stryker is talking about? and then health community members understand what real policing looks like? how do you help find that balance and have you seen success with that? >> i can't measure any actual success, but i can say that, through our not-for-profit, annually we put on a summit called the summit on the bright of the african-american male. we have taken different approaches to engaging the community at large, government, political officials, and particularly law enforcement, from the u.s. attorney to every day cops and the like. one of the things we realized is that new orleans, like many communities, is the tale of two cities where we have those who function well and don't have any issues with police harassment and the like, biases and the like, but then there are those even like myself who -- i'm a native, but as you say, every day cops go out and wonder if they will survive getting home. as an african american male, i feel that way sometimes. i'm hunted. that is a personal kind of thing. i hope i wi

stryker is talking about? and then health community members understand what real policing looks like? how do you help find that balance and have you seen success with that? >> i can't measure any actual success, but i can say that, through our not-for-profit, annually we put on a summit called the summit on the bright of the african-american male. we have taken different approaches to engaging the community at large, government, political officials, and particularly law enforcement, from the u.s. attorney to every day cops and the like. one of the things we realized is that new orleans, like many communities, is the tale of two cities where we have those who function well and don't have any issues with police harassment and the like, biases and the like, but then there are those even like myself who -- i'm a native, but as you say, every day cops go out and wonder if they will survive getting home. as an african american male, i feel that way sometimes. i'm hunted. that is a personal kind of thing. i hope i wi

is goinglike stryker to bid in a couple of weeks for smith and nephew. is already up about 26% on the year. the reason is back in may we understood that stryker was looking around, potentially bidding. it sent the stock higher, but the bid was not made you to tech rules. they had to go away -- not made due to u.k. tech rules. they had to go away. back in may, all the fashion was to leave tax inversions. it was about u.s. companies coming to the u.k. to make the most of a lower tax rate. that is not on the issue. too much political risk. the u.s. may be cutting down on these types of deals. now it is all about synergy. is about lowering the cost for hospitals. stryker, which makes surgical implants, can get together with smith and nephew. >> they have to do this because they have been on a series of acquisitions. a bunch of transactions which made a monster in this phase. >> medtronic and covidien did the same thing. is about looking for synergy. there is no such thing as no bidding war. we will see if anyone else is up for it in the new year as well. >>

people like it for them but they also like it for stryker.p almost 2% on the back of this as well. they might be finalizing a bid and coming towards the end of actually putting on the table in the next couple of weeks is good news. what is so trgs is the rationale has changed. once again, a u.s. medical company going for a u.k. medical company. where have we heard that one before? pfizer, astrazeneca. it was all about trying to lower your tax and gain from the u.k. lower corporate tax rate and also be able to use the money that you made abroad. u.s. companies don't like bringing their profits home because they get taxed at the higher rate that the u.s. currently imposes. problem is we know the u.s. government is trying the crack down on this. because of political risk, we understand according to people familiar that stryker will not treat this as a tax emersion. what is winning it is cost cuts. synergies. this is all about trying offer the u.s. hospitals and insurance cheaper materials and cheaper good and cheaper medical devices that smith a

stryker is a principal with stryker, formally the kernel and chief of the cincinnati police department. i was the national youth director when there was a great deal of strife in cincinnati over the killing of a young man and protests ensued. there was a great deal of unrest in the city under colonel stryker's leadership. he now travels the country as a consultant engaging communities in best practices and how to do effective collaborative policy as well as government accountability. please, a round of applause for tom stryker. [applause] to his left is cedric alexander, .he ceo -- the coo he has a rich history. he was working with the -- as the federal security director with tsa and has worked with the state of new york. please give him a round of applause. [applause] and last but certainly not least is reverend tom watson. minister, that means pastor -- [laughter] of washington memorial training ministry in new orleans, louisiana. manifestsctivist and the prophetic word. for those of you who don't know what that means, he operates in speaking the words so that we can move and engage

for nbc news, i'm gary stryker. >> so what's your new years's resolution? we want to hear from you. >> find us on facebook and twitter, and join our conversation. you're doing a resolution. we always do. >> i'm doing five. >> five? i can't do that. >> i think i can keep at least one of one of them. >> i like the odds. >>> first at 4:00 what happened and why? >> we're getting brand-new details of a tragedy. some of the courageous and frightening efforts to save hundreds of people stuck on a burning ferry at sea. >> from child star to the courtroom, the legal wrangling that will have . >>> new developments at this hour on the deadly fire near greece. the number dead is up to ten. >> more than 400 are safe. the rescue took more than 24 hours keir simmons reports. >> reporter: a terrifying rescues operation, a ferry on fire hundreds of passengers on the top deck. they are airlifted one by one while two jets of water are visible pouring from another ship to control the flames beneath those still treaded 148 people were reportedly still on board. some were winche

nbc news gary stryker. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricaneschwartz. >> it was a pretty good weekend for outdoor activity, especially on saturday but we have a colder air that has moved in. it's going to be much colder this week than it was last week. remember we had a couple days in the 60s. we talk about new year's eve and new year's day forecasts and also the one precipitation threat in the seven-day happens to occur next weekend. there may be a wintry mix involved. we're see something clouds at least in parts of the area and we're seeing colder air everywhere. mostly cloud yy, 11 degrees colder than this time yesterday. the wind chill is only about 43. 32 degrees in the poconos, low to mid-40s elsewhere. these temperatures are still a little bit above average for this time of the year but that's going to change tomorrow. we may not get out of the 30s tomorrow. here's the camelback ski resort. you can see loads of people there. they're going to be able to make snow every day this week. conditions will be getting better every day for skiing.

medical device maker stryker looking at bidding for smith and nephew.ine hyde is also back with the details. >> we know that it could be bidding in the next few weeks. it could be a new year resolution for stryker to be coming back to the table, to be offering a 30% premium for the u.k.-based company, smith and nephew, which makes medical devices. ker itself makes surgical implants. the 30% pickup is driving smith and nephew higher. people are liking the sound of this deal. it is at a record high in terms of share price today. it seems as though it could be finalized. timing could change but it looks as though it could be in the >> why doeseks. it make sense? >> it makes sense from a synergy point of view. this is a deal coming back on the table. in may, striker had to walk away for six months. they had to go off-line. the media had got wind of the fact that stryker was interested in smith and nephew. it couldn't turn it around quite quickly enough. it is coming back to the table. this time, what was de rigueur back in may was for u.s. companies to be b

stryker up about 2% off session highs. bid deal possible maybe in the medical devices space. >>> let's get to the milestone for the markets. the dow hitting 18,000 for the first time ever being fuelled by a strong report on the u.s. economy. the major averages on track for the best quarter of 2014. the s&p 500 hasn't had a losing streak longer than three days so far this year but the nasdaq is bucking the overall trend moving lower today. it is also the only one of the three major averages that is actually down and lower for the month of december. bob pisani joins us live from the new york stock exchange floor. as dow hits 18,000 we have hedge fund worried about the market in 2015. >> i want to point out it is a short road. dow 17,000 was july 3. let me show you stocks that have moved the dow from 17 to 18. this is a very broad rally. we have home depot up 24%. there is your health care. visa your financials up 22%. nike, your consumer discretionary. intel up about 20%. there is your tech. it is a broad rally in terms of s

it's too much conviction at a 52-week high for me to think don't buy stryker.t's one of the big calls today. >> we know what's on mad tonight? >> we have boone pickens and deckers brands angel martinez and kevin miles. look at the zoes, a made-to-order mediterranean. it's coming your way. i think that this is the next great concept. they don't do as much per unit as i would like to see. i had fiesta group on yesterday. i want to own pollo tropicale. >> see you at "mad money" tonight at 6:00 eastern. >>> brad anderson will join us the next hour of the program. a new target call on apple. is ben lawsky about to quit? are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs and feet. don't drink alcohol while taking lyrica. don't drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. those who have had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. [ karen ] having less pain, that means everything to me. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor about lyrica today. >>> welcome back. breaking news, october construction spending. up. it wou

alexander or stryker, take the other two questions. >> yeah, i think i heard him say we build trust. we have to first build trust. we cannot rebuild but not as been built. i am not sure where you're coming from that on that. i just think the consciousness across the community has to be allocated from leadership and not just governmental, political law-enforcement leadership. leadership across the board. for his tints, in my community, some of my plan -- not me personally, but the colleagues i work with is to bring the white is this community closer to the black business community, white churches closer to black churches. and in a sense the collaborative efforts to begin project to dialogue across the board with tears of leaders. young people have to begin to see leaders who are credible coming together, not just ceremoniously. not just to say we had a great conversation and we join hands, but to really have serious, short and long-term goals about transforming the village. bob franklin, former president of morehouse college wrote the book crises in the village. you said ferguson, if

names like stryker corporation. also edwards life sciences and zimmer holdings. both tend to increase 3% in the beginning of a new calendar year. other names like baxter and medtronnic do well. these are going to be names, an industry to watch that as we get the republicans taking control of congress and the potential repeal of the medical device tax. those names will stay in focus. on the flip side the names that tend to drop in the beginning of a new calendar year retail names, names like game stop. both of those tend to lose about 3% in the first two weeks of january. also names like the gap and kohl's. a lot is tied to holiday sales and earnings coming out. if you have a strong holiday season you see stocks run up. when we get the read and the numbers on the data tends to come down. also telecom tends to sell off in january. names like century link at&t verizon, frontier. these are stocks to check out if you are making you new year's resolutions for your investment portfolio. >>> coming up this year silicon valley saw a lot of headline making plans for spinof

goldman sachs adding medical device maker stryker to buy list. the stock is up 1.5%. and blackstone selling industrial real estate unit to singapore wealth fund. that is good enough for a better than 1% gain. >>> just over 20 days until christmas and last year 2 million express packages never made it to their final destinations on time. a third of those were being moved by fed ex. what is the company doing differently this year to avoid a repeat? morgan brennan has that story for us. >> reporter: this is the distribution center for wine.com. it is about 1 million bottles of wine shipped via fed ex. this is one of many e commerce companies contributing to an expected record peak for the shippers this season. fed ex and ups have invested hundreds of millions of dollars into network upgrades and more operating days. this season ups expects to ship 585 million packages with 34 million on the busiest day. and fed ex 290 million packages with nearly 23 million on its busiest day december 15. for both of those shippers that means double the number of packages versus an avera

this is ella watson-stryker, a health educator who was on the ground from the very beginning in guinea and elsewhere, trying to educate the community as to how ebola spreads and get the word out, because you have to be able to keep people from infecting each other. this is an ambulance driver, he runs an ambulance team in monrovia. also a survivor he contracted it , in trying to save a little boy. he says he would give his blood to save other people, which he does because it confers a benefit. and finally, kent brantley, a doctor at the same hospital as jerry brown. he, too, contracted the disease and came to emory. >> thank you. back in a moment. stay with us. >> tonight a conversation with , walmart ceo doug mcmillon. walmart is the world's largest retailer but its dominance is under threat. consumers can find low prices online all the time. walmart is determined to catch up with the transformation in retail and with amazon. they are experimenting with delivery and store formats. since taking over in mcmillon february, has increased investment in e-commerce and he is the youngest ceo

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is noty that stryker planning cap conversion with this deal because of limited benefits and political risks. it is 26 minutes past the hour, which means that bloomberg is "on the markets." all the benchmark indexes are up .1%, this after the dow and s&p closed with record highs. clip, growing at a 5% fastest rate since 2003. equity markets closed at 1:00 p.m. the bond market closes at 2:00. officeyou are at the without time to finish her shopping, you may not be completely out of luck. julie hyman is here with a procrastinator's dream. i noticed you have been doing a little shopping this morning. >> amazon prime, this new service that amazon is offering, or-hour delivery for a fee two hour delivery for free in certain areas of manhattan. we have seen some of the other shopping sites do this. google does it, ebay does it same day, but amazon has upped the ante by doing it as one-hour shopping. i did it earlier for "surveillance" and got the crew some gifts for the holiday. i ordered it at 6:16 this morning. half an hour later -- exactly half an hour later i got a call that the courier