hi, bill. >> hi, shiba. yeah, this is more like it. we're getting the good old santa claus rally starting today. traditionally we get strength in the stock market the week between christmas and new year's. yesterday we did not. today we are. 156-point gain on the dow jones industrial average. we'll see if this can continue into the new year. yesterday i mentioned that we got a report on retail sales from mastercard that was very strong and shows gains among cards of 7.9% between black friday and christmas eve. now this morning we get another report not nearly as strong, maybe a little more nuanced. this is from the so-called johnson redbook index, which showed a gain last week of only 2.5% among most retailers. this is one that's widely followed by wall street. you know, the national retail federation says that maybe overall christmas sales were probably up 3.5% this year. we won't get their report for a few more days. 'll find out what the real number was coming up. so if you got one of those gift cards that everybody gets at christma

i'm shiba russell. chicago's mayor has fired city's top cop following back lash from the release of the laquan mcdonald shooting video. police superintendent garry mccarthy has been criticized for the investigation into the shooting. his leadership and credibility have also recently come into question. nbc's chris clack up has more. >> reporter: ever since last week's release of the video showing officer jason van dyke's shooting death of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald calls for chicago police superintendent garry mccarthy's resignation have been constant. the latest from the chicago sun-times. >> the public trust in the leadership of the department has been shaken. >> reporter: mayor rahm emanuel made it official tuesday.formal resignation. he has become an issue rather than dealing with the issue. >> reporter: earlier tuesday, in an interview with wmaq, mccarthy defended his actions. >> i didn't have the authority to do what people thought i should have done. >> reporter: but also admitted that a press r

good morning, gabe. >> reporter: shiba, good morning. the president's comments come at the start of the make or break two-week negotiations to finalize that sweeping climate deal to curb carbon emissions and help prevent the worst effects of climate change. as you mentioned the president joined more than 150 heads of state here. and yesterday he met with french president francois hollande as well as leaders of india and china, two of the world's biggest producers. right now there are major disagreements between rich countries and poor countries over who should pay for going green. now, there have been similar climate deals twice before. back in 1997 in kyoto, and 2009, copenhagen. but both were widely viewed as failures. and the president hopes this time will be different. >> i've come here personally as the leader of the world's largest economy and second largest emitter to say that the united states of america not only recognizes our roll in creating this problem we embrace our responsibility to do something about it. >> reporter: pres

shiba is there. and in terms of what's happening in san bernardino county, we're across the street from the irc and that's an indication as days go forward, they're moving forward withe their investigation. >> more signs of progress. political reaction was a big part of a busy thursday on capital hill. senate republicans overwhelmingly rejected gun legislation twice yesterday. democrats tried to attach two provisions, including the ability to bar suspected terrorists from getting guns. and gutting obama care and it nowt heads back to the house where it's expected to clear and president obama will vetohe billll thee other big move by the enist senate, they passed a five year transportation infrastructure bill and not a moment too soon. current funding expires today forod the highway trust fund. and the act that allows money for 9/11 first responders is not included. incredible images from sicily, italy, mountain lighting up the sky on wednesday. the lava shot up more than 3200 et and00 spewed ash over

it is tuesday, december 22nd, i'm shiba russell. in the latest sign of increasing violence in afghanistan, six american service members have been killed by a suicide bomber. their convoy was on foot patrol when a suicide bomber drove into the group on a motorcycle and detonated his suicide vest. this all happened near bagram airfield just north of kabul. at least two other american service members were injured. the taliban is claiming responsibility. one of the six americans killed has been identified as new york police detective joseph lemm. 45 years old. according to police commissioner bill bratton, lemm was a 15-year veteran of the department, who had been deployed to afghanistan and iraq three times. this morning, he's being hailed as a hero cop, who a decade ago chased down a stabbing suspect in new york city while off duty. a recent pentagon report warned that violence in afghanistan has increased and that efforts to train and conduct counterterrorism operations have grown tougher. yesterday's suicide attack came as taliban f

it is thursday, december 10th, i'm shiba russell. new polls show most voters oppose donald trump's plan to bar muslims from entering the u.s. but not among republicans. the bloomberg purple strategies poll finds only 37% of american primary voters favor trump's proposal. 49% are opposed. but 65% of republicans agree with the plan and just 22% opposed. asked if it would have any effect on their willingness to vote for trump, 44% of primary voters in both parties said it had no impact. while 33% said it made them less likely to support him. only 16% of republican primary voters said it would make them less likely to back trump. 37% said it made them more likely. and in a new poll of the south carolina primary trump has a 20-point lead ahead of ben carson. 35-15. with ted cruz and marco rubio close behind for third place. many of trump's republican rivals are staying in attack mode. >> he may say he's not a politician but he's acting a lot like one. this is what politicians do, they distract. president obama doesn't have a plan to defea

it is wednesday, december 9th, i'm shiba russell. amid the firestorm over his comments about banning muslims from entering the united states, donald trump is planning a visit to the middle east. trump tweeted last night he'll be traveling to israel before the end of the year, and, quote, despite my great respect for king abdullah ii i will not be visiting jordan at this time. trump was responding to a report by the associated press that he would visit that country this month. the jerusalem post reporting this morning that trump will meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on december 28th, just a few days after christmas. the report says that the meeting was scheduled two weeks ago, before the republican front-runner released his controversial plan, which he defended to barbara walters last night. >> do you regret your ban on muslims, which some people think is un-american? >> not at all. we have to do the right thing. somebody in this country has to say what's right. it could be very quickly if our country could get its

>> it doesn't look like it, shiba. and i can tell you that within the last hour or so, we've seen that oil price down another percent or so. so we are $36 and change here for a barrel of the black stuff. and the reason is, the iea which advises developed countries on their demand in the oil space has come out and said it sees no change in the falling price for oil in 2016. in fact, the market will continue to be oversupplied by opec members, and non-opec members, and demand is just not strong enough to mop up that additional oil. so the message within the last hour or so, we will continue to see weakness in 2016, and the oil price will continue to fall. goldmans have even talked about $20 a barrel here. so i guess bad news for the oil companies, but, hey, on the bright side, american motorists might be a little happier in 2016. back to you. >> might? i would say definitely, jeff. thank you. >>> jeff cutmore live from london. okay. still ahead here on "way too early," army sergeant bowe bergdahl in his own words for the

christmas eve eve i'm shiba russell. donald trump is on the defense, taking to twitter to explain his use of a word that many find offensive. he uttered that word at a rally on monday night when describing hillary clinton's 2008 primary loss to barack obama. here's what the republican front-runner said on twitter yesterday, quote, once again, main stream media is dishonest, adding that the word he used is not vulgar. he went on to say, quote, it is a shame that the biased media is able to so incorrectly define a word for the public when they know that the definition is wrong. he also said it's a word often used in politics. members of clinton's camp chose to respond obliquely. communications director tweeted, quote, we are not responding to trump but everyone who understands the humiliation this degrading language inflicts on all women should. and another member of clinton's communications staff and former msnbc anchor karen finney added quote, resorting to disgusting sexist slurs is not leadership, mr. trump. and while

shiba, it was later taken down.iss universe a gift that keeps on giving as far as television moments go. >> oh my gosh. twitter is on fire over this, louis. can i read you one tweet that i just found really funny coming in to work this morning? >> sure. >> one guy tooing to twitter and said when awe announc the wrong miss universe, then apologize to colombia university and the new testament instead. so everyone has jokes over this. >> i feel terrible. it must have been heartwrenching. but you know. what can we say? >> we'll all be dissecting that card later on. thank you, louis. >> definitely. >>> still ahead looking at sunday night football, things got feisty between odell beckham junior and josh norman during the giants/panthers game. just about anywhere you use sugar, you can use splenda®... ...no calorie sweetener. splenda® lets you experience... ...the joy of sugar... ...without all the calories. think sugar, say splenda® >>> sunday football in new york odell beckham jr. was determined to make headlines yesterd

i'm shiba russell. this is "first look" on msnbc.o early" starts right now. >>> i'll tell you, it was something that though we train for it, it is something you're never actually prepared for. when we got the call, i oversee dispatch, it is one of my functions and responsibilities with t

. >> and i'm shiba russell, chuck and sibila have the night off. the slashing began with an argument, and then all mayhem broke loose. >> ray villeda is live to tell us more what happened. ray? >> reporter: david, shiba, more than two hours after a violent fight broke out inside this mcdonald's and police are still here. they're talking to witnesses and gathering surveillance video. take a look behind me. you'll see police are standing there at the front door. this happened when two customers started fighting inside. an employee tried to intervene. and that's when a suspect slashed both of them with some sort of weapon. it happened around quarter to 8:00 tonight. police say the two customers arguing about something. it got heated. and when an employee tried to intervene, the suspect slashed the employee in the leg, and the other customer in the torso and arm. both victims were not seriously hurt, not needing stitches. police had been here interviewing employees, working at the restaurant at the time. we've seen folks coming here throughout the nigh

>> thank you, shiba. >>> if you get a drone under the tree this christmas, you'll need to register if with the government. the federal aviation administration is requiring all drone owners to register their devices in a national database set to launch next month. registering will be free for the first 30 days and then cost you for a three-year certificate. the database wil make it easier to locate anyone involved in a drone crash or incident. >>> and hiverboards may be a hot holiday gift, but if you haven't bought one yet, it will get a lot harder. they say they want proof that the boards meet safety standards and that's after some reported fires possibly due to overcharged batteries. swagway is now insisting that their boards are safe and just the brakes on all of their hoverboard sales. >>> we've been enjoying unseasonably weather, old man winter has been ornery out west. take a look at the scene just west of salt lake city. a foot of snow on the ground there. as much as 18 inches in other parts of the state. that snow expected to continue on and off until tomorrow. now, this is wha

. >> hi, rob and shiba. no snow on the ground at la guardia right now, but today marked the first blast of winter weather. it's led to flight delays and cancellations for many people trying to complete their after-christmas travel. no snow today in new york city, but sleet, fog and rain were enough to cause cancellations and delays at the city's three major airports. >> it's frustrating, but i've been in new york for 12 years now, and i hate to say it, but it's kind of par for the course every time there's bad weather. >> reporter: a large system moving north and east caused a ripple effect for air travelers across the country with places like boston, chicago and new york leading the list of cancellations and delays. >> it's been a very tedious process, it's been stressful. the northeast come from the same system which tore through the northeast over the weekend. tornadoes and floods leaving at least 43 people dead. it made driving treacherous in upstate new york and new england. it dumped the first snow of

it was freezing. >> come on, shiba. it wasn't quite that cold. you've just been spoiled. that's all. i was cold but not that cold. you wait until tonight or tomorrow night. it's going to feel like the 20s and 30s on saturday. we're going to need the layers back, that's for sure. and these temperatures the next couple of days will feel like december. but that's a couple of days of sunday is the better day in terms of less wind and also slightly warmer temperatures. still in the 40s on sunday. sunday we'll have temperatures like this. colder tomorrow. 46 in the city, 41 in wayne. temperatures out in the hoz across long island, 30s in monticello and the winds are picking up. we've had gusts at 20 miles an hour. this is how far the temperatures have dropped in the past 24 hours, ten to 15 degrees colder. northwest breezes coming in about 20 miles an hour in some spots. that's the sustained wind. we add in the gusts, up to 24 miles an hour in white plains, 22-mile-per-hour gusts in bridge water. they will get stronger. this is what it feels like out there right now. brisk but

shiba? >> all right, david. >>> parents to know first hand what it is like to lose a child gathered today in lower manhattan calling for tougher gun control laws. >> we are pleading with new yorkers to stand up to the gun lobbies to stand up to congress and say we can end gun violence. it's time. too many children are dying. >> and here's a startling statistic for you. since the massacre at sandy children under the age of 12 have died from gunshots. that figure is based on news reports and other publicly available information. it includes both intentional and accidental shootings. that number works out to be about one death every two days. >>> and coming up next at 6:00, she died protecting her young students from harm. tonight the father of victoria soto is breaking his silence. speaking for the first time since that horrific day at sandy hook elementary. the personal details he's sharing and what he's doing to keep his daughter's memory alive. that's at 6:00. >>> still ahead as we continue

. >> and i'm shiba russell in for sibila. we begin with that horrible accident, heartbreaking sight. witnesses may have a tough time erasing from their minds. >> it happened at junction boulevard and 55th avenue in elmhurst, brooklyn. checkey beckford is live at the scene with the chaotic moments that followed. checkey? >> reporter: and chuck, you can just imagine this scene. the street was packed with kids leaving nearby ps-13. in the middle of the road, a mother, her leg nearly severed, and her two small children sprawled there. amazingly, they all survived. but safety advocates say this was one accident too many. >> it's like it's the holidays. very sad. >> reporter: an unthinkable accident. >> be advised at 55 and junction, we have two children and one adult hit by a cement truck. >> reporter: a mother and her two children lay in the middle of the street. some of the images from the scene are two graphic to show you. this woman, who only speaks spanish, rushed to help. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: police say the 36-y

. >> and i'm shiba russell. this is surveillance video of an armored car in the bronx. he is on the scene shortly after gunfire broke out. he talked to a woman who saw the heist go down. >> reporter: in addition to looking for the suspect, investigators on the scene have been trying to figure out just how many shots were fired. we've seen at least 15 shell casings on the ground. no question this was a wild or

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. >> i'm shiba russell. high drama in a brooklyn courtroom as a judge cleared three men in a heinous arson-murder case. >> a mother and five children died in that fire back in 1980. two of the three men convicted of that crime three decades ago were back in court today. the third died in prison. they were finally found innocent. >> reporter: the brooklyn d.a.'s conviction review unit began looking into this case last year and quickly found all sorts of problems. a sole witness who had every reason to lie and youpt dated sipes that determined the fire they spent 33 years in prison.

how did they finally catch up with them, shiba? >> reporter: they haven't named names only saying they had leads to the teenager and his mother. investigation says ethan and tonya couch will return to the u.s. tomorrow. apparently there are no seats available on commercial flights today. his blond hair dyed black, taken into custody in mexico along with his mother, 48-year-old tonya couch. texas authorities confirming they had leads the two fled there nearly three weeks ago after ethan's apparent probation violation. >> we followed those leads, and eventually led to puerto vallarta, mexico where they were ta lken into custody. >> reporter: he killed four people while driving drunk in 2014. he claimed he didn't know his actions due to affluenza. a cell phone video purchased. it shows couch at a party. he wasn't seen drinking but alcohol use would violate his probation. that's what led his mother to load her son up in the pickup and drive off. >> they probably drove that to the border and then crossed over. almost akin to a going-awa

. >> hey guys, and welcome back, shiba russell. right. missed you on the day side here. isn't it nice to work with the sun's up? >> yeah. >> we've got a down day so far, this is the week traditionally wall street sees it's santa claus rally, but not today. china's stock markets set the tone overnight. europe was down, we're down, we were down about 79 points a while ago as we go into the afternoon session on this monday. we are getting our first indications of how christmas seams went. so far so good. mastercard is out saying charges on it's cards, up a healthy 7.9% between black friday and christmas eve. sales of furniture and women's apparel led the way for mastercard. they also saw a 20% increase in online sales compared to last year. now this is just mastercard charges, we'll get overall sales in the days ahead. but overall, they're expecting sale was about 3.7% gain for christmas this year. >>> and get this, hollywood had its best weekend ever last weekend. when you combined u.s. and canada box office receipts came in at $300 million. half of that of course went to

gabrielle: an eight-year-old japanese shiba inu has been a famous dog on instagram for several years. in fact, this dog has been bringing a smile to the faces of his more than two million online followers every day. the dog lives in tokyo with his owner, who says he was more dog's popularity took off. his appeal is worldwide, with followers in the u.s., brazil, thailand, china, and taipei. nigel: an amazing sight captured by the hubble space telescope. nasa released this photo of two galaxies merging into one. research determined that it's actually two galaxies that collided, and are now becoming a single structure. eventually, the new galaxy will become stable. all of this is located about 230 million light years from earth, in the hercules constellation. gabrielle: carolina panthers quarterback cam newton, now a father. he tweeted last night that he and his longtime girlfriend had a son last week. newton says he kept the news quiet, because he didn't want to distract his team. the new dad will try to lead carolina to the number one seed in the nfc, with a win sunday against tampa ba

>> yes, i did, shiba. ps 169 advertising holiday show and winter show santa claus was banned from all of it. >> all of a sudden my board meeting this month i got the note that we are not allowed to >> reporter: ps 169 mimi says the directive to do away with the christmas main stay came from the principal and that wasn't all. >> i have to change the wording of merry christmas or christmas sale into a winter show or winter celebration. >> reporter: parents at the sunset park school says thanksgiving was also a no no. the principal be suggested it be called the harvest festival, instead. >> no. it has to stay thanksgiving. that's part of our history. >> reporter: on top of that, parents are upset even the pledge of allegiance was done away with after kim became principal last year. in response the school district says it strives to be sensitive to all religious groups over the holidays. they say "this principal continues to work closely with her school community to ensure that ps 169 is an inclusive school."

. >>> shiba is here with a look at what's coming up new at 5:30. >>> this inspired me to shred documents more often. i wanted to bring my two bags of shredded documents over there but never had a chance. winter weather is on the way. if you heard rapheal talking about that. one business looking forward to the colder weather. the weather causing big headaches for travelers trying to get home and the one airport that accounts for a third of all canceled flights in the country. >>> baffled. oken. better better get baquero. how to be g en while entertaining during the holidays. the best way to recycle your treeryow that christ

and i'm shiba russell. we learned the one that hit tonight has died. >> the 62-year-old was struck at the crosswalk at the corner of 17th street and avenue z in brooklyn. checkey beckford is here to tell us more. . >> reporter: the pedestrian was crossing here at the same time the bus was turning the corner and the bus slammed into her, killing her. >> but it's a terrible thing, it is. >> another pedestrian tragedy. a 62-year-old woman run over by a bus. >> this is a tough route because there's a lot of buss. you got the 49, you got the 36. >> the mta says it was, in fact, a b-36 bus making a left on to east 17th street that hit the the accident happened just before 6:00 p.m. at the height of rush hour. >> well, there's a train station very close by. you have several bus routes on a knew z and east 17th street. so there's a lot of traffic, especially after woork. >> despite the rain, this man brought his young son by the scene where the bus sat several hours later. >> i think it's good for child to be aware

it is thursday, december 10th, i'm shiba russell. polls show most voters oppose donald trump's plan to bar muslims from entering the u.s. but not among republicans. the bloomberg purple

it is tuesday, december 22nd, i'm shiba russell.test sign of increasing violence in afghanistan, six american service members have been killed by a suicide bomber. their convoy was on foot patrol when a suicide bomber drove into the group on a motorcycle and detonated his suicide vest. this all happened near bagram airfield just north of kabul. at least two other american service members were injured. the taliban is claiming responsibility. one of the six americans killed has been identified as new york police detective joseph lemm.

it is friday, december 11th, i'm shiba russell. and terror is are in the front of voters' minds in a way they haven't been since the terrorist attacks of september 11th. a new york/cbs news poll finds 79% of americans believe an attack in the u.s. is very, or somewhat likely, i

christmas eve eve i'm shiba russell.ump is on the defense, taking to twitter to explain his use of a word that many find offensive. he uttered that word at a rally on monday night when describing hillary clinton's 2008 primary loss to barack obama. here's what the republican front-runner said on twitter yesterday, quote, once again, main stream media is dishonest, adding that the word he used is not

. >> reporter: well, shiba, many people tell me they're happy it finally feels like the holiday season, while others are embracing those mild temperatures that we've been feeling here recently, but businesses are definitely feeling the up and downsides as well. >> one day it's like shorter jacket or something really light, and then two days, it'll be oh no, you got to put it back on again. >> reporter: fluctuating temps making it tough for folks to figure out what they wear when they walk out the door. strolling through the westside, many were bundled up. >> now we like a warmer. >> reporter: others have adjusted to recent mild temperatures. >> you don't have a jacket on? >> i don't. dwrae, it's been warmer than it was last year. >> reporter: as people try to roll with the up and down forecast. local businesses are dealing with it too. >> the heater -- shelves of heaters that are not selling, instead requests if -- >> fans. >> reporter: fans? >> fans. >> reporter: we searched for winter weather items like salt and shovels, but moaab says they're still in the stock room. >> there's no n

i'm shiba russell. donald trump is calling for a ban on muslims entering the united states.mp made the proposal in a statement released late yesterday afternoon. he says the ban would last until, quote, our country's

i'm shiba russell. donald trump is calling for a ban on muslims entering the united states. trump made the proposal in a statement released late yesterday afternoon. he says the ban would last until, quote, our country's representatives can figure out what's going on. when asked if muslim-american citizens currently abroad would be included, a spokeswoman replied, mr. trump says everyone. "the new york times" lead story calls it, quote, an unprecedented proposal by a leading american presidential candidate. an idea more typically associated with hate groups. and last night the billionaire businessman described his proposal as a reaction to president obama's speech on isis, and the san bernardino terror attacks. >> i watched last night, and i watched the president truly that didn't know what he was doing. he didn't -- he didn't know why he was there. he refuses to use the term radical islamic terrorism. he refuses to use the term. i don't even know if he knows what the hell is going on. i really don't. last night we all saw and we witnessed something that i thought was highly

alix: and the news is getting increasingly dire for to shiba.ese company has lost about $2 billion in market value over the last two days after toe shiba recorded a current record loss for the fiscal year. and finally carlos lynned that worst year among the world's wealthiest people. he has lost nearly $20 million since the start of 2015. the share of the telecommunications giant is headed to the -- he is now fifth richest person down from third earlier this year. >> time time now for the bloomberg quick take. today's topic, choking pollution in china. we've seen thick blankets of smog covering schools, cities and beijing is under a smog alert for the second time month. the highest alert possible. how can they clean up the air? there's a situation. smog is reaching hazardous levels in china and concern about air pollution exploded in 2013 as the tiny paurtkls that pose the greatest health risk peaked at 35 times the recommended healthy limit. chinese authorities responded by shutting down some coal-burning power plants and put in regulations. no

--shiba rows of the most rose the most in four months. the new year with a message for currency speculators, sources

--shiba rows of the most rose the most in four months.hina goes into the new year with a message for currency speculators, sources say the pos the has suspended for foreign breaks from trading in a crackdown on buying the currency on a discount bid news comes as -- discount. and one of the resource companies found a commodities slumped this year. speaking to bloomberg, john mack said that the growth engine will drive for rahman two euros -- raw materials in the long-term. glencore says their rating is key. is china going to stay with slow growth? >> what will happen in other is ifng markets, my view you have not been to china recently, go there. it has slowed down. but long-term it is a growth engine. >> and the chairman of china telecom has quit after being targeted in an official investigation. he stepped down on wednesday. the chief operating officer will take over until a new appointment is made. over the weekend, the government said that he was being questioned for severe violations of discipline. that is code for corruption. now we