if you have a question to consider, send it to ask liz@nbcwashington.com.earch for me on facebook. coming up at 5:00 tonight, are the poinsettia plants toxic or dangerous to your pets? when you get a rebate do you get charged tax on the original or discounted price? is it worth getting the l.e.d. lights? we have that answer at 5:00. >> all right. we want to know the answers. thanks, liz. barbara? >>> coming up, eating healthy doesn't just take self-control, it's pricier. we have the number on the cost of eating healthy. >>> parts of the country getting slammed by the inter storm system. creating treacherous conditions. we have a live report from arkansas. veronica, what does the weather look like in our area? >> for us, rain tonight. a winter type weekend with icy travel likely. how much ice and how will it impact your sunday drive and monday morning >>> a shocking police involved crash is just in. let's go to scott macfarlane at the live desk. >> this is powerful video. the person involved is not seriously hurt. san diego, a san diego sheriff squad making

we are going to ask liz.irst question, i was just talking i want to take a cake to someone on an airplane. if you are flying to your grandmothers or wherever, can you stash the famous fruitcake in your carry on? what are the rules when it comes to traveling with food and gifts? >> the transportation and security administration says you are better off putting holiday items in checked luggage, leaving them home. cheeses, peanut butters, sauces, jams, jellies, gravy. they are not permitted if it's over three ounces. pies and cakes are subject to additional screening. reminder not to wrap gifts before traveling. wrapped gifts are permitted, but could need to be opened if they require additional screening. bring your cake, although, if it can't go through, they get to eat it. >> it's a good cake. the next question is about traveling by air. what are the rules if you get stranded on the tarmac? how long can airlines do it before they get penalized. >> turns out there's a three-hour time limit for sitting on the tar

time for ask liz.liz, if the popular poinsettia plant is actually toxic to her pets? >> we found your answer at the american society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. the poinsettia plants are not. the deadly flower's legend has them to be. it doesn't mean you want your pets to eat them. consuming poinsettia's may cause mild gastrointestinal problems. keeping it out of your pets reach is a good idea. >>> the next question is from ralph. he's been out holiday shopping, bought a tv that came with an instant rebate. the store charged him a sales tax on the original price of the tv instead of the discounted price. he's wondering why? >> why is that? the comptroller of maryland said the tax you pay is based on the type of coupon or rebate you use. typically, if you use a manufacturer's rebate, pay the sales tax on the price before the discount is applied. if you use a coupon for that store, then you pay tax on the price after the coupon is applied. >> interesting distinction there. a maryland viewer

let's ask liz. hey, liz. >> nice to see you. >> let's go to the first question from cheryl in laurel, maryland. she writes, she heats her home with electricity and has seen an increase in the bill. is there a way to keep the costs down? >> we turned to pepco for the afternoon. there are easy ways to save money on the electric bill. first, you have to set your thermostat to 68 degrees during the day and drop it to 60 at night, if you can stand it. an extra blanket will help. dress warmly and lower the thermostat and save 3% for every degree you lower it. change your furnace filters once a month making sure it's running efficiently. winterize your windows using weather stripping. it will keep the cold air out and the warm air in. >>> got a second question for you. this comes from zoe in d.c. why do some stores change their return policy during the holiday? >> it's a surprise. according to the retail federation, stores do it for several reasons. some make their policies more lenient because they underst

correspondents a list of all on the stasi churkin and ramon glinda i first asked liz water coverage on the chelsea manning trial i want to know what she learned from the story and the impact the trial had on two thousand and thirteen. certainly it was a year of very high profile leaks namely the court martial of chelsea manning formerly known as bradley manning spent a lot of time there covering the trial and for meeting marilyn of course he is accused of the largest leak of classified information in military history charged with a very serious charge of aiding the enemy in addition to a slew of other charges and the judge found him not guilty of that most serious charge of aiding the enemy but guilty on most of the other charges he was sentenced to thirty five years behind bars of course manning a divisive figure some people handling him as a hero for shining a light on government wrongdoing others calling him a traitor for exposing government secrets throughout this trial his attorney david coombs tried to keep it under the radar but did make a very public statement after that senten

liz: peter barnes of course right there with ben bernanke tomorrow for the news conference. he will of course askrtest questions. david: thanks, scott. liz: with christmas right around the corner today marks the busiest shipping day so for far ups. how is ups able to handle all of those packages and what goes on behind the scenes to make sure you get your holiday gifts and friends and family get them on time? david: joining us for a look on the ground at ups's world port in kentucky is fox businesses adam shapiro. right on the tarmac, adam. not bad. >> right on the tarmac. is that not a beautiful sight behind me, liz and david? 757. ups has 75 of those. one of 237 aircraft in the full time week for peak week where we are is nipping ups. they lease a few. they will have from this facility in kentucky, this hub. they will have roughly 1900 takeoffs and landings just today, flight segment and every day of this week going forward. roughly 2300 worldwide. every day because it is a shipping 29 million packages delivered today. take a look. another aircraft is getting loaded here. 29 million packages de

liz: be found at judicial watch. was the judicial watch audited on of the irs in the '90s? >> yes, it was not by accident. a week later, i got a letter auditing this come askinglitical affiliation. and we were cleared, obviously. but that was an intimidation tactic and we see and hear what the nsa. liz: larry, thank you for joining us. with programs on the nsa, no wonder americans are fuming. a new gallup poll shows that nearly three out of four americans say big government is the biggest concern in the country, easily beating out big labor and big business. we have cranky we. >> or the department of justice tapping the phone lines of the associated press and other journalists and another situation where does the government can't even protect or help the people there. and you also have obamacare. not only for not providing people health care, but it's taking up the there with the people that already have it. i think the promise of big government under barack obama is proving to be a big lie. liz: here's the thing. there's a lot of concern on the part of americans. >> we see the big growth of government and how individual liberty is being undermined because of

liz: jack, speaking of dividends, need to get you breaking news right now. boeing is just now announcing a about a 10 billion-dollar share repurchase. we can put up the bid and the ask but it is also hiking its dividend by 50, five, 0, percent. david: wow. liz: look at bid and ask. >> company like boeing, people forget how long the sale cycle is on the new planes. they obsess how many will they ship this year how many next year. they come out with a new plan and will sell for 20 or 30 years. a lot of development costs are up front. the free cash flow goes through the roof because they're no longer paying those development costs. you're seeing the spigot open for shareholders with share repurchases. david: bracing news, stuff. good stuff. my man jack howe. >> not ready for television. david: works in a pinch. liz: got the smile for it. thank you very much. ben bernanke face as critical decision this week as to whether to taper the fed's asset purchases but could 2014 be an even more difficult year for the fed? perhaps its worst, worst year ever? we're looking at the huge challenges ahead as ben bernanke prepares to step down. david: also with the senate expected to v

liz: i asked my twitter followers about what they thought of michele obama.and talk about health care. there's a lot of cussing that could be goinn on is one of the responses. also, obacare is one gift that could be rejcted. and maybe we an change and maybe we could changehe words to christmas carols to reflect this. what the thing? >> people should talk about it. and folks a trying to get together to talk about this. by the end of year what they ar trying to do is encourage these discussions because of an important decision. >> are they encouraging discussions? remark while, both, they are hoping to do both. the. liz: that by turning him into a potential government ensure that. >> well, i hope it hasn't hurt his album sales. [laughter] senator, thank you for joining us. and cogratulations to your son for getting into harvard. and you remember that massive power outage that half of last year's super bowl? wehave a big snowstorm that could delay the super bowl altogether and potentially cause altogether and potentially cause millions of dollars and that i hi h

liz: let me quote warren buffett when i asked him about that moment when we will see the tapering, and he said every single trader is going to have their finger on a button ready to make a move. i don't know which way up or down, but no doubt, ira, that's got to cause volatility, there are going to be some gyrations, aren't there? >> yeah. the best thing you can do as a futures trader is probably go sideline on that because, you're right, which way does it go, how long does it last in that direction. but i'm with teddy, i don't think the fed's going to do anything. number one, it's christmas. number two, chairman bernanke doesn't get out of office til the 31st, why do it now? he'll let it happen under ms. yellen and the new vice chairman, in my opinion. but let's assume it happens. whatever you think's going to happen will probably all happen in ten minutes. it's going to be bang, bam, and once the fed changes course, you know, they don't just go back to sitting still. they'll gradually keep that up for a long time. they may hold the tapering for a while if they don't like what they se

ask your doctor about axiron. liz: breaking news, paramedics have rushed to the courtroom in new york after michael steinberg appeared to faint while waiting for a jury verdict in the insider trading case against. the portfolio manager, a jury has reached the verdict in this case, but holding off right now because he appeared to faint in the courtroom. paramedics taking his blood pressure, the jury has been removed from the room, the verdict against mr. steinberg who had close ties to steve stee cohen. less than two days after deliberation. he faces up to 20 years in prison after the four fraud charges against him. we will keep you posted. again, he appeared to faint, paramedics are on the scene. the other massive breaking news, the federal reserve to getting the tapering today. it will begin in january. it took almost like a sushi knife and sliced off the stimulative bond buying purchases they have been making for more than a year now. not everyone is convinced the fed is on the right course. my next guest says the f

ask your doctor about cialis for dly use and a 30-tablet free trial. lizeft until christmas. shares of online retail remembers up an average of 5.2% while department stores have actually fallen almost nearly the same amount. one winning online marketplace is etcy. this is a one-stop shop for consumers looking to buy but also to sell unique goods worldwide. a lot of it is hand made. you have to check out the site. the sales exceeding one billion dollars for the first time. that happened in october. they have done a moon shot since then. joining us in a fox business exclusive, etcy ceo, chad dickerson. who used to be one of us. you used to work at cnn. >> back in the day, late '90s. liz: then you found the opportunity to do etcy. what is it doing right now? i saw millions and millions of unique visitors. i hesitate to use the number 30 approximately because it always changes, does it not? >> always growing. etcy is about 35 million registered users around the world. liz: right. >> the first holiday weekend, cyber monday, thanksgiving sales grew 60% year-over

ask you... at'sn your wallet? liz: right to a negative review online. then you have to write a check because you are fined? one couple was just find a $30,500 for writing a negative review about a gadget retailer a couple complained in 2008 about christmas guests said they say did daughter arrived and now five years later cleared year once 35 for the dollars in fines and has even reported the couple to a collection agency that could damage their credit score. we have one guess is as they are right to our neck says the couple is correct civic the couple has the right to free speech they should say if they are dissatisfied she only posted she could not get to a human that is a factor not defamatory this happened in 2008 net a big company can show the prove they have the ability to institute a finer it is part of a contract in if they could there is no contract so clear deere never provided merchandise in exchange for the couple. liz: there is a non disparagement claus with terms of sale? period those are becoming more and more common as retailers are onli

just last week liz claman asked mulally whether he had any idea why his name keeps coming up in questioncrosoft. the question seemed to catch him off guard. take a listen. >> i think that people are looking for leadership, and i can understand that, but i love serving ford. lori: okay. elizabeth macdonald has the latest on the story, she joins us with e. mac's bottom line. >> reporter: yeah. that's a classic non-answer from an executive, right, lori? [laughter] so we talked to people at microsoft, and here's what's going on. here's the bottom line. alan mulally has a lot of question marks over his name. yes, he's got a great reputation. he's charismatic, he's a visionary, he's a team builder, he's a leader. but what we're hearing from insiders is this is what they're looking for with this ceo and, by the way, microsoft really is pushing, the board is pushing to name a ceo by the end of this year, so they'rlooking for a person that has a lot of technical experience. consumer devices, enterprise software, cloud computing, business software and business be development and strategy. i'll tel

. >> jeff: liz, i also want to ask you about robert levinson. in the news this week the investigator and cia contractor who disappeared in iran in 2007. did he say anything about levinson? >> reporter: dr. zarif said that iran does not have levinson and doesn't know where he is. however he went on to say even with levinson's now publicly acknowledged cia connections, that his government would help, and i quote, "resolve thing agony his family is going through, no matter what he did if, under some circumstances, he does turn up inside iran." >> jeff: liz palmer, in tehran, thank you very much. secretary of state john kerry was in vietnam today visiting the banks of the mekong delta. kerry has been to the country more than a dozen times but it was the first trip back to the muddy waters he patrolled during wartime as a young lieutenant in a u.s. gunboat. kerry pledged $17 million while farmers and fisherman adapt to changes in the ecosystem in vietnam. china is now the third nation after the u.s. and russia to land a spacecraft on the moon. the ja

liz: we love that. charlie, i want to quickly ask you about jamie dimon. >> yes, what happened? the argue about michael corbett and how he's kept a lower profile and that citigroup stock has certainly responded quite nicely -- >> think about the implication of that story. liz: right, right. >> you have to be -- you have to do nothing which citigroup does almost nothing. they have almost no presence, major presence in the markets as they use to. liz: they are a global consumer bank. >> right. liz: they are making money doing that. >> jpmorgan makes a hot more money. whenever the regulators call you've got to say yes, sir, and that's -- and by the way, you have to keep it a completely low profile. you can't say the obvious like dodd-frank is monumentally stupid as jamie dimon -- that's the modern bank ceo. your an automaton, you are a robot for washington. liz: can i just say thank you for shaving? [laughter] better this way. >> i could say something, i'm not going to. tweet us @liz claman. better this way, right? good to see you. closing bell ringing in 31 minutes. the sun came o

liz: they tend to do that, right? [laughter] >> everyone told me by the time he hit 4 it'd be a lot easier, but not so much. until everyone stops askingt keeps us up at night, i'll probably sleep okay. there's more good news than bad news, and i think the skepticism is good. it keeps me, keeps me comfortable. liz: all right. let's get to the good stuff, and that's your stock picks. portfolio recovery assets. what an interesting name. praa, pe ratio's about 13. it's already up 55 percent this year, what can it possibly do next year? >> yeah. so praa, we own it in our diversified equity fund. what they do is accounts receivable management s so they buy paper from banks and retailers at pennies on the dollar, and because they've got best in class collection techniques, they make more money than what they pay for it. a management team founded the company 20 years ago, and there's always going to be some bad consumer debt out there, and they've just got a fantastic competitive advantage, and we like the company very much. they're fundamentally very well run. liz: i like to mention this because it popped out at me, 17% of the float is short

liz: right off the bat i have to ask you, what are the best-sellers so far?amped over any particular item? >> coupon cabin is not very product specific. like i said regardless what you look to buy, we typically have a coupon for you to use. one thing people forget, one item can be bought at number of different retailers. important to do your research and compare prices both online and in store to make sure you're getting best deals. >> how many partners do you guys have at this point? >> we work with over 2,000 retailers on a day-to-day basis. working to secure special, deep discounts for our users. >> do you get any pushback from, well, okay. i looked at macy's. immediately there were deals for macy's of the that is high-end store. you have also old navy. are you getting pushback from flash sale guys who tend they want to offer product specific things which you kind of steer away from? >> we definitely still work with the flash site stores but i think that one thing to note is that, people learned over the years that they don't have to pay full plies and the

liz: just promoted him. david: in 1997 there was 31% pop for the s&p 500 for the whole year. i askedxt two weeks we could exceed that. anything is possible. it could happen. would take a lot. but nevertheless we're on the right track. liz: nicole petallides is on the right track and after that massive pop earlier in the week we're looking the vix come back down a bit as we close out the week. >> it is interesting. we had a reweighting, rebalancing in the closing bell and will bring volume an volatility. yet the vixing nothing. great week on the dow and s&p, up 2, 3% and yet a winning week. david: a great year for people but one of the people done the best, jeff bezos, wonderful "60 minutes" piece, and great entrepreneur. look at this, amazon over $400 a share. >> new high. david: extraordinary. >> new all-time high up 60%, easily outpacing ebay. ebay sup 6 1/2%. amazon is up 60%. [closing bell ringing] liz: listen to the bells after quite the week where we finally heard the "t" word uttered in a set in stone. tapering will happen next year. markets close with gains across the board.

liz: robert, let me ask you, is there an energy name that is your favorite right now as you the stock-picker of 2014 looks into some of these names? >> well, there's several, but the one that comes to top of mind is devon energy and devon is one of the largest, oil, natural gas producers in the u.s. they have nearly doubled their capacity in the last couple of years. and they have consistently raised their dividend for years in a row. i think that is, that the pick right there when it comes to energy. david: robert, you know the interesting thing about you you are a bull but at the same time you think we are in a bubble but this is a bubble you don't think is going to pop anytime soon. you can't ignore it, you have to manage on to it, right? >> right. look at the people that have been the naysayers all this time while the s&p is up 20 6% year-to-date or so and -- 26%. they're right but nobody knows the timing when the fed eases off the throttle. david: is it time, at least to clear a little bit of that profit off the top of the table? >> yes. it is. that's the short answer. yes, book some, l

liz: may i just asked, not derailing the recovery, but the people finally leave bond, treasury, ets? there are so many out there. >> if you start seeing bond prices collapse, of course you will go to it. now you will not have that. where were you go? again, this is all pressed upon the economy doing well. if it does you hope to get some gains on the stocks themselves. liz: it has been all equities, but it has been nice for energy. i am talking specifically. i guess the last six months of the year we have seen very nice moves for crude, you could argue brent, but now what? it has gotten colder. seventy -- yesterday was 71 degrees in new york city. did you see any market response to that? >> certainly not today, but we are really catching on this. everyone is so sure we have to trade that at $100. in fact, today's activity, as limited as it was in effect that the volume was small and i don't expect a big move, showed a little bit of a weakness and just not able to muster the kind of rally that you think it could have. the only one that it shows, i spoke about a couple of weeks ago, nat

charles: my son asked for a trip to india. liz: i got a new vacuum cleaner. or wanting to get as far away from me as possible. liz: i think it is the latter. charles: wouldn't be the first time. >> ask for a condominium. charles: what was that? this consumerism thing because we got a great response on this, overwhelmingly people said taking christ out of it or taking got out of it or taking a phased out of it and to a larger degree, it gets back to what the popefaith out of it and to a la degree, it gets back to what the pope was talking about too. we spark the industrial revolution but also consumers and that little away our souls. liz: the pope is so interesting to me and he did say we talked more about the stock market going up 2 percentage points when we have homeless people dined on the streets. the christmas messages about peace and july and remembering the human beings in all these economic systems -- charles: capitalism saved the world in my eyes and brought people prosperity around the planet. >> it has and you want to see the worst sweatshops in the

asks whether antibacterial soap really works. jeff pegues reports. liz palmer has a rare interview with iran's foreign minister. >> reporter: would you like to see in your lifetime a u.s. embassy reopening in tehran? >> pelley: and for the first time, a baseball player's brain shows evidence of injury from concussions. michelle miller on head injuries and america's past time. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. a federal judge in washington ruled today that the government's collection of phone records of millions of americans is likely unconstitutional. it is the first time that a federal court has ruled against the once secret surveillance program which was exposed by national security agency leaker edward snowden. in a blistering attack, judge richard leon said he has little doubt that the author of our constitution, james madison, ?o9sb be aghast at what judge leon said amounts to an unreasonable search. the judge granted a preliminary injunction to stop the government from collecting

>> liz, i firmly believe that the questions we should be asking is what room in your house will yourer be. is it going to be this in your kitchen because you want to print delectable edibles and personal nutrition, is it going to be in your man cave? is it going to be in your wardrobe as you correctly just mentioned victoria's secret, is it going to be in your garage? is it going to be in your den because it's part of your children's education and this is how you want to give them tomorrow's skills today? i firmly believe that the democratization of axis this the mainstreaming and making 3-d printing part of lifestyle and part of popular culture is a train that has already left the station, and the fact that we have lots of exponential technologies that are going to enable it like incident computer powering the cloud and mobile devices and sensors only serves to validate that it's going to happen in the next few years. liz: avi, you are one of the lead trains here along with competitors like x1, r cam which is out of switzerland, but then here come the chasers. they're trying to catc

liz: could be unloved but possibly soon to be loved. i have to aske weeks we are asking all of our guests their best and worst pick for 2013. start with your best. >> our best was the tight race between a leadera and --allere was the best, the number one -- liz: should have listened. >> close to 100% over the last 12 months. this is a great company. we like is for the long haul. liz: and your worst. >> wasn't the new addition to the portfolio but we held the too long which i suppose is just as bad. we have sold some couple years ago but it was buried gold. we are hurt pretty badly if there. liz: a tough time. >> and all year for the mining sector. liz: a good year for you. thank you very much. you are always welcome here. one of our originals at fox business. imagine buying a a car with something you can't see or touch or put in a bank account at this point. sounds like something out of star trek and it really is little lamborghini dealership in newport beach recently sold a tesla models sedan to a customer in exchange for bitcoin. reports say the cu

the next year, miles davis asked him to join liz band. >> what was that like?d with miles, i was nervous every time. i was like scared to death. it was wonderful experience. and he was so nurturing. >> really? >> he would always find a way to say something that would cause us to have to figure out what he meant. that's what a master teaches us: >> hancock spent five years as davis' master student. and then ended ee eed up chang game for jazz bands. no one ever used the keyboard like he did. like he does. >> i've been curious ever since i was a little kid. i used to tear apart clocks. iwondering how things work. that curiosity spills over into music. out of my curiosity, i wondered what would happen if you put this with that. >> what happened was a musical career full of surprises and the catalog of more than 100 albums. we talk about rocket. do you think rocket influenced rap music in the rise of the deejay? >> evidently, it did. it was the first record from hip hop generation that really emerged on the popular scene. from that point on, it wasn't underground a

i'm not going to ask you, speaking of cheney the whole liz cheney thing out in wyoming.e'll save that for another time. it's a family break up. let me go to you first. is this deal going to pass muster among the conservative side of the gop, the club for growth and the prosperity caucus and the other activists who are on the conservative side of the gop, and i'm already hearing some protests from senator rubio from the conservative side in the senate. what do you think? how do you think this will work? >> senator rubio is not relevant in this case because it will passing the senate pop your question, yeah a lot of tea party house conservatives that will say, you know what, this doesn't work or go far enough. >> why? >> the whole sequester thing. that's the main issue there. also too, i don't think they trust paul ryan. >> really? >> i think so. >> i think -- >> we think he's running for president. >> i think ryan is a great tool here. the issue here, steve, once you break the caps, once you break the sequester they are gone. they will never be -- you'll not make up for t

ashley: liz, let me ask you, there is thin liquidity this time of year.d does it will rock the markets a little bit. that could put the fed off from beginning tapering. what do you think? >> thin liquidity, where is the bank borrowing, money printing. ashley: lending. >> it is going towards stock buybacks. i don't think the fed tapers. wells fargo is sticking to its prediction that the fed starts tapering first quarter of next year when janet yellen comes in as fed chair in january. ben bernanke term expires january. will this be the last thing he does is tapeer? that is on the minds of wall streeters. the answer is no, he will not stop the taper as last act of outgoing fed chairman. the other thing, by the way janet yellen is the only voice that really counts. she has been very dovish, we know that. job growth is tepid at 200,000 a month. not basically great versus last year at 150 k. we have a debt ceiling fight in february. that's another event. cheryl: peter, that's a good point to you. it is all about obviously the data and they obviously maintained

liz and paul? >> yeah. it's a question we have been asking. and we know it's coming, right? >> yeah.he jet stream coming down. >> ah, the jet stream is down in southern california. this is going to be something that's going to get everybody. it's going to be everybody west of chicago is going to be 10, 15 degrees below normal. tonight upper 20s, low 30s in the north bay. you're under a freeze warning. tomorrow night, it's the entire bay area with the exception of san francisco. we are going to see widespread 25, 26-degree readings. so a lot of people have fruit trees. maybe your dog likes to sleep outside. no. cover or bring the trees inside if they are in a pot and pets absolutely inside for the next couple nights. see you at 6:00. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, br news on the derailment. we now have the results of brake and alcohol tests. jeff pegues reports. bill whitaker on a system that might have saved lives. a judge o.k.s detroit's epic bankruptcy. dean reynolds reports pensions are in jeopardy. >> i feel angry. >> pelley: claris

stuart: liz, i've got to ask you.you were a stock market investor and i don't know whether you are or not, but you're sitting on a nice big fat profit this calendar year, would you be inclined to sell today and take your money and run? >> honestly, i started selling last week. stuart: oh, you're so smart. >> time to tell you, full disclosure. stuart: 1.3 million, how many people will lose their long-term unemployment benefits on january the 1st, they'll be wiped off the government dole, out of the economy. liz, does that mean that the unemployment rate will go down? >> yes, j.p. morgan chase out with the numbers, it could go down a quarter point or half a percentage point if these people drop out of the work force. and watch for the president to say the jobless rate is going down if you don't consider that these people are, you know. stuart: that's interesting because that would put the unemployment rate below 7%. >> that's right. stuart: puts it into the fed's target range for not printing some more money. >> you've

but liz crenshaw has a warning, as she always does, and the questions that you should ask yourself before you sign up to save. >> save 5% every time you shop at target. >> off reward zone card with us? >> reporter: you've heard the pitch, you're checking out, the clerk says get 15% off today's purchase, just sign up for our store credit card. these instant money-saving deals may sound enticing, especially as your holiday cart fills up. >> people go out for the holidays, they shop, sometimes they shop for themselves, they shop for friends. >> reporter: adam levin, chairman and co-founder of credit.com says there are questions you need to ask before signing up to see if it's really a deal. >> in the moment, i wanted 20% off. >> reporter: question number one, how generous is the sign-up offer? how big is the discount on today's purchase? >> i want you to at least hear 10 to 15% if down the hear that forget about t. >> reporter: next question, what's the annual interest rate on the card? while general use cards tend to have interest rates from 6 to 16%, some store cards have aprs of 19 to 25%

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with so many charities asking for donations, how do you decide where to give and know your money is going to the right place? liz crenshaw has help just in time for the holidays. >> organizations are not shy when it comes to asking you for your money. do your homework and make sure you know where your money is going. the better business bureau helps monitor charities. it's wise giving alliance puts charities against the better business bureau's standards. you can check out a charities report. it includes ways a charity spends money like how much goes to the programs, versus administrative costs. when a charity appeals to you for your money, look for these red flags. be wary of charities that spring up overnight in connection with current events. watch out for similar sounding names, phony charities will use a name that sounds like a legitimate one. beware promises or guaranteed sweep stakes winnings in exchange for a contribution. you could find more on our website, www.nbcwashington.com/liz crenshaw. >>> next at 5:00, a police officer retires at the age of 29. tonight, new questions about the circumstances that

liz: peter barnes always seems to ask fed chairman ben bernanke the news breaking question at the news conference. you have to tune in. david: melissa is now. melissa: the government spying scandal as a paying customer what are your other options to make sure the government isn't listening in? is the next step a class-action lawsuit on your dime? even when they say it's not, it's always about money. melissa: some good news if you're worried about the government listening in on your phone calls. a federal judge has ruled against the nsa's controversial surveillance program, seeing the practice likely violates the constitution. is a class-action lawsuit next and if so, how much money is that going to cost you? here now, former federal prosecutor fred tecce and former nsa official john schindler. thanks to both of you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. melissa: fred, let me start with you. >> great to be here. melissa: were you surprised by the ruling and do you think it holds up? >> i was not surprised by this, melissa. i spent years as prosecutor and i refused to do criminal defen

the couple took to facebook to criticize liz cheney's stand against same-sex marriage. he was asked about the controversy last night. >> we were surprised when there was an attack launched on facebook. and wish it hadn't happened. >> mr. cheney added the issue has always been handles inside the family and that's where he prefers to leave it. >> marine biologists are trying desperately to help stranded whales in the everglades. more than 300 whales got stuck in shallow waters off of everglades national park. the area is remote and is accessible only by boat. by the time they got there, ten whales had beached themselves. at least four of them died. the scientists say guiding the survivors back to deeper waters will be difficult because pilot whales stay in tightly knit groups and will not be willing to leave the others behind. >> all right, vj, we have busy days ahead of us in the weather world. >> and that we do. we will talk about a series of storms and i really think that after this weekend, our weather is going to get more extreme around here for about another two or three weeks.

liz crenshaw. holiday shopping is in full swing. the five questions you need to ask before saying yes to >>> if you were in a check out line, you probably heard the pitch, sign up now for the store credit card and you save 20%. >> before you sign and save, listen to liz crenshaw. she has a warning. >> it's called instant credit and who doesn't want to save money around the holidays? before you say yes to a new store credit card on the spot, do ask yourself these questions. >> do you have a rewards card with us? >> reporter: you have heard the pitch, you are checking out, the clerk says get 15% off today's purchase, just sign up for the store credit card. the instant money savings deal may sound enticing as your cart fills up. >> people go out and shop, sometimes for themselves or for friends. >> reporter: the co-founder of credit.com says there are questions you need to ask before signing up to see if it's really a deal. >> in the moment i wanted 20% off. >> yes number one, how generous is the sign-up offer? how big is the discount on today's purchase. >> i want to h

got three important reasons to up my game with eliquis. [ le announcer ] ask your doctor today if eliquis is right for you. liz you can't start a business in tough economic times. parker, an eyeglass company started in a student apartment just three years ago is going national. now this is a company, if you haven't heard of them, revolutionizing the way you buy glasses an helping needy people along the way. it's a perfect holiday season. we've got commerce. we've got heart. joining us the two guys at the helm dave galboa and neil blumenthal. the ceos and cofounders. the cool factor is snowballing and steam rolling. so many people, really getting a lot of attention lately yet you only have four stores. what are you doing? >> well, it is, we're treating people fairly. you would be shocked what a novel concept that is. our glasses are $95 with prescription lenses instead of 500. we launched online. which is kind of crazy to buy glasses online. we launched with parker.com, and that is how we learned to sell glasses. only recently we started opening up stores. liz: you have a video. whimsical theory how they market

liz claman's segment. >> yeah. cheryl: i want to aske with children, if you haven't preordered by now, is it possible to get an xbox before the holidays? >> it's possible. it will be tough. and i think basically what we're doing, we're seeing we're shipping as many as we can and what will happen is, they will go on sale for short period of time and go away. the best thing you can do, sign up with your favorite retailtory send me an email when you have inventory coming available that is best chance of getting one available before the holidays. david: what is your fear if that because the inventory might not be there, people might say oh the heck with it, i will get one of your competitors? >> absolutely. that is always a risk. that's why we're doing as much as we can to get our inventory out there. i know, just based where we are now we're catching up on inventory we're building. we'll have millions more before we're done by end of the holiday season. i'm hopeful well get one for everyone but we'll be sold out in someplaces. >> real quic

asking the media to stay away. >> let's check the roads with liz. >> things are great to on this friday morning. sorry, juliette. along 101 and 280, everything looks good through san mateo counties. no big problems now past the airport and we'll go outside here's a live look through milpitas westbound 237, looks great out towards sunnyvale. like i said no real big hot spots out there now. westbound 92 traffic if you are crossing the san mateo bridge, this camera is just past the toll plaza and your cruising along towards the high-rise and traffic is lighter than usual at 601 towards the bay bridge. yesterday traffic thinned out early by about 8:30 in fact so the only delays we're seeing are in the far right cash lanes with no metering lights. that's your latest "kcbs traffic report." here's lawrence. >> starting out with a few clouds around the bay area still chilly in spots down to freezing and below in some area. a cold front is bringing clouds and leaving behind patchy fog this morning some of that developing near the coastline. actually in some of the valleys, too. sfo right now partly cloud

earlier i spoke with archie's liz wall just back from counting the cracks on the capitol dome and i first asked her about the metaphor she drew between the crumbling capitol and are ineffective congress over the past year. yeah certainly a lot of people think that congress is broken and one poll after another reaffirms that there's of very strong disapproval of the work in the way that things have been playing out inside of that capitol building and nine percent that is a historical low hopefully can't get much lower than that and that is not the only record low sam you take a look so far there have been fifty seven bills and acted into law in the one hundred thirteenth legislature that is the least productive in history so a lot of records were set is. not good ones this year but at the end of the year just a few weeks ago we did get a budget deal we haven't had a budget passed in several years is that a sign that things might be improving where you know you had to give him props for that right that that was that's an accomplishment that's showing some kind of a sign of being able to work toge

liz, good afternoon to you. >> good idea or not? >> depends on who you ask. >> of course, you have an interesting shift lately and i am talking about where states said we will do what our voters want and 21 different states raised the minimum wage. yesterday, washington d.c., hiked their minimum wage up to len dollars and i believe $0.10. the fact is. they are going to len time time 50. it is incremental and you have folkical people getting together. and you are looking at them and they are saying, we are not tone agers flipping burgers. is the better cure to improve the economy in general. you have to remember in the past 20 years or so. we hiked the minimum wage ten times federally. and since 1956 it was done five times. and we looked at businesses. i immediately looked at 15 year stock charts. i picked mcdonalds. and we look at stocks and how they perform. they inform people at minimum wages and both of their stocks hit all- time highs and that is since they were publicly traded since the 80s. and minimum wage hurts people. people say costs go up and the

coming up ♪ liz: 100 percent family-owned tea company bigelow is continuing to give back to u.s. troops. they're askingn. tea for the troops is meant to be given, not bought. david: it is well appreciated by the troops. to talk about the program and business of tea, cindy bigelow, ceo and president. cindy, good to see you. this whole idea started because of a very personal story that happened a real tragedy happened to a friend of yours. explain? >> first of all, thanks, guys for having us on to share in this fun program. we are really so proud of it. you're right, unfortunately david, it start ad friend of mine, a good friend from high school his son came back from iraq, third tour and has three young children and took his own life. so i was obviously very touched by that story. at the same time i have a very food friend of mine who runs the uso in our country. we also had this plantation in south carolina that produces really the only american-grown tea of any substance in our country. so i just was thinking bit. i said, you know? why don't we do something for the soldiers. i asked my friend duke who

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liz claman spoke with the ceo and ask how chinese ownership has helped amc. >> they bought into an idead, we adjusted and begun implementing. their ownership being so long term, gave us a chance to go forward been able to move. >> you can see the interview at 4:00 eastern on "after the bell". looking at how the other theater stocks are doing today, regal, imax, mixed, about 2.1%. overall strong day, three hours into day one of trading. cheryl: thank you. dennis: shares of ford sinking after a billion dollar plunge in profits next year. jeff flock will bring us the latest. cheryl: from california to the united kingdom duncan brands on the move. the ceo here with all the details coming up next. as we go to break let's get big winners on the s&p, we told you to watch out for those. [ male announcer ] e new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to boldids. that's why n york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... if there's something that creates more jobs,

asked him, if the u.s. senate does go ahead and approve even more sanctions. >> i think we will be in trouble. >> pelley: so, liz, what does ravanchi mean by that? >> he means the deal would be off. they agreed in geneva no new sanctions for six months and if it can't uphold its end of the bargain than iran doesn't feel bound by what it promised in geneva, either. >> pelley: we'll keep following up. liz, thank you very much. now, this is a story you're going to be hearing more about tomorrow. the national transportation safety board will be opening hearings into whether airline pilots are being lulled into crashes by cockpit computers. in july, an asiana 777 crash landed short of the runway in san francisco. three people were killed. the safety board is looking into whether the crew was relying on a computer to manage air speed when, in reality, that automatic system disengaged. former u.s. airways captain chesley sullenberger is best known for making a safe emergency landing in the hudson river. he's now a cbs news aviation and safety consultant. sully, i imagine a lot of folks at home are wondering what's goin