0 as i said, i m sure they love that. to bow live kra, thousands gathering around an ecofriendly christmas tree. the tree stands 45 feet high. made up of 50,000 plastic bottles. pretty cool. people have to pedal on a bike to produce enough energy to actually light up the tree. oh. really cool. all right. that will do it for around the world today. we ll go off and make a list. yes, thanks for watching. cnn newsroom starts right now. have a great weekend. right now, president obama is getting ready to face some tough questions after a tough year. we ll preview the president s news conference set to he boo gin in one hour and have brand new job approval numbers out this hour. how is the president doing? right now, wall street investors are reacting in a big way to new economic numbers that show the economy growing at a much faster pace than initially thought. the surprising figure and what it means for your finances just ahead. and right now, snow, ice and driving rain. a
at the desk. david gregory and chris matthews. you heard them on the political agenda for 2014. plus mandela s message for a generation born long after he was released from prison, became south african s first black president and tried to change the world with a spirit. now one hollywood movie is trying to bring madiba s word to children today. we will fight for our homes. we will fight for our freedom. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington where the president will be facing white house press corps one final time in 2013. reporters eager to ask about a host of topi. starting off with another rule change to the health care law announced quietly. the change was announced quietly last night. actor east coast evening newscast joining me chuck todd chief white house correspondent, host of the daily rundown. chuck, they put this out after 8:00 last night and after an extensive briefing on health care and the problems and fixes. are they trying to slide this in under the d
the block there. terry gordon. he simply toward our colleague steve broen brown there was, indeed, a plan and he had a face to face meeting with them to do it. i asked congresswoman bachmann, was she approached by anyway, she denied it twice. great interview with michele bachmann. straight ahead a big endorsement for newt gingrich and someone who is backing herman cain s 999 plan just a few months ago. find out who it is. and battled between the u.s. and iran heats up and the world s oil supply is at stake. both sides sending out sharp warnings. and tim tebow suddenly linked to brad pitt and angelina jolie and jennifer anniston. it s not what you are thinking. stay tuned.
we ve hit coffee shops 200 to 300 people flowing out in the streets and a lot of excitement. the weather has been fabulous for one thing. all those stories about iowa in december, they may have been true in the past. this has been just fabulous weather. the forecast is for it to be nice all the way through tuesday. we re going to keep running again and talking to people and sharing our vision for an outsider to come into washington, d.c. and to really overhaul that place. what has been the feedback about the people you ve been talking to about the direction they would like to see the country go in? people have lost confidence in washington and wall street. historical people look to them, they are relatively good. poll numbers for congress, i don t know if you can have a negative rating but they are approaching it. they care about their family. they care about the dignity of being able to have a job. they understand that washington is so out of touch. when i talk about a p
we ve hit coffee shops 200 to 300 people flowing out in the streets and a lot of excitement. the weather has been fabulous for one thing. all those stories about iowa in december, they may have been true in the past. this has been just fabulous weather. the forecast is for it to be nice all the way through tuesday. we re going to keep running again and talking to people and sharing our vision for an outsider to come into washington, d.c. and to really overhaul that place. what has been the feedback about the people you ve been talking to about the direction they would like to see the country go in? people have lost confidence in washington and wall street. historical people look to them, they are relatively good. poll numbers for congress, i don t know if you can have a negative rating but they are approaching it. they care about their family. they care about the dignity of being able to have a job. they understand that washington is so out of touch. when i talk about a p