for the amazon gift card.u decide to hold on to your gift card. be sure you don't leave money on it. and forget about it. >> make sure you have an account of how much money are on the gift cards. you would be surprised if you look at the gift cards that you have gotten over the years, how much you have actually left on there. ened u >> since 2005, estimated $40 billion left on gift cards. money down the drain. and even though you may be shopped out, january is the best time of the year for sales. >> a lot of the retailers want to get rid of their old mid to make room for the new. and electronics, clothing, winter clothing, bedding, home items, can go on seaale, 60% fo 80% off. giving you extra bang for your buck on the gift card. looking for discounts, shop wholesalers for big ticket items. many end up in warehouses like this. >> can you seep us. >> reporter: they're letting us into the warehouse. mountains of unwrapped, unwanted presence. scooters, slides. ceiling fans, games. >> i have a feeling santa may wa

i am wrapping a lot of gift right now. i am not good, i am terrible at wrapping gifts.covered something great last night. you don't need to wrap the gifts. get a can of silly string. go to town. it is better than wrapping. it coats the gift. what a magical time this is. on christmas eve, santa flies all around the world giving expensive presents to the rich kids. crappie cheap stuff to the poor. he is a real jerk that guy. i saw some kids getting their pictures taken with santa over the weekend. a tradition that roughly 2% of children enjoy. 98% scream bloody murder. i don't know who started this. it doesn't make a lot of sense. the man that terrified you at the mall the one we handed you over to, in the middle of the night he is going to come down our chimney. we did this last year, a lot of fun. thought we would make it a tradition. i will show you a photograph of a screaming child's face. you will guess if they're getting their picture taken with santa or flu shot. time to play "santa's lap or flu shot?" little boy. all right, on santa's lap or a flu shot? >> santa!

but what of the problems with a gift cards is you get a gift card ted you never go to that store.something with it. what to do? >> what has happened what has happened is you have been re-gifted. [laughter] there is a pretty active secondary market for gift cards you did go old school to sell it odd ebay or there are a variety of websites where you can sell the card to the site then they turn around to selling directly to a consumer. you do not get dollar for dollar they will offer you something less than the value so they will make money in the spread what they pay you and what they sell it to the consumer. gerri: i have been talking about a gift card gritty all day that will link you to places to begin a 70% or maybe 60 percent but the reality is you have to be careful there in and out of business sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't you have to check them out. >> if we had this conversation in 12 months ago with those who did this exchange you would be surprised how many don't exist today. you have to be very careful. do your own due diligence to see how long does site ha

mcdonnell and his wife have been inindictmented for fraud namely accepting more than $140,000 in gifts. we're talking about loui louis vuitton shows, oscar de la renta dresses, golf barks golf clubs, two iphones and 30 box of this stuff, skin care. anatabloc skin care. the ceo of star scientific the company that makes this stuff paid the governor and his wife to promote his product. a defiant mcdonnell along with his wife and daughter denying all charges. >> i never promised and mr. williams and his company never received any government benefit from me or from my administration and not one penny of taxpayer money went to him or to star scientific during our administration. not one penny. >> cnn national political reporter peter hamby joins me now. they are accused of accepting more than just pricey gifts. >> they are accused of taking loans, really big loans, rights from, travel paid for by jonny williams, use of his vacation home. what the inindictmentment alleges again is that all of these gift pros vied to the mcdonnell's the governor and his wife in turn used state resources basica

you look at the list of the gifts, very long list of gifts. the allegations are the first lady was helping to facilitate the relationship. from my point of view i am curious how did this -- i mean, you were on your way to being governor. how do you feel seeing this go this far? >> i don't think any of us are surprised to see an indictment come out largely because this is leaked thoroughly since the summer. leaks suggest almost unintentional. i'm not sure that is the case. it has been bleeding out for more than six months. >> are you saying obama administration trying to make this worse than it is? >> i don't think make it worse than it is. it is what it is. but certainly to drag out the pain and the death by a thousand cuts. >> i think every american has to be worried about the power of the government if they decide to come after you. and in this case the fact that they have indicted the first lady which i'm not sure of other cases where the person is not an office holder, doesn't have the legal obligation. >> you mention the gifts investigati

governor of virginia and his wife have been indicted the fed says the feds say they've illegally accepted gifts from a wealthy donor is this government corruption or politics as usual will dive into that straight ahead. and the company behind the candy crush saga has trademarked the word candy bans other companies from using the word in other games clothing almost everywhere else but can you really own the word candy more on that later in the show. it's a wednesday january twenty second four pm and washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching party america. we begin today with the latest on the conflict in syria efforts to find a peaceful resolution in the bloody civil war hit a roadblock today at the geneva two convention in switzerland the u.s. president for the u.s. calls for president bashar al assad to step down in the three year war that has resulted in over one hundred thousand deaths but serious foreign minister accuse other nations of funding extremism in the country and said only the people of syria can decide the fate of the country are g.'s eager pissed going off in switzerland

limit for public officials and have disclosure of any of those gifts however they exempt meals theyexempt entertainment they exempt travel all the time. it's really the mcdonnell's we're taking are going to be exempt under the new ethics legislation virginia has a long history of letting anything go when it comes to money and politics and even with this mcdonnell scandal i don't see virginia you know correcting that kind of behavior august we'll have to weigh in see if this leads to any reforms appreciate your time that was scrapped home and government affairs lobbyist for public citizen. millions of people are hooked on the smartphone game candy crush the makers of the super popular and addictive game have trademarked the word candy that's right the word candy has been in the dictionary for as long as the sugary sweets have been around but now the game maker owns the word interesting later the name of the video game maker is king but trademark bad the use of the word candy not only from video games but everything from clothing to amusement parks the game maker says the trademark is

after another gift. but bob mcdonnell -- i don't know about the disclosure to the bank, i need to look into that and if you just look at the gifts and you talk to anybody involved in virginia politics, they say that's legal. nothing they did was illegal accepting these gifts. they were excessive. and i heard a lot of people really blown away by how excessive she was. but they say as governor he didn't break the laws that virginia governors are required to follow. on the other side of it, you listen to what the company got in return and there's nothing. a launch party, seriously, for a pill? i've got to say -- if the feds have a problem with virginia and the gift law, they should talk to virginia legislators and lobby them to toughen up. but going back to an old hobbs act to try to get this guy when you can't find a piece of legislation he pushed, you can't find a single board that he put in, all of the things that i was looking for that i saw politicians doing for their supporters in the past, they did n

never once did he bring gifts to my children. and they're really good gifts. i mean they give me presents every year and yet they get nothing. i don't get it i don't get it. he brought me presents when i was a kid. why did he stop? santa claus, listen up old man, i am giving you one more chance, do not disappoint my children this christmas. because i've got 18 years 6 milk and cookies on my . >> welcome back, everybody. nation, this is my final show before the 2013 celebration of christmas. which of course i love. i also love that i will be leaving 2013 on a serious note. because the pc police have pulled over yet another patriot. >> duck dynasty is making headlines for off camera drama. phil robertson, the star of the a & e hit show has been suspended indefinitely from filming the reality show after making controversial remarks. >> stephen: this is a terrible day for americans. so admittedly a pretty good day for ducks. now just why did a & e axe him? because this good christian man spoke his mind to gq about the gays saying it seems like to mean a vagina as

actually had target gift card. >> so what are the odds that you might get amos coded rfid card?nly about one in thousand, and that means there could be one out of the stack of the cards, 4-foot tall. >>> it appears that many customers are willing to forgive and forget for now. >> i socket all the time, and it stops me from coming here. >> it's still great store, great prices. >> even target could boost customer it there anymore thefts or blunders. >> i would definitely say there is of marketing certain. >> i'd put think they certainly have it job to do. >> target will on it the impacted cards. is the guest discovers the gift card has not been activated, you can bring it to an target service desk or call for assistance. >> at the beginning of this newscast, our meteorologist said there should be not much fog for the fireworks in the city, but for the rest of us, what are we up for tonight? >> well, if you don't show easy, temperatures are already beginning to sweat. 40s in parts of north bay, low 50's in san francisco, and i'll look here at storm tracker two. early on we have the

alon gifts and loans, including a rolex watch. mcdonnell could claim that was for a different 71st governor of virginia. a rough week. but who is the face leading the charge? joining me now, rick snyder. >> good to have with you, jake. >> i want to start with a republican that is going to deliver the state of the union address on tuesday. congresswoman cathy mcmorris rodgers posted this. >> i've got my baby in another. it really doesn't get much better than this. there's an attempt here to show the public, show women voters who are key, who are crucial that this is a party that is friendly to women. this after the rnc chairman told dana bash that the gop is getti getting punched in the face on a bogus war on women. so you serious is this gender gap when it comes to voting? >> there's a lot of great opportunities. back in michigan i hear it from a number of women's groups. we're trying to focus on things that are important. entrepreneurial activities, helping them start new businesses. there's so many women that want to go out and

in virginia in the gift giving wining and dining. vacations golf clubs. all that stuff has been considered. all most appropriate behavior. but when it comes to a federal anti bribery laws they have crossed the line. i know will go for the first time now the majority of members in congress that are millionaires. as we live in this post is since united time where politics and money is becoming more murky the lined areas being that it's not as high as clear as it once was so i know what you think is this kind of did just that it be deleted it is now an indy is it becoming more so this way. well monday is becoming more more importance in politics and to elected officials. and as that happens we're going to see more of these types of scandals. unfortunately these especially the citizens united decision has really opened a huge can of worms when it comes to special interest money flowing to elected officials of the more as we saw in virginia the looser the rules are the more the money the more the gifts that flow to officials. the more they're going to start be

the gifts, the gifts they returned, the loans they took and repaid. and some to be contested.have a sense of what basically the governor and his wife admit to and what they contest? >> i think it's two things. i think, one, it's referenced in the clip you just played, which is that the governor maintains that he never took any official action to promote star scientific, johnny williams, or the products, primarily, the health supplement, that star scientific was promoting at the time. so they maintain, he never got any state benefits. so therefore, there is no quid pro quo there. >> so let me just be clear. the argument, legally, is that there was the kid and not the quo. basically, they're not contesting that all sorts of gifts that johnny williams paid for part of their daughter's wedding and all kinds of other material benefits they got as people. they're not contesting the kid. they're contesting the quo, right? >> well, the governor has never come out and given a full accounting of everything that he accepted. but as you pointed out, he has apologized for accepting the gif

but there's nothing wrong under virginia law with taking those gifts.s just the need to disclose and was there a quid pro quo. >> former congressman tom davis, thank you very much. >>> and what a view. two million people visit rio's christ the redeemer statue. but these repair workers are getting a rare perspective indeed, from atop one of the world's incredible manmade landmarks. they are making repairs on the famous monument after a lightning strike damaged the head and right hand of the statue in a storm just last week. the statue was actually struck by lightning between three and five times a year. officials say they will now place additional light thing rods on the statue to prevent future damage. cer ] nature valley soft-baked oatmeal squares. hearty oatmeal, softly baked with a drizzle of cinnamon. it's a soft take on a morning classic. soft-baked oatmeal squares from nature valley. yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new a

place a gift this is a good watering. or it might shout oh two teeny day the people. so i just read about this yet as that might be that they do that she's acting. so what. no employee is at the skeptic that i don't think it's a mass audience. i went out with it and you know the day you get to that. ditto i know that the second increase in digital. what then is it still wanting to get this you had to mom all it was the scene it. the amount they owe ten and still want to walk some. and what of all a great day. two weeks back it's the second sentence the film on any non am yet to get conceal me in and lamenting police effects are stunning stand. we have been at the assets. what are some of it with the aid of the fat end. i am ever so. yet the thought that things would be a building at you and the seaway day with output of the plate. actually i did decently we need a boost that we'll employee but the money i make the tie when will end on a youth athletic team standings at it. what attitude enough money to the speech that he said. at that. what i didn't want to come to me

i deeply regret accepting these legal gifts and loans from mr. williams, all of these now have been returned or repaid with interest. i have apologized for my poor judgment, and i accept full responsibility for accepting these legal gifts and loans. however, i repeat again emphatically that i did nothing illegal. >> meantime, in new jersey, chris christie was sporn into office yesterday amid a state investigation of lane closures at the george washington bridge and new questions about the use of aid money from superstorm sandy. last night, interestingly enough, former virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli called for christie to resign as head of the republican governors' association. >> i think just from the perspective of setting aside this as an issue in other races, it makes sense for him to step aside in that role. he does not serve the goals of that organization by staying as chairman. and that doesn't mean any of the charges, political or otherwise, are substantiative or not, it doesn't matter. perception is reality. >> let's dig deeper

i had a target gift card. >> reporter: so what are the odds you might get a miscode target gift code? only about one in a thousand. that means that will be one out of a stack of these cards. fortunately for target it appears many customers are willing to forgive and forget for now. >> i shop here all the times. i never had any problems. >> i would continue shopping there. it's still a great store and great prices and good quality products. >> reporter: supporters say target could lose customers if there are anymore thefts or blunders. >> st a marketing concern. >> they certainly have a job to do in term of their pr. >> reporter: target issued a statement saying target will honor the impacted cards. if a guest discovered they are gift card has not been activated, they can bring it to the guest service desk or call for assistance. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> extra police will be on the streets in oakland. they will be on the look out for illegal fireworks and monitoring scheduled protest. occupy oakland is organizing a march to the jail at sixth and clay street. they say it's --

mcdonnell has apologized for accepting gifts from a virginia executive. johnny williams. but stresses he did nothing illegal. >> i repeat again emphatically that i did nothing illegal for mr. williams in exchange for what i believe was his personal friendship and his generosity. i never promised and mr. williams and his company never received any government benefit of any kind from me or from my administration. >> the 43-page indictment details a story of a first couple deep in debt as the financial crisis was in full swing in 2009. that is when they met johnny williams, whose company sold a nutritional supplement that needed validation from the scientific community. now, in the 14 counts, prosecutors claim that in exchange for access to public health officials and promotion by the governor, the mcdonnells would get showered with a range of gifts from williams. now, those gifts included a rolex watch with an inscription reading "the 71st governor of virginia," access to a house and ferrari owned by williams, and a nearly $20,000 new york shopping spree through oscar de la

by gift.uest: really, there isn't much of any. there are some fairly bland rules for the governor. there are no requirements for any member of the governor's family. campaign limits in virginia are virtually nonexistent, easy to get around. the freedom of information regime in virginia is weak. and it's one of just a handful of states with no ethics commission, no watchdog whatsoever. host: is there any move to change any of that in the wake of the headlines that have been coming out? guest: sure. again, in the pattern we've talked about where sometimes in the past it has taken scandal to move state legislatures, particularly in a state like new jersey which we talked about earlier. i think it's clear that that effect will take place in virginia. the new governor understanding the political environment he's entering has proposed a package of ethics reforms. folks who are in sort of advocacy good government community don't think those proposals are nearly tough enough. but i think it's clear so

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bob and maureen mcdonnell are accused of taking gifts from the head of a dietary supplement gift.ived are all legal. >>> all the snow did not put a complete damper on everyone in our nation's capital. in fact, it was exactly what they needed. >> yeah, exactly what they needed for a massive snow ball fight. up to 500 people coming off that one. looks fun. they learned about it. how else? social media. organizers, believe it or not, were what's called the washington, d.c. snow ball fight association. >> very official. happened in washington, d.c.'s dupont circle. the first time in three years such an event took place. >> when it's this cold, it's dry and they did not like those hard ones that will actually kill you when they hit you. >> we know, because -- >> we had a snow ball fight earlier. >> we did. >> organizers had rules that most of them seem like common sense. respect law enforcement, play fair. this is unusual one, one of the rules they listed was no guns. you think that would go without saying. >> never bring a snow ball to a gun fight, isn't that a quote from a movie? you

. >> they are the gift that keeps on giving. you get one on the end of the backside in fairfax county, montgomery and prince georges county, they used all four days and anymore cancellations will have to be made up at the end of the year. in d.c., they used their three snow days, that's two more than they budgeted for. they will likely be making up those days in june. all right, so how are area schools preparing for tomorrow? scott broom is live in gaithersburg with the very latest. >> reporter: nice ice desk, by the way. welcome to my world. 12 degrees as topper just reported in gaithersburg. outside the rachel carson elementary school where they have recovered nicely as montgomery county schools typically do. it takes a day to recover. that's normal. what's not normal is this incredible cold and how it may impact things tomorrow. in the wake of tuesday's storm, this montgomery county school crew started at 6:00 a.m. plowing snow, spreading salt, but brilliant sunshine brought no thawing to help today. instead, it remained 12 d

now in that instance, she did not accept the gift but asked for a rain check. maureen is accused of lying to investigators about her family's relationship with williams. mcdonalds are schedule to be arraigned this friday and face a maximum of 30 years in prison. >>> chris christie begins his second term as governor of new jersey under a cloud of scandal at his swearing in yesterday he emphasized the spirit of working together to advance mutual goals. but it wasn't long before he found himself taking the most serious shot yet from within his own party to step down as head of the rga. >> i think just from the perspective of setting aside this as an issue in other races, it makes sense for him to step aside in that role. does he not serve the goals of that organization by staying as chairman. that doesn't mean any of the charges political or otherwise are subinstantive or not, it doesn't matter. perception is reality. >> why isn't he stepping down? >> well, frankly, i think is still relatively new. and he may well step down. i have no idea. he may get some counsel

law to receive gifts unless you do something in return.gal controversy at the heart of this case. did governor mcdonnell do anything in response to getting all this money. >> so how do you prove that? the legal term i believe is quid pro quo. >> your latin is very good. the government charges that he the governor and the first lady had a series of meetings promoting star scientific this, dietary supplement company, in a way that was different than they would have done otherwise had they not received all this money and gifts from the company. but basically promoting the company. >> let's talk about maureen mcdonnell, the wife here. you read the indictment, these 43 pages, it's more about her than the go. her name seems to come up much more than former governor bob mcdonnell here. wouldn't a viable legal strategy be, you know, this was all her. and she wasn't elected to anything. so there was no public corruption here. >> here you get into very interesting issues of male-female dynamics, husband-wife dynamics. because it certainly does look

is it the gifts and the receiving of the gifts allegedly or the lying the and the obstruction that'stic here? >> i think they are both very problematic for the governor. to answer the question you asked wolf blitzer. the returning of the property, i made a mistake, i robbed the bank but i gave it back, therefore, i shouldn't be charged with bank robbie. it doesn't hold as a defense. in this case. in this case, you had the confluence of a governor in financial difficulties and a company that needed the government to help promote the new products coming together with gifts being given to the governor in exchange for the governor promoting the product. the tangible benefit the company got was the governor's blessing of the product and its effort to allow the company to get a loan, not a loan, rather, a study from the university of virginia to promote its products. >> my assumption is that there are going to be e-mails and these kind of things they want to bring in as evidence to support these allegations when they do go to trial, if they do end up at trial. i do want to ask you this. th

life is a gift and life is to be valued.e invice-president moments and concerns with a parent that your child will be okay, yes. is there love even when your child has a handicap or challenge they work through. yes. life is to be valued no matter what. my biggest concern is not only the child within but people valuing our lives now. and valuing your life, governor. you are positioned for this hour. that is to be valued and none of us can see the full potential of where our lives will go except that we trust that life is a gift and we trust the promise. >> gale, it is a powerful story. when we come back, i want to apply the situation that you faced and including the one taking place in fort worth, texas. when we come back, more with gale. we'll be right back. diagram emily's just starting out... and on a budget. like a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate car insurance was out of her reach. until she heard about the value plan. see how much you could save with allstate. are you in good hands? see how much yo

there was an understanding in exchange for gifts for promoting his business. >> the keyword is gifts.nge. >> and there is a question of possible obstruction of justice and they will get into the that as the case goes forward. that is another possibility they may find the mcdonalds guilty of. let's move on to another topic. we are concerned about the cheerleaders in the nfl and whether or not they are getting paid what they should be getting paid. this is lucy t. she is ticked off. >> the number one goal i hope to come from the lawsuit is having the raiders change their policy and treat us with respect. >> she said they are paid anywhere from $5-$8 an hour. they travel, they go on the road, they have a very tiny salary that boils down to less than minimum wage. they don't get paid up till the ends of the season. they get no overtime and fined for finer infractions. what do you think? does she have a case? >> yeah, i definitely think so. i think the raiders have an up hill battle. the fine is for bringing the wrong pom-pom. they are being thrown to the sidelines. there are so many illeg

and brad pitt, $80,000 on gifts for his vineyard staff in france.0 likes. reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> got to love her for that. >>> and good morning america in the morning, good morning america. go

she would create poems as gifts for her parents. on christmas and birthdays, she would write up a woman and illustrate it. we have two early examples from when she was 10 years old. porters' school, she wrote a wonderful essay called "be kind and do your share." she goes on about how helping others in life is so important. word for someone. is called "one special summer." after graduating from school, jackie's parents, her mother and stepfather sent jackier and her sister on the summer through europe. appreciation for the gifts, they collaborated together on this scrap up to give to their parents to let them know what their investors were. and it is accommodation of snapshots they took, handwritten descriptions of the different places they visited, the people they met. it is a really wonderful, whimsical sketch done by jackie. jackiefall, 1950, writing"vogue's" contest. she won the contest. one was asays -- self-portrait, where i think she wonderfully described yourself as tall, with borown hair, a square face, and eyes so unfortuna

, and it will -- this gift has the potential to go beyond. have lost. >> it's kind of like when i look at the picture of your daughter and now your granddaughter, i think, if you had made a different decision, that picture wouldn't exist. that picture wouldn't be available for us to put on the screen. your story wouldn't be the story. you and i wouldn't be talking because you would have gone on and lived your life with eye sight and you never would have told this story, but i find myself remarkably impressed you're not angry at that young man in texas. you don't speak to him with a sense of judgment, but with love and compassion for him, for the tough decision he faces. >> this is a difficult decision, and the truth of the matter is, his wife is giving to him a gift. and it's taken her very last breath to do so. it's a noble act, and i'm sure he has many around him supporting him, just to pull the plug, and i would like to believe, governor, even when we make statements, what i want at the end of our life, sometimes there's twists and turns w

life is a gift and life is to be valued. yes, there are invice-president moments and concerns with a parent that your child will be okay, yes. is there love even when your child has a handicap or challenge they work through. yes. life is to be valued no matter what. my biggest concern is not only the child within but people valuing our lives now. and valuing your life, governor. you are positioned for this hour. that is to be valued and none of us can see the full potential of where our lives will go except that we trust that life is a gift and we trust the promise. >> gale, it is a powerful story. when we come back, i want to apply the situation that you faced and including the one taking place in fort worth, texas. when we come back, more with gale. we'll be right b >>> we are back with gale mcwilliams. gale in fort worth, texas, the very sad case of marlist mens on who is declared brain dead and got a baby in the 2nd week of pregnancy. her husband would like to end the life support for her which would take the life of her

no holiday gift giving, no party planning. week of 2014. >> i say, what better way to spend it than by going shopping? no, really. our friend paula pafaris tells why it is time for many happy returns. >> reporter: the holidays have come and gone, leaving most of us exhausted. but even with a major snowstorm and freezing temperatures blasting the country, don't hide in your house until spring. january is the best time of year to take all those unwanted gifts and turn them into cash. >> last year retailers had $264 billion worth of merchandise returned. and for 2013 into 2014, it's going to be even bigger. >> reporter: and that $264 billion is hiding in most of our homes. >> hi. i'm paula. >> reporter: meet jamie and jordan from freehold, new jersey. what did you get for christmas? like so many parents over the holidays, they shopped in december to make sure santa delivered on christmas morning. did you get this for christmas? what is it? >> a jewelry maker. >> reporter: after a busy shopping season, the bills can pile up. who d

they were invited tuesday on charges they illegally accepted gifts and loans. former governor mark warner is speaking out about the case. he says there should be a better set of rules placed on gifts received by leaders. that need to have reform helps gray areas about what can be given and the appropriate level of disclosure. >> he said mcdonnell should be considered innocent until proven guilty. a look around the nation, beginning with arizona. two dozen people recovering after a bus crash near phoenix. police arrested a 25-year-old man after witnesses say he attacked the driver screaming "i am going to flip this bus." the suspect and his girlfriend ran into the desert but surrendered half an hour later. dallasing underway in for a former cowboys player convicted in a crash that killed his former teammate and friend. they found him guilty of intoxication manslaughter wednesday. he was behind the wheel in december 2012 during a crash that killed jerry brown. his blood-alcohol limit was twice the legal limit and he could spend 20 years in prison. a man convicted

we report gifts and things like that. so we're going to get serious ethics reform done.ills out there. they still have holes in them that have to be fixed. but i firmly leave that i'm going to get this done on a bipartisan basis. governor mcauliffe has asked us to do this. in a very nice way he has demand that of us. and i think the legislature is prepared to respond accordingly. >> now dana, there are those that say but the governor, former governor now did not do anything for this guy. and that he does have a strong defense because he did not deliver anything for the guy. >> well, i think what he is saying is he didn't do it in one of his official acts, such as actually giving that company a grant or hiring somebody. but, of course, there are other ways in which you can help this guy out by appearing with him, by basically lending the imprimatur of this governor's office which is where he is vulnerable. there are other charges here of obstructing the investigation and lying after it was under way. if you add all of this up together, he and his wife could be put away fo

i deeply regret accepting these legal gifts and loans from mr. williams, all of these now have been returned or repaid with interest. i repeat again, emphatically, that i did nothing illegal for mr. williams in exchange for what i believe was his personal friendship and his generosity. i never promised at mr. williams and his company never received any government benefit of any kind from me or from my administration. >> the indictment includes the details of that long gift list, from designer dresses, golf clubs, iphones, a silver engraved rolex. it includes a shopping trip in new york for mrs. mcdonnell, where the former ceo of star scientific spent $11,000 on her out oscar de la ren that, $5,000 at louis vuitton. let me bring in our company, anna palmer, alex, political correspondent for the national journal. good morning. >> good morning. >> alex, you heard what the former governor said, he said he used poor judgment but didn't do anything illegal. now look, neither one of us is a lawyer, but is the question here the line between what's ethica

and brad pitt, $80,000 on gifts for his vineyard staff in france.ore than 24,000 likes. reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> got to love her for that. >>> and good morning america in the morning, good morning america. good night >>> what we know about a man suspected of abducting a seven-year-old girl at gunpoint from her frondyard. >> the deadline is approaching for a girl declared to be brain dead to move to a new facility. what the family told us about their progress. >> the frozen tundra of lambeau field will live up to its anyway. how cold he niners will be in green bay tomorrow. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. >>> good evening, i'm ama daetz. a man is in custody suspected of abducting a seven-year-old girl from outside her antioch home last night. police have not yet determined what charges david douglas will feys. cornell bernard has the latest. >> the seven-yearld

problems with gift cards consumers bought over the holidays. details coming up next. >>> welcome back. investors are toasting wall street's best year since 1995. the dow will open this new year nearly 3500 points higher than it did last year, it closed at an all-time high yesterday. this year's gain helped investors recouped most of what was lost during that crisis. it was fueled by the fed's stimulus program. >>> there's more trouble for target. the retailer now says that some of its gift cards sold during the holiday season weren't activated properly. just a few weeks, the accounts of some 40 million consumers that used debit and credit cards at target were hacked. as for this latest problem, target is going to honor those gift cards. >>> netflix plans to be try out a new rate. they'll be allowed watch movies on one screen at a time. for $7.99 you can watch it on one screens. >>> meanwhile, it's lights out for the incan dessine lightbulbs. it's been a slow but steady phase out for the trusty bulb. some bulbs have already been discontinued. th

available in the gift shop. as a local san francisco i think that it would attract other locals to velocity anonymous tourist for the art. i think many people request or so having the practice writing program we offer the like service to another person we send them off to coit tower for the historical art >> next speaker and is there no one else who wants to make any public comment? after this speaker public comment is closed. >> first, we're happy to be here to support the project and the modifications dealing with the informed issue and the commits that have been made hole do a great job. i want to recognize folks sometimes there were quite a bit of controversy i think we've come a long way. many of us want the coit tower to be treated like the special place it is and not to have to come back and fight this fight. i want to thank the people of san francisco. it's clear without the voefrt weighing ♪ john of 2012 for all of you and us to hear it that would just a few people but the whole city that wants coit tow

the gifts -- what percentage of gifts do you think people actually like? is it 40?ause since the holidays are done i decided to send my cousin sal out on hollywood boulevard to ask people what was the worst holiday gift you got this year and who gave it to you? to protect their identities we let them do it from behind masks. and this is tonight's edition of "hide and speak." >> what was the worst christmas gift you received and who was it from? >> i would have to say it was a scarf from my grandma. >> a scarf from your grandmother. >> yeah, a scarf from my gran a grandma. had any name embroidered on it in different colors with a pocket right here. >> my aunt gave me a box of nerds candy and a $20 bill. >> nerds candy and $20. >> yeah. >> wow. >> i received some baby food from my girlfriend. i think she was trying to hint she want a baby. >> she wants a baby? >> uh-huh. >> why didn't you give it to her then? >> because i've got three kids. >> a unicycle. >> a unicycle. what 30-year-old man drives a unicycle? >> what was the worst christmas gift you received this year

and the mcdonnells' case, virginia really has extremely week laws against accepting gifts. the question here is, this really troubling question of, it's a federal law to deprive your employer, in this case the government, of your honest services. that's the federal government. but it's not going to be easy to show because they have to show that in exchange for all of this, the governor performed official acts. now, the governor is saying, hosting a thing at the governor's mansion showing up and making speeches, those are not official acts. this is not a slam dunk for the government. >> i'm wondering, dan, about the next shoe that will drop with chris christie. because i was reading in "the new yorker," a column saying his political career is is basically in a shambles and i'm wondering to what extent voters in new jersey looked at him giving that press conference where he said mistakes are made and how much could they really believe that? gwen: in the interim it should be said it was a state of the state speech in the inaugural where he looked pretty gubernatorial. >> the q

charges thated on he illegally accepted gifts and loans. he said that one of his lawyers was out of the country. the judge ruled against him. >> a problem with a popular internet. watching coverage as the area tries to dig >> good morning. taking what we can get. here is the cloud cover across the region. the windchill is at eight degrees. the city is in single digits. look at this, a system is coming showers have been diminishing. not a lot of moisture is associated. .he arctic front is coming and that will stick around two tomorrow. today is mostly cloudy and it will be 15 degrees at 9:00. , it will start to get breezy again. the high today is 24 degrees. it will be below normal. i will have more in a few minutes. .ight now, amanda >> thank you. the roadways look better than they did yesterday. we will start off with a live shot. you can see the traffic is light at this time. they have those turn lanes and shoulders covered with ice so, use caution. kenilworth, this is a breakdown. that is in the left lane. that is westbound on route 50.