there actually. in china, christmas is not so much a religious holiday as it is a wacky excuse to celebrate. kind of like st. patrick s day here in the u.s. but china s government does take pride in its massive exports of toy oz saying without its cheap products, americans couldn t enjoy the piles of gifts unite the tree. coming up, heat waves, hurricanes and tornadoes like this one. we ll be counting down the top ten weather events of 2013. what you wear to bed is your business. so, if you re sleeping in your contact lenses, ask about the air optix® contacts so breathable they re approved for up to 30 nights of continuous wear. serious eye problems may occur. ask your doctor and visit airoptix.com for safety information and a free one-month trial.
remembered those lost to last month s hurricane. they relied on the candlelight, because electricity has still not been fully restored. in australia, revelers celebrated in the surf and on the sand. santa padded around in flip-flops to deliver good cheer. and in china, christmas is not so much a religious holiday as it is a wacky excuse to celebrate, kind of like st. patrick s day, about you china s government does take pride in the massive exports of toys, saying without its cheap products, americans couldn t enjoy those piles of gifts. in hawaii, president obama is celebrating the holiday with family and friends. today he and the first lady released this special message about the spirit of the season. so many people all across the country are helping out in soup kitchens, buying gifts for children in need, organizing food or clothing drives for their nabs. for families like ours, that service a chance to celebrate
standby if more evacuations are needed. fred pleitgen is in new york with more. good morning. hi, carol, and merry christmas. effort are ramping up. of course, the focus of all that, the centerpiece is the u.s. embassy in the capital of juba they don t want the situation similar to benghazi. they have moved marines into if the situation should wart that. what the u.s. is saying is they believe all americans by now have left sue dan, they believe. however, if there are people who have not left, they are urging them to get in touch with the u.s. embassy in the capital city, because they believe the situation there seems to continue to deteriorate.
cases has been a corporatist. he stopped short of saying he would run for president but said he s interested in the job. he s a feisty fellow. checking it out. people will start dipping their toes in the water. he s a populist. if anybody will challenge hillary clinton in 2016 they will do it from the left on populace grounds. he was a popular governor in montana. he didn t strike me as a left winger in montana. he s got that streak of western populist it s a tonal thing as much as a policy thing for him. but the thing is, the obviously point is he like many potential people, most americans probably 95% of americans and probably 90% of americans couldn t pick him out of a lineup compared to
unreasonable search and seizure outlined in the fourth amendment. the nsa can keep gathering data right now while the department of justice appeals but the new york times editorial page is calling it a powerful rebuke of mass surveillance. chuck todd, is there going to be pressure on the capitol hill or the white house to re-examine the way snowden is being treated and viewed. if other federal courts follow the d.c. circuit. that s the second part of the story. now this is a race by the administration to come up to basically render this court decision moot and the way to do that is to essentially find a way to stop doing this, find a way to reform it, deal with the tech companies. when you look at this decision, the judge was also saying essentially nsa shouldn t have to do it this way. any more. that you don t need to do it this way any more and that there