it was great fun and my friends were jimmy flynn, paddy o'connor. my siblings married the shenny's and i almost married a catherine finerin but it didn't work out. i have a nephew, sean patrick mcflynn. i always question myself because my writing about the irish is really my writing about myself coming to the united states and coming into contact with the united states so consequently my puerto rican friends, and some of my irish friends, although they were more circumspect, what are you doing writing about the irish? i'm writing about the united states. the irish are more interesting. they had to put up with colonialism, just as puerto rico is a colony of the united states. i also respect the fact that they have a facility with language, which i also enjoy. consequently, i wondered why this attraction to the irish. in 2004, the university of puerto rico asked me to come there and lecture and read. i immediately called my ri

for fun, we'll explore the darker side of fiction with gillian flynn, author of the big bestseller, "gone girl." mystery writer david baldacci, whose new one is forgotten. david baldacci, author of "the expats," and then there is alex stone, whose "fooling houdini" tells how he chose magic over physics, and, yes, he fooled us and he'll fool you, too. how did you do that? we were all about books this morning, just like another washington shopper this weekend. >> we're going to get those. >> okay. >> schieffer: because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. well, just hours after helping negotiate the cease-fire between the israelis and hamas, egyptian president mohamed morsi declared more power for himself and said he was immune to judicial oversight. that has set off violent protests between morsi's muslim brotherhood, and the opposition parties. police used terd gas in cairo yesterday. more than 500 have been injured and egypt's judicial branch is joining with the

kel any li left hand h than flynn case was the last case and it was thrown out. -- kelly-flynn case. they said this is a travesty. why are we prosecuting this woman. this affair begin after he left the military. even if there is so some sort of xiags it occurred in afghanistan i would be really surprised if anyone tries to prosecute him for it. >> greta: i assume you would be disappointed in him that it didn't and turned out later it did? >> i am disappointed in him right now. he is disappointed in himself. he blames no one but himself for this affair. he screwed up big time. that is direct quote from him. he realizes what he did was wrong. he is going to do his best to repair his relationship with his wife and kids and move on from here. >> greta: calls for a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of what really happened in benghazi. louie gomer joins us. you wanted a special prosecutor? >> there is group that is going to be in washington, special operations folks and special forces people who got hundred thousand signatures that demand a special prosecutor. that is what is called

. >> i guess this would apply to admiral flynn as well. is that correct?>> i regret to say that i was unaware of the tip-off list and was unaware of it until yesterday. >> you didn't ask for a list of suspected terrorists? >> you mean through tip-off? >> yes. >> no. we did not go to the state department and ask them to give us all 61,000 names so that they could be put on the watch list. for one thing, the airlines would not have been able to handle such a list. >> they sure had no trouble handling their frequent flier lists. i mean, that's ridiculous. what about common sense? >> once they arrived at the airport, the hijackers got through ticketing without any trouble. >> one of the hijackers on flight 77 didn't even have a photo i.d. you or i probably couldn't get on a plane without a photo i.d. prior to 9/11, but they let a hijacker on a plane without a photo i.d. >> actual video of the hijackers from dulles airport shows them passing through security. >> the key on the dulles video is that it shows the violations that the airlines and security companie

drive times heading out now, 580 altamont pass, roadwork eastbound between north greenville and north flynn due to be picked up 11:00 this morning. drive out of antioch good towards concord under 20 minutes east shore freeway smooth ride under 20 minutes as you drive into the macarthur maze. we saw the toll plaza, no problems there. >> time now is 4:40. >>> toxic danger an environmental group says is still covering neighborhood around the chevron refinery in richmond. >>> bishop of the san jose diocese apologizes for the controversy involving a convicted child molester. kx;ñ;ñx >>> beautiful picture of the embarcadero center holiday season kicked off last friday with the opening of the skating rink. head on down and enjoy holiday weather, today not so much in the 60s. >>> new this morning, the chemical fallout from the richmond refinery fire my coat your yard and vegetable garden three months after the fire. environmental group found high levels of cancer-causing hydrocarbons in five of the eight samples taken from different areas near the refinery. dusted dirt samples across nine miles wer

lieutenant general michael flynn who now heads of the u.s.defense intelligence agency has said that information and intelligence are the fire and maneuver of the 21st century, and those of you who are familiar with war fighting methods in iraq and afghanistan know how important this has become, and i'll talk more about that as i go along, but i want to read you about a passage about a raid in iraq called the sinjar raid where special operatives seized the computer equivalent of the roladex. it tracked 500 al-qaeda suicide bombers or terrorists who had filtered into iraq through syria, and the possession of this data base of 5 # 00 individuals who were recruitedded to blow themselves up or arrange for terrorist attacks was critical in the effort to take al-qaeda apart inside of iraq, and i'll read you what i wrote here in the prologue. the motherload of documents seized in what has become known as the sinjar raid illustrated the point nicely. the point made by lieutenant general flynn. in the six years after the 9/11 attacks, the u.s. military

yonkers fire chief john flynn and firefighter mike juro assess the dire situation. >> one guy is actuallyg, standing on top of it. and the second victim is below him, beneath the scaffolding, probably another ten feet or so. >> we didn't know the extent of their injuries at that point. so the plan was made to have some of our members proceed to the floor nearby where they were hanging from the scaffolding to remove windows to establish communication with them, to assess their condition. >> the two men indicate they aren't hurt and their safety harnesses keep them from plummeting to the ground. but rescuers are concerned that may quickly change. no one knows how long the scaffold, or the workers, can hold on. >> when they sit in their harnesses for a long time it decreases the blood flow to their lower extremities which creates a lot of physiological problems. >> it's a serious thing. they were starting to get some of that because their legs were starting to get numb. it was a little cold out. >> firefighters first attempt to use their truck ladder to bring the men down, but it quickly bec

a couple issues eastbound 580 the noncommute, another vehicle fire at north flynn, westbound 4 at harbor big rig caught fire on the shoulder, tow truck en route. so far the drive out of antioch not bad. >>> the u.s. marines lifting one more restriction placed on females they will be required to perform pull-ups like males as part of the fitness testify the change takes effect in 2014 replaces the current practice of a flex arm hang under the new rules women will have to perform at least three pull-ups to graduate the announcement was made on the same day four female vets and the aclu filed a suit against the defense department over policies that restrict women from some combat positions. >>> southern california man the first in the country to receive a breathing lung transplant. the 57-year-old was battling pulmonary fibrosis he volunteered to be part of a new trial. a team at ucla medical center was able to keep donor lungs as life, the organ was infused with blood and oxygen allowing them to breathe on their own. >> it maintains the donor s outside of the body, on a box, -- >> i like t

phil flynn of price futures group deep in the pits of the cme with the very latest.recovering from some losses overnight in asia. >> it really is. i think it is always fascinating to see what markets are going up and what markets are going down on the last day of the month. usually on the last day of the month commodity fund want to lock in the profits. they want to get paid fees at end of the month. when you get a quiet day you see markets going down. i think it is telling that oil is putting in impressive 75 cent rally at end of the day. they're doing this in spite of the fact some other commodities are getting crushed. look at silver for example. they are getting smashed today, down over a $1.16. could that be because of worries about the fiscal cliff, concerns about a stronger dollar? perhaps but it is probably more, i think it is more profit-taking at the end of the month. a lot of uncertainty. people are worried about the fiscal cliff. silver will be under pressure and so will gold. look at gold today, down 17.30. even though a lot of markets weren't reacting t

professional options trader alan knuckman and oil trader phil flynn, who is also with fox business newshe contributes, are ready to weigh in. here we go guys: "spare us a quarter:" we are halfway through the quarter. what is your takeaway on the numbers? > > i'm going to remain optimistic. in the price action we're only 3.5% off of the multi-year highs. we weren't expecting much for this quarter. we came in with earnings growth of about 1% when we were actually expecting negative earnings growth. that's a positive. > > it's not positive if you want to get reelected, i'll tell you that. the numbers aren't that good. but we did see a big tick-up in consumer confidence. you know why? probably because gasoline prices went down. > > round 2: fracking friction - the government has spent billions on research that has unlocked natural gas right here in our own country- good idea or bad? > > great idea! what are you talking about? but why does the government get credit for spending money? george mitchell is the guy that figured out the fracking and the directional drilling. the government always

. >>> another big rig crash on 580 there livermore at the north flynn road off-ramp. the driver told ktvu he began slipping and sliding and crashed. 1 trailer filled with gravel flipped over blocking lanes, no one was hurt and that crash has been cleared. >>> for more on what traffic is like let's go to tara moriarty in the traffic center, still slow spots. >> that's right a traffic advisory has been issued for that, take there instead. >>> a live look there, not too many folks out there, very wet conditions, a lot of cars hitting the puddles there. we want to mention the silver avenue on-ramp to southbound san francisco completely flooded and shut down, southbound near there flooded as well. in mountain view an accident there, one lane blocked and in the east bay flooding on 680 south there as well as a finder bender on 24 eastbound and there. up next a look at highway 4 in the pittsburgh area, a lot of fog westbound traffic doing all right toward concord, tori, let's check back in with you. >> thank you. viewers have been sending us snapshots of the impact on their

this is the area of overnight roadwork we're talking about eastbound 580 from north flynn towards greenville. three of four lanes are blocked until 11 a.m. against the commute. it's already slow. the nimitz in the east bay is close to the coliseum and northbound 880 traffic 15 minutes is that drive time between 238 and the maze. southbound 880 is fine if you have to catch a flight at oakland airport and continues to move well towards 92 in hayward. south bay, these are all of our live drive time sensors. you can pretty much traffic is moving at the limit with a little slowdown on 101 coming through san jose. but overall your drive times for the south bay look good. still all in the green and clear on 101, 280 coming through downtown and up the guadalupe parkway. by the way, nothing to note for mass transit. all mass transit is on time so far including all bart trains around the bay area. that's a check of traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> a young boy is dead after falling 14 feet off a deck at a zoo in pennsylvania. the pittsburgh zoo says the

the other guy is deon flynn.re getting rave reviews for that mock interview of the candidate's post-election call. this one ends up with the president and former governor singing a duet of the "dawson's creek" theme song. >> to see the entire skit, go to our website, nbcbayarea.com. i did that before the show. >> it's worth the effort. go check it out. >> thank you for spending time with us. join us tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. >> all day long at nbcbayarea.com, go out and have yourself a great day. there's the weather. >> don't forget that umbrella. [ female announcer ] this is the story of joycelin... [ joycelin ] it was a typical morning. i was getting ready for work, and then i got this horrible headache, and then i blacked out. [ female announcer ] ...who thought she had reached the end of her story. [ joycelin ] the doctor told me i had two brain aneurysms and that one of them had ruptured. [ female announcer ] fortunately, she was treated at sutter health's california pacific medical center. [ joycelin

you will find roadwork in the eastbound lanes of 580 through livermore from greenville road to north flynn various lanes blocked for the next little bit. up the nimitz in the east bay 880 through oakland this looks great from hayward all the way up towards downtown and the macarthur maze. 15 minutes is that drive time right now between 238 and the maze. elsewhere to the south bay now, more roadwork this time southbound 880 from coleman to bascomb avenue. this is ongoing roadwork in the area. otherwise through downed 280, 101, by san jose airport everything clear and mass transit also off to a great start once again. no delays for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and ferries. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 4:38. black friday the biggest shopping day of the year is still four days away but people already lining up to take advantage of some early deals. they are the diehards. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is at a best buy in pinole where shoppers have staked their ground already. they are camping out. >> reporter: that's right. talk about dedication. these tents have been up sinc

the first written by gillian flynn, whose psychological thriller "gone girl," headache at the top of the bestseller list fair long, long time. chris pavone, the first-time fiction author of "the expats," a timely tale of intrigue involving a c.i.a. operative. alex stone who has a masters degree in physics and decided instead to become a magician because i believe you wrote, "it makes you be less a nerd," which is always a good ambition. his book is "fooling houdini." and the ever-reliable dan balz, who is back with more tealz of army special agent john fuller for his 25th novel "the forgotten." gillian, i want to start with you. just a masterpiece of writing, your book. i don't want to give away too much of it. so i'll let you tell us. but it is the story-- it is a thriller but it's told in a very unusual way, and basically, it's about trust in a marge that sort of went wrong. >> it's about nick and amy dunn. they're a married couple, and amy goes missing on her five-year anniversary, and it starts with that very basic premise, but the story is told as kind of a he said/she said sort

general lewis, or flynn six years after a 9/11 attacks that intelligence committees representing a wide variety of agencies, but notorious and secret, had been collaborating on the unprecedented capability to crush the terrorist networks. addition to the special ops they used supercomputers and custom software for deployed a skilled and list and to charge just about every type of intel into searchable data weather tips or documents from the old fashioned spy network, but transcripts from interrogation, logs of surveillance, monitoring, ce llphones and computers and the images and sensory readings hovering high and silent over potential targets for days or months or years. few of them are clearly related and they would previously remade headed a bank account shared by the hezbollah official with those two known suicide bombers with the slate american soldier with the paymaster in the computer instantly draws a thread between datapoint that would otherwise remained disconnected. to eliminate secret network said one -- once they are made the operatives nowhere and whom to hit next. in the

mike flynn did a terrific piece, republicans have a huge problem they don't have a silicon valley connection. there are 40 executives from silicon valley working with obama campaign. and oraca was a complete fiasco. this is not a good sign. this is something that reporters will be digging up. >> jon: one of problems with social media that bad news travels fast. brian williams the nbc anchor had to correct an incorrect tweet that went out. there is a rogue re-tweet that we have called the massachusetts senate race. we have not. >> that happened a couple times on election night where someone would tweet something out. somebody that you are following and would get retweeted and elizabeth warren, she ended up winning burr much before it was called. >> a look ahead to the coverage we can expect over the next four years. >> president obama gets a second chance. another four more years as our president and another four more years of media infatuation -- or will the media take him to the task over the hard issues? answersrsrsrsrs >>>. >> now that those on the campaign trail have had a chance to get

green gate farm, located on the outskirts of austin, texas, is run by erin flynn and skip conig.ise rare breed hogs in a wide range of organically grown vegetables. >> in farming, there's heavy up front costs -- a barn, a tractor, fencing -- it takes a long time before you're going to see a profit. >> green gate is a very small, very local business. it provides food for about 100 families a year and at the same time provides income to a fair number of other local businesses and suppliers. >> we're growing rare breed guinea hogs. they need organic feed. that supports the feed mill. we need fencing. that supports the supply stores. then there's a butcher. i need to hire who's going to start making fine sausages, who will sell it to a restaurant. >> more and more, local business owners are discovering that spending their money within the community brings a boost to the local economy. >> so the buy local movement is, when you buy local, the money stays in the community, so it's better for the local community to shop with small, independent vendors. >>> that's austin-based mason arnol

dennis: phil flynn. cheryl: another casualty of the david -- general david petraeus affair.s in afghanistan charge fees and 30,000 e-mails to the tampa woman who triggered the initial private. dennis: i'm impressed by that output. node end to the greek tragedy. liz claman at the conference in naples, florida where a former imf managing director. cheryl: take a look at the world currencies and how they are caring against the u.s. dollar. $1.27. the euro under pressure today. >> 21 past the hour, your fox news minute. fbi investigators searching the charlotte, north carolina home of paul law brought well last night, feds were seen carrying boxes and taking photographs inside the home of general david petraeus's alleged former mistress. fox news reported broadwell leaked classified information she could have obtained from david petraeus. the saudi arabian man found guilty of conspiring to home the dallas home of former president george w. bush sentenced to life last hour. a jury convicted the failed terrorist of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. the former texas t

thank you, phil flynn. >> thank you, sir. cheryl: say it ain't so.kie, cohost, wonder bread, this is a bad situation. dennis: and "skyfall" skyhigh open. new details ahead. speak on tracy byrnes with your fox business brief. wall street has lingering concern about the fiscal cliff weighing on the market. the dow was only up about four points. meanwhile investors are driving up shares today. the car rental company agreed to sell some of its airport locations across the u.s. in a bid to win it with cory approval for the proposed purchase of dollar thrifty. the current tender offer for $2.6 billion deal expires november 15. a new survey suggests this giving turkey will cost a few more dollars this year. the presbyter give price of tur% from a year ago. on average fixing the meal cost just under $50. this latest from the fox business network giving you the power to prosper. oods' firs. and his new boss told him twongs -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll wk his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening

team coverage, phil flynn, trading pits of the cme the first lauren simonetti at the stock exchange with. >> i was going to say good morning. almost -- the market playing defense. unlike the past two days, all ten s&p sectors in the green, haven't seen a double day like that for almost six months but now we have the defensive play, positive utilities and telecoms. definitely a trend in the market right now but negative across the board and with that, let's say hello to phil flynn. >> a big down day and gold down $11. the day after record volume in that contract here at the cme, a lot of stuff happening, on gold today, people looking to take delivery on the contract but they might not get it because of the problems with hurricane sandy and the depository, there may be a bit of be late to get sheared gold but if you take the delivery today you might have to wait a little bit. the other issue traders are watching carefully is the train derailment in the delaware river. tte refineries in new jersey, $80 a be all -- there are concerns it could impact supplies, the ability to move eating land

fox business's and commodities group, phil flynn in the cme. gold and oil sliding today. >> they are not only getting crushed but precious metals and not much talked about factory orders that put another wave to the downside in gold. the perception that the u.s. economy is better than europe that gets the dollar rallying. that gets gold tanking. the other big story is gasoline. historic waiver of the jones act by the department of homeland security all of sudden has gasoline futures catching up with the falling heating oil futures. a dramatic drop. it will take six days to get tankers to new york. they're on their way. back to you. melissa: phil flynn of price futures group. thanks very much. power is out, hundreds of homes have been destroyed but mayor bloomberg reiterating the city's plan to run the annual marathon on sunday. lori: as you might guess he is facing very sharp criticism for that decision. governors run in central park for the race while other areas are dark and residents struggle for their basic need. look at trading on the nasd

i am joined by phil flynn for the price futures groups and k.t. mcfarland. k.t., let's tart with you. the president says he's trying to broker a cease-fire. is that true? >> yes, but it's not going to happen. henry kissinger says you get a cease-fire 11 or both sides is done fighting. they are not done. iran wants them to keep fighting. they want the israelis to get so involved with each other and fighting each other that no one pays attention to iran. as far as israel, they have a different objective. they have 10,000 missiles in the gaza strip. either by the air or ground troops. gerri: what does this mean for oil markets? anytime anything happens in the middle east, oil sponsored by going higher. >> impasse. it was showing off like crazy. we will market was changing. we can think about geopolitical risks. we were worried about the economy. i think what happened, it sports trainers to start focusing on the middle east. putting in that geopolitical risk back to the marketplace makes it less likely that it will go down and take out the old lows. gerri: ovoid. wha

phil flynn is the senior market analyst at fox. you also have to look at the jump in equities. if some of that positivity that we are seeing that makes a little bit better growth? >> i think it's better growth, to be honest with you. there is no doubt this conflict could today's rallies of about much more. we are back to focusing on the fiscal cliff. we are back to focusing on the possibility of a deal and that means oil demand going forward. you know, in fact, particularly today, oil traders really have to look at the situation of what is happening with egypt. that is why traders were so worried about this potential conflict. he didn't know how the new president in egypt was going to act. well, it looks like he could be asking for a cease-fire with israel. it does take away from the conflict that will go a lot further. david: i have heard from a lot of traders saying if this were a long-term trend, we would see whale of a percent. it was a healthy bump today, a couple of percentage points. but it would be much higher, we would be in the 100-dollar per barrel range. if this was

doug flynn discusses another blow if congress doesn't act soon. in a state owned utilities ceo calling it quits after feeling americans left without power after superstorm sandy. we will bring you the latest later. also, christmas is just around the corner. if you haven't booked a flight yet to grandmas, don't fret. affordable last-miminute hol gerri: well, the irs. issuing a warning that if congress doesn't act soon to address the fiscal cliff and the alternative minimum tax hats, tens of millions of us could be hit with a very large tax bill. we also might not be able to file later. so expect major delays. my next guest is doug. i can't get over this whole story. we have a fiscal cliff. the amt is just a small part of that. but the irs is saying that we are going to change or computer programs because wreally don't know what's going to happen. it could be chaos out there. >> they are expecting that they will find a patch. gerri: the past means they don't have to pay this. how many people would be on the hook, and what would it mean for them? >>

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let's go to the cme and see what phil flynn has to say.aid the first sign of winter was withdrawal from natural gas supplies, summer is coming back. jackson natural gas, not supposed to happen where we see close to the holidays but traders were shocked and natural-gas celadon, almost immediately, down $0.11 right now. another sign that a mild winter is in store for us which means record supplies and record supplies for this time of year. the other market is on fire earlier and everybody believe we would get the fiscal cliff, that is reversed after the john boehner comments, a very strong day. cheryl: nicole petallides at the nyse. you could call this the host with the most. to make money off of the company. charles: it is the hardware side and a host these companies and in the green room, i am telling you of the back this is not of value play, we are playing this high, looking for an up-front, a 63 ratio of three and 12 times books and in the market, the series bifurcation, and the retailers, this is what the street likes about it, a five

phil flynn at the cme, oil was too high to buy.iscal policy: situation in europe continues to deteriorate. on the plus side prices at the pump continue to decline. coming up stocks under heavy pressure tracking the market's every move. tracy: president obama's victory guarantee that nothing can stop the health care law from going into effect. fox news senior editing manager dr. manny alvarez is here. tracy: and let's take a look at how the 30-year treasuries are faring. still down, 12 basis points. 1.63%. in your 30-year down 10 basis points. the dow down 282 points. we will be right back. >> i am robert gray wit robert r fox business brief. stocks were plunging in the wake of obama's reelection as they shift their focus to the looming fiscal cliff. with a focus on the fiscal cliff, moody's is talking about a possible downgrade to the u.s. credit rating. moody's will wait until he 2013 budget negotiations are completed before taking action. rating firms affiliates reach an agreement will not mean an automatic downgrade. the white h

melissa: phil flynn, always the best. thanks so much. >> thank you. thanks, melissa.s, phil. so president obama and house republicans are gearing up for negotiations on a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. of course the president even stating during yesterday's press conference that he is open to new ideas. >> i'm open to compromise and i'm open to new ideas. and i've been encouraged the past week republican and republican agree on the need for more revenue from the wealthiest americans as part of the arithmetic if we're going to be serious about reducing the deficit. lori: joining me, david wessel, economics editor for "the wall street journal" he wrote a piece to proposals about letting the bush tax cuts expire. welcome to you. >> good to be with you. lori: the president says he is willing to compromise but everyone is skeptical. we know he won't back down without at least raising taxes on wealthier americans, right? >> right. well, everybody is playing nice now. everybody is sounding very reasonable. everybody is willing to compromise without violating their principle

. >> matt flynn, charles koch foundation.hen you say that it's something we need to repair, what would you prescribe to be a fix for that? isn't that undermining the idea of spontaneous order? >> no. i think that all order has certain constraints that it acts within. waters form when you unite oxygen and hydrogen. and so i think that that spontaneous stuff has to happen when you have control of your borders, when you have an english language, when you -- let me go back to a previous book, to give a plug to that, "what would the founders say," and one of the things we noted or i noted in the section on education was -- and it surprised me -- was that almost all the founders favored some sort of public education. i was getting into that, and i thought, all right, i'm going to find home schoolers here. it can't happen. -- it didn't happen. but what i found was this that public education was they expected and demanded certain things be taught, you know, math and language skills, but also a patriotic history. and this was the phra

lane of traffic in the oakland area at 16th eastbound 580 roadwork between north greenville and north flynn this morning. westbound commute slowing over the altamont pass, bart, muni, caltrain everybody on time. >>> 5:54. >>> if you are hitting the road for thanksgiving, there's good news. >> here's jane king with the bloomberg business report. >>> good morning. good news for drivers, gas prices keep going lower nationwide average $3.42, down 30 cents from a month ago. stores like toys "r" us, wal-mart, target starting black friday sales on thanksgiving day. now, cyber monday is starting earlier, wal-mart kicking off this year's sales two days earlier on saturday. allowing shoppers to order online and pay with cash in the stores. holiday flavors just keep getting weirder this year peppermint pringles retailers go to new extremes to get your attention. $33 ice cream cake that looks like a turkey. if you don't want the whole turkey you can just get the leg, $8 forever a two-pack. -- for a two-pack. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king with the bloomberg business report. >>> 5:55. loo

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eastbound 580 north flynn, car fire on the shoulder, westbound drive out of the central valley good, westbound 4 big rig caught fire on the shoulder traffic out of antioch looking good at this hour. >>> the rain and winds are starting to pick up north bay residents are in the middle or the start of what will be a ponding from the storm. -- will be a pounding from the storm. amy hollyfield is in san rafael. >> reporter: not too bad, a little mist, a little drizzle, we had heavy raindrops around 4:30 so the streets are already wet there's a chilly wind here in san rafael. north bay is supposed to get hit hard that's why we are here we are going to keep an eye on it for you. yesterday people the day getting ready, several sandbag stations in the north bay, people took advantage of those, clearing out gutters, government officials say they tell us they feel prepared they will be watching carefully, especially day two and three of this storm. >> i believe the storms back-to-back could produce significant runoff. >> reporter: san -- san anselmo has had its fair share of flooding. they put

we've got flynn of that in the bay area. some of the clouds will be darkening the horizon. >> most americans are underworked and overpaid, so it gives them the day off. >> call it black friday backlash. the campaign to stop the stores from opening their doors on thanksgiving. >> it's november 18th. can you believe it's almost thanksgiving. i'm anne makovec. >> san francisco's 'em battled sheriff, going to have a taped sitdown with him where he talks about his fight with ed lee. >> we're also going to talk about california's fiscal future. jerry hill is going to join us live in studio. >> is this surplus everyone has been talking about that real. >>> first, the top of the news, the apology from the bishop at san jose. that's after a sex offender was able to volunteer at a school festival. >> the question is how he got written permission. prick permission -- patrick mcgraph said he's deeply troubled and apologizes that this policy was not followed. the man at the center of the controversy is mark christopher guri. he's only al

david: phil flynn at the price futures group joins us now. i don't want to barrel th. the lead, but why didn't gold take off? one of the main factors will be continuation of fed values that raise the dollar value of gold. why didn't it pop more than it did? >> i think because of the concerns over europe. when we are concerned about europe it is always bearish for gold. why is that? if the euro zone falls apart, wanting to have a value is gold. that we have even seen is a possibility of a way out of this mess. even talking "wall street journal" the possibility of goldbach eurobonds as a solution to try and get some credibility behind europe which right now doesn't have a heck of a lot of credibility and of course the eu president today didn't help. liz: so let's look over all of what is happening. you cannot discount a stronger dollar, when you see the euro went to $1.27, had been $1.31 over the past couple of weeks how much does that play into it and also the inventory numbers we got much bigger than expected build in crude. >> we have seen demand destruction on a hist

. >> bob: old friend of ours on the show vince flynn who writes big best sellers, the latest book ise the other night. he gave me an inscription in his book. he said, "to my favorite comemy, love vince." i want to say to you, thank you for. that near and dear to my heart. you are -- i won't say what you are. i think senator fluke desevens that. >> dana: person of the year. all right. close us out. >> eric: update on the screen. have necessary is a riddle we want to get her to 100,000. she wanted 50,000. donald trump and

phil flynn, seen i don't remember market analyst at price futures group. could this be energy independence in your foot, phil? >> yes it can. yes it can. all those people said we couldn't grow our way to energy independence, they're wrong. the people in the industry are very excited about that. you know why this is good, not only for the obvious geopolitical national security things but also because our economy needs something right now. it need as boost. it needs a driving force. energy and energy production probably will be that boost. it will be the new internet revolution, the new thing that could drive the economy for the next 10 to 20 years if not longer. rick: phil, i thought this administration was anti-drilling stood in the way of these kinds of advances. shot down the keystone oil project. what is going on? >> they're shouting down more. over the weekend they shut down more federal lands for drilling. that was the big question in the debate. president obama says we're drilling more but on federal lands we're drilling less. we'll continue to drill