retired four-star general jack king. thank you so much.regg: ice storms are alcohol edging christmas cheer as tens of thousands face a bone-chilling day without electricity. we'll have a live report. jamie: a presidential review panel made recommendations saying go ahead, overhaul nsa surveillance programs in spite of not find any official wrongdoing. i'm overhe hill. my body doesn't work the way it used to. past my prime? i'm a victim of a slowin? i don't think so. great grains protein blend. protein from natural ingredients like seeds and nuts. it helps support a healthy metabolism. great grains protein blend. jamie: tens much thousands of americans facing another freezing day without electricity after spending christmas in the dark. widespread sighs storms knocking out power across the midwest and the northeast. they provided unsafe driving conditions further delaying those christmas packages that didn't make it under the tree in time. what's the latest on the power outages? >> reporter: it has been a particularly bitter cold christmas

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jack kings to in georgia's senate primary was take ton the wood shed by his opponents for not being extremenough in his dislike of the affordable care act. well, he made the mere suggestion that letting the aca fail would not be the responsible thing to do. those were his words. now it looks like kingston is out to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that he can talk the tea party talk. so how do you prove your loyalty to the hard right? you attack the poor apparently. just a few days ago cranking the crazy up to 11. this is what he told a group of supporters on the subject of school lunch programs for poor kids. >> one of the things, why don't you, you know, have the kids pay a dime, pay a nickel to instill in them there is in fact no such thing as a free lunch. or sweep the floor in the cafeteria. yes, i understand that would be an administrative problem and it would probably lose you money but think of what we would gain as a society in getting people -- getting the myth out of their heads as there is such a thing as a free lunch. >> this is something to get used to on this program, bad so

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jack up a prayer not the shot they wanted clearly. 24 turn overs for the warriors andless to the super sub 10 104-102. bad loss. kings in l.a. collides knee to knee with hurdle. brown gets a 5 minute major and game misconduct. hurdle limp off and could be out awhile. that could be really serious. martinez gripping and ripping in the second period. l then tyler to foley with the 9th of the year to make it 2 nothing and jones spectacular the rookie seventh straight we kno know. club save on this. harbaugh peppered with question about his the future today. most likely scenario is harbaugh gets contract extension after the season. we get 7 million a year. meanwhile rumors all over the place. interest from texas about alleged 46 with gm and jim response today hearsay i tell you. >> well in judge judy court hearsay is not admissible evidence. beware of unnamed sources. beware of unnamed sources. beware of unnamed sources. they speak with forked tongue. watch a lot of june judy. >> beware unnamed sources. 7 sports brought to you by riff rock casino. good way to duck rock casino. good way to duck th sf. >> we couldn't leave

jack up a prayer not the shot they wanted clearly. 24 turn overs for the warriors andless to the super sub 10 104-102. bad loss. kingsee with hurdle. brown gets a 5 minute major and game misconduct. hurdle limp off and could be out awhile. that could be really serious. martinez gripping and ripping in the second period. l then tyler to foley with the 9th of the year to make it 2 nothing and jones spectacular the rookie seventh straight we kno know. club save on this. harbaugh peppered with question about his the future today. most likely scenario is harbaugh gets contract extension after the season. we get 7 million a year. meanwhile rumors all over the place. interest from texas about alleged 46 with gm and jim response today hearsay i tell you. >> well in judge judy court hearsay is not admissible evidence. beware of unnamed sources. beware of unnamed sources. beware of unnamed sources. they speak with forked tongue. watch a lot of june judy. >> beware unnamed sources. 7 sports brought to you by riff rock casino. good way to duck the question too. >> absolutel ...are the hands that do good things for the whole comm

jack up a prayer not the shot they wanted clearly. 24 turn overs for the warriors andless to the super sub 10 104-102. bad loss. kingsl.a. collides knee to knee with hurdle. brown gets a 5 minute major and game misconduct. hurdle limp off and could be out awhile. that could be really serious. martinez gripping and ripping in the second period. l then tyler to foley with the 9th of the year to make it 2 nothing and jones spectacular the rookie seventh straight we kno know. club save on this. harbaugh peppered with question about his the future today. most likely scenario is harbaugh gets contract extension after the season. we get 7 million a year. meanwhile rumors all over the place. interest from texas about alleged 46 with gm and jim response today hearsay i tell you. >> well in judge judy court hearsay is not admissible evidence. beware of unnamed sources. beware of unnamed sources. beware of unnamed sources. they speak with forked tongue. watch a lot of june judy. >> beware unnamed sources. 7 sports brought to you by riff rock casino. good way to duck the ques [ ding ] cheese plate? cheese plate. no, i made somet

was is jack kennedy believe texas oil they're all correct but what do all those entities have in common lyndon baines johnson i don't think l.b.j. did it i know you did it's all ahead on larry king not.

men, leading the charge, jack dorsey, the founder of chairman, and the co-founder of an organization that is making coding cool. well, it doesn't get much cooler than you, the kingreally, of social media. what is this plan you have, how are you going to change the terrible statistics? i mean, just looking at this, science, china first, u.s., 21, math, china first, u.s. 26th. >> this is really a tough situation, we were in a conference two years ago, he said what if we created a movement to really encourage more people to learn programming? the more coding. and it is something that immediately resonated with me. i didn't have the programming classes in my high school. it is something i went out and did myself. it is something i learned by myself, but it is one of the best ways to really help you solve problems, break problems down into their smallest parts, and sequence them so you really understand how a system works together. so even if you don't become an engineer or a programmer, it is a great way of thinking. so everyone should try to learn it. >> and the thing is, every young kid i know has a device like this. they carry it at all times. probably a laptop o

on top of that even bond king bill gross has been paying homage to index investing singing praises to jackn "closing bell." >> the market not being able to outperform itself. we know common sensicly, we know that's true. >> so should you stick with those index funds for 20 14? vanguard's jack bogle joins us now to weigh in. jack, i imagine you're taking a victory lap here for the passive investing view. >> i've been around too long to take victory laps. times change. >> bill knows that. >> you taught me well. >> victory laps a little arrogant for me. i'm content with what we're doing here in 20 13. obviously content with the way the index funds have performed. but they're not doing -- we're not creating any miracles here. all we're doing is giving you your fair share of the market return. and that's what all investors as a group are doing. active money managers except they take such a huge hunk out of it. as a group, they cannot win. >> mr. b. what do you say to those -- i'm lobbing you a softball but an important point to make. when they say the world is too complicated with all the diffe

was is jack kennedy believe texas oil they're all correct but what do all those entities have in common lyndon baines johnson i don't think l.b.j. did it i know you did it's all ahead on larry king now.

king? >> it is okay. >> i like wendy's more. >> you do? >> i see a turn in jack in the box over qudoba. i see panera doing a bit of a turn around. doing very well. del frisco coming up. >> a little steak for breakfast. never hurt. >> the thing about mcdonald's, in the long run, it has been correlated with employment. you have a job to go to, you might stop and get a cup of coffee. if employment doesn't improve, you would hope at least that begins to show up in some. >> starbucks when they are doing plus seven or plus eight, they had some card. it went like that. the formulas that are really strong are working very, very well. darton not working. there, you have a challenge to management. the ones that are working are percolating higher. the restaurant group has been very good away from mcdonald's. >> a brief mention of sysco, the food company. a huge $65 billion in sales is what they are going to have. they are paying about ten times u.s. foods trailing adjusted ebitda, $820 million before synergies. take a look at that move. it is not a merger monday. we have seen so few deals. so ofte