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some stories making news this morning. police involving a custody dispute. a 3-year-old boy died after his father threw him off the roof of a high-rise apartment building. the dad then jumped to his own death. in russia, a member of an

all-female punk rock band left jail. she received a controversial prison sentence for protesting inside a church against president putin. in a rare move they were granted early release last week from mr. putin himself. a british airways 747 jet was on his way from south africa to london, but as you can see, the wing of a jumbo jet ran into a building before takeoff. 182 passengers were on board. they all got off safely. check this out. video from oklahoma. shoppers at one mall got quite the surprise over the weekend. falling ice. some pieces were as long as five feet. no reports of any injuries, luckily. beyonce stopped by a massachusetts walmart friday after she did holiday shopping herself. she got on the store's loud speakers and said the first $50 of every shopper's holiday gifts were on her. that's a santa's helper.

let's get you the first look at business today. for that we turn to jackie. good morning. >> good morning. more fallout from massive data breach at target. estimating customer transactions fell 3% to 4% versus the final weekend before christmas last year. target offered 10% discount to all customers in an effort to limit damage. analytics firm saying despite heavy promotions sales likely fell by mid-single digits at brick and mortar stores, does not include online sales, which have been strong. drivers getting a stocking stuffer. that's cheaper gas. the latest industry survey finding the national average for regular unleaded dropped two cents. we're now at $3.26 a gallon. >> hit the road for the holidays. scramble politics is just ahead. including better late than

never. new york city mayor michael bloomberg brings his farewell tour to snl. are you ready grandma? just a second, sweetie.

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still interested in the white house. he now says there's a 50/50 chance he'll make a run for president in 2016 but he'll jump into a crowded gop field. david vitter said bobby jindal is laying groundwork for himself. it took 12 years, but new york mayor michael bloomberg finally made his weekend update debut on "saturday night live" and just a week before he leaves office. >> what's next for you, mayor bloomberg? >> i'll be fulfilling a life-long dream of enjoying a soda on a nonsmoking beach. >> you don't have another job lined up? >> i applied to teach spanish at a few universities but i've been told my accent isn't quite

bueno. >> de blasio made headlines himself. more politicians are getting into the "duck dynasty" debate. they are offering to connect the family to new producers this they're dropped by a&e. that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics". joining me is washington post reporter david macnemore. senator joe mancian is saying, there could be a delay to the individual mandate. >> what's concerning to democrats and others who are up for re-election next year, if this program does not get enough enrollees, younger, healthier

enrollees, to offset those who might need more premiums over time, it could collapse. could be higher premiums for everybody and that could be a problem for those looking for more affordable health care that the obama administration promised. the obama administration is holding off. they don't want to put on any more delays. they're saying what you'll see is over time whether a lot of those meet the deadlines or march 31st deadline. they saw that in mitt romney's plan. >> let's shift gears. speaking of president obama. he signaled he may halt nsa's collection of american phone records and require phone companies to hold the data. does this suggest he's changing views? >> he's going to take some recommendations and put them into practice. the white house says on his

vacation in hawaii right now, he's considering this, looking through this report carefully with his advisers. he'll give a public speech to the country early next year, as soon as he gets back from vacation to talk about this. the administration, even while adopting some recommendations, they are also standing by a lot of surveillance techniques saying they believe they're keeping the country safer. they'll try to strike a balance. whether they go far enough for liberals, saying they need to roll some program back. even foreign leaders, i don't know. there may still be convincing to do even after he makes these public remarks. >> lastly, because i know you have inside knowledge, any idea what president obama wants for christmas? >> we don't know. a couple years ago he got delayed by congress he went on a public shopping spree. he we don't know what he wants. he probably wants people to sign up for health care, number one. as far as his own personal gifts, that's nothing he revealed to us. >> higher approval ratings?

>> maybe immigration reform. a few other things. >> i imagine. thank you. appreciate your insight. coming up, richard will be back for "first buzz" and we'll tell you what caught our eyes including a military couple separated by thousands of miles on this holiday. they are together in spirit. we'll tell you all about it. b, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. you need a bunch of those to clean this mess. then i'll use a bunch of them. then how is that a bargain? [ sighs ] no, that's too many -- it's not gonna fit! whoa! cascade kitchen and math counselor. here's a solution. one pac of cascade complete cleans tough food better than six pacs of the bargain brand combined. so you can tackle tough messes the first time. that is more like it. how are you with taxes? [ laughs ] [ counselor ] and for even more cleaning power, try cascade platinum.

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♪ roll out roll out roll out ♪ ♪ bring it on down >> love that skit. time to roll out with our first buzz. richard is here joining me for that. that's so great. >> they are hilarious. >> we have this holiday card, christmas card we want to show you. her husband is deployed in afghanistan and she is in westchester, new york. somehow they were able to recreate this. >> wow. right down the middle. >> seems seamless. >> this is christina purdue, her husband is sergeant daniel purdue, deployed in afghanistan. she wanted to show the world, hey, we may be separated by distance but our love -- >> and the weather a little different. >> would you say? >> snow on the right, no snow on the left. >> speaking of holidays, someone

is out and about looking for handouts. >> senator al franken, minnesota, out for re-election in 2014 so he decided to pen a poem to say, hey, can you please give me money? here's part of it. it's on his facebook page. twas the week before christmas and all through the state attention was focused on one single date, our fund-raising goal that we've set with such care? i dropped by his office, talking about campaign headquarters, i dropped in to check on that chatter but seeing his face i said, matt, what's the matter? he said rove and kochs could go on the attack and the funds to follow. i'm going to stop right there. bet y you're going to the chapel. >> yeah. >> you're going to get married. >> he did such a great thing. my boyfriend -- he's not my boyfriend.

he's my fiancee. >> congratulations. >> yes. i'm still on cloud nine from it all. >> you went to an island. >> we went to a tropical island. he got down on bended knee. it was lovely. all right. enough about me. >> that's buzz for you right there. >> "way too early" starts right now. >> congrats. this week we learned you can judge a book by its cover. a large number of conservatives on thursday criticized a&e for suspending phil robertson for anti-gay comments, or collectively known as "dork dynasty." ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪ good morning, december 23rd. welcome. the second annual special "way too early" christmas

extravaganza. >> did we did this last year? >> we did. you sort of weren't there and then you ended up showing up. you seemed to like it in the long run. you were grumpy at first. >> it's pretty early to let people into our studio. >> it's christmas, joe. have you to. >> we got people just showing up. >> that's okay. >> we've got everyone running around. >> everyone's in they're jammies and it's christmas. are you excited? what's santa going to bring you? >> a bag of rocks. do i look excited about christmas? what's your favorite christmas memory. growing up for me was pretty rough. we didn't celebrate christmas for like five, six years. a big battle over -- >> i guess aside from celebrating with you, of course -- >> appreciate the sarcasm. >> -- we love having the family together and bringing everybody into the house. even our animals, our