>> no question about it, ali baba has been a major beneficiary.'s difficult to imagine after the acquisition of the post that jack mar in the morning post will come out with articles that are highly critical of the chinese government. moreover, we understand beijing has a policy through boasting the mainland chinese ownership. in line with beijing's efforts to control political direction in hong kong. >> you seem to say this is about ali baba taking a leap into politics. hong kong which has a relatively free press and mainly china with strict censorship rules. >> what's happening in the past few years is beijing is gradually but relentlessly rolling back the high degree of autonomy including press freedom. so most papers are towing the line, reporting in hong kong has been now now heavily controlledy beijing. this trend will certainly continue after the ali baba requisition. >> professor thank you for talking to al jazeera. >> thank you. >> ukraine parliament has ended in a fight. arseny yatsenyuk yuck was dragged from the podium. >>> almost five

i think the first thing they need to do is go through with the spinoff of the ali baba stake. they should go right ahead and do that. i think they're planning to do it in january. there's a lot of pushback from investors because there's a potential huge tax liability that could occur if the irs were to choose to challenge it, so there's some pushback on that. but i've spoken to multiple different tax experts, and they think ultimately yahoo! will be fine along those lines. so, first thing, spin off the ali baba shares. i think the next thing is to monetize yahoo! japan. they own about a 35% stake. that's about a roughly $4 billion asset after tax. if they could save another $4 billion, you're looking at $8 billion of value there. then i think what they could do is really offload the search business to google, and i think they could get a roughly 10%, 15% lift to ebitda if they did that. after that's said and done -- >> what's left? >> well, the core business of display and search i think is valued around $5 billion or so, $5, $6 billion. they could potentially sell that, and i

what's good for china is good for ali baba."hese day-to-day editorial decisions will be driven by editors in the newsroom, not in the corporate boardroom. how can both of those things be possible? tim: credibility is the most valuable asset of any news organization, so if there is a perception that this is a public relations tool for the chinese the party, then eventually, they will lose readers and advertisers, which will hurt the business. media in chinan has existed for years with extreme input from the government. obviously, ali baba and the veryse government have a close relationship. how can they walk that line? tim: i think they need to assure the public that they will maintain the editorial independence of the newsroom. if you look at this situation, there are parallels between jeff bezos buying "the washington post" and jack ma buying "the south china morning post," in terms of you have internet tycoons buying trusted, valuable news organizations. if you look at what happened in "washingtonthe post," that's a case where

but the spartts came baba in the final seconds, scoring a game-ending touchdown, with a final score of 16-13. now, a final look at the forecast... the sunshine has disappeared for a short time here in eastern iowa. we brought back the clouds as a cold front moves closer. as a result, our temperatures will only be in the low 40s this afternoon. evev with the clouds and few sprinkles we do see, our tememratures will remainn above normal for the day! clouds

on january ll open 16 for everyone to see baba. of baba.et enough still to come on "saturday news extra," planes, trains and automobiles. what you need to know ahead of holiday travel season. plus it's finally feeling like december >> the democratic presidential candidates faced off in their final debate of the year. did address bernie sanders campaign staff improperly information for hillary clinton. recap.ez has a eporter: following impassioned opening statements touching on issues in the republican race. values to thender fascist pleas of billionaires with big mouths. questions quickly turned to the elephant in the debate hall. >> does secretary clinton an apology tonight. >> yes, i apologize. sorry r: saying he's after four of his campaign workers tapped into hillary clinton's private voter data. to apologize to my supporters. this is not the type of campaign that we run. we should move on because i don't think the american people in this.hat interested reporter: the third democratic debate getting to the issues hat are on many american

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one possibility is si -- spinning off the aly baba stakes.e company has struggled to reinvent itself with marisa myers at the helm. who would be the core venture partners? joining me, a yahoo investor. with a fairly significant position in yahoo and early investor in aly baba as well a very significant position in yahoo! and an early investor in alibaba. you have not been shy with your feelings about marissa mayer and yahoo!. what do you think right now? >> i separate my opinion of yahoo! with marissa, she is a very capable executive who has been put in charge in a no-win situation. yahoo! lost its relevance a long time ago. consumer internet companies are very much in a sociological and demographic place. generations move on from those products. yahoo!'s relevance is the uestion. from my standpoint i am not surprised things haven't worked. what are they going to make it work with? there has not a single must-use product at yahoo!. never has been since the emergence of google because google changed our behavior around how we use the nternet.

we are one step closer to getting to see baba at the zoo exhibit. first, today was media day.a show to reporters and cameras. the first group be sides zoo keepers to see him in person. it started with artificial insemination. baba a is so important to the zoo -- baybay is so important to the zoo. >> if i thought i could take the panda home, my grandkids would love the baby. >> i want to hug it. >> they are precious species. we are grateful to be able to share that and to be part of that conservation story here at the national zoo. >> i love that guy that wants to take him home. cute now, wait a couple of years from now. >> will not be able to lift him. >> he made a quick appearance and took a nap. he will officially be part of the public exhibit january 16th, 2016. not too far away. a few more weeks. >> yes. >> he is cute. >> they stay cute just get big. >> well, yeah. >> they do. >> come on, you like to hold him for a little while. walk around with him. be the big man on campus. >> yes. >>> all right, the three degree guarantee, we think we did okay. we went for a high of peu

comes amid concerns the proposed spinoff of the ali baba stake, worth more than $30 billion would resultsubstantial tax bill. the bill still needs approval from shareholders and could take more than a year to complete. >>> time in using announced its 2015 person of the year, and that is german chancellor angola merkel. it shows the 61-year-old world leader because of the way she managed the eurozone economic crisis over the summer and the way she is currently handling the refugee crisis in terrorism threat in europe. the magazine says her management of the refugee crisis has people calling her europe's contest because she opened germany stores one other nations refuse. tynes managing editor says merkel asked more a country than most politicians would darren to provide steadfast more leadership and world where it is in short supply. >> 100 children from san jose, holiday shopping spree this morning during the eighth annual shop with a cop event. >>> he child was paired up with the law enforcement office at the target store on holden avenue. 75 students from santa fe elementary school in t

the company has abandoned its plan to sell is $31 billion stake in ali baba.the latest move by marissa myers as she tries to turn things around here at yahoo. the sunnyvale-based company has decided to spin off its core business, that includes search technology, advertising, yahoo sports, even the tumblr blog. there was growing concern the selling off ali baba might be shareholders with a substantial tax bill. this is how marissa myers explained the move to shareholders. >> a separation will provide greater transparency to ensure that yahoo's business operations are accurately valued. especially, as we continue to improve yahoo's products and operation.>>reporter: shareholders would wind out with stock in both companies. analyst do think that yahoo seems focused on its most lucrative asset, ali baba. this deal will likely take more than a year to finalize. >>> yahoo's stock today, down 1.29%.>>> the forecast shows el niÑo could deliver one of the wettest winters in years. today, a special meeting in sacramento to get ready. >>> the mayor of chicago publicly ap

and finally if baba themselves want to take yahoo out, they'd prefer a cleaner vehicle and a cleaner company to do it. so spin out the core. this is positive news. >> two ways you can go as most stocks are. it's always binary. you've not been paid to weigh in on this. so you can say that this is ask more questions than answered. that's the negative side of it. to me the positive side of it is it makes it a cleaner takeout target as tim said. maybe it is a verizon takeout target. now that aol is there, there was always that speculation that maybe an aol/yahoo deal was there as well. it may be more likely for me. could be a cleaner deal. down 31%. i don't own it but i could see the risks and the upside from here. >> you look in the after-hours, this was up significantly higher than it is right now. looking at the core assets, we were talking about that today on the hal half-time report. he sounded very interested. but what is this worth? i mean, we're all saying -- i saw the graphic up there. 6 to 8 billion. how do we know that? >> especially because people weren't giving it that 6 to

that got was considering selling its core business leaving it with essentially its investments in ali baba. those yahoo! shares are rising 6%. we will talk more about that throughout the day. the big mover which happens to be technology is qualcomm. up 7% after the company said it agreement.tent a royalty bearing patent license to develop manufacture and sell 3g and 4g devices. walk-on had issues with negotiating license fees in china so this appears to be reassuring investors. betty: julie hyman at the markets desk. this morning, vonnie quinn has more from our news desk. vonnie: nato will bolster turkey bus air defenses of the alliance says it is not reacting to russia. turkey's shot down a russian war airplane. russia responded by bombing rebel held areas along the turkish order with syria. nato will send british planes to a base in turkey. john kerry is taking part in today's nato meeting in brussels. >> every alliance member expressed clear backing for the efforts of the international serious support group. -- syria support group in order to negotiate -- facilitate syrian led political

ali baba importance to world stability. ali baba's chief executive, jack mau, is an advisor to xi jinping. >>> deal to fight global warming, money remains osticking point in the paris talks. reduce the use of coal and other fossil fuels. countries would replace those facilities with clean power. calling on wealthier countries to help finance the shift to greener energy sources. >> i think we're in a pretty good place. it is a struggle. we can do it. there are positions that are quite hard to get to. it's very political at the moment. i think we've moved past the substance, we've got a good text. there is a lot we can live with, we've got to push the bar a bit and not make it the lowest common denominator. >> laurent favr fabius says governments are very close to agreement. >>> each day slightly longer, scientists say water from the glaciers is raising global sea levels and that the movement of water and ice is making the north pole migrate. scientists believe if the glacier melting continues the impact on the earth's rotati

is not clear what those contacts are, they seem to be still pretty much severed right now. >> nadim babaat the nato talks. air to air missiles, the kremlin says the move is being made to help pilots defend themselves against other attacks. the pentagon immediately called on both russia and turkey to reduce the rising tensions. >>> in syria russian air strikes are being blamed for the death of at least 44 people in a crowded market in the northwest. there are questions whether russia was targeting anti-assad forces instead of i.s.i.l. osama ben javad has the story. >> where you after the other they kept coming. people in the syrian town of area had had to bury multiple bodies in mass graves. >> we put every three or five bodies in each bag. >> the main market was packed with morning shoppers when it was bombarded repeatedly. people here blame russia for the attacks. >> it is the largest market in the city. the russian air strike left about 44 people killed and more than 70 injured. people here are breadwinners and want to make a living. it is a large gathering from the country side as the

no wonder they dominate the baba gha-news cycle. so if i can just offer a tahini believe america cannot take our security for pomegranate. because terrorism is a greater threat than global sha-warming. and if you think this situation is just going to go away, you're couscous. ( cheers and applause ) mmm! that is thick. but ain, carson is not the only oneo talk about. what about jeb bush? ( laughter )) sorry, i bcked out there for a second. i must have been talking about jeb bush. ( cheers and applause ) sorry about that. tell you what, we'll be right what was i talking about, oh, right jeb-- come seek the royal caribbean. fact you won't find the brand pharmacists recommend most for cold and flu relief at the shelf. advil cold & uinus is only behind the pharmacy counter. ask your pharmacist for fast, powerful advil cold & sinus. america is not just electing a president, we're also electing a commander in chief. because strengthening the economy, mang healthcare more affordable, raising incomes. all of that depends on us being both se

i do own baba and i do like linkedin.f coming up with six or seven names putting them in an acronym and then tracking them for the year, it's a little bit corny, and probably there is a great name on that list, and then probably there's something that completely blows up this year, and it's really hard to know what's what. >> doc. doc, what's your favorite name on the list? >> linkedin. it plays to -- >> $300 price target. excuse me. >> between security and customer relationships, crm, if this was on the list, which it isn't, but i put crm in there, and i like customer relationships and, lie like swrob market, and i think linkedin plays into that. >> crm could be short for cream cheese. >> you got to get -- >> yeah. what's a good l? >> linkedin. >> let's quit while we're behind. weiss. >> okay. i like facebook. i think facebook is a unique franchise. >> we're going to bet on the -- >> it was on the screen. >> it's par his new strategy, whitefish. >> that's -- >> make sure you are just sliding the -- you really got to -- >

then two minutes later...adebayo baba-lola attacks the rack and gets the tough, off- balance runner to fall... but waldorf was the better team today...michael morgan the fadeaway j......so smooth.....warrior s win it 80-74. alex elkhorn, making today the official start. the ladies bracket featured eight area teams and we start with battle creek and ponca. the indians 4-2 this season.......the braves off to a 3-3 start looking to get back over .500. picking things up third quarter.....abagail van dyke finds some space down low for the easy bucket...indians within three..... then its cassidy gillespie answering for the bravettes with the offensive board....battle creek ties it t 40..... ponca hangngg touhg.....mamaenzie boyle sweet seline drive with the little kiss......this one went down to the wire... and it was battle creek coming out on top.....kiana bolling with the runner in the lane....that gets the job done...bravettes hold on 54-51. over to the boys bracket......wakefi eld squaring off with eighth- ranked pierce.... early in the first.....taggart bailey finds braydan waldner for

baba will develop next, his birth started artificial insemination, a giant panda's short gestationalperiod is short that is why they did this. >> believe me if i thought i could take him home i would. >> i want to hug a panda. they are cute. >> reporter: you will not get to hug him but he will be seen in the exheubet january -- exhibit. >> he is cute. remember, he is a bear. you don't want to hug him. now, if you are members of the zoo you can get an earlier meet date. january 8th,the 15th. >>> all right. the temperatures pretty good out there for today. but tomorrow, things might change a little bit? >> reporter: tomorrow will be mild. change canning on friday. saturday, cold. i will show you something that i am sure you never seen before, okay? >> okay, 3 degree guarantee first, we went 56. it seemed reasonable, don't you think? light winds, a nice day. how did we do? we will talk about it tonight at 11:00 but it does not look good for us, here the observed highs, 118 in d.c. so, i missed it. back to the drawing board. >> that was more than a 3 degree guarantee. >> no. [ laughter ]

morningside tries to rally -- adebayo baba-lola with the strong move to the bucket, but the mustangs made too many mistakes. the bad pass here leads to a turnover and a layup for june prowell -- had 33 points. waldorf tops morningside, 80 to 74. briar cliff women are playing now -- the bc men play at 7-30. then tonight on nene four at ten.... the so-called "affluenza teen" and his mother are still in jail in mexico details on the teen who killed four people and claimed he didn't understand the consequences of his actions because of his affluent upbringing. tonight: snow showers develop. low 17. winds nw 5-10 miles per hour. wednesday: morning snow showers. high 24. mostly cloudy.

we really love being involved in the company and giving baba. that's a big thing that we want to do, we've been around for over 30 years we just want to make sure the community knows that we're here and we're exposing the community to everything everyone does it was actually a win-win for everybody. the paramedics say, they like showing the kids their instruments and lights and sirens, that way if they're ever called to the kids' house for anything, they'll know a little more expect to see. this time of year there are a lot of pets around looking for a new home. home.and they can use your help. help.how a local shelter is trying to clear out ahead of the new year.that's still is the economy rigged? well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 million people combined. i'm bernie sanders, and i apprpre this message. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultra-rich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. the middle class will continue to disappea

break off its other assets into a new company -- this comes amid concerns that the spinoff of ali baba worth more than $30 billion would result in a substantial tax bill. as we speak now yahoo is giving the details about what they are doing in a conference call with investors. we'll have more about the announcement coming up at 7 o'clock. >> the winning streak has been extended -- they picked up political support for the plan to build a new arena in san francisco's mission bay neighborhood. >> alex savage is in san francisco -- the fight could be coming to a close. >> >>> the golden state warriors move across the bay is looking like a reality this morning as the san francisco board of supervisors gave a green light for the team to build a new arena in the city. this vote took place last night during the meeting of the board of supervisors -- it went for several hours. in the end they approved the environmental impact report for the $1 billion arena set to go up in the mission bay neighborhood. the board dismissed an appeal by a group called the mission they alliance trying to block the

it looks like the north liberty city council has dismissed the possibility of babaing guns on city-ownwn property for the second time. north liberty's city administrator says city staff didn't receive enough direction from the council to develop a gun ban policy. when a gun ban proposal was brought up at the last city cououil meeting, peoplele were outraged and thought the city was threatening their right to carry. no one in the crowded meetinsupported the ban. the city administrator says once the city council gives staff more directctn, it may take up this issue again. tonight at 10 we'll share any decisions from the meeting. some university of iowa graduate udents their campus apartments is too high. the complex, "aspire at west campus," opened in the fall of 2014. the grad students have started a petition that says originally people paid 435 dollars per month for a one bedroom apartment. the s sdents say now balfour beatty, the company managing the complex, is renting the per month. e petition lays o o demands that include restricting rent increases, basing rent on the stipends that g

the working theory right now on that large cash deposit into farook's baba acacunt is that it may have been used to fund the attack. eh, abc news, ny . " jessica rae: took his plan for tightening the nation's borders to a whole new level, calling for "a total and complete shutdown of musls entering the u-s." the proposed ban would apply to immigrants and visitors alike, a sweeping prohibition affecting all adherents of islam who want to come to the u.s. trump's plan, drew criticism from members of both parties, including his rivals in the republican party (pkg) donald trump...taking on the world's more than one billion muslims. sot trump a total anancomplete shutdown of f muslims entering the united states untiti our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. this morning, trump...doubled down on his controversial marks as george stephanopoulos pressed for the details of his plan on gma. sot trump if a person is a muslim, goes overseas and comes back they can come different but we have to figure things out. trump's muslim ban was met with a standing ovation las

the ali baba group pledges to uphold the editorial independence. the fear for many is that under alibaba's founder, that will translate into a self-censorship of china stories. >> we're also very close to the party and state leaders of china, so it is most unlikely that he would want his newspaper to run critical articles about individual leaders or major policies. >> reporter: willie lamb is a former china editor of "the post" who said many colleagues at the paper are unhappy with what they see as an erosion of hong kong's freedom. >> they think of that. if they can control the mass media in hong kong, then it will facilitate their effort to enhance mrit cat control of hong kong. >> reporter: "the post" joins other media entities acquired by mainland other thanes but it leads to a rise on online news services in cantonese and english. >> we look at what we intended to do and overwhelming response we got, record-breaking funding and traffic, i think the appetite is still there. >> reporter: changing technology, opening up new fronts in the developi

installed an underwater camera, getting live footage of nine thousand trout, eight huhured catfish, baba, and other large fish species. the cameras send live views back up to the observatory where you can watch warm and cozy from monitors inside. "i think there's educational part of this for school kids, but not only school kids... for everyone. they should learn what kind of habitat is out here and how to take care of it, different things like that. and to be able to see it makes you appreciate it more, i think" says gene maffit, parks director for south sioux. south sioux parks director maffit says with one hundrred acres of a clean, healthy ecosystem, there's a lot to learn about. the project was funded by grants should be opento the public in a month. still to come... new studies suggest that some kids with learning problems may benefit from a little meditation. we'll explain when we come back. fred: (fred) the night ahead will be a cold one, but it will warm up this weekend. will we see any snow? the forecast is after the break. " " fred: jenna: fred, what are the chances of a white

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rather than spinelli baba away from yahoo! -- spin all the baba away away from! -- alibaba yahoo!ct alone makes sense because the potential again and potential tax in yahoo! is much smaller than the potential gain and potential tax in alibaba. >> does anybody know what is inside? from your perspective, someone with a history of great media acquisitions, can you tell us the value there? >> they report publicly on their numbers. they are turned to move away from display advertising t-mobile. have they moved fast enough, are they growing as quickly as other people in the mobile space? >> is it something you could potentially look at? >> it is not front and center for us. brendan: there are two ways to look at yahoo! either a technology company or media company. ursa minor -- marissa mayer tried to bring in -- what is the value of a media company? >> maybe ask michael bloomberg. it is a series of cash flows over time. that has declined at yahoo! s growthe had les because they've been investing more. stephanie: in terms of the media landscape, what is the most important narrative right

announced it will spin off a large portion of assets and keep its stake in the chinese company ali baba. >> reporter: many analysts predict yahoo shares will rise. the company abandoned its plan to sell off its $31 billion stake in the chinese commerce company ali baba and this is how it was explained to shareholders sometime ago. >> a separation will provide greater transparency to ensure the business operations are accurately valued, especially as we continue to improve yahoo's products and operation. >> reporter: this is just the latest effort to try and turn things around at yahoo. they have decided to spin off the core business, including search technology, advertising, sports and blog platform. this is known in the business as a reverse spinoff, so there was growing concern that selling off ali baba would leave shareholders with a substantial tax bill. some believe this is a solid strategy. >> it takes them where they want to go without incurring the taxes, so it's a very creative way to legally avoid having to pay the taxes for getting rid of the alibaba stakes. >> reporter: this

al jazeera's nadim baba is at headquarters he's been listening in. what has been said?> he's only just started speaking but it's expected he'll talk about the same themes that john kerry has been talking about. >> kerry sets off. he has been talking about how native alpolice commits to turkey's rights and has been talking about the former officer to montenegro saying it's not about russia, but every countries rights and a commitment by n.a.t.o. to strengthen the security of the balkans. the end of a summit overshadowed by tensions between russia and turkey, not happy at the accession of montenegro. whiches has just joined n.a.t.o. that's right. two reasons for russia to respond negatively. we knew there would be noises from moscow of disapproval. the list of countries is long, which moved away from the sphere of influence of the former soviet union, and already in the balkans, we have several countries, croatia, slovenia, already members of n.a.t.o., we have bosnia and macedonia. i don't think anyone was expecting anything else from moscow. they threatened to join it. i

inside....and goes up strong.....he was s morningside's mama source of offense with 23 later...adebayo baba-lola attacks the rack and gets the tough, off- balance runner to fall... but waldorf was the better team today...michael morgan the fadeaway j......so smooth.....warrior s win it 80-74. alex winter weather postponed the shootout on the elkhorn, makinin today the official start.the ladies bracket featured eight area teams and we start with battle creek and ponca. the indians 4-2 this season.......the braves off to a s-3 start looking to get back over .500. picking things up third quarter.....abagail van dyke finds some space down low for the easy bucket...indians within three..... then its cassidy gillespie answering for the bravettes with the offensive board....battle creek ties it at 40..... ponca hanging touhg.....mackenzie boyle sweet baseline drive with the little kiss......this one went down to the wire. and it was battle creek coming out on top.....kiana bolling with the runner in the lane....that gets the job done...bravettes hold on 54-51. over to the boys bracket......wakefi eld s

baba is the mall of the internet. but jd has products and people trust it and that is a stock to watch. >> how do you express it? >> ewh. that is your etf. big explosion in china. but they have a currency peg here in the u.s. so in 2016 you could see that peg break and that will make hong kong stocks stall. >> and when the shanghai goes through 3000 on the down side, there will be volatility in the u.s. if you want to take advantage of the downward opportunity, you look at jd.com and alibaba and baidu. >> that is good to point out. because you do agree there could be an impact on u.s. stock market. that doesn't mean there is still not an opportunity. >> of course. you mentioned it, the industrial shift for the consumer and that is where you want to be. >> crude oil closing at the dead lows. falling 3%, dragging the market with it. will stocks be able to break out of the group in 2016. dennis gartman, the editor of the gartman letter. in long-term there is no correlation, but lately it seems like intra day as we see oi

. >> reporter: like all, baba will move to china to mate to preserve the population. >> working together we will be able to make a positive change for this spaoess. >> reporter: but for now his days are low key like a newborn human he gets tired easily. he spends most of his time napping and hanging out with mom. >> he might be a little mama boy, that is great. they hope to have another baby coming by the time he leaves for china. his moment is set to have another one in 2017. the panda house reopens to the public one month from today. i like what she said. how do they get so big eating bamboo. >> yes, his legs not strong enough but he is getting there. >> yes. a big boy. >> yes. >>> santa trades in a sleigh for holly. how they are helping kids, later. >>> here is the future cast, 9:00, we have showers and rain across the metro area. down to fredericks,burg, we will take you through hour pie hour and let you know when we get a blast of the coldest air we have seep so far. >>> after the break, more on the our coverage of today's mistrial in baltimore. we are going to hear from an attorney

nadim baba. thank you. let's go to burundi where the army said 87 people have been killed during the violence. their bodies were found after unidentified gunmen attacked military installations. it's the worst outbreak of violence since a failed coup in may. our reporter malcolm webb, what do you know? >> 87 people were killed. early friday morning they were attacked by armed men. the police say they have arrested members of an unnamed group. on friday evening police and security forces came around residential areas, people who were protesting they say that police came in people's houses, drove them out in the streets and shot them. they say this is happening to dozens of people, people who are shot in what appears to be execution tile killing. the only people killed were the attackers. and it seems that the government is very much trying to play this down. they're very much trying to put out the image that it's business as usual. but many don't see it like that, they see it as an escalating situation that i

really can't stay baby it's cold outside i have to go away baby it's cold outside i r rlly can't stay baba it's cold outside >> you never know who you'll meet at barnes & noble. >>> good even. thank you for joining us. bill cosby strikes back launching a counter lawsuit against seven of his accusers. charging them with damaging his reputation. these seven are only a fraction of the more than 50 women who have accused cosby of section assault, drugging or rape. tonight the embattled comedian tries to change the narrative. here's abc's linsey davis. >> but he had no right to do that. >> i had really no idea what was happening. >> the next thing i remember i was on the couch and he was removing my underwear. >> reporter: it's one of the big esscandals to rock hollywood this year. to date more than 50 women accusing the legendary bill cosby of sexual assault, drugging, or rain rain. today bill cosby is turning the tables saying he's the victim and firing back at sevenf the women who are suin him for defamation, accusing them of making false accusations of section a salt for financial gain. >>

-- there are reports that they have decided not to sell off their 20% of their share of online ali baba that could've put money back into yahoo. there are reports that they will sell off some of or all of their internet business -- one thing everyone agrees on is that the ceo is having a hard time turning the company around and she does remained under pressure from investors. >> the annual survey on the best place to work is out -- five of the top 10 are in the bay area -- as usual one topped the survey -- this year it is airb&b -- guide wire is third, facebook is five -- linked in is six. google fell to number 8. >> as google continues to grow we saw more employees talking about less personal impacted -- some don't feel that their work mattered as much as it used to. >> google is one of four companies that have been on the list all eight years. other companies include apple, twitter, salesforce, solar city. >>>>> 4:25 -- the most popular source of online videos has released its annual list -- the list of the videos that were watched and talked about and search for and shared the most.

i think baba, you know, i think about deep dark secrets i held and had no idea the impact some of those secrets could hava on my body until one day i ended up with shingles and i discovered i was back in the doctor's office, because i had not slept for not one, two, three, but for five days, and the reason why is because he i was holding on to a secret and i didn't want to talk about the fact that i had been sexually harassed and sexually assaulted and abused and eventually i was diagnosed with ptsd. with that i learned that i needed therapy. i needed to get help and that i needed to face it if i wanted to so i said, i'm going to face this thing. i'm going to go forward, and i'm going to get the therapy that i need, and i tell you it was just what i needed to help me to regain my momentum. and it reminded me of the story when i was recently reassigned to jeremy. i was on the post of brag, north carolina. there's a street called long strere. long s seet has a lot of steep hills. it's a long way. the one thing i was new, had just come to the post, leaving germany hadn't quite built up my

who knows if they will ask me baba next year. some of mymy spins could have been a little better. anyway, isn't the beauty of the holidays the fact that whether you're trimming a tree, wrapping a present or dressing like a mouse in the nutcracker, it doesn't have to be perfect to be something special. >> osgood: still to come. music for the holidays from the then, andrea bocelli. innovative sonicare technology with up to 27% more brush movements versus oral b. get healthier gums in 2 weeks guaranteed. innovation and you. philips sonicare save when you buy the most loved >> osgood: the yule tide goals of the trans-siberian orchestra. ben tracy takes us along for the ride. >> if you come to this concert, expecting a silent night. you've come to the wrong place. ter all the motto of the trans-siberian orchestra is "fog it, light it, blow it u u just don't let it b b boring." do you feel pressure every year to top yourself? than the year before? >> yes. >> songwriter and producer paul o'neill is the man behind this particular brand of christmas cheer. every holiday s sson the bandd pe

nadim baba, al jazeera, brussels. >>> hundreds of thousands of people are stranded by some of the worsting on record in southern india. monsoon rains have lashed coastal areas, especially the capitol. our correspondent reports now from new delhi. >> reporter: heavy rain has poured on people in this state for weeks. now many in southern india are trapped instead illy rising flood waters. coastal areas are hardest hit. response teams have been sent to try to rescue thousands of people. >> [ inaudible ] last week it is so much [ inaudible ] everything else is down in the water. >> reporter: conditions deteriorated on tuesday with heavy downpours making water-logged areas even worse. people are using social media to describe how they are being badly hit. some major roads resemble rivers. flooding has damaged other infrastructure, including rail lines. the city's main airport is closed. computers trying to reach the south have been left stranded across india. >> translator: all flights have been canceled. the airlines are issuing tickets for flights tomorrow or the day after, but haven't sai

excellent baba skills. great ability to run after the catch. he's a very talented the country right now. in touchdowns. so he's got his hands full." full."remeber aaron cheslock and i will bring you a full recap and reaction of the orange bowl tomorrow night at 10pm. 3 meanwhile the belk bowl earlier today at bank of america featuring nc state and mississippi state....a rain soaked field but it didn't stop dak prescott throwing for a belk bowl record 380 yards and four touchdowns. 3 he'd finish off his college career in style guiding the bulldogs to a 51-28 win. he's also now oneof only players in fbs history to throw for 9,000 yards and run for 2,500 yards in their career. 3 earlier in the day in charlotte...no bowl games or weather would slow down the panthers and their preparation for sunday's game against tampa bay. ron rivera and the squad practicing in the rain today...they're trying to lock up homefield advantage for the playoffs this weekend. and despite losing their first game of the season last week pleased with their sunny dispositio

morningside tries to rally -- adebayo baba-lola with the strong move e the bucket, but the mustangs made too many mistakes. the bad pass here leads to a turnover and a layup for june prowell -- had 33 points. waldorf tops morningside, 80 to the second-ranked morningside women taking on 1 and 11 waldorf, from forest city, iowa. mustangs up 20 at the half -- second half, lauren lemkuhl drops in one of morningside's 11 three's -- the lead is 46. then, allison bachman goes takes the 'drive thru' lane for 2 more -- the lead is up to fifty. 13 different mustangs scored -- erin schleicher drops in the jumper -- the only question was, would morningside break the century mark? the answer -- yes -- rachelle housh with another bucket. morningside whips waldorf, 100 to 55. and, one of the biggest hawkeye tonight. chief meterologist ron demers enjoying his christmas break from ktiv. he took some of his family to state game. there's ron with his son patrick, his mother maryilyn and his sister carol and nephew josh. they have all been lifelong hawkeye fans! tonight: snow showers develop. low 17. winds

. >>> chinese ecommerce giant ali baba is planning to buy the hong kong english language newspaper calledhe south china morning post. the deal is worth about $266 million, including properties in hong kong editions of casmo poll tan and esquire magazine. they believe it will help improve china's image in the western media. at least that's what they hope. >>> amazon says no to hover boards. the retailer is pulling most hover boards from its online sales after reports of the toys catching fire. sales are suspended until manufacturers can provide documentation proving the hover boards meet safety requirements. >>> blue bell ice cream is coming back. the texas company says it is back on store shelves now. blue bell spent months cleaning its production plants to ensure the ice cream is safe to eat after a listeria outbreak back in april. the ice cream was linked to listeria cases, including three deaths in kansas. >>> and expect long lines at the post office today. the postal service predicts this will be the busiest mailing and shipping day of the year. keep in mind, you have until tomorrow t

as the billionaire continues pushing baba, a well-known muslim and boxininlegend is offering up his opinion. facing backlash, donald trump continues to defend his proposed ban on muslims entering the u.s. appearing on fgx news and cnn last night, the republican presidential front-runner even threatened to break his pledge that he would not run as an >> if i'm treated fairly, i would never do it. if i'm not treated fairly, i might very well do it. i think it's highly unlikely unless they break the pleded to me because it's a two-o-y street. >> reporter: for the first time, president obama publicly weighed in on the controversy, taking a veiled swipe at trump during an event marking the 150 year of anniversary at the end of slavery. >> our freedom is bound up with the freedom of others. regardless of what they look like or where he they come from or what their last name is or what faith they practice. >> reporter: other figures from m outside the political world are alsosopeaking out. boxing great muhammad ali, who converted to islam in 1975, issued a statement wednesday saying, in part, our

harvey apologized and apologized on twitter all throughout the day after these momentntand he felt baba >> i give it to these ladies because miss philippines really handled it with such dignity and grace and so did miss colombia. give her some credit to for giving up the crown because let crown onn my head, i ain't giving that one back. >> you would have walked away with it. >> never. >> burger king saying they will never take your crown away. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. that's what's making news this morning in america.some say it's a humanitarian effort, others say it's unsafe. thdubuque city council talks about the "ban the box" issue. cedar rapids city crews will remove lead paint from your home free of charge. but you're running out of time to take advantage of the program. the salvation army in johnson county y s set a goal for fund raising this year. now some small communities are trying to help make that happen. good tuesday morning, it's december 22nd, which means it is the shortest day of the year.

confirmed what we reported last night, the company is abandoned its plan to spin off its ali baba stake into a separate company, and instead, potentially spin off its core business. cnbc's david faber spoke exclusively with ceo marissa mayer and board member maynard webb, and asked about their strategy to change the company. >> we still feel that the forward spin we originally proposed is likely to be tax-efficient, but that said, we did overall see indications, certainly in the market, around uncertainty as to the tax treatment and the duration of time it might take in order to get to resolution. and so, given that, we feel it's prudent at this time to look at alternatives like the reverse spin, but this is really a board-level question, so i can also hand that to maynard. >> well, i'll ask it as well, if you don't mind. mr. webb, to the extent it is a board-level question what took you so long, then in coming to that conclusion? why spend nine months and had your investor base so focused on this potential spin only to say, wait a second, now we suddenly realize these things might trad

discussion when the board meets from today until the end of the week is what to do with the proposed ali babainoff. yahoo! has been trying to get out of thisallybaba stake and try to raise some money with that. but one activist investor has pushed yahoo! to suspend that proposal altogether, so a lot under discussion. we'll have to wait for the outcome of that meeting on friday. but some analysts have gone as far to suggest that the company should consider a sale of yahoo! altogether, rather than just a spinoff. but as you said, some big decisions ahead for ceo marissa mayer. back to you. >> live from london, nancy hulgrave, thank you. >>> time now for sports. and we begin with a mega deal in the major leagues. the boston red sox have reportedly reached an agreement with lefty pitcher david price on a seven-year deal worth $217 million. it's the biggest deal for a pitcher in mlb history and the largest contract in the history of the red sox. the 30-year-old ace led the american league with a 2.54 e.r.a. last season. an official announcement is expected on friday. >> in other mlb news, baseball