tiffanie has incredible tenacity.-- there were many occasions when she and i talked about stopping the procedure and accepting a compromise. six inchesov or eight or ten. she wanted to keep going with it. >> reporter: at the end of the day, what helps you get through it? >> i kept my journal. i was as honest with myself, if i wanted to die, then i felt like, you know, that's what i wanted to do, i wrote it down. >> reporter: her journal turned into a memoir she defiantly called "dwarf." in it, she chronicles her no pain, no gain view of life and how surprisingly grateful she is for the experience. >> if you go therough struggle, if you know what sacrifice is, it makes you that much braver. >> reporter: she got a lot of criticism for people that point out that little people of america do not support the risky surgery. and there are those who think this is a surgery that shouldn't be done. >> this is an operation that potentially can dramatically change your life for the better. it does have its risks and those who advo

tiffany. ken with community services. our organization has been in the south of market and the tenderloin neighborhoods for many years doing homeless services for the last 30 and it's excellent to have zen dusk as our new neighbor. our organization which provides shelter, housing, senior services, education and employment, provides these opportunities for homeless people. we are already seeing the benefit of their work with us and it was at the outreach of tiffany and bill clark and the director of education and employment who is out of town with work related to the chef's program and through that contact i think we made a great start working with zen dusk and particularly on the chef's program and it was a great day to be here and mentioned earlier and their collaboration too and for us in the chef's program and the training culinary program those community relationships are essential. it doesn't work if you don't have it. we have relationships with about 20 restaurants in the city and we have now the benefit of this com

the intermediator to long-term thesis with tiffany is very solid. it's about emerging markets and taking advantage of an iconic brand in the creation of wealth around the world. >> tom: emerging markets tend to be somewhat more risky. but you're also looking for health care, which tend to be more defensive. quest diagnostics her play here. the stock has been under some pressure as the company is trying to restructure itself. >> yes. but their quest is going to take advantage of two major trends. one is the affordable health care act which in 2014 will bring some 30 million additional people into the insured category. and that should mean more testing. plus want aging of the baby boom generation is a huge factor, positive factor for quest, because we know elderly people go for testing five times more than younger people. >> tom: yeah, and quest diagnostics provides those outsource services for all tse doctor visits. let's see how you did since june 8. you liked mcdonald's and eaton. mcdonald's, essentially, has been dwind length a little bit, moving

. >> hi, tiffany. >> hey, missy. >> how you doing, ashley? >> alexis? >> in the course of an hour, officers make nearly 100 calls. >> you are blonde, right? >> hoping to identify and lure potential juveniles to the sting. >> i'm not going to stand you up. >> 90 minutes into the operation, the team's efforts begin to bear fruit. >> she on her way? >> cab's been called. she'll call me on the way in the cab. and she's not going to be happy when she pays me 25 bucks and i bust her. >> a young woman named sunny is the first to take the bait. >> she came inside. she produced two condoms. she actually seemed a little naive, real eager to get undressed. usually it's the other way around, ask the officer to get undressed, ask to touch the officer. they don't think the police will do that. i asked about oral sex, which she agreed to. and i then gave the bust signal. $200 better be a good deal. arresting and assisting officers entered the room. >> police. >> oh, my god, cameras? i can't get my purse? >> investigators soon learn that sunny is only 22 and a long way

dan mentions tiffany. mcdonald's which really hung in there and done well not as well as yum but mcdonald's is faced with problems as far as same store sales and turnover. none of these consumer names, none of them are doing really well. >> to the yum story if we are going to say yum is having problems in china you have to think about the other multinationals that are highly leveraged to china growth, a big driver of the future growth will come from that region. you think about nike. >> nike sounded the warning bells on emerging markets way earlier on the year. you can see how the stock started to move lower sometime in late spring and they have had some disappointments in china. if you are an investor in nike and that chart is interesting because it is maintaining that uptrend it has been in for a year -- >> a little carter braxton worth there. >> to me i think that chart is at an inflection point. when they report their earnings after this yum report and after what tiffany's had to say you have to be foc

don't confuse tiffany with high, when you say high end you think tiffany. >> tiffany, run far away. you very much. excellent stuff. >>> well the markets may look weaker without it but the fed's bond buy something risky business and it could be creating huge distortions in the market that could end up smacking down your investments. coming up next one of the most respected market analysts in the business, john silvia, chief economist at wells fargo, with his concerns about the risk the fed is taking with your money. you don't want to miss this. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy inhe u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. quest a ospectus or summary prospectus with investment informaon, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. with investment informaon, risks, fees and ex

in the luxury space i mentioned before tiffany, i think the benefit that you have with tiffany, thiss another name that you could play, is you've got that exposure to the potential recovery in japan. they're very thinl arguments. we don't like the luxury stores but i want to lose less. >> let's go to the jury. pete, who made the more compelling argument on coach? >> i'd have to go with steven weiss. the evenly reason why i say that, i see some potential as joe was talking about. when you're talking about growth, the fact that they don't have a footprint in china concerns me. the fact that this is on the luxury end, there's still some down side. we're not at the 52-week lows. we see that for coach so i'd stay away. >> doc, do you agree with your brother? >> yeah. sorry about that, joe. i'm waiting for the washout here. i think it comes more like 50 than 54. in july when they missed badly and the stock got scared by a bunch of analysts stampeding out of it, the stock traded down to 34. 39 million shares turned over. i don't think this is a panic at all yet. >> all right. that closes th

hear how it works and tiffany, the filmmaker and founder of the webby awards talks to us about her latest film "engage." i'm susan sikora, and that is on "bay area focus" next. . >> i have never seen so much zeros before. >> that is why it's a big >>> welcome to the show. i'm susan sikora. as the new year starts, hoping for world citizens to just get along and worked unselfishly to help others may seem idealic and impossible. doctors without borders would disagree. since 1971, they have been doing just that. take a look. >> reporter: every year, more than 23,000 people for doctors without borders or msf from around the world, are committed to providing emergency medical care and relief supplies to millions of people in distress in nearly 65 countries. this is possible thanks to the financial support from more than 3 million individual donors worldwide. msf is a private, non-profit humanitarian organization created in paris in 1971 by a group of doctors and journalists. now, an international movement, msf provides impartial help to people in need without discrimination and independent of p

obama sat down with tiffany and richard santana. they're living with tiffany's parents in their effort to make ends meet. tiffany wrote to the white house about how across the board tax hikes would affect them. she did not expect a personal visit, though, from the president. >> so overwhelming to know that the leader of the free world is sitting at your kitchen table. being more like a $4,000 tax increase for us, which would be relatively devastating for our family. >> republicans are refusing any deal that raises taxes. the president says he'll only sign a deal that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2%. >>> there is a newest mat tonight on the cleanup costs from superstorm sandy. new jersey's governor chris christie says the storm caused $37 billion in damages to his state alone. today he made the rounds at the white house and on capitol hill. he's asking lawmakers for an additional $88$83 billion in zafltzaflt disaster aid for his state and new york and connecticut. >>> tonight dozens of couples are officially to tie the knot in mary

>> i think tiffany's a little bit different than some of the other luxury goods company. tiffany overall is working on its product, silver business which is a high margin category. didn't have enough novelty and newness in it and hopefully that's something they can fix for next year. >> wasn't just me then? >> not just you. >> exactly. >> i noticed that, yeah. >> dana on that point, the companies for stocks like tiffany's, what about aptitude in places like china in. >> overall when we see what's happening in china, so many new brands emerged in china, new companies on the luxury good fronts, and you've had the big conglomerates vogue down their rate and new store openings. watch profitability for luxury companies in 2013. >> okay. r.j., break it down. who do you like for next year? >> in addition to costco and amazon, i like some of the late cycle discretionary plays especially when we see the housing market improve, names like william sonoma and home depot, names that did a great job investing in the supply change, a name like american eagle stands out in that regard. t

. >> reporter: maybe they should talk to tiffany france. her mother had misgivings. >> we never took it seriously until after she was diagnosed. >> reporter: tiffany got breast cancer at 21. >> it just so happened her tumors were exactly where her cell phone had been against her skin, her bare skin for about six years. >> reporter: surgeons removed tiffany's left breast. >> it's kind of coincidental it's right where i kept my cell phone are. >> reporter: the dots are where her humors developed and the doctor says it exactly matched her cell phone. this image shows the tumors were just under the surface of her skin. >> all in this area right here. which is where i tuck my cell phone. >> reporter: jane said she did that for ten years. she had a massectomy. >> i thought cell phones were safe. >> reporter: breast surgeon lisa bailey says cell phone-related breast cancer can be common, but doctors rarely ask about phones. i looked at this random case. would this be in the case where a cell phone would have been carried on the outside? >> very li

and daughter tiffany santana is an english teacher at marshall high school. she replied to the white house's media campaign to explain what would happen if congress and the president can't come to terms, and an added $2,000 per family tax hike comes their way. the families came together as one household a few years ago to help make ends meet. and to provide the best life for 6-year-old noah. >> $4,000 a year for us is two months' rent. it is our son possibly not being able to do some of the extracurricular things he likes to do, like tae kwon do. >> reporter: she hopes the administration's decision to use their family as a middle class example could change minds on capitol hill. >> i think sometimes they're forgetting that. that what they are doing behind closed doors, what they are doing in congress, affects me, my face. >> reporter: the family's message to the president? >> mainly the fact that we support him. and to get our point across to him that we are actually doing our part as middle class americans. >> and doing their part as middle class americans f

. >> reporter: maybe they should talk to tiffany france. >> we never took it seriously after she was diagnosed. >> reporter: tiffany got breast cancer at 21. >> her tumors where her cell phone were against her skin. >> reporter: no genetic or other risk factors surgeons removed tiffany's left breast. >> reporter: donna james also got breast cancer at 39. the dots here are where her tumors developed. her doctor said it was unusual distribution exactly matching her cell phone. this image shows tumors were just under the surface of her skin. >> all in this area here which is where i tuck my cell phone. >> reporter: jane said she did that for 10 years. >> i thought cell phones were safe. i was under the impression that they were. >> reporter: breast surgeon lisa bailey tell me cell phone related breast cancer maybe common. but doctors rarely ask about phones. i looked at this random case. would this be in a place where cell phone would have been carried? >> very likely. >> i would never wear a cell phone immediately next to my body. i would advise all women not to do that. >> reporter: n

>> in tiffany, number one, i've been long for quite some time obviously, as my wife's name is tiffanyndarily, bank of america, merrill lynch down grades talks about the aspirational buyer moving to the side lines. the risk of the fiscal cliff. i point out one thing though, on this weakness, if you believe japan in 2013 is going to be the sleeper equities market that some do, then you want to own tiffany. >> delta, simon? >> singapore airlines in their talk to sell virgin atlantic to delta. richard branson, don't do it. we'll be buying peanuts again in six months. >> southwestern energy getting a pop. >> stephanie brought this to my attention earlier. there is some chatter out there this could be a potential acquisition candidate. obviously, never a great thing to chase or a reason to buy a stock but maybe a good reason to do some research. it's about a $12 billion company can. little bit of chatter, little bit of a pop today. something worth keeping on your radar if you like energy stocks. >> and how about unicorns? they're getting a pop today. hold on. north korea says it's found a u

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he met with tiffany and richard santana yesterday. the middle class couple is living with tiffany's parents to help make ends meet. she wrote about her struggles to the white house as part of a social media campaign. >> at first it was just that white house.gov was going to come and get a little more information about our story, and we really thought it was going to be that, just white house.gov coverage. as the days went on, we understood that that senior white house officials was the white house official. so it was pretty exciting for us. >> president obama and lawmakers now have less than four weeks to reach a deal to avoid steep tax hikes and spending cuts from taking effect. >>> 4:34 now. melissa mollet is at the live desk with breaking news. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. sirens are going off. a tsunami warning in japan. take a look at this video we just got into the newsroom. the 7.2 magnitude earthquake has hit off the northern coast. you can see that trafblling camera moving as that quake hits. it shook and swayed bu

he met with tiffany and richard santana yesterday. living with tiffany's parents to help make ends meet. she wrote about her struggles to the white house as part of a social media campaign. >> we live with an extended family. we have two sets of adult incomes in our home. it would be more like a $4,000 tax increase for us, which would be relatively devastating for our family. i wanted to share that with the white house. i wasn't sure i was going to get a response, but i did want to at least make my voice heard. >> president obama says he'll only sign off on a budget deal that includes a tax hike for the wealthiest americans. republicans say they want to generate additional tax revenue by closing tax loopholes and eliminating some deductns. >>> the budget stalemate is taking its toll on maryland and virginia's governments. in maryland, state leaders say they can't make decisions on budget plans until they see how the fiscal cliff negotiations turn out. in virginia, governor bob mcdonnell says some of the cuts to state agencies recommen

i don't like tiffany. so, i guess i'm just a grinch when it comes to the luxury goods. >> ba-humbug. >> ashley, that she interviewed there, good for ashley, she's looking to buy a gift for her mom. she wasn't paying cash. probably paying with her mom's credit card. >> how do you know? >> i know. i believe that i know. >> very conscientious young woman who is earning her own money. >> giving ashley a takedown for no reason. >> get her on the web cam. mastercard and visa. they are massive. will continue to be. >>> coming up next, tomorrow is d-day for special dividends. and grasso has a very special trade school for what it means for your bottom line. more "fast money" coming up next. >>> let's play a little game we like to call the good, the bad and the ugly with our very own ambassador, tim seymour. first, the good. a couple weeks back, tim was climbing onto the green mountain tree. take a listen. >> surging k-cup sales, fourth quarter fiscal that beat, beat by a lot and these guys are definitely going hig

losers, like we said, tiffany's may have trouble at the higher margin, lower price points, but i think we should look at some of the big winners this year to pull back next year. those would include gap and lowe's, a number of retailers who worked really well in 2012 may not see as bright a future as in 2013. >> what about the big boxes, how did they do this year? >> i would agree with laura on gap, and also abercrombie, a stock with a huge run and you saw the velvet ropes outside the stores. we saw them in new york and guess what? we saw them in london and behind the velvet ropes inside sued the stores there were very few people lined up buying items so i would watch out for abercrombie and certainly with the bigger box space, you know, you'll see mixed signals. everybody is under pressure. target might do a little bit better because they have had an interesting collaboration project with neiman so i think there's weakness across the board but targetsed macy's will outperform the group. >> you like limited brand? >> one of the most consistent retailers out there. i personally own the

according to the paper, -- former state delegate tiffany alston. pleaded no contest earlier this year to using campaign money to pay for her wedding expenses. >> doctors treating secretary of state hillary rodman clinton said a blood clot formed in her head. they are confident she will make a full recovery. doctors say the blood clot did not result in a stroke or do lots of damage. a plot for located behind the right ear. doctors are treating her with blood thinners and say she will be released once a medication dose has been established. transportation officials say the road where this weekend's deadly tour brush crash happen is notoriously dangerous in bad weather. around 10:30 sunday morning, nine people were killed and others injured when a bus crashed regard real and plummeted down a steep embankment. survivors were trapped off the road in the freezing weather. the bus driver is among survivors but has not spoken to police due to the severity of his injuries. >> a person armed with high- powered rifle inside another building in connecticut. >>

one >> breaking news out of prince george's county regarding the seat of tiffany alston. the former delegate has been removed from her office after entering a plea deal in october relating to misconduct in office charges. the office has determined that the county's committee has the right to withdraw the nomination of greg hall to replace tiffany. who makes the appointment asked to we draw hall's name after questions about drug and gun charges in hall's past. hall has blocked the committee from withdrawing his nomination. >> now to washington where president obama is warning republicans not to use the fiscal cliff as a borrowing limit. both sides seem to be digging in their heels with no move to avoid the fiscal cliff. fiscal cliff negotiations have been at a stand still since monday when republicans proposed raising revenue by closing tax loopholes not by raising rates own the wealthy as the president has demanded. >> we're not insisting on rates out of spite but rather because we need to raise a certain amount of revenue. >> we can't keep borrowing mown and raising taxe

he sat down with tiffany and her family to put a face on the fiscal cliff. >> for them to be burdened unnecessary because democrats and republicans are not coming together to solve the problem gives you a sense of the cost. >> tiffany used twitter to tell the president that her family can't afford the tax increase. back in washington, more gridlock. >> it up to the republicans to decide how long it is going to take. >> the president, he isn't interested in a balanced agreement. >> with both sides stuck on the tax hikes for the top 2%. >> i think it can be done before it does significant damage. >> he warns that they should have over a month to negotiate in 2013 before the economy falls a part. >> by mid-february it will do a lot of damage. >> anticipating the fiscal cliff and massive layoffs democrats called on lawmakers to extend jobless benefits that are going to expire this year. 25 days left, no deal yet. republican feel like they might be losing ground. the latest poll shows the majority of voters trust the president and the democratics on the issue. >> mustaches, all part of a p

it's about modern-day convenience and gifting across envelope issa good one, amazon, sometimes even tiffany if people have been good phrough the year. it all depends. during this season for sharing, there areemore twists thaa ever on the traditional holiday wish list. people used to use pappe and pencil, ann put it on the refrrgerator. i remember doing that when i was growing up. &pand then different ttpes of websites wwuld haae diffeeent pinds of digital wwsh lists for their own website. sites &plike amazon, wishpot and tall wish let users share lists with family and friendssacross social networking sites where they alleady iteract. and the explosion in pinterest's popularity has created another avenue. i share ii with everrbody. i make my list on pinterest, all the ppctures are there.// and i have one for y kids, i have ne for my husband, he makes one. and it to put together a bunch of ideas and then winnow those down and be able to winnow those down, really makes a huge difference. and then ouu can follow other people's gift ideas as well. just last month pinterest opened up the site to

. >> i'm not a fan of tiffany. that stock has been a very, very difficult stock. i do think that you want to look at pch because of the warm weather in america, but on calvin klein, that's the one i think you ought to look at. got to come in, warm weather is going to cause everybody to have jitters. i wish we could forget about politics. until we get a deal, it's bad news for themarket. even for cheap stock like apple. "mad money" will be right back. >>> tonight, two companies with break through products that are leading the charge. cramer is talking to the ceos of immunojet and seattle genetics, just ahead. and later, reenergized in pipelines, they're america's energy toll road and they can provide investors with a secure source of dividends, but his investment in north dakota's oil rich back and shale continues, cramer's looking for companies that are looking to expand. all coming up on "mad money." well, if it isn't mr. margin. mr. margin? don't be modest, bob. you found a better way to pack a bowling ball. that

he sat down with tiffany santana and her family to put a face on the fiscal cliff. >> for them to be burdened unnecessarily because democrats and republicans aren't coming together to solve this problem, gives you a sense of the costs involved in very personal terms. >> reporter: tiffany had used twitter to tell the president her family can't afford a tax increase. and the white house released this video. >> $2,000 for me would be paying a month's rent. >> reporter: back in washington, more gridlock. >> it's up to the republicans to decide how long it's going to take. >> the president actually isn't interested in a balance agreement. >> reporter: with both sides stuck on tax hikes for the top 2%, economists wonder if lawmakers will reach a deal this year. >> i'm skeptical. but i do think it can be done early next year, before it does significant economic damage. >> reporter: mark zandy warned a congressional committee they would have just over a month to negotiate in 2013 before the economy falls apart. >> by mid-february, it will be doing a lot of damage. >> reporter: anticipating t

the judge ruled tiffany alston could not hold office because she was convicted of misconduct. he also ruled against greg hall. governor o'malley opposed his nomination because he has a criminal past that includes ties to a shooting death. the delegates' seats is considered vacant. >> more than 10 years after the d.c. sniper attacks, the wife of john mohammed zahir is speaking out again, his ex-wife. she will talk to katie couric at 4:00 today on abc 7. >> the first family will pull the switch on the national christmas tree. the tradition dates back almost 90 years. that's true president calvin coolidge. there will be performances from baby face and james taylor and jummy olabanji will be hosting capriccio activities. that should be fun. -- the pre-show activities. >> two more hours of news ahead. >> next, the latest on the traffic problem on the ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ girl ] dear santa... ♪ ♪ dear santa i want a ballerina tutu, a pink bike, a unicorn night-light... [ female announcer ] this year bring their wish list to life.

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the wait a moment under arrest is identified the tiffany thomas. >>> with remine behind bars for the time being. a judge today orders 23-year- old held in lieu of $2 million bail. police say she was drunk when she hit 4 pedestrians last thursday. >> the entire family is destroyed by what happened and i think it's fair to say that their main concern is for the other families. >> her lawyer says she's never been in it trouble and just a quarter short from graduating from college. >> the city of hay ward is considering changes. but the effect on parking has business owners concerned. the proposal would make a street and mission blstled one way through hay wards's downtown but eliminate up to half of the current parking spots. they would better handle traffic between interstate i- 80. >>> a beloved is closing down this week bringing an end to a 35 year tradition. it has to go to make way for higher education. >> reporter: three generations order lunch maybe for the last time year. >> always order the number 24 and i still do. >> it opened in 1977 will serve it's last meal december 29th.

. >> so did tiffany. >> why the disconnect here? >> you have to understand that yum has a couple of specific issues. yum is not the only guy out there. >> it is the biggest guy out there. >> i think when you have competition and their comps were significantly high and this is one of the head winds for them their comps are too good and i don't think they will grow 50%. they are a luxury brand producer going after a sector of the market that is unsustainable. if you look at the chinese consumer they are not buying tiffany watches and eating at yum. it is a consumption story that is slowly getting better. >> is it time for a final trade? >> you asked me and i'm delivering. >> you bring it. you always bring it. >>> mieving on here. americans are piling into u.s. gold coins in record numbers. november sales more than tripling hitting the strongest levels since 1998. as you can see in the start qe 3 and president obama's reelection are two of the biggest drivers. can gold coins be the ultimate. let's bring in dennis gartman who joins us o

big name brands like coach, ralph lauren and tiffany's lost. the fear factor now up 25% in just five sessions reflecting investors' worries. >>> now retailers are trying to fatten up their bottom line by after christmas sales marking down as much as 70%. compared to last year, holiday spending was down 1.4% in the east. >>> meanwhile, a new survey ranked amazon.com as the best website for online shopping while jcpenney showed the most for sats fakz. satisfaction. >>> and a jury found it should pay carnegie melon university $1.2 billion for patent infringement. >>> water levels are so low on the mississippi shipping traffic could come to a halt putting grain and other shipments at risk. >>> played by patrick dempsey, he wants to breathe new life. the "grey's anatomy" star wants to save 500 jobs. >>> and finally proves that facebook settings could be confusing. mark zuckerberg's own system randi struck a nerve with followers say it was way uncool to repost. she then said digital etiquette, it's not about private setting, it's about human decency.

a judge ruled against both the contenders, tiffany austin and greg hall, who were seeking to fill that vacated 24th district seat. we caught up with hall just moments ago. >> it's not about me. it's about giving young people an opportunity that might come behind me tomorrow. regardless of whether i'm greg hall the delegate or not, i need to push forward and serve my community. >> the judge ruled governor o'malley should nominate someone for that seat. >>> police are looking for someone who tried to blast their way into an atm machine in fredericksburg, virginia. an employee at the credit union found damage to the cash machine there this morning. police say surveillance video shows somebody planted an explosive at about 4:00 this morning. but it wasn't enough to break open the atm. >>> there is a renewed push in virginia tonight to change the laws when it comes to texting and driving. police need another reason to pull you over. texting while driving is a secondary offense. adam tuss explains how one local county is getting around the rules to hand out more tickets and stop the dangerou

the president met with high schoolteacher tiffany santana and her husband and parents. tiffany wrote to the white house in a social media campaign to talk about looming -- how the looming tax increases would impact middle class families if the lawmakers don't reach a deal by the end of the month. >> so it would be more like a $4,000 tax increase for us. which would be relatively devastating for our family. so i wanted to share that with the white house. i wasn't sure i was going to get a response. but i did want to at least make my voice heard. >> news4's julie carey sat down with the santanas. she'll have more on why they said hosting the president was overwhelming. that's coming up at news4 at 6:00. >>> an effort to end serious violence, civil war moved forward today. secretary of state hillary clinton met with russia's foreign minister and syria's u.n. peace envoy to try to negotiate a peace strategy. they reportedly met for about 40 minutes in dublin to talk about how the start of political transition. this comes after defense secretary leon panetta warned syrian pr

another great movie, "breakfast at tiffany's." >> so much of the architecture in new york is so old and this proves it. >> this is bruce willis from "diehard with a vengeance." >> how in the world did he manage to get the legs of the people on the left? >> that was probably coincidence. >> that's just wild. >> gnarly, right? >> apparently this whole thing started just as a fun little thing that christopher wanted to show his friends, but his friends and family thought it was such a cool thing, that they encouraged him to do now and now he gets thousands of views on these photos. >> isn't it cool? >> the coolest thing i've seen in a while. >> to tell us more about this we have christopher maloney via skype "right this minute" all wait from canada. so where did the idea start? just out of curiosity? >> i one day -- i worked next to, and wanted to smo my friends that, printed off a picture and held it up. everyone was like, that's amazing. >> how many scenes have you created so far? >> 250, 300, something like that. the crazy thing is movies from the '40s and '50s are easy to do. a lot of

the high school teacher tiffany santana shares the house with her parents, her husband and her son. she recently contacted the white house about how paying $2,200 more in taxes would hurt them financially. >> if this family has a couple of thousand dollars left to spend, that translates into $200 billion of less consumer spending next year and that is bad for businesses large and small. >> president obama said that he supports keeping the bush-era tax cuts for the middle class but ending them on incomes over $250,000. lawmakers have until january 1st to strike a deal. >>> just a short time ago the national christmas tree was lit. president obama and the first family joined a star-studded cast to help usher in the holiday season. sue palka was there and joins us live tonight from the ellipse. hi, sue. >> reporter: you're catching me at a perfect time. we're into the entertainment. we just had jason moraz leave the stage. he's a terrific performer and here comes the fray. i'll tell you what, this crowd is loving the performances tonight. still caleigh and james taylor. i'm looking for

george and tiffany are charged with third-degree sexual saw.ice discovered tin crest when they got a complaint that the family was distributing home made porn. she says she didn't know sayers was her dad. she said when she was born her mom was sleeping with two guys and she just assumed the other guy was her father. >>> this guy is just not so smart. he called the police in maine to complain that the prostitute that he hired didn't give him his money's worth. she apparently had cut heron day view short by ten minutes. in the end they both got arrested. >>> talk about beginner's luck, a kentucky man won a million dollar, the first time he ever played powerball. lily a election parker picked up his check. parker said he didn't come forward because he had to take the l-sat last week. he plans to put the money towards law school. the person who won in arizona still has not come forward. >>> if there's one that issue may bring people together it may be the universal dislike of speed cameras. even if you knit they serve the public g. derek says in d.

in a market today, when we were up, almost a percent after the fed meeting, tiffany's, coach, underarmourme of the kind of higher end consumer names were acting very poorly and a lot of them have acted really contrary to the way the market has in the recent run since mid-november. to me, kind of telling you something. also on a day, we talked about it earlier, walmart, dollar gen yesterday, target are breaking down. retail is hitting a wall here and it may be because q-4 is as good as it gets. >> let's get another aspect. mike, you're watching shares of delta. bullish activity here. >> yeah, it was interesting. we saw big spread trade actually, someone looked like they were rolling out of the june ten calls and into the june 12s, selling 3,000 of the june 10s and buying 6,000 of the june 12 calls. our analyst is bullish on the stock because he thinks it can do more than two bucks a share next year and obviously at a price of ten, maybe move that size wouldn't be that surprising. the airlines are probably better positioned than maybe they've ever been. >> thank you, mike, for that. let's g

we also see it from tiffany's. starbucks had a very, very good quarter. the stock gapped higher.st howard schultz said the right thing, they are not slowing down in china. green mountain i think has problems. they have too much competition. they have a lot of inventory. there is possible accounting. i would not be selling puts in a stock like green mountain, that you could blink your eye, it could be $25 next week. > > it went down from $110. i'm comfortable owning it at a lower level. i think- > > what level? it traded at $29- > > if i buy it at $30, i can live with that- > > it just traded 18 two months ago- but to get back to starbucks, starbucks is going into tea in india. that's big. > round number three: tip top ten. 10 s&p stocks make up 80% of the index climb. is that bullish or bearish for equity markets? > > obviously it is bullish. if you look at what stocks have rallied this year, we talked about it last week, is the banks. the banks have been on fire. apple is one of those stocks. even with apple sell-off yesterday - apple had the worst day in four years yesterday; t

hours earlier, a judge ruled that neither hall nor tiffany a a allston should get the seat. but governor martin o'malley asked the panel to withdraw his nomination after learning of his sketchy past that included gun and drug charges decades ago. the judge ruled governor martin o'malley will pick the next delegate for the 4th district. >>> virginia is considering a new law that could land you in jail if you're caught texting and driving. but until it's approved, police are using a different method to crack down. it's a law called failure to pay full time attention. it allows officers to pull over drivers who are texting or distracted. those violations have doubled from 7,000 drivers pulled over in 2009 to nearly 12,000 this year and last. lawmakers will take up the stricter texting laws next year. >>> a judge says a fairfax county woman will have to remove parts of her negative online review of a home contractor. the ruling was made yesterday. jane perez complained about her repairs of her townhouse on yelp and angie's list. she also complained that some of her jewelry disap

tiffany alston will not regain her seat in the house of delegates, and will greg hall not be filling it, either. a prince george's county judge said the delegate was correctly moved after entering a plea deal related to misconduct in office. the judge also ruled that democratic central committee has the right to withdraw the nomination of a greg hall to replace her. governor o'malley had asked to withdraw his name from consideration after details emerged about drug and gun charges in his past. it is up to the governor to choose the person who will represent the 24th district in the general assembly. $43.1 million. that is the call last month from maryland costa rican cmthree ca. maryland live accounted for $34 million of that revenue. a jump of $4 million from october. perry bill apostasy now generated $5.4 million. -- perryvile's casinos generated $5.4 million. the casino at ocean downs generated $3.3 million. as maryland's new gay marriage blog becomes official on january 1, couples wanting to wed on new year's day can get post dated marriage officials in some counties. they hope t

nicole: i enjoy the story about the mystery tiffany gifts. i have not heard a story about them lately. i will give you a winner and loser. jeff: setting a new all-time high over $3, that is a gain of 9% so, max is surging because of better than expected quarterly numbers. earnings are looking good so as a result they beat the streets and stocks are jumping ahead. and obviously anticipated good numbers and so far so good and one of the things that helped them along and then there is bad, bad and beyond, hitting a 52 week low, and talking about hurricanes and the affecting their numbers so what we are seeing is they are down 8% here and this is on their results so losing day for bed, bath and beyond and there's a 1-year charge and the company maintain full year guidance but they are concerned about the fourth quarter. lori: home values get their first gain in six years, values have risen $1.3 trillion since the end of 2011 and more good news, they expect prices to rise into the new year, largest gains in los angeles, san francisco, san jose, ph

officers arrested 42-year-old tiffany thomas. >>> a construction worker was killed in a fall this morning. a fire department spokesperson said the fell more than 12 ft inside a home at 40 edge hill way, west of twin peaks. the accident happened just after 10:30 this morning. the medical examiner's office is not releasing the man's name until his family is notified. >>> we have new developments in the death of a woman whose body was found in an ornamental pond in santa rosa this morning. she's been identified as 66 year 66-year-old stephanie trailaga. there was no sign of foul play, according to police. >>> the malls were crowded this day after christmas. as many tried to cash in on post-holiday sales and return gift. but as tkcu christian -- shoppers hit the malls today looking for good post-christmas sales. this consumer psychologist said this a tough retail season. >> i think it's been a disappointing turnout, not a big surprise, because overall, holiday retail sales have been disappointing this year. down about 3% over what we projected they would be. >> reporter: jairo said there are

. >>> former delegate tiffany alston is officially out of office. yesterday, a prince george's county eugenie judge ruled she was out of office. the judge also ruled that the nomination of greg hall to replace her can be withdrawn. this comes after details of a troubled past for hall has come forward. forward. >>> former d.c. council chairman kwame brown's brother is charged with the same kind of crime that forced brown to resign. he is facing bank fraud charges. he is accused of claiming build 35,000 of income on a mortgage loan request. kwame brown also pled guilty to lying about his income on bank loan applications. >>> the big story, for the first time in days, president obama and house speaker john boehner spoke by phone about the looming fiscal cliff. the hope is that this is a sign the two sides are trying to kick start negotiations. fox 5's bob barnard has more. >> i hope he with can come together. it is important to avoid the fiscal cliff and to do it the right way. >> reporter: doing it the right with a depends on who you are speaking to.