when blockbuster emerges from bankruptcy, billionaire investor carl icahn and his hedge fund partners will be in control of the company. and finally, in this tough economy, even santa could use a little help during the holidays. and luckily for him, many people are in the giving spirit. take chicago for example. every year the u.s. post office there asks the public to help santa provide gifts to needy kids. but as diane eastabrook reports, this year children aren't the only ones writing to santa. >> here you go, merry christmas. >> reporter: this is the santa most of us know. but isabella chiov ari is santa too. she's playing st. nick for two little girls she doesn't even know. >> i just bought them some clothes and pajamas, and some toys-- you know, something fun. >> reporter: every christmas, the chicago post office invites the public to respond to thousands of letters to santa from needy kids. but this year, many of the letters are from adults who've lost jobs and are seeking help for their children. maureen shanahan and her mom picked out one such letter. >> mario is developmental

. >> and with a well, co- founder, steve case, and carl icahn.aking the pledge are 57 people. also, david rockefeller, and ted turner, and lumber, and george lucas. and bloomberg. --and with more millionaires to hopefully sign on. >> and a walnut creek 6 80/24 split. headlights = south. and a bit better of the other side in san francisco, the chain's bridge. you can see the normal congestion and it is just crawling on the lower deck. also, just crawling along. week will be back, much more news, ahead. live, from the bay area's news station this is kron 4 news of 4:30 >> our big store, new details tonight about the near drowning of a toddler in a fountain at the san francisco hotel. investigators told kron 4 haaziq madyun about where they're focusing their efforts now.

the new offer comes in at $5.50 per share from icahn enterprises and investor carl icahn. tonight's close is above that offer though, indicating expectations of another offer. and that's tonight's "market lots of us are looking to wrap holiday presents, paper and packaging companies had a disappointing november. box shipments were up only one tenth of one percent and inventories were up. usually they fall in november. here's a trio to watch. hey all sold off of their share price. they prepare to start the only rare earth mine in the u.s., that would be located in california. that is tonight's market focus. >> tom: the "time magazine" person of the year is the founder of facebook, mark zuckerberg. facebook is a private company, but tonight's "street critique" guest thinks she has a way to profit from social media. she's hilary kramer, editor at gamechangerstocks.com. she joins us from the nasdaq. nice to see you. you've got a trio of social media plays. let's go little to big, because you've got a micro cap you begin with. super media, only $130 million market value, used t

i have not heard carl icahn very say anything about me i'm not sure he may have said anything of this kind because he is very pleased with my work and we have closely cooperated with each other he has always encouraged us and has taken an active part in the fight against narcotics i have always worked in a transparent way clearly and precisely there have been no accusations against me and my work is transparent for the first time in history the russian diplomat has had in the united nations office on drugs and crime what difference do you think will his appointment make to the war on afghan trott's the fluid. united nations drugs and crime office is an independent organization within the u.n. it's up to him to lead it we will wait and see how efficient his work will be we hope to work together and with good results. u.s. general says that president karzai is the missing link in the war on drugs in afghanistan that his inaction has allowed herin flourish as his accountant aquatics minister would have to say to that. president karzai has been responsible in fulfilling his duties and the

i have not heard carl icahn very say anything about me i'm not sure he never said anything of this kind because he was very pleased with my work to have been no resistance against me and my work is transparent u.s. general says that president karzai is the missing link in the war on drugs in afghanistan that has in that action has allowed heroin flourish as his account of the cortex minister what do you have to say to that. young who president karzai has been responsible in fulfilling his duties and the results are there twenty provinces i told you earlier have been cleansed of opium poppy some progress has been made in other areas president karzai attitude to these problems is a very responsible i don't agree with what general mcneill had to say. according to the agreements reached before twenty fourteen the afghans will assume responsibility for security in the country i am sure when they've assumed as honored charge of their own country the efficiency of their work will grow at the same time i can assure you of the struggle against international terrorism on narcotic drugs is not a m

the comments of ambassador carl icahn. based on the wikileaks information. among his a cable: president karzai paranoid, week, and unfamiliar with the basics of nation-building. dick guest: of those are strong words. i think those were issued about a year ago. host: they were released yesterday. guest: they certainly do not reflect what i think has been some progress. not a huge amount of progress but some progress towards developing governments in afghanistan. first you had the operations designed to in a small scale clear space held by insurgents and to move government personnel in. the difficulty of providing personnel has been applied in kandahar. it is too early to tell whether that will work. the operation in the kandahar which is much more populous than the other regions will provide yet another reason to grant the capacity to roll in the civilian capacity by themselves. there is a part of the interim process that the karzai government has been going along with. it needs to develop over the next couple of years. we cannot be evaluating this every thre