their names are gabriella and jack, a girl and a boy.t is the boy set to take over the throne from his father. you are watching "france 24." thousands of mourners fill the west bank for the funeral of a palestinian official killed in clashes with israeli troops. the government is urged to recognize palestine as a state. there was a vote in the national assembly. police clearing the streets of hong kong, part of a final push to end the pro-democracy protest. time to take a look at what weekly magazines have been saying around the world. it is the time when many magazines look back at the big influential newsmakers of the year. >> the person of the year or people of the year for "time." they have elected the ebola fighters. you can see several covers for "time" negatives in. the editor said anyone willing to treat ebola victims runs the risk of becoming one. ebola fighters are heroes. she praises those weapon fighting this epidemic which has killed more than 6300 people worldwide. they have done this to tireless ask of courage. the rest of

gab brie ella -- gabriella was sponsor ahead of her brother.everal children, but since they were born out of wedlock. they are not eligible for the thrown. >>> we continue on the search for a west chester student who went missing in manayunk. >> "action news" continues. >> good morning, everyone, 5:00 a.m., thursday, december 11. here's what's happening. >>> accuweather is tracking the chance for snow showers, there could slick spots to slow down your commute. >> police are following a new lead in the search for shane montgomery. sources say surveillance videos captured on the day he disappeared. >> jimmy rollins is trading in phillies red for dodgers blue. >> david murphy as accuweather and matt pellman is in for karen rogers. >> reporter: we have snow showers ready to leave the coast and one in northern chester

we still have yet to see photos of the two, gabriella, and jack.ut their mom here, she's on the front page. >> please tell me that was taken after her birth. >> it was before, probably. after conquering the heart of prince albert, she is conquering monaco. >> sounds great. time now for business. stephen carroll is here with us. but stay with the theme of cuba, a dominant theme here today and the potential economic boost that cuba might get with relations renewed with the u.s. >> 50 years of trading bargo has cost is economy -- trade embargo has cost is economy $1.1 trillion. the relaxed restrictions announced by president obama and roll castro raul -- raul castro could provide a boost in one sector of the economy cigars photo quick this cigar shop in new york is looking forward to the possibility of stocking cuban made cigars. >> there is a certain mythology to cuban made cigars. we welcome this. our flagship in new york things it's wonderful for business and for everyone involved. >> it is the sector that has the potential to boost the economy in

new parents of twins gabriella and jacques. she was born first by two minutes but he will be heir to throne "in accordance with the historic custom." >>> this was not only the sweetest photo we encountered today, but the perfect antidote to so much of the news we've been covering. happiness is warm santa. that is baby scarlet who arrived at the mall for her photo with santa sound asleep. so santa did the only thing that seemed right, he reclined with sleeping baby for a short winter's nap. >>> when we come back, lost at sea for almost two full weeks. happily it resulted in an astounding story of survival. >>> finally here tonight, an incredible story of survival on the high seas. a man missing since thanksgiving found alive today over a week after the search to find him was suspended. we get our report tonight from nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: how does it feel to be back on dry land? >> reporter: ron ingram couldn't help but kiss dry land. after nearly two weeks lost at sea. his sailboat managed off the coast of hawaii and 12

gabriella and jacques.ittle jacques is two minutes younger, but under monaco law, he's still next in line for the throne. well, the fbi says north korea is behind the cyberattack on sony. we will see exactly how it was done and why other companies could be vulnerable as well. and another record day on wall street as the dow closes over 18,000 for the first time. what's driving investor optimism. that's coming up. be a weekender and book weekenour stay at hampton. >>> more than 200 independent theatres in the u.s. will show the controversial sony comedy "the interview" starting on christmas day. sony pulled the film last week after hackers made threat against theatres. the film is about a fictional plot to assassinate north kree leader kim jong un. police have arrested two men as part of an ongoing counterterrorism operation. both are facing terrorism charges and are expected to appear in court wednesday. the arrests come a day after australian prime minister tony abbott warned of heightened terrorist chatte

morning prince albert of monaco announced the birth of his twins, crown prince jacques and princess gabriellae gratitude to those in monica that express their attachments to the princess, myself and my family. >> his wife delivered the twins on wednesday. they were born at the hospital named after mother, american actress grace kelly. >>> it is 8:05. let's get another check of the weather with al roker. hey, al. >> and good morning. we got the king of the elves over here. are you the king of the elves? >> i am. >> from "lord of the rings." >> i am, thank you. >> i'm king of the trollles. good to see you. let's show you what we have going on. i love this place. here in the east you just saw all of the snow. this is western new york. buffalo will pick up another few inches before it's all over. western new york, erie, pennsylvania, between erie and buffalo, upwards of a foot of snow. we are going to be watching that. then the big storm out west. this thing is going to be just epic. we are talking about a storm that six inches -- or six years has not happened. seattle, l.a., san francisco, and e

the gabriella miller first kit slashing money for political conventions which is good news for all ofa question for peter orzag. >> i like that excitement, that is great. >> trying to do something in the morning. schock on then show couple weeks ago and he gave a dog whistle and said that one of the things he wanted to see happen was dynamic scoring by the cbo, help me understand what that means. >> when you evaluate a change like a tax cut spending increase, you take into account the feedback affect on the economy which affects the budget. one mostculty is, republicans only want to apply that to tax cuts but as we were just discussing and infrastructure investment can generate macroeconomic gains in this environment and the second thing is that it is really hard to do well. >> is there anything close to a consensus on the multipliers for spending your tax cuts. is wide enough that if you are the director of the budget office you have enough range to pick from so you can flip the sign and that is the problem. here, iet help me out have enjoyed standing in iowa where the floating highw