in the 21st century get a thing that ted offers us a valuable as network.m ambivalent about that create it on like the networking but the challenge in this post-industrial world is to build their own personal brand. we are not going to be doctors or lawyers. we are not going to work report or kodak for the rest of our lives. we will be continually inventing and reinventing ourselves and networking is really important. the more people you know the wealthier you are. that will not be in your bank account but who you know. the founder of linked in is perhaps the great visionary and a brilliant man a graduate of stanford and a philosopher attacks -- at oxford. he was a believe the fulbright or rhodes scholar in the interest of this better than anyone. he essentially vote -- invented social networks. c-span: here you are back at that ted speech back in 2012. >> we are being sold something also which is a scam, something which is undermining who we are as a species. one of the previous speakers talked about the importance of community, what i call the cult of the

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donald trump and ted cruz used to be quite friendly... and to a certain extent...still are. but yesterday... donald trump attacked ted cruz for the very first time. at a rally last night in iowa... trump questioned his commitment to ethanol subsidies... something very important to voters in iowa. he also questioned cruz's appeal to evangelical voters. trump says: "i do like ted cruz but not a lot of evangelicals come out of cuba in all fairness its true not a lot come out. but i like him nevertheless." trump says: "well look he is knowledge there is a lot of oil in texas. so he gets a lot of money from the oil companies and he is totally against ethanol and i am not i am totally in favor." but - so far - ted cruz isn't taking the bait. he said yesterday on twitter - quote - "the establishment's only hope: trump & me in a cage match. sorry to disappoint -- donald trump is terrific. deal with it." trump chose not to attack cruz at a rally today in south carolina. it was a loud and rowdy event. in fact... several people were kicked out for interrupting trump and protesting his r

she said since ted cruz used his kids in an ad they were, quote, fair game.sing their kids, that's never happened before. fair game. where have we heard that phrase before? it was a book and a hollywood movie about celebrity spy couple and -- value reblame. you remember they published her name in the "washington post" and she and her husband cried scandal and blamed the white house. chris matthews wrote that he called them fair game. which of course they were. they were democrats out to hurt the bush administration. the whole scandal was phony from the start. i wonder what those two are doing now. of course they are major clinton fundraisers. how strange this cartoonist would use the loaded phrase for a couple of kids. here is her cartoon. depicting the daughters as monkeys. cruz is not amused. he tweeted out this response. the "new york times" and the "washington post" is hillary's lap dogs. oh well. i guess it is only fair. liz you would think these people would be a little more careful about appearing to be bias, wouldn't you? >> here is what she is saying

kerry: a cartoon about ted cruz used and insulting depiction of his children. >> it started with ted cruz made a video with this family. this brought retaliation. surprise winning cartoonist from the washington post. he wrote in her post that while there is an unspeakable fooling, when someone uses his kids as political props, then i figured they are fair game. he said his policies, leave kids out of it. he failed to look at the cartoon in advance. >> not much ticks me off. making fun of my girls, that will do it. do not mess with my kids. do not mess with hillary's kids. to not mess with anybody's kids. donald trump saying it was nasty. what if it would have been president obama's daughters. / years thanksgiving turkey. she lost her job. people magazine was rightly criticized for publishing a story on chelsea clinton. their dad send out an emergency appeal. but using the liberal media of trying to destroy him and his family. >> portraying the children as animals is so far over the line. the washington post is not trying to defend it. in washington, fox news. kerry: we have a lot more

ted cruz is showing signs of momentum. he is tied for second marco rubio at 12%. he is up seven points since october. joining usted cruz's national spokesperson, rick tyler, coming on the show from houston. welcome. ever since the debate, you guys have been engaged in a tussle with marco rubio mainly around the topic of immigration. can you tell us why you think it is marco rubio and his campaign have chosen this issue on which to engage your boss? >> i think it is quite remarkable. the one thing you would not want the rubio campaign to talk about what to be the center of his campaign is immigration. the reason is marco rubio is the chief proponent of the amnesty gang of eight bill. now that is all we are talking about. i don't know why they think they would benefit from that. i'm happy to talk about immigration all day long. their guy has a fatal flaw to be running for the republican nomination. mark: the new york times, jonathan martin has a story about advice senator cruz gave when he was a bush campaign staffer about how candidate bush should talk about immigration. this is one of many comments that have be

you look at everyone from donald trump, who is a provocative tweeter, ted cruz uses social media, bernie sanders. his entire campaign is credited to social media because he has so many young people supporting him. same with hillary clinton. but then go down to members of congress. the 20 years ago how much interact did an average constituent have with a member of congress and their senate? probably very little. you can follow your member of congress, and let's say four people respond to members of congress. that tweet is retweeted by the news. it's picked up by the news stories and totally changes the way we discuss politics in america. >> michael shure, very very much. >> thank you. >> parts of the south ravaged by storms. and "star wars" still bringing in the big bucks at the box office. the new record smashed. >> people in north texas trying to salvage anything they can after a weekend of powerful and deadly tornadoes. 1 people were killed, dozens more hurt in and around the dallas area. heavy rains causing flash flooding. 1400 homes were damaged or destroyed. and parts of texas deali

and the man behind ted cruz's biggest iowa endorsement. he tells us why he picked ted cruz. ust a moment, president obama's chief of staff joins us here on the white house lawn as soon as we come back from this commercial break. ♪ mark: joining us on the north lawn of the white house is the denis mcdonough for one of his rare television appearances. happy holidays. thank you for joining us. denis: welcome to the white house. mark: what are the facts on the ground in the war against isis? are they on offense, defense? denis: they are pressing as hard as they can on a number of different fronts. they have given back about 40% of the turf they gained in syria and iraq over the course of the last year. they are also striking out in different ways, as we have seen. the sinai peninsula, paris, san bernardino, so this is something that we have to make sure that we stay very vigilant about. the president demanding that from his team, and that's what we will continue to do. mark: would you say people are mischaracterizing the president's posture when they say he is not making any chan

the cartoonist said quote, ted cruz uses his kids as political props.ater took down the cartoon with the editorial page editor explaining it had been the paper's policy to leave the children out of it. the cartoonist is not apologizing and posted a link to this ad hoeing cruz reading christmas stories to his daughters. the cartoonist says cruz should not complain because he put his children in that political ad. >>> christmas came early for shoppers at a k-mart in hayward. one secret santa helped make it all happen. >> reporter: shoppers are checking out their wish lists. >> not much, not overboard. my grandchildren are 3, 6, 2. and it's kind of hard to see the children that age playing outside with something new and they don't have anything. >> reporter: but this day she was taken to the back where layaway angels were waiting. >> we are volunteering today with pay away the layaway.org and we are here to pay off your layaway for the holidays. >> it's a simple gift from the crowd funding website that partners with stores, volunteer athletes and their fam

>> they were trying to make a point about ted cruz using his family as props in terms of raising money. guess what? that's exactly what he did afterwards. >> okay. so other candidates telling you to use their children. >> it's going to come out. i think people don't make fun of hillary clinton and bernie sanders. >> let the record note that the liberals think it is okay to use the children in a political cartoon. we'll leave it at that. >> wait a minute. what about hillary clinton's granddaughter? i think some people think that very convenient before the election. >> it's the daughter that happens to be an adult now. coming up, if you're politically correct, eat somewhere else. a restaurant chain is spreading holiday cheer by warning customers to lighten up. is this something for all of us to chew on in the new year? we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, and the lowest prices of the season. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. you like the bed soft. he's more

donald trump and ted cruz used to be quite friendly but yesterday donald trump attacked ted cruz for the very first time he questioned cruz's appeal. >> i do like ted cruz but not a lot of evangelicals come out of cuba in all fairness. it's true. not a lot come out. but i like him nevertheless. >> well, look, he's from texas. to the best of my knowledge, there's a lot of oil in texas, right. so he gets a lot of money from the can companies and totally against ethanol and everything else you're talking about and i'm not. >> reporter: but so far ted cruz is not taking the bait and said yesterday on twitter, the establishments only hope trump and me in a cage match, sorry to disappoint, donald trump is terrific. deal with it. trump chose not to attack cruz in south carolina today. for interrupting trump and protesting his recent remarks about muslims and shortly after about 100 miles away in greenville, marco rubio had this to say about trump's plan to temporary be a muss -- ban mislimbs from entering the u.s. i don't see it as a serious proposal. in washington, kristen fisher, fox news

yanked a controversial cartoon, that depicts ted cruz's young daughters as monkeys issue saying ted cruz useshis kids at political props, ted cruz tweeted, classy washington post makes fun of my girls, stick with attacking me, caroline and katherine are out of your league, senator cruz's rival are going to bat for him as well, senator rubio tweeting that washington post cartoon is des gusting -- disgusting and saying that the kids are fair game is worse. i failed to look at that this cartoon before it was published, i understand why and thought an exception was warned but i do not agree. we have got our political panel back with us. she said that kids were fair game, tweeted that ted cruz put his children in a political ad, saying don't start screaming into editorial cartoonists draw them are kids ever fair game. >> no, never, no matter if you are hillary clinton, or ted cruz no matter who you are, no kid is fair game. kids are fair game in washington post, if they like you, they went after -- who criticized president obama's daughter, they lambast her, if they like you, your kids are not fai

ted... he joins us now for a quick look at the weekend forecast. officially it was a trace of snow at mccarran airport around the midnight hour. but to listen for clicking on the some briefly the far west and northwest parts of the valley. up in was maybe a quarter of an inch. as you might guess, the most accumulation was way up top on mt charleston where they had 6 inches as of early this morning. and you know what? we're not done with slight chances for a few more flying flurries in the valley. the bigger story that affects all of us is the wind and the much cooler temps. winds will be coming from the north - cold north wind - and when you combine that with temps down to the upper 20s, you've got wind chills down to the teens. the below normal reading stretch into mid- week. daytime highs will struggle to reach 50 and overnight lows may hover around the freezing mark. looking ahead to new year's eve: expected the mercury to once agian be around 32, so if you have outdoor plans you'll need to bundle up for sure. overnight flurries - there was stil

>> ted used to talk about this and used to talk about how, tend to believe in the power, like few others, except present company excluded. he believed it had to be a confluence of the circumstance had to be right for a great speech to be delivered and to move people are i would say one circumstance that comes to mind is on health care. i worked on a speech to the american medical association when we were supposed to kick off the drive for health care reform for our member talking to dan pfeiffer who is a then the communications director, i forget what his title was back then, but dan said when history books about this administration are written we want the driver health reform to really to be seen to start with a speed which is not something to say to a speechwriter to make them feel very calm, just getting ready to invest. i remember the vision of that speech was let's put it all, let's explain this thing as well as we know how and really let out a policy. so we met with, calling everybody do it in particular the speech in the white house together from larry summers, peter orszag, all t

ted daniel joins us now with the very latest. ted? >> the reporter: the couple were responsible for the attack, was not on any terrorist watch list, but now, it appears they possibly should have been. there are multiple reports that investigators believe syed become radicalized during a trip to the middle east. syed rizwan farook was 28 years old, a u.s. citizen of south asia descent, he met his wife, tashfeen malik, the other accused shooter on the internet, and then in person, during a trip to saudi arabia. last year. authorities believe farook may have become radicalized during that trip. several reports that falook had been in couch by phone and social media with more than one international terrorism suspect. farook's brother-in-law claims none of the family, they were not aware, he offered condolences for the victims. >> why would he do something like this? i have absolutely no idea. i am in shock myself. >> the reporter: the search of the couple's redlands california apartment continues at this hour. police found thousands of ro

ted cruz is probably the biggest pen fishery of the latest bout of momentum. charles: walk us through the potential way for the nominee. who will drop out and who wins from that. >> the question comes down to new hampshire. iowa we have a battle. we have ted cruz potentially winning. in new hampshire you will see the establishment candidates desired whether they are going to continue. chris christie is going hard in new hampshire. if he loses there it's probably unlikely he will have much success. jeb bushes sessionally, i think the race is over for him. we'll be look at this trump, cruz, rubio,carson four-way race going into early next year after new hampshire. charles: do the non-establishment candidates pick those potential voters up? >> bush has 3% in this latest poll. carly fiorina is 1%. a complete collapse. kasich has 1 1/2 voters. what the key is going to be and what trump seems to be doing is winning people over on his own volition. what we have to see the establishment do, they will still have a campaign strategy likely with rubio and he's not moving up forward. he's

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the caption ted cruz uses his kids as political props. she wrote that the senator had waived the unspoken rule of leaving candidates' kids out of cartoons. once he included them in this ad that aired in iowa during "saturday night live." cruz tweeted the paper should stick with attacking him and that his daughters are off limits. marco rubio chimed in calling the cartoon disgusting despite the fact that the two senators have locked horns on the campaign trail. the paper's editor wrote it has generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. i failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. i understand why ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but i do not agree. it wasn't long after the cruz campaign began fund-raising off of the cartoon, including it in a blast e-mail. >>> a top hillary clinton aide says bernie sanders is likely to edge the democratic front-runner in donations this quarter. clinton campaign manager robby muck wrote in a fund-raising e-mail, quote, bernie

donald trump and ted cruz used to be quite friendly... and to a certain extent...still are. but yesterday... donald trump attacked ted cruz for the very first time. at a rally last night in iowa... trump questioned his commitment to ethanol subsidies... something very important to voters in iowa. he also questioned cruz's appeal to evangelical voters. trump says: "i do like ted cruz but not a lot of evangelicals come out of cuba in all fairness its true not a lot come out. but i like him nevertheless." trump says: "well look he is from tx, to the best of my knowledge there is a lot of oil in texas. so he gets a lot of money from the oil companies and he is totally against ethanol and i am not i am totally in favor." but - so far - ted cruz isn't taking the bait. he said yesterday on twitter - quote - "the establishment's only hope: trump & me in a cage match. sorry to disappoint -- donald trump is terrific. deal with it." trump chose not to attack cruz at a rally today in south carolina. rowdy event. in fact... several people were kicked out for interrupting trump and protest

long-awaitede his 2016 endorsement, ted cruz. he joins us from des moines, iowa to explain why. believe ted cruz has been consistent in his character, his principles, his conservative convictions. he has built one heck of an infrastructure in iowa, and i believe he has what it takes to go the distance. he can be an effective standardbearer for us. it was not an easy choice. there were a lot of friends in the race. it quickly became an obvious choice that this is a candidate that conservatives can unite around and get to be our nominee. what is your sense of what your members think of donald trump and whether donald trump is a man of faith? >> they are excited he is in the race. you are seeing the spike in the polls to ted cruz. trump has done a service to this campaign so far from our bases perspective. who is the serious leader? say mark: -- mark: you say you like trump and a lot of the others. 's electability, the fact that he would be the best on your agenda, what sets him apart from the others rather than saying superlatives? why is he better? guest: he is the guy that can un

they also use the symbol of "the hunger games" hero, that symbol the mocking jay has shown up in ted ferent cities. the campaign tells us the flyer about joining the rebel underground is not theirs. then again, that's probably just what the rebel underground would say. just about anywhere you use sugar, you can use splenda®... ...no calorie sweetener. splenda® lets you experience... ...the joy of sugar... ...without all the calories. think sugar, say splenda® >>> hey, new news tonight on the next debate in the race for the presidency. the two debates right before iowa for the republicans are hosted by fox news and fox business. which is hilarious. you guys sure you're comfortable? tonight we got the fox business qualifying criteria for their debate held in south carolina. it's interesting because they are doing something that hasn't been done before. it looks like they're trying to cut off the field. here's what they say. in order to make the main debate stage at the fox business debate january 14th, candidates needs to either finish in the top six nationally based on an average of th

ted reinstein tells us more. "who knew?" on "chronicle" at 7:30. looking at that. businesses hoping to get a boost from holiday shoppers today. but be careful where you park. sera: the crackdown at malls as police try to make sure handicapped spots aren't being abused. doug: and the community in in a crash. how a group of parents plan to honor the athlete killed in a car crash. as we head to break. sera: a beautiful look at the common with all those christmas lights. i have my christmas tree but i haven't actually decorated it doug: you have time. beautiful. stay tuned.

ted cruz and his family. fair game? or out of bounds. >>> and the carson campaign shake up. >>> all of us learned in kindergarten don't hit little girls. it's not complicated, don't make fun of a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old girl. >> and this is what senator ted cruz was referring to, and editorial cartoon that appeared in the "washington post." he apparently there as a sort of santa claus, with his two young daughters portrayed as monkeys. let's talk about it with our panel. steve hayes, senior writer for the "weekly standard," a.b. stoddard of "the hill" and charles krauthammer. the "washington post" pulled the cartoon, but is not planning to offer a formal apology. a.b., what do you think? >> i think the world knows, everything it needs to know about this, about this event. pulling the cartoon is an acknowledgement that it wasn't the right thing to do. ted cruz has used his daughters in political commercials. which is pretty rare. but it's still not appropriate for the media to exploit, make fun of, include children in any kind of cartoons or criticism. or even good, well-intentioned jokes, really to include the ch

but somebody is impersonating them and saying it's they're the ted cruz for president campaign and using weird. i will point out the michigan for ted cruz facebook page uses some of the language that's on that flyer on their facebook page. they also use the symbol of the hunger games" hero, that symbol the mocking jay has shown up in ted cruz graffiti in different cities. the campaign tells us the flyer about joining the rebel underground is not theirs. then again, that's probably just what the rebel underground would say. come on,why ya sleepin'? come on! what time is it? it's go time. come on. let's go, let's go, let's go. woooo hoooo!! yeah!! i feel like i went to bed an hour ago. yeah!! i'll make the cocoa. get a great offer on the car of your grown-up dreams at the mercedes-benz winter event. it's the look on their faces that make it all worthwhile. hurry, these offers end january 4th. thank you santa!!! for the new mattress models! it's time to make room during sleep train's huge year end clearance sale... get beautyrest, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic mattress sets at low clearan

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the rise of donald trump and ted cruz now especially in iowa. talk to use evangelicals in iowa are saying with the two of these guys? >> look, i believe this race has come down, especially in iowa to a two-man race between trump and cruz. both are resonating with evangelical voters. if i everywhere going to it handicap it, i would say maybe cruz has the slight edge right now but trump is doing amazingly well, not only with the evangelicals in iowa but beyond iowa as well. i believe they are going to continue to resonate with voters and not only in iowa but beyond iowa as well. and i think evangelicals will be happy with either candidate. >> what specifically about trump and cruz, taken separately or together is rest someating with evangelicals? >> look, evangelicals are not unlike other americans. they are looking for a strong leader who will help get us out of the status quo, which ronald reagan said is latin for the mess we're in. people feel like we are in a mess. they see in trump a strong, strong leader. i think cruz, in many ways is the replacement f

ted cruz is using a small piece of the truth to misrepresent the truth. it's like if someone towele tolu "star wars" was a story about a guy kissing his sister. it happened, but it's not the whole movie. makes it sound like they knew but didn't know they were brother and sister and leah wasn't kissing luke because she liked him, it was because she wanted hans solo to be jealous and it worked. the point, is see you pied night thursday, save my seats. (applause) but moving on, talking about petty groups of people from hot climates who fight non-stop. (laughter) no, not that group. the other one. yeah, that's right. i.s.i.s. the atlanta housewives of the middle east. (laughter) many people think of i.s.i.s. as terrorists with a violent hatred of the west, but that's a misconception. you see, they violently hate the east, too. back in 2014, the leader of i.s.i.s. listed china as one of its enemies and a few weeks ago they executed a chinese hostage and, now, i.s.i.s. has even released a propaganda video highlighting one very special chinese militant. >> i wen

mark: that was donald trump over the weekend hitting ted cruz for joining us now to talk about the debate two political maniacs, jonathan martin and jonathan hollis. how much are they candidate-centric? the ted cruz campaign is certainly one of the most candidate-centric. there is more staff input there. i doubt that ted cruz will go off-topic during the debate. is that ted cruz will do everything he can in the debate. we know the moderators will push and. he will try to do his damndest. >> i agree. not that he is not his own strategist, but he has a smart staff that has a sense of what they are trying to do. they are executing on that theory and for that reason, i agree you'd i do think he wants to get in a public fight with donald. she does the candidate thing that a candidate has to do very well. debates,rough these one thing early on that impressed me that ted cruz was he looked right at the camera and you knew who he had in mind when he was talking to the camera. he had a specific audience that he was drawing in. he has been consistent in that. >> you have to give ted cruz credit for

reporter: the into establishing candidates donald trump and ted cruz used to be friendly and to a certain extent still are but yesterday donald trump a tax ted cruz for the first time at a rally in iowa. trump questioned his commitment to ethanol something important to voters in iowa and questioned the evangelical voters appeal. >> i do like ted cruz but not a lot of evangelicals, but cuba in not a lot, but i like them nevertheless. >> he's from texas into the best best of my knowledge there's a lot of oil in texas so he gets a lot of money from the oil companies and these against of them all and everything else you're talking about. reporter: so far ted cruz is not taking the bait. he said yesterday on twitter the establishment hopes to get me and trump in a cage match. trump says at a rally in south carolina it was allowed in ready then and several people were kicked out for interrupting trump protesting his recent remarks on muslims. 100 muzzling greenville marco rubio had this to say about trump's plan to temporarily ban muslims from entering the u.s.. >> it's offensive and counterpro

why that cartoon >> catherine: why that cartoonist is defending her illustration poking fun of ted cruz's use of his kids. from home. praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. bernie sanders passed more amendments in a republican congress than any other member. cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders. a consistent, principled, to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders >>> 5 :24 right now. check out this dramatic video of a helicopter crashing at a tourist resort in fiji. strong wind gusts hit the chopper as it tried to land at the treasure island resort. the aircraft surged forward and slammed into palm trees. eventually it landed near a swimming pool at the resort. seven people were on board including two children. no one was seriously hurt. that is just incredible. >>> a truck driver out in california gets the surprise of a lifetime. >> it's a bear. >> it is a bear. >> daniel: that is cinnamon the bear. loaded on the back of a truck. >> we opened the door and he come running out and one of the other drivers standi

new tonight, ted greenberg shows us how they do it and how to protect yourself. >> authorities say they pick their targets and deploy a pla to steal from shoppers. stly senior citizens. >> they want t go to the path of least resistance. that's why they target the old people. >> police say this surveillance video from jr's fresh market clearly shows a man giving direction to a female accomplice to distract a couple so he can swipe the victim's purse sitting in her shopping cart. >> they're n the store shopping for victims. >> detectives are trying to track d n the woman who they say was working with the 48-year-old of pleasantville. he was arrested at this shop right, aday after allegedly video stealing a woman's purse at the same store. police say in the last month saxen created similar crimes. >> i take a credit card which is always in my pocket. that's all i take. >> reporter: police are urging shoppers to remain aware of their surroundings and to not put pocketbooks or purses in shopping carts. >> a low level of vigilance will prevent threats. >> if i see anytime the basket, i tell t

we need to have some limits on who comes to visit us." ted cruz called the president misguided sot: ted cruz presidential candidate 1:02- 1:07"they are not focused on islamic radical terrorist, obama will not use the words radical islamic terrorist" because...said top aides again today... mr obama wants it clear the u-s is not at war with islam. as for an amber alert style specific terrorism alert... top aides say a new alert system is under consideration here ...but not yet adopted. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, at the white house. the current system has a two-tier advisory that has such a high bar, it has never been used. the updated version will include an intermediate terror threat. the city of chicago is bracing for more protests after prosecutors announced they would not seek criminal charges in the case of another officer involved shooting. this on the same day the justice department launched a civil police department's overall use of deadly force and the handling of alleged misconduct. nbc's wendy woolfolk has the story. for the sec

efforts on the liver, stomach and cause dehyration. 3 turning now to weather- 3 meteorologist 3 ted phaeton joins us now with a look at your forecast- 3 and here's a look at mcadams road in townville.thanks to julie for sending this in.as you can see the creek is completely flooded over its banks there. 3 rain will stick around this evening as temperatures dip wide. expect to see showers taper off overnight with a few lingering showers possible in the upstate early thursday morning. widespread fog will likely develop overnight as well.thursday will start off mostly cloudy with skies gradually clearing throughout the day. expect highs to peak in the mid-60s across the upstate while western north carolina tops out in the upper 50s.winds will be light across the upstate while western north carolina sees more of a north northeasterly flow between five and ten miles per hour.skies should clear thursday evening as we approach the new year and temperatures fall into the upper 40s across the upstate and upper 30s in the mountains. look to see plenty of sunshine to start 2016 as highs climb upstate and mid 4

new tonight, news 4 ted grrteenburg takes us inside the >> sounded like an actual bomb went off. >> reporter: this is what's left of the smart balance wheel kim whalen bought her 11-year-old son, craig, for christmas. after it blew up last night. >> i saw pieces flying everywhere and it was just on filere. and it was huge flames. and i was really scared. >> reporter: they say the $400 device often called a hoverboard was being charged around 8:30 in the living room when it burst into flames. her older son put out the fire with an extinguisher, but not before the blast sent flying debris and burned the carpet and part of the kitchen floor. luckily, no one was hurt. >> it was like a land mine going off. if my son was on top of that board at the time, i don't want tathink about wngt could have happened. >> it did appear an plosion occurred somewhere in the batteries that were on charge with the unit. >> reporter: that is consistent self-balancing boards exploding ile being charged. federal authorities are investigating the incidents. >> we have the booklet. the user manual here. the warranty ca

us safe. >> reporter: still their command of some of the defense topics was, well, up for debate. senator ted cruz has said he would launch an indiscriminate bombing campaign against isis, a tactic known as carpet bombing. as opposed to the surgical strikes the u.s. currently uses. >> would you carpet bomb raqqah, the isis capital, where there are a lot of civilians? yes or no? >> you would carpet bomb where isis is. not a city, but the location of the troops. you use air power directed, and you have embedded special forces to direct the air power. >> reporter: but directed strikes, as he calls them, are the opposite of carpet bombing. >> we need a president -- >> reporter: the senator also blamed the obama administration for not identifying social media posts made by san bernardino shooter, tashfeen malik, before being granted a visa to the u.s. >> we didn't monitor the facebook posting of the female san bernardino terrorist, because the obama dhs thought it would be inappropriate. she made a public call to jihad and they didn't target it. >> reporter: while it's true that malik's social med

larson says he would either like to reduce the percentage at which ag land is ted or use some kind of three-to-five year averaging to bring stability to rural property taxes. for the first year, register or update their registrations online. madison county clerk nancy scscer says there is a link on the county's election page to the secretary of state's online registration page. and butterflies and bicycles - those are two of the items being considered for the future of the cowboy trail. at a recent meeting in norfolk to get local input on the trail master plan, cycling tourism and habitat for pollinators were suggested as ways to increase the value of the trail. these and more stories can be heard newstalk wjag, literock 97.5 and 106kix. " jessica rae: coming up in sports... nebraska faced a late deficit against rhode island on sunday..... find out... if the huskers completed the come-back when we return. scott: non-conference wins are up to conference play. alex walker explains with three games conference play, 6-4. starting with an upstart rhode island team, the huskers hope to fini

south jersey bureau reporter ted greenberg shows us the high powered mix up. >> reporter: rifles, revolvers, and semiautomatic pistols, 11 guns like these that police say were mistakenly shipped to barnegat township. >> i was flabbergasted to think that weapons could get lost in the mail like this. >> reporter: authorities say it began last month when gun manufacturer rouger tried to send the fooiirearms from its facility to an employee at a trade show in las vegas, but when the box arrived at a ups processing center in secaucus, new jersey, police say it was damaged and in turn relabeled, then sent to southern ocean county. >> the employee at ups put the wrong label on the package and it was then shipped to an address here in barnegat township. >> reporter: and left november 25th on the doorstep of this home, along with two other packages delivered by ups. police say 33-year-old kevin nagle who lives here decided to keep the guns rather than tell ups he mistakenly received them. >> these guns in the wrong hands, as we all know with current media, could cause serious problems. >> reporter:

fox 5's abby (ted- ros) theodros joins us in the newsroom with more on this mornings threat and how the district prepares for emergencies. abby? all this happened just hours ago when the school districts in both new york and los angeles received an electronic threat. officials in los angeles say the message was "very specific" and that prompted them to cancel classes today while officials in new york interpreted the message as a "hoax." here in clark county - i spoke with officials with the local district and they told me how they prepare for possible threats and emergencies. in the age of emails and social media - school officials say they're casting a wider net to ensure the safety of their students capt. ken young: over the 24 years that ive been things have changed. where before youd get a phone call and now you'll get things via email via social media. through rumors - there's a lot of different mediums now that threats come in. happened a couple hundred miles away in los angeles tuesday morning - prompting school officials to cancel classes district wide. meanwhile in new york - c

they've been using every weekend. in ocean city, i'm ted greenberg, news 4 new york. >>> you can follow the weather 4 new york app. hit the weather tab for the latest forecast, interacktive radar and alerts you need to know this holiday. >>> the nassau county police department is not only keeping people safe this holiday but also bringing smiles to the faces of dozens of children. kids whose parents can't afford gifts this christmas went on a shopping spree at mattie's toy store in hewlett thanks to the generosity of officers. little ones roamed the aisles, finding their favorite toys. >> a lot of these kids are going to wake up tomorrow probably not even having the christmas tree. it's important to show these kids that they are worth something, that people value their existence. >> families from homeless shelters across long island enjoyed today's festivities. each child received $100 to spend on whatever they wanted. >> that's great.

use the word schlonged? that way? >> i have no comment. i'm running for president of the united states, jake. >> christie has taken this i'm above the fray approach. ron you said you won't see ted cruz use that kind of language. is it a campaign strategy to let donald trump hang himself with his own words which doesn't seem to be happening? what is your strategy when it comes to that? >> we're working hard to change. that first, senator cruz was the first candidate to get into this race. as every other candidate got in, he has kept positive all throughout this process toward all of the candidates and he's worked very hard to limit those disagreements to areas of policy rather than allowing it to be personal. it's working for senator cruz and the right one. and let's remember the higher the office the more likely the voters will see the candidates for who they true are. a couple months ago when people didn't know who the candidates were, it was a name i.d. race. but, that's changed. it's not a name i.d. race any more in iowa or new hampshire or south carolina or iowa or in the supertuesday states. as they get to know the candidates, senator cruz has gone up. and those who attack

dan why that cartoonist is defending her illustration poking fun of ted cruz's use of his kids. >>> a bear found wandering a neighborhood 65 miles away from his home. >>> dramatic new video this morning of a helicopter crashing at a tourist resort in fiji. strong wind gusts hit the chopper as it tried to land at the treasure island resort. it surged forward and slammed into palm trees and landed near a swimming pool at the resort. seven people were on board including two children. no one was seriously hurt. >>> camera drones are being banned from world cup ski races after one of them crashed and nearly hit a skier midrace. cameras captured moment when the drone came down right behind the skier. close call. the drone wasn't supposed to be over the course in italy. slope. >>> a truck driver in california gets the surprise of a lifetime, take a look. >> that is a bear. >> catherine: it is a bear. cinnamon the bear. it popped out of a dumpster the truck. >> he opened the door and one of our other drivers was stand standing out there. he ran right by him and took off that way. >> reporter:

ted cruz was the original bombastic republican. he is the one who showed up on capitol hill ready to fight with his own party. he used every tool available to stop obamacare. now on the campaign trail, ted cruz is content with being the nicer, gentler alternative to donald trump who is definitely the bombastic one in the 2016 race. he is using a style that is interesting. this is the pot calling the s kettle black. these are two guys who are comfortable with it and they are playing nice with each other. trump questioning how cruz does things on capitol hill which is the same way that trump used to do things on the campaign trail. >> you look at what americans are interested in the race. the economy and interested in which president is going to keep america safe. what are the polls saying about those issues and who can do best on those issue? >> so donald trump polls best on the economy and ted cruz polls best on national security. what voters seem to look for in the republican primary is strength and leadership. that's why you see donald trump able to survive all of these you could call miscues or whatever. the point

our bus is there and aboard the bust, ted is joining us. the vice president of interpretation that williamsburg. he will take your questions, texts, commentary about what is happening and how it works at colonial williamsburg. they begin to set this conversation up with what is the economy like at this time in colonial williamsburg? ted: thank you, greta. in 1775, we are looking at a complex society, a stressful time. those of us in 2015 like to think we invented both complexity and stress. those living in williamsburg and thehe revolution beginning and especially how it unfolded, were experiencing an economy and society that was changing rapidly. we are looking at a dynamic place. a place that was one of surplus at the beginning of the war and by 1780, the capital had moved to richmond. we are looking at a place of scarcity. we have an 18th urban space. this is where the country and the city connect. rural folks are producing grain, corn, tobacco. they are finding their way here to the market house. one of the buildings we have just recons