could he within pa. >> my attempt has been to bear hug both of them and smother us with love. both of those campaigns down. i think the lion's share of those supporters come to us. >> i don't think he's qualified to be president. >> why not? >> because i don't think he has the right temperament, i don't think he's got the right judgment. >> what's wrong with his tem pra meant? you a little and scream and call people liars and not be able to cajole and get along with people. he'll never get anything done. that's the problem with ted. >> cruz responded with a tweet, quote, in honor of my friend donald trump and good hearted maniacs everywhere, linking to the theme song from the 1983 movie "flashes dance." willie geist. that's the politico, my friend, which this is what hoose done every time in the last week. as he said exless it he can stayed aside because he believes if and when trump goes away, those people come to him. >> and it the best strategy, too, the best when i can he's which we had suggested it had do. >> cruz's biggest asset is he is very smart, very sophisticated re

the living room is covered in residue left from the fire extinguisher used to smother the flames. these pair of pants were insides this yellow he plastic bag next to where the hoverboard exploded. they are shredded. kim wonders what would have happened if craig had been on the board when it exploded. >> if law on top of. that it would have been like a land mine. >> i will say immediately do not let your kids ride this thing. it is so dangerous. >>> i never imagined any toy could below up like that. >> reporter: she bought it on amazon.com which has pulled several models because of faulty batteries and plugs. 16 fires have been reported nationwide. fire officials suggest charging hoverboards outside house if you can. >> obviously that's the only way they're going to work but certainly do not charge them inside the house until somebody knows what the problem is. >> reporter: shelley jones of manahawkin but a hoverboard for her teenaged daughter who's have mastered riding with friends and she still charges the battery inside her house but monitors it constantly. >> we keep it plugged

smother it with a lid or use a fire extinguisher. >> it's a big night for a pleasanton family. tonight this family will be taking part in abc's decorating competition the great christmas light fight. you can cheer on the great christmas light fight tonight at 8:00 here on abc 7. >> that is a lot of set up time. >> a detonation appears to be all in tonight with the warriors. >> espn reports the top 12 selling items were all steph curry products. the teams lost saturday night after 24 wins to open the year. >> yes. steph and company are back and will host the suns wednesday. we'll have more on the team coming up in sports later later in the newscast. >> you want to see your dub nation photos. >> share pictures and photos and we'll try to use them on the air. >> and they're fun to see. >> it's time to journey to the galaxy far, far away. >> the world premier of the force awakens. we're live from outside of the theater. >> there is a push to clean up union square. the message for people looking to help out. >> and a $7 million prize for going thousands and thousands of feet underwa

smother it with a lid or use a fire extinguisher. >> it's a big night for a pleasanton family.ht this family will be taking part in abc's decorating competition the great christmas light fight. you can cheer on the great christmas light fight tonight at 8:00 here on abc 7. >> that is a lot of set up time. >> a detonation appears to be all in tonight with the warriors. >> espn reports the top 12 selling items were all steph curry products. the teams lost saturday night after 24 wins to open the year. >> yes. steph and company are back and will host the suns wednesday. we'll have more on the team coming up in sports later later in the newscast. >> you want to see your dub nation photos. >> share pictures and photos and we'll try to use them on the air. >> and they're fun to see. >> it's time to journey to the galaxy far, far away. >> the world premier of the force awakens. we're live from outside of the theater. >> there is a push to clean up union square. the message for people looking to help out. >> and a $7 million prize for going thousands and thousands of feet underwater. >

experts say they use sand to smother lithium battery fires, not water. lithium doesn't need oxygen in the air to burn. i learned all kinds of things about batteries. here's a not fun fact. according to the experts, those batteries and those boards are so, you can't legally ship them all by themselves. but a loophole allows them to be shipped inside vehicles which is why you would have trouble ordering a replacement battery because the factory can't ship it. aren't these things safety tested by somebody ahead of time? >> if something like a laptop battery, there's standard testing procedures that are designed to test it. if you have something like a car, standard testing proermcedd designed to catch these issues. noing . >> rob helped built tesla's first battery. built it really well. for that and the rest of the news before the bell, we turn to cnbc's landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> hey, there, scott. happy friday. good morning. the markets end on a down note. after a day after the fed's decision to raise interest rates and

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use the power. we're going to smother the tripoli economy. then we find out later they declared war on this. it was before instagram but not before snapchat. and i -- we just thought we were going to blockade anyway. so we're trying to set up blockade, but we're terrible at it. the communications between our ships is bad, then it's freezing, the weather's bad, and guess what? these pirates, they're coy, they're cunning, and they know the area, they know the water. they're getting in and out. so jefferson's blocking decade and show of power to finally get them to the table to understand we're not going the pay anymore falls apart. and guess what also happens? pressure from washington to declare a war or not and to go ahead and rationalize what we're doing over there. because we're still terrorized because we, just like -- and this was celebrated in iran, but just as we were upset with the 444 days it took us to get our 52 hostages back from iran, the same empathy we felt there everybody day that the -- every day that the betsy, the dolphin and maria crew were being held against their will and

smother them with love. because i think, look, people run as who they are. i believe that gravity will bring both of those campaigns down and i think the lion's share of their supporters come to us think he's qualified to be president. >> why not? >> because i don't think he has the right temperament. i don't think he's got the right judgment. >> what's wrong with his temp ermt. >> look at the way he dealt with the senate, he goes in there frankly like a little bit of a maniac. you're never going to get things done that way. you can't walk into the senate and scream and call people liars and not be able to cajole and get along with people. he'll never get anything done, and that's the problem with ted. >> cruz responded with a tweet "in honor of my friend donald trump and good-hearted maniacs everywhere," linking to the theme song from the 1983 movie "flashdance." this has a new national poll from nbc news/"wall street journal" shows ted cruz rising fast nationally. donald trump still holds the lead at 27%, a new high for him in this poll but cruz is just five points behind at 22%, after gaining 12 points since late october. marco rubio is in third at 15% and another major dropo

the fbi has released us dearly 1800 pages of files on pc or revealing how they spied on him for about three decades. that song that he's saying first for smothersothers was redacted by the networks or it was cut out and eventually because of outcry, he was able to go on the network and saying. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the charges sanders team is making after a dustup over a breach of voter information. on friday, the dnc suspended sanders access to a critical database after finding his staffers had improperly viewed information collected by the campaign a front runner hillary clinton. several sanders employees reportedly browsed and downloaded the clinton campaign's data after a computer glitch made it briefly available . the dnc responded by blocking sanders from the voter database, effectively cutting off the campaigns voter outreach and the source of an estimated $600,000 in donations per day. the dnc back down after sanders filed suit. but jeff weaver accused party leadership of trying to sort the vermont senator's bid. >> by their action, the leadership of the democratic national

used to be. we had to leave because over the course of a year, we witnessed four murders. it was like we're in the middle of a war zone. can i get the smotheredoming to for years. it's the best food in the city. thank you very much. you guys enjoy your meal. have a beautiful day. >> awesome. we're on the west side and the west side is a rough side. living in these communities with the threat of violence constantly in the air truly affects how people live their lives. during my training the gang violence was never ending. serving a large population of gang bangers, the problem is you're constantly fixing the same people over and over again. you're basically putting a band-aid on a major problem. many patients with knee arthritis, with bad backs, they kept getting put to the back of the line. how is it that the people that are doing bad things are getting the priority, and the people that are just good people that happen to be poor are are being ignored by the system? i just said, you know what, i need to take care of these people. have a seat. how are your knees feeling? >> they're feeling better. >> we want to try and bayou more time for your

smother them with love because i think, look, people run as who they are. i believe that gravity will bring both of the campaigns down and i think the lion share of their supporters come to usthough, who don't like donald trump, i mean, it's not as if ted cruz is an establishment republican candidate. he's not like by a lot of the establishment. >> no, he's not liked by the establishment but he is kind of an establishment candidate. he's got his resume reads like any other in the senate and although he has played as an out liar and stirred up trouble with the house and government but he is a contrast, actually, to trump when he starts talking about what to do about isis. he actually sounds a little bit more like rand paul or president obama in the sense that he's -- he is critical of our sort of adventurous. >> more boots on the ground. >> exactly. he's more restrained on that and i think that's probably very helpful to him in contrast to, you know, i'm going to bomb them until -- i'm sorry. he did say i'm going to bomb them until -- >> carpet bomber. that's the point of over lap. >> what point, though? >> intervention in syria. >> exactly. >> he's trying to set up -- i mea

smother them with love. because i think -- look, people run as who they are. i believe that gravity will bring both of those campaigns down. i think the lion's share of their supporters come to us. >> trump for his part has been a willing ally, content to pull his punches until provoked. >> i won't say cruz because he's been very nice to me. no, but he's been nice. he's got to hit me first. once he hits me, i promise you, i promise you. >> but then as we played for you yesterday cruz was caught on that same tape at the same private fund-raiser discussing the shortcomings he sees in trump's and carson's candidacies. >> people are looking for who is prepared to be a commander in chief, who understands the threats we face, who am i comfortable having their finger on the button? now, that's a question of strength, but it's also a question of judgment. and i think that is a question that is a challenging question for both of them. >> in response trump tweeted, "looks like ted cruz is getting ready to attack. i'm leading by so much he must. i hope so. he will fall like all others. will be easy." and then "ted cruz should not make statements behind closed doors to his bosses. he shoul

smothering anywhere from arizona up throu through the dakotas with winter weather advisories and warnings. you by walmart. kevin: clouds, fog and patchy drizzle. enough. for the rest of us, it is a couple of wet highways. otherwise ahead of the line of rain. could be a couple of rumbles of thunder. out ahead of that, temperatures warm up. 40's to lower range of the 50's. eventually the rainfall pushes in later tonight. some of that could be locally heavy maybe even a couple of rumbles of thunder. >>> and coming up here on "gma," the nfl facing a billion-glar lawsuit. and now a big new hollywood movie over the dangers of concussions. so why was roger goodell laughing at a joke about them. a lot of people speak out this morning. >>> and hover boards catching fire. we have they had of one of the biggest manufacturers standing by to and your questions. are they safe to put under your tree this christmas? re quite the expert at waking people up in the morning. let me show you how grandma does it. your daddy made this when he was a little boy. this is your dad at my house, where he had his first christmas. thanks for making the coffee. well look who' s up. i' m really glad yo

used to be. we had to leave because over the course of a year, we witnessed four murders. it was like we're in the middle of a war zone. can i get the smotheredng to for years. it's the best food in the city. thank you very much. you guys enjoy your meal. have a beautiful day. >> awesome. we're on the west side and the west side is a rough side. living in these communities with the threat of violence constantly in the air truly affects how people live their lives. during my training the gang violence was never ending. serving a large population of gang bangers, the problem is you're constantly fixing the same people over and over again. you're basically putting a band-aid on a major problem. many patients with knee arthritis, with bad backs, they kept getting put to the back of the line. how is it that the people that are doing bad things are getting the priority, and the people that are just good people that happen to be poor are are being ignored by the system? i just said, you know what, i need to take care of these people. have a seat. how are your knees feeling? >> they're feeling better. >> we want to try and buy you more time for your

and smother them with love because i think look people run as who they are i believe that gravity will bring both of those campaigns down and i believe the lions share of their supporters come to us." trump whose self funding suggested in as second tweet that cruz's donors control him gfx tweet donald j. trump (@realdonaldtru mp) 12/11/15, 7:53 am @tedcruz should not make statements behind closed doors to his bosses, he should bring them out into the open - more fun that way! in response cruz tweeted that the establishments only hope is a cage match between trump and himself di sorry that's not gonna happen and trump is terrific with the hashtag dealwith it. in washington, carl cameron, fox news. the next g-o-p debate will be on tuesday at the republican candidates will go head to head in cnn's showdown.. with the undercard starting at 3 p-m and the main debate getting underway at 6. we will broadcast our shows live from the event-- we'll also have updates throughout the night starting at 5. several of candidates have announced campaign rallies in the vegas area ahead of the debate for more info on that you can check out our website, fox5vegas.com u-m-c hosptial is showing high s

smother them with love. because i think -- look, people run as who they are. i believe that gravity will bring both of those campaigns down. and i think the lions share of their supporters come to us. >> so trump wasting no time in responding tweeting ted cruz should not make statements behind closed doors to his bosses, he should bring them out into the open. more fun that way. and ted cruz looks like he's getting ready to attack. i am leading by so much he must. hope so. he'll fall like the others. easy. joining me now is athena jones. what's so interesting about this too is ted cruz has likely not attacked trump. and now we have this private recording from this fundraiser. >> hi pamela. that is right. i guess not a lot of things end up being private when it comes to politics. but you can see there clearly cruz making the argument that those support frers trump and carson are going to come to him when support for them fades. and trump of course we know he doesn't seem to sleep a lot and he's also a big consumer of the news media. so he's been watching it seems like this morning and wanting to weigh into this. the real question is, you know, we only have our debate just four days

smother them with love. because i think the people run as who they are. i believe that gravity will bring both of those kaps down and i think the lion's share of their supporters come to us. >> all right. so that was at his fund-raiser. and these politicians have been around. they know that people are going to have cameras and record things. but that said that was -- that was private. and then you have this tweet since then saying quote the establishment's only hope, trump and me in a cage match. sorry to disappoint, donald trump is terrific, #dealwithit. >> matthew as i'm looking ahead to vegas and our republican debate, how do you think the dynamic between these two, between cruz and trump, will play out for all of us to see? >> well i think it's up to donald trump. because in that tweet you just read, it's exactly what ted cruz said in private he was going to do which is continue to bear hug donald trump and wait, basically, for his campaign to fade away. i think there's real danger in any republican waiting for donald trump's campaign to fade away. but i think in the debate tuesday you'll see ted cruz try to avoid conflict and the matter is up to donald trump. does h