new this noon, prince william county police investigating an assault at a woodbridge mattel. they were called last evening an econolodge. she says she was forced into a room at knifepoint. she was then knocked unconscious and sexually assaulted. >> one person hospitalized after an overnight fire at a luxury condominium complex in alexandria. the fire broke out just after 5:30 this morning on south washington the street just stop of old town. the fire was caused by carton's coming in to close to a halogen libel. -- like dole a. five people hospitalized after a fire in springfield. you can see this footage. they were able to put out the fire and shot off the gas leak. no injuries were reported. >> returning to d.c. to discuss the fire that took the life of a published author. he was the chief compliance officer for the u.s. agency for international development. >> a gun scare at robinson secondary school yesterday at. administrators are not saying what led them to search a student from a locker. >> the freshman had a gun in his locker. >> the school suspended both of the studen

the "new york times" reports mattel is introducing a construction set for barbie. >> stephen: folks astruction set is no place for barbie, those erector set workers are going to cat call her and ask her to back it up like a tonka truck. (laughter) which brings me to threat number one: foreman barbie. i'm sorry but i'm against this new megablocks construction set barbie. she can't operate heavy machinery. barbie's ankles aren't even load bearing. (laughter) besides, ken has more carpentry experience. remember, he lost his genitals in a table saw accident. and folks that's -- okay, i'll tell you why there's a mansession, barbie here is hogging all the jobs she's a doctor, an astronaut, a race car driver, a police officer, a flight attendant, a computer engineer, a firefighter, a dentist, a pail i don't know tolgsz and a fox news anchor. (cheers and applause) so barbie, leave these jobs for the fellas. you're giving men a bad self-image and you're only supposed to do that to girls! we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: (cheers and applause) welcome back, everybody. natio

. >> facing not so fun changes, mattel executive tim kill one tells us how the industry is adapting.ake a look at how oil is trading. $87.84 a barrel, those driving during the holidays. we will be back. tracy: having fun already. how to make money, talking about china's leading internet television company, youtube. charles: where i will be doing my infomercials'. ashley: i can see now. charles: this is the chinese internet stock public went up like a rocket and came down to earth. what i like here is exposure to china. i have been talking about on a lot of levels. shipping -- not a chinese company but should benefit from the traffic and from this side volume is fantastic. i like the risk reward on this company. they got 35% penetration and youtube has more. goldman said chinese's economy is going to do better and checked out this site and tried to download prometheus and they wouldn't let me do it but i did find that it is -- you have to be in mainland china. they couldn't help me either. american revolution, two broke girls and korean television, taiwanese television and revenues of

. >> i like mattel, i think it's going to have a great christmas and i own the stock by the way, i thinkll-time high in february of next year. >> brenda: toby, bull or bear. >> cl in your stocking. >> brenda: what do you like,

it's the successor to mattel's hugely popular fijit friends.e big holiday gift from last year. now we've got these robotic pets called yippits. you can nurture them, you can train them, you can interact with them. they come in multiple colors. i'll just turn this one off right now. multiple colors to choose from. $37.99 for yippits. also great for kids is "wonderbook: book of spells." this works with playstation 3 and the playstation eye camera. when you open up this book in front of a tv, not only is the child projected on the television screen, but the book comes alive. it's written by none other than j.k. rowling of "harry potter" fame, and this is what's called augmented reality. so, even though it looks like there are these little squares on the book, when you see that on the tv, it comes alive with fire and animation and magical spells. and you bet that "book of spells" is just the first of many wonderbooks to come for the playstation 3. well, there you have it. no shortage of great gadget gift ideas for the 2012 holiday season. for "teen

manufacturers it was their problem the biggest manufacturers right now are suffering that is hasbro and mattel because apparently kids want something else for christmas and not just a toy which i mean they want an i pad or a kindle for a c. if they've got technological ambitions and aspirations well that's going to go down well with parents isn't it rather world because it don't come cheap and they don't come cheap at all well i'll tell you more about that and some other stories actually in a few minutes in the polls. wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report. deadly rivals. fifteen people killing each other in their country there will be. self-imposed costs from society i will myself chemical attack my brother. the cop. and my frustration. that led up. to the most violent gangs in u.s. history. as a stall model kill or be killed with colors matching the national.

onto i pads or kindle fires at skyrocketing rates now that is creating quite a stir for giants like mattel and hasbro although they prefer not to say that openly some analysts are lowering their forecast to for the fourth quarter toil sales currently estimated that one point four billion dollars for hasbro and two point three four months out of the two giants however have started and doubting to this tech trend with hasbro for example making an app for their ninety's hit plush toy furby available for download for free. from us for now or the business to see which is your very happy christmas after the break on r t the former treasury chief talks money and whether his scottish homeland should break from britain to stay with us. if you are passing through rushes to veer region you really can't walk on the wild side thousands of kilometers of unspoiled countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the land such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fisherman and provides a business opportunity for hunters. there are defined hunting seasons in russia but lax enforceme

kindle fires at skyrocketing rates now that is creating quite a stir for giants like mattel and hasbro although they prefer not to say that because some analysts are lowering their forecast for fourth quarter toys sales county estimates about one point four billion dollars for hasbro and two point three because the first three quarter. actually pretty disappointing but companies at two giants however have started adapting to this tech trend with hasbro for example making an app for the ninety's the hits a plush toy furby available for download for free. right that's all from us for now business team or not it wishes you were very happy christmas now after the break in case for much treasury chief who talks of money on odyssey and whether his scottish homeland should break from britain. tucked in between the russian mainland japan and the sun coming island is the island of minute on named after french seafarer who discovered it it is described as the pride of the sakhalin region we'll take a look at what's in store for us here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the boar

press reports of an accident at mattel ave. initial reports that more and more lines may be blocked. traffic is already starting to back up towards fair oaks avenue very if gamow's we will be back with more in just a minute, we are waiting for the news conference to get underway in conn. as we go to break here is an excerpt from president obama speech he delivered to the town. >> we get a year in memory of 20 beautiful children in six remarkable adults. they lost their lives in a school that could have been any school, and the quiet town full of good and decent people that could have been any town in america. >> monitoring this live shot out of newtown conn we are waiting for the latest information for the police press conference getting ready to go under way. this morning everyone continues asked the question why? we learn more about the shooter had on month lanza at 13 are for change. he did have a mild form of of some. people with gas burners are not normally by let.violiviolen police believe that he saw out officers and ste

are the figures that giants like hasbro and mattel have noticed that kids these years want something different rather than a toy a tablet computer. technological progress. so i'll tell you more about that and i've gotten a couple of minutes ok. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew. was a big issue. decades . if you had fifty people killing each other in any other country there would be.

wipers and the same advice applies to the mid peninsula periods this starts to break just pass and mattel into the east bay. we are experiencing heavy rain coming down at to tens of--not too bed for highway 4 and most of this rain has pushed its way east. you should expect some light brin >> east oakland is under the gun at which is the heavy rain for park boulevard into piedmont. mountain view is not too bed and the same thing goes for sunnyvale. we are contending with heavy rain for the downtown san francisco area. here is a live look as satellite and radar. this is a slow-moving system and we do not really have winds associated with this. this take a look that future cast 4. heavy rain is expected for thebay and the coast line. it's >> by 1:00 p.m. the winds will start to pick up and you could see that the showers will taper off and there will be only partial clearing. it here is a quick look at your afternoon high it is 60 degrees across the bay. if 64 for hayward and 62 for downtown san francisco. drier weather as we head into the weekend. >> san francisco officially passes a ban on

this is the monster high high school by mattel. where our favorite teenage monsters hang out.i love the message this sends to girls. it's all about positive tweens esteem. and that we are all perfectly imperfect. this is going to be at k-mart. 4 and up. this is k-mart. walmart and target. >> one direction. the hottest boy band there is. heartthrob for tweens, teens and moms. >> and women. >> we have our head phones. they are all glammed up. and we have the boom box. it's an am/fm radio and cd player. and we have our singing dolls by hasbro. you can find them at toys "r" us or target. >> can you believe willie can name every one of those one direction dolls? >> what is the general feeling about a man wearing these, a grown man with children? jogging around central park? no? are they a little small? it's just that they are small or otherwise they are good. >> movies inspire great toys. this is the new command bat phone. >> that's very cool. >> love that. >> batman and catwoman drove this. you can get this at toys "r" us. >> are you having a good time down there? >> you put these

it makes mattel and has borrow nervous.hey can do 40 percent of their over all business. >> norad always tracks santa he makes his way from the north poll at home. >> more than 50 years ago a newspaper advertisement misprinted santa's number. they were calling another rad by mistake. a nice man decided to play along. he followed santa's sleigh tral and the world. for the first time they have decided to switch from google maps to microsoft binge maps but as long as santa doesn't use powerful maps. >> we can still find it we go to where? >> you can go to google maps or norad's own tracking. >> lauren simonetti from the fox business network merry christmas. >> it is 8 minutes after the hour. coming up it is his way to tune in. he is talking a possible senate run. >> stores are giving you 24 reasons to come in and shop. we will go live outside one of those stores that is staying open around the clock. first as we head to break let's look at the travel forecast for this christmas eve. >> a reading from the gospel according to lu

. >> only at mattel's. >> i'm getting calls from every ceo. how is business. so it is out there.ted by this possible port strike because a lot of the stuff that comes in. >> yes. we have been monitoring very carefully. we had to ship a lot of goods to the west coast thinking there was an east coast strike. the west coast had strike. as might d.c. vice-president in a tizzy. neil: i would bet. >> you would thiik he would have a different airline. neil:to you felt sorry about next year and talk about the recession, whether or not we settle this cliff think? i hear more reviews, things will get antsy. >> from our standpoi, you know, we are a value equation. when we cater to the customer, you give value. people will be trading down to us knowing that every dolar is so critically important to them. >> i think we see that there is a plan in the midst that will be done here. it is just a question of what political place to the press will extract. pretty optimistic. the economy is slowly recovering a tax burden is not too crazy. we are supposed to end since behavior's, not this incentiviz

. >> i have my old -- i think it's the mattel football game. it was the baseball. remember?n. >> thank you. i look forward to the phone thing. you don't have to do that. happy holidays to you. >> you, too. >> someone called it the most subtle end of the world ever. friday was not the apocalypse, of course. but some braced themselves. doomsday just came and went. are they nuts or do they know something we don't? stop laughing in the studio. we spoke to a man who spoke to a bunch of them. his take next. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. >>> it was the apocalypse that wasn't. the end of the mayan calendar friday meant time to put up a new calendar. the earth didn't stop spinning. time didn't end. it never was going to. but don't take my word for it. listen to the calm, learned words of wisdom from celebrated physicist michio kaku. >> look up in the sky. the s

tim is here from mattel. good morning. what do you have for us?great. >> thank you. we're very proud to be able to participate again this year. we're donating over a quarter of a million dollars of toys this year. barbie, hot wheels, all part of what we're donating this year. >> as a father of an 8-year-old girl, that's pretty cool. >> it's a digital camera that you take pictures and whatever picture you take shows up as a fashion on her shirt. >> very cool. >> i'll take one of those. i know it's a toy drive. i'll give it away after i play with it. >> this is not how it works, tamron. >> it's so cool. >> you still have time to help. our toy drive ends on friday. please donate in person or online at amazon.com/today. >> thanks, tim. appreciate it. >>> and now we have a check of the weather. >> let's show you what we've got for today. we are looking at a lot of wet weather here in the northeast. heavy snow, northern new england, wet weather in the pacific northwest with snow showers along the northern interior states. for tomorrow, the sunshine cont

three nikes, four price lines, eight dells, nine coaches, ten may cy's, 11 ralph laurens, 12 mattellsnd a partridge and pear tree and it's still a $1 billion company. it goes down $100 billion in cash and plus it's growing. the price to earnings multiple, the apples to apples method so to speak will be the lowest in the whole s&p 500. that can and is happening. valuation will get so cheap that apple will be too compelling for informed people not to own. the company's not going to sell through all of the cash and respective cash and this company is one gigantic atm machine. and guess what? the chart with the nauseating terminology will be meaningless at that point. the technology, not the technicals will again matter. so sellers, keep all that in mind. right now the calendar, the chart, the tax codes all are against the stock. four weeks from now, they're in your favor. to me, that says it might be too late to sell. and if apple dips below $500 again, it's -- >> buy, buy, buy! >> caller: hey, jim, i'm curious about how you feel about the great, efficient service company netflix since t

, six estee lauders, seven cbss, eight dells, nine coaches, ten macy's, 11 ralph laurens, even 12 mattels. that's a lot of barbies. a few more good numbers for you on shorter time frame as well from the close on monday to now. apple has lost roughly $38 billion in market cap. that's slightly higher than one methlife. yesterday alone apple lost $35 billion in market cap to put that in context, there are 417 companies on the s&p 500 that have total market caps lower than what apple lost in just one day. >> it's like 50 rims. >> exactly? >> and 100 nokias. >>> this is a serious topic. it opens up the question of whether apple shares should be bought or sold. that's the bottom line. joining us to figure it out, tony sakanagi, josh brown, and the one and only jim cramer is right here on set. i'm going to get to the other guests in just a second, jim. i want to begin with you. look at something that i prepared on valuation. so this is apple's trailing and forwce to earnings ratios against google, against microsoft, against amazon which is just out of left field. 12 times trailing. google is tra

here's what that $146 billion is worth. 12 hershey's, 11 mattells, nine macy's, eight dells, seven kellogg's, you could get five fedex, four price lines, two nikes, two ebays and one bank of america, i'm not sure how many partridges and pear trees it would be, but it would be many. a few more to show you the scale of the loss. from the close on monday till now, slightly bigger than one morgan stanley. and yesterday alone, $35 billion was wiped out out of the s&p 500, 417 companies have a total market cap lower than what apple lost in just one day. melissa, back to you. >> thank you so much, jackie. >>> well, many were questioning the steep selloff at apple in the past few days. we at "fast" have solved it. joining us now on the fast line with more is tavis, great to speak with you. >> good to be here. >> these comments came a couple of days ago. and what's curious to me is that u.s. sales for apple just accounts for a fraction of total sales, why would what at&t says have a major impact on the stock overall? >> i'm not sure that was the reason the stock was down specifically yesterday. it wa

. >> a live look at the san mattel bridge on this friday morning were traffic is light. ?taking a look at the stock market this morning market futures indicate shows all three indexes in the positive. but stocks ended down yesterday. >> as the president and john boehner seemingly got nowhere on the fiscal cliff tops. >> here is a look at yesterday's close the numbers on wall street the dow dropped 75 points. >> the nasdaq san 22 to fall below 3000. >> and the s&p 500 lost nine points. >> the day iphone users have been waiting for has a right. >> bull has released its google maps mobile application with the iphone. the past three months iphone users have been stuck with apple maps which have been widely ridiculed. >> kron 4 tech reporter gave a slate shows us the new google maps. >> this is a must for any iphone user. what is interesting is this new version of google maps for iphone is way better than the old one. it has a lot of new features. i will show you that in a minute. first this whole apple map debacle is interesting. apple rarely makes mistakes. let us do a recap.

dollar tree, mattel, starbucks, wynn. broad swath of economy this index tracks.ori: throwing in to image theenasdaq 100 funds? >> that what we think will happen next few days. they try to mimic. try to buy all the same stocks in all of those same 100 stocks. we think a nice pop up. we will not, today, though. it was down now. but what we'll not see is a huge pop up because that usually happened and is reserved for the s&p 500,. when stocks get added in there. that's when we see a bigger sort of investor base react to that it may be a while. google, for example, had to wait two years before included in the s&p 500. facebook may have to wait a little bit as well. certainly something that is --. lori: nice job. gives more clout being in the nasdaq 100. melissa: great report. place your bets. it is not a horse race. it is a royal baby race. prince william has rushed to be by his wife's bedside as she is treated for severe nausea at king edward hospital in london. odds makers are rushing to get their wages out. paddie power has 20 to 1 that catherine will be in the ba

chinese authorities looking closely at mattel gambling, let's take a look at how wind is fairing.a for this particular stock. money transfers, they actually are looking closely at junk operators, there are people who shutter around high rollers, they're going to be monitoring how much money moves and higher regulation obviously doesn't necessarily mean good news for some of these casinos that operate in town. wind is down 3 to send and wall street journal saying police detained people from three of the biggest operators. and the new regime is in china andpeople from three of the bigt operators. and the new regime is in china and stabbing of the regulation. tracy: it is like a vegas down there. all eyes are on the internet music service pandora whichh reports third quarter earnings after the bell today. dennis kneale tunes in now. law that. what is going on? dennis: wall street looking for torrid growth in sales when pandora reports today. profits not so much. wall street chief, pandora sailing at 6% according to $117 million. that is the good news but net income expected to drop 4

burlingame and sam mattel are also in the clear.upertino, santa clara are all getting rain right now. as we take a look at the weather headlines. we are waking up to spotty showers and windy conditions. >> there are on and off showers and we are not in the clear. storm #3 may be the strongest of the three that we have seen. >> one of the hardest-hit areas from the storm is the bay. they receive 7 in. of rain and the storm also caused damage. our coverage will not start with again. >> public work crews were still at it. this time there were cleaning up falling leaves. the fare leaving water form the next fall of storm having nowhere to go. there were falling leaves a work a concern but we also had trees that had failed. this mistake house but not the session be. it was quite a surprise when the owner came out of this come to get to work. >> i went to sleep about 1:00 last night it was born but it was not too bed. i did not hear the wind. >> the car was miraculously still trouble. it made it easier for crews to come in and began to as

one example, for the first time in 50 years, mattell has introduced construction barbie and a barbieuilding set designed with male shoppers in mind. some stores are being reorganized to appeal more to male sensibilities. the reason why they are shopping more is because they can sit their butts down in a big chair with their laptops and buy online. >> speaking of mean, willie -- >> i need some clarification. so grown men are buying barbie dolls because they're doing construction? >> don't -- >> sorry. don't pretend you don't know that. >> i don't quite understand the story. >> you know i wake up early every morning, and so saturday and sunday morning, i -- i go to my -- and by the way, i always buy christmas eve, buy presents from noon till 4:00. every christmas eve. >> you do that. >> the worst shopper ever. i've gone on amazon -- >> have you? >> i've bought everything. i bought an american girl doll, i bought -- i mean -- >> and what did you get for your daughter? >> boom! >> it'll be right back. >> let's go to the politico playbook. jim vandehei, good morning. >> good morning, how

in a partnership with mattel the retailer created a virtual pop-up shop.rs can scan a code and buy the toy on the go, catering to the new generation of gift givers as santa goes mobile. so retail marketing directors are spending quite a lot of money on this. a lot of analysts are confused as to why. because it seems to be a mixed picture as far as reaction to actually using those codes. some of them were confusing. you don't exactly know what they do and how they work. i tried to go to a target to use one. actually couldn't find them in that target location yesterday. so it seems to be a little inconsistent as well. >> thanks. saying the bar code -- the guy who created bar codes, 91 years old, mr. woodland is his name, he died yesterday. >> i was in a supermarket yesterday and they can just pass an item over this thing and the price goes up. have you seen that? >> that is true. you've seen -- >> heard about that. >> you use qr codes? >> no, i don't need to know. i don't. >> qr codes are great. >> really? >> if you're going through magazines now, you can ba