those that look at your attitude what you have done with payday lenders possibly equifax as taking a complete step back? >> what we've done over, there john -- >> major, excuse me. goodness gracious. used to be here. what we've done here is we've tried to figure out way to manage this bureau, this bureau is unlike any other federal bureaucracy, run by one person. right now me. it has almost unlimited access to funds. it has no accountability to congress, it is perhaps the most unaccountable euro or agency there is. we want to run that place with a good deal of humility and prudence, we're not being aggressive or pushing the envelope we're taking different attitude. >> again, how would you define consumer protection under your leadership? what does that mean? what will people be protected from that they should be afraid of? >> from fraud. >> garrett: payday lenders? >> things that are illegal. we enforce the law. we do not make the law. that's important distinction between my leadership and previous leadership of the bureau. we will not be making law. we will not be making stuff up as

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let's talk about equifax for a second.etting reports that the consumer financial protection bureau, headed by mick mulvaney, is pulling back on the probe into the equifax hack. they're pulling back on payday lenders. what's going on here? i fully understand that there are some republicans who don't like the consumer financial protection board, but this equifax hack, you and i talked about it before, this is serious. this affected 150 million americans. why would the board or this administration want to pull back on this? >> well, it's just astonishing to think that we have the largest data breach in history, almost more than half of adult americans, confidential, private information was exposed. social security, addresses, names, credit histories. this is disturbing and exposes so many people to the risk of identity threeft. why you wouldn't have the agency in charge of protecting consumers from financial, you know, kchaos, taking the lead, having the back of the american people, no the financial institutions, it is hard t

. >>> the equifax hack could be worse than previously thought. >> hackers may have acquired more personal data than envisioned. kendis gibson and diane macedo have techbytes. >>> the equifax hack worse than thought. >> hackers gained access to tax records and e-mail addresses in addition to social security numbers and birth dates. >> equifax revealed the data breach, 145 million records last year. >>> instagram is testing a screen shot warning. >> the feature will notify someone when they take a screen shot of their story. if a follower takes a screen shot it will she a camera shutter logo next to their name in the list of story viewers. >>> chinese police have a new weapon to locate fugitives, facial recognition units mounted on glasses. >> they're about to get a major test when millions of chie nice are traveling for their lunar holiday. be on the lookout. >> have a good day. >>> it's 4:49. peter rabbit throws blackberries at a man in a new children's film. i'm telling you that because it's igniting fierce backlash. >> imagine ending the misery of the flu in one day. apparently this is

according to confidential documents provided by equifax.e and issue data might have been compromised.in response to the breach, equifax has offered free credit freezes through june 30th. freezing your credit helps prevent new accounts being opened in ( marty ) amazon is getting ready to give u-p-s and fed-ex a run for their money. the company will soon offer a shipping service called "shipping with amazon". the service is part of a pilot program that will start in los angeles and roll out to other cities later this year. drivers would pick up packages from third-party amazon sellers ... and deliver them to consumers. it's the latest move by amazon to create its own freight and parcel delivery coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... we'll tell you about twin sisters who gave birth on the same day. ( marty ) here's a live look at kirkwood this morning... live look outside... san francisco embarcadero. (áco twin sisters in california gave birth to their babies just hours apart. and this isn't the first time they were pregnant at the same time

an investigation into how he n equifax is on hold. no subpoenas ordered. the bureau puts on ice on how equifax saves data. >> several cars burst into flames after a truck hit them. that truck holding debris from homes destroyed in fire storms. this morning, he ran into a wall of flames and saved others from a burning inferno. >> he is a hero. saved everybody's life here today. >> six people went to the hospital. >>> sky 7 was in mountain view this afternoon where a police officer on a motorcycle was hit. the officer went to the hospital. the driver who hit him is cooperating with the investigation. drugs or alcohol are not factors. >>> new at 11:00 a huge outpouring of support in pleasant hill for a high school wrestler recovering from a spinal cord injury. a fundraiser drew hundreds of people. >> reporter: with raffle tickets, pasta tickets and baked they could. ng money any way >> we love ryan. we are ryan strong. >> reporter: suffering a spinal cord injury during a j.v. wrestling match three weeks ago. >> we all feel bad. you know at the end of the day

the equifax that's where i'm in danger as well equifax did not install software for which there was a security patch patching a vulnerability that had been patched months before so they got hit with malware through a phishing attack four hundred twenty five million of us have our social security and personal information out there we are in danger of identity theft of the rest of the rest of our lives so equifax out of the goodness of their heart was offering free credit a credit monitoring services up until january thirty first now they have extended this all the way to to june you can sign up for this free credit monitoring it probably is worth doing but you should also sign up for a credit freeze they'll offer you a credit lock their own particular type of way of locking up your credit but it's not the way to go it's not as protected by law you want to do a credit freeze at each of the three major credit reporting agencies so even if someone does have your social security number they're not going to be able to access your credit yeah i hear radio ads all over the place for life lock

an investigation into how he n equifax is on hold. no subpoenas ordered. the bureau puts on ice on how equifax saves data. >> several cars burst into flames after a truck hit them. that truck holding debris from homes destroyed in fire storms. this morning, he ran into a wall of flames and saved others from a burning inferno. >> he is a hero. saved everybody's life here today. >> six people went to the hospital. >>> sky 7 was in mountain view this afternoon where a police officer on a motorcycle was hit. the officer went to the hospital. the driver who hit him is cooperating with the investigation. drugs or alcohol are not factors. >>> new at 11:00 a huge outpouring of support in pleasant hill for a high school wrestler recovering from a spinal cord injury. a fundraiser drew hundreds of people. >> reporter: with raffle tickets, pasta tickets and baked they could. ng money any way >> we love ryan. we are ryan strong. >> reporter: suffering a spinal cord injury during a j.v. wrestling match three weeks ago. >> we all feel bad. you know at the end of the day

second question this cyberattack against equifax expose o personal information of more than 145 million americans especially thin that has a credit history and i recently sent a letter urging the ftc to broaden its investigation of the equifax in response to reports indicating that the director of the office of management and budget had directed consumer financial protection bureau investigators to pull back from their investigation. mr. simon what is the role in conduct this investigation and are you committed to advancing it? >> so senator i don't to prejudge any existing matter. but except to say that -- on any major issue involved certainly any major issue involving data breaches i would expect commission to be all over it. you know providing and using the necessary resources and just being very vying is rows. >> okay. thank you. and then my third and final area is antitrust. i'm ranking along with senator lee chair the antitrust sub committee and judiciary and last fall i introduced merger enforcement improvement act and competition promotion act to enhance the ability the of angst

the equifax breach may be worse than originally suspected...cki) personal information including tax i-d's and drive's license details may have been exposed. more than 140-million customers have been affected according to confidential documents provided by equifax. the new documents show license state and issue date might have been compromised. the original list of vulnerable personal information was never intended to represent the full list of potentiality exposed information. the new documents now raise questions of how much information hackers may have accessed in equifax's cyberattack. (grant) apple's new smart home speaker hits store shelves... today. the tech giant's "home-pod" speaker goes head-to-head with other smart speakers on the market, including amazon echo and google home. apple's device can play music and podcasts, as well as read you the news. another feature is to control other devices in your home through apple's "siri" voice assistant. the price tag -- about 350-dollars. (vicki) amazon is getting ready to give u-p-s and fed-e

the equifax debate breach hata to significant losses for financial institutions. we need to look at the whole picture, including harms that happen to consumers. >> there are consumers. >> there are various areas where the ftc in this new era needs reinvention. and that's one of them. another seems to me to be drug pricing and drug shortages. every member of this body i think is in favor of making drug prices more affordable to consumers. the president has talked about it. and yet every other day seemingly there are reports of a drug or a device being marked up by 200 or 300%. i am co-sponsor of legislation titled improving access to affordable prescription drugs act that directs the department of hhs and oig and the ftc to work together to create a task force that would try to reduce the costs of prescription drugs. it is only a beginning. there needs to be vigorous and strong enforcement of our antitrust laws against the consolidation that has occurred in that industry, as well as others. and with all due respect, ms. wilson, in the airline industry as well. if w

the push to make equifax give consumers more protection.ands the credit bureau is facing. and next. the east bay rattled awake by a swarm of earthquakes... why experts say it is happening. ((lawrence tease))i'm kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow.coming up, i will take a look at your 7 day forecast. details are right after the break. an unwelcome wake up call for many east bay neighbors. after a series of small quakes ... rattled people from their sleep early this morning. (steve) people living in and around danville were the most effected by four jolts. kron4's maureen kelly talked to a seismologist from u-s-g-s who says there's been quite a bit of activity in this area over the past several days. here at the u-s geologicial survey in menlo park....they are calling all of this seismic activity in and around mount diablo a quake swarm. here's a map of this morning's quakes.starting with a 2-point-8 quake just after 130 am.followed by three others three hours later....measuring 2-point-6, 3-point-0 and 2 point 9, all within seconds. b

the ftc faces significant challenges in today's day and age the massive data breach at equifax highlight the serious issues we face with acuity and proliferation of consumer data in our economy and society and consumers including senior citizens and military families continue to be targeted by scammers and record high equity market valuations with the outlook for global growth and the yield curve suggests sizable m&a activity will occur in 2018 and perhaps beyond. at the same time, small business starts are hovering near a 40 year low and all trends will require careful attention of the commission. in the private sector i have seen how both large and small enterprises serve consumers while responding to the demand and pressures of that competitive environment of capital and labor and other markets in my previous service i was proud to contribute to a benefited both consumers and honest businesses shutting down scams securing hundreds of millions of dollars of refunds for borrowers harmed by illegal practices to promote greater competition with the student loan refinance market. if confor

documents given to the senate banking committee show that equifax not only exposed the names, social security numbers,i h dates, addresses, driver's license numbers, and credit card numbers of more than 145 million people, but tax identification numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, and credit card expiration dates were also cessed by online criminals. >> sreenivasan: finally tonight, we remember veteran actor reg e. cathey. he is best remembered as norman wilson from hbo's "the wire," and freddy the barbeque owner on netflix's "house of cards," a role that earned cathey an emmy in 2015.t he circumstances surrounding his passing have not yet been 59de public. reg e. cathey waears-old. that's all for this edition of" pbs newshour weekend." i'm hari sreenivasan. thanks for wooching. have anight. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. cheryl and philip milste family. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos andgeiana t. s. the j.p.b. foundation. the anderson

they want the company to continue providing free credit -- after the data broach, equifax offered one year of identity protection. equifax's only chief information security officer told officials last october there's a good chance the hackers would use that strategy. >> how is this for a nontraditional wedding. a bay area couple said i do with a cannabis-themed affair. >> jonathan bloom spoke with the bride whose reception may be a sign of the times in california. >> cannabis has come out of the shadows in california. 12 years ago when danny walton met her husband zack, things were different >> we both deal with health issues. cannabis has gotten us off all the prescription medications. >> it was the plant that brought them together. >> we wanted a cannabis-themed wedding. before it's like, are we going to be able to do this? would it be legal? >> once it was legal, awesome. this is our time. >> danny works at the largest cannabis dispensary. it wasn't too tough to get the supplies. >> my groomed men had bud butte nea boutonnieres. >> danny promised it would have class. high class. >>

. >>> it has been six months since equifax has breached americans.not checking credit reports. half of u.s. adults have not checked the reports since the hack. through equfequix -- equifax. if you see an unexplained drop, it could be a red flag. your credit report is the best insight into fraud. you can request a credit report from each bureau for free once a year. there are three big bureaus. check every four months. you can order yours on this web site. i was surprised more people were not freaked out about that breach. >> i think not enough people do what you just instructed. >> once you find out -- some of the things that happen to people. getting another mortgage on your house. how would you like to go and try to sell your house and find somebody else has taken money out? that happens. >> terrifying. >>> the decision to send ivanka trump to the olympic closing ceremonies is not going over well with some inside the white house, including the chief of staff. we're live in seoul next. >>> the decision to send ivanka trump to south korea for the clo

apparently not because he was on the side of equifax when he wasn't on the side of wall street, when he wasn't on the side of payday lenders, when he wasn't on the side of scam artists and maybe he's on the side of all of them. but apparently he thinks it's more important to protect the corporations that let it happen rather than protect the american people he's supposed to serve. i guess we shouldn't be surprised. once again mick mulvaney and this administration are making it clear whose side they are on. over and over they side with wall street, they side with the largest corporations. they side with companies that shut down production and mansfield, zanesville and move their companies overseas. they said with them instead of hardworking americans who are struggling. we see the consumer bureau with mulvaney's protecting corps interests, we see it with other watchdogs putting americans at risk just to help wall street pad their pockets. understand, as you know, mr. president, that wall street, america's financial system has had a really, really, really good couple of years. even tho

the equifax security breach leaving lasting questions. >>> mark zuckerberg sold $357 million worth ofstock this month. he was doing that to support his other profit ventures with his wife. checking for the opening bell, there are no problems for facebook as the stock is still up. the dow jumped 200 points on the opening bell from this morning. coming back a little bit checking in on the numbers now, back up to 230 points, one full percentage point. facebook is one of the stocks that is up also with the famed stocks, facebook, amazon, netflix, google all back at record highs. the nasdaq and s&p hundred -- 500 are up. hawaiian airlines canceling flights between the bay area and hawaii. the plan to start service between oakland and hawaii in april was also scheduled between oakland and hawaii in may. it was also going to add an esther flight between san francisco and honolulu but they ordered the new jets to provide the service and those have been delayed from the company that makes the jets and there is word that boeing is working to convince the company to purchase its planes instead s

>> with equifax there is nor change of the previous position regarding equifax. >> okay. if you make these decisions you might as will loane them -- on them. >> good morning. >> about priorities thank you for negotiating the budget agreement with long overdue relief to the military you have been asked to do a lot with a little bit. thank you. t i cannot tell you how important it is we set aside the sick -- disgraced mom --dash that cuts for the future. >> so can you explain to the committee why that is important? >> it transfers control of this issue and that is a more efficient way with the south carolina state legislature i absolutely believe in my heart ofof hearts they know what is better in south carolina than we do in this chamber and the gramm cassidy bill goes to the heart of that to provide funding necessary for the states to do that. they say let's give to the states but don't give them the funding necessary to do that. so gramm cassidy does not do that so we think are different places that it is by far the best that has come down the pipe in a long time. >> i s

(pam) equifax will offer free credit protection deals for five more months.pany made its initial offer .... after revealing last year that personal information of more than 145- million people .... was exposed during a major breach of the companys' customer data.. that offer was set to expire tuesday, but equifax is extending it to june 30th. experts advise consumers to also freeze their credit at the other two credit bureaus -- experian and transunion.. that action may still carry a fee. (steve) the fortune of ikea's owner... will be dissipated...following the owner's death. ingvar kamprad's $58 point seven billion... will be dissipated... because of a unique structure he put in place...to secure the long-term independence and survival of ikea. kamprad's heirs now wont have direct control of the firm. they will have a more meager fortune derived from a family owned group...worth $10 billion. kamprad passed away at the age of 91. coming up at eight.. staggering new numbers show .... a record toll of destruction from california's deadly wildfires. plus a man w

. >>> hackers are accessing more personal data from he can -- eq equifax than previously thought.s coming up at 6:00 a.m. with our human lab date night. and a meal you can serve for brunch lunch or late night supper. >> almost quinn -- win the -- quintuple five. might see leftover rain in the morning. it is soggy out there and getting down to 44 degrees. >> lasalle university marked the passing of a former nba player attended roman catholic high school drafted by the heat in 2002 and played in various teams across the nba for 14 years he was 38 years old. >>> a ceremony that was held in smyrna delaware, they honored the life and legacy of stephen floyd who was killed during inmate uprising at the correctional facility a year ago. the rest of truly understand what it meant to be a correctional officer. you really understand what it means to face danger everyday and all day long. >> you can see that both other officers and dogs were out there, not even with an umbrella showing their support and respect. >>> a mem was unveiled during the ceremony. governor carney thank all the correc

the bureau has also paused plans to test how equifax tests data. they remain under investigation by every state attorney general and faces more than 240 class action lawsuits. >>> happening today a plan to eliminate criminal justice fees in san francisco that unfairly target poor defendants. president london breed plans to introduce legislation today. she says san francisco would be the first city in the country to wipe out criminal justice fees keeping people buried in debt and poverty. they can amass thousands of dollars per person. breed will be at a news conference at 11:45. >>> the rising cost of doing business in san francisco is not only taking a toll on small businesses but contributing to blight. abc 7 news spotted dozens of shuttered storefronts along market, church, and castro streets. some have been closed for years. to curtail longtime vacancies the city is considering fines or penalties against commercial landlords. >> i think that the amazon of retail has taken a toll on small businesses. >> monthly rents can range from $5,000 to $50

. >>> lawmakers are earthquaking equifax to extend the timeline of its free credit monitoring servicend identity theft protection for at least three years. equifax has offered up to one year of protection following its massive data breach last year. >>> there is a new scam targeting amazon customers who try and get customer service on the phone. they are posting phony amazon service numbers that show up in online searches. when someone calls a fake number, the scammer asks for personal information like a bank account or credit card details. amazon says don't fall for it. use the "help" section on the website. >> we understand mcdonald's is bringing back an item after a customer backlash. >> reporter: that's right. mcdonald's is bringing back its szechuan sauce. diners have been pining for it since the limited release in october sparked the lines across the country. they have launched a website named we want the sauce.com. they will announce tomorrow how much and where it will return. >> thank you. >>> a storm system stretching from texas to the midwest has triggered hundreds of car ac

i mean think about it with equifax.is a company that permitted the data of more than half of all americans in the country, social security numbers and phone numbers and addresses, names, every part of it to be stolen and out there. this is going to bea problem for american consumers for years and years to come. and what's their view? that the consumer agency should not even investigate, and no one else should either. you know, for me this is like the core of what's wrong in washington and particularly what's wrong right now in the trump administration. they believe that government should work for a smaller and smaller group right at the top. the most powerful, the richest, the biggest corporations. and everybody else you're just on your own. and if you get cheated, if you get stepped on, if someone steals from you, the answer is too bad for you. we've got to have a government that doesn't just work for those at the top. we've got to have a government that works for all of us. that's what i believe democracy is all about

its handling of the equifax investigation has also been called into question.own and dozens of other democratic senators sent mulvaney a letter -- pressing him on reports he rolled back the investigation into the data breach that put nearly half of america's private information at risk congressman bill huizenga and other republicans say the cfpb has too much power, and needs more accountability.rep. bill huizenga (r-mi): clearly, i don't want to see cfpb or any other regulatory agency slowing down any investigation into equifax. we just need to make sure it's the right proper agencies doing that. in a usa today op-ed, mulvaney said he's not gutting the cfpb -- but bringing common sense and balance to the agency. rep. bill huizenga (r-mi): look, he's not trying to dismantle it, and trying to right size it...trying to get it focused on what it should be focused on. huizenga and brown say the agency needs a permanent leader. sen. sherrod brown (d-oh): i want the person at the consumer bureau to be a cop at the beat for consumers. the white house has said the presi

. >>> still ahead on abc7 mornings, more trouble for equifax.that security breach last year was a lot bigger than the company had reported. >>> first as we head to break here's a live look outside from our walnut creek camera. a beautiful shot to start the day. >>> here a live look outside this morning from the abc7 exploratorium camera. a mild day on tap for the bay area. lisa breaks it down fours coming up in the ouk weather forecast. >>> new documents show last year's massive data breach of credit reporting company equifax was worse than the company originally reported. in september they said the personal information of 145 million consumers had been breached including social security numbers, birth dates and some driver's license numbers. newly submitted documents now show that criminals also accessed tax id numbers, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and more. time now, 6:40. lisa is tracking the forecast for us. some wind out there that you can see on some of the cameras. >> the cameras are shaking a bit. the upper elevationing seeing winds

(pam) credit bureau - equifax - will offer its free credit protection deal for five additional months. the company made its initial offer... after revealing last year, that personal information of more than 145- million of its customers ... was exposed during the massive breach of the company data. the free protection offer was set to expire yesterday, but equifax is now extending it to june 30th. experts advise consumers to also freeze their credit at the other two credit bureaus -- experian and transunion.. that service may still carry a fee. (grant) chipotle is offering a deal for super bowl weekend... the mexican restaurant and its delivery partner postmates... are offering áfreeá delivery of burritos and other mexican favorites during the big game... the offer will be valid in 40 cities where postmates operates, including san francisco. enter the code "chipotlebowl" on the postmates site or app to take advantage of the free delivery. chipotle has been struggling with its image after a series of food safety scares began to plague the company in 2015. (pam) coming up next... a day

an investigation into how equifax allowed hackers to steal personal data of millions of americans is on hold now. >> reuters reports the head of the consumer financial protectin bureau has not ordered subpoenas or asked for testimony from executives. the bureau has also put plans to test how equifax puts data on hold. >> head of lululemon resigned over misconduct. the ceo says he fell short of the company's standards but lululemon did not go into specifics. in a statement the company says they expect employees to carry themselves with, quote, the highest level of integrity and . >>> sonoma supervisors will consider a plan to give county workers who lost their homes in the october wildfires a financial boost. >> the idea is to let them cash out of unused vacation time. the fire damaged homes of 156 employees. a lump sum payment is a one-time only deal. workers would have to keep at least 40 hours of vacation time on the books. >> the alameda county sheriff's office has launched text to 911 to encourage people to call if they can and text if they can't. it does come with some important

. >>> last year's equifax data breach could have been worse than originally fought. more than 145 million consumers was accessed, including names, social security numbers, birth dates and addresses. some people had also had driver's license and credit card numbers taken. now the wall street journal and other sources are reporting e- mail addresses, phone numbers, taxpayer id numbers and expiration dates for credit cards were also taken in some cases. that's the first time many consumers may have known credit reporting companies had that information. equifax says it did not intend to mislead anyone. >>> now it's going to cost you more to get into the happiest place on earth. prices at disneyland in anaheim and disney world in orlando went up today. a regular one day and one park ticket has gone up $7 to $117. a regular one-day park ticket at disney world's magic kingdom in florida is increasing by 4 percent making it $123 a ticket. the new prices are reflected on the park's website. >>> gasoline prices are continuing to rise. february is when drivers typically see the

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the massive equifax breach exposed the personal information for as many as 145 million people....hy you should continue to monitor it now... (grant) 4 your money tonight... it's been almost six months since the massive equifax breach...exposi ng the personal information for as many as 145 million people....(vicki) cyber thieves stole names -- social security numbers -- birth dates -- addresses -- and driver's license numbers. and tonight a new report says half of americans haven't checked their credit report since the breach happened... here are some tips to make sure nothing fishy is going on... experts say make sure you're checking your credit report every four months... that is the best way to see if anyone stole your information... by law -- you can request your credit report from each bureau once a year for free. you can go to annual credit report dot com for a free and simple way to order yours. once you get it -- look for any accounts or late payments you don't recognize. (grant) pain at the pump... get ready to pay more for a gallon of gas... this is because crude oil cost

more trouble for equifax.t the security breach last year was a lot bigger than the company reported. we will explain. >>> first here's a live look outside from our >>> new documents show last year's massive data breach of credit reporting company equifax was worse than what the company originally reported n. september, the company said the personal information of 145 million consumers had been breached. it included social security numbers, birth dates, and some driver's license numbers. newly submitted documents now show that criminals also accessed tax id numbers, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and more. >>> the oakland coliseum dmv office damaged by flooding will remain closed for another week. thieves stole about 40 feet of copper tubing from the roof causing water to cascade through the ceiling over night wednesday. the damage flooded the office and it has been closed since. the dmv expects the office to reopen on monday february 19th. the highway patrol is look for the thief who caused the damage. >>> m

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. >>> if you are among millions of the equifax customers who had data hacked last year, the crooks may have more of your information then were you originally told, we will explain, chris. >>> all right, gray, coming up with weather, here it comes, rain is on the way and lots of it, could be some flooding out there tomorrow morning, details coming up in the accu weather seven day forecast. it's time, america. there's work to be done. it's not going to be easy. but there's grit inside of you. and if you need extra motivation, the grad fund at strayer university can help push you forward. because up to your last year of classes could be on us. that's right. on. us. today is the day. strayer university. let's get it. >>> all right. welcome back. thanks for staying with us at 9:11 this saturday morning. this is a live live look from spring mountain action cam. i can see it vice foggy getting ready for a soaker this weekend but according to meteorologist chris sowers, silver lining is that there is a little warm up. >> how is that a silver lining >> silver lining for those who don't like col

. >>> if you haven't checked your credit report since the equifax breach last year, guess what you're not alone. a new report says nearly half of americans haven't checked since that breach. near nearly one in three consumers who heard a lot about the breach still did not bother to check their credit in the last six months. analysts say that's disturbing considering the information exposed. >>> and samsung unveiled the company's newest smart phone yesterday. the galaxy s9 and s9 plus will go toe to toe with every phone but rice. bixby is now bilingual. to unlock the phone you can use iris scan, facial recognition or a finger precipitate. the price is $720 to $840 without a contract. hundreds less than the iphone 10. >> still pretty pricey, though. >>> yeah. well, when the hard rock hotel and casino opens, expect it be rocking. >> the hard rock takes silver. the former trump taj mahal. it's expects to hold 2,000 more people. >>> wall street will look to build on a rally that saw stocks rise last week. landon dowdy is here with a p e preview. good morning, landon. >> hi, there. tracy. g

and i understand that he's pulled back any investigations into equifax, the largest, most significant cyber security attack in this nation's history. 145 million american families having their birthdays, their social security number, all of that vital information out in the open, and he has pulled back. and i found this out yesterday in reading the report from reuters. are you familiar with that, mr. mnuchin? >> i'm only familiar with what i also read in the press. i haven't spoken to director mulvaney about it, but i will. >> i hope you do, because it's very important. you're chairman, as i understand it, of fsoc. you're chairman. and it's fsoc's duty to keep our financial system secure from these kinds of threats. and we have the head of the cfpb rolling back investigations. i not only am asking you to speak with mr. mulvaney, but speak strongly. let him know how bad this looks, and that the american people are very upset that this administration is taking this kind of backward step back from investigating the most dangerous security threat in this nation's history. please do that,

in the months since the equifax data breach only about half of all americans have even checked their those are the findings from a new creditcards.com survey. the same study found more than seven in ten customers are somewhat concerned about the breach which exposed the personal information for more than 145 million people. marvel's latest superhero movie showing no signs of slowing down at the box office. >> "black panther" stays on top for the second week in the row. the film earned $108 million over the weekend as it shatters stereotypes. the movie features the first black superhero in american comic book history, a mostly black cast and black director. that director is oakland native ryan coogler. >> very cool. >> if you haven't seen t get out and see it because today would be a really good time to go see it. >> next few days. >> you won't be doing anything outside. >> this morning will be iffy in terms of trying to get out and do things. as we go throughout the day there will be breaks and pop up showers and thunderstorms. quickly changing weather. why not just get out of all of

equifax, that paradise papers, the news corp. phone hacking,, the volkswagen emissions of scandal. what's interesting is when you look at the scandals, abuse in the catholic church, you see a same pattern in the breakdown of trust. and one of the root causes of this i think is lack of accountability. so this feeling that people can do terrible things, you know, the ceo of volkswagen, he knew about this and when he left he got a multimillion dollar payout. what does that signal to that organization? that you can behave like this and it's okay. one of the things that is a dangerous to trust is when leaders and organizations know about something and keep it hidden. if you think about equifax data breach, they knew about that for six weeks before the told anyone. executives sold their shares when he found out about it and they are still there. one of the things that's been interesting to me is watching not just the breach of trust by how companies respond. it's a little painful because every time you see him get it wrong. it's actually not that hard to respond to a trust breach and to

. >>> it has been nearly six months since the equifax breach and half of us have not checked our creditecord. that's word from credit cards.com. there are no new rules to protect consumers since that major hack. hackers stole social security numbers from more than 145 million americans. checking your credit report is free. all you have to do is log onto annual credit report.com. i will get that online so you can check it out for yourself. >>> dunkin' donutis sweet deal with the girl scouts. starting today, participate being restaurants nationwide began offering coffee and three famous girl scout cookie flavors, thin mints, that would be my favorite. coconut, caramel and peanut butter cookies. the new flavor will be available through may, so hurry down. >> can't go wrong. >> i believe they have a doughnut to match. >> oh, do they really? >>> now your accuweather forecast with sand yeah patel. >> it's starting to become muore active. a thunderstorm reported north of the castro valley area. you can see it here on live doppler 7. as we take a look, i'm going to track this cell. it is headin

it's been almost six months since the massive equifax breach that exposed the personal information ofe. a new report finds half of americans still have not checked their credit report since the breach happened. experts say make sure you're checking your credit report every four months. by law -- you can request your credit report from each bureau once a year for free. once you get it... look for any accounts or payments you don't recognize. ( robin ) the warriors are winners in new york. they beat the knicks at madison square garden last night. after a close first half... the warriors blew this one open in the third quarter. klay thompson nailed a three. he scored 26 points. the warriors won 125 to 111. the warriors play in washington d-c tomorrow night. ( robin ) the n-b-a is dropping the technical foul given to draymond green in the warriors win against the oklahoma city thunder on saturday. this means green has 14 technicals this season instead of 15. the 16th technical foul comes with a one-game suspension green was tee'd up after being called for a foul while trying to block a sh

. >> we saw with equifax and systems around the world, the financial system is vulnerable?absolutely. it's terrifying. such huge volume of information. hundreds of millions of records of consumers being lost. that just shows you the potential that individuals have to impact the economy at large. you can see it on the today show starting right here on nbc10. >>> more than just a signatures an item that is a turning point in baseball and american history goes up for sale today. 8 minutes before 5:00, a challenge to the ceiling. a harlem globetrotter takes his skills to new heights. >>> good morning, everyone, jessica boyington with you right now. checking on the roads, we're watching the schuylkill expressway. the cameras and you can see a delay here as we just picked up the construction on the westbound side. again, the westbound side, not the eastbound side. moving towards center city there. a little slow behind that. i'll keep my eyes on it by the time you head out the door you should be fine. that will clear up quickly considering they're getting the delays out of the way

. >> how about equifax? millions of americans lost the integrity of their data and you left them out. howabout accountability, about that concept being embedded in the work of what was our consumer watchdog but now is our consumer roll over and let the big companies scratch its belly organization. >> on equifax i can tell you there is been no change in the position from previous leadership regarding equifax. if you are going to make the decisions you might of all of them. -- might as well own them. about priorities, i want to thank you and the president for negotiating the budget agreement that gives long overdue relief to the military. on behalf of the men and women who have been serving and have asked -- been asked to do a lot with a little bit, thanks. i cannot tell you how important it is that we set aside the sequestration cuts for the next two years and rebuild our military. i want to thank you and the president. graham cassidy, you mentioned that. >> we assume it passes. >> i hope it will. committeepl

>> on equifax i can tell you senator there's been no change of the cfpb regarding equifax. >> right. if you're going to make these decisions you might as well own them and defend them, thanks. >> thank you. good morning. about priorities i want to thank you and the president for negotiating a budget agreement that gives long overdue relief to the military on behalf of men and women who have been serving who have been asked to do a lot with a little bit. thanks. i just cannot tell you how important it is that we set aside the sequestration cuts for next two years and build our military. and i want to thank you you and the president for this great leadership. you mentioned this in the budget, is that correct? >> yes, sir. we hope it passes. >> can you explain to committee here why you think it should pass? >> there's a couple of things. writ large it transfers control of this issue, this very important issue of health care to the states. and we just think that's a more efficient way to provide that service. you and i both served in the carolina state legislator, and i absolutely believ