america is starved for vacation. we do this survey every year - we surveyed 22 different countries - and there are some things we wouldn't be surprised at. europeans get much more vacation than americans do. but for the first time, this year, we have an alarming trend: we are actually at the bottom of that barrel. for the first time we actually fell behind japan in terms of number of vacation days. so, last year we got 14 and took about 13. this year we only got 12 and we're only taking 10 days, leaving 2 on the table even though we get fewer days overall. > > is this good or bad for the economy? > > it is actually awful for the economy in two ways. on the one hand, hospitality and tourism really drives the economy in a lot of cities. you think about how are new york and atlantic city, how are they going to sort of recover post- hurricane sandy? that's really about tourism dollars there. so that makes a huge difference all across the economy, is sort of fueling those tourism dollars. the other piece of it is, we are

we vacated the gaza strip.ot one jew living there, yet instead of turning it into a haven of peace, they've turned it into a launch pad of terror. >> going to battle, going to war every five to six years does not help israel's cause, nor does it help the west. you are fueling anti-americanism in the region and you are bringing security risks to your own citizens and to your own state. for how much longer will you continue to repeat the failed methods since 1948? this has been the repeated stance of the israelis to go to war and to fight. the only way out of this is to realize that the palestinians were once in complete rejection and denaial of the state of israel, to where they are now, prepared to accept 67 borders. that's a huge advance. bank that, work on it, build trust, take the west with you rather than constantly holding the west hostage to your domestic political calculations. >> that's simply false. that's nonsense. we vacated land every time we vacated a piece of land, handed it over to the palestinia

we've vacated land. vacated a piece of land, handing it over to the palestinians, what we got was a mass wave of terror. wr very to learn the lesson, just as the united states and president obama would not imagine to management with -- >> a false camp parson. >> osama bin laden. >> that's a false comparison. >> that's exactly the situation. where you are sitting right now, the lapped of israel is not occupied. the land of israel belongs to the jewish state. >> say that to the 2 million palestinians that occupy it. that's not the point. >> the palestinians have their own land and instead of using it for peaceful entity of their own, they are using it to shoot my own kids. i served in the army, in many combat missions. believe me, i want peace more than anyone. i have no desire to go fight, risk myself and have my kids become orphans. not something i want to do. but faced with a very determine ed radical islamic enemy, we're not going to give in. we'll fight as much as necessary to protect the jewish state

joining me now, a vacation rental industry expert and author of the book, how to read vacation propertiesyou again. talking about him a first of all, is now a good time to buy? a lot of people are asking. they know it is all about. it can be all over the place. is it to or leave early? >> well, i think it's actually a pretty good time to buy. probably the time that we will look back can't in a few years and say, did not buy back in 2012. now the prices are going up. last year the prices decrease 19% of the previous year. significantly. so -- gerri: wait. 19 percent in a year? does not overseeing in the primary home market, not that volatile. prices don't move that fast. >> well, i just think we kind of hit the bottom, in my opinion. that is when the bulk of the foreclosures finally, you know, hit the market. a lot of foreclosures were held up for a long time because it took a long time for the process to go through. now we are seeing the inventory decrease. we are seeing the prices start to increase a little bit. they aren't going up significantly at the mall but they are definitely start

you can take a vacation fr free. it's not hard. it takes planning and time but you can take a dream vacation. i did. you can, too. let me show you how. here i am on vacation walking through paris. i've yeel tower. it didn't cost me a dime. hemmingway walked on these stairs. here is my wife in a bakery. it's free. the city looks wonderful. it looks better when you're here it and isn't costing anything. how did i pull this off? this time it doesn't come down to dollars and cents. it comes down to miles and points. the flait paid for by frequent flyer miles. this card gave me $100,000 miles just for signing up. brend yoo signed up, too. that is how we're able to stay in this five star hotel. sidewalk cafes are great she was paid with proceeds from this aarp card giving me 5% back on every purchase for six months. then, brenda got a card. we did it again another six months. three cards, two years of planning and one nice trip. >> it's being savvy. you don't have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. >> that is the founder

why now may be he best time to buy a second down, vacation home .ing up next. 4g lte is the fastest. so, which supeast 4g lte service would yochoo, based on this chart ? don't rush into it, i'm not looking for the fastest answer. obviously verizon. okay, i have a different chart. going that way, does that make a difference ? look at verizon. it's so much more than the other ones. so what if we just changed the format altogether ? isn't that the exact same thing ? it's pretty clear. still sticking with verizon. verizon. more 4g lte coverage an all other networks combined. gerri: wn the housing market took a dive, struggling homeowners spent vacations to cut costs. the market is recovering in some opponent -- homeowners are wondering if they should buy that vacation home. joining me now, avacation rental industry expert and author of the book, how to read vacation properties. good to see you again. talking about him a first of all, is now a good time to buy? a lot of people are asking. they know it is all about. it can be all over the place. is it to

could use your vacation time. >> guest: yes, i use my vacation time. the problem is you are working the whole time, so you get back and think you need a vacation, but it is a great way to do itxp on your own schedule.xp8xxrxr8pp most of these chips are tax-deductible, which is nice as well. >> host: is voluntouring addictive? >> guest: it is. i would get home and think a while, once you step back, this was a very intense experience. it's very good.xpxpxxxzxrxxxpxr you sexze places in a differentr way.xp you are eating with locals andxp working with locals, they learnz about you when you learnxz about them postmarked in new orleans, who did you hook up with? how did you get to be a volunteer? is there an office? >> guest: my job. they were working for rebuilding together. it said they were looking for volunteers and i took it. rebuilding together is still working together. when i was back in new orleans in may, i saw the places that we worked out. now they are functioning neighborhoods. rebuilding together has had about 18,000 volunteers since hurricane

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about oh, my god, you can go on this vacation and create your own ideal vacation and you can share it with your friends and they can come along. well, what if you don't want your friends to come along? >> rose: andreessen and sheryl raised a big question which is when will digital advertising reach the levels of analog advertising? >> it's a really big issue. one of the things you encounter all the time in silicon valley is this frustration that they have such a large audience of people on facebook or google or whatever yet they don't get a comparable share to what t.v. gets of advertising dollars. i was at a conference last week where tom rogers, the head of tivo, is talking about tivo use and one of the things he said that was stuning is that 65% of the people who who watch prime time shows on tv -- they record them, they skip to the end. yet the advertiser is paying for an audience that watches it on tivo or on television. at some point the advertising community is going to start asking harder questions. and at that point there might be-- and i suspect there will be-- a major shift

. >> i have done the vacation hold and it works. sometimes it works. sometimes it doesn't. >> reporter: now police warn criminals might have access to the vacation hold records from the contra costa county times and could be using that to burglarize your home. >> it broadcasts you are going a be gone and they know the start dates and end dates. >> reporter: any idea how they get this information? >> no. >> reporter: police got the warning from other law enforcement agencies and they are looking into the issue. but investigators saw this before. they say there is an easy alternative to putting a vacation hold. >> have a neighbor that will bring your mail and newspapers inside. >> reporter: we couldn't reach anyone with the contra costa county times. they now rely on a neighbor to pick up their paper when they are out of time. >> that way it is in the house safe. >> reporter: despite the new concerns, police say using common sense is your best defense, turning on a light and not leaving out items like garbage cans. eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>

you are expected to waste two vacation can days this year. the average american has 12 days of vacation to use down from 14 last year. many of us are only going to take ten. still it sounds good when you look in japan where the average worker only takes five of their 13 allowed days. the biggest reasons scheduling conflicts and hopes the days can be rolled over. if you have a use it or loose it policy you still have a little time left to try to get them in before the end of the year. him all the sports, you can't get away they are playing year round. >> sandy, brought power outages and destruction to the east coast. how it also blew in something beautiful. watt until you hear this story of a 70 year old love letter. chilly day for that. right now temperatures running into the mid40s to upper 30s across the area. we will look for temperatures to drop tonight back in to the 30s. dew point numbers up just slightly. bottom line means very dry air. kind of chapstick weather. you probably noticed that. kind of starts to dry out when you have the he

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household income is between 50 and $75,000 or they have a college education or that you take six vacations year that information gets collected by the people that develop credit rating scores and campaigns want to dot same as credit ratings for politics. >> stephen: like a voting rating score. >> they want to make a prediction. how likely to vote for their candidate, to vote at all, or to choice. >> stephen: with level are we talking about, are they measuring my bloc or are they measuring me. >> you. >> stephen: no longer stalker mom t is like deb ra, and brenda and daphne. >> and it is not counties and precincts either. >> stephen: it is individuals. >> individual level prediction for all 170 million american adults who are registered to vote. and they will-- . >> stephen: should i be as terrified as i feel right now? >> what are you afraid they might know about you. so-- . >> stephen: things that i won't tell you. >> they collect this information because they want to create a meaningful relationship with you. they want to have an-- the same way that maybe you put a probe into a monkey's

let's talk about the deal with the vacations.can donate vacations to help the victims of sandy. >> the irs has this rule. they used it after 9-11 and also after hurricane katrina back in 2005 where, if you have unused vacation, whatever time you have off at work and if your company is a participating firm, can you donate back the days you didn't take and the company basically turns that into cash which they give to a charity. so it is a good way to donate your days if you are a working american. >> very good. so hopefully, some people will take part in that and help some of of the people who are still have struggling to get back to normal. happy monday to you. >> happy veterans day. >>> back to the morning's big story. a personal indiscretion lead for a professional downfall. one of the most respected names in the military and intelligence resigns after word of an affair is revealed. how it all started with some e- mails. fox 5 morning news comes back.  >>> welcome back. this weekend, secretary of homeland security janet napolit

i was the person on vacation, i take a vacation once a year. >> i'm not criticizing you taking a vacation. [multiple voices] >> there was a notice on my e-mail, a notice on my phone message that says who can be reached in the case of this question. the person obviously didn't bother to follow-up on that. in the case the information she actually figured out is true, it wasn't right for an appeal because there is no c-e-q-a document had been prepared and there was no appeal that could have been filed at that time. >> right. i mean, i guess -- so, i could go to the planning department, file an appeal. there is a process for doing that, go to the website. >> the appeal, e-i-rs -- negative declaration appeals, choose to appeal [speaker not understood], choose to appeal to the board. exemptions are only to the board. >> okay. thank you for the -- answering the question. i think that there are a lot of great procedural changes and codificationses that the legislation does that's really -- that need to be done. i think that that's very true. i think the challenge is that there are some details re

vacation havens for the victorious they were and we had books and they contained prints and photos of women with carousels in the long dresses and the men all of whom reassembled the marx brothers or another and salt water taffy and ices and in the book showed the children running after the shawl hoops and sticks in their hands and we couldn't understand what this game was about. what were the children doing as they ran around with the hoops and sticks? so for my birthday you agreed to take a trip to me to some of the seaside jersey towns we read about although we were idiots. we went in february and every town was depressed and viciously cold. there was no life anywhere and asbury park and it was held one one bolt on the fixture and you counted 12 vacant store fronts. town after town had this and -- gleaning broken store fronts with the words circus and cotton candy and we didn't remember whether to laugh or cry and so distant from the imagination was the bleak reality of these towns and ruin the vision of these quaint side vacations and neither of us returned even in the summertime

the mayor her to the have adviser's seat vacated by mirkarimi when he was elected sheriff she was one of four who voted to mirkarimi his job back that outraged anti-domestic violence advocates who campaigned against her. >>> look outside, we'll tell you what we've been telling you all morning. it is foggy many >>> here's a look above the fog view from mount tamalpais, the -- 2500 feet, deck of low clouds and fog down to our bridges, overpasses, be careful, we are talking about speeds that should be reduced to easy 50 miles an hour less, 40 miles on those highways. doppler is quiet and will remain quiet throughout the day the fog is going to lift, more hazy sun, active weather headed our way overnight tomorrow night wednesday morning, heavy rain and gusty winds headed our way, dense fog advisory through 9:00, north bay valleys, highway 101, bridges around i-80 and 880, hayward three mile visibility, mountain view improved, san jose not bad better conditions east bay valleys elsewhere less than a quarter mile from delta, novato and coast, 16th of a mile at half moon bay i airport delays

they leave christmas afternoon before their vacations. so if you are willing to travel on christmas morning, can find a lot of empty flights. gerri: all right, let's say that i am going to maybe have a nice beach time for myself instead of seeing the family. where can i find a really good deal? >> well, there are some destinations even over the holidays. hawaii is actually one of them. think about the big island. this is where we are seeing a little bit less demand this year. really great airfare prices going to hawaii over the holidays. also, colorado. this is one of those mainstay holiday destinations. kids under 12 or so lipinski for free. the key is that there is no blackout dates. would you see a lot wh promotions. you can use that over your vacation. finally, phoenix. if you want to go somewhere warm, but you want to avoid all the crowds on the beaches, this may not be what you think of first and foremost for christmas vacations. gerri: we mention the golf courses. thank you for coming on tonight. still to come, my 2 cents "two cent

recovery of the popular vacation spot will take months, if not years. ben tracy reports, residents are not ready to give up on the historic island. >> it's long beach island. people call it lbi, the island. >> reporter: for most of her life, leslie houston has called this island home. >> once you've been here and you have the sand in your shoes, you never want to leave. it's a legacy. it's a life. it's what your hometown means to you if you spent 53 years there. >> reporter: which is why it's so hard to see it shattered. what do you think of what happened to your island? >> we've got an real slap in the face. >> reporter: a few things were spared on this strip of resort towns, which since the late 1800s have been a haven for sun seekers. >> in their petty coats. that's how this island started. it was a vacation spot for the people in philadelphia. >> reporter: 10,000 people live here year round but in the summer the population swells to 100,000. with families vacationing in towns surf city. >> atlantic city is about 13, 14 miles due south of us here. >>

the average american will waste two vacation days this year. ex-media says americans get an average of 12 vacation days a year but only use 10. the biggest reasons for not using the time scheduling conflicts and hope that the days can be rolled over. i have a couple of i still need to take. >> i always take mine. use 'em or lose 'em >>> 4:50. signs of deception on gas prices. a research group that investigates energy pricing looked into this year's price spikes and it told the senate committee many california refineries were actually pumping out plenty of gas during times they were supposedly offline. with just 7 companies controlling 94% of the market here in california, state senator mark leno says it is a cause for concern. >> when a marketplace gets more and more and more concentrated, the opportunity for that market manipulation only increases. >> that study couldn't find enough evidence to prov collusion. senator leno has launched an investigation into the refining system and its oversight. >>> bart look is into the future and seeing the

if you do not like national lampoon's "christmas vacation." you have no soul.vie ever. love the griswolds. >> coming from a man who has a heart as big as the grinch. no, i'm kidding. you've got a big heart. >> thank you. >>> but first we begin with a slushy ride to work for millions of commuters in the northeast. many towns blanketed in white this morning. >> after buffalo got slammed with a messy snowfall. a new storm is poised to dump snow from new england to the mid-atlantic. nearly a half foot expected in mountains of pennsylvania and west virginia. and a mixture of wet snow and rain will menace drivers from d.c. to bean town. >> i love snow. road crews were out in force across pennsylvania, salting and spraying highways and streets ahead of the storm. many commuters say they plan to get an early start this morning. probably not as early as we got. even if the snowfall turns out to be fairly light, the timing couldn't be much worse. >> it's coming at a bad time, so if you don't treat it the right way during the rush hour, you could get some slippery spots.

. >>> grateful for great friends and family and taking an amazing vacation on thanksgiving. news chopper 2 over the paragon outlets. opened the doors 30 minutes ago. we showed you a picture of this a couple minutes ago and it was crowded but not this crowded. you can see even more cars there on interstate 580 and taken the off ramp to the mall and folks trying to get good deals. the helicopter pans over there. the line just keeps going and going and going. it is going to take some of these folk forever just to get to the parking lot. again, it looks like it will be a long night but hopefully they will get great deals and worth it. happening at the new paragon outlets popular since they opened in liver more. >> nasa scieientists say it is discovery that will change the book on mars. the rover made the discovery and john faller says what it may have found and why the announcement has been delayed. >>> after spacecraft's nail biting landing curiosity scientist will make the history discovery. >> it was a great teaser, the worth earth shaking was used. >> space analyst buddy nel

what they really want to do is take a permanent vacation to go with their permanent intellectual vacation. >> as the memo says, after 23 years at microsoft "seeking new opportunities that build on these experiences." he's clearly going to do more of what he's been doing somewhere else. >> where is he going? where do you build your experience of windows 8? where's the next place you go? >> it confirms the fears about the success of windows 8 and windows 8 products. look at this survey of pc users. 64% had no familiarity at all with windows 8 at the time of the launch. two-thirds did not plan to buy a pc in the next 18 months. people have no idea this product is out there despite the dollars spent and that people don't want to buy a pc any way with this thing in it. how does microsoft win on this? that's why this news is troubling. >> there's yield. a greet balance sheet. >> enormous amount of cash. >> was he going to succeed steve balmer? panic at microsoft? these are questions that have to be answered and the market is answering them right now saying there's panic and trouble. >> zip car

amazing vacation on thanksgiving. news chopper 2 over the paragon outlets. opened the doors 30 minutes ago. we showed you a picture of this a couple minutes ago and it was crowded but not this crowded. you can see even more cars there on interstate 580 and taken the off ramp to the mall and folks trying to get good deals. the helicopter pans over there. the line just keeps going and going and going. it is going to take some of these folk forever just to get to the parking lot. again, it looks like it will be a long night but hopefully they will get great deals and worth it. happening at the new paragon outlets popular since they opened in liver more. >> nasa scientists say it is a discovery that will change the book on mars. the rover made the discovery and john faller says what it may have found and why the announcement has been delayed. >>> after spacecraft's nail biting landing curiosity scientist will make the history discovery. >> it was a great teaser, the worth earth shaking was used. >> space analyst buddy nelson is not involved with the mission but

smack dab in middle of this vacation. he snub hawaii, body surfing. >> kimberly: conduct unbecoming. he said in the last 30 days he got woke up in one debate. other than that, he is kicking it on the "the view." check me out. pinch with a limp. >> brian: i believe he knows it's his economy now. clearly. he goes on vacation. if this is done he is not body surfing. he knows he will be tortured and ongoing katrina. john boehner is frustrated after a closed door meeting with geithner. >> eric: brian's point, vacation is on because president obama knows he has a deal. >> dana: i don't think -- well, one, the present doesn't have a spending cut plan. why is everyone looking at us. where is your plan, sir? now the democrats are starting to realize wait, i think they are on to us. president obama sacrificed going to hawaii with his family. going to stay behind. they will fawn over him for not going to hawaii. >> bob: that happened last year. if you accept the bush tax cut last time. family went off and obama stayed behind. it's t

>> first of all, we're not on vacation. i'm in my district right now driving through the rain in the pacific northwest. visiting businesses and schools and a big part of our job is listening to our constituents and interacting with our constituents and talking to them about the issues. when we're at home in our districts -- i know everyone says we're on vacation, it's been sort of the accepted way of describing it -- trust me, this is not how i would choose to spend my vacation. we are in fact working and we'll be back working after thanksgiving and the leaders of both parties are working to the to try to find a deal to get us out from under the fiscal cliff. >> the leaders of two big companies in your area, boeing and weyerhaeuser, have signed this letter saying they really want you guys to get something done. let's talk more about defense cuts. if a deal gets done are you willing to put defense cuts on the table even though it could hurt boeing? >> yeah, absolutely. over the course of the next ten years when you look at w

is coverage through a 24-hour period, taking into consideration when people are sick and out for vacation, it becomes a large expense to a hotel; we anticipated that if we want to go forward with this, there will be a lot of pushback from building owners and people who will have to bear that cost in order to comply with those laws. >> yes, they build a community within themselves and they could monitor it themselves. a second thing is, the rent is outrageous for what you get. on the private ones, there is no subsidy allowed? how does that work, you know? to reduce the rent to like 30% of income. >> and private buildings there are subsidies that exist. the reality is that, based on the way rent control is in san francisco, when the tenant moves out, the landlord can put the rental at any price they can get, it moves closer to market rate. when people first year about the kind of work that i do and talk about sros, they say it's great that you work with affordable housing. the first thing i say is, is not affordable. it's available housing stock. $700-$900 a month is not affordable housing.

i need her help. >> chair: in three months there will be an election for my chair, vacated at the end of the year. we are looking at some action items. our next item, action items, proposed amendments. the m d c bylawys. should go over them, one by one, vote for them. does the staff wish to identify the proposed amendments? >> i would be willing to do an introduction one at a time/ there has been discussion, set term limits. the appropriate thing is to bring it to the council for discussion and action. staff has written these proposed changes for the sake of discussion, not anything carved in stone. or not adopted. so, currently, the only thing that says, in the current bylaws for chairs, there shall be two co-chairs the service officers of the council. the council shall elect these officers. officer terms shall be one year. it is not say - the terms may be staggered by not less than three months. the idea was not to have another election for a co-chair right away so we have a job like jul was talking about. the idea was to have term limits, recommendation was too strong a word. co-ch

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