that seems to be happening with some air express deliveries right now.rades, more workers, more aircraft, more trucks. in some cases even rented u-haul trucks. even so, did we get -- we did get reports last night that some fedex packages were stranded in memphis. i reached out to fedex. a company spokeswoman says operations are, however, running smoothly, given the high volume and that weather is not having an impact yet. getting a similar statement this morning from u.p.s. as well. but there's another name to watch today. that is the u.s. post sal service. it's been handling the lion's share of amazon shipments. monday set a record for the postal service. 28 million packages delivered. that was 10% higher than last year, and it's five days later than its projected busiest day. for all of these carriers, u.p.s., fedex, and the usps, it's all going to come down to tonight. that wild card is going to be the weather, which is affecting so much of the country right now. carl, back to you. >> another story we're watching today. morgan, thank you so much. when

and fedex started limiting air express deliveries.ompany did not let some retailers exceed their agreed upon volume limit. that move was designed to avoid a repeat of last year. >>> and it's a christmas miracle that caused tears of joy flowing down the faces of one south jersey family on christmas eve. >> all because of a surprise that played out right in their front yard in gloucester county. keith jones has more on this top secret delivery. >> reporter: twas the day before christmas, a family of three minus dad incomplete. not knowing they wait for a plan in disguise, santa's appearance was only part of the surprise. >> came all the way from the north pole. >> reporter: thousands of miles st. nicholas could travel, but he's boxes are empty, it all starts to unravel. you see, the marine wasn't home, they spent months apart. on this day, a blessing suddenly warms their heart. >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: on this christmas hold tight like young alexa around rick. >> this is the best christmas present ever. >> that's awesome. rick was g

the us air express flight was heading from philly to manchester, new hampshire yesterday when the pilot turned around and landed safely. the man who took this cell phone video described the ordeal. >> suddenly there was allowed bang, just like bang, and flames shot by my window. and about five seconds later same thing, boom. flames shot by my window. at this point like, people on the plane thought that we were going to die. >> although the engine issue caused quite a scare the 75 passengers nor four crew on board, were hurt. >>> 5:13, we want to check in with katie and chilly start? >> it certainly is. and we've start today see that, you know, drop on the thermometer taking place since yesterday now. but we're really starting to bottom out as we speak. and even for the next couple of days, not really going to rebound all that much. eventually we do. but will take couple of days. and i have to tell you, this is winter. it is not like we've ever seen this. certainly was a lot colder throughout the month of december, last year, but we're, you know, all about perception a loft times. how di

the us air express flight was headed from fill toy manchester, new hampshire yesterday.nd landed safely. the man who took the cell phone video talked about the ordeal. >> suddenly like allowed bang, just bang. and flames shot by my window. and about 52nd later same thing, boom. flames shot by my window. and at this point like people on the plane thought that we were going to die. >> now, although the engine issued caused quite a scare as you might imagine none of the 75 passengers and four crew on board was hurt. >>> happening today, a woman charged with having sex with a teenage boy has a preliminary hearing in montgomery county. police say they found 42 year old iris gibbney and 17 year old boy in a park that far closed november 15th. investigators say that gibbney also sent nude photos to the boy's cell phone. two met while attending a function at pottsgrove high school. >>> a south jersey manna cured of seriously hurting his fiancee's two year old son. giovani is facing attempted murder charges after that boy suffered several injuries, including, kidney failure last

have set limits on air express deliveries with online retailers., yesterday they asked ebay and other clients to dial back on last-minute promotions and deals in order to avoid delays. carriers negotiated the agreements to honor the delivery dates but year after year they can't. so you may want to think about printing out a photo of that last-minute purchase and wrapping it just in case. [ laughter ] >> your loved one will still get the thrill of opening the gift and then tell them the gift will arrive friday. >> i was going to get you this. see? >> thank you. >> do you like it? >> did you draw a picture? the. >> homemade gift. >> but it's funny you say that because i ordered something for my sister plenty of time but it's back ordered until march! i have no control over that. >> print it out and she will be excited about opening the picture. >> she might like cash. she probably likes cash. >> you think? [ laughter ] >> have you seen my sister shop? [ laughter ] >> thank you, julie. >> merry christmas. >> you, too. >>> still ahead, it's already chr

and federal express have capped air express shipments from big retailers.t year, an 11th-hour surge of on-line orders overwhelmed the system, and two million packages failed to make it in time. authorities in berkeley, missouri, near ferguson, called for calm today, after a white policeman killed a black teenager last night. police say 18-year-old antonio martin pulled a gun as he was being questioned about a theft when he pulled a gun, and the officer shot him three times. new protests quickly started, followed by clashes with police. crowds continued to gather, but the local mayor warned against jumping to conclusions. >> what i saw in this incident is not what people portray, this is not a policeman in the city of berkeley half-cocked, going out. you couldn't even compare this with ferguson or the garner case in new york. >> ifill: the police said the officer was not wearing his body camera, and his car's dashboard camera did not activate because its emergency lights were off. security camera video did not clearly show the object in martin's hand. in ira

. >>> headlines, ups and fedex limited air express deliveries ahead of the christmas holiday, this is to the "wall street journal accounts after retailers extended agreed upon limits. meaning customers are buying stuff, but they may not get the presents on time. takata president stepping down, and the grandson will take over the president's role. new jersey gets a short term 40 million loan from the state as it seeks to stabilize the casino business. the loan has to be repaid by march 31st. >>> a developing story outside the world of business. a police officer fatally shooting a teenager at a gas station overnight miles from ferguson, missouri setting off clashes between demonstrators and officers. the st. louis county police confirming the shooting saying the police officer was fearing for his life after a male allegedly pulled out a handgun pointing it at him. the handgun was recovered at the scene. we'll continue to follow the story for you as events unfold. switching gears, today is expected to be the busiest travel day of the year, and kate rogers is reporting from laguardia this

the us air wears express flight was on its way to manchester, new hampshire when the pilot turned aroundnd landed safely in philadelphia. we're hearing tonight from the man who took this cell phone video. >> like a large -- a loud bang, just bang! and flames shot by my window. and about five seconds later the same thing. boom! flames shot by my window anat this point like people on the plane thought that we were going to die. >> none of the 75 passengers on board that plane was hurt. >>> right now the search for air asia flight 8501 is expanding but there's still no sign of that plane that had 162 lives on board. around 30 ships 15 aircraft and seven helicopters are searching the water and on land near the western part of island for that plane. it disappeared from radar less than an hour into it's flight from indonesia to singapore on sun day much the pilot did report bad weather but was not allowed to change altitude because there was too much traffic. us navy sending the destroyer uss samson to aid in the search. >>> despite the air asia and malaysia airlines disappearance disappearanc

they put a limit on air express deliveries as recent retailers exceeded previously agreed-upon limitsding to people briefed on the situation. i think that the express shippers really just got lucky that we had good weather. it is a fascinating story that gave me a lot of insight we did not have before as to how these shippers work with clients. they have been discouraging clients from offering, for 24-hour, free overnight shipping, which is something you would not have necessarily thought they would be in such close contact with. it is good that they are doing this. if you think about it, it is crazy to offer free overnight shipping on december 23. have to at least try somebody to dissuade them from taking that route. >> but it makes the difference between selling something or not. true pit i think this entire holiday season coming year in, year out, the shippers are the heroes of the holiday season. the fact that they are able to do what they do on the scale they do regardless of whether it is there or not, they are playing santa. kudos to the shipping companies. >> i believe that ch

and fedex started tapping air express deliveries in recent days after a last-minute surge in packagesked retailers to scale back last-minute deals to shoppers. the shipping companies want to avoid a repeat of last year when millions of express packages did not make it in time for christmas. >>> "usa today" says a charity will pay the mortgages of the two slain new york police officers. the tunnels of tower foundation said it made the decision after hearing concerns from one of the families about being able to stay in their home. the foundation was created after 9/11 to help first responders and military members. >>> the daily beast reports the former navy s.e.a.l. who claims he killed osama bin laden is under investigation. robert o'neil is accused of revealing classified information after going public. last month our margaret brennan asked o'neil about a potential legal battle. >> reporter: they're ready to challenge you he'legally. are you afraid of that? >> i would rather that not happen. everything i have done with respect to the pentagon and department of defense and what they're

and fedex, they capped their air express deliveries in recent days, according to "the wall street journal." the companies made the move in response to a joy norms surge in packages that put some retailers past drrgd-upon limits. they were both aiming to avoid a repeat of last year when this two million express packages didn't arrive in time. i found this to be the case. >> everyone procrastinates, tom. >> but two day is five day now. >> how spoiled are we that we've gotten used to two days? >> why do they call two day? i don't get the game. >> to anger you. >> they do. it's a scandal. like our data check. what a sobering moment. we continue to drive higher this morning. the 10-year yield, 2.26%. of course, i'm watching the two-year. the euro weaker, that it is a ig theme in the last 48 hours. on to the next screen. the v.i.x., 14.8. hat would be a 12, or even 11. a little more angst in the market even with the dow, brent up about 60, and gold grinds ever lower. here's the back story to get us ready for next year. draghi-monics? >> we're treating europe still like it's one currency zone. i

. >> fedex is in the process of restructuring its air express division, something that helps bring downin the first quarter. but will it help the company in the second quarter? >> we think so. a lot of the actions to get costs out of the business have taken place over the last couple of years. and we should start to see the benefits of that. one of the key metrics that i think people will be looking at is the operating margin at their express business. we expect that to improve 70 basis points see subsequentially and 90 basis points year over year to about a little over 6% in the quarter. >> talk about a way to play the drop in the price of oil. shipping and transportation companies seen as one way, but with fedex shares up about 21% year-to-date have the lower fuel prices been priced in to the stock? >> well, it depends on where fuel goes from here. if it continues to trade down, we could see further benefit. i don't think that the fuel prices are fully priced into the stock at this point. i think that you can say in any given quarter a 10 to 15 cent benefit from fuel. it just depends

air asia ceu expressed his condolences. >> i apologize profusely for what they are going through. i am the leader of the company and i have to take responsibility. that is why i'm here. i'm not running away from my obligations. >> reporter: divers uncovered a suitcase, an escape slide, oxygen tank, life jacket, and emergency door. debris was found ten miles from where it dropped off the radar sunday. some aviation experts say the pilot flew into a so-called thunderstorm factory. a well known danger zone above the java sea. it is no surprise that the pilot asked permission to climb to a higher altitude. >> no pilot in their right mind would get into a big thunderstorm cell. those things have destructive power of anatomic bomb. >> reporter: besides bad weather. they will look at pilot error or sabotage. answers may come from the plane's black boxes that look and sound like this. the u.s. navy destroyer on flight has sonar to detect the beacon. the debris field is providing some clues about what may have happened since it is concentrated in one area and not spread out, it looks like

it already charges by weight and size for air shipments. federal express announced a similar change this year. >> it's nice to see you so close by and not so far away at the wall. >> it is chilly, we should sit a little closer. do whatever you can to keep warm out there. your pets will not want to be outdoors for long. kick them out but they're going to run right back in. any sensitive plants that you're concerned about that could get that frostbite, you want to bring those in this morning as well, especially up in the north bay where we're getting our chilliest conditions. 36 degrees in novato. as you make your way out that front door this morning, you might be headed to to return items or cash in on late sales, temperatures will be chilly this afternoon so keep that in mind. 49 in morgan hill and 46 degrees in my hometown of campbell. coolest point of the day, just after sunrise so between about 7:00 and 8:00, it is going to be bitter cold out there, as we hit our highs. we have a weak disturbance coming through today. it's not going to bring us any rain

. >>> as we mentioned before the break, there's been a lot of interest expressed in the report we airede last night about the growing medical evidence behind the power of prayer. inspiring to so many especially given this time of year. but tonight the skeptics get their say in the conclusion of our two-part series on this topic from nbc's cynthia mcfadden. >> reporter: does prayer heal? dr. andrew newberg says he's got proof it does. witness the brain on prayer. >> you can see it's almost all red here when the person is just at rest, but you see it turns into these yellow colors when she's actually doing prayer. >> reporter: dr. newberg injects a radioactive dye in his subjects to see what happens when they pray. he says each time, something fascinating takes place. so would you go so far as to say prayer can heal? >> oh, absolutely. absolutely it can heal. there are changes in different neurotransmitters, the chemicals in our brain, that help to release serotonin and dopamine in the brain, some of which can help to repress pain. >> reporter: the research and the book he's written is pa

called bureau 121, apparently recruited address children and trainedality air north korean installation. and a-listers are expressing their anger. george clooney says it's insane that we allowed north korea to dictate content and president obama is about to talk about the sony hacking scandal during his year end press conference. and now to northern australia, where police are investigating the horrible slayings of eight children, their bodies were found in a home, and one woman believed to be the mother of those seven children has survived and she is being questioned by police. karen travers joins us live with the latest on the investigation. >> good afternoon rick, just a horrible tragedy, one officer says it's one of the worst things he has ever seen. they are speaking to a range of people but so far no suspects. >> a candle light vigil in northern australia, as people grapple with an unthinkable tragedy, seven children dead and the mother in stable condition with stab wounds to her chest. >> this is certainly a traumaic event. >> i saw her this morning, on the veranda with the kids. >> police in northern austral

express. moisture-laden air is swept north and east to the pacific coast, where it drops vast amount of rain over the land. road traffic was disrupted, trains cancelled and flights delayed. there is a silver lining in all the storm clouds. california has been suffering from a record-breaking drought, and residence have been longing for rain. they just didn't want it all at once. >>> more on the fallout from the pineapple express from richard. >> yes, the pineapple express keeps on giving at the moment. we have more bad weather across the region over the next 24 hours or so. in we look at the satellite imagery we see the next storm moving in. the one that gave the problems is beginning to clear away. it's giving record-breaking gusts. and from los angeles we had what we believe is the first tornado across the city in in my opinion or 10 years. only an ef 0 on the enhanced scale, but terrifying if you are underneath it. there were a couple of water spouts in the vicinity during the course of the day. elsewhere rain fall in the last 48 hours. some is falling into the reservoirs, which is the main th

it goes on to say, on behalf of air asia my condolences to all. words cannot express how sorry i am. we'll keep follow this story as the recovery efforts continue this morning and we'll bring you new information as soon as we get it. >>> new from overnight police in two local counties are searching for one man wanted in a string of hotel hold ups. philadelphia police say between december 20th and 23rd a man with a gun robbed people at four different hotels at the city and twice at the quality inn and he may have gone back to that motel a third time late last night. nbc 10 jesse gary is live outside the quality inn to show us a new piece of evidence in the case. jesse, tell us what happened. >> tracy, police believe surveillance video collected from several crime scenes. they're hoping someone will recognize the suspect. let's go ahead and take a look at that surveillance video of what southwest detectives say is the same man. he jumps the counter and grabs an employee at gunpoint and forces him to open the register. runs off with cash and cell phones. in one case in t

it's all feeding in on what is known as the pineapple express because the air has come from the hawaiiamous for pineapple production and it's warm and moist and tropical air and huge amounts of rain and san francisco 83 millimeters of rain in 24 hours and it's worth to point out this is active and further north portland, oregon had gusts of win of 108 kilometers per hour and the largest in 33 years and plenty more to come and we have this across the region and we've had schools closed and subway stations closed, a lot of power outages and the situation here will probably get worse before it gets better so lockinglockin looking at the forecast we could see 150 millimeters on high grand and there is going to be snow on sierra nevada and this will continue from san francisco and to los angeles and san diego and a respite into saturday but by sunday another frontal system is pushing from the west and yet more rain, much needed of course. >> reporter: thank you very much, richard. there seems to be a new weapon used by the u.s. against the cuban government, hip-hop and allegations a u.s. ag

the debris and bodies found in the java sea are from the air asia flight which went missing on sunday. >> the indonesian president has expresses deep condolences. he says every effort will be made to locate all the bodies. there were very emotional scenes as the news came in. >> after days of waiting came the awful certainty -- passengers relatives broke down in tears upon hearing bodies and wreckage had been found. indonesian television broadcast this the own for achieving corpses from the crash site. more and more pieces of debris have been spotted. the wreckage was found 160 kilometers southwest near the island of borneo, 10 kilometers from where the plane lost radio contact on sunday. crews have started recovering wreckage. the debris was identified as being from the missing aircraft. >> i have confirmed the area was where the plane crashed. and indonesian air force achilles aircraft spotted an object underwater that resembled an airplane. >> water in the area is only 60 meters deep. one priority is recovering the flight recorders which could provide crucial information on the reason the plane went down. >> what happened t

air traffic control on sunday morning. terrible news has been met with widespread shock online. people expressing theirs solidarity and compassion -- expressing their solidarity and compassion with messengers for passengers. leaders have also shared their thoughts. some people trying to give practical help in looking for the causes of the disappearance. specialists have highlighted the weather conditions and potential disastrous consequences. the weatherbug twitter page put forth a similar theory. airasia is being transparent with information and sharing as much as possible about the flight. the airline will continue to do whatever it can. a two-year-old with down syndrome was featured in a catalog for an american retailer. this type of approach helps change people's perspectives. her mom contacted the changing the face of beauty organization about launching a photo sharing campaign. children with disabilities are ready to appear in more advertisements. the campaign is underway with parents whose children have special needs reaching out to the big companies, sharing photos of their son or daughte

express. moisture laden air is swept north and east to the pacific coach, where it dropped rain over the land. road traffic was disrupted, trains cancelled and flights delayed. there is a silver lining in the storm clouds. california has been suffering from a record-breaking drought and residents have been longing for rain. they didn't want it all at once >>> and that drought that rob mentioned, it is a subject of our technology show tonight - "techkno "techknow" takes a look at how scientists are using technology this that state to save the record drought >>> the senate is meeting in a rare saturday session. lawmakers are working on the $1.1 trillion spending bill and are expected to approve a stopgap measure temporarily extending funding through wednesday to avoid a shut down. there's a sticking point, a provision easing banking restrictions. president obama said the bill is imperfect but necessary. senators approved a defense measure on friday. the bill is headed to the president's deck, and it funds basic military operations and raises pay for troops by 1%. that bill authorises funding for

expression should be repealed. >>> officials from one of the world's biggest air bag makers have been counting the cost of a major safety scandal. executives may find the damage. we have all the details. what's the latest? >> u.s. safety regulators have spent some time investigating air bags by the japanese firm takata. they say in some situations, the bags can blast apart and spray metal. lawmakers have linked the product to at least five deaths. now, lawyers at a new york firm are getting involved. they're preparing a class action lawsuit for damages of up to $2 billion. but lawyers say the case will combine more than 50 individual suits nationwide and they say it will also target car makers including honda and toyota. the plaintiffs will include openers of vehicles with the air bags as well as people effected by accidents. the lawyers say they'll file the suit in january. they'll argue for the plaintiffs that takata and the car makers knew of the defect, but concealed it. >>> the energy minister of the united arab emirates says he's not fazed by the falling price of crude oil. countries won't cut back on produ

airing of this. his view, as he expressed the otherday, is is that we have to move forward and learn from this. let me just comment on brennan because i watched that press conference that you were at, andrea, very, very closely. what i heard, the vice president invited us to talk to the former directors. he said abhorrent things were done and the cia was unprepared to run such a program. he said at the end of the press conference that he strongly leaved that this was on balance, not a good program for the country because it violated our relationships. it spoiled our relationships overseas with our allies, and the efficacy of the data of the intelligence we got was in question. in fact, one of the points that we apparently derived from some of these coerced was that the war in iraq, that there was a link between saddam hussein and al qaeda, which was one of the pretexts for going into this war. there's not -- he did not back up the vice president's points here. >> helene, obviously there are a lot of people, the vice president brought it up. i've even had some democrats who are in support of the

air. >> reporter: the doctor treated the 9 month old and wants to express the importance of treating against the illness with anti-biotics. >> the parents don't see the disease and they assume it doesn't exist and when they assume it doesn't exist, it can come back with avengence. >> reporter: close to 10,000 cases have been reported this year with worries it could spread. >> there is no predicting it could go, but i assure you it could set up shop in anyplace in this country. >> reporter: and many are watching what could be a rough flu season since this year's vaccine prevent against the virus. and now it is widespread in 29 states. >> the season is not over. it is just beginning. >> reporter: mumps has been prevalent. in 2013, 438 were reported. and including viruses found in the national hockey league. they share certain cold-like symptoms. the flu comes on fast with a high fever. whooping cough starts slowly, characterized by a fast cough and then a whooping sound as the patient tries to inhale. mumps which is far less common involves painful swelling of the glands in the cheek and neck.

. >> sreenivasan: air-asia's c.e.o., tony fernandes, also spoke again today, expressing deep regrets over the carrier's first fatal crash. >> i apologize profusely for what they're going through. i am the leader of this company and i have to take responsibility. it is the worst feeling one could have but we stay strong for the families out there to ensure that we can look after them even after this incident. >> sreenivasan: the search operation now shifts to retrieving more bodies and finding more of the plane. about 30 ships, 15 aircraft and seven helicopters from six countries are assisting in the effort, and the destroyer u.s.s. sampson is heading to the scene. dozens of elite military divers will also comb the underwater site, looking especially for the plane's black box recorders. their data may tell exactly what happened to flight 8501. joining me now is wall street journal reporter andy pasztor. andy, we just rattled off these different resources bringing to bear on this search. what's next? how long might it take? >> under the best of circumstances, it could be days or weeks.

they want to smell free air them don't want to be jailed for expressing their opinions.hey don't want that oppression around their necks every day. nothing that was done today will help those people. >> let me ask you. why is there a difference along party lines? there are exceptions like senator menendez in new jersey. generally people go to the usual battle stations. democrats want a softer line them want normalization. republicans want a ready had aer lien. why do the democrats want a softer line which means we'll negotiate, we'll have the trade embargo. >> i don't know if it is partisan. >>> democrats are for this thing. republicans against it. it is really falling that pattern. >> i think what we're seeing is the fact the republican party is a much more conservative party even than sense the time that we had the chairman in florida. and i think more of that is what you're seeing voiced today. you're not seeing it from by senator make the from arizona. a republican who supports what president obama did today. >> is the other part more anti-come nest than you are? >>

express. because they say this very wet air is coming from basically the vicinity of hawaii. while this thing is absolutely dousing much of northern and central california today, eight inches on san francisco today, the state still needs another 10 or 20 inches of rain this year to get out of the record drought. let's hope it doesn't all come in one day. thanks for being with us. good evening, lawrence. >> amazing rains out there, rachel. it's rally something. we have breaking news tonight. as rachel just reported, the house managed to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill needed to avert a government shutdown. but now we know there's a new democratic party sheriff in town and her name is elizabeth. >> who does congress work for? does it work for the millionaires? the billionaires? the giant companies with their armies of lobbyists and lawyers? or does it work for all the people. now the house of representatives is about to show us the worst of government for the rich and powerful. the house is about to vote on a budget deal, a deal negotiated behind closed doors that slips in a

relatives of passengers on the missing flight mh 370 that disappeared nine months ago expressed sympathy to the members of the air asia flight. a man whose mother was on mh 370 said he understands how they feel. another person saying he wished for a miracle for the families of those on board the air asia flight. let's now go to kelly kobaya from the london bureau. >> indonesia is leading the search. it is largely on hold until day break tomorrow, a few hours from now. the founder of asia air, tony fernandez is in indonesia. he met with some of the families. he tweet theed, this is my worst nightmare. he told the families he's promising to do what he can to help them. indonesian teams searched for ten hours today. they found nothing. the conditions were very bad. heavy rain, low visibility, choppy seas. they are hoping for slightly better weather tomorrow. most of those on board were with indonesian. no american passport holders. lots of families headed to singapore for a short vacation. a british passport holder with his 2-year-old daughter. a position their couple from south korea and their 1-year-old girl. in a

express. because they say this very wet air is coming from basically the vicinity of hawaii. is absolutely dousing much of northern and central california today, eight inches on san francisco today, the state still needs another 10 or 20 inches of rain this year to get out of the record drought. let's hope it doesn't all come in one day. thanks for being with us. good evening, lawrence. we fell short when it came to holding some accountable for their mistakes. >>> a heavy toll in the northeast and a pineapple express in the west. good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us today on this friday. i'm betty nguyen.

express. because they say this very wet air is coming from basically the vicinity of hawaii. this thing is absolutely dousing much of northern and central california today, eight inches on san francisco today, the state still needs another 10 or 20 inches of rain this year to get out of the record drought. let's hope it doesn't all come in one day. thanks for being with us. good evening, lawrence. >> amazing rains out there, rachel. it's rally something. we have breaking news tonight. as rachel just reported, the house managed to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill needed to avert a government shutdown. but now we know there's a new democratic party sheriff in town and her name is elizabeth. >> who does congress work for? does it work for the millionaires? the billionaires? the giant companies with their armies of lobbyists andye