louise: chinese consumers are excited to try new things.nd household savings rate going down, the idea that they will be saving less and spending more. at what point does that word you that they are not saving enough in our spending too much? louise: oh, if you look at china, it has a long way to go before it is unhealthy. compared to other markets, the household savings rates are a savings rate is well above the global average, and these changes are going to happen gradually over decades, and it is all part of a healthy transition towards a consumer led economy. opening up their purses just a little bit. thank you very much. alix: up next, we will assess what you missed in today's inflation report, plus, joe's favorite, health care played a major role. ♪ ♪ alix: it is like dark out already. i am alix steel. core consumer prices slowly picking up games, games with over 1.9% year on year, and we will now did you are into that data and discuss what you might have missed, starting with health care, a big driver of core inflation. this is inter

. >> and let's bring in louise dewast. and at least 100, perhaps even what else are you hearing? >> reporter: i'm about five blocks away from the theater. a few minutes ago, we heard about a dozen loud bangs, which could be gunshots. police and security forces everywhere, including soldiers, and they could be starting negotiations with the gunmen inside the theater. so, right now, the scene is, lots of security. and an ongoing situation. >> we know the french president, hollande, urging calm, telling the french to stay inside tonight, to stay home. that this was unprecedented, and taking the extreme measure of closing the borders in france tonight? >> unlike during the "charlie hebdo" attack in january, tonight, police were very quick in setting up security borders people can't actually walk towards the theater. and early on, i was near the restaurant where the other shooting took place. and the same situation occurred over there. so, france has really, really taken this event tonight very, very seriously, and there's a lot of security forces tonight all over paris. >> louise, th

louise, thank you. we want to bring in brian ross. we heard louise say, she heard 12 bangs, but as martha reported, they have to be very careful. >> absolutely, they could be stun grenades, to cause the hostage takers to be off-balance. but weon't know. >> what do we know about what the u.s. knows? >> they don't have a very good grasp at all. but this was clearly well-planned, a sophisticated operation, planned weeks or months in advance, to have so many act in a coordinated way is very troubling. it suggests al qaeda, isis, or a major terror group that can create this. >> and do you remember a number being held, and a concert with an american band? >> they're called the eagles of death metal. in situations like this before, withuge numbers of hostages, it rarely ends very well if it goes a long period of time. >> and we don't know if the band the schedule. and you're looking at our broadcast partners overerseas. covering the coordinated attacks as they unfold. and rigight now, the most urgency, at the concert hall, where it's believe

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ann louise bardach, welcome back to democracy now!t with ted cruz and then move onto more extensive piece on marco rubio. tell us ted cruz's background. >> well, ted cruz is half cuban. andfather was born in cuba came here -- the story has recently been contested in "the new york times" to the extent the father made initial claims that he fought against batista, that he fought with the guerrillas of fidel castro. you know, but basically, the story line is that he did fight against the government or at least his sentiments were against the batista government and he gave the new rebels ago added. the particulars have recently been challenged and the degree of his activism, but he did come to the united states. i'm not sure if the salt was in the air as ted cruz told us last night were exactly what happened on that ship, but the father did get here. actually, and of course eventually, settled in canada, which is where ted cruz was born. the mother, the other hand, is entirely anglo. so he is half. he was not raised, like marco rubio, in

trump: thank you, louise. i appreciate it very much. it's a great honor. i want to thank you simon & schuster, one of the most magnificent publishers for years and years. i heard about them as being a fabulous -- i was going to say the rolls-royce, i was going to say the harvard or the yale but they really are a great one and i want to thank you very much. you've given us such tremendous support and we did this quickly and we think we did it very effectively. it's been an incredible experience. we wrote a book and the title, "crippled america," is very tough, but unfortunately we have to do what we have to do. and i think one of the reasons we've been doing so well in the campaign is because we tell it like it is. we tell the truth. and america is crippled. we owe $17 trillion and $18 trillion and very soon it's going to be $19 trillion in debt. we have a military that doesn't have proper instruction from leadership. we don't know what we're doing. we're losing all over the world with trade deals. every country, no matter what country you talk about, you c

i wa to go to louise dewase,, on the scene. what's happening? >> reporter: i'm in front of the concert venue, the operation is ov. and firefighterers are walking up ladders, and people walking down the ladders as well. about 100 police forces in front of the concert venue tonight. we're asked to move away, and keep a safe distance from the concert venue, as people are being evacuated now. >> earlier,r, theayor of paris had been on the scene, now the french president and prime minister are also there? >> reporter: yes, we've heard they were both on the scene tonight to bring their support to this tragedy that's unfolding tonight. >> the french president has declared a state of emergency, and has closedd the borders. about the scene a the bataan, an american heavy metal band was playing. >> they're called the eagles of death metal. we're told they saw incredible carnage, a situation that the police moveded in, and they decided to try to minimize the death toll. >> and unconfirmed reports that the gunmen had been moving through the crowd, shootg pe

and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. a multinational team of investigators is examining the wreckage of the russian passenger jet that crashed in the sinai peninsula of egypt yesterday, killing all 224 people on board. the bodies of the more than 160 victims have been recovered. itn reporter james blake has more. >> there is not much left of this plane that is recognizable in this wreckage. the nose cone, a section of fuselage. invest

louise dewase was steps away from the theater. here's her report. >> reporter: an american rock band, eagles of death metal performing inside. and concert goers held hostage before authorities killed the gunmen. elite forces descending on the theater. authorities with guns raised, using cars as shelter. when the ambush was over, those who were saved coming out with arms above their heads. and a brother of the band that was performing -- >> 1,500 people was about the capacity of the venue. there was a door that led to the street, and they fled out the back door. >> reporter: some bloodied for the attack in a nearby cafe. on their phones, able to get to talk to loved ones. >> and you were there when you heard these initial explosions, what sounded like explosions, as s.w.a.t. teams moved in? >> reporter: yes, we heard about 12 loud bangs, which we believe were probably gunshots. and shortly after, ambulances rushed towards the theater. and i was able to move a bit later on, following some of the security forces, and i was, i came ne

and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening thanks for joining us. world leaders are descending on paris for the two-week united nations climate change conference that starts tomorrow. france will host more than 190 delegations and 140 heads of state, including president barack obama, who left today. the white house said today the u.s. and 18 other countries financing 80% of the world's clean energy research and development, will announce tomorrow they will double tho

and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, allison stewart. >> stewart: good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm alison stewart, in for hari sreenivasan. belgium is not backing down from its highest security alert level tonight, as the government there continues to warn of possible, paris-style attacks at several locations in its capital, brussels. the belgian interior minister says "several suspects" tied to the paris attacks could be at large in belgium. in paris, security also remains high, even as the city

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and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. police in colorado springs, colorado, have identified the suspect in yesterday's mass shooting at a planned parenthood clinic. authorities say 57-year-old robert lewis dear shot twelve people-- killing three of them-- before a five-hour standoff ended with his surrender to police. dear is scheduled to make his first court appearance monday. the colorado springs police department has yet to detail w

and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. we begin with the united states' escalating military role in syria's civil war. last week, president obama announced the deployment of 50 special forces to aid rebel groups fighting the militants who call themselves the islamic state of iraq and syria, known as isis. now, in an interview with abc news released today, defense secretary ash carter said the u.s. could "do more" to help local ground fo

and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, >> brangham: good evening and thanks for joining us. hari sreenivasan is on assignment in paris and will join us in a moment. a manhunt is underway in france for at least one man suspected of direct involvement in friday's terrorist attacks in paris. this is contrary to yesterday's initial statements by french officials that all eight men who carried out the attacks had been killed. so far, french officials have described six attackers killing themselves by detonating su

anna-louise, walk us through this. nordstrom is one of the first retailers that really got digital rights ahead of the others. much?, not so >> we are seeing weakness across the board. we saw nordstrom and macy's, but then kohl's came out with good results. more broadly, the retail group is not doing that great right now. david: how is kohl's in the mix? >> kohl's was good. there are some customer preferences, retail is obviously prone to people's preferences and fashion trends. cory: so kohl's got the mix right, macy's screwed up. some of these retailers are dealing with higher labor costs and competition from retailers like amazon. david: how much of this is the internet phenomenon that is amazon? up 115% thisck is year, so it is doing phenomenally well. whether or not they are taking away from retailers is a question that is hard to know, but there is weakness across a variety of retailers. home depot is up this year, but the stock is not a strong as it has been in a few years. stephanie: i guess my confusion, when

i think it's fair to say we have an all-star line up including mary louise parker. the actress is now an author. and we'll talk to her about her new book, whisch i a series of letters to the good and bad men who changed her life. >> plus legendary chef jaques pepin has been showcasing his skills for three decades. now he's launching a new tv series and a new cookbook. and he'll join us in the dish. >> and in the 70s and 80 it is electric light orchestra was one of the biggest bands when buses and trams are still running. concerts and sports were canceled today because there weren't enough police to ensure protection they say. that is because police and army are out on the streets conducting joint patrol. several hundred extra ones have been called in. the u.s. embassy here put out a warning to u.s. citizens to stay indoors if they can. minimize their travel. and overnight, the police conducted a series of raids in a suburb here that's been a hot bed of jihadi recruiting and, they found chemicals and explosives. they were looking for abdeslam one of the people suspec

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i think it's fair to say we have an all-star line up including mary louise parker. the actress is now an author. and we'll talk to her about her new book, which is a series of letters to the good and bad men who changed her life. >> plus legendary chef jaques pepin has been showcasing his skills for three decades. now he's launching a new tv series and a new cookbook. and he'll join us in the dish. >> and in the 70s and 80 it is electric light orchestra was one of the biggest bands when suddenly front man jeff lynne calls it quits. the band is back with a new album and a tour and they will perform later in our saturday session. >>> we begin with breaking news. the belgium capital of brussels is on lock down after the government warned of possible terror attacks like those in paris last week. the belgium government describes the threat of attack as serious >> this also comes as belgium media report ascii suspect in the paris attack was arrested last night in brussels. allen pizzey is there with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. well, the threat level here in

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she's with mary-louise parker, who will talk about her new book.8:41. mary-louise parker, the famous actress, is here. she's conquered the screen and the stage. including "fried green tomatoes." and her roll on "weeds." now, parker is out with her first book. it's called "dear mr. you." ma mary-louise parker, good morning. >> good morning. >> it's an honor to meet you. i'm a big admirer. >> thank you. >> i didn't know you were hiding this literary talent. this was your first book. you've written before, but you are a real writer. >> thank you. david granger really -- i have him to thank for believing in me. >> your agent. >> no, he's the editor in chief of "esquire" magazine. he let me write for a number of years. >> i mentioned your agent. he did something that is really cool. when he sent out this manuscript, he didn't attach your name to it. >> right. >> he didn't want people to think, oh, it's a celebrity memoir. >> right. >> it's something else. i think that's a courageous thing to do. >> it was really great idea, unless he's lying and said th

louise, still no arrest in this case? >> reporter: that's right, police have not even said they have a suspect at this point, but we did here from someone close to the victim jesikee cherry, who said he was coming here just to have a good time. after this man was shot down. police believe he was just an innocent buy stander, when gunshot range out. cherry was killed and three others suffered non-life threatening wounds all within feet of the police. >> officers probably a half a block away. >> reporter: friends are mourning the loss of the mbta conductor, he's fellow colleagues are saying it was senseless. they say he was easy going, always in good spirits. he was from haiti and always making people laugh. >> from what i understand it was a hardworking person going to work today. there's no use for it. >> reporter: they call it chaotic and deadly scene of who >> they saw several hundred people fleeing the area. >> reporter: a gun and shell case was found nearby, causing a palpable frustration. >> nobody should be shot and

write in candidate wally heitman defeated incumbant louise from by just 10 votes. university heights had the largest voter turnout by far than 56 percent of registered voters casting ballots.. a corridor hot spot is hoping to attract more customers by sprucing up its store fronts. fronts.it's a partnership between the city of iowa city and the downtown district.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore is live at city hall right now nowwith the latest information about the plans. mellaney? the drafted guidelines are a how to for downtown business owners on their store fronts. there is a open house here tonight to discuss them. them. 10:16 we wanted something that would really popdiscerning eye in downtown iowa city updated their store front sign about a year ago.25:02 at night it just really is a gorgeous sign. owner joni schrup wanted even more visibility after that. 35:20 that's when we decided to get the blade sign.schrup says she loves the eye-catching sign, but it took some careful looking through city code.2:10 it's confusing, i think (laughs) i think any city code

mayor.weldon heitman earned enough write-in votes to defeat incumbent mayor louise from.more than half of all those registered in university heights turned out to vote. cbs 2 news is learning new developments in a black hawk county mayoral race. race.today, cedar falls mayor john crews announced he will leave office when his current term ends on december first. crews was running for his 16th term on tuesday and failed to pick up enough votes for an outright win. win.he was supposed to face jim brown in a run off election next month.under black hawk county rules, the runoff election must still take place.third candidate dave halterman, told the waterloo-cedar falls courier, he is considering a write in campaign. the stage at next week's g-o-p debate will be less crowded. crowded.chris christie and mike huckabee have been bumped from the main stage.both will appear in the under-card lindsey graham are completely cut from the line up.fox business network made the changes due to low polling numbers. numbers.we will have complete coverage of the week's political news this weekend. watch iow

marie louise, kenneth's friend for 80 years and his wife for 60, would drive with him. >> he was filledde of who we are and pride of all those young men in his war or any of the wars that were buried there. he felt comfor and he felt he needed to honor them. >> reporter: each memorial day also included paying tribute to the veterans of rolling thunder. >> we'd be there for hours. so proud of them. just hooray for you and well done. yeah. >> reporter: but his special place was section 60, where america's newest war dead are buried. >> he would walk among the rows, and he would look and he would reflect on those who most recently had lost their lives, and he would reflect on the parents that had lost a child. >> reporter: in 2007 his dedication earned him the honor of laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. but spilman the real honor was when he got to put wreaths on individual veterans'' graves. >> my father kept returning to the trucks and they would actually line his arms with the wreaths. and he never tired. and he was in his 80s. >> reporter: after years of honoring veterans on

i want to bring in louise. you and i were talking earlier. you said you heard what sounded like mini explosions as the s.w.a.t. teams raced into that theater and clearly intelligence officials telling us the s.w.a.t. teams knew they had to get in there. >> that is correct. i heard about 12 loud bangs. and shortly after, ambulances rushing towards the theater. i was able to follow some of them and i could see firefighters evacuating people from the second floor. taking them to this makeshift hospital, makeshift hospital and a cafe nearby. and i saw people you know coming out looking terrified with blood all over their t-shirts. many of them on the phone probably calling relatives. and really a sense of tragedy here on the streets of paris tonight. >> and louise, we can see the police presence as you spin your camera around there. you have been held back quite a ways earlier in the evening. have they allowed you to get any closer and have you had any information from authorities there about what remains inside that concert hall? obviously autho

louised down just a bit as they try to remove that from the roadway. wanted to update you on this one. glebe road, a pedestrian struck in a parking lot. 66, don't have any problems there. see you back in ten minutes with a live look at 270. >>> a flight from chicago to europe had to make an emergency landing after a serious turbulence. two flight attendants were hurt. the american airline plane took off to manchester, england. 15 to 20 minutes into the flight they hit the turbulence. the pilot turned around and went back to the airport. the flight attendants are in good condition. the flight was canceled. back to you. >>> the paris attacks takes center stage today. >>> and hue he will get to school after his mom refused to >>> welcome back at 4:46. if you're way from your tv, take a look at "storm team 4" radar right now. rain is starting to move into our area, and it is going to get really heavy at times. we'll get an update. >>> some new threats after friday's terror attacks in paris. nbc's tracie potts is on the hilg with what we can expectation. go

marie louise, a young french woman in normandy was a member of the french resistance. she was spying on the germans. so, here we have a german typewriter that she used to write notes to send information to the allies as well as a crystal radio receiver next to it. which she used to send out illegal messages -- i should say listen to the bbc, legal radio broadcast. illegal under the nazi machine. we have an interesting piece in here as well. you may notice this pink and red liberation sash. this was given to an american lieutenant in september of 1944 . on the back is written liberation. it symbolizes the outpouring of joy that the french people had at the allies began to move through their country and liberate them from nazi rule. but, down here on the end is a special artifact that we have. it is the medal of honor that was awarded to walter eelers. he was a friend of this museum. he passed away by a year ago. he was the last, at the time, medal of honor recipient from the normandy landing. he received his medal of honor for actions that took place about three days af

>> to date, we have no refugees in louise.have not been contacted by the federal government or any aid organization. >> so are you reaching out? >> we have made ourselves available. i feel from a small town, we've done what we can do at this point. we have made ourselves available and we look at this point for someone else to carry the ball for us. >> the state of mississippi is not exactly opening its arms to welcome refugees. are you at odds with your own state? how do you handle that? >> we respect the opinion of others and everyone has their own politics and the reasons for what they do. we felt this is the right thing that we should have done. we've aligned ourselves with, you know what we think the lord would have us do and the federal government, we don't recognize any higher powers than that. >> you've said that politics has made its way into this crisis. what do you mean by politics? who's to blame for americans fearing these refugees so much? >> i'd really rather not take away from the positive message that we're try