launched by reese witherspoon, jennifer aniston, shonda rhimes, kerry washington, and meryl streep - along with hundreds of other women in hollywood. the group -- writing an open letter... vowing support for women in the entertainment business and beyond. "time's up" will include a legal defense fund - and advocate for legislation, combatting workplace harassment. there is much more coming up on good morning washington. morning washington. an icy nose dive in montgomery county. a car falling in to a frozen creek. the frigid rescue while you were asleep. breaking overnight: chaos at airports across the country. thousands of people waiting in lines.. as the delays pile up. the customs computer outage behind it all. and an instant classic. the college football playoffs living up to the hype. who's headed to the national champioinship.. as tickets approach super bowl prices! good morning washington. toss to eileen

thirteen million dollars the time's up initiative has backing of a list power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shown the rhymes it aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries. and here in germany a member of parliament and leading figure in the far right alternative to germany party could face charges over a new year's eve tweet that six phone store chain store tweeted police about what she called barbaric gang raping hordes of muslim men a post came as a new german german law aimed at clamping down on online hate speech came into effect twitter quickly removed the tweet and suspended her account. new year's eve celebrations passed without serious incidents this year but two years ago hundreds of women reported being sexually attacked many of the perpetrators were migrants since then police in cologne have pushed the slogan respect they use social media to spread the word in many languages including arabic bad takes one choice a leading member of the far right alternative for germany party mocked the action in a tweet and criticize the police do you think it

thirteen million dollars the time's up initiative has the backing of power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes who you see there it aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries . to saudi arabia now where the government says its ban on women behind the wheel will be lifted in june the majority sunni country is under strict sharia law and it's the last country in the world where women are forbidden to drive instead they have to ask a chauffeur or their member to drive them. the women sit in the back and a young boy is in the driving seat. videos these making fun of the country's ban on female drivers fifteen thousands of times it was a good guy it's going to be out of date. as of next june ratana hashmi will be announced to drive a car. and she's already lining up a perfect right. car shopping has become a popular whole bay for wealthy saudi women. you just want to be free with the car you can get your groceries every stuff every shopping you don't need to to to wait for somebody to take you to do is small things you know your daily life thing whe

million dollars the time's up initiative has been backed by a list power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes he's seen there. the project aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries much of the central us started the new year under a bone chilling cold that has led to at least two deaths and has broken century old records the national weather service has issued wind chill advisories across vast areas of the country's midwest. california has become the largest us state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana voters approved the move in a referendum to twenty sixteen the change in the law is set to generate a billion dollars in tax revenue every year but some users say that despite this new legislation they will still buy the drug on the black market. with these three . cutting the ribbon the owner of this medical center in oakland says he wants california to be a beacon of hope to parts of the world where people are still suffering under prohibitive as he put it. customers have been lining up since early in the morning to be the first to

million dollars the time's up initiative has the backing of a list power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes it aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries. with the winter olympics just over a month away now south korea has offered to hold talks with north korea on whether p.r. can send its athletes to the games south korea's president in said his country is ready to negotiate on letting north korea join next month a lympics hosted by the south but he stressed that north korea's nuclear threats would be a major point in any talks. let's go straight to seoul now and reuters senior correspondent josh smith is good to see you could this moment there's a limb pick diplomacy signal some kind of breakthrough and actually reduce tensions . well that's certainly what officials here in seoul are hoping this is something that south korean president. has been pushing for some time he has proposed to the americans for example to delay a major joint springtime military. drills until after the olympics they're hoping that. new year's speech maybe that open

hollywood stars like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes are amongst the celebrities backing a campaign against sexual harassment called time's up and an open letter to the new york times more than three hundred actors writers and directors said they particularly wanted to focus on women in low wage industries whose lack of financial stability left them open to exploitation a campaign to only been going for a couple of days and it's already closed close to its target of thirty million dollars for a legal defense fund. time is up the time for putting up with sexual harassment is over three hundred powerful women from the business and entertainment world are starting a campaign and using their status to help those women who have none they're bringing their support but ordinary workers to take their tormentors to court the launch has already raised thirty million dollars and that figure is sure to rise actresses such as reese witherspoon and eva longoria launched their appeal in the new york times and in an open letter there are also demanding tough penalties for compani

million dollars the time's up initiative has the backing of a list power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes the project aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries . much of the central united states started the new year under a bone chilling cold that has led to at least two deaths and has broken century old records the national weather service has issued wind chill advisories across vast areas of the country's midwest. a member of germany's parliament and leading figure in the far right party may face charges of illegal hate speech for her angry tweet on new year's eve beatrice fahnestock he ranted at police in the city of cologne for publishing a new year is creating an arabic she said that they were trying to appease quote barbaric gang raping muslim hordes of men well twitter swiftly deleted that post and also froze her account for most of new year's day a new german law requires social media to delete hate speech within twenty four hours or face fines of up to fifty million euros. and we have team coverage of this happening let's bring

million dollars the time's up initiative has the backing of a list power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes it aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries. in iran violent demonstrations are sweeping the country and they show no sign of easing after nearly a week of anti-government protests at least twenty people have been killed and hundreds of others have been arrested the protests began over economic woes and rising food prices but have since turned into political rallies against the country's religious leadership iran's supreme leader has accused the country's enemies of stirring the unrest. for more we're joined by a.f.p. correspondent eric randolph in tehran eric thanks for joining us we're days into these protests now people have died and the government is suggesting it will crack down on protesters how much of a threat are these demin demonstrations to the government. well it remains to be say we've seen violence picking up in the last couple of days although it's art you know protesters were talking police stations and other symbols

million dollars the time's up initiative has been backed by a list of power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes who you see there the project aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries. while to kick off a new year we will be bringing you a preview all this week of what to expect from top local players in twenty eight teams today we're taking a closer look at germany's chancellor angela merkel now number one on her agenda is forming a new government it's now been more than one hundred days since september's election later this week merkel's conservatives are set to start exploratory talks with the center left social democrats but even if these talks are successful it could take months before a government is in place. each day a new record is broken here in berlin never before has it taken so long falling in election to build a new government. and in the middle of it all chancellor. or at the moment interim chancellor. if decisions are being made in parliament she has to search for allies so far she has not been able to find a fixed coalition par

reese witherspoon and jennifer aniston are among hundreds joining the movement.he initiative launched yesterday with an open letter vowing support for women in the entertainment business and beyond. time's up will include a legal defense fund and will advocate for legislation against workplace harassment. >>> tragedy in paradise. a local student and families with ties to our area are among those killed in a fiery plane crash. the tributes as investigators search for answers. >>> a first alert for cold air. you see the snow they're making is blowing in the wind in the mountains. feels like it's below 0 for many neighborhoods. 6 degrees the temperature now in tannerville. that's the pocono mountains. we'll see sunshine today. and temperatures will climb into the 20s this afternoon. i'll break it down neighborhood by neighborhood with your first alert forecast just ahead. >>> first, jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. good morning. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone heading out. the first thing you'll have to battle is the cold. the ro

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tell you apple has just cremated 10 shows which is really big nose, too starring reese witherspoon and jennifer anistonknow when that will begin, but it does so. would it be a good acquisition? probably yes. remember, two years ago in 2015 coming netflix stock was up over $700 a share and then they did the stock split. netflix might just write it out. cheryl: you've got to remember that day? if you want to keep running the company to cash out and walk away and buy a private island. i want to move on to what's happening in the premarket. right now a look at an escalation of selling off its futures. not that i want to make a big deal about it and the issue at the 10 new treasury. we see a lot of long investors are nervous. but inflation is going to get out of control. the voice when it comes to the bond market for the 10 year period bond bear market confirmed. you know, 25 years long-term trend lines broken in five years treasury. this is the list bond investors listen to. >> i don't think so. i think will probably commit a little bit today. we are dropping out of the free market you are right good if yo

actresses reese witherspoon and jennifer aniston are among the founders. an open letter is promising support for women in the entertainment business and beyond. "time's up" will push for new legislation to fight workplace harassment... and will set up a legal defense fund. early donors include meryl streep ... and taylor swift. senator al franken plans to officially resign from office today .franken announced his plans to resign in december after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment and other inappropriate behavior. his successor, minnesota lieutenant governor tina smith, will be sworn into office tomorrow.a special election will be held in november to serve out the final two years of franken's term. (will) it appears flying in 2017 was relatively safe compared to previous years. the aviation safety network says there 10 fatal crashes last year. 44 passengers and crew members were killed. that's much lower than the five year average of 17 crashes ... with 495 deaths. major u.s. airlines have not suffered a fatal crash since 2001. happening tonig

actresses reese witherspoon and jennifer aniston are among the founders.etter is promising support for women in the entertainment business and beyond. time's up will push for new legislation to fight workplace harassment... and will set up a legal defense fund.. early donors include meryl streep...and taylor swift. (catherine) time's up is also backing a movement for women to wear black this year to the golden globes ===in solidarity with those who have been sexually harassed. coming up in sports... we have a full slate of your new years day bowl games... including the highest-scoring rose bowl ever...and immediately after the firing of jack del rio... a former raiders coach turned tv analyst is rumored to be his replacement... j.r. stone has that story... and all the sports... coming up still ahead at 8. still ahead at 8. new year..new laws.. from the wacky to the serious... we take a look at what's taking effect around the nation (catherine) lots of new laws took effect on this first day of 2018... (steve) some were no-brainers - but others might seem a

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reese witherspoon, shonda rimes, and jennifer aniston are among hundreds joining the movement. initiative launched with an open letter vowing support for women in the entertainment business and beyond. time's up will include a legal defense fund and will advocate for legislation against workplace harassment. >>> islam -- apple is good on an apology after admitting to slowing down old products. we have more in the cnbc business report. kate? >> reporter: hi, happy new year. apple says replacement batteries for older iphones are available now, although supplies may be limited. last week apple said the replacement batteries which had been discounted to $29 wouldn't be ready until late january. apple offered the batteries after apologizing for slowing down older iphones, sparking outrage by consumers and a flood of lawsuits. we'll check all your market headlines right now. wall street could see makesed open this morning on the first -- see a mixed open this morning on the first trading day of the year. the dow had the worst day of six weeks. overall, 2017 was a great year if the ma

actresses reese witherspoon and jennifer aniston are among the founders.usiness and beyond. "time's up" will push for new legislation to fight workplace harassment... and will set up a legal defense fund. early donors include meryl streep ... and taylor swift. (catherine) senator al franken formally resigned from the senate this afternoon...more than a month after he announced his plans to leave congress after a string of sexual misconduct allegations. his departure sets the stage for current minnesota lt. governor tina smith to besworn in tomorrow to take over his seat. franken joined the senate in 2009. he held an event in minnesota last week to thankhis supporters and friends. (steve) the today show has found its permanent replacement for matt lauer. hoda kotb (hoh'-dah kaht'- bee) will now co-host the first two hours of "today". she has hosted the fourth hour of "today" with kathie lee gifford since 2008. kotb has been filling in for those first two hours since lauer was fired in november over allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior. (catherine)

reese witherspoon, shonda rimes, and jennifer aniston are among hundreds of hollywood women joining thise launched yesterday with an open letter vowing support for women in the entertainment business and beyond. time's up will include a legal defense fund and will advocate for legislation against workplace harassment. >>> sussex county is drawing national attention over a proposedori ordinance that woul give workers the right to decide whether to join a union. delaware allows for closed shops. that's where union membership is mandatory to get a job. the ordinance seeks to change that for sussex county. supporters argue mandatory membership scares off companies. opponents say the ordinance is designed to kill the unions. >>> you have two chances to start the new year as a millionaire as two giant jackpots keep right on growing. take a look at the current mega millions jackpot. that drawing tonight for $343 million. no one took home last week's drawing, so the jackpot keeps right on growing. meanwhile, that is not the only one. no one won saturday's powerball drawing, so that jackpot curre

question in terms of where apple is going apple will do select things like working on this jennifer aniston, reese witherspoont cetera, but i don't think apple needs to be a huge player in content they are a platform for distribution, not fundamentally a content player themselves. so i think jimmy's moving on is fine and we think it fits well with the strategy. >> seems to be a lot more profit in distributing it anyway. thanks, steve, for all of that insight on apple >> thank you >> good stuff. >>> stocks are rallying, despite that jobs number this morning below estimates. joining us for more on the markets, chief u.s. economist over at jpmorgan and global equity strategist at wells fargo. happy friday, guys, good to see you. michael, we have the jobs number and ism number below the estimate pmis roaring around the world, but cpi is in check. harker is on the tape arguing for two hikes this year. is this feeling like the goldilocks lasts longer? >> well, it is lasting longer, that's for sure. we have had wage gains that have been subdued, so that gives the fed some time to move at a leisurely pace we think th

the second, untitled drama about a television morning show starring jennifer aniston and reese witherspooni'm sure that has lots of laugh. according to the citi analysts targets are electronic arts, take two, activision, tesla, it could mean anything. amazon is may be targeting target as a way to bolster brick-and-mortar store offerings. who knows, it's a lot of guesswork at this point. neil: it is a lot of guesswork, when you have a lot of cash, you get a lot of guesswork. thank you very, very much, gerri willis. >>> we have this bone-chilling cold gripping much the united states. to meteorologist adam klotz what we're looking at. he is at the fox weather center now. hey, adam. >> neil, you're absolutely right. it is frigid as we're looking at temperatures two degrees in chicago up to 21 degrees in new york city. all this cold air settling in, talk about in texas 32 in dallas and 26, in san antonio. feels like negative 15 degrees in chicago, negative 10 in cleveland. this is just going to continue to linger and sit around here next couple of days. no surprise here, with that much wind and