gerri: that is hard.redict the health issues or other expenses. >> but you can have control over the amount of debt you carry into you retirement if it is high interest credit-card eliminate that if you carry a mortgage get that down. even if not high rates that will drag on your investments and less to tap for retirement. gerri: now choose which of the topic there is a debate people who are in retirement should use actively managed funds or etfs or index fund. what is your favorite in answer? >> my favorite answer is look at where your money is when you were in retirement. if you take money out of those investments make sure you have the distribution to sustain those withdrawals. looking at the managed money funds they have not done as well as the s&p index. gerri: is that your vote? to begin to take money at a retirement accounts that would be more safe. or look at the individual bonds or preferred stock holdings and tell maturity. gerri: but if you are not in retirement rights now the building your nes

meanwhile "the willis report" is next gerri: hello, everybody, i'm gerri willis. welcome to the "willis report." a big day with lots of to chew through and the first story, the dow closing up 420 points. the biggest rally in three years and the largest two-day point gain in six years. new fallout from the sony hack attack, and its decision to cancel "the interview," that movie, over threats of terror. pulling another satire flick and obama normalizing relations with cuba. is this throwing a lifeline to cuba's dictators? we have steve moore. jonathan hoenig, founding member of the capitalist pig hedge fund and fox news contributor. guy benson, political editor for townhall.com. jonathan i will start with you, i called my husband said let's cash out. this is two wonderful days in the stock market. can this continue and is this all about janet yellen playing santa claus? >> that is no doubt some element of it, gerri, but the fact is that the bull market rolls on. we're just a couple of hundred points off the all-time high for the dow jones industrial average. despite

. >> hello, i'm gerri wilson. gerri willis. we begin with the computer hacking at sony pictures entertainment. the hacking is believed to be much more damaging and includes the release of tens of thousands of social security numbers of folks including big stars like sylvester stallone for more, entertainment reporter david cap lynn. 47,000 social security numbers. (?) this blows my mind. i can't believe this is happening. how many stars? who were the big named stars with this kind of information being leaked? >> we have people like judd appear to say, seth rogen, james franco. huge stars. (?) there's two categories the social security information. then the hollywood information which is more affecting their personality and their perception. >> how much money they're making. >> we know seth rogen made 8.5 million in the movie interview while james franco made 2 million less. in hollywood, for some people, that's more damaging than their social security numbers getting out. gerri: you make a good point. look at this list -- >> th

gerri: how many?ts both ways because people are going to know exactly what we're saying, oh, he only got it because of who he is. so a judge or anyone, the attorney general who, you know, the golf who's actually the -- the governor who's actually the one who gives this clemency or the pardon is going to look at that and, obviously -- gerri: he is from a rough background. let's be clear. this is a guy who otherwise would be toilet papering a house, his background was pretty rocky. >> there's thousands of children that come from disadvantaged neighborhoods that don't go and beat up two vietnamese immigrants. and by the way, there's allegations that when he was beating them, he was yelling racial slurs. >> we don't know any of that. you can't bring that from >> it sets a precedent that, okay, you can do dumb stuff when you're younger and get out of it when you're older as long as you're famous, you'll get a pardon. >> redemption, my friend, redemption. gerri: great debate. really interesting story. and,

gerri: hello, everyone, i'm gerri willis. we begin tonight with a warning to all parents and grandparents. as you hit the toy store this season you want to check and double-check the safety of those toys on your christmas shopping list. according to a new study, toy related injuries are up 60% since 1990. here with their annual list of dangerous toys that can still be found on store shelves is the u.s. public industry research group. thanks for coming on the show tonight. if people don't think this is important list. let me explain. this is your 29th annual. as a matter of fact the federal government recalls a lot of toys you shed a light on, up to 150. tell me what are the most common problems that you find with toys? >> well, one of the most common problems is choking. we have found over the years many examples of toys on store shelves just too small for young children under three to play with. young children as we all know put everything in their mouths and so the risk of choke something very high. that is actually the lar

gerri:.f you were cheated anaphase christmas bonus or looking for ways to spice of holiday cheer we have ideas. in here with his favorite is chris adams the ceo located here is a new york city i may have been there earlier today result. that is what you do you run into the store to find it for the people on your less talent you do it on a budget and not seem cheap? >> like any industry the internet has transformed our business. it is a great vehicle. you can search for items between 10 and $15 or breads or whites. did you go on the web site you don't have to deal with people in a wine store you feel intimidated. >> demo is afraid they'll also was the most expensive thing in the place. social was what is a good value at the right price. >> we will start with red and white. so if you go to napa for a nice wine about $20 a bottle but one of the finest producers you can go to bordeaux. talked-about that level of production then you have the rothschilds. gerri: i would never guess that bottle at $

gerri: hello, everybody, i'm gerri willis. we begin with the fan at the center of obamacare's troubled image. jonathan gruber was in the hot seat today as he testified before the house oversight committee over his controversial comments saying obamacare was passed because of the stupidity of the american voter. that is what he said. not what i'm saying. he is apologizing, trying to down play those comments today. joining me dr. scott gottlieb, physician and resident fellow at the american enterprise institute. doc, great to have you back. we'll get to sound from jonathan gruber. hear the exchanges in this case with darrell issa. >> are you stupid? >> i don't think so, no. >> does mit employ stupid people? >> not to my knowledge. >> so you're a smart man who said some as ranking member said, really stupid things and you said the same. is that correct? >> i, comments i made were really inexcusable. gerri: the comments i made were inexcusable. what do you make of this? does this take us back to earlier today? are gruber's comment

gerri: well -- >> gerri. gerri: go right ahead, gary. >> there are more derivatives now than there were in 2007 and eight. remember they said we have to be careful about derivatives? it even more and more of the margin is way up there and all kinds of leverage on everything. by the way you can buy 200 square feet in san francisco for a million four. if that is not a bubble i don't know what is. >> derivatives right now are four times at least four times the total value of the global economy. not the gdp but capital value. how can that possibly be sustainable? the whole situation is absurd. gerri: long way to go. markets like it. they're up. we'll have to wait and see. gary, peter, thanks for coming on. great to see you. >> take care. gerri: and a rosier outlook for small businesses as optimism returns for entrepreneurs. a new "inc." magazine survey of 5,000 business owners are betting on a strong 2015. here with more, ink president and editor-in-chief. great to see you again. >> gerri, great to see you too. g

gerri: you think you're a bit of a snob. >> gerri i know but you still love me right? gerri: i do.o. the bottom line with walmart they have a serious public relations crisis on their hand right now with they're not paying a living wage and i don't agree with that strategy. gerri: a portion of walmart employees make minimum wage. i don't think you will point to somebody who does that i don't think it is walmart you want to point to actually. and i don't believe this pr crisis for them. i just don't buy it. i've seen communities where they come in, where there was no retail options whatsoever and there they are. i think their issues are they're so big you no, how do they get extra margin. we're talking about customer service here and clearly they're having some issues there. >> they are. and they're not staffing like they should but let's face it. you get what pay for. you want low prices you will not have somebody to take you to certain department to help you. gerri: true. >> i like to shop at bed, bath & beyond. i probably pay more for products there but i get great service when i'

gerri: no? >> they're not, you know it is kind of funny, we get a million views a day and i'm chasing around with my camera. really just me and, we're not used to like this attention. so, the million views a day, they're stats on computer screen. they don't like translate into you know, there are not thousands of people on the sidewalks watching us do what we do. so they're kind of, you know, a little intimidating being in front of like real cameras and stuff like this. gerri: unbelievable. i think your video is awesome by the way. >> thank you very much. gerri: quickly before you go, i'm curious, is the money, is there a college fund here somewhere, lori? >> oh, definitely. we, you know we have college funds for the kids. we reinvest a lot of money we make into either equipment or you know inventory things like that. we travel. we want to be able to show the kids the world and, you know things that are opportunities now that would not have been had it not been for this channel so. it is pretty

hi, gerri.lated, upset, this is big concern in a relationship business because so many documents got out. a lot of these documents are very critical of actors they do business with including some very big names in hollywood. could it have been prevented? there is no question that they could have done a tremendous amount more. the minimum level of security was what they had and that today is just not enough especially with the big company like this, who will likely lose about $200 million over this breach. gerri: wow, that is a very big amount of money and i understand among the people being criticized angelina jolie being called something like a brat or something. we're seeing this kind of stuff leaking out slowly over several different websites. it seems to come out every day. when did sony know about this potential problem? they knew for a while that something was brewing. why didn't they put it together and why didn't they protect their employees better? >> well they knew about it on the 21st

i wish i had been drinking beer gerri: hello, everyone, i'm gerri willis. tonight is christmas eve and that means 2014 is almost over. so now is the perfect time to get your financial house in order. for the next hour we're bringing you our user's guide to year-end financial moves, starting with taxes. and the clock is ticking to lower your tax bill before the new year. here with advice, dominic tavella, founder and president of diversified private wealth advisers, and john vento, comprehensive tiff wealth management and author of the book, financial independence, getting to point x. i want to be point 2-x, that is my goal, john. i want to start with your idea, now is critical before year-end. why is it so important? >> so many people believe april 15th is the most important day when it comes to taxes. in fact it is not. it is december 31st. most of us have only 23 days left to make some critical decisions that could really go a long way in reducing our biggest expenditure which is taxes. gerri: dominic, so i think the main thing you're thinking about here,

gerri: wow.me. and ranchers really, it's against their nature to all the time report things to law enforcement. so the numbers we see across the country really just represent a tip of the iceberg in true losses. gerri: well, my understanding is that these high prices for beef are driving a lot of this. tell us about how those two things work: >> sure. right now we're at the lowest time in the last 50 or 60 years in terms of having the numbers of beef cattle in the united states, so the demand across the world is growing, and so prices are rising what ranchers get for their cattle, so it's a crime of opportunity for thieves to go ahead and steal cattle because it can be $30 or $40,000 of value in cattle, and a truckload can be well over $150,000 in value. gerri: wow. >> so the opportunity is there for thieves, and they're -- gerri: and they take it. kevin, is that how they do it, do they put them on tracks so there aren't, like, cowboys who come on your property and like -- how does it work? how d

gerri: wow. >> retailers have done everything they can to promote. this is the most euphoric promotional season i've seen in 40 plus years. by the way the euphoria of promotions will quickly return to reality of profitability for this holiday season as retailers examine what happened this holiday season. gerri: i am kind of flabbergasted by this. i thought one two pinch of -- punch of higher jobs as and lower gas prices. what do you see retailers kind of squeezing money out of these consumers? >> we clearly saw a huge amount of chains in promotions themselves. buy one get one free. buy one get 75% of at second. this year was tremendous season for retailers pushing very hard to get people into the stores. by the way that is a two-edged sword. what happens next year retailers will have to think a lot more about discounting. gerri: a lot more about -- i don't know how you could get anymore promotional. how low than you go? i heard retailers were finding that people started to respond when prices wer

i wish i had been drinking beer gerri: hello, everyone. i'm gerri willis. i hope you all are enjoying your christmas. because this is a special day, we thought we would bring awe special show for the next hour, we'll be devoting our entire program your biggest asset, your house. we'll have advice on everything from avoiding crooked appraisals to buying a second home both here and abroad. but we begin with location, location, location. this go-to real estate mantra sums up coldwell banker annual home listing report of the real estate giant examined most expensive and affordable markets for a four bedroom, two bath home. we have budge huskey. >> a pleasure, gerri. gerri: why do you do this study? most people don't do the study this way. this is the question i have. if i buy a house with these basic parameters what will it cost you market by market? why do you do the study? >> we've done it many years. as you suggested it is all location. but we hear so much on national level on averages and median prices but as we move through the housing recovery we find rea

gerri: hello, everyone, i'm gerri willis. crude oil continuing its plunge, closing today at just under $56 a barrel. that is the lowest since may 2009 and quite a far cry from the summer when it was $107 a barrel. but despite the boom, u.s. shale producers are creating, opec refuses to blink and will stick to its decision not to cutout put. joining me fox business contributor phil flynn, market analyst for price futures group. great to see you. how low is oil going. >> $55 is a key area. they tested it a lot sooner than people thought they could. if they take that out, 45 or $40 is not out of the question. i don't think this selloff is over by a long shot. opec dug in their heels. they want to bury this market. so far they are having a lot of success. gerri: on the flip side though, don't you have to say that american producers are having a lot of success? you remember when opec ruled the world? you know, the 1970 -- 3 oil embargo, the oil crisis in 1979. we couldn't blink without opec checking it out and making changes what

you're right, gerri. when we talk about something like target or home depot or even jimmy jobs, they're stealing credit card and debit card information. in this case, this group took over a company. they literally had digital data as hostage. they were creating ransom demands. they were literally blackmailing executives saying if you want your company back, comply with our demands. and by the way, we've taken over your computers and taken over your data. this was very comprehensive takeover of an organization. so if they're not state-sponsored they're obviously very well-funded and very talented group. gerri: we're showing video from some of the movies actually lifted, stolen and then put on the internet. of course one of the big debates going on right now, was this a north korean heist? was this north korea doing this because the movie you're looking at right now, which depicts, called "the interview." it pokes fun at the north korean dictator. do you give credence to these rumors? >> the rumors are inte

gerri: very smart.ounds like what we should not do. >> people tell you to enter the it address and to the web browser -- the but if it comes with the app bay gives you access to configurations and settings as you can change the channel very quickly. gerri: if all else fails, it turned off. if you call someone an to help you that is what they will do. gerri: we have been reading you the user guide one of the biggest pieces of advice using a health savings account. >> large employers in particular with have health plan options with the health savings account and my recommendation if you have not signed up for it you should consider it and find it to the max. >> even though there is a premium to pay the cost of the eighth tsa health plan is 20% cheaper than that hmo there are multiple tax benefits and in addition many employers particularly large employers find that account and that money can roll over year after year and is yours to keep even if you leave your job. gerri: and gas prices are giving sales o

gerri: 84 coming on.f "the willis report" prepares you for everything including the big winter storms that are coming. in then to look at the top-rated snow blowers here we go. gerri: try it again. what do you have for us today? >> four of the top-rated snow blowers. >> what are the major things to look for? >> a single stage door a two-stage it is a function of how much area you have. large areas go to the two-stage we are wheels are self propelled. when you get to the two-stage units looking at some other features. >> with that single stage snowblower? >> this is the top performer. >> it is all in one motion. in this is nice because it contacts the surface. this is for smaller areas of for a more compact units. it throws reasonably far maybe 10 or 12 or 14 feet. >> in the sixth stage the two-stage is much better. so the difference here is you can see you avocets of auger's the couple in the snow and if you look back here. this spitzer around this way. and there is one feature that you need to see it is

gerri: hello, everyone. i'm gerri willis. it's a bitter pill for americans to swallow. the rising health care costs affecting everyone. 43 million of us have unpaid medical bills. 43 million. tonight, we'll give you solutions to lowering your family's health costs. joining me now, dr. jeff rice, ceo of health care blue book. remember that name. and doug hersh. jeff, i want to start with you. we want to talk about rising health care costs and what americans can do about it. tell us why costs are rising so much and so fast. it doesn't matter whether you're going to the hospital, the pharmacy, you're seeing rising prices. >> yeah. prices have been rising dramatically for many, many years. we don't see an end to that. most patients have insurance traditionally. they haven't been exposed to the full price of care. just a fraction of what it actually costs. providers keep raising the costs and passing it on to the employers. the patients have to know it hits their pocketbook. it pays for them to shop around. you can get a good price in health care. not everyone charges a whol

gerri: shane -- >> john is right about that gerri. gerri: go right ahead. >> once a winter we have big spike in heating oil, that hurts consumers. this then helps as well. gerri: average household will save 362 bucks this winter due to lower oil costs and milder weather. shane, to you. we talk about black swans, what is the next bubble. can a black swan be both positive and negative? we usually think of it as being negative. but oil prices, the way they have fallen that is one of the reasons the market is so unstable right now because they're surprised by that. >> absolutely. i think clients are going to, clients that have positions of cash they will be able to take advantage. when adjustments come in the next 30 to 0 days we'll see shakeouts. we'll do bar a began shopping. >> oil is the being black swan if the drop in oil prices is largely a consequence of slowdown globally that continues to deteriorate. gerri: can a black swan be positive? can it be something that is unexpected and surprising, positive or negative? >> 1998, oil pric

gerri: hello, everyone, i'm gerri willis. tonight, we're getting right to the takata recall scandal. the japanese supplier behind the deadly airbags refuses to initiate a nationwide recall. this despite the potential for its airbags to explode, sending shrapnel shooting out of drivers and passengers. word from the government tonight? regulators who were supposed have our backs? silence. situation is simple. takata airbags are dangerous. nhtsa said so. takata admitted as much. there must be a nationwide recall to keep u.s. citizens safe. nhtsa must act. joining me to discuss the aaa ceo. great to have you here. my question for you tonight, is the federal government, is nhtsa doing enough to protect americans? >> i think it is pretty clear they are not. it seems pretty clear for that matter takata is just thumb its nose at the american motorist and that the national highway traffic safety administration. gerri: does nhtsa have the tools its need to go after takata? why aren't they, for example, fining the company? why aren't th

gerri: and?hine going to -- you can even make a machine that's better at chess than you are. better at jeopardy than you are. is that the goal of machine designers? people are afraid of these things because we don't understand them. do you, for example, do you know anything about ttl? gerri: oh, lord have mercy, no. >> a nangate. these things are science. my claim to this story, by having a pop ulasp that not aware. don't let your babies become cowboys. let them -- gerri: what about elon musk? he's not afraid of this stuff. >> it could have been an offhanded remark. he may have said, if we're inattentive, there will be a lot of car crashes. gerri: hold on to the electrical cord and don't give it up. >> when the battery runs out, they're not going anywhere. something to be respectful of, but not terrified of. let your kids grow up to be engineers. gerri: this is the favorite theme of yours. >> trying to change the world. gerri: we'll be right back gerri: you know, you may be asking yourself why we

gerri: oh, i like it. >> it even has a scratch table. gerri: nice! oh, look at that.go. i love it. >> and you can drop some beats, record your track -- gerri: drop some beats? show me, show me. >> ready? >> what up, what up? [laughter] gerri: i see an ipad. >> this is the osmo, and this is a $70 little device that attaches to your ipad or ipad mini. this and the base, so you use it with your ipad to turn it into a teaching tool. watch this. i love this. you pick a design. now we're going to make this in the physical world. so we're interacting. we're learning spatial, and you're really just trying to mirror -- when you get it right, it gives you the big thumbs up. gerri: it doesn't look like that. this is the tail, right? you're practiced at this, yes. >> it's really -- gerri: legs. >> ta da. yes! gerri: all right. what do you have for me next? >> so we're going to make slime. and what scientists and engineers really bring, i'm going to bring in ernie on the action. gerri: come on over, my friend. >> you're making slime, which is gross, but you're also learning about

gerri: what's that? >> these are heated hand grips. gerri: holy cow.ore importantly, you're holding these levers down, and your hands are tight, and the heated hand grips are just right. it has a little switch you can turn them on or off. gerri: or this is also on your list. >> this is the 28-inch, this is $1300. top of the line. gerri: whoa, look at this. >> top performer. gerri: look at that. look at the gears. this looks complicated. >> oh, but this is fun. [laughter] on a hot of these -- a lot of these, you have to turn the chute, this way you're operating the snowblower, you're in a hurry -- gerri: nice. oh, let me do that. yeah. i like -- i feel in control. a light on the front. you always end up doing this at night. >> yes. a light is very important. it's a little extra to pay for on some models. these two models are fully featured. they have everything from the heated hand grips to the light, and often it gets dark, 4 or 4:30 in the morning, it's probably going to be dark. the light helps a lot. gerri: how does this work differently beyond this

gerri: hello, everybody, i'm gerri willis. the christmas season is wrapping up. the big question?heir wallets and spread the holiday cheer? we have a retail strategist at pricewaterhousecoopers strategy unit. thanks for coming in tom. great to see you today. so your company pretty, pretty, not very happy about possible spending for the holiday season. you said it would actually go down. look at those numbers, average household spending 735 last year. 684 this year. when all is said and done and all the dollars and cents are

gerri: blowing the whistle, first page. pain's investment play brook, our debt $18 trillion, do you hear anything about it on your news programs or local cable programs? >> there is also something that is stiring inside of you that does not right. yesterday i talked about the market rallies and economy maybe lifting off a 2% growth, a base it has been at for a long time. that news was greeted with a young, this is yale school of business, they do a stock market confidence index that fit to its lowesest r-td -- reading since 1989. how can we become toe numb to the number? >> numb, if you think back to 2008, it was at the top of all of our minds. you look at the economy with low interest rates people are quick to push it to the side, but understand if you to to see job improvement and other jobs in the economy. gerri: you are saying that somehow we is get a great economy and a lower debt. >> that is on-line way we'll be able to do it. >> that 8 trillion goes hire, ib rates go up. -- interest rates go up. >> we will have to de

gerry storch former cease of toys r us and joins us now with his three big themes for 2015 and gerry,ou become ceo i hope to see you again but before you officially do, your themes, why is the high-end consumer going to continue to roll next year? >> well, start with luxury and the high-end consumer has money. stock market is up, a strong correlation between the stock market performance and the consumption of luxury goods. the next is the internet. you know, omni channel retail has grown dramatically wheres customers, you know, for example, shop on-line and pick up in the store. the brick and mortar have come back strong using the internet as a tool to drive their business. the third theme is value. that continues since the great recession the consumer is heavily focused on value. companies likes costco, spectacular, it's a retailer's retailer. people like tj max, ross stores, dollar general deliver value every day. >> okay. so let's square that a bit. high-end will do well, that seems logical, they have money and will spend it. the value plays, is it fair to say maybe if the economy

hi, marcus, gerri. >> gerri, nice to meet you. [horn honks] this is the whole kitchen?> this is the entire kitchen. >> this kitchen is tiny. i'm shocked by the size of this kitchen and the lack of equipment in there. i don't know how she even cooks anything, let alone contribute to the $500,000 coming out of her department. be nice if you had more space. >> it would be great to have more space. that's the biggest problem we have. when we're plating at night and a full bar of 75 people, it's really hard. it's tight. [car alarm chirps] >> just hearing from some of the other team members about the place, i think the biggest thing is there is no leader. >> no. >> no? when i was called to come here, i think they assumed that i would just come in and just write a check. >> yeah. [laughs] >> and the reality of it is, is that i am not convinced yet. >> are you the grim reaper, or--[laughs] >> me? >> yeah. >> sometimes. i don't really know where the leadership is. i don't know who the owners really are. >> if there's changes to be made and sacrifice to be made, we're willing. >>

. >> hi, everyone, i'm gerri willis.my show at the top of the hour, being called the biggest revolution of sell phone prices in decades. the ceo of the cell phone company at the center of the revolution is here. that is one of the big stories coming up on "the willis report" in just a few minutes. you don't need to think about the energy that makes our lives possible. because we do. we're exxonmobil and powering the world responsibly is our job. because boiling an egg... isn't as simple as just boiling an egg. life takes energy. energy lives here. dentures with toothpaste or plain water. and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture everyday. >>

essentially what is happening here today in pretoria is that the prosecution led by gerrie nel wants to appeal the verdict of acquitting oscar pistorius of murder and they also want to appeal the sentence, which he got of five years imprisonment. oscar pistorius is serving that five-year sentence in a prison not far from here. so the prosecution believes that if another set of judges in an appeal court could hear the case that we followed throughout the year, they would probably arrive at a different conclusion. because as far as the prosecution is concerned, this judge misinterpreted the law, and that is the basis of this application for leave to appeal. and we hope that tomorrow judge masipa, when she returns in the court here behind me in pretoria, she will have made the decision that the appeal should go ahead. >> milton, thanks very much. we'll speak to you tomorrow. thank you. >>> now, a report which looks at the efforts of different countries to avoid climate change has ranked australia as the worst performing industrial country this year. it said its poor ranking was partly d

. >> hello, i'm gerri wilson. gerri we begin with the computer hacking at sony pictures entertainment. the hacking is believed to be much more damaging and includes the release of tens of thousands of social security numbers of folks including big stars like sylvester stallone for more, entertainment reporter david cap lynn. 47,000 social security numbers. (?) this blows my mind. i can't believe this is happening. how many stars? who were the big named stars with this kind of information being leaked? >> we have people like judd appear to

gerri: hello, everyone. i'm gerri willis. it's a bitter pill for americans to swallow. the rising health care costs affecting everyone. 43 million of us have unpaid medical bills. 43 million. tonight, we'll give you solutions to lowering your family's health costs. joining me now, dr. jeff rice, ceo of health care blue book. remember that name. and doug hersh. jeff, i want to start with you. we want to talk about rising health care costs and what americans can do about it. tell us why costs are rising so much and so

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gerri: hello, everybody, i'm gerri willis.with the fan at the center of obamacare's troubled image. jonathan gruber was in the hot seat today as he testified before the house oversight committee over his controversial comments saying obamacare was passed because of the stupidity of the american voter. that is what he said. not what i'm saying. he is apologizing, trying to down play those comments today. joining me dr. scott gottlieb, physician and resident fellow at the american enterprise institute. doc, great to have you back. we'll get to sound from jonathan gruber. hear the exchanges in this case with darrell issa.

gerri: hello, everyone, i'm gerri willis.night with a warning to all parents and grandparents. as you hit the toy store this season you want to check and double-check the safety of those toys on your christmas shopping list. according to a new study, toy related injuries are up 60% since 1990. here with their annual list of dangerous toys that can still be found on store shelves is the u.s. public industry research group. thanks for coming on the show tonight. if people don't think this is important list. let me explain. this is your 29th annual. as a matter of fact the federal government recalls a lot of toys you shed a light on,p

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gerry ford is liked by everybody. he'll sail through. now laird says through, charles goodell says so. i also saw literature where nix on polled i believe it was nelson rockefeller and other people who you wouldn't think would be supporters of richard nixon. but the net was cast widely. everybody comes back with gerry ford. but who's number two? george bush. it wasn't his time yet. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> final question, bob. not part of the ford administration, but part of the ford story that sort of weird moment at the 1980 republican convention where there was a brief moment when ford might have become reagan's vice presidential running mate? but he wanted to run half of the cabinet or something? what was that all about? >> ronald reagan had gone through the -- what was a very bruising primary. and the second run -- the runner up was george bush. but nancy reagan didn't like george bush. nancy reagan did not like the fact that he had coined the term voodoo economics. bush had gotten out of talks to walter cronkite. cronkite int

to the broadcast, joined by david ignatious, jean cummings, senior ed or of bloomberg politics and gerry seib the washington bureau chief. i want to start interest this business of race. jean, bloomberg has a when asked if race relations have gotten better or worse under barack obama the first black president. 53% of those polls said they have gotten worse. when you break it down further, 56% of whites said relations have gotten worse as did 45% of blacks. are we going backwards here when it comes to race relation? >> i think it depends on which community you're in. for the black community i'm not sure that they saw whole lot of improvement. they were hoping, very hopeful for improvement. i think when we look at our prior polls the white communities numbers moved substantially to say that things have deteriorated in recent times. but in general, there's not a huge difference between the two. both communities now believe that things have deteriorated. and that division is evident also when we polled where the public is on non-verdicts in ferguson and new york. in ferguson slight majority,

gerri: hello, everyone. i'm gerri willis. it's a bitter pill for americans to swallow.alth care costs affecting everyone. 43 million of us have unpaid medical bills. 43 million. tonight, we'll give you solutions to lowering your family's health costs. joining me now, dr. jeff rice, ceo of health care blue book. remember that name. and doug hersh. jeff, i want to start with you. we want to talk about rising health care costs and what americans can do about it. tell us why costs are rising so much and so

gerri willis is here. she has the willis report on 5:00 eastern. i want to get down to this. tested it today. tell us what happened. >> we don't take it for granted. we're not saying, sure, amazon we believe you. we tested it. first things first. you download the prime now app on your phone. then you open up your regular account, order what you want, you pay that additional 7.99 for the super fast delivery, maybe five bucks for the tip, but you can change the number. you can see our receipt. we put it to the test weapon ordered some usb cables and paper towels and we ordered a 12:34 and voila, at 12:41 we had it. >> what? >> seven minutes. you can see my producer right there with the delivery dude who was very news. isn't that cute? >> seven instant minutes? >> yes, seven minutes it all came. >> they didn't know it was gerri willis from the tv. >> the didn't even know it was fox or fox business. we had it delivered somewhere else because as of then they were only delivers to one zip code around the empire state building. now they're going to expand. this is what we got. took

david: all right. >> hello, i'm gerri wilson. gerri willis.the computer hacking at sony pictures entertainment. the hacking is believed to be much more damaging and includes the release of tens of thousands of social security numbers of folks including big stars like sylvester stallone for more, entertainment reporter david cap lynn. 47,000 social security numbers. (?) this blows my mind. i can't believe this is happening. how many stars? who were the big named stars with this kind of information being leaked? >> we have people like judd app

gerri: hello, everyone. i'm gerri willis. it's a bitter pill for americans to swallow.ills. 43 million. tonight, we'll give you solutions to lowering your family's health costs. joining me now, dr. jeff rice, ceo of health care blue book. remember that name. and doug hersh. jeff, i want to start with you. we want to talk about rising health care costs and what americans can do about it. tell us why costs are rising so much and so

gerry gerri willis thank you. >>> a fox report now, hls from across america. let's go to texas. 40 years in prison for a woman who admits helping her husband kill a district attorney, his wife and another prosecutor. two weeks ago a judge gave her husband the death sentence for one of the murders. they happened last year outside dallas. investigators say the couple wanted revenge against the prosecutors after the husband's conviction for stealing county property. that cost him his job as a justice of the peace and his law license. >>> arizona firefighters rescued a man whose car ended up in a canal in phoenix last night. they say he was cold but okay. police say it looks like he lost control of the car. >>> louisiana, a baby in baton rouge born on the same day as both her parents. mom and dad already had the same birthday, now baby makes three. >> she did come early and thank god, you know we're really blessed to have a healthy baby. and to have her born on our birthday, just blows me away. >> dad calls the little girl a birthday gift that keeps on give. >>> f