phil la bowl in chicago. >>> coming up, a controversial year in politics. geopolitics and others. few have seen a year like this one before. from cuba to greece to paris to putin, geopolitics a constant undercurrent of the market this year and likely to continue to be one in the year ahead. david malpass is president of his own research firm where he focuses on geopolitics and economics. it is always great to have you. let's start with europe. europe survived. >> hi, tyler. well it did but it was a tough year. remember greece all through the summer was hanging firewood at risk of either leaving the euro or going bankrupt. and then they had to replace or you know, the prime minister resigned and then came back. none of that is resolved. meanwhile the refugee flow is giant into europe. they've done i think pretty well in tough circumstances. >> that is going to put that refugee flow is unceasing and is going to put serious pressure on the budgets of some of those countries, correct? >> that's right. so the fiscal deficit targets will being blown apart really. and that puts more and

phil la bowl tells us why is this reported partnership could mark the beginning of a new era in transportation. >> reporter: with self-driving cars picking up speed, ford is reportedly looking to partner with google. the tech titan turning heads with tiny self-driven cars. neither company confirms pl planning a partnership but both admit to talking with a number of companies about the future of automobiles wilinclude self-driven cars. >> how long has ford been trying to do this themselves? we don't know the exactly. it makes sense it partner with someone doing a lot of work and wants to partner with an automaker. >> reporter: earlier this year when ford's ceo showed the us the company's new research center in california, he admitted ford is focused on the silicon valley because it's a hot bed for innovation. >> that's why we're here because we want to be part of this community. >> reporter: meanwhile, google's self-driving test cars have logged more than 1.3 million miles. reporting just 17 minor accidents and none where the google car was at fault. >> so the end goal is to get this technology

henry has worked on every one of the last 15 new years eve fireworks shows put on by phil grucci in las vegas. "the clock ticks very slowly on new year's eve for us." grucci has been planning this years moment last year's finished. this year's theme - on top of the world. each song in the sound track will highlight each of the seven casinos the fireworks take off from. "that particular building in the first few seconds of the song will be a separate color for the rest of the strip so its giving tribute to caesars palace with roman march hollywood for planet hollywood and the theme of the year is on top of the world so the song on top of the world from the stratosphere." the night of - grucci will be behind the control panels a mile away at the rio. he'll be hoping for forgiving wind speeds - which he says every year has luckily died down moments before the show. so far winds are forecasted to be 10 to 20 miles per hour - 10 being the usual cut off for fireworks. "this is the town for luck so were hoping that we'll keep that 15 year streak running and we wont have to postpone or cancel."

henry has worked on every one of the last 15 new years eve fireworks shows put on by phil grucci in las vegas. "the clock ticks very slowly on new year's eve for us." grucci has been planning this years display since the moment last year's finished. this year's theme - on top of the world. each song in the sound track will highlight each of the seven casinos the fireworks take off from. "that particular building in the first few seconds of the song will be a separate color for strip so its giving tribute to caesars palace with roman march hollywood for planet hollywood and the theme of the year is on top of the world so the song on top of the world from the stratosphere." the night of - grucci will be behind the control panels a mile away at the rio. he'll be hoping for forgiving wind speeds - which he says every year has luckily died down moments before the show. so far winds are forecasted to be 10 to 20 miles per hour - 10 being the usual cut off for fireworks. "this is the town for luck so were hoping that we'll keep that 15 year streak running and we wont have to postpone or cancel

henry has worked on every one of the last 15 new years eve fireworks shows put on by phil grucci in las vegas. "the clock ticks very slowly on new year's eve for us." grucci has been planning this years display since the moment last year's finished. this year's theme - on top of the world. each song in the sound track will highlight each of the seven casinos the fireworks take off from. "that particular building in the first few seconds of the song will be a separate color for the rest of the strip so its giving tribute to caesars palace with roman march hollywood for planet hollywood and the theme of the year is on top of the world so the song on top the stratosphere." the night of - grucci will be behind the control panels a mile away at the rio. he'll be hoping for forgiving wind says every year has moments before the so far winds are forecasted to be 10 - 10 being the usual cut off for fireworks. for luck so were keep that 15 year streak running and we wont have to postpone or cancel." if all goes well - henry and 50 other pyrotechnicians- will be monitoring shells on the rooftop -

henry has worked on every one of the last 15 new years eve fireworks shows put on by phil grucci in las vegas. "the clock ticks very slowly on new year's eve for us." grucci has been display since the moment last year's finished. this year's theme - on top of the world. each song in the sound track will highlight each of the seven casinos the fireworks take off from. "that particular building in the first few seconds of the song will be a separate color for the rest of the strip so its giving tribute to caesars palace with roman march hollywood for planet hollywood and the theme of the year is on top of the world so the song on top of the world from the stratosphere." the night of - grucci will be behind the control panels a mile away at the rio. he'll be hoping for forgiving wind speeds - which he says every year has luckily died down moments before the show. so far winds are forecasted to be 10 to 20 miles per hour - 10 being the usual cut off for fireworks. "this is the town for luck so were hoping that we'll keep that 15 year streak running and we wont have to postpone or cancel." i

sot phil grucci americas party in las vegas is the biggest production nationwide phil grucci is the president and creative director of the show-- he says he spends all year trying to make the display-- better than last. sot grucci every year is a challenge, because the year before we get such rave reviews, so we're back to the drawing board and say how are better aside from better technology-- a new design-- and an interactive smartphone app-- this year-- nat is all about safety. sot phil grucci there's a major responsibility that we have with moments like this thousands of people will be watching the display from the strip-- as 80,000 fireworks are launched from some of the most expensive hotels in the world. grucci says-- the last year of work would mean nothing-- if they dont keep everybody safe. sot grucci really doing the risk assessments to make sure that the audience that's down on the strip and the buildings are protected for safe syne-- for that new years eve kiss. reporting on top of ti-- mk-- ch13an. as always.. the best place (and safest) to enjoy new yeara's eve in las vegas is f

henry has worked on every one of the last 15 new years eve fireworks shows put on by phil grucci in las vegas. "the clock ticks very slowly on new year's eve for us." display since the moment last year's finished. this year's theme - on top of the world. each song in the sound track will highlight each of the seven casinos the fireworks take off from. "that particular building in the first few seconds of the song will be a separate color for the rest of the strip so its giving tribute to caesars palace with roman march hollywood for planet hollywood and the theme of the year is on top of the world so the song on top of the world from the stratosphere." the night of - grucci will be behind the control panels a mile away at the rio. he'll be hoping for forgiving wind speeds - which he says every year has luckily died down moments before the show. so far winds are forecasted to be 10 to 20 miles per hour - 10 being the usual cut off for fireworks. "this is the town for luck so were hoping that we'll keep that 15 year streak running and postpone or cancel." if all goes well - henry and 50 o

phil: the woman accused of running down a crowd in las vegas is on suicide watch tonight. 24-year-old lakeisha holloway is facing murder charges after allegedly barreling into a group outside a casino on purpose. one person was killed dozens more hurt. it' s still not clear what the motive was. police say she was homeless, out of money, sleeping in her car with her young daughter and had only been in the area for a week. heather: if you are still looking to ship your christmas gifts in time for the big day, believe it or not it is not too , late. however you are going to have to dig a little deeper into your wallet. calling all procrastinators rushing to get those presence in the mail to make sure that those time for christmas. >> only 10% of americans are actually done with their holiday shopping. heather: not only do you have plenty of company, you have time. the deadline towards two day shipping is today and one day shipping is tomorrow area but fair warning -- it will cost you. >> you are definitely going to see sticker shock. heather: we are talking to her three times the price o

they were looking for 13 masterpieces stolen from boston's easy saw bell la -- isabella stuart garden museum in the 1990s. phil: the department of health and human services has approved 40 patients so far and they received their medical marijuana ready cay. no dispense res are open, but that will change come spring. qualifying patients or care imifers will be allowed to legally buy two ounces of marijuana every 10 days. jc: it is time to look at first alert traffic. slow going as you can see trying to get out of the city. let's look at the traffic in and around boston. we are looking at 903 southbound and it is a quick 23-minute ride. as you go northbound though look how slow it is heading to the north. close to 40 minutes. if you are going to the and great on both sides of 495 at this hour. the police officers in the death of tamir rice. phil: we have reaction now coming in from the community in cleveland. jc: and a look at one of the rparis: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. ryou have to get out there friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out bernie's opinion cannot

las vegas. you're watching fox5 news at 5. another advancement in spaceflight from the florida coast. "space x" is celebrating a groundbreaking achievement - and as phil keating reports - it's one that could make space exploration much more affordable. ((nats - liftoff)) a space-x falcon nine rocket shoots into the florida sky . the 23-story tall rocket carrying eleven communications satellites into orbit. but the real feat coming moments later, when the falcon's main booster detached and made its way back down to earth .... landing vertically ten space-x employees welcoming the rocket back with an eruption of elation and cheers, and the landing impressing veteran space coast enthusiasts. leek says: "..we all jumped, because it was right above us, it didn't look like it was at the cape, it was right above us." it's a big deal for space-x because the costly booster has the potential to be re-used. . and that would bring down the price tag for future missions, by about 50 million dollars each launch. space x's last falcon nine launch in june did not end as well. that rocket exploded shortly after liftoff, destroying four- thousand pounds of food and sup

las vegas sands not doing well either. hope you listened to phil.we haven't had this year is really good returns on the stocks of these companies. g.m. is only up 3%. toyota is down. ford is down overall, and that's really kind of disappointing. that's not expensive. none of them are. 8 to 9 times multiples. there's not a lot of enthusiasm. right now the dow up 118 points. let's get back to you. >> let's check in with rick santelli in chicago. good morning, rick zbhood moric. >> good morning, carl. the word "data points" all throughout the globe whether it was china or the eurozone. but to be true, it has been the area we've been drifting from a 235 level. it was a highwater mark not long after the last employment report as we look at the next one. maybe data dependent isn't the strategy many believe the fed is truly following. but at least those data points do seem to fit in with the notion of how much emphasis is placed on strong or weak reports of late. if you look at the yield spread, 10s minus 2 still a bit flattening. the rest of the curve has

las vegas. that's 6 celsius, in case you're wondering. another storm is moving our direction, bringing rain. answers coming up. you're a mean one, prp grinch >> dana: that is so funny, because phil is the nicest guy you'll ever meet. he's never in a bad mood ever. he is the opposite of the grinch. he's one of our camera operators here. he's a great guy. >> kim: he is a delight to work with, so this is quite ironic that he's got the mean face, grinch face on. >> tom: but he has the santa hat on. >> kim: and the t-shirt. >> dana: what is happening, my friend? >> tom: one accident i have to put on the list. south part of the valley, to the north of mccarran international airport. it's at maryland parkway and raw hide, north of russell park. frankie lane imitation going on over here. driving into the spaghetti bowl, we are starting to go see yellow, things slowing down as we get toward the 6:00 a.m. hour. so your travel times, still not bad at all. one quick look outside, shows southbound, just getting busier dane. >> dana: all right, tom, thank you. in terms of the bus stop forecast from news 3 your weather short authority, 35 as the kids head to the bus stop. 45 on the way home. >