from data protection of course it's always a topic here it's been a topic for years and there's social credit system that china is currently testing so basically points are awarded to people for you know trustworthiness online their behavior with friends or within their families and that's something that china wants to put in place by the year two thousand and twenty another topic is net neutrality the big topic though is that keynote by edward snowden tomorrow so everybody will be looking at that tomorrow you know what is he going to say and that's a big story this communication congress to put a bit of that in for us thank you very much. and from the technologies that will shape our future we stepped backwards a thousand years into the past in our weekly series about the silk road it wasn't ancient trade route from china it traversed all of asia bring fine porcelain expensive spices and the a promise so to europe the chinese government now wants to research that trade route on land and on water for years china has invested hundreds of billions in infrastructure projects along the route harb

being talked about at least by people who are attending and of course it's also a social credit score system that china is trying to implement by two thousand and twenty and that's a big topic as well. crude oil ends twenty seventeen at its highest level in more than two years prices have been steadily rising for weeks but got another boost on wednesday after an explosion of a pipeline in libya interrupted supply the pipeline connects some of the country's crude oil fields with the acid draw all terminal the incident might cut oil production by up to one hundred thousand barrels a day. and to neighboring china now and all this week we're looking at the new silk road its namesake was an ancient trade route which ran from china to the rest of asia and beyond the chinese government is investing hundreds of billions of infrastructure projects to resurrect that trade route on land and as you can see there on water today we're stopping in africa since two thousand and five the chinese have invested sixty six billion dollars across the continent that makes them the largest investors that tha

from data protection of course it's always a topic here it's been a topic for years and there's social credit system that china is currently testing so basically points are awarded to people for you know trustworthiness online their behavior with friends or within their families and that's something that china wants to put in place by the year two thousand and twenty another topic is net neutrality the big topic though is the keynote by edward snowden tomorrow so everybody will be looking at that tomorrow you know what he's going to say and that's a big story this communication congress to point out a bit of that in a lot to for us thank you very much. and from the technologies that will shape our future we step backwards a thousand years into the past in a weekly series about the silk road it used to be an ancient trade route from china it's traversed all of asia bringing fine porcelain expensive spices and the upon a silk to europe the chinese government now wants to research that trade route on land on water for years china has invested hundreds of billions in infrastructure projects along

credit. requires taxpayer to use their own social security number that claim the refundable portion of the credit, joining plea me ton, legendary icon, thank you. it is -- absolutely true, have you been fighting the left of this country for quite a long time now. with immeasur measurable succes. president trump helped a bit in 2016. >> yes. lou: can you imagine that president would have achieved what he has in terms of the economy, markets and rolling back regulation, setting a new toni fotone for the country. >> what i didn't realize is how real the swamp is. really opposed by all of official washington, d.c., that is why it is unfortunate so many of his appointees are part of the swamp, they are fighting him. and media, i hated it before, wow do i hate them now. they. lou: look into camera, watching you right now. are tons of americans, who see it that way. left wing media, is driving the support of this president, i think in large measure. >> i agree. lou: he is standing up, despite as you say being attacked, assailed every day, from every quarter. >> viciously with lies, lies, lies, he is abs

to their credit, and it is a tough year to give social media credit in light of what has happened, but they are grappling with this question of the falseness of so much of what has been allowed to be posted. the fact that we are more global, collectively, they we knew about ourselves. if you look at the polling, and this is true of most behavioral science, we average driver. it's not surprising that we are and capable of discerning -- in capable fact of discerning fact from fiction. by and large, we are not or at least are not as good as we think we are. i think there is more, you know, gestation, and creativity, and more brilliant minds frankly going into this question of how to break down the silos. whether marking things as verified or not is even feasible in this wild hobbesian marketplace of ideas. maybe something constructive will come out of that, but as i said to you earlier, one of the most important things that needs to happen is the supreme court needs to make, you know, a healthy and legally sound judgment on januar gerrymandering, in my view one of the most important cases

president trump credited social social media prowess. globe" took a deep dive into his 2400 plus tweets. since inauguration. they write, if he spent only one minute on each post. true to form, he tweeted as recently as this evening from his mar a lago estate in palm beach. travels are unprecedented. today marked his 111th day at trump property as president. that is 111 days. of a 341 day administration. with me here in studio, a former senior adviser on the bush cheney campaign. joining us from l.a. christina bellantoni, assistant managing editor of politics for "los angeles times." christina, start with you. one has to give the president credit. he has managed to use social media, twitter, in particular, to work around the media that he thinks the established media he thinks is against him. many presidents go through this, they think the media is against them. none have had an effect a way of getting their message out otherwise to his credit. >> sure, well you know he is certainly not the first politician to try to go around the media.

credit. and the taxpayer under that legislation in the senate doesn't need a social security with which to claim the tax credit as long as their child as one. the house version is stricter and does important things, but none theless it is it a tax credit, requiring the taxpayer to provide their own social security number to be able to claim the refundable portion of the credit. breaking news tonight, another resignation on capitol hill and this will take affect immediately. republican congressman trent franks of arizona announcing he's resigning, franks is stepping down after the house ethic's committee opened an investigation into his discussion with surrogacy with female staffers. due to my familiarity and experience with the process of surroegacy i was insensitive of how the subject of a personal topic might affect recollects. the house ethics committee is investigating whether franks investigated in conduct that constitutes sexual harassment. alfranken talked about stepping down. despite photographic evidence before your eye and others, the minnesota democrat's speech was devoid of remorse o

the holiday messages came a day after he took credit on social media for bringing back the expressionm proud to have led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. in fact, all recent presidents use the phrase. >> merry christmas to you. >> reporter: the president spent christmas eve attacking the fbi deputy director who had a major role in the hillary clinton email investigation. he believes he was biased in clinton's favor because his wife, a democrat received a large contribution from a clinton ally when she ran for office in 2015. the president tweeted his wife got the money from a clinton puppet and accused mccabe of using allegedly his fbi official email account to promote the campaign. he provided no evidence to support the claim. >>> a psychologist from southern california says he was the one who sent horse manure to the treasury secretary. robbie strong sent -- said over the weekend he left get dropped boxes of manure to to southern california homes listed as belonging to him. he says it was indeed, and tended as a protest. >> i was talking to a fri

don't pay any federal income tax they already get help through child assistance, through tax credits through social security through medicare through medicaid and stuff like that. we're talking about people that actually pay taxes, but the problem is it's not taxes. you have this thing called social security that was not started out to be a person's sole income but slowly along the way we've allowed the government through default as john would say through being numskulls to be mother and papa bear and take care of everyone. that has to stop and if it doesn't in we're happy with that then you have to be content with being that way. dagen: if you even say medicare you've got them running against you in the midterm election. medicare the hospital fund runs out of money in about 11 years and benefits automatically get cut to $0.88 on the dollar why isn't somebody standing on the floor of the house screaming to high heaven about that? >> you don't see republicans talking about this deficit but i guarantee you the political consultant in six months we'll be talking about the same thing gary b. is talking

trump took credit on social media for bringing back the expression merry christmas. writing i am proud to have lid the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. >> merry christmas everybody. >> though in fact all recent presidents use the phrase. >> merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas. >> the president also spent christmas eve attacking fbi deputy director andrew mccain, who had major role when the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. mr. trump believes he was bias dollars in clinton's favor because his wife received a large contribution. the president tweeted that mccain's wife got the money from a clinton puppet, and accused mccain of using allegedly his fbi official e-mail account to promote her campaign. mr. trump provided no evidence to support the claim. mola lenghi, cbs-3, " eyewitness news." >> high wind force the annual christmas day re-enactment of the washington cancel. yesterday hundreds showed to up watch but the blustery winds prevented the boats from launching the shore. it chemical rates george washington 1776 surprise

amazon said look for these red flags, e-mails that ask for your social security number, bank account, creditd number or personal information like your mother's maiden name plus if you didn't ask to reset your password, yeah, take that as a hint. another trick happening now, this e-mail reads delivery problems notification. it looks like it's from fedex. our team checked with the chipping giant who says -- shipping giant who says if you click on that link, it will take you to a site that infects your computer with malware. fedex said they'll never send you unsolicited e-mail. so if you see it, delete it. we can verify in both cases scammers are going phishing and if you click malware, whamo, they've if you spot something you think might be a scam or fake news, my verify squad will check it out for you. find me on facebook or twitter. just type in my name adam longo or e-mail me and the team. now your verify homer and we'll highlight some of the best verify segments of the year next week, but you got to vote which were your favorite or which ones you want to see. go to my facebook page, adam l

continue to allow illegal immigrants to claim the child tax credit, a $2,000 benefit under the legislation. filers don't have to list their own socialecurity number to claim the tax credit as long as the child has one. that's quite something. a tax credit that has no relationship to the tax you are paying. joining me, charlie hurt. are you astonished that the house and the senate are doing these sort of back door dead of night kind of deals? >> sadly, i'm not in the least bit surprised. it's the way this place has been operating going back decades. the only people up until donald trump's election, the only people who didn't have a warrior on their side lobbying for them in this town, the forgotten people donald trump represented who came out in such force in the last election and put him in the white house. lou: i know the president is struggling with daca, that's clear. and he has flake sitting far too close -- close to him. what are your thoughts about daca, the political impact if he does go ahead with this form amnesty. >> as soon as donald trump made the move he made earlier, we suddenly had everybody coming out of the woodwork

you can have a genuine disagreement about whether refundable tax credits are a good idea or were they should use a tax policy for socialngineering, but this refundable tax credit does go to working people. the first major piece of legislation being a tax cut isn't exactly you belong. doing something that looks like it's for lower wage earners is optically good for republicans, but the question now is, rubio and lee having succeeded in extracting this from leadership, what other hands go up around the room before the vote can take place question what they want to go on tuesday. if he gets that, i want this now and do other deals hold and who also spit on the fence? >> last night, i was talking with some members involved with this process and rubio is in their minds, the last big obstacle. susan collins has been working to protect certain provisions that she's got. she had three amendments she got in. is working on other issues that popped up. i think she's in a good place, flake was observing this all and wanted to make certain that if things went south, could be in a place where he could hopefully keep them from going

credit. advanced. is socially they give medical benefits, they train the people.could do better job on policies better for the communities. that's true in europe, the note states, and it can't be done with that -- the united states, and it can't be done without business. >> this was the trend of that was before. did president trump waken the animal spirit? >> it seems he's awakened the animal spirits. we've never had such a pro-business president since the founding fathers. true, butre that's consumer confidence, small business confidence all skyrocketed because it's a growth agenda. >> will it be difficult to implement? you look at a lot of of the industries, we sell record highs. how much of what is expected is priced in? even if he doesn't deliver a tiny bit, is it going to deliver? >> stocks went up rationally because of the growth agenda. now they have to do it. i think he will get it done, but it will take time. the press will talk about the tax scheme and infrastructure scheme. of ity get even part done, it will be good for growth, good for jobs. i'm confid

it is a hardit, time to give social media companies much credit in light of what happened, but they are grappling with this question of the falseness of so much of what is allowed to be posted. the fact that we collectively knewore gullible then we about ourselves. i mean, if you look at the mostng and this is true of behavioral science, we think we are better than the average driver, we think we are better looking than the average person. i mean, we have all kinds of -- it is not surprising that we are incapable of discerning fact from fiction. i am large, we are not or at least where not as good as we think we are. i think there is more, you know, gestation, and creativity, and more brilliant minds frankly going into this question of how to break down the silos. whether marking things as verified are not as even feasible in this crazy, wild ideas.an marketplace of maybe something constructive will come out of that but as i said you earlier, it being one of the most fun things that needs to happen, the supreme court needs to make, you know, a healthy and legally sound judgment on gerry

good news for anyone who uses an internal investigation found hackers did not steal credit card or bank account or social security numbers. hackers did take names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of 57 million drivers and riders last year. uber paid the hackers $100,000 to delete the data. >>> so christmas is 11 days away now. >> 11 days? >> 11 days. the clock is ticking for anybody buying stuff to give other people. but retailers, retail insiders say that those who missed black friday may find even bigger bargains in the days ahead. right now is the time to get plugged in on a new laptop apparently and today is actually the day to go to work on tools and hardware. you plan on getting video games tomorrow? that's the best option. jewelry will be on sale the rest of the month. the sooner you buy the better. shippers are stretched pretty thin right now. >> 11 days. i mean, that's >> you look out for that. >> yes. >> stay with us. "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. >>> breaking news. a popular roadway shut down because of an accident. we're looking to see if it impacts your commute to work. >> two word

no social security numbers or credit card information but still a lot of details that could have beenty. really a lot of unanswered questions from uber. >> be interesting to watch throughout the day today. wal-mart making a name change although this is like you tracee dropping 1e from your name. why would they make the change? >> reporter: you know, this is interesting. so, they will be dropping the hyphen from wal-mart and dropping they'll just be known as wal-mart. and this is really -- it's reflecting a shift away from the brick and mortar stores. the ceo said the change is to make sure customers know that they can shop at wal-mart everywhere meaning in the stores and online, which is really where their focus has been, that e commerce business because they are trying to compete with amazon. you know, we know amazon is just amazon. so, it's interesting here because we've seen other companies do this, kentucky fried chicken they dropped -- they became kfc, they dropped the word fried because they really wanted to down play that back in 1991. also, coach, they became tapestry because

the other big financial story that massive data breach at credit monitoring company equifax. it exposed names, socialit card numbers. a whopping 143 million americans impacted. i guess the silver lining is we all learned the phrase credit freeze and we are still dealing with that now. >> securing your information definitely a problem during the digital age. so what was the big story for investors? >> reporter: woman, speaking of the digital age, of course, it's the bitcoin blitz which pretty amazing starting the year at 1000 charging up towards 20,000 here in december. but still i think the biggest story of the year is the extension of the second longest bull market for stocks on record. you know, after the election, investors bought stocks in the hope there would be tax cuts and infrastructure spending. a reduction in regulations. what many did not price in was a surge in global growth. that helped propel corporate profits and share prices. amazingly, this increase was consistent and quiet without the usual gyrations on the up or the downside. for the rest of the biggest stories of the year, you can

credit, even if their children are u.s. citizens. because the parents don't have a social security number.t used to be that you had to put in the children's social security number. florida senator marco rubio announced his support for the plan friday after next bench and of the child tax credit, even of the expansion want benefit the children of undocumentedd aaron's. republican lawmakers are pressing for for a final vote on trump's tax plan this week. for more, we're joined here in new york city by kali akuno, co-founder and co-director of cooperation jackson, network of worker cooperatives in jackson, mississippi. he's the author of "jackson rising: the struggle for economic democracycy and black self-determination in jackson, mississippi." and in denver, we're joined by david sirota, senior editor for investigations at the international business times. he is the one who broke the story donald trump and gop leaders could be enriched by lalast-minute tax break inserted into final bill. david, why don't we begin with you? explain what you discovereded. >> sure. this is all about pass-throu

social media. >> it makes me give credit to her word. >> i am in yaw of salma hayek's strength and composure during her ordeal. >> claims o of disnation by dozens of american airline employe employees. at least 50 employees filed complaints for numerous acts including discrimination and safety complaints. >> the practices that deviate from standard and procedures designed to ensure safety as well as sanitary cbs for employees and the public in general. >> we reached out to american airlines. a spokesperson told us they don't have any details about the allegations and pending lawsuit, but they are looking into it. >>> now to the forecast. the holiday travel forecast. aaa expecting the holiday season to be the busiest ever. not all travel is related to being home for the holidays. aaa says destinations like california, mexico and hawaii travelers want a little me time as well. >> this is definitely an opportunity to get away. a little stress-free vacation before the new year. >> 20% lower fares are making this season a bit bright er. >>> the phillies helped spread holiday cheer for kids who will spen

social media. and you have to give him credit for being able to reach people with these pithy little comments and keepelf. but at the same time, he's used social media not in a way that previous presidents have, but as a way to divide and conquer. >> finally, david, what do you think people should expect from his second year in office? >> boy, that's a really interesting question. you know, john, typically, i think we've discussed once before, the second year is a rougher year for a president. the congressional elections, everybody turns their attention to that. i think he's going to have a harder time getting democrats to come around on some of the bills he wants to pass than he's imagined. in the past year, the big bill he got through, the tax bill, he only needed 51 votes in the senate to rule. now he's going to need 60 for most of the legislation he's looking at. that means it will be tough to get big things done. >> david gergen, have a wonderful new year. great to see you. >>> coming up, what the president wrote today about his approval rating and where he actually stands. plus, what his support

there's no evidence the hackers got credit card, bank account or social security numbers. that's what uber is saying. the company hired an outside cyber security firm to investigate this case. last month uber revealed it had been hacked last year. there's no indications that at this time any of the information was used for fraud. >>> the sprawling city department has oversight buses, trains and trolleys as well as bikes and taxis. two members say it's just too big and too much responsibility. they are proposing a change to the city charter which would turn over the parking and traffic issues to a new body called the department of livable streets. >>> nbc bay area responds to man in walnut creek whose computer trouble could teach us all a lesson. his hard drive crashed in trying to retrieve his information took a bite out of his wallet. today's desk tops and laptops are our modern file cabinets stuffed full of irreplaceable family photos. that's why david panicked when his computer's hard drive crashed without warning one night. >> i woke up and saw this message and my hear

trump, the president's daughter who had been working with rubio on the issue of child tax credit thank him on sociale house making sure they give positive reenforce in the to these senators to make sure there are no last minute holdups to prevent this bill from being done before christmas. >> what's your take on the degree of the belief this will pass? >> at the same time there are some worries in the back of their mind. there could be some procedural issues that pop up and there's the issue of two health concerns of two that are out right now. both of the senators, their staffs are saying they expect to be be here for the bill next year, but just the indication from the white house is right now that there is some concern that in particularly john mccain's health is not great right now. the president yesterday making a phone call to the hospital where john mccain is being treated and speaking to his wife cindy mccain, in an attempt to speak with john mccain but he couldn't get through for whatever reason. an indication from the white house, from the press secretary that the white house is praying fo

one of those is with the earned income credit to make sure there's a social security number for those that get paid that reimbursement. hopeful. the unachievable is achievable if you're willing to put your reputation on the line. you have to hold this job very loosely. the minute you want to hold onto it, if your lord of the rings fanned in your just holding on, the minute you start to try to hold on you to make decisions in the best interest of your constituents. if we do that and sometimes they send us home. but being a member of congress should not be a career, it should be a calling. god bless, thank you so much. >> thank you on behalf of our policy institution i know you have a duty no good to go zone punishment but we'd like to give you your own. also book with the logo on it. and i think heritage also has a gift for you. thank you. >> very christmas. [applause] thank you all very much. we'll see you back here in 2018. thank you note on nolan

credit report, in the biggest consumer story of them all. equifax admitted hackers stole the information of 145 million americans, nearly half the population, taking everything from addresses to social security numbers. more than enough to steal bank accounts, credit cards and more. millions of us are haunted by the uncertainty of if or when it might come back to bite us. congress grilled equifax about faulty data protection that hasn't acted on proposals to increase security. so get ready for another year of ups and downs. i'll be watching and pass along all i find to you. i want to hear from you. my hotline is open weekdays 10:00 to 2:00. the number is 415-954-8151 and5a reach me on my facebook page or through abc7news.com. >> very good. >>> coming up next, after >>> someone could ring in the new year as a multimillionaire. tonight's jackpot is more than $300 million. saturday's powerball jackpot is closing in on $400 million. if you're playing, good luck. >> i guess i should have bought a ticket. improves your odds a little bit. it's the end of an era of three generations of men who have been going to the same barbara their entire life. >> jonathan bloom got to hang out with rod

how do you judge a good social business because you have a credit limit, what are the criteria? >> when we say young people, forget about jobs, you are on your own, look at your mother etc.. then business ideas, coming with business ideas, two principles we follow, nobody would object so don't worry. may not get the money, nobody -- a personal, start a business or their idea or a business plan that doesn't sound right. it is not a rejection, it makes you able to start your business. the second principle is nobody is abandoned. then venture capital, attract everything from it, and start again. they have a part of this so don't be afraid of that and with you all along until you are successful and you once more money we will give you more money. then after doing business you are coming up, but when you come up, one idea you would like to have that may be a social decision on this, is not something to perform right away. you came from the system and oblige your self so this is what is being done and the money goes up and we are performing very well, 2000 young people with this money

years and in the last four years although the social democrats managed to possum important projects it wasn't going to michael conservatives who took the credit and the s.p.d. suffered a terrible defeat in the elections in september where they had their worst result in decades so there are different scenarios that they have to discuss here and the results of those scenarios obviously will determine what the move will be in the next four years thomas sparrow in berlin thank you. and let's get a quick check now some other stories that have been making news around the world with only two weeks to go until catalonia holds fresh elections hundreds of pro cattle and protesters have gathered in brussels to urge the e.u. to support their drive for independence from spain they are also voicing support for their deposed leader carlos pushed along he has said that he will stay in belgium because he fears arrest if he returns to spain australia's parliament has passed a bill to legalize same sex marriage paving the way for gay and lesbian couples to tie the knot as early as next month but for lawmakers voted in favor of the change. which defines marriage

credit report, in the biggest consumer story of them all. equifax admitted hackers stole the information of 145 million americans, nearly half the population, taking everything from addresses to social security numbers. more than enough to steal bank accounts, credit cards and more. millions of us are haunted by the uncertainty of if or when it might come back to bite us. congress grilled equifax about faulty data protection that hasn't acted on proposals to increase security. so get ready for another year of ups and downs. i'll be watching and pass along all i find to you. i want to hear from you. my hotline is open weekdays 10:00 to 2:00. the number is 415-954-8151 and reach me on my facebook page or through abc7news.com. >> very good. >>> coming up next, after half a >>> someone could ring in the new year as a multimillionaire. tonight's jackpot is more than $300 million. saturday's powerball jackpot is closing in on $400 million. if you're playing, good luck. >> i guess i should have bought a ticket. improves your odds a little bit. it's the end of an era of three generations of men who have been going to the same barbara their entire life. >> jonathan bloom got to hang out with

credit. he has managed to use social media, twitter in particular, to work around the established media he thinks is against him. many presidents go through this, where they think the media is against him. but none of them have had an effective way of getting their message out otherwise to his credit. >> sure, he's certainly not the first politician to try to go around the media. and twitter has allowed him to have this platform far more than any other president in history, right? the thing that's interesting about this is politicians, hillary clinton, you know, government offices to some extent, like you can sort of expect some of the criticism that comes from the president's twitter feed. but other world leaders, particularly unstable dictators, that might not be the best way to direct your criticism. and that's where it's -- that boston globe analysis was so fascinating. because he's actually tweeted more during the final six months of this year than the first six months of this year where we thought the chief of staff john kelly was going to curb some of that in. you can sort them by the type

also the former german chancellor get much credit in an exclusive d.w. interview he urges his social democrats to form a coalition and put an end to the long wait for a new german government. and the origins of the man in red father christmas may be on his way but where is he from d w goes in search on santa claus. i'm sunni so misconduct good to have you with us separatist parties in catalonia have won of a slim majority after yesterday's regional elections deepening a national crisis over whether the wealthy region should remain a part of spain that opposed president carlos push to months together for catalonia party won thirty four seats along with two other pro independence party so the separatist movement has a seventy of the one hundred thirty five seats in the regional parliament that has a slim majority majority of just two however the anti independents. a citizens party shown with its abbreviation here c s one thirty seven c. said makes it the largest party it is unclear which parties will form the next government and who will work together the result could see a further inc