so that's something that's another big -- >> scott burns of morning star, thank you very much. >> thank you, tyler. >>> burns emphasizes that most mutual funds are sold, not bought. and because of that he says it's vitally important for you the buy for understand exactly what's in a fund you're considering such as an alternatives fund, and then how it fits with others in your portfolio. >>> coming up, a fully loaded. why some home buyers want a lot more than just walls and a title when choosing a new house. >>> we told you yesterday about a small group of amazon.com employees in delaware voting on whether to unionize. they voted no by a margin of 21-6. >>> there's a new trend in selling luxury homes. homes that come fully furnished and loaded with just about anything you can think of and more. but with price tags to match. diana olis takes us on a tour. >> reporter: this brand-new $36 million beverly hills home has everything you could possibly need. correction, everything you need if you're really f lirkz thy rich. >> toothbrushes, putters for the putting green. all the linens, all the

scott burns is with me from morningstar. introduce the winners in our three remaining categories. fixed income, asset allocation and alternatives. who are they and why did they win? >> so the winner in fixed income category is the team headed by daniel iveson and alfred murato. this team looked under every rock to find anything they could to squeak out gains in the tough fixed income category this year. bar cap ag down 10%. this fund finished up 4.8. our winner in allocation is steve romick. steve and his team rode some amazing stock picking to get to the returns that they had this year even though they had cash stakes as high as 40% this year, still returned 22% for the year. last but not least in the alternatives category, the team of brian hurst from aqr managed futures. managed futures has been as cold of a category as there can be but this team continues to produce positive returns. congratulations. >> congratulations. daniel, let me start with you. in fixed income, you have had good performance in different kinds of en

filmmaker ken burns's documentary follows a group of boys as they work to memorize the address. scotthafer sat down earlier with burns to discuss why a speech from the civil war moved him to make a film. first, a clip from the documentary. >> okay, guys, let's sit up straight in our chairs. let's get ready to start morning meeting. today we are introducing a tradition here at greenwood, studying and memorizing the gettysburg address. and in a lot of ways, it is a right of passage. >> this is one of the most famous speeches of all time, and this was, like, 200 or 300 years ago? so, even if you say it for, like, two minutes, it still means a lot. >> four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. >> well, ken burns, welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> your latest film weaves together the gettysburg address with the story of this school in vermont where boys who have learning disabilities memorize and recite the gettysburg address. what was it about that sc

. >> a review of the news4 i-team scott scott macfarlane reveals that it is burning a hole in the budget>> reporter: there was a small river running through white oak, and middle springs, there was a pipe that burst and hot water made its way downstairs to shutdown school for the day. and two weeks later, you can see the water damage in the ceiling tile tiles. and sophia ford pushing her son down the floor said that it is good that the staff cleared it within hours. >> well, they handled it well, and shifted the classes around and everything like that. >> and our review of county school records revealed that there were water main breaks in local schools tied directly to the weather. 100 in montgomery county and 50 in fairfax and 17 in howard and that does not count the ones near by like in wheaton. it is not just the pipes, but in older schools, the heating unit is not keeping the air temperature in all of the schools warm enough to protect the pipes. in fredricks county like this one, urbana high school, they are running the heat at high power 24/7 to reduce the pipe bursts. and fredric

scott. this is one of five homes that were destroyed. 17 more were burned and 2,000 people were forced to evacuate. this fire has been burning all day and it's now only 30% contained. >> the fire began just before day break. within hours it burned across more than two and a half square miles of dried brush. palm trees quickly ignited. the heat was intense. >> i'm going to have to back up right now because part of my camera is starting to melt. >> reporter: 16 water-dropping aircraft attacked the fire throughout the day. below, 600 firefighters had to race between neighborhoods to fend off the spot fires created by flying embers. >> mandatory evacuations are in effect. >> reporter: despite that order to get out, larry beretta stood his ground with a garden hose. >> my concern is that i'm just trying to save my house. >> reporter: he did, but not everyone was so lucky. how fast did this fire take off? >> very quickly. within 15 minutes. >> reporter: it was all gone? >> it was gone. >> reporter: scott wilhite was one of ten people renting a room at this mansion built by the singer sewing machine fami

>>> it's not every day that we have a governor visit florida whose scandals burn so brightly that they outshine rick scott either chris christie doesn't want to face the press or rick scott doesn't want to be seen publicly with him. it's probably a little of both. >> welcome back to "the ed show." what does it take to make the n new jersey governor and the state of new jersey the main focus? a lot more than a political retribution scandal. this weekend governor christie took a break from the scandal back home. he headlined a series of events in florida organized to help raise money for republican governor rick scott. the trip was scheduled weeks ago before the scandal broke with the hope it could help florida's own scandal plagued governor. rick scott figured it was best to keep his distance from christie. there were no public events and no pictures of the two governors together. joining me now chairman of the democratic party and a chairman of the broward democratic party. how warm was the reception? annette, did this help governor scott, mr. christie showing up down in florida? >> he needs all the help

scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. fires continue to burn in ukraine's capital after a night of violent protests. at least two died in confrontations with police. protesters burned barricades, demanding their president call early elections within 24 hours or face more street violence. take a look. demonstrations began back in november over the government's decision not to sign a deal with the european union. >> the united nations taking the day to see if there is enough common ground for the two sides of the syrian conflict to talk directly. today there are signs the representatives from the bashar al assad's government will meet with the opposition. right now a u.n. mediator meeting separately with each side so. far signs are compromise may be limited after 12 hours of negotiation. the conflict began as a peaceful uprising against assad's rule years ago, turned violent. according to activists at least 130,000 people have been killed since 2011. >> new concerns about security at the upcoming winter olympic games in sochi. tracie potts joins

scott, the windchill in minneapolis this morning was near 30 degrees below zero. that means exposed skin like your face feels like is getting a really bad sun burn in less than ten minute's time. it's not over yet. next week we can test our toughness again when we actually get the coldest air of the season so far. >> pelley: jamie yuccas from a great newsroom, wcco. jamie, thank you very much. airlines canceled nearly 3,000 flights today with ripple effects, of course, all over the country. here's chip reid. >> reporter: at laguardia airport in new york, hundreds of canceled flights led to long lines and frustrated passengers. stuart gelles was trying to fly to florida today after his jetblue flight tomorrow was already canceled. >> they canceled flight us think pretty early but it seems that that's what the airlines are doing these days. >> reporter: jetblue did not ground all of its flights in boston and new york like it did for 17 hours during a storm in early january. still, a spokesman said it's more affected than other airlines because of its concentration in the northeast. a reagan national outside washington so many flights of all airlin

. >> reporter: scott miller says winding roads and hot dry conditions have made battling the fire a challenge. >> there are a tremendous amount of hot spots out there, embers burning. our fear is that it will get the embers burning again. >> here is a live look at the fire burning tonight. fire officials say conditions have improved enough in some areas to let some of the evacuated residents return home. >>> residents in san jose can sleep easier tonight. police say they have caught the arsonist who has set a dozen fires. he is 48-year-old patrick william brennan. he has been linked to two of the fires set in recent weeks, among them, this massive warehouse fire. it wiped out the besides inside. his arrest record caught officers attention. he lived on the same trailer park as three of the fires. police are confident they have their man. >> at this point, we are extremely certain that we have the individual responsible for all of the arsons that have occurred in the city. >> police are trying to tie patrick william brennan to ten other fires. if he is responsible with the other fires, he has left quite a trail of destruction behind. betty yu is in san jose. she spo

scott. is there an app for this yet? >> it is getting there. you would go to me first. i should ask you as hunk of burning love guy.ks you are being condescending. >> i know what i say. there is one thing going on, the buzz b behind google glass, whih i love, you know, here is another thing, you have a video out there was you doing it, they call it sex with glass, which disgusting, you have that video out there, do you want risk of it gets somewhere, it gets deleted like a snap chat. >> but a remind irof bit by bit, how google e emerges itself inr world. listen. that is -- sex is a number one seller. but, thing is when you think about it vhs won fight over beta max because of pornography and sex, you think about the great amount of traffic that sex and pornography, you know prevail on the internet, it makes sense. i'm not saying i support orood or bad, but from i company perspective, a great move, like scott i own shares and you continue to own them throughout this sex with glass thing. neil: well put, forget whether you have to plug i in, if it is tough getting in just get out? when it comes to small cars, big cha

scott. >> pelley: now, reporter mike paulska of a cbs affiliate was in the thick of it last night and here's how he reported it. >> it smells like a nascar race. it is just burning rubber in the air and people with nowhere to go. you think that with all the gas they're using and all the power they're using that they'd be able to break free but, look, they're not breaking free. i'm going to stick the microphone out and stop talking so you can hear what we're hearing. it sounds bad. (tires whirring) >> pelley: and mike paluska is joining us now from atlanta. mike, what was that like last night? >> it was difficult to see, scott, because we saw so many people in need, they were getting out of their cars, they had children in backseats of their cars and they were freezing cold. they weren't dressed for this type of weather because we weren't anticipated to get this type of weather. there were a lot of kids that were getting out of the cars and pushing people and trying to get them off of the downtown connector. behind all the people lined up on this nascar line where they were burning rubber you had all of the people behind it for miles back to the end of i don't kn

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burned in this fire. >> reporter: yes, but she is expected to be okay at this point, scott. you know, this fire, the flames were out a few hours ago but crews are still not able to go into the home to see what may have caused it. it's not safe enough structurely for them to go inside and inspect the damage. and maybe possibly find the source of what may have caused this fire. the flames erupted as you mentioned early this morning. the call came in at about 1:20, neighbors called 911 after they saw what was going on. the fire went to two alarms but firefighters were able to put it out in roughly 40 minutes. four people were in the home at the time. one had to go to the hospital with minor injuries. but it was neighbors who also tried to come to the rescue. when they noticed the flames they began to try to alert the residents that they had to get out. and they did it with rocks. >> we were throwing rocks from the street, and we were in our neighbor's yard trying to find rocks that were big enough. the fire spread pretty fast that we didn't want to get too close. >> reporter: t

every day we have a governor visit florida whose scandals burn so brightly they outshine even those of our scandal-plagued governor rick scott. >> mayor dawn zimmer said they threatened to withhold sandy aid money. >> the lieutenant governor says you've got to move forward with the rockefeller project. this is really important to the governor. she said she had been with him on friday night and this was a direct message from the governor. >> sandy left much of hoboken under water. zimmer requested more than $100 million in state aid for the city but only about $300,000 was approved because she didn't back the real estate deal. christy supporters dismiss zimmer's attack as partisan politics, pointing out her tweets in the weeks after the storm where she repeatedly thanked christy for his help. hoboken already received nearly $70 million worth of funding for direct recovery and rebuilding efforts, his spokesman said in a statement. hoboken has not been denied on a single grant application for recovery efforts under the current programs for which they are eligible. in a sign how far christie's star has fallen. florida's embattle

scott. it is everywhere. you do want to travel cautiously. a lot of it is starting to burn off.s a nice unseasonably mild finish to the day. elsewhere, our forecast in 60s. nbc universal's coverage of the 2012 london games was the most watched television event ever. so, what's next? the upcoming winter games from sochi. where every second of nbc universal's coverage will be available on every device. on tv, online or streaming on the nbc sports live extra app. beginning february 6th, experience the winter games everywhere. welcome to what's next. comcast nbcuniversal >>> from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales and willie geist. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this monday morning, it's january 27th, 2014. i'm willie geist along with al roker and tamron hall, natalie is out on assignment this morning. >> you know what happened? >> what? >> we had an emergency happen. tamron, you had a wardrobe malfunction twice. your skirt and then back here. come take a look at this. >> okay. really? >> literally. >> really, okay. so