also time magazine chooses u.s. president barack obama twenty twelve person of the year as a gyptian counterpart an apples. to gauge reaction. lawmakers in moscow give preliminary approval to banning americans from adopting russian children it's in response to washington so-called magnitsky act sanctioning russian officials. in a very good evening for me kevin i will hear the new center tonight israel says it will continue with plans to develop six thousand more settler homes in the west bank and east jerusalem despite international condemnation the settlement expansion seen is illegal under international law follows the palestinians upgrade of the un nazis pulis leah reports now from tel aviv. israeli officials say that they're pressing on with plans to build six thousand new homes this defines criticism from western powers to fear that the new one can already claimed hopes for a peace deal between israelis and palestinians you'll remember that it was just last month off t.v. . recognition palestinians are going to

that's time magazine. so i put my finger at time magazine when it gets silly. how about you? >> i think that those are some silly words, chosen to describe barack obama. when i first heard that, first thing that popped into my mind was what in the heck has he done? what he done except drive us over a fiscal cliff? which we are over and it's time to feel the thud at the bottom of the cliff. now it's a matter of degree of how hard we are going to hit bottom. other than that, really, what has he done to unify and make our nation a more perfect union? for the life of me, i don't know, greta. >> successfully winning a hotly contested election, i would give him time magazine, i would put him on the cover for that. that was a highly contested race. let me turn to another issue. a christian american pastor, locked up in iran. the reverend was born in iran, but he is a u.s. citizen. he was arrested back in september when he was on a trip to iran to visit his parents, before coming to the united states, he spent years as a leader in the underground christian community, organizing churc

time magazine chooses u.s. president barack obama as twenty twelve person of the year beating his egyptian counterpart in apple's c.e.o. we get reaction to that. also lawmakers in moscow get preliminary approval to batting americans from adopting russian children it's in response to washington so-called magnitsky act sanctioned russian officials. if you just joined us a very good evening to its kevin owen here at the new center tonight and first israel says it will continue with plans to develop six thousand more settler homes in the west bank and east jerusalem despite international condemnation the settlement expansion seen is illegal under international law follows the palestinians upgraded the un not his pull asleep as the latest television. israeli officials say that they're pressing on with plans to build six thousand new homes this defies criticism from western powers who fear that the move will hamper an already famed hopes for a peace deal between israelis and palestinians here remember that it was jus

us president barack obama has for the second time been chosen by time magazine's person of the year he beat seven other shortlisted contenders including his egyptian counterpart mohammed morsi also pakistani women's rights activists and apple c.e.o. tim cook north korea's kim jong on kim jong un get it right where are they want to lead their readers online poll the most influential people didn't even get to the editors shortlist so is it weird decision or not let's go live to our washington correspondent dan it's you can go hi there at time magazine they are putting president obama top for the second time. that's right kevin this tuesday president obama emerged on the cover of the time magazine as the person of the year that magazine called him. the same ball and in some ways. the architect of the new america of their choosing him as the person of the year or second time in a row first time the they gave the president the award right after the two thousand and eight election as to someone who had the most influence on global affairs although at that time he hadn't had the time to exerc

stay with us tonight coming up very soon time magazine names a barack obama person of the year for a second time the critics say the u.s. president needs to take stronger action on issues such as gun control as well the stories we're talking about after this break. looking at some dogs you simply do not believe they can speak and goodness how they can wrong oh oh it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as australia canada and the u.s. they come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like alaska and so i felt at home the first lead dog was brought here from what's truly an hour straight out come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this. ira mazie. but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here at all it wasn't the tough mushers of sled dog racing who set the trail of lace but a nun and four orphans who brought their idea to life five years ago mother perhaps care about built a dog

time magazine chooses u.s. president barack obama as twenty twelve person of the year meeting is egyptian counterpart and apple's c.e.o. . and lawmakers in moscow give preliminary approval to banning americans from adopting russian children it's in response to washington's p.x. actions russia has. a very good evening she if you just joined us is kevin owen here at the new center israel says it will continue with plans to develop six thousand more settled homes in the west bank in east jerusalem despite international condemnation the settlement expansion seen is illegal under international law follows the palestinians upgrade of the un. the latest from tel aviv. israeli officials say that they're pressing on with plans to build six thousand new homes this defies criticism from western pa was the fear that the new one hundred waiting and hope for peace deal between israelis and palestinians you'll remember that it was just two months off he could be the question of palestinian territory at the map against him tha

president speak louder than the words of a time magazine editor is time magazine's editors giving me giving him the award can only be you can only guess impute whatever motive they have to them in terms of what he's actually done we have to look at his policies in terms of workers getting jobs nothing in terms of giving people who are in foreclosure relief not much in terms of peace making he started more wars than george bush and so you know we have to look at his policy rather than what some magazine who may be going to the f.c.c. or some other regulatory agency for relief for the many t.v. stations the time inc owns rather than that we need to look at his policy well go back to two thousand and eight when he was given supposedly because of the influence he had an international affairs and within four weeks of receiving that said he had no comment about israel's war on gaza that ended up killing fifteen hundred civilians it's pretty meaningless and the thing that's most revealing is they themselves called an electoral college over a popular vote scam when they said it's the editor'

president barack obama has become time magazine's person of the year for a second time. being the symbol and the architect of a new america publications enthusiasm for the president is not shared by all many remain unconvinced by his actions on such topics as gun control. they're choosing president obama as the person of the year second time the first time they gave him the title right after the two thousand and eight election as to someone who had the most influence on global affairs although at that time he hadn't had the time to exercise all that influence but then president obama also received the nobel peace prize in two thousand and nine shortly after his election although i guess at that point he hadn't made much peace in the world the award was seen as much more of an advance credit then and knowledge meant of actual achievements on the peace funds later president obama went on to spend that credit sending more troops to afghanistan and carrying out regime change in libya under the arguable banner war for the sake of peace as far as his person of the year titled

and time magazine named barack obama person of the year for a second time the critics say the u.s. president needs to take stronger action issues such as gun control. twenty four hours a day this is art. that they were put in has slammed america's human rights record citing indefinite detention and sanctioned torture in overseas prisons speaking to journalists the president also defended moscow's response to washington's decision to sanction russian officials let's now talk to lottie's it will fisk enough for more on this. well you know what has sparked this tough rhetoric from pretty. well the president slammed the magnitsky act passed recently by american lawmakers saying that it's a continuation of a series of anti russian laws like the jackson venue which was abolished recently and putin says that the us is a country which is still uses prisons like i will agree with one time i'm aware of violations of human rights happen on a daily basis has no rights to criticize the human rights situation in russia or national political and yet you still get it in the. us. where the machine.

president speak louder than there was a time magazine at. time magazine's editors giving giving him more can only be you can only guess impute whatever motive they have to have them in terms of what he's actually done we have to look at his policies in terms of workers getting jobs nothing in terms of giving people who are in foreclosure relief not much in terms of peace making he started more wars than george bush and so you know we have to look at his policy rather than what magazine who may be going to the f.c.c. or some other regulatory agency for relief for the many t.v. stations that time inc owns rather than that we need to look at his policies well go back to two thousand and eight when he was given supposedly because of the influence he had on international affairs and within four weeks of receiving that said he had no comment about israel's morani gaza that ended up killing fifteen hundred civilians it's pretty meaningless and the thing that's most revealing is they themselves pulled an electoral college over a popular vote scam wh

president speaking louder than the was of time magazine and says time magazine's editors giving them giving him the award can only be you can only guess impute whatever motive they have to them in terms of what he's actually done we have to look at his policies in terms of workers getting jobs nothing in terms of giving people who are in foreclosure relief not much in terms of peace making he started more wars than george bush and so you know we have to look at his policy rather than what some magazine who may be going to the f.c.c. or some other regulatory agency for relief for the many t.v. stations the time inc owns rather than that we need to look at his policies well go back to two thousand and eight when he was given supposedly because of the influence he had on international affairs and within four weeks of receiving that said he had no comment about israel's war on gaza that ended up killing fifteen hundred civilians it's pretty meaningless and the thing that's most revealing is they themselves called an electoral college over a popular vote scam when they said it's the edito

president barack obama has become time magazine's person of the get for a second time gaining the award for being this symbol and the august house over new america but the publications are for the president is not shared by all many were made unconvinced by obama's actions on such topics as gun control his gun at a check on our ports. they're choosing president obama as the person of the year second time the first time they gave him the title right after the two thousand and eight election as to someone who had the most influence on global affairs although at that time he hadn't had the time to exercise all that influence but then president obama also received the nobel peace prize in two thousand and nine ers shortly after his election although i guess at that point he hadn't made much peace in the world the award was seen as much more of an advance credit than and knowledge meant of actual achievements on the peace front later president obama went on to spend credit sending more troops to afghanistan and carrying out regime change in libya under the arguable banner war for the sake of

who did time magazine pick to be the person of the year? ta-da, it's him again, president barack obama quote for finding and forging a new majority. for turning weakness into opportunity and seeking amid great adversity to create a more perfect union. rick, what do you think? >> i think it's wrong because he's person of the universe, really. (laughter) >> person not just of one year, but decades and universe, why are we minimizing? >> they make a role out of this big media event. >> i think keep doing time magazine by doing a favor other way it would go the way of newsweek. and david moranist of the washington post, this is like lincoln at gettysburg, what would they operate on. >> i think it's a failure of the part of imagination on time magazine, if we can't come up with anyone other than the guy who won the election. >> was it a cop-out? >> i think in their minds he is the perennial person of the day, bern of the hour, person of year. >> and i think president morsi, and taken over and it really has become the narrative of the entire worl

and time magazine names barack obama person of the year for a second time the critics say the u.s. president needs to take stronger action issues such as gun control. in moscow this is he thought he meant putin has slammed america's human rights record citing indefinite detention and sanctioned torture in overseas prisons while speaking to journalists the president also defended moscow's response to washington's decision to sanction russian officials. hope is going off listen to what president putin had to say. the president slammed the monied ski act passed recently by america lawmakers saying that it's a continuation of a series of anti russian laws like the jackson then a guy act which was abolished recently and putin says that the us as a country which is still uses prisons like i will agree with one time aware of the violations of human rights happened on a daily basis has no rights to criticize the human rights situation in russia. our us partners and their lawmakers say they are concerned about human rights in our prisons that's fine of course but there are plenty of issues

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president speak louder than the words of time magazine and. time magazine's editors giving them giving him the award can only be you can only guess impute whatever motive they have to them in terms of what he's actually done we have to look at his policies in terms of workers getting jobs nothing in terms of giving people who are in foreclosure relief not much in terms of peace making he started more wars than george bush and so you know we have to look at his policy rather than what some magazine who may be going to the f.c.c. or some other regulatory agency for relief for the many t.v. stations that time inc owns rather than that we need to look at his policies well go back to two thousand and eight when he was given supposedly because of the influence he had on international affairs and within four weeks of receiving that said he had no comment about israel's war on gaza that ended up killing fifteen hundred civilians it's pretty meaningless and the thing that's most revealing is they themselves pulled an electoral college over a popular vo

coming out with me kevin always time magazine names barack obama person of the year for a second time but critics say the u.s. president has to take stronger action issues such as gun control very much in the spotlight right now of course sadly it's just one of many stories ahead after this break. i never thought i could earn a living messmate. natale issue of i as a lawyer should test small arms of the sort i was to machine building plant not only a source count of all the weapons she's fired over the past twelve years. i got so used to it sometimes my friends ask me to join them at the rifle range and i say no way i'm so tired of shooting. the plants history goes from making firearms during world war two to ballistic missiles from your class submarines during the cold war the bulk of the soviet industry was moved here in the 1940's to flee the advancing germans so if you were also became the heart of soviet military production closed off to foreigners for half a century it thrived on the massive roots of the soviet military when the u.s.s.r. collapsed but life here was shaken to the

time magazine named barack obama person of the year for a second time but critics say the u.s. president he says take stronger action on issues such as gun control. in a very good evening she live from the new center kevin. as america's human rights record citing indefinite detention and sanctioned torture in overseas prisons while speaking to journalists the president defended moscow's response to washington's decision to sanction russian officials. listen to what president putin had to say. the brotherhood slammed the money needs to pass recently by american lawmakers saying that it's a continuation of a series of anti russian laws like the jackson venue which was abolished recently and says that the us as a country which is still uses prisons like i will agree will go on to animal world . and on a daily basis has no rights to criticize the human rights situation in russia and our us partners and their lawmakers say they are concerned marketers and their lawmakers resins that's fine of course but there are plenty of issues they have themselves abu ghraib and guantanamo where

gerri: time magazine named president obama as person of the year. i will tell you what i think in 60 seconds. the one drumroll, please. time magazine has named person of the year barack obama. it's not so surprising. it's the president. the editors commend the president for building what they call a coalition that spells the definition of american politics. is that i think we meant i thought that was a good thing? craziness, right? and there are things that time magazine didn't even mention their stories. the most astonishing one in roanoke, virginia. it is about how the government is part of all that is good. >> f you have a business, you can build out. somebody else made that happen. gerri: no, it wasn't just a one-time plan. the president had shown just how out of touch he was with the private sector when he had skyhigh unemployment and economic growth that was anemic. he said this. >> the private sector is doing fine. gerri: okay, not only does the president not seem to have respect for the private sector and fails to grasp economic essentials,

president barack obama was named "time" magazine's person of the year. "time" magazine's editor gave his reasons for the choice on the "today" show this morning. >> he won reelection despite a higher unemployment rate than anybody has had to face in 70 years. he is the first democrat to actually win two consecutive terms with over 50% of the vote. that is something we haven't seen since franklin delano roosevelt. and he is basically the beneficiary and the author of a kind of new america, a new demographic, a new cultural america, that he is now the symbol of. >> this is the second time president obama was named person of the year. time wrote up a great piece on the president. but everyone is really talking about these pictures. time showcases a number of stung images taken by white house photographer peter souza. he captures behind-the-scenes pictures like this one, so unbelievable. this is the president writing the newtown speech he gave on sunday night. he worked on it during his daughter's sasha's ballet rehearsal. then there are the lighthearted mom

president barack obama was named "time" magazine's person of the year. while being greeted by the son of a white house staffer. that's being a dad right there. and this one shows some family time. president obama is seen here playing in the snow with his daughters at the white house. they need to put more snow on him, don't you think? anyway, times article paints a very clear picture of the president, who works awfully hard for this country, but is bipartisan screening for the senate of the movie "lincoln." i just -- a, i liked the movie. but b, i liked that you all went together, that it was democrats and republicans in the senate going together to find some common ground. the film depicts the good which is attained when public servants put the betterment of the country ahead of short-term political interests. we believe that viewing this film would provide all senators with a positive opportunity to gather and reflect during the holiday season. the movie's themes should hit pretty close to home, don't you think, for senators still struggling to find co

president barack obama was named "time" magazine's person of the year. "time" magazine's editor gave his reasons for the choice on the "today" show this morning. >> he won reelection despite a higher unemployment rate than anybody has had to face in 70 years. he is the first democrat to actually win two consecutive terms with over 50% of the vote. that is something we haven't seen since franklin delano roosevelt. and he is basically the beneficiary and the author of a kind of new america, a new demographic, a new cultural america, that he is now the symbol of. >> this is the second time president obama was named person of the year. time wrote up a great piece on the president. but everyone is really talking about these pictures. time showcases a number of stung images taken by white house photographer peter suess. he captures behind-the-scenes pictures like this one, so unbelievable. this is the president writing the newtown speech he gave on sunday night. he worked on it during his daughter's sasha ballet rehearsal. then there are the lighthearted momen

coming up tonight about see with me kevin i would still time magazine name is barack obama person of the year for a second time but critics say the u.s. president needs to take stronger action on issues such as gun control the very the focus in on the course we talked a bit more about that after the break. it's perched atop a jaw drop and the view from the tobolsk kremlin stretches as far as the eye can see. for a city that chilled all of siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed by the chance i bear in railway but the ball's cremains a spiritual center. was scenes like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of orthodox worshippers give themselves implicit water to commemorate the baptism of jesus. in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslims. surrounded by enemies to ball supposed to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic hub siberian fire was the oil of its time bringing in a third of all russia's state revenue but the balls committed locati

time magazine names barack obama personally get calling him the all he said of the new america critics say they need action not words from the president on issues like gun control. the be late in the day will bring you truth and a scientist christmas address says the end so we can eat small six most of us some of them in the ecuadorian embassy in london. preterm is set for a grilling by the media and his fans to marsland question and answer session since returning as president. thanks for us. well affairs although at that time he hadn't had the time to exercise all that influence but then president obama also received the nobel peace prize in two thousand and nine ers shortly after his election although again at that point he hadn't made much peace in the world the award was seen as much more of an advance credit then and knowledge meant of actual achievements on the peace fronts later president obama went on to spend that credit sending more troops to afghanistan and carrying out regime change in libya under the arguable banner war for the sake of peace as far as his person of the yea

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international editor for "time" magazine. a little announcement a moment ago about the "time" magazine person of the year. roland martin, cnn political analyst, host of "washington watch" with rowland martin on tv one. will cain. john berman sticks around. our starting point is the state department. have you read this report? did you read this report on benghazi? oh, my goodness. it is absolutely devastating slamming the state department for the september 11th terror attacks at the u.s. consulate in bengha benghazi. an independent panel released this report. they find this. systemic failures at the state department led to the attack that killed the ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. panel also calling security in bmbengbenghazi grossly inadequa. requests to beef up security were ignored by leaders in washington. in the aftermath there was a lack of transparency, responsiveness and leadership at the senior levels in washington and libya. right to our foreign affairs reporter elyse labbit. she's in dc this morn

. >> rose: and rick stengel, managing editor of "time" magazine talking about "time" magazine's person of the year. >> i always like to feel the person who wins person of the year it's both backward looking in terms of the year past and forward looking in terms of what that person will do in the next year and beyond and obama is a perfect example of that. the next america is the america of today. which is why in effect he's person of the year. because he's the architect of this new america and i actually think it's a great thing because it's a more tolerant america, a more diverse america. >> rose: osborne and stengel. next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: george osborne is here. he is britain's chancellor of the exchequer. he has been called the austerity chancellor. he continues to lead the increasingly controversial austerity process. in a piece called "god sieve the british economy" in the upcoming "new york times" magazine adam davidson writes "in the past two years the united states has experienced a st

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one man said he's heartbroken at a time of year when people should be celebrating life. >>> time magazine just revealed -- "time" magazine just revealed 2012 person of the year the winner is president obama. the editor says the country is in the midst of historic, cultural and demographic changes and the president is both the symbol and in some ways the architect of this new america. mr. obama also received the honor in 2008 when he was president election. >>> you may not think of the golden state as being king of black oil but that may be about to change i am >> which high paying jobs don't need four years of college to get? jane king is live at the new york stock exchange. tell me! >>> good morning. believe it or not california stands a good chance of becoming the nation's top oil producing state within a decade the government sold leases covering 18,000 acres last week, occidental amid the dominant bidders analysts forecasting a california "renaissance. stronger open this morning, slightly, s&p a little lower, optimism over the fiscal cliff, a lot of caution as well as you can see. blo

. >>> finally sarah palin pans "time" magazine's pick of person of the year. but wait until you hear her reasoning. it's straight out of the marx brothers, and this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> one of the highest profile election campaigns of the new year will be the race for new jersey governor. if you were hoping to see chris christie up against cory booker, you're out of luck. >>> back to "hardball." vice president joe biden held a meeting today of his gun safety task force and law enforcement officials were there today as the administration begins deliberating how to prevent tragedies like the one in sandy casey, the senator from pennsylvania, who is a classic pennsylvanian, in the past he's received a b plus or an a rating from the nra. h

. ♪ >> jennifer: every year time magazine chooses its person of the year. here to tell you who it is is someone who it certatainly isn't. our own, brett ehrlich. >> time magazine has announced its person of the year and it is -- wait for it please -- barack obama. carved in butter. it's true america actually likes the president. so the decision is a good idea. but as noble prize winner once wrote . . . and wouldn't you know it my highly trained flying cat olivia shown here was able to infiltrate time magazine's headquarters and come up with bad ideas. chris christie was on the list for person of the year but he already won planet of the year. had romney won the election time's choice would have been clear. this guy who got the romney campaign symbol tattooed on his face for $15,000. and newt gingrich with a contender. >> i got bit which by a penguin. >> weird. so con grayings president obama for becoming time's person of the year and beating out

. >>> "time" magazine named president obama person of the year, but do you know who their reader's choice was? you might be surprised. >>> it is sunday, december 23rd, good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. >>> we begin with breaking news. the brutal gang rape of a woman is sparking protests in india. protesters chanting "we want justice" in new delhi. the 23-year-old was attacked on a bus last weekend. cnn has learned that a journalist has been killed in demen strags today and we'll bring you much more on this as soon as we get it. >>> now, to a tearful ending and a new beginning in connecticut. flags will be raised to full staff today for the first time since the shooting at sandy hook elementary school. this comes just after the final three funerals for the victims of that tragedy. emilie parker, josephine gay. all little girls with bright futures taken before their time. people gathered to say their good-byes. >> to just see the hall filled with pink flowers, glitter, it was fancy and that's what emilie lived her life celebrating life. and everything was special to emilie. >> she was

magazine named barack obama person of the year for a second time but critics say the u.s. president take stronger action on issues such as gun control very in focus at the moment we report on that after the break. the sun rises over what seems like and most forest here in the new directions quite hundred kilometers north of life are stopped as much of the world is disappearing at a catastrophic rate. markers both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system filing down the forests of the region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet and the result could be an ecological crisis the world wildlife fund for nature makes regular trips to help local rangers do what little they can to stop the logging but it's not easy mark or set up traps making them hard to reach in an already rough terrain and have mastered ways to jump through legal loopholes. this is a nature reserve were only sanitary logging of disease trees is a lie out according to law and not a single berry can be picked up along like this used their sanitary logging permit to cut down absol

" magazine talking about "time" magazine's person of the year. >> i always like to feel the person who wins person of the year it's both backward looking in terms of the year past and forward looking in terms of what that person will do in the next year and beyond and obama is a perfect example of that. the next america is the america of today. which is why in effect he's person of the year. because he's the architect of this new america and i actually think it's a great thing because it's a more tolerant america, a more diverse america. >> rose: osborne and stengel. next. caioning spoored by roseommunications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: george osborne is here. he is britain's chancellor of the exchequer. he has been called the austerity chancellor. he continues to lead the increasingly controversial austerity pross. in a piece called "god sieve the british economy" in the upcoming "new york times" magazine adam davidson writes "in the past two years the united states has experienced a steep downturn followed by steady though horrendously slow uptu

time magazine names barack obama personally for a second time critics say the u.s. president needs to take stronger action to issues such as gun control. around the world and around the clock twenty four hours a day this is r.t. but he slammed america's human rights record citing indefinite detention and sanctioned torture overseas prisons speaking to journalists the president also defended moscow's response to washington's decision to sanction russian officials. going off listen to what president putin had to say. the president slammed the monied ski act passed recently by american lawmakers saying that it's a continuation of a series of anti russian laws like the jackson veni guy act which was abolished recently and putin says that the us is a country which is still uses prisons like i will graber guantanamo where that's why legions of human rights have been on a daily basis has no rights to criticize the human rights situation in russia. our us are partners and their lawmakers say they are concerned about human rights in our prisons and that's fine of course but

time rs"time" magazine announcis person of the year. the president beating out 7 other candidates, including malala yousufzai, the pakistani girl shot in the head for advocating girls' education. she was not the winner, but barack obama has won again. he one in 2008 as well. chris, your thoughts. >> well, no one was more surprised than -- no one was surprised. i think this is just a way of "time" magazine and the people at times * magazine to vote for barack obama tries. once again. their hero is their person of the year. there are a lot of other candidates that might have been appropriate. i saw richard stengel of "time" magazine explaining it. he says the reason they picked him is no one has been reelected with the economy in such bad condition and a high unemployment rate. a celebration of meade october . it reaffirms the irregular advance of "time" magazine's person of the year. megyn: my apologies. but we have to go to speaker boehner. >> the president will have a decision to make. he can call on the senate democrats to pass that b

"time" magazine is trying to be the next "newsweek." that you can get for a dollar. >> bob: this is sour grapes or what? >> how about the four benghazi americans? >> bob: sour grapes. congratulate the president of the united states. >> kimberly: that is not a flattering shot. he is much more youthful than that. >> dana: i'm sure the press office called to complain. >> kimberly: they should have. photo approval. >> bob: second term, i think george burn did. >> eric: that is it. the only one. >> bob: eisenhower did. >> eric: time man of the year twice? i think it's just george bush. >> bob: who did they make last year? >> dana: the protester, occupy wall street. >> greg: who did you want this year? >> dana: who did i want? my person -- jasper. i have a one track mind. dierks bentley should have been man of the year. or blake shelton. g isn't that a slight -- >> greg: isn't that a slight to justin bieber? >> bob: do you find it exceptional? >> greg: i want to reiterate there are justin bieber fans -- i'm doing a visual in the shrine. >> i'

it is his second time as "time" magazine's person of the year. time gave him the title elected in 2008. of course, with the winner where a couple of runner ups. malala is number two on "time" magazine's list. she was that courageous pakistani teenager who survived a gunshot to her head for promoting the rights of girls to get an education. "time" calls malala a symbol for women's rights all over the world, despite an attempt by the taliban to silence her. number three, the successor to apple's steve jobs. he is tim cook. they say cook has resided over apple in a masterly way since jobs past last year. let's talk more about this pick from "time." joining me from washington is michael shearer. welcome back. the president of the united states, once again, on the cover of your magazine for person of the year. why the president? >> in 2008 we gave him person of the year because of the historic election, the potential he had to change the country and the direction of the country. and this year we're giving it to him because of the change he's brought i

. >>> any minute "time" magazine is expected to announce its 2012 person of the year there's some bay area contenders at the top of that list. marissa mayer, ceo and tim cook, she took the top job in june cook replaced jobs last year. the other six nominees cloud president obama, bill and hillary clinton, egyptian president morsi and undocumented americans. >>> 4:39. freeze warnings out there. >> i think frost also a possibility. let's see who is dealing with what now. >>> both of you have car thermometers right? what was the lowest you got? >> mine said stay home. >> i was too cold to push the button. >> we knew it was going to be a thick frost most dangerous north bay freeze warnings until 8:00, close to seeing lows around 25°, also frost advisory east bay valleys bay shoreline into the santa clara valley lows approach upper 20s in some of those areas hopefully, you took care of the pets and plants last night. calm conditions out there, three mile per our wind at hayward, the temperature you see is the temperature you will feel. today we are going to warm into the 50s, under a most

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go to chase.com/ink. ñ ♪ >> jennifer: every year time magazine chooses its person of the year. here to tell you who it is is someone who it certainly isn't. our own, brett ehrlich. >> time magazine has announced its person of the year and it is -- wait for it please -- barack obama. carved in butter. it's true america actually likes the president. so the decision is a good idea. but as noble prize winner once wrote . . . and wouldn't you know it my highly trained flying cat olivia shown here was able to infiltrate time magazine's headquarters and come up with bad ideas. chris christie was on the list for person of the year but he already won planet of the year. had romney won the election time's choice would have been clear. this guy who got the romney campaign symbol tattooed on his face for $15,000. and newt gingrich with a contender. >> i got bit which by a penguin. >> weird. so con grayings president obama for becoming time's person of the year and beating out my favorite person, t

to look at new laws that would ban magazines that hold dozens of bullets at a time even from pro gun legislators. >> i go hunting. i never put more than three shells in my clip. it holds five. >> reporter: marlie hall, cbs 5. >> the nra will hold a news conference on friday and the white house says president obama will actively support a bill to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004. >>> people in the bay area continue to pay tribute to victims of the connecticut shooting. yesterday evening, families and educators in the pleasanton unified school district held a candlelight vigil. photos of the 26 victims were displayed on a tree at amaral park. pleasanton school officials say it's a sad reminder of the importance of their jobs. >> always look at procedures and practices and what else we can do to improve. >> letters, pictures and donations from pleasanton will be sent to newtown later this week. >>> the san jose sikh temple has a vigil planned for 6:30 tonight. they are on morillo avenue south of quimby road in the east foothills. >>> california is no longer investe

. >>> finally sarah palin pans "time" magazine's pick of person of the year. but wait until you hear her reasoning. it's straight out of the marx brothers, and this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> one of the highest profile election campaigns of the new year will be the race for new jersey governor. if you were hoping to see chris christie up against cory booker, you're out of luck. he announced he won't take on christie, whose approval ratings have soared. booker is planning to run for the u.s. senate seat held by frank lautenberg. lautenberg, who is 88 years old, would be up for re-election in 2014. we'll be right b

. >>> finally sarah palin pans "time" magazine's pick of person of the year. but wait until you hear her reasoning. it's straight out of the marx brothers, and this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] this is steve. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the market, he goes with people he trusts, which is why he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with hidden fees. so he can worry about other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what happens, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense, from td ameritrade. >>> one of the highest profile election campaigns of the new year will be the race for new jersey governor. if you were hoping to see chris christie up against cory booker, you're out of luck. he announced he won't take on chris yie whose approval ratings have soord. booker is planning to run for the u.s. senate seat held by frank lauter berg. lautenberg, who is 88 years old would be up for re-election in 201

stoddard of the hill, "the washington post," "time" magazine's michael crowley and jessica yellen. i'm candy crowley. this is "state of the union." we still don't know if a deal is in the works or out of the question. mitch mcconnell promised aen update as soon as he had any news to make. that could happen when the senate convenes a rare sunday session of congress. looking to dominate his side of the story while leaders wrangle on the details, president obama made his first sunday show appearance in three years, sitting down with nbc's david gregory this morning to talk about the fiscal cliff. >> i'm arguing for maintaining tax cuts for 98% of americans. i don't think anybody would consider that some liberal left wing agenda. that used to be considered a republican mainstream agenda. >> joining me senator olympia sn snowe of maine. let me start with that. it does seem sort of counter intuitive to have republicans wanting to fight for tax hikes for no one and in that fight, being willing to allow tax hikes for everyone? >> you know, i would agree with that. obviously it is important