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the only reason we can sustain that is because the united states dollar is the reserved currency in the world and that goes along with being the number one economy in the world which we have been. we are going to lose it soon. >> host: china? they are a mess, too. >> guest: but they are growing at 67%. how much are we growing? they will pass us up but i don't believe they will be the same force. look at their banking system. >> host: there is a lot of problems they will face. >> guest: russia is talking about it and other nations are talking about creating a basket currency so instead of the u.s. dollar being the bases it will be a hodgepodge. it will rob us or deplete us from the ability to print money. what happens when you can't print money and you have the debt we have? stop and think about that. >> host: let me ask you about race. you talk about political correctness and i look at the last 30 years and think when i grew up in the '70s we had more discussions about race. where we are afraid to have conversations now. something happens and attacked the president and we sigh say we ar

despite the fact that the ruble is at a persistent, precipitous decline versus the united states dollar what vladmir putin is doing here reaching for the most convenient explanation he can. blame the united states for the decline and difficulty in your economist the fact is we have been ink making a lot of noise about sanctions and sanctions are doing in the russian economy. he is explaining it away in terms that he thinks will work with the population and there is evidence that it perhaps is working. liz: perhaps chipping away or nibbling at the side might be electric cars. people are not using as much oil. guess what? chinese electric carmaker byd really got hit. the shares plunged 47% today. is this a sign tesla is hurting company backed by omaha oracle himself? that would be warren buffett. bob, let me get to you. byd is company. they make batteries and cell phone parts and they make hundred and thousands of battery powered cars. there were rumors whether the own other founder was arrested. the company came out said it is absolutely not true but maybe test are is chipping into this?

especially if they are rising for the right reasons because the economy is booming here in the united states. the dollarising dollar is a head wind. unfortunately, that trade doesn't seem to be going away. for that reason we are sensitive 250 which countries will do better in a rising dollar environment. korea, the country that tends to perform very well. you have to know which countries will be winners and losers. >> what is your outlook on brazil? >> brazil fundamentally is not there yet. i don't think valuation is cheap enough to get me to buy into brazil. >> good to talk to you again. >> coming up, your final trades for the week. we are back after this short break. honey, we need to talk about robot butler. look, i love the way he controls the lights and unlocks the door when i forget my keys... it's just that... i feel like he's always watching us. yes, that is why we should use wink. ...look, it can monitor and manage our house but it won't start to develop human emotions. hey buddy. control your entire home with one simple app introducing wink it's like a robot butler, but not as awkward. ...the

something about that, the today is the best opportunity to do that in the streets of the united states. our tax dollarse guns, paying for the troops, and we providing political protection to the government that is overseeing all of this, which is the governor -- government of enrique peÑa nieto . whatve to stop that aid or we call plan mexico. it is the entire country that is working with more than $2.4 billion that we've been giving to create more tragedy in stories like this. we want to send a message to the people of mexico, you are not alone, and to the government, your darkness is done. we're going to start taking out your aid package that is destroying lives like these. >> roberto, most americans are under pressure -- under impression this moneys when a fight drug trafficking. could you talk about that? >> you look at the reporting on mexico. we just waking up to the fact that racism is immigration reform and the criminalization of mexico, the crisis come has led to a dehumanization that has allowed 100,000 people to die in mexico without arguing a whole lot. it is the dehumanization you need in

didn't need the united states congress serving your hard earned dollars and handing out to promote casinos. another example, the overseas private investment corp. reauthorize in this bill. most people haven't heard of it. over the past few years opec has approved a $20 million loan to help luxury-car is being built in eastern europe. coincidentally the man who owns the company is aid donor to president obama and vice president joe biden. opec also backed hundreds of millions of dollars for solar farms in south africa. also helped finance the of ritz-carlton in istanbul. it back $150 million in insurance for citibank to open branches in pakistan, jordan and egypt. how is it that one of the largest banks in the world's can't get its own insurance. why should taxpayers take on that risk? they shouldn't. also spread throughout this bill are all kinds of provisions mandating what kind of vehicles the u.s. government may buy for use, how much the car can way, how it must be powered, where the corporation is based and put together, to give u.s. corporations that produce expensive electric cars an

rapidlyure passed through congress following an investigation that found the united states has spent billions of dollars on benefits for suspected nazis and the payments continued under a legal loophole through which nazis were persuaded to leave the united states in return for keeping benefits. obama administration has confirmed that will veto a u.n. resolution to end the occupation of pakistan -- of palestinian territories by 2017. >> we have seen the draft. it is not something we would support, and we think others feel the same and are calling for further consultation. palestinians understand that. you might've seen president abbas speak to this earlier today. they said they support consultations and are not pushing for a vote on this now. >> oil giant chevron has halted plans to drill for oil in the arctic. they said they would suspend oil exploration indefinitely citing uncertainty. greenpeace says the move is a further proof that the technical challenges of drilling in icy waters where is still is all but bevitable pushes costs to too high in with volatile oil prices. the newmont mining corporatio

china beat out the united states by 200 billion dollars. u.s. had been the world biggest economic power since grant was president. >> group of international scientist believe it discovered the earliest known piece of ar art. team from the university netherlands release ancient taking a shark tooth and carved a pattern on to the shell. the shell was original nationally found on the island of indonesian believed to be 5 40,000 years old. that is at a time when scientist didn't think this was creative. >> the when user swipes his or her smart phone to the right it's indicating that the user is i wanted right. well so java programmer james built a robot that endlessly swipes right. no word on whether he's had any success. a for effort. >> birth scel for men. new technology developed right here in the bay area. >> tonight we show you how it in the bay area. >> tona remote that livesw it on your phone. more wi-fi in more places. a movie library you can take wherever you go. internet speeds that have gotten faster 13 times in 12 years. the innovators a

dollar index. manufacturing data in the united states. that is expected to be rising to 55 up from 54 .7. dollar, it depends what you believe. mitsubishi would say there are cheaper energy prices and a stronger economy. a stronger dollar. seven year highs on dollar yen. they said, pick a number. any number. 120. 125. all possible. the swiss voters went to the polls. we have the euro rising. the voters rejected the goal for the swiss national bank to hold 20% of their assets in gold. newsmight be good temporarily for the swiss national bank in terms of their ability to defend the floor they set. they didn't want the swiss franc 120 two theond euro. they would take further measures immediately if required. -- beyond one who zero -- beyond 120 to the euro. >> vodafone is exploring a combination with liberty global, predictions. a wave would create a phone, butrnet, and tv giant, there are no formal negotiations underway according to people familiar with the matter. there have been violent clashes between police and pro-democracy protesters in hong kong. police use batons, pepper spray, and wa

dollars on the war on terror. was really the only u.s. official that really try to investigate what happened to all of the money that the united states sento iraq. there are different estimates. over $11 billion of the roughly $20 billion in iraqi money that the united states sent back to iraq was unaccounted for. and what stuart bolan's investigators found was that nearly $2 billion in cash, in hundred dollar bills, was stolen after it was flown from anders base to force >> tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." we talk with ann compton who recently retired after more than 40 years as white house correspondent for abc news. next, project runway cohost tim gunn hosts a panel of fashion experts to discuss first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived as well as their individual personalities. joining the panel is the curator of

state department, homeland security. i i could call their names, but we we will be looking at a trillion dollar expenditure, which is the discretionary funding of the united states of america. 550 billion of that is in defense. department of defense only. the remaining amount is an domestic agencies which is considered also the state department. we need to pass this bill tonight so that we can show that there is no government shutdown. the funding for the government of the united states of america expires at midnight. we want to be sure that there is no government shutdown. we also don't want to be on a continuing resolution. a continuing resolution simply says, take what you have done in 2014 and 2014 and put it on autopilot. if we pass the continuing appropriations, appropriations, which we hope we do government will be able to show we exercise thought and set national priorities. i would hope that today we we will be able to do our job. the house the house passed the bill on thursday night by a vote of 219 2206. we now we now take up that bill. it is remarkable in today's era of slam down politics that we working on this committee have been able to set

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partly due to increased supply from the united states and decreased demand for the strong u.s. dollar. the oil measuring the markets. they were pretty jittery this week. the dow and s&p with the worst performance on wednesday since mid october. falling more than 1.5%. the nasdaq had the first two-day losing streak since october. stocks kept falling later in the week. consumers spent a lot of time shopping in november. retail sales came in stronger than expected up 0.7%. as always a closely watched number because consumers make up two thirds of the economy. if you have an old apple computer sitting in your attic or the basement, you may want to take a closer look. a 1976 apple one that actually still works sold for $365,000 at christie's this week. lower oil prices are good news for the stock market and economy except when they are not. don't rule out santa claus. maybe a rally the end of the year. joining us right now is tom lee is the funder of fund extra lobe advisers and leigh gallagher from "fortune" magazine. we thank you both for being here. it has been scary watching what happe

general bob scales lou: the united states has put a 5 million-dollar bounty out for the recapture of a radical islamist terrorist that it freed from the us detention center in guantanamo bay six years ago. abram is now a senior leader in the arabian peninsula in yemen. he was part of a saudi rehabilitation program for violent terrorists that was endorsed by george w. bush and continues under president barack obama. joining us now, retired major general, robert scales. fox news military analyst. and, bob, great to have you here. >> good to see you, lou. lou: this is, to me, appalling that we're in this situation. apparently the administration is embarrassed in no way by the ver -- among the terrorists it's freeing. >> the administration says there's only a 10% visit activism rate. that's not true. it's 28 or 29%. they cook the books on that. there's 117 of the original -- 170 of the original 700 left. these are the worst of the worst. these are detainees that are so bad that not only will there -- will their home states want take them back, but no other government in the world will al

back then was as a result of the fact so many countries and companies outside the united states had borrowed and dollarso take advantage of lower interest rates. with the dollar started to appreciate, it became much harder to those countries and those companies to pay back and to service those debts. we got into a downward spiral. think wextent do you are exposed to the dynamic today and if we are, are there specific countries that you would be more concerned about? >> and people have started to get by the situation today act of the 1990's when the financial crisis spread to russia and other countries. i think there are some similarities because many companies, many banks, even governments in some emerging markets have borrowed a lot in foreign currency and now their currency is weakening. therefore, the ballots she reflects the real -- balance sheet reflects that. first, most countries have flexible exchange rates. secondly, there are less currency mismatches. there is less -- third of all, a war chest of reserves they can use as a buffer. more liquid, so in some cases like in russia and some emerging

the united states created new opportunity in energy keeping billions of dollars in our own country andwill destroy some of the other producers and dominance they have had on us. david: curt, thank you very much. halliburton down 50% from its high this year. maybe it is time. liz: great to have you all. "the willis report" is next. >> hello, everyone, i'm gerri willis. we begin tonight with new warnings of how airlines are looking to nickel and dime you even more. according to analysts, airlines are considering charging passengers more in fees during peak demand periods like the christmas holiday coming up. joining us with more on this seth kaplan, managing partner of airline weekly. welcome to the show. seth, great to have you here. we're already hearing spirit airlines is raising bag fees between september 18th and january 5th. will we see a whole lot more of this from other airlines as well? >> well, spirit tends to be more aggressive than most. the other airlines watch

united states. it now tops a trillion dollars.epartment of education's most recent numbers show about 10% of student loan debt was 90 days delinquent or in default. that's the worst default rate for all household debt. defaulting on student loans can devastate is future borrowers access to credit and harm their job prospects. patricia sabga caught up with one woman who is people. >> reporter: this 34-year-old, working the room at her alumni luncheon. >> any of you have student debt? >> she just graduated with $26,000 in student loans, a bill she didn't fully anticipate when she originally took them out. >> i didn't really understand that while i was take classes that i was being charged interest on loans; that the loans were due basically out. >> reporter: nor did she know how defaulting could destroy her future plans to study law. >> if you default on student loans and you are trying to go to graduate school, that could anymore. >> reporter: the changers of defaulting are poorly understanding, a recent survey found only 28% of re

look at the corporate business tax rate, 39.6%, that is why trillion of dollars of capital are not in the united states of america. you are defeating the whole system of free market free enterprise economy which is a fundamental basis of who we are in america. .. >> i think that you will agree with that because the lieutenant that i saw failed as young officers, the ones who came in and thought that i thought i'm going to be a general tomorrow. and they were not successful. as a matter of fact when they kept hosing over their troops, the troops always found a way to set you up. so okay. what you want to do is come in and say that i am here to serve. as i told my unit in my battalion in iraq, the most expendable person in our entire battalion is me. because my believe is a you can go out and get another battalion commander. but i can't go out and get another soldier. when that is your mentality and when they see that as your mentality and when you understand that that is the model that jesus gave us. he came to serve and not to be served. that is why i say the bible is greatest leadership manual that th

united states. more costly than heart disease in a country where for one dollar and $.29 you can get a ofk only of -- taco made doritos. while death from other causes continues to decline, death from alzheimer's has increased. over 5 million americans have alzheimer's. here is toeason i'm simply show people that they are not alone. so few people share personal stories. so few people have something to relate to. i know that if me and my wife saw someone like me talking about this, it would make us feel a little less alone. americans whisper the word alzheimer's because the government whispers the word alzheimer's, and although a whisper is better than silence that the alzheimer's has face for decades, it is not enough. it needs to be yelled in the streets, to the point where it the attention and funding it deserves and needs. i dream of a day when my charity is no longer necessary, and i can go back to being the lazy, self-involved manchild i was meant to be. people look for the government for help. i ask when it comes to alzheimer's, you continue to take more steps. i would like to thank the committ

united states and financial stability. they do not care about the rest of the world, but the rest the world cares about the united states. if other countries are weak, the strength of the dollar imply weakening of the u.s. are someso there assets the united states. not directly. the fed will not have to worry about the impacts of tightening on emerging markets are europe, but certainly in a world in which there is additional on a terry easing from asia, starting with japan and the rest of asia, starting in europe with ecb, deutsche bank, the speeds, you name it, then all of the is going toing imply strengthening further of the dollar and at some point, the stronger dollar implies lower growth in the united rates and lower inflation and that is a challenge for the fed. and the fed said if world inflation were to survive on the downside, they would move more slowly the policy tightening. >> they talk about this around and around. what is really going to happen and when? >> i think it will be either june or the beginning of the third quarter. is the market expecting -- >> i think the market is expecting, depending and who you talk to. july or september, maybe later than that. ju

analysts say investors are buying the dollar because they think a drop in crude oil prices will boost economic recovery in the united states. and they say traders are selling the yen because of a growing divergence between monetary policies in the u.s. and japan. but it's not just the dollar that investors are buying ch they want to swap their yen for other kournsys, too, time to hand things over to our business desk. >> investors just don't want to hold on to their yen, so we're seeing it weaker against the euro, the sterling, the one. in the last two years, the yen has lost 31% against the euro, 36% against the british pound, 35% against the south korean one. so, you might wonder what happened two years ago. prime minister abe returned to office in late 2012 and implements policies that worked to weaken the yen, so, overnight, the dollar yen was at 120 last month, 110 in february, two years ago, 80s. let's look at what's been going on. >> reporter: the dollar was last trading at this level in 2007 before the global financial crisis hit. the down turn prompted traders to buy yen. they saw it as a safer investment. but the

united states. how else do you explain the sending of dollars to cuba, all of these dramatic changes? and all cubas to the do is release 53 political prisoners, who, by the way, will be back in jail again if they continue. did they agree to freedom of press? no. did they agree to free and unfedered access to the internet? no. did they agree to freedom of assembly? no. so, that's why i said this president has to be the worst negaucheiator in the world. >> that's a powerful statement. we 3rd announcement from form governor jeb bush yesterday. i know you had a close relationship with him. does this in any way impact your decision potentially to run for president and how does that impact your decision? >> i think he will be a formidable candidate but if you think the best way to achieve your agenda is by being president obama, you do that regardless of who's on the ballot. i will have a decision one way or another soon. i have my own process as does everybody else and if i decide the best way to restore the american dream is to become president of the united states, that's what i will do.

>> everybody thinks there will be the votes in the united states senate to pass this trillion-dollarvernment funding bill. the question is the timing. senate majority leader harry reid wants an agreement to presidential nominees through before the senate leaves for christmas recess. let's take a live look at the senate floor where they are talking about where they are for or against this massive government spending bill that passed the house the entire congress has passed the temporary extension to fund the government through tomorrow about a government shutdown. the question is timing of when they do these votes. a the love folks are the senate will pass this government funding extension. some interesting politics, it comes to government funding extension. elizat warren, the massachusetts democrat, david vitter, the louisiana5ug republican. their concern is the todd frank banking regulation being weakened by this deal. warren has suggested it could lead to more government bailouts of the banks, so she is fighting it but at this point it doesn't look like it will get a vote. bottom

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dollars. does europe -- compare and contrast the united states and europe in terms of the impact the lower oilrices will have. the u.s. gets 80% of the benefit, europe gets 40% of the benefit. >> the other layer we introduced is the district between economies and companies. the u.s. margins are remarkably high. u.s. companies are very shareholder-focused. european labor laws remain really difficult. quite harder for the european companies to drive the same margins per euro of revenue. in that environment, i do think that u.s. companies that are able to maintain margins or grow margins, much better placed in terms of the system benefiting the way they want to operate. my challenge is that when wage costs he can to accelerate in , then margins in the u.s. are going to be really at risk. a number of companies are going to look very overpriced. story, if youil are talking to a client, five stocks, what would they be? >> one of the retailers. the discount retailers. i would go for a discounter. i would go for home depot in the states. i would go for siemens. i would probably go for one of the banks

there is no debating the hundreds of millions of dollars it cost the united states, so who got that money? and what were they paid for? answers are just 90 seconds away. >> consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the growing controversy. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> the bombshell report in the c.i.a.'s torture method tuesday is giving the public a disturbing look of how the agency carried out its interrogation program after 9/11. the c.i.a. and it's defenders disagree. that aside there is into debate that the program cost the u.s. government hundreds of millions of dollars at a minimum. last night we gave you some of the facts and figures. tonight we have reports on where some of the c.i.a. money went, and why. >> it was a c.i.a. wish list that cost hundreds of millions of dollars. reading through the report many amounts are blacked out, but it's clear money flowed freely. one field agent remarks that his office had more money than they could possibly spend. much of the money we

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there is no debating the hundreds of millions of dollars it cost the united states, so who got that money? and what were they paid for? answers are just 90 seconds away. >> beyond the verdict and on the streets >> there's been another teenager shot and killed by the police >> a fault lines special investigation >> there's a general distrust of this prosecutor >> courageous and in depth... >> it's a target you can't get rid of... >> the untold story... >> who do you protect? >> ...of what's really going on in ferguson >> they were so angry because it could have been them >> fault lines, ferguson: race and justice in the u.s. one hour special only on al jazeera america >> the bombshell report in the c.i.a.'s torture method tuesday is giving the public a disturbing look of how the agency carried out its interrogation program after 9/11. the c.i.a. and it's defenders disagree. that aside there is into debate that the program cost the u.s. government hundreds of millions of dollars at a minimum. last night we gave you some of the facts and figures. tonight we have reports on where some of the

dollars in restructuring charges and the loss of several thousand jobs. opec forecasting falling demand. prices should stay low in the immediate future. there are also winners. >> in the united statesit is declining. not so much in europe. >> be department of energy says if the projections hold, gas prices will fall by 23%, to to dollar $.60 a gallon, saving $550 every year for every household. it is also help boost businesses such as airlines. shares in american airlines were up 3%. u.s. airline stocks are up 74% since the start of the year. officials say this will translate into cheaper fares for passengers with ticket prices decreasing as much as 5%. >> we take a look at what is happening with oil prices today. below $65 a barrel. slightly improved today. a barrel of oil just above $65 a barrel. helping the ruvell to a new record against the dollar. on the stop market, banks took up less than half of the chea p loans from u.s. banks. investors are hoping for more from the ecb more stimulus. wiped awaynónóñóñóñóñóqm?ñyxq/p

dollar bail, and she failed to turn up for court in december. >> around fifteen thousand bounty hunters operate in the united states. bail bond companies hire them to track down criminal defendants who have skipped their court dates. we're with rob dick, one of america's most famous bounty hunters. this is his partner, roger adair. >> yeah it's right here, in that court, on the left side. >> hey. >> there's a suburban in the driveway. it's in the court. >> the house to the last one on the left side. >> they are hunting for a woman charged with drug possession. if they can't find her, the bondsman who bailed her out of jail will owe the local court twenty thousand dollars. >> if it is her, i'll just do something like "hey!" or, you know, hey. that's your key to come, that it's her. >> bounty hunters, and the bail bond companies they work for, are the core of a uniquely american industry: commercial bail. bail bond companies in the us earn over $2 billion dollars every year. >> they got three pit bulls inside. >> in all but four states, the companies are legally allowed to take almost any measure necessary to capture

starting with the 20-dollar bill and its larger and they put some colors and and they did other things because they wanted to make it harder to counterfeit. well, the united states government spent $33 million for new 20-dollar bill. and i was testifying in congress and criticizing because you can never tell american manufacturers want they are like. and i can assure you that we had this and i said there is nobody in my family who doesn't know how to spend $20. and so we led this petition. and i was a chairman of it and i still am from 2002 until 2014, hopefully this will be my last year. but it was the largest ever brought against the country in china. and i think it still is greeted and it absolutely splits out the industry intake because they said we can't do anything about this. but now they have a way that they can join us and we could make the government investigate because they already started importing this, especially china. or are they not going to do this. so then what are you going to tell them. the retailer became very upset. and we will boycott it and we still are in some regards. some of them have come back. but they refuse to buy products. becaus

dollars a barrel. it ended thursday above 70. the benchmark for the united states, very important to pay attention to as well. about 62.5 dollars. barclays had a note yesterday saying if it went below 63.70, all bets were off the table. we will see what goes on. >> we will put to him some of the latest positioning around the oil price, and he can tell us where oil prices are going. thank you very much. >> you can join us on twitter. join the conversation. am @manuscranny. >> i have been tweeting about china. manus has been tweeting his big interview. the show started with a flourish, a very good interview. some nice pictures of you in a glamorous environment. tieless manus cranny. >> my producer and i had a good time. >> i get said to westminster. you get the glitz. -- i get sent to westminster. >> coming up, the decline of the yen is dividing some investors. is the seven-year low the lowest the currency will go? we will talk to our next guest, the global strategist at lgt capital partners. stay with us. >> welcome back. is up for reelection. japan goes to the poll

dollars will be coming. in coming weeks. before the united statesenate is a bill that continues to fund the train wreck that is obamacare. and does nothing to provide relief to the millions of men and women who are hurting, suffering, who lost their jobs, lost their health care, because of this disaster. and before the united states senate is a bill that does nothing, absolutely nothing, to stop president obama's illegal and unconstitutional amnesty. that's why i rise to speak here today. the president's executive amnesty is lawless, and unconstitutional. and to be clear, the dispute over executive am in the cities is not a dispute between president obama and republicans in congress. it is a dispute between president obama and the american people. in this last election, president obama said something that was absolutely correct. he said his policies were in the -- on the ballot all across the country. the president was right. this election was a referendum on amnesty. mr. president, i spent roughly two months on the road campaigning for senate candi

dollar -- $1.23 -- $1.21. >> sony now says several independent cinemas in the united states will show the film "the interviewon christmas day. >> the movie, which lampoons north korea's dictator kim jong-un fell victim to a large-scale hacking attack. it was pulled from theaters. u.s. authorities have blamed north korea for the attacks. >> we're going to take a short break. stay with us. >> welcome back. with a day before christmas, christians all over are looking for peaceful celebrations. but in nigeria, the good nature is overshadowed by the recent past. x that is because militant group boko haram unleashed one of its deadliest attacks, attacking churches across the nation on christmas day. the bomb -- the bombing is still a fear of many residents, but many are also determined to make the most of christmas this year. > over the years, this has become a ritual, christians and muslims decorating the christmas tree together. despite the constant threat of terror attacks by boko haram, these neighbors and friends are determined not to be intimidated. and yet, the pastor says people are scared. >> we have atta

united states. and at least one city below two dollars a gallon. we'll show you where and what it means for all the rest of us. that's coming up. >>> villagers in central philippines are leaving homes and others stocking up as massive storm heads their way. it's on track to make landfall in a couple of days and could hit the same areas areas where e typhoon leveled many communities last year. more than 7,000 people listed as dead or missing after that storm. >>> in the u.s., first-time jobless claims were down 17,000 last week. the labor department reports applications have been under 3,000. and officials in florida say a school bus driver helped rescue nearly 40 students just as the vehicle caught fire. happened yesterday east of tampa. troopers there say that the driver, whos also a math teacher, noticed the smoke and pulled over. then she says she got the students into single file and off the bus. everybody is fine. it is not yet clear to us what caused the fire. slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... bo

the als association in the united states in october we released 22 million dollars.illion and a 5 million dollar grant both of those funds projects that had matching funds. the 10 million dollars to head a 10 million dollar matching fund from the als finding a cure foundation. and 2.5 million dollar grant from the tao foundationment all of that 18 million of the 2 2 million went directly to research projects that are being used in discovery and development of therapies that we can quickly get to pharmaceutical companies and to clinical trials. >> ifill: nancy frates. >> the other 4 million-- . >> ifill: i'm sorry pardon me. i just wanted to ask you what do you say to other worthy causes other charity fwheels like they could use a little boost who feel like maybe they got distracted by this bucket challenge that the viral nature of it took money out of their coffers. >> and from my discussions with other people involved in other charities that quite did not happen. august traditionally in nonprofits is a very slow month. and the fact that the ice bucket challenge happ