i live two blocks from the jane warner plaza. i am opposed to the legislation. i think it goes a little too far. i understand people are uncomfortable with nudity and something they're not willing to accept on a daily basis but just because of that doesn't mean we have to ban it in the entire city. i think it's a problem and 12 guys and a two block stretch and suddenly going with the draconian measure in the entire city and can't walk around. we have the critical mass rides and for 20 years naked cyclists have been riding with this and this would be a kink in this and i know you have exceptions and the critical mass ride, those things don't fall under there. am i wrong. >> they're technically illegal but the city allows them. if they go after critical mass there are other ways than nudity but we don't. >> critical mass and people can get together and go on a bike road. it is our roads and we pay our taxes but i think this measure goes too far. in the last years there isn't a nudity ban and now we need one because of a district and business district of four block

here, but when things went wrong, jane perez like a lot of us went online. what she said, she suggested that christopher dietz was a con man, maybe a thief. today dietz fighting back and winning. >> to finally be winning on principles and knowing that good people do prevail, it's very, very happy. >> reporter: contractor christopher dietz crowing outside the courthouse after winning a preliminary injunction against a former customer who wrote a series of scathing online reviews. >> what she put up there were pure lies and stated as fact. so that damage can never be undone, but we can certainly stop future damage.

but first, jane wells has our west coast wrap. jane? >> i'm glad i'm here and not there.'t know how you guys are going to get out of there tonight. up next, with all the accuracy of the mayans, i make my own predictions for 2013, plus a shocking development in the k / kim/kanye/kimy ebay by story. all that coming up after the break. >>> for mobile devices to medical marijuana we've got you covered on the west coast. jane wells joins us from l.a. with a very, very special new year's eve edition of the west coast wrap, jane. >> melissa, the west is dominated by tech. i've got several predictions but i'm going to start in tech, where i have two. first, we will get apple tv by the end of the year. and everyone is going to complain about it. my second prediction, microsoft will not reach $40 a share. not only in 2013, but it will never, ever reach $40 a share. continue to insist the company is poised to explode, 27 analysts have buys or strong buys. they will be sentenced to spend time with kanye west and kim kardashian. both. not just kim. both, melissa. >> microsoft, never t

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jane is with us from the best coast. ya jane? we start with amazon, who thkilled it. 26 1/2 million orders. over 300 items a second. almost double the peak day two years ago. we don't know how it compares to last year. but the troubling development here? amazon reports this christmas, customers bought enough garden knows to fill every seat in madison square garden. melissa? >> wow. that's a whole heck of a lot of gnomes. steve weiss. >> i've never seen that many. but we've got mike murphy, who doesn't like the stock at all. he's short that thing. >> short -- >> i don't have the guts to short it. i'd like to be. i don't have the guts to. >> i think at some poinl, the valuation in amazon is going to have to come in to some sort of normal level. it's trading at 500 times current level, so, i think it will is a pull back and we're targeting the 218 level as a key level. >> all right, jane? >> all right. here's another surprise. defense industry is a huge employer. i know people who have been getting their layoff notices ahead of the

my, how glittery that swelter is, jane. >> you nope what it's like? did you ever see "total recall," where the guy opens up his coat and he's hosting another being in his gut. >> exactly like that. >> you can't really tell, it's lit up. but back to the consumer which is not buying this. walmart's ceo said 15% of his core customers say all this debate over the deficit is inpacts their shopping and, in fact, concerns over the fiscal cliff, awareness of it has skyrocketed since the election. if you remember, last month, when we asked around, hardly anybody even knew what the fiscal cliff was. listen. >> do you know what the fiscal cliff is? >> good question. don't have a good answer for that. >> fiscal clip? >> cliff. >> oh. >> what is the fiscal cliff? >> i have no idea. >> all right, one month later, nearly everyone knows what it is. nearly. >> are you concerned about this so-called fiscal cliff? >> ah, no, i'm not actually. i think that they will fix it and i'm a positive person. >> i am not concerned about the fiscal cliff. >> how come? >> because ri

jane is with us now. jane? >> hi, melissa.s are up 4% since announcing the limited release of a $400 stainless steel gift card. but the gift card has appreciated by 150%, after receiving out quickly, the secondary market is testing how much a cup of nonfat two pump no foam mocha is worth. the highest bid i've seen so far is $1,000. the one seller says you can buy it now for three grand. i say buy me an ipad and some dunkin coffee. >> the whole notion of the $450 gift card, which only has $400 worth of credit on it, because it costs $50 to etch it -- >> crazy. >> with your name on it -- >> don't lie. i saw it in the green room. >> they have a special pocket in your tights for that card. >> meggings. >> all right. >>> next, we get all -- we're going to get all googly, because if you violate my kids' privacy, apparently there's an app for that. the ftc is investigating for potentially violating privacy of children by quietly collecting information about them and selling it. speaking of google's android, goodle has opened a campus

jane warner plaza outside the gay bar and patrons are not ashamed of who they are. the supervisor says -- poll of california residents conducted in 2009 by the education foundation and found 50% of san francisco residents either somewhat or strongly disagree they are offended by public nudity. i have a copy of that poll. i suggest that any complaints that the supervisor receives doesn't accurately reflect the views -- [inaudible] contact the elected officials not to offended about it. i hope that san francisco will not re-cap tich lait to the minor of complainers and lead the nation out of the dark on public nudity. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. it's great to be here. i just wanted to say i strongly support this legislation. my only concern i think it should go further. if i pull my pants down right now and show everyone it and i would be arrested although in another area it's okay by a small majority. i would point out some of the people that have spoken are from the nudist community and advertise for websites in public and this has nothin

jane wells hitting the mall to find out. jane? >> melissa, we are going to talk to the shoppers behind the numbers to get the facts and how even men cannot deny the allure of brad pitt. we'll have that from la la land, after the break. >>> welcome back to f"fast money." netflix might have woken up to coal in its christmas stocking. netflix's movie streaming service getting hit with an outage on christmas eve. for some customers, it lasted through the next morning. netflix blaming amazon's web servers for the glitch. the stock rallied today, but not everyone is a buyer. so, let's have a good old fashioned street fight, guy, the bull, going up against anthony, the bear. so, guy, start with the -- >> well, part of my argument, which, as you mentioned, on christmas eve, we had an out age and given netflix's history, one would have thought on a tape like today, you would have seen that stock down significantly. obviously it wasn't. it was higher. so, i use that as proof positive number one. also, remember back in early december, netfli

it's what happened to jane perez. she criticized work a contractor did on her townhouse and suggested some valuables were missing as a result. here are some photos of what she describes as botched home repairs by the contractor whose name is chris deets. >> last month the contractor fired back with a $700,000 defamation lawsuit. this week a judge ordered some of those allegations to be taken down. the court still must decide whether there are grounds for a defamation case. chris is the contractor and joins us now to make his case. we were also supposed to hear from jane, who decided last minute not to appear on our show. i want to put this to you point-blank. this lawsuit has actually prompted even more negative reviews from some who say they wouldn't hire a contractor who sues his clients, so don't you feel maybe you're shooting yourself in the foot? >> no, the majority of those false comments or negative comments are coming from certain groups, public groups out there that are out there to simply suppress my lawsuit

enjoy the day and it's an honor to welcome jane back to the hatchery.applause) >> good morning, my name is jane. i'm the mayor's chief innovation officer. before we get things started, i'm actually going to have one more company come up here because we're actually waiting for the press to get finalized and set upful. so, a couple more minutes to read here. how much time, press? no one is giving me any signs here. you guys are ready, great. so, we're going to hold off and have you guys come up a little bit later. so, again, my name is james. i want to thank the hatchery for hosting us here and being such an important part of the start-up community and for helping san francisco businesses start and grow here in san francisco. our first speaker is mayor lee. he has been a strong advocate of open data, both in his current position and also historically as the city administrator. and he's going to be sharing with you some really exciting announcements and his vision for open data. mayor? (applause) >> hi, good morning. welcome again to innovation month in sa

jane." more than a decade later, women working in a male-dominated field is still an issue. they're argue against a long-standing policy that bans women from being assigned to certain positions strictly because of their gender. they're barred from more than 238,000 positions across the armed forces. earlier, i spoke with one of the plaintiffs, captain zoey badel. i asked her to speak to critics to the fact that the military is moving toward women. >> those are welcome eps. we're glad to see this moving. however, there's still 238,000 jobs still closed to women. that's a lot. that's a lot more than the 14,000 that were hope. while we welcome the progress, we need to see this policy be taken away completely and give

good morning jane. >>> good morning.ysler seeing a pick-up in demand partly thanks to superstorm sandy buyers returning to show rooms in november after the waters receded and replacement demand increased after hundreds of thousands of vehicles damaged or destroyed by sandy. as for trading, manufacturing in china helping give u.s. stocks a lift today. report on u.s. manufacturing for november in a few minutes we'll see how that goes we expect it to slow a little. so far, green arrows across the board first trading day of december, dow, s&p and nasdaq higher, bloomberg index up 1%. the maker of lucky charms hoping adults will find the cereal magically delicious, mills plans a campaign nationwide next year. adults are an attractive market for the cereal makers they are pressure for marketing sugary products to kids. today is the 20th anniversary of the text message, the first text sent was "merry christmas "now 1992. by 2016 texting may increase 40% from today's levels more than nine trillion texts generating 127 billion do

jane perez lives in this townhouse seen here on mary crest street in fairfax. according to the lawsuit filed by chris dietz, she hired him to do some painting, refinish some floors, electrical plumbing, other handyman work at her home. dietz took her to court when she claimed in reviews on yelp and angie's list that the work was shoddy and some of her jewelry was missing. the judge ruled in favor of a preliminary injunction requiring that any allegations of criminal activity be removed and that her claim she had won a previous civil suit against him be edited. deet says he feels vindicated because -- dietz says he feels vindicated because her accusations were untrue and i says she never paid for any -- he says she n paid for any of the work. >> you can't just slander somebody and expect to get away with it. i hope it encourages other individuals or businesses who are hurt by somebody's defamatory comments online to stand up for what's right. >> the posting of the review is a bell that can't be unrung and, in fact, losing customers and losing clients because of

we go live to jane >>> couple cities seeing thick fog this morning benicia, san ramon specifically.pler network showing dry conditions easy travel today once you get through the thick fog. 56 eureka, low to mid 60s chico, sacramento, big sur tahoe will be making snow mother nature not providing any low 40s for highs by sunday los angeles 74 today with a little fog early this morning sunshine all weekend with low to mid 70s. >>> 6:43. let's check in with josh elliot for a preview of what is coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00. >>> good friday morning. we cannot wait to show you our special visit to robin's home many take a look at that the gang back together again for the first time in months. we helped her trim a tree, celebrate the holidays and drink delicious punch. it was phenomenal to be with her, we are going to share it with you, next right here on "good morning america." >>> america's most controversial sheriff comes to town this morning the arizona sheriff known for his aggressive position on illegal immigration will be speaking in san francisco, hostile territory fo

jane king has the bloomberg business report. hi, jane. >> hello, stan. good morning. have you done a lot of spending online this holiday season? online spending is at $26.6 billion so far this year. it is not over yet. today is expected to be a huge day for online retailers. this may be the busiest week for online shoppers on record. we're watching the calendar and the impending fiscal cliff and a federal reserve meeting og. we did see a drop in consumer confidence. get ready for some on board humor. delta has some unusual safety videos including a robot passenger. they are designed to recapture passengers interest. one passenger has two left fee t. the average employer gift will be worth about $42. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> thank you. >> 6:21. cincinnati loses and the pittsburgh steelers get trounced. >> the ravens lose in washington. keith mills will have highlights. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. before cold & flu season, help prevent with lysol disinfecta

jane wells is talking to shoppers in canoga park, california for us. hi, jane. >> hey, sue.y sweater day. this one lights up. by the way, folks want you to know i did not buy this here. they would never sell such a monstrosity. but does it make you want to jump off the fiscal cliff? do consumers even know what the fiscal cliff is? wul mart says before the election about 25% of its core customers did. now 75% do. is it making any impact? >> 50% of our core customers are saying that all of this debate and discussion will effect their christmas spending this year. >> now nearly everyone we spoke to knows about the fiscal cliff but not everyone thinks about it. >> are you concerned about the fiscal cliff? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> no, i'm not, actually. i think they will fix fiscal cliff and i'm a positive person. >> i don't know how much it really impacts us but it impact the economy so i think we have had a really stressful year with business and health, so we haven't put that much thought into it. >> i have friends, very close friends, out of work, underemployed. so yeah,

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for her. >> had a birthday, jane -- happy birthday jane, and dejesus. -- and jesus. >> for those looking for a happy ending on christmas day, there is still time for the perfect gift. >> we had such a big response to our give away that we are doing it again. you can sign up at wjla.com/facebook. you have until thursday at 5:00 p.m. to enter and then we will announce the winner on friday and good morning washington. lacks an outrage is brewing tonight as instagram users find out their images can be used without them being in form or being paid. -- >> our rate is brewing tonight. those pictures on instagram could soon catch you by surprise used in ads by instagram and facebook. even snapshot of your friends and family, without notification or payment by instagram. next i don't think it is there at all. it is my picture. >> new terms of use state that you are another entity let pass to display your user name, likeness photos without any compensation to you. >> you might not necessarily support that product. >> there is no way to opt out. your only option, cancel your account. that is what m

jane king is live at the new york stock exchange. tell me! >>> good morning.t california stands a good chance of becoming the nation's top oil producing state within a decade the government sold leases covering 18,000 acres last week, occidental amid the dominant bidders analysts forecasting a california "renaissance. stronger open this morning, slightly, s&p a little lower, optimism over the fiscal cliff, a lot of caution as well as you can see. bloomberg index is a little higher. with college tuition skyrocketing more families are considering community college to save money forbes broke down the best paying jobs for community college grads, air traffic controllers top the list with six figure median salary. other high paying jobs dental hygienists radiation therapists and registered nurses. seasonal work at the local mall as the mall's santa, can pay handsomely, top level santas can earn over $100 an hour. live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. >> [ inaudible ] >> what makes a top level santa? >> your own byrd. >>> santa suit sounds good, it is

i'm jane king. >>> 6:49. >> why did chef to say that now we are all looking at each other?p soon, picture from san francisco towards mount diablo high clouds stopped cooling in most areas clouds on live doppler you can see them moving in from the west, also a few radar returns lowest level, light blue not reaching the ground the air is too dry underneath it cloverdale, fort ross, the highway, annapolis road all that dry even though you can see radar returns i am coolest east bay valleys, frost towards napa, redwood city frost 30 two 39 san jose, 40 oakland, -- 44 san francisco, cooler monterey bay, mid 30s, 29 inland to gilroy. today increasing clouds, breezes and temperatures ahead of our next systempjnñ rain and milder temperatures tonight. rain tomorrow through sunday high pressure dry air undercutting the storm now and slowing forward progress, lunchtime everybody seeing increase in clouds, a few sprinkles in the for the bay 50 steadier rain, moderate in santa rosa going to stay for the better part of the evening the steady light rain starts to move across 80 by midnigh

we'll take you live to jane >>> welcome back.ain in the green there all the way over to cloverdale heading north out of windsor towards cloverdale you are going to run into slick streets. rain mainly in the north bay more widespread from noon into 4:00 the rest of us will get light rain into the evening. this time tomorrow will be the most difficult commute because of the wet weather, scattered showers tomorrow afternoon, drier for thursday and friday. >>> 6 life can't be terrible for either, all next right here on "good morning america." >> should we be singing you're the one i want, you're the one i want? >> no. well done, we have john travolta, olivia newton john news that is also ahead, we've got it all covered. >> this three-part harmony would be two-part harmony. >> come on let's hear it. >>> 6:46. u.s. navy denying claims that iran has captured a drone. spokesman says no american drones are missing in the mideast now that word just came overnight. iran claimed it had captured a u.s. drone after it ended the country's airgg

apple going to invest in manufacturing -- >> deal on burgers jane king is live at the new york stock >>> good morning. big change for apple, time cook, ceo tells us apple planses to spend more than 100 million dollars next year building mac computers here in the united states and shipping a small -- and shifting a small portion away from china. cook tells us it is apple's responsibility to create jobs he didn't say where in the u.s.. since apple will work with partners and the operates will include more than final assembly, apple manufactured and assembled many products in the united states until the late 90s. apple shares were down yesterday, dragged the nasdaq lower and down again today, drop in market share and tablets some off the stock price. over all markets look lake this, a little lower. like so many days lately, cautious, as we continue to watch washington. bloomberg index this morning trading down. i know people like deals, there's one that starts today, burger king celebrating the 55th anniversary of the whooper with 55 cent burgers when you purchase any cheaper, it starts

. >> reporter: jane perez says she never imagined her reviews on yelp and angie's list would land her in court facing thousands of dollars in legal fees and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for defamation. >> it was the seal. >> reporter: she'd hired dietz to install a toilet, refinish floors and fix light switches, but when things went south, she wrote that dietz damaged her home and hinted that he had stolen her jewelry. the judge ordered her to take down any allegations of thievery and to stop claiming she'd won another lawsuit against dietz on the merits. her lawyer says there is a warning here for all of us. >> be very careful. it appears at least in virginia you have to watch very carefully what you say and what you opine. >> reporter: but the judge did not order perez to change a bunch of other nasty things in her review. >> that he charged for work that had not been done and that the workmanship was very poor. >> i stand by the work that i did. >> reporter: experts say lawsuits like this are rare, but online reputations now so important we may well see m

they were doing jane austen so was suggested, why don't we cover this again. one of the staff said why don't we cover all the jane austen tied to the imagery and the tvs. we sold out. we sold out and it's almost as if jane austen had been completely rediscovered thanks to the tv. which raise another point, discussing the ration ship between hollywood and -- hollywood movies and literature recently with with the man who heads showtime and michael linton and michael sheehan was arguing. it's okay to depart from the literal truth of the book to raise the dramatic and digital moment which intrigued me. >> i think all librarians can attest to the power of having popular media take a book, right after book is on television or in the movies. we have a rush of people and we use that sneakily to say if you like this, try that. >> that's good, love it. >> the other thing -- >> by the way come in my lifetime the biggest single asset, humble the loose library and to say this is the book for you, so it proved to be. >> that is the key in terms of having someone there. i wa

jane wells live until sunny southern california. jane. >> hi, tyler. one of the best things about being in the malls, there's no more christmas music. up next, we've been talking about returns. how many returns to retailers are fraudulent, and are you still getting hurt because someone you gave a gift to didn't like it. get over it. everyone else has. we'll have that after the break. . they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. let'for an idea.s - a grand idea called america. the idea that if you work hard, if you have a dream, if you work with your neighbors... you can do most anything. this led to other ideas like liberty and rock 'n' roll. to free markets, free enterprise, and free refills. it put a man on the moon and a phone in your pocket. our country's gone through a lot over the centuries and a half. but this idea isn't fragile. when times get tough, it rallies us as o

tell you that, jane. great stuff. thank you very much. jane wells in los angeles.ere. for more on the markets and the effects of the cliff or the lack of one potentially, our guest from meridian equity partners joins us from post 9 one last time. so, clearly, there is a negative bias to this meeting today. it seems like traders don't want to make that firm of a bet on it. what is your read? >> they are certainly not going out on any limbs. we got this meeting this afternoon. there is a little bit of a hope there. maybe a hail mary pacss. we also have the meeting on sunday, sunday night when these guys will try to get to work which is very hard for them these days. >> yes. >> i think traders are just so cautious. don't forget this is amt tax thing that a lot of people haven't paid attention to and now it is getting very interesting and is scaring the retail investors right now. they're starting to be worried. >> obviously we've had a series of negative days. holding 13,000. is the strategy to, i mean, barring any news today out of this meeting, is the strategy to go

jane wells is in california. what's the scene like, jane? >> well, not much of a scene yet, melissa. the mall doesn't open for another hour. macy's, though, is open. you can't enter it from the mall, you have to enter it from the outside. i keep walking over to see if anyone's in here. other than employees. and i see two employees. no customers. so i'm not sure it's worth it. a lot of people are writing off this holiday as losing steam. but not piper jaffray, which said over the past week, quote, the holiday may actually home. comscore datas tracking ahead of expectations with a 53% jump in sales last week year over year, and that includes ecommerce. here at the mall, we are seeing sales, sales, sales. what does that mean for profits, profits, profits and margins? for retailers, it may be okay compared to a year ago when they were dealing with higher cotton prices. >> this year we've seen about half that cost retrace, or fall, and so you have an advantage with margins this year that we didn't see last year. we're actually looking for better

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jane? >> reporter: mandy, i'm here at the grove in los angeles which is really starting to get crowded. it just opened a little while ago. why are people here today? some are returning items, some are shopping for new items. some are both. here are a couple of examples. liquidity services says returns will be up 37% this year so kelly riley and her daughters are here doing returns but not just because the sizes are wrong. glenn morgan is also making returns but he's shopping for new stuff like he does every december 26th. two shoppers, two strategies, one concern about the economy. >> we are returning to gap and j. crew this morning. >> reporter: why? >> wrong sizes and quite frankly, i overshopped. >> reporter: are these returns or new purchases? >> bahama's a return because unfortunately my mom bought me the same shirt for my birthday. >> reporter: did you break your budget? >> absolutely broke my budget. and didn't realize it until christmas morning. >> it is a tradition that we save a c

cnbc's jane wells in l.a. with some surprises though, jane. >> reporter: one surprise.tmas may not be so bad. got more new numbers from gallup. look at this, a spending surge of an average of $119 per person december 21st through 23rd. $18 more than the same period a year ago. the last might surge raised the 14-day rolling average to $89 a day spending, up 10% from a year ago. now, most analysts say it's been a good holiday for the gap, urban outfitters, costco. no one expects christmas to the upside and craig johnson says weakness in retailers really started last summer. going on for month. back to school wasn't that great. his surprise winners and losers for the holiday including ron johnson. craig johnson says j.c. penney is turning around, quote, as we speak and apple's stores, johnson's previous store, saw foot traffic peaking and started to decline. sales growth won't be as strong as before, but those still having hope on the holiday include the international council of shopping and goldman sachs and they need to work on that name. they say sales this week, they b