this is christmastime. alex is going to l.a. you'll have a great time.year's and we'll celebrate christmas then, o.k.? and you'll get together with vincent. promise? mr. wang got an important offer that could seriously improve his family's business-- to go to taiwan. this is the letter we've been waiting for. the letter? yes, from the company in taiwan. mr. wang: it's a definite offer. mrs. wang: they want you? mr. wang: they want me to work for them. mrs. wang: in taiwan? mr. wang: yes. vincent is really bothered by that because that would mean losing everything he knows. i think they should explain to him the situation and what is about to come and all that because kids... they build up a lot of things, imagine a lot of things what's going to happen. they don't know exactly what is to expect and things like that. mrs. wang: this is our home now. mr. wang: we will adjust. ramón delivers alex's present to rebecca. i just dropped by to give you this. it's a christmas present from alex. oh... alex is so sweet. he's a great kid. so he invites her to spend c

>> that and christmastime. >> it's a little cliche. no offense to the guys.til tomorrow. >> put the ring back in your pocket. >> be original. >> good morning everyone. we'll leave it at that. we're looking at light snow. saw that pittsburgh is reporting light snow this morning. areas in pennsylvania have a little coating. we're also showing up snow north of d.c. and north of baltimore. some of that may be hitting the ground. some may not. a lot of it is evaporating the air is so dry. keep an eye on roads in maryland or pennsylvania if you're heading out this morning. forecastwise, another mild day. it will be temperatures soaring into the 40s in most areas. whatever snowflakes you get, light rain later today. temperatures in pittsburgh will get up to 39. even boston at 43. so much for the cold air. it's gone. as far as the rest of valentine's day. light rain in the deep south. middle of the country, you look fine today. no problems at all. a little bit of light rain in arizona. tomorrow we watch that storm moving into the middle of the country. but more rain.

i've got a guy that lost 5,000 bucks at christmastime. did you call anyone? $1.2 billion divided by 5,000, that's a lot of people. did you call one of them? >> i have not, sir. >> deeply sorry, though, deeply sorry? >> and found by -- >> have you suggested that maybe you ought to give your pay back and put it in a scholarship fund that is not going to go to college, a hog farmer trying to raise pigs. my dad raised pigs. you guys $1.2 billion and you're hiding around on the definition of whether it's legal, whether it's ethical or unethical? i don't think shame reaches wall street but if it did, maybe you should be looking at how much you're paid and what you're paid for. thank you. >> thank you, gentleman. and now mr. conseco from texas. >> okay. mr. stockman, one very brief question. >> sir, can i -- i apologize for interrupting. i wanted to just make sure that it was understood that moody's meeting i did attend. if there was any confusion on that. i'm not sure there was, but i just wanted to confirm. >> thank you. >> that's all right. let me ask a question

from a small town named cecilia, louisiana, probably the only time you see a red light there is christmastime. >> in the 1983 nfl draft, he was picked by the st. louis cardinals and later played for the houston oilers. >> i played with the great warren moon, some of the great players. played for the man in black, jerry glanville. >> number 44 for the washington red skins. this right here is herschel walker, 1981. i can name you a few guys, famous guys, that got a skew of the scars on me. >> ramsey's football career ended when a neck injury forced him to retire. >> from there it's like i guess downhill. got convicted in '91. got out, stayed out about a year, and here i go again. i chose drugs socially trying it out with the crowd, you know. ended up hooked. i feel like i let a lot of people down. i'm just trying to do what i can do right now to try to, you know, regain some of that swagger back. you know, i'm getting kind of old, but i still have faith that one day i could, you know, get back out and maybe contribute something to society. everybody knows prison is not a nice place. football he

and christmastime is even more, sometimes doubles because of the volume for gifts and stuff. >> reporter: now, you can go retro. burgers is making limited edition strawberry, rum, and lemon cookies. the parent family has theirs. >> oh, i'm just excited to see them. because my dad used to bring them home from the market when i was little. and our kids had never seen anything but the chocolate. >> yeah. that's extra chocolate, right? >> yeah. >> what do you do with that? >> you can have it. >> really? >> yeah. >> oh, right. >> now you're talking. thank you very much. >> all right. you like that, huh? >> oh, do i. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: the cakes are works of art. two dozen employees make it all happen. bringing big smiles to cookie lovers. the recipe has been the same since 1835. all of that chocolate, sitting on a vanilla wafer. >> we don't skimp on the chocolate. you find one that doesn't have quite as much chocolate. and somebody is making your cookie. >> reporter: ron matz, wjz eyewitness news. >> the limited edition cookies can be purchased only online or ordered by phone. they'll be

. >> jimmy: or at christmastime. >> no.ird because we traveled together on the holidays. i got you a zombie from skymall for christmas. and he said, that would be hilarious. and it came and it's in different pieces. a head and two arms. and it kind of comes out of the ground like that. i dug up my yard and i put a bucket of dirt. and i walked to your house with two friends. i never do it alone. i have a pack. >> jimmy: you have accomplices. >> and i have a code to your house. >> jimmy: i don't know why i don't change that. >> at christmas, he was like, that's not the right code. he changed it. >> jimmy: i don't think clearly, is the problem. >> you have a glass door at the front of your house. >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> and your housekeeper was in there. and she saw us walking up. and i gave her a nice wave. and she waved and slowly stepped back from the door, as i'm punching in the code, not remembering. and she's thinking, these people are here to kill me. i'm jimmy's friend. and in the box were body parts, hanging out of a box

that happened so fast, that to do that, and right before christmastime, it's a huge adjustment.ad, not angry. >> jimmy: were you upset? were you angry with the lakers? i was angry with the lakers. >> it's not the lakers. it's a business at the same time. it's hard to say to a person, baby, it's not you. it's a business deal. i didn't want to say, you're right. make him more sad. i said, everything happens for a reason. dallas just won a championship. it's going to be amazing. so, i was very uplifting. >> jimmy: that's a very mature way to do it. i would be throwing -- at least toilet paper the place. >> the lakers were amazing to us. even when we came back, when the mavs played the lakers, he got a standing ovation. >> jimmy: the fans. >> the fans were phenomenal. >> jimmy: you handle these things pretty well. you told your sister, kim, not to carry kris humphries, true? >> i gave my opinion. >> jimmy: your opinion -- >> which everyone saw in the wedding section. >> jimmy: she did not listen to you. >> i mean, we're sisters. with me, i'm very honest. so, i'll tell you how i feel

little more diligent about watching out for mental health issues and that kind of thing around christmastimeuse they do -- it's depressing. >> i really like christmas, but if i stop long enough and i think about it, i'll get teary-eyed. but it will pass. january 1st, it will be all over with. >> there is no place in angola where the spirit of christmas is stronger than at the toy shop. the toys are distributed to needy children throughout louisiana. >> what we're going to make for you now is a little car. >> it's basically an all-year process. the only time we stop is when we run out of wood. >> it's the best job in the prison. you're doing something you want to do, and you're doing something to help children. it's a lot of fun. this is the time of year you enjoy being in the toy shop. when i was small, i didn't -- very seldom did i have any toys. although i'm in prison, i'm still a human being and i love christmas and i love children. it makes us all feel good. >> when you mount these on here, that's your axles, for your --úp ÷h6% okay? now you've got a little car.iÑ >> while hard work and

. >> and christmastime it sometimes doubles because of the volume for gifts and stuff. >> reporter: now, you can go retro. bergeres is making limited edition strawberry, rum and lemon cookies. the perry family has theirs. >> i'm just excited to see them because my dad used to bring them hoamg from the market -- home from the market when i was little. and my kids have never seen anything but the chocolate. >> yeah. that's extra chocolate, right? >> yeah. >> what are you going to do with that? >> you can have it. >> really? now you're talking. thank you very much. >> you like that, huh? >> do i. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: the cakes are work of of art. the employees make it all happen. the recipe has been the same since 1835. all that chocolate, sitting on a vanilla wafer. >> we don't skimp on the chocolate. you find one that doesn't have quite as much quhokalate, and -- chocolate, and somebody is making your cookie. >> that's very cool. the limited edition cookies can only be purchased online or ordered by phone. they will be available for just a few more days. >> ron was going to be here to

it was christmastime. and i wrote about this in the book. and we had been isolated there. we'd been -- my platoon was left to guard what was left of an artillery battery and we were the infantry trying to keep the nva away. and no one could get to us because monsoons, they were just shrouded in fog and we couldn't get any resupply. we could hear a chopper way down below. we were probably about 6,000 feet. it gets up to the hill. it had flat headed right up to the treetops to get underneath the fog and out steps the battalion chaplain and i thought, wow, this is amazing. and he comes up and he was just cheery and wonderful and he handed me a bottle of southern comfort and told me a couple of dirty jokes. i'm a 23-year-old lieutenant, you know, i've been fighting and dealing with death and i got this? you know, he's so typical of our culture. it's like he himself was trying to deny what i really needed which was a little spiritual guidance as did the kids who were on the hill with me. but even our own chaplain, you know, it's that sort of thing if someone is dying in the roo

her to be remembered for all the wonderful things she did, for when she came to newark during christmastime the family celebrations. the friend telling me that the real whitney houston was not necessarily the whitney houston that you saw out in public. the real whitney houston was the woman you saw in church on sundays just singing her heart out, part of a large, loving and welcoming community, and that's really the message that they're trying to send, ashleigh. >> obviously, family as well as friends trying to sort of harness that issue of her legacy. and to that end, actually, deb, last night our colleague, piers morgan, had kelly price and chaka khan on his program, two of her terrific friends, and they both spoke about the condition that whitney houston was in, and they had differing opinions about that. let's listen to it and i'll get your thoughts afterwards. >> as one of her close friends, how do you feel about what was being allowed to happen to her? >> okay, i have strong feelings about that. i, too, was an addict. i know. if i were on a set of a movie, even now -- i've recovered f

gum we adjust the numbers to remove normal recurring seasonal variation from things like winter, christmastime hiring. >> now, the overall unemployment rate has fallen. are all demographic groups facing lower unemployment rates, and in particular how are african-americans, teenagers doing, hispanic teenagers and african-american and hispanic adults? >> well, i have easily accessible the overall african-american unemployment rate. it dropped to point to month down to 1326%. >> is that significant? >> that is significant. what do you attribute that to? t. have any idea from what you can see? >> well, again, the numbers add up to african-americans leading unemployment and finding jobs. >> okay. what about hispanics? >> hispanic rate was 10.% in january, down about half a point, not a significant difference. >> now, one of the most persistent challenges since 2007, economic collapse is the issue of long-term unemployment but as i mentioned in my opening remarks more than 40% of the people who are unemployed have been jobless for six months or more and 7% of the long-term unemployed have been out o

. >> and would you say that come christmastime, the ten-year will be closer to 2.5% or 3% or closer toe bouncing up to 2.5. i think the fed's been pretty powerful. what they've told success going to lock down the structure of rates for a while so there will be lots of noise following but it isn't going to change that much where the fed's at. >> historically the change of interest rates, what one was getting for that fixed income was a determinant of how much money. it sounds as though you would agree given the last decade that doesn't, that's not going to change. the institutions that you speak about, the allocations of fixed income, they're not going to change based on where interest rates are. >> they could change a little with the margin but big insurance companies, big pension funds will have to buy a fair amount of fixed income. >> everybody stay right there. we'll go to a commercial break and continue our conversation with our trio of squawk masters in a few minutes' time. >>> also still ahead the latest employment data, weekly jobless claims at 8:30 a.m. eastern. "squawk box" is