no biggie so come to a year later has equifax been held accountable have new regulations been put in place are consumers being protected what exactly is kimchi all right i do not know they answer these questions all of these questions and more i like to bring in senior life hacker john of a da. da what i am to him she is a traditional korean spicy pickled cabbage dish rich in vitamins a b. and c. it can be an acquired taste but it's delicious. thanks for clearing that up the answer to that yes you could actually hear that i do not share that here at the answers to the act of facts being honest ok i have been punished in any way. sure i mean i see no enforcement actions taken against them by the government they paid out zero dollars to the millions of americans they put at risk and all legislative initiatives to create standards for data security of stalled put. how how how so well their stock. has recovered by almost ninety percent above but it's still around ten dollars below its pre reach peak that scout is staying and the company has recorded profits of two hundred thirty six mill

go back a turn now to the giant credit reporting agency equifax as you may recall a year ago it came out the due to negligence they let everybody's social security number and other personal data get stolen by hackers but to be fair it wasn't everybody's it was just a hug and forty eight million american. nobel. the so come to a year later has equifax been held accountable have new regulations been put in place are consumers being protected what exactly is kimchi all right i do not know they answer these questions all of these questions and more i like to bring in senior life hacker john of a ga. ga one day and says kimchee is a traditional korean spicy pickled cabbage dish rich in vitamins a b. and c. it can be an acquired taste but it's delicious. thanks for clearing that up the end so that they could actually hear that do not share that here at the answers to the actual facts being punished ok how have they been punished in any way i'd say so sure i mean i see no enforcement actions taken against them by the government they paid out zero dollars to the millions of americans they pu

its members include the three national credit bureaus equifax experian and trans union we have the mr smith a twenty eight team heading the watchdog that is still probing the corporation that he defended in twenty seventeen a clear example of the revolving door between the federal.

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puts equifax is hired gun in charge of the bureau that's supposed to protect consumers this is corruption plain and simple he's on the wrong side of these issues i can't imagine worse choices but not money so an activist group calling itself public citizen filed a request under the freedom of information act to find out if there were any potential conflicts of interest in relation to andrew smith consumers deserve a consumer protection advocate the miss position not a hired gun for corporate sharks they were provided with documents over four hundred ninety five pages on the new consumer protection sheet and potential conflicts and cronyism associated with them however almost all of it was blacked out nearly every page was redacted so no information was exposed there so no new evidence about alleged conflicts of interest that certainly doesn't ease the doubts this is andrew smith in twenty eighteen my name is andrew smith and i'm the director of the bureau of consumer protection at the federal trade commission were dedicated to pursuing law enforcement actions to stop unlawful practices in

its members include the three national credit bureaus equifax experian and trans union we have the mr smith a twenty eight team heading the watchdog that is still probing the corporation that he defended in twenty seventeen a clear example of the revolving door between the federal government and its trade secrets cable company r.t. me york. more news coming your way after this short break.

>> reporter: the outcry in direct response to this, the queen -- tweet from equifax two. referring to the allegations made against kavanaugh saying if the attack was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed. >> it is wrong, the facts show that 12% of sexual assault survivors report to authorities, so the vast majority of children who are assaulted or raped don't report.>> reporter: the reasons why our account was.>> the immediate response was you can't tell because we will get in trouble for drinking.>> reporter: she says victims will fail them anyway. for now she senses a turning of the tide. with more women speaking out she thinks these movements can lead to real change.>> i think it's empowering the people are coming forward in the way they are, i feel a little bit better and it's not necessarily going to change things overnight. >> reporter: in the meantime victims are writing letters of support, and speaking out about the implications of the tweets.>> this thing about if it was as bad as just bad. it should never take place.>> reporter: one vigil

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expertise to defend big business he represented facebook and the consumer credit rating agencies equifax before taking up a position on this kind of open reports there are now accusations of a possible conflict of interest. it's job is pretty simple protect americans from the might of big business the job of the consumer protection bureau of the united states is to make sure that the products americans purchase are safe and to make sure they don't buy into false advertising the f.t.c. was given the power to investigate and stop unfair methods of competition and deceptive practices so meet the man whose job it is to protect american consumers from dangerous products he was just appointed by the trumpet ministration his name andrew smith now anderson with knows quite a bit about corporations who get dragged into court for harming the public why does he know all about it well he's been representing those corporations for most of his life as a corporate lawyer in fact the two most high profile cases facebook and equifax are both his former clients now that little fact did not go unnoticed. i

and there is more news related to an apparent problem with information security at equifax the u.s. credit rating company the wall street journal reports that in twenty fifteen equifax began to suspect that former employees had taken large amounts of propriety and proprietary information to china the chinese government has recently called for private sector help in building a national credit reporting system stoking equifax suspicions which they reportedly shared with the u.s. bureau federal bureau of investigation and even the central intelligence agencies now and financial the subsidiary of chinese online commerce burn ali baba has denied equifax is suggestions that a former employee gave aunt proprietary information and general counsel said of the alleged behavior quote this would be a violation of financials code of business conduct and we would take a media action against any employee is found engaging in this behavior and now we move to wearable technology if you wear those things they have myriad funk. everything from counting your steps to detailing when you may fall asleep

members include the three national credit bureaus equifax experian and trans union we have the mr smith a twenty eight team heading the watchdog that is still probing the corporation that he defended in twenty seventeen a clear example of the revolving door between the federal government and its trade secrets cable company r.t. me york. there's a call for web retail giant amazon to be taxed to make up for low wages and poor working conditions for stuff in the u.s. democratic senator bernie sanders says some employees at the nine hundred billion dollars firm are paid so little that they qualify for food stamps so american reports. the story of the american leftist movement bernie sanders is at war with amazon the world's largest online retailer accusing the company of not treating its workers fairly it is important to take a look at the power and influence that the answer is that all over this country amazon employees are paid wages so low that they are having a real choice getting bar they are forced to pay and upon pacs funded programs and you know who pays for those programs. this isn

equifax, transunion and experian. - and you used to work for equifax? - yei did. these credit bureaus each maintain well over 200 million credit files and herrrs the critical part they do not share credit information with each other, arely are your credit reports going to be the same. - what if snmeone in the audience d know what's on their credit reports? - yeah, no that's absolutely well said. they are flying blind and our viewers need to know ed what's on theirt's reports larryll said. and there are a lot of services out there that unfortunately will take your mon to provide that service that are gonna wanna charge you for your credit reports. do not fall for it. every year you're ed to your free credit reports. just go to the w.csite annualcreditrepo. owfolks write this down, dge is power. find out in black and white what's on your credit report. it's the first major step to making a big change for the better. - larry you nailed it and those people will be surprised if not shocked what theyind. you'll receive credit reports from all three of the major agencies

you are not safe if you just placed a freeze at equifax. all three of the bureaus track and store information about us and share that with other companies. by placing a freeze, it makes it nearly impossible for identity thieves to try to create a new account in your name. >> freezing those accounts will be free in california for consumers starting later this month. >> september 21st. >> you also say file your taxes early. why? >> every year the irs warns that there are times when thieves actually could take your information and file your return pretending to be you to get the refund sent to them instead. we want to prevent that from happening. >> let's talk a little bit about the accountability issue here for a company like equifax. after a data breach like this, there is a class-action lawsuit. where do you see this case going for those consumers? do you feel like equifax will be held responsible? >> hope but i don't know yet at this point. it can be extremely difficult to trace back identity theft to a particular breach. quite frankly, be

representing equifax a company investigated by the f.t.c. for a massive data breach i name is andrew smith and i'm a partner in the law firm of covington and burling i'm appearing today on behalf of the consumer data industry association. members include the three national credit bureaus equifax experian and trans union we have the mr smith a twenty eight team heading the watchdog that is still probing the corporation that he defended in twenty seventeen a clear example of the revolving door between the federal government and its trade secrets cable company r.t. new york. a passenger jet overshot the runway and caught fire in southern russia in the early hours of saturday leaving eighteen people injured including three children the boeing plane operated by you tear airlines was unable to land for more than half an hour due to adverse weather conditions at sochi airport and it finally touched down the plane skidded off the runway and into a riverbed the wing and undercarriage were damaged when it crashed through the airport fence and burst in

no biggie so come to a year later has equifax been held accountable have new regulations been put in place are consumers being protected what exactly is kimchi all right i do not know they answer these questions all of these questions rarely ever have a. choice to invest heavily in a c three the restaurant in guam now you see what happened around. your age a. jumbo to. go. with you. now we're going to turn this desk we go from one corrupt corporation to a bunch of others these belong to the genre known as the meat industry and they will do anything to make sure you don't get into replacing me with vegetables although i think john just kept everyone off veggies for the next several months more on this we're going to truth now in a guild. this is unofficial nickname is the show me state meant to reflect the skepticism of its residents so when this visit i want someone to show me the residents who apparently can't tell the difference between this this and. because according to the state lawmakers telling these apart isn't as hard as figuring out the difference between honey smacks and g

i wanted to put questions to equifax.wn with me here, instead sending a written response which reads in part, let me show it to you, the company has made a host of operational and technological improvements to further protect equifax data and systems. in fact, in 2018 alone we will increase our investment in security and technology by more than $200 million. nothing is off the table when it comes to addressing data security. not much more than a pr spin there. where do we stand today. the personal finance website nerd wallet looked into that. you guys put together this huge survey, why? >> well, michael, it's -- thanks for having me, first of all. but we were curious how people reacted to this huge data breach that happened at one of the actual credit bureaus. we found surprising results. one finding, we asked more than 2,000 americans what action they took after the equifax data breach. one surprising result, pretty shocking, really, was that only one in ten americans have put a credit freeze on their account. we also fo

practices including fraud against consumers but this is andrew smith less than a year ago representing equifax a company investigated by the f.t.c. for a massive data breach my name is andrew smith and i'm a partner in the law firm of covington and burling i'm appearing today on behalf of the consumer data industry association which is a trade association of companies we have the mr smith a twenty eight team heading the watchdog that is still probing the corporation that he defended in twenty seventeen a clear example of the revolving door between the federal government and its trade secrets cable poppen r.t. me york. efforts and deescalating tensions on the korean peninsula of hit another snag of plans for a historic railway meant to link north and south korea have been blocked by the us led united nations command the u.n. units control movement across the demilitarized zone separating north and south since the end of the korean war a joint field study for the projects was planned last week but was counseled by the u.s. military the into korean rail project was supposed to improve trade and t

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so a number of these major security breaches also the target and equifax for hot spot shield and as far as apple, we really see apple as being very similar as far as mission and point of view on privacy at large being, you know, very positive on protecting user privacy. and we think it's super synergistic and apple users from students to cfos all around the country adopting to protect their data on apple devices as well as android and windows and mac. apple is leading the charge. >> we have to leave it there thank you for joining us today, the anchor free founder and ceo, thanks >> thank you >>> when we come back this morning an executive departure sending shares of snap down, still below ten. >>> snap shares down today in a regulatory filing. the company says its chief strategy officer is leaving snapchat's parent after almost four years on the job. he will continue on in his role for an interim period. snap has been under pressure as rival instagram released its own story feature and instagram tv since the ipo snap has gone through a project chief, head of sales, engineering, a cfo, c

. >>> one year ago tomorrow we learned that hackers had accessed the data of nearly 150 equifax customers. since then they set up new security measures but consumerwatch dogs say people's data could still be at risk. today the calpirg education fund suggested that people affected should put a credit freeze on all three credit reporting agencies. starting september 21st a law in california makes it free to place those freezes withequifax, transunion -- with equifax, transunion and experion. >> all three track and store information about us and share it with others. by placing a freeze, it makes it nearly impossible for thieves to create a new account in your name. >> calpirg also recommends checking your credit report frequently and they suggest checking online accounts like your social security and health benefits accounts to make sure your information is up-to-date and hasn't been altered. >>> ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30 is next with an update on the fast-moving delta fire in shasta county. >> the way it sounds, virtually everybody could lose their insurance. >> an unwanted surprise for some

because it's no longer the equifax of the facebook breaches. it's now your local dentist or your local doctor. and again, as i said, it's not just that they'll get to rip you off with these fake refunds, it's that they may start using your personal data as well.">( james ) the gangs are accused of stealing more than one million dollars. investigators are also still searching for seven fugitives... 25 alleged gang memberes have already been arrested. ( darya ) also in the east bay.. several high school students got sick after eating rice krispy treats that were laced with pot. paramedics were called after five students went to the office complaining of nausea. one teen went home.. and students say they saw others placed in wheelchairs in a parking lot near ambulances. guardians say although they're not suprised they are dissappointed.

.>> reporter: equifax two tweeted i have no doubt if the attack was as bad as she says charges would have been immediately filed with local authorities. >> the crime of sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes in our country. the statement was wrong and i very much wish he had no comments at all.>> reporter: assistant director of research at the institute of governmental studies says republicans are pushing for a vote soon to get it done before the midterm elections.>> they want to get this over with quickly. if they let this go on and on there is a chance of getting kavanaugh through are less likely. they need to do it quickly.>> reporter: grassley did grant ford's request that kavanaugh not be in the room when she testifies. >>> survivors of sexual assault are responding to the presidents tweet that questions when ford did not come forward sooner. trending on twitter, thousands of people shared their stories of sexual assault and why they did not go to authorities. survivors say these movements can help lead to real change but it will take time.>> it is empowering tha

. >>> this week marks one year since the massive equifax data breach that compromised the identities of at least 2.4 million americans and many may not even realize they're still at risk. tonight oue has a credit checkup and a special update for parents. >> it was one of the worst data breaches in history exposing names, social security numbers, birth dates, everything a crook needs to steel the identities of millions -- steal the identities of millions of americans, but one year later a new survey finds only 8% of americans have taken one of the most important steps to protecting their identity. >> credit freeze is a fabulous idea. >> the ftc's david newman notes a credit freeze or security freeze prevents crooks from running credit checks necessary to open new accounts with your social security number. for adults it's a simple years bureaus refused to let parents freeze their kids' credit file unless the child was a victim. >> if i were trying to steal somebody's credit history, i'd steal a kids. >> he notes children's social security numbers can be targets for crooks because their

beginning on friday, the three major credit reporting agencies, equifax, transperian and transunion is to provide a credit freeze free of charge. it's intending to stop financial loss from i.d. theft. here in california, previously freezes have cost $10 for each reporting agency and another $10 from each to remove the freeze. >>> firefighters in british columbia were working to bring a fire under control when they got a surprise. that swirling wall of flame suddenly grabbed their water hose. tis happened in britt ibritish columbia north of vancouver. they say the firenado pulled their hose more than 100 feet into the air before melting it. i have never seen anything like that. >> wow. that is terrifying. >>> a meeting over dockless scooters in the east bay gets heated. next at 5:00, the late night vote over what to do about those controversial modes of transportation. >>> kidnapping victims togethe >>> it's 5:00 a.m. good morning. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike nicco has a look at your forecast. >> hi, everyone. let's look at novato, t

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because it's no longer the equifax of the facebook breaches. it's now your local dentist or your local doctor. and again, as i said, it's not just that they'll get to rip you off with these fake refunds, it's that they may start using your personal data as well.">( robin ) the gangs are accused of stealing more than one million dollars. investigators are also still searching for seven fugitives... 25 alleged gang memberes have already been arrested. ( robin ) also in the east bay... several high school students got sick after eating rice krispy treats... apparently laced with more than marshmallows. it happened at richmond high school. kron 4's ella sogomonian has the details, five students ate rice crispy edibles laced with marijuana at richmond high school on monday. one went home early...then the remaining four were seen by paramedics after they went to the main office for help when they felt naseaous.guardians say although they're not suprised they are dissappointed...sot: jeanette jackson, guardian// "don't do it period but this is the las

the credit reference agency, equifax, has been fined half a million pounds forfailing to protect then of up to 15 million people in the uk during a cyber attack last year. the information commissioner's office said names, addresses, dates of birth and financial information were lost or compromised. the company described the cyber attack as a pivotal moment, which had prompted it to strengthen procedures. police investigating the suspected poisoning at a restaurant in salisbury on sunday, which led to a major medical response are likely to examine if it was a hoax. alex king and his wife, anna shapiro were admitted to hospital and later discharged just six months after a nerve agent attack in the city. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds has more. this street was cordoned off when a couple, anna shapira and alex king appeared to be taken sicily and well. she is russian and that caused some concern is for people sitting in the restaurant nearby and he spent a few days in hospital. we understand that test have found no evidence of any poisoning. despite that, anna shapiro gave a

for free at all three credit agcies, chance at all three credit agencies, chanc union, experian and equifax millions of americans had their information it comes after millions of americans had their information slen. cial security and driver's license numbers, addresses and dobs. . >> a credit freeze is like a super lock that events any of the bad guys to get in. >> reporter: to freezes.t yours, go to all three websites. they wl ask you to i i verify your identit and keep the assigned pin code in a safe place. you need that pin to evnfreeze your credit if yo want to buy a car, get a new credit card or buy a house. freezing and unfreezing should ta d ee less than an hour. teresa james jones convicted of stealing wendy's identity faces prison ti in orida. >> this is a nightmare trying to get this resolved. >> reporter: a he ther f nightmare she feels d. will never e >>> caught on camera, a scare in the sky for passengers aboard a recent air france as fordi flight. planes wobbling as it came in for a landing in the u.k. wind gusts were blowing 44 miles an hour blowing the flames sideys near th

this...after last year's huge equifax hack...which exposed the private information of over 145 million) still ahead... the raiders are looking for their first win of the season as they head to miami to take on the dolphins this week. kron 4's jason dumas will more on what the silver and black are up against this week,. you could save energy by living off the grid. completely. or... just set the washing machine to cold. do your thing. with energy upgrade california. time to talk some football... as the raiders look to bounce back after losing their first two games of the season. (catherine) the silver and black travel to miami this week-- to take on the dolphins. kron4's jason dumas is here... jason - the raiders haven't won yet... is it time to hit the panic button? (jason)the raiders have put their fans through a lot in just two weeks.....>in both games --- they've given the silver and black faithful a ton to cheer for......in the first half....>too bad there are two halfs in a football game....and the raiders haven't been all that good in the second....>in fact, they've been outscore

issues that we have already much about, probably most widely known was one of the ones that affected equifaxcongress took action and as a result what used to be lots of different fees, they are all gone so you can take advantage of a credit freeze for absolutely no cost. there are a lot of things you should know before you head into it, to make sure you do it securely.>> let's talk about those steps we should be taking.>> first and foremost it is free, so no cost, the credit report that we all use used by creditors to find out about us in advance, there is usefulness but it's sensitive information so now you can go online, by phone or by mail and request for free that your credit be frozen that means that a new creditor is not going to be able to get access to that information which could prevent somebody from using your information fraudulently to open an account that you are not aware of. that is going to take 10 to 15 minutes per credit report, per freeze in order to do this. there are four credit bureaus you may want to do it with. the fourth which is telecommunications exchange, it can

just over a year ago, a hack of one of those credit services equifax affected nearly 150 million peoplend birth dates making people susceptible to the risk of fraud and identity theft. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here with more on this. great to have you at the table in the is welcome news, but i want to go back to how people responded to the equifax hack because only 14% of americans froze their credit. why only 14? >> because it's sort of a hard process. so we now know that there -- in some states it cost $10 to $30 to freeze and you freeze your credit, but the process of freezing it can involve getting a pin, sometimes it involved talking on the phone with a representative because their web sites went down. so a lot of people were thwarted in their effort to try to do this really important thing, which is lockdown your credit file to make sure that no thieves can get in there and open credit in your name. but, again, the process was so onerous that just 14% of people froze their credit. we saw 150 million people impacted by this, you would have thought many more wou

because it's no longer the equifax of the facebook breaches.t's now your local dentist or your local doctor. and again, as i said, they'll get to rip you off with these fake refunds, it's that they may start using your personal data as well.">(ken) well.">personal data as well."> (ken) the gangs are accused of stealing more than 1 million dollars in the scheme. but becerra says that's just what's they've found so far.' they are also still searching for seven fugitives... 25 alleged gang memberes have already been arrested. (pam) problems are mounting at the troubled millennium tower. as you likely know, the residential high rise is already sinking and leaning, and recently they found cracked glass.. . now, federal regulators are investigating .... and it looks like may be a month before we know what caused that glass to crack. kron 4's dan kerman reports .. 8 pkgmore complications for the sinking and leaning millennium tower... kron4news has confirmed the federal aviation administration has now opened an investigation into the crash of a drone

. >>> tomorrow will mark one year sent the equifax data breach affecting millions of americans. >> comingp at 4 pm, we will look at the report released today to learn more about what can be released -- what can be done to protect consumers from identity fraud. >>> another look at the markets, the dow jones is finishing on the upside, gaining 40 points. >>> apple has released its version of the iphone. it always draws a big crowd. is it worth going into debt? >> a new survey suggests plenty of people are willing to do just that. >> my iphone might be full, but it is still working. there's a new study that says there is a whole generation of people willing to go into debt for the newest iphone. >> i don't believe in going into debt for anything. >>reporter: 28 million americans believe getting the new iphone is worth going into debt over. baby boomers do not seem to be included in that group. >> it doesn't matter how fantastic, you will put the money in your pocket. >> right. i don't do the iphone. i might think about it at some point. >>reporter: according to a survey, our love affair with

equifax data breach exposed personal information of 148 million americans. congress amended the fair credit reporting act. previously you had to pay between $2 and $10. a freeze restricts lenders from accessing your report. >>> alexa, cook my potato. thanks to amazon, you can talk to your microwave. it responds to your commands and figures out how long to cook your dinner. amazon is expanding to coffee machines and room fans annual clocks and your car. i'm waiting for alexa, please teach my kid to do algebra. >> i will pay for that. pushing the buttons on the microwave. "early start" continues with the latest on the supreme court. >>> why didn't somebody call the fbi 36 years ago? i don't think you can delay it any longer. they delayed it a week already. >> the president wants to get moving on the vote for brett kavanaugh. his accuser christine blasey ford says she will testify under certain terms. >>> the president dismissed intel concerns about releasing classified documents. but now he is reconsidering after foreign allies voice concern. >>> a florida stu

. >>> equifax, remember that breach, they found that the fire walls have so weak that attackers could hack into systems around the world thousands of times without any detection. putting the personal information of more than 145 million americans at risk. hackers came and go as they pleased. >>> let's get a check of the markets. thee major indices are down. >> we saw the dow jones industrial average finish down 79 points. all three of the major averages are lower. a better than expected jobs report with 201,000 jobs created. and the unemployment rate of 3.8% near the 1959 low and an an impressive wage growth, 2.9% year over year. here are the mover on the dow, american exreases gain, technologies came under pressure. tesla the big loser, concerns about elon musk, his interview with roguen, smoking weed, departures of a couple of executives. this is a looser for the quarter down over 23%. and a quick peek at the social media stocks on the down side for the week but today finished mixed. back to you. elizabeth: next former president obama going after president trump today for attacks on

especially after the equifax breach. >> how do you set it up? to theeb sites for each of the three credit bureaus. >> do you have to do one at a time? >> yes. they will ask you totierify your id. social security number and birthday. they will give you a p.i.n. you need that in the future. if you are a victim of the data breach and is not a catch- >> a credit freeze won't keep you from certain things. people with your information can still steal your tax refunds. still get health care in your name. steal your social security benefits. a credit freeze will keep people from opening accounts in your name. >> regardless of that, what other protections can we put in place? >> the credit freeze will lockdown your credit report. you can checkour credit report to make sure nothing crazy is going on. you want to do that if you have not done that on annualcreditreport.com. you can sign up for free credit monitoring on nerd wallet. we send alerts. >> those are effective. i get thoseds all the time. i don't know. >> they are important because they actuallyel

this became more urgent after the equifax breach last year that hit 148 million consumers.s the best places to retire are near places you know about. in fact, a list of best places to retire from the financial website gobankingrates.com includes no west coast states at all. yeah, i know. the list is made on cost of living, median home prices and property tax rates. let's get to the list. timer pines, near tampa. not really, 50-75 miles away. followed by green valley, arizona, near tucson. sunset beach, near myrtle beach. north carolina, fairfield harbor in north carolina, wherever that is. sun city, arizona, pecan plantation, near dallas plantation, near miami, dennis, near boston, bermuda run, near winston salem, north carolina and olympia field near chicago. i wouldn't live in any of those places. >> maw w-- list? >> they are cheap places to live. >> thanks, michael. >>> a woman is holding out hoping somebody finds her life savings. this is so sad. she kept $35,000 in her freezer. she did that because she has of sclerosis. it i mobility. she had a new refrigerator and fre