is the bloom box intended to get rid of the grid? >> the bloom box is intended to replace the grid for its customers. [ticking] >> let's say if you spilled something on it... >> marty cooper looks on all this with pride, amusement, and some dismay. >> when i throw this against the wall, you--ooh. >> and with good reason. he's the father of the cell phone. >> how do i remove? i know how to add a-- but say i want to remove that one. >> welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm lesley stahl. investors always hope to be on the ground floor of the next big thing. that's why venture capitalists risk fortunes developing new inventions and new products that sometimes transform how people live. we begin with snus. with cigarette sales falling, the smoking industry is going smokeless, introducing new tobacco products such as snus that are nothing like your granddaddy's chew or dip. companies like r.j. reynolds and phillip morris say this new generation of smokeless products helps tide smokers over when they go places they can't light up anymore becau

get to play in the big box again. out of the little box, into the big box. hate the little box. >> like espinoza, daniel also aspires to be placed on the general population unit. >> got to mingle with the crowd. you get to get out. be with everybody else. i never been to pop. only time i was in pop was in newman. i've never really seen pop. i was only in there for like two weeks. >> what happened? >> a fight. everybody fights. right? that's the only way you can handle situations in here, you have to fight. someone says something to you or you got problems and you got to act on it. if you don't, they will. >> 16 months ago, esdale was convicted of possession of a firearm and sentenced to two years at the house of correction, a separate jail facility for convicted inmates serving 2 1/2 years or less. due to multiple fights, he spent the first 13 months in segregation, but even under those restrictions he was still a significant discipline problem. >> daniel has gotten into many fights since he's been here. he's been involved in about ten fights. there are a lo

, one of two lines hooked up to the jumper box. the crew is trying to free up this third in a series of four fluid lines. two have already been hotel to the new spare. there were installed to maintain the flow of ammonia and the proper flow of liquid between the removal of the old spare and the installation of the new spare. that is proving to be a stubborn task for mastracchio and hopkins . >> we are going to try a technique. before we go to the scoop with the big hammer, we will try to use a large hook, like off of a waste tether and see if you can gently tap on the button and see if we can free it up. >> ok. ver?bail le >> that is acceptable. >> we have no idea what forces we are putting on this bail. back it off a little? [indiscernible] >> eight turns, right? >> seven and three quarters. >> go to back it off a little as well, rick. >> standby. i'm going to try that. one more. >> seven. able, weer you are will take an assessment. how much of the button were you able to push down? >> it wasn't much. just a little -- it did not g

his box and is ready is to go.t's super easy to simple once the receiver gets it. you literally just push down on the box and it takes it apart. >> does this box come in different sizes? >> right now they're trying to get it into mastro pro-ducks. >> once you open the package, it flat now. so when that does get recycle $ or put into some receptacle, it's not taking up a lot of space. >> the thing about this is you can save it, you can flip it over and reuse it. >> these are reusable. the container is simply a better box. >> the statement i'm about to make is going to break your heart. you've been using your car all wrong. and the crazy russian hacker is going to tell you why and how you've been using your car all wrong. >> i'm sure this will be enlightening. continue. >> sometimes you get out of your car and close your door and realize you forgot to roll your windows up. >> i thought there should be a one-touch button to roll your windows up all at once. >> there is! most people have it but don't use it. >> put it

they remind me of the russian dolls, this is a box within a box within a box, and there's all these picturesf bees. mary aspenwall and her husband take the pictures and create these boxes. the idea is to bring attention to the dwindling bee population. >> then there's a note on the inside. >> you get a message at the end and this says thanks for all you do to make life so sweet. you can customize this. we were thinking if you were a business owner and wanted to give these, you could do anything if you have a new service you're going to be doing in the new year, you could announce it. it might be a clever way. >> these are bracelets here? >> these are bracelets from a mother/daughter duo in kentucky. i'm wearing one of them. >> what's the name of the company? >> it is horse feathers. it's by chelsea farmer and her mom tammie. this is refurbished metal they use. proceeds go to supporting causes like the arbor day foundation, which replaces trees in areas where there's been wildfires and things like that. we also like these for staff or customers because you can customize them, put people's nam

bark box toys and treats for man's best friend. >> one of the great things about gift boxes is the companies expose their products to new people. you, as a consumer try something new you might not have put your money down for. >> it's a gift that keeps giving for companies and consumers all yearlong. mark barger, nbc news. >> consumers can buy gift box subscriptions online. it takes six to eight weeks for the first box. >> a christmas caper solved, thanks to this 10-year-old. >> this is a very unusual name, so there has to be a way to track back who this is. >> how a unique name and the internet helped him find a woman targeted by thieves without knowing it. >>> trouble in paradise. why there's a travel warning for the caribbean. amelia, what is the latest on the weather? >> the temperatures will continue to warm in a big way. here is a time lapse of the woodrow wilson bridge. throughout the day today, beautiful sunshine. highs in the low 60s. low 70s for the weekend. >>> there is a suspicious package at the swedish embassy right now, down near the georgetown waterfront. it is impacting traf

he was a victim of the box. mohammed ally is a victim of the box. jesus christ was a victim of the box. last year we had a marathon in the city council chambers by the higher officials in the sheriff's departments. you know how many we had here supporting police official? because it was about band the box. colonel sanders founded his famous recipe while he was in prison and he was able to get a job and perfect his restaurants around the world. the wayne and county sheriff was a convicted murderer. there is a lot of people we are eliminating boo i the box. please do whatever you can. this is an emotional thing to me about supporting malia cohen and other supervisors to ban the box. get rid of the box. thank you. happy holidays! to everyone. president david chiu: thank you. next speaker. speaker: board of supervisors, my name is -- i live in district 4. a huge tsunami at the plant. reactors 1-4 were damaged. after many days the tokyo electric company finally launched a dangerous operation to remove the fuel rods of these reactors. this is so dangerous

just go for the box. the box comes unassembled. you do have to assemble it at home yourself. >> you have to unfold it and tape it to your question at there is more to this because the money that goes into making the box and buying the box, where does that go? >> all proceeds go to charity, the charlie davidson the kenya fund and blue side bridge, which is -- child davidson leukemia fund and leaside bridge. >> how did you come up with this idea? >> last christmas watching my nieces and nephews playing with a box. a friend of mine that i have said come a you know, this is for kids imaginations so let's make it all for kids. they tried to do something for charitable organizations. this is what we are doing. doing right now? >> we are doing all right. to date, we are at 92 bawxes shi pped. >> and there's still nothing in the box. >> nothing at all. quite a you can use it to put something in, right? >> you can use your imagination. there is really a lot in the box. you are helping out a lot of charities. >> how did you select the charit

you throw it and they catch it. >> and you hold the box and speak into the box. this thing on?to tell us more about the catch box and other items we didn't know we needed, our technical guru. we can toss him i think. >> three, two, one. we got him! >> hey, zach. tell us about catch box. >> it's a way to kind of incorporate the audience more and get them more engaged and have their voices be heard more easily in conferences, educational settings and lots of other things. >> i think it might loosen up the crowd, too. it's a fun thing. it might open up the dialogue between whoever is speaking in the audience. >> definitely. >> from the catch box to the white book. >> it's a white board in notebook form. they're saying that this could potentially be the last notebook you ever have to buy. if you have something you really want to keep, you can just take it out of the bindings, which is really easy to do, scan it and it saves it forever. >> definitely. >> and it saves the environment. >> there's an entire generation of adult men out there who grew up obsessed with the teen-age mutant

"squawk box" begins right now. >> hey, "squawk box," that's hot. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. and we do have a big show ahead with a crazy lineup of guests. we have the executive chairman of consumer products giant darden. martin frankel, irwin simon, tom naratir and michael dell. plus, we have the latest addition to our lineup. paul ryan will be our special guest at 7:40 a.m. eastern time. his budget deal drawing a lot of fire from fellow republicans. we'll get his answer to all of the critics out there. right now, let's get to our top stories. the markets are about to get another read on the strength of the markets. we've got a weekly jobless claims coming up at 8:30 eastern time. economists are looking for 320,000 claims. plus, the number that could over-shadow jobs. retail sales for november. expectations are for an increase of 0.6%. this gueives us a very good ide of what's happening in the early shopping season. ahead of those numbers, the futures right now are indicated l

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it's a more complex form of boxing, he says.s to our big dream of winning the real olympics. already, their participation in the new league appears to be paying off. at the inaugural matches in havana earlier this month, cuban boxers faced their old ally, russia. cheered on by their loyal fans, the cubans won all five fights. and just maybe laid the foundation for something everybody loves, a come back. oppmann, cnn, havana. >> always were terrific boxers, the cubans. >> i wonder if any women will start boxing there. >> who knows. that will be a sign of the times. >> we need your votes. this is for the top stories of 2013. go to cn.com/why i are for year in review. >> you're going to see 20 of the biggest news stories and we would like you to choose ten for us because we're lazy. rumts will be announced online and tv december 30, 9:00 a.m. eastern. number one story right now, the new pope francis. >> thanks for watching "around the world." "cnn newsroom" starts right now. have a good afternoon. >>> right now the heads of tech co

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that's the thing that is quite bothersome right now. >> what about the black box? how much does that tell the ntsb and others about how this train was operating? >> well, the black box on a railroad train is not nearly as sophisticated as it is on aircraft. it will give you quite a few parameters. it will give you speed. it will give you temperature. it will give you weather. they will have some information to judge that on. but of course it will be -- it will have to track the amount of speed on the curve, and they will certainly be looking at that. >> 30 miles an hour is the low speed on that curve according to laura engel on the scene there. obviously the black box would be able to tell such things as speed, right? >> it would. if the operator of the train was incapacitied somehow he could have had a heart attack or some other alement and he -- ailment and he could exceeded the speed. there has to be a lot of investigation on the black box versus what actually happened there. >> track conditions, the wheels themselves especially on the lead car, all of those thi

and when i was looking at the box, inside i found this small tin box., this was designed to be a jewelry box. but furthermore, it has some other goodies in it as well-- a small box from the gruen watch company, which, when you open it up, has a crystal. it's pentagonal because it's the 50th anniversary watch. it's a spare part. should you ever be so unfortunate as to break the crystal of this watch, they've supplied you with another. you'll find these watches in a price guide for maybe $4,000 to $6,000 for an auction. but when it's in this kind of condition, when it has the portrait of the owner, you have a bit of the advertising with it, it's in its original box, it's hardly ever been used, you have a spare crystal, it falls into the category, really, of a mint condition watch. in an auction, i would probably estimate this somewhere around $8,000 to $10,000. oh, very good. thank you. you're quite welcome. these belonged to my late husband's great-aunt and her husband, who owned movie theaters in northwest iowa. they had 11 at one time. really? this was

box after box overflowing with old film canisters, surplus packing material, anything. and we mean anything some local business could not longer find a use for, but mary simon can. >> it's a pie pet tray. >> reporter: she loved creating hands-on math and science projects for her students. >> you need stuff. you have to have a pile of stuff. >> reporter: stuff mary couldn't buy enough of on a teacher's salary, so she became a scrounger. whatever companies didn't want, she would gladly take and turn into projects for her kids. mary became so good at it, she decided to turn pro and the resource area for teaching was born. >> i really wanted to make an impact with kids not just in my own classroom, but by supporting teachers and giving them the things i had fallen in love with. >> reporter: 20 years later, r.a.f.t. is an educational juggernaut. 100,000 cubic feet of stuff a year has been transformed into educational material. the finished projects and some raw materials are made available to 8,000 teacher members serving more than 600,000 students in the south bay and penin

this is what we normally call the box. today, any business or housing provider can say, if you have a conviction record, you need not apply. the bureau of justice statistics and the office of the u.s. attorney, one in three adults in the u.s. has had contact with the criminal justice system, whether it is a dui when you are in college or an arrest that didn't lead to a conviction. but these frequently show up on your criminal back ground check. we know that having a job and home are the two most important factors predicting whether one will commit a crime in the future or not. at the same time, employers and housing providers are concerned about opening the door to [speaker not understood] who might commit a future crime that might hurt a customer, a coworker, another tenant, and even if the decision maker believes in second chances, there may be an unconscious bias towards someone with a conviction in their past. i have met and heard stories of many returning citizens along with supervisor cohen as well, one, mary who sur

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go to college, check the box. get a job, check the box. get a house in the suburbs, check the box.is not a live the way it used to be. >> it is a live. it's very much a live for those people that chart the right courses. listen, i seeteach 700 freshman a time in two sections. i tell them, if i can make it, you can make it here's the deal. when you go through college, have the learning. if you don't get internship and don't prepare yourself in the magical way and say i know what the world expects and bring something of value -- >> right, you're going to try. you can find millions of exactly what you described, millions in oklahoma, indiana -- >> it's much harder than it used to be. >> he mentioned internships. i am in this job because i started internship at 18 years old. it's hard to get them these days. >> that's the new york central views of things. >> good morning. this is kelly. you're a respectful international speaker. you went to be president of the you high point university. a sleepy struggling small college and now one of the most exciting universities in the country. tell

more "squawk box" next.'re talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. for many adults, humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer, have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure have occurred. before starting humira , your doctor should test you for tb. ask your doctor if you live in or have been to a region where certain fungal infections are common.

this is a box within a box within a box. and there's all the pictures of bees.ouple take the pictures and create the boxes. it is to pay attention to the dwindling bee population. >> so there is a note inside. >> when you open them all, you get a little message at the end. it says thanks for all you do to make life so sweet. you can customize this. we were thinking if you're a business owner and want to give these, you could do anything like if you have a new service that you're going to be doing in the new year, you could announce it. it may be a clever way to let your customers know. >> these are bracelets here? >> these come from a mother-daughter duo in kentucky. i'm actually wearing one of them. >> what is the name of the company? >> horse feathers. and it's chelsea farmer and her mom tammy. and they have a very ecofriendly studio. this is refurbish metal they use. proceeds go to supporting causes like the arbor day foundation which replaces trees in areas where there is wildfires and things like. that and we also like these for staff or for customers. you

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you make the boxes.what's happening. >> true. >> what's the economy look like from where you sit? >> it feels like 2% gdp growth. i'd have to say november was better than we thought. the start of the holiday season which is november to december has been a little better. it feels like 2% growth. >> has it felt like a steady 2% are weighing times? >> 7% is drifting by the consumer spending. the consumers one month feel good and one month feel anxious. i saw something consumers are discontent about the current conditions and worried about the future. i don't think you're going to see the spending it's going to take to get the economy going and create jobs. >> ceos feel nervous about things and don't want to invest. i guess if consumers show up some times and not other times it's hard. >> it's about psychology. this is not about confidence. we'll respond to demand. we don't need encouragement to hire people. we respond with packaging. people don't bite unless they need it. if they need it, they want. >> a fa

that were ripped open with despite just days ago. >> we have a pile of boxes continuously out of the house are:00 tomorrow's trash could be tomorrow's treasure. >> the san francisco police officer carlos says that big box on the curb is like announcing to thieves what you got for christmas. >> if you have a big-ticket item like a nice cardboard box displayed in front of your house for pickup, you are basically telling the suspect hey, here is my 55" flat screen tv. >> we saw it before christmas with grinches stealing packages. police suggest taking items to the recycling center yourself, or waiting until just before pickup time to put them out. >> we're asking our customers to break down the boxes, stare them up, so they fit inside the recycling bin. >> reporter: and it's best to break down and invert boxes left on the curbs, so the produce logo is hidden. >> if they see something that they like, they are willing to take that risk. and if it's your neighbor, next week it might be you. >> reporter: the officer says be vigilancant and if you see someone walking or driving in your neigh

welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm becky quick along with joe concern nin and steve lease man. he is in for andrew ross sorkin. mary is going to be joining us from the deadly derailment in the bronx. before we get to all of that, let's talk about the markets. the dow has been negative only five months out of the last 26 months beginning with october of 2011. that means that the index has been positive more than 80% of the time. here's a look at the major market returns just this year. the dow was up nearly 23%. the s&p up 27%. the nasdaq up more than 34%. if you're following money flows, investors poured $31.6 billion into all equity mutual funds. equities were favored over bonds but the flows into equities moderated into october. as for december, it historically has been the best month on the average for the dow and the second best month for the s&p. this morning the futures, when we get into the trading month for december, you can see they have barely budged. dow futures by 4 points, s&p down by 1 and nasdaq up b

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it's boxing like the presence of boxing. anyway, just in case you didn't know. u.s. equity futures taking a look, setting itself up on this post christmas day. nasdaq, up about 5 points, the s&p 500 up 3 points. also, a lot of obviously great news for investors to be happy about this holiday season. data showing it's been the best year for stocks since 2009. the average u.s. equity mutual fund gained nearly 32% through december 20th. that edges oat the s&p's 30% gains during the same period. also, small company stocks eating their larger counterparts growth top value and returns of u.s. funds. >> the day after christmas has become a huge opportunity for the neigh's retailers. some began sales online yesterday. stores are looking to capitalize on people redeeming those gift cards. target's spokesman says today is the single most popular day to redeem the retailers gift cards. >> you -- are you like sugar ray leonard or something, you thought it was a day dedicated to -- >> years ago you saw boxers, boxing day. >> you know how there are certain words that you have thes

click the box guarantees that i will find my car again should it be stolen. -- >> the box guaranteesthat i will find my car again, should it be stolen. >> each day, she drive to the train station 74 kilometers away. there she leaves the car and takes the train into rome. her insurer rewards her for driving less. her first two thousand kilometers are free. after that, she paid $.25 per kilometer. >> i think that is fair. at a restaurant, you only pay for what you order. with water and electricity, you pay for what you use. why shouldn't it be that way with the car? it seems like a wise choice. click the economic crisis has hit italy hard and italians are looking for ways to save money. garages are doing a booming business in selling the black boxes, which are only slightly larger than a pack of cigarettes. the device is quite easy to install. >> there are just two cables, one for power and one for the odometer. you have to bolted onto a loadbearing part of the chassis and that is it. >> insurance companies offer better deals for comprehensive coverage and very few plans with unlimited

it's a program that incorporates boxing. >> since dolores took up boxing she noticed changes. >> my back is straight again. and i am walking with better swing. >> she was diagnosed a yearing ao, crediting the program rock steady boxing. the symptoms include shaking and slowness of movement. twice per week they work out 90 minutes in a gym in california. >> ann brought it here from indianapolis after seeing it helped her father. >> i watched him get better and better. and dancing in class. >> showing traditional forms of exercise can help with the mobility. but ron says boxing is different from other exercises he's tried. >> the most beneficial type of thing i've found for wellness. >> pretty cool. >> still to come we want to share a new year's tradition. >> a rush to complete rose parade floats we'll have a peek. >>> we're less than a week from the annual tournament of roses parade. today is the first day volunteers are loued to come and help decorate. after christmas, the trees are giving the gift of green for the rose parade. >> these are going into the bottom of the floats then puttin

i would like to add my name to ban the box legislation, too, and as a late supporter. colleagues, [speaker not understood] a amendment from the members of the long term design group, group of stakeholders and advocate nominated through the department of aging. represented the work they recently have completed on the long term care strategic plan. i was really impressed with the thoroughness and insight of the report and i would like to call for a hearing to give they have an opportunity for the members of the design group and the department of aging and adult services to present their finding. i believe this is a great example of city staff and community stakeholders working together to provide a detailed analysis, [speaker not understood] a clear path for the next steps. i look forward to the hearing next year. >> thank you, supervisor -- >> the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. >> , madam clerk. i have one item for introduction. it's a hearing about the backlog of cases in the medical examiner's office. there was a recent story in the ch