japanese brewer asahi tried to cash in by buying into chinese beer brand tsingtao, but it's given them. let's go to our asia business hub where rico hizon is following the story. tell us more? don't worry, i am not on mute. you know what, we are seeing ina on mute. you know what, we are seeing in a major beer investment in the mainland, as you mentioned, one of the biggest markets in the world. you have sing tao —— tsingtao brewery company, the second—largest ruhr in china, now wholly owned by mainland investors. why? it is asahi, japan's biggest relate and one of the biggest in asia, is offloading its entire stake to be chinese conglomerates fusan international. asahi held an almost 20% stake in tsingtao and it is selling it for almost i billion 20% stake in tsingtao and it is selling it for almosti billion us dollars. this deal gives fusan access to wealthy chinese consumers. fusan has been centring its investment portfolio around what it calls wealth, health and happiness industries, which provide goods and services for chinese middle class families. what is important as well for fu

brewer. how sin city is becoming sports >>> it goes without saying that more americans are buying more items online in part because it's convenient and easy. after all, you just click and then a few days later your package is delivered. but it's the shipping process that's actually more complicated than that. courtney reagan goes behind the scenes for us tonight in walto. >> reporter: it's the final push for retailers to get packages shipped in time for christmas. if you're one of the 40% of americans still shopping and squeaking in last-minute online orders, your package may be coming from one of these radial fulfillment centers. radial is a technology provider for hundreds of retailers and brands including levis and kate spade. it has 21 locations throughout the country. some orders placed on amazon.com are fulfilled by radial. amazon sellers can use radial's network to fulfill even prime eligible items instead of amazon's fulfillment options. this northern kentucky facility covers 1.3 mill

most craft brewers don't grow them. he does.ve hard to find. >> when donald trump was elected he closed the effectively the border with mexico. causing a huge labor problem for us. >> reporter: brewer says he couldn't find hands to help. instead, he found hoovs. >> if you look through old hop growing text. you'll see sheep in hop yard. they do things normally we do by hand or tractor. these are my kids. >> reporter: he says his flock clears weeds, fertilizes soil and plays a role in making the bore taste better. >> they'll pluck off pretty much head high. on the hop vine. and that can infuse the higher hops with more flavor. >> reporter: plus they make the drive down i 80 a whole lot cuter. >> sometimes with the traffic i see heads turning. i bought my first sheep and it was like love >> that is so bizarre. who knew. thanks for joining us. abc 7 news at 5 starts right now. >>> officer just out of the academy shoots and kills an unarmed suspect. why the body cam video wasn't activated sooner. >>> sky 7 is every head as a car cras

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i'm jessica dean >> i'm nicole brewer. in for ukee washington. this unfolded at south collegeville road in upper providence montgomery county. david spunt talks with the village about her frightening ordeal. >> reporter: authorities here in upper providence say this driver, suspect was totally out of control during this attack. they're looking for him. the mother of two, the victim, she has a warning for other drivers. >> i'm scared. i'm horrified that this happened in front of my children i just want help >> lisa owe meal is living in fear. two days after she says a man followed her into a put busy parking lot then attacked her. o'neill and her two sons, 10 and 11 were driving in the area of providence town center monday afternoon when she cut in 45 a driver by mistake >> i apparently cut someone off, waved immediately to say sorry >> she said she drove into the town center because there were thousands of people out and it's the closest place she felt safe >> while i stopped here, the guy kind of boxed me in, i couldn't move and jumped out of hi

proposed accessory brewer remeasures approximately 475 square feet. which is 10% of the total 4,644 square feet for the restaurant. furthermore, the accessory brewer rewill be limited in production to a maximum of no more than 5,000 barrels peryear, however, the project sponsor does not anticipate producing more than 1,000 barrels peryear. today, the department has received public comments inquiring about the project, the hearing, as well as expressing opposition and support of the proposal. united to save the mission submitted an e-mail expressing concerns of the limited amount of production that is proposed. they would much rather see this location to be used for beer manufacturing rather than for consumption. u.s. sam is in opposition to high end bars and restaurants that do not serve the local community. 12 letters of support have been submitted. letters of support have been submitted from 12 entities, all correspondences in writing has been included in packet. the project promotes a locally owned small business, the district is well served by tra

i'm jessica dean >> i'm nicole brewer. in for ukee washington. this unfolded at south collegeville road in upper providence montgomery county. david spunt talks with the village about her frightening ordeal. >> reporter: authorities here in upper providence say this driver, suspect was totally out of control during this attack. they're looking for him. the mother of two, the victim, she has a warning for other drivers. >> i'm scared. i'm horrified that this happened in front of my children i just want help >> lisa owe meal is living in fear. two days after she says a man followed her into a put busy parking lot then attacked her. o'neill and her two sons, 10 and 11 were driving in the area of providence town center monday afternoon when she cut in 45 a driver by mistake >> i apparently cut someone off, waved immediately to say sorry >> she said she drove into the town center because there were thousands of people out and it's the closest place she felt safe >> while i stopped here, the guy kind of boxed me in, i couldn't move and jumped out of hi

good evening i'm jessica dean >> i'm nicole brewer. ukee washington has the night off. we're wait this one two punch from mother nature, not just the brutal cold but the snow. meteorologist lauren casey is tracking the snow that's coming and the even colder were r to follow >> it's hard to believe all week we've spent sub freeze, high temperature 25 degrees. we started off at 13 this morning, our normal high temperature 41 degrees. nowhere near that and no time soon, are we going to be feeling 40's of temperatures in the teens, 19 in philly, 15 in trenton be 14 degrees in allentown, it's 2 in mount pocono. feels like temperatures we have a little bit of a light wind be windchill temperatures not too impactful but the feels like temperatures drop down low feeling like 12 in millville. stormscan 3 showing us quiet conditions, clouds starting to increase, we do have snow making its way into portions of western penses in association with a clipper system that will be impacting us as we head into the day tomorrow, so clipper systems know to be fast moving, they won't have a

. >>> cbs3 eyewitness news with ukee washington, jessica dean, kate bilo, nicole brewer and don bel bell>>> are you still looking for the perfect christmas tree? if you live in philadelphia and ordinance may prevent you from having a real green in your house, law says real christmas trees are not allowed in houses or apartment buildings with more than two units. the ordinance said nearly 30 years old but l&i said it's neris to prevent house or apartment fires >> it's really just an opportunity for the city to remind the residents any sort of city official rush your apartment and drag out your beautifully decorated christmas tree >> some towns have less restrictive law, philadelphia is stricter than the international code. >>> as you check off your holiday shopping list, there are a probably few grown up you say need to buy gifts for. >> nicole brewer is here to explain things. >> there's nothing like being a kid at christmas. i see that through my three-year-old's eyes about for you. when it comes to being adults, do we need to be showered with presents? a recent article insists it's tim

good evening i'm jessica dean >> i'm nicole brewer. ukee washington has the night off. we're wait this one two punch from mother nature, not just the brutal cold but the snow. meteorologist lauren casey is tracking the snow that's coming and the even colder were r to follow >> it's hard to believe all week we've spent sub freeze, high temperature 25 degrees. we started off at 13 this morning, our normal high temperature 41 degrees. nowhere near that and no time soon, are we going to be feeling 40's of temperatures in the teens, 19 in philly, 15 in trenton be 14 degrees in allentown, it's 2 in mount pocono. feels like temperatures we have a little bit of a light wind be windchill temperatures not too impactful but the feels like temperatures drop down low feeling like 12 in millville. stormscan 3 showing us quiet conditions, clouds starting to increase, we do have snow making its way into portions of western penses in association with a clipper system that will be impacting us as we head into the day tomorrow, so clipper systems know to be fast moving, they won't have a

we're back on the riverboat some craft beer brewers that here to the german purity law although they don't have to but as adding things like tea herald the end of five hundred years of strict. content regulation. and being tended to get some is on the contrary it fits well together you can brew interesting beers and still stick to the rules but most kinds of beer only need the four basic ingredients and that about in the us i have school board and the purity law ensures the beer is of premium quality and that's what craft beer is all about to quality croppy all of us get on quality full fare tickets everyone here agrees that craft beer is a high quality product time now for a small test where the craft beer crowd managed to spot a normal berlin beer. below here. thank you to speed this up. for. all that alan said that. they call managed to spot the odd man out of the market in the moment the people in tell me i'm talking more about trough they have been drinking it but the people here on the ship believe that very soon in every good restaurant there will be not only a wine list but a

back to you. >> contessa brewer with cnbc. thanks. power outage at the busiest airport cancels flights in philadelphia. we are watching the flight board to let you know which planes are taking off and which are going nowhere. >>> a phone call, a suspicious man, a blood-curdling scream. a woman is followed and attacked on her way out of a store. her fiance describes the moments. >>> angst at the airport. a massive power outage at the world's busiest airport. >>> stalked, beaten, and robbed. what started as running errands ends in reconstructive surgery for a philadelphia woman. >>> and eagles win. so what's next? the birds battle it out for another victory, and we are breaking down what it means for their playoff picture. super excited about that game yesterday. that win. >> yeah. >>> welcome to "nbc10 news today." we're glad you're with us. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm katy zachry. 5:30 on the dot. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley. he has the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. what does it look like, bill? >> i'm tra

. >> and i'm nicole brewer. jessica is off tonight. police are calling the death of the two men suspicious. >> day of david spunt has the latest on the case from state police barracks in wilmington tonight. david? >> reporter: ukee and nicole, good evening. the troopers here were some of the first on the scene this afternoon after that call from dispatch came in a lot of questions tonight but unfortunately not a lot of answers from authorities. detectives rushed to day one motel on govern prince blfrld in wilmington monday afternoon. eye wetness news has learned two men were found dead. >> reporter: maurice wright was a motel guest he says he did not hear anything suspicious. >> i was just doing homework for school and i hear a knock on the door and it was one of the detectives asking me questions. and i didn't know about it. >> reporter: but suspicious is the word authorities are using in this case. a motel employee said a man in a wheelchair was staying in the room. now a crime scene. forensic crews spent most of the night on scene.

. >> i'm nicole brewer. jessica dean has the night off. epicenter was six miles northeast of dover, delaware and shaking extended far beyond that. >> we have live team coverage tonight. let's stwart david spunt in smyrna, kent county. >> i'm standing 500 treat ep i center of earthquake behind me is bomb bay hook wild life refuge. it's closed now. marsh land here on the delaware bay and it ail happened this afternoon 4:47 p.m. >> and the whole house started shaking. >> linda dempsey and husband joe lived feet from the ep i center of thursday's delaware earth quake. >> and we're looking at each other like we thought maybe a big plane from dover air force base came sgloun a few miles away in dover diane well. was getting wrd ready for a busy night inside gray fox grill when 4:47 p.m. things took a bizarre turn. >> it was brief and very intense. we knew it was not a semi-. it was different than a normal semi-driving by. >> this surveillance shows people relaxing at the bar when 9.1 magnitude quake hit. you can see is heads turn before everyone

. >> i'm nicole brewer. in for ukee washington. across the region people are getting ready for the first snow. we have live team three coverage from the shore to the city. let's start with meteorologist kate bilo tracking the storm >> it's moving in at a pretty good clip but it will take awhile for the snow to start to spread. right now and through the next several hours this is a shore and delaware beaches storm. that's where the snow is coming down right now, look at this red shading over maryland, i'll zoom in, that is very, very heavy precipitation, headed toward the delaware coast line, heavy snow and rain you can see the mix line along the coast to very tight gradient heavy rain out to sea, heavy snow back inland and we're seeing some of the heaviest in our region over sussex county delaware and moderate snowfall into portions of cape may county you can see the darker purple continuing to lift in and the problem is, the snow is expect ed ed to continun this area for the better part of tomorrow all night and thousaro tomorrow.

. >> and i'm nicole brewer. jessica is off tonight. police are calling the death of the two men suspicious. >> day of david spunt has the latest on the case from state police barracks in wilmington tonight. david? >> reporter: ukee and nicole, good evening. the troopers here were some of the first on the scene this afternoon after that call from dispatch came in a lot of questions tonight but unfortunately not a lot of answers from authorities. detectives rushed to day one motel on govern prince blfrld in wilmington monday afternoon. eye wetness news has learned two men were found dead. >> reporter: maurice wright was a motel guest he says he did not hear anything suspicious. >> i was just doing homework for school and i hear a knock on the door and it was one of the detectives asking me questions. and i didn't know about it. >> reporter: but suspicious is the word authorities are using in this case. a motel employee said a man in a wheelchair was staying in the room. now a crime scene. forensic crews spent most of the night on scene.

. >> i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington. police say the pastor sexually assaulted four children for more tan a decade. hof hof is live outside the church in medford with more on these troubling accusations, alex. >> police here in medford township are asking anyone who may have experienced inappropriate contact at the hands of pastor harry thomas to contact their local authorities. according to the prosecutor's office these allegations span from 1999 to 2015. sex crimes involving four minors over the course of 16 years what pastor harry thomas has been charged with and with that he was us is spened indefinitely from his position within the comma live new testament church in medford. >> while the the allegations are unrelated to his roles in these ministries leadership determined this could be the proper course of action at this time until there's a full investigation. >> little children are helpless. this is just something has to be done. >> the 74-year-old pastor is charged with one count of aggravated assault, three counts

. >> i'm nicole brewer. in for ukee washington. across the region people are getting ready for the first snow. we have live team three coverage from the shore to the city. let's start with meteorologist kate bilo tracking the storm >> it's moving in at a pretty good clip but it will take awhile for the snow to start to spread. right now and through the next several hours this is a shore and delaware beaches storm. that's where the snow is coming down right now, look at this red shading over maryland, i'll zoom in, that is very, very heavy precipitation, headed toward the delaware coast line, heavy snow and rain you can see the mix line along the coast to very tight gradient heavy rain out to sea, heavy snow back inland and we're seeing some of the heaviest in our region over sussex county delaware and moderate snowfall into portions of cape may county you can see the darker purple continuing to lift in and the problem is, the snow is expect ed ed to continun this area for the better part of tomorrow all night and thousaro tomorrow.

. >> i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington. police say the pastor sexually assaulted four children for more tan a decade. hof hof is live outside the church in medford with more on these troubling accusations, alex. >> police here in medford township are asking anyone who may have experienced inappropriate contact at the hands of pastor harry thomas to contact their local authorities. according to the prosecutor's office these allegations span from 1999 to 2015. sex crimes involving four minors over the course of 16 years what pastor harry thomas has been charged with and with that he was us is spened indefinitely from his position within the comma live new testament church in medford. >> while the the allegations are unrelated to his roles in these ministries leadership determined this could be the proper course of action at this time until there's a full investigation. >> little children are helpless. this is just something has to be done. >> the 74-year-old pastor is charged with one count of aggravated assault, three counts

nicole brewer has the big moment from the big day. >> early this morning. >> just starting things off, rahel, and here is the truck. >> and well into the evening. >> how did you collect all of these toys? >> our 29th annual toyfest, came to a close, complete with a day-long tie drop off. >> we got coloring books, we have trucks. >> new unwrapped toys, that would make their way to the salvation army headquarters to get stacked, sorted, and sent to children in need. >> it was an assembly line made possible by so many of you. >> max, wait for for the camera. say hi to your mom. >> hundreds turned out to donate some with specific interests in mind. >> we're all college athlete. we thought it would be important to bring sports oriented gifts. >> after month of collecting. >> a whole van load of toys. >> well, so far we've had $21,000 raised, and that's going to be dispersed for gifts among 78 families, i believe. >> as the hours passed, the trucks filled up. >> this is my man ryan working with the valuation army. ryan, how is it going so far? >> it is going, we have a lot of people bringin

. >>> cbs3 eyewitness news with ukee washington, jessica dean, kate bilo, nicole brewer and don bel bellr the perfect christmas tree? if you live in philadelphia and ordinance may prevent you from having a real green in your house, law says real christmas trees are not allowed in houses or apartment buildings with more than two units. the ordinance said nearly 30 years old but l&i said it's neris to prevent house or apartment fires >> it's really just an opportunity for the city to remind the residents any sort of city official rush your apartment and drag out your beautifully decorated christmas tree >> some towns have less restrictive law, philadelphia is stricter than the international code. >>> as you check off your holiday shopping list, there are a probably few grown up you say need to buy gifts for. >> nicole brewer is here to explain things. >> there's nothing like being a kid at christmas. i see that through my three-year-old's eyes about for you. when it comes to being adults, do we need to be showered with presents? a recent article insists it's time to give it up, this longst

welcome to "on the money," i'm contessa brewer in for becky quick. the new year is almost here. but there's still time for money moves to get a smart start to 2018. >>> the next california gold rush. legal recreational marijuana sales are about to begin. what could possibly go wrong? >>> looking to escape the cold weather? should you buy that flight now? or wait? >>> what's coming next in tech. the latest gadgets, gizmos and cool electronics that you're going to "on the money" >> this is "on the money." your money, your life, your with 2018 right around the corner, what could the f we have two reports. diana olick on the state of real estate. but first, steve liesman, on where the economy may go next. a look ahead is this week's >> reporter: 2018 could be a year of big change for monetary and fiscal polha first, growth in the u.s. could average 2.5% to maybe as much as 3% as the u.s. gets a lift from overseas growth, better domestic demand and stimulus from a tax improvement from the past several years. the question is whether those gains can last or if they're second, the u.s.

contessa brewer investigates. >> reporter: inside some of the country's biggest retailers, there's a shadowy world of commerce, crime, and drugs. and at the center, gift cards. >> are gift cards currency you can use to pay for drugs? >> yes. >> yes. >> mos >> reporter: by all appearances, these four women could be tidying up what looks like a college dorm room. but this is no university. it's r. >> that worthlessness, that -- i mean, that guilt and shame that i feel every day that i chose drugs over my son. every day. >> reporter: these women haven't students. they're patients. struggling with crippling addiction. >> i've definitely stolen. >> reporter: they sat down with us at a drug treatment facility in jacksonville, florida. christian's drug of choice, oxycodone and heroin. she's been arrested twice for gift card fraud. >> i would take things off the shelf, make sure i left the store so on it looked like i the item, then come back and go to customer service. >> reporter: some of the largest retas are the biggest targets because of relaxed return policies. >> i would go to home de

i'm contessa brewer. it's time for today's must-read stories in the papers.pick is from the "washington post." it's entitled "doug jones's victory should make trump nervous. congressional leaders should feel nervous after reporting and responding with appropriate disgust to the first reports of moore's mall walking, they waffled and quailed in the face of trump's supreme amorality. they have been placating the right wing so these people who you would never describe as political watchers to turn out the vote, that's one thing republicans have to weigh in the balance, how much they skew to this harder right wing line and alienating moderates who may turn out the vote against those people >> it will be interesting to see if it plays out next year. roy moore not representative of all the republican senators standing >>> mine is bitcoin and cash cast a shadow over banks one thing is clear, banks face growing rivalry from a shadow payment system that ranges from cryptocurrencies to electronic platforms. i was drawn to it because i thought the title was too strong i

flight was canceled she may not get out till wednesday. >> thank you, contessa brewer.sues around infrastructure and the fact that you have a secondary system that wouldn't get up and running. the fact that that has to be addressed but also how finally tuned and important it is for a transportation network to be operating on all cylinders otherwise it can cause huge delays we're going to stick with that frame. >>> csx ceo hunter harrison died over the weekend he was 73. let's bring in transport analyst donald bratton lots i want to talk to you about. >> i'm glad to be here, morgan. >> let's start with this news out of csx medical leave for hunter harrison thursday night that was announced. he passed over the weekend where does this leave csx in terms of its turn around right now? >> well, first of all, let me just say that hunter was one of the greatest railroad executives of the generation, and anyone who knew him is just saddened by his loss he was a tour de force i got to the point if you spent more than 24 hours with him you try to be objective as an analyst. if i s

. >> i'm nicole brewer. jessica dean has the night off.picenter was six miles northeast of dover, delaware and shaking extended far beyond that. >> we have live team coverage tonight. let's stwart david spunt in smyrna, kent county. >> i'm standing 500 treat ep i center of earthquake behind me is bomb bay hook wild life refuge. it's closed now. marsh land here on the delaware bay and it ail happened this afternoon 4:47 p.m. >> and the whole house started shaking. >> linda dempsey and husband joe lived feet from the ep i center of thursday's delaware earth quake. >> and we're looking at each other like we thought maybe a big plane from dover air force base came sgloun a few miles away in dover diane well. was getting wrd ready for a busy night inside gray fox grill when 4:47 p.m. things took a bizarre turn. >> it was brief and very intense. we knew it was not a semi-. it was different than a normal semi-driving by. >> this surveillance shows people relaxing at the bar when 9.1 magnitude quake hit. you can see is heads turn before everyone q

ceo of the brewer group.th you, bill. as one that has been out there raising a lot of these issues, you know, eric garner now and all the way back to ferguson, i was heartened to see what kaepernick and others did bring a new spotlight. but has that now been lost? we are now hearing that the owners are talking about giving millions of dollars to players to set up social justice. what will that do about the issues of police -- what does that have to do with law enforcement and the issues of trying to straighten out the criminal justice system? is this just a distraction and a payoff? >> well, it's hush money. a, i'm happy that colin is being recognized. >> colin i think is great. >> that's a good thing. >> i think he's done a good service. >> it's a good message to young people, just like ali, you will be recognized for standing up. however, you're absolutely right. remember, he didn't kneel to get $100 million from the nfl. >> it was the deal with the garner case, the tamir rice case. so money in athletes fou

i'm contessa brewer in for wilfred frost. get a check on the futures this morning taking a look at how equities will be shaping up for this first trading day after the holiday, it looks like the s&p is going to open slightly higher with the dow jones implied open off by 26 and a third. nasdaq in the red by 6 taking a look at the ten year treasury yield, we saw it rising slightly on friday and this morning up just fractionally holding steady at 2.49% yield. it may be a quiet week ahead in washington president trump is spending the holidays at mar-a-lago congress is out of town after passing a stopgap spending bill. and tax reform last week but there will be several items they have to address when they return in the new year let's bring in founding partner ev of hamilton on play straechbltes tony, good to see you. >> good morning there frigid pittsburgh, pennsylvania >> it was a white christmas for a lot of people. so many people giving thanks for what they got accomplished this year not the least of which republicans in congre

so nixon poured all sorts of secret money into brewer's campaign, gave brewer all sorts of secret helpwallace knew and the result was that in the end wallace narrowly won the primary for governor, became governor again, and wallace remained furious at nixon so that, you know, nixon as you said when he calls wallace up in '74 and says please, help me stop impeachment wallace says forget it. >> do you think that wallace -- i mean, just for historical purposes do you think wallace could have swayed democrats if he wanted to on that committee? >> i think he certainly could. the key one was a congressman named walter flowers who was an alabama democrat who was very close to wallace and wallace could have had a lot to do with that. and as you suggested nixon thought that flowers and maybe one or two others were the difference between being impeached or not. >> michael, the president this time around as obviously put his chips on roy moore, endorsing him, making a robocall for him, during campaign events trying to help him. >> that he has. >> is there a way to look at this from a historical p

jack brewer, good morning. >> great to be here. cheryl: 2017, here it is, we are wrapping it up, how y'all feel? >> i feel really chilly. [laughter] >> i really enjoyed president trump's tweet about that that we could use a little global warming right now. cheryl: what happened to global warming? >> i don't know, i came in from florida. cheryl: i don't want to hear about florida. market is thinking about -- michael is thinking about markets. mark penn will be here to talk politics along with special assistant to president trump and former press secretary marc lo lotter. first top story, rush to go prepay property taxes, homeowners in high-taxed states across the country lined up this week attempt to go prepay property taxes ahead of new year's day when the new tax bill goes into effect, that will limit state and local deductions and yet that's property taxes but late wednesday the irs issued new guidance, stipulating that only people who had property assessed for 2018, meaning, you have to have assessment in hand could prepay, pote

ceo and former nfl star jack brewer is here. thus to talk about in football. the top story can make a merger with a shake up for an industry. cbs has agreed to acquire health insurance giant aetna for $69 billion would combine the health care group which operates more than 9000 pharmacies that covers more than 22 million people. aetna shareholders to receive $207 a share would mean cash and stock. chief equity strategist bill orlando talking about that in markets this morning. thanks for joining us. we talked about this before that it is really an impact of amazon, which people don't realize. >> amazon's tentacles are so wide and we don't know how the aca might be restructured at some point in the future, so this is a deal that has an impact from those phenomenon. companies want to note a computer how to compete and this is their attempt to do that. >> an ice pick out because it hasn't been so great this year. >> we see it across many industries. in this particular case it's a fascinating development that could shake up the entire health care industry. the dea

and big brewers...heir tax rate on the first six million barrels produced or imported will go down from 18-dollars to 16-dollars per barrel. tax rates for hard liquor will drop even more, from 13-50 per gallon to two-70 for the first 100-thousand gallons produced or imported. (vicki) in the east bay... all lanes of southbound 8-80 in oakland are back open tonight after a deadly big rig crash... a man was killed after his car flipped over and crashed with a fed-ex truck. it happened early this morning near the 66th avenue off ramp... that's right near oracle arena. the fedex driver was not hurt and investigators say he is cooperating with the investigation. the highway reopened at about eight this morning. (vicki) an undercover sting operation in the south bay has led to the arrest of 19 "johns" for solicitation of prostitution but three others face much more serious charges they are accused of attempted robbery. kron 4's dan kerman explains. sotwe don't usually go after the johns but we did in this case

i'm contessa brewer.iness news on cnbc. >>> not snow nor ice could stop a rescue of a family dog. crews carefully inched their way to the hole on the ice where the dog fell through. at one point two of the firefighters had to get in and were submerged in the water. they were able to pull the dog out to safety. really dangerous work out there. certainly they were wearing the appropriate attire to make sure they were keeping their body heat in, i suppose, so to speak. meteorologist steve sosna, that's why that first alert is still in effect which is unusual because the first alert really only last as short time but this cold. >> this is an unusual circumstance. that's why you have an unusual first alert to go with it because usually this time of year you don't get the cold that lasts all that long. this is an extended stretch of it and every bit will be dangerous. you can go outside. it's not like you're going to get frostbite within five seconds. if you're not prepared for it, if you're not taking breaks,

now to a look ahead of what wall street will be watchinge n cnbc's contessa brewer has a preview.he jobsto all in the week ahead. selling marijuana for recreational use becomes legal in calyear shops with the proper license may not be municipalities rightave to wait at least until the end of the week. and if that story made youcdonald's may be able to help you out. the value menu returns thursday. individual items cost $1 $3. $1 buys a cheeseburger or a soda. $3 gets you whole happy meal. it's another short week for wall street tarts w week of earnings including beer winemake the sobs marer employment report will whether job growth i'm contessa br get all y >>> and it's 5:47 on a sunday morning. frigid philadelphia. get used to it. it will be here the days. round number two here andt's don't want to you let your guard down. dress in layers. you need to check in on your neighbors. be aware of your pets out there. thery throughg. we'll temp 30s. numberd that's just as bad as not a the ten-day forecast here . the layers. a little bit of relaxation in the intense cold got l 17 inig it

very nice computers and the people be destroyed and i see i hope the weather will be better home brewer it's been a theatre production because it means so much to so many people who have got the results now so let's we have a look at the in the full draw in its entirety let's cherry pick some of the games now less about the host nation because it's not i don't mean to put any of the teams in russia down but saudi arabia agents and your acquired surely the russian team will settle for that at the start of the day all my cards on the night are in the in time we sort of been off for looking at the the media around the world and everyone agrees that russia they've had a fantastic draw and i agree with that but it is the world cup there's a lot of pressure on russia there on the home home soil you know the expectations not having. play competitive football for so long it's going to be difficult regardless but the first game is against are your review i did that is a good good game to start with and a slight double edged sword in the sense that now if russia fails it's an absolute disaster be

for small brewers, the tax is cut in half. the tax is reduced by about 10% this is something the industry has been lobbying for for a decade it was ohio senator rob portman who delivered the gift for christmas. it's also broad way. leave theatrical productions will get to take advantage of full and immediate expensive for the show this was passed under president obama. it's been championed by new york senator chuck schumer, but it expired at the start of the year, and the new law puts it back in. they also made a stop at citrus farms. they get a carveout for damaging the rostof replacing damages plants growers in florida are still asepthey haven't gotten the full disaster relief package. this could help tie them over in the meantime one elf who worked on that was vern buchanan who also happens to be a member of the tax writing committee in the house those are a few of the presents that the industry has found in the bill, and i'm sure lobbyists are still unwrapping them all. back over to you >> thank you >> broadway, beer, and

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i'm contessa brewer at cnbc headquarters.last minute tech gift to put under the tree. don't count on apple's air pods. major chains like best buy and walmart and carriers like at&t are sold out of the wireless headphones until the happened last year. apple didn't have enough supply to go around. although analysts say this year it's more likely an issue of demand than technical problems. i'm contessa brewer. >> thank you, contessa. 6:55 now. here are four things to know. expect crowded airports as they are -- tune in for the "today" show for how the power out saj still affecting flights nationwi nationwide. >> john mccain is home in arizona after being treated for a viral infection at the national cancer institute in bethesda. meanwhile, republicans say they scored enough votes to pass their tax bill while mccain is recovering. >>> the owner of the carolina panthers is selling the team after being accused of sexual misconduct. sports illustrated reports that jerry richardson makes -- directed a racial slur. keeping you updated

i'm contessa brewer at cnbc headquarters.till scrambling for last minute gift to put under the tree. don't count on april pair of apple air pods. major chains at best buy, walmart and carriers like at&t are sold out of the wireless headphones until the new year. i checked on apple's website. apple didn't have enough supply to go around. analysts say it's likely more of an issue of demand than technical issues. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm contessa brewer. >> thank you. >>> five minutes before the hour right now. happening today, you can keep your family safe and make sure no one gets your old medicine. several cvs pharmacies have set up environmentally safe ways. since they've collected more than 100 metric tons of unused medication. >>> district officials are taking a new tactic to get rid of rats. they plan to use dry ice for rat abatement. officials will show off the new technique later today during a walk around the 8th street corridor. mayor bowser will be out on the walk with other city leaders to talk to

nicole brewer explains why. >> for some us, hot day shopping list is long. >> i got my girlfriend, my>> my boyfriend, my father, and my never ooh. >> my friends, my cousins. >> which is why the national retail federation forecast americans will spends as much as $682 billion this holiday season. >> wow. that's a lot. >> but did you know nine and a half billion gets wasted on unwanted gifts every year? >> i could see that. i've gotten plenty of gift that i either return or don't use. >> scarfs, gloves neck necktie , people don't know each other that well, or maybe just not listen. >> one of the few reasons include in the usa today column titled why you shouldn't give gifts to adults but, are we ready to buy in to such a concept? >> it is very ooh till tar yan in fact of the that monday sick lost outright. but at the same time, i mean, who doesn't like getting a gift? >> can it can go either way. >> maybe we should be focusing more on spending time than the loved ones than the gift we give. >> experience cents last a lifetime. gifts are so fleeting. >> jena robinson director of public r

let it go. ♪ ♪ >>> the brewer family was amazing.d they made me laugh. and i saw that same spirit through all the natives i met this week. joy, generosity and laughter. when malcolm x said we didn't land on plymouth rock, plymouth rock landed on us, he was talking about my people. but for natives, nobody landed on plymouth rock. because it wasn't called plymouth rock. it's way past time for a real look into how we've treated the inr indigenous people of this country. and again, at standing rock, they're not fighting for their water, they're fighting for all of our water. now it's our turn to finally fight for them. ♪ ♪ >>> on this show, we're talking about muslims and arabs. that's how i can tell i'm in the bay area. that's not -- yeah. that's not the reaction that i tend to get in other parts of this country. we're talking about muslims and arabs. wham! [ laughter ] got to be honest, i'm super nervous about this episode because it's important to me that it's right. it's important that it puts the right message out there. i have frie

good afternoon i'm nicole brewer. ukee's off today. >>> i'm jessica dean. first flakes of the season make it to the ground we are tracking the storm and meteorologist kate bilo's in chestnut hill tonight, kate, everybody now wants to know how much of this snow are we talking about. >> well, you guys, it is only right we get snow and they will get snow in texas and mississippi,al bam, snow is now heading our way and it does like more and more likely we will get a decent significant snowfall, out of this especially down the shore and portions of delaware. you mentioned that the snow is falling in south jersey. lets take a look at storm scan three right now and see where snow is. starting to streak in from the south, this is same system to brought snow to portions of the deep south, carolinas and virginia right now and you can see the first snow falling across the southern cape may county, cape may point, down through west cape may and portions of the delaware beaches seeing snow as we speak as we zoom in. rest of the region is dry for now but overnight we wil

. >>> aim nick coal brewer. ukee's off today. meteorologist chelsea ingram live outside on the cbs-3 sky deck with how low those temperatures will go, chelsea. >> take from it me. it is cold out here. it will get colder tonight. as we head into the upcoming weekend mercury will drop even more. let me show so numbers, across the region, it is a cozy, 20 degrees right now in philadelphia. eighteen right now in wilmington. twenty-two in millville. down the shore temperatures are in the upper teens in atlantic city, 21 wildwood and 5 degrees currently in mount pocono. now our winds are anywhere from 10 to 15 miles an hour regional wide across the delaware valley. it takes a little bit of wind to make it feel more uncomfortable outside talking about the wind chill and even right now that wind chillies in the single digits right around eight in philadelphia. in the poconos where we still have a wind chill advisory in effect until 1:00 a.m. tonight it feels more like 12 degrees below zero. as we head throughout the evening just keep in