saturday morning for christmas eve. i m t.j. holmes. thanks for spending a part of your day with us. are you going to be one of those? are you going to be out there, the day before christmas, with you last-minute shoppers, it never fails. that retail rush is on. allison, they opened three hours ago, that mall where you are. things have steadily started to pick up. what are you seeing now, a rush to ship? it s you know, the rush is slowly moving forward here. you can see it s getting more crowded here now. a lot of procrastinators out. but they re also bargain hunting. this is a great time to find a really good deal. although it s been a relatively strong shopping season so far, the reality is retailers are stuck with a lot of merchandise. they re offering really big discountes and deep discounts because they don t want to be stuck with a lot of merchandise on their shelves. they re trying to move this merchandise. once christmas happens, after christmas, they have to mark
tonight you ll see her as you never seen her before. that s very good. do you know how many times i dreampt of having a taco and beer with you? this is piers morgan tonight. let s start with the obvious question, how do you actually pronounce your name? charlize theron. it s what i thought would be easiest for people. what is the african way of pronouncing it? charlize theron. i much prefer that. say it again. charlize theron. you were raised south african and came to l.a. with a broad accent. you quite consciously went and taught yourself how to speak in an american accent, right? yeah, i mean, look, i was pushed into a corner. i started going out on auditions. the feedback is she s great but can she do it in an american accent? my english was poor. i make a lot of grammar mistakes. my mother lives two minutes away. she speak african to her? yeah. speak african to me. well, i mean [ speaking foreign language ] wow, i didn t know you fancied me
celebrations at buckingham and it all unfolded before our eyes. we mourned. we marvelled at the moments that defined the year. not guilty. and changed everything. tonight, we look back and outfront. we begin with the saga of amanda knox, the american exchange student convicted in italy of murdering her roommate. she was vilified by the press, but insisted she was innocent, and said on appeal that the dna evidence would prove it. and the trial lasted for months as a pale and frail knox waited for her fate, and waited for the verdict to be read. the appeal was successful and the conviction was overturned and she sobbed, lighting up the world to fly home to start her life over. shortly after, i spoke to her dad, curt knox. how is amanda doing? well, it she is doing remarkably well, and she has not missed a beat with the family, and that is nice to see. how is she handling her adjustment? well, she is adjusting and reconnecting with the family and friends and sist
kyra? but in the next half an hour, we should see the senate come into session and this deal could pass within maybe one or two minutes. it could be that short as both the senate and the house are expected to pass this legislation. this payroll tax extension deal using a procedural move that basically allows them to pass legislation without having to call all of the members back into town. so, according to both democratic and republican leadership aides on the senate side, they do expect that things are moving towards a passage on the senate side and then, of course, all eyes turn to the house where the house expected to follow up with a vote and at the top of the next hour and, according to a house republican leadership aide, leaders do expect that this bill will go through, which means that both the house and senate both chambers of congress will have passed this two-month exteng, but, again, we caution with this procedure it only requires one member to stand up in the cham
i m erin burnett and out front tonight, a deal, finally. a deal. house republicans agree to the senate s two-month payroll tax extension. this includes unemployment benefits and that doc fix that prevents people that take medicare doctors getting a big drop in payments. the house added one small tweak that will make it easier for employers to actually process the tax breaks since this really is the final hour before midnight on a tax change. the gop s image, though, has taken a beating. cnn orc poll found that when it comes to handling major issues, people have increasing confidence in president obama. look at him now, 50% have more confidence in him. back in march it was only 44. when you look at republicans in congress, 31% now versus nearly 40 in march. how damaging is this to the republican party? what can it do to fix its image as we head into iowa and a presidential election. senator scott brown joins us tonight. it s great to be on, erin. you know, i didn t know