in terms of numbers, i don't think we ever reached a fair number, eek, okay i'm going to quit. but i think that we had to make sure that we're making money off of it so that i could quit and by 2012 we were making if you have money for sales and afilliates and instead of advertising on the blog so it's -- >> so like amazon so basically, my restaurant or something that i like and if someone buys it through my link then i get a small percent annual off it. they don't get charged anything represents a higher ticket value you will get a bicker competition. >> right. that's something which i'm very careful about. i only propose things i love and i don't want to be seen as like a -- >> you would guest. >> yeah. no. i mean they're of course if i have these great ticket item you are just careting to people who can afford it and so, you know, i really try to find things that people can afford and i find super useful and i promote it. >> i hate to be i think that's going to happen. it's not that yours, you won't be honorable. i think at some point people will say oh i remember when you w

but first let eek check in. >> this is a live look at toms river, route 37. you can see the roads are completely covered, blanketed in snow. earlier i was able to see a little bit of blacktop where the plow truck have been through. these are some of the cameras we'll continue to monitor for you throughout the morning. we have speed restrictions bridges at 35 miles an hour. new jersey transit has suspended service today. paco is on a modified schedule. but the kimlin line is suspended. >> snow has been falling for parts of the shore for most of the overnight hours. here's a look at the boardwalk along atlantic city a couple of hours ago. that's where nbc 10's matt delucia is right now. how are things looking? >> reporter: the snow is continuing to fall. i'll give you a look. the plows have been by in the past few minutes, but as you can see while we were driving up coating in many spots, but the?a had it happen with previous snowstorms where cars could not get down. they've become stuck, stranded. >> reporter: and back out here on the boardwalk, you can see th

i think they will eek some broad enabling legislation and try to limit debate sharply. i think they probably have republican support for that approach. certainly john mccain the new key figures of the republican side do not want to limb the president's hand in dealing with isis. >> schieffer: is there any good news on iraq and syria. >> i think the only good news is that the advance of isis, explosion out of mosul and iraq that seems to be threatening baghdad has ended. isis is now being pushed back, it's controlling the areas where it has a lot of people. but even in anbar province the u.s. is moving in apache helicopter gun ships several thousand eventually u.s. military personnel to aid the sunnis in that area in gradually pushing back. i'd say the good news is -- bad news has ended we're now in period of beginning to prepare for a longer fight. >> schieffer: where do we see this whole situation evolving in cuba gwen? >> that's one of the things that they will are going to discuss they want to have a word. also iran. what is interesting with cuba issues watching what

the dow eeking out a gain on friday. the s&p 500 and nasdaq ending in the red. second straight year they started out on a down note. the big items for investors this week the latest snapshot of the labor market with friday's employment numbers. >>> gm wants to help make it easier to shop from your car. the automaker will unveil new concierge features for the on star service this week at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. gm is partnering with dunkin' donuts and priceline to offer drivers special deals on the road. >>> this is no joke. a japanese restaurant paid more than $37,000 for 400 pound bluefin tuna at an auction in tokyo. tuna prices are down quite a bit from the past few years thanks to a successful fishing season. milissa, back to you. >>> just ahead, no joke. a u.s. city is about to vanish for 24 hours. >>> plus, did you miss it? how bill cosby made his way on to celebrity apprentice. you're watching "early today." [ female announcer ] a 3d white smile has the power to captivate. that's why shakira uses... crest 3d white with whitelock technol

ford, gm eek vogues wagon added a hit. they are sitting this one out on the headlines. the ad the don't sell cars but kia, lex i say and mercedes benz they agree they all bought ads this year. >> i love that commercial. i forgot about that one. don't miss adam on the fox business network. log on to foxbusiness.com/channel finder. >> it is 20 minutes after the top of the hour. this is the task no one wants to guess. what hospitals are doing to predict your death. >> a teacher brutally attacked inside his classroom. the reason this high schooler swung at his teacher. >> some hospitals are now administering attacks to estimate your chance of dying in the next 30-days. it considers 29 different criteria everything from blood pressure to your medical history. the blood test is supposed to help doctors decide if older patients should go home or go into hospice care. it should help to avoid unnecessary procedures and let patients spend their last days with their family members. look at this video it is pretty shocking. a 16-year-old is caught on camera grabbing and slamming a

and what does the presence of pet eek iowa in the eyes suggest to you? >> asphyxiation. >> asphyxiation, death by suffocation. detective angulo said he was sure he had gotten his man. had been suspicious since he talked to adam at the hospital. >> he seemed angry. i saw his jaw muscles clench. obviously disturbed, but it was strange going from being upset to angry. >> and where had adam kaufman been earlier that night? not sleeping, investigators thought. remember, his side of the bed looked to them undisturbed. but on lina's side, there were unusual smudges. >> the staining appears to be on the pillow itself and just below the pillow where the body would lie. >> they were stains from the spray tan lina got the previous evening when she wanted to look her best for seath kaufman's wedding ten days later. police seized on that evidence. and perhaps without tending to, made their case famous overnight. they called in a -- an expert a former chief medical examiner in miami-dade county. >> in your investigation, had there been complaints of seizures by people

they disappeared almost two eeks ago from grayson county in kentucky.'s mother say she got a text message from thunder daughter and the daughter asked for cash. she says her daughter may have lied to the boyfriend telling him she is 19 years old. >> i'm just afraid that he is going to wind up getting her hurt. >> sorry. it's just hard. it's really hard. the simple fact knowing my daughter is actually is in the world. >> her dow in world and we know he places she has been. they stole a truck and drove to south carolina, where surveillance cameras captured them inside a wal-mart store, as you can see supposedly buying stuff with the check that turned out to be bad. investigators say the pair ditched the stolen truck in henry county georgia, outside atlanta, but the teens may now be driving in another stolen truck, vehicle that when it was stolen had two guns inside. >> we do not want this situation to get any worse. our biggest fear is that they steal another vehicle and that a law enforcement agency will get in pursuit of that vehicle and obviously the o

on the hillsides peasants try to eek out a living on inferior land. the archaeologists speculate that this same pattern would have existed in ancient times. by surveying the hillsides they have discovered the homes of the ancient maya commoners. 3 meters and 80 centimeters. let's get it on the map. by mapping each house site they create a picture of maya settlement. over two-thirds of the population, mostly commoners lived in the hills far from the acropolis on the compounds of the elite who controlled the best lands. to confirm that the ancient residents of the hillsides were farmers archaeologists employ new scientific tools. using samples of mud from a hillside swamp, a picture can be taken of agriculture thousands of year ago. each of these microscopic flecks of pollen contains clues to their identity -- a characteristic shape for each variety of plant. the pollen reveals clear evidence of cornfields. so a majority of the ancient maya, like these farmers today tilled the soil to support the wealthy few. control of the most fertile bottom lands bro

more than 2 0 0 people are eek seeking more than $41,000 in restitution. >> a man escaped serious injury with he lost control of his car in mapleshade new jersey this morning. as you can see here the vehicle landed in a reservoir. it happened around 7 a.m. new mill road. officials say the driver was able to crawl out of the vehicle and climb on to the roof until firefighters arrived. he was hospitalized in stable condition. no word quite yet on why, exactly, he lost control. >>> in cherry hill authorities are looking for the person who put a bomb into a neighborhood mailbox overnight. police were called out to the 1200 block of sequoia drive midnight and investigators collected slarp until at the scene. they're reviewing footage are from neighboring homes. no word on any possible motive. >> time for a check of the accuweather forecast. meteorologist melissa magee. >> walter sarah get ready for the chill it settles in overnight and as you wake tomorrow morning. extra layers needed as you step outside. winds picking up as well. sky6 live in hd it's a nice shot of the center city sky line o

his name is mal eek bryant he wrote letter to santa asking for safety. response from president obama and here's msnbc's jermaine lee with how he touched the first family. >> reporter: when 13-year-old malik bryant wrote a letter to santa this year he only asked for one thing. it wasn't a new x box or ipad or bicycle. >> i would like to ask you something but first i'll tell you about me. i'm a black african-american and stand 5 foot 10. my favorite subject is math. i have two siblings. all i ask for is for safety. i just want to be safe. >> of all of the things you could have asked for, safety. it was safety in his hard neighborhood in the south side of chicago. >> that's the part where two people had got shot at. >> reporter: 13 people blocks from here. >> two hours before the shooting i was up there. >> reporter: does it feel like you literally dodged a bullet? >> yeah. i'm worried about losing my life for nothing. >> reporter: his letter never made it to santa but did land in the hands of another famous figure, president barack obama. after leading the

to australia where losses are extended at the start of the session. .5% down after a very volatile .eek australian dollar strengthening. heading over to new zealand, this is the picture right now. fractionally higher. kiwi.aland dollar, that japan closed today for coming of age day to celebrate those turning 20. a lot of responsibility, but you get to smoke and rank. we are counting down to the open in korea in about 30 minutes from now. let's stick with korea because after years of delay, south korea is finally launching a carbon-creating system. more than 500 companies will join efforts to curb greenhouse in 2020.ions by 30% >> they are starting today at korea exchange open. 525 companies will be trading. they have a quota of $1.6 billion -- 1.6 billion, the korea allowance unit, where one unit is equal to one ton of carbon dioxide. south korea is one of more than 30 countries that are implementing this market-based , includingal system countries in the european union, new zealand, and switzerland. one developing country status in the kyoto per call, which means they are not obliged t

france is just above flat and russia managing to eek out 1% of gains after aa volatile week. there wasn't that much move yesterday following the meeting. the u.s. dollar broad indexes come off over the last week from its gains in 2015 but of course that rally in 2015 has been more divided than it was for 2014. certain currency pairs bouncing back against u.s. currency strength. the yen 11788. it's come off it's lows it hit the back end of last week. 1.1299 at the moment. let's look at greek bonds. that's the story of the day so far in europe. across the curve 11.1%. yesterday the start of trade it was just below -- just below 10%. so quite significant moves on the tenure but the move versus been more pronounced at the shorter end of the curve. that's moved 1.5% today and the three years at 18.6. it moved 2.5%. so clearly the short end really under pressure pointing to fears of debt default in greece. what does all of this mean for the u.s. markets? >> we've seen a little bit of a turn around and we've seen it turn around again. the nasdaq was positive not too long ago but now

. >> so that type of interaction, seeing the judges, like someone, but delivered different kit eeks,that far this season. and something else you will be seeing more of this season, is two words: big sexy. that's right. i said big sexy. >> don't be confused by the rocks that i got ♪ i'm still, i'm still jenny from the block ♪ finish it! >> ♪ >> how you all doing today? >> we're good. >> this is a/k/a big ron, jenny, you can call me big sexy. >> okay. >> okay, ya. and you can call mike jerrick big sexy. >> oh, ya. >> you know what's amazing, once you heard him sing the song, he sang let's get it on. >> oh, good. >> the judges keith and harry laughed because it was just the situation between big sexy and j-lo. >> he made? >> he went through. >> oh, good. >> that's the thing, guys. we talked about this earlier. these are people that are great on camera. right? great voice, interacting with the super mega stars. also a little bit different. so i think that's the difference this season. they're finally figuring out. by the way the show that was on after american idol, also, it is called em

. >> but that oil already exists that pipeline will transport it doesn't it eek logically make sense versus, i don't know the other ways it will be transported if that pipeline is not there? >> no i'm not so sure that the oil will be transported, number one, because especially now with the price of oil going down it is much more expensive to take it by rail and truck thain through the pipeline but i think the congress of the united states and the president have got to be clear in siding with the scientific community and saying we have to transform our in system away from fossil fuel not to increase the exploration and transportation of dirty oil. >> let me take you, senator, if i could to last week's terror attacks in france. what do you think the u.s. response should be to make sure it doesn't happen here. you know there's a lot of nsa discussions here and maybe people are changing their thoughts and pins. and i think we have got to do the best we can in a myriad of way toss protect the american people and be aggressive in going after terrorists. >> and how do you go after the terro

and powered by running back ez eek yell elliott. marcus mariota fought back. score 42-20. >> the ohio state buckeyes the first national champions of the playoff era. lebron james cheered with a tweet calling elliott a beast. hard to deny. >> four touchdowns national champion mvp. how do you feel? >> i can't describe this in words. so happy for me and my brothers that we were able to accomplish this. >> reporter: seems everyone was caught up in the excitement. >> nbc's craig melvin thank you so much. >>> senator marco rubio is the latest politician out with a new book. other authors that could give a glimpse what the white house could look like in 2016. >>> first, this incredible image from yosemite national park where two free climbers are trying to become the first people to successfully climb the summit to the famous el capitan. they're using only their hands and feet to make the climb. they have ropes to catch them if they fall. they have been at this 17 days now. you can see the tents they're sleeping in rigged to the side of the mountain. my question, how

state and when they make their videos and publish online magazines, inspire in case of al qaeda and deb eek in the case of the islamic state and they make clear what they do is in obedience to the sharia. they don't mince words on that. and neither do the imams, jim chowder is one that comes to mind that talks about this. but they are unified by this ideology. so it is a unified ideology that we face. secondly, because muslims work at the world -- those faithful to sharia look at the world as having products, the dar al islam. that is where sharia is enforced. dar el harb are the places where it is not. therefore under the law, muslims who follow the jihad are obligated to try to conquer the part of the world not under islamic law and bring it forcibly or by stealth or guile under the unified law. and that means that enemy,s, we sometimes perceive as discrete and separate, the sunnis and the shiites, for example, on this issue rand at the rack row level can -- at the macro level can be unified. they do work together. and iran, a jihadist rate by its own constitution was instrumental in assi