the bloomingdales smash and grab heist in walnut creek. police in northern california have arrested the third suspect in a 20-15 bloomingdales burglary. grant lodes explains. it happened after a high speeed chase in the central valley. grant? >> grant:back in 2015- 3 men used a stolen suv to break through the front door of a palo alto bloomingdales and took off over 120 thousand dollars worth of jewelry. police were able to arrest 2 of those men but 1 of them was still at large. until now. 31 year old joseph sandoval was arrested near sacramento today in connection with an armed robbery that happened in grass valley. this is a photo from the robbery that happened yesterday. today officers spotted sandoval and 2 other suspects in a stolen box truck. they followed them down hwy 70 in a high speed chase. the suspects were driving on the wrong side of the road at times, and a chp helicopter was used track them down. the truck evantually crashed and officers were able to arrest 2 suspects- one of which was also involved in the palo alto bloomin

finally reaching bloomingdale's. >> they said that the card had been archived.und that kind of frustrating to put it mildly. >> reporter: bloomingdale's had frozen mei mei's card to prevent fraud. our fixer contacted alan brill who says bad guys love unused gift cards. >> i look at these cards and i say how can i get the data? >> reporter: scammers steal the information using skimmers and fake scratch-off stickers. see this p.i.n.? >> underneath the scratchoff. >> that's to protect you. >> if i scratched it off i can put another piece of tape that's a scratch-off. >> reporter: they wait until the card has been purchased then, boom, they steal the card's money. the fixer called bloomingdale's. >> it's stephanie zimmermann from abc news. >> reporter: letting them know mei mei wasn't a scammer and asked them to unfreeze her card. bloomingdale's restored her $100 balance. they also threw in an extra $50 discuss for her trouble. an estimated $1 billion in gift cards goes unused each year so stephanie's biggest piece of advice is -- >> use them quickly. don't let them

bloomingdale's restored mei mei's $100 balance.also threw in an extra $50 discuss for her trouble. an estimated $1 billion in gift cards goes unused each year so stephanie's biggest piece of advice is -- >> use them quickly. don't let them sit in a drawer where they could get lost or hacked. bothboth it's fixed. thanks, abc news fixer. >> the lesson you need to go home and get your gift cards out of drawer, dust them off and use them by the end of the day. >> or give them to us. >> or why don't you just give them to us? we'll take the billion dollars. a billion dollars lost every year. >> isn't that crazy. >> i lose the cards too. >> watching the piece, rob marciano. if you have a consumer problem for the abc news fixer, you can find stephanie at abcnews.com/fixer. she's already recovered 1.9 million for frustrated consumers and maybe she'll fix your problem right here on "gma." >>> coming up, your super bowl snack plan. dave z in the house providing his penalty flag and touchdowns in our "weekend download." >> is that beer? >> it'

the artwork will appear on billboards and bus stops in the district's bloomingdale neighborhood. that's where rich was shot to death last year. a new web site was also launched- to help track down the killer. in the trump transition - a busy final few days on capitol hill. the senate will hold confirmation hearings for eight more of the president-elect's cabinet picks. most are expected to be fairly routine, but a few could get more heated, including for education secretary nominee betsy devos today. devos' hearing was postponed last week amid concerns of incomplete finanancial disclosures and ethics review. protests against devos are planned for today on the hill. also happening today - interior secretary nominee ryan zinke will have his confirmation hearing bere natural resources committee. the obama family has also started making their transition. this is new video of moving trucks- outside of their new home in the kalorama neighborhood. the family will move out of the white house on friday. that section of d-c -- proving to be popular among high profile families. ivanka trump

bloomingdale neighborhood of d.c. last july. republican lobbyist jack berkman is paying for ads to raise awareness about the case, including a billboard and advertising on bus benches. a $35,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest. virginia senator chuck hogan has passed away. he was the longest serving state senator in virginia history. he was 90 years old. alison: amid all the tradition and photo ops, today swearing in of the 115th congress, there was drama, even legislating taking place. house republicans drafted a proposal to eliminate the independent congressional ethics office. in the senate, the new democratic leader had a message for president-elect donald trump. >> making america great again requires more than 140 cannot afford a twitter presidency. alison: president obama will head to capitol hill. senate republicans have introduced a resolution to begin the repeal of the affordable care act. presidential the transition and tweets sent out by prisonlike donald trump today, his most recent ques

rich was walking home in july when he was shot to death in the bloomingdale neighborhood. today would have been his 28th birthday. $130,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. jonathan: the murder of a 16-year-old girl in her bedroom may have been random. that is information we get from police as we learn her killer. police today say 16-year-old sean crizer broke in charlotte zaremba's home on saturday night, shot and killed her and took a shot at her mother injuring her. she is okay, though. crizer turned the gun on himself. >> as you can imagine, the victim's family is in shock. our hearts go out to them. we do everything we can for them. jonathan: police believe crizer broke into at least two other homes in the ellicott city neighborhood. the gun used in the murder was stolen from one of those homes. maureen: concern is growing in prince george's county over marijuana. one year after maryland criminalized the possession police say they are seeing more murders tied to the drug. as maryland bureau chief brad bell reports the issue has gotten the attent

ronica is in a house at bloomingdale. with tips for someone wanting to make some extra cash. i'm inside this beautiful one bedroom, one bathroom place that you can rent on air b and b.com. and so i'm here with dana is it a lowe's ski of the mack group. you rented this house for $700 0 night and one of the things thag different the rental, the short-term rental space has changed since the last inauguration. tell me about that. right, 2008 and 2012 travelers into the city would have to report to craigslist and onlinee user generated contents. ab and b has offered a very save and regulated platform for bothr landlords and tenants to kind of come together and get their places rented and find a happy place to stay. let's take a walk around thee place. that's an important key thatat you've mentioned, this safety idea and you've got some tipsps for maybe who want to cash in on this. i know it may be a little bit too soon for this inauguration, but tell us about this tips that you've put together. first off you want to make your rental legal. all rentals must be registered with d.c.

the artwork will appear on billboards and bus stops in the district's bloomingdale neighborhood.ast year. a new web site was also launched- to help track down the killer. a ph-d student is suing police in illinois- for violently taking him down- accusing him of stealing his own car! this is newly released dash-cam video of a 2015 incident. police say a woman called 911 and said she saw a black man in a hoodie trying to break into a car. the officers stopped lawrence crosby-- and wrestled him to the ground- as he tried to explain. after realizing he wasn't stealing the car-- police still charged crosby with resisting arrest. a judge later threw out the charges. crosby is now suing for 50-thousand dollars. the police department says it will no longer require suspects to be placed face down on the ground. the first family doesn't officially move out of the white house for a few days. but they moving process is already underway. moving trucks were spotted outside of their new home in the kalorama neighborhood. the family will move out of the white house on friday. that section of d-c

remember this smash and grab at a bloomingdales in palo alto back in 2015? two of the three suspects were arrested.now police think they've captured the third guy. the police chase that led to his arrest.and the new crimes he's accused of committing. that's new tonight at ten. it's that time of year the tech world converges on sin city for the consumer electronics show. the annual event kicks off in las vegas on thursday. kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate joins us with a look at some of the hot items this year. >> gabe:this is like the super bowl or the olympics for the tech world. thousands of vendors showing off everything from robots, to self- driving cars, the newest gamesand of course, the latest gadgets. it's all there. here's a look at what to expect. nats - show tv's once again take center stage at ces. bigger, brighter, higher resolution and thinner. nats - show last year at ces 4k was the big thing but way to expensive. nats - black friday however, that all changed in november when we saw big screen 4k tv's drop below $500 on black friday. nats - b

. >> reporter: and a former bloomingdale's executive, she believes that inaugural gowns tell an important. >> it's the history of who we are. it's our humanity and our history unfolding before us. >> reporter: and so the first lady's collection at the museum of american history is one of the most popular exhibits in the whole smithsonian. one of the earliest inaugural gowns was worn in 1905 by edyth roosevelt, wife of theodore. >> this would have been a very formal dress, but she was a very formal person. >> reporter: and curator lisa kathleen grady says 60 years later, lady bird johnson's gown was equally of its town. >> can you imagine someone wearing fur trim today? >> not now. >> it's also said lbj said she put sable on the sleeves, he told her to dress it up some. >> reporter: fashion icon jacqueline kennedy helped design her own ensemble. now so fragile, it's usually kept in storage. >> it was such an elegant piece over that beautiful, creamy, chiffony gown. >> and spectacular buttons. >> aren't they amazing. if you remember, mini eisenhower's pink, sparkly rhinestone gown, this is

in the bloomingdale neighborhood, a passenger jumps out of that mercedes, and in an alley, a cop fires his gun. no one hit there. but a gun is recovered and a man is picked up. then finally, the ending. here in ladroit park, the mercedes crash and the a second suspect. on the scene today, police chief pete newshom talking about brazen brought daylight gunfire. >> this mentality where people feel like they can discharge firearms. that has to stop. broad daylight, beautiful day, and it's so dangerous. >> reporter: again tonight, two people in custody. they're being questioned by police. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. >>> also in d.c., police just released this surveillance. they hope it will help them catch the guy who shot and killed a grand mother in a wheelchair. 68-year-old vivian morrow was gunned down to the right of your screen. the surveillance video appears to show a gunman chasing another man. you can also see who police believe is morrow in her wheelchair. she had three kids and 11 grabbed >>> another dangerous discovery. what investigators found. >>> you see

. >> it's also another high profile murder of bloomingdale resident. >> bloomingdale has had some toughth rich, the young dnc worker murdered. >> yeah. in july. these are not related. these appear to be random. certa neighborhood. it's important to point out and something that the chief said to me yesterday, in hindsight we can look back and say this guy was repeated release and never complied. but the fact is there's nothing we can see now in his history that indicated this level of violence. that's one of the questions we don't know. one, how the two came in contact, but what led him to go from a petty thief who could be suffering from mental illness to a violent predator. >> a lot of questions yet to be answered. >>> uber drivers picking, choosing and canceling rides. local passengers accuse uber of discriminating based upon your destination. it's reportedly been happening a lot at airports. one man said he called five times before he could get an uber car. how is uber doing this when drivers are not supposed to really know where you're going until you get into the car. >> i think it

even terry lundgren said double digit growth online for macy's and bloomingdale's, and he called thatness booming, but says those are more expensive sales to a retailer with as many stores as macy's has. i'm not sure we can paint all of retail and a consume wr with a broad brush to say we should be worried, but it's a pain point that will continue. >> thank you. >>> amazon announcing plans to open its first manhattan book store. it is expected to open in the spring in the time warner center. the online retail giant has been making a push into brick and mortar. it first opened a book store in seattle in 2015. it has two others. plans are in motion for a store in chicago and massachusetts. a lot of people might be -- a lot of people in the book store industry might be upset about that after the rise of amazon hurt their actual business. >>> constellation brands will be an earnings report to watch before the bell. landon dowdy has three things to watch. this is very interesting because of the mexican tie-in. >> the street is looking for constellation brands to post earnings of $1.72 a sh

the artwork will appear on the billboards and the bus stop in the bloomingdale neighborhood. it asks do you know who murdered seth rich? $130,000 reword mentioned at d.c. attorney jack berman is behind much of the reward. it also mentions a website that will launch an hour from right now that is dedicated to tracking down the killer. jonathan: a tweet today from the president-elect urging all americans to celebrate martin luther king day and honor dr. king for being the great man he was. that message, though, comes as trump deals with the backlash from his ongoing feud with congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon. q mccray is joining us. he has been following the story. a lot of reaction on both sides of this. q: to say the least. lewis and donald trump both made controversial comments. but as it stands, both are standing by what they said. the back and forth a hot topic today. in politics on martin luther king jr. day. >> i don't see the president-elect as a legitimate president. q: wards s and president-elect. >> i think the russians participated in helping this man get

staffer seth rich was shot and killed a black from his home in bloomingdale.have investigated the case for months. the family pleaded for help. volunteers handed out flyers seeking for information but it's unsolved. he is a native of nebraska and specialized in digital data for the d.n.c. would have turned 28 today. >> we are part of the same political fraternity. >> the reward for any information that leads to arrest and closure of the case of seth rich is up to $100,000. the police say there are no new leads in this case. the investigation is ongoing. live in northwest washington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: a group is holding a presentation tonight in the commonwealth, pushing for gun reform. moms demand action will join the west springfield citizens advisory to make unsecure guns a criminal offense even with the owner hammet done anything wrong. the presentation will be held tonight at the west springfield district stage at 7:30. jonathan: "7 on your side" now with a consumer alert. toyota is preparing to lay off 700 employees in kentucky. they are

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. >> macy's has been linked to the game but they do have bloomingdale's outlets.sseen off-site only at lunch three brands because that is where you wanted the discounts. to see them at the mid tier retailers is new. scarlet: of course, more headlines there. ceo was onble's bloomberg television today saying store business declined across the u.s. retail landscape. -- that seemsthat to be a common problem with these ceos. he was quick to say it is not just a barnes & noble problem. he said, he had been talking to other retail ceos and traffic was weak across the board. he was really at a loss to explain it. he said he thought the election was the problem, he got a bounce back. -- he thought they bounced back. is this a long-term trend, a continuation of people going shopping online? joe: is there any reason to think this is not just what has been going on? >> the trend each holiday is that the traditional brick-and-mortar stores do worse. if we wrap this altogether, are these retailers going to end up like sears where they need a benefactor to continue putting money

. >> anne stock should know at former white house social secretary and former bloomingdale executivea inaugural gown tell an important story. >> it's the history of who we are. it's our humanity and our history unfolding before us. >> so the first ladies collection at the museum of american history is the most popular exhibits in the whole smithsonian. >> that's stunning. >> one of the earliest gowns here was born in 1905 by edith roosevelt, wife of theodore. >> this would have been very corseted dress, very formal dress. she was a very formal person. >> and curator lisa grath lien grade desays, lady bird johnson's gown was equally of its time. >> can you imagine someone wearing fur trim today? >> not now. it's also said that lbj suggested that she put sable on the sleeves. he told her, bird, you need to dress it up some. >> fashion icon jacqueline kennedy helped design her own ensemble. now so fragile it's usually kept in storage. >> it was such an elegant piece over that beautiful creamy gown. >> spectacular buttons. >> amazing. >> you remember mamie's pink sparkley rhinestone gown

people do not go to macy's or bloomingdale's any more. some lessons for retail generally about staying ahead of the game, about remaining current for consumers, and being clear on controlling costs and keeping margins up. thank you. that's all from me, there is a round—up of all the other top business stories on our website, bbc.co.uk/business. the latest driverless car, headphones that can translate languages instantly, and the latest smart gadgets for the home. these are just some of the things we can expect from this year's international consumer electronics show. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is in las vegas ahead of one of the biggest events in the tech industry and has this report. in a penthouse suite at a ritzy las vegas hotel, smart home exhibits are on show. there is a smart speaker for children, each toy has a playlist. # kung fu fighting... a voice activated door lock. and upstairs... ..there's even nora, described as a smart snoring solution. it's paired with a pad under the pillow which detects the snoring a

. >> i heard somebody thinks bloomingdale's is still an experience. >> i am proving again what a counter-indicatori am. >> michael and stephanie, thank you both for joining us. >> thanks, kell. happy new year. >> happy new year. the dow inching closer to the 20,000 mark. we'll talk to to financial planners about whether investors should be cautious about this bull rally. >>> first, another banner year for auto sales. we'll discuss whether it could be a top for the year here. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. doar >>> welcome back. u.s. auto sales hitting a record in 2016 with 17.5 million vehicles sold, but with rising interest rates and gas prices ticking up, could we be nearing a top? bringing in rebecca from kelley blue book and david from morn g morningstar who covers the car manufacturers. rebecca, the better the sector does, the more people seem to think we've reached a top. do you see signs of plateauing? >> there are not really a lot of signs, kelly. it's kind of amazing when you think that we've really been soft and a little bit pessimistic all through 2016, where the for

i am not at our studios across from bloomingdale's downtown. ,he eurasia group headquarters as we focusonal relations for the year. hour, helping us with ian bremmer and his top risks for 2017, dominic barton will join us particularly with the idea of what corporate it executives -- corporate executives must do. op-ed out ong president trump. lawrence summers, a former secretary of treasury as well. tremendous hour to set your perspective on international relations for the coming year and for the trump presidency. top scientists in the u.s. are urging president-elect donald trump not to scrap the iran nuclear deal. they say the agreement has dramatically reduced the risk that iran could quickly make nuclear weapons. trump says his number one priority is to dismantle the deal. donald trump suggested that donald -- that chicago may need help and rahm emanuel should request assistance if you cannot lower crime. year,ad 762 murders last the most in two decades and more than new york and los angeles combined. the top leader of hong kong has pleaded not guilty. the case has to do with the ref

seth rich was shot and killed last july in his bloomingdale neighborhood.ting at noon tomorrow. maybe a little before that. high temperatures for friday for inauguration day, upper 40s. that rain starting to clear as we go later into the afternoon and the weekend. we'll start off dry. eun. >> thank you, sheena. starting midday we'll have preview of welcome celebration add lincoln memorial. see you for news 4 midday. have a great day. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> happy thirsty thursday, january 19th, 2017. jenna bush hager is in this week while kathie enjoys some time off. that is "anywhere" by passenger. >> i love passenger. >> passenger has that other great hit. i loved it, too. >> "let it go." >> yes. yes. >> all right. and speaking of talent, one of the most talented stars of the stage