They are sprucing up the newlynamed hall of the oscars. What was the kodak is now the dolby theater. Momentum is building for argo to win best picture tonight. His film has done well on the award circuit. But while he was snubbed in the same category at the oscars, affleck says he doesnt feel slighted. Best actress may be another category contested. And Silver Linings playbook Jennifer Lawrence won the golden globe. But shes also only 23, 24yearold. Hes considered a shoein for a record best actor. And hathaway for best supporting actress. What shes looking forward tonight is sc hmo ozing with steven spielberg. You have to remind people that you are there and i think thats part of being an actor. Seth mcfarland, the guy behind family guy, is hosting the show. Look for him to sing and maybe ruffle a few feathers with his humor. A lot of people are looking forward to that james bond tribute. And surely there will be singing. There was talk earlier in the week all the game bonds would appe
Were eight people injured, so there is precedent for this before. But not here. A lot of people tonight saying that the catch fence here saved many lives. And did its job. Lester, back to you. Frightening pictures there tonight, janet shamlian, thank you. Remember that fiscal cliff this country nearly toppled over at the end of 2012 . Congressional republicans and the president reached an 11thhour deal that brought us back to safer ground temporarily. Guess what, tonight almost two months later were teetering on the ledge again, this time theyre calling it sequestration. Not as catchy a name but its impact on every single american is no less profound. Six days from now, unless a budget deal is reached, a massive round of automatic Government Spending cuts will go into effect. If you thought the urgency of the situation would have the white house and republicans burning the midnight oil to make a deal youd be mistaken. Nbcs Kristen Welker is at the white house. To tell us more about wha
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Happy new year everyone. Happy new year. Happy new year. The year of the snake has arrived. We have highlights of the largest Chinese New Years parade outside of asian. Good evening im ken wayne. And im heather holmes. It is named one of the top 10 world parades. The parade dazzle the spectators of San Francisco. John sasaki got a front seat to the parade and he join us now. Reporter the parade has been over for two hours and the clean up is well on the way. This lighting set is being broken down. And based on the smiles of people leaving the parade, it was another success. The weather could not have been nicer. Just out here with family having a good time and celebrating Chinese New Year, the year of the snake. Reporter with such nice conditions. The huge crowd was fired up. Reporter mayor ed lee showed off. Every year we get to show off the biggest parade in the world. This is like number 10 in the world. Reporter it was a night for marching bands including this one from uc davis. Fi
And, shaking it up. On how a song makes it to the top of the charts. Some say its about time. Captions paid for by Nbcuniversal Television good evening. We begin with a developing story from daytona beach, florida, where late this afternoon a race car smashed into the fence and sent debris flying into the grandstands. It happened on the eve of the daytona 500 on the final lap of a nationwide series race. At least a dozen people were taken to the hospital. Nbcs Janet Shamlian is in daytona with the latest for us tonight. January the net, good evening. Reporter good evening to you. It was a jawdropping multicar crash in fiveday forecast grandstand on the final lap of this race. The rookie kyle larsens car went into the fence, his engine caught fire, then spectators say they saw large chunks of debris flying high into the stands. Many say they ducked or turned and when they turned around again, they saw many people injured. Emergency personnel and First Responders were here anyway just in