like a couch. >> i like this, what's going on here, all of these items we can find at nordstrom? >> everything from nordstrom, great gifts, very easy, and your woman will be happy. >> your welcome, fellows. i helped you, okay? >> so you'll stay out of the doghouse, you're at fog go upgrade her ring, wedding ring for the anniversary, this is what you do. right here. >> take a look at this. >> we don't have it. >> okay. >> well, yes. we're going to get it. but apparently toddler sneaks off to the pantry to eat ajar of nut tell a. you know that the nuttella. oh, let's do it now. >> what are you eating? >> this? >> what are you eating? >> huh? >> chocolate? >> chocolate? >> i get that for you. >> huh. >> i'm going to tell daddy. >> huh? >> i'm going to tell daddy. >> what? what? >> what, what? that's what you say when you're trying to think after excuse, and you can't think of one. >> that's so cute. a two year old. oh, i love that. >> so, tomorrow is probably one of the best days of the year. you know why? >> isn't it national sangria day. >> oh, ya, and i love me some san agree a w

first, it was a san jose police officer, now it's an employee from nordstrom raising eyebrows with a facebook post. both of those posts involve the recent protest and debate over the shootings of unarmed black men. tweets, posts, and opinions can reach thousands of people in just a matter of seconds. and while some might say they are just exercising their freedom of speech, ktvu's ali is here and tells us companies and employers can be unforgiving of inappropriate posts. >> that's right, especially if those posts weigh in on a controversial and polarizing topic like the issue of race and police and community relations. that's a topic that got a police officer in hot water with his department and it was the same topic that cost a nordstrom employee in portland his job. >> the profile picture on aaron hodge's personal facebook page shows him in his work environment with a rack of clothes behind him. his profile says he works at this store and it was his employer that faced a fire storm of criticism for this post on hodge's facebook page. quote, instead of slamming the police, i prefer

she was a seasonal employee who had been working at nordstrom since october. the store was closed on saturday, to give employees time to process and grieve. it reopened yesterday. family and friends left flowers near the site of the shooting. an elderly couple was found dead in their home on chicago's far south side from carbon monoxide poisoning. relatives asked police to conduct a well-being check on saturday, after clemmie and nancy jones didn't show up for thanksgiving dinner. officials say the carbon monoxide came from a faulty natural gas appliance in the home, in the 87-hundred block of south dorchester. a chicago city council committee meets today to consider a plan to raise the city's minimum wage. mayor emanuel wanted to hike the minimum from 8-25 an hour, to 9-50 an hour next summer, and boost it to 13 dollars an hour by 20-18. now, emanuel wants to raise the initial hike to 10 dollars an hour, and give employers an extra year to reach the 13-dollar level. the committee is expected to vote on it tomorrow, and send it to the full city council. a 40-d

and nordstrom buying -- >> so nordstrom has probably been the most aggressive brick and mortar retailerthey did trunk club, a $350 million deal. a the personal shopper service delivered to your door. i think they will continue to be aggressive. and i think it's smart while other companies like tj max and ross stores stay on the side lines. >> you say twitter buying stripe is a long shot. why would they not by square? too expensive? the ties don't make sense. >> i think it's too expensive. and probably stripe is too expensive as well. but it's been talked about enough by smart people they think it's something that as at least been considered at some point. >> and the synergies would work howe? what use to twitter. >> twitter wants the mobile developer tool set called fabric they announced recently. developers just drool over stripe bouz because how it easy it is accepting payments. >> walmart has also been doubling down on e-commerce with limited success. this holiday season we're still waiting to see how it panned out but you have them on the list for a couple potential acquisitions. pa

a woman shot at a chicago nordstrom on black friday is dead. after police say her ex- boyfriend killed her in a murder suicide. john garcia tells us why the shooting couldn't come on a worse day. >> she turned 22 years old yesterday. and her family reportedly planned a surprise party for her after she got off work at nordstrom downtown. instead. she spent the night fighting for her life at northwestern hospital after being shot in the head by her ex-boyfriend. it's a fight she lost tonight. according to dna info. she had no brain activity. and doctors reportedly kept her on life support until they could harvest her organs. the store.where she had just begun work as a seasonal employee.issued a statement tonight saying: "we are deeply saddened to learn that our employee who was injured in friday evening's tragedy passed away this afternoon. our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends" >> "it's been a really sad and scary situation, obviously to be involved with if you were there. at nordstrom we're a family, our people are very impa

police now say the man who murdered his ex-girlfriend at nordstrom's last friday, also attacked a man he believed was the woman's new boyfriend. a gas leak. the family that lives of the house was not home at the time. it appears to gas built up after construction crew ruptured gas line. police say the man who murdered his ex-girlfriend and nordstrom's also attacked a man he believed was the woman's new boyfriend. six days before he killed the girl he reportedly saw her at a party with a college friend and punched the man in the eye. the judge denied the order of protection for her earlier this year. >>the chicago cubs are backing off a bit, on their aggressive plans to erect seven outfield signs at wrigley field. to satisfy the national park service, and qualify for federal tax credits, the cubs' owners have agreed to eliminate one left-field sign from their expansion plan. the cubs will submit their revised plan to the "commission on chicago landmarks" tomorrow. an illinois appelate court is hearing a case about frozen embryos. karla dunston was diagnosed with cancer in 2009. she and

a nordstrom bag, nordstrom clearance, everyone has got a bag in their hands. you're right, partly driven by the declining oil and gas prices. take a look at numbers, recalculated the numbers based on the average price of a gallon of gas $2.27 over a dollar in savings compared to last year, and the average household consumes about 1200 gallons of gasoline, that means about $1200 savings. take a look at one retailer, the big winner, nordstrom, up 29%. on the bottom end of the scale, family dollar up 22%. target up over 20%. on the other side, not hard to predict, sears, j.c. penney and the parent of the boston stores went down 55%. as far as specialty retailer, they didn't have a great year either. companies like coach down 33% on the year. michael kors down and kate spade down, a lot of the stores in the water tower giant shopping mall in chicago that perhaps you see tower over michigan avenue. all in all, a positive shopping season helped by the last weekend, the extended weekend after christmas. people do not stop shopping just because christmas is over. cher

nordstrom and the gap both come out clean foo. but things are about to get gross all over again.r sale as new. remember we know it is our underwear from the two little black dots on the tag. now, on to marshalls and things get even worse. >> hi how are you? >> reporter: we buy a set of underwear and a swimsuit. don't forget all the tags are off. we even remove the protective liner from the bathing suit so it looks used. when we return them the sales woman wastes no time putting on new tags. we watch our bikini and underwear carted out and put right back on the rack. as if they were brand-new. but the saleswoman assures our producer that never happens. >> used used? no. like we just kind of -- >> so if it looks like it has been used you won't sell it right? >> no. >> think again. but what we found at walmart could be the most blatant. here's our producer returning the underwear. and watch this. the salesclerk staples new tags on right in front of us. she tosses the used underwear into a cart full of returns. the associate going through them seems to realize they have been used. bu

she was a student at the university of chicago and is working and nordstrom as a seasonal employee. >>new chicago crime statistics show the number of shootings are up while murders are down three percent this year through november. chicago's police superintendent gerry mccarthy says community policing is helping the city stay on top of crime. total shootings are up 10 en f f s is suen garry s the city is on pace to have the fewest killings since 19- 65. the biggest problem police officers face, he say isth i the erf illegal ici >>dozens of car owners who weren't paying attention to parking signs, are waking up this morning to find out their cars have chicago's winter parking ban went into effect overnight. cars are prohibited from parking between the hours of three and seven a-m, on 107-miles of critical arterial streets, whether there is snow on the ground or not. violators will have to pay a 150-dollar towing fee, a 60- dollar ticket, and a 20-dollar daily stag >> i think they need to come up with a system where they do not have to be towed. >> if your car does get towed, you can

nordstrom rack, it is supposed outlet store.nt they pay attention if the line gets too long.dheld registers to check you out. >> she speaks of it with a glow in her eyes. >> it has the nordstrom's culture. >> does that work in new york city? a functionuse it is of the nordstrom culture and their employees sign on for that culture. >> maybe you can make the shopping experience. look at what apple has done. >> i love that. what can retail learn from the apple retail stores success? make people feel very important, to make them feel like they are really going to be really smart when they enter the store. >> around real estate, how much of a footprint do you need? hexou still have the hankering stores or does it have to be smaller? >> i am not a real estate that itbut we have seen has to be smaller and a lot of a variety we need a lot of stimulation and a lot of variety. having one big store at the end, is it really worth going down for one big store? no. >> 70% off in these stores, how much of that is psychology and is it really working to bring people into stores? i thought the

. >> a retailer nordstrom is in full damage control mode with a controversial posting of an employee made on social media and the response from the retailer. >> what did you google in 2014? the mountain view company reveals the top searches of the year. >> we have more weather and traffic all morning at we abc7 news and tail lights headed west news and tail lights headed west and the deck is dry at the most. >>> covering walnut creek, burlingame and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> check out the beautiful shot, you are familiar with this, blue canyon and the snow is coming down. in watches. no warnings. just a nice gradual snow to add to the snow pack and it is only 41 percent of where it should be, and everyone is gid --y and you should -- everyone is gid --y and you should be, too. >> we want did see the weather where you live, send us your weather photos and video at ureport@kgo-tv.com or post them on our facebook page or share them with us on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. ago ago ge flu season. we are told by a doctor the flu is expected to hit the bay area hard the next few w

apple, dell, nordstrom and zappos. so when it comes to the shipping story and shopping story a lot of people are using the online but still mainly coming here to make the zblurreturns. >> who are the winners and losers going to be. >> we've been all over the country and seeing all the retail. -- victoria secret was crowded. less promotion. and bath and body works. the tiffany t collection sold well and doing well and doing strongly. athletics worked this season. did eosee the line for blue legends at foot locker. i think they are going to be a winner. consumer electronics, and just talked about apple. best buy has to be a winner this season also. and stores crowded and everything we tracked online has worked also. h and m. not much worked in apparel. and basic apparel is kind of dead lately. >> everybody was saying that's the one real shocker and what continues to hurt many retailers is there was no must've apparel story whatsoever and hasn't been. >> we get two to three fashion cycles a year. we didn't get anything. s

nordstrom and the gap both come out clean, too. but things are about to get gross all over again. at victoria's secret, we returned two pairs of underwear. >> thank you. >> reporter: the sales clerk quickly tosses them behind her and it doesn't take long to find them right back on the table for sale as new. remember, we know it's our underwear from those two little black dots on the tag. now on to marshall's and things get even worse. >> hi, how are you? >> reporter: we buy a set of underwear and a swim suit. don't forget, all the tags are off. we even removed the protective liner from the bathing suit so it looks used. when we return them, the saleswoman wastes no time putting on new tags. we watch our bikini and underwear carted out and put right back on the rack as if they were brand new, but the saleswoman assures our producer that never happens. >> no. never. >> so if it looks like it's been used, you won't sell it, right? >> reporter: think again. but what we found at walmart could be the most blatant. here's our producer returning the underwear, and watch this. the sales cl

>> it's exclusively at nordstrom nordstroms. which was a dream of mine. i have a kind of nice history with the company. it's an area that they are extremely good at doing well. and they welcomed this partnership and they've been amazing. so shoes will be delivered february 28th. we have a pop-up shop in new york for a few days. >> i'm there, i'm there. i'm so there. you don't have to reel me in. >> and we're traveling across the country. i'm doing a whistle stop tour. >> oh how fun. do you still watch "morning joe" at all? >> of course. i was like are we going to get into -- are we going to talk about chris christie this morning? >> do you want to? >> well what better conversation to have. i know you have sentimental feelings and you have a friendship. >> i do, i do. ask me questions. >> i would ask you this. do we have time? >> sure. >> during that two-hour press conference, what were you hoping to hear from him? if you could kind of take -- if i could give you truth serum now? can you tell me the one thing you thought was missing before everyone else ju

a company like nordstrom, they're starting to put a lot more money online. forward, robots starting to take sales jobs and stuff. companies like nordstrom's will be the first one -- charles: they'll have a hard time selling that perfume. it's hard to walk away from a pretty woman with a bottle of perfume. a robot sprays me, i'm kicking it. >> they'll autonomy sales and get you out of the store quickly. >> data mining has threatened sales jobs. charles: artificial intelligence. (?) you want to be in some of these software platforms. and then targeting your sales. charles: paul. am i tripping on the robot revolution? >> no. and i'm not going to give a specific stock. i'm a reporter. you see the trend. you see the innovation. it seems like the people who come second, the people who do the services, who kind of, you know, provide services, those are the ones that seem to last. you think about the gold rush. charles: i still say of gort, the day the earth stood still. he was the coolest robot. all right, hey, i say invest your money where rich people shop. to be

liz: nordstrom. >> yep. i don't think of it that way. look at alibaba. to go public. i think it worked out pretty well for them. i don't think of it that way. i think the hard part is getting it profitable, getting it big, doing a good job for customers. at some point, yes, we will go public or someone will buy the company, but it could be years from now. liz: quickly, you've got something called pin trest which basically charts how well start-ups might do. >> well, no -- i think we're talking about the fact that i've talked about the categories on pin test that you can look at -- pinterest, i have a company called zola which is a wedding registry -- liz: i'm so sorry. >> looked at a category on pinterest and said can we do a better job there? next year about 20-25,000 couples will get married using zola instead of bloomingdale's. liz: we rolled that out here, i remember that. so you just grow and grow and no companying about tough economic times, you just come up with great ideas. great to see you, kevin. kevin ryan, guilt founder and chairman. >>> clos

nordstrom's will also have it while blooming dale has its own version of the smart dressing room withs marked with these special tags. as soon as you walk into the dressing room that item's specific information, size, color, immediately pops up on the mirror. you can remember this visit. these items can be saved. you can purchase them later online and you can finish and check out with your sales associate here. the clothes you didn't buy, the retailer now knows what you left behind. >> it's like we had a cart online. now it's in the fitting room. you try these on. now there's only one left on the floor. would you like it. >> reporter: ebay says customers can choose not to share any inform physician they have privacy concerns. in san francisco i'm kara sue bow for cbs news. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," the sony cyber attack. and we'll take you to fresh online grocer. and rupert joins us in the studio ahead of the season finally. that's the cbs news for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com . >> from the c

. >> now we hit nordstrom's and then we'll see center city. >> reporter: little ram ma is here from dubai. we noticed a lost shoppers buying for themselves and avoiding the dreaded gift return lines. >> the returns it's not a problem for me. it's just standing in the lines when you want to get the things that you want to get. i don't like that part. >> reporter: and some skipping shopping altogether to take a ride around the rothman ice rink. and back out here live take a look at those people eating outside. i can think of the last time i ate outside at the end of december. the rothman ice rink is still opened for a couple hours if you want to grab your skates. it is never to cold to hit the ice. reporting live in center city, annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> residents in one marlton new jersey neighborhood are looking for a christmas grinch tonight. a vandal who stole and broke some holiday lawn ornaments. a light up reindeer from one lawn was broken at the head and stuffed into a storm drain. a baby jesus was stolen from another home. reports say there were other reports of va

like target, best buy, macy's nordstrom's and the apple store at the mall. they're ringing up hundreds to thousands of dollars in merchandise in minutes. >> it's a shame. you know, it's a real shame but that's the way it is now a days, you know. everybody, you know, everybody needs money, and they're going to get it any way they can. >> reporter: shoppers had their guard up when we spoke to them friday with just six days till christmas. >> a lot of people leave their purses in shopping carts not thinking and being unsocial security speccing. >> pick pockets have also targ targeted diners at bahamas breeze and panero bread, shoppers at wegmans and christmas tree shop. >> keep your handbag turned facing you, flat facing you. don't leave it unattended in a shopping cart. and don't hang it on the back of a chair in a restaurant. >> i'm going to pay attention to my surroundings with everything. >> reporter: if you want to get another look at those suspects we have surveillance photos on our website at myfoxphilly.com. if you recognize any of them you shall call t

but extell bought the air rights above for $23 million and will build its nordstrom tower there, raising the tallest residential tower in the western hemisphere. >> people have never lived that high, certainly not in new york and pretty much anywhere really. a whole new kind of skyscraper, a whole new kind of way of living for new york in this super tall, super thin building. >> from way up there, central park will appear to the super rich as a sparkling little jewel of nature sewn into a tapestry created for their eyes only. but, as the towers intercept the light from the sun, their shadows fall further and further across the park, like alien intruders stalking their prey. >> it was quite chilling to see how far north into the park these shadows would go. well over a mile in some cases. they stretch at an angle to the east across the park elongating, of course, as the sun sets. and they truly alter the feeling of some of the premier spaces in the park. >> if new york city has a commons, it is here, central park, eight hundred acres designed in the 19th century by calvert vaux and freder

one thing we have seen is that they have tried to stop at places like -- nordstrom's, the apple storeying to get to places where shoppers are. they want to get their message out to people who may not be socially engaged or necessarily activists. so scertainly noticing, erin, a slightly smaller crowd than last night. a crowd not intent on laying in the streets like yesterday. but certainly a very energize d group. >> thank you. as i mentioned. we have the official autopsy report for erin garner. it red 16 pages. the official summary -- the cause of death. compression of neck. meaning chokehold. along with, compression of chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police. which means the way that garner was lying. was chest down on the ground. then it says, contributory conditions, acute, chronic bronchial asthma, obesity, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, manner of death, homicide. the report states this was a homicide. the grand jury though did not indict. why? well our friends, scientist, lawrence kovalinski joins me now. based on the report. you have read all 16 pag

. >>> a nordstrom employee shot on black friday has died. police say the 22-year-old woman was shot by her former boyfriend. they say the 31-year-old man then took his own life on the scene. >>> some tense moments for passengers at jfk airport after somebody called in a bomb threat. american airlines flight 67 from barcelona landed safely around noon today. 200 passengers and crew members were on that plane. police and canine dogs searched the aircraft. there was no bomb. heavy fog at denver international airport caused delays for thanksgiving travelers trying to get home today. 46 incoming flights were diverted to other cities. other flights were delayed for up to two hours on one of the busiest travel days of the year. officials say 166,000 passengers were expected to come through denver on their way home. >>> great day, but we've got a yellow alert on the way for tuesday? >> for tuesday. tomorrow we're going watch an approaching cold front. the day won't be completely dry. there could be a few sprinkles and showers as you're heading home

. >> nordstrom?in terms of being aspirational and high income -- >> can they win in new york city? huge skyscraper on central park south? >> 50 seven st -- >> that will work? >> they could bring seattle to new york city. there is so much demand in new york city and there are pockets with the new york. soho is different from the upper east side, the westside is different. neiman marcus is going to hudson yards -- >> neiman marcus? >> oh, absolutely. >> neiman marcus is going downtown -- quote of the day. you mentioned nordstrom being able to straddle both. lowhat it does work of -- is what it does replicable for other retailers? >> they have done a great job investing in technology. we talked about omnichannel and investing in brick-and-mortar and technology. they and macy's have been the best and earliest at embracing cross channel. >> putting brick-and-mortar and online together as only happened recently. what took so long? >> first of all, it is a big investment. i talked about this with scarlet in

macy'sed a nordstrom now using some of their stores as warehouse locations. best buy and toys "r" us teaming up with google, offering same-day delivery in select markets. mass retailers also competing on price. that fit bit we purchased on amazon also available for the same price and arriving the same day from target.com. >> and rebecca is with us now. and you were telling me today in the newsroom that there's a second wave of cyber monday that kicks in tonight. >> reporter: there is and it's happening right now, david. walmart is rolling out new deals tonight, a number of websites are rolling out new deals tonight, because they know so many americans shop from home on their home computers on cyber monday. also want to check for clothes. they tend to be the very best deals on cyber monday and hotels, 60% to 75% off, you can get some hotel rooms on cyber monday. >> a gift for yourself. rebecca, thank you. >>> and speaking of gifts, late word tonight that the average price for a gallon of gas now at $2.78, nearly 50 cents cheaper than this time last year. we'll

. >> grief counselors have been called to a nordstrom's testimony store after a worker was shot blacky. nadia was 22. he had been stalking the woman. a steady stream of shoppers unaware of the shooting tried to get into the store saturday, only to find it closed. >>> a maryland surgeon who died of ebola is being remembered as a tireless, selfless ad is have cat for those who are less fortunate the 44-year-old died after treating ebola patients in his native sierra leone. >>> cigarette smoking has dropped to a new low among american adults. the latest numbers show smoking dropped from nearly 21% in 2005 to just under 18% last year. cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the united states. >>> as you know, today is not just monday. it is cyber monday. it is another key shopping benchmark for retailers. >> fewer people are going into the actual stores on black friday. it is hard to keep up nick. >> this is the biggest online shopping day of the year. it is well underway. matt has been following these deals for us over the last week. >> reporter: i woul

nordstroms is promising to the 23rd. >> that is way close to christmas. >> you should check this out.have been changing their mind. last week ralph lauren was saying you can ship up to 21st. now they changed it to the 19th. you only have a few days left. >>> coming up, a live report from australia where a hostage situation has now been going on for more than 12 hours. plus the bulls look to battle back after last week's massive selloff. futures are pointing to a high. we will be right back. was just namedkswagen f motor trend's 2015 car of the year. so was the 100% electric e-golf, and the 45 highway mpg tdi clean diesel. and last but not least, the high performance gti. looks like we're gonna need a bigger podium. the volkswagen golf family. motor trend's 2015 "cars" of the year. (shouting) location. here's the location that matters the most. here. or here. or here. it's wherever this is. to get customers to come here and stay here, you're going to need an app that connects to all your systems. so they can bank, shop, do what they need to do, and you gotta do it fast. before the comp

it was linked to nordstrom media account.ges the door and told him they do not tolerate violence of any kind. >>> are your gifts on that truck? a crash in new jersey send fedex packages flying, not something you want to see days before christmas. hundreds of packages scattered across the highway. a second truck was called in to pick up those packages and hopefully prevent delivery delays. >>> a trio of burglars knew they picked the wrong family to steal from when they found themselves held at gunpoint. the three caught on surveillance video stealing two tv's and other christmas gifts from this alabama home. a few days later the owners recognized the thieves driving past them and wanted to make sure they didn't get away. >> when you stopped them, what did you say at that point? >> oh [bleep]. they tried to say they were lost and we corrected them where they were. >> police believe the trio had just come from another home invasion since their car was full of stolen items. and those are your headlines. back to you guys on the so

they say the suspect bought two nordstrom gift cards worth 50 dollars each at a safeway grocery store. the suspect paid for the cards using a skimmed master card. anyone who recognizes the suspect should contact police. police are investigating a deadly san francisco stabbing. it happened early this morning in the inner mission neighborhood. police got a call around 2 a-m about a fight at 18th and valencia streets. when officers arrived. they found the victim on the ground with multiple stab wounds. he was rushed to the hospital, but later died of his injuries. santa rosa police have arrested two teenagers who were allegedly involved in a series of drive-by shootings last week. officials say three shootings took place last tuesday morning. over the course of about 40 minutes. both teens were on felony probation at the time of the arrests and in active gangs. several bullets passed through windows and front walls of the homes that were fired upon. but no one was injured. investigators say the suspects were targeting people in a rival gang. >>: december 7th 1941 a date which will live i

when you look at the best buys of the world and nordstroms and the retailers and you add in part- timeorers, i think that is a lot higher than what a career job looks like. >> a lot of people are working two jobs to make ends meet. >> and i want to ask you about the united states losing bragging rights to china. the international monetary fund shoes that china is the number one economy and total output of 17.6 trillion and compare to united states. 17.4 trillion. how do they measure this? what do those numbers mean? >> back to calculating numbers. if youute likewise the world is looking at different economies. they are saying china is bigger than the united states. they ever using purchasing power parity when they calculate the numbers. china is growing globally through the rest of the world. you are comparing apple and oranges. you have 1.3 bullion in china and throw hundred million. and you are talking about a lot more population. >> they could produce. >> and gdp growth. and you can so the united states is big are than chine a. but the net of it is this, china is growing. united sta

again, we are engaged in presidential politics, that is what joakim nordstrom is known for. the interesting thing is the division within the republican party. you have marco rubio, different elements of the republican party. adhering to the line. and there's the rand pauls of the world saying the policy has not worked. normalizing relations is a good idea. it will be interesting to see how the new policy with cuba plays out. >> thank you. >> federal prosecutors sued the city of new york, accusing officials of taking too long to reform the rikers island gaol complexity. a justice department report says there's a culture of violence against young inmates. randall pinkston has more. >> after a 2-year investigation of the gaol. the justice department is forming a lawsuit. this comes a day after new york city mayor bill de blasio visited the island to announce the end of solidary confinement for 16 and 17-year-old inmates. that was one of 73 recommendations issued last august. the justice department says the pace is too slow and the lawsuit intended to speed up the response to wh

company likes macy's and in order nordstrom have done a great job. >> i assume you can't talk about j.crobably not. >> because you are on the board. >> let's just do it right here then. just pardon me for one moment. you are a director. you are limited by what you can say. but it certainly seems as though wall street investors may be losing patience in this turn around. why should they continue to believe in it? i'm sure you can speak to that. >> i my mike ulman and his team have done a terrific job stabilizing and getting the company back on track. had an investor day and laid out the strategies. they are very sound and on track. and remains to be seen but we'll see when they report their numbers obviously. but i think that i can't comment in terms of the specifics. i don't -- you know in terms of whether people are losing faith or not. there shouldn't be a reason to lose faith. i have great faith in them. >> have there been enough many omni channel. >> at j.c. penney? absolutely. n they have a billion dollar plus internet business. they are an important part of the web. >> aeromark. t

new information is emerging, in the deadly black-friday shooting of a nordstrom's store clerk.nadia ezaldien was laid to rest yesterday. she was gunned down by her ex-boyfriend, before he took his own life. chicago police now confirm that marcus dee was the son of two city police officers. and he once held a valid firearms owner i.d. card. nadia's family says dee was abusive and intimidating, even after the couple split up a year ago. but nadia never showed up in court to pursue an order of protection issued against dee, because she was too afraid of him. in about two months, the chicago police department will begin testing body cameras on its officers. the move follows a growing national trend... and comes amid greater police scrutiny after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in ferguson, missouri. the cameras are about the size of a pager and are intended to capture an officer's interaction. the new technology is backed by groups from the a- c-l-u, and the state n- double-a-c-p... to the union that represents police officers. >> if you picture doing it on a large scale

nordstrom, kohl's, and williams s sonoma.f high praise for williams sonoma for that in-store pickup capability. piper said 20% of their responds say they plan to spend more next year. traffic mostly in line with expectations at a number of places. we did not hear a lot of discussions about promotions. not as many mass promotions as we heard last year. although, nomura had a note out saying aeropostale, abercrombie & fitch were more promotional this year. you can buy retail stocks in an etf. there it is. that's the main one. this is a basket of all the big retailers. market cap weighted. that's at an historic high. it's only been around a few years. the consumer discretionary sector doing fine, and it's bounced in the last few days. that's certainly a very good sign. i wouldn't call it a blowout year but a decent year. a number of retailers have had decent moves up, where you tend to see selling pressure in the last seven or eight days of the year. zumiez, gap, kohl's, and nordstrom all have had decent decembers. guys, merry c

. >> i used to sell shoes at nordstrom in college.lways the best made shoes. >> high quality. >> do they still maintain quality? >> definitely, definitely. now, they've got great style. they just opened up new store, walnut st. >> let's go to this, getting this all ready for this winter here. >> you know no matter how many coat you have, you always want one more. >> true. >> specially great holiday collars. from mate macy's, michael course, giving this away, as well. >> let me ask you a question about that, ladies, my wife has about 16 coats. >> yes. >> would she really want know up? >> yes, yes does she one of these puffy coats? >> think three. >> foe took this to the link -- >> you would be warm! >> i would be warm. >> we're heaping here. >> that's a great gift. >> i like it. >> the brother-in-law on your list? >> go eagles. >> eagles fan, any eagles fan would love that. >> go eagles. >> this coming sunday against the seattle seahawks. >> then we have this, also, for your philly person my company called philly, with a ph. and look a

. >> nordstrom damage control, the controversy facing the retailer and how it is responding. >> you can on weather and traffic through the entire commercial break and we are look commercial break and we are look at a -- >>> bill maher is still expected to speak on saturday at uc berkeley compensationment ceremony despite a push by some groups to get him dumped drawing fire after making statements linking islam to violence and intolerance. according to the pushry news a petition to take back the invitation to make the keynote address has gathered 6,000 signatures. critics object to his bigoted and racistant muslim statements. >> the rock-n-roll hall of fame announce the newest inductees and the youngest group comes and the youngest group comes from the bay area. >> they got the first shot and candidates are eligible 25 years after the release of the first album, which came out in 1989 entitled "1,000 hours." entitled "1,000 hours." and stevie -- lou rawl >> you do realize we now know you are at least 25 years. >> i read a lot. >> 26. >> 26. >> is that all? >> i lock rocky road. >> on waf

macy's and nordstrom using some of their stores as warehouse locations. best buy and toys "r" us teaming up with google offering same day delivery in some markets. mass retailers also competing on price. that fitbit from amazon also available at the same price and arriving the same day from target.com. if you missed out on shopping over this grand weekend, have no fear. the retailers have a lot more up their sleeves before christmas. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> i feel like the better deals are always closer to christmas. >> you are waiting it out. >> i'm a waiter. maybe that's how i rationalize my -- >> procrastination? >> procrastination. >> do what you got to do. >>> coming up, biblical blockbuster. we'll preview the new movie "exodus." the controversial choices they made over sacred subject matters. >>> ahead in our next half hour, five-finger discount. one master shoplifter's tricks of the trade. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. trade. you're watching "world news no

than $750 at macy's and target and police say this thief struck panero bread used a credit card at nordstrom apple charging more than 14 grand. now this guy swiped a credit card at the christmas tree shop. couple at the christmas tree shop. spent $335 at total wine. if you recognize any of these people call police and no matter what protect your wallet. >> absolutely. >> in bensalem bucks county a community continues to mourn the loss of a 16-year-old girl one day after she was hit by a pickup and killed while walking to her bus stop. sadly one local family understands the pain all too well. >> viola's lost their son ryan two years ago he was also on his way to school when a driver killed him about a mile down the road. fox 29's jennifer joyce talked to the family tonight. she's life along bensalem boulevard where the most recent accident happened. jennifer? >> reporter: lucy, in that most recent accident happened behind me here just to the right of that traffic light on bensalem boulevard and bridgewater road. we've been watching as people have stopped by the memorial to mourn the loss of s

on one occasion this couple swiped a stolen card to the tune of 14,300 bucks to apple and nordstrom.getting the card, going right to the store and they're trying to obviously charge whatever they can prior to it being called in lost or stolen. >> i think it's sad people feel like they need to do that to other people. >> i never put any money into my wallet. >> reporter: police are urging shoppers to be vigilant. >> keep the flap pointed toward your body. if you're in a restaurant, don't hang it on the back of the seat. >> they're supposed to look. i don't sign the credit card. they flip it over, there's no signature and they should ask for i.d. >> police are not disclosing the number of uniform or undercover police officers but they have added patrols to busy shopping centers like this one. many retailers also contract police officers to work inside their stores to look for those shoplifters, pick pocket thieves as well as anyone looking to snatch your purse. live in cherry hill tonight, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> thank you, cydney. >>> we want to update you on breaking news that w

>> nordstrom's, pandora, macy's. >> you might as well cash them in. ceb tower group which tracks consumer trends says we're going to leave $1 billion in gift cards unused this year. $1 billion. go look for them. >>> $1 million and counting the haul for yesterday's opening day for "the interview." the comedy about the assassination of north korea's dictator was released in only 320 theaters, made available to stream online. the movie was pulled after hackers, allegedly from north korea, targeted season though pictures and threatened attacks on theaters who showed the film. that didn't stop moviegoers who sold out screenings. >>> today, hackers are explaining why they played grinch on christmas day and kept gamers from going online. the group lizard squad shut down both x-box live and playstation networks by overwhelming the servers with fake user traffic. website reports say the group hacked the systems, number one, for laughs. but also to get microsoft and sony to upgrade their security. the report says the group did it on christmas day to anger the l

thief charged more than $14,000 on her credit cards at nordstrom and apple.t recent incident happened tuesday while woman was shopping at the christmas tree shops. her cards were used at total wine for $335 in purchases. if you recognize any of the suspect, you're urged to contact cherry hill police. >> a last minute deal keeps the taj mahal casino in atlantic city from closing tomorrow. billionaire investors carl icon is providing an additional $20 million in finance to go keep the casino operating, while bankruptcy proceedings play out. the announce many came after deal to save the taj mahal fell apart. it would have kept the casino open, permanently, and restored health and pension benefits to union workers. >> all good. don't know. >> there is just nobody in there. it is just casino of sad in there. >> icon plans to take control of the taj mahal if he can get substantial tax breaks. bills that would have helped icon stall in the new jersey legislature yesterday. >> katie tracking storm in time from christmas eve. her forecast coming up next. >> also, it i

retail and some retailers are very advanced on this, take someone like, for example, macy's or nordstromsmart done a great job, a target is coming on stronger, best buy, these companies have done a fantastic job of catching up on the internet. not just a game for the internet only retailers. there are others that haven't done well and they have to catch up fast. >> i want to call an audible and take a look at oil. this does fall into the retail spectrum. guys, wti printed at another five-year low. a trade at $53.52. so gerry, gas prices, $1.98 in some parts of america. how big of a deal is this some. >> i think it's phenomenal and it's not just about gas prices. this is energy prices. and it permeates the economy. every single product that's sold has a transportation cost component. that's in the cost of goods. lower transportation costs. raw materials costs are going to come down. many raw materials contain oil. plastics, right, synthetic fibers contain energy, and then additionally many, many manufacturing processes are very energy intensive. aluminums, the study, for example. plenty of