so how had the two marriotts to use the analog done since the breakup at the end of 2011 marriott internationalhe hotel business has seen its stock more than quadruple surging up to $134 for a monster 394% gain. ♪ hallelujah and marriott has skyrocketed from $18 up to $134 in the same period that's a titanic gain. to be fair this has been a phenomenal period for the broader stock market, but both left the averages in the dust. and more to the point maybe the best comparison here is wyndham worldwide itself which is more than tripled since the end of 2011 hey at 238% gain is great but both marriott international and marriott vacations has done a heck of lot better they had that broke itself up is better than the one that stayed better if you hang on to both parts of the company after the spinoff that would be too rosy history doesn't repeat itself like that. and there are important differences that i'll get to in a minute but i think it's important to acknowledge the precedent because it gives us a reason to be bullish about wyndham's prospects. i think this is worth earning even if marriott had

marriott hotel chain is in hot water with china. hello we've got some rain and some snow in the full cost of course northern areas of the middle east at the moment we've got a famine it's a cloud moving through the black sea the caspian sea rural schools is beckett's down towards kazakhstan so there will be some heavy snowfall some heavy spells of rain coming through some of those snow we areas could see as much as twenty five centimeters of snow as we go on through the next couple days a fair bit of snow that just around the turkish mountains and this we go on through sunday will see somewhat of weather just making its way towards that eastern side of the med towards syria lebanon jordan beirut around sixty degrees celsius but for many it will be five and dry as is the case across the arabian peninsula don't have around twenty five celsius that a bit of a damp weather down towards the southern end of the red sea into the gulf of aden but for most it will be settled at it will be sunny again temps here in doha around twenty five cel

for recognizing tibet as a country and that posed received a like from someone in the marriott group now on friday china's foreign ministry waded into the row it said that it was important that foreign companies operating in china obeyed chinese laws and respected the feelings of chinese people you can be sure that many other foreign firms in china and are studying their websites and apps to make sure this blunder is not repeated and of course this all happens at a time of growing concern that we could be on the verge of a trade war between china and the united states. more charges their homes the robber these are all top news stories a united nations report has condemned saudi arabia iran and the united arab emirates for their roles in the war in the yemen it says the war has had a devastating impact for the country's people more than ten thousand civilians have been killed in the fighting in asteroids and more than seven million are on the brink of sabot also u.s. president donald trump has extended the landmark iran nuclear deal but said that this will be the last time he does so

roll video here the marriott we know marriott at 12th and market but this is main entrance on the filbert >> yeah. >> between 12th and 13th, reading terminal in the background. magianos, melting pot there. you can sea water coming out main drive up if you check in and get your bags there it is first floor of the marriott which they are between 12th and 13th market over to filbert, and no evacuations at this moment but all that water spilling out, on to an icy, filbert street between 12th and 13th. >> can you imagine this was two or three days ago, that would be an ice rink. we have a temperature of 28. just almost there, with you that won't freeze over. >> thankfully it will get warmer, at some point. >> at 28 it will just keep running and running it won't freeze over but talking about, i was surprised steve hasn't frozen. >> i am surprised he hasn't fallen. >> it is early. >> he is in merchantville, new jersey right now. >> reporter: i have not fallen on live camera, yet but i have fallen, by the way, mike, usually i don't like the fact that you have the staff bring you in, like liz tayl

by the chinese government marriott's offense the company has listed taiwan tibet hong kong and macau a separate countries on its website while the latter three are indeed part of china taiwan's international status is more complex with many countries recognizing the island as a sovereign state china's take on the issue is clear. i want to stress that hong kong macau taiwan and tibet old part of china this is not objective fact in the consensus of the international community we welcome foreign companies to come to china and invest in companies. at the same time the companies that come to china should respect china's sovereignty and territorial integrity abide by china's laws and respect the feelings of the chinese people this is the minimum requirement of any company going to another country to carry out business and investment. marriott meanwhile has apologized on its website writing they respect china's sovereignty and territorial integrity the hotel operator is only one of several companies facing chinese wrath over sovereignty issues the country's aviation authority has demanded a

lot of clean up here at the downtown marriott. for now, live in center city, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," rahel, jim, back to you >> all right, trang, thank you >>> in other news this morning , local woman speaks to a cbs-3 after a fire claimed the life of her father and a philadelphia firefighter. sixty-one year old del dray lane died saturday morning after his north philadelphia home caught fire. forty-two year old lieutenant matthew letourneau, 11 year veteran of the fire department , also died when he became trapped in that house. we talked with lane's daughter yesterday. she says that her father had a big heart. >> he was my first love. that was the first man that i loved. that was cents the first -- we were close. you know, he was a hands-on dadly was little. >> now, lane guy up in that neighborhood was star basketball player at germantown high school. >> meanwhile, funeral arrangements for lieutenant letourneau have been announce the, there will be two public viewings at the basilica, one thursday evening from 430 p.

for recognizing tibet as a country and that posed received a like from someone in the marriott group now on friday china's foreign ministry waded into the round it said that it was important that foreign companies operating in china obeyed chinese laws and respected the feelings of chinese people you can be sure that many other foreign firms in china and are studying their websites and apps to make sure this blunder is not repeated and of course this all happens at a time of growing concern that we could be on the verge of a trade war between china and the united states. right time now for an update on the wild weather here is at a ten and some snow in the u.s. and yeah that's most normal for foley we're looking at something of a big dumping of snow we've got something of a rapid thaw and then we've also got a flash freeze a lot's going on none of it good i'm afraid you can see this line of cloud on the satellite picture which is pumping up some relatively mild air up the eastern seaboard of the u.s. into that eastern side of kind of this boundary between the the milder air and the m

for recognizing tibet as a country and that posed received a like from someone in the marriott group now on friday china's foreign ministry waded into the row it said that it was important that foreign companies operating in china obeyed chinese laws and respected the feelings of chinese people you can be sure that many other foreign firms in china are now studying their websites and apps to make sure this blunder is not repeated and of course this all happens at a time of growing concern that we could be on the verge of a trade war between china and the united states facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg has announced changes to the way the platforms news feed is filtered the coming months it will start prioritizing posts from family and friends secretary said he wants to make the facebook experience more meaningful for its two billion members he says explosion of branded content in recent years has crowded out personal moments and he's also concerned about state influence social media analyst jacob silverman says the changes could be bad news for sure dish on media brands. i'm afraid it'

>> i'm lipping the marriott, but i'm going to sell a bit. >> heads you win, tails you lose here's "power lunch." >>> after three days of a shut down, the senate reaches a deal to reopen the government, but only for three weeks we're hitting new record highs, important earnings this week are front and center, and it's turning into a really, really bad flu season how it's impacting the economy and your workplace "power lunch" starts right now s. >> melissa, thank you.

>> i'm lipping the marriott, but i'm going to sell a bit. >> heads you win, tails you lose here's "power lunch." >>> after three days of a shut down, the senate reaches a deal to reopen the government, but only for three weeks we're hitting new record highs, important earnings this week are front and center, and it's turning into a really, really bad flu season how it's impacting the economy and your workplace "power lunch" starts right now s. >> melissa, thank you. stocks near their session highs. 1, 2, 3 all, and it's really in the bond markety yields are,

we will keep an update but again, marriott, downtown there, on, filbert between 12th and market.t to the jam cams, live look right behind the art museum an example of everything we are dealing with if it looks wet, it is potential for being black ice this morning. not just road first step, driveway, before you get to the car, here's a live look at bennie, bridges have speed restrictionness play this morning coming from new jersey on the freeway, we are dealing with slower then normal speed, this guy pulled over in the background there and we are dealing with some fog, sue will explain why we have fog with the temperatures the way they are this morning. county line road an example, icy conditions, intersection, they have put down a ton of salt last night but if the road were in the frequently traveled like your side street they weren't even salted so they are going to be ice think morning. hello port richmond, at aramingo avenue right here sidewalk all iced over and your car, we will need a few extra minutes to warm betsy up and use that defroster. we have delays on the market fra

we caught out with marriott ceo arnie sorenson.e says marriott operates in 110 countries and they've seen the down trends in foreign travel to america. >> 1.3 billion trips, up 7% from 2016. u.s. arrivals were down 4 to 5%. you can see in one year we're losing share. >> reporter: it's a decline that began after trump took office, leading some to call it a trump slump. >> i think we've done a fairly poor job in communicating a welcome to the rest of the world or an invitation to the rest of the world. the president is newsworthy all around the world, people pay attention to what he says, and he has a point of view which is communicated loudly. at the same time we can be saying, we want you to come, take your vacation with us, do business in the united states. come and see us, we're great people, we're friendly, we're welcoming. because i think the world is hearing that maybe we're a little less welcoming than we were before. >> reporter: now tourism and retail leaders are reacting, launching the visit u.s. coalition and asking the t

this is at the marriott hotel at 12th and market in center city.er in the lobby, but no guests are affected. there's little impact on traffic right now. >>> in new jersey, governor chris christie will give his final state of the state address today in trenton. he addresses the chamber at 3:00 p.m. philly mouurphy takes over next week. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with you now. one last check on the roads. now the majors are your best bet now. even though we are seeing some delays. you want to avoid some of the slippery spots. 20 minutes for the drive time on the eastbound side. 422 around trooper road. also watching a crash in lower merion on merion square road and old gulf road. >>> i'm meteorologist bill henley. a sign of warm air trying to push into the area, the fog that you see at the shore and in wilmington, too. unfortunately, the temperatures are below freezing in wimbledon. that fog -- in wilmington. that fog can add to the ice on the ground. the untreated surfaces will be slick. 30 in new jersey, 20s for the suburbs and p

how does that impact marriott? arne: it is give you bring you back to that. business conditions and markets are generally get. the united states is performing well. i'm talking about it could be even better, not that it is that today. the economy of the united states is performing reasonably well. you look around the world and we see the best of synchronized global growth we have seen in many years. that means our company is performing really well. the hotels we happen the system are performing well. the hotels we are opening our opening in record numbers. that trump has pushed through his tax reform, what are you cheering from your clients? will that translate to more business travels for companies? arne: let's hope so. it is obviously brand-new. clearly it will reduce corporate taxes. no doubt about that. that means those dollars can either be paid out in compensation for jobs or higher composition for existing jobs. they can be invested in new projects, whether that is building plans or hotels are investing in marketing platforms. or they can be distribute

is water is running, out of the marriott. that is where steve is. >> reporter: you don't have to be a guest here to take a shower just take your head under number of the leaks out of the building. it is coming through wall here , look at the vent, it is coming ought of the vents there and it looks like it is not coming out as strong as it had been. marriott has in the been evacuated, still opened. emergency lights were flashing , is there wet floor signs warning you all over parts of the lobby they are cleaning out water carrying out by trash can full we will let fire department decide. gym was open. everybody was working out. i went in the rest room on lets call it mezzanine level where gym is tested sing with that automatic faucet. that is picture you will see on twitter. water running toilets are flushing. that is a good sign. john evans happens to becoming to philadelphia from california. first of all the cold is something he is not used to. i get called in northern california but not this cold. this is his first night at

next is our delta and marriott international these are just some of the companies that have come into the cross as of abilities in beijing. this for recognizing tibet and taiwan as independent countries on their websites earlier this week hotel chain marriott international emailed a global survey to their loyalty members. which included macau hong kong and taiwan as countries. the chinese foreign ministry says foreign firms need to respect china's sovereignty. trade growth in china cooled off in the month of december it could signal weaker global and domestic dimond total exports last year rose seven point nine percent while imports were up fifteen point nine percent. china's trade surplus with the united states grew to just overr twowo hundred and seventy five billion dollar. beijing has come under pressure from the united states president for the trade imbalance on china street with north korea i mean while shrank fifty percent in the month of december. as governments tightened sanctions imposed on your own yeah. saudi arabia is holding its first ever motor show specifically targeti

latest casualty the marriott hotel in center city. pipe in the building next to the pennsylvania convention center burst around 4:30 this morning on the filbert street side. so the water flooded the lobby but didn't go any further. so the marriott didn't have to evacuate the hotel. >>> let's check in with your fox 29 weather authority now as we take live look at reading in berks county after a long spell of brutal cold finally getting little bit of a break but how long is it going to last? kathy orr. >> that's the,, what is it the $64,000 question. >> exactly. >> is that what it is. >> that's what it is. >> outside it's beautiful. today's highs pretty impressive, iain. above normal. normal is 40 in philadelphia. made it to 45. first time above 40 since christmas. and we definitely deserve that. wilmington 46. atlantic city 45. the same in philadelphia. 44 in trenton, reading and allentown. so not a how much difference from north to south. we'll continue to see these temperatures fall though tonight in the 30s pretty much where with th

. >> reporter: unfortunately the ups inside the marriott hotel where she was staying had no record ofats ever arriving. >> i cried in honesty because every hat is special to me. >> her husband who is also a pastor of his own church in antioch explains. >> it is a support of her dress apparel. >> reporter: the hats were shipped federal express. but dropped off at ups. bertha's package was not among them. we contacted ups and apologized and agreed to reimbursed bertha for the lost hats. the hotel said it had found the hats at the front desk. the manager said i certainly apologize for the hats. >> reporter: hats in all shapes and colors. bertha was more than happy to model her hats for us. but asking her it pick out a favorite hat is like asking her to name a favorite child. >> they are all my favorites. >> they are my favorites too. marriott says its employee did not follow proper procedure and should have notified bertha immediately. i want to hear from you the "7 on your side" hot line is open week days. the number is (415) 954-8151. and you can reach me on my facebook page and throug

. >> reporter: unfortunately the ups inside the marriott hotel where she was staying had no record of ever arriving. >> i cried in honesty because every hat is special to me. >> her husband who is also a pastor of his own church in antioch explains. >> it is a support of her dress apparel. >> reporter: the hats were shipped federal express. but dropped off at ups. bertha's package was not among them. we contacted ups and apologized and agreed to reimbursed bertha for the lost hats. the hotel said it had found the hats at the front desk. the manager said i certainly apologize for the hats. >> reporter: hats in all shapes and colors. bertha was more than happy to model her hats for us. but asking her it pick out a favorite hat is like asking her to name a favorite child. >> they are all my favorites. >> they are my favorites too. marriott says its employee did not follow proper procedure and should have notified bertha immediately. i want to hear from you the "7 on your side" hot line is open week days. the number is (415) 954-8151. and you can reach me on my facebook page and through a

marriott's offense the company had listed taiwan tibet hong kong and macau a separate countries on its website while the latter three are indeed part of china taiwan's international status is more complex with many countries recognizing the island as a sovereign state china's take on the issue is clear. i want to stress that hong kong macau taiwan and tibet all part of china there is no objective fact in the consensus of the international community we welcome foreign companies to come to china and invest in companies. at the same time the companies that come to china should respect china's sovereignty and territorial integrity abide by china's laws and respect the feelings of the chinese people this is the minimum requirement of any company going to another country to carry out business and investment that. marriott meanwhile has apologized on its website writing they respect china's sovereignty and territorial integrity the hotel operator is only one of several companies facing chinese ruthe over sovereignty issues the country's aviation authority has demanded an apology from delta ai

. >> do you like the hotel businesses that -- that american express, hilton, starwood, marriott >> yeah. so, again, the focus is completely off of pete which was, you know, you owned this. >> i did long ago, and, unfortunately, that was part of the whole coast co-area and visa and mastercard have absolutely completely exploded in terms of performance, but this environment actually feeds real well into this, and as steph points out, you look at valuation levels american express trading at almost half. >> yeah. >> that gives you a great opportunity, and they get a little bit of the kicker i mean, you want to adjust the transactions of visa and match the card and right now maybe you want a little bit of the financial exposure that actually gives them had a little bit of extra thrust to the upside. >> stock we don't talk about enough which is unit health and you own that. >> this call is positive to buy at goldman sachs, and here's the headline united health is the clear number one in our stock selection framework. >> it is it's the best in class it's the number one player for sure it's out

this building is the philadelphia marriott hotel.ocated on the filbert street side which is parallel to market street and you see the water flowing out of the building. apparently it was flowing from the lobby area through the front entrance of the hotel and also in a turn around area where cars need to go to. it doesn't look like they've shut the water off but i'm sure that they're trying to work on this as well as the many other water main breaks but this a big one at the philadelphia marriott hotel in the heart of center city, philadelphia archdiocesan and parochial schools in the city of philadelphia are on a two-hour delay this morning. about 462 others are on a delay or closing today. that's on 6abc.com. also the bottom of your screen. philadelphia public schools at this point are opening on time. >> all right. let's go on over to karen rogers. it's going to be a bit of a slippery morning out there. good morning. >> yeah, i think the worst part is walking to your car or walking to a bus stop out there. the sidewalks, anything t

like the marriott or hilton. but keep in mind, u.s.ts really for hilton or marriott are less than 3% or 4% of their total revenue >> airbnb, a lot of vacation inventory last time i looked at park city. thank you very much for joining us >> thank you >>> we have a big interview coming up on cnbc. "fire and fury" author michael wolff is sitting down with the "squawk box" team as the political fallout continues from his bombshell book that's 8:00 a.m. live on "squawk box. >>> tracie potts is live in washington with the latest wrap-up of all things going on there. >> good morning, everyone. that has raised a lot of questions about who had access to the president, but looking forward there are new questions about who will have access to president trump in the russian investigation. president trump promising to get rural america online >> you are going to have great, great broadband. >> focusing on the economy and football, while lawyers focus on whether he'll be questioned in the russia investigation >> he's the president of the united stat

. >>> a man has filed a lawsuit after a marriott hotel valet in florida gave the keys to his ferrari to the wrong guy! according to the police report, the suspect implied the yellow ferrari was his. despite not having a valet ticket, the valley gave the man the keys to the exotic car and he drove away. he is now charged with grand theft. the owner of the ferrari is suing the marriott hotel and the valet company saying it cost him $10,000 in repairs. >>> well, it seems like california has a sexual harassment problem at the expense of taxpayers. we'll break down the numbers next. >> plus, we are getting some new numbers showing a spike in car break-ins in san francisco and how many are unsolved. cbs eye on the community... presented by target. art and history spark connections across cultures, igniting curiosity, conversation, and inspiration. that's why target supports the asian art museum in san francisco. the asian museum is here to make asian arts and culture relevant. the reality is we all have a story to tell. it's what makes us who we are. cbs eye on the community is sponsored b

vernon odom is live now at the marriott hotel that may sell out because of the eagles. >> there is lots of eagle green spirit flying aroun this town this weekend. and lots of green back dollar flying around propelled by the spirit of eagle green ♪♪ ♪♪ saturday night this was the raucous scene at the oldest ale house here since 1860 rocking this 158-year-old building. >> jumping and screaming and hollering and yelling and dancing. >> a rollicking crowd night. t >> tme a of destiny. mcgillins with a hallowed irish tradition we are serving green beer for a none st. patrick's day event. >> first time in the history. >> first time serving eagles or an eagles game. >> and local hotels january is normally the slowest move the year. this weekend is a mild jackpot. >> we had the united soccer coaches in town that is about 12,000 attendees and that along with the game a 20% increase in occupancy for saturday and 14% for sunday night and those numbers will only go up. >> so jhe eag soar this weekend so too will the local economy. i'm vernon odom channel 6 "action news" in center city. >>> there wa

marriott and hyatt are also looking at their policies. >>> false ballistic strike over the weekend has been reassigned in the operation center. the alert, telling people coto come to shelter, causes widespread panic. david begnaud went inside the command center. >> reporter: the panic was palpable. hawaiians rushing for cover under the threat of a missile attract. -- attack. this man was huddled inside a closet. 55 people called hon lulieu's -- honolulu's 911 system. >> it's a mistake. >> vern miagy said one of his employees clicked the wrong button twice. he was supposed to click the one for drill. instead, he clicked the real thing. this was the alert heard across the island. >> a missile launched. this is not a drill. >> with -- all due respect, are you sure this is an accident? >> yes. i know the valid. -- individual. >> but why did he hit it twice? >> the man who has worked for the agency for 10 years was sitting here whether he pushed the wrong button. he realized within the first few minutes that hoo had made a mis -- that he had made a mistake. but it took 38 minutes to get the

. >> reporter: the marriott built a hotel room on field level for the super bowl. the lucky winner gets the room for super bowl weekend. the game will be in their front yard. if you come to the game, you can get drinks, minnesota local stuff. go for the crab fries or a special hometown sandwich. >> we have our tribute to the south philly atool yan roast pork sandwich on an authentic roll. >> you brought in the amarosa roll? >> it's here. how could we not? >> reporter: how could you not? a couple cool facts. they have the closest seats to the action in the nfl six inches closer than indianapolis. on sunday they are going to go through 32,000 hot dogs, 7,000 orders of nachos and 45,000 bottles of water. a lot of eating inside that big stadium behind me come super bowl sunday. back to you. >> yes, they will. they stadium designed to look like a vikings ship. it's one thing to see it in pictures, but when i drove past it it's massive in proportion. really impressive. thank you. >>> the eagles excitement is contagious. the players are feeling it as well. let's go right

. >> reporter: marriott operates more than 5,700 hotels in 110 countriy s countries. they've seen the down trends in travel to america. >> global international travel was 1.3 billion trips, up 7% from 2016. u.s. arrivals were down 4% to 5%. you can see, in one year, we're losing share. >> reporter: it is a decline that began after trump took office, leaving some to call it a trump slump. >> i think we've done a fairly poor job in communicating and welcoming the rest of the world. we're an invitation. our new president is very newsworthy all around the world, so people are paying attention to what he says. he has a point of view which is communicated loudly. i think that point of view can be communicated and, at the same time, we can be saying, we want you to come. take your vacation with us. >> reporter: this week, tourism and retail leaders are asking the trump administration to help stop the decline. marriott international is part of the effort. >> we're going to seize the opportunities for the economy, for the industry, for our company that are available in the yea

the latest casualty is marriott hotel in center city.ipe in the building next to the pennsylvania convention center burst around 4:30 this morning on the filbert street side. the water flooded the lobby did not go further so marriott did not evacuate the hotel. your fox 29 winter weather authority, what is difference a day makes as we take live look at allentown lehigh county. i got toasts hard not to like winter warmup. kathy orr joins us now i'm saying it's a breath of fresh air. kathy. >> 44 the last time we made it was around christmas, lucy. so it's been a long time and look at the slopes the snowboarders the skiers are loving it. temperatures are right around freezing at blue mountain looking really good this afternoon temperatures right now still nice. 44 in philadelphia. 41 in trenton how about 40 in allentown. 30 in the poconos. northwesterly winds going to keep it cool tonight. we're going to fall with clear skies and light winds. look at these overnight lows. 21 in philadelphia. 19 in trenton. 15 in the poconos. 20 in wilmingt

. >> marriott hotel actually built a room onto field level just for the super bowl. so a lucky contest winner will get the room for super bowl weekend. so the game is literally going to be in their living room. how cool is that? >>> well, eagles fans are flocking to minneapolis for the big game, but they aren't exactly being met with open arms here. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal live at the nicollet mall in minneapolis. eagles fans, they're staying proud despite the fact they've been getting boos on the street. >> reporter: yeah, a little nfc championship resentment going on. everything from a light projection show, snowmobile, snow jumps. there are tons and tons of ice sculptures. the official super bowl lii ice sculpture, probably about twice as tall i am. let's take a little stroll around nicollet mall. obviously empty right now, but around 9:00 and 10:00 a.m., that's when we start to see the fans making their way over here. later today local kids here in minnesota will get to hang out with some of the minnesota vikings, and all up and down this mall there's so much t

the philadelphia marriott downtown, a spokesperson says that the water is contained to the lobby area and no guest his to be evacuated. the philadelphia water department is dealing with an average of 20 water main breaks a day. >>> the immigration debateeads to the white house today. president trump is set to sit down with lawmaker from beth parties. to stop hundreds of thousands of immigrants previously shielded under the dreamers act. he insists that anything for that program must include a border wall. >>> abc news learned that special counsel rober has a request for an interview with donald trump. here is the latest from washington. >> good afternoon president trump repeatedly said he has nothing to hide in the investigation but his legal team is trying to figure out how to respond if the special counsel makes the interview request. president trump in the white house meetings today but resources says no word if or when president trump will meet with mueller's team. they learned the man investigating russian interference with the election and possible links to the trump campaign. h

we're on the 10th floor of the marriott marquee overlooking times square and looking down right now you can see there is hardly anyone left. that crowd absolutely scattered right after midnight, no surprise given the conditions. >> wendy, i hope you get to scatter as well. happy 2018 to you. >>> tonight people from fire ravaged areas from santa rosa are holding their own new year's celebration. kpix5's da lin was there when the ball dropped early for the kids. >> reporter: as the sun sets one last time in 2017, many people in santa rosa are glad this difficult year is almost over. >> pretty rough year at the end especially, losing and my family. >> reporter: to put it all behind them, volunteers and families that lost homes are celebrating the new year in coffey park which was wiped out by the thomas fire. >> been a bit challenging, but we're ready to move onward and upward. up e globe late this re still evening. >> first time ever doing a new year's building the ball and dropping one. >> reporter: they had live music, food, face painting and a bounce house for the kids. in fact, they h

. >> and marriott actually built a hotel room on the field level just for the super bowl. so a lucky contest winner will get the room for a super bowl this weekend. the eagles have fans cheering them on. let's take a look. >> i'm going to go with the eagles. >> you are? >> yes, and the reason being because every pick i made at fox nfl sunday i always lost. go eagles! >> all kidding aside michael strahan is indeed going with the birds. the former giants brave made the pick last night, and he said the eagles have a defense that can handle a late game push from the patriots if the comes to that. very nice. and rosemary conners have continuing our eagles coverage from nbc 10 studios. >>> i'm very interested in that hotel room on the field. can you imagine, you wake up and you're in your pajamas and ready to watch the game. >> i know. your walking around, brushing your teeth and the it's the first quarter. >>> we continue to get great renditions of the eagles fight song. we've had this challenging going on for a few weeks now. and if we had to judge which one is the best, i thi

years of his life as well as mr much of feet who was in a rather comfortable house arrest at the marriott but it was such a restrictive environment that reuters journalist was impeded from merely interviewing him so the signs were there had mr and then look to the past through the distant past you have seen a president come in the gate under house arrest for eighteen years so the signs are all there but i think that mr annan was gambling gambling that mr sisi has shown some vulnerability has hammered some supports and there's also been some strife within military circles particularly within intelligence circles and i think he felt he may be able to capitalize right so you think he thought he may be able to capitalize but in any event he was being naive. no question. anyone who is well versed in egyptian political calculus recognizes that mr cc's intent on continuing his march regardless of what we think of where he stands politically and economically he does have the massive support of the egyptian elite there have been some questions about how much power he's lost but there is no questio

king, the mlk labor and community breakfast, the soldout event held at the marriott marquee in san francisco. the top four mayoral candidates were there and our exclusive follow reveals a new leader in that racism we'll show you our results coming up at 6:00. >>> president trump blasting the democrats for blocking a deal on immigration reform. he's also taking heat for the ugly comments he made during a white house meeting. cbs reporter weigia jiang with the story. >> reporter: hundreds of haitian americans protested near president trump's mar-a- lago resort while his supporters waved flags and yelled for the demonstrators to leave the u.s. >> go back home! >> reporter: the tension is spilling over from claims the president made racist remarks about haiti, el salvador and some african nations during a meeting about immigration. >> i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. >> reporter: the controversy has stalled negotiations to protect daca recipients, immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children. president trump spent the martin luther king, jr. holiday at

a leaking pipe sent water rush of gushing into the lobby and surrounding outsider the marriott downtown philadelphia at 12 and ranch streets just after 5:00 this morning. fire department officials say external stand pipe was leaking hotel's lobby and basement were flooded. guest rooms however were not affected. >> freezing temperatures have caused other problems as well. broken water pipe forced residents of the fairview care center in glenside to relocate. pipe burst yesterday afternoon and non patient area on the first floor. 108 residents and patients live at the facility no word when they'll be a loud to return. >>> in other news this moo noonr chris christie will deliver his last state of the state address. >> a afternoon. governor chris christie will deliver this final state of the state address later today here at the state house. this is after serving eight years to the state. now, republican governor will address the democratic legislature later today. now christie will be turning over state government control to democratic governor elect mill fur fee who takes office on januar

watcher and head down to center city where we hear there was some kind of water main break at the marriott head down there. so, for now, i'm going to send it back to you guys in the studio. >> trang, you've become somewhat of an expert in water main breaks this last week and a half. you've been all over the place >> thank you. i have like a graduate agree apparently now, masters. >> ph.d., in fact. >> watch your step out there, trang. well, time now is 5:36. in business news this morning, tv that behaves more like a window shade. >> plus, the latest on market. money watch's diane king hall joins us from the new york took stock exchanges, good morning, diane. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, jim. mixed finish for stocks yesterday. the dow snapped its winning streak losing 12 points, while the nasdaq kept up its gain rising 20. go pro slashing its work force , in a dismal holiday season, company will let go about a fifth of its staff and eliminate its thrown unit. company's ceo plans to reduce its $800,000 salary, to just a buck. a whole lot of new technology will be on display at the annua

in the sense it is a multiyear process to take the platform and pull it into marriott and the marriottds program. so far it's gone really well. i guess they have similarities and some culture. people look at these two brands is very different. the cultures are actually more similar than different. they want to win in their space. when you bring those two things together at serta feeds on that. and we get a lot of momentum. that is also great motivating tools for for those invested in the company. when you expect it to be complete. on the grill be able to stay for another couple of years how well it's gone. we will start to see good performance as the year goes along. so far it's been great. it is a big job. i guess we've a lot of questions from guest in investors about the rewards program. if i'm a longtime member it's been a hundred nights a year with starwood. i have made a choice and habit, loyalty and all of those things drove those choice. so far there has been good. but until we get that completed we will be eligible as a definitive. i think you'll be pleased with what's coming u

six years of his life as well as mr much of who was in a rather comfortable house arrest at the marriott but it was such a restrictive environment that reuters journalist was impeded from merely interviewing him so the signs were all there but i think that mr and then was gambling gambling that mr sisi has shown some vulnerability has hammered some supports and there's also been some strife within military circles particularly within intelligence circles and i think he felt he may be able to capitalize on. the u.n. says tank his military offensive against the kurdish wife e.g. in the african region of syria has displaced an estimated five thousand people. the operation which involves shelling and air strikes is now in its fourth day it's believed some eight hundred thousand civilians are living there many of them displaced from other parts of syria some are said to be too vulnerable to flee activists say at least twenty three civilians have been killed as well as thirty eight kurdish fighters and forty three rebels fighting on the turkish side afrin is surrounded by turkish and free syri

. >> apparently he wasn't, but he said if you want to have a meeting, you send your lawyers to a marriottw hampshire. hillary clinton did a lot more than that. it was a stupid meeting. hillary clinton paid $12 million to the russians to get dirt on donald trump. the russia stuff is boring and stupid to begin it. i don't think it will have any effect. it's clear that the media has no idea why trump won. i am starting to wonder if trump and bannon have any idea that trump won. the issues that trump ran on is immigration, trade and no more wars. the trade deals are easy. no more wars ought to be easy. but it's all about immigration. to be fighting about the alabama election, there was a great member of congress running in that election. trump didn't endorse him. bannon was in the white house at the time. >> laura: i want rick to get in on. i agree with you. they are not debating immigration. >> trump was. >> laura: no, in alabama. the comments in the wolf account. we will learn more whether this is true or not. i am sure we will hear from bannon. rich, on the issue of immigrati immigration,

. >> so standing is what, marriott? is it other hotels losing business?want to hit the president on the clause that's who has to do it? >> if they wanted to step forward, they would have the best case. >> what other remedies are there if you want a future president to comply? a mark zuckerberzuckerberg, an winfrey? >> yes, others have bills that would extend the ethics rules to the president that would require you to -- if you choose to become president, you have to sell off your business interests. >> and that can pass constitutional muster? >> they have all kinds of laws about how the president may or may not conduct themselves. is there anything that the president could do proactively now that would make you -- make other watchdog groups feel better? >> he could still divest. that is the only solution -- if he die vestvested completely -- >> a family business you give to the children, that is not, that is not a divestment. >> so for you it would be outside of the family completely. >> yeah. >> all right. this is one of those issues that i'm always surp

. >> broken pipes sent water pouring through the lobby of the marriott in center city early this morningeventually it spilled out into the street nearly caused one man to take a tumble as he walked into this parking garage near 12th and market. officials tell nbc 10 no hotel guests had to be evacuated despite that. we can expect to see more pipe problems because of the warmer weather. >> lauren mayk is live to explain for us. it feels warmer out here. the snow is starting to melt. but as we thaw out, homeowners are now going to see the damage caused by. it's the sound he hasn't heard in days. running water in his home. >> i had to go to other people oes to get showers. >> reporter: the culprit, a frozen and busted pipe that al bruce first had to thaw and then find. >> we opened up a wall here. you can see where we joined the pipe together. >> it's the kind of thing that's been keeping bruce busy. the cold air we have had freezing pipes across the region causing them to swell and break. >> we have been having temperatures well below 32 degrees and it's been going on for probably 10 or 11

in recent months companies like marriott and etihad airways began pulling their ads from the platform that their brands were being featured alongside hateful or explicit content.in response, youtube promised to devote more resources to removing content in violation of its policies.they promised that the number of humans they have reviewing videos would grow to 10,000 people by 2018. in response to this particular video, youtube says it prohibits violent or gory content posted in a shocking, sensational or disrespectful manner.if a video is graphic it can only remain on the site when supported by appropriate educational or documentary information-- in some cases it will be age-gated.but it was logan paul not youtube who took this video down. ( will ) an alaska airlines flight is canceled after a rat crawls onto the plane. this happened in oakland. the video shows the moments the plane was taken away from the gate.. to be exterminated. the plane was headed for portland. alaska airlines say most of the 110 passengers were put on to another plane. we also have some pictures from twitter s

. >>> when we come back, why marriott is apologizing to customers in china we have that story next. >quawk box," don't miss a special event with blackrock ceo larry fink. that's tomorrow at 6:15 a.m. eastern time we'll be right back. >>> marriott international is apologizing after a questionnaire gaffe in china the hotel operator sent an online guest survey to customers in china that listed chinese-claimed regions like tibet and taiwan as separate countries. this lead to many accusing the company of disrespecting chinese sovereignty and others calling for a boycott. marriott has been ordered by chinese authorities to temporarily shut down its web site and mobile app to chinese residents. >> that's a weird story. >> somebody stepped in it. >> taiwan is part of china according to whom? >> according to china. >> i know, but i understand how you'd say that. >> but it was probably not their intention to step into a major diplomatic. >> but you don't need to toe the line in chinese propaganda, either. >> but if you're a company doing business in china you should probably be watching >> so g

in recent months companies like marriott and etihad airways began pulling their ads from the platform over concerns that their brands were being featured alongside hateful or explicit content.in response, youtube promised to devote more resources to removing content in violation of its policies.they promised that the number of humans they have reviewing videos would grow to 10,000 people by 2018. in response to this particular video, youtube says it prohibits violent or gory content posted in a shocking, sensational or disrespectful manner.if a video is graphic it can only remain on the site when supported by appropriate educational or documentary information-- in some cases it will be age-gated.but it was logan paul not youtube who took this video down. (steve) the "today" show has officially found a successor for matt lauer. hoda kotb...the longtime co- host of the fourth hour of "today"...will replace lauer for the program's opening hours. she's been filling in for lauer since he was fired in november over sexual misconduct allegations. kotb will anchor the first two hours of the '