can get the best of you, you know you've had a bad year. >> sony is the second biggest loser. they mishandled the movie from start to finish. bad cyber security that allowed the hack. a lot of liberal executives were sending borderline racist e-mails. they finally did the right thing and made up a little bit of ground. $18 million over the weekend for the online distribution of that movie. >> their stock price is way up. my next loser is ted cruz. he began the year in the doghouse. he ended the year back in the doghouse for grandstanding during the spending bill. if politicians think you talk too much, you probably talk too much. >> bill cosby. i do not think you need to say anything about this. once beloved, now reviled. a bad year to go from cliff huxtable to an alleged serial secs predator -- sex predator. >> roger goodell. he did that -- he screwed up with the ray rice scandal. >> coming up, if you plan on drinking heavily on new year's eve, and i know you do, you may did something restorative to meet the next day. mario batali is here to help us all. we will be right back.

a very bad year. >> do take it personally? was it difficult on you as a person? >> everything that is happening, i am taking it personally. everything bad i am taking it personally. it is affecting my behavior and morale, but at the same time when it is difficult, it gives me strength. the worst thing that can happen is the negative spirit. you have to avoid -- when something is bad. >> it has been on interesting year. >> the understatement of the year. know, in a way i do not mind the gold times -- the difficult times. the results were very strong. ceo, do you say that four, are you on the lookout, for the next big pitfall? paranoid. ittely is part of my job to be structurally unhappy. if i allow myself to be pleased, i do not show it. >> what was the most significant day for you in 2014? > it was -- you feel that people stand taller. you cannot buy that. >> did you have one day? >> the day i made the it was toon in march. show them that we, and italian bank, ken e the best in class in europe. >> you are a but your company and country and the world economy. what

even in a bad year. as you take on this job, looking ahead, what lessons did you take away from 2014 that democrats can really apply in 2015 and 2016? >> you bet. thanks for having me james. first, i would pushback on that a little bit. we have three great new governors in pennsylvania, rhode island, hawaii. keeping colorado in connecticut even with the u.s. senators lost, in the face of millions of dollars in negative ads people spent against them -- we certainly did not get everything they wanted in 2014, but i think we got some real stars in their. when i look to 2015 and 2016, the way i won the way i governed, was by focusing on the future, fiscal discipline, education, and improving the economy, trying to find common sense solutions. we will look across the aisle to make sure we get things done. i think as democratic governors if that is our focus in 2015 and 2016, and going forward we will have, combined with some great candidates, some real successes. >> governor, thanks for joining us. i was also

perspective because frankly his bad year is a good year for other folks. this is a year ending so much better for america than most of us expected. while voters in the midterms decisively repudiated mr. obama's policies, we could have hardly asked for better outcome. the republicans won control of the senate decisively they will have 54 seats. republicans widen control of the house decisively holding the largest number of seats since 1928. 246 congressional seats and republicans control more state legislative chambers than ever in history. the gop controls 68 out of 98 state chambers that control both houses of the state legislate nurse 28 states and now 31 republican governors. like i said it's been a pretty good ust not for the president. thanks for being with us. happy new year. neil: welcome, everybody, i'm neil cavuto. if this is what gridlock gets uget me more of it. while the media is bemoaning one of thely the productive years ever you got stocks humming, the economy is humming why is gridlock bumming? who says we need a party to have a party? the

skinny cows and bad years of representing years of salmon. it's interesting because we are now in the last days. god is is doubled to us the interpretation of this mysterious three 1/2 years. it is 40 jubilee. he's doubled it if you think of the years since destruction which ended in the year 36 you get 1960 years. if you take 30, 670s, you get 2520. >> public speaker: i'm going to make this quick. it's been raining and the roads are slick. when i see you for the next board of supervisors meeting i want to wish ms. tang congratulations for being interim president and wish you much luck with the job. happy holidays! >> thank you very much. if there are any members of the public who would like to speak for public comment, please do lineup. >> public speaker: hi, happy holidays! mark ferrell, i appreciate what you are doing regarding the homeless issues and stuff. we definitely need more transparency as to what's going on. i think at the mails that i have attached here of which i would like someone to get and i would like mark ferrell to get one

it was a bad year, with no profits. a wasted year. >> raul has refocused his attention on raising cattle. he's having the calves vaccinated in an attempt to increase the size of his herd. but even long-time vet elvio mansilla is skeptical about whether the argentinean beef industry will ever recover. >> the future is uncertain, very uncertain. we don't know how it will develop. i hope, at least, that it doesn't get worse. >> raul invested a lot of money when he switched to soy. but what he's really hoping is that the argentinean beef industry will one day be restored to its former glory. >> and that's all we have time for on this edition of global 3000. as always you can watch any or all of our reports again online, but for now from me and the whole global team, thanks for watching and bye-bye. yoóoóy ♪ >> memphis, tennessee. it has been written if music were religion, then memphis would be jerusalem and sun studio its most sacred shrine. ♪ come on you to baby >> and you are here with the black lilies! ♪ >> resorts casin

. >> a bad year got badder. new york city mayor bill de blasio is telling people to halt debates and protests until the officers murdered over the weekend are laid to rest. the mayor has been sharply criticized, accused of helping to create an atmosphere that made officers a target of hate. the head of the nypd union says there is blood on his hands and on sunday as de blasio walked through the hospital where the bodies of the officers lay, cops turned their backs on i'm h. here is former mayor rudolph guiliani. >> she guilty of creating an atmosphere of police hatred. and it is a lie and it is untrue. the police are not racists. there is not a systemic problem of racism. >> do you agree? guilty of creating an atmosphere of hate? >> i would say it contributed. it is the strange things the people were protesting. there is not really a racial element there unless you want it to be there. there is no proof that was driven by race. it just so happens it was the racial break down of the officers and the person involv

. >> i'm not going to say a bad year but it was a down year. unexpected year, i'll put it that way. >> and how has oning the heisman changed life -- how has winning the heisman changed life for marcus mariota? >> maybe the cheerleaders will notice us. >> stay tuned and notice us in 10 minutes. ,,,, at kaiser permanente, everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ ago, we learned: sony might scrap the movie's christmasy release. that story on bay area nightbeat.. at 10:00 on our sister station, kbcw. 44 >>> hackers are threatening movie theaters regard, the interview. sony may scrap the christmas day release. that's coming up on nightbeat at 10:00 on our sister station, kbcw, 44/cable 12. >>> california lottery changing things up with a new game. the winner will get an 18- course meal at the french laundry wine country restaurant. it's a three star michelin rated restaurant owned by acclaimed chef thoma

when you fall short of your goal at the end of the day, i am not going to say it is a bad year, but itas a down year. it was n a unexpected year. >> one thing coach always says is you wait until they are all said and done and you look back and see how the season works. it wasn't the year we wanted to have. >> giants had the season they wanted to have. michael morris with the game winning hit for the giants in game seven of the world series, he is now going to the marlins. the manic named the "the beast" gets a two-year deal for $16 million. meanwhile, the giants continue their search for a new left fielder and third base man to replace pablo sandoval. abc7 sports is brought to you by ebay. the giants have made some -- they lost some people and made some offers to other people, but they have not been able to secure anybody. we will see what happens. maybe they have to make a trade, but -- >> worked well last year. thanks, larry. >> abc7 news continues on-line, on twitter, facebook and all of your mobile devices with our abc7 news app. >> our next newscast is

. >> it could be a bad year for several reasons, one being one of the strains going around is known to cause a lot of illness and the vaccine is not a good match for that strain. we are still early in the flu season but most cases are a strain of h 3 n 2, that is covered in the vaccine but that strain has mutate the or changed and so far half the cases of flu match this year's vaccine. people are asking if you haven't already should you get the flu shot. as a nurse i say yes, it will protect you from other strains of the virus and protect you from other versions of the mutated strain so if you get the illness it may not be as severe or long lasting. they are putting out using anti-virals like tamiflu, they are not perfect but could help if given within 48 hours of getting the flu. they are good for senior citizens and young children and anyone with a chronic medical problem. >> as for flu activity. cdc map, there are only two states, louisiana and alaska with widespread flu. in our area there are cases ands starting to build, typically it peeks in january or february and we'll continue

. >> you got good years and bad years. this i call it worst years. this is really bad. >> reporter: matt's boss, ranch owner jesse revilla, says despite his best efforts the remaining herd is losing weight, but feeding them is breaking him. how long can you keep that up? >> well, that means i got to go sell some more cows. i've got to sell more cattle so i can buy more hay. >> reporter: so, the herd keeps getting smaller and smaller. >> and i'm getting poorer and poorer. >> reporter: california reservoirs, once pictures of abundance, are more alarming than reassuring. this year, the hottest ever recorded in california, water levels fell so low, authorities cut off water to most farmers. meaning, farmers had to use well water or lose everything. if you didn't have a well, what would have happened to your trees? >> well, they would be half dead by now. >> reporter: two miles from main street, mary andreas joined hundreds of farmers now drilling for water. mary grows 84 acres of almonds. her trees require year-round water to stay alive. six months before

he has been fighting for four years, and he says the fighting has never been this bad. >> sangin is with taliban. the government only controls the roads, none of the villages. >> jamadar is a member of the intelligence force he, from jamadar, another area of heavy fighting. >> as long we are alive we'll fight for our country. >> reporter: proof that the fight is hard, the record number of wounded here and the wards are still full even though the fighting usually slows at this time of year. there have been so many casualties this year the hospital has had to turn the pharmacy the mosque and the children's play room into patient wards and when it's really busy they use these outdoor tents for triage. a rare attack in lashgrega lasted hours. those from the villages and the country side, say civilians are caught in the middle, between taliban forces and civilian soldiers who don't care who they hit. jennifer glasse, al jazeera. >> talking to the opposition to try to end the nearly four year long civil war. a response to russia's request for dialogue. the syrian government says it's open to p

goal at the end of the day, i am not going to say it is a bad year, but it was a down year.s n a unexpected year. >> one thing coach always says is you wait until they are all said and done and you look back and see how the season works. it wasn't the year we wanted to have. >> giants had the season they wanted to have. michael morris with the game winning hit for the giants in game seven of the world series, he is now going to the marlins. the manic named the "the beast" gets a two-year deal for $16 million. meanwhile, the giants continue their search for a new left fielder and third base man to replace pablo sandoval. abc7 sports is brought to you by ebay. the giants have made some -- they lost some people and made some offers to other people, but they have not been able to secure anybody. we will see what happens. maybe they have to make a trade, but -- >> worked well last year. thanks, larry. >> abc7 news continues on-line, on twitter, facebook and all of your mobile devices with our abc7 news app. >> our next newscast is 4:30 doppler 7hd. some showers are hanging around

i'm not going to say a bad year, but it was a down year. an unexpected year.'ll put it that way. >> next time you see michael morse, it will be may 8. that is when his new team, the marlins come to san francisco. morris signed a two-year deal. he hit an 8th inning game tieing home run in game five of the nlcs. >>> time now, for the tuesday night top five. number five, jay-z gave up ownership of barclay center just in time. dude, the roof leaks. >>> number four, live one. the incredible goal. they win in a 20-round shoot- out. lasalle needed a prayer to tie it. they lost to american in ot. but man, that shot. rudy gay, poster eyes. serge ibaka. a faceful of awe. and number one, how saint mary lost. a crazy shot to tie it. the score to win it with three seconds left. 73-71. oh. it is a lowly time. >> how about that? >> don't want that. >> told you. top five. >> we will be right back. >> thanks vern. ,,,,,,,, ♪ ♪ it's a marshmallow world in the winter. ♪ (vo)rescued.ed. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, to

goal at the end of the day, i am not going to say it is a bad year, but it was a down year.was n a unexpected year. >> one thing coach always says is you wait until they are all said and done and you look back and see how the season works. it wasn't the year we wanted to have. >> giants had the season they wanted to have. michael morris with the game winning hit for the giants in game seven of the world series, he is now going to the marlins. the manic named the "the beast" gets a two-year deal for $16 million. meanwhile, the giants continue their search for a new left fielder and third base man to replace pablo sandoval. abc7 sports is brought to you by ebay. the giants have made some -- they lost some people and made some offers to other people, but they have not been able to secure anybody. we will see what happens. maybe they have to make a trade, but -- >> worked well last year. thanks, larry. >> abc7 news continues on-line, on twitter, facebook and all of your mobile devices with our abc7 news app. >> our next newscast is so far, you're horrible at this, flo. yeah, no

everybody has a bad year. >> i realize football is a business.raded and so are the coaches. i am proud that he brought our team to the super bowl. >> tonight as he prepares to coach another team harbough reflected on his legacy with the 9ers. it's been a tremendous thrill. one of the great thrills of my life, and be forever proud. >> so what's next for the coach? well, our colleagues at comcast sports have confirmed that he is headed to the university of michigan. reporting live in santa clara, mary ann, nbc bay area news. >> thanks mary ann. >>> according to jim harbough this right here one of the guys who is going to football heaven comcast sports 49er insider matt maoko snapped this photo of frank gore saying good-bye to jim harbough inside the 49ers locker room. our team coverage continues with comcast sports net. kelly swron son has more on harbough's last game with the 49ers, and he went out as he came in. a winner. >> yeah. it was a fitting end. often emotional final game for the players who wanted to send jim harbough out with a win spshg

not a bad year. >> not at all. we know this. one may be the loneliest number but seven is the figure we are focused on. if the s&p 500 rises again next year it will be the seventh straight year of gains. how likely is that to happen? bob, what say you? will 2015 be another up year for the s&p 500? >> i think 2015 will be a good year for the overall market. right now i'm expecting 2,265 for s&p. first of all, we have to look at the positive trends that are out there. things like manufacturing, the service sector, the unemployment trends. the inflation outlook, consumer spending and commodity prices acting as a tail wind. in 2015 what you are going to see is additional consumer spending. people find themselves with $20, $30 extra in the pocket they are likely to spend it. you are likely going to see rates move up gradually. as rates move up you will start to see lending standards loosen more. when you have additional consumer spending loosen lending standards you will have improved corporate confidence. you will see a pickup in cap

. >> i'm sorry to say that it has been a bad year for auto safety. >> reporter: congressman fred uptonigan was among the skeptical, frustrated lawmakers who questioned takata executive hiroshi shimizu for two hours about defective air bags. >> it's confusing to drivers. they don't know whether their cars safe. >> california congressman henry waxman called the company's response to regulators who demanded a national recall to air bags, confusing and nonsensical. shimizu couldn't explain why air bags malfunctioned. >> do you know the root cause of this problem? >> at this moment, we don't have the root cause. >> reporter: behind the takata air bag is a metal inflator containing the chemical propellant ammonium nitrate. in an accident, the chemical can explode with such excessive odrce it ruptures the metal casing, sending shrapnel flying out. takata is the only maker using ammonium nitrate but it doesn't believe the propellant is the problem. it thinks right now it's a factory issue. >> in my knowledge it is current issues is most likely manufacturing related, not design related. >> repo

knows he wants to wield some power and he wants to show mcconnell that conservatives may have had a bad year, tea partying losing in the primaries but they'll be a force in congress. >> still a force, a nuisance or a real force? that's my question for both tea party and liberals after this. they were mad about provisions in the bill but in the end they lost. >> yes, they lost and sort of the moderate wings of the party prevailed and the centrists. elizabeth warren on one hand, nancy pelosi vocal against some of the provisions of this bill that had to do with wall street, that had to do with campaign finance but ultimately they lost but they're flexing muscle and doing themselves some good. elizabeth warren very much out front stoking more speculation she'll run for president and ted cruz saying i'm ted cruz and i'm all about ted cruz. >> is it all about ted cruz, is he running for president? i'm old enough to remember in the old days even if you were going to defy your leader in the senate, you drop by the office and you told him you were going to do it or gave him a phone call and edds up.

bad day. colder tomorrow night. everybody goes below freezing tomorrow night and a quiet and cold end to the year. actually not bad. in fact, most of the country will have a quiet cold understand to the year. now that said i just did -- cold end to the year. now that said i just did a tweet that it's going to snow tomorrow in an unlikely place, southern california, might snow outside l.a. and san diego above 2,000 feet. that's kind of cool. arctic air covers most of the country. on the futurecast 8:00 tomorrow morning cloud south, d.c. south, temps low 30s north and west and by 1:00 clearing out, temperatures back in the upper 30s and low, average high 44. by 5:00 tomorrow evening everybody is clear, even southern maryland now with temps falling into the mid- to upper 30s and by 10:00 23 hours from now temps will flirt with the 20s in most of the suburbs. you get up toward hagerstown and martinsburg you'll already been in the 20s by this time tomorrow night. overnight mostly cloudy, colder, flurry or a sprinkle possible, low temperature 30 to 35. we wouldn't fall below freezing tonight in town. day

caller: the conservative wings of the republican party had a bad year. the other side would be the establishment republicans. they had the best year. i think it is going to be the same one year from now. caller: i was going to ask you about 2015. the president still in office of course, republican congress, what are you expecting here in town? caller: i expect them to spend the same amounts of money as before. i expect large budget deficits and the national debt to go up. i expect them to do nothing more than they did last year, like with this bill that they just passed for spending next year. it's going to be the same. you are going to see static spending until probably, maybe until we get a conservative republican president who sticks by his guns, i think that george bush, hastert, boehner and all -- what was his name? trent lott, all those people who wanted to be conservative republicans and tamp down the spending, i think that they destroy the republican party. but that's my room -- my opinion. host: thanks for calling him, jim, texas. caller: first t

in previous years we see about 35 to 170 kids every year who die from the flu. 2009 was a really bad yearear we had pandemic flu and about 350 children died in the u.s. from flu. we are trying to prevent those deaths by getting people to get the flu shot and to stay at home when they are feeling sick. >> remind us who is most vulnerable. >> the flu really hits those young kids and also older adults. but also it can really hit hard for people who have diabetes asthma or other breathing problems and obesity. those folks are really affected and healthcare workers, doctors and nurses that tend to sick people right now are at risk and it's important they get their flu shot. >> i got to sneak in this last question for you. mom always says wear your coat wear your hat. don't forget your scarf. you don't want to catch a cold or get sick. is there any truth to that? >> a little bit of truth. it's always good to take your mother's advice. the truth behind it is that during the winter season it's colder but the air is also drier and viruses like that. it may be that they survive for longer because t

this is a pretty bad year in terms of journalistic integrity for this country.g to cover some of the election results like it just did not happen. >> i think we're seeing some of the malpractice and the media is going to don't to apply into 2015. we have seen it already here in new york with new york -- maybe a problem with the nypd, based on what the media createded with ferguson. of course obama care, the new rates for the penalties, if you don't have insurance now are going up as a result of that, and jonathan gruber is going to be -- i think it's going to be very similar in 2015 as well as 2016 with what we're skiing, but moving right along. you want to say something, bob? >> no, nothing, just hours until the biggest party of the year. we'll tell you what we have planned for you on new year's've >>> well it's the eve of new year's eve. tomorrow night kimberly jesse and i, long with my good friend and colleague anna and kennedy will be braving the cold to countdown to 2015 with you. last year we did it and it was 20 below zero. some people don't like that hol

last year was a bad year for grapes and olives. the fall planting was late. many fields lay fallow.re are two ways from the south end of the valley. one a narrow pass, it the other a high scenic road over the mountains. they converge from the sight of the ancient village san pietro. where 700 years it has stood on the shoulder of the valley, welcoming the travelers. the stones of its walls were queried out of the apparent hills. population 1,412 at the last census. a farming community. patron saint peter. point of interest saint peters. 1438. note, interesting treatment of chansal. from the end of october 1943 until the middle of san pietro had seen some of the bitterest fighting in the army front. they entered the second phase to push forward again after a static period brought on by heavy seasonal rains. our battle lines were as haphazard as the rains itself. each river seemed like five. and where there was no river to cross, a mountain blocked us. each meter ahead being a few higher so each new peak had to be fought for the hard way with the enemy looking down our throats. they h

certainly a bad year relative to other world leaders.e was going to be a transformative leader. he was going to make liberalism safe for the masses. he was going to make liberalism popular in the way that ronald reagan made conservatism popular. you look at this past year and what we have seen is the collapse of big government. and the 2014 elections, obviously, were specific repudiation and ideological election specific repudiation of the president and his policies and big government liberalism. he is the the big loser. >> you are not buying the idea that he was liberated by the mid terms. >> he may have been liberated but his philosophy, i think, is in ruins. >> michael grimm, congressman who just resigned, republican is being paired a lot with scalise the house republican whip as troublemakers at the end of the year. i think it's very different story going to the wrong meeting. michael grimm pleaded guilty to a felony last week and also is famous on capitol hill for threatening to throw a reporter off of a balcony and break him in hal

these have been some pretty bad years for fifa, so this is a positive step, but there are big question it. one we don't know when it will be released, but also large chunks are likely to be redacted, hidden away. we don't know when or how much will be published either. >> the president has said that the 2018, and the 2022 world cups are safe and they are still on the calendar. so have russia and qatar -- do they need to be worried? >> i don't think russia needs to be worried at all. simply for timing reasons because it's three and a half years away. by the time this report is published i think it will be realistic to say that anybody could step in and take over for the russian world cup. perhaps a bit more concern over qatar, but fifa has been resolute in saying the qatar world cup will take place. >> after this recent publication of the report of garcia and his resignation, what do people make of fifa right now? >> fifa has had such appalling publicity around the world. they brought on many of their problems themselves because theying haven't been transparent or seen to be doing what

david: bad year for bond. those betting on them got a lot of money. 10-year yield ending year at 2.17%. all the economists said interest rates were going up. they were 3% as we ended last year. they are down from that, we should also mention by the way, dow jones transportation index. cheryl: dow jones utilities index both hitting lifetime highs this year. with the year over what can we look forward to in the new year? let's bring in our market panel. yu-dee change, sees the market higher in 2015. michael cue chino worried about rising interest rates impact market and todd horowitz from the cme. you're loving the tape but you don't have bullish sentiment when you see the markets. why? >> happy new year, cheryl and david. when economies are built out of jell-o and we have no real foundation and the growth that we're seeing is all artificially induced by the federal reserve, and when the average joe can't borrow money from the bank because they don't have enough credit and we're not seeing liquidity for everybody

on a bad year 40%. on a good year 60%. that is less money spent on health care. et bad diseases like pneumonia. they die from the flu. stuart: that is a lousy deal. >> allows the deal? not dying is a lousy deal? bernard: when you offer me a product, i have to pay for it in you tell me it works 40% of the cases. half the time it will work but by any way. >> what is the downside of getting the flu shot? >> stuck into your arm that goes into your system. >> it is did. it doesn't cause the flu. doesn't cause major side effect. you might get a slight allergy from. what if you have in your home a ring of immunity, a pregnant woman, in your home somebody with a chronic illness, child with as much. if you get the vaccine you have less physically english-speaking chair are few pregnant women in my household. >> i want you to get the flu shot. i am not giving a. this is going to be a bad flu year. stuart: we are in full dow watch no. approaching the team can. we are on it two minutes from now. hard it can be...how ...to breathe with copd? it can feel like this. copd include

on new year's eve, don't forget to watch a special "red eye" it is called 2014 goodbye bad year. x newschannel's all-american new year in which joanne is going to be on live from time square. she is moving up and out. >> e block. last story. that's the last story. >> cops got wise to a panda disguise. they trick children into thinking painted dogs were pandas. this is brilliant. look at that. they painted who dash -- two chow chows black and white. they shut it down and then seized the dogs who were later killed. meanwhile andy levey has opened a lion exhibit in his apartment. sorry, andy. carly, that they have seized them? they were adorable. >> they shouldn't have taken the dogs. >> what are they going to do with them? put them in dog prison? did they charge the dog with the crime? impersonating a panda. >> i don't think the circus should have lied. it is more impressive to say this is a dog that looks like a panda. >> it is a danda. it is a dog that had sex with a panda and this is a danda or a pog. >> oh that's better. >> it is a poking, sam. a pog, sam. i invented a word. >>

. >> all this comes during a bad year for aviation in southeast asia. malaiseysian flight 370 disappeared in march. and now the malaysia based airasia flight has disappeared as well. indonesia has asked the u.s. for aid in efforts to find the plane. washington has agreed to help. >> our embassy of course is focused on finding ways to be responsive, of course, we have been in close contact with indonesian officials since the disappearance of the plane. >> a short time ago the pentagon elaborated on what could be the u.s. contribution to the airasia hunt. they stay they are ready to deploy, air, surface, and sub surface search capabilities all sent out by the navy fleet. . >>> now to the aid yachtic, the scene of an incredible greek ferry fire. human frailty as well as extraordinary courage. john huddy has the story of a dramatic rescue and those who sadly were not so lucky. >> reporter: smoke billowed from the ferry as it drifted on the aid yack it sea. the last of the more than 450 passengers and crew were rescued. at least 10 people were killed during

i don't think that means bad year for stocks. i actually don't really quibble with the idea that small caps could be outperformers. that's a function also of this orientation toward a stronger domestic economy. i'm a little more focused right now tactically on how this year end looks somewhat similar to last year end. you are up 12% from an october low. this year and last year. investor sentiment getting balled up, everyone thinks we're up 10% next year. you have to be careful for a gut check. we got it in january last year. we won't get it this year because people like me notice the similarities and not going to get an exact rerun. i think you've got a lot of progress made in equity valuations relative to where the economy is. >> we will get to that. dominic chu is ready. first a tweet from a viewer, the odds josh brown is wearing flip flops and bathing suit beneath his waist. >> 100%. >> 100%. he won't stand up. >> let's debate it. >> we'll go around the trading horn. dominic chu, finally ready after i called on him way too ear

the summer that lincoln lost the election. 1864 did not start out as a particularly bad year for abraham lincoln. it actually started out reasonably well. the union armies were doing fairly well in the field, which was a key predictor of how the public was going to feel in the north. he did have some movement, politically, from freemont, and freemont supporters but he appeared to be in pretty good shape politically at the outset of the year. he helped himself considerably in march by appointing this man, ulysses s grant, to take command of all the union armies. grant had become a hero in the west. he had performed extremely well out there and lincoln had decided to promote him to be the commander of all the armies and grant came back east to carry out that job. he would travel with the army of the potomac, although he was not officially the commander of the army of the potomac. but he would certainly leave his mark on that army, and its doings for the rest of the war. in june, as we've discussed, lincoln was nominated by what was now called the union party. the republican party had chang

it is called "2014, goodbye bad year. december 31st 12:30 a.m. eastern and 9:30 p.m. pacific.ive from time square that includes joanne nosuchunsky. join us december 31st, 9:30 pacific. guests are u-2, the pope and the entire cast of "glee." >> last story. that's the last story. air i can -- eric you have been here forever. tell me about your book "miracles." >> na, wouldn't feel right. >> it is a best seller. >> i don't want to talk about it. >> come on. >> okay. >> it is called miracles and it is about mooer cals. i really wrote this book, no joke forkingking a nose sticks and atheists. which are you? jay i am technically an agnostic. i lack belief, but i don't -- -- >> you don't snear at the idea. >> you can't be certain there is no god. >> but you are certain about that? >> yes. >> interesting. i wrote the book because i think nothing exists in this -- hello? i think there aren't books that talk respectfully to people who don't know what this they believe. it bothers me that -- most 80% want to know is there anything beyond this world? >> it is the only question that matter

. >>> centers for disease control said this could be a bad year for the flu. it says this year's flu vaccine may not be used in fighting the virus. jacob ward joins us from san francisco. give us a refresh ir course on -- refresher cores on how the flu -- course on how the flu works. >> what you are sowing is a dead form -- seeing is a dead form of what scientists will see. your body is getting a dress rehearsal, a practice dummy that it learns to fight against. then when the body encounters the food in the wild, it has the antibodies developed that can kill it off as soon as it enters the system. >> why does the vaccine's effectiveness seem to vary. something that is so important this year. >> well, it's because the scientists - two reasons. one is they are gambling every year as to which strain of the flu it will be. the flu changes. it's a whily bug. you have to come up with a new formulation to fight off what is coming in. the problem this year is the most sort of dangerous - is not the right word - virulent form of the flu, one of three that this hot is de