday reality. That was just as important to him as it was to me. Interesting given he was a movie critic that he want nothing to be edited. Movies are such in a weird way a truth but also a series of obfuscations theyre both. Did he ever ask you to edit or sensor anything . No he didnt. He did not ask me to do that. I think thats because roger knew the kind of films that he loved, especially in the documentary realm but also fiction with films he felt were intimate honest and complicated. I think once he made a decision to be a part of this film when he said okay lets do this he wasnt going to have a different standard for him than if you were watching a movie about somebody else. What makes that so unusual is like you say, he was a film critic he knew what he was getting into in a way a lot of people dont know. I think its exceedingly rare for someone of his stature, knowledge, and celebrity to commit to that kind of honesty. Exceedingly rare but i would say unprecedented. What did it end up being more about for you . His career or his dying . Because this is really about both. You know, it actually ended up being more about his living and the reason i say that is as i made this film i came to realize that this film is really kind of a love story on all these different levels. Its his love affair with movies love affair with chicago, love affair clearly, with chaz in a big time way. Even with jane cisco, but what it adds up to roger had this incredible love affair with life. I think thats why he called his autobiography life itself and thats why we borrowed that for the title of the film. At the end, he changed. He wasnt able to respond to you the way he had an email. Was there anything you wish youd be able to ask him that you didnt get a chance . I had literally nine pages of questions for him that i probably got through about a page and a half ultimately. I mean there were so many questions but the kinds of things for instance i really wanted to ask him about was, for instance about gene cystsiscol. Its a fond recalling of that relationship, even though he acknowledges they had their conflicts. I wanted to try to put him back in the middle of when he was feeling the anger towards gene and had him speak to that. I never had a chance for instance to ask him that. What you had a chance to do was incredible. I know so many people who know him as the lion of all movie critics. Well enjoy watching this so much. Thank you. Thank you for having me. You dont want to miss life itself at sunday night on 9 00 on cnn. On outfront next remembering mario cuomo. Get ready for some german engineered holiday excitement. At the volkswagen signthendrive event. Right now, for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a new volkswagen. Like the sporty, advanced new jetta and the precisely engineered passat tdi. Ah, the gift of clean diesel. For the new volkswagen on your list this year just about all you need, is a pen. Festive, isnt it . Hurry in to the sign then drive event and get a fivehundred dollar new years bonus on select new volkswagen models. Offer ends january 2nd. Alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours but aleve can last 12 hours. And aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. So why am i still thinking about this . How are ya . Good. Aleve. Proven better on pain. Mario cuomo, a three term governor from new york and a champion died surrounded by his family. Mr. Cuomo was remembered by colleagues on both sides of the aisle of a man of conscience and eloquence steered by his roots and strong catholic faith. Kauld politics and ugly business he turned down runs for president in 1998 and 1992. He delivered a fiery keynote address at the Democratic National convention in san francisco. Heres one moment from that address that perhaps best sums up his personal and his political philosophy. We believe as democrats that a society is blessed as ours the most affluent democracy in the worlds history, one that can spend millions on defense and be able to find work for those who can do it care for the elderly and hope for the destitute. There are words that continue to resonate in todays political debate as they did 30 years ago. Just hours before his death, mario cuomos son, andrew was sworn in for his second term as new york governor. Mayor cuomo was 82 and our thoughts and prayers with our friend and colleague chris cuomo on his loss. Thank you. Ac360 starts right now. Good evening, jake tapper here in washington. Im sitting in for anderson. It is Early Morning right now in the stormy dangerous waters off indonesia. A new day after an especially difficult 24 hours. Despite heavy seas that cut short the search divers today, brought up 20 more bodies from air asia flight 850 is. U. S. Sampson taking part in the operation recovered two of those victims bringing the total so far to 30. One
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