alexa has to have some year is -- ears out there to hear, alexa, which turns it on. it is not streaming that what it here is to the cloud, it is staying on the device. once you start interacting with your device, it is streamed to the cloud. the big and more reputable companies give you ways to delete what is on the cloud. most people do not bother and it lives on the cloud for a long time. these companies say, we do not sell that information to third parties. they do not need to, they are really big and can monetize it themselves. less reparable companies may start selling it to third parties. they are collecting data on what you are talking about, what you are interested in, and as they collect data on you as you browse. it is the usual privacy invasion. the more it goes into different parts of our home, the more it is going to be listening to us. we have to be very careful about what we are giving up which we , tend to not be. we just click on that i agree button. on another level, the security on these devices is terrible. we have already had examples of people h

no man will benefit from alexa. alexa will never state you are right.deal in facts either. all emotion -- oh, i'm wrong. all you cowards. men you know we argue with facts and they use emotion. straight up. i say how was your day. worked out, to the show, moved on. i left cap and she says when i woke up i was feeling and then i got and i have a copy and of the, god. kat: i have never once done that. tyrus: wait for it. greg: we need alexa to tell us. all right. find out which classic christmas song is getting banned after the break. although the name of my imaginary friend. [cheering and applause] ♪ introducing the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet? be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. and the majority of people on

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>> alexa, scroll right. >> you do know alexa understands normal voice?> i know but when you want to watch dramas you need to get into the mood. >> no, you don't, that's not a thing. >> alexa, play "ray donvan." >> there's a doctor at sloan kettering. >> does the doctor have a name? >> sharon bernstein, she's a neuro surgeon. >> you know you're a weird guy, right? >> i know. >> number one in just 60 seconds. it gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, xfinity xfi. a more powerful way to stay connected. enhanced coverage, and lets you control your network with the xfi app. it's the ultimate wifi experience. xfinity xfi. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity xfi gives you the speed, coverage and control you need. manage your wifi network from anywhere when you download the xfi app today. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with president trump's surprise trips to u.s. troops abroad. his first stop, al assad air base in iraq. the president along with the first lady making his first-ever visit to a combat zone as commander in chief, while vowi

alexa, find roma's pizzeria. >> oh, good call. >> oh, this is going to be just as good. >> alexa, resume espn. >> i didn't mean actual italy, little italy's fine. >> number one is coming up in >>> good evening. we begin here with harrowing allegations from the ex-girlfriend of a prominent nfl player. as you des a pattern of horrific attacks. so why then did the washington redskins just sign reuben foster to their team? here's abc's linsey davis. >> what was your reaction when rueben got signed to the redskins? when he got signed, i was, i can't believe somebody picked him up. we had an incident in october. i couldn't believe somebody picked him up in less than how many hours? i was shocked. >> reporter: elisa ennis, the former girlfriend of nfl star reuben foster, now speaking out for the first time since foster was signed to the washington redskins. >> they're tone deaf. >> the issue of domestic violence is so serious. >> reporter: sparking fresh debate over domestic violence and the nfl. >> you could assault somebody, you know, the nfl will let you in. >> reporter: in an exclusive inte

alexa. >> they are the same thing. if we are naughty or nice. that is not holiday magic, that is surveillance. >> trevor: neal, dude, i feel like you are just ruining everything. >> okay, this one is personal t is for you. you know how are you always telling me we should go see a movie? there is no reason to go to the movies any more. >> trevor: but some films you need to season the big screen. >> no, can i pay $25 to northbound a theatre or pay nothing and i'm in a theatre. >> trevor: but there is no popcorn strks not the same. >> shhh. black people always talking at the movies. >> trevor: neal, come on, dude, no. let the 350e78 have some fun, man. >> no, fun is killing the world. facts only. you ready for some more facts. >> yeah! >> here's another one. all wine kind of tastes the same. (laughter) (applause) >> yeah. you can pretend there's smokeiness or a hint of oak, and put it in a sexy glass but we all know what it tastes like, old ass grapes. you know who i blame for that? here's a hint, he's fat, lives in the a

this is an alexa prize social bot it's really good to meet you.""we won the award because we create the most realistic social bot.""the task is mostly about building a social conversation on chat by contacting people from more than 20 minutes."nat sound "what would you like to talk about?""it has a huge variety of things you can talk about." nat sound"can we talk about the midterm election?" "republicans expanded control of the senate, the democrats took the house and seven governorships flipped. was it as you expected?""not really." "i did not see it coming. but then this was my first election so give me a break." and so basically the reason why we won is we had the longest tern duration. most interesting conversations we were not expecting that."it's very impressive that we gather together a group of people that has never done anything similar to this before. ""food is one of my favorite topics. this is the future. you see many companies bringing into existing products and having success doing it.""alexa tell me what is your favorite food. "that's

. >>> in today's "techbytes", alexa can protect your house. it. >> has a new function saying alexa, arm will activate your security system. it can turn on your lights and detect smoke or seal alarm. >>> google is strengthening parental controls on chromebooks. >> it helps parents better control what kids are doing this or computers. you can impose time limits and bedtime restrictions >> starbucks has expanded delivery services. >> they are hoping to reach more customers. they are adding delivery service to 2,000 stores next year. this follows a test run in miami. >> do you think there are a lot of alexa systems right now that are now completely armed. >> alexa, arm. >> disarm. >> alarm. >> "techbytes". >> people hate it when we do that. >> it's not our fault. it's theirs. >> we will call it echo. >> round trip nonstop flights. find out where you can fly coming up next. >> the tech billionaire who built an app for making a mends for what happened at his wedding. >> an attempted smash and grab at an apple store. what foiled burglars. >>> the abc

this is what amazon is doing with alexa.y and there are no regulations preventing them from listening to everything and storing it. i don't think people realize when they install that little alexa device over there, jeff bezos is storing everything he heard, everything he wants to store, forever, without telling you why he's storing it, what he's doing with it. this should not be allowed. it's one thing to provide a service to give you information by alexa. it's another thing for them to be able to store the recordings. that should not be allowed. ashley: what's fascinating to me, vivek, because we have these headlines every day, the stock prices don't get hurt that much and the average consumer seems to shrug their shoulders and say i like to use the service, i'm on facebook, i use alexa. it doesn't seem to be the kind of outrage that you're expressing. >> yeah. that's because the public doesn't understand what it's doing. i wrote an entire book about this. "your happiness was hacked." i explain how the tech industry is now

alexa is google for your ears.ring out an answer and finding the answer is, is there any difference at this point? maybe this is the way it's supposed to be. free up your brain for other things. you don't need to figure out answers anymore. all you have to do is find them. all the answer ises are on our phone. you don't need math. >> what if you have no service. >> that will happen in the blue apocalypse. >> one more. finally a huge new year's eve show coming up. kennedy is serious about it. she decided to whip her co-host into shape with a boot camp. >> we are using drills. you will be interviewing with machines. 5, 6, 7, 8. you and them, you them. what is your major mal function? >> my arm is tired. >> kennedy the things you have to do to get people to do their jobs. >> i hope jenkins is not complaining like that on new year's eve. i hope he soaked his elbow or has tommy john's surgery. he will need to interview the million of people. >> lawrence, you will there too? >> i will in new orleans. >> i will be in new

ale alexa play.e way is kings of leon. >> okay. >> rocco was thrown out of a sanctuary because he was using fowl language. >> oh. >>> and a version of kelly clarkson's "since u been gone" like you have never seen before. ♪ since you been gone, since you been gone ♪ ♪ i can breathe for the first time ♪ ♪ i'm so moving on, yeah yeah >> mom. >> that's mandy and her 10-year-old son who wanted to be anywhere but next to her at that university of maryland basketball game. poor kid. >> sing it, mom. ame. poor kid. >> sing it, mom. and while your pants struggle to support the heavier you, your roof struggles to support the heavier me. [laughter] whoo. [crash] and your cut-rate insurance might not pay for this. so get allstate, you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. mayhem is everywhere. so get an allstate agent. are you in good hands? i couldn't catch my breath. it was the last song of the night. it felt like my heart was skipping beats. they said i had afib. what's afib? i knew th

her name is alexa and she is a self-taught artist that paints people in their three dimensional state but trims them into a two dimensional creation. >> i start following her and suddenly she is everywhere and she did the ariana grande video and she's become huge. >> she's had exhibition all over including in paris but this video shows her latest project. she did this and she has taken a 3,000 square feet space on rodeo drive and created a number. each one with their own color but the cool thing about this one is that you can actually interact. you can touch them, you can even become them. she created different clothing items that you can put on in this style and you kind of become part of her art. >> how long does it take to do something like this? >> like two minutes. no, obviously it's hours and hours on end. >> it makes your brain say, hold on, what am i seeing? it takes a minute to process it all. that's what i'm finding when i look at her stuff. and to tell us more about her journey and her exhibition, we have alexa via skype right this minute, welcome to the show. it's so nice

we could have alexa tell us that too. i could do that.creek, it is going to be in the mid-30s this morning. so dress appropriately. we have a lot of sunshine. pretty close to average temperatures. it will get breezy in the afternoon hours. it will move into the hills towards the nighttime. chilly valleys once again. not seeing a chance of rain in the next seven days. storm track looks progressive. it goes up to canada and drops inside of us. this is called an inside slider. it loses its moisture when it heads through the higher elevations of canada, washington, oregon. it is putting a 100-mile-per-hour jet stream over top of us. that will make it breezy later on today. temperatures around 57 to about 59 degrees. a little bit cooler in livermore, 56. santa cruz, 60. lake port, 54. 57 in san francisco. tonight, look at that. freezing cold in lake port, ukiah, pretty close to santa rosa, cloverdale. 39 tonight infremont and redwood city. 40s for the rest of us. here's a look at my accuweather seven-day forecast. mid-50s. maybe make it up to

. >> alexa, turn off the likes. >> dan doesn't just write about smart home products, he uses them to his one must have device, a smart speaker. >> alexa, lock the front door. >> smart speakers make it very easy toonnect all the different products. >> to use a smart speaker as a hub or control center of sorts, you'll find three main options. amazon's alexa. >>> the $120 amazon cloud cam is a consumereports best buy and if you want surveillance inside and outside of yourhome, consider the net gear arlo o2 art camera for $220. >> susan hogan reporting there. consumer repts also looked into another smart device. smart smoke detectors. if you're considering those be careful.va they areilable but they're only able to detec one type of re. not everything. >> all right. storm team 4 weather alt. more rain chances coming up. >> who the thieves appear to be targeting and when they are striking. >> and it was once the biggest store in the country. now sears may only have hours left. deils on the deadline that could mean the end of the store i'm alex trebek here to tell you about the colonial pe

what really goes on with alexa when bird on or abouts o t home. >> alexa add waffles to my shopping list rob: that's rocco the parent whose owner says he uses alexa to shop when they are not home. some of his favorites are strawberries and ace cream. adopted by family after kicked out of animal sanctuary fo for foul mouth. jillian: santa launched from sled in california. sled broke suspending anymore mid-air. crews brought him down safely. and crews continues the parade walking and smiling at guests. rob: that will do it for us. see you later. jillian: have a good day. >> james comey back in the hot seat today after explosive allegations he made in the case of michael flynn. >> they tricked him into not having a lawyer when, in fact, he was not only a suspect but a target. >> the president is dealing with a possible government shut down that's now just days away. >> the democrat party is a simple choice. they can either choose to fight for america's working class or to promote illegal imyanchts. >> trump, all he is going to get with his temper tantrum is a shot down. he will not get a

alexa, stop! ♪ oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ♪ >> jimmy: alexa, stop!p. we have kinks to work out but you get the idea. it's nice. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: gee yare know. >> guillermo: yeah? >> jimmy: bring that to the ocean and dump it in. >> guillermo: i will for sure. >> jimmy: spending time with family around the holidays is great. but it can be stressful too. you know how they say you can't go home again? unfortunately it's not true, you can. at christmas we do. so we asked some of the people who work here at our show to share the one thing they dread most about heading home for the holidays and this is what they had to say. >> the thing i dread most about going home for the holidays is that even though i'm an adult and i live with my boyfriend, i still have to ask permission for him to come over to my parents' house, and there has to be an adult at all times. at all times. >> the thing i'm dreading most about going home for the holidays is my parents have only one television. and they hog it and they only wash british law dramas. >> what

alexa has to have some year is out there to hear, alexa, which turns it on. streaming that what it here is to the cloud, it is staying on the device. once you start interacting with your device, it is streamed to the cloud. reputabled more companies give you ways to delete what is on the cloud. most people do not bother and it lives on the cloud for a long time. we do notanies say, sell that information to third parties. they do not need to, they are really big and can monetize it themselves. less reparable companies may start selling it to third parties. they are collecting data on what you are talking about, what you are interested in, and as they collect data on you as you browse. it is the usual privacy invasion. the more it goes into different parts of our home, the more it is going to be listening to us. we have to be very careful about what we are giving up which we tend to not be. we just click on that, i agree button. on another level, the security on these devices is terrible. we have already had examples of people hacking into baby cams and collect

people actually started asking us why didn't you evaluate alexa, alexa is not a product, alexa is an ai, we are thinking about how to expand this work, put more emojis, maybe, think about how to really understand products. take a look, i'm happy to chat about any of this and answer questions and i think the goal now is to talk about what are the implications of the internet of things and connected devices in the context of surveillance, not necessarily corporate surveillance but government surveillance, et cetera. [applause] >> hi, everyone, i do not have as many emojis to present. sorry. my name is matthew, director of cato's project, my pleasure to direct you to this panel where we will discuss implications of the internet of things. i want to introduce the two speakers who you don't know, the first is professor andrew ferguson who teaches and writes in the area of criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence at the university of district of colombia david a. clark law school. national expert of policing and fourth amendment. i think heather's presentation might have prompted some

you're the voice of alexa? >> you're the voice of alexa? >> i'm the voice of a lot of things. i've actually been living up shaq's ass. i voice him. >> jimmy: viewers at home can buy their own red amazon echo for $99.99. >> that's right, $99.99. but it won't have my voice, no, no, no. it's going to come with the standard voice, creepy white lady. >> hey, chris, while you're here, why don't you help us host the shop-a-thon. >> okay, but i want to try something new, something you guys have never done before on the shop-a-thon. >> jimmy: why don't we try to fit these rid, limited edition condoms over our heads. what do you think? [cheers and applause] >> that's a good idea. >> those are those bust a rhymes condoms. but no, no, no. something really different, like take a few questions from the audience. >> oh, that's great! okay. does anybody have any questions about red products or the shopping process in general? anybody? >> jimmy: yes, typically that. >> how about you, in the stylish hat. >> yes, can you hear me? [cheers and applause] >> can you hear me? can you hear me? >> jimm

how they integrated alexa to connect the physical world in this digital world, that is a big story toey: talk to us about response to amazon's brick-and-mortar pushing these stores? we see them in new york. are they working? shira: it is hard to know. i think at least the most visible of the amazon retail experiments, retail efforts, our experiments. the stores have been a tiptoe testing some interesting technology but it is still are early. the bookstores, the physical bookstores amazon has, to make him a little bit of a puzzle. obviously the whole foods acquisition was at least to me, a sign that amazon realizes the entire retail world is not going to be online only. and it needs to have a physical footprint. one thing i am watching is where else does amazon go in terms of physical stores? do they think about apparel or appliances, for some of these other areas in which amazon reportedly has interest in opening brick-and-mortar stores? emily: when it comes to alexei, amazon is outfitting appliances like microwaves with alexa, how much did -- bigger deal think alexa can be and is sub

alexa, stop. alexa, stop! she won't stop. you know what? you get the idea. lot of yelling at alech sanchts thale ale alexa. >> that's my house every night. >> or using the simon says function. this year is ending with unusual chaos for washington and wall street. u.s. stocks have having their worst december since 1931. the house approved spending $5.7 billion on the border wall last night but the senate is unlikely to pass the bill when it meets today. president trump is meeting with senate republicans at the white house this morning. >> a shutdown could leave one quarter of the federal work force without paychecks before christmas. 420,000 federal employees would have to work unpaid. 380,000 others would have to stay home without pay. a shutdown could send stocks on a deeper dive. the dow has already lost more than 1700 points in the last five days. >>> senior republicans in congress say they are alarmed that defense secretary jim mattis will soon step down. the retired general handed his resignation letter to the president yesterday, one day after mr. trum

>> i wish we had alexa back when i was in school.shared with technology companies and then you have been reporting biggest gifts this season. >> i know. >> alexa google fitbit more data, we do this because services provide a lot of value to us so we just got to understand. >> good the point. >> trade-off. >> is it went down in the uk yesterday 10 in the morning so imagine kid trying to do homework alexa is nresponsive. >> would be bad. >> raising the bar 2018 might go down as the year of the smartphone not alexa the smartphone blackout battle details behind disney verizon dispute. ♪ ♪ ♪ comcast business built the nation's largest gig-speed network. then went beyond. beyond chasing down network problems. to knowing when and where there's an issue. beyond network complexity. to a zero-touch, one-box world. optimizing performance and budget. beyond having questions. to getting answers. "activecore, how's my network?" "all sites are green." all of which helps you do more than your customers thought possible. comcast business. beyond fast

amazon's alexa can now read your blood pressure.get is starting to open its revamped stores. jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stories and more ( jane )good moringtarget is beginning to unveil its new store look.it's more than a third of the way in finishing the stores by the end of next year.target will spend 7 billion total on new entrances, better defined jewelry and beauty departments, neutral colors and specialty lighting. mcdonald's plans to reduce the use of antibiotics in its global beef supply in the next few years,it said it would work with meat suppliers in its 10 largest beef-sourcing markets, including the u.s. mcdonald's and many other fast- food chains already have eliminated the use of such antibiotics in chicken in the u.skohl's again intends to offer all-day shopping ahead of christmas. similar to last year, the retail chain will keep its doors open 24 hours a day beginning at 7 a.m. local time dec. 21 through 6 p.m. dec. 24.kohl's is also offering free in-store pick-up on eligible items when customers sho

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his one must-have devi , a smartspeaker. >> alexa, lock the front door. smart speakers make it very easy toonnect allhe product. >> reporter: to use the smart speaker, you'llind three main options, amazon alexa, google assistant and apple' sy ri, availabl -- .i smart locks have to pass the same break-in tests as aditional lock. >> you want a lock that is smart but also strong. >> this recommended $230 lock stood up to kicking, picking a drilling tests and connects with any of the three smart speaker assistants. anothe option for your ors, video door bells. you can see who is at your doo and some models even work with smart locks to remotely only the door through an app. you might want to add smart cameras inside and out. they can record a break-in or this little guy breakin the rules when dan isn't home. one thing to keep in mind, you'll need to pay a fee for video storage for most smart rasecurity ca which can be as much as $200 a year. the amaudn c cam is a best buy. consider the net gear arlo pro 2 smart camera for about $220 for outside. >> consumer r

they've got alexa.lphones, they're good to go. >> i thought i was doing it back in the day with that calculator, the big calculator. >> the t-9 one. >> yeah. they got all the answers these days. >>> let's keep it moving and check this out. a burglar broke into a house. check this out. can you imagine coming back to your house and seeing another person in your crib eating your food, took a shower. that's what happened with this guy. michael came home and found a gentleman sitting in his house and then he convinced the guy, the homeowner, to bring him to another house. >> is he sure that wasn't just his son? isn't that how kids work? they're in your house, eating your stuff, using all your things. >> this is a true story -- >> making you do things for them, fo' free. >>> now to cincinnati. fiona the hippo. we all love fiona. she was born prematurely. she was only 29 pounds. newborn hippos weigh between 55 and 100 pounds. fiona just hit a milestone, she ways 1,000 pounds. they are celebrating because they

said through alexa there were three times the number of sales just through people using alexa in theirome, and that is what you're seeing on your screen right now. frankly my personal opinion is a little bit scary, because alexa does listening, mind turns on randomly, but people are using it to shop, that contributes to the uptick also oil is higher as well, a little bit of a rally. adding to the energy sector. spilled white house economic adviser trying to calm investors for years this morning, what did he say? >> he was on fox business early this morning, and was pretty much trying to negate and say it is not a big deal that mnuchin called 30 ceos and banks on his capo vacation, it is a normal thing, so listen to the clip. >> secretary mnuchin is in constant contact with the financial community, he is friends with most of those folks and operated in that space. it is very normal for the treasury secretary to call people up and say, how was christmas looking? they have credit card data, how are sales going? >> you can see the back-and-forth that happen with one of the anchors, the rea

coming up, did you get an alexa device for christmas. a warning about a fake app that appeared to go with it. >>> the buzz over a strange site in the sky. we'll explain what caused this blue glow in new york city. >>> most people would hate to be >>> most people would hate to be stuck on a >>> starting tonight and through tomorrow night, cold air settling in the san joaquin valley. lows drop 28 to 32 from midnight to 2:00. 52 the high in fresno. mid to upper 50s sacramento, chico. 60s in monterey. low to mid-60s in socal. about 30 today in tahoe. you can see it looks like there may be a little bit of fog this morning. we'll stay below freezing all day today and again monday. just no new snow. enjoy the groomed stuff. >>> mike, thank you. take a look at this light that lit up the sky in new york city last night. people from queens to new jersey could see this very super natural shade of blue. in a brand-new statement out an morning, a lal power jt yellow sparks in t loads li. the sky. it looked like blue fire. >> it was insane. it was a r

we would like to evolve that to be on alexa.omebody could go and talk to our website but we want people -- if they are in their house going, alexa how many bathrooms are in the white house and get the answer, which is our most asked question. that is the question we have the most often. how many bathrooms are if the white house. so it is involving the app and -- >> how many -- >> 35. that is in the whole house. and then in terms of the library we just launched a portal website and we have a busy june, launched the chappa and the app in the new portal and i need a vacation. i still need a vacation. is alan lowe in the room? in springfield we did a mini trial collaboration with them, on the emancipation proclamation and hoping to expand that and work with as many different presidential sites and libraries on that portal to make it a way for everybody to link to each other and not just us, but links back out to the other libraries so that is my priority over the next 12 months, to start expanding that partnership and talk to the ot

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love it the bad, 6-year-old boy busted using alexa to cheat on his homework. >> alexa, 5 minus 3. >>ew jersey mom scolding. mom says she would turn the device off during homework time in the future. jillian: okay. finally the ugly. a professional kite surfer gets tripped up by a shark and all caught on go pro. he saw the shark while he was training moments before crashing into it off the coast of the dominican republic. his folks did not believe him but as you can see, he had proof. >> not what you expect from a is that correct. >> have a good day. >> president trump along with a first lady melania trump spent the day with our troops after a surprise visit to iraq. >> the near elimination of the isis territorial caliphate -- today, they are not so dominant anymore. [. [cheers and applause] >> great job. >> to have the president of the united states to visit them is a very big deal. >> today both sides of the aisle will meet face to face for the first time, heather, since the government shutdown some six days ago. president trump is insisting he will do whatever it takes to get his bo

millions of echo devices in 2018.in its end of year stats, amazon says the number of people who use alexad the software now has 70-thousand skills.it also said alexa told 100 million jokes this year. pedialyte has a new flavor of drink with adults in mind.the drink, which was designed for kids, has become a favorite of adults too who are trying to prevent a hangover, the flu and o ther things.abbott, the maker's of the popular children's beverage, is releasing a medical-grade fizzy drink called sparkling rush powder packs.pedialyte also has popsicle sticks and other drinks of course.live from the nasaq marketsite, i'm jane king back to you ( james ) thanks jane ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... several bay area charities helping the under privileged this holiday season. we are live as one east bay police department gets ready to help california wildfire ( darya ) police are pulling people over but they are not giving out tickets. and here's a live look outside... bay bridge (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) temperatures just a bit cooler today ranging from the mid 50's to a few sp

. >> alexa, what's five minus three? >> five minus three equals two. >> not exactly a tutor there.sharing the moment she busted her son using an alexa, amazon's virtual assistant, to cheat on his math homework. the understanding mom said she was surprised because math is his favorite subject, but added she will turn off the device in the future. >>> all right, when we come back, the final present under the tree, and a life-changing moment for one little boy. it's america strong. yeah, i've had some prettyeer. prestigious jobs over the years. news producer, executive transport manager, and a beverage distribution supervisor. now i'm a director at a security software firm. wow, you've been at it a long time. thing is, i like working. what if my retirement plan is i don't want to retire? then let's not create a retirement plan. let's create a plan for what's next. i like that. get a plan that's right for you. td ameritrade. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ today's senior living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public

if you have an amazon alexa, sorry for waking it up.t story pretty unsettling. a man in germany asked amazon for the information it had collected on him. in europe there is a law allowing people to make these types of requests. he thought he would get some reportings from his amazon alexa device. instead, he got 1700 reportings of a complete stranger. amazon said it was human error. but you can probably imagine that it's very alarming to receive potentially accepts active information on a different person. >>> yep. that is problematic. do i still use it every day? i do. >>> jay-z reportedly trying to talk fellow rapper travis scott out of performing with maroon 5 in the super bowl halftime show. >>> according to tmz and variety, jay-z thinks scott should skip the show. kaepernick protested racial injustice and police violence during the national anthem. >>> we just got official word that the bay bridge metering lights were turned on 5:31. so a little bit later than average. it is rainy. we have wet pavement. overall, friday light volume

gray pa rot has demanded treats like strawberries, watermelon from alexa and also ordered a kite andtbulbs and kettle and we should ask that the child lock, child settings are on so the pa rot doesn't go crazy. lauren: pa rot proof now. s&p up 5, nasdaq up 18, all right, don't go anywhere because obamacare, people were still signing up when this happened, it is now on life support, obama's legacy on the line after judge says core provisions are unconstitutional, we ask what happens next and is your retirement fund on life support thanks to your kids? >> daddy, someone set a fire in your car because you took too long. lauren: how parents are spending $500 billion to keep their kids' heads above water, you won't believe the story, stay with us >> there's way too much uncertainty coming from too many directions. let's just put extra money in cash right now. lauren: cash is king, stocks could end 2018 lower for the first time in 3 years. cheryl: after losing nearly 500 points, right now futures higher by 44, s&p up 6 and a quarter and nasdaq 21 and three quarters. lauren: in europe stock

this is an alexa prize social bot it's really good to meet you.""ard because we create the most realistic social bot.""the task is mostly about building a social conversation on chat by contacting people from more than 20 minutes."nat sound "what would you like to talk about?""it has a huge variety of things you can talk about." nat sound"can we talk about the midterm election?" "republicans expanded control of the senate, the democrats took the house and seven governorships flipped. was it as you expected?""not really." "i did not see it coming. but then this was my first election so give me a break." and so basically the reason why we won is we had the longest tern duration. most interesting conversations we were not expecting that."it's very impressive that we gather together a group of people that has never done anything similar to this before. ""food is one of my favorite topics. this is the future. you see many companies bringing into existing products and having success doing it.""alexa tell me what is your favorite food. "that's a hard quest

david, there's talk of a fake alexa.lowing that interview, because she's talking about they are putting stuff on sale that goes into alexa and other amazon items. there's a problem there. if you go into the app store and see something called setup for amazon alexa, lot of people have just had alexas for christmas, avoid it like the plague. setup for amazon alexa is a phony site that you go in there, when you launch the app, they ask you for your i.p. address, for your device's serial number, for all sort of specific information, then they just vacuum cleaner out everything they can from your device. god knows what kind of information alexa can keep. we have learned that it can keep a lot more private information than anybody guessed when it first came out. so setup for amazon alexa is a fraud. avoid it. don't get it. check your amazon dealer for specifics. charles: great, great stuff. now there's this. the head of the fda, scott gottlieb, plans to meet with top executives from e-cigarette companies. what is this about? d

today we focus on someone who know that directs no produces films he's not a screenwriter and he's not alexa but he has made a significant contribution to international film over the past two decades we have a date with possibly the flamboyant director of international film first because we're going to be the boss of the world for eighteen years but before we get down to chatting with peter let's take a look back at some of the highlights of burly nala costly years. the man in the red scarf and black cat festival director dieter conflict brought the stars to berlin screen legend catching the nerves hollywood stars george clooney and even the rolling stones braved the icy berlin winter. opening night is a dog to success of the festival this is a magic moment for me because like also saw the valley now the red carpet as a political platform the film selected tackled the issues of our times head on in twenty fifteen the golden bear went to dissident iranian director just. a year later to fire it see a documentary about europe's migration crisis. conflicts legacy is an audience festival where ci

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it became one of the seeds of the very successful alexa voice assistant. now our homes are littered with these devices. back then, did you ever imagine that this would take off as quickly as it has? >> well, i don't know if it took off as quickly as i hoped. obviously, many of us in the field have been toiling away for decades, in some cases. but it's such a powerful way of interaction. it is the first way that we learn to communicate with each other as humans. the power of the voice is really something that is a demarcation line in terms of when a baby first starts interacting with the world, essentially becoming a more active participant in it in that environment. that's what was really exciting to many of our colleagues that were working together to make this happen. the you are, igor, focused now on bringing this technology into the work -- the workplace. we will get to pryon in a moment. amazon has about 50% of the market in the u.s., but google home is right there and growing quickly with 30%. apple just entered the market. how set do you think this

alexa. it didn't work yesterday.ust have been hundreds of homes that had these for christmas presents, crashed because so christmas presents, crashed because so many went online at the same time that the minute they were plugged m, that the minute they were plugged in, alexa basically said, sorry, i can't respond. people would have had to cut the turkey —— cook the turkey better looking in a recipe book. one story said the kids were crying because the turkey was ruined after alexa forgot to turn the oven off. it is interesting. we don't have one. lots of people worry about them listening. i don't know if there is any validity. there have been a number of stories about how this device is permanently on and data is recorded. i don't know how it can be used. kids are obsessed by the digital world. do we need somebody to turn on the radio or tv for us? i don't think so. lots of people go for a boxing day walk after being stuck in the house yesterday. this isa stuck in the house yesterday. this is a piece talking about th

amazon's alexa, google assistant and apple's siri available on the apple home pod.other smart products, them er reports puts through rigorous testing. for example, smart locks still have to pass the same break-in test as traditional door locks. >> youarm to get a lock that is smart but also strong. >> this recommended lock stood g testsicking and drill and connects with any of the three smart speaker assistants. >> can you let me in? >> another option, video door bells. you can see who is at your door. some models even work with smart locks to remotely open the door through an app. need even more smarts? you might want to add smart cameras inside and out. they can record a break-in or this little guy breaking the rules when dan isn't home. on thing to keep in mind. you'll need on pay a fee for video storage for most smart cameras which can be as much as0 a year. >> when they take video, they store it on their company's server. by doing this, it makes it really easy foro you access that footage. but it can also cost you over the long term. >> $130 cloud cam is a cons