civilian trials for terror suspects. all the recess appointees need to be confirmed by the senate before the end of this coming session for their appointments to remain in effect but the president is not sweating that right now because he s extended his vacation for another day. white house deputy press secretary, i should say, bill burton says obama is going to stay in hawaii until january 3rd because he s still worn out from the long lame duck session and because he was delayed five days getting out to the islands. alisyn? thanks so much for that update. speaking of ambassadors, we re learning this morning about another person who runs a media empire that could have become an ambassador a number of years ago. in fact, under the george w. bush administration. that person starts with an o. a giant o. oprah winfrey. it s not obama. oprah winfrey back in 2005, she was sitting with colin powell at the kennedy honors in an ambassador room and she noticed it was quite lovely, the