snowstorms approach more dramatically than thunderstorms. that lends to their unique ominous darkness as the approach. an apparent walcott. >> shows us that the storm's coming into the oak brook area. the irruption with heavy rain generating storms was captured from interstate 88 and route 59. looking eastward. hit by the de luz said sunday afternoon and evening. there are one of the clouds that did it. look at this picture. >> lot of leather going on. rains in the months near l.a.. we have a hurricane that is moving westward. a tropical storm following it. it probably be. it will talk more about this in a moment. days of northwest winds setting up. starting to transport drier air. the radar returns are moving away. couple little showers that develop on the boundary of death in western moving dry air. here is the corridor that was really lambasted by rain. minimal amounts of rainfall compared to what occurred up here. >> other areas as well. look at some of the readings. there is the forest park. another reading here in the city. >> here's t

the worst monthly report since january and there were no snowstorms last month.s and walmart both lowered their sales outlook for the full year but jcpenney which is still losing money appears to be on the rebound predicting sales will rise. mixed news about jobs. advertising jobs openings in the month of june shot up to a 13-year high with 4.7 million open positions but first-time jobless claims unexpectedly spiked higher last week and this past week, cisco systems announced plans to layoff 6,000 workers. 8% of its workforce because of worries about weakening sales especially in emerging markets like china. soda sales on the decline so coca-cola is branching out purchasing a stake in monster beverage and a new survey from fidelity finds half of u.s. workers would sacrifice higher paychecks right now for a bigger contribution to their 401(k) retirement savings. i'm sue herrera. get all your business news on cnbc. >>> a thief takes aim at a local construction site. what the suspect did once he realized he was caught on camera. >>> five minutes before 6:00 on this

hurricanes, floods, droughts, raging wildfires, snowstorms, and tornadoes. is this purely nature, or are there manmade, therefore controllable, factors at work? a warmer, moister environment can intensify storms, creating heavier precipitation. and this scientists say is why human activities may account, at least in part, for the rise in extreme weather we're experiencing. >> the debate is settled. climate change is a fact. and when our children's children look us in the eye and ask if we did all we could to leave them a safer, more stable world with new sources of energy, i want us to be able to say yes, we did. [applause] >> as the obama administration renews its commitment to act, the debate over climate change remains polarized. climate scientist michael mann is a central figure in that debate. he was one of the scientists behind the development of the controversial hockey stick chart, which showed how temperature in the late twentieth century was exceptionally warm compared to the previous 900 years. this triggered a tax on dr. mann and the science behi

they fit in all the right places and have taken me from snowstorms to charitable events and beyond, but i'm seeing a good deal of my investment going down the drain in part because of this combination. >> 78% polyester, 18% rayon, 4% spandex. >> together those materials formsomething called ponty knit, something manufacture the designers are -- many of the designers are using in dresses today. >> it's to figure movement and size in body type. >> ponty knit is forgiving, but it can also do this. you can see that there is some peeling under the arms. we see it not just under -- we see it essentially over the entire dress. jan ellenwood is the department head for fashion design and merchandising at marymount university and gave many of my ponty knit dresses the once over to help explain what's causing this problem. >> peeling occurs when fabric abrades against itself, under the arm, the legs. >> that happens in the normal course of wearing it, the friction that causes a pill to form. it can also be attributed to the quality of material. >> perhaps the fabric chosen wasn't quite the best fo

i will talk to the owner of a vehicle company that builds jeeps you can drive through snowstorms, andountains. that is next on taking stock. ♪ snowcapped mountains. mike collins joins us from detroit. tell people about american expedition vehicles. what kind of vehicles do you make? >> we make aftermarket parts for the jeep wrangler. we will be introducing parts on the ram pickup as well. >> if i could use some of these components, what kind of wrangler carpet together? click -- could i put together? >> we will put things like the suspension, front bumper, rear -- a lot ofan put things we can do. we can take a four-door wrangler and turn it into a pickup. >> described the double cap. -- describe the double cab, exact same feel the as the four-door wrangler. we cut the vehicle behind the back seat. we replace it with a pick up and. we stretch the vehicle 39 inches. >> what kind of demand have you had for these vehicles? >> man has been fantastic. fantastic.as been -- it is probably a one to two month backlog. >> tell me about the capabilities in terms of traversing rivers and going up

sweeping across the united states and yet you know one snowstorm in washington is for some people is enough to obliterate decades of painstaking scientific work according to recent drexel university seventy five percent of all funding behind climate change and i was actually on nick for like we cannot trace where this is coming from how we sort of fight back against the propaganda we don't even know where it's coming from. well we don't know specifically where it's coming from but we do know it is a huge amount of money that is being channeled through obscure sources and then being fed into the conservative think tanks here in washington and elsewhere in order to try to undermine the legitimacy and believability of the body of evidence on climate science and also to attack personally and also often in very vicious terms the climate scientists themselves. the truth is that this is just like. the tobacco companies fund the campaign against against bans on smoking in fact it's the same people often think. people who campaigned against legislation to restrict smoking but now shifted to w

there was a big snowstorm. i went cross-country skiing in the middle of the night. he was so fluffy and white and wonderful. i came back and turned on the radio and there is some person saying that you could solve the problem of the welfare mothers and illegal immigrants by giving the welfare mothers jobs by border toem at the gun down all the illegal immigrants. when i say was a prison sentence slayerearingve songs all day. i had to listen to heart and eerie -- i had to listen to hard wings. we forget that. i don't know. i would like to forget it that i can. there washoma city something president clinton said that stuck with me. talk of hate,re's stand up and talk against it here that was something that was nice to hear after a few months to violent calls to murder in between commercials. thatnot see retreating experience, lovely as it was. it was a very dark and angry aw book. a think we can have one more question. could it be slightly more hope will? that is not from your question. that is for me and the darkness. parallel between the missionary effort in here .n

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coming up, the owner of the vehicle company that builds jeeps you can drive through snowstorms come athrough forests and scale mountains and can even slide. that is next. ♪ >> this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. i am pimm fox. since 2012 sales at the auto have largely -- mostly double. american expedition vehicles designs and manufactures high-end off-road vehicles featuring jeeps and snowcapped mountains. collins whoby mike joins us from detroit. thank you for being with me. tell people about the american expedition vehicles. what kind of vehicles do you make? parts,ake aftermarket primarily for the jeep wrangler, although later this year we will introduce parts on the ram pickup as well. thef i could use some of components, parts, what kind of jk wrangler could i put together? we can do anything on a two-door wrangler. we will put suspension, wheels hemi in it. a detroita lot of rain in and the air in the engine was a very popular feature. we can take a four door and turn it into a pickup. brute double cap. int would it you like to sit one? >> from the front and back seat it would

i'll tell you what, this would have been the perfect track had it been winter and you wanted a snowstorm it's over the coast there, pushing all the moisture back on the coastal areas of delaware and new jersey. 9:00 a.m., 71 degrees, lunchtime, 75. 3:00 p.m., may see sunshine out there, we'll keep it optimistic, 77 degrees, forecasting a high of 79. eva. >> turning to sports, phillies face the national for game three of the series in washington, they hope to continue the winning streak. here's jeff skeverski with all your saturday morning sports. >> reporter: phillies general manager reuben amaro insists this last-place team will look different next year. for now, like it or not, phillies fans, it's the same old scene. phils in washington, last night, same old phils baseball, ugly baseball. ashy throws it away, come on, it leads to run. phils and nats tied at 1 until the 6th, marlin byrd "bye-bye birdie." phils take a one-run lead that's all hernandez needs. take a look at this thing. hernandez retires 17 of the last 18 batters, phillies win 2-1. >>> cliff lee looks like he is in a much

on christmas day in a snowstorm, washington and his men recrossed the delaware and captured troops at trenton. this rate altered the course of the war getting american patriots new hope. i argue that if we had not been trenton, the victory at may not have happened. all sorts of explanations and legends of his capture had been discussed. some patriots thought maybe he was a trader -- traitor. i don't think so although he did engage in traitorous activities as a prisoner. aroseust of 1781, a myth involving sexual escapades. a french officer visited the tavern to find out himself the reason for the capture. was smittenmed lee by the lady of the house. one of the jealous cousins went to general harcourt and informed him the general was in his house with a small guard. this story lacks credibility. it is hard to believe lee was smitten by the lady of the house because the timing does not work. one of the controversies of his capture was whether the captors prevented him from wearing his hat and coat as he was led out of bastion ridge. it was deemed scandalous for a gentleman to appear outs

i am high above you, i've got a box and i love to sing ♪ ♪ everyone looks so warm how's about a snowstorm just kind of took everything to the next level. >> no! hey, do you want to sit on santa's lap. >> i don't think so. i'm jewish. >> happy hanukkah. >> anyone! >> it would be an honor and a privilege. ♪ i'm a humble christmas present ♪ ♪ probably socks or a pair of shoes ♪ ♪ but i believe in magic, i will sit on santa too ♪ >> i couldn't possibly see how such a song filled with so much christmas cheer could not be a winner. >> and just when the crowd thinks it's over -- >> wait! you're never too old to sit on santa! >> santa, you're going to let all these people sit on you? >> i'm santa claus! everyone can sit on me! >> oh, yay! >> who wants to be first? >> me! >> ho, ho, ho! >> so next time you're in the mall, a food court, or a lecture hall, stay on your toes. because where music can come from, nobody knows. >> to me, i'm always looking for what's the next idea? what is the thing that no one would ever expect to happen in a public place. ♪ >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer disc

and i remember a week into it, i was visiting my parents in montana and there was a big snowstorm and so much snow that the streets weren't employed yet. i went cross-country skiing in the middle of the night and i went back and i heard someone say you could solve the problems of welfare mothers and illegal immigrants by giving them jobs by posting them at the border to gun down the illegal immigrants. when i say it was a prison sentence, not hearing slayer songs all day long. it was dark, violent and terrible, things i had to listen to. so i don't -- yeah, and i think we forget that. i mean, i don't know. i would like to forget it, but i can't. and then after, you know, oklahoma city, when that happened, there was something president clinton said, even, that stuck with me when that happened. if there is talk of hate, stand up and talk against it. that was something that was nice to hear after, you know, a few months of listening to violent calls to murder in between commercials. so i don't see recreating that experience, lovely as it was. it was my first book and i learned a lot by w

the worst monthly report since january and there were no snowstorms last month. macy's and walmart lowered their sales outlook for the full year but jcpenney appears to be on the rebound. advertising jobs in the month of june shot up to a 13-year high. first time jobless claims unexpectedly spiked higher last week. and just this past week, cisco systems announced plans to layoff 6,000 workers. 8% of its workforce because of worries about weakening sales in emerging markets like china. soda sales on the decline so coca-cola branched out spending 2 billion for a 17% stake in energy drink maker monster beverage and a new survey from fidelity finds half of u.s. workers would sacrifice higher paychecks right now for a bigger contribution to their 401(k) retirement savings. i'm sue herrera. get your business news on cnbc. concerns in last night's preseason game. could the birds do anything to stop the new england patriots? we'll show you highlights next in sports. first, here's brittney. >> expect another beautiful day. temperatures staying below average. low humidity.

we were in a snowstorm, by the way. >> don't be a funny man. >> i'm a big guy. >> you are all torso. >> we had the most fun. >> we went to the cheesecake factory that day. it was a great day. >> can you give mae quick trade? here we go. >> within a couple dollars it has been, i think you trade it at that level. >> that has been the long trade. >> coming up, too much of a good thing, we will see how companies will deal with an oversupply of natural gas and an exclusive interview with clean energy on where he sees market potential. that's coming up next on "fast money." i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 50,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards, even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. with all the opinions about stocks out th

the previous december, in a snowstorm, american forces had burned the town of niagara. were civilian homes, churches and so forth. in july of 1814, they burned down another little village. again, civilian homes and so on. was there any comment or criticism in maryland newspapers about that kind of conduct? >> not that i know of. >> the american government did disavow those actions. -- york is no question is different. soldiersthe american really ran amok. it was not a deliberate act of the american government. just one thing. you just burned things in those days. [laughter] very rude. is you have got to recognize that one of the things you did in those days, you burned the other guys' towns. you made it hurt. we bombed dresden in the war. we killed millions of people in germany. you and i, in cologne. in those days, you burnt their towns. that is what you did. that were dreadful things happened. of course, it is all dreadful. that is how you fought wars in those days. >> two questions back here. the gentleman sitting down and then the gentleman standing up. then i will

residents of dayton, ohio, awaken to a snowstorm.ezing temperatures and icy roads quickly become a nightmare for early morning commuters. >> unfortunately, it's causing a few problems this morning on the roads as yesterday's melting has created some slick conditions with temperatures that have dropped into the 20s this morning. >> fire captain barry and his crew respond to the scene of an accident on route 35, an area where wrecks are common during bad weather. >> i knew fairly quickly that we were going to have to get the eastbound lanes completely shut down in order to make it safer for all of us to work. >> as dayton police officer jason ward begins to stop traffic, his dashcam is recording. >> i had to slow down tremendously to go over the overpasses. i could that the overpass was iced over completely. >> the fire crew is freeing a woman from her car. suddenly, a truck spins out of control and slams directly into the wreck, narrowly missing the captain. >> whoa! holy [ muted ] watch out. >> when the second car slid in and hit the

and even today the east coast is preparing for yet another snowstorm while the west coast is experiencing a historic drought. and increased fire danger with no end in sight. i have a friend of mine who is from australia, and he tells me they've had the hottest weather in their history, so go figure. it's just sort of a crazy world that we live in right now. for years, i've been working with a number of my colleagues, our colleagues to address the root causes and unfolding effects of what i believe is one of the biggest challenges of our generation. that's climate change. according to the u.s. global change research program, extreme weather events have increased in frequency over the last 50 years and are expected to become even more common, intense and costly. but let me just make a point and underline this if i could. today's hearing is not intended to hash out climate science. that's not what we're trying to do. instead, it's about trying to find common ground. and as our country debates how to address the our changing climate and the extreme weather, our witnesses will deliver to us a

thatight in a youth hostel was more like a stable, i woke up and walked out into a snowstorm. it was not the snow i was used to in minnesota or anywhere else i had been. to cool bare chest night wearing flip flops and asrts, i let a swirl as far swarm around me. i remember no light pollution. i remember no lights. but i remember the light around me, the sense of being licked by t by starlight li and that i could see the ground to which the stars seem to be floating down. i saw the sky that night in three dimensions. the sky had depth. some stars seemingly close. so much farther away. the milky way was so defined it had what astronomers define as structure, the sense of its twisting depths. i remember stars from one horizon to the other. stars stranger in another room than their numbers poverty of the children that afternoon making the night sky so plush it still seems like a dream. so much was right about that night. it was a time in my life when i was every day experiencing something new. i felt open to everything as though i were made of clay and the world was imprinted upon