but after investigating the two companies, new york attorney general eric snyderman is calling a foul. >> it's not some new variation on the traditional fantasy sports. it's just variation on illegal online gambling you can't do that in new york state. >> reporter: fantasy sports players like this man believe snyderman has gone too far. >> to make the whole thing illegal. i think he giis going to get backlash. >> reporter: six states have banned fantasy sports for money. new york state has more daily fantasy players than any other. >> this sort off gresive marketing. instant payout. the fact you can do it on your phone any time. this is a very tempting venue for anyone who has gambling addiction problems. >> reporter: in a conference call, nigel echols said the company will pursue every legal action. >> reporter: draft kings and fanduel have five days to respond to the cease and desis orders. both companies plan on challenging the order, charlie. until then the ceo says they'll offer paid contests to their new york customers. >> we were reminded this week that cell phones can be dange

. >> reporter: fantasy sports players like this man believe snyderman has gone too far. >> to make the whole thing illegal. i think he is going to get backlash. i don't think it will work out for him well at all. >> reporter: six states have banned fantasy sports s r money. new york state has more dailil fantasy players than any other. >> this sort of aggressive marketing. the instant payout. the fact you can do it on your phone any time. this is a very tempting venue for anyoneho has gambling addiction problems. >> reporter: in a conference call with reporters, fanduel ceo, nigel echols said the company will pursue every legal action. >> reporter: draft kings and fanduel have five days to respond the cease and desis order. both companies plan on challenging the order, charlie. until then the ceo says they'll offer paid contests to their new york customers. >> thanks, vlad. >> we were reminded this week that cell phones can be dangerous in the hands of young people. there is a new case that involves sexting, which is sending messages of of a sexual nature. the case is on long island in

juliet: eric snyderman, a bold move. taking bets in new york. ben: verbally attacking a journalist at the university of missouri has sort of resigned. she is still a professor there, but she stepped down. she also issue an apology. we will tell you what she had to say. juliet: welcome to good today. i am juliet of the. ben: i am ben simmoneau. juliet: we are still on baby watch. people who drink black coffee straight -- who in his drinks black coffee? ben: not me. inez has a coffee cup. mike: she drinks it with milk and one shoulder. ben: i appreciate the labor of the original coffee. mike: a lot of folks do not know what that means. let's show you what is going on out there. we have some rain. that is for sure. rainfall on the light to westhampton, .59. .58 in central park. jfk, about a half an inch. some rain out there. nothing to tremendous. some light rain and or drizzle. fairfield county, rainmaking its way through stanford. that is what we will see for the morning. trying to break through a little bit of sunshine. we have 50 out at newark.

speak took reporters snyderman says it violates, no gapbling laws. draftkings are leaders in a huge multibillion dollar scheme to niece sports fans across the country. we sent a message, not in new york, and not on my watch >> fan dual its biggest rival have a half million cussners in new york >> this is a business that has been growing since 2012, it has a lot of fans, and the players who laugh the game >> former massachusetts general martha copely is a paid legal advisor to draftkings, presumably the next stage would play out in court some way, put in the meantime, it raises the issue for consumers and for those wore engaged in this this is trying to make sure that people understand what this business model is about >> in statements obtained by fox 25, both fan dual, and draftkings, say they offer a game of skill and not a game of chance >> massachusetts is currently reviewing the daily fantasy sports city hall in this state. we'll take a look at how they stand right now. >> a manhunt continues tonight for a stabbing suspect involved with a standof

. >> it may be better the snyderman didn't speak out of both sides of his mouth.nt he made this week. he said for more than a century new york laws have banned gambling. the few narrow exceptions that exist which do not include sports betting all come with strong regulation and oversight to ensure fairness and protect new yorkers from fraud. they are always protecting us, of course. that's not true. we had off-track betting for years in new york. that was sports betting. what he says isn't true. >> who are these angels in government that are going to protect us in terms of regulation from these awful gambling sites? my thing is i would like to be protected from men's cologne. i despise the scent but i don't want laws create ed to do it. people gamble responsibly, eat, drink responsibly. let people alone. leave government out of it. >> and get rid of that cologne. mark, i wonder if this has anything to do with schneiderman's opinion. he receive at least $25,000 in campaign contributions, probably more. that's all we could actually vet. tooung that's just a coincide

draftkings became another >> chances are, it is a side where people wage real money on sports >> eric snyderman, says that the site vilights, that draftkings, and fan if the dual, are intended toeevade the law, and please sports fans, we sent a clear message, not >> on fan dual, i've one over 52,000 >> draftkings, and fan dual have a half million customers in new york >> this is a business that has been growing since 2012, it has a lot of fans, and players who love the game >> former massachusetts general martha copely, now working for a boston law firm, is a paid legal advisor to draftkings, presumably the next stage would play out in court in some way. but it raises the issue for consumers and for those who are engaged in this, and one of the things that we've been trying to do is make sure that we will understand what this business model is about >> several massachusetts state lawmakers have expressed interest in regulating daily fantasy sports companies that operate in this state. before that happens, they want to hear from the massachusetts attorney general maura healy she wants to see wha

regulate the fantasy sites and among those leading the charge, new york state attorney general eric snyderman. he's issued a cease and desist order to fan duel and draft kings. he calls the two sites a new version of online gambling. >> you can just do it on your phone. you can place bets sometimes more than you really should bet. and more than you can afford. drunk or sober any hour of the day or night and that makes ate much more dangerous form of gambling. >> reporter: fans pick players from the favorite sport and based on how the players perform in other factors, you can win or lose. but fan duel and draft kings have always maintained what they offer is a game of skill. not gambling. a spokesman for fan duel said quote -- fantasy sports is a game of skill and legal under new york state law. after the attorney general realized he could now get himself some press coverage, he decided a game that has been around a long, long time is suddenly now not legal. fantasy football fans america i lounge in "hell's kitchen" say it definitely takes skill to win. then you're not going to win. so you hav

eric snyderman says their contests are like a lottery, and a game of chance and not skill, the companiesen given cease and desist orderers in the state of new york and winners are based on skill and not luck. the city of new jersey are considering regulating sites as well. >>> a woman is lucky after she accidentally flushed her engagement ring down the toilet. she realized after she flushed that one tissue held her earrings and engagement ring, she called a plummer and they put in a trap to see what they would catch. >> got the water hose in the front yard and ran it through the toilet and they ended up finding the ring down the street in the sewer like underground. >> wow. walters earrings were also recovered by the plum bers. >> hope she gave the plumbers a tip. >>> coming up researchers discovered another sign of alzheimer's a sudden change that shows up before other symptoms. >>> we are news to report from the oxford section of the city, and a water main break in sections, the water main burst we are told just before noon time, here at the 10 hundred block of van kirk street, about 6

eric snyderman said advertising from the two companies misled players about their chances of winning. both companies are reviewing their legal options and said their games are legal and based on skill. >>> following a late day surge, stocks finished mostly higher on wall street. the dow gained about 27 points. the s&p added three and nasdaq, though, lost 12 points. >>> federal prosecutors charged three men in c cnection with last year's massive ber attack against j.p. morgan and other financial institutions. the men allegedly stole the personal information of more than 83 million jpmorgan chase customers. this is described as one of the largest thefts of financial related data in history. generated hundreds of millions in legal profits which they laundered through at least 75 shell companies and hid in swiss bank accounts. >>> wireless carrier t-mobile is letting customers stream video from netflix and hbo and other services for free. the plan is called binge on. it won't count towards mobile data plans. in all, it includes 24 streaming data services, but you will have to watch in low

eric snyderman said advertising from the two companies misled people. >>> following a late day surge, stocks finished mostly higher on wall street. the dow gained about 27 points. the s&p added three and nasdaq, though, lost 12 points. >>> federal prosecutors charged three men in connection with last year's massive cyber attack against j.p. morgan and other financial institutions. the men allegedly stole the personal information of more than 83 million jpmorgan chase customers. this is described as one of the largest thefts of financial related data in history. prosecutors say the cyberthefts made millions of profits. >>> wireless carrier t-mobile is letting customers stream video from netflix and hbo and other services for free. the plan is called binge on. data plans. in all it includes 24 streaming data services, but you will have to watch and lower 480p resolution. >>> it is singles day in china has has nothing to do with relationship status. it is the world's biggest online shopping day. chinese online retailer alibaba expects to top the billion dollars of sales it made last year

that's part of the reason new york state attorney general eric snyderman issued a cease and desist order. >> this is just a new version of online gambling. >> reporter: the websites draftkings and fanduel are part of the fantasy sports boom in america. fans pick a team of players from across their favorite sport and based on the performance of those players and other factors, win or lose money. >> you can just do it on your phone. you can place bets sometimes more than you really should bet, more than you can afford, drunk or sober, any hour of the day or night and that makes it a much more dangerous form of gambling. >> reporter: a spokesman said fantasy sports is a game of skill and legal under new york state law. after the attorney general realized he could now get himself some press coverage, the statement says, he decided a game that has been around a not legal. you need to essentially be the general manager and you get engaged with family or friends or in a larger game and you get team. >> there's actually a lot of money. >> if you pick a poor lineup then you're not going to win so

new york attorney general eric snyderman determined both sites violated the state's laws against gamblinghich owns nbc universal and nbc sports are among investors in fan duel. draft kings said in a statement fantasy sports were not gambling, but games of skill. >>> now, to a lighthearted moment during prince charles and camilla's royal tour of a winery in southern australia. camilla is the duchess of cornwall, picked up an eight inch blade, and as you can see, she took a little stab at her husband, prince charles, who seemed to have a bit of a shocked reaction. but it was all in good fun. and the victoria's secret fashion show, it took place last night in new york. kendall jenner and gigi hadid made their debut as angels. the yearly special will air in early december on cbs. >>> it was the most talked about moment on social media from last night's debate. can you guess which one it was? "scrambled politics" is next. or, as we say at unitedhealthcare insurance company, go long. how you plan is up to you. take healthcare. make sure you're covered for more than what just medicare pays... co

after eric snyderman requested an injunction blocking the sites from operating. fan duel has suspended its activities here pending the outcome of the hearing. >>> in just a few hours, crews will begin inflating the giant balance for the 89th annual macy's thanks gaifg day giving day parade. you can see the inflation starting at 3:00 this afternoon, columbus avenue right by the museum of natural history. there we go. performers from around the country perfecting their routines for the big show. the nypd is setting up barricades matching out where the extra officer wills be patrolling for the event. 3 million people expected to attend the parade and police not taking any chance with security. you can watch the parade live tomorrow morning beginning at 9:00 right here on news4. i'm always happy when i's not you see a lot of the performers in their outfits, and they're not winter outfits they've got. >> yeah. it is good. you're absolutely right. 5:34. when it's not raining, right? we've seen some tough windy conditions as well, some rain and it really puts a damper,

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. >> new york attorney general eric snyderman sent letters to the top executives of draft kings and fanl which has come under fire into whether they violate gambling laws. he says after a month long investigation he's concluded their operations amount to illegal gambling as their daily contests are essentially games of chance and not skill. he says the adds mislead players about their chances of winning and only the top 1% of players get the most prizes. he says it's clear they're the leaders of the massive scheme inintended to fleece sports fans across the country. nevada gaming regulators ordered them to shutdown in the states until they get the appropriate licenses. they have been under scrutiny since allegations surfaced that they may have used info to win on other fantasy sites. both banned employees from playing online fantasy sports for money. the contests are legal and are games of skill saying it's disappointed in his action. the company will examine all legal options. fan duel sent an e-mail to customers asking them to demand the right to be playing. u.s. law prohibits sports

saying fans should keep on entering the contest despite a warning from new york attorney general eric snyderman. they have to prove their business is lawful. >>> i'm betting on sunny skies. does that sound good? >> for friday, yes. absolutely. double down on friday. outside we go this evening. new york skyline looks just fine. smoother, calmer now as the winds get a little lighter. our temperature approaching 6:00 is at 57 degrees. cloudy sky and north wind around 7. clouds may thin out at times but then thicken up by tomorrow morning. low of 50 degrees. we should dawn dry. late morning we see our first raindrops. planner, hovering around 50 for much of the night. rain arriving during the morning hours. i have a couple drops posted 8 a.m. but there's a better threat of more widespread. comes in late morning and lasts through the early evening hours. staying cloudy and still above average, upper 50s to around 60 degrees. then the clouds will start to break up in the evening hours. just in time for the big game. bills and jets, 54 degrees, southwest wind 7 to 15. futurecast shows a couple breaks.

new york attorney general eric snyderman is investigating whether exxon mobil deceived investors andublic regarding climate change risk. exxon responded saying it rejects allegations it suppressed climate change research. >>> britain will resume flights to sharm el sheikh tomorrow after agreeing on additional security measures with cairo. british prime minister dominic chu holding a news conference with egyptian company a sisi after hosting the president at 10 downing street. >>> adidas announcing an initiative to help high schools get rid of native american mascots. they will provide free design and financial assistance to schools looking to replace those mascots. >>> taco bell did irk it out after making good on a world series promise. the restaurant chain had promised if a player stole a base anytime during the series everyone in america would get after free taco. a base was stolen so free breakfast crunch wraps were up for breakfast this morning apparently. >> is missed it. >> i did, too. who knew? >> to late. >> back to you. >> thank you. sue herrera. >> whole food shares gettin

. >> reporter: fantasy sports players like this man believe snyderman has gone too far. >> to make the whole thing illegal. i think he is going to get backlash. i don't think it will work out for him well at all. >> reporter: six states have banned fantasy sports for money. new york state has more daily fantasy players than any other. >> this sort of aggressive marketing. the instant payout. the fact y can do it on your phone any time. this is a very tempting venue foanyone who has gambling addiction problems. >> reporter: in a conference call with reporters, fanduel ceo, nigel echols said the company will pursue every legal action. >> reporter: draft kings and fanduel have five days to respond to the cease and desis order. both companies plan on challenging the order, charlie. until then the ceo says they'll offer paid contests to their new york customers. thanks, vlad. >> we were reminded this week that cell phones can be dangerous in the hands of young people. there is a new case that involves sexting, which is sending messages of of a sexual nature. the case is on long island in ne

and many who are repeat volunteers and grateful for craig snyderman for coordinating it all. >>> here'slook at some of the things in the news now. protesters in chicago keeping up calls for justice following the release of a video following the deadly shooting after black teenager at the hands after white police officer. small groups of demonstrators clashed with police again last night. they say they plan to disrupt black friday shopping. the veteran officer who was charged in connection with the teen's murder this week remains in jail. >>> the justice department investigators have been checking out the scene of another protest against police. doj representatives talked to activists camped outside a police precinct in minneapolis late last night. the black lives matter group has staged daily demonstrations sin the shooting death of jamar clark almost two weeks ago. >>> a mosque in falls church is upgrading its security system after a disturbing incident last week. investigators say a man broke a fence outside the mosque and he threw a fake explosive device in the parking lot. the man w

sh snyderman, that it's illegal to have a lottery in -- or legal to have a lottery in new york and illegalhis form of fantasy football gambling and/or any other fantasy sport because they're the same thing. >> all right. attorney general just wants a headline every single day. >> okay. >> that's what sde. >> this one will not stand up. >> we want to note that comcast, the parent company of cnbc and nbc sports are among the investors in fan dual. coming up, honoring our veterans. remember to honor our veterans today. we're talking to an analyst in a wall street firm with a mission to employ our service men and women coming up after this. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other wa

daily fantasy sites draft kings and fan duel under fire after new york attorney general eric snyderman banned both sites. which begs the question is it actually gamble. eric chemi joins us with that story. >> that is right. the key question is, is it gambling. the regulators an the casinos say yes because they want the money and they don't want the competition and they say it involves betting on the outcome of sporting events. so whether it is for a team or individual, it is still gambling. but draft kings and fan duel say it is a skill-based game. but skill versus chance, it doesn't matter. you could have one or the other or both, but you could still be gamble and it doesn't have to be gambling. whether it is gambling, that doesn't correlate with whether it is legal. poker, horse racing, the lottery, they all have different levels of skill and chance but that doesn't re late to the legality. the borg ata casino held a basketball free throw shooting contest where you could win by betting on yourself. that is skill and chance. but is that gamble. so gambling might not matter when you de

new york's attorney general eric snyderman ruling that daily fantasy sports is gambling not games ofll. ordering draftkings and fanduel to not accept bets from new yorkers. new york joins nevada in calling daily fantasy sports illegal gambling. several other states are also considering those bans. and clearly heading the way of not allowing that business to continue as eri schneiderman calling it a fleecing of sports fans around the country >>> bloomberg says pandora is looking to get rights to music catalogs in other countries including the uk. right now they only operate in the u.s., australia and new zealand while rivals like spotify and apple music are in dozens of countries and shares in the oakland-based company are moving higher on that report. let's take a look at the big board after some modest gains yesterday except for the nasdaq which was down, the market is pushing higher but the dow is up 20 points, nasdaq is flat. and the s&p is up by 1 point. michelle and frank, back to you. >> all right, jason brooks from kcbs news, thank you. >>> well, a raider linebacker could be c

snyderman considered fan duel and the website draft kings illegal gambling games in the empire state. the companies argue it's based on skill. the creator of an iconic image in pop culture has died. artist michael gross has died of cancer. he was 70 years old. he created the "ghostbusters" logo and well-known cover for national lampoon. his portfolio includes work at "esquire" magazine and designs for the 1968 olympics and he was a personal designer for john lennon. gross grew up in newburg, new york. >>> 6:24. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> well this morning we've got a nice start to your day. we have a few clouds and we've got some sun that will breakthrough. so kind of cloudies up during the day today and the temperatures are 41 around new city and 38 bridgeport and 42 on long island and 48 around newark. so the numbers are starting out a little bit warmer than normal for this hour of the day. we are going to be looking at sunshine and clouds. temperature about 55 at noontime a

erik: is the expectation that if snyderman wins there will be a domino toppling other states that outlawanduel and draftking? ira: i think they're looking to see what president --precedents that set. other states are taking different tacks, and what new york does make it the scales on how the states that have not weighed in do so in the future. erik: ira, nice seeing you this money to have a happy thanksgiving. we will be back here after this short break. jim stavridis will be with us. erik: it is 11:00 a.m. in new york city, 4:00 p.m. in london, midnight in hong kong. welcome to "bloomberg markets." from bloomberg world headquarters here in midtown manhattan, good morning once again. i am erik schatzker. the war in the air turns into a war of words. russia suspects that turkey planned to shoot down that warplane. we will talk to nato's former supreme allied commander, admiral james stavridis. president obama will deliver a statement in 40 minutes time after meeting with his national security team. follow from the fed -- the european central bank says it is not concerned about the impact

eric snyderman says fan dual and draft kings -- duel and draft kings are illegal gambling operations because of daily contests or games of chance. both companies insist that they are based on skill. >>> it is 7:57. that will do it for us, more of >>> good morning, america. it's 8 a.m. and high school sexting scandal. students under arrest. at least 20 suspended over a sex tape. parents outrained. >> they have no evidence my son even received the video. >> school officials raise racing to shut it all down. >>> a "dancing with the stars" shocker overnight. tamar braxton dropping out of the show back in the hospital. more ill than anyone thought. fighting blood clots in her lungs. her ballroom partner val right by her side. >> this is what it feels like. >> "gma" body proud. ashley graham and dr. jen ashton taking on size and your health. is a size 14 as healthy as a size 2? we ran the tests and we will reveal the results live. >>> and what happened when michael met julia. >> did we just become best friends. >> yes, we might have. >> oh, my goodness. >> what the superstar spilled about

snyderman's argument is daily fantasy sports or dfs meets the state's criteria for gambling and it's not like traditional fantasy sports where there are weeks of commitment towards an end gold of winning your pool. you get some immediate payout on the daily fantasy side on a more frequent side, that instant gratification argument is used by some to define what gambling is. in response to the demands, draft kings issued a statement saying they're disappointed with the hasty action taken and that efforts weren't made to understand their business adding they're going to explore all legal options available. ultimately this could just be about the money and whether states will allow daily nafanta if they're regulated and taxed like lotteries are or horse racing or casino gamblingamblin. we did an informal twitter poll on whether or not the government should regulate daily fantasy. 62% of respond he is said let the games go on. 38% said it should be taxed and regulated. the reason it's a big deal is not because it's a grand scheme of things, it speaks very much more about the regulatory an

even when nancy snyderman was medical director for nbc, she said, no matter how small the procedure,er case, but no matter how small or seemingly significant the procedure is, you should always make sure your doctor has admitting privileges at a local hospital because you never know when something is going to go wrong. so these limits coming out of texas are protections for the women that are involved. >> we had someone on last hour and i asked her what she thought the chances were in the supreme court, given their leanings. i want to ask you the same thing. do you think your side will prevail? are you optimistic? >> i'm never going to get what the supreme court will do, because too many people are wrong too many times. but we're certainly going to remain optimistic, that they will see this as common sense regulations, saying that one industry has to -- the abortion industry has to meet the same standards. >> thank you for being with us. >> thank you, kate. >>> i want to bring in texas state senator wendy davis, who is joining us by phone also. she held an 11-hour-long filibuster in

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i know that ag snyderman might be using the martin act which is a financial fraud law broadly speakingd public officials and so on. is that the kruks of it, though, legally? i'm not sure where the case is. >> congress people have written to the sec to ask them to investigate because they are concerned that exxon kept material risk information from their investors and the risk is if climate change is real, then they are going to have to either spend a lot of money to clean up their fossil fuels or they are going to have to leave some of it in the ground and that would be a stranded asset. >> dan wise, pavel mocha through for joining us. >>> let's get back to seema mody with a market flash. >> we were just talking about weight watchers and the price that we have seen in the stock today gaining 33%, according to a recent filing steve cohen's asset management reporting a 5.7% stake in the company and you are looking at shares of weight watchers up by around 1% after hours. i'm sure kate kelly has something to say about this. >> seema, it's interesting. obviously oprah winfrey's name brough

about 200 people in front of attorney general eric snyderman's office. fan duel and draft kings, comcast ventures have invested in fan duel. >>> metro north on the hudson line can expect 5 to 10-minute delays. and staten island railway commuters. a 90-minute delay because of this accident. out before the sheridan expressway, left lane, 45 minutes at the lincoln tunnel. and about 30 at the holland. >> sunny and cool. gusty wind near 40 miles per hour. high of 57. tonight windy and chilly, 4 is the low. tomorrow, cooler high of 49 sunday, looking at 57 degrees. and mostly sunny and seasonable day. >>> coming up, rachel platen talks about her upcoming performance at the macey's >>> they're walking, they're walking. it's matt and al making their way back to the plaza. ma keeping al a little company on the final stretch of roke-a-thon 2, this epic forecasting journey, it started in hawaii, he's now instew york and he has one forecast to go and just moments away from lking on to our plaza and we'll kick the party into gh gear. good morning, everybody. >> a lot