abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross with that part of the story tonight. he's with us right here. brian, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, david. indeed, no terror group has been more successful in recruiting americans to its ranks than al shabaab, even as it's carried out a series of increasingly brutal attacks. u.s. officials estimate that at least 50 americans have traveled to training camps in somalia and signed on as recruits to al shabab over the last six years. >> it's an extremely deadly organization. very well trained. and it's one of the only al qaeda affiliates which actually has actively recruited here in the united states. >> reporter: just last month, al shabab posted this online recruiting video, with three young men it said were from minneapolis and later died as martyrs. >> if you guys only knew how much fun we have over here. this is the real disneyland. you need to come here and join us. >> reporter: another american, omar hammami, of alabama, rose to a leadership position in al shabab, until he was reportedly killed by rivals in t

abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross here on that in a moment. but we have team coverage on the ground tonight of the massacre at kenya's westgate mall. the victims, the attackers. linsey davis begins our coverage in nairobi. linsey? >> reporter: good evening, david. kenyan officials have said this will end tonight, our forces will repray. and there are reports that they are close to clearing that building, but we hear that roughly a dozen hostages are still believed to be inside. tonight, kenya security forces moved in, hoping to end the more than day and a half standoff, outside the mall, a large explosion as choppered hovered overhead. some 36 hours after the terror began, the terrorists were still inside the mall, holed up with 30 hostages in a tense standoff withuthorities. the group of 10 to 15 militants were deep inside the mall's basement, inside a stocked supermarket with plenty of resources to hold their ground. the toll is already enormous. at least 68 dead. 175 wounded. among the injured, at least five american citizens. one of them,

abc's brian ross investigates who they are and why they are there. >>> assad's arsenal, can the u.s. really trust the russian deal? can syria's huge supply of chemical weapons really be destroyed? >>> and fighting back, champion swimmer diana nyad talks to us about the skeptics. >> we did this thing squeaky clean. >>> and we do the math. could the current really have carried her that far, that fast? see the results tonight. >>> good evening to you. as we come on the air on this anniversary of 9/11 new worry about al qaeda. u.s. officials tell abc news the terrorist organization is now increasing its recruits from an unlikely source, from americans. more than 100 signed on including inside syria.e]5 abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here to tell us who they are. >> reporter: diane, u.s. law enforcement and intelligence officials tell abc news that as many as 100 people in this country are under active surveillance tonight as potential terrorists, and there are just as many who have signed and have left america. it's a kind of american brigade. they come from small

abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross has a surprising turn in this story. >> reporter: he came from alabama with jihad on his mind. >> waiting for the enemy to come. >> reporter: the state department said today it was working to confirm reports of the death of omar hammami. >> try to blow up and get as close as we can and kill as many as we can. >> reporter: the 29-year-old american citizen had a $5 million u.s. reward on his head. >> one of the things that we seek for in this life is to die as a martyr. >> reporter: considered so dangerous by the fbi because he lead and recruited other americans to the al qaeda group in somalia and urged attacks on targets everywhere. >> he's alleged to have made significant contributions to the terrorist organization's media and military activities. >> reporter: he grew up in the small alabama town of gaffeny, the son of a baptist school teacher and syrian father, in what he called the privileged life of an american child. school pageants, sports teams, prom dates. but by the age of 22, hammami had come to hate his country and moved t

more now from brian ross. >> kaem came from alabama. jihad on his mind.as working to confirm report of the death of omar. 29-year-old american citizen had a 5 million dollar u.s. reward on his head. >> one of the things that we seek for is to die as a martyr. >>reporter: considered so dangerous by the fbi because he led and recruited other americans to the al qaeda group in somalia and urge attack on target everywhere. >> l alleged to have made significant contribution to terrorist organization media and military activities. >>reporter: he grew up in small alabama town. son of baptist school teacher and syrian father. what he calls the privileged life of an american child. jeans about you school team prom dates but by the aim of 22 he had come to hate his country. had moved to somalia where he joined this group. >> started in afghanistan. >>reporter: his flamboyant video glamorize terror put him at odds with other group leaders who vow to kill him. >> my life may in danger. >> in the end marked by death by fellow terrorists. brian ross abc news. >> federa

abc's brian ross investigates who they are and why they are there. >>> assad's arsenal, can the u.s.eally trust the russian deal? can syria's huge supply of chemical weapons really be destroyed? >>> and fighting back, champion swimmer diana nyad talks to us about the skeptics. >> we did this thing squeaky clean. >>> and we do the math. could the current really have carried her that far, that fast? see the results tonight. >>> good evening to you. as we come on the air on this anniversary of 9/11 new worry about al qaeda.

brian ross is here with their questions. >> reporter: authorities tell abc news tonight that british police are even trying to obtain dna samples from the family of the so called white widow in the suspicion there might be a match with one of the bodies found in the rubble in nairobi. looks can be deceiving and at any time this one time british school girl, samantha lewthwaite is being called one of the most wanted and dangerous women in the world. >> samantha lewthwaite has been a wanted person for a number of years now. >> reporter: today's worldwide interpol alert seek to finds out if she was involved in the brutal attack on the mall. based on her known ties to african terror groups, a mystery whom who was part of the attack. kenyan officials reported all the attackers were men including some who dressed as women but counter terrorists say she has been actively involved in the al shabab group which claims responsibility. >> she has said she wants to die and martyr herself on behalf of the group. >> reporter: she grew up in a small town north of london and over 15 years time went f

abc's brian ross investigates how they're doing it. >> reporter: after four days of terror, unrelentingre able to give the thumbs up, the westgate shopping mall in nigh ronigh -- nairobi had been secured from the terrorists. at a great price, the president said. >> i report with great sadness that 61 civilians lost their lives in the attack. six security officers, also made the ultimate sacrifice to defeat the criminals. >> reporter: survivors tell stories of heroism. a new video showed this man, crawling to help rescue a mother and her two children. then running in a crouch to safety. the terrorists seen in this photo challenged hostages to recite the koran saying they only wanted to kill non-muslims. this woman told abc news correspondent she tried to memorize a muslim prayer sent by a relative in hiding. >> i was able to mem rye orize case they found me. >> reporter: five terrorists were killed during the siege with the president saying attackers and civilians are buried under the rubble caused by explosion. >> three floors of the westgate mall collapsed and there are several bodies

brian ross continues our coverage. >> reporter: u.s.ls estimate that as many as 50 americans have traveled to training camps in somalia and signed on as recruits to al-shabaab over the last six years. >> it is an extremely deadly organization, very well trained and one of the only al qaeda affiliates that has actively recruited here in the united states. >> reporter: just last month, al-shabaab posted this on-line recruiting video with three young men it said were from minneapolis and later died as martyrs. >> if you guys only knew how much fun we have over here, this is the real disneyland. come here and join us. >> reporter: another american, omar hammammi from daphne, alabama, rose to a leadership in al-shabaab until he was reportedly killed by rivals of the group earlier this month. >> one of the things we seek for in this life is to die a martyr. it hit u.s. targets, and officials worry the american recruits there could return home with that in mind. >> this is something scary. if you think about individuals who went and fought in

our team on the ground in kenya, and abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross right here. >n other news, will she run? tonight, the interview. hillary clinton and her most revealing answer yet about running for president. >>> the sunday surprise from the pope, talking about a god called money. right after urging the faithful to stop obsessing over abortion and gays.

abc's brian ross investigates. >> reporter: it has been a decade of unrelenting wildfires in a viciouses burned. thousand of homes destroyed. some 200 firefighters dead. >> this has been ongoing really for about the last ten years. each year it seems to get worse and worse. >> reporter: with the fire now raging north of san francisco, and the fire that went through yosemite two weeks ago, this year may become the worst of all according to the federal official in charge of fighting the fires, chief tom tidwell of the united states forest service. >> we are having just tremendous problems being able to control and suppress the fires we are having this year. >> reporter: and for the firefighters on the ground, including the so-called smoke jumpers and hot shots -- the ability to call in reinforcements from the air has never been more critical. yet an abc news investigation has found that even as the number of fires has dramatically increased over the last decade, officials in washington have allowed the fleet of large fire fighting tankers to shrink dramatically by 75%. and the 44 planes

with details on the terror attack here's brian ross. >> reporter: unrelenting, kenyan troops were finallye thumbs up. the westgate shopping mall in nairobi had been secured from the terrorists. >> i report with great sadness that 61 civilians lost their lives in the attack. six security officers also made the ultimate sacrifice to defeat the criminals. >> reporter: survivors tell stories of heroism. a video showed this man crawling to rescue a mother and her two children and then running in a crouch to safety. the terrorists, seen in this photo, challenged hostages to recite the koran saying they only want to kill nonmuslims. five terrorists were killed during the siege with the president saying more attackers and sill civilians are buried under the rubble caused by explosions. while the terrorists were ultimately defeated, the protracted worldwide attention on the attack may have been all they were after in the first place. >> this is a major success for them. this was a mission to kill and maim at a very high level and to receive the kind of attention that it has done. >> reporter: the

brian ross, abc news, new york. >> what is so dangerous about her, it is easy for her to blend in.e kenya or has or depending on what the deal is and she needs to blend in, she has done it before in 2011 when they were looking for her. police came knocking on her door and said, "i'm from south africa, a tourist and happen to be here." she showed the fake passport and they went on their merry way and never asked a question. >> even when she fled england in 2005. her husband in the subway attack was killed. she went out in the media, the police and everybody went to her and she said, "i'm appall ted -- appalled at the behavior. i don't support or condone it," and she disappeared. she is elusive and mysterious to say the at least. >> now they believe she has resurfaced ads one of the masterminds behind more than one attack, possibly even this one. >>> diplomats at the united nations have been working through the night about the plan for syria to get rid of its chemical weapons. the five permanent members of the security council including the u.s. and russia have agreed on a plan. the

right now, brian ross, we have seen reports of hezbollah perhaps planning retaliation against u.s.banon. the embassy evacuated. and these threats combined with the threat of a cyber attack. >> hezbollah is capable, they make al-qaeda look like junior varsity. but in 25 year welcomes no record of going after u.s. interests. and people we talk to -- >> you don't buy the new reports. >> i think more likely an attack on israel as opposed to the u.s. interest. that would be a different kind of attack. perhaps not just u.s. embassies, hotels, airlines that appear to be american could be targeted. for the most part, hezbollah has no track record of that. the cyber attacks, the syrian electronic army, which appear to be about ten college-age kids in syria backed by -- >> pretty sure they're in syria. >> that's what we're told by u.s. authorities, but they're not sophisticated. it's been disruptive, denied us marine dowd's columns, but not that sophisticated. >> more a nuisance. and you have come out with a report called countering violent extremism. and you write the achilles heel of ameri

brian ross is here with their questions. >> reporter: authorities tell abc news tonight that british police are even trying to obtain dna samples from the family of the so called white widow in the suspicion there might be a match with one of the bodies found in the rubble in nairobi. looks can be deceiving and at any time this one time british school girl, samantha lewthwaite is being called one of the most wanted and dangerous women in the world. >> samantha lewthwaite has been a wanted person for a number of years now. >> reporter: today's worldwide interpol alert seek to finds out if she was involved in the brutal attack on the mall. based on her known ties to african terror groups, a mystery whom who was part of the attack. kenyan officials reported all the attackers were men including some who dressed as women but counter terrorists say she has been actively involved in the al shabab group which claims responsibility. >> she has said she wants to die and martyr herself on behalf of the group. >> reporter: she grew up in a small town north of london and over 15 years time went f

authorities tellbc brian ross about a dozen young men is fighting in syria that has sworn allegiance to al qaeda. and recruits are showing up in africa. 50 young m, many from the minnesota area, have been tracked to the al qaeda group fighting in somalia. >>> and new worries over north korea's nuclear program. the north is restarting a reactor that could make weapons-grade plutonium. the photo shows steam coming from a reactor that was shut down six years ago. officials in pyongyang said in april they planned to restart that facility. >>> a protester has been arrested. pastor terry jones was taken into custody. they were heading to a park to burn nearly 3,000 korans. one for each victim of the 9/11 attack. >>> we should find out today whether a 22-year-old woman in montana will be held, pending her trial for the death of her husband. jordan lynn graham is accused of pushing her husband, cody lee johnson, off of a cliff in glacier national park. the pair had been married eight days at the time of johnson's death. graham has confessed, saying she pushed johnson during an argument. she

abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross on the trail of al shabaab tonight. brian. >> that's right, diane. al shabaab stands for the youth in arabic, and in less than a decade, it's gone from a local somalia guerrilla group to one of al qaeda's most potent affiliates with an unsurpassed ability to recruit, some 50 of them from surprising places. to the dismay of local officials, the twin cities of minneapolis and st. paul have produced more than 20 of the young recruits to al shabaab. >> i think it certainly is surprising any time you find out middle america has become a hot bed for terrorist recruiting. >> reporter: officials say most of the twin cities' recruits come from neighborhoods where thousands of somali refugees were resettled in the 1990s, and from minneapolis to san diego to maine, prosecutors have charged more than a dozen young al shabaab recruits with supporting terrorism including some recruited to go to somalia by a man working as a janitor at a minneapolis mosque. he's now convicted. >> the fact of the matter is that they leave with the inten

abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross tonight on the men and women on the fire lines and whether someone is letting them down. >> reporter: for the people who fight the increasingly frequent and deadly wild fires in this country, no sight is more welcome than the big air tankers that come in with thousands of gallons of chemical retardant aimed to slow down the spread of the flames. >> drop right here. >> reporter: but this summer in yarnell, arizona, with 20 hotshot firefighters battling an out of control blaze, officials asked urgently for six of the big tankers and none showed up. >> there was six air tankers ordered. air tankers are a rare commodity in today's fire world. >> so you ordered six and you got none? >> we got one committed, but he didn't get here. >> reporter: there simply were not enough planes to go around that day, the result of what an abc news investigation found has been a dramatic shrinking of the fleet from the 44 planes available just ten years ago. >> how many air tankers do you have available on any given day right now? >> eleven. >> reporter: t

brian ross, abc news new york. >>> shocking.much has changed from 9/11 from airport security to baseball games. ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming ♪ >> the san francisco giants took time before today's game against the colorado rookies to remember the attacks. police officers, firefighters and other first responders from the city appeared on the infield diamond as part of the ceremony. all ball clubs held similar remembrances. >>> officials at boston logan are apologizing after believe it or not, holding a fire drill on the 12th anniversary of 9/11. the drill included heavy block smoke and flames coming from something resembling a plane on the air field. people were shocked by the timing. the two planes that crashed 12 years ago, took off from locken airport. >>> at&t is apologizing after a 9/11 related tribute that many found to be in very poor taste. the twitter postaid never forget and featured this photo of the new york skyline with a smart phone showing the area where the twin towers stood. one post

here's brian ross. >> reporter: they come from small towns and big cities.ws including, they say, a man who lived here on this road in phoenix. 30-year-old eric haru was in the u.s. army on the day of the 9/11 attacks. this year he became one of a dozen americans who authorities say are fighting in syria with a group that has sworn allegiance to al qaeda called al nusra. >> he says his son fell in with the wrong people. >> the furthest thing from a terrorist that there could be. >> reporter: lured back to the u.s. by the fbi, he will soon stand trial on charges he helped al qaeda. >> that's the most disturbing thing, to see an american switching side. >> reporter: alleged american recruits to al qaeda are showing up on hot spots across the middle east. at least 50 young american men, many from minnesota have been tracked to the al qaeda group fighting. >> reporter: a small man from daphne, alabama, became a top commander. >> our main objective, one of the main things we seek for is to die a martyr. >> reporter: along with men from walk can i shaw, wisconsin,

immediately brian ross suggested it's tea party in aurora attack, they suggested it was the tea partytime was sarah palin. the time squares bomber, immediately they said it was the tea party. the discovery channel hostage take issue, some kind of conservative reform group. the goo who flew his plane into a building, he was a tea partier. so they do this immediately, blame a conservative. even if it's a mass murder. and every one of those examples, can you remember every one of them and ever a media entity taking it back? >> neil: that's not going to happen. wound thing -- one thing i'm amazed, the sequestration cuts. talk about the gift that keeps giving. you can always fall back on that for any bump along the road, and just say, well, if not for that, we -- well -- >> the sequester that president obama came up with, everybody talks about the details of sequestration but people fall back on that and they do that because sequestration, spending cuts, the government not spending enough money, whether it's flooding ago their nave ya yard. it's a escapeboat. we are talking about a failure

>> ten minutes, absolutely. >> reporter: brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> a moment of bipartisan harmony highest honor to the victim of an attack the nation 50 years ago. the family of four girls killed in the birmingham church bombing accepted the medal of their behalf. the bombing by white supremacists helped to spur the passage of the civil rights act in 1964. >>> diana nyad defending her 110-mile swim from cuba to key west saying she did it in "squeaky clean, ethical fashion." her critics have requested her speed. nyad and her team said her speed was a combination of her propelling herself and a favorable current. she said claims by her doctors that she went seven hours without eating or drinking were mistakes. rare mentions of soccer here on "world news now." first of all, the u.s. men's national team qualified for next summer's world cup in brazil. >> look at the screen if you are not looking. a high school game in new jersey. the kid does a flip on a throw in. yeah. the ball hits the goalie's hand and goes in. it's a goal, and it counts. >> full credit for andy gordon from hackens

here's abc's brian ross. >> reporter: he came from alabama with jihad on his mind. >> state departmentng to confirm the death of omar hammami. >> kill as many as we can. >> reporter: the 29-year-old american citizen had a $5 million u.s. reward on his head. >> one of the things that we seek for in this life of ours is to die as a martyr. >> reporter: considered so dangerous by the fbi because he led and recruited other americans to the al qaeda group in somalia and urged attacks on everybody. >> he has made significant contributions to terrorist activities. >> reporter: he grew up in daphne, alabama. the son of a baptist schoolteacher and syrian father with what he called the privileged life of an american child. school pageants, sports teams, prom dates. but by the age of 22, hammami had come to hate his country and moved to somalia where he joined a group called al al-shabaab. >> it all started out in afghanistan. >> his flamboyant videos glamorized terror, including this rapper called a jihad, and put him at odds with other group leaders who vowed to kill him. >> i feel my life may

here's our chief correspondent investigator brian ross. >> reporter: this one-time british schoolgirlewthwaite is being called one of the most wanted and dangerous women in the world. >> samantha lewthwaite has been a wanted person for a number of years now. >> reporter: worldwide interpol alert for samantha lewthwaite comes as authorities in kenya seek to find fought she was involved in the brutal attack on the westgate mall. based on her known ties to african terror groups and eyewitness accounts of a mystery woman who was part of the attack kenyan officials had earlier reported all of the attackers were men, including some who dressed as women. but counterterror experts say the 29-year-old samantha lewthwaite has been actively involved with the al shabaab group and the kenyan offshoot that claimed responsibility for the mall massacre. >> she said she wants to die or martyr herself on behalf of that group. >> reporter: samantha lewthwaite grew up in a small town north of london. in over 15 years time went from schoolgirl to party girl to wife of one of the terrorists who carried out

and brian ross is here with the very latest. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, josh. british police will be seeking dna samples from the family of the so-called white widow, samantha lewthwaite, according to officials. the point is to see if the dna matches with any of the female bodies discovered in the rebel in the westgate mall in kenya. overnight, a global arrest warrant for the 29-year-old lewthwaite, now one of the most wanted women in the world. >> samantha lewthwaite has been a wanted person for a number of years now. >> reporter: authorities in kenya have no hard evidence of her involvement of what happened here. but they're seeking to see if she was involved in the brutal attack. based on her known ties to african terror groups and eyewitness accounts that a mystery woman was part of the attack. >> it was a woman throwing a grenade at us. >> reporter: counterterrorisms say lewthwaite has been involved with the al shabaab group that claimed responsibility for the massacre. >> she wants to die or martyr herself on behalf of that group. >> reporter:ewthwaite gr

abc's brian ross is in chicago with the latest development. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, robin. i'm in chicago in the hunt for that stolen baby. he would be a middle-aged man now. and as part of a special "20/20" report i'm working on with barbara walters, artists had created an image of what the stolen baby might look like today. this 49-year-old man may not know it. but he could help bring to an end a decades' long mystery, if he is alive, that is. it was 1964, at the michael reese hospital in chicago, that a 1-day-old baby was stolen out of his mother's arms by a woman posing as a nurse. >> are there suspects here in chicago you're going to question? >> reporter: the fronczaks thought their prayers were answered a year later. the boy in new jersey seemed to match their missing paul. they took him home, adopted him and raised them as their own. but as paul fronczak grew up, he thought he was different. and this year, dna tests proved him right. he was not the stolen baby. he's working with "20/20" and brad garrett, to find

abc's brian ross is here with that part of the story for us, good morning, brian. >> add this point this morning there's still no reliable information about whether any americans were part of the al shabaab attack team that hit the shopping mall but what is known lots of americans have joined up with al shabaab and have trained in their deadly tactics. wrt the plan was well-planned and well-coordinated. for the maximum loss of life. >> it's one of the only al qaeda affiliates which actively recruiting here in the united states. >> reporter: there have been about 50 recruits according to the u.s. officials from small towns and big cities across the country. more than half of them traced back to the twin cities of minneapolis and st. paul. just last month, al shabaab posted this online recruiting video with three young men who said we're from minneapolis and later died as martyrs. >> if you only knew how much fun we have over here. this is the real disneyland. >> they have a core of people, probably mostly young people, who are willing to give their lives for this. >> reporter: al shabaab

brian ross has been digging into this part of the story. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the kenyan foreign minister was in new york monday. and told pbs that two or three young american men were among the attackers. describing them as 18 or 19 years old and from minneapolis or another place. this morning, the fbi says they have not been able to confirm her claims. and there's no reliable information whether americans were involved. >> and the same foreign minister mentioned the possibility of a british woman being involved. >> reporter: she did. she said there's a woman involved in this. and the british foreign office has told us they can't confirm that, either. kenyan officials on the ground had told us yesterday that there were no women, but men dressed as women. these reports are contradictory. and perhaps the kenyan president will sort it all out at a news conference later today. >> an extremely aggressive group, as we saw there. and there's concern about here. >> absolutely, because what is known as a fact, many

and as abc's brian ross reports, not only have consumers lost the big fees they paid, but now, many riskosing their homes. >> reporter: thousands of homeowners have been put at risk, including the woman who lives in this house in poughkeepsie, new york. >> hi, ingrid, how are you? i'm stephanie. >> reporter: ingrid soriano contacted abc news. and the abc news fixer, stephanie zimmermann. desperate for help, saving the house where she raised her two boys. >> and it's been wonderful. so, i don't want to lose it. >> reporter: she showed us her documents and described how a firm called the rma legal network offered to help her get her monthly mortgage payments lowered for a fee of $2,800. so, you actually went out and borrowed the money. >> yeah. >> reporter: to pay them? >> yep. >> reporter: but incredibly, she says the rma legal network told her to stop making mortgage payments to bank of america. >> that's what they said. they said you need to stop making payments. >> reporter: it wasn't long before bank of america sent her a foreclosure notice. and the rma legal network, supposedly at th

abc's brian ross has that story. >> reporter: as freshmen arrived at the university of minnesota, thereband. remarks from the president. >> welcome to your new academic home. >> reporter: and a pitch to open a supposedly no-fee checking account at the tcf bank, with the university student i.d. also serving as the tcf card. >> i think as the first impression for a lot of students, i should get a tcf bank account. makes sense. >> reporter: but the pitches we heard during orientation, leave out that the tcf is not always as free as tcf employees describe. >> everything is free. no minimum balance. >> again, everything is free on the card. there's no minimum balance. there's no monthly fees. >> reporter: only if the students press or if they read the fine print, do they discover tcf charges could include a $37 fee for any overdraft. tcf said that the $37 fee doesn't happen that often. >> that's substantial for a lot of students, it really is. >> reporter: according to the fdic, half of young adults will overdraft on average, seven times a year, which could mean hundreds of dollars in added

. >> brian: i'll try to cover you. c.j. rosslear. ross was dozing off and she's going to take some time off. she's been doing this for 22 years. you think she'd be better at it. >>> check out this incredible goal. >> always on the move. that is stunning! absolutely stunning! >> brian: he had three. just one of his three goals. he's the fourth highest scoreer. they won 6-1. he makes about $122 million. very similar to the doocy contract. this is why you don't celebrate until you know the game is over. the players at skyline high in washington state learned the hard way. they blocked a game winning kick, but never downed the ball! instead, they ran to the side lines in celebration. the opponent scooped it up and ran for the touchdown the other way. they go on to win the game. >> elisabeth: oh, no. #celebrate too soon. >> brian: whoever celebrated too, so whether it's a marriage or anything else, i -- write us. coming up on kilmeade and friends, karl rove, congressman sean duffy, hemmer and mccallum. they'll be in their robes. they

ross stores, macy's and walmart. they could capitalize on some of those trends. and analyst brian to see if really those department stores continue to win back business from the specialty apparel retailers. and finally, we could see a good quarter for one beaten-down retailer. that is, of course, jc penney. the stock has been hammered, but this morning it said that it's pleased with its problem and sees positive comparable store sales trends in the coming months. now, everall, we think that the picture could continue, nippon does, to improve and has a $20 price target on this particular stock. so sue, jc penney, very much in the headlines, could even be more so in the fourth quarter. back over to you. >> i just can't believe christmas is that close. dom, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> ebay to buy payment gateway braintree for about $800 million in cash. this to strengthen paypal's presence on smartphones and tablet. 4.5% gain there for ebay. eli lilly falling after its experimental breast cancer drug failed late-stage trial. as a result, it will not submit it to the fda for

ross, global technical strategist, on the fundamentals, gina sanchez. rich, let us begin with the charts. the xli, an etf that tracks the industrial sector, what is the chart telling you? >> brian you know i'm a technical analyst. as such i believe prices drive the market, not the politics. right now prices are suggesting that the industrials are uniquely vulnerable to a decline of as much as 10s%. let's bring up that chart i'll show you exactly how i get there. now, the first pat than we see when we bring up the chart is the rising wedge. while prices are rising, it's actually a bearish pattern. the slope of those highs is declining. that tells us that underlying momentum is eroding even as prices move higher. that's a classic warning sign. second we get a false breakout from that bearish rising wedge. that's the signature of an impending reversal in trend. we could trade as low as that down around the big round number near 42s. i would be a seller of industrials in here. >> seller of industrials can get clearer than that. guess what they've been with the market doing pretty dog gone well lately. >> yes. i'm obviously a fundamental analyst and i believe that the fundamentals t

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