>> i think they will be dominant for a while, but i don't think they will be dominant forever. >> do you see one or the other becoming dominant? >> it is always difficult to judge this, but if i had to pick one, i do tend to think of google as the one that is on an incredible arc at this point. >> why? >> the core search monopoly is powerful. they are trying to extend it into all these other areas. >> their monopoly is exploring so many different things, robotics, google glass, self-driving cars. what kind of project are you most excited about? >> i think self-driving cars is going to change transportation maybe as much as much as the development of the car itself. >> you compare compelling startups to cults, should they be like cults? >> they should not be like but there is always an intense understanding that something is true that very few other people do. my friend, elon musk, believes that he has a unique set of ideas to motivate people there . >> something else you say is that a messed up startup cannot be fixed. why not? >> foundations are important. if you get some of the fir

can they continue to dominate music? >> i don't know that it's domination.hink there is enough room for all these platforms because people want to consume in different ways and there's so much content. >> you are also a tech investor. >> yeah. >> uber, pinterest -- how are you getting into these deals? what attracted you to technology? >> when i was in college, facebook launched. i actually e-mailed the creator of facebook, which was on the contact page. there was one profile picture and responded with eduardo salverin. i didn't know what it was going to become. i said we should build this thing. i still have the e-mail. mark has decided to bring in more schools. at this time, we don't want to bring in any more investors. >> you are making movies. "the giver." you are making tv shows. how is that different from making music? >> my mom isn't very impressed with anything i do in music. but introducing my mom to meryl streep as the headliner in "the giver," it's the best. >> how about "scorpion"? >> the same guy who found psy brought walter o'brien to meet me.

>> i think they will be dominant a while, but i don't think they will be dominant forever. >> do you see one or the other becoming dominant? toit is always difficult judge this, but if i had to pick one, i do tend to think of google as the one that is on an incredible arc at this point. >> why? >> they are trying to extend into other areas. exploringonopoly is so many different things, robotics, go glass, self driving glass, selfle driving cars. what kind of project are you most excited about? >> i think self driving cars is going to change transportation. >> you compare compelling startups, do they should -- should they be like cults? >> they should not be like colts, that is something that is anng, but there is always intense understanding that something is true that very few other people do. must -- in onee musk believes that he has a unique set of ideas to motivate people there to motivate his workers. a> another thing you say that messed up startup cannot the fixed. white is that? >> -- why is that? if you get the foundation wrong, it is hard to fix. >> can hp be fixed? >> i wou

in november 1960 the democrat party dominated texas. we had the new u.s. vice president, lyndon johnson. he was from texas. and democrats held all 30 statewide elected positions. the texas state legislature had 181 democrats and no republicans or no one else. and now everyone calls texas the red state. the book is really so interesting. i read it this weekend, i was on the road traveling, and i love how the book explains that for many years beginning in the '40s texas election contests were between conservatives and liberals. and to gain control of the texas party, the liberals needed to drive the conservatives out of the democratic primaries. and the texas liberals succeeded in gaining control of the democrat party. so it was the liberals in the texas democrat party who actually helped with the strengthening of the republican party by deliberately driving the conservatives from their own party. as wayne says, be careful what you wish for, liberals. and let's hope wayne also talks about the texas governor's race just last month when texas attorney general

the cold air will dominate the british isles. snow flirting across the mountainous areas in finland could be hindering the reindeer events. these are proofs that santa claus is getting ready for his trip. i hope you have all will wake up to your presents or christmas day. your three days in helsinki, minus 6 degrees. paris, 9, a little bit of rain. rome teens on christmas day. here across japan, we still have that really cold air dominating much of the northwest and the wintry pressure pattern will be taking shots. it will add up to 180 centimeters that we have seen. the pacific side will be remaining dry and tokyo will see double digits on our christmas day. i'll leave you now for our extended forecast. ♪ >>> as children around the world count down the hours until christmas, u.s. and canadian defense officials are using everything they have to keep a close watch on the northern skies. they are with the north american aerospace defense command and their goal is to track the movements of santa claus. >> are you going to track sant

let's get to dominic chu with a "market flash." >> let's see what is happening with the dow.ession highs after busting that 18,000 mark for the first time ever just around the opening bell. leading the blue chips higher, chevron, boeing and coca-cola as well as dupont. the dow would be higher if not for a sell off in the drug sector. >> thank you very much. if you weren't a fan of drones before the navy's newest addition to the fleet dubbed ghost swimmer might change your mind. it is a self-swimming drone shark that moves by flapping its life-like tail back and forth. mark smithers, welcome. good to have you with us. how big is this drone? how much does it cost if you can tell me? and what are the obvious applications for it? >> the version that you are seeing there is about five feet. cost is still to be determined. and the main use of the navy's proposed -- you have seen on the video. however, there are a lot of uses for the under water robot that is sort of based on biology . >> this drone is camera equipped. i assume it has some sorts of teletry that it can listen and see

be maybe dominant or at least it seemed to influence the republican party. in the period after that, the center of gravity of the republican party moved towards the west and towards a part of the american population that did not have the experience of europe. and then also, the foreign policy that it represented was one of -- of gradualism and of understanding historical evolution and using it to the maximum extent. the classic american approach is that a problem is definable, can be expressed in a program, the program can be given a time limit and if you cannot do it that way, then somebody is violating basic premises of american politics. so the idea of bringing the confrontation of the soviet union to some colossal ideological conclusion. and it became dominant and it led to theatrical satirical debate about arm control issues which are similar to the 19th century there was an issue that caused that question about which only three people had ever understood it. one was dead. the second was in a lunatic asylum and he was the third and he had forgotten it.

dominic chu, thank you very much. >>> to the weather now. there is rain in the valley, rain in the mountains, rain in the city and traffic basically everywhere. this is video now of just outside los angeles this morning. sherman oaks, california right on the 101 freeway. with more here is the weather channel's carl parker. >> let's begin with the modeling and where we are now. you see all of that wet weather across the state. as we step forward in time we expect it will thin out a little bit this afternoon. still coming down there especially in the mountainous areas of central california, southern california getting a really good dose this afternoon. we will find another round into tomorrow morning in the bay area and more on the way for southern california as well. so easily a couple of days of wet weather here. overall it's going to be about one to two inches with pockets of three to five in central california and in the higher elevations there in southern california. and this is good news. it's not nearly what we need to end the drought.

bt already dominates the landline space. also been particularly impressive when it comes to broadband. they've been investing. they now dominate the u.k. also, they've got tv. they've been buying some of the sports rights. they want to add mobile to that. to make sure that you and i don't start hopping between various offerings. we won't leave bt to try sky. they want to lock us in by offering all four things. the ceo has really been driving this. what is going to be interesting is what happens with the other players. o2, what is now becoming clear is we could see , they couldampal be looking to buy whoever is left on the shelf. >> more consolidation. everyone hide is very excited. still to come, russia's most famous dissident spoke exclusively to bloomberg. he told us putin could be toppled in 10 years time. stay tuned. ♪ >> welcome back. time to talk a little bit about russia. channeling vladimir lenin -- or putin? from the homewn where the leader of the bolshevik revolution planned the overthrow of russia's tsarist regime

as dominic was saying identify the losers. if you think, there is opportunity to sell them off, offset the gains, now there is a special rule in the tax code. even if you want to hold the securities for the long run, as long as you sell them and don't buy them back within 30 days you can still -- gerri: wash sale rule. >> exactly right on that one. gerri: there is a delay you need to make sure you're doing. one of the things i know a lot of people do and a lot of people here do, they have the fsa accounts. you set aside money pretax. they build all the money to pay for health benefits rand never use it and money goes away. what do you say? >> use or lose system. pretax dollars that goes into your account. supposed to pay for your medical benefits. show up on december 31st, haven't used it goes away. be proactive the last few days. look at that account. pay for kids medical and checkups. pay for reimbursements. use it or it is gone. gerri: a lot of people out there, they don't know about the 401(k) catch-up, if you're over 50.

the stories that dominate.he #eatenalive. >>> he button a suit and the snake was supposed to eat him alive. when the snake started to crush his arm, it did have did wrap around his head. >> a caption. i waited two hours just to see this. >> and somebody put in this picture of their dog, hey, discovery, can i have my own show? that's fantastic. >> there was a big buildup to it and it wasn't a whole lot. people say. >> 25-foot snake. >> compelling television. >> totally. >> a-listers, mingled to d.c., everyone from spielberg to lady gaga. five heroes and performing arts were honored. including sting, tom hanks. >> and gearing up as host of the late show, he had fun with that show's current host. ♪ >> thank you. thank you so much. not yet. [ applause ] >> that is fantastic. he takes over for dave next year. so not yet. the kennedy center honors will air later this month. >>> and finally, don't try this on your next vacation, which includes some scuba diving. >> this is diver jim abernathy and his friend, a 15-foot

the dominant form of employment or what's becoming the dominant form of employment in our economy todays contingent casual, precarious labor. without any protections, no security at the job. no fringe benefits. you're at the mercy of your employer and an economy that's in chronic flux. pensions have been stripped away. the social safety net has been shredded to a very significant degree. when you're faced with that kind of situation, naturally you have to think twice about whether you're going to fight back. >> what about this notion of, you know, i'm individual, i'm standing against the wave of history. i may have hard luck, i may be oppressed, but i can reinvent myself. that fable of american life is very powerful. >> it's very powerful. >> the business is infatuated -- >> yeah, every man will be a speculator and make it rich and do it on his own. that's a key thing. how do you get collective resistance in everyone dreams instead of their own individual ascent into wealth and power, and so that it's kind of like a fable of democratic capitalism. that's capitalism as a democracy of the

dominated by this fear. african-american men convicted of raping white women sometimes under very weak evidence and questionable cases. that narrative was part of the context that made it possible. >> when you look at the 200 plus on death row in alabama , are you fighting to end the death penalty itself? >> for me, the death penalty is an issue that has to be answered by asking that the question to people deserve to die for the crimes they commit but do we deserve to kill. in my view we do not have a justice system that is sufficiently fair to carry out the death penalty. we have a criminal justice system that treats you better if you are rich. a system that is politicized. politicized. we make a lot of mistakes. we have now had one innocent person exonerated for every ten. we tolerate that error. i do not think we should be executing people in this country with the kind of system that we have. i am also morally opposed, but to me you don't have to be morally opposed. >> who said that capitol punishment mea

by 1400, this was the city-state that dominated central italy.ut bankers and textile merchants were expanding their trading empires all over europe. over the next 100 years, an extraordinary interaction took place in florence-- the innovations of artists and architects, the excitement of rediscovering classical achievements, and the patronage of a wealthy commercial class. these key elements brought about a series of artistic and intellectual breakthroughs that came to be known as the renaissance-- literally the rebirth of learning and culture. in the church of santa croce, a series of frescoes painted around 1320 were to have a revolutionary effect on florentine painting. here, the great merchant families competed with one another to commission the leading artists to decorate their chapels. in the chapel of the bardi family, professor john white of university college, london, describes how these medieval images came to life. this is a franciscan church, and the franciscans were the passionate preachers of the late medieval world. they used their

at the point of attack it was complete domination last night. frank ward and collin kaepernick turning back the clock. the niners racking up 355 yards rushing against san diego. but their achilles heel all year has been the inability to score in the fourth quarter. for the second time in 49 years they failed to protect the 21-point lead after halftime. the play from scrimmage. mike pulling him off the tackle. runs over a pair of chargers defenders. the stiff arm for eric wettle. the burst of speed. 52 yards. he would go for a buck-58 for the game. the chargers needed this game to stay in the playoff hunt. and the 49 yards for six. 21-0 niners. rivers three picks in the game. third quarter. 28-14. kaep to vernon davis. vintage vernon here will not be denied. 63 yards for the score. but hold everything.

what's happening now because of amazon's dominance of that, of this business, amazon is able to exert ever greater power over the publishers. and so amazon, amazon is under pressure from its stockholders to produce ever greater returns to them. and so what the stockholders ask of amazon is show us more revenue. >> right. >> so the way they do that is they go the publishers, and they say show us more revenue. so they cut these deals with the publishers and that squeezes the publishers, and they end up squeezing the authors, and that makes it harder and harder for people to take the financial risks to produce the kinds of books that you enjoy at a festival like this. >> someone described it rather like what a chef does to a chicken, right? it cuts away, cuts away, cuts away until every piece of meat is stripped off the bone, and that's really the approach that amazon has taken. >> right. let me concede that amazon is a fantastic company in so many ways. it's a miracle that you can get any book delivered to your phone whenever you want it, it's a miracle that they're able to get books to

this is a very underexplored paradigm because the dominant idea that we have in the computer world is that computers are substitutes for people. that computers will replace people in one way or another. the palantir paradigm is much more that computers and humans are compliments. they're different, they're good at very different kinds of things, and the key thing to building a lot of great innovation is not figure out how do we get computer to replace bet how do we get computers and people to work together more effectively. a general template that can be used in different cop texts? >> host: have you worked with the federal government on these issues such as cyber security. >> guest: we worked with a number of the three-letter agencies in d.c. we worked with various law enforcement, various defense organizations in d.c. it's always a very long procurement soil to break into the -- procurement cycle to break in but palantir has had some traction and impressive results. >> host: why do you donate to republicans and you're a libertarian? >> guest: it's always hard to fully, whichize one'

thank you so much dominic chu there.dy, great minds think alike. >> very manly. >> what do you think? are you ready? >> i want one of those man crates, personalized whiskey glass. are you kidding me? >> and a canter. you can have bill's own finest wisk whiskey. >> i like dominic chu's sweater. i didn't want that to be misconstru misconstrued. he is the best dressed guy on cnbc. >> apologies. >> let's move on. we have gold prices closing right now. they were kind of all over the map today but it looks like they will finish higher. almost 2% gain here. it has been a tough year for gold prices. we can look at other metals and how they are doing for the day. silver, copper, palladium, platinum. copper is a bit lower but higher prices for silver, palladium and platinum. check on the bond markets. the bond market is open today. they are there. it is a full day just like for the stock market. as we know yields have been rising lately since the fed meeting of last week. the ten year is down today to 2.25. we have the five-year,

>> it's the law that dominates jury prudence. and every islamic state of that, that's their definition. but i would tell you the majority of muslims reject that but they haven't -- you know, the time in history that our faith is in right now i believe is the same as what christianity was in in the 17th, 18th century that our founding farthers, and that was a bloody revolution. we muslims need to reject that dak trin of jihad completely. and the only way to reject that is through a battle within the house of muz lime against the thee cats that are dominating 90% plus of the interpretations of our scripture across the world, including in the west. >> so why aren't they doing it? >> because journalists and media and government and thought leaders are giving us muslims a pass. we sort of are protect the as a minority here and can practice our state. and yet in the middle east they did reject it. you had egyptians stand 35 mil >> they rejected the jihad. >> and you know what? that's a great answer. so why is this government? why is th

dominic, great job. john, appreciate having you here. tomorrow, our user's guide comets with a look at charitable giving. we'll have advice on donating more than just money. all the details coming up tomorrow. and as gas prices continue to decline, some believe the timing is just right, just right to increase federal taxes on gas in order to improve the nation's infrastructure. that's the argument. here to weigh in is tax foundation president scott hodge. scott, welcome back to the show. so who has this idea? my understanding is that the law is something like 21 years old to. is it because it's so long in the tooth that, naturally, some democrats think we have got to boost it? >> well, there are two things at work. inflation has eroded the value of the gas tax over the last 17 years, so it's paying for a lot less than it used to when it was enacted. the second thing is that the federal highway trust fund is going under, it's in the red. they're projecting over the next ten years it'll be short about $170 billion. so that has a lot of peo

the old nuclear world, people used to talk about making sure you had something called excelation dominance, you could control escalation. not in cyber. in this case the president would seemed to have ruled out say bombing north korea. but i could imagine financial sanctions. you could even mansion countercyber attacks but you're into that escalation problem. gwen: and also into the problem of years trying to deal with north korean leaders who just do not respond to normal pressure, levels of pressure. >> that's absolutely right. so that makes you wonder would more financial sanctions even be effective? gwen: exactly. thank you, david. five decades of ice cracked this week as president obama announced he would restore diplomatic relations with cuba. setting the stage to heal and economic, hemispheric and political fracture so deep it took the pope's ininvolvement to bring it about. few noticed when the president shook hands with cuban president raul castro there at nelson mandela's funeral a little over a year ago. but we now know 18 months of secret talks led up to this week's announcement

a big change from the pac-10 has dominated meteorological autumn. temperatures are expected to climb above freezing. they have already done that. highs about 36. there will not be much movement. we have sunshine. tonight partly cloudy chilly and low down to 18. northwest wind continues to blow. in my other brand of cold air. cloud spread interest in may. could lead to some freezing rain or maybe even some ice pellets and extend toward morning. no rain fall tomorrow with a high of 36. friday some freezing rain at the start. rainy periods the rest of the day from heavy overcast. a high of just 39 degrees. i suppose the fact that we are in december giving 39, that is not a bad place to be. let's keep the freezing rain >> it will melt as temperatures go above freezing. really interesting. this forecast for later next week and the end of the middle part of the month. a big turnaround in the paddock. this could be the kind of warm- up that brings 50 degree temperatures in december. >> we like to hear that. i thought we were ready for that after this autum

while this man is a very dominant presser who belongs to a very dominant family. >> when we walked intoir cell, they greeted us, they offered refreshments, which we are not allowed to accept, but for me it was like being at the sopranos' house. it was just a very festive environment. it was a very social environment, but then you know that these people are capable of murder. >> abu ganin freely admits to the murder that brought him to rimonim. >> translator: it was an assassination. my cousin was murdered. and in our family, it's a custom that if blood is spilled, it needs to be spilled on the other side also, so the guy was killed. i am a bedouin. my grandfather is also a bedouin. our customs are very strict. you have to respect all the customs, even if it is to die for the custom. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> translator: no, no, it's very hard, because with us, we respect the elders. that's basic. they say a word, it's holy. the truth is, my family is certainly proud. i told you already, it's our custom. >> inside rimonim, the abu ganims have gained a reputation as a formidable

dominic's hard work could be seen on television.e and what i will remember most about him is how hard he worked behind the scenes to help other men and women in uniform. i lost count of the number of times he asked for help for something he was working on to for our troops which we gladly provided. he was thinking of how to make our service members lives even better. he took his own life on wednesday after developing serious health problems. 43 yea. dominic was a great friend, av" pate i don't knowing and -- pat and we will miss him. i am megyn kelly. this is "the kelly files." >>> this is a fox news alert. i am leah gabrielle in new york. a security advisor briefed president obama on an apparent hostage situation unfolding in sydney, australia. that from the white house official. the xicommissioner spoke he sai he is doing all they can to reach a peaceful resolution and situation is obtained. let's take a listen. >> look, i am not in a position to confirm any of that. my briefing to you is high level just to ensure they have the un

these juggernauts dominate in the u.k. they dominate in greece. they dominate in the nordics. been overexcited about the stock. it is up 37%. that is because the two have come together. there is an element, southern europe not doing quite so well. southern europe had a good half. they are still being a little bit cautious going ahead. they've still got to ride out how the economy goes forward. they say life is tougher for smaller eu from businesses, but clearly they say they are going well. the new ceo,es, says this is the moment in their history that they've managed to release their first-half earnings, and they say they are encouraging. >> the greek government called a snap presidential election last week, and the stock market slumped. lawmakers -- if the lawmakers reject the government's nominee, there will be a general election, in which the is expectedty party to win. elliott gotkine reports. just when greece thought they were out of their debt crisis, their politicians have pulled them back in. it begins with the revelation that the budget deficit is twice as big as prev

broken career not only to victory in 1968 but to creates a great coalition that exceeded fdr to dominatehe presidency 20 of the next 24 years. i have often told friends what nixon did in the 20th century is matched only by one other man, fdr who created the coalition that dominated the white house if you exclude eisenhower seven out of nine presidencies from 1930 to. let me tell you a little bit to tell this story as much as i can in a limited time we have available. the first words that i heard from the president of the united states were these, a buchanan, was that use throwing eggs? [laughter] he was just inaugurated delivered his speech coming up pennsylvania avenue and his limousine was showered with debris and rocks and aches and showed up at the white house and we were walking in that the secret service had put down the boards because it was so muddy and they said step of the board served. amin that is what he said. is that you throwing the aids? [laughter] but that incident is a day before for what richard nixon came into. to take over the white house with both houses of the medi

he will have to explain why he apparently violated military protocol by going upstream in a rebel dominated area dressed as a civilian and without his normal security backup. >> back in france, the presidential election is over two years away, but opposition parties are already gathering steam. the head of the far right party the national front, has just real -- as just one reelection for her job. she got 100% of party backing and will reach a second-round runoff in the 2017 presidential election. and nicholas sarkozy continued his climb back to power by winning the top spot in his conservative party, the unp. sexy want to the job, and he won the job, and now it's time to get to work. -- >> he wanted the job, and he won the job, and now it's time to get to work. he wants to rebrand the party by changing its name. but it's not just the outside that will see renovation. the very foundation needs to be overhauled, too. as of june, the unp -- ump was in need of being overhauled. there have been divisions within. sarkozy wants to get rid of the lines that have been drawn and unifying -- unify th

in a year dominated by revelations from edward snowden online privacy a top concern for many. with the infusion of smartphones the lines have been blurred between convenience and big brother. >> we are being watched pretty much all the time. the phone we carry the online service we use, especially if it is free. we pick up cookies. anytime we use our credit card, that activity is tracked. >> reporter: in 2015, what does a data-free day look like? first step, driving to work. as long as you don't use gps or satellite radio for entertainment entertainment entertainment, you're off the grid. key cards are sometimes required for entry. that's just the start of the work related data minefields we encounter. the standard office tools are just the beginning. when it comes to all the things we use our smartphones for photos texting facebook all of those create data trails that get sent back up to the cloud. don't use your credit card at all. every swipe translates to a new data footprint. the digital extends far into our personal life. netflix and rentals require personal information.

others will say, other scholars that it is 21st century economic dominance. how else do you explain it, right? it must come out of the imperial quest. well, the thing is, the interesting thing is i was writing this book which harvard press brought out just last year. i thought, my goodness, when you take off these glasses and the hearing device that filters evidence, you actually find that there's a lot of evidence, obvious evidence that argues against all of these forms of interpretation. let's take the first one. the u.s. is an empire because it expanded across the west. that does sound fairly imperialistic. especially considering the war against mexico. it sounds that way until you say, okay, what was the context of that? in fact, in the 19th century, this was happening throughout the americas. i like this particular picture because it shows what a crazy, crazy quilt latin america was after it declared independence. in fact what happened was there were 21 border wars, very similar to the u.s.-mexican border war in the hundred years following latin america

is the dominant force, but haven't been doing so well in asia.k at its third-quarter sales. we saw like for like drop almost 2%. heads are rolling. the ceo is to go as is the creative director. this is the biggest shakeup in more than a decade since the departure of tom ford. what is happening is, we are expecting the ceo di marco to be replaced by marco bit sorry. he was kering's luxury and leather goods head. before that, he led the jewel in the crown, the out performer in kering group. he became the head of that group in 2009. before that, he was leading the charge at stella mccartney. he knows all the brands very intimately. he's been tasked with turning around gucci. so far, the head of kering wants it as the most well-known brand. too flashy,allure, too many logos. the chinese want understated luxury. they are not meant to be ostentatious anymore. we've got a change in terms of ceo. ousted the creative director as well. there for several years. she has been leading gucci in terms of handbags design since 2002. she is staying on for her last

one is, it's a show of dominance, you know? if you have the power to shut your opponents up, you're going to use it. if you don't have the power, you'll appeal to free speech. the left, they may not have the political power, the legal power, but they have the cultural power. on the other hand, i think it's also a sign of vulnerability because they feel threatened by the expression of dissenting views. and i think we've seen that quite a bit particularly during the obama administration where, you know, all critics of the president are denounced as racist and so on and so forth. the other area in which -- i should say burnham did foretell that liberals might eventually abandon free speech, and i'll go into that a bit after i talk about the second way in which today's liberals are very different, and that is burnham said almost nothing about sex. now, i mean that in both senses of the word "sex. the roles of men and women in society and also in sexual relationships and sexual freedom and so forth. and there has obviously been vast