you know, it's what, for example, the imb, i have respect for them, but they want to raise concerns. if they have concerns, i'm sure that the innovative internet business community can start to work them out. >> another thing in your report, another area in the report is transparency, and when companies provide their online privacy statements to consumers, you have described them in the report as inexrensble and -- incomprehensible and inadequate. >> i think that was my description of how he described in the report. our report is slightly more nuanced. but consumers don't read privacy policies particularly online. what consumers want to get to is the last box to click which is i want to make this purchase or i want to do this, and so, you know, these privacy policies are written by lawyers. i'm a lawyer too, and i don't like to admit that to people, but they are full of legalisms, and consumers really deserve a clear, you know, more transparent notices so that they can ensure and sort of understand what they are actually agreeing to. there was a -- it's particularly true by the way in

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the national forecast. now here's a look at weather in your area. . >>> thundershowers imbed as well. tomorrow, the storm is history. a w lingering showers in the north bay. otherwise, dry. >> peter, thank you. the business of running the country doesn't stop on christmas, and as always, there's plenty of politics to talk about. cnbc chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us from washington. john, good morning and merry christmas. >> merry christmas, amy. >> let's start with president obama. he signed health care reform into law. he wanted tax cuts but he took what he called a shellacking in the polls and on the international front he fired general stanley mcchrystal and he was dealing with the fallout from the wikileaks scandal. how would you sum up the president's year? >> well, legislatively, he got a lot done this year, and put that together with 2009, but politically, he took an awful lot of lumps this year. of course, you can point to the state of the economy, unemployment near 10%, what's interesting, though, is that the president has closed this year on a very stron