stephanie, nice to see you.welcome to "nightly business report." >> thanks for having me. >> tom: transportation in the year ahead. even in an environment of $90 for a barrel of oil. why? >> it is all in the context of where we are in the economic cycle. as we have the global economies cover, you'll have better demand. and this combined with the mas a avmassive underproduction gives you positive earning. >> tom: economics 101, supply and demand, and it is lining up for general motors. back recently in the public markets. offer $33. and less than a dollar away from that now. what's the catalyst? >> i do like the story. it's a cheap way of getting a play in the auto cycle as well as it's a turnaround story. new products, better products, and fewer products, and they also have very strong growth exposure to some of the strongest growth markets. they have the number one market share in the brics countries. i like the risk reward given the very cheap valuation. >> tom: would you buy if it dropped below the initial pr

her peace and wisdom. >> reporter: a few dozen fem prayed for the safety of stephanie cudd. at the forefront her parents and little sister, flanked by family and stephanie's friends. >> 15 is a tough age. for all of us. >> stephanie's parents woke up monday to find her gone with no warning, no provevation, taking only a laptop, a few clothes, $20 and a backpack. she took the memory from her cell phone and erased computer files so she couldn't be tracked. >> there is no category for a teenager who has been lured away and talked out of house. >> reporter: her family says what set stephanie apart from other runaways are phone calls they uncovered between her and a 22-year-old man in ontario up to the night she left. the family doesn't know him, but she told friends he was "an internet buddy." >> this somebody has brainwashed my niece. >> reporter: those who know stephanie say even though she left willingly, she was lured. >> she is a very shy, naive girl. she is not street-smart. >> reporter: theudds have share what is your address they know with detectives and now shared what

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stephanie, thanks. >>> now we turn to capitol hill in washington. a different kind of backlog there. the clock is ticking down to the holiday break. president obama has delayed his own trip to hawaii with his family. there are still two big dramas playing out in the so-called lame duck congress. one on arms control, the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. the other on the emotional fight over new help for 9/11 first responders. our own kelly o'donnell on the hill all day, tracking it all. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. after eight republicans helped democrats repeal don't ask, don't tell over the weekend, now republican leaders are battling democrats and the white house over a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia. and the president's been working the phones, the pentagon weighed in trying to get senators to ratify this before the christmas break. republicans opposed say it's flawed, giving up too much to the russians on nonnuclear missile defense. and it appears there is new momentum on a different issue. democrats want to get health

democratic stephanie go ahead. first the recent went to and for the respond treat the words that you wanted to make more efficient when it comes to decision making more than you had to say was going to power to the elite international and i plan to go to a new nation stone fan continue continue your point go ahead it's very it's very difficult to argue when there's somebody who interrupts or go ahead steph and you continue this country once again the research i reserve for the earliest going treaty was to make a more efficient and more democratic in relation to the enlarged european union up to twenty seven member states to look at right long term plan to centralize power harry what do you think about that i mean i want to talk about this bailout clause in this program but we've heard is the e.u. now more efficient and democratic. well first of all we have we have to do to bring the issue of sovereignty into the debate and i agree that the sovereignty is at stake because jus to the lisbon treaty powers are moving a

stephanie? >> yeah, that's right. the swedish authorities had two hours to challenge this decision, that's what they have done. now it has to be heard by britain's high court condition the next 48 hours. that means julian assange will still be in jail during that period of time. if they lose that case, and then he is granted bail, as the magistrate court granted him today, he will be allowed to go but he has to stay at a registered address. one of his supporters, luckily enough, has a 600-acre mansion in southern england. he has to stay. there he's not going to be free to roam around. he has electronic surveillance a curfew, he has also turned in his passport. but it has been a victory for his lawyers today, a small one. he's still trying to fight that extradition back to sweden. andrea? >> stephanie, he could be on a 600-acre estate with all sorts of electronic monitoring, but he can go on the internet? >> that's a good question. he's going to be watched closely. his access to information at this point is unclear. i

stephanie gosk covering it all. stephanie, thanks for your reporting tonight. >>> in this country, news tonight about health. first, the big headlines about the state of women's health in america. it is dismal in a word. that's what a new report says tonight. more women than just a few years ago are too heavy, have bad blood pressure numbers that are too high and are throwing back too much alcohol. our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman has our details. >> reporter: in a ten-year look at women's health in this country, the national women's law center reports that when it comes to meeting government goals to keep woim healthy, the united states is failing. >> it's disconcerting that we have seen so little change over the last ten years. and i think we really need to pay more attention and do more in the coming decade. >> reporter: while no state is given an overall satisfactory grade, 37 states are found to be unsatisfactory, 12 considered outright failures, getting a grade of f. >> what the worst states did so

stephanie gosk is live tonight in london. hey, stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. a major criminal investigation has been launched into what is being called the worst security failure in this country in a decade. just moments before the attack, the royal couple were doing what they normally do. waving and smiling, windows open. until a violent group of protestors who, moments before smashed shop windows, surrounded the vintage rolls-royce. >> off with their heads! >> reporter: when the crowd turned, photographer matt dunham was there. dunham captured what has now become the definitive photo of the attack. >> the first thing i could see was camilla clearly terrified. >> reporter: today, charles was pinning medals on royal navy pilots, as scheduled. camilla, the future king says, is fine, and so is he. but the london police are under fire. some are calling the failure in security an embarrassment. >> the unpredictability on how they moved about the couple yesterday meant that the protection officers were

for some countries if not it might jeopardize the whole euro the whole project stephanie is made european go ahead jump in and say that following that if you look a bit north. then you come to feel which is a counter that has euro that has an extremely well kept economy so feelin is a very good example of how a small county can function with the euro and very jason counter to finland is still near saying indicated earlier that it's going to introduce new rule within very short and i think that's going to be interesting to me and meant anything once again he once again sent out. terms to that to the country are such has to sort of have its house in order when it comes to the economic situation if you don't have your house in order which was the case in greece and if you fake statistics then of course you have trouble but if you have your house in order there's no problem in the u.s. and. germany stefan it doesn't work it doesn't work when you have u.s. most dynamic economies i don't i don't i don't do easily during colonies that are that are suffering and being in the same currency it just

meantime, we want to thank you, stephanie. >> stephanie. >> for coming on this morning.way to florida. >> and jeremy? >> i'm staying here. i'm not going to florida. >> stay with us. >> i'd go to florida. but it's cold there, too. >> and you stay with abc news throughout the day. ri

that is absurd argument that is absolutely bizarre and totally fine i think that's very very wrong stephanie go ahead you want to it is easy to feel it how can the european union really argue that it's democratic stephanie go ahead first the recent went to it through the least don't treat the worst if you wanted to make it more efficient when it comes to decision making or legal to say i was going to power to the elite internationally and i take your new nation state fan continue continue your point go ahead it's very it's very difficult to argue when there's somebody who interrupts or go ahead steph and you continue this country once again the research i reserve for the aspern treaty was to make even more efficient and more democratic in relation to the enlarged european union up to twenty seven million not absolutes a long night long term plan to centralize power harry what do you think about that i mean i want to talk about this bailout clause in this program but we've heard is the e.u. now more efficient and democratic. well first of all we have we have to do to bring the issue of sovere

have a great day. >>> amy, over to you. >> all right, stephanie.ou. >>> now, to the latest on those assault allegations made against lindsay lohan by a betty ford staffer. in a moment, we'll talk to her attorney. first, kristen welker has details. good morning. >> good morning to you. this has become a real case of t the -- she said she said blaming each other for going on the attack. >> dawn holland, tight-lipped as she left a palm springs doctor's office wednesday, her arm still bandaged after she left after a scuffle with lindsay lohan. earlier, she was speaking out and told tmz that earlier, lohan, a patient at the center went out drinking and missed curfew and got out of control when holland confronted her. >> she grabbed my wrist and snatched it down and twisted my arm and hand. i went to the emergency room and found i had a severe sprain to my arm and hand. >> reporter: the betty ford center fired holland saying she violated patient confidentiality and the attorney general's office was contacted. now, her lawyer is firing back calling the te

good morning, stephanie. >> thank you. great to be here. good morning, everybody. we have a lot of winter weather to talk about. primarily in the middle of the country. but a lot of us are going to be affected. 11 states under winter weather advisories this morning. the snow is flying. and it's heading toward the south. i want to show you what happened last night in minneapolis, however. a delta airlines plane slid off the runway last night, due to those snowy conditions. fortunately, no injuries reported. and fortunately for you, minneapolis, if you're trying to be out and about, the snow is starting to wind down there. but it's just getting started in chicago. that snow is going to stretch through the south. down through indianapolis, cincinnati into nashville. and even into north carolina. and after the snow comes the cold. temperatures widespread in the eastern two-thirds of the country, 5 to 15 degrees below normal. that cold even headed to florida by early next week. h@ bianna and ron? >> all right, stephanie. thank you. >>> did you know that today is nationa

then, earlier this year, a stunning twist. 21-year-old stephany flores is found dead in a lima, peru,eo surveillance shows a man outside the room where her body was found. joran van der sloot. police announce he's their prime suspect. >> the most striking thing to me when i think about natalee holloway and stephany flores, both of them together, they had one common denominator, it was joran van der sloot. stephany flores was with joran van der sloot five years to the day that natalee holloway was last seen. and that was the last time stephany flores is seen. >> peruvian police track down van der sloot who fled to chile the day after the murder. under interrogation in peru, joran told investigators that he knows the location of natalee's body. but wouldn't say what happened to her that night. beth holloway hears the news and immediately heads to peru. van der sloot had been e-mailing her in march. the fbi monitored the entire exchange. >> his original message, for $250,000, i'll tell you what happened to her. and because he's playing on their emotions and saying, i'll give you this if

thank you very much, stephanie. i don't think i'm getting invited to any of them. >> i was looking for the invitation. >> i don't think we'll even make zara's wedding. >> but the 49ers. >> now one of the two smiths. alex, troy, they've had the kind of success that singletary needs to muster. the cat is out of the bag as to who is starting. the raiders have an important late december game against peyton manning and the colts and hope the wind isn't out of their sails before kickoff. cal is coasting a team that hasn't played in berkeley in over 50 years. a marquee matchup at haas.

--stephanie es una joven blanca con pelo castaÑo y ojos marron...pies y 4 pulgadas de alto y pesa cerca de 116 libras. --las autoridades britanicas arrestaron al fundador de wikilieaks, bajo una orden internacional de captura por un supuesto caso de abuso sexual ocurrido en suecia. --"julian assange", de 39 anos, permanecera en prision preventiva hasta el 14 de diciembre, mientras un tribunal decide su posible extradicion a suecia. --cabe mencionar que un juez se nego a dejarlo libre bajo fianza. --"mark stephens" su abogado defensor ha criticado a la fiscalia sueca asegurando que pelearan en el terreno legal para evitar la extradicion ya que temen que sea la antesala de su envio a los estados unidos, donde pudieran estar pensando en iniciarle un proceso por los miles de documentos diplomaticos filtrados por wikileaks. --miguelÁngel antoÑanzas tiene --hoy se cumplieron 69 anos del sorpresivo ataque japones contra la base de estados unidos en "pearl harbor, hawaii".--en todo el pais se realizaron ceremonias para recordar aquella tragica maÑana del 7

and on the stock exchange, and stephanie. eeelo of the last date for guaranteed crowne delivery is on friday. procrastinators can choose saturday, the two-day until december 21st. work, still overnight available through december 23rd. the southbound 1 0 1 is the bottom of your screen. the northbound is at the top of your screen, in the east, is also looking good third week will be right back. [ male announcer ] enjoy an amazing usda choice steak and succulent lobster dinner at sizzler for just $15.99. sizzler. thinking fresh. everyday. >> in world news, a teenager of preschoolers eastern france, taking them hostage. this was the scene. and the teachers were ok. and a teenager, with daggars holding these preschoolers hostage. and no injuries they goodness, the swedish suicide bombing in the first history. the suicide have been going off saturday night. had downtown stockholm sweden would of been jammed with stock shoppers. and if one had one of the bombs had gone off, prematurely. and he was a expatriate. >> and haiti, the the

this is the point here and this is the point i want to get stan to go do you think i think that stephanie that you are you realize go ahead go ahead i think it would be i think it would would be nice if we talk about what is really happening first money issue is that the european parliament has become much more important in the lisbon treated in previously european parliament is an elected parliament which we have to remember secondly the national parliaments have much more influence than there than they have previously so that's also a democratic process that has developed another issue which has also developed is that you can collect one million signatures if you. i would like to change something that did not exist previously as i find this more democratic and it's also efficient in the decision making because in certain areas you have a qualified majority voting like you all of us have very qualified things you are on your high doing accounting and a little less hairy go ahead you are leaving you are leaving out the loss of veto rights fee to rise are important instruments in the hands

tonight, south dakota's lone member of the house, moderate stephanie herseth sandlin. judy spoke with her last week as the lame duck session was coming to a close. >> representative stephanie herseth sandlin, thank you for talking with us. >> woodruff: you were elected in 2004 with fanfare, one of the youngest members of the house of representatives, the first woman from south dakota. six years later, what happened? >> i think there was clearly a wave of discontent against washington. it was taken out on the democratic party being in control of both the white house and both chambers of the congress, i think there was a lot of undisclosed money that came into south dakota driving a message to paint me as a washington partisan. which i don't believe that i am but it was a message that resonated after pounding it away for a number of weeks. and you know, again, south dakotans -- you know, we thought we communicated effectively about a record of accomplishment, and we kept it close, but clearly, given that it was a wave election, given the resources that were spent, i thin

stephanie was elected vice president of the port commission in 2009. for her job, she's executive director of creative lands recycling, which is a not-for- profit organization. stephanie has over a decade of experience working with government agencies, communities, and municipalities. at her tenure at port, has been instrumental, especially in land reuse, and was very concerned about the health and over well- being of the port and its tenants. we thank her for her service and send her our best wishes. at some point, we do have a plaque -- we will send it to her in the future. thank you, commissioner shakofsky. next, we have a commendation for commissioner fong, who is sitting in the front row. commissioner fong was appointed to the commission in november of 2006 and reappointed in 2010. he was elected president of the san francisco port commission in 2009 and again in 2010. he is a native san franciscan. he has been active and held several tourism and travel related positions, including board president, president of fishermans wharf commission, chairma

and stephanie, good to see you again.u would, you tell us your nose knows when merchants are out to trick. so give us the final tip of the day. >> yeah, it's so true, you know. a lot of that ambience you find in the store can get you to stay in the store longer. and there you are opening up your wallet, you're just spending, spending, spending. that's the main thing to be aware about. they want to make sure you are nice and relaxed when you take a look at what is going on in the store. so the scents are going to make a big difference, and think about william sonoma, it works for them. also brit beamer says if he was going to own a store, he would pay attention to the play list because the music is key. he says that is what really gets people to stay in there if they like the song, they sing along, keep shopping and spend a little bit more money. so you get -- you might want to think about that. if you're getting caught up in the spirit and you have a few more things in your basket than you thought about. >> blame it on na

pretty sweet news from the future brother-in-law. >> all right, stephanie gosk., welcome back. i have to know what you think of the royal china. cy need your opinion. >> i can hardly wait to see the doves. >> this is not an official book. i don't want people to think when they were engaged you sat down and spent four weeks slaving away at a book, since this has been in the works for a while, so has the book. >> i have been working on this story for about 30 years, covering the royals, three books. my sources told me a year ago that they would be married in the spring of 2011, and count on it, even though the palace was saying it won't happen any time soon. all of the people in the british media thought it wouldn't happen until 2012 or later, so i got to cracking on the book, and i've been working on it now for about a year. >> i'm going to get right to the book. 64% in a recent poll, 64% of people in the uk said they would like prince william and kate to be next in line to the throne. and what you basically suggest in the book is that there is a possibility that

stephanie if i go back to you going back to this bailout clause i mean it seems that you going to have to have carrots also now so if a country doesn't do what it's supposed to be looking at brussels acting like the i.m.f. in europe ok they'll be. strings attached maybe interest jane chains attached ok to the change between my organization but my point is this is that our country if with the bailout called clause will countries lose more and more of their sovereignty if they get into some kind of economic trouble if the ending if the euro continues to be dysfunctional within the monetary union i don't think it's the euro just dysfunctional if you take greece for instance that it was a very strange way of handling statistics that was. faked then you go to ireland it's a different case you had the banking system that was coming into trouble so you have very very different issues coming out it's not to say that the euro is completely different or gentleness well you know i mean this sounds like to break this coming back again but i mean you see the absolutely as we go you realize we can a

in york stephanie. >> saturday could be one of the busiest shopping days of the year. the kimberly tells us about the deals that will be out there. kimberly. >> shoppers to need to be careful because some of these deals are only available during certain times this weekend. as take a look. the start off with wal-mart, they're offering a 32 in. samsung lcd hdtv including a $50 while market card all of that for $340. they're also having up to 50% off their cook where. at j.c. penney they're having 50% off hair styling and finishing products and gold masterly jewry. toys r us there have been $100 off their yarmulkes on 61 keyboard. it that's selling for $99. on sunday when the store is open from 6:00 a.m. to midnight they're offering $50 gift cards with the purchase of a black or white nintendo wii game system and certain games. if you like to check of these deals and more visit www.kron4.com look for what's on the web section. >> live look outside over downtown san francisco are rainy evening on this friday. it will keep the rain forecast for quite some time. we'll talk a

lynn, back to you. >> stephanie there in chicago. thanks so much and have a happy holiday. >>> well, the increase in travel letters not help matters in the west where the recent onslaught of rain wreaked havoc. the downpours forced disaster declarations in at least ten california contis due to flooding and mudslide damage. in highland, at least 70 homes have been inundated with mud as the focus changed to clean up. meanwhile, ground crews at qualcomm stadium worked around the clock to successfully clear that submerged field for last night's poinsettia bowl. they last saw this in 1972, but residents are preparing for a heavy snowstorm this weekend. we'll have much more on what's in store for your holiday commute coming up in weather. >>> all right. did you make your list? check it twice? and did you realize you still have plent toy do? you're in luck and so are shop owners. across the country, stores have extended hours today, and it's expected to be a huge day for long-suffering retailers. kristin dahlgren has more from washington. k

stephanie rawlings blake was there. >> it was a substantial victory for middle-class families. with a stroke of a pen, president obama signed a sweeping package into law, to stop taxes from going up after the new year. >> it will protect the middle class. it will protecgrow our economy appeared question the president hailed bipartisan agreement that he brokered with republicans. >> i was pleased that we were able to come to an agreement on stopping all of the tax hikes. >> the motion is agreed to. >> the deal is now a reality after clearing the senate this week and then the house. >> the yays are 277. >> the measure extends the bush era tax cuts for two more years pierre >> it keeps tackles that there same level as they are now. for most americans -- it keeps tax levels at the same level as they are now. >> key extensions include unemployment benefits, and 100,000 -- $1,000 child tax credit, and there is also in one beshear cut in the social security payroll tax, which means -- a one-year cut in the social security payroll tax, which means more money in your paycheck. >> for mo

. >> her name was princess stephanie, who was a spy for the nazis in the 1930s and so helpful to hitler nazis, hitler called her his favorite princess. >> the princess was having an affair with one of hitler's associates. hitler sent him to san francisco to become the german consulate general. >> when he was in san francisco staying at the house on 2950 vallejo street his misstress princess stephanie joined him for several months. >> the reputed nazi spy and socialite didn't have an easy time of it. she suffered pay nervous breakdown during her time in san francisco. >> j. ed gaur hoogar hoover had personal interest in what she was up to. >> we spoke to the owner of the home today who said he's never heard the story. he did produce a newspaper showing the u.s. undersecretary who once owned the home. the house will now house this year's san francisco's decorator showcase in the spring, giving the public a chance to walk its halls and wonder about its past. joe risotto, jr. bay area news. >>> all the toys you don't want to see under the christmas tree were on display today. an informal sc

in new york stephanie. >> the on-line business website glass door has released a new list of the top 50 companies to work for in the united states. several bay area companies made that list. you can see face book came in no. 1, followed by shutter fly at no. 14. the survey asked employees to rank their company by a life to work balance, a professional environment, confidence in management and work satisfaction. for a few hours today, giants fans got a close-up look at the world series trophy you could see excited fans posing here for pictures with the team's big prize today, and the giants announced the trophy will be going on toward starting in january. spanning the bay area from santa cruz to sonoma. the trophy will make a few detours stopping in arizona for the giants' spring training. and in your or the team was originally founded. the toro come to an end at at&t park for the home opener on april the it's. >> this seemed to us the time to show our gratitude enjoyed the best we cut which is to take this handsome trophy which says it all, take it out to been to giants country. give

stephanie has details on that. >> could do is when it comes to the economy retail sales so fueled in part by deep discounts on holiday merchandise. that's the fifth monthly gain for retail sales in a row. it shows consumers are becoming more comfortable spending money, despite the dismal job market. november report showed consumers spent more on clothing and other general merchandise. there were a few weeks spots last month electronics sales dipped that decline is also reflected in earnings from best buy the consumer electronics retailer reported an unexpected 4.4% drop in third quarter profit. the time. that includes black friday. it also lowered its annual earnings forecast. the espy said its market share for the full year will decline because of weaker than expected sales of tvs, computers and video games. retail sales are especially important during the holiday season, sales in november and december can account for as much as 50% of merchants of total sales and profits for the full year. at the new york stock exchange and stephanie. >> we want to go back to our breaking news stor

they weren't down the street. >> stephanie flanders, bbc economics editor. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> for a d.v.d. copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts, or to give us your comments about this program. visit us online. they are also available as c-span pod casts. >> in london, students. this month, q & a expands to two programs with interviews from london. tonight, matthew parris former member of parliament. this week on "prime minster's questions" david cameron talks about the raise in tuition and the support for school sports programs. also, efforts to force utility companies to return profits to customers in light of the recent unexpected cold weather in the u.k. tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. this morning a reporters round table -- host: good morning. congress returns this week in congress returns this week in what could be the final week