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richard lui, little windy out here.hey are having more serious problems else where. >> we're talking about baltimore and at the moment we're seeing and hearing some headlines of a possible tornado that has hit in the wee hours. about eight hours ago. reports of 80-mile-per-hour wind gusts and they'll discover whether or not that is a verified tornado that touched down. look at some of the pictures. you see that tree there and there have been many shots of trees out over on top of buildings in that area. no report of fatalities and rescue teams and pictures earlier of the firefighters and search and rescue at the moment and, again, what's good to hear, no reported fatalities at the moment. we'll keep an eye on that for you, chris. >> just to make a quick mention, too, a lot of east coast airports having delays because of wind. >>> back to politics now and more signs that the democrats are willing to seed some ground to republicans and that's anger progressives. the senate majority leader harry reid will consider extendin

richard lui here with the details. it, we can save money, especially these days, talking $8,000. close to that, according to one estimate. let me given you the top dollar savings, concerts, dine, just going out, save $2700 annually if you buy online for entertainment. online's the key. travel, the topic of the upcoming holiday, $1500 if you buy online. number three, housing, close to $1,000, again, if you buy online versus going out and buying at brick and mortar. if you want to completely wipe out costs, you can pay for those bills, writing checks, licking stamps costs you money. online bill pay cuts it out completely, down zero, though saving $50 all said. newspapers on average, spend close to $200 a year. internet access, driving that cost to zero for you. the savings are only available as a said if you're able to get on the computer. these aren't savings for everybody. some groups have lower than average web access according to pew research. those who are high school or lower educated, earning less than $30,000, li

let's go to richard lui. what is going on there? >> we're watching a situation at ohio state university there in columbus, ohio. we're just getting information about an incident that reported to happen at 8:41 local eastern time. what we understand is that four buildings were evacuated. faculty, staff and students were removed after a bomb threat occurred in this location. those four buildings evacuated. what we are hearing from authorities there is that as of now we're not sure if it is a phone threat or the items or packages were found at the locations yet. we're watching the website right here which they also have details there. we're also understanding that a text message was sent out to 32,000 buckeye students. we'll stay on top of this right here at msnbc. back to you, chris, in washington, d.c., talking about democratic unrest in this lame duck congress. i was young, i was in shape, and i had a heart attack. you need to do the preventative things that you need to do for your heart health. for me, it means an aspirin regimen.

you'll stay with us throughout the hour and more to talk about. >>> now, let's get back to richard lui and more on that police chase in miami. what's going on there, richard? >> still going on at the moment. more information as we look at live video coming in to us from a chopper cam. a blue ford expedition is what wsvn is reporting. a robbery. this happening in an area in what is miami beach. that area right across here from brownsville and we have miami beach over here and miami shore. this is the space we're in right now that we can tell as they're on the freeway. whether they're going to put out the tack strips to stop that vehicle from moving. we might see some of those where the police will come in contact with the rear part of the bumper. it being an suv it might not have the right force that these police vehicles can use when they're trying to get them to turn out, spin out. at the moment you can see just one white car from the police following that suv. that blue ford expedition. at one time some of the pictures we saw seven or eight vehicles. i want to take you back and conti

richard lui has a closer look at this devastating reality. it's absolutely unbelievable. >> you really said it best there, chris. we're talking about u.s. citizens and talking about kids in the united states. 69 were saved, which brings the number to 1,200 saved since 2003. but, unfortunately, this is a small dent. experts estimating some 230,000 u.s. kids are at risk of being exploited as sex slaves in this country. if you took every kid in 400 public middle schools, that's how many kids we're talking about. okay, this is also big money. $32 billion worldwide for traffickers selling and trading humans into sex or labor slavery. that's the size of the market. on a microlevel to give you an idea. a pimp in d.c. with three girls could make over $500,000 a year in cash. the challenge for law enforcement is that some kids are moved every few weeks making it difficult for parents to try to track down their daughters or sons. when law enforcement shows up the house mother and the girls that are at the locations, not the ring leaders, the ones that

richard lui is working on that story. >> food insecurity. millions at risk.d children are a big part of that risk. the usda releasing this unsettling, new report about kids in the u.s. hurting for a simple good meal. where this is happening most. >> very, very distressing. >>> also going to explain how a man declared dead 16 years ago is now under arrest and charged with kidnapping a girl whose remains were found. a bizarre story out of mississippi that you have got to hear to believe. ring ring. progresso. oh yes hi. can you please put my grandma on the phone please? thanks. excuse me a sec. another person calling for her grandmother. she thinks it's her soup huh? i'm told she's in the garden picking herbs. she is so cute. okay i'll hold. she's holding. wha? (announcer) progresso. you gotta taste this soup. but basically, i'm a runner. last year. (oof). i had a bum knee that needed surgery. but it got complicated, because i had an old injury. so i wanted a doctor who had done this before. and unitedhealthcare's database helped me find a surgeon. you know you

richard lui gathering the facts on that. hey, richard. >> hi, chris. these are facts right here. most of the states are overdrawn, as we know, big time. the service cuts will explain that and the tax increases and plus short-term solutions to get your state back in the black. no, i know. it's great, right? but, dude, i've been thinking like, this is such a great opportunity for us to write at least an hour to two every single day. you can see this? of course i can see you. but, steve, i'm thinking-- it's like you're standing-- it's like you're standing right there. it's like i'm touching you. yeah. introducing cisco umi, together we are the human network. cisco. it's like i'm talking to you from the future. this year chevrolet gave us legendary dependability, innovative technology, and inspired design. and now, they want to give as much as they can to as many as possible. your chevy dealer is giving back to the community. come see how chevy is giving more. right now, get no monthly payments till spring plus 0% apr financing and fifteen hundred dollars holiday allowance on most ch

richard lui has details on this.psetting, there's a lot of disagreement, actually. >> a lot of disagreement. it's surprised you when you heard about opinions here, chris. a lot of big brains, two years after the great recession started, technically ended and experts do not agree on we what we all feel, a bad economy. on the big ideas, big agreements according to l.a. times. first, big idea, stimulus. 787 billion invested, 18 months ago. john cochran, from the university of chicago says, don't do it, not again. it's not needed and it's not free, he says. wait to see what's working first. nobel prize winner says, hold on, the only solution is large government spending. we can't afford not do did but do it surgically. tax cuts, on one side economists brad schueler says keep them. but speed is important here. throw in tax rebates of $300 to $600 per person. alicia minnel says, no you don't, cut them for the upper and middle class, use that cash to create jobs. last big idea, paring deficits, one corner, keep the deficits

richard lui, all this will come to a boil next tuesday when they come back to session. >> that's righthis is their first bout and it's all about earmarks. we're talking about pork here, chris. the meat of congressional power to try to pay for their own pet projects and also, as i was saying, the first time they're coming to gop power one side. you have senator demint. he is tea party equity that he has built up in the past year by supporting the new groups candidates if not creating them and try to outlaw pork in the 112th congress. now, on the other side, we have the minority leader mitch mcconnell coming and he does not want that law saying it would leave budget decisions up to the white house. at stake between these two, possibly leaderships in 2012. mcconnell in line for that and immediately how well the gop integrates tea party-backed senators and for the new class whether they follow through on promises to cut spending and do things differently as they were saying on the campaign trail. secret vote is on tuesday. nobody will know who voted for or against the earmark span here. he

richard lui has the story.ll part of our green week here on msnbc. >> also about people that have thick skin, evidently. this is a cold place that he came back from. eric larsen is the man we're talking about and also thick skinned if you look at him right here. he joins us by skype when it comes to his concern about global warming. i want to show folks what it was like for you up there. let's take a listen to this. >> it's about 35, 40 below right now. it's really cold. and it's been a tough two weeks. >> yeah, a tough two weeks. i can tell you, you can barely even move your face there. you climbed three poles over the course of 333 days. why are you doing this? why not just protest? >> well, my goal is to really connect people to what i call the last great frozen places left on the planet and really do something big to inspire people to act on climate change issues. >> all right, now, eric, the "wall street journal" says that there are some 30% to 40% in the north pole that basically can survive over two year

richard lui has been looking at that. richard? >> interesting thought there, chris.y discrimination that is legal. if you don't have a job, we don't want to hire you. doesn't fit together. this as being without a job for six months is the new normal, chris. how to break that cycle. [ mal, investing means taking action with professional-grade research. and some of the most powerful, yet easy to use trading tools on the planet. it's investing with intelligence and cold hard conviction. e-trade. investing unleashed. ♪ [ upbeat instrumental ] and cold hard co[ rattling ] [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ] [ announcer ] close enough just isn't good enough. - if your car is in an accident, - [ laughing continues ] make sure it's repaired with the right replacement parts. take the scary out of life with travelers. call or click now for an agent or quote. >>> thousands of write-in votes were counted and it looks like we finally might have our 100th senator. incumbent lisa murkowski is the apparent winner in alask aa. the current vote count has her ahead of joe çmiller, eve

richard lui is here now.e head into the holiday season. >> chris, we go into the holiday season we're concerned about, slow down the spend, will it slow down the trips? it doesn't look like it's going to stop many of us but it's going to cost us more. getting to grandma's house. 42 million of us will get into the car and travel 50 miles or more. but we will be spending 10% more to fill up that tank compared to last year. and that's not going to stop us, the majority, some 95% of us will decide to use the car versus other ways of getting to grandma's. first, air fares are simply more expensive this year, up to 59% more more expensive says "usa today." people are saying know as well to new tsa security procedures that we've been talking about right here. instead, they're opting to pile the family into the suv than drag them through the airport and having to go through the process. reasons why gas is getting more expensive? major refiners shut down some capacity for maintenance now. this has caused supplies in t

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richard lui has your training. are you lifting weights? >> you will have to lift some weights here conceptionally here, chris. here's a concept that shoppers need to know. tone your shopping muscles. >>> washington state is bracing for a blizzard. the storm comes a day after the state's first major snow storm of the season that knocked out power to tens of thousands of people and left at least three people dead. >>> strong weather in the midwest, as well. spawning as many as seven tornadoes in wisconsin and illinois. take a look at this home video. a tornado touching down in northern illinois. five kids and a bus driver suffered minor injuries when their school bus was rolled on its side and then off the road. bill karins is here with the forecast and a lot of people travelling. millions and millions of people. >> this storm is a big storm and the tornadoes are done with and now just the huge winter mess in the west. you like to ski, it's powder. this is the shot live this morning as the sun is coming up over lake tahoe and they already pi

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