>> in the big gamble this season is that more is better. normally the time for a few huge hits, this season faces a hard to keep up with smattering of no less than nine new releases vying for your attention. everything from a war horse to chipmunks, the latest sherlock holmes. and that mysterious girl with the dragon tattoo. >> nine films in the market place, some are not going to do as well as others. >> box office revenue is down 4% and attendance has slipped 5%. the largest drop in six years. >> i've gone to movies less this year because movies hasn't been seeming as appealing for me to spend the time and money to go to the movies when i can see it on tv a few weeks later. >> is it a poor economy, competition from new forms of technology, or a good old fashioned run of lackluster films that didn't get people excited. >> the year has had its high points and low points, the last few weeks have been off. >> the theaters won't be open late saturday night because it's christmas eve. but after that, theaters are hoping for big things. the late

this is the big gamble. last time it didn't work for him. but he's making the plunge. >> it's such a gamble because if he goes for it -- he's fine if he goes for it and loses iowa, he didn't try. but going for iowa and having gingrich beat him there, he'll look like a loser. it's so interesting looking at the two men side by side and you talk so much about both of them flip-flopping but newt gingrich ends up looking far more authentic than mitt romney does and i think that's a big problem for romney. >> by the way, i think the romney people made that decision one week too soon. >> let's bottom line it, joe. are they eventually going to fall in love with mitt romney or overcome their problems and go for newt? >> problem with newt is, already, in interviews this week, he's referring to himself as newt and also as we. you could feel the helium filling his head and he'll explode. >> gillian, romney, newt? >> i think romney will come through in the end but without a lot of passion. >> helene? >> i'm going for newt. >> the smart money is on romney

some folks say they are taking a big gamble.eak down the numbers, each tax payer is saddled in debt. we did speak with mayor lee and he said he would like nothing more for the 49ers to stay in their home city but he says he's realistic given that this plan has been in the works for so long. >>> now, if the nfl aproves the deal and the -- approves the deal and the 49ers do move, what do you think should happen to candlestick park? that's what we've been asking you. >>> tell us what you think. siped us a message on facebook to the news team. >>> we want to take you back live to north carolina, where president obama has just arrived. you can see him there and the first lady, michelle obama, greeting some of the troops it looks like who are there. they are marking the upcome end -- upcoming end to the war in iraq by thanking u.s. troops for their sacrifices and -- the president is expected to highlight the human side of the war reflecting on the bravery and sacrifices of u.s. forces on their way back home. the first lady has been ve

you saw the big gamble in action. >> yes. we went to seat mesh's cup world series., this is not the same as america's cup races held in san francisco in 2013 this america's cup world series is an event created by larry ellison to promote sailing as a spectator sport. the port estimated the week long crowd at 80,000 but on the big weekend the preliminary estimates seemed wildly optimistic. >> so... all of us stay close together try not to fall off the tour, thank you for coming from san francisco. >> city officials from san francisco came here expecting much bigger crowds. the first ever america's cup world series to be held in the u.s.. oracle ceo larry ellison is bringing the world series races to san francisco next august, as part of a campaign to raise interest and build an audience for yacht racing. >> well, it's easy to look and think and this did we overplan? >> san francisco transportation planner wanted to see hout transportation, parking and traffic control was coping with the crowds. there wasn't that much to say. >> it's game time. boats are on the water.

. >> the big gamble this season is that more is better.lly the time for a few huge hits, this season faces a hard to keep up with smattering of no less than nine new releases vying for your attention. everything from a war horse to chipmunks. >> i'm the king of the world! >> the latest sherlock holmes. >> this isn't my face. >> your face is in my hand. >> and the mysterious girl with the dragon tattoo. >> with nine films in the marketplace, some films are not going to do as well as others. >> box office revenue is down 4% and attendance has slipped 5%. the largest drop in six years. >> i've gone to the movies less this year because movies haven't been seeming as appealing for me to spend the time and money to go to the movies when i can see it on tv a few months later. >> is it a poor economy, competition from new forms of technology like smartphones and ipads, or a good old-fashioned run of lackluster films this year that didn't get people excited? >> the year has been off a little bit. it's had its high points and low points. the last fe

you've taken a big gamble, haven't you, in removing your client's right to have all that. >> we have. but it was a close call. and joe amendola, who is the primary attorney, made that call in conjunction with the client. and they chose it in consultation with me briefly, but they chose it between them. i don't disagree with their decision to take the certainty and give up -- because we do have extensive information that we've developed on our own. we've interviewed some of these witnesses through the defense investigator. we have already seen that mcqueary's testimony is falling apart. he's basically said by the grand jury to be an incredibly credible witness and has now turned out to be discredible. we've made a meeting of the minds with the prosecutors that we wouldn't have made if they made the significant concessions on future bail issues. >> of course, the cynic would say that the reason you've done this is 11 people were going to take the stand today and potentially tomorrow and make a series of horrendous allegations against your client including child rape. many of those would

. >> the big gamble this season is that more is better.lly the time for a few huge hits, this season face as hard to keep up with smattering of no less than nine new releases vying for your attention. everything from a war horse to chip monks. >> i'm the king of the world! >> the latest sherlock holmes. >> this isn't my face. >> your face is in my hand. >> and the mysterious girl with the dragon tattoo. >> with nine films in the marketplace, some films are not going to do as well as others. >> box office revenue is down 4% and attendance has slipped 5%. the largest drop in six years. >> i've gone to the movies less this year because movies haven't been seeming as appealing for me to spend the time and money to go to the movies when i cannot see it on tv a few months later. >> is it a poor economy, competition from new forms of technology like smartphones and ipads, or a good old-fashioned run of lackluster films this year that didn't get people excited? >> the year has been off a little bit. it's had his high points and low points. the. >>

the big gamble one company is make in the south bay. >> somebody has to win the lottery.ld be you. >>> the scandal for the golden state warriors and its star player. >>> and the city of oakland takes a very close look to their response to "occupy" protests. of course, that is after the port of oakland is shut down twice. the latest on all this coming up. >>> the manhunt continues in the south bay this morning for a carjacking suspect who led police on a wild goose chase through the streets of san jose and milpitas. we have the exclusive video of that chase coming up. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> let's go live to new york. it's a holiday theme today. the new york city ballet's production of "the nutcracker" ringing the bell. the stock market had the best day of the month yesterday, average up 3%, well over 300. we'll get the inside track from kcbs moneywatch reporter jason brooks. >> hope >>> good morning. it's wednesday, december 21. i'm dennis o'donnell in for frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. 6:30 now. elizabeth is here degree a little weat

. >> reporter: the big gamble this season is that more is better. season faces a hard-to-keep-up-with smattering of no less than nine new releases, vying for your attention. everything from a war horse. to chipmunks. >> i'm the king of the world. >> reporter: the latest sherlock holmes. >> it's in my face. >> reporter: and that "girl with the dragon tattoo." >> with nine films in the marketplace, some films are not going to do as well as others. >> reporter: box office revenue is down 4%. and attendance has slipped 5%, the largest drop in six years. >> i've gone to the movies less this year because movies haven't been seeming as appealing for me to spend the time and money to go to the movies when i can see it on tv a few months later. >> reporter: is it a poor economy? competition from new forms of technology, like smartphones and ipads? or just a good, old-fashioned run of lackluster films this year that didn't get people excited? >> the year's been off a little bit. i mean, it's had its high points, its low points. the last few weeks have been of

in a bigger way it was as big a gamble and maybe bigger than -- >> and hillary clinton and susan rice -- >> no doubt, the woman of the foreign policy team had a lot to do with it but this is also about when the united states signs a pact to be an ally with a country like france and great britain and we always ask them to be with america when they go there, this was a case when we needed to stand with them. chris: very interesting. you had an expression there, i don't know if it was dismay or what it was.s. >> it was surprise. because the libyar conflict lasted so much longer than people expected, because it tied up american spors -- forces and money at a time when the country was just not willing to enter another conflict and i think a lot of people were asking why, i would go with osama bin laden. i think this is actually my hardest one of all. it's a tossup between osama bin laden and iraq but it was a good news day for the president. it inoculates him against any criticism that he is in any way soft on terrorism. >> first of all i think, i love that chuck gave credit to the women o

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but it was a big gamble.for asian parents when he went to see your child succeed in the past that they choose is not a clear one, there are concerns. so i'm glad he told me those reservations and away because it made me work even harder. i didn't want this to not work out. >> the first job was at my location? >> guest: cnn, which is now defunct. i got an entry-level job as a production assistant printed scripts, edited video. i did everything. c-span: did you not the time he wanted on-air work? >> guest: yes, absolutely. they plan was to give it until i was 30, which seemed at the time really old. and it didn't seem like i was going to break into being on-air by 30. then i would give it up and go back to consulting or finding other work. c-span: how long did you stay there? >> guest: i stayed there for a couple years. they got to the point when the opportunity seemed to be running out, so i went to bloomberg and that is where was the wild west of opportunity because bloomberg's tv operations at the time were

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how big a gamble was it? that night as they began to get in the boats, they were told that the password was victory or death and they meant it. they were prepared to give everything for freedom. surely most successful country in history, we can do what is necessary. we can be in the spirit of general washington and the americans who fought for it. we can go out and get the vote out, make the argument, stand up for freedom. >> joining me in the studio with the latest on the rat race from the white house from the fox business network stuart varney and nicole. stewart so far, this is last week, he has compared himself to reagan, fdr after pearl harbor, is it smart move to compare himself washington crossing the delaware? >> i think it's irrelevant and who compares himself to who in what time period. eventually it will be utterly irrelevant. come november the issue is prosperity, how do we get back to prosperity? how do we reverse qours? that is what is relevant come november and that will be relevant in the disc

how big a gamble was it? that night as they began to get in the boats, they were told that the password was victory or death and they meant it. they were prepared to give everything for freedom. surely most successful country in history, we can do what is necessary. we can be in the spirit of general washington and the americans who fought for it. we can go out and get the vote out, make the argument, stand up for freedom. >> joining me in the studio with the latest on the rat race from the white house from the fox business network stuart varney and nicole. stewart so far, this is last week, he has compared himself to reagan, fdr after pearl harbor, is it smart move to compare himself washington crossing the delaware? >> i think it's irrelevant and who compares himself to who in what time period. eventually it will be utterly irrelevant. come november the issue is prosperity, how do we get back to prosperity? how do we reverse qours? that is what is relevant come november and that will be relevant in the disc

>> it was in a weird way as big of a gamble and maybe even a bigger gamble long term on the impact it could have had on short-term american policy. chris: and hillary clinton and susan rice -- >> the women of the foreign power team but this was also about the when united states signs a pact to be an ally with a country like france and a country like great britain, and we always ask them to be with america when we go there, this was a case where we had to stand when they needed it and we did what we provided. chris: very interesting. you had an expression there a moment ago. >> i know i did. chris: katty kay, i don't know whether it's dismay or what it was. what's your reaction? >> it was surprise. because the libya conflict lasted so much longer than people expected. because it tied up american forces and money at a time when the country was just not willing to enter another conflict and i think a lot of people are asking why are we doing that? chris: but it worked in the end. so you counter him -- >> i would go with -- i think this is my hardest ones of all of the ones we're going to

. >> i think the concern is that because this is a gamble that a big crowd will show up at yachting event in the united states, which would be unprecedent unprecedented, that the commitment that is being made is being backed up by city funds and you are saying the city has the ability to withdraw. but if you are fairly deep into it what is the likelihood the city would say we are not going to spend $30 million of public money on this and we were unable to raise it in a recession and everything comes to naught? it seems to me you are in for a anyone any, in for $30 million. >> i disagree because it was not this long ago this was approved by the city and policy make erlgs. specifically they called out for there to be $32 million of fund-raising from the organizing committee. similarly, the $12 million that needed to be handed in on ceqa is a key checkpoint. i think it is very viable for the city to take a clear eye and look at where things are at that point to say is this event that we have put together both the terms of specifics of the event of the e.i.r. and financial aspects something w

candidate taking a big gamble at the debates i tell you what, $10,000 bucks, $10,000 bet?r. will romney's bet come back to bite him. >> dave: i bet it will. newt gingrich didn't make any bets, but he did take a beating in a matter of speaking. the other g.o.p. candidates ganging up on the former speaker and now front runner, but did he bite back? >> and still waiting for a response to that e-mail you sent weeks ago? the silence on the other end could be a sign the person doesn't like you. >> you think so. >> you obviously like us, your e-mails and tweets have been pouring in. >> and i haven't replied. >> i haven't replied. >> and after "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> people are coming by the way. ff weekend on twitter is how you can sign in because this great studies looked at the individuals and found that people can take a long time to reply to someone on e-mail, and you're not a big fan of that person? >> and you figured that out and if you really are a big fan of the person, how long does it take to he reply. we'll look how many hours it is. and the big debate t

the big sales pitch here, jobs. gambling salvation >> destination resorts what, they can bring to florida is one aspect of bringing florida out of what has been a very stagnant economy not only for the construction industry, but all industries, quite frankly. >> florida's unemployment rate remains above 10% and 4,000 unemployed floridans hyped up for 800 jobs in a new indian casino. only the tribeoperate casinos, but if lawmakers create this bill, it creates competition. supporters say it would be 100,000 job jackpot. opponents warn this is a guaranteed loser. >> every time there is a down economy, these casino barons show up promising to give you jobs and money and the true is, they sell pipe dreams for a living and they're trying to do it for our community. >> other opponents of the bill include disney and florida's chamber of commerce. those in support include big vegas casinos, the sands and wynn resorts and big labor unions. where it goes, all bets are on the table. >> shep: phil keating, thanks very much. u.s. lawmaker

it could be a gamble that pays off big or could affect his momentum heading into december. >> a key playerpublican administration says if no clear front runner emerges former schwartzeneggar press secretary says it could come down to california's june primary. >> this is four years ago democrats did go through so remember, barack obama and hillary clinton were still duking it out in june. if that is the case this year, we could have a say who the republican nominee is. >> california moved its primary elections from february to june to save money by combining with voting on ballot measure autos well, still ahead here this afternoon, get this, rats eating plants. >> what? >> that no one knew about until now. >> wow. >> and fans of the flip know a new breed is stepping in to replace it. i'm michael finney and will have consumer reports guides next. >> and later on those who cannot escape taking work e mails can enjoy it. the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. sw

maryland's new rules on internet gambling will be a big boost. it could start with selling lottery tickets online. >> reporter: obama administration cleared the way for states to operate lotteries online. it changes federal policy in place for decades that punish online gaming and means maryland can now sell lottery tickets on the web to anyone around the world. a proposal the general assembly is considering. it all comes down to making money. maryland and other states are in a financial crunch. >> we are the fourth highiest source of revenue for the state of maryland. last fiscal year we generated $519 million to the state. >> reporter: general assembly asked for research. lottery officials do not believe it will impact existing business. >> you can buy your groceries online and everything online. i know at my house just about every christmas gift was bought online. it is an option the legislator thought should be given consideration. >> reporter: lottery estimates half of all people in maryland play. this could open the coughers to cash from pe

gamble. here is where the right wing is for big government. they want to regulate personal choices. birth control. they want to regulate the use of birth control. as i said gambling. who can get married. i have never understood, why heterosexuals who want to marry that, if i would marry a man, they would lose interest in their wives. i'm not aware of what my attractive role would be. so, in fact, it's the case there's also the case as it is in the military, but a major reason for the expansion in american government, taxation, et cetera, is an overly extended -- expanded american military. that's supposed to accomplish social issues far beyond defense. but, let's talk about individual liberty. gambling, marijuana, personal sex practices, what people can read, which is the case, the social issues component of the right wing that has been the one fostering big government. >> this is another issue where so-called liberals and conservatives don't feel all that much differently. for example, when we talk about surveillance, most people don't want cameras everywhere. most people want to be

gamble. here is the right wing is for big government. they want to regulate personal choices. birth pill. they want to regulate the use of bi birth control. who can get married. why heterosexuals want to marry, if i would marry a man, they would lose interest in their wives. so, in fact, it's the case there's also the case as it is in the military, but a major reason for the expansion in american government, taxation, et cetera, is an overly extended military. but, let's talk about individual liberty. gambling, marijuana, personal sex practices, what people can read, which is the case, the social issues component of the right wing that has been the one in big government. >> so-called liberals and conservatives don't feel all that much differently. for example, when we talk about surveillance, most people don't want cameras everywhere. most people want to be able to count own their individual freedom. the authorization act that any american could be deemed an enemy combatant and lose all of his or her rights with regards to indefinite suspension. that's not the america we know. >> what abo

. >>> it is the gambling men of the gop. big bucks, mitt going bust on his $10,000 wager.fer to face? plus, the war in iraq winding down. as one chapter closes for the military another begins. >> thank you, martin. in case you were not aware today is green monday. the second monday of december is considered to be one of the busiest online shopping days of the year. experts say that it may even top cyber monday, monday after thanksgiving when online sales this year hit $1.2 billion. meantime, shippers are geared up today to deliver all of those online orders. msnbc's brian shactman joins us live from fedex. if you don't send it today does it mean it does not get there on time? what's the deal here? >> i don't know why today is the biggest day for fedex, december 12 always has been. you can still go to the 23rd and ship it overnight. i want to give you a little context. it shows what the internet generation has done to retailing. in 2007, fedex shipped 11.5 million packages december 12. today, this year, expect 17 million plus. that's twice the average daily volume. just an

big money industry. one gaming group reports internet gambling grew 12% world wide last year and did up to $30 billion worth it's worth noting, the justice department's move comes just months after a major crackdown on on-line poker when the feds seized the domain names of several on-line poker sites and charged their operators with fraud. wendell goler has the story live in washington. what's the justice department opinion here? >> trace, the ruling is that the 1961 law that the department uses to ban on-line gambling actually only applies to telephone and on-line betting on sporting events like horse racing. the decision came after illinois challenged the law because it wanted to sell lottery tickets on-line. now, critics fear this will lead states to develop on-line gambling sites and nevada, california, and iowa are already trying to do so. from there, it's just a step to group gambling sites together, like powerball and other multi state lotteryies. >> foredecade, there have been sufficient laws on the books that prohibited on-line gambling. but somehow this creative interpretation at the department of

his company gambled heavily on european debt and lost big time. and he did not have a lot of answers about how this happened. >> i simply do not know where the money is or why the accounts have not been reconciled today. >> mf global filed for bankruptcy and it is the eighth largest collapse in u.s. history. legal experts say corzine could be held responsible for misrepresenting to investors, the risk the firm had taken. >> it is 5:07. olga is up with the focus and monika is checking the roads. >> plus, jerry sandusky's wife is speaking out. find out why she does not believe that dozens of child sex abuse charges that are plaguing her husband. >> it is december 9th. this morning's buddy check, details of a new less invasive method of treating and preventing early stage breast cancer. we'll be back. >>> er good morning. i'm olga breeze in for howard bernstein this morning. it is clear, chilly this morning. temperatures have really dropped off. we're going to have a lot of sunshine through midday and into early afternoon before the clouds move on in

understand there's so much legal gambling in this country that legalizing one more form -- internet poker -- is no bigeal and the slates are absolutely desperate for revenue to try to balance their budgets. gambling is seen as a painless tax so this is an easy way for states to raise some money. the only question is who gets the license. the big operators want a federal law because they know they're going to have to compete in 50 states against powerful local gambling operators. >> we appreciate you explaining it to us. i. nelson rose, professor rose, thanks so much. your website if people want more information, gamblingandthelaw.com. thank you so much. >>> before we move on, if you bought a powerball ticket from a truck stop on interstate 20 in georgia six months ago, think about it. did do you that? check the numbers. whoever holds the winner from the drawing on june 29th never collected his or her $77 million jackpot. and the deadline, well, it is today. the winning numbers -- 24, 30, 45, 57 and 59 and powerball 26. the clock is ticking. >>> the christmas weekend wasn't all holiday cheer. a rare st

big. >> i tell you what, 10,000 bucks. >> but will his gamble backfire? >> and did michele bachmann outplank her the front-runner with her attack. >> newt romney they were for obama care principals. newt romney. >> also rick perry gets personal. >> if you cheat your wife you'll cheat on your business partners. >> the abc news debate, a turning minute to this roller-coaster campaign. this morning, complete coverage and our the moderators, george stephanopoulos and diane sawyer. refraction jon huntsman, the other republican in the race. our abc news political team is standing by in iowa to break down the spin. the view of this unpredictable race. >>> good morning, and welcome to the program. we'll have all of the highlights of last night's showdown in the hawkeye state. but some news from your morning papers. iran has announced that it won't return the american surveillance drone now in the hands of the country's military. top commander called the drone into iranian air space a hostile act and warned of a bigger response if it happens again. the spy plane w

. >>> >>> did you know that americans gamble as much as a trillion dollars every year? and now thanks to a bighange, those numbers are about to soar. turning your living room into a virtual casino? here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: starting now, sin city can come right into your home. >> you don't even have to pay for a cab to get to the casino. all of the ills and all of the sins of gambling are multiplied online. >> reporter: critics are railing at the justice department's recent decision, which gives states the authority to legalize online gambling and lotteries. >> we're about to see this explosion of internet gambling sweep across the nation. >> reporter: illegal online poker, already a $6 billion a year industry, say experts. once legal -- >> just online poker alone will generate up to $12 billion a year legally for the states. >> reporter: within a year, it could eclipse hollywood's annual box office haul. and the online gaming bonanza has already begun, in nevada and d.c., where millions of americans can now roll the dice or up the ante, from the comfort of their own home. or in t