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[08:00:15] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: White House hopeful Donald Trump says he has postponed his trip to Israel just a day, after the Israel prime

minister condemned Trump's plan for Muslims to be temporarily barred from entering the U.S.

Now, it is part of a chorus of those voicing concern over the proposal, and the backlash from his fellow candidates has prompted Trump to

threaten a third party run for the presidency.

Now, in an interview with our Don Lemon, Trump addressed that. Have a listen.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DONALD TRUMP, 2016 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: If they don't treat me with a certain amount of decorum and respect, if they don't treat me as

the frontrunner by far the frontrunner, if the playing field is not level, then certainly all options are open. But that's nothing I want to do.

DON LEMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: How will you know that? What determines that?

TRUMP: Well, I think I'll know that over a period of a number of months. We'll go through the primaries. We'll see what happens and I'll

make a determination. But I would imagine they would treat me properly because I'm leading by a lot.

LEMON: So the pledge is you keep your word, if they keep their word.

TRUMP: Hey, Don, I want to run as a Republican.

LEMON: Here's my question, I asked you last time. I said -- and people -- some people were shocked. If you were racist -- you knew why I

was asking you that. Are you racist?

TRUMP: I am the least racist person that you have ever met. I am the least racist person.

LEMON: Are you bigoted in any way?

TRUMP: I don't think so, no.

LEMON: Islamaphobic?

TRUMP: I'm a person -- no, not at all.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now, Trump has blamed the fierce response on his opponents, but a

senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny now reports Trump's controversial comments have not hurt him at the polls.

(BEGIN VIDOETAPE)

JEFF ZELENY, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump is on a roll, so far an unstoppable one.

TRUMP: I am leading in every single poll. And nationwide, I am leading in every one of them. So obviously, I am very happy where I am.

ZELENY: And that is precisely what worries many Republicans. The GOP ranks are rattled over Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the

country. Afraid it could cost Republicans the White House and threaten their congressional majority. Republican Nikki Haley, the first Indian-

American Governor of South Carolina said that Trump's comments were damaging to the GOP.

GOV. NIKKI HALEY (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: It's just an embarrassment to the Republican Party. It is absolutely un-American, it's un-

constitutional, and it defies everything this country was based on. And it is just wrong.

ZELENY: Trump pushed back, saying some of his fellow Republicans were grandstanding.

TRUMP: I am leading by a lot. They get it. They're trying to get publicity for themselves. You know when I came out against illegal

immigration, everybody said the same thing. Two weeks later, everybody was on my side including the members of my own party. ZELENY: The international

outcry also intensified, Israeli Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today he rejects Trump's plan to block Muslims. Trump is set to meet with Netanyahu later this month in

Jerusalem. The Prime Minister is now facing pressure to cancel the meeting. On the campaign trail today, rival Republicans hoped the fallout will

loosen Trump's grip on the race.

JEB BUSH (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Mr. Trump is not a serious person. He is not a serious candidate. He is inflammatory. And he makes the

task for the next President a lot harder.

ZELENY: Republican leaders across the country fear Trump at the top of the ticket could doom their party.

BUSH: We're going to have to distance ourselves from this messaging. It will not help us win the general election in November. We wouldn't win

Ohio with that kind of message.

ZELENY: Yet some Republicans are also unwilling to agitate Trump, fearful of him running as a third party candidate, a possibility he raised

again today with CNN's Don Lemon.

LEMON: Are you going to break this pledge?

TRUMP: I think it is highly unlikely unless they break the pledge to me because it's a two way street.

ZELENY: Trump also can be a sore loser, he lost a different kind of contest today, as Time Magazine's person of the year, awarded to German

Chancellor Angela Merkel. It prompted Trump to tweet this. I told you Time Magazine would never pick me as person of the year. Despite being the big

favorite, they picked the person who is ruining Germany.

That was classic Trump, hardly a gracious moment. When you talk to Republican leaders, like the Ohio State Chairman, they worry Trump could

damage the party's chances of holding onto the Senate and of course winning the White House. But Trump supporters have been nothing but loyal. They are

far more likely to follow him than party leaders. And that loyalty could help him win a Republican primary,.

Jeff Zeleny, CNN, Washington.

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LU STOUT: Donald Trump may be looking to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the U.S., but his business dealings in countries where Islam is

the main religion are garnering millions.

Now, take the United Arab Emirates. The Trump organization has plans for two golf resorts in Arab emirate of Dubai. One is due to open this

year. He's also opening a luxury hotel in The Caspian Sea, and Trump lists an income of $2.5 million for management fees.

And then there's the Trump towers, Sicily and Istanbul. And while Trump does not own the development, the use of his namesake brand for the

40-story residential tower translates to royalty income of up to $5 million.

Now, Trump also has his sights set on Indonesia. He has plans there for an ultra luxury resort in Bali and a golf course in West Java.

Now a Bollywood megastar facing a long prison sentence has been acquitted in a deadly hit-and-run case by Mumbai's high court. Salman Khan

was convicted of running over several homeless men in the street and killing one of them, but he appealed.

Sumnima Udas joins me now live from Delhi with more and all the details on this case. And Sumnima, what led to this decision? Why was

Khan's conviction tossed out?

[08:05:48] SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, the judge in the Bombay high course has simply concluded that the prosecution

simply did not have enough evidence to prove that Salman Khan was in fact the man driving that SUV that ran over five people, killing one, back in

2002.

The prosecution had based much of its arguments on the statements of Salman Khan's bodyguard. The bodyguard had said not only had Salman Khan

been driving the car, but also that he was under the influence of alcohol.

Now, since then, the bodyguard has passed away, so there's no chance of further questioning, but also, over the years -- remember this trial has

taken some 13 years -- there's been a lot of discrepancies in terms of what the bodyguard had said. So now the high court is saying that his account

is simply unreliable.

Also worth mentioning that Salman Khan of course has maintained that he was never the one driving. And his chauffeur has also come out and

testified that the chauffeur had been driving this car.

So there's still a lot of question marks here, and the judge today concluding that based on this, based on the fact that there's still so many

questions, the benefit of the doubt has to be given to the accused, Kristie.

LU STOUT: OK, so that's the thinking behind the decision. But now we have a superstar in India acquitted in this fatal hit-and-run. Do people

in India feel that justice has been served, or is there anger about the decision?

UDAS: I have to say the reaction has been very mixed. Obviously his fans, his colleagues in Bollywood are absolutely delighted. They're saying

this is a victory for the judicial process. They think that this was an unfair case against Salman Khan.

But at the same time, especially on social media, there's a lot of criticism as well. People saying that the only reason he's been let go is

because of who he is. And it's worth mentioning that in India, it's not unusual for in such high profile hit-and-run cases, for the driver of the

accused to come out and say that they were actually the ones driving, even though they weren't.

This happens all the time, even in sort of local cases, in Delhi, for instance.

Of course, in this case, we have no idea -- we have no way of knowing what exactly happened. But people are questioning, and just to read out a

tweet from a prominent journalist here, lessons from Salman Khan verdict: when you sleep

on the pavement, don't dare dream of justice from Indian courts.

So there is that side as well. And that's really being played out on social media, many people questioning this verdict.

LU STOUT: So a negative reaction, a mixed reaction out there. Let's talk more about Salman Khan. I mean, what impact has this case, the hit-

and-run case had on his career?

I mean, Salman Khan is one of Bollywood's biggest stars with tens of millions of fans in India and around the world.

UDAS: That's right. You really can't overstate his stature here. Many people here compare him to -- or say that he's the Tom Cruise or

George Clooney of Bollywood, Tom Cruise because he's been around since the '80s, George

Clooney because even though he's almost 50 now, he's still the ultimate heartthrob.

So, you know, he is a megastar here. And people aren't saying that -- going back to your question, people are saying that, you know, this hasn't

really impacted his career at all. And I have to say that is certainly the case because he has been acting in movies nonstop. Yes, he has had to

appear in court, but this hasn't impacted his career. He was, in fact -- right now he's out on bail, but even then he was still acting in a movie

right now.

So it hasn't impacted his career at all, but at least the case is over now, Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, Sumnima Udas reporting live from New Delhi for us. Many thanks indeed for that.

Now, we have a developing story out of Geneva this hour, one that could be connected to the attacks in Paris. Now Police say that they are

actively looking for an unspecified number of people in connection with the investigation into the

Paris attacks. Now, authorities have also raised Geneva's security alert level. And more police are out on the streets.

Now, as authorities work to keep European cities safe, on the other side of the world police in Australia may have prevented an attack in

Sydney.

Now, five people have been charged with conspiracy to plot a terrorist attack. One of the suspects is a boy. He is just 15 years old. And

police say that there are growing concerned about the number of teenagers becoming radicalized in Australia.

Authorities don't believe this plot to attack government buildings is linked to ISIS in any way.

Now, you're watching News Stream. And still ahead, climate talks in Paris are nearing an end. And we'll check in to see just how close world

powers are to striking that deal.

Plus, Tunisia's national dialogue quartet has just received the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. More details later on News Stream.

And also ahead, North Korea's human rights record is far from clean. Now defectors recount the horrors they experienced inside prison camps.

The UN security council addresses the issue later in the day.

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[08:13:36] LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now, a new political era begins in Argentina as it prepares for the inauguration of a new president. That comes in the form of Mauricio Macri,

who will be sworn in in the next two hours.

On Wednesday, thousands turned out to say farewell to the outgoing leader Cristina Kirchner, but don't expect to see her at today's

proceedings. Now she has snubbed the swearing in, that's something that hasn't happened in Argentina in more than 30 years.

Now, there are officially just two days left for climate negotiators in Paris to hammer out a final deal. And judging from the draft agreement,

they still need to clear a number of hurdles.

Now, one is whether wealthier countries should shell out more than $100 billion a year to help developing nations move away from fossil fuel.

Another question, should countries aim at keeping global warming to two degrees or the more ambitious 1.5? Experts say the effects of global

warming are felt more strongly in some parts of the globe. For example, some scientists say rising seas may wipe out the Marshall Islands if

temperatures rise more than 1.5 degrees.

And that's why people living on the front lines of climate change are trying their best to call for action.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

XIUHTEZCATL TONATIUH, BOULDER, COLORADO: In my community, we're already seeing increases in climate devastation.

CONSTANCE OKOLLET, TORORO, UGANDA: We have the floods, we have the droughts, we have the diseases.

KATHY JETNIL-KIJINER, MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS: You don't know how big the

ocean is until you go to the Marshall Islands.

ESAU SINNOK, SHISHMAREF, ALASKA: Ever since I was born in 1997, we lost roughly about 100 feet of land.

[08:15:07] TONATIUH: The greatest floods that are on thousands of homes in Colorado and displaced a lot of people, and the worst wildfire

we've ever seen.

JETNIL-KIJINER: Before, it might be just some water on the shore, but now

every single time there's a high tide in a king tide, it causes major damage to the point where sea walls are destroyed.

OKOLLET: My house was washed away.

SINNOK: My Uncle Norman Kankdah (ph) went out hunting. The ice wasn't formed where he fell through and that cost him his life.

OKOLLET: I'm worried for my children, because the life that we are living now is not the life that we had when I was growing up.

JETNIL-KIJINER: I refuse to give up. I refuse to have to leave.

TONATIUH: Each and every one of us has a responsibility to protect the world around us. This is our only home.

JETNIL-KIJINER: I hope that my daughter's granddaughter and her granddaughter can come back home and know where their island is.

TENATIUH: Action needs to be taken today before every community is a front lines community.

SINNOK: If you think that climate change will happen in the future, it's happening right now. It is affecting my hometown of Shishmaref,

Alaska.

JETNIL-KIJINER: At the end of the day, this doesn't just affect us, it affects the whole world. If we save our island, you know, I believe

that we can save the world.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: The faces of climate change there, which is happening now.

Now, the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet has just received the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for helping to build a pluralistic democracy after the

Jasmine revolution of 2011.

Now, Tunisia is the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The quartet came together in the summer of 2013 when Tunisia's parliament was on the brink

of collapse.

Now, Jonathan Mann explains how the alliance emerged and how it helped the country emerge from the chaos of the Arab Spring.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

(SHOUTING)

JONATHAN MANN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was unprecedented, never before had an Arab people toppled a tyrant.

(SHOUTING)

MANN: Driven by the memory of that fruit seller, Mohammed Boa Zeezy (ph) and spurred by his anger, Tunisians took to the streets in 2010, and

forced Zain El Ebadine bin Ali (ph) from power after 23 years. It was the start of an upheaval that would force out the leaders of four nations and

start a war in Syria that would shake the region.

(EXPLOSION)

MANN: At first, it didn't deliver stable democracy to Tunisia. The new election put Islamists at the head of a coalition to run the country and

write a constitution. But while the work of the constitution dragged on, weighed down by debate, Islamic terrorists carried out assassinations and

attacks, in one incident, ransacking the U.S. embassy.

(SHOUTING)

MANN: Some Tunisians blamed the elected Islamist leaders for being sympathetic or complicit.

Tunisia's stagnant economy suffered even more and protesters took to the streets demanding the young government's resignation. The revolution

was unraveling, until the country's largest trade union joined forces with three other associations of employers, attorneys, and human rights

activists to push and pull Tunisia down a different path, dialogue.

The National Dialogue Quartet brought the government and the opposition together and eventually worked out an agreement. The Islamists

agreed to give up power.

(SHOUTING)

MANN: The completed constitution is considered a model for the Arab world. Because of the National Dialogue Quartet...

(CHEERING)

MANN: ...Tunisia's Arab Spring delivered.

The Nobel committee summed it up this way.

KACI KULLMANN FIVE, CHAIR, NORWEGIAN NOBEL COMMITTEE 2015: When the quartet was formed in summer of 2013 when the democracy process was in

danger of collapsing as a result of political assassinations and widespread social unrest. It established an alternative peaceful political process at

a time when the country was on the brink of civil war.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And don't miss Jonathan Mann's Nobel Peace Prize special and his exclusive interview with the members of the Tunisian National

Dialogue Quartet later today. Watch it Thursday at 4:00 p.m. in London, Midnight Friday in Hong Kong only on CNN.

Now still ahead on the program, this is the image that North Korea wants to portray to the world, but behind the government's pomp and

ceremony are claims of human rights abuses. And it is now a new focus for the United Nations.

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[08:23:27] LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

Now the UN Security Council is to discuss North Korea's record on human rights. Last year, UN report compared abuses there to those of the

Nazis.

Now, North Korea is, of course, the world's most secretive country and it is impossible to really

know what may be taking place, even right now under the nose of world leaders.

Paula Hancocks has more now from Seoul, South Korea.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The horrors of a North Korean prison camp, described by victims, illustrated by an

independent film maker.

Human rights abuses never filmed, but documented in the United Nations ground breaking commission of inquiry published almost two years ago, a

report which found unspeakable atrocities and evidence of crimes against humanity in North Korea.

These defectors testified at that commission, a victim of torture, a victim of forced labor, a former prison guard, a former bodyguard, all

sharing a bitter history and all increasingly frustrated little has changed since the UN report.

Outside the UN field office in Seoul, Aun Myun-choul (ph) tell me "I am certain the day will come when we see North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un

stand trial at the International Criminal Court, but that day is too far away for the victims."

The commission recommends North Korea and its leaders be held accountable. North Korea rejects accusations of human rights abuses,

calling the report's repercussions a U.S.-led attempt to topple the regime.

The former chair of that commission of inquiry Michael Kirby says more has been achieved in the UN in the last two years than in the last 70.

MICHAEL KIRBY, UNITED NATIONS: Accountability is the name of the game. I don't think any of those leaders of the Nazi Germany who were

ultimately at Nuremberg ever thought that's where they'd end up.

HANCOCKS: Defectors claim the number of public executions has increased under Kim Jong-un. It's no secret that some of his closest

adviser, even family, have been killed or have disappeared.

Washington's envoy for North Korean human rights abuse understands their frustration.

ROBERT KING, U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR N. KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS: We feel the same frustration.

HANCOCKS: But he is heartened by the support these resolutions are garnering.

KING: A further indication of the isolation of North Korea, and the fact that North Korea has

very few allies and supporters that are coming to its aid and its defense.

HANCOCKS: The hope now is that this further pressure will show North Korea that international scrutiny and condemnation of its human rights

abuses is not going away.

Paula Hancocks, CNN, Seoul.

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LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And still ahead on the program, we have the headlines as well as some parts of India, electricity

is a luxury. But to change that poses a problem for negotiators of the climate talks underway in Paris.

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[08:30:50] LU STOUT: Now the success of any climate deal will hinge largely on the world's top carbon emitters. But as activists push for

India to cut back on greenhouse gases, some say that will take a toll on the country's poorest.

Sumnima Udas has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: As the sun sets in Sukopur Village, residents fire up their only source of light. This is how

Arti Johan (ph) prepares dinner every night.

This is how her children do their homework.

"It's like we're living in a cave," she says. "All we see is darkness everywhere. My children can't even study properly. They have no future

here."

Sukapur (ph) is just 100 miles from India's capital, it's only one of some 80 villages in this

district that have never known what it's like to have power.

Electricity is something many of us take for granted, but it really hits you when you come to

a village like this, standing on a rooftop here and it's pitch black as far as you can see.

In the morning, it's a different world, of course. Arti (ph) runs her errands as quickly as she can. Daylight is precious here.

"They say India is progressing, but nothing has happened here. They've forgotten about us," he says.

No power means no television, no refrigerators or fans. Residents have to walk for miles to the nearest town to charge their mobile phones.

But the government is indeed trying.

Bringing power to villages like this means more greenhouse gases, because coal is still the

cheapest form of energy. So at COP21, when India says it can't agree to universal cap on carbon

emissions, it's villagers like these that India wants to protect.

It's one of the country's most challenging contradictions. How does India meet the aspirations of its 300 million people who live in darkness,

yet preserve the planet?

Not too far from Sukapur (ph), the impact of development is already evident.

I'm standing about 500 meters from one of India's biggest coal-based power plants, and as

you can see, the smog is so thick, this massive structure is barely visible. It's difficult to breathe here. And I can feel the toxins in my

lungs.

India is the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, behind China and the U.S. But India says it will continue to build one of these

every month so that people like Arti can also become part of India's 21st Century growth story.

Sumnima Udas, CNN, Utter Pradesh.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And don't forget to head to our website. You can read about Bill Gates' take on how technology can save our planet.

Now, one way he says is to harvest sunlight to produce liquid fuel. Find out what that means is

CNN.com/twodegrees.

Now, it is the start of awards season in Los Angeles. And some of the Golden Globe nominations were just announced. We are ere expecting more in

moments, including best actors and actresses, TV shows and movies. All that after the break.

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[08:35:43] LU STOUT: The pop star Madonna she surprised fans in Paris with an impromptu

performance at the Place de la Republic. Now, she was there in the city as part of her Rebel Heart Tour. And after a concert earlier in the night,

she tweeted that she would head to the square, the scene of a makeshift memorial following the Paris attacks.

And fans praised the gesture because -- let's quote another one of her songs here, music helps the people come together.

Now, some of the nominations for the 2016 Golden Globe Awards are now in. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association just announced which stars of

film and television made the cut.

And our senior media correspondent Brian Stelter joins me now from New York with more on the nominees.

And Brian, what has been announced so far?

BRIAN STELTER, CNN MEDIA CORRESPONDENT: So far we're hearing about the miniseries awards, we're hearing about some of the television show

awards, and of course it matters because these are the prelude in some ways to the Oscars every year and the Emmys every year.

The Golden Globes, we see they're now, they're holding the press conference out in Los Angeles. They do this very early morning in Los

Angeles. And the Golden Globes really starts the entire awards season. Like I mentioned, the Oscars and the Emmys later.

LU STOUT: Yeah, and we're looking at live pictures under way. I think that's the actor Dennis

Quaid. I'm not too sure.

But there's a number of actors there in Los Angeles this morning going through the list of what's on the short list for the Golden Globe

nominations for both movies and for film and for TV as well.

Let's talk about movies. We still don't know who's making the cut, who's going to get the nod from the Golden Globes just yet. But there's

been a lot of chatter out there about movies like Spotlight, about The Martian, et cetera.

What movie is getting the most buzz right now that's going to be a movie awards frontrunner?

STELTER: Yeah, absolutely.

The movie categories are really closely watched because they do start the whole season of awards for these films. Right now, many of the award

contenders are starting to get into theaters in the U.S. and all around the world.

You mentioned Spotlight, which is about the team of reporters at the Boston Globe who broke out the Catholic church sex abuse scandal wide open

in the early 2000s. This is on everybody's short list for the Golden Globes, for the Oscars and for other awards.

You also mentioned The Martian earlier this year, did phenomenally well, really captivated audiences both in 2D and 3D.

And there's a number of other films that are contenders as well. We see Concussion coming out

later this year with Will Smith. There's a number of others that are just going to come in the box office around Christmas so they can qualify for

this awards season.

LU STOUT: And let's talk about TV series. Game of Thrones always a favorite, but there's also

series that are firmly in the running, like Narcos or Better Call Saul.

STELTER: Yeah, what is remarkable over the past few years -- and the Golden Globes have really led the way on this, is the arrival of Netflix

and Amazon into these award races, whether it's "Orange is the New Black" or "House of Cards," on Netflix or whether it's "Transparent" on Amazon.

We've seen a blurring of the lines between what is TV and what is streaming, between what we normally get from the big screen TV and what

we've got to watch online.

I think this year, there's curiosity about whether Hulu will also enter that race, and there's curiosity about how much more Amazon and

Netflix will assert themselves into a race that used to just be about the broadcast networks and the cable channels.

LU STOUT: And can I ask you about the movie Fury Road? Because, you know, already it's picking up a lot of lesser known award shows nods or

even awards for best film or best director for the year. But as I was looking into sort of the pre-announcement chatter for the Golden Globes

this morning, Fury Road, despite its success at the box office, it is a movie, or the director not getting much traction at the Golden Globes.

Your thoughts on that?

STELTER: Yeah, it was the first in the Mad Max series in many, many years. The film was critically beloved. It was an extraordinary film to

watch on a big screen. In fact, to me, it was a reminder about why sometimes a phone is not the best device for watching media. When you Fury

Road, when you see it on big screen, it really is impressive.

It's sort of a dark horse candidate for these awards this year. There has been some buzz in

Hollywood about it possibly surprising people and pulling in some nominations. But it's such an action thriller kind of movie, you can see

some of the scene here from the trailer, that it's not typically the kind of movie that gets a lot of awards attention. So, we'll see if in this

case it can pick up some of those nominations.

[08:40:14] LU STOUT: All right, let's go back to the live feed from Los Angeles where Hollywood is announcing the Golden Globe nomination.

Let's listen in right now.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Empire, Fox; Game of Thrones, HBO; Mr. Robot, USA Network; Narcos, Netflix; Outlander, Starz.

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy: Christian Bale, The Big Short; Steve Carell, The Big Short; Matt Damon, The

Martian; Al Pacino, Danny Collins; Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear.

Best Director, Motion Picture: Todd Haynes, Carol; Alejandro Inarrito, The Revenant; Tom McCarthy, Spotlight; George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road;

Ridley Scott, The Martian.

ANGELA BASSET, ACTOR: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama: John Hamm, Mad Men; Rami Malek, Mr. Robot; Wagner Moura,

Narcos; Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul, Liev Schreiber, Ran Donovan.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture: Jane Fonda, Youth;

Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful 8; Helen Mirren, Trumbo; Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina; Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture: Paul Dano, Love and Mercy; Idris Elba, Beast of No Nation; Mark

Rylance, Bridge of Spies; Michael Shannon...

LU STOUT: All right, that's the actor Angela Bassett. Earlier we heard from Chloe Grace Moritz there live in Los Angeles just giving us a

run-through of some of the nominations for TV and for film for the Golden Globes.

And just listening to that just now, Brian, was there anything that surprised you?

STELTER: I think it's important to hear that nomination for Beasts of No Nation. It's a Netflix movie. It's the first movie that Netflix

purposely financed hoping to win awards, hoping to draw attention to its original movie slate. So that's going to be a big deal for Netflix.

I found it a little bit amusing that we heard The Martian listed in the best comedy category for movies, alongside movies like Joy and The Big

Short and Spy and Trainwreck

I guess you could see The Martian did have some funny moments. We were talking about that before we listened in. Although, also that The Big

Short was nominated. We haven't seen The Big Short yet. It's about to come out in theaters, but it's a recounting of some of the men who saw the

financial crisis coming back in 2008. I'm personally looking forward to seeing it.

So, in some cases, the awards voters get to see these movies early, that way they get to nominate these films. And then the awards are

presented in January. So it actually helps the box office for these movies even more when they do win Golden Globes.

LU STOUT: Yeah, and we'll get a chance to watch some of those movies before then when the award show takes place in January, hosted by Ricky

Gervais. Should be a good show.

Brian Stelter, we'll leave it at that. Thank you so much. Take care.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere, World Sport is next.

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