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>> have a great weekend, everyone. don't forget, seet your dvr so you never miss an episode of "the five." see you back here on monday. "special report" on deck. hello. i'm gregg jarrett. glad you're with us. well tom to brand-new hour inside america's news quarters. >> i'm arthel neville. topping the news, a scare at 34,000 feet over the atlantic ocean. forcing the u.s. military plane to make an emergency landing near boston. we'll tell you what happened. >> and no relief in sight. fierce winter storms causing new problems for folks in the mid-atlantic. we're live with at the fox extreme weather center. >> don't forget valentine's day is next week. time to get your sweetheart something sweet. of course, that means chocolate. "consumer reports" is here with the tastiest treats for your
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loved one. we begin with big news for same sex couples. fox news learning the department of justice is about to extend federal benefits to same sex couples no matter where they live as long as they are legally married. the attorney general, eric holder, expected to make those remarks in a speech tonight to the human rights campaign. molly henneberg live in washington with more on this. molly? >> reporter: attorney general eric holder says he will not let the department of justice, quote, be simply a bystander in the battle over gay marriage. so he's announcing tonight new changes at the department which will take effect on monday recognizing in certain ways same sex couples, including giving them the right not to have to testify against each other in federal court. moreover, he's expected to say at a gay rights gala in new york city tonight, quote, under this policy, even in states where same sex marriages are not recognized, the federal government will not use state
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views as a basis to object to someone in a same sex marriage invoking this right. 33 states have passed measures defining marriage as between one man and woman. even in those states, he says the department of justice will recognize same sex couples in civil and criminal cases. which infuriates supporters of traditional marriage who says he's acting outside of his constitutional authority and acting against laws passed by states. brian brown from the national organization for marriage, says, quote, it's more utter lawlessness from the obama administration. the attorney general also is expected to announce tonight that the department of justice will recognize married, gay and lesbian couples in bankruptcy cases and in rules governing federal inmates. greg? >> molly henneberg in washington. thanks very much for that breaking news. a u.s. air force transport plane making an emergency
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landing. it happened at the air force base outside boston. no injuries were reported. there were 25 people on board. a base spokesman says the aircraft lost pressure over the atlantic ocean. the plane was later fixed before continuing on to dover air force base. more than 150,000 customers in pennsylvania still this hour without any power. days after a winter storm harmed the region with ice. most of the outages are in the philadelphia area where crews from across the county and the country are working to restore electricity. the state's utility commission is promising to look into just how they can better respond next time so the next storm, is it already on the horizon? now more from the extreme weather center. what about that? >> we could see some snow and obviously cold temperatures across this area. we are set up for the threat of storms heading into the new workweek as well. so let's take a look at it. got storms all over the map
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today. taking a look at the northwest where they're getting quite a doozy for portland. several inches of snow there. some much needed rain across the northern and central california region and this system, or at least part of the energy, is going to make its way across the country over the next several days. over the great lakes and the northeast, our next system is on the move and it looks like we could see several inches of snow with this and the temperatures are going to drop. so there is philadelphia as we head into the overnight, temperatures below freezing. then our next weather maker moves in. not good news for all of those folks that are without power. forecast precipitation, we're not talk being a blockbuster storm. just nuisance snow, especially across the great lakes in towards the terrain of pennsylvania. just want to show you that energy. i was talking about over the northwest. there it is. saturday, watch as it dives southward over towards the gulf coast, the deep south, dixie here. look at memphis and then atlanta, georgia again on
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tuesday. we could see a wintery mix including snow. remember all those pictures that we saw last week of the traffic at a stand still. we're going to have to monitor that, especially as we head into monday and tuesday. of course, the temperatures are going to drop yet again across the northern plains. the central plains, and even the southern plains. sunday's lows in dallas, 26. 21 in memphis. again, a very cold night on monday. those are air temperatures. windchills bow low zero for a lot of folks. we're on the countdown. 39 days 'til spring. a lot of people are suffering. >> yeah. 11 degrees in new york. 0 in cleveland. that's pretty unbelievable. >> it is the winter that we might not ever forget. >> yeah. seems like we'll never get out of it. >> fingers crossed. >> thanks very much. >> gregg, surprisingly, the severe weather is cause causing a health emergency. causing the cancellation of dozens of blood drives.
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now the red cross saying they're desperately in need of blood donations. bryan yennis live with more. what an interesting take on this story. >> reporter: it really is. it's been snow storm after ice storm, causing propane gas shortages and salt shortages and now a nationwide blood shortage. the wintery mess and freezing temperatures keeping potential donors at home in 33 states and washington, d.c., causing 33,000 donation. that's equivalent to if the red cross had closed its doors nationwide for two days. the need is urgent for blood donors, especially those with type 0 negative blood. a universal blood that can be used during emergency situations. when a patient's blood type is unknown. and with more snow expected to hit tomorrow, the new york blood center is trying to make sure area hospitals are stocked. >> red cells, which is what most of these people are donating, expire in 42 days. so it's just like any other kind of consumable product.
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platelets are five days. like a gallon of milk. so you don't want to keep a guilty of milk for a couple of months. so blood is the same way. we're constantly replenishing. >> bad weather is always an obstacle for blood drives. this is one of the worst in recent memory. storms affecting connecticut, new york, and georgia and alabama. new york city mayor de blasio, one of many donating blood yesterday, saying people can make a profound difference with just a few minutes of their day. >> i came because when my mother was dying, the doctors and nurses gave her a tremendous number of blood products to save her life. when i was younger, she used to bring me to donate blood. so i do it in honor of her in her memory and to help the other people, the other families. >> reporter: if you can donate, the message is that you should. it's important to know that blood donated in one location can be sent to places nationwide request there is a greater need.
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>> so 0 negative is that one blood type that is especially needed. thank you. >> that's right. >> bryan, thanks a lot for that information. a deadly train accidents in southern france, a huge boulder suddenly smashing into a tourist train in the traffic alps, killing at least two people, injuring nine others. about 30 people on board when it derailed. this is the country's second major train accident in recent months. seven people died when a commuter train derailed near paris in july. argentina, firey crash when a truck driver goes on the wrong side of a highway. the truck colliding head on then with a bus, causing both vehicles to burst into flames. at least 18 people were killed. 12 others injured. police say the truck was carrying garlic. the driver was among those killed. investigators disputing earlier reports that the truck was stolen. fresh fighting in the syrian city derail ago cease fire.
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plans to evacuate citizens and bring in supplies. officials say two trucks carrying food and medical supplies were forced to turn away under heavy fire. the opposition says syrian forces broke the temporary truce, launching a rocket attack on a rebel-held neighborhood. meantime, syria's neighbor, iraq, helping refugees from the year's long bloody civil war. greta van susteren and a fox news team went to kurdistan with reverend franklin graham's charity organization, samaritan's purse, to take an in-depth look at how the americans and iraqis are helping in the humanitarian crisis. listen. >> to see how the president is dealing with this massive syrian refugee problem, fox files went to the camp. it's hard as an american to understand what it means to be a refugee. >> you saw down here people, they had some used clothes that people were selling, used shoes that people could buy. they have nothing.
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>> as we look out, is there anywhere from 12 to 17,000 people living in these tents. this refugee camp. >> we've got several hundred thousand people here at four camps. it's like this in lebanon, in turkey. it's like this in jordan. but this happens to be probably one of the better run camps i have seen. >> by the end of 2014, we believe that up to 4 million or more syrians will have left their country. >> seems unreal, but it is real. so don't miss fox files. that's tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox news channel. the white house is thinking about yet another delay to your obamacare enrollment, allowing people to stick with their old health care plans until, get this, 2016. a coincidence that the presidential election is that year? well, you be the judge. next. bulldog: mattress discounters
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time for a quick check of the headlines. iran says it's resuming talks with the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog group. the talks allow the group to assess iran's progress on that deal reached in november. gives inspectors inside access to tehran's nuclear program.
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four u.s. senators calling for a reviewf security standards after the attack on a california power grid substation. the attack raising fears that our power grid is vulnerable to terrorism. a memorial service held in minnesota to remember joan mondale, the wife of former vice president walter mondale. among those attending, vice president joe biden and former president jimmy carter. she died on monday at 83. the white house now considering yet another delay to obamacare, allowing millions to keep their existing health care plans for three years. smart move or politicking until after the next presidential election? we're joined by jehmu green, former president of women's media center, fox news contributor, ed rollins joins us, former national campaign director for ronald reagan and worked in the reagan white house, fox news contributor. good to see you both. ed, let me start with you. this would reinstate and extends
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the individual policies beyond not just the 2014 midterm elections in nine months, but the 2016 presidential election. do you suspect that this -- it's not about helping the american people, but the white house is trying to help democrats and the next democratic presidential nominee? >> i can see by the smile on my co- analyst's face that we know it's politics. the sad part, this is the law of the land. this is the law of the land and basically we're creating great confusion out there. we've had a couple years to implement this thing, to put it in play and it's a mess. these are the same insurance policies that the white house called junk a few weeks ago. so my sense today is they need to try and make it all work. you can't just basically go out and make exemptions for people and not basically adhere to all elements of the law. insurance companies have to go before state commissioners to change it. are people going to be under the old policy, new policy? new people signing up what, are they going to be under? you're creating more and more confusion to something that is creating a lot of pain and
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anguish in this country. >> gentleman hue -- jehmu, you were smiling. this is a pure political grab, isn't it? come on. >> i was smiling because i'm just not that cynical, gregg, and ed. of course, if this delay happens and we're still at a place of if it is going to happen, this is just a way to help these folks ease into better coverage. but we can't sit here and pretend that restructuring a sixth of our economy isn't going to come with tweaks and expansions, just like social security and medicare. they are trying to make this work best. this is a small portion of the population that's being affected, but they're trying to make it work best for everyone involved. >> you know, ed, what's interesting is you talk to people who lost their policies and now are forced to get obamacare policies, they say the latter are not better policies. they are policies that contain stuff they don't want. >> and they're more expensive.
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at the end of the day, the majority of americans are going to pay more for health insurance and get less. and those who can get it won't get medical assistance because there is a doctor shortage. provisions in this bill that are going to make it extremely difficult. all you have to do is talk to doctors and hospitals who are basically pulling their hair out. they're all going to look like me at thend of the day because they can't make it work. >> you look good that way, ed. >> thank you. >> look, jehmu, 25 extensions, exemptions, waivers, and delays ordered by the president, arguably in clear contra venge of the law, but of the congress. this is lawlessness in some ways, isn't it? >> the will of congress has been trying to repeal the law of the land. >> they voted for it. they passed it. the president signed it into law and now he wants to change it all on his own. >> they've never accepted that this is the law of the land and as we get to a place where we have universal health coverage,
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it is going to have some bumps in the road. i think the american people understand that and they accept it. it is the folks in politics on the conservative side who continue to beat this drum of trying to make this law go away. but we have to keep in mind what this is about. this is about affordable coverage for more merge of americans than before the law was implemented. >> if the president made 25 changes so far, exemptions, delays, and extensions, isn't he the one that doesn't like his own law? >> he wants to fix it. if he had a partner in -- >> fix it? i thought he said it was perfect. >> no, he never said it was perfect. >> he extolled the virtues of this wonderful law. >> the overwhelming -- no offense. the overwhelming majority of americans are very unhappy. i don't care what poll you look at. they're very unhappy. the overwhelming physicians,
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hospital providers, what have you are very, very concerned about this. even the individuals who set out to try and give coverage to in this are basically having great difficulty getting coverage. more and more people getting shoved into medicaid, which is going to put great weight on that system. may sense at this point in time is the president wants to change the law, he needs to sit down with the congress, republicans and democrats alike, and see if he can fix it. if he can't fix it, then basically he has to implement the law as it is and that's not going to be very good for american public. >> jehmu, this would allow the president to essentially in 2016 step away from office and say, here, it's your mess now. that's a three-year delay beyond the 2016 election. >> this will allow people whose policies were canceled by the insurance companies -- not by the federal government. but insurance companies that canceled policies every year. 12-month policies. this happens. so this will allow them to ease into this, look at ways where they can find actually more affordable coverage and yes, actually to your original point,
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these were junk plans. these were plans that i've talked to people who needed insurance, have been paying into it -- >> you talk to people who love their plans. >> it was not there for them. >> ed, the plans -- >> new provision were put in by the bill, forcing insurance companies to put more things in and basically with certain limitations. at the end of the day, this was all supposed to be wonderful and everybody was going to jump with joy. it's not working. and it's not working and it's not going to work in the foreseeable future. so the president -- >> it's a step in the right direction. >> no, it's not. >> most americans believe it is a step in the right direction. we're not going back. >> you can't show me any evidence that -- first of all, it couldn't pass the congress today. democrat or republicans wouldn't vote for it. if the democrats that are running scared in this midterm election and the senate is now in jeopardy. there is not a single senator that's in trouble that's out there saying boy, i was the last vote on obamacare. reelect me. i'm going to go back there and make it better.
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>> ed, jehmu, thanks so much. >> thanks. i was thinking ed looks good like that, too. >> he does look good like that. handsome man. >> yep. good job. so the latest jobs report is out. and unemployment is down, but is it enough? we're going to look at the number numbers and what it might mean for the struggling job hunters. also toyota and the u.s. government on the verge of a massive financial settlement involving millions of cars. will that make u.s. safer or us safer on the road? we'll discuss that coming up.
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bottom of the hour. time for top of the news. military plane making an emergency landing at an air force base outside boston. 25 people on board. nobody injured. the plane reportedly losing pressure over the atlantic. attorney general eric holder
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expected to announce tonight the justice department will extend federal benefits to married same sex couples, including the right for a witness to decline giving testimony that could incriminate a spouse. president obama during his weekly address once again vowing to take action without congress to move his agenda forward on issues like jobs. the unemployment rate dropping to its lowest levels in more than five years. 6.6%. the labor department report for last month also shows 113,000 new jobs. it's not as many jobs as analysts expected, marking the second straight month of anemic job growth, plus more people have stopped looking and wages are still depressed. elizabeth prann is in washington with more on job seekers' frustrations. >> reporter: hi. the unemployment rate is at its lowest point since october of 2008. that's when the financial crisis
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first started to erupt. analysts say that 6.6% figure is attribute to do a drop in overall work force participation. this month's numbers show a second month of stagnant statistics. the economy added 113,000 jobs. but last year's average monthly gain was close to 194,000. republicans say this report exemplifies the pressure on the middle class. many of them pointing to the president's signature health care law which they say is inflating government spending and raising health care costs. house speaker john boehner released a statement referring to the administration and he writes in part: their fail your to lead resulted in the worst jobs recovery in history and as we learn this week, their health care law will drive millions out of an already diminished labor force. and one of the more troubling trends is stagnant wages. it's an economy even the president says needs improvement. >> too many americans are work harder than ever just to get by,
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let alone get ahead. that's been true since long before the recession hit. we've got to reverse those trends. we've got to build an economy that works for everyone. not just a fortunate few. and the opportunity agenda i laid out last week will help us do that. >> wall street was seemingly unscathed from the report on friday. investors sent stocks higher for the week after three straight weeks of losses. arthel? >> allall right. thanks a lot. gregg? >> toyota reportedly in talks now with the u.s. government to pay $1 billion to end a criminal investigation. u.s. prosecutors were looking into customer complaints about unintended acceleration. remember that? toyota forced to recall more than 10 million vehicles in the u.s., but the settlement coming well after the problems first arose. so is this the best way for the federal government to regulate big companies? is it extortion? david nelson is chief strategist
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at bell point asset management. there is an utter lack of evidence that car suffers from mechanical or electronic defect and yet toyota might belly up to the table a billion bucks. >> that's what you do when you're a corporation. you get out the checkbook. it sounds like a lot of money, cost of doing business. look at jpmorgan over the last year. 25 billion to get off with a billion dollars fine or a settlement. >> but you remember all of these cases, people claiming, oh, my car went sailing down the highway. >> i know. a lot of organizations, like you point out, vetted this. even nasa got involved and they said that this was not the electronic ignition system as we were led to believe early on. it was probably driver error or maybe mats under the -- >> the national traffic safety administration, they do an exhaustive study of these cars,
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literally all the cars of complaints and they didn't find a single flaw in any of it. >> i agree. but it brings up a bigger issue because it brings up this issue, where were the regulators in the first place with some of these issues? i can't speak to the car industry, but i certainly can speak to the financial industry and i can tell you that -- >> you mean the same guys who sleep at the switch during the financial crisis? >> they were asleep at the switch. in the years leading up to that, they're right inside these banks. they know what's going on. they know what's going inside the hedge funds. they audit these firms. they let the leverage get completely out of control. some hedge funds were levered up as much as 70 to one. it was an accident waiting to happen. >> you don't have confidence in american regulators? >> look, we need regulators. corporations are -- >> really? we need those guys that you just trashed as incompetent? >> corporations are about the bottom line and we do need to protect the public, but i guess we have to ask ourselves, who is regulating the regulators? >> who is regulating the u.s.
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attorney prebarrera? do we have a picture of him? he's -- people will say, all he's doing here is extorting a billion dollars from toyota 'cause he knows they've got a pen with ink in it. >> and they know that they'll write a check and they build autopsy big case. but that's the way it's done right now. you have to remember something about government. in government, money is power. who controls it and decides where it's spent, that shapes -- >> i'm glad you bring that up. who gets the money? soy they write a check for a billion bucks, even though they don't need to or shouldn't. >> that's a good question. one issue was here in the state of new york, when jpmorgan settled with new york agriculture, eric schneiderman. >> oh, yeah. >> governor cuomo was quick to come in and say, we want a piece of the action here and they wanted something like 613 million to go to the state legislature. so i think this is a battle that will rage on in both federal and municipal governments for some
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time. >> i will say, toyota did lose in oklahoma a civil wrongful death case arising out of one of these acceleration case. >> people died here. so i understand the concern. >> yeah, but they may have died because of operator error. >> that's true. that's true. there is no evidence really that points to the manufacturer of the vehicle. >> a good lawyer can convince a civil jury of santa claus, the easter bunny and the tooth fairy. just because one verdict was had on behalf of the plaintiffs, doesn't mean that the entire toyota line of vehicles is faulty. >> i guess it does not. i'm certainly not a lawyer. i'm a financial guy. but it's a billion dollars. you cut the check. >> yeah. david nelson, good to see you. thanks very much. >> thanks for having me. >> security concerns at the winter games in sochi. they're not just limited to what's happening on the ground. there are reports about threats on-line. so how serious is it getting over there? we'll discuss the cyber danger when we come back. stick around
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>> new detames on the multi million dollar drone that sudsly plunged into the pacific ocean. the drone's mission, to patrol the border. last months' crash prompted government officials to ground all the aircraft used for border surveillance until an investigation was completed. it has been and now u.s. customs and border protection lifting the ban. they say the aircrafts national functioned. proper procedures were indeed followed. the company tasked with running a background check on
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nsa leaker edward snowden completely botched the investigation. that according to a federal government report. it shows the company in charm of looking into snowden failed to perform even the most routine tasks, like verifying snowden's previous employer, his residence, and they apparently also used his mother and his girlfriend as personal references. snowden accused in one of the most damaging information dumps in american history. he's still on the lam in russia where he's being granted temporary asylum. he remains a fugitive in the united states. a ukrainian man is under arrest accused of trying to hijack a commercial plane to sochi during the winter olympics. the suspect claimed to have a bomb and the plane was diverted to istanbul on friday. nobody was hurt. police say the suspect was believed to have terror ties and was pressing for the release of
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antigovernment protesters in russia. meanwhile, strict security in sochi as winter games continue while all seems safe on the ground, there are new reports of growing cyber threats. let's bring in mike baker, former c.i.a. covert operations officer and president of diligence global security firm. good to see you this saturday evening, mike. >> thanks very much. appreciate it. >> so let's start here. is computer hacking a bonafide worry? >> well, it's a bonafide worry anywhere in the world. are there places that are higher risk, higher threats than others? yes. russia would be one of those. this was highlighted in a recent story. apparently a story on nbc where it talked about how the reporter, no sooner had literally fired up his phone and sat down in a cafe than he was hacked and his computer was attacked. the reality of that was that story was a little misleading.
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not a little bit, it was shoddy journalism, in that in order for that to happen, what the reporter didn't explain was that he had taken several inappropriate risky behavioral steps. he had clicked on links. he had downloaded an application of software. so it was mislead not guilty that sense. but the thing that russia is certainly high risk area for criminal hackers, and importantly, the russian intel service, they've got blanket authority to monitor and intercept anything they want on tourists, foreign officials, on residents. they don't have the same checks and balances and the regulations and concerns and limits, court orders and such that we have here in the states. >> on that note, there have been reports, mike, of people visiting sochi having private conversations or their privacy violated in some way or another. are those concerns valid?
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>> no, they're absolutely valid. we're all aware of the privacy concern based on edward snowden stealing all the nsa documentation and then moving to moscow, might i add. and releasing that information. so people have been crying foul about privacy here in the united states, they don't understand, frankly exactly how blatant it is in a place like russia. again, it's not just their right. it's expected. they don't have to do anything. they don't have to go to the phone companies. they have the access directly to e-mail traffic, phone conversations, anything that you do on the internet. if someone shows up, they shouldn't expect their communication will be private. >> so what's the bottom line if you're going over there to sochi or if you're already there, you just have to kind of grin and bear it or -- and don't be foolish about certain accessing your sensitive information on-line, et cetera, right?
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>> absolutely right. don't be foolish and don't be unrealistic. in today's world, you have to expect this sort of thing will happen. whether at sochi or anywhere else in the world, including in the u.s., you should just be smart about things. don't click on unfamiliar or unknown e-mails. don't download software that you're not absolutely confident of. don't do things like that. if you're a business person traveling overseas, then in all honesty, you should be taking a clean phone and a clean computer without your personal information on it. you just have to be smart about your own behavior. it's down to the individual responsibility, frankly. >> wow. overall, mike, how safe is it in sochi and what would you say is the biggest security burden? >> the biggest security thet continues to be the fact that sochi is in the backyard of one of the world's most rabid islamic insurgencyies. they're highly motivate to do try during the course of the games to embarrass putin on the world stage. that's the number one threat.
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whether that takes place in the ring of steel or whether it happens anywhere else around russia, the fundamentalists don't care. their point will be made one way or the other. so that remains the biggest threat. >> so bottom line, it appears from what you're telling me on the one hand it is involved with russia and the russian intel, as you said, they have no bound row lees and they can collect -- boundaries and they can collect the information wherever, whenever they want to. so you sort of enter the country at your own risk. do you feel, though, there is so much hype leading up to the games, we're only a few hours into the olympics, and so far, so good. but the folks there, or u.s. allies, making sure that the folks there are safe. nobody can let their guard down at this time, right? >> no. and we have to be pragmatic. sochi right now is a high threat environment. so we have to treat it as such and we have been. certainly our u.s. team, we've
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been everything possible to try to work with the russians to the degree that the russians are willing to cooperate to try and insure security for everyone. but we have to be realistic. it's wonderful and everybody wants to focus on the games and the excitement and the hopes and dreams of the athletes athletesd that's proper. but we don't want to be naive and say now the games have start, let's stop talking about security because again, the fundamentalists, they haven't been doing this for a couple of weeks. they've known these games are on the way. they've hated putin for years and years. they've been at this battle for a long, long time. it's not as if they decided to start planning something over the past couple of weeks. this has been a long time in the works. >> well, you're right. we can't let our guards down as far as security is concerned and the folks in charge of that, they'll do that. but we'll try to enjoy the games d cheer on team usa. what about that one, mike? >> thank you very much. >> nice to see you. thank you. >> thank you. >> remember that i love lucy episode?
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she's on the factory line of the chocolate factory and she's like going in and stuffing it down her blouse and stuff? i feel like it right here. >> do it. >> look at all this stuff. did you know that valentine is the patron saint of lovers? so we're going to tell you what you should be doing this coming friday. "consumer reports" is here forcing us, mind you, to sample some of the best chocolates out there, less than a week from cue bid's big day. look at this one right here. look at all the colors in this thing. ♪ ♪
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okay guys, i am your bud i and pal. don't forget this next friday is valentine's day and don't blow it and don't just do the flowers things. you have to do chocolate. >> very good advice.
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consumer reporter had the tough process of selecting the best one. she will be here to help us blow our diets. first of all, we talked on the break, everybody gets into this. it is huge business you pointed out. >> shy of a billion a year. >> it is huge. these are not cheap. you know, i brought the real deal. made with real butter and cream and intense chock lit and talking up to $50 a back. >> we tasted drug store chocolates and there is a difference from the best to the bottom rated. >> you will try to give that to kate. >> first of all, we did then gift box. including go diva and familiar ones and these are the top four. this is number four on the list.
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johnnie kera. and this is for people who love dark chocolate. it is little squares instead of the truffle type of things. our taste, tasters said they explode. it tastes like the mint was off of the tree and rasp berry tasted like it was off of the tree. it is incredible flavors. it is $79. >> it is 56 pieces. >> it is solid chocolate. >> they are all filled. >> all right. and next, is pretty boxes here. i love that. they are candits and it is a small chocolateer in california. >> i don't want to ruin but do they do it. >> i am waiting for this.
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she's smarter than i am. >> i am going to try one these. $49 for a box. it is 36 and those are for people who traditionalist. you have the milk and dark and white chocolate. they are all truffles and they were notable for hasslenut and liquo. >> i can't tell which one. it is a surprise. >> $49? >> $49. and it is beautiful. you just put it in a box. >> and these are the kristier elbow. they are the assortment of chocolates. isn't that beautiful. >> this is like something i would find in japan. >> i have to say these chocolate are hand crafted chocolates. that upped their price. and these are $42 and you get
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21. >> that is reasonable. >> you get less but yes. and they are noted for the really coined of wonderful and unusual flavor combination. like a caramel with manningo and chili pepper. >> that is 42 bucks. >> i would love to have this. >> we would zoon. >> drum roll number one. wood house is the top chocolate another california chocolateer and beat out all then of the others. actually people were dipping into this before i got here. >> look i spotted one. >> yes. >> they were noted for again some of the fillings have real whipped cream in them and our taste testers loved the flavor.
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>> it is fantastic. >>um. that is fantastic. >> you know, that is worth everything i can say about these. >> $90. >> it is $90 and there are 48 pieces to the box and you get two tiers. >> sue perry this is fantastic. >> that is delicious. thank you so much. >> and music fans, getting set to mark a culture icon. the beatles appearance in america. 73 million americans watched that appearance of the fab four and cataputting them to overnight fame. the group to this day holds the record to number one hits. and to me, i have to say. >> 177 million albums. >> to me it was like yesterday nine years old and watching our black and white tv set.
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me and my sister jana dancing along in the living room. my buddies and i bought $0.99 beatle wigs and had instruments out of the cardboard and put a performance for our cub scout. and this is the original photo. my wife dug it out. 50 years hence. >> i love. it >> i can't believe it. >> that's you. >> the kid sitting on the stool nine years old. and i didn't know which beatles i was. i took off the back of the frame and my mother's handwriting. she wrote down their name and i was john and the others are george anderson, judge george petty and george turfin and they are paul, george and ringo.
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>> we did a performance and made a profit of four bucks and split it four ways. >> stick around. harris faulkner is up next. i love that photo and i loved that your mom hand penned that. wow! this is incredible! i know. and now it has more clams! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. what? [ male announcer ] it fills you up right. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. what? to manage your money.r guy arnd 2 percent that's not much, you think except it's 2 peent every year. go to e*trade and find out how much our advice and guidance costs. spoiler alert. it's low. it's guidance on your terms not ours. e*trade. less for us, more for you.
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