since the foster system first placed him in the terrells' lives.", and when i heard that i knew that he was the right child because i had been praying for a child that would fit into our family."as a child, d-j had been in seven foster homes, and attended nine different schools.when he was in fifth grade, francine and her then-husband took him into their home, along with their older daughter jasmine.now, as a junior in high school, d-j and his family just celebrated the one-year anniversary of his official adoption. "christmas is a warm feeling. i don't need to worry about if i'm getting loved. i get love all the time. i'm finally part of the family. no matter what happens, i'm always gonna be with them, ya know?"he's one of the lucky ones.a clinician from the agency that guided him and his family through foster care and adoption...says there are 60 thousand kids in california who are in the foster system waiting for adoption, or at least some form of permanency. the holidays can be an especially hard time of year for them."many don't know where the

former player terrell owens tweeted, "my prayers are with you, carson wentz. you'll be back stronger than ever." #flyeagl #flyeaglesfly. and michael vick chimed in with his feeling on wentz's injury. >> i felt like a lost a teammate. i was so eager to see these guys in the post season. and what he would be able to do and for the city of philadelphia -- >> you love philadelphia. >> i love philly. >> and russell wilson tweeted -- >> carson, you've been a beast all year, man. playing for you, rooting for you, man. what god has for you man, can't no man stop. you'll be back better than ever. come back. >> wow, really classy remarks from those former players, right? >> yeah. >> and current player -- superstar like russell wilson. nice. >> touching thoughts there. >>> about 4:20. it is cold outside. and if you don't like this cold, you're not going to like what's in our future. >> yeah. what -- more cold? >> more cold. >> bill said it will feel in the next 24 hours like january. >> yeah. we'll get details from meteorologist bill henley. >>> cold air is coming, and i

for "nightly business rep" i'm meg terrell. >> shares of csx got derailed s. company's ceo takes a medical leave. that's where we begin tonight's market focus. the railroad company announced its ceo, hunter harrison, will take medical leave because of complications from a recent illness. the coo, jim foote, will serve as the acting chief in the interim. shares fell 7.5% on the news to finish the day at $52.93. >>> starting next year, sirius xm radio will pay more for the music it plays. the copyright royalty board raised the satellite radio's rates to 15.5% of gross revenues for the next five years, up from 11 percent now. investors in sirius xm tuned out. shares dropped 5% to $5.37. >>> adobe reported record revenue. the software maker posted revenue of $2 billion, that's up 25% year over year. the ceo attributed the growth to continued strength of its digital media business which >> people are now really focused on ensuring that the engagement that they have with customers, whether that be through the internet of devices, whether that be through digital scre

not sure people are expecting that big a move, but it's expected to be a big mover next week >> meg terrell, thanks, off to atlanta now to ash what do you make of these stocks >> expectations going into ash are extremely high we saw a lot of repositioning today as well. we saw short covering. you can't be short some of these stocks now, with jpmorgan coming up, a conference in january. we've got the cowen conference in march you're looking at a sector right now that investors say, i can't be short these names, it's too difficult, they've been beaten down too much in certain instances and they're starting to move higher this could be a sector in my opinion that really outperforms next year. >> do i need to be long the sector at this point we say there's tremendous seasonality going on, you stick with what's working. why biotech? >> in the case of the top four or five names in the ibb, which is 35% of that index, you have some fantastic balance sheets. you have companies that in some sense have an overhang based on m&a activity it's not because these companies aren't executing in their space.

since the foster system first placed him in the terrells' lives."r a family like this, and when i heard that i knew that he was the right child because i had been praying for a child that would fit into our family."as a child, d-j had been in seven foster homes, and attended nine different schools.when he was in fifth grade, francine and her then-husband took him into their home, along with their older daughter jasmine.now, as a junior in high school, d-j and his family just celebrated the one-year anniversary of his official adoption. "christmas is a warm feeling. i don't need to worry about if i'm getting loved. i get love all the time. i'm finally part of the family. no matter what happens, i'm always gonna be with them, ya know?"he's one of the lucky ones.a clinician from the agency that guided him and his family through foster care and adoption...says there are 60 thousand kids in california who are in the foster system waiting for adoption, or at least some form of permanency. the holidays can be an especially hard time of year for them."many

since the foster system first placed him in the terrells' lives."a family like this, and when i heard that i knew that he was the right child because i had been praying for a child that would fit into our family."as a child, d-j had been in seven foster homes, and attended nine different schools.when he was in fifth grade, francine and her then-husband took him into their home, along with their older daughter jasmine.now, as a junior in high school, d-j and his family just celebrated the one-year anniversary of his official adoption. "christmas is a warm feeling. i don't need to worry about if i'm getting loved. i get love all the time. i'm finally part of the family. no matter what happens, i'm always gonna be with them, ya know?"he's one of the lucky ones.a clinician from the agency that guided him and his family through foster care and adoption...says there are 60 thousand kids in california who are in the foster system waiting for adoption, or at least some form of permanency. the holidays can be an especially hard time of year for them."many do

for kids. >> welcome to terminal four, but she was delighted to find out their new friend, andrew terrel getting on a flight. >> i'm heading back to switzerland. very excited to get on the treatment. >> when andrew was part of a drug trial, each treatment protected him for two months. it worked so well, he didn't think twice about traveling to zurich to get another implant. >> totally painless. >> two weeks later, christen and brady received a skype cal. >> i heard you went to switzerland. >> i got the drug treatment. it's great. i'm outside in sun right now. >> are you in central park. >> yes. i'm right here. so a lot of people out enjoying the day. >> do you want to ask him if he thinks you should do it some day. >> absolutely. i think as soon as you have the chance. i'm hoping it comes to the states soon. >> in 2016 t drug got a fast track designation from the fda, but not yet approved, but since there's no guarantee that the drug will ever be developed for pediatric use, brady was looking forward to one special birthday, his 18th. >> i let him do his countdown. i don't know what's go

it is official, the redskins will not make the playoffs this season, a terrelle pryor >> desk, broughtu by your local toyota dealers. scott: the washington redskins are going in the wrong direction of the most important time of the season, losing four of their last six games, falling from the nfc playoff race. going into the game today against the chargers, the redskins had a 1% chance of making the playoffs. that 1% is now 0%. washington lost again on the road, second quarter the skins down 13-0, needing a spark. kirk cousins stepping up and finding vernon davis in the corner. that is a touchdown. washington only down 13-6. but the defense got the on several big plays. -- the defense got beat on several big plays. outrunning everybody for the 75 yard score. the chargers lead 20-6 at the half. in the third, a little razzle-dazzle, rivers to allen, who also beats josh norman. the redskins are officially out of playoff contention, falling to the chargers 30-13. when you are a competitor and want to go to the playoffs and championships, you want the best for your team and your city, and w

we have a news alert on cnbc's parent company comcast let's get to meg terrell >> reporter: hey, melissa. comcast is joining the slew of companies announcing things after the tax reform package passage. the ceo announced the company would award special $1,000 bonuses to more than 100,000 front line and non-executive employees. the company expects to spend well in excess of $50 billion over the next five years investing in infrastructure to extend our broadband plant and capacity as well as television, film, and theme park offerings, so an announcement from our parent company comcast >> what was that number on how much additional they will spend? >> reporter: well in excess of $50 billion over the next five years. >> thanks, meg terrell the immediate expensing the capital expenditures plays a role, we heard at&t earlier today announce they are going to spend an additional $1 billion in capital expenditures. >> sounds like you're getting your infrastructure plan whether you get an infrastructure plan or not they'll kiss the ring, they've got the money, they'll get the corporate tax cut, an

giving terrel the pick.s in kansas city play off hopes dwindling. >> i thought we had a good week of prep. lack of execution today in a big meaningful game is disappointing to say the least. >> no easy way to go through this one. this one sucked. >> well said. >> one week after stanford women's soccer won the national title, men are looking for their third straight taking on indian. sudden death. sam warner steals and scores to win it. stanford wins 1-nil. second team ever to win three state national championships. raiders slow start, all but eliminated them from playoffs. brandi chastain -- >> i saw that before. circumstances were a little different, though. >> exactly. exactly. >> thanks a lot. >> take a close look because notice something off about the photo featuring warriors players. >> the reveal is com >>> coming up new on abc 7 news at 6:00, dangerous southern california wildfires threatening more homes tonight with some big names you know affected by the fire. >> stef curry showing love to hometown

i'm meg terrell in new york. >>> late today, there were reports that amazon has held preliminary talkswith makers of generic drugs about its potential entry into the pharmacy business. as first reported by cnbc, the talks had been with mylan and a unity of novartis. amazon's plans are not yet clear but may be about the company taking a role in drug purchasing, competing against drug distributors. shares of mylan got a lift on the news in afte showes trading. >>> kroger's heavy discounting leads to higher sales. the supermarket giant reported stronger than expected earnings as promotions brought more customers into its stores. the company said sales were especially strong on black friday. kroger sees that momentum continuing. it is forecasting upbeat results for the holiday period. shares rose 6% to $25.86. >>> same-store sales fell for the 24th executive quarter at seri but the struggling retailer said a smaller footprint and focus on stores that only sold appliances and mattresses could help financial performance. shares initially rose following the news but lost those gains, closing

former receiver terrell owens tweeted this out -- "my prayers are with you kwecarson wentz. focus on the road ahead. you had a hell of a season. #flyeaglesfly." and michael vick chimed in. >> i felt like a lost a teammate. i was so eager to see these guys in the post season. and what he would be able to do and for the city of philadelphia, i knew it was going to be -- >> you love philadelphia because they give -- >> i love philly. >> michael vick and t.o. checking in with their emotions. >>> meanwhile, football fans will remember this year's army/navy game in philadelphia for its dramatic finish. army won 114-13. the convention and visitors bureau estimates the army/navy weekend with all of the events brought in more than $30 million. after that, the linc will homestead the iconic game in five of the next six years. >>> i'm meteorologist bill henley, a breezy start. the flag has been blowing in the steady wind above building level. at the ground level, the wind is blowing, but a 13 mile-an-hour breeze in wildedwood. 3 in -- wildwood. 3 in philadelphia. a southerly wind, star

i'm me go terrell live at cnbc global headquarters.it's official, disney has struck a deal to pie most of the entertainment assets from 21st century fox. those include fox's movie studio, cable network such as fx and its stake in hulu. disney is paying more than $52 billion. fox will spin off its broadcast network, local stations, sports channels, fox news and fox business into a new company. wall street is set to add to yesterday's gains, the dow closing at a record high after the fed raised interest rates and projected three more hikes next year. look for data on unemployment and retail sales, the dow rising to 24,585 the knack dak closing at 6875. >>> walmart is providing it's workers a way to get paid earlier. the app automatically plans ahead for bills or savings goals. it also allows employees to access cash before a scheduled payday. up to eight times a year for free. walmart will cover the cost of the app for full and part-time workers. pack over to you. >>> we're learning what people around the world were googling this year. t

. >> reporter: -- terrell owens went down. he later returned winning the super bowl but they would later lose. wentz says they wouldn't happen this time around. >> we've been plagued with injuries all year long. it's just been the next man up mentality. that's going to continue. >> reporter: our young quarterback was grateful to fans, modest and had a familiar message. >> this will not stop me, going forward, i'll come back stronger than ever. i will use this as motivation. >> reporter: that was eerily similar right there to former quarterback of the philadelphia eagles, randall cunningham, who you just heard. carson wentz talked about many other things including the eagles' play on the field and nick foles. nbc sports philadelphia has the latest on that side of the story coming up, you won't want to miss it. live at the ni flrlinc, keith j nbc 10 news. >> what a great leader. >>> we also learned nick foles will speak tomorrow as the eagles' any starting quarterback. look for full coverage on nbc 10, your official eeg lts stat

let me a little better trade commission is not adequate and in fact if you go back just one week terrell mcsweeney who is an f.t.c. commissioner said in an op in that her own agency does not have the proper tools to protect the public when it comes to any competitive and consumer actions by broadband providers i think that's really important this is a sitting commissioner the f.t.c. does not make rules ok tom could talk of her all day long you can talk all day long about what you think any trust law can and cannot do in addition to any trust cases being a long and expensive you cannot say with certainty unless you're a judge that it would prevent blocking it would prevent throttling it would prevent fair slane twenty fifteen rules prevent all those things we have rules that work why do we want to give them to another agency who lacks expertise and strong authority guess the campaign for either for or against net neutrality or little tweaks to it it's been really fierce over the last couple of months let me show you some of the celebrity endorsements and pushback they've been happening ma

. >> reporter: more ex-eagles such as terrell owens and matthews extended their support, support thatxtended to all supports especially here in philadelphia. >> huge congratulations to the eagles. go eagles. hoping for a speedy recovery. >> thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. i mean that. the phone calls, the text messages, the e-mails, the tweets. >> leave it to brian dawkins to send a message to eagles fans saying in part we will rally behind a confident nick foles. do me a huge favor, rally and believe. and that's something wentz himself is. >> i will be supporting them and have the utmost confidence in nick and the coaching staff they will step up. we've been plagued with injuries all year long. it's been the next man up mentality. that's going to continue. again, i appreciate it. god bless all of you. i promise this will not stop me, and i will come back stronger than ever. >> so here's a look at wentz's final numbers. he currently leads the nfl in passing touchdowns and third down conversion percentage. he's the third best in football inside the opponent's 20 yard line. and

terrel powerful. the problem is a practical limit you can build. the allegheny there is. any longer than this and it becomes too long to negotiate the curves on the track and too heavy for bridges, structures, roadbeds and so forth. this is about as big as the steam locomotive got. it was designed to pull coal trains enthusiastic mountainous sections in west virginia. it's maybe not surprising the cno would hold onto steam power as it did. really by 1940s, diesel electric proven itself in passenger service and increasingly so in freight. made money hauling coal they would invest in technology for a locomotive like this. this is also the most photographed object we have in the entire museum. not a day goes by when i don't walk by her and somebody posing in a picture for this locomotive. i have a picture of myself as a boy. something about the size it's enormous and grabs people and they think, whoa, what the heck is this. we love it. one of the most popular questions, how the heck duties this thing into the museum? it wasn't easy. it came under its own power, its own wheel

what a terrell scene. you can tell as you look behind you there, there are, it looks like dozens of highway patrol and police vehicles. cn you give us a sense you've seen? >> we've been listening to scanners on the way and it is one after another after another. vehicles responding to this. you can see if we can zoom in, several ambulances. just moments ago when we arrived. the ambulance doors were open. loading people on. trying to get them medical care. so truly a very active scene with once again, highway patrol cruisers. at least a dozen if not more tending to this overturned bus. >> thanks very much. we'll let you have a little more information from the scene. i appreciate it. we hope to have, thank you, we hope to have an interview with -- we do have san francisco public information officer jonathan baxter on the phone. are you there? >> yes. >> thank you for coming. on i appreciate it. can you give us an update with what you're dealing with? >> reporter: currently we're on highway 101 southbound. jus

and civil rights attorney, leo terrell is in los angeles, california. so doctor, i'll start with you. trump will have to run along with his allies in congress on reality. they can point to people's bank accounts and say there, that's the tax cut. democrats, on the other hand, are running on emotion and envy. they're saying the rich are bad and you're getting hosed. you think it will be hard for the republicans to outmessage? >> thanks for having me, first of all and congratulations on the speech you gave at turning point yesterday. >> thanks very much. >> quite a speech. >> flattery will get you everywhere, doctor. >> i try. what are the democrats going to run on? we have 3% gdp growth rates already, 1.5 million jobs created. the lowest unemployment in 17 years. everybody that pays taxes will get a tax cut. what are they going to run on? i don't see the message. let's remind ourselves, jesse, president obama was the only president since the depression who never reached 3% gdp growth rate for one year for his whole eight years in office. 2018 will be inc

this morning as well, though shares of some drugmakers on the move after reporting by our own meg terrellhristina farr that amazon is in talks to reportedly sell generic drugs. and i spoke to meg this morning as well just to catch up with her on it. and she says, listen, this is not necessarily a sign that they're going to do it amazon does lots of things, and they're exploring it but, jim, very important to introduce some other information here because, remember how much some of the drug distributors, the cvss of the world and others in this ecosystem have moved since the idea was first broached that amazon may start distributing drugs through its system that appears to be highly unlikely much at this point. freedom of information acts for the filings that amazon made in 12 states have at least returned seven states with paperwork that we have which indicates in every single one of those states where amazon was purported to have made a filing to distribute pharmaceuticals, that's not the case the case is as you look at one here, not sure what state that is -- maine or utah or oregon or t

. >> another former eagle, terrell owens, tweeted that his prayers were with carson wentz. >>> breakingews just into the nbc10 newsroom. the mayor of san francisco has died unexpectedly overnight. ed lee, who you see there in file video, suffered a heart attack and died at the hospital. the democrat was the first asian american mayor in san francisco's history. he was 65 years old. >>> 6:36. polls are open this morning in alabama as the u.s. senate race watched around the world comes down to today. democrat doug jones and republican roy moore are vying for a seat in the u.s. senate. republicans usually dominate the red state, and president trump has endorsed moore. the former judge has been under scrutiny since allegations that he dated and molested teenage girls while he was in his 30s. moore has repeatedly denied the allegations. >>> now to the stories making headlines across our area county by county. first to the poconos. >> that's where police say a pizza delivery driver was shot just trying to do his job. three people are now in custody, accused of shooting domino's delivery drive

. >>> another former eagle showing love for wentz terrell owens he said my prayers are with you carsonu will be back stronger then ever, focus on the road ahead. you had a heck of a season. fly eagles fly. >> i like how you edited hell to heck. >> he double hockey sticks. >> jj watts he is out with the broken leg, he were these injuries are out of control this season. feeling for you carson. wishing you all of the best it does seem out of control. now desean watson. >> another quarterback, come on also tore his acl this season. >> he knows of what he speaks. he wrote, tough to hear the news, on carson, man. like you told me, god got you man, and you will come back from this stronger. prayers up my dude. >> that is what is crazy bit, carson was comforting him when he had his injury with the texans and now wait you are in the same boat. >> a lot of spiritual people in the nfl now. >> yeah, it is a good thing. >> yes. i will not say the opposite. >> you can be more vocal. >> yes. >> some people do their best and i'm trying, some of my best work is done in the bathroom just like you. >> wh

includes the excavation of subgrade space with interior access, via 841 chestnut street and garden terrell lis. while this work is within the area of the single lot, it is in the required yard of each lot if treated as separate parcels. during subsequent enforcement review in mid 2016, the department determined that a conditional use authorization was required for the merger and the application was returned to planning by the department of public works. conditional use authorization application for the merger was submitted in february 2017. in july 201, a complaint was filed with the planning department citing illegal business sign, demolition without planning approval, alteration of a historic building and expansion of the nonconforming use at 950 lombard which is the location of the cottage. in november, the applications were suspended and the planning department issued notice of enforcement to the property owner for the demolition of the historic resource. construction was suspended. on december 30, 2016, revised set of plans was submitted to the department clarifying the completed scop

terrell owens, time has passed, but colin kaepernick is in his prime.unning a team and you have the option of having colin kaepernick, you have to weigh those off. >> here's the deal, when it comes to football, it's not just about your performance on the field. i love my dallas cowboys, but we are not worth $4 billion because of our performance on the field. it's about the brand. when you have some of the brings negative attention to the brand, whether you agree with it or not, it brought negative attention to the nfl and the ratings are suffering. >> that would make sense of everyone in the nfl was squeaky clean. the nfl has had a history of people with domestic violence issues, drug issues. you are trying to tell me that colin kaepernick who is fighting for social justice, he is the black sheep? no. if they used the same standards for everyone, that would make sense. >> marshawn lynch, he's still in the league. that's my point. if you're good and you take a stand, then the league may have some flexibility with you, but his performance today and also m

montgomery, frederick, terrell, baltimore counties in maryland. not everyone is going to see snowflakes here. most of the snow is just out here from winchester to martinsburg, pretty much going west to east. pointed more towards the baltimore beltway than the washington beltway. traveling the top end of 270, route 7, or the far western end of i-66 here. don't be shocked to see some snowflak snowflakes. if you see light snow, slow down. any snow that does fall will stick. here's future weather. light snow here early but by 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 in the morning things are going to improve very rapidly. we should get back to sunshine by thely afternoon. the trick is with the return of sunshine also comes a gusty northwesterly wind and reinforcing shot. it will keep temperaturorarerat 10 degrees colder. temperatures uniformly in the upper 20s to around 30 degrees. this is by 5:00 in the afternoon. temperatures will be drifting back into the 20s and then tomorrow high temperatures only. 30% chance of light snow. today's high 35. tomorrow's high only 28 degre

who better than meg terrell? she's in atlanta, where a lot of the news is coming from., meg >> that's right, michelle. how are you doing? we are looking at quite a few biotech movers out of the hematology conference in atlanta with a lot of updates happening in cancer and also in blood diseases on the positive side, positive moves from blueprint medicines bluebird bio and biomarin. on the flip side, quite a few significant decliners in spark therapeutics, juno, global blood therapeutics and seattle genetics starting with bluebird bio, they had an exciting update over the weekend in their program partnered with celgene, a new form of immunotherapy, which takes patients' immune cells out of their bodies and teaches them how to find cancer, then gives them back. giving potential hope to patients who tried a lot of different therapies. both stocks up and bluebird up quite significantly on that. and hemophilia, two stories on the same side of the coin. biomarin having a positively received outlook here, kind of the flip side for spark therapeutics in its program for hemophil

jonathan terrell has run his share of races but he's taking on the world marathon challenge, soming veryeven marathons on seven continents in seven days. >> he told maureen umeh how his marathons will help mental health initiatives for children. >> seven marathons seven days seven continents. how are you going do this? >> well, we're all cape town, south africa the end of january. then when the weather is clear into antarctica we get on a soviet built specialized airplane that flies into novo antarctica and two hours later we run the marathon. then we pile back on this plane get back to cape town run the second marathon. after that we're on this luxury or business class airbus that's been chartered and takes us around the rest of -- >> no concern of missing flights and things like that? it's chartered. >> no, we're not doing frequent flier miles. >> i was going to say one heck of a frequent flier mile program. i'm concerned about recuperation. how do you recuperate on a plane after you've done marathon. >> well, you have to be very careful. i was just talking to dr. robert about that but

the question is still a question mark meg terrell, cnbc business news. >>> the ceos of cbs will be speakingus on "squawk box" at 7:10 eastern, that is 13:10 central european time. >>> here are some stocks to watch in europe. fiat stocks are on the rise. sergio marcioni says no merger talks are ongoing. the ceo of airbus says he expects to deliver over 700 aircrafts to customers in 2017 that is despite a delay due to technical problems with the engines. dialogue shares are at the bottom of the market after one of the biggest customers said it would stop buying its chips. dialog said it saw no reason to alter the 2018 expectations. finally, rio tinto is going to have the leader step down. it sees 2017 cap ex at less than $4.5 billion down from a $5 billion forecast the company said it would work on focusing free cash flow and shareholder returns. now swiss banks have reportedly started reporting suspicious activity no criminal proceedings have yet been opened. the move, of course, coming amid a corruption crackdown and credit swuisse says it has no information. >>> irish foreign minister says

>> experts in the field of hematology are gathering in atlanta for the annual ash conference meg terrellas a special guest. good morning, meg. >> good morning. joining us now -- you guys had some of the probably most exciting data from analysts in wall street and medicines perspective here at the conference with your partner data with blue bird in multi multi-myloma this is for patients that have gone through seven therapies already. >> these are patients who are heavily treated. in fact, they've run out of options. the interesting thing about this technology is that it is the essence of personalized medicine patients' own cells are extracted, they're activated, and engineered to recognize a self-service marker in myoloma the quality of responses is unbelievable we have almost 100% response rate, and at this meeting what was very different is that complete response, which is a marker for long-term outcomes like survival, is about half of all the patients treated that's unprecedented in myoloma. we use that word a lot, unprecedented, but in this case it really is >> another word that we d

the time, this time, anyway, turning to video games and meg terrell has the story. >> these aren't yourrs. instead of pitre dishes and beakers, the team works with coding, art, and alga rhythms. they're programming video games as potential medicines >> the cortex feels very exercised. >> we want this to be on the proverbial shelf next to pharmaceuticals. >> a boston area biotech akili hopes to develop vamz that can treat depression and adhd. it affects more than 6 million kids in the u.s. the studies show that akili's game improved inhibtory control. >> the results i think showed us that pretty clearly we can have a significant impact on attention function >> the original hypothesis was that if you could challenge your brain at this high level that activates the prefrontal cortex, the most evolved part of our brains, and its network with the rest of the brain, could you have improvement in other aspects of cognition like how we sustain attention. >> currently it includes behavioral therapy and drugs like aderol and ritalin. experts say new options would be welcomed as long as they're va

carsra the terminal from the morning rush to terrell afternoon sfloo we were prepared. we woke up to make sure we get through the traffic. >> reporter: winter weather across the northeast will pose a continuous threat to travelers throughout the weekend. >> about 70% of the united states is subject to ice and snow, so you need to be aware of that before you hit the roads. slow down. >> reporter: weather conditions are already beginning to show like these frost-covered cars filling denver's parking lot. but despite the icy roads, lock lines, and crowded airports, millions are planning to get home for the holidays. aaa say if you're flying, you should arrive two hours ahead of time for domestic flights. if you're driving, leave early in the morning to avoid heavy traffic. the best days to travel are on the holidays themselves. >> roxana saberi. thank you. i'm glad i'm not in that line behind you. >>> for those traveling, you have a little more time to finish up holiday shopping. take note, mr. mason. >> really? this is the last one? >> known as super saturday. it's often

this is something representative speier has previously mentioned in terrells ms of our training. it's a hard area for us to deal in. the confidentiality currently in the rules prohibits us from having a conversation. >> we can change the rules. >> as you go about changing the rules, one of the communities you need to reach out to is the employee rights -- >> we are. >> let me talk about what we hear at nondisclosure agreements. it's a confusing area but we have a simple answer. we don't require non-disclosure. it's a product of the parties. we don't provide standardized language and we don't require anybody to sign a non-disclosure agreement to come into our system. >> all right. that is important. but certainly the inherent power differential between, say, a member of congress who is harassing and a staffer who has been harassed is pretty extreme. i think -- i read an article recently about a young woman who stepped forward and has never been able to be employed again, even though she did the right thing. certainly we need to get our heads about how to protect victims even beyon

jonathan terrell run h of races but he's now taking on the world marathon challenge something very fewven continents. he didn't add laid rob from children's national medical center told me how his marathons will benefit mental health initiatives for children. take look. >> seven marathons, seven days, seven continents. how the logistics what fascinates me. how are you going to do this? >> we're all meeting in cape town, south africa the end of january. when the weather is clear into antarctica we get on a soviet belt specialized airplane. >> goodness. >> that flys into nova and ar artica would hours later we run the marathon and pile back on to this plane, get back to cape town, run the second marathon but after that we're on this luxury or business class air bus that's been chartered and takes us around the rest -- >> no concern of missing flights and things like that? it's chart the. >> no, not doing frequent flyer miles. >> i was going to say what heck of a program. i'm concerned about recup recuperation. how do you recuperate on plane after you've done a marathn. >> you have to be

they deny deliberately hiding sense ma terrel. -- material. u.s.ering oil to north korean vessels at sea. president tweeted caught red-handed. very disappointed that china is allowing oil to go into north korea. taking 50 wide-bodied jets to tap surging demand of the airlines to the asian pacific. wide bodies offer the best returns. there are 89 planes, china, airasia and a.m.a. among its customers. agreed to sell sizable stakes. $48 billion for uber. they will pour another billion and a quarter into the business at a higher evaluation of $69 billion. the deal makes softbank one of uber's highest shareholders. rishaad: breaking news this week. coming out of china. it is concerning -- a private company. they are very bullish. sales growth is likely to be about 15% through the course of this year. that's what we have at the moment. looking at 600 billion yuan in sales for 2017. this is one of the telecoms giants. it is a networking company as well which is where it garn ers most of its revenue. talking about smart phone shipments as well. reckonning

meg terrell, who is it >> well kelly it's wells fargo that company is raising the minimum hourly payr it's team members to $15 per hour wells fargo saying this will take place in march 20d 18 the new lates and 11% increase to it's current minimum hourly rate that aannounced in january 2017 they're also saying they're going to target $400 million in donations to community and nonprofit organizations next year they also say that beginning in 2019, they'll target 2% of their protects profits for corporate philanthropy saying they believe tax reform is good for the u.s. economy. they're pleased to take the immediate steps. wells fargo joining the parade of raising to $15 an hour after tax reform kelly, back to you. >> meg, thank you very much. and in the release, they do say they're announcing this pledging the following actions once tax reform is signed into law. okay, wells fargo, we have fifth third, we have at&t, all within the last couple of hours, to the rest of corporate america, what are you waiting for? >> especially this wells fargo, what percentage of workers are at the below

our own meg terrell gives us her biotech playbook >>> medicine is changing from the way we think aboutdisease to how we may pay for it here are three predictions for pharma and biotech in 2018 drug pricing in focus. there's been no major government moves on prices since trump took office 2018 brings new challenges the rise of one-time treatments for cancer and genetic diseases that offer new hope to patients, but will carry price tags of hundreds of thousands or even a million dollars. the focus will turn to how we pay for those medicines. second, immuno-oncology dominance. already drugs that use the power of our own immune systems are improving the way you treat cancer it's a battle on wall street as well in 2018 it brings key data that can move stocks of bristol-myers, merck, astrazeneca and roche. also, it's marking a turnaround from a relatively slow 2017. >>> when we return on "squawk box," the good, the bad, and the ugly of tax reform and what it means for business and your wallet in 2018 as we head to break, take a look at u.s. equity futures that have been building in a positiv

meg terrell joins us right now this is interesting. >> there's been a lot of speculation about what amazonpharmacy space what we've learned is they're having very early stage talks, and with makers of generic drugs about a potential role these are very early stage we have to emphasize that. the nature of the talks, we've learned, really implies that amazon hasn't made clear what role they'll take in the industry, if any, but among those generic drugmakers are mylan and the sandoz unit. amazon could potentially disrupt the drug distributor space that's dominated by amerisourcebergen and cardinal health and mckesson. what we understood at the time is that those weren't licenses that would enable them to move into the space >> the reason companies like it because better margins for them? they don't have -- >> there are three drug distributors that dominate the market they would like to see an additional player there or potential different kind of disruption from the branded pharmaceutical sight, these are a lot of thufrms. mylan was saying yesterday that they would love to see amazon coming i