separately the company reported earnings andue below estimates. shares of auto nation fell 3% today to $37.23. >>> wayfair had a banner holiday season topping quarterly earnings and revenue estimates. thonline furniture retailer also reported a 15% surge in its active customer count. shares hit their highest level since wayfair'sipo back in 2014. it was unearly 28% today to $149.95. >>> canadian miningomny barrett gold is considering a hostile bid for rival newmont mining for $19 billion. that potential merger would be one of the largest mining deals ev and would create making it the largest gold peducer in world. late today, newmont responded to those reportsaying its own $10 billion acquisition of gold corp announced in january was in its view enough to produce solid growth in the future. rrick shares fell 2% and newmont shares were up 3%. >>> stamps.com is ending its exclusiveartnership with the u.s. postal service. the company says with amazon disrupting t shipping business, it needs to be free to do deals with competitors like fedex, u.p.s. a

wmata andus d.c. police are a couple of the many eloyers who are going to be there. molette green is going to be there live so come out meet ploir a employer molette. >>> let's check in with doug and amelia. they're watching the storm coming in, it's going to be a messy day tomorrow. >> absolutely. ne have one big mess of a day on your wednesday t things get bet e. it starts as snow early tomorroc then the icees in. it depends on where you live the impacts you have throughout the day. >> we see sleet mixing in throughout the midday hours and freezing rn the afternoon hours. north and west we could see icing issues. >> that's goingo be a big problem. the same areas that saw icing last week may see it again with this storm. >> here's the storm here, look at the moisture pumping intoe places l tennessee, the carolinas. beach mountain seeing some good snow. for us, nothing tonight, no problem. you have plenty of time to get to the store if you nee to. 5:00 a.m. snow area wide and enveloping the region by 8:00 p.m. right through 100, 11:00 seeing snow and then transitioni

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if you can sellal down 10, andu it back, knock yourself out. do that all day. others, why not own it and rent it every quarter take a look at what it's done over the last ten years. everyone who dumped apple and facebook and microsoft early this season has a serious case of seller's remorse. i think the same could be the case with amazon and alphabet soon, too. don't be distracted by short-term problems. they can vanish overnight like we saw with the winners. focus on the long-term, and the next time one of the terrific stocks sells off, then you know it's time to buy not sell rick in arizona, rick. >> hawai, jim, and thanks for taking my call. >> of course >> i'm thinking of something unholy in the cell phone chip sector, and i'm hoping you can provide a more intelligent explanation. the phone chip suppliers have heard the garuidance and are living the results of apple's last quarter, for sky work solution, is there enough internet of things, and other non-phone devices out there to support sky works current uptrend from the mid november lows >> first, it's a

stream is so far to e south right nowwe're talking about snow in parts of arizona, through las vegas andu rn california. when you think of those areas you think of cacti, pools, sun screen, drinking lots of wat because it's so hot.st day, flag staff, arizona 36 inches oer snow. that was the record amount for the yoy. have to think, there's only 24 hours in a day, that means over an inch was falling an hour. then we head to lasvegas, they've had five snow days so far this february. can you believe it? >> no >> that ties the record set back in 1974. finally taking you out to e l.a. area where we had snow in malibu, snow was falling at the hollywood sign. where is the system now? you see it on the map.n i put l there. it's moving toward our area. it's going to help bringhe rain in our forecast for the weekend, especially saturday night into sunday morning. we could be dealing with some flooding issues and strong winds but we are not going to be dealing with a super unusual weather for our area like they sawhw in the sot. doug and i have much more on the weekend impacts with the wind and rain

. >> andus how much they be thinking, with such a large group already this early in the campaignseason. how do you size all of that up? >> we have to see who gets in the field. we talked about the people whol aredy in. we are waiting on joe biden the former vice president, does he get in. beto o'roare does get in. of course there is bernie sanders. i think we are going the look af ld that is going to have 15 or 20 people. tollave debates we ave to have back to back nights to be able to fit them all -- we can't even fit them all on o age. i think the question then becomes who raises the most money, who has a message that penetrates? and then makes iowa so important on the febru 3rd caucuses. >> you mentioned betoo' ark. president trump is holding a rally in el paso. o'roark will hold a rally literally acros thestreet. why are they getting so much attention. >> the president is going to be there. he always commands a lot of attention. what is noteworthy to me is when president trump has a rally it is usually to his supporters. in el paso county, he only got 26% of the vote inl so in the

reason., a woman was killed andu the slide ripped a home from its foundation and sent it sliding nearly a block away directly emergency officials had to shut down the golden gate bridge at the time because all the mud dumped on highway 101. >>> today the san jose police chief is planning to talk more about a man shot and killed by police after a dramatic chase. >> he carjacked a ups truck and took the driver hostage. matt keller live for us in san jose. matt? >> reporter: good morning, reggie and jessica. they wrapped up the -- we expect to learn more about what took place here as police chief eddie garcia talks about this deadly shooting. now, this all wrapped up around 7:00 last night. it came to an end. friends are identifying the suspect as mark morasky, a san jose man in his 30s. sheriff's officials told us that a pursuit with morasky and another woman started around 5:00 add chenoweth and pearl in san jose. morasky fired shots with one hitting a patrol. they eventually commandeered a ups truck. the hostage was released at trimble. the man took off running gun in hand when he was s

when jared andu i started working on this five years ago, maybe more, i ended up making it big human capital investment in the space. one of the first experiences i had at the white house, i forget if you were in the oval at the time. we made a presentation about this flypaper problem about how people are moving from high unemployment to low unemployment places, much lower frequency than they used to. right after i left the oval the president tweeted it are having trouble finding a job, you should move. it really did happen. administration you have got lots of policies they are working on that address this stickiness problem. one of the main problems out there is something that started with -- you should regenerate stuff. agorote a paper a long time about how to attract capital. that paper i think led to the opportunity tax law that came out about a year ago. that part i'm pretty sure you liked. that will hopefully send capital the places where you are sending jobs the places. we are worried about the stickiness of skills and we have paid a lot of attention to the fact that with tech

natalie will introduce us to youtube stars, squirm many andu , a couple you'll never forget, using tendernessty. >>> also ahead, pop star julia michaels is here n a brand ep that debuted number one on the unes pop start. it includes a powerful track with selena gomez that julia will perform for us today. >>> on the third hour of "today," the legendary patty labelle will be here to tell us about her tv -- we' seeing mostly queen latifa there -- there she is, to tell us about her tour, her tv show and she's bringing pi >> is she really? >> i love it. >> who doesn't like pie? patty throws down. here.his young man came his grand dad drove a bus with my dad, al roker sr. they were in the bronx. together >> say hi to your grand dad for me, okay? let' check your weekend weather, see what we've got going on. you'll eee cee snow for tomorrow. mountain snows and plain snows the west. wet weather in the plid atlantic. sunshine in the great lakes and the northeast. as we look a sunday, sunday! looking at midwest snows, more big mountain snows in the southwest and rain in the sogheast. lookin beautiful in

[muttering] graham andu chairman members of this committee for your consideration. forink the president nominating me to be the judge on the d.c. circuit of appeals and i'm grateful to be here today. i want to introduce my family, with me as my husband, and my two children, isabella and ezra. my family is my greatest joy. i am fortunate to be joined by my father and many members of my extended family. i am grateful to so many friends who have come to be here to support me today. at a moment such as this, i recall my mother, who passed away 10 years ago, but i know that she is with us and providing the council that she always did. michigann in detroit to parents who immigrated from india in the north -- in the early 1970's with their medical degrees. they started with nothing, but through hard work and successful medical practices, i parents faced their shared difficulties but emphasize the amazing opportunities in this country and the people they'd -- they befriended. my parents raised me and my brother to be open-minded, and we have friends from all different walks

. >> ifhey don't need help with their emotional stability, andu theyneed a consequence, we'll do thatrules when it comes to tipping. first this is "today" on nbc. [vacuum] ♪ introducing fresh step clean paws, with low tracking litter. your vacuum becomes a cat toy. let's make litter less of a mess. let's start fresh. >>> and we're back with the new rules of tipping. does your ubeet driver one? what about your barista? according tont a re survey, 27% of americans say there are more situations where tipping is now expected than just two year. here to break down the results and give us a little guidance, consumer reports digital lifestyle editor elliott wyler. always good to have you. according to this survey, 46% of americans say they would favor a system that did away with tipping altogether. >> this was in restaurants so you could just sort o have that built in service fee at restaurants. some places have tried that, right? here in new york denny myers restaurants have tried it. it has not taken off widely. people say it wouldake away that varyability of how much to tip. and then you