in 1976 a forester in launceston, paul smith, asked me if i'd raft with him down the franklin river. it was 10 days of canyons, waterfalls, sea eagles floating in the gorges, remarkable wildness. pretty quick they announced this 100 meter high rock filled dam, the biggest in the southern hemisphere. and i spent the next seven years as a campaigner for e franklin river. this is a natural and a national heritage area, it belongs to tasmania, it belongs to tasmania of the future. (protestors chant no dam) there we were, this huge campaign going on in australia, 20,000 people out saying. "save the franklin" in little hobart. - [newsreader] as the marchers, led by the director of the wilderness society, dr. bob brown. - [bob] 15,000 out in melbourne, and similar numbers in sydney and canberra and adelaide. (protestors chant no dam) at the end of the franklin campaign, 500 of us went to jail. - if you do not move, you will be arrested. - i spent christmas and new year of 1982-3 in jail, and the day after i came out was elected into the parliament, and the franklin became a key to world her

paul, thank you. >>> i'm shepard smith on cnbc. it's the bottom of the hour.e cross-examination. what prosecutors asked elizabeth holmes on the stand one day after her emotional testimony that she was raped while a student at stanford. >>> fighting america's overdose crisis with a controversial new tool government-approved, supervised injection centers. what proponents and critics are saying >>> but first, hackers on the dark web being choosy and looking for a deal cyber experts say publicly reported data breaches are down so far this year breaches worldwide fell 24% in the first half of the year compared to the same period a year ago although breaches in the u.s. did tick up by a point and a half that's according to an august report from cyber risk analysis firm risk-based security experts say it's because hackers are now valuing quality over quantity, targeting scams that will make them lots more money and now they're offering up sales on dirty tricks and illegal criminal services. cnbc's eamon javers has been poking around the dark web eamon, what did you f

reexamining the puzzling death of 19-year-old steven smith based on information gathered while investigating the double homicide of margaret and paule not said what, if anything, smith's relationship was with the murdaugh family. in july 2015, steven smith's body was found in the middle of a rural road here in hampton county, south carolina. the highway patrol's incident report said he suffered from blunt force trauma to the head. a pathologist noted that it appeared he had been struck by a vehicle but the highway patrol said it didn't find any skid marks or any evidence to suggest that was the case. more than six years later, and not a single suspect or person of interest named in his killing and alex murdaugh isn't talking. >> i want to know is this possible? how did these people die? is it all just by coincidence or was it by design? >> this is -- it's such a bizarre story. i mean, when it comes to the housekeeper's death, randi, do we know any more about how she died or why it is now a criminal investigation? >> well, the lawyer we interviewed for that story, anderson, represents the housekeeper's sons and he told me that murda

tonight -- paul rudd, star of "foundation,actor jared harris an all new "closer look, featuring the 8g band with nate smith cheers and applause and now, seth meyers >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night. we hope you're all doing well tonight. and now, we're going to get to the news president biden is set tomorrow to pardon the annual white house turkey and steve bannon's got an idea just crazy enough to work [ laughter ] after test-driving an electric hummer pick-up truck in michigan yesterday, president biden said, quote, "this sucker's something else." okay, but, don't give him one. i mean, the last thing anyone needs is a 78-year-old man driving a car that you can't hear coming. after texas senator ted cruz accused republican congresswoman liz cheney in a recent interview of having trump derangement syndrome, cheney tweeted, "trump broke ted cruz." yeah, but that's like breaking an ikea bookshelf. it was about to go anyway. [ laughter ] "you put books on it oh, you can't put books on it. fox chairman rupert murdoch reportedly told news corp's shareholders and stockholders -- excuse

smith is a fine actor. who needs to know the lyrics of paul mccartney's songs? we all know them already. all-american christmas number 6 just leading me the president and the freedom fighter. what's your reaction? >> well, we think that just doing this little segment here will bring all-american christmas and the president and the freedom fighter back to number one because our viewers are the best. >> last week, brian, we were number one. and the 1619 project got us before christmas. it's actually a knife to the heart. >> brian: i do loot of investigating reporting. i'm sure rachel talked that at home. how much is the christmas book ahead of the kilmeade book. turns out just one book. one sale. then i found this photo online and i actually hurt myself, i am signing your book to the tune -- and hurting myself in the big picture on my page. i'm page 70. i hurt my myself with migrate stories. i have never seen such self-inflicted wounds. >> you are a selfless colleague. that's why i love working with you. that's the kind of guy you are. >> sean: they both make great holiday christmas gifts.

tonight -- paul rudd, star of "foundation,actor jared harris an all new "closer look, featuring the 8g band with nate smith

paul finebaum, it's an honor. you're in the background of my desk here at cnbc every afternoon. college football championship starting at 3:00 eastern on the sec network. >>> i'm shepherd smithhe top of the news. >> a high profile cross examination. what prosecutors asked elizabeth holmes on the stand one day ap her emotional testimony that she was raped while a student at stanford >>> government approve supervised injection centers what critics are saying. >>> first, hackers on the dark web being choosey and looking for a deal. >> publicly reported data breaches are down so far this year breaches world wide fell 24% compared to the same period a year ago, although breaches in the u.s. did tick up 1.5%. experts say it's because hackers are valuing quality over quantity, targeting scams that will make them lots more money now they're offering up sales on dirty tricks and illegal criminal services. >> the criminal underground on the dark web is operating more and more like an evil mirror image of the legitimate business world. hackers offering deep discounts this past weekend for black friday and cyber monday. spotted on the dark web this weekend, it's offering 15% off and giv

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paul: overwhelmingly -- and? matt: overwhelmingly yes. i just got one tweet from robert smithut as a radio listener i hate to be reminded constantly it is also being seen on tv. i want you to be talking directly to me, not feeling like i'm listening in on television sound. do you robert smith, i say we are talking directly to you. thank you for listening. i've said it a million times before. i prefer to get my news from the radio as well. it is exciting for me and paula to also be seen on tv. my mom knows what color my tie is. that is exciting. paul is actually wearing a tie. paul: usually i go a little more casual. matt: you are dressed up for the markets. we are looking like we are headed for another record close on the s&p 500. 70 in a row -- 70 record closes in a year on the s&p 500. who would've thought at the beginning of the year we would be at 4800 and change on the s&p? you know when the last time we had this many record highs in a year was? paul: i don't but i bet somebody in bloomberg news knows that. matt: 1995 was last time we had more than this. 77 in 1995. no ch