We need good news. Americas pastor rick warren joins me. People say i fell out of love. Thats your choice. He talks religion, reason, and what America Needs now. The good life isnt good enough. What you need is the better life. The election, the economy, samesex marriage and more, to the issues that really matter. You know why we have to change the constitution . It was a flawed document. It was made by men. What does god mean to you . This is piers morgan tonight. Good evening, and happy holidays and welcome to a special piers morgan tonight. Joining me, one of the most influential spiritual leaders in the world, rick warren. Hes americas pastor. Were going to talk about politics, sins, and much, much more. Pastor warren is the author of the best selling book a purpose driven life. Welcome. Its good to be here with you. What is the purpose of christmas . You know, the angels in the story the first christmas said three things. Those three statements say the three purposes of christmas.
Thank you, suzanne. Im Victor Blackwell in for Brooke Baldwin. Thank you for being with us today. The president is pulling the plug on his trip to hawaii to tend to urgent matters in washington. With tax hikes looming in less than a week, hes scheduled to return to the white house tomorrow, just as a Deadlocked Congress reconvenes days ahead of the socalled fiscal cliff. Youre just six days from feeling this. Now, first hit is coming on january 1st when your take home pay will drop by 2 because of a scheduled hike in the Social Security payroll tax. Thats just the start. Income taxes are set to climb too. And youll notice that when employer gets to around the adjusted withholding, the Government Spending cuts, those are also scheduled for january 1st and bound to slow the economy and some argue theyll weaken the military. Congress has seen this coming, but an effort to limit the damage failed last week. Republican House Speaker john boehner could not persuade enough members of his part
Costello now. Tornadoes in the south and blizzards from arkansas to ohio. Do you have the right to know if your neighbor owns a gun . A newspaper in new york says yes and publishes the name of those who have gun permits. Christmas is over but shopping is not. If youre heading out to return the gift that wasnt exactly what you wanted, you will not be alone. Tom cruise may not be the ideal action hero but his love life made it into the top ten. Newsroom starts now. Girnlgs low. The day after christmas means relaxing or wracking up deals at the mall. For people in the west and the south its cleanup after Severe Weather ripped through the region. Waterspout was located in lake pontchartrain. Parts of arkansas saw several inches of snow and snapping power lines and of course canceling flights. In mississippi the governor declared a state of emergency after at least eight counties reported damage. Strong winds and heavy rains made the commute along this stretch of i20 east of jackson a diffi
The s p 500 shed almost 16 points. And the gridlock in washington could help the Current Congress make history as the most unproductive ever. Its amazing. A review by the Huffington Post shows 219 bills have been passed this session, thats compared to 383 bills passed by the previous congress, and 460 by the group before that. Now, to avoid the distinction, Congress Needs to submit about 100 bills to president obama over the next few days. Something tells me theyre not going to be able to do that. But there is one thing the senate has been able to agree on, getting aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy. By a 6133 vote, the chamber passed the measure offering 60 billion in help. It heads to the house which must approve the bill by thursday or else the process has to start all over again. At least 113 people were killed when Superstorm Sandy hit in late october. The governors of new york and new jersey, the hardest hit states have estimated damages at more than 78 billion with a b,. The sen
Nursery operation. The twister damaged three green house autos we can tell pressure so strong from the tornado. Just lifted it and dropped it. One says the event started as a water spout. Red band captured on a radar image illustrates a classic tornado hook touching down at 7 00 in the morning. Minutes later they would have been inside. No one was injured very fortunate for us. That was important. We can people, we cant. Some of the flowers are a loss. And 3,000 gerbera daisies deemed questionable. That family owned business don yaitd flowers to the rose bowl float. These are pictures of the float taken today. We didnt want to take a chance of it. The flowers look dw. D we think theyll be nice on the floft. The others say repairing could take week but theyre looking ahead to valentines day. 32] n were in the flower business were growers like any ag guys its just a small bump in the road. The nursery owners say damage will go into hundreds of thousands of dollars, but much more than the