it is so hard for rah homeless family to find help. >> and mark, we will get more -- >> may i jump in on this. >> sure. >> and i just wanted to sort of back that up, because i think he is making a good point about how systems are not really put in place to be responsive not only to the needs of the parent, but also the children. so if -- kids and families are not easily able to access their day care, then it is very difficult for a parent who has lost their job to then be able to go out and look for a new job. wendy, at the beginning of the show, we heard from some parents and you could see the pain on their face when they are talking about how hard this was in their kids. when we were just talking about this. talk about what this does to your kid's psyche? it is hard to deal with something that has to do with dignity when you are an adult, how hard was it for your kids? >> i think really early on in the whole situation they were really great about it. they were very understanding. my kids have been great. they are teenagers so they are older. but they start to get angry, and they sta

they are rah national fresh sure, wetlands across the united states are disappearing fast.tting wild life and our own food chain at risk. more than 1400 square kilometers of wetlands have disappeared in the past four years. the rate of wetland disappearance increased by 25% from 2009, compared with the previous four years. the study claims destruction the rising sea levels the impact of is disappearing ecosystems for fish, birds and other sea animals. let's take a look at other stories making headlines today. a fox news reporter does not have to reveal her sources about the aurora movie theater shooting that's what a new york top court ruled today. how she knew about a notebook containing violent information written by the accused gunman. suspect james holmes sent the notebook to the psychiatrists before the shooting. investigators are delaying a hearing into their crash landing of a flight. three chinese teenagers died in the accident, the safety board wants to know if pilots were overly reliant on the plane's computer system. the hearing was postponed due to weather. resc

work for the united states border patrol, i would want somebody out here that had a little bit of a rah-rah attitude, where he really truly took his job serious and wantedto defend the country. that's my view on it. >> so there's been a few officer-involved shootings at the border that have gotten a lot of attention lately 16 year old guy from the mexican side jose antonio and he was shot by a border patrol agent from the us side does that trouble you? >> well, we have several shootings, i can't freely speak about that one, because they're still looking into it. but what people don't understand when they say rocks the agents were rocked. i don't know what people's concept of a rock is, but it's huge rocks. it's not these little rocks. it's huge rocks. in, in areas that are populated, like closer to nogales, at times what they throw is it's chunks of cement! that are broken off the sidewalk. it's a dangerous job. >> there've been 16 deaths of border patrol agents in the last 5 years. thirteen of those were accidents. two agents struck by a freight train, one died when his vehicle hit a bull.

rah new appeal from help. in a videoed message, warn calms on the u.s. to negotiate with his captor as group linked to al quaida believed to have been released this. as roxanne that reports he made a personal appeal to president obama. >> in is this 13 minute video warn says he feels totally abandoned and forgotten by the u.s. and asking that you take actions tory actions to expedite my release. >> the u.s. government contractor, was in his home in pakistan, when gunman posing as his neighbors abducted him in 2011. al quaida leader saying his organization is holding him. the u.s. suspects he is being held along the boarder. a former kidnapping victim says pakistan is partly to blame. rah key player in this is the pakistani government, they do not control their own territory. there are also phone operators pakistani civilians being held here. >> al quaida said it would free them if the u.s. stops drone strikes in targets in countries like pakistan and afghanistan. one thing they don't understand, is that frankly americans don't overwhelmingly respond to t

rah rah rah.te rules working if you want to obstruct showing what you actually have to do. instead of a cloture vote where you can't get to 60, no stay on the senate floor until 3:00 in the morning. going old school to see what they have to do. at the end of the day i think this is once again, it's for show, feeds into the conservative blogosphere, feeds into conservative media. the ample independent voter looks at this and says i have no idea what's happening. >> he or she told the hill, they are highlighting their own impotence. republicans no longer have the tools to delay they had before. so essentially they are putting obstruction on television. >> look, cry me a river. harry reid said the reason -- what we're seeing is the very reason why they had to go nuclear in the first place. these are folks who are on recess more than they are actually in town. so to the american people, they don't work anyways. they are going to stand in the well of the senate 30 hours nonstop and boohoo. they won't b

because the money owed to pensioners is thought to be sack rah isn't? i believe there's ways of monotizing that came through the eligible trial, being the detroit institute of art and monotizing that. without express sale of those assets to provide revenue streams for pension benefits i think it is something that needs to be more diligently pursued and considered by the city. >> i know you are being thrown by what you are hearing in the background, just another piece of tape of the demonstrations. who do you represent? because my understanding is you don't represent the unions so if i'm a pensioner, first of all, what words of encouragement can you offer me today? >> as it relates to any appellate proceedings the association parties which is the association, and the retired firefighters association, and are pursuing other avenues through the mediation process, in which the president of each association are involved in the mediation process. through the official retiree committee. >> all right, appreciate it. he represents many retires workers who rely o

. >> a and the other thing, it sounded like this rah rah, let's go, do it.'ll automatically get to dog foot our new features first. i'm especially excited for the smart auto suggest, feeling a little tingle? we want you on board, sailor. >> all right, still to come, what happened when the ap found out those secret u.s. iran talks and some u.s. papers just saying no to the test test >>> here are a few of your top tweets. on 60 minutes, suspending lara logan. the entire network got duped by a liar, she is not alone. not enough, she helped create another frenzy and it was not forgotten. but her bs facts are still circumstance lating. she should have been fired, she totally ruined 60 minutes' credibility in this point forward. and alec baldwin getting booted on msnbc. a business decision and was probably the right thing to do. and about my interview with kirsten powers, doug eldridge writes great article by kirsten powerers. we r it is a very brave act for ms. powers to publicly declare her faith in god. thank you, ms. powers. >>> i mentioned last week that phot

, judeo rah and sumera, however you want to call it. the clinton parameters, if you like, are well known. and that is sort of the deal that would be done. like each side would get tear own holy places or run their own holy places. the christian and armenian quarters would be split in some way between the israelis and the palestinians. it would be the capital of both countries. and i still believe that a two-state solution is the best way to, um, is the best way to go can. i mean, when you look, as a historian, when you write this sort of stuff, when you read the story, so much bloodshed. but what's important is that both sides need to recognize the stories, the narratives, the tragedies, the triumphs of the other side. and if that was possible, if my book contributed to that in any way, that's one of the reasons i wrote it, so that people could see the full story unvarnished of both sides. >> host: well, you write in your book, "jerusalem," mr. montefiore, you tried to write this history without a political agenda. how do you do that? >

like rah, rah, enthusiasm. >> he's got to be built, credibility, brick by brick by himself at first. there are a lot of democrats who have just as frustrated as republicans about the implementation of the website and some of the other problems with obama care, but if he, do as the site starts to work better, if you see those bricks of credibility go back in place, i'm talking about tiny ones. i'm not talking about one big bolt that goes out, then i think you're going to see other democrats get on board and start to make the case. because frankly, they've got to. at this point, either -- democrats own obama care. it's got his name on it. we've got to make it work. democrats in congress got to help make it work and support it. and the republicans, it's worn out. they've been opposed to it from the get go. they've made it clear. and they're going to keep trying to throw up further impediments. >> i fully expect that the website will get up and running. the one thing that sticks with me are the four security experts that said it wasn't fixed, couldn't be fixed. we had one last night as i

we understand from the final state, the final statement will have rah welcoming tone to the deal signed between the five plus one iran. however i have to say there are some differences among some countries and that is mainly backed by some officials from saudi arabia, and they are basically calling to imfeud at least some members of the g.c.c. in those negotiations and they are argument for this is that the gulf is part of the whole region, and any deal on any military action for any environmental disaster will impact those countries. >> thank you very much, omar. live for us at the gcc summit. know iplan is also on the agenda. secretary of state john kerry is defending the recent nuclear deal. some u.s. politicians have threatened to undermine that agreement by pressing on with sanctions on iran. quite significant, but it can be derailed even before it gets off the ground, some members of congress threatening more on iran. >> just literally got underway in the last few minutes. he is going to say to them, please don't put new sanctions down, we are negotiating with the iranians in good

and yeah. >> rah -- rabbi duncan has set a high bar for all the boys and girls who will follow. advice for future orators next year? >> well, all of our kids speak from the heart and i think that's what is rally meaningful. if you find something that you are passionate about, if the torah and the teachings really inspire you to connect to something that is meaningful, follow it. and it's great. struggle with the text. that is what we encourage people to do. duncan has done a fine job of it. >> the issue of marriage equality has had some people split from their religions. it seems as though it has strengthened your bond to ju judism? >> i really got to go into the subject and i found lots of lott with judaism and how it goes together really well. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> chris hayes is up next. ♪ i'm chris hayes. americans are back at work after a long holiday weekend, which means they're back at their computers. today, that means two things. shopping and health care. >> let's talk cyber monday! >> it is cyber monday! >> cyber

you can see him looking at the cam ha rah and laughing. this was an elaborate plan.y rehearsed it. people called the police. they didn't end up getting in any trouble. here's where she's headed. the all-souls church. they take her away. he goes and gets dressed up. they keep leading her. they let her go. let her figure out that she can take the stuff off. >> i would say no. if this is your idea of a proposal, hell, no. >> are you kidding me? you would be so mad. >> i have to say, think she did take a moment or two to think about it. because watch. [ speaking foreign language ] >> she's like, you scared me and now you propose. she does say yes. friends and family come out from behind the scenes. they get married in the exact same place. the place where she thought she was kidnapped. >>> it may be summer in the southern hemisphere. doesn't mean you're warm. if you're a red bull athlete, a red bull wakebeard, it doesn't matter how cold it is. you're going to get out there and glacier surf. one of the legends is out there. they put on dry suits. doesn't seem to put the c

. >> a and the other thing, it sounded like this rah rah, let's go, do it.ly get to dog foot our new features first. i'm especially excited for the smart auto suggest, feeling a little tingle? we want you on board, sailor. >> all right, still to come, what happened when the ap found out those secret u.s. iran talks and some u.s. papers just saying no to the white house. buzz worthy is up next. i didn't know the coal thing was real. it's very real... david rivera. rivera, david. [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! >>> here are a few of your top tweets. on 60 minutes, suspending lara logan. the entire network got duped by a liar, she is not alone. not enough, she helped create another frenzy and it was not forgotten. but her bs facts are still circumstance lating. she should have been fired, she to

what we rah really concerned about, this is a cold front that is sinking down here towards the south, and with it, it is bringing some very very cold air. so if the power is not up by saturday evening, for example, chicago, only getting to a high of seven on monday overnight lows minus 2. >> all right, appreciate it, thank you, and with his captors warren weinstein makes a plea with a group linked to al quaida. he says he feels totally abandons by the u.s. >> i am apeopling to you on a humanitarian basis if nothing else, and asking that you take the necessary actions to expedite my release. >> the 72-year-old contractor was in his home in pakistan, when gunman posing as his neighbors abducted him. al quaida leader says his organization is holding him. two u.s. suspects he is being held along the boarder. a former kidnapping victim says pakistan is partly to blame. >> a key blare, frankly, is the government. they do not control their own territory, this is a safe haven that existed for the taliban, there are also phone operators pakistani civilians been held in this area. >> al quaida

he was rah codebreaker known for cracking the secrets of german submarines. he is considered the father of modern computing. paperwork is the only thing standing in the way of freedom for green peace demonstrators jailed in russia three months ago. they announced they were dropping charges on all membered of the so called arctic 30. the group staged a dramatic protest by boarding an oil rig. >> there is a gradual easing of the diplomatic and legal log jam that has seen the arctic 30 confined to their hotel. since they were brailled in november, basically the prosecutors office is summoning them one by one, they go there to the office, they receive a document, which proved an individual document this proves that the charges against them charges of hooliganism, which carry a seven year jail sentence, have been dropped. and then the next process is that the defendants then have to take that document to the federal migration service to get their exit visa put in their passport, only then can they leave st. peters burping, but it is a very time consuming process,

alga seize rah has more on what has been done to reduce gun violence. >> these are the faces of newtown. these are the faces of 20 children who were murdered in their classroom. six and seven-year-olds killed in a constant stream of gunfire. a crime that brought the country and its lead tore tears he. proked their deaths would not be in vain, the country would change its gun laws his vice president would make sure of it, the newtown families lobbied but so did the powerful rifle association, the gun rights group won. the legislation to bring background checks banned certain assault weapons and slips that hold large amount of ammunition failed. >> he promised he would hug the families he would keep fighting but since that day there has not been a renewed push, both sides on the issue say the next election will determine what happens next. >> when you have a constituency like moms getting involved which make off majority of the voters and who care more about the safety of their children, then they do about a lunatic fringe that is basically holding the country hostage, i think you will se

mi rah visits those children often. >> do you think you will be able to get custody of them at some pointre the main reason she's still alive and her incentive to keep losing weight. >> they were the first to know when i was able to stand up for the first time. and then when they saw me walking and they saw me walk in the door they were very excited. >> just to see you walking? >> just to see me walking and happy. >> so they have provided a huge motivation? >> they are my motivation. >> a woman who has lost so much but somehow seemed to gain so much more. i'm ryan owens for night line in houston. >> tlc's half on the killer transformed airs wednesday december 4. "anchor man 2" is coming to a theater near you. ron burgundy is keeping busy showing some real anchor men and women how it's done. >> are you married? >> no. >> i am so don't get any ideas. f with nestle toll house morsels. you can heal a broken heart with a bundt cake. make a monday mornin' feel like a friday afternoon with some nestle toll house morsels. let's close our laptops and open our ovens. these things don't bake themsel

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larry, what you're saying really reinforces the pope's point because if we think -- if we become too rah-rah capitalism, we say that wealth creation is the be-all and end-all of human life. that reinforces the secularist mentality. >> we have to leave it there. gentlemen, please come back. much more to discuss there. >> thank you, larry. >> esht prappreciate it very mu. thanks for watching. it's the moral and religious and spiritual deficit we have to work on. but let's not damage the economy in the process. i'm kudlow. we'll have more on this later. '. that's correct. cause i'm really nervous about getting trapped. why's that? uh, mark? go get help! i have my reasons. look, you don't have to feel trapped with our raise your rate cd. if our rate on this cd goes up, yours can too. oh that sounds nice. don't feel trapped with the ally raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. the american dream is of a better future, a confident retirement. those dreams, there's just no way we're going to let them die. ♪ like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on

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very strong mood alexander rah was invited by those for my german foreign minister to trade kagan sure to consult him in his push to release her confiscate cast politician of poor people from the euro skeptic i'll turn to germany party heart of why her confiscate is enjoying such a woman welcome in his country people germany do know very little about. i mean he was known as an audit guard who had been put on trial in russia and send him to jail for the last ten years that is all that people in germany don't understand that mr cosby is not a freedom fighter or something like that that he was a businessman before he was imprisoned and not very much known to the german public and i would suggest that the german politicians should welcome mr edward snowden maybe in the same way in germany but there is very little the german politicians are doing for this person we haled hold a press conference will be held at twelve hundred g.m.t. and we'll be covering it live on air and online for you as. accomplice in an elementary school in syria's homs province has reportedly killed five students and t

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technology is is possible, it has been demonstrated in england, they delivered a domino's positive rah one -- domino's pizza. gerri: one pizza. >> we are talking millions. >> it isot legal in u., if you are a hobbyist it is not. >> talk about how it might work, when i did the story this morning, on fnc, a got a tweet from a viewer saying i hope we don't confuse drone season with duck season. it seems it would be open season on things like this. would there be a lot of jokes and abusing the drones? >> yes. i mean, the same thing about putting nails in the road to try to disrupt the postal service. you know. it comes down to accept accepta. it is possible. gerri: can you pinpoint accuracy they can land it right there and not on top of my car? >> what ty would do, use gps to get it to following streets, that would be easy for right away, land it, have some very simple sensor work to make sure you are not colliding with anything. and you have your pizza in your driveway, not perfect for everything but its possible. gerri: how are we going to be sure it won't hit anybo in the head? knock ov

he was playing football in rah ramallah when the accident happened. his family blamed the israeli military. the military says they are investigating. >>> south africans have been gathering in churches and mosques and synagogues to remember the former president, nelson mandela. glorchltthe day of prayer. we joined the wor worshippers on sunday. >> when i say we pray for the nation. we should pray for us not to forget some of the values that mmamadiba stood for. that he fought for. and we should include those in our reflections. >> people continue to flood to mandela's family home to lay flowers and to pay tribute to him. he will be buried in his an ancestorial home on saturday. >> a day of prayer and reflection is what jacob zummer asked fore. for. you and i have spoke many times about the most difficult years for south africa. you were there for all of it and you studied what mandela did. reflect for a minute i before we go into more detail what this means for you personally. for myself and all south africans this is an event that people have been dre

i am here with community activist, you were here in 1990, and it was a special day for you and rah lot of people. >> yes. it's -- i have warm great memories of that crowd. people are very very excited. and our dear brother moved throughout the community. with no poor of the community. and it is quite sad tonight. i am saddened and experience of his passing but i'm hoping that in his passing that our young people become inspired by his life work, and his commitment. to justice and equality and fair treatment of all people. and so that hopefully by the news running these stories and the articles that will appear in magazines that our young people embrace nelson mandela's history and his legacy. and that we can use some of that to empower our young people. that that they will become empowered. so symbolic hoping the same way they did during his visit in 1990. >> correct. we were with talking with mr. billy mitchell. it was special when he came to what are pledge of all places. that people were in dispair, and there were a whole lost of other issues. i think that his visit helped to stir,

fidel castro was pass -- for that story and more, we are joined by rah chel kerry. >> cuba's former presidentence two weeks after the death of his dear friend nelson mandela. castro and mandela, forged a friendship in the 1980's. this is castro's first column since september. for the first time in 15 years someone has set themes on fire, in st. peters square president. a 15-year-old italian cleaner covered himself in fuel and left a note to contact his daughter. the man is being treated for burns across half his body, police are investigating why he did this. doctors in china say a man is recovering well after having his left hand attached. listen to this, doctors attached his severs mind to his ankle to keep it from rotting. he had two surgeries within a week to have his hand restored. >> that is incredible what they will do, it looks funny but it is amazing. >> it works. >> i know. >> coming up on al jazeera america, one young woman is using poetry to express frustration about her women of color are treated by society, and why she says people of her own race perpetuate stereotypes. and how

another bomb in the area, it happened two days after a car bomb killed 14 people in the city of monsieur rah. ranty government protestors have been fighting. one officer has been killed. the protestors are demanding elections be canceled. the government though is refusing to back down. florence is in bangkok with the latest. after nearly two weeks of relative calm, chaos has returned to the streets of bangkok. protestors try to break into a stadium used to register candidates to snap elections -- the retaliation was swift. tier gas, water cannon, and steel bullets were used and dozens of people were injured. during is operations were fired into where police were gathered. three policeman were injured. >> inside the building, however, the registration proceeded with candidates on the representatives drawing lots to determine their position on ballot papers. the situation was so dangerous that officials had to leave by helicopter. several hours later, election commission officers urged the government to postpone the election. fighting further violence among other regions. it seems they have sa

it passed by seth seven votes but this' rah recount underway. we expect to get the result of that nec mound night, or tuesday. and then on the 13th rebe hear a lawsuit that has been brought by the opponents. how they can allocate part time hours all of which was part of this initiative. that's a lawsuit that was brought, amended it and will go to court late next week. a fast food restaurant are paid much more than the minimum wage. employees in dearborn heights. that's near detroit, almost made $15 an hour, that adds up to $31,000 a year. so how much did that stack up against other professions in the detroit area. for example, a rookie police officer started off at nearly $30,000 a year. the starting starts at 38,000 dollars a year, and a cub newspaper reporter, do we even use that term any more? starts out at $28,000 a year. he is the ceo, the co-founder of moo cluck moo. this is sofas nateing to me. my understanding is that you started out paying. you are now up to $15 an hour, how are you able to do this. >> we do it very carefully, actually,

they have said to me they remember very specific moments when mandela rah relieved and they saw him for the first time in prison. this is a national global event of commemoration but very personal specifically deeply personal for many south africans, myself included. anderson? >> this is mandela's family what you see here is a collection of the grandchildren, the children, his present wife and ex-wife n winne. the one thing you perhaps could fault him, perhaps one of his greatest failures many people said, he wasn't there for his family. i think that same sacrifice for the greater good. he understood it but when you speak to his family, a lot of them, particularly his daughters have found it very difficult to come to terms that he abandoned them and he chose this. >> isn't their amazing story about his daughter zindzi. his name was banned. people couldn't quote him and his daughter read out a defiant stadium in this stadium and it was the first time she felt part of him. >> she said she was a teenager. >> she said, my father says, no, i cannot accept the conditions. even though he was o

but they're looking at it not locking at issues as rah-rah democrats, they're looking at it for what's left point of view. now that will not go over very well, sally gives me this side eyes. it's not going to go over well which you. but there is a legitimate dewitt to be had about what to do about social security. just because social security is fine now doesn't mean it will be fine in 2031 and something needs to be done. folks at third way are looking at this as 2031 will get here whether we like it or not. so let's get things in place as they would say save social security, stair med dade, medicare. >> that's what's interesting to me if we want to talk about social security, what is interesting to me about this moment. the dewitt about social security, as long as i have been alive and hearing this has been framed in those terms. save soerm social security. salvage social security in 1983 we always had these dates. there is an attempt at least by elizabeth warren and others on the way to change the terms of the dewitt. it's not about social security's future is always on the line, the

in capetown archbishop desmond tutu said that losing nelson mandel rah was like losing a close membertoday in south africa everyone is mourning. tonight they will be dancing in the streets, but this is not some disrespectful partying, bill. this is a sign of respect, an african tradition for africa's ultimate struggle hero. bill? bill: well done, paul..% thank you. we're looking forward to the next nine, ten days in your country in south africa. martha? martha: well, now for more on nelson mandela, let's wring in a man who brings a unique perspective to this discussion because he was the u.s. ambassador to south africa during apartheid. edward perkins, former u.s. ambassador to south africa, ambassador, welcome. it is very good to have you with us this morning. >> thank you. good to be here. martha: look back for us on those times in the reagan administration and the role, the unique role that you were asked to play while nelson mandela was in prison prison. >> well, as you say, during the reagan administration things got a little hot here in washington, in the united states in terms

whether you are retired or whether just up with your analisment, and these are programs that rah designede department of defense, and the v.a. that is specifically to give to the leaving service member, transitional services goals and plans that they can use when they get out into civilian life. >> wait a minute, are they getting the help they need, or confused by what is being offered? are they asking for help. >> quite the contrary, they are very well organized. there is a task force out to make this transition, to talk about these transition teams. and all this work that has been put in. so the programs that were prior to that have been redesigned for today's rushing service person. so all that am big utety, all that uncertainty, has pretty much been removed. if the veteran goes to their local v.a., and then starts right there, that's where everything begins. i haven't heard the program hill, but i will. i'm wondering what they are identifying as the challenges of coming home roof these deployments in. >> when i came back from service in 1969. 100 years ago, it seems but when i came ba

shareef, is it a time where people with celebrity statute in the arts and sports can come forward in rahrent than even just a few years ago? >> absolutely. you mentioned the sports world. we have brittany griner, tom colins in the nba. that's really excited because people are looking up to them and says you know, it is okay, it is okay to be gay and also have gay and lesbian teammates can is important for the culture. >> thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> after the break, afghanistan's future, teaching girls to shape a new world, and why that progress may now be as risk. >> many worry that the gains made in education will not stick in the future. aljazeera's jane ferguson takes us to a school in kandahar city that was long considered a success and is now facing closure. >> it's a place offering more than these girls know, a quality education in real tangible skills, a path away from positivity and early marriage and towards university and a career. since 2002, the modern stud has been teaching women languages, like management and computer skills. that they are sk

the best schools and pair them up with the principalless at the other schools so they can transfer rahss a people business. i couldn't agree more that technology can give a ton of leverage to really strong people but to me, we need, and this is what teach for all is all about, but we got to start channeling our top talent towards this challenge of improving educational outcomes, and especially taking on educational outcomes for the most disadvantaged kids, and that needs to happen all across the world. >> tom, when you look at this problem and you see the obstacle, i mean longer days, teacher evaluation, longer years, teachers' unions in general are opposed to all of this. is this politically feasible? >> you know, i think it is politically feasible. it's going to take wise leadership. obviously the democratic party is dependent on teachers unions but my wife is a member of the teachers union, my daughter was a member of the teachers union. i find many, many of the teachers that i interface with, they want to do better. they want to excel, and there are teachers unions that have been tr

the economic policy institute, rah-rah there, is projecting that we'll lose another 300,000 jobs because here when we put money into people's hands. they're part of the economy. they spend it. they're in there. so that disappearing is is huge. to add to all those who are long-term unemployed, millions, to add to people who can't find work, and don't forget for one job there are three applicants. if the jobs existed, well, then of course they'd get the work. they're not sitting on their butts. people are trying to get some income and it's not there. >> isn't it the case the lower the income the more of your discretionary income you spend? you pretty much spend it all? >> that's why some of the topics we're going to talk about right now are a healthier economy than most when the government spends money on unemployment insurance and food stamps. let's describe the situation these unemployed people find themselves in. yes, there's three applicants for every job opening. we have 7% unemployment, 12.5% if you're black, 1 out of 5 black workers are unemployed or underemployed. we have the fact

that's going to be the last hoo rah for the end of the year. liz: did you hike our analogy to homeland? i wanted to say breaking bad, but, of course, that's done. don't tell me what happens. the world should tivo fox business, we will have this announcement. peter barnes -- and this is where they have a news conference. peter barnes, and i'm not just saying this because we adore him and he's amazing, but he always tends to be the one who asks the right question that's news making from ben bernanke. so everybody has to watch that. i want to thank you gentlemen so much for joining us on the floor show. i guess we just pulled the plug on all of them. they all had to run and trade and make money. >>> president obama today calling in the west coast cavalry from google's eric schmidt -- listen, a lot of competitors sitting next to each other, sheryl sandberg, marissa mayer, a whole bunch of huge names in technology, most of them from silicon valley converging on the white house to meet with the president. one of the top issues on the agenda, not entr

there's a tradition in medicine, goes back to the time of hi pock rah tease that doctors should not be in the role of hastening death. that's something that our medical codes in the united states say is not allowed. there are few places in the world now where euthanasia is allowed, but only with the consent and under certain very strict rules toward the end of life if a patient wishes that their death be with hastened. >> host: sheri fink, who is dr. anapoe? >> guest: she's a head and neck surgeon, and she was one of the. >>s who -- she has now said, gave some of the medicines to patients. and i should say the investigation showed that 20 patients received combination of morphine and a powerful sedative called verced, one or the other or both, and died in a very short time period on that fifth day, september 3st. so -- 1st. so many physicians or nurses, or several, were involved in this. three of them were arrested and accused by the attorney general of second-degree murder in the deaths of several of those patients. they were arrested because the prosecutors had the most evidence when

actually, we have that listing, it's called pet rah island. the asking price iss20 million. number of inquiries because of that. unfortunately, though, the rumor is not true, and the island is still for sale. go to the web site and inquire. cheryl: okay. chris curlow, thank you very much. interesting concept, something to do with all the money we made in the markets this year. thank you, chris. >> you're welcome. cheryl: all right. if you're watching this, you can deal with your returns. closing bell's going to be ringing, we've got 31 minutes to go. it may have been a merry christmas for retailers, but will it be a happy new year? we're going to go live to chicago for a reality check from one of the city's top shopping destinations and talk to one of the most respected researchers in the retail tracking business as well. >>> plus, amazon wants to forever change package delivery by using unmanned aircraft, but it could be just the beginning of a robotics revolution in the delivery business. coming up, we're going to tell you about a potential game changer for international t

li my nch p. o cu of ur cam, litt thi a ltle at, and pack of ddenalle orinalanch rah di hidd valy itack. a quick sports updates. college basketball last night. a big early season win for stanford. >> taking on the 10th ranked you uconn. johnny dawkins his cargo down 12 early in the second half before battling back. stanford wins 53-51. pulling off the upset on the road. handling the huskies their first loss of the season. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news. we have a gas pump fire in oakland. we will have more on that story. >> a reality start is out of the job this morning after he comments about lgbt community. we will tell you what this adult dynasty duck dyr had to say. >> a man ignites a fire at a gas station. >> and progress is being made in fighting the big sur we'll tell you when crews hope to have it fully contained. >> there is a major security breach. we will tell you what's going on coming up. >> we're talking about the weather and the wind is going to pick up. >> it is not too bed and we did have light rain overnight. take a look at the wind speed is 18 mi. per hour

was it more or less a air rah dime shift. >> >> -- paradigm shift? >> the difference, like, why does the distinction matter? if the change happens anyway, why does it matter whetherst the crystallization of decades of evolution or a rapid change? >> okay, so -- >> what's the value in the rapid change? >> for academic bs it's always important. for the real world maybe it has some importance in various unique circumstances, and be i'll explain what i mean. >> okay. >> some academic stands up and says, look, i have a new concept, a new doctrine, a paradigm shift, everybody's going to want to explore it and test it because, you know, that's what we think of ourselves as scientists even though we're political scientists and legal scientists. and so one of the arguments is that am i talking about paradigm shifts or just tipping points, and that's the kind of stuff they talk about. in the practical world, here's why it's important. just like in the case before the cambodia tribunal where the defense said if it doesn't take decades, it's not finish it cannot