household item. underachiever, right? also, a teenager who is being compared to beyonce, making a splash in the art world and a high schooler whose fashion designs are turning kids. 7:30. >> the sopranos start says she's been battling multiple sclerosis for more than a decade. revealing she was first years ago. she says the disease kept her she struggles with stares as well. she says medicine has helped, and she came forward now because she was ready to live openly and honestly. >> good for her. >> it is not the season for enjoying a refreshing milk shake. we can all agree with that. >> no, it's always good to have a milk shake. >> however, people are waiting hours in lines in new york city to do just that. >> here's why. one of them. they are called -- these monster treats sell for $15 each. there are three specialty shakes. so you have the cotton candy, the sweet and salty, and then the cookie shake. so, i'm sorry, i totally interrupted you. >>, no it's fine. >>ed add 15 in new york, $5 everywhere else in the country. t

completely believe in the idea, you can take the carbon out of gas, you have then gas plants that are underachieving. but the economics are not working. pounds ofe billion capital expenditure. one billion pounds we can spend on flood defenses or schools. for health services.

completely believe in the idea, you can take the carbon out of gas, you have then gas plants that are underachieving. but the economics are not working. pounds ofe billion capital expenditure. one billion pounds we can spend on flood defenses or schools. for health services. certainly something of considerable concern. veryis case, is one of great significance for us. those who wrote the main , it comes with responsibilities including free free speech does not include transferring hatred. speech isy of hate the ability to incite violent acts and is why the u.k. laws have stopped 80 individuals from entering the u.k. today. certain violent acts have taken place in america. mr. trumps intervention. i think we want to make it clear in the way this has been reported throughout the world has caused an enormous amount of attention. disinfect attempt to americans -- disaffect americans or the american state. it is a culture that has melded together over the years getting ever closer as a may make is conducive to the public, good or not. but what it does do is allow us and make surey they are listening. we

project that is over budget, and underachieving. unfortunately this is becoming a similar theme in hearings of this committee. today we're going to address the mismanagement of the veterans benefit management system called vb mass. va's electronic claims processing system. vbms is supposed to help expedite benefits claims positions to eliminate rating inkivtsies and errors and enable a more processing flow. unfortunately it isn't work as intended. v.a. promised to eliminate the baglog in 2015. it's now 2016, and while v.a. has made progress, the backlog still exists and similarly, vbms is not yet completed and v.a. has been unable to provide this committee with a timeline as to when it will be completed. as of the first of this year, there were over 360,000 disact cla ability claims pending. over 75,000 of which were pending more than 125 days which is what v.a. defines, as we all know, a backlog in the system and i'm going to address that definition in just a minute. this is despite congress devoting sub special resporeses includin

academic economists who are giving the united states a passing grade but basically in a class of underachieverschallenges here are seen coming from overseas especially china. a lot of discussion yesterday about china. we'll get to that in a second. this is what fed officials who were here said yesterday. stan fisher, vice chairman for federal reserve sees rates remaining lower for longer than ultimately when rates settle down they'll remain lower than otherwise would have been because of the drags around the global economy and in the u.s. loretta mesays she's comfortabl with the forecast that says rate hikes are likely and john williams did a research paper, san francisco fed president, saying the real rate is probably likely at zero. a lot of talk about china. yesterday it was pointed out there is so much uncertainty about china that only 35 economists are even estimating chinese growth down by 75 because of concerns about the data coming from china and beijing. we have a bit of data coming. friday jobs report. again, looking for strong 200,000 growth in the month of december. that would be do