snow and mix and temperatures below freezing all day in the metro area sunday and i just saw some new data. i think they'll stay below freezing all night as well. we'll tell you what that means in a bit. >>> here's what we can expect in the next few days as this icy storm laws across the country. >> wintery warnings from texas to tennessee. take a look at your world in 90 seconds. >> tonight one of the worst ice storms in years stretches from texas to pennsylvania. >> reporter: ice, sleet and snow covers parts of oklahoma, arkansas, tennessee and texas. >> utilities crews in texas and arkansas tried to knock heavy ice off power lines before they snapped from the weight. on ramps became as slippery as bobsled runs. you could hear pellets of ice pound the ground in denton, texas, north of dallas. 1/2-inch of freezing rain and snow made the roads treacherous for drivers. >> go really slow and easy on the brakes. >> hundreds of thousands were customers were without power as of friday morning. >> and hundreds of flights are canceled. >> the ice storm is absolutely our worst situation. >> this s

out of new york city that if you can make it here you can make it anywhere but according to new data from the department of health fewer people are actually making it here rather they're being sidelined by their very own growing weight according to new data about one in every four people who go to hospitals in the big apple have obesity related to diabetes officials say we're experiencing a diabetes epidemic where about one in nine adults are now diagnosed with the disease about six hundred fifty thousand new yorkers were diagnosed with it in two thousand and eleven alone record numbers are dying from diabetes and related issues like andy taishan and kidney failure in fact about one new yorker dies from diabetes related issues every ninety minutes nowadays thing is new york's overall death rate is folly and its life expectancy is improving we're only seeing sharp rises in diabetes related health issues in specific places this and guess where those might be. in the poor in places like the bronx and harlem obesity related hospitalization rates there are approximately eight times the ra

those are wonderful policy changes, however, since this data is a brand new application, it's brand new data points, we're looking at tax filing status and all kinds of data we never used before in eligibility, we don't have that in our current data files. therefore, we must ask the family for that new data. and, therefore, we can't do ex parte for this first year for those folks. so it's another challenge for work processes and the workers. but once we get through that, i think it's going to be wonderful. >> great. well, we would now like to open this up to questions from those of you in the audience, those of you watching us on line as well as people who might be sending in a question from twitter. we have them roaming around the room with microphones. please identify yourself first by name or affiliation. if you have a direction for one of our panelists versus another, please do so as well. let's start over here. >> i'm from the urban institute. there have been a number of examples of things that can be done for maximizing enrollment. i want to ask about the politics of this. there a

new data showing the economy grew at the fastest rate in nearly two years. his outlook for th markets to put this week in perspective until as with the new yea holds for us, david palin's. global head of manages investments for city fought -- city private bank. great to have you here. >> pleasure to be back. lou: quite a week. we did tapir. the markets did not shatter. instead, ty were enthusiastic. mile. what a week. >> it was a great weekend and that the really was capping the enthusiasm that has not kept the market. the fed to bring was really based upon the idea that there was sufficient growth for us to sortf break out of the gravitational pull of the recession of 2008. lou: the first number we look at is existing home sales down 4%. wait a minute. did you guessed it is wrong? then we get the real number. >>f you take a look at the real number, it is significantly higher. the homebuilder stocks today. they had an extraordinary day. people who are exporters will have extraordinary days. let me tell you what i think is behind this. is really a global stor

new data indicated gdp had grown at a rate of 4.1% between july and september, from a previous estimate of 3.6. that was boosted by strong consumer and business spending, and it underscored cautious optimism about the future of the economy as it said it would start tapering back at stimulus program. barack obama said the economy is stronger than it has been in a long time. >> the unemployment rate has steadily fallen to the lowest point in five years. fiscal situation is firmer. >> that news has given wall street a boost. u.s. stocks trading in positive territory this friday. the dow and s&p hitting records at the last day of the trading week. european shares seeing their best we can eight months. they are still seeing the effects of a strong rally after the federal reserve announcement this week. the did not react much to news of a downgrade. standard & poor's stripped the u of its aaa credit rating. the eu had been on negative watch for some time. leaders were finishing up a summit in brussels fresh off a deal to create a banking union which will in theory bring their economies closer

new data points were looking at. all kinds of data that we never used before and eligibility. you don't have in our current data files. for that we must ask new data. therefore, we can't do that for the first year of folks. it is going to be another challenge for work processes. once we get through that, we should be wonderful. upwe would like to open this to questions from those of you here in the audience. those of you watching online, as aose would be sending question from twitter. i would ask you if you leave a bystion, identify yourself name and affiliation. if you the question to one of our panelists, please do so as well. >> i will talk loudly. there has been wonderful examples of things that can be done at maximizing enrollment is the goal. i want to ask about the politics of this. there are people in certain states represented here that are not in favor of expanding medicaid. as we know in the past, making things difficult to enroll has been a way of keeping down the enrollment. that was a policy goal of some

but with the new data that we got today and the data for this month, we can absorb these inventories and it turns out they did a good job. >> i don't think we need to get in the math of it, but it seems strong. you're not really--you haven't been predicting that for the final three months of the year we would see that, are you now? >> not yet for the fourth quarter. still a couple of negative factors going on here. a little bit of the inventory overhang is still going to be there. we have the impact of the shutdown as well. the 4% is great, not quite sustainable, but it is indicative that 2014 is going to be a much better year. >> one of the things in that gdp report is that spending was up. that's good. that's virtuous. >> absolutely. spending is the driver of productivity. that's how we get growth in addition to getting more jobs as well. we would like to see business spending and investment going gang busters. >> when you look at all these components, all these parts that make people feel good and prosperous i doubt anybody is pro addicting 25 gains in the stock in fact, but we've

so i mentioned some of the new data on the year in states today.eah, we've got november pending home sales are out at 10 eastern. forecast to rise at 10:30. we'll get the december dallas fed survey. one notable earnings report today egg producer calmay foods. here's josh lip ton with the rest of the week. >>> although santa claus seemed to have gone back to the north pole, investors had been enjoying a santa claus rally with record highs for the dow and s&p 500. now as we head into the final two trading days of 2013, get ready to ring in 2014, the blue chip index may still have its best year since 1996 and the s&p 500 could have its best year since 1997. there are no significant corporate earnings reports scheduled for release but a report on pending home sales in november is expected to show they rose 2.5% after falling half a percent in october. also we're going to get a new report on consumer confidence before the end of the year. it's expected to show a nice gain over november. an associated press poll finds 46% of americans are ready to say go

new data suggesting economic growth isn't strong enough for the fed to pull back on its stimulus. >>>ivate payroll firm reports u.s. businesses added the most jobs in a year. 215,000 jobs were created in november thanks to big gains in manufacturing and construction. the report coming just ahead of the important labor department employment numbers on friday. >>> as detroit moves forward with his bankruptcy case, other cities are struggling with financial collapse. >> reporter: father gregory is a crime-fighting priest on a mission. >> what we're looking at here is formally six blighted, bordered up, burned out, knew sense houses that had been used for criminal activities such as gang hangouts, drugs, prostitution. so we needed to get rid of them. >> reporter: after two perishers were murdered nearby, he persuaded officials to let the church replace 40 abandoned homes with sports fields and parks. >> crime has dropped drastically. in the last two years i think violent crime has been cut in half. >> reporter: it's just part of a renewal project going on out there blighted youngstown, oh

news for women. as we have seen for quite some time now, women are getting jobs much more quickly than men and the latest data show that continues. so the unemployment rate falling from 7.3 to 7%. good news, the lowest it's been in fact in five years. back to you. >> thanks so much, scott. >>> a california couple who had bought the home where walt disney was born plans to turn it into a museum. he was born in this chicago home 112 years ago. according to the couple's spokesman restoration will start in january and they hope it will be complete by december 5th of next year which would have been his 113th birthday. the home is said to be built by disney's father and designed by his mother. walt disney lived in that house until he was 4 years old. >>> get ready for bat kid the sequel. after the kid made a wish come true he's returning to san francisco tomorrow. thanks to the help of thousands of people across san francisco. this weekend he's going to be playing a fund-raiser by kicking off the brave the day 5-k run. it benefits the make-a-wish foundati foundation. >>> well, when one san jose family moved, their

today officials released new data saying this year they've investigated more than 1,100 such complaintsand taxi inspectors have issued over 8,000 tickets for violations ranging from illegal fares to refusing service. >>> somewhere out there tonight there's a mega millionaire who may not even realize they've struck it i rich. two winning -- struck it rich. two winning tickets were is told last night, each of them 200a -- were sold last night, each of them 200 worth a -- each of them 200a whopping amount. >> they were a combination of lucky numbers. >> that comes to about 120 million bucks after taxes. that leaves us with a second winner still a mystery. he or she bought that ticket at a small gift shop in san jose, california. >>> proof the dog is man's best friend, the seeing eye dog came those owner's rescue >>> from the entertainment world controversy surrounding one of america's most watched tv shows. duck dynasty star phil robertson was suspended from the hit show indefinitely after an interview in gq magazine that hasn't even hit the stands yet. there is controversy here, but gq sa

standing next to the porsche that he was in when he died, taken just moments before the accident. >>> new datas debunking the myth that you can be both overweight and healthy at the same time. according to a team of canadian researchers, having an unhealthy metabolic state will lead to deteriorating health, including an increase of cardiovascular death and heart attack. the research team reviewed a number of studies dating back to as far as the 1950s. this, of course, flies in the face of one study earlier this year that went as far to suggest overweight people may end up living longer than those at a normal weight. this new research finds there is no such thing as healthy obesity, saying individuals deem metabolically healthy but technically obese could have their risk of death, heart attack and stroke increase by as much as 24%. >>> now to business, where later today we see how the auto industry performed last month. yesterday on wall street, well, we kicked off the week in negative territory, although off the lows of the session. the holiday shopping season not off to as good a start as man

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new data out tonight on food allergies may answer the questions of a lot of expectant mothers. >>> we are back tonight with news about food allergies, and a new study that may put a lot of parents' minds at ease. and a new study that may put a lot of parents' minds at ease. as you may know all too well, peanut allergies among children have more than tripled in the last 15 years. and a lot of women have wondered if they have any control over that while pregnant. our report tonight from nbc's katy tur. >> reporter: a little nut causing a lot of worry. the peanut. whether to eat it or avoid it, has been the subject of much debate among pregnant women over the past few years. mom-to-be sterling doneally has been eating nuts her whole pregnancy, and today she's feeling a little relieved. >> i think being exposed to nuts while you're pregnant can maybe be a good thing. >> reporter: despite old recommendations a new study released by the journal of the american medical association found that eating peanuts and other tree nuts will not raise the baby's allergy risk. co-author dr. michael youn

. >>> new data from the census bureau shows the bay area is home to the richest city in america. san jose ranked number 1. the u.s. census bureau chose the area for its median income, which topped $90,000 a year, and because it has high-paying jobs and a desirable housing market. some city officials out san jose is still scraping by budget wise and needs more rich companies. >> though our region, our metropolitan area has many jobs and great wealth, for the most part, what creates tax revenue in the city of san jose are employers. >> one downside could be that the title could make it tough politically for san jose to keep cutting benefits and programs. here's the top five. san jose, as reported, number 1. washington, dc ranked second, with bridgeport connecticut coming in third. san francisco took the fourth spot, and boston came in at number 5. >>> shares of twitter today slipped to their lowest levels since the company's november 6th initial public offering. analysts with macquarie capital downgraded the social networking company, saying the stock has gone too far, too fast. so

according to new data from core logic.. the decline is in large part due to rising home prices.. the former home of chicago bulls legend michael jordan is still on the market. it was up for auction, but a spokeswoman for jordan says the highest bid did not meet the reserve price of 21 million dollars. the chicago area home has seven bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, a library, and of course, a basket ball court. starting december 21st --toys r us plans to open for 87 hours straight leading up to christmas. toys r us joins a growing list of retailers extending hours for this year's shortened shopping season -- macy's, nordstrom, target and wal-mart, among others, are all trying to lure last-minute shoppers with extra time. this is the peak week for package delivery service ups -- the company expects to pick up somewhere in the neighborhood of 34-million parcels. on its busiest day this week ups delivered 300 packages per second. nearly 20-thousand ups employees are working around the clock -- as they do every christmas season -- to make it happen. it will also be a very busy day at starbuck

new data for american homeowners. ehold wealth rose 2.6% as improvement in the home and equity markets boosted american balance sheets. worth rose by 1.9 trillion dollars from july to september. new york city make it three inches of snow tuesday from a storm that dropped eight inches of storm on philadelphia. it left thousands without power in virginia. today the treasury department has a full exit, ending nearly five years of government ownership. the government had invested $49.4 billion to gain a 60% stake. jack lew said with the final sale of gm stock, this important chapter in our nation's history is now closed. tonight, we will discuss the major league baseball winter meetings that kicked off today. we will discuss the trade in the transactions to watch and its affect on the economy. that is coming up tonight. hope to see you then. by midnight tonight, members of congress need to enroll in the health care plan under the affordable care act. or they risk losing their government subsidy. us now fromly joins washing

data on hundreds of millions of people and retain that data for five-year period updating it with new data every day in perpetuated was it best in 1979, the stuff of science fix. americans, general, are legitimately alarmed by the scope and stature of this collection, retention and storage. >> our history as a people allow we be concerned about this. but our concerns should be governed. our thinking should be focused on the facts of the case not the emotion of the case. again, what happens to the data. judge leon ignored precedent, ignored smith versus maryland the case that you cited. the 15 judges on 30 occasions that upheld the lawfulness of this. then judge pauly in the 7th district of new york within a week issued another warning saying -- saying that this was inherently constitutional. and judge pauly relied on precedent. judge leon relied on exclamation points throughout his judgment not precedent. >> also said this is likely unconstitutional. this collection violates the 4th amendment, you disagree? >> i do. i'm not a judge, i'm not a lawyer i do know there is one controlling supre

new data tables in the last few days. twenty six bloggers and some journalists were arrested in one province alone vehicles and as he shut down. in addition the bloggers were humiliated and insulted on tv and in my studies for them. analysts say that while president of some honey is committed to implementing foreign policy reforms and kick starting the economy. he's reluctant to tackle hard liners at home there's little sign of life getting easier for journalists is that journalists are arbitrarily arrested and tortured newspapers have been banned in there's widespread censorship of the internet a lot remains to be done through any storm. despite that and some milk robbie says he's hopeful things may get change under the new iranian leader it was outright censorship and draconian jail time is one way to limit views atop the western writers are sounding the alarm bells here about a form of subtle censorship created by the chilling effect on us when people women are self edit their speech and writing here they are being wat

but today that number was revised up to 4.1% based on new data. growth over the last few years has just been bumping along around 2%. today stocks rose, the dow has had its best week in nearly a year. the weather forecast is not nearly so good. a mix of extreme weather could be messing up christmas plans for millions of americans. today freezing rain in the midwest turned roads into sheets of ice. ice caused power line fires in salt lake city city that knocked out electricity to thousands. nearly 2,000 flights in chicago, denver, and new york have been delayed and that's just the calm before the storm. eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station, wbz. eric, what are we looking at? >> reporter: scott, unfortunately more of the same as we head toward this weekend. a two-sided storm with heavy rain, lots of winter storm and ice storm warnings on the western flank and very cold air. so as we head toward the start of the weekend, oklahoma city where icing has begun up toward chicago. it's a mix of ice and snow and a big severe weather

still, new data from september showed the market was weaker than expected area of higher mortgage ratesame. the manager of digital risk. mortgages in the u.s.. thank you for coming on. how much weight do you give one months worth of a tech? >> it was probably two months worth of data. we had the government shutdown and then having september and october come out, what we really andwas this huge reduction anticipation and more often normalized number in october. jump.ives you that 24% >> no concern given the government shutdown? >> because the refinance dropped off in may, we had the big numbers in october. >> i saw that, too. 60%. what happened? >> for people who could not refinance, i think interest rates ticked up a little bit. i will take a step that and see if i can get a better rate. much more than anticipated. inprices for new homes fell october. the pricesown 4.5%. have declined slightly over the past 12 months. is this an oversupply issue? of anerever little bit undersupply issue. you look at 10 million households. it will have equity. then you have tightening inventories right n

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but ellison on bric countries are coming in and make a new data on domestic investments. i also see singapura to meet as it is maybe what you like to see the selfless impress us need to seal one domestic investors put any money in the country and that's happening big time in nigeria you know we've got it to a company called innocent manufacturing cars. almost more than fifty percent of the pots built in nigeria and that's an easy act to me let me just ask you go up about the business climate in nigeria the truck for the well backed a while then comes out with that set annually doing business report in that doing business report. nigeria is in spots one hundred forty seven ops of one hundred and eighteen on countries. doesn't that scare off potential investors reading i think if you look at many of the brakes step was the size i also know that not that great. some of them i wun mind that some of them i eat eat eat some of them get up at the top. but that doesn't mean that we do need to do that. of cos we'd like to do that to but we need to look at the spectacle that in thi

>> a new data center out in utah is in expansion a massive amount of storage. every phone call of every citizen in the u.s. that is an amazing amount of data. whether they are using it or not is not relevant. it is amazing how much they have to collect in the storage. every phone call that comes out means another set of phone calls. exponential growth. >> the processing power to understand all that in the storage. when you look at the courts, this court spoke with a very strong voice in the pulmonary preliminary ruling. >> they did. i actually agree with them. every phone call you made, the location a came from, the length of time, the number you called. the frequency of it. it is just an amazing amount of data. do they really need that? do they need to target the people they are really after and get to the content. the collection of this lead to things down the road in the future that can be used against innocent citizens for things that could potentially be used as false patterns in the future. >> when you look at this story, the drip drop of the snowden leaks

big discounts and deals brought bargain hunters in and new data shows people are ready to spend. holiday spending on christmas eve was up 2.3% from last year. that is a relief for retailers who reported sluggish sales during the shopping season. have you found bargains today? >> we have here. 80% off. 50% off. >> december 26 can be unknowing for some shoppers who bought full price items before the sales kicked in. we have a solution -- credit cards might have you covered when the price dropped. mastercard and citibank help you recruit the difference through price guarantee programs. how infuriating is that? >> i know. i fell there was more stuff on sale. sales for the first time. >> there is a lot of sales here, i have been looking around. i have to do that and a consumer reporter. it is all part of the story but don't just buy what you see on sale. there is always a coupon you can get. you can ask the cashier and that is what a lot of people are doing. natasha barrett, abc 7 news. >> thanks. one of the best things to buy after christmas, and in tauscher will be back to tell you

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brand new data showing that cyber monday was the largest online shopping day in history and the biggest from a surprising sector. we are joining you now to break down the numbers. >> glad to be here. >> which sector was the surprise? >> i'm sorry? >> which sector was the surprise? >> i think what has been a surprise for i think everybody with the season which is a little challenging, given how short the season is this year is whether or not retailers are able to extend the season by pulling buying forward. it looks like that worked pretty well online but i think there is some evidence that it didn't work as smoothly in the afterline world. >> what kind of retailer gained the most? >> the discounters are up strongly. and amazon is gaining share as it typically does. so their growth rates are well ahead of the overall market total. and on cyber monday, sales were up about 18%. if you add on buying from mobile, you have got growth rates that are somewhere around 20% or north of that. so it's really strong online from this point. it has to be. there are six fewer days between thanksgiving a

investors reacting to new economic data showing jobless claims have increased and new home sales have fallen. gold has now fallen to a three- year low. cuba is to open up its car market and allow citizens to buy imported vehicles. for about 50 years, government had the monopoly on the sales for imported and used cars. and has required any potential buyer to obtain special permission. difficult tos obtain an black car sales have flourished. in the streets of a finite, vix reactions to the move -- in the streets of havana, mixed reactions to the move. nowt is great that we can buy cars without authorization, to modernize the system. these cars are falling apart. we are working as taxi drivers, but our cars are in that state. >> we are allowed to buy it, but with what money? unfortunately, our economy does not allow us to save money to buy these things. if it was 300 pesos or 500 pesos, fine. but how much will a car cost me? >> moving onto other big stories, the american big superstore target says the information of millions of people who shopped at target stores over the busy things com

. >>> other news, new data show lots of people are quitting their jobs. becau other jobs.inked in. e is actually taking a lookfj$pá people's linked-infá resumes an say a vastlpc majority ofb.xdc ourselves responsible. it tops the link in list of overused words. strategic, creative, effective, o five. in a blog this morning, linked in sugg$ms you separate yourself using different words. i never thought ofw3çó patient. it would be anu incredible in a resume. s not. i am noko the patient.Ñi >> thank you, scott. >> i want to check in with meteorologist, christina loren. >> you should see terry when i'm doing the weather. he is checking his clock, < tu&. we are lucky to have you here, terry. vmrj lucky. morning. as you are getting your day going, maybe an extra cup of coffeet( as we still have black 34, san tvju 34, w3qsáu(r'v. although the temperature is not quitee1 asokxdok freezing, your windshield does get colder. sometimes we might see frost or black ice out there.c let's find out if that is the case. mike inouye is all over your té!lack icet( was all over the reports

. >>> new data on dads.oles of fathers are changing in america and why it is considered better for their children. >>> plus a winner is chosen on the x-fog factor. we will tell you who took that top spot. all that and more coming up. >>> time 6:48. let's bring sal back. pretty light. >> it is light. we did have some slow traffic. i think things are beginning to get a little lighter as we get closer to christmas. next week i think it will be pretty light as well. this is a look at 880 north and southbound near the coliseum. certainly people are out there and the commute looks pretty good. if you are driving on the bay bridge approach, its lighter than it normally is. there is a little bit of a backup in some of the middle lanes but it certainly isn't up to a normal commute. the morning drive is okay. san ramon there was word of some water that is standing water coming from apparently a sprinkler or something. we just got off the phone with chp. chp says this is not causing any slow traffic in the area. 680 is

. >>> holiday travel means big business especially for the airline industry and new data, into the fatal asi asiana aircraft creash. >> all aspects of the accident one key focus it became clear today that the pilot who was in command, he was a trainee learning this new jumbo jet didn't fully understand how the cockpit automat automation work. surveillance video showed how violent the crash was. pilots realized they were coming in too low and too slow. they tried to correct. the tail snapped off sending the plane skidding. three passengers, teenagers died. how pilots use sophisticated cockpit automation. we need to, when it comes to the interaction between the aircraft and the human being. >> in the asiana crash the captain disconnected the autopilot to take over the controls but didn't realize that also disabled the automatic speed control. >> the planes are becoming so automated and they are removing human judgment from so many aspects of flight that pilots really are becoming somewhat complacent. >> it has been a challenge for other airlines, too. in 2009 an air france jet plunged into

according to new data, the arctic is expanding. sea ice up 50% since last year alone.e years ago al gore said all of the ice would be gone by now, he clearly got that wrong. so let's bring in environmentalist howard ghoul. howard, i think that that ad, i know it was from green peace, not you guys, i think that was over the top, don't you agree. >> no, i definitely think that was over the top. green peace is known for doing things that are clearly over the top. but i think the message is there, the message is a correct one in talking about global climate change, but evangelizing from the extremes is not necessarily the best approach. >> right. >> now i'm quoting from a bbc report, british broadcasting corporation. the increase in ice in the arctic totaled 1400 cubic miles. how do you explain that, if you say that climate is changing and we're all going to end up with an arctic that looks like soup? how do you explain this? >> you have to look at the world as a living, breathing organism. not every place is heating up at the same rate. so you have some places that are go

. >> new data showed a promising trend. nearly 1700unty had rack complaints, dropping to just 167 last year, a 90% drop. the council vice president george leventhal applauded the news. >> i don't have any answers for you. no idea what has has changed. >> we have no reason why they are down, but they are down. >> annual take that? >> as of now, yes, because it appears we're doing something correctly. >> county employees tell people to avoid planting certain fruit trees, tossing fruit into compost piles, and using birdseed, cutting off the rats food source. advice this street puts to use. >> we have nice homes and we take care of them and we don't have rats. >> rat control is a homeowners responsibility, but look emery county has three employees strictly assigned to handle complaints. if your home or business is pinned as a nuisance property, you could be fined and forced to clean it up. kevin lewis, abc 7 news. >> that is it for abc 7 news at 5:00. >> the breaking news coverage of nelson mandela continues right now. captioned

you want to stick around because you cannot afford to miss new data that proves when you buy stocks make a huge difference in how much profit or loss you may suffer in this market. >> also an astounding number of americans haven't even started their holiday shopping. >> really? how is that possible? >> coming up next we'll take a look at retailers set to catch in on those boxing themselves into a corner. >> what outrageous gifts do rich people give other rich people? robert frank has top gifts for the super wealthy. guess what? those you can get delivered pretty fast if you're willing to pay tore it. that's on the list there. you'll want to see what robert has lined up for us coming up later on the "closing bell." chuck vo: there's a saying around here you stand behind what you say. around here you don't make excuses. you make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up, and make it right. some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places where it's needed most. but i know you'll still find it when

the new data some experts worry was exposed during the huge security breach at target. >>> first thisning, watching a busy day for health care enrollment, even though the deadline has already passed. >>> and we're staying on top of breaking news. you're looking live right now at the scene of a house update nex. it's 5:27. >>> breaking news. 5:29. a fire has torn through a home in southeast. news 4's melissa mollet with more on the investigation. >> reporter: take a look here behind me. they are upstairs where the homeowner tells me he was sleeping. he woke up around 4:00 this morning, saw smoke, does not have a phone inside the house so came running outside and began ganging on his neighbor's doors. these firefighters going through things trying to determine what, in fact, started the blaze. both on the first and second floor is why it is taking them longer to go through things. took them about 20 minutes total to knock the fire down, again, the one man who lives inside the home has lived here for 30 years. he's still on the scene but not wanting to talk. they tell me because of the c

the market would've for new economic data from the u.s.. unemployment has been higher than expected, which has been taken is good news because as long as the unemployment stays high in the u.s., the federal reserve will keep money cheap and easy. >> let's have a look now at how markets traded on thursday. in frankfurt, the dax was down over .5%. the euro stoxx 50 also down .65% . across the atlantic, the dow jones also down, currently trading at 18 775, and the euro trading at $1.3740. slovenia says thanks but no thanks to a european bailout land for its embattled banking sector and decides to take matters into its own hands. >> the country decided to go in alone and capitalize its troubled banks rather than rely on outside assistance at comes with stringent conditions. >> but it will have to find four point 2 billion euros to plug holes in the national banks' balance sheets. >> slovenia's banks have billions of euros of that debt on their books, most of it issued during the country's boom years from the 1990's three 2008. then the crisis hi

yesterday officials did release new data saying this year they've investigated more than 1,100 complaintsnd taxi inspectors have issued more than 8,000 tickets for violations ranging from illegal fares to refusing service. >>> wusa9 news at 6:00 just a few minutes away. >> derek is live in the newsroom with a preview. live, d. >> we will have the latest on that theater collapse in the heart of london's theater district, also new questions tonight about the security of thousands of federal buildings here in d.c. and all across the country. >> plus a break in at a d.c. public school has people shaking their heads. we've got surveillance video of the burglars who pulled it off. >> and dennis rodman is back in north korea tonight. we'll tell you why he's there this time. that's it at 6:00. wow. >> wow is right. >> it's just strange. >>> temperatures may reach 70 degrees this weekend, but if you just need some ice ice baby, we've got the place for you. >> debra alfarone joins us now live from ice at the gaylord national resort. now, deb, you promised you'd go down the slide. let's see it, girl

. >> new data out right now on in store foot traffic this holiday shopping season. courtney reagan at queens center mall in elmhurst, new york. hi. >> hi, tyler. the winter storm that dropped snow from missouri to main sidelined shoppers with just a couple days left to go until christmas. according to shopper track, in store shopper traffic fell nearly 26% on saturday alone. brick and mortar sales, those are again sales that are only done in store, fell 5.4%. lower but much less in that traffic. some shoppers got ahead of the storm, in store brick and mortar sales according to shopper track up 3.3% for friday after the storm, sunday's in store brick and mortar stores down, making the weekend down 1.5% for in store. the big question that retailers are white knuckling are those shoppers going to make up the difference this week and double down or are those sales lost for good? i got to tell you, inside this mall, not a lot of foot traffic for eight days until christmas. back to you. >> all right. courtney, thanks very much. two big headlines that could have huge implic

the scientists on board are studying because it's providing new data for their research. >> i have to say, it seems a little scary. any message for the folks back home before i let you go? >> well, the message back home, just that we're all very safe here. there's no evident danger. we sent a message out to the world saying happy new year. yes, our message to everyone would be to have a happy new year. we had ours first. 2014's great. come join us. >> thank you. happy new year. we hope you get home soon. >> thank you very much. >>> also in world news, syria has avoided u.s. intervention in the war raging inside its borders by agreeing to a number of deadlines for disposing of chemical weapons but today it's missing one of those benchmarks. syria was supposed to hand over a significant portion of its stockpile by today. that will not happen for a number of reasons, including bad weather, according to the organization overseeing the disarmament. meanwhile, weapons of the nonchemical variety continue to claim lives in syria. forces loyal to president bashar al assad fired a rocket in the

i think another couple quarters of good economic data, more news of positive job growth and you're likely to see that happen. >> okay. >> one other quick thing and that is it just costs less to buy computers today, to make investmen investments. their businesses are investing but sometimes when we look at the spending itself, if they spend less on a computer, it may look like they are not even though they are investing. >> we'll see what 2014 holds. >>> meanwhile, mortgage rates edged higher this week following encouraging data about new home sales and job growth. the average rate on a 30-year fixed rate is 4.46%, up from 4.29% just last week, according to freddie mac. a year ago the rate was 3.34%. >>> signs of a fall in federal budget negotiations in washington, john boehner said he would entertain a possible extension of emergency unemployment benefits set to expire at the end of the year but says the white house has to offer a specific proposal about the benefits and do it in the coming days. >>> fast food workers across the country were protesting to get paid more. the demonstrations

> steve, separately before we let you go and do the research that you always do so well, there's new data out showing household wealth is hitting records. >> you've had the two come together in the last quarter, third quarter data, shows household wealth rose and stock. rising household wealth. only one component of the equation for consumer spending. others components how much debt do consumers feel like they want to put on, how much do they want to pay down their debt and second is what happens to income. those are two other questions along with confidence. i like this, it's good for the economy, but it's not enough to say we're on the verge of a consumer breakout here. >> all right. but we're going in the right direction. >> exactly. >> watch mort again rates. something we're going to watch carefully. >> absolutely. thanks, steve. >>> the stock bond kumbaya comes amid the question what will a drop in fed stimulus mean for stocks. is the economy strong enough to support the market without fed help? jpmorgan's chief strategist tom lee weighed in on that on "squawk box." >> i think a few