. >>> and james costello delighted family and friends over the weekend by proposing to the nurse he met while in the hospital. costello suffered serious burps from the bombing. he wrote in a facebook post he now knows why he was involved in that tragedy. costello says, quote, it was to meet my best friend and the love of my life. love those stories. >>> now for your first look at business. we turn to cnbc's seema mody. good morning, seema. >> hi, richard. president obama will meet with top tech executives at the white house today about ways to boost the economy. now, the group includes apple ceo tim cook, google's eric schmidt and yahoo!'s marissa meyer. >>> toys "r" us plans to keep stores open 24/7. shoppers can also buy items online and pick them up in stores within an hour. >>> and the national retail federation says nearly half of holiday shoppers plan to wrap up their list online. about 32 million people haven't even started shopping. 10% will wait until christmas eve. richard? >> i'm part of the 50%. i admit it. thank you, seema. >>> just ahead, paul mccartney is in our sports co

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james costello met krista when she cared for him, and now they care a lot for each other.hey were engaged on a cruise for survivors of the boston bombing. >>> and we don't know what this says about our era, but the folks at google are out with the top searches from this year. the most often searched question of 2013. what is twerking? that means, by the way, we will be judged on this by anthropologists 100 years from now. the most searched for how-to question, how to tie a tie. and the top trending search in all of 2013 thus far, nelson mandela. >>> and we have an answer tonight to the frequently asked question who is a good dog? the answer is orlando. an 11-year-old black lab guide dog. orlando's companion cecil williams is blind. cecil fainted and fell on to the new york city subway tracks. orlando is trained to keep him away from the edge and barked and tried to hold him up before jumping down with cecil cowering between the tracks as a train rolled over both of them. they're both okay. cecil credits orlando with saving his life, but says his insurance money for a guide

james costello injured on april 15 when 2 bottom wept off at the finish line. he suffered burns and had 2 nails pulled from the abdomen. also emotionally scarred of course. 3 of the friends lost their legs. while being treated in the hospital costello met a nurse christa if when costello left the hospital he asked her out on a date. one date led to the and another and another and soon they inseparable. fast forward 8 most and while on trip to france, costello got up the nerve to ask her to marry him and she said yes. fichlt well, we are that the 8 days of holiday shopping season. shop should be jam packed but they are not. brick and mortar stores struggling to keep up with on lean row tailers. john hit the mall for the story. >>reporter: a little more than a we can before christmas and shoppers were sparse. very few carrying bags. the only reason codey was at the center here was to get a photo of bull dog ruth and tank with santa claus clause. >> typically i just relay on amazon. just because convenience from home and have it shipped directly to me so i can avo

james costello was severely injured in the blast this spring. he had taken a look at him in a picture in the aftermath. he was burned. his clothes were in tatters. he endured a long, long rehabilitation including skin grafts and procedure to remove nails from his abt men. but that's where he met nurse krista dagastino. while on a cruise for the bombing, the two of them, costello popped the question and she said yes. he said i now realize why i was involved in the tragedy, it was to meet my best friend and the love of my life. i know. a little choked up. it's a really nice end to that story. >>> now to business. later today we get an update on the housing market as well as a handful of new earnings reports. the federal reserve wraps up the two day policy meeting. yesterday it was kind of a quiet day on wall street. the dow lost about 9 1/2 points. nobody wants to make a big bet before the fed annoyancement and news conference. let's go to jeff cutmoore live in london. >> good morning you to, brian. debt taper is doing the rounds at the moment. yo

james costello injured on april 15 when 2 bottom wept off at the finish line. he suffered burns and had 2 nails pulled from the abdomen. also emotionally scarred of course. 3 of the friends lost their legs. while being treated in the hospital costello met a nurse christa if when costello left the hospital he asked her out on a date. one date led to the and another and another and soon they were inseparable. fast forward 8 most and while on trip to france, costello got up the nerve to ask her to marry him and she said yes. fichlt well, we are that the 8 days of holiday shopping season. shop should be jam packed but they are not. brick and mortar stores struggling to keep up with on lean row tailers. john hit the mall for the story. >>reporter: a little more than a we can before christmas and shoppers were sparse. very few carrying bags. the only reason codey was at the center here was to get a photo of bull dog ruth and tank with santa claus clause. >> typically i just relay on amazon. just because convenience from home and have it shipped directly to me so i ca

james costello injured on april 15 when 2 bottom wept off at the finish line. pulled from the abdomen. also emotionally scarred of course. 3 of the friends lost their legs. while being treated in the hospital costello met a nurse christa if when costello left the hospital he asked her out on a date. one date led to the and another and another and soon they were inseparable. fast forward 8 most and while on trip to france, costello got up the nerve to ask her to marry him and she said yes. fichlt well, we are that the 8 days of holiday shopping season. should b shop should be jam packed but they are not. brick and mortar stores struggling to keep up with on lean row tailers. john hit the mall for the story. >>reporter: a little more than a we can before christmas and shoppers were sparse. very few carrying bags. the only reason codey was at the center here was to get a photo of bull dog ruth and tank with santa claus clause. >> typically i just relay on amazon. just because convenience from home and have it shipped directly to me so i can avoid a lot of the park

james costello met krista when being treated for injuries suffered in boston marathon bombings she wasted him. he asked her out and she started dating. >> they just got engaged during a trip from boston bombing survivors and first responders he wrote on facebook i realize why i was involved to, meet my best friend, the love of my life. >> the story received 15,000 likes and counting. eli summed it up, out of tragedy, good things can come. >> up next saying farewell to scanned ying stim park >> a tour of the stadium before final home game of the season. >> coming up at 5:00 you've heard from neighbors now, the mayor is stepping in what. he's saying about a developer. and why a man will face attempted murder to those who'v to those whoworried...... poked and prodded... taken risks... and lived in a state of "what if?"... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com or call 1-800-752-6631. >>> ton

james costello wases seriously injured when those two bombs exploded near the boston marathon finishine, but he met a special nurse during his recan coverry in the hospital. yep, wouldn't you know, the 31-year-old massachusetts resident then proposed to that nurse, christa. popping the question during a ten-day trip to france. the two spoke about their courtship this morning on the "today" show. >> i'm actually glad i got blown up. i wish everyone else didn't have to, but i don't think i would have ever met her if i didn't. so, yeah, i'm pretty happy. >> pretty amazing. the couple hasn't yet announced the date for their upcoming wedding. >> very optimistic story. gives hope to lots of folks. >>> jeff is spreading good cheer, too. >> bouncing around the newsroom. >> i'm doing what i can. you know, you feel -- you just push through and feel great and sometimes it helps a little bit. i don't know. >> it helps a lot. >> okay. let's get a live look outside of our san jose sky camera. the folks in the master control room found this awesome looking tree. we're going to talk more about that

james costello, seen in this photo taken after the bombing, he needed multiple surgeries to treat severe wounds and also shrapnel burns. he met a nurse as he was recovering and they started dating. he proposed to her on a trip to france. it was a trip for survivors of those bombings. best wishes to you both. so happy to bring that news, especially at holidays. there's our up note. thank you. i'll see you in a bit. >> coming up, we just told you how the new budget cuts don't benefit our retired vets, so how do the families feel? a veteran military spouse reacting next. >> talk about man's best friend. a service dog leaps in front of an on coming subway train here in new york city and saves the life of his blind owner. both survived. it's a christmas miracle. details coming up. [ male announcer ] you'll only find advil, the #1 selling pain reliever, in one cold medicine. advil congestion relief. it delivers a one-two punch at pain and sinus pressure with the power of advil and a nasal decongestant in a single pill. advil congestion relief. am i forgetting something? no holiday's complete w

we're so pleased to have james costello and his fiancee krista with us.s. >> thank you so much. >> post a picture on facebook and everybody is talking about it. are you surprised at the reaction this has gotten? >> yes. >> yeah. i think we're surprised. we wanted this reaction from our friends and family. we didn't know it was going to be the whole world. >> yeah, but the whole world wants to say congratulations and they love hearing this story. so tell it again, james. you're in rehab and you see krista? was it love at first sight? were you thinking of romance in that moment? >> no. yeah. i had noticed her in passing and shortly after that she came into my room to cover a lunch break and changed the dressing on my leg and still no thoughts of that and then after we realized we had some mutual friends and we started talking and i invited her to a benefit. >> and you had taken care of a lot of boston bombing survivors. something stood out about james. >> yeah. that smile. we had mutual friends and everyone was kind of, oh, look at this. on to the next one

in a lengthy ra rehabilitation including skin grafts, james s costello met a nurse during a cruise andok i now realize why i was involved in the tragedy. to meet the best friend and love of my life. >> that's great. so romantic. >> you know what's nicer? when i read those stories and it flows. right? if i had read it like the way it was written. i think -- what do you think? >> i was moved. >> were you even through all that. >> yeah. it was so good. that was me yesterday. medication and -- anyhow. it doesn't wear off sometimes and i get tongue tied. is that bad? >> this from the huntsville times. after winning a special election in the first district, bradley defeated a democrat receiving 66% of the votes and going to replace joe bonner who resigned in august, the first time the chamber of commerce and joe rickets and other business interest got involved to go again. others they consider to be too extreme. >> you will love the next story. a blind man and his guide dog survived being run over by a train. cecil williams fainted and fell off a platform and on to the tracks. his seeing eye

james was injured april 15 when two bombs went off. he suffered burns and had two nails pulled from his abdomen. three of his friends lost legs. while in the hospital, costellose and he asked her out on a date. one date led to another. and another. fast forward eight months and while on a trip to france he got up the nerve to ask her to marry him and she said "you bet." >> coming up, facebook gives charities a new way to raise money and you can town your "like" into a donation. >> holiday carols on demand in a hotline. >> and detail on the fight between the city of san francisco and makers of ime to ce the way we clean. and free ourselves from the harshness of bleach. lysol power & free has more cleaning power than bleach. the secret is the hydrogen peroxide formula. it kills 99.9% of germs and is family friendly. that's healthing. >>> facebook has a new feature that healths you more than "like" a good cause. you can give to charity by clicking "donate now." 18 nonprofit organizations have added the feature on facebook page including red cross and american cancer society. menlo park-based facebook says they got the idea after letting users donate to typhoon

costello. thanks so much for joining me. >>> hospital officials are praising a nevada couple for he keeping their kids warm while they were stranded for two days in the frozen wilderness. jamesd off frostbite with rocks they heated by a campfire and put in their overturned vehicle. stephanie elam has more. >> reporter: and incredible finale to a dramatic story of survival. a family of six, including four young children, your found alive and in fairly good condition tuesday after being stranded in the rugged winter terrain of nevada's seven troughs mountain range about 120 miles northeast of reno. they're saying this rescue is truly a miracle. >> i was expecting the worst. >> it was the work of a lot of people in the community. >> that way? >> yeah. >> reporter: for two days, search times and more than 200 volunteers covered 6,000 square miles by air and land, off-radioing through the snow and mud searching for james glanton, christina mcintee and their children. according to police, they set out on sunday and their jeep slowly tipped over in the soft snow and slipping and overturning down a ravine. the conditioned at the tiechl the accident? brutal. temps plunging to 21 degr