it's like petra and alexa, best mates. >> okay, petra, pretty awesome pet. >> i'll tell you why i think may need to get concerned because i want an alpaca. >> it's so cute. >> alpaca's are quite conducive to being pets. chewy's own so enamored by alpacas, i want one. he volunteered at an alpaca farm, got one for christmas and now chewy here as 170,000 followers. >> oh my gosh. how many instagram followers do you have? >> not that many. ♪ >> he's not into his mom's phone conversations. >> why, mom? >> next "right this minute." >>> and still to come -- tagging along with a roller coaster. >> on its journey up and down. >> the fun perspective that will have you holding on tight. >> this is so cool. >>> plus, the thursday buzz word you need for your shot to win an ipad mini. borne to piggyback... and you don't want anything stopping you from doing what you love. so if you're looking to give your immune system extra support... only airborne plus beta-immune booster is made with a crafted blend of vitamins and minerals, plus an added ingredient proven to boost your natural defenses. keep doin

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a lot a lot of attention and the object is that are coming to be associated with him words like in petra some people say reckless clearly a very significant being made to promote him to burnish his image i mean the extraordinary performance you put in that the recent international investment conference in riyadh detracted less of attention across across the world underlining this quest for modernity and the changes that it will require it is quite striking if you look at a country which is generally speaking not easily accessible to foreign journalists it is causing an awful lot of attention and coverage and you feel the hand certainly of professional public relations people and so on in trying to promote that image i mean the least similarly we saw enormous attention when the news came through a few months ago of the decision to allow women in saudi arabia to drive something that had been very much. which part of the country's negative image so things are changing we see this young crown prince clearly again today trying to consolidate power taking sudden decisions it's too early i thin

the petra chemical said we knocked out 60% of the capacity, 80% in the gulf. about 75% of that capacity has returned to the industry. some of our facilities, they were under lots of water and it's taken a lot of time to get those facilities back up. repairs have had to be made and that just takes -- that just takes time. we're well on our way. we think we've turned the corner and hopefully we're back up to full capacity soon. >> i also know that you can tell that at the price at the pump because the prices went up 25, 30 cents a gallon. now it's back down, and maybe not in washington. but at least in southeast texas it's gone back down to maybe a little higher than it was. but still it's not $2.49. it's $2.19 that you can get on the side of the road now. >> and just -- certainly we are getting back closer to pre-hurricane levels. one thing i'll point out is since that time the price of crude oil was certainly higher. some of that's being reflected at the pump as well. >> yeah. i yield back, mr. chairman, thank you. >> gentleman yields back. the chairman now ca

church is in saudi arabia for a rare visit as political tension escalates between the two countries petra raw is the first lebanese official to visit the kingdom since prime minister saad hariri unexpectedly and now nst his resignation more than a week ago hariri insists he's free to leave riyadh but lebanese officials believe he's under house arrest for sharia rise expects to meet with her really as well as the saudi king and crown prince. lawyers for victims of suspected war crimes in libya have filed a suit at the international criminal court over what they say are wrong ongoing atrocities accuse renegade general hurley for hafter and forces loyal to him of carrying out mass executions and torture. reports from tripoli. the crimes allegedly committed by forces loyal to or in a good general hurley for have to in libya have caused anger locally and internationally mahmoud it would fully one of have to as a leading officers is wanted by the international criminal court for war crimes including killing without trial. the failure to arrest him highlights a major challenge as case and instab

come and help us out. >> there you go. >> petra, thank you. >> thank. >> we really appreciate it. >>>ehero. wait till you meet what if we could keep more amof what we earn?d. trillions of dollars going back to taxpayers. who could possibly be against that? well, the national debt is $20 trillion. as we keep adding to it, guess who pays the bill? him. and her. and her. congress, we should grow the economy. not the debt. ♪ ♪ i've got the heart of a hero >> we are back with a hometown hero inspiring so many this giving tuesday. penny rivas, a bus driver, mom of five has been bringing the holiday spirit to those in need taking care of hundreds of people for nearly two now. unbelievable. we have a big surprise for her in a moment but first take a look at her story. >> all right. you guys ready? >> reporter: penny rivas is a school bus driver in guerneville, california. >> good morning, hi, nick. >> good morning. >> reporter: driving a group of special needs children, but when her bus takes a break for thanksgiving she kicks into high gear. >> let's go, sofia. >> from the bottom of my heart

it was discovered, the rapid growth that followed turned central west virginia into a hub for the petra chemical industry. we never looked back. it remains one of the nation's -- the nation's second largest industry and directly impacts other sectors likening nearing, biomedical engineering, an manufacturing. west virginia is home to 140 different companies. west virginia's share of g.d.p. is the sixth largest in the country and they are one-quarter of our state's major international exports. we have one of the highest concentrations of this sector. this is a microcosm of the challenges and opportunities facing this important american industry during a time of fierce international competition. estimates show that more than a hundred thousand workers in west virginia already have the industrial skills to fill jobs in this sector, and there are thousands more who could easily be retrained to fill these jobs in this important industry. with our region's abundance of natural gas from the marcellous and utica shails, west virginia is perfectly positioned for a massive increase of economic gr

everybody wants to come, come and help us out. >> there you go. >> petra, thank you. >> thank. >> weise for a true hometown hero. wait till you meet this mom. we'll be right back. we need to be ready for my name's scott strenfel and r i'm a meteorologist at pg&e. we make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. so every single day we're monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages. during storm season we want our customers to be ready and stay safe. learn how you can be prepared at pge.com/beprepared. together, we're building a better california. ♪ i've got the heart of a hero >> we are back with a ♪ i've got the heart of a hero >> we are back with a hometown hero inspiring so many this giving tuesday. penny rivas, a bus driver, mom of five has been bringing the holiday spirit to those in need taking care of hundreds of people for nearly two decades now. unbelievable. we have a big surprise for her in a moment but first take a look at her story. >> all

at least two swimmers accuse petra martin of shaming others over their weight.y investigated those claims but did not find any violation of school policy. however, martin resigned yesterday after she and the athletic director agreed it was the best -- in the best interests of the swimming program. >> a proposal to create a gun registry for gun offenders in delaware will not be moving forward. the gun offender registration act would have required all wilmington residents convicted of gun crimes to register with the city police department within 10 days of their release. anyone who failed to comply would have faced fines or jail time. the proposal was meant to address wilmington's growing gun violence problem but city council defeated the measure over concerns the bill would have punished those who already have served their time. >> well, for most of you the weekend begins in, what, just about 27 minutes and it feels really good. >> yeah. >> for the rest of us we'll have to wait until tomorrow. meteorologist adam joseph now here with more on our weekend forecast.

petra pinzler is a journalist with die zeit. i asked her how she would describe where we've got to.tical earthquake in germany. something happened which hasn't happened ever since we had democratic government in germany. traditionally, the german political parties were able to form a government, at least the mainstream parties. this is what we've seen so far. yesterday evening, something new happened. three mainstream parties who, at the beginning, seem to work well together, after four weeks decided they are not going to form a government. this is really new. and why have the fdp decided to do things differently? he argues it's a question of principle. he didn't get anything through during these talks. but there is speculation out there that he is just gambling, that he might get even more votes after the next election. and what is the process, if there were to be another election, how quickly could it happen? not tomorrow. it's the german president who asks parliament, and he has to talk to every party possible. he will talk to the social democrats again, but they actually said, w

can be held off, even as nato has now downsized dramatically since the peak of forces back in the petrae petraeus, mcchrystal, allen period when we get up to nearly 100,000 u.s. troops and nearly 150,000 total nato-led troops. now we're down to a number about 10% of that figure, somewhere around 15,000 total. we're probably headed up to 20,000, 22,000 with the current trump strategy. so we're still going to be dramatically smaller, but we are going to i think have enough capability for a decent chance of reversing this momentum. so to me that's the goal we should be hoping for. and i think there would be important psychological effects on the taliban, on the pakistani intelligence forces and services that support the taliban. and certainly on afghans, many of whom have been leaving the country after a lot of the diaspora came back after 9/11. it's been gradually trickling out in this period of declining morale because there has been this sense of gradual slippage, that the country is gradually being lost. and i think if that could be changed, you could reverse the flow also of the young

petra martin is accused of telling swimers to lose weight be rating them and ignoring mental they willth. she responded to the allegation saying "they are not true." >> confusion in the court led to mix one why meek mill. there were reports he would have another day in court. at last check no bail hearing is on the schedule. one of his lawyer's tells fox 29 a new bail hearing was granted for late november but we learned that may have been a clericaler or. a court spokesperson says there's no set hearing. judge janice brinkley has come under fire from jay-z and julius irving there were rumors fbi was looking into her as well. meek mill whose name is robert williams was sentenced to 2 to 4 years in prison after parole violation. >> now to top stories, sigh of relief for cheney university the nation's oldest historically black college will remain acreded at least for a year. the university struggled with financial and administrative whoas in recent years. in august 30 million loans were for given if the school could maintain a balanced budget for four years. the cool must continue making im

nd investments in petra: it's not a game changer.hina is positioning itself as a law, favoringion protectionism. its symbolic, the details aren't finalized yet. there is a move towards open doors and globalization. you'dne: i don't know start taking the companies that have the most to gain with this, or strongest ties with china. if you win at china, do you win everything?> patrick: if you want to be a global player, you have to be in china. their people a big multinational banks, capital, -- a lot of capital, getting involved. the winners would be those ones, if they do have the level playing field. we don't know what restrictions will be put on them, so we are not changing our fields on the western banks. we don't have positions in the chinese banks. those be sectors to consider. --those would be sectors to consider. francine: this index aims to have a reading on risks for .tability, for example stability has come down. there's a bit of concerned about deleveraging. how do you deal with it? >> they are encouraging it, it's not some

i didn't know petra's story i felt so lucky because i still have family and feeling home to go with. it's very important everybody has something to give. we can do something to help and they need that care and hope. i think we need to work together better. it's such a good point that you make. thank you for both what you are doing. . maria: welcome back. good wednesday morning everybody thanks to much for joining us this morning. i'm maria bartiromo it is wednesday about november 29 your top stories right now 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. we have breaking news this morning, matt lauer has been fired from nbc over inappropriate sexual behavior nb cnews chairman andy lac.k. told employees alleged actions vialed company standards lauer positioning today show host savannah guthrie weighed in this morning. >> moments ago just this morning as i am sure you can imagine we are devastated we are still processing all of it. and -- i will tell you right now he we do not know more than what i just shared with you but we will be covering the story as reporters as journalists and i'm sure learning