so, we had newt gingrich and mitt romney. both on the offensive over the last 24 hours. they know that six days is a short time and that's when the caucuses are. what have we been hearing from both of the candidates, mark? >> well, hala, you're absolutely right. so much on the line, so much at stake here. six days until january 3rd when iowa republicans will caucus and will really kick off what has been already a very long presidential season. well, newt gingrich had pledged not to go negative in this campaign. he had said that he would only go positive and talk about his plan to try to turn the american economy around. well, the gloves have come off and, in fact, he is going negative. yesterday on "the situation room" with wolf blitzer, he went right after mitt romney. in fact, let's listen to what newt gingrich had to say. >> all i say mitt is, if you want to run a negative campaign and you want to attack people, at least be man enough to own it. that's your staff and that's your organization. those are your millionaire friends paying for it and let's be clear. i am willing to fight for real job creation with a real reagan camp-style job creation program. you are a moderate massachusetts republican who, in fact, is very timid about job creation. let's get it on together and let's compare our two plans. >> you know, hala, it wasn't just mitt romney that newt gingrich was critical of. he was critical of ron paul. in fact, wolf asked him directly, would you support ron paul, if you won the republican presidential nomination and newt gingrich flatly said no. to be fair to newt gingrich, he is taking criticism from all sides right now. he's getting had hit by ron paul and he's getting hit by these independent expenditure groups, these so-called super pacs supporting mitt romney for the nomination and newt gingrich trying to fight back, although he still says he's staying positive. hala? >> he's taking it from all sides, right, mark? is this hurting them and is going negative also hurting them if he vowed not to go negative? >> well, it's a saying here in iowa that iowa voters do not like to see negative ads, but, in fact, negative ads do work. what we're seeing is these independent groups are the ones that are really doing a lot of the damage to newt gingrich. that's what it appears to be in recent polling that newt gingrich came out of no where. we thought his campaign was all done and he came out of no where in the beginning of december when herman cain fell and he left the race and that was the rise of newt gingrich. however, these negative ads do seem to be working, hala. >> all right, let's talk about gingrich. the virginia ballot. he's not the only one not to have made that virginia ballot. what is going to happen there with all these candidates who haven't made, who haven't gotten their name on the virginia ballot in time? >> yeah. let's just continue on the whole theme of being negative. we saw mitt romney being critical of newt gingrich for failing to collecting the 10,000 signatures that you need to get on the virginia ballot. this is a big blow to newt gingrich, as it was to rick santorum and as it was, as well, to rick perry. none of those three are going to be on the virginia ballot. mitt romney will be on the ballot, as will ron paul. well, mitt romney had some words about why newt gingrich wasn't on the ballot. let's hear what he had to say yesterday. >> i think you compare that to, what is it, pearl harbor. i think it's more like lucille ball at the chocolate factory. so, i mean, you got to get it organized. >> so, a dig by mitt romney at newt gingrich because newt gingrich does not have the organization that mitt romney has in place. hala, just in a few hours, our own wolf blitzer will be sitting down with mitt romney and talking about his run here in iowa and his run for the republican presidential nomination. hala? >> well, there we heard from mitt romney and we heard from newt gingrich and, as you mentioned there, mitt romney will sit down with wolf blitzer and you can see that interview at 4:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. mark preston, we'll catch up with you later. mark is part of our team in des moines, iowa. now, this week, president obama plans to ask congress to raise the debt limit by $1.2 trillion to fund the government through most of next year. now, it's part of that deal struck over the summer, so approval is expected. but the increase is likely to give republican candidates some of those fresh talking points on the campaign trail. and we'll see how many of those make it into the discourse in iowa over the next day or two. let's turn our attention now internationally to north korea and the carefully choreographed north koreaen-style staged events. the pageantry of a public funeral today for kim jong-il. a three-hour event dominating state-run television and featuring a tearful kim jong-un. now, there he is. he is the youngest son who is now known as the great successor. cnn's paula hancocks is in seoul, south korea, with more. all right, so, i imagine south koreans and really much of the region had a bit of worry when kim jong-il died thinking what is going to happen in terms of the succession. are those worries still out there or do they feel that the succession to kim jong-un is going smoothly, paula? >> well, hala, i think the concerns are still, but what we saw today in his funeral in this pomp and ceremony that north koreans do best is that at least north korea was trying to get the impression that everything is running smoothly. what we saw was kim jong-un walking alongside his father's hearse. we had his uncle behind him who we understand is going to be helping him in the first few years of his reign. the military on the other side of the hearse, which was meant to show that he has the backing of the military. all very choreographed by the north koreans. they wanted to show that this succession is going to script, as far as they're concerned. of course, this is just the public face. we have no idea what is really happening behind the scenes. we don't know if there are political battles and power struggles amongst the elite. and we don't know in the future if kim jong-un wants his work to get his power base will actually feel like he needs to carry out an attack or a provocative act in some way to try and show his strength or whether or not he will actually negotiate even more than his father did. so, i think these concerns around the region and around the world are still definitely there. but what we saw today, hala is really what we were expecting. the pomp, the ceremony, the tens of thousands of north koreans out on the streets braving the cold in a very snowy pyongyang watching the funeral procession. >> of course, the questions still out there regarding the nuclear talks, the development of nuclear power in north korea. thanks very much, paula hancocks is in seoul and south korea. the world is keeping a close eye on what's next for north korea. zain verjee is live in london with a look at what the headlines are saying about kim jong-il's country and the state of the country he is leaving behind. hi, there, zain. >> hi, hala. straight to the newspaper headlines and give you a flavor of what the analysis is. take a look at the "the daily telegraph." a typical north korean state funeral. it's an opinion piece that says the north korean regime displayed hundreds of thousands of mourners in a similar state of overwhelmed grief during the funeral of his father, whose coffin was also draped in a red flag. the other newspaper here "the guardian" and "the uk." thousands mourn north korean leader. may have helped answer key questions about the communist regime's immediate futamid fears that the rapid rise of the inexperienced kim jong-un could spark power struggle. will kim grow out from his father's shadow, it asks. an analysis piece that says, while having to grow out of the shadow of his father, the untested heir is now saddled with daunting undertakings such as shoring up the economy and ensuring firm support from his people and establishing a charismatic leadership. analysts we spoke to today, hala, said the important message people in north korea is one of continuity that kim jong-un will follow the policies that his father had and maintain the same kind of backing from his uncle, the region, the head of the military, all that trotted out behind him when they were going through the funeral procession. >> we'll know soon enough how smooth the transition is. as far as many countries are, we'll know what happens with these six-party nuclear talks. whether or not they get back on track and what happens on that level. zain, thanks very much. i'll see you a bit later. claiming syrian authorities have moved hundreds of detainees to secret military sites to hide them from outside observers. arab league monitors in the country now. they're there for a second day to see if the government is ending its bloody crackdown. this video allegedly shows syrian forces spraying water canyons at protesters on tuesday. protests and violence have erupted ahead of the arab league visit. mohammed jamjoom is following developments. the monitors are saying they aren't seeing anything frightening in the streets of homs or other parts of syria. of course, this is raising some eyebrows saying there are only ten of you in each hot spot and you are being acompacompanied be syrian government. >> that's right, hala. we were told observers would fan out to other citiy ies and we hd that in hama there were protests and clashes earlier in the day. now, we're being told, in fact, those visits were postponed for logistical reasons and causing more concerns among the activists and many of them are really convinced that what the syrian government is showing these observers is just a charade. it's not the real picture of what's going on there in syria right now. we heard yesterday that while observers were in the city activists and residents said crackdowns were still going on and thousands of protesters that were in places in the neighborhood there being fired upon with live ammunition and tear gas trying to disperse the crowd. when we spoke to arab league monitors earlier today and asked them, they said, you know, reports being written up and being delivered to the arab league. they knew these reports were confidential and they weren't talking about what they had seen or hadn't seen on the ground in syria. hala? >> the reports that detainees are being hidden from the observers and also we're hearing reports that residents in homs refuse to meet with some of these observers because they had the military with them. of course, they're afraid for their own safety if they go up to observers and they have members of the military and officers there standing by and listening in on conversations. >> well, that's right. first to your point about are they afraid to go up to the observers. the arab league monitors we spoke with yesterday said anybody could come up to them and talk to them. the arab league monitors continue to insist that they had the free access that they needed. but the activists that we spoke with, they were concerned about this. we did see videos emerging posted online by activist groups purporting to show members of this arab league delegation in the streets and showing residents coming up to them and one video, in particular, residents pleading to take these members to more embattled parts of the cities to see what was really going on. a big question mark to what they will be able to see. the activists still very concerned that they're not getting a full and accurate picture of what is going on. >> what we would love. we would love to go to syria and report on it for ourselves, but so far we haven't been given permission since that brief visit last july. thanks verymuch. mohammed jamooom in cairo, egypt. an important american ally in the region. it ends with him on a gurney in court. up next, we're talking about what's changed and what has stayed very much the same for the egyptian people after the arab spring. 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>> well, it certainly seems from those images and from everything that has been going on over the course of the last several months but in the last few weeks as much as things have changed in egypt, they certainly have not. young activists are continuing to stay in tahrir square and the streets as a permanent revolution against military rule, which they suspect for trying to salvage as much as they can of the mubarak regime. i think that there is a lot of evidence that that is, in fact, what the military strategy has been. >> when u.s. viewers watch these images and they think, wait a minute, in february we had this revolution and mubarak stepped down and democracy was supposed to flourish in that country and we did have a few rounds of legislative elections in egypt where the muslim brotherhood scored very well. so, what is the future then for that country after having gone through such a difficult and historic year? >> well, for anyone who is paying attention to what's going on in egypt, the idea that egypt would relatively smoothly transition from 60 years to a democracy was not necessarily dealing with the facts of the situation. i think that egypt is in for a long-term struggle for, as egyptians debate what kind of society that they want. and you can see that the military has a very different vision of the future of egypt, as the activists in tahrir square, which is very different from the muslim brotherhood, which you just mentioned, has done quite well in the most recent round of elections. so, this is going to be a long-term process in which egyptians work out their future and it's going to be marked by periodic spasms of violence and continuing protest and instability and uncertainty. >> when you look at the parties that do well when there are free elections. for instance, in tunisia, the country who sparked this whole arab spring movement. you have the relevant islamic parties that score well. is that what a democratic arab world will look like when elections are held? >> well, we're not sure. in the early going it seems that these islamist groups which are well organized and well resourced and have been so for quite some time certainly have an upper hand over new political parties that have emerged as a result of these uprisings. what will really be the tell tale sign of egypt's move towards a more political system is how egyptians go about writing the constitution and the content of that constitution. now, this is not going to be an easy process, by any stretch of the imagination. but the real focus now is going to be on the content of this constitution and that will, the development of egyptian institutions after the fall of mubarak will tell us what kind of society egypt will be. >> not just egypt, though, steven, as you know. what happens in the most populous arab country has an influence on the rest of the arab world. so, it's going to be so important what happened in 2012. we always appreciate your analysis. steven cook, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, hala. the u.s. is still considering a request from, speaking of the arab world, al sal saleh to come for treatment in new york. earlier in the day a senior obama administration official said this man you see there would be, in fact, let in. it state department is still trying to determine if he is eligible. he was badly injured in an attack on his palace in june. well, we've got another best of 2011 list ahead for you. we'll tell you which companies were the best performers on wall street this year and ones were the worst. and a russian fishing boat trapped for nearly two weeks in antarctic ice. it's finally free. hear who came to the rescue after this. it's me? 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[ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. well, a russian fishing boat is finally free from the antarctic ice two weeks after it got stuck and started taking in frigid water which was a huge concern because there were concerns it could sink altogether. underwater ice tore a hole in the sparta in mid-december but a south korean ice breaker came to the rescue. zain verjee is live in london. lots of korea news today, whether it's the funeral of the dear leader in north korea or south korean ice breakers coming to the rescue. tell us more about this because the russian ship is certainly thankful, i imagine. >> they are. they were rescued on christmas day, that's when the south korean vessel tore through the ice and they made it to the spot of the russian vessel. and it was a lot of good news there. the south koreans there did a great job. essentially about a one-foot hole, hala, in the russian vessel. they banged into an iceberg, oops, got stuck for two weeks. the crew was panicked and they were already on some of the rescue vessels, the life boats waiting there. the south koreans got there and they basically fixed the hole. they put a metal plate, they welded that in there and then they managed to transfer fuel from ship to ship so that the russian vessel could get out of the ice. so, the south koreans escorted it very nicely out of the ice and they should be in open waters, well, any time now, actually. so, the -member crew is very grateful that they are out of that antarctic ice. the south korean vessel, by the way, some vessel that was doing polar research and they just happened to be in the area and just difficult to air rescue these guys because of all the ice. >> so, there's a russian ship out there, the sparta with the patched hole hoping that it's going to last until they make it to a port somewhere. >> exactly. it's not really clear what their destination is, but they're all keeping their fingers, toes and is crossed and hopefully saying warm with a little bit of vodka that are left over there. who knows. but they are happy, hala, that they're out of the ant,ic ice. if you believe the latest poll, the iowa caucuses could be just the beginning of the political drama. iowa is not the only place where the race is too close to call. same goes for the whole country. we'll tell you about that, after this. osteo bi-flex has really helped my knees. osteo bi-flex has been incredible for me, and i swear by it. 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>> you know, the strategy gingrich has articulated is not to attack other republicans in the field. as far as ads go, that's pretty true. he hasn't put out any bomb-throwing ads, if you will. but that's only part of the strategy. gingrich has also reserved the right to respond to attacks. so, essentially, what that means is that he's going to lash out at other republicans in the field who will lash out at him and he's done that on several occasions, particularly in interviews like the interview he did just yesterday with cnn's wolf blitzer in "the situation room" going after both mitt romney and ron paul in the very same interviews. so, it's not completely true that newt gingrich is not going to attack republicans. he reserves the right to go after them, if they go after him, hala? >> well, some gingrich supporters took a very different approach, as far as their ads are concerned. tell us more about that. >> right. this is an ad by the gingrich super political action committee. this is a group that is not supposed to be formally connected with newt gingrich, but, for example, they put out ads that can benefit him. let's listen to this ad and i'll talk about it in a second. >> the republican establishment wants to pick our candidate. when a principal conservative took the lead, attacking newt gingrich with falsehoods. conservatives need someone who has fought for us. newt balanced the federal budget, reformed welfare, cut taxes and created 11 million new jobs. newt will take on radical judges and fight against abortion. don't let the liberal republican establishment pick our candidate, newt gingrich. >> so, is that an attack or not an attack? if you read between the lines, certainly a swipe at mitt romney. that first line you heard in the very last line you heard about not allowing the liberal establishment to pick the republican nominee. so, this ad coming out from the gingrich super political action committee certainly goes one step in the direction of taking a swipe at mitt romney in this field. >> right. it's the whatever works strategy it seems in the last few days before the caucuses. joe johns is in des moines. we'll catch up with joe a little bit later and this reminder. tune in tuesday night for the country's first real votes. it's the big test. the first true test. america's choice 2012. live coverage of the iowa caucuses tuesday night, january 3rd. 7:00 p.m. nothing appears to be off limits for comedian dennis leary even the peanuts cartoon characters and now he has a few islamic activist groups angry about what he's done with the classic "a charlie brown christmas." just to be able to wp in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplishment to me. i don't know how much money i need. but i know that whatever i have that's what i'm going to live within. ♪ ♪ [ding] announcer: clean kitchen surfaces, utensils, and hands with soapy water. one in 6 americans will get sick from food poisoning this year. keep your family safer. check your steps at foodsafety.gov. three more trading days for wall street in 2011. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange with a preview of today's action. hi, there, or preview, i should say. we're open. we've been oepen for seven minutes. how is it going? >> yes, or lack of action. you know, they're off to the races here and stocks are barely moving. not such a big surprise. expect this to be the trend all week, it will be very quiet. you see stocks a little bit in the red right now. obviously, stocks arant taking their cue from europe today where a successful sale of italian debt have stocks there on the plus side. a whole trading day ahead of us. you never know where stocks can go. the s&p 500 does enter today 0.6% for the year. we will watch if it can end this year on the plus side. either way, this will go down as one of the years where it was so so for the year for stocks. hala? >> well, it's so so for the year in stocks, but if you're smart about stocks. if you were smart about stocks in 2011, alison, you can make quite a return on your investment. which one were the best performers and which stocks were the worst performers for 2011? >> okay, on track to take the top spot this year. drum roll, please. ready? mcdonald's. yes, mcdonald shares up more than 30%. they recently crossed the $100 a share mark. not such a big surprise there. mcdonald's reports monthly sales increases around the world. of course, very popular in europe and asia. now, number two, ibm, which saw an encouraging increase in business spending their money coming in third is pfizer, that's despite the fact they lost patent protection and lipitli lipitor still up 20% for the year. at the other end of the spectrum, a terrible year for bank of america and been in the headlines for not so good things and alcoa is at the bottom of the spectrum, as well. hala? >> what's the thinking behind mcdonald's? people sort of buy fast food, cheaper, convenient food if they have issues with income or there's a recession. what's the thinking behind mcdonald's, in particular? >> what really helped mcdonald's is europe because mcdonald's is, as i said, very popular in europe and it is a cheap eat. also not hurting its share price, of course, is that mnk donalds has a dividend. 70 cent dividend. that helps people when you're investing. people go to mcdonald's looking for that dividend, as well, hala. >> you have mcdonald's in paris. i'm always surprised when i see americans eat mcdonald's in paris. so do i, occasionally. in france you call it mcdonald. good if you're holding shares. leary's parody of "a charlie brown christmas" has activist groups claiming he is going too far. let's bring in michelle turner for that story. what did dennis leary say? how did he take that classic "a charlie brown christmas" and offend some groups, michelle? >> well, hala, he said a lot in a little bit of time and it's not hard to see why muslims are upset by this cartoon. they twist the charlie brown christmas story into a three-minute parody where he preaches to jihad against america. now, you remember the classic scene in the charlie brown christmas special where the gang saves a little christmas tree but in this film charlie brown brings a detective bomb intoo the stage and the gang turns it into a bigger brown that sends charlie brown and linus to hell. yeah, larry does like to provoke. he has taken shots at every tabu out there from christianity to the disabled and also digs at commercialism of christmas in this video. but i'm not sure what his point is here. he literally and actually tweeted out the links to this cartoon before christmas, but it didn't go viral until multiple sites linked to it this week, hala. >> all right, interesting. now, a new list of films to be preserved by the library of congress is out this morning and i understand there are some intriguing movies on that list. tell us about it. >> you know, some of my favorites are on this list and who would have thought, really, that hannibal lecter" is in the library of congress and so is "bambi" and "forrest gump." 25 new films added to the film registry. "silence of the lamb" "bambi," "forrest gump" "norma ray." now, some of these, of course, were huge oscar winners. forrest gump took home six trophies including best picture in '94 and "silence of the lambs" won four awards in 1992 with anthony hopkins winning best actor. now, hala, you know, we have a really exciting hollywood award season coming up in the next few months. who knows. we may see a few films in the library of congress in the future. >> we might. thanks very much. coming up, she'll tell us which marriage lasted fewer days than kim kardashian's. tia na sinad o'connor's reasons for cutting it short after 16 days. also coming up, the u.s. navy coming out with strong words for iran. we'll bring you those details next, as well. bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500 million dollar fund so independent scientists can study the gulf's wildlife and environment for ten years. thousands of environmental samples from across the gulf have been analyzed by independent labs under the direction of the us coast guard. i'm glad to report all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy. and the economy is showing progress with many areas on the gulf coast having their best tourism seasons in years. i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp. we're committed to the gulf for everyone who loves it, and everyone who calls it home. what's going on? we ordered a gift online and we really need to do something with it... i'm just not sure what... what is it? oh just return it. returning gifts is easier than ever with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. plus i can pick it up for free. perfect because we have to get that outta this house. c'mon, it's not that... gahh, oh yeah that's gotta go... priority mail flat rate shipping starts at just $4.95. only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship and return. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. 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[ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. the u.s. is coming out with a tough warning for iran. any disruption in the streets of hormuz will not be "tolerated." barbara starr is following the story here in washington. how seriously is the united states taking any threat of a possible disruption in the streets of hormuz? >> well, you know, hala, ramping up in the last few days. right now out in that area we're seeing the iranian navy conduct several days of war games out in the north arabian sea just outside the strait and we're also seeing from the europeans discussion of an embargo against iran to try and encourage them to stop their nuclear program. all of this leading to this increased rhetoric. iran making a number of statements that it would close down the street of hormuz. we went to the u.s. navy and asked them about that. the u.s. navy fifth fleet located in that region in bahrain this morning coming out with that very tough language. let me read to you what the u.s. navy is saying about this now. "anyone who threatens to disrupt freedom of navigation in an international strait is clearly outside the community of nations." any disruption will not be tolerated. the u.s. navy maintains, as you know, hala, a number of warships in that region at all times and they're making it very clear that they will not tolerate iran shutting down that strait, which is international waters and a vital economic lifeline, hala. >> the strait of hormuz, once again, you'll see one big country there and that is saudi arabia. >> saudi arabia. >> saudi arabia. >> this is all about oil prices and the freedom of navigation of oil and other goods through this strait. oil over $100 a barrel. right now, of course, crude oil. the saudis are thought to be maybe to be unable to talk to the iranians. when we were out in the region with the chairman of the joint chiefs we made a stop with him, of course, in saudi arabia. he was making it very clear that he hoped that the saudis would be able to talk to the iranians and talk to them about their nuclear program and talk to them about their rhetoric and calm things down a bit. general martin dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs. the saudis now will be the linchpin if the saudis would make a move, would the saudis raise their oil production levels to try and bring the market backinto balance? this is, as much economic warfare as it is anything else. but the u.s. navy, the obama administration letting the u.s. navy this morning take the lead in talking about this that a disruption will not be tolerated and that the u.s. will not allow the strait to be shut down and very clearly the allies in that region, the persian gulf oil producing nations and the other smaller gulf nations in the region are making it clear, they don't want that to happen either. goods and services flow through those oil waterways and people want to see that commerce continue. hala? >> well, these gulf nations, saudi, they see iran as one of the biggest threats to them and economically, as well, with this saber rattling now. so, barbara, we'll get back to you with more on this story as more reaction comes out. we saw a lot of technical advances in 2011. you know about ipads, the new iphone, but what were some of the other things that changed our lives? a look at the year in tech, next. [ mujahid ] there was a little bit of trepidation, not quite knowing what the next phase was going to be, you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with my wife and my kids. it's my world. that's my world. ♪ from angry birds to angry customers, 2011 was a big year for technology. cnn's dan simon reports from san francisco. >> reporter: 2011 was the year of the tablet, as device makers scrambled to catch up with apple's ipad. nearly all of them were flops, including the playbook from blackberry. and speaking of blackberry, the one-time king of smart phones saw its reputation damaged amid a highly embarrassing worldwide outage. millions of its users couldn't send and receive e-mails for more than three days forcing the company's ceo to deliver an online my a kopa. >> you expect better from us and i expect better from us. >> reporter: the netflix brand took a hit as well after users complained bitterly over a 60% price hike in their movie rental service. >> shame on you, netflix. >> reporter: and the pr only got worse. >> we think that the dvd service needs its own brand so that we can advertise it so we've named our dvd service quickster. >> reporter: customers hated the idea and ceo reid hastings reversed himself. netflix stock, meanwhile, plummeted. some brands saw their fortunes so i remember. angry birds went from being a popular iphone game it a merchandising bonanza. investors got excited this year with new tech ipos like linkedin and group on. silicon valley had flashbacks to the.com bubble era. but the interest in stock prices have faded. we saw social networking this year become front and center on the global stage as pro-democracy people in the middle east used it to organize and spread their messages. at one point egyptian leaders shut down internet access during the height of the revolution. 2011 was also a big year for hackers. the term hacktive vimp became part of the vocabulary as groups like anonymous had politically motivated attacks. it also became clear that smart phones represented the next frontier for criminals. the cellular phone industry also made headlines with a proposed merger between at&t and t mobile, but the justice department said no go amid concerns it would harm competition in the u.s. wireless market. >> with icloud. >> this year cloud computing became in vogue. >> we're going to move the digital hub, the center of your digital life, into the cloud. >> reporter: of course the biggest tech story of the year was the loss of steve jobs. >> people around the world are mourning the death of apple founder steve jobs. >> reporter: the apple ceo lost his long-time battle with pancreatic cancer. never before had a company chief executive have such say loving fan base. >> as we announce innovations. >> reporter: the company had a smooth transition with tim cook taking over ceo duties, and apple once again had another major hit on its hands with its new iphone, the 4 s which took voice recognition to a whole new level with siri. >> find me an italian restaurant in north beach. >> okay. >> reporter: so it was a big year in technology and with innovation continuing at a rapid pace, 2012 looks to be the same. look for facebook to go public. look for apple to come out with the ipad 3, the iphone 5 and maybe if the rumors are true, a television. dan simon, cnn, san francisco. well, we're following lots of developments. in the next hour of "cnn newsroom" let's check in with joe johns. joe? >> hala, newt gingrich said he wasn't going to go negative in this campaign, but it's crunch time here in iowa and he's calling out romney. we'll have that report coming up next. >> reporter: i'm mohammed jamjoom. in cairo arab league observers were supposed to fan out to other flash point cities in syria today. we're told those plans have been delayed due to logistical reasons. >> and i'm alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. more than 12 states now recognize or have legalized guy marriage, but all of those happy couples are in for a big tax headache this year because the federal government and the irs still don't recognize them. i'll explain in the next hour. hala. >> thanks, alison and to all of you. also coming up next hour, retracing the path of the titanic. 100 years after it hit an iceberg and sank. it's not for research. it's for vacation. would you shell out $5,000 to book a trip on the memorial cruise? we're talking to the managing cruise director next hour. quick look at what's ahead. later today in just a few minutes nasa is holding a teleconference to preview twin space crafts' lunar orbit. two probes were launched. they will begin orbiting the moon saturday. scientists are hoping to get a better understanding of how our solar system was formed. then at noon gary johnson isn't having much luck as a republican so he's switching to the libertarian party. tonight at 10:00 the official mourning period for north korea's kim jong il begins. and if you're just joining us, everyone, this hour we begin in iowa where only six days remain before the presidential caucuses. time is getting shorter, and sometimes tempers, i should say, are getting shorter as well. joe johns is in des moines with more on what to expect. now both mitt romney and newt gingrich sharpend their attacks. we heard from romney. we heard from gingrich. what are the two men saying about each other only six days before the caucuses, joe? >> reporter: it's getting a little ugly, especially on newt's side. look, mitt romney spent a lot of money on ads attacking newt gingrich. he's also had the benefit of ads produced by a super political action committee that's producing, you know, ads for mitt romney and even though they're not supposed to be coordinating, the fact remains the same. meanwhile, the former speaker hasn't had the kind of money to fight back in the air wars and he's been doing the only thing he really could do up until now, and that is using interviews, public appearances, what have you to fight back. let's listen to what the former speaker of the house, newt gingrich, has said about mitt romney. >> herman cain was willing to debate one on one, jon huntsman has debated one on one, rick santorum has debated one on one. mitt romney's the guy running the most ads attacking me and he's doing it through this disingenuous, oh, gee i don't control my former staff and millionaire friends. it's baloney. if he wants to defend his integrity, show up 90 minutes early and let the people decide. let him back up his moderate record, not conservative record, as governor. i don't think he'll do it. >> reporter: funny, hala, you know and i know that newt gingrich actually said he wasn't going to go negative, he was going to try to keep this campaign positive. he wasn't going to attack republican challengers in the field, but you heard his words right there. they sound pretty harsh, quite frankly. >> yeah, well, let's talk about mitt romney and what he said about gingrich who, of course, has not made it onto the virginia ballot. mitt romney is taking jabs at gingrich over that. >> reporter: yeah. that's one of those administrative things. that's a little difficult to explain, especially since newt gingrich actually lives in the state of virginia for all intents and purposes, but he wasn't able to get on the ballot. this is something some of the other candidates have gone after him about, including mitt romney. let's listen to him. >> you know, i think you compare that to pearl harbor. i think it's more like lucille ball at the chocolate factory. you've got to get it organized. >> reporter: yikes. lucille ball at the chocolate factory. you can't say that's an attack, but it certainly is ridicule, if nothing else, isn't it, hala? >> yeah, it is. i remember that episode. it was hill layer rouse. thanks, joe johns. >> gingrich is also jabbing ron paul, the other candidate locked in the three-way tie in iowa. gingrich says he could not support ron paul, the texas congressman, if he were to win the republican nomination. listen. >> i think it's very difficult to see how you would engage in dealing with ron paul's as a nominee. >> get precise. >> given the newsletters which he has not yet disowned. >> you could not vote for ron paul. >> i would have to go a long way to have him explain himself. i think it would be very difficult to see today ron paul as a republican nominee. >> what would you do if the choice were ron paul or barak obama. >> i think you'd have a very hard choice. >> what would you do? >> i don't know, but i think barak obama is very destructive to the future of the united states. i think ron paul's views are totally outside the mainstream of virtually every decent american. >> newt gingrich there. will his sharp words cost him points with the party faithful? earlier he had vowed not to turn negative against fellow republicans because it would only strengthen barak obama, so we'll see in the latest polling whether or not the strategy is working for newt gingrich, the former speaker of the house. do stay with cnn for extensive coverage from the campaign trail. tune into the situation room today. after newt gingrich, wolf blitzer sits down with mitt romney. you can see that interview at 4:00 eastern and again at 5:00. this reminder, tune in tuesday night for the country's first true test for gop candidates. america's choice 2012. the live coverage of the caucuses in iowa begins tuesday night, january 3rd, 7:00 p.m. expect washington to end 2011 with more finger pointing over the national debt. this week president obama plans to ask congress to raise the debt limit by $1.2 trillion to fund the government through most of next year. now this was all approved in that deal struck over the summer, so it's expected to pass, but it's still an increase. it's a big number. it could give the republican candidates some fresh talking points on the campaign trail. let's turn our attention to international news and this morning in north korea the pageantry of a public funeral for kim jong il on full display. it was a three-hour event dominated state run television. it featured a tearful kim jong un, the youngest son now known as the great successor. cnn's paula hancocks reports from seoul, south korea. >> reporter: walking alongside his father's coffin, the message could not be more clear. kim jong un, the supreme leader, leading the funeral procession for his father, kim jong il, the dear leader. key military and political leaders surround him showing publicly at least kim jong il's wish for a smooth succession has been granted. the coffin proceeded by a giant portrait of a smiling kim jong il was then driven through the snow laidend streets of pyongyang. tens, possibly hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the streets. soldiers bowed their heads, their caps in hand. men and women wailed and beat their chests as the coffin passed them by. at one point rushing forward to get closer to the procession. a well choreographed event filled with pomp and ceremony, adverse weather only adding to the occasion. kcna news agency saying it reminds the north korean people of a snowy day the leader was born. a thunder rouse military is a louse to send off the leader who rules his people with an iron fist for 17 years. a man who developed a regime based on a cult of personality and terror. as kim jong un watched the final military parades of the day, the question being asked around the world is how closely will he follow in his father's footsteps. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. let's tri to answer that question and others that now hang over the seek yes at the time nuclear power. a former advisor to the national security council. how closely, victor, will kim jong un follow in his father's footsteps, kim jong il, do you think? >> i think fairly closely in terms of the ideology. what we've heard thus far is he's going to follow something called sung gun politics, military first politics. that was the case under kim jong il and it looks to be the case under kim jong un as well. >> let's look at these images once again of this funeral carefully choreographed and staged with public mourning. hundreds of thousands of north koreans out mourning their dear leader. when you study these images of the funeral, what do you think? >> well, like your package said, i think is very well choreographed. they have done this once before in the sense in july of 1994 the first leader of north korea suddenly died so i think it's even the same cars that they're using as the ones they used in 1994. so, you know, this is a society in which pictures and images that are well choreographed as a form of nationalism is very well practice it's not a surprise to me that they've carried this off very well. the real question is whether they'll be able to carry off the politics of the transition in the future. >> well, we didn't see the two elder brothers, for instance, when you look at the images, at least in what state tv ran. we didn't see the two elder brothers of kim jong un kil. what does that tell us. >> this youngest son, the one that was walking alongside the hers, is the key guy. he's the one that's going to be leading the country. the absence of these two is really interesting. a lot of palace politics here. in an asian system it's usually the eldest son who inherits the business. it's clearly not the case this time. we'll have to watch and see whether factions will develop within the country, whether there will be divides between the party and military. they will try very hard to hold everything together. >> it all boiled down to victor, the nuclear ambitions and the nuclear development program of that country. that's what the u.s. is worried about. it's a nuclear power, and it's secretive, and we don't know how it's going to go and how the succession will go and who will be in charge. >> that's exactly right. i mean, for 25 years our main concern with regard to north korea was denuclear rising them. i was involved in negotiations, as well as others, to try to do that. the additional problem we have now is if this leadership transition does not go well and there's a leadership vacuum, we have a whole different problem now, which is who has control of the nuclear weapons. that could be an even more daunting problem than trying to denuclearize them. >> right. if north korea weren't a nuclear power, i doubt it would be in the headlines as often as it is. thanks very much. monitors from the arab league are in syria for a second day as the government followed through on promises to stop its crackdown on its own citizens. we'll find out in a live report. the mayor of stamford, connecticut says this fire represented a terrible, terrible day for his city. when you hear what happened and how it happened, including the 911 calls, you'll know why. we'll be right back. >> human rights group is claiming syrian authorities have moved hundreds of detainees to secret military sights to hide them from outside observers. arab league monitors are in syria for a second day to see if the government is ending its bloody crackdown. look at these images. water cannons at protesters in whhomwhom whom a. we can't confirm it. they've done it ahead and during the arab league visits. mohammed jamjoom is following this. let's talk about the arab league monitors. they've been to homs. this has been the flash point of the antias sad movement in syria. we've heard from them saying they haven't seen anything, quote, frightening. >> reporter: that's right, hala. this was quoted by reuters news agency earlier today. they spoke to the general. he heads up this observers mission that is in homs right now. he was quoted as saying that he hadn't seen anything frightening and that what he had seen, the situation was reassuring. now we asked members of the arab league, we spoke to a member of the advanced team that was there last week, about this and we were told that he doubted that the general made these remarks because the team members there are down to confidentiality agreements and also that daily situation reports are written as to what the monitors are seeing there. this is really only -- these quotes are really only causing more concerns for activists in syria. they're already concerned by the fact that they believe that these monitors aren't really being given free access that they need to be given. they believe that the syrian government is only taking them to the places they will allow them to see. now with these quotes it's just really increasing the concerns about the level of credibility of these monitors. many people in syria, many activists and human rights groups in syria have been calling into question the credibility of the arab league, of these monitors in particular and also saying that you're only going to have about ten monitors to each flash point city that they visit. how effective is this kind of small group going to be in trying to deal with such a huge problem and such a growing and increasing crackdown. >> well, as you know, the arab league has never been viewed as anything more than a toothless, in some cases pointless organization protecting its own members and the head of this arab league delegation in syria is himself a sudanese general who worked in the administration of omar ba shir, the president of sudan. he has a warrant out for his arrest by the international criminal court. people are saying who is he to tell anyone whether crimes are being committed. >> reporter: that's right. this has been a growing chorus that we're hearing from opposition activist groups inside syria and outside syria. they especially have been leveling criticism at the choice to head this delegation. the general, somebody who is a sudanese military man, they've been saying that somebody who is in the military in sudan because of the situation in dar for has no bisque on a team that is supposed to go in and investigate whether war crimes have been going on in syria as the allegations have been coming out from these groups in syria. again, it's just one more thing that's calling into question how credible these people are. now these teams are also made up of medics, they're also made up of legal and military experts. most of the people we speak with in syria really doubt the credibility and effectiveness of these teams and this growing chorus of condemnation is continuing. >> thanks. turning to politics, next ron paul taking jabs from every direction. will it sway his die hard supporters? our political buzz panel weighs in. a relative warned maria hartsell of texas not to go to mexico with her daughters, but they went anyway to spend christmas with relatives. they never got there. a group of armed men attacked their bus in the state of veracruz and murdered all three. >> i told her not to go to mexico. i just kept repeating it. senseless. it's just senseless. >> the bandits are said to be members of a violent drug cartel. they killed seven people that same day. mexican police have now increased security on highways in veracruz. we're now hearing the 911 calls as fire raced through a home in connecticut on christmas morning. that fire killed five people, three children and their grandparents, and all while a frantic mother tried to save them. here's deborah farek. >> reporter: as fire raced through the victorian home just before dawn christmas morning, neighbors frantically called 911. >> stamford 911. what's the address? >> there's a huge fire at the house next to us. >> what is the address, ma'am? >> we're at 22-41 shippan avenue. it's the house next door. major fire. three kids and a woman. >> reporter: trapped inside the stamford, connecticut, home, grandparents and their three granddaughters, 10-year-old lily and 7-year-old twins grace and sarah. >> major, major fire with people in the house. >> we have a fire crew on the way, ma'am. >> please, come quickly. >> reporter: the house was under renovation. it appears fireplace embers placed in an outdoor trash enclosure near the home ignited the blaze. mom managed to climb out on to scaffolding frantically directing firefighters to the third floor where she said her children were sleeping. >> the crew pushed through two rooms unable to find the children. they were pushed back by the intensity of the heat and flames. >> grabbing two of the frightened girls, family friend seen here on their facebook page, reached the second floor. >> the heat drove him to get separated and it looks like one went back upstairs and another one was found with the grandmother. >> reporter: grandfather lomar had spent christmas eve playing santa claus. he managed to lead one of his granddaughters to the back of the house and died before he could pull her to safety. >> just inside the window that he came out of we found one of the young children. there were a pile of books. it looks like she was placed on the books. >> reporter: the mother, a successful marketing executive, is said to be in shock. she was taken from the scene sobbing, my whole life is in that house. >> when you don't make that rescue that you failed, and i don't think anybody wants to fail. >> reporter: investigators continue to search for answers, but it appears that the home did not have smoke detectors or a fire alarm system. deborah peyerick, cnn, new york. three more trading days for wall street this year. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange with more on today's action. we've been open for almost an hour, and its a he a down day it looks like, alison, why? >> it is a down day. it doesn't take many trades to leave the overalltrading sort of one direction or another. overall it's just one of those quiet trading days on wall street. stocks are, believe it or not, pretty much in a holding pattern at this point as far as in the red goes. the s&p 500 entered today up just 0.6% for the year. we'll watch to see if it can end the year on the plus side. not toch to write home about. big improvement from a few months ago after s&p downgraded its u.s. debt rating. >> let's talk about same sex couples. they had a lot to celebrate in 2011. new york, for instance, legal lieszed same-sex marriage, but the couples are in for a rude awakening come tax time, right? explain that. >> you're right about that. hala, that's because the federal government still doesn't recognize same-sex marriage so let's say couples in new york, for example, or massachusetts, iowa, they can get the benefits of filing jointly on their state tax returns, but they have to file federal taxes as individuals, and when they do that, they're going to owe uncle sam more money than a straight couple. cnn money actually had h and r block crunch the numbers. let's say a typical couple filing separately with the primary income earner filing as head of household owes $15199 in federal taxes. that's $4900 more than a straight couple. same sex couples, they also face other disadvantages when they file tax returns this way, so for one a head of household can end up in a higher tax bracket and be entitled to lower standard deductions. when it comes to kids, the child tax credit phases out sooner for individual filers. finally, if you're a same sex couple you're saddled with extra paperwork. they still have to show the state what their federal taxes would look like if they could file jointly. sure, it's great news if you're in the tax prep industry. not so good for same-sex couples who have to jump through the paperwork. interesting. mitt romney says newt gingrich's campaign is something out of "i love lucy." that's not a compliment. checking our top stories now. new and grisly details are emerging about the murder of a nine-year-old girl in fort wayne, indiana. she was beaten to death with a brick. there's a picture of the little girl. she was dismembered, stuffed in a freezer. police will formally charge and neighbor and family friend. they still don't have a motive. an american born man and former marine says he was on a mission to deliver information to iranian intelly begins. iran says he's a spy and works for the cia trying to get involvement about iran's involvement with terrorism. his family says iran forced a confession. he was arrested while visiting his grandmother in iran back in august. guess what a hot seller was this christmas season? guns. americans bought a record number of them according to the fbi. it reported more than 1.5 million background checks in december. that's a new one-month record. keep in mind that the actual number of guns sold could be higher than that because people often buy more than one gun at a time. political buzz is your rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. three questions, 30 seconds on the clock. playing today with us, democratic strategist and cnn contributor maria cardona. sirius xm political talk show host pete dominick, georgetown university professor, chris metzler. >> first question, ron paul's gop rivals are on the attack. rick santorum says that paul is left of obama on national security. bachmann says paul is, quote, confused about same-sex marriage. and gingrich unleashed on the texas congressman to our wolf blitzer. listen. >> you look at ron paul's total record of systemic avoidance of reality, and you look at his newsletters and then you look at his ads, his ads are about as accurate as his newsletters. >> now if he were to get the republican nomination. >> he won't. >> let's say he were. could you vote for him? >> no. >> will ron paul supporters be swayed by these shots from the gop field? let's start with you, maria. >> no, i don't think they will, hala, especially his hard-core supporters who are some of the most passionate, loyal supporters there are in politics today. what i think will happen with them is that these kinds of attacks will actually make them dig in because they feel that it's either a conspiracy by their rivals or by the media to knock ron paul off now especially that he's one of the front-runners. i do think if he wins iowa, coming out of there he will have to aggressively explain himself on the newsletter stuff if he's going to be a viable candidate. >> chris? >> no. ron paul has ardent supporters. they'll continue to support him, but there's a two-prong strategy here from the front-runner standpoint. number one, there's such an anti-government sentiment right now, what's happening is that the other front-runners, romney and gingrich, are trying to really tam p down support for paul. the second as spent of it is the best thing actually that can happen for the front-runners is that ron paul wins iowa because if he wins eye owe warnings then everyone throws their hands up in the air and says, see, i told you. iowa doesn't matter. >> okay. pete? >> first of all, rick santorum is right again. president obama -- ron paul is to the left of president obama on foreign policy, as are a lot of americans. president obama is in many waste continuing george bush's foreign policy. will ron paul supporters be swayed? no. they won't be swayed by the facts on anything. it's interesting, no matter where you are on a political spectrum, you agree with something ron paul has professed. newt gingrich shouldn't talk about anybody's past. he can make a million dollars selling what he has in his own closet. >> mitt romney picks up an endorsement from the "boston herald." the paper says he's a standout in a republican clown car field. six days to iowa. make your best bet. who is the next candidate to drop out of this crowded race? let's start with chris. >> well, first of all, i think it's interesting that romney gets an endorsement from "boston herald" when he's running in iowa, very interesting. i think in terms of dropping out, if anyone is going to drop out, i think it probably is going to be santorum, however, i don't think that anyone's going to drop out at this point. i think for somebody like perry, for example, he's not going to drop out because he's got money. the problem for santorum is iowa is possibly the only state he can win. he certainly can't win new hampshire. >> maria? >> first of all, can we talk about this endorsement? what kind of endorsement is that? i would not be tauting this endorsement if i were mitt romney. it's like saying this is the least clownish of this group. in terms of who leaves iowa, i think if anybody finishes under jon huntsman, they should pack up their bags and leave. if michele bachmann finishes last of the conservatives, she should pack up and leave, too, because the person who won the iowa straw poll back in august, if she now comes last of the conservatives, it's time for her to go. >> pete. frankly, i think least clownish is kind of a compliment. who do you think is going to drop out. >> that's what's so sad. i'll take it as a compliment. >> i've been called least clownish myself. it doesn't hurt that much. the clown car image is hilarious. have this idea of herman cain driving it into a ditch and then donald trump jumping in and out of it, sarah palin circling the clown car trying to see if there's a window open. who will drop out after iowa? i'm sorry not to be risky. i think it's going to be rick santorum. he'll leave professional politics and join some organization with the word family in it so he can control women's bodies and make sure gay people don't have quality in erica manipulating christ teachings for political gain. >> your buzzer beater everyone. mitt romney cracks a joke at gingrich's expense. here he is talking about newt's failure to qualify for the virginia ballot. >> i think you compare that to pearl harbor. i think it's more like lucille ball at the chocolate factory. you've got to get it organized. >> if you could compare the republican race as a whole with a sitcom, what would it be? maria? >> it's got to be the simpsons. they love to portray republicans like heartless millionaires, like montgomery burns or pathetic clowns. he ran as a republican saying you may want to vote for a democrat but you want a heartless republican. >> it's certainly more amusing than using a major attack during world war ii as an analogy. chris, what sitcom would it be? >> well, i'm the typical conservative here. i can't make up my mind. first of all mitt romney cracked a joke? what, did he get, i don't know, a swag transplant? so that's first of all. second of all, i think if i had to choose, it would probably be, i don't know, sponge bob square pants perhaps. so sponge bob might work. i don't know, what was the michael -- spin city. it could be spin city. that could be the other one. >> okay. michael j. fox sitcom. pete? what sitcom would the republican race be right now? >> i don't know if there is one. i think it would have to be a reality show. mitt romney clearly focused that youth vote with an "i love lucy" reference. well done, sir. maybe adams family. the monday sters. maybe more of a reality show, hala, like the desperate -- the real house wives of texas, utah, bethlehem, and newt gingrich. how about that? >> after world war ii, okay, in the early '40s, now we're in the '50s with the "i love lucy." the next analogy will come to us from the '60s. thank you for joining us. how's this for a vacation itinerary? retrace the doomed voyage of the titanic on the 100th anniversary of the disaster. a pair of memorial cruises is almost sold out. coming up we're talking to the cruise's managing director about who is signing up. and next, sinead o'connor's latest marriage lasted barely two weeks. believe it or not, that's not the headline here. "showbiz" headlines next. i am so glad to get rid of it. just to be able to wake up in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplishment to me. i don't know how much money i need. but i know that whatever i have that's what i'm going to live within. ♪ ♪ all right. denis leary is at it again. his popularity is based on some not so politically good humor. some people have been offended by the content this year. entertainment correspondent nischelle turner joins us now with on how dennis leery used a charlie brown christmas to poke fun at muslims? >> he did. it's not hard to see why they're upset by this cartoon. it's taken a little while to get noticed. leary tweeted out the links before christmas. it didn't go viral until multiple sites linked to it this week. he twists the chlie brown christmas story into a three-minute pair row did i where he converts to islam and preaches jihad against america. you remember the classic scene in the charlie brown christmas special where the gang saves a little christmas tree. in this film charlie brown brings a defective bomb to the stage and the gang turns it into a bigger bomb that sends charlie brown and linus to hell. he likes to provoke. he's taken shots to christ tie an knit at this to the disabled. hala, i'm not sure what his point is here. >> right. i think it's not that it's offensive, although some people were offended. it's just tired. how often are we going to see the bearded muslim with the bomb thing, you know? it's just not funny. >> tired, weird and offensive. >> the 72 day kim kardashian marriage, nobody thought that anyone could beat it. but someone has. tell us more. >> reporter: yeah. sinead o'connor says anything you can do, i can do better, right, kim? she was married for just over two weeks. this is the fourth time that o'connor tied the knott. she says, you know, the trouble started pretty quickly. she posted news on her blog explaining within three hours of the ceremony being over the marriage was kiaboshed by behavior of people in my husband's life and also by a bit of a wild ride i took us on looking for a bit of a smoke of weed for me wedding night as i don't drink. now considering the man o'connor married is reportedly a youth substance abuse counselor, i can see why his friends and family might not approve of this match, but then again considering the couple actually reportedly met when herridge reached out to o'connor after she announced she was desperate for sex, she blogged she wanted to meet a sweet, sex starved man, and he responded. i'm not sure he didn't know what he was getting into. for her part, sinead o'connor said they split amicably. >> two weeks of fun. >> yeah, why not. those first eight days, boy, those were some special days. >> new list of films to be preserved by the library of congress. tell us about the movies on the list this time around. >> oh, there's some really good ones. who would have thought han anybody balance lek ter would have wound up next to became by and forrest gump p. they announced wednesday the name of 25 new films that will be added to the national film registry. some promiscuous included silence of the lamb, became by, forrest gump, the kid, norm ma ray and porgie and best. >> nischelle turner, thanks very much. want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world, catch it on "showbiz tonight" 11 p.m. on hln. retracing the path of the titanic 100 years after it hit an iceberg and sank. this trip is not for research, it's for a vacation. would you shell out $5,000 or more to book a trip on the memorial cruise? we're talking to the managing cruise director coming up. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. here's a vacation idea that may not be for everyone. boreding a cruiseship and retracing the titanic voyage 100 years after it hit an iceberg and sank. now some say it's tempting fate, some say it's a story best left for the big screen, not mimicked in real life. >> iceberg, right ahead. >> i have been robbed. >> is this it? >> don't you believe it, rose. >> the water is freezing and there aren't enough boats. people on the ship are going to die. >> guess what, the anniversary crews are almost sold out. the cheapest tickets still available, $5,000. miles morgan is the managing director of titanic memorial cruises. he's joining us live from skype from bristol, in england. thanks for joining us. are these voyages going to retrace exactly the titanic voyage, the doomed titanic voyage? >> we've got two cruises. the first one sailing from the u.k. that is full does follow the original voyage. the journey that we've got going from new york is aually going to go to halifax nova scotia where the graves are and then to the site for a memorial service and then back into new york. slightly different journeys. >> are you surprised that the tickets sold out on one of the voyages and that the cheapest ticket left on the other one is $5,000 u.s. dollars? this is popular. >> yes. i have been quite surprised. i was confident there would be a strong demand. to be honest, it's exceeded my expectations. we expect the new york one to be full in the next few weeks. >> whose idea was it to do this in the first place? >> i've actually got some travel agencies in the u.k. a gentleman came in and was talking about it five years ago and that didn't go anywhere. i just thought the idea had merit. i spoke to the titanic experts and i spoke to people who had descendents that perished on that frightful night. they thought it was a great way to commemorate their loved ones. because of that i put the voyages on 4.5 years ago now. >> did you get any pushback though from survivors or descendents -- shouldn't say survivors. descendents of those who perished? >> no. we've had some negative publicity, but some of that has been from general customers if you like. the descendents, most of them are saying they can't think of any better way than to commemorate their loved ones. >> what about on the ship itself, will you have, i don't know, sort of the same types of meals or will you try to replicate some of the decor? will it be a historic voyage in that sense for people who are interested in the story itself or is it a regular cruiseship? >> no, we have a number of things we're adding. one will be lectures. we have the world's best lecture remembers on both ships. they'll give lectures every day. we'll have a titanic option on every coarse of the menus on board as well. the final thing on one special occasion we're going to recreate one of the titanic meals so we'll have all of the things that they served on one of those men use. >> miles morgan, the managing director of titanic memorial cruises. thanks for joining us from bristol in england with more on this, well, unusual vacation, but it's been very popular. one of the cruises already sold out. thank you very much. presidential candidate rick santorum, he went hunting for quale on monday. we'll tell you about his latest television ads. presidential candidate rick santorum continues to struggle in the polls but he's got that never say die attitude going into tuesday's iowa caucuses. as cnn political editor paul steinhauser tells us, santorum is releasing new ads today. paul, tell us more. >> reporter: good morning, hala. he absolutely is. we're talking about the former senator from pennsylvania. 's one of three candidates out here really making a pitch for social conservative voters. they're very influential on the republican side here in the iowa caucuses six days to go. this radio ad from santorum talks about that. he talks about some of these big endorsements he's gotten from social conservative voters out here. he talks about the praise he's gotten from sarah palin, who's pretty influential on the conservative side as well as rush limbaugh. he's making that pitch telling social conservative voters support me. we'll see if it makes a difference when the vote comes on january 3rd. let's talk about ron paul, the congressman from texas. of course he's making his third bid for the white house. take a listen to this brand new ad out this morning on iowa tv. >> washington machine. he's strangling our economy. politicians who supported bailouts and mandates, serial hypocrites and flip-floppers can't clean up the mess. one man stands alone. a real plan -- >> reporter: kind of a dig there, right, at mitt romney and at newt gingrich the former house speaker. all three of these guys, paul, gingrich, romney, at the top of the heap in this battle for the caucus. anything can happen. let's talk about rick perry this morning. already on the campaign trail. our political reporter was covering him. he was talking tough language firing at president obama saying that when it comes to the troops, the president maybe cares more about politics than the soldiers. remember, perry was in the air force and he's trying to taut his military credentials and his tough hard line stance when it comes to foreign policy and national security issues. also last night maybe perry moving a little further to the right when it comes to abortion. take a listen to what he had to say. >> that transformation was after watching the dvd "gift of life." a lady who's in the dvd was looking me in the eye saying you need to think this through. she said, i am the product of a rape. she said, my life is worth it. it was a powerful moment for me. >> reporter: again, perry now saying he opposes abortion, all cas cases, even in incidents of rape and incest. >> know your audience. paul steinhauser, thanks very much. we'll talk to you a little bit later today. this reminder of course to tune in to next tuesday for the country's first real votes. this is a true test for the gop candidates. i should say the first true test. america's choice 2012 live coverage of the iowa caucuses tuesday night, january 3rd at 7:00 eastern. more than 40 years after man first set foot on the moon there are still questions. soon we may get some answers. nasa has launched two probes that will start orbiting the moon this weekend. ahead in "cnn newsroom" we'll show what you scientists hope to learn from this newest lunar mission. we'll be right back. in september they will begin orbiting the moon saturday. scientists are hoping to get a better understanding of how our solar system was formed. then

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