the thermo fisher acquistion will affect every facet of life technologies. am going to meet with brand team, and talk to the folks who are charged with keeping life technologies' core identity alive within the structure of a bigger company. hey, how are you? i'm jeff hayzlett. >> nice to see you. robin flaum. >> what do we have here? >> well, this is our cardio conference room. life technologies is really committed to wellness of employees. we actually run meetings in here and as you can see, we are fully hooked up so we can be productive and get a workout. >> so meetings are being held as you are walking? >> yes. >> this is normally something i would have my horse do, but it looks like something that could be fun. i will give it a shot. ok. >> sounds good. >> all right, so how do i this? >> climb on. you have a control panel here, and if you press start, you can increase -- >> we won't be increasing the speed, we want to keep it down low. this is a first for any c-suite or any meeting that i have been in with marketing. i am going to be real honest -- i fin

we'll hear from richard fisher, dallas fed president, in just a moment. i think we'll hear optimism from him as well. for the moment. look at all the market indicators of nasdaq, posting a biggest gain. largely what happened to apple. 1% slightly above. russell 2000, small and mid-size caps also doing well, liz. liz: the bells are ringing on wall street. yes, as we take a look and see what we have on the front page. personal spending in november jumping .5 of a pprcent. front page headlines say that the commerce department reported, why did it last in november. durable goods rising 1.9%. commerce depprtment rosing that personal income rose .2 of a percent in november. david: tiffany shares are in the red after the company was ordered to pay watchmaker swatch, almost $450 million in damages. as a result the retailer had to cut its full year outlook. liz: retailer, joseph a. bank, we talked about this, rejecting a $55 per share offer from rival men's wearhouse. bid on you, you bid on me price story. they said that the offer significantly underpriced value o

fisher will be a counter to the dovish janet yellen but fisher is one smart guy. all those stories are coming up on "the kudlow report," beginning right now. >>> we're live 7:00 p.m. eastern 4:00 p.m. pacific. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report". we'll get to the obama care and budget news in a moment. first we have to start with a very important piece of developing news on the fed. let's go over to courtney regan for that story. good evening. >> reporter: stanley fish has been picked as the next vice chair of the fed and that's once janet yellen office into the top spot. stanley fisher ran the bank of israel. fisher is considered by many to be a hawk on interest rates which could change the balance of power inside the fed. >> thank you. that's exactly right. if janet yellen is the empress of the do was, professor fisher is the mench of the hawks and this guy is a smart guy who kept inflation down in israel and made the israel currency a stable reliable currency. there will be a hawk. sound money. i'm all for it. let's move on. two months after its disas

here comes david cutcliffe across now to congratulate jimbo fisher.f course, everybody expects to see the noles the night of january 6. head coach down below. let's go to heather cox with the quarterback and the most valuable player of the night. >> heather: jameis, congratulations. all season long you've been telling me you're not allowed the utter the words national championships. what's it like to look ahead? >> we're there but it ain't over yet. we in there now though. >> heather: what's the last month been like for you as news of the investigation with sharing headlines of your on the field performance? >> it helped our team. we've been known for taking our game off. we came together of the everybody had my back. we knew that it was going to be on and we knew that people were going to try to get us and we did great. >> heather: what did you learn during the investigation? >> i learned i got to get more mature. i got to get better at everything i do. i cannot let myself -- our teammates can't let themselves on this level. we got to be up here and

paul fisher, which will occur later today. he is a pediatric neurologist. >> reporter: she came to the hospital two weeks ago to get a tonsillectomy. there were complications from what the hospital calls a complex surgery. >> i feel like my daughter is on death row. i never know when they're going to pull the plug or make that decision. i'm really just praying on it. just give her more time. >> reporter: the family's attorney was able to buy more time for the girl. he was able to get a court ordered stay. she will remain on a ventilator until december 30th. until then, the family still has concerns about the care she is getting while in the hospital. they say her ventilator was adjusted. that was brought up in court today. the judge seemed to trust it was a necessary adjustment for her care. >> the family does not want this hospital making changes without them being notified, which is their legal right and without it being directed by an independent physician. not by children's. >> reporter: the family attorney asked for a thi

the fisher/yellen combination could be fantastic. >> got to leave it there. we're going to go up to dominic chu for a "market flash." >> leat's look at the ipos, the ipo surge. remember,ist a huge, huge story. we've already told you some of the hottest performers in terms of returns this year, but how about the biggest ipo fund-raisers, s the ones that raised the most money from investors? here are the top five so far just in 2013. oil and gas pipeline raised $2.8 billion back on october 15th. hilton currently in second on the list. then there's animal sciences company zoetis which raised $2.2 billion in january. of course, twitter makes our list raising $1.8 billion last month. and then oil and gas exploration and production company antero. plains gp has been solid, up about 10% from their ipo price. zoetis has gained nearly 20% from its $26 ipo. twitter just about at the doubling mark after pricing at 26 bucks a share. you can see right around $52 there. and antero resources is up 30% after selling shares at 44 bucks apiece. so yeah, it's been an up year fo

fisher was not the first choice. they had dr. paul burn originally but we are looking into whether they will include dr. punch and see if -- dr. burn and see if he can take part in this investigation. >> i never know when they will pull the plug or make that decision but i am praying on it and saying, you know just give her more time. >> meantime hundreds showed -- hundreds showed up for a march for the little girl and many showed her favorite colors but the situation continues to change by the hour. according to the attorney for the family, another hearing is to decide whether dr. burn will take part in the investigation. we understand another one is scheduled for her at 9:30 a.m. brian flores. ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> thanks for bringing us up to date on that. many questions are being raised about the need for tons sillectomies. some say it is the most effective way to treat child apnea in children. according to medical reports, what happened to her is the most clinic occasion with -- complication with that surgery. >>>

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eric fisher has more on the forecast. >> messy days of weather ahead. there's hail in southern california and some pretty heavy snowfall in higher elevations. this is the same energy that's going to track across the country. it's going to bring the whole kitchen sink. ice, snow, severe weather, heavy rain. we'll have it all. it comes together on saturday. there will be snow and ice on the edge of this one. we'll also look at a big severe weather threat on saturday. especially here, lower and mid-mississippi river valleys. could see damaging wind gusts. also several tornadoes could not be ruled out as we head through the course of saturday. then into sunday more rain on the east coast. the severe threat including charlotte and atlanta and significant ice will work its way into southern parts of canada. in terms of total rainfall, how much are we talking? >> 3 to 6 inches. maybe as much as a half foot here around the northern sections of the ohio river valley, 1 to 3 for a wide swath including into the northeast. that could cause some flash flooding. then

a history for fisher. in june.d down also number two at the imf.rings academia, crisis management, and central-bank experience with him. i was speaking with a former administrator earlier saying the combination would be the most impressive academic one-two punch in the history of the fed. it puts top scholars in charge of monetary policy. also, fisher has some ties to some of the most prominent economists in the world. he was a thesis advisor for ben bernanke. andlso taught mario draghi was also a teacher for larry george w.ho headed bush's council of economic advisers chair in the person i spoke with who is familiar with the process says there is no plan to make an announcement for fisher this year -- this week that they are not ruling out an announcement. it could be pushed to next year as well. it is worth noting the post would require senate confirmation. >> thank you. bloomberg's white house correspondent, julianna goldman. we moved back from macros. stands to make a paper profit. it would be one of the two biggest private equity profits of al

stuart: fisher-price got a ntua prod olt ccresing tuuite a stir.ey seat, at that ad ipad so a very young child can wapeaoh a video. a lot of people disagree with the idea. our next w test wants it totall recalled. a director of campaign for a cognernd you are an academic at harvard. i understand you don't llue the pro ca ct but surely it is my choice. i am the apparenexe can i decide whether to stick and ipad in front of my young child? >> seems to me in a way this is the free market at work. my organternation has provided wic a for consumers to express their opinion to fisher-price, a 11,000 peousie si peoed the petition. this product is basically suggesting that it is fine to leave a newborn, it is the newborn toddler activity fee done with an ipad and in fact that could be potentially ha: dful. stuart: why would you sic a it potentially harmful? s peal at a snd saing or something? >> there is a lot of snd evidence how babies actually learn and the experieliee that they have and don't have can have an impact on the shape of their peaain. there is

meteorologist eric fisher has the christmas week forecast. high drama as american astronauts prepare for a risky mission. jeff glor is covering. and steve hartman "on the road." how jackie turner got the christmas gift she wanted most. >> found my mentor! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, today a very optimistic president obama predicted the that 2014 could be a breakthrough year on the economy for the united states, but he conceded that he'll have to deal with some unfinished business from 2013, including the surveillance programs exposed by edward snowden. on monday, a federal judge said the collection of phone records of millions of americans is probably unconstitutional. then, on wednesday, a panel appointed by the president said the program needs to be reigned in. well, today, the president signaled that he's ready to do that. but is he ready to cut the fugitive snowden any slack? snowden was granted asylum by russia. he's charged with stealing and spreading classified

paul fisher which will occur later today. dr. fisher is a pediatric neurologist, head of pediatric neurology at patrick childrens. we look forward to his examination. >> reporter: children hospital oakland doctors declared her brain dead 12 days ago. she had tonsil surgery, hours after that surgery there were complications. the family has been pushing for an outside opinion on her condition. the community has been making their voices heard as well. today there was a march from the hospital to the courthouse. >> i really care. we want to keep jahi on life support. >> reporter: in court today, the family attorney asked the judge for a third evaluation by paul byrne, a pediatric professor at university of toledo and a past president of the catholic medical association. the judge has yet to make that decision. >> i think jahi will live through christmas. that is a major goal of this family, which was to have her be present on christmas day. >> reporter: now, late today the family attorney was able to get a stay from the judge, which

♪ >> fisher's cellmate is 20-year-old dinell thompson. better known here as duker. in prison for at least 32 years. >> keep the noise down over there. >> rap has helped the two men bridge their generation gap. >> trying to film [ bleep ]. >> the cellies share one other thing in common. they're both members of the crips street gang. >> but they were at very different stages in their life. cousin ice was no longer in love with the lifestyle. >> i haven't actually went out gang-banging, shooting at people just because they're from across town and all that. i haven't done that in years. but i still hang with my homeboys. and if something happened to one of my close, close ones i'm going to have to help retaliate. you know what i mean? >> duker on the other hand, was still caught up in the game. he was still infatuated with this romantic notion of being a gangster. >> what do you want for your future? >> money, power, respect. top of the food chain. >> everybody's like that when they're young. they don't see the big picture. they can't see it yet. you know what i mean? i

fisher to determine if jahi's brain shows activity. >> we're looking forward to the review by dr. paul fisher. >> childrens hospital says it willwell comes a second opinion but maintains jahi is brain dead oochl we're very sorry about the complications that led to the death of jahi. we feel sympathy for the family. >> one doctor name dr. burn opposed dr. jack kevorian's use of assisted sue side. supporters marred around childrens hospita hospital.. her mother thanks everyone. iets hard for me now. right around now, i should be spending time getting ready to get her gifts together, wrapping and hiding from her so she won't find them. >> both sides in this difficult matter will be back in court christmas eve when some results could be presented. >> a major ruling in a land park pension case. parts of measure b are illegal saying san jess yeah cannot put pensions, however, cities can cut pay to makeup the difference. it calls for existing city employees to pay more into their pensions and plans. >> we've been saying measure b sill legal the judge found that the heart of measure b is

ahead just family drama, that and more in tonight's hollywood high life. >> reporter: i'm kristin fisherutside st. paul's lutheran church in northwest where someone stole 15 credit cards from members of a well known choir while they gave a charity concert, the latest on the investigation coming up. >> you are watching wusa9 news at 5 z a subaru... ...are the hands that do good things for the whole community: the environment, seniors, kids, and animals. that's why we created the share the love event. by the end of this year, the total donated by subaru could reach 35 million dollars. you get a great deal on a new subaru. we'll donate 250 dollars to a choice of charities that benefit your community. it feels good to be a helping hand. >>> check up on tonight's top stories a judge orders a d.c. cop accused of pimping out children held without bond. an anonymous caller tipped off internal affairs about linwood barnhill two years ago and now some people want to know if there was a thorough enough investigation. >> republican virginia attorney general candidate mark obenshain conceded the rac

fisher started harassing dr.ork with fisher's husband, brandon, at this radiology clinic. according to this charging document, dr. fisher called dr. mallery twice, threatening to hurt her. investigators say she then sent her 25 text messages, including a picture of the inside of mallery's bedroom. >> rage overtakes emotion. and when that happens, it doesn't matter how high your i.q. is. that overtakes everything. >> reporter: investigators say mallery home surveillance camera showed dr. fisher illegally entering the house by kicking in the doggy door. she then allegedly wrote home wrecker and another word we can't repeat in red lipstick on the bathroom mirror. dr. fisher is free after posting a small bond on two misdemeanors. trespassing and harassing. she has not entered a plea. and no one involved in the case will comment. but fisher's employer, the baylor college of medicine, did issue a statement calling this a private matter that does not impact her work. for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, dal

in case this thing blows up. >> ron fisher escapes the burning cessna.ckage, ron's thoughts turn to his brother, mark. >> i thought he was dead. it was really scary to think you may have just lost your brother. >> moments later, andrew cowan and others pull mark from the plane. >> we tried to move them a safe distance away so that the paramedics could assess them and then assess the situation. >> mark has numerous broken bones. but he's alive. >> we're still here, you know. we're not dead. how can that be? pretty deep moment for me, it was. it was the realization that we made it through that, busted up and all. >> miraculously, the pilot and other passenger are able to walk away without injury. looking back, spectators and survivors of the plane crash commend the pilot for keeping a cool head under pressure. >> the pilot did a really good job of where he laid it down, because if he goes to the left, they probably hit the fence and there's probably some fatalities involved. if it goes ten yards to the right, he lands on the soccer field and there's potent

fisher says when there are two perpetrators, a mob mentality can take effect. in this case, there were not only two perpetrators, but we're learning there were a number of other kids who were watching. commonwealth attorney, paul, says there were half a dozen witnesses. >> people were there, but it was certainly an unusual crime. >> he says the incident happened after school with no parents around. >> as a society, our kids are being exposed more and more over sexual activity and less parental guidance. >> in prince william county, peggy fox, wusa9. >> the two boys are being held at a juvenile detention facility without bond and they could stay there through christmas. their preliminary hearing is scheduled through late january. we have links on our website about how to protect your children from sexual abuse and how to talk to them about sexuality. >> the d.c. police officers behind bars. the charge, reducing child pornography. he is mark washington, 32 years old, and he was just in court accused of taking explicit photos of a 15-year-old girl in her bedroom w

. >> it's a typical summer afternoon for the fisher family of memphis, tennessee.ents are in their car with the three small children, having just left rachel's parents's home. >> tony is in the passenger seat and rachel is behind the wheel. >> we have been driving for about 15 minutes and tony tells me there is a snake head. >> i looked up and i was like that's a snake head and i did a double take and i was like what in the world? >> i look over for a minute and he does a double take and gets out. >> being a daddy of three, your phone is ready to start videoing. >> we watched this snake come out on the passenger side and start rearing up in front of him and sliding across the windshield wipers. >> before they about it, a rat snake turns their routine into a terrifying adventure. >> i know nothing about snakes. i'm thinking it's poisonous and i'm freaking out. >> the next scary thought is that it must have crawled up from the car's engine and could it slither inside the car? >> we don't know how cars are put together. can it get in through the vents? that's what we

se trata del jefe de neurologia pediatrica del hospital de ninos de stanford, paul fisher.ah winkfield/madre de la nina yo no tuve la oportunidad de escoger el doctor que yo queria dijo la madre, pero espero que el juez haya escogido a la persona correcta. david durand/hospital de ninos de oakland sentimos mucho las complicaciones que llevaron a la muerte de yajai, nuestro sentido pesame a la familia, esperamos ansiosamente la revision que haga el doctor fisher. yajai llego al hospital por una operacion rutinaria de remocion de amigdalas pero sufrio complicacione s que llevaron a que el pasado 12 de diciembre le declararan muerte cerebral.....por ahora una orden de la corte impide que la nina sea desconectada hasta el dia de manana. que los hospitales los doctores empiecen a tener un poquito de compasion y no piensen tanto en el dinero lo que les esta costando tener a esta nina viva por unos dias mas cada noche realmente no puedo ni dormir, ni comer pensando, dios mio, sera hoy el dia en que me van a desconectar a mi nina, no es un buen sentimiento el departamento de salud

. >>> well apparently, you can never be too young to be tech savvy but a new product from fisher-price is generating a backlash from some parents. we'll explain why. >> and kpix 5 is looking for a veterinarian to appear on tv. to nominate a vet you know email pets@kpix.com. we'll narrow down the top five and let you vote on our pet expert. ,, >>> there's a new babysit they are in town. take a look. it's a bouncy chair that's been outfitted with an ipad holder for baby. the ibouncy chairs is a fisher- price creation but some parents and child development experts are slamming the device. they call it an embarrassment for mankind. >>> it's a leafy green with a long tradition in italian cooking. today tony tantillo is shopping for kale. >> reporter: if you ever made reboiled italian soup over bread or like to make a nice tuscan soup you need this kale or if you like kale loaded with nutritional value and great for us but selection and storage is important. when you buy your kale, green like this all the way around. the tuscan kale is tender and silky unlike the other which is firmer. store

thank you so much, jennifer fisher. right now the watermain has been shutdown. there is no water service on this street. east bay mud -- [inaudible] doesn't know how this happened. alan wang, abc7 news. >> thank you, alan. >>> the wet weather is not helping crews there. it is raining outside. let's take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see the slick pavement as the drivers cruise through tonight. let's take a live look from the roof cam in san francisco. it is cold and drizzly along the embarcadero. we do have team coverage on the cold snap. we start with meteorologist sandhya patel with a first look at weather on live doppler 7hd. >> ama, weather is definitely picking up in intensity. it is tracking heavier rain and the national weather service just issued a special marine warning for san francisco south of the bay bridge over the pacific waters including the san mateo bridge and south san francisco. i'm sorry. i am just reading this to you right now. it is issued until 11:30 p.m. it looks like a strong thunderstorm has developed. i do want to

paul fisher from children's hospital was appointed by the judge yesterday morning. later that afternoon, fisher ran the series of tests on jahi to detect brain activity. and blood flow. >> unfortunately, the medical condition of jahi by the statute you mentioned she needs all of the -- meets all of the criteria for brain death. >> reporter: the family sat in the front row stoic and stone faced after hearing the results. right now the judge and lawyers from both sides are hearing testimony from a dr. shanahan from oakland's children hospital. now he was the first or -- that doctor was the first doctor who declared jahi legally brain dead. 13-year-old mcmath has been on life support for 11 days after complications from a tonsil surgery. the judge ordered the hospital to keep her on the ventilator at least until december 30th. we know that children's hospital is ready to file a motion to remove jahi from that ventilator. they were waiting to see if the independent doctor did in fact come to the conclusion that she was brain dead. reporting live in oakland, back to you

with more, here's abc's kristin fisher. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of people are without power this morning from maine to michigan. it's the worst ice storm to hit the region since 1998. taking down trees and power lines. >> just the ice going against each other, it sounds like a train going by. >> reporter: it could be days before all the power is restored, which means many families are worried they could be spending christmas in the dark. meanwhile, hundreds of flights have been canceled and thousands delayed as this monster storm moves across the country. indiana, flash floods swept away dozens of homes. for rebecca, the only thing spared was the family christmas tree. >> we have nothing. we don't know where we're going to go. >> reporter: in oklahoma, huge sheets of ice came close to hitting shoppers at a busy outdoor mall. no one there was hurt. but at least nine deaths are being blamed on this storm. in kentucky, three people were killed when rising waters washed away this suv. in ohio, an entire retirement home evacuated. firefighters rescues residents by raft. >> it lea

eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz is following the storm. >> a big story this week, the storm that starts in the midwest is on its way to the rest of the country today. this is where the cold is on the move pretty quickly. we head toward midweek and dipping down across california down into the four corners region in the upper midwest. by the end of the week, it's spill across the plains. event valley by friday, some of those spots 20 to 30 degrees below average for this time of year. so wednesday, these are approximate high temperatures in the afternoon. single digits that cold air pours into denver and salt lake city. some subzero high temperatures are possible across montana on wednesday. by thursday, reaching single digits in minneapolis, subzero in fargo, 20s and diving down across denver into oklahoma city. and then friday, a sharp line, you see it all the way to the west coast right to the appalachians and the only spot will be the southeast. then we talk about the snowfall. lots of it coming down in the next 24 hours. in western colorado, 12 to 18, in th

thank you so much, jennifer fisher. right now the watermain has been shutdown.re is no water service on this street. east bay mud -- [inaudible] doesn't know how this happened. alan wang, abc7 news. >> thank you, alan. >>> the wet weather is not helping crews there. it is raining outside. let's take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see the slick pavement as the drivers cruise through tonight. let's take a live look from the roof cam in san francisco. it is cold and drizzly along the embarcadero. we do have team coverage on the cold snap. we startist with meteorologist sandhya patel with a first look at weather on live doppler 7hd. >> ama, weather is definitely picking up in intensity. it is tracking heavier rain and the national weather service just issued a special marine warning for san francisco south of the bay bridge over the pacific waters including the san mateo bridge and south san francisco. i'm sorry. i am just reading this to you right now. it is issued until 11:30 p.m. it looks like a strong thunderstorm has developed. i do want to t

thank you so much, jennifer fisher. right now the watermain has been shutdown. there is no water service on this street. east bay mud -- [inaudible] doesn't know how this happened. alan wang, abc7 news. >> thank you, alan. >>> the wet weather is not helping crews there. it is raining outside. let's take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see the slick pavement as the drivers cruise through tonight. let's take a live look from the roof cam in san francisco. it is cold and drizzly along the embarcadero. we do have team coverage on the cold snap. we start with meteorologist sandhya patel with a first look at weather on live doppler 7hd. >> ama, weather is definitely picking up in intensity. it is tracking heavier rain and the national weather service just issued a special marine warning for san francisco south of the bay bridge over the pacific waters including the san mateo bridge and south san francisco. i'm sorry. i am just reading this to you right now. it is issued until 11:30 p.m. it looks like a strong thunderstorm has developed. i do want to

paul fisher evaluates her. >> the family is very relieved that their child will not be killed on christmas eve. >> reporter: she has been on life support for 10 days now, declared brain dead after a tonsil surgery went awry. her family is fighting to keep her alive, even as the head of pediatrics at children's describes her condition this way. >> we are very sorry about the complications which lead to the death of your daughter. >> reporter: the community has rallied behind the girl's family. stating small marchs at children's hospital. they want a doctor of their own choosing to evaluate the girl, speaking outside the hospital a short time ago, her uncle said no matter what doctor fisher says, the family will not give up. >> i believe my sister will want to keep fighting. >> reporter: the results of the test that are still ongoing tonight will be revealed in court tomorrow morning. the family says that if all else fails, they are looking at placing her with a research facility, possibly out of state. in oakland>> reporter: that hearing starts tomorrow morning at 9:30. the judge will also

meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz is following the bone-chilling weather. >> well, the cold air is at it again. it's going to be a story all the way through this week and likely into next week as well. a big dip in the jet stream allowing all the cold air in the eastern u.s. down to the south. much of the central and western united states under the influence of this. as we head into thursday and friday, more of the same. more batches of cold will swing in and reinforce the cold that's on the way out. in terms of high temperatures today, 20s in st. louis, topeka, dallas. 17 in chicago. and the only place you can really go to get away from all this cold is florida. central south florida into the 80s. that's about it. they're laughing at the rest of the country right now. minneapolis, you wish you could get a little bit of that. well, negative 2 is our high temperature today. teens tomorrow. around 20 as we head into friday. the rest of the workweek in chicago, teens and 20s. snow in the air today and gusty. maybe some delays at o'hare or midway. and as we go to new yo

paul fisher, evaluates her. the >> the family is very relieved that their child will not be killed on christmas eve. >> she has been on life support for ten days now, declared brain doed after a tonsil surgery went awry. her family is fighting to keep her alive even as the head of pediatrics describes her condition this way. >> we're very sorry about the complications which led to the death. >> the community rallied behind the girl's family staging small marches at children's hospital. they want a doctor of their own chooting to evaluate the girl. speaking outside the hospital a short time ago, her uncle said no matter what dr. fisher says, the family will not give up. >> i believe my sister will want to keep fighting. >> the results of the test that are still ongoing tonight will be revealed in court tomorrow morning. if all else fails, they are looking at placing her with a research facility, possibly out of state. in oakland christin ayers kpix 5. >> that hearing starts tomorrow morning at 9:30. the judge wil

fisher has held top posts at the imf and world bank. in the 1980s, his students including bernanke, mario draghi and summers. he called the upon buying program, dangerous, but a necessary move for the u.s. economy. >>> joining us with his thoughts on credit is kevin corrigan. thanks very much, indeed, kevin, for joining us. do you have any views on the implication of stanley fisher -- >> yeah. i think in fixed income overall, whether it's credit or sovereign ded debt, actually, we've been guided by sort of the larger hands of qe. and to that end, actually, the markets are focused on the next stage of this development turns. and i suspect that what might happen is people will focus less perhaps on tapering, clearly front and center on headlines and more on forward guidance. >> that's what the fed would like. but there is -- now this as a fisher comes. >> quite clearly, it caused confusion. largely. but what i want to -- what i think will happen is that unlike in the summer of this year, that first stage process and the management of that

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paul fisher, in his test results, he said jahi has no response to facial pain, no gag reflexes, no reflexes arms and legs >> our faith is strong. it's christmas eve. there is time for a mirror why cell we haven't given up there. it's just a judge ruling. >> the hospital is not opposed to having the family take jahi mcmath to to another facility. they've been free to do that at any time. >> jahi's family was upset with the ruling but say they want other families to know they're entitled to second opinions they plan to spend the night wrapping presents and staying by her bed side the way it looks is that hospital will not have to keep jahi mcmath on life support unless up until december 30th unless an appeal stops. that reporting live from downtown oakland, i'm allen wong, abc7 news. >> thank you. >> those looking forward to a cozy fire in the fireplace are out of luck. another spare the air alert has been issued, the 18 of the season. abc7 news is live in san francisco where people do not like it. >> no. they don't. it won't be a white christmas, but will be a smoggy one. we have seen this h

meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has more. >> here we go, the final day of 2013 and cold is going to be the rule for a lot of folks. especially in the north central united states, up in the northeast, as well as below average temperatures it will be bitterly cold in places like minnesota and north michigan. so you definitely have to bundle up if you're heading out to end one year and start another. and there's the core, 6 below zero in minneapolis. 8 below in bismarck. even atlanta into the 30s. the warm stuff in south florida or southern california with 50s in los angeles at the stroke of midnight. but the big celebration in times square will be falling through the 20s and into the teens. windchill values 0 to 10. so a very cold one. a lot of folks, a lot of friends there to keep each other warm. that's a good thing. then as we head to 2014, another storm system spreading rain and snow in the northeast. this could be a significant snow system thursday night and friday. perhaps bringing more than a foot of snow to places like new york city, hartford and boston. i'm e

let's check in with eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz. eric, first things first, reports of tornadoes on the ground in the south, what can you tell us? >> we did have a report of a tornado just west of memphis, along i-40. a semi tractor trailer flipped over. now a trio of tornado watches from southern indiana right on down to the gulf coast tonight. >> axelrod: but as we were reporting, it is a mess in a large section of the country. so many people on the roads with holiday travel. who needs to be most concerned? >> right here, jim, where we have heavy torrential rains. some towns here in southern illinois have already picked up over eight inches of rainfall. water rescues, flash flooding, that's the biggest concerns for the tonight. we're going to track this off to the north and east as we head to the overnight hours. tomorrow morning around chicago and milwaukee, dealing with the snow that will cause more airport delays and in the interior parts of the northeast an ice storm will be raging, overnight and into tomorrow morning. this wil

elliott fisher says we already limit health care based on income and whether people have insurance. medicare records for end-of-life treatment, he's convinced that there is so much waste in the present system that if it were eliminated, there'd be no need to ration beneficial care to anyone. multiple studies have concluded that most patients and their families are not even familiar with end-of-life options and things like living wills, home hospice, and pain management. >> and the real problem is that many of the patients who are being treated aggressively, if you ask them, they would prefer less aggressive care. they would prefer to be cared for at home, they'd prefer to go to hospice, if they were given a choice, but we don't adequately give them a choice. >> at some point most doctors know that a patient's not likely to get better. >> absolutely. >> and after you've run through all the choices then... >> sometimes there's a good conversation; often there's not. you know, patients are left alone to sort of figure it out themselves. >> marcia klish might have lingered for quite som

paul fisher evaluates her. >> the family is very relieved that her -- they're trial will not -- their child will not be kills on christmas eve. >> reporter: she's been on life support for 12 days now. her family is fighting to keep her alive even as the head of pediatrics at children's describes her condition this way. >> we're very sorry about the complications which led to the death of jahi. >> reporter: the community has rallied behind girl's family. staging small marches at children's hospital. jahi's family wants a doctor of their own choosing to evaluate the girl. speaking outside the hospital a short time ago, her uncle said no matter what dr. fisher says, the family will not give up. >> i believe my sister will want to keep fighting. >> reporter: her family says if all else fails, they are looking at placing jahi with a research facility possibly out of state. in oakland, christin ayers. kpix 5. >> once again that court hearing starts at 9:30 this morning. the judge will also determine whether a doctor chosen by the family can examine jahi. >>> christmas eve means a shortened

he's a brilliant guy, stanley fisher, and he's much more hawkish than janet yellen.s that enough, okay, strong growth, hawk on the fed, is that enough to stop a christmas rally in the stock market? >> it should be, larry. let's look at the criteria that mr. bernanke laid out when he flip-flopped and pulled the rug out. the criteria was, we need better data, data dependent but more importantly he was concerned about washington. despite the fact that we had a 1646 day shutdown and right now it feels like we have every reason to at least initiate that the lights are going to be turned on at this way, long over due dance party. >> you know, i want to get your quick take on the economy because we are seeing some strengthening in numbers. we've seen this before. i want to ask you, too, in relation to what jeff just said, the issue was not just the taper, i think it's the size of the slowdown and the speed of the slowdown of the bond buying. what's your take on all of that? >> people are definitely worried about the taper talk and i think that's what took the markets out th

>> alice fisher. is an interesting attention received from the administration. she was in the criminal division from 2001-2003. she went over to work for chertoff. she was a political operative. the bush cheney campaign. >> i don't want to she was a political hack. i say political hack. she then was up for appointment when alberto gonzalez was the attorney general of the united states. i ran a file of senator levin. he said she was close to tom delay's defense team. b, she doesn't have a lot of -- didn't have a lot of experience trying cases. she was approached when she was in the criminal division of the justice department by the fbi. this is available through wickepia etcetera. she was part of that whole cover up. she was not a person not just an attorney. she was in a powerful position to be able to say no. torture, we'll let it be suppressed a bit. >> you plea bargained and what was the plea bargain, to her? >> she was head of the criminal division. when we would be sitting there and we would see press conference. she would put on this red dress and she woul

fisher is not an actor domitian. pe is not a theoretician. business economist. he understands business because he was in the business community unlike these other guys who were academics their whole life like ben bernanke. he knows it is the private sector. charles: use a business term, return on investment, 4 troy in dollar balance sheet friends everything about our economy, has that been worse -- liz: when will banks lend the money into the system? is parked at the federal reserve and earning interest will the fed cut the rate on the interest that it pays banks? we don't see inflation just yet. when will we see the return on investment? when banks start doing that. i will say this. unemployment is a lagging indicator. it is a lagging indicator. and it is initiatives and with that in mind. bernard: they can take advantage of this cash and little companies cannot and it is little companies that create the new jobs. charles: the big companies have taken advantage by the buyback and dividend increases. liz: have we paid for problems in the econ

dijo el juez sobre el médico paul fisher, quien revisaría la niña jahai dajmal, a quien le diagnosticaronerebral, por lo que el hospital queire desconectaral . >>(hablan en inglés). >> siento que mi hija está en la mira para morir, porque no quiero que la desconecten. >> muchas personas se reunieron afuera del hospital para pedir que no desconecten a la joven. >> el médico independiente paul realizará exñamenes a jahal mañána para poder determinar el daño de la niña, el hospital dijo "sentimos tristeza y además mucha piedad por la madre, pèro no podemos asegurar que el ventilador mecánico revertirá la muerte cerebral de la niña". > >y la víctima es un hombre que se encuentra grave tras recib ir un disparo en el barrio de yerbva buena de san francisco, a l 1:00 de la mañana recibieron notificaciones de disparos en howard. >> la oficina del médico forense identificó a donald yasi de 49 años como el hombre muerto atropellado por un camión eco gene, se investigan las circunstancias del accidente. >> losm sinjhdictaos de los trabajadores del vart han llegado a un acuerdo con el trapsonrte, dic

paul fisher counts more tests. >> i feel like my daughter is on death row. never know when he's going to pull the plug. >> reporter: she's been on life support for 11 days, she was declared brain dead after a tonsil surgery went wrong. her family fighting to keep her alive even though officials say there's no hope. >> we are very sorry about the complications which led to the death of jahi. >> reporter: chief of pediatrics dr. david duran says her surgery was quote more complex than a tonsillectomy. when asked to elaborate he couldn't because of healthcare privacy laws. meanwhile a community is rallying behind the young girl and a family refusing to give up the fight. >> i believe my sister will want to keep fighting. >> reporter: today the judge will also determine whether a doctor whom the family has chosen can examine her. reporting live in the newsroom, cate caugurian, kpix 5. >> they are looking to place her in a research facility possibly out of state. >>> and right nona is astronauts are spending christmas eve in space. they are hours into the latest

fisher is that he stated that he believed in miracles to. dr.isher >> reporter: lawyers say that there is a chance thatjahi be taking and somewhere else. >> reporter: tonight, jahi has a message for other people. jahi's grandmother... >>call them on the phone. tell them you love them! >> hold them a little bit tighter this christmas. >>yes >> reporter: they have not decided if they will appeal this case j.r. stone kron 4 news >> catherine: a family whose newly adopted kitten was stolen was reunited with it today. the family had picked out a animal shelter.even naming it. >> catherine: but "storm" was stolen last week. sunday - a hotel manager found the kitten and brought it back to the shelter. >> catherine: the family is delighted that "storm" will be home for christmas. >> i want to thank everyone here the staff. thank you so much in has been such a merry christmas for everyone. >> catherine: the family thanked the shelter staff by bringing them bags of baked goods to enjoy for christmas. >> catherine: in dallas. many people are upset that in