as alexis said one good news the workweek expanded. also alexis a rise in numbers.e a little with the 2012 forecast. it's a little dicey to say we're going to continue to see those kinds of robust job numbers. >> what makes it dicey? what are the head winds. we still have europe. we have low interests going on. we just saw auto sales coin. trucks are being bought again. indicates contractors in this country by pickup trucks. what's the headwind in 2012. >> you're right about everything you just said. these numbers on jobs are consistent 3.5 to 4% growth for the fourth quarter, which is a good number. what worries me is one of the head winds is political. i do think if there's this perception you're going to get the tax increase in 2013, that's one of the big issues in the campaign, i think that does have a negative effect starting in 2012 of employers going out and hiring more workers. >> let me tell you, though, one of the things, i've been looking through the report to see if there are problems. one of the things, chronically high black unemployment rate. >> right

however, i agree with alexis, the trend is really crucial. predict over the next few weeks more and more people will talk about 1984. it's not quite as great but we came out of a really ugly recession. ronald reagan had a trend that worked in his favor in the summer and fall of '84. if i'm not mistaken ronald reagan got reelected. >> guys, hold on there. this is a good discussion. we need to talk about what we do to sustain this stability in house prices, low interest rates, the stock market we would like to do a little more in 2012 than it did in 2011. a lot more to talk about right ahead. stay with us.. ♪ he was a 21st century global nomad ♪ ♪ home was an airport lounge and an ipad ♪ ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it in the himalayas ♪ ♪ while meditating like a true playa ♪ ♪ now when he's surfing down in chile'a ♪ ♪ he can see when his score is in danger ♪ ♪ if you're a mobile type on the go ♪ ♪ i suggest you take a tip from my bro ♪ ♪ and download the app t

protect ip act we're going to give you a breakdown of who's taking part and how and we'll speak with alexis ohanian founder of reddit about whether online activism and the tech industry are going to be able to beat the entertainment industry on this legislation then there's feverish debate amongst the left over president obama's record and his policies so will they still choose him in two thousand and twelve in order to keep republicans out of executive power or will the president find himself in trouble come november how sparks is going to be with us and then rolling stone's michael hastings had the rare opportunity to sit down with wiki leaks founder julian assange for a one on one interview so hastings is going to join us to tell us about songes regrets his take on the u.s. government's case against him and the future of wiki leaks and also the big news tonight the state department and the obama administration announce that they will not be supporting the keystone x.l. pipeline so we're going to have all of that morphy tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at

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aside today to bid farewell to alexis >>> house democrats and republicans put their differences aside today to bid farewell to gabby giffords. as alexis christoforous shows us, the injured congresswoman's resignation brought tears and cheers to congress. [ applause ] >> reporter: lawmakers cried and cheered putting politics aside as they said good-bye to representative gabrielle giffords. >> i am so proud of my friend. >> reporter: her friend, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, broke down before reading giffords' letter of resignation. >> i have morning to do on my recovery before i can again serve in elected office. >> reporter: the arizona democrat stepped down to focus on her recovery, one year after being shot in the head at a political event near tucson. her good-byes to washington began last night at the state of the union address. the room erupted in cheers when she entered and president obama greeted her with a long embrace. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: this morning in the house, colleagues from both sides of the aisle had warm words as giffords' husband mark kell

alexis said she had coached cody in the past to call 911 in an emergency. it paid off. >> amazing. >>> a new piece of gym equipment developed right here in the bay area uses nasa technology to help users deinto gravity. on the healthwatch, dr. kim reports, running on this new treadmill may make you feel like an astronaut. >>> reporter: it's the workhorse of the gym, the escapeful cardio exercising. treadmills help people get in shape and burn calories. the next generation is the antigravity treadmill. you pull up a plastic cover, zip it around you and use air pressure to literally take some of the weight off. >> it allows you to run or walk anywhere from 20 to 100% less of your body weight so it's very much like being on air. >> reporter: 40-year-old brad stevenson is an attorney who suffers from multiple ms. >> you're able to unweight your body so it feels like a balloon blowing up under you that sort of lifts you up and sort of gives you support. >> reporter: allison espinosa is training for a marathon but her shinsplints have made training painful. with

. >> alexis glick knows about this. alexis, you worked on wall street, covered wall street.iness leaders have been telling me privately they have enough problems just trying to run their own businesses without taking on social responsibility or responsibility for propping up the rest of the u.s. economy. let's talk about this. what moral responsibility do american companies have both in terms of philanthropy and charity and giving back to their communities and in terms of hiring more americans? >> the role is growing. almost every ceo in the country realizes that they have to be giving back to their communities. in fact, their shareholders are demanding it. so it is becoming a bigger and bigger issue for business. the question for business is whether or not they can ultimately have an impact. and that's been the argument, is government making it more difficult to create jobs, and to give back to the local communities or is government creating more regulation, which is stifling business and innovation? i'll tell you, i work in the not for profit sector now in childhood obesit

alexis christoforous reports for wjz. those who live in birmingham are certain it was a tornado. >> reporter: the violent weather pounded the south, spawning possible tornadoes that ripped apart homes near centerpoint, alabama. trees and power lines littered the streets. firefighters spent the day going house to house, checking for victims. andrew watley ran from his home when it started shaking. >> what did you see when it got down there? >> pretty much all of the houses are gone. people are out there, trying to dig through stuff. took one guy out of the house on the door. he's all bloodied up. he went to the hospital. >> reporter: emergency officials say the deadly storms hit overnight and injured at least 100 people in the birmingham area. >> the whole house is tilted and you couldn't stand up in the house. >> reporter: stan leo's house was severely damaged. he feels lucky to be alive. >> they also say the basement is a say place. this -- safe place. this time, i'm glad i wasn't there. because we would have been killed

alexis christoforous, cbs news, new york. >> can't wait until friday comes because you do want to see that! red tails. all right. you know, you were talking about how cold it was this morning. but that sun came out, and it made it feel a lot warmer than what two really was. >> it definitely does help. but that sun probably going away and we've got some clouds moving in this afternoon. so some changes coming this way where we also could see some flurries late tonight. we'll talk about that but first here's a look at your weather camera for this thursday. yet as jc was saying, beautiful sun out there. and blue skies. but we do have some clouds that are coming in from the west. so it will give bay to more cloudy conditions. it is 36 degrees, so still pretty cold outside. but it feels like 28 degrees. very dry air mass, dewpoints in the teens. we do have winds out of the south at 11 miles per hour. so those winds will continue to be a little bit on the breezy side today, but nothing that which really can't handle. not at windy as yesterday. for this afternoon, temperatures topping out in

ohanian alexis thank you so much for joining us tonight and just looking at what i've named you know in terms of the lists of the members of congress that now have publicly. and opposition in terms of the websites that are blacked out would you say that this day of protest has been a success a failure is it too early to tell and it has been a resoundingly success because this hasn't just been online protests this is also been offline protest i was fortunate enough to speak at the new york tech meetup protest outside of our senators offices here in midtown new york and i saw thousands of new york's job creators the business people the programmers the innovators who would much rather be working on their startups right now came out in mass to support what was probably the key is to and most rational protest ever in the history of new york city speaking out against these bills and it wasn't just here in new york it was in cities all across the country and it's very very encouraging well i mean you call it geeky but at the same time the internet is something that we all use at this point

alexis christoforous has who. >>> apple's ipad 3 is expected to go on sale in march.here are reports that it will have a high def screen, run a faster processor and work with next generation wireless networks. the tablet will use a quad core chip letting users jump quickly between applications. it's the second biggest seller behind the iphone. >>> eastman kodak is a stock to watch on tuesday when the market reopens. shares of the giant shrunk 23% on friday on worries that the company is preparing to file for bankruptcy. on friday, stocks fell after s&p downgraded the debt of european countries, including france. that could make it more expensive for the affected countries to borrow money at a time when the europe's financial system is fragile. the dow jones industrial average lost 49 points, while the nasdaq gave back 14. >>> movie and tv studio lionsgate is buying summit intertaint for $412 million summit produce the teen series twilight. the deal brings together two small studios putting them on a footing with the large he's studios in hollywood. lionsgate is set to

what really happened there, alexis? >> it's an interesting story in that the president is heading into his third chief of staff in one term. not unusual, but in this particular case, the president hired bill daley from the famous daley political democratic family in chicago, to really serve him in a year in which he envisioned 2011 would be a crossover, centrist, governing from the middle, working with republicans, and from the fall, we had a different president and people disgruntled about bill daley's tenure as chief of staff because the president switched gears and the political operation in the white house was calling the shots and bill daley was feeling less and less in the picture and democrats in the house and the senate were expressing reservation after the death dealing fight in the middle of the summer about how bill daley had been chasing a mirage that there would be a speaker boehner who could bring votes to do a deal with president obama on raising the debt ceiling and also on deficit reduction. gwen: is th

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alexi russia . reporting from warsaw in poland. germany could become scar from the helsinki foundation for human rights as governments should communicate with users before preparing sweeping internet loss of the way it. is my prayer lake those basic freedoms and in the years to mash with the freedom to. use their without really actually the goodbye later in the internet and those internet providers though there are companies which are taking advantage of the fear of the internet and the first thing we should be aware in the press is just people are feeling that they were cheap that by the government then that something is wrong and that there were no consultation then there was no possibility of the debate before or. for the signature of the document there were many afghans even then returned. to the internet and every time people have the impression that the government is taking them that without conversation without . their knowledge and internet users. well to our website are to dot com for any stories you've missed as well as t

let's go to new york right now, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >>> applications for unemployment benefits spiked last week. but economists say that's typical in early january, when companies let go of thousands of workers after the holiday season. weekly applications rose by 24,000 to just under 400,000. it's the highest level in six weeks. >>> americans were in a buying mood last year. the government says retail sales jumped 8% in 2007 to a record 4.7 trillion. that's the largest increase since 1999. but sales from december were low and lower than analysts expected. >>> average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 3.89%, while the rate on a 15-year ticked down to 3.16%. and realty track says about 1.9 million homes entered foreclosure in 2011. the lowest level since the recession began in 2007. but analysts warn those numbers are misleading because legal issues delayed the process for many homeowners. analysts expect a flood of foreclosures in the coming months as that backlog of wairp work is processed. -- of paperworkis processed. >>> one of

everything from movies and music to fashion and pharmaceuticals but its net does stretch widely artie's alexi had a chef ski's in warsaw to explain this. well this document called the courtesy trade agreement which has been signed by poland and many other countries other countries in fact including the united states. new zealand and others is the reason why tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets in poland is the reason why most of the governmental web sites in this country have been hijacked by the hacker groups including the anonymous how you look it is well known across the world basically this agreement is all about protecting the intellectual property including movies books pharmaceuticals designer clothes and things like that but ordinary people fear that the big corporations will use it to police the web to take regular users offline so we've seen lots of protests in poland as i mentioned in the last several days we are also seeing protests being held today in the cities of new berlin and postmen in central poland we are expecting more protests tomorrow on friday more so

ohanian co-founder of reddit alexis nice to have you back on the show tonight if you can you know let's start give us a little bit of explanation with how this all happened somebody decided to just come up with an idea said hey let's talk about a free internet we can come up with that on our own and then the conversation just started flowing yeah yeah that's pretty much it in fact we're seeing a lot of the same self mobilization that we saw during the. protest planning the magic of reddit is that anyone can come up with an idea and have it turn into something much much bigger and so someone had this idea reddit or you know with a username that is probably it's just some silly characters and entire community now is gone behind it if it is free internet act dot reddit dot com and so you can create a separate about anything you want and it just so happens now that there's one discussing everything imaginable about legislation that the community would like to see put forward to protect our rights online just like we have a protected offline right now we see the community come up with a lot

alexis, good to see you as well. appreciate both of you being here. >> thank you. >> heather: the cheering crowds at the republican presidential debates are getting plenty of attention. should they or should they not be allowed to root for their favorite candidate? mitt romney weighed in. next, media watchdog tells us what she thinks. >> this last one speaker gingrich said he didn't do so well 'cause the audience was so loud. the one before he said he didn't do so well because the audience was too quiet. this is like goldilocks, he's got to have it just right. when i debate the president, i'm not going to worry about the audience, i'm going to make sure we take down barak obama and take back the white house! let'st we know can do the job. new glidden duo paint plus primer. ♪ one coat does double duty. ♪ and fits our budget perfectly. so there's a brand-new room right where the old one used to be. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. new glidden duo paint plus primer only at the home depot and

. >>> es una tarde cualquiera en ciudad juárez, alexis colora las casas de este lugar, antes pintabaabajan, pero hacen una labor social. >>> hay mucha probabilidad que varios de ellos hayan estado inmersos en un tipo de delincuencia. >>> con este trabajo buscan que la localidad se vea más limpia, porque por años ciudad juárez fue vista como la más violenta del mundo, pero hoy su imagen cambia, el gobernador de chihuahua dice que los homicidios bajaron en un 75% dijo que la reducción se logró cuando el ejército se fue. >>> julián andrade, periodista, dice que es cierto que hay menos crímenes, que se debió al apoyo del ejército y también de los ciudadanos. >>> la gente ha condenado la vlc. >>> actividades como pintar las casas, ayudan a recupera lo que alguna vez fue la ciudad más peligrosa. >>> hoy hubo un atentado contra la policía en esta ciudad, por eso dicen que falta mucho por mejorar. >>> julio baqueiro, muchísimas gracias, ahora vamos a nicaragua, un titular que podría sonar viejo, es que daniel ortega tomó posesión como presidente de la nación en medio de una tormenta de criti

in new york i'm alexis t christoforous. >>> fast food to your front door.urger king is testing out delivery in a few of its washington, d.c. restaurants. customers can order online and on the phone and they'll be charge add $2 delivery fee. you must also live within a 10 minute drive of the restaurant. there's no word when the service will be available. >> soggy fries. >> my fries have to be piping hot. >> because you know they have to make a couple of delivers on that. they're not just coming to your house. they have to drop off a couple of sights. >> even sights -- sites. >> even if you're the first delivery. >> fire hazard i'm sure. >>> coming up on wjz news, internet addiction. the surprising things it's doing to your brains. >>> radio active recall, what stores sold these metal tissue holders. >>> it is blustery and cold outside. what about the weekend? bob will update our weekend weather update. >>> to see a complete slide show of your purple pride, go to wjz.com. ring, ring. hello, progresso. it fits! fantastic! ring, ring. progresso. they fit! aweso

i went -&downs just on her,,ss mom told me to call 911.the 991-1 tape reveals alexis talked to dispatchersfooe losing consciiusness.. i'm gonna paas out again.as shee pool of blood, it was up to little cody to get help..se passed out so...she did? peah. for the nnxt 15 minutes, cody calmly worked with the dispatcher on the phone...while emergency crews made tteir wayyto thh rural she's breething?um...nope she's not breathing.can you put your finger by her nose and see if any aar's coming out?uh huh.aaexis wasn't bbeathing and without help she pirmly believes she would have diee.thingg could been diiferent. because of him i'm here and well and happy. happy i've got a hero.they say you might have saved her life 22?? yeah what do you think about that? um ppettt good.thhy're here &pnow.they are?okay i'm gonna let you go, okay? good job! okay i'm gonna let you go, straight ahead... his plan pushes new jobs... and tax breaks for small busiiess owner. owners. sooput them in a bill, and get it on my desk this year" year."bbt find outtwhy some say... it won'' end up on his ddsk... because.... he de

alexis christoforous reports for wjz. tens of thousands of people are now without power. >> reporter: the violent weather pounded the south, spawning possible tornadoes that ripped apart homes near centerpoint, alabama. trees and power lines littered the streets. firefighters spent the day going house to house, checking for victims. andrew watley ran from his home when it started shaking. >> what did you see when you got down there? >> pretty much all of the houses gone. people out there, trying to dig through stuff. took one guy out. took him out of the house in the door. he's all bloodied up. he went to the hospital. >> reporter: emergency officials say the deadly storms hit overnight and injured at least 100 people in the birmingham area. >> the whole house was tilted. you couldn't stand up in the house. >> reporter: stan leo's house, was severely damaged. he feels lucky to be alive. >> they always say the basement is a safe place. this time, i'm glad i wasn't there because we would have been killed because the house c

in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. >>> ll bean is taking its most famous product on the road. the boot mobile is making its debut, as the company celebrates 100 years in business. the boot on wheels made a stop tuesday at the company's flagship store in maine. before hitting its next deftination. it is 13 feet high, 20 feet long. and they tell me a size 747, which sounds like a plane. let's just go with a size 13. all right. >>> coming up on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. gulf spill disast er. why the federal lawsuit may not make it to court. >>> are you sick of telemarketers? the supreme court now says you can do something about it. >>> and it's a nice winter day, when the winds are not blowing. stick around for your updated first warning forecast. >>> and we have been telling you, wjz wants to see your purple pride. there it is. here are some of our favorite purple and black photos. to see the complete slide show, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> this just in. cold, fresh, nice canadian air. >> thank you. >> she said it just like i told her to say it. >> i listened. >> you

let's go to new york, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >>> stocks rallied after investors got some good news about europe. fitz rating says it will not downgrade france's debt this year. and the aluminum giant, alcoa is forecasting that depand will -- demand will rise 7%. tich an -- tiffany says shoppers didn't buy as many expensive jewels during the holiday season. that hurt sales in the fourth quarter. and tiffany is cutting its yearly output. >>> apple's executive, tim cook, was the highest paid ceo in america last year. an associated prez review -- press review says his pay package was valued at $378 million, when he took the reigns -- reins shortly before steve jobs stepped down. >>> google is trying to include more personal information in its search results. google will customize the information for users' personal interest. that's your money watch. for more, stay with cbsmoneywatch.com. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. >>> well, a 3-year-old girl may want to thank the makers of safety glass, after a recent trip to a zoo in new zealand. take a l

peligrosas del mundo, hoy intenta cambiar su rumbo >>> es una tarde cualquiera en ciudad juarez, alexisos, ya los dejé atrás >>> es uno e los 120 jóvenes de juarez que ni estudian ni trabajan y hacen labor socialñ >>> hay mucha probabilidad que muchos hayan estado inmerso >>> con este trabajo, buscan que la localidad se vea más limpia, porque durante años, ciudad juarez fue conocida como la más violenta del mundo, pero hoy su imagen cambia el gobernador asegura que los asesinatos en todo el estado, se redujeron un 35% tan solo en ciudad juarez, 75% dijo que la reduccio'en se logró solo con la policía local, una vez que el ejercito se fue dice que es cierto que hay menos crímenes, que eso se debe al apoyo que dio el ejercito al estado >>> la gente ha participado en ciudad juarez, por un lado, para condenar la violencia >>> y actividades como pintar las casas de colores, ayudan a salvar a la que alguna vez fue la ciudad más pèligrosa >>> hoy hubo un atentado en contra de la policía local de esta comunidad, por eso algunos habitantes de ciudad juarez dicen que aun falta mucho por hacer en

al compas de los tres goles del argentino messi y uno del chileno alexis sanchez, quien anoto su quintoo en los ultimos seis cotejos, el barcelona cerro una semana esplendida.... el onceno barcelones ingreso con la mentalidad puesta en meterle presion al lider del torneo y procurar acercarse en la tabla comparativa de posiciones.... al final del partido y con una alegria que no podia ocultar el tecnico pep guardiola dijo "la fuerza de messi es la regularidad".... en este partido, guardiola dejo a varios titulares en reserva, esperando el choque de vuelta por la copa del rey contra el real madrid el venidero miercoles. y siempre hablando de la liga espaÑola, el real madrid mantiene su condicion de lider al haber vencido por cuatro tantos contra uno al athletic de bilbao. fernando llorente, con un precioso remate de volea abrio el marcador y la eventual ventaja del atheltic de bilbao, pero la alegria les duro poco pues a los 25 minutos marcelo combino con cristiano y karim benzema para entrar al area y marcar el uno a uno... mas tarde seria el propio cristiano ronaldo quien convertiria do

alexis mcgill johnson making her first appearance on "up." and dave roberts, staff writer for a website. >>> we have to talk about the republican field and what's going on. it's hard to pinpoint most unexpected most of the presidential campaign so far. newt gingrich and rick perry are attacking mitt romney from the left for his record at bain capital. romney is forced to defend himself against accusations he sucked millions of dollars out of the companies he acquired leaving behind a trail of unemployed workers. to see how far things have gone, i want to you to take a look at two pieces of film of the devastation left behind by predatory capitalism. one is from a film, one is from "when mitt romney came to town." >> we found out they will shut the plant on tuesday. we don't deserve what they're doing to us. it really hurts, because like i said, this is my second -- it's really hard. i'm going to miss all of them. i'm going to miss them, and i don't think anybody on this planet deserve what they are doing to us. >> when they have families, the

alexis, what do you think?t remember the last time gas was $1.84 and i think that the reality is -- >> i do! and listen, for the people listening on xm radio right now, professional truck drivers, this is killing them. this is killing them. >> absolutely. it's killing them. >> it's per normal. >> killing working class families. we saw that number skyrocket during the bush years, right? we saw that skyrocket. >> we're looking at the number on his first day of president. >> i totally understand. what we've also seen over the last 10 years is the -- the -- i'm sorry, the income of wealthy americans increase 40% in large part by government policies. >> alexis -- >> that subsidize, you know, things like capital gains and i think that that is really the central message that the president is talking about. >> this is the central message of the president's and liberal thinking. they see a fat guy and a skinny guy and they think the skinny guy is skinny because the fat guy ate up all his food. >> that's right. >> i'm pi

in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. >>> an israeli parliament member douses another member with alass of water. it happened during a heated exchange over the firing of a school principal. the principal was let go, after taking students to a march for human rights in tel aviv last month. the two disagreed over the punishment, yelling at each other, until the water was thrown in his face. it is not clear if the woman will be reprimanded. >> i will never do that to you. i always have my cup of water here. >> i know there have been times you have been upset with me. are you sure you're not anything to, jackson? >> close, right? >> we can talk this out. >>> maryland hunter accidentally shot. why four men are facing charges. >>> a package explodes behind a car. who is behind it and why? >>> feels a bit more like winter in maryland today. is snow in the forecast? >> let's go, ravens. let's go, baby. >> go, ravens! >> go, ravens! ♪ [ woman ] i was ready for my trip, but my smile wasn't. [ female announcer ] new crest 3d white intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the e

alexis christoforous, wjz eyewitness news. >> reporter: the fungicide discovered in orange juice hasn linked to productive problems in animals. >> well, check in with eyewitness news at 6:00. for all new stories coming up, vic is standing by with a preview. >>> uncertain future. hundreds of layoffs at the plant. school scare. the topic a student wrote about. check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news at 6:00. now back to you. >> thank you, vic. and still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. a history making drug bust at philadelphia's airport, where customs agents discovered millions of dollars worth of cocaine. ,, ,,,,,, it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while

let's go to new york, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell in the final week of 2011. the labor department says weekly applications dropped by 15,000 to 372,000 last week. that's the fourth drop in five weeks. and it's good news, ahead of tomorrow's december unemployment report from the government. retailers are pointing to solid sales. macy's and the parent company of victoria's secret. but some retailers discounted merchandise so much that it hurt their profit. target, kohl's and jc penney, are among those lowering their outlook. mortgage rates remain at record lows. freddie mac says the average rate fell to 3.91% this week, matching the record reached two weeks ago. a 15-year fixed is down to 3.23% on average. that's also a record. general murders has developed a plan to make its volt electric cars safer during crashes. the automaker is planning to strengthen its structure around the battery. gm will be asking volt owners to return the cars to dealers so the change could be made. the move c