ethel weiss -- when ethel weiss dodge, she was still running her shop. >> customers are saying thank you and goodbye. julie launch at -- julie but one store, the only place in boston that sells this kind of stuff. >> reporter:...run by one woman in particular taught so many to slow down. >> she was this wonderful old lady who really shared her passion for what she was doing. >> she was nice and fair and very kind about everything.>> there was nobody like her. >> reporter: this weekend so many took a moment to stop to read, to reflect about the life, the legacy ethel weiss leaves behind. >> she was one of the time. you don't see her anymore. >> reporter: she passed away at the age of 101. she spent most of her days running the candy store she and her husband, irving, opened in 1939, where she works until the last of her days. cbs news visitor her -- visited her a few months ago. you can way that people and say hi.>> since her passing, hundreds of come to say hi one final time.>> the thing most important in my mother's life is to do the best you can. you live by the golden rule. >> i h

it's amazing. >> it does show my -- >> looks happier than weiss. just kidding. >> you can follow all the action. cnbc.com/pro. there's weiss. wow. >> that's right. >> exclusive cnbc oil survey. wufrt top strategyist gists on the street. where oil is heading next year. jim cramer gave his list of stocks that he said can't be amazon'ed. we have the names and trades. it's next. >>> many analysts are expecting more pain for 2016. jackie deangeles at the nymex with those details. hi. >> good afternoon to you, scott. cnbc's exclusive survey says there is more pain to come, and it's probably coming in the first half of next year. actually, half of our respondents think that wti hasn't seen its low just yet, and they think that the catalyst could be this opec meeting on friday when 100% of respondents said they don't think opec will cut production. scott nations, you were one of the people pulled polled in the survey. you don't think he on peck is going to cut. why aren't prices lower now then? >> opec pumped 2.1 million barrels every day. more than their

weiss. >> okay. i like facebook. unique franchise. >> we're going to bet on the -- >> it was on the screen. >> it's par his new strategy, whitefish. >> that's -- >> make sure you are just sliding the -- you really got to -- >> like i said, weiss. what names do you like on the list? >> facebook was on the screen. i like linkedin, and -- >> that would have to be honest. >> i think google is probably the safest play because it's got the most reasonable -- let's try to conduct a show here. google -- >> you took it off the rail. now you're trying to put it back. >> my prerogative. >> okay. >> google. >> okay. >> alphabet. >> okay. >> no, sorry. i was just calling him bobby brown. his prerogative. >> what kind of bagel do like? >> you guys don't get the hinted. we're done. >> financials leading the way lower. let's look at some of the names hitting 52-week lows today, including tiffany, macy's, kansas city southern, baker hughes. more half after this. >>> time now for our trader blitz. four trades on four stocks making new

steve weiss is here, along with joe terranova, josh brown and pete. the apple trade, why one well respected analyst just threw shade on the iphone. what it means for the stock and your money. high yield, high risk. the very latest on what's happening in that part of the bond market and what all of it can mean for the fed. mohammed joining us live in just a moment. we begin with the markets and those continued jitters over junk bonds. stocks are selling off again at this hour. investors are still trying to make sense of last week's fund failure and whether it can spread to other areas and asset classes. are these the seeds of another crisis being sown? >> i think crisis is probably too strong. when you look at the rates, it really picked up dramatically. it focused on the energy space but the contagions there. you and i were just talking. if you look at the hospital stocks, while health care was leading earlier, health care, hospitals, are getting killed. why? because they are distressed credits. anything that has that taint, are looking for liquidity.

steve weiss has been a skeptic on the weight loss company all year.e a listen to what he said. >> on-line right now is killing companies. it's the great company killer, and that's no different with weight watchers. there are fundamentals in the stock that were horrendous. it was heavily shorted for good reasons until oprah came in. it's discounting an awful lot of good -- >> okay. >> okay. steve was right back then. the stock was down more than 15%. since that call. until oprah's new ad hit, and now it's up since then, and i saw just over the past three months, of course, oprah announced a 10% stake in the middle of october. over the past few months, the stock is up whoppingly. you just saw the ad. i challenge the you. did it not make you cry? it didn't. i felt it resonated. every woman -- every person out there who has tried to struggle with their weight. >> i'm not her core demographic. it's actually women over the age of 55. not saying you are over 55. no. >> still has that issue. it's been -- by fitbit. by so many ways you can do it. no, i would n

anthony may, michael weiss, and paul kr paul cruickshank, thank you. >>> up next, we will talk about the apparent connection of the terrorists, and how is, and what many others like that are there out there? we will be right back. but he said something to me that has stuck with me to this day. after having your dinner, i think i want to stick around a while and that really meant something to me. i never had an experience like that and it just let me know that what i'm doing is much more important than just food. but i've managed.e crohn's disease is tough, except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. and when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. and that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tutuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liv

i give a great deal of credit to michael weiss. he is an expert in this area but doesn't have all the facts correct in terms of the way the strategy has been evolving over the last several months. and in fact, we have trained several thousand forces in iraq, not as many in syria, and in fact, those forces in iraq are contributing to the fight in anbar province right now and taking back part of ramadi. >> let me interrupt. why did those iraqi troops run away from the second largest city in iraq, mosul, a city of nearly 2 million people, when a few thousand isis terrorists came in, the iraqi military abandoned huge quantities of u.s. military equipment -- >> yes, they have. >> -- and simply ran away. after all those years of u.s. training and equipping. >> i give you that, wolf. we've talked about this hundreds of times. what i will tell you is there was political backing for them doing that. it was because they weren't getting paid. they weren't being led. and they didn't have a government that they trusted. they ran away. they walk

i'm here to introduce michael weiss who is the author of "isis: inside the army of terror," which is a national best seller, new york times best seller on isis, and to introducl him and moderate a discussion and question and answer session with t you all. jodi was supposed to be here, the author of black flags, another book on isis, and he was not able tohe come because of ao death in the family. so really good to see such a large crowd, and we have a lot ofth time allotted at the back d of the session for questions an answers. on the back end of the discussion for questions and answers. first of all, i will tell you about michael weiss who has reported recovered russia and the middle east extensively as a senior editor at the "daily beast" and his book came out last february iran and it was a national best seller are in crisis. -- on isis. we can go into my set of questions first to get started. tell us of little how you came to write the books and why. >> guest: i was covering the serious crisis more or less since its inception 2011 and long before there is any isis' presence in sy

. >>> in the latest jump, we see matt weiss is matt kenny attempt to fly. what's amazing, it sounds even brushing past the cameras or rushing through the skies. it's like, look at that. >> they're not going to go around. they'll just skim it. >> it looks amazing. >> you see the trail blowing, as they cut back and forth through these canyons and cuts. >> they're seeing something that few people on the planet have, from that angle. >> suddenly everything just drops. >> look at that. >> that's got to be exhilerate exhilerating, if you're that pilot. >> keep on eye on the pilot down below. >> he just did a barrel roll. >> my stomach did a loop de loop just watching that. >> how do you practice that on the ground? you just have to try it. >> incredible. >>> a prankster and his son have a plan to get mom. fired up. [text message alert rings] fridge? a binder clip. the beer never lasts that long. >>> everybody stand up because here comes the bride. >>> that's not professional, that's all i need to know. amateur? >> you think? >> do you want to play at the wedding,

paul weiss truly kind of a beacon in this area. there have been openly gay partners of paul weiss.but it's a place that was kind of sounded based on principles of the diversity and openness. that was the foundational dna of the firm for lack of a better term. it was never an issue but paul weiss was certainly influenced by the rest of society. and back then in 1998 they were very few gave people who felt comfortable in all stacks -- aspects of their life. you might be out as i was to your friends. you may be out to close colleagues at work, but i wasn't out for example, to my adversaries. i don't think i was out to judged i know it wasn't out to judge kaye went to the adoption of gays. and it was kind of this halfway in have without kind of life where you all the time really were having to evaluate should i tell this person, should i not tell this person? how would he react? how would she react? lash forward to today. when we filed the easy wins her case, we had a vocal with a bunch of aclu donors are removed distinct and on that call one of the donors said, edie, what does it feel

. >> so i had to get stephen weiss something, and he's a guy on the go, and he's always running out ofhis phone, so i had to get him a phone charger, and because it's stephen weiss, it had to be in gold. hey, guess what i got for our food reporter, josh brown? this should keep you satisfied for a couple days. stephanie link, perfect. going to get her pink and yellow. all right. i think you're all set, steph. now, this is perfect. farm boy. the guy grew up on the upper west side, runs a hedge fund, and now he lives on a farm. jim, i got your christmas present. all right. now, pete, look away because this is what you're going to be getting for christmas this year. this is a special gift, it's an emoji of joe. i know he doesn't really like it as much but i think it looks just like you, joe. now, this is something scott wapner is really going to love because we call him the judge, and now we have an engraved gavel for the judge. >> that was awesome. this is awesome. >> good stuff. >> this is awesome. finally a way to get you guys to stop talking when they're telling me to wrap. >> look at

. >> kaine and weiss hadn't worked together before filming but during the shoot, they became fast friends>> it's always intimidating before you get to know somebody when they're just a legend and an icon which sir michael is. but then i got to know the human being. he's incredibly human and humble and down to earth and unpretensious. most unpretentious person i've work worked with. very quickly he became my mate. >> we became great friends. it's easy. if you can get that relationship when you're acting, it's lovely. >> reporter: this is george pa knack coio reporting for abc news. >> i can't get enough of his french accent. it's beautiful. >> we love rachel weisz, as well. >> they're both great. coming up, speaking of youth, "sports illustrated" sborts kid of the year. >> the young olympic hopeful who is making a splash inside and outside the pool. ever since darryl's wife started using gain flings, their laundry smells more amazing than ever. (sniff) honey, isn't that the dog's towel? (dog noise) hey, mi towel, su towel. more scent plus oxi boost and febreze. it's our best gain ever! str

is isaac weiss of in downtown cedar rapids. with all my fishing friends, this is john campbell reporting. and finally we have three new finalist f f the kcrg tv-9 atatete of the week sponsored by cedar rapids toyota. all three hoopsters this week.. athlete number one is solon's steeter mcilravy who is averaging over 23 points and 9 rebounds a game. athlete number two is samantha uhlenkamp of central city. sam has averaged 21 points and 8 boards in her last four games. and athlete number three is derrick diggens of kennedy who lit up xavier for 25 points and is averaging 19 a game. to vote go to kcrg.com. i will feature the winner thursday night at 10:00. thankscott. famil friends, and the center point-urban community are remembering an 18-year-old student killed in a hit and run incident while away at college. we'll share their memories of her tonit at 10. and now to first alert storm team meteorologis t joe winters for your final forecast. we have a cold front approaching the state tonight. a few isolated showers could form ah

michael weiss, and elise labott, thank you. coming up next, i will speak to the iraqi ambassador to get his take on the advance in ramadi, and also, the prospect of 2016 and the fight gaiagainst isis. it's hard to find time to keep up on my shows. that's why i switched from u-verse to xfinity. now i can download my dvr recordings and take them anywhere. ready or not, here i come! (whispers) now hide-and-seek time can also be catch-up-on-my-shows time. here i come! can't find you anywhere! don't settle for u-verse. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. >>> in ramadi, iraq, today, the government forces are trying to get the civilians to safety a day or so after iraqi troops retook control of the city's center from isis fighter es. you can see that the families are shuttled to a area that is under government contoll. meanwhile, the city was swept for bombs after of the isis fighters plead the area. and they say that they still control a quarter of the city, but in a statement, they said that the security will be h

plus, the big hedge with steve weiss. the moves, the big money is making, but should you maybe have a feeling about being a little more bullish? halftime is back after this to discuss. >> welcome back to cnbc. a check on some consumer stocks. >> the best performing dow stock. -- a lot quicker than i expected. that's hats off to the management there. i think the next thing we've got to figure out is what comes after all-day breakfast. they're going to have to have something new that propels the stock from these high 100 teens into the 120s and beyond. >> i think the something new is they're going to finally really start to address the menu. we've talked about it and talked about it. too many different items on the menu. they've got to reduce that down. that's going to help out all franchises. >> i think they have streamlined. >> they're trying to get more and more -- all these guys are trying to get into that competition, the four for four, the two for four, the dollar menu. i think there are clever ways. >> here's a quest

steven weiss burg's conditions >> very frankly what scares me the most is the possibility of the hacking of our infrastructure, our electric grid, our power station. >> last year he foresaw hacks on the healthcare industry. a few months later hackers broke into the data base and stole 80 million records. in 2016 that will only get worse. >> you could end up having your insurance not just accessed but you may have lost coverage because it's already been used. >> there's not much you can do to prevent that but there is a way to avoid sneaky hacking methods like this one. >> they basically ripped off an ad campaign for an actual car and at the last minute they made code vulnerabiis people who weren't surfing bad parts of the internet were still getting expo to it so keep your anti virus up to date >> he adds a hard drive back up that stores data in increments is essential. >> experts predict mor of your stuff will be a target. all increasinglytto attacks. >> the internet of things can reveal small bits of data to turn broader scams to targeted fishing and you can avoid becoming a victim. in

i want to bring in michael weiss, author of "isis inside the army of terror" and lorenzo, the directoron extremism at george washington university and the co-author of isis in america and takes an in-depth look at supporters of isis. lorenzo, you analyzed about 300 people, is there a profile susceptible to their propaganda? >> absolutely not. it's an extremely diverse bunch. we have converts, 40% of them charged so far are converts and people born into the muslim faith and all kinds of social economic backgrounds. most people are well integrated and drifteders and petty criminals. it's absolutely impossible to profile. the majority of people have been charged or investigated in the states are u.s. citizens. are people who are born and raised in this country. so this would be somewhat different from the other cases. >> so i mean, michael, you've said this attack changes the game for isis in the u.s. how so? >> well, i mean, they always had two separate programs if you like to their foreign operati s operations. one was dispatch the sleeper cells from the caliphate and those networks wou

michael weiss, thanks for the explainer.ppreciate it very much. >> sure. >>> still to come this hour on "cnn newsroom," political jabs paid for by big-money donors. we're going to show you a new ted cruz super pac ads that takes a swipe at rival marco rubio. of a better network. get up to 50% off our hottest android smartphones, like the samsung galaxy s6. only till december 27th. just about anywhere you can use splenda®... ...no calorie sweetener. splenda® lets you experience... ...the joy of sugar... ...without all the calories. think sugar, say splenda® >>> so the iowa caucuses are just about a month away. and political ads are in full swing, attacking some candidates and supporting others. many paid for by big-money donors to political action committees, these pacs that we've been talking about. well, chris frates joins me with a look at them. good morning, chris. where are people throwing their cash these days? >> good morning, errol. it's rare for big donors to speak about their relationships and what this money actual

a -- cam video released last -- shows a a weiss white policeman shooting black teenager laquan mcdonald 16 times. the footage sparked 16 days of protest. vandyke's lawyer says that -- >> if we make the decision that a change of venue is something that is needed in order for my client to get a fair trial, we will absolutely explore that option. laquan mcdonald's family says the best way to ensure a fair trial is to broadcast it on national television. >> it would be in the best interest of justice and fairness if it were televised from gavel to gavel because we really believe that there is a culture where police feel comfortable with murdering african american people. >> the chicago police department is already under investigation for using deadly force against minorities. last weekend, another officer fatally shot two black people. the series of police killings nationwide has given rise to a movement called "black lives matter." demonstrators are accusing authorities of trying to cover up police abuses. the weather patterns are completely disrupted across the world, and delly is one of

outbreak team leader commander matt weiss. >> i think the pattern of this outbreak is highly suggestive that there is a single, contaminated ingredient that went to all of those restaurant locations. >> reporter: despite what it calls aggressive actions to prevent another outbreak, chipotle's stock price has dropped 25% since mid-october, and sales have plummeted 22%. in an s.e.c. filing friday, the company said sales could continue to drop another 8% to 11% this quarter adding, "in light of recent sales trends, an additional uncertainty related to the e. coli incident, we cannot reasonable estimate 2016 comparable restaurant sales at this time." today this an e-mail to cbs news, chipotle spokesman chris arnold warned, "there is the chance of seeing some additional cases as they make their way through the reporting process." "it's that lag in reporting that we are seeing with these additional cases." he also adds that the ingreeghts that were in the restaurants during the initial outbreak are out of the system. jamie yuccas, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: just ahead, remembering the vi

i'm rabbi eric weiss. we are in the middle of a wonderful conversation. i'd like to introduce you joining our conversation is summer brenner who is an author and his most recent work is in an anthology called jewish bar. welcome. >> thank you so much. >> what is the jewish war? >> i think it's important to start with the definition, which many people disagree about. so that's very jewish. you'll get a lot of different answers about what this is, but i'd like to offer my definition. it's a sub genre of crime writing, but i find it is something that is harsh, violent, often a deep social critique, somewhat a fault if. i feel like the best books that i've read heavily kind of punched me. you know, i've had visceral feelings from reading them. in fact, it is a genre as a film more, which people are quite familiar with because there were many great jewish directors and all different phases of moviemaking that in fleeing europe during and this act -- before the second world war came to hollywood and are credited with creating what we call these films, but they

and that's not an accident. >> weiss says first there is routine crime, often in the form of illegal and fines on people in their territory. >> everyone will be caught jaywalking or running a business after hours or not having gone to the mosque or smoking or drinking, that is boontime for isis. that's how they're making a fortune. >> second, kidnapping. the united states and britain among the nations wlo say they refuse to pay ransom, but others including individuals do pay. >> the many tens of millions of dollars that isil have raised from ransom payments is going into promoting terrorism including terrorism effecting our own country. >> third, oil. analysts believe the group is selling many barrels on the black market. by one estimate a half million dollars worth a day. >> they're selling it to turkish businessmen, selling it to kurdish smugglers who smuggle it back into iraqi curd stkurdista keep the lights on damascus, to keep assad's war machine, his tanks, his apcs, helicopters and jets, you know, operable. he needs oil. he needs petrol. >> and fourth, antiquitieantiqu. isis h

. >> michael weiss is joining us as well, cnn distribut contribu expert on isis.eard other experts say to me what the president is doing tonight could inadvertently aid isis in its propaganda, elevating isis right now and help them in their recruiting. do you buy that? >> yeah, i don't think he in terms of his rhetoric is going to do anything to do what isis wants the united states to do which is drive a wedge between the muslimss who live in the west and this awful terrorist organization. as i speak, wolf, the fascistic far right party in france just swept regional elections there. they took 30%. they're the first party among all political parties. this is coming right off the back of paris. i'm already seeing isis say this is wonderful, it will show the muslims of france they have two choices, the fascists or isis. so the president does have to be careful, but just one final point here. he has tried to divorce, wron y ly in my view, domestic policy from foreign policy. say we must empower moderate republicans to stand up and denounce isis, this is a religion of

. >> reporter: au professor lauren weiss says it's time people see beauty in all sizes. >> in so farket certain images as not just normal and acceptable, but ideal, we're all going to struggle with what our bodies look like and whether they fit the norms. whether they fit what is accepted. whether they manifest what we think a body should be. >> mother of the bride. >> reporter: since the shop opened seven years ago, some 6500 brides have found their dream dresses here. and unisia and ukia have found their horizons expanding. >> you guys are sexy sisters. >> they have even been featured on this tlc show. >> and this was curvaceous couture. >> that was way too much. >> with the average american woman now at 14, it's high time fashion matches reality. >> the trend is happening. >> life happens. and no matter what size you are, you want to look and feel good. >> you want to look amazing. >> pat lawson muse, news4, columbia. >>> after 65 years with nbc, our dear friend and colleague willard scott is retiring tomorrow. hey, if you have been watching news4 for quite a while, then you proba

this is the scene, near cincinnati, it is complete with mary, joseph, weiss men, and razor tooth babyesus, in a manger. the idea began as publicity stunt, to bring visitors to haunted house, the family ran, but zoning officials and religious groups don't want this zombie nativity, ordering the family to take it down. >> i think it is the theme, just rubs people the wrong way, puts the spotlight on me, that's why they're coming down so hard on me. >> family could be fined $500 a day. they're asking for donations to improve the structure, for next year, and to cover any fines they might face. >> well, this is just terrific. pricy bottle of wine is found in a very unusual place. in a elks mouth. check out the photo here. the elk was spotted in evergreen colorado last week. the woman who took the picture says the animal pick through neighbor's recycling bin on the curb. the 2008 bottle of cab err nay reportedly sells for over $100. so it is an elk with excellent taste. >>> coming up in the next hour here on "eyewitness news", weaver one more check on your traffic and weather together. man

that's weiss is much is the ring worstch is asia's performer currently.hey're are predicting the rookie will have earned about that thousand. all ineasons why, commodity prices which is bad news for indonesia which relies on commodity x board. also u.s. merchant policy. and of course indonesia's own weakening economy down about 10% today area that muse the summer buying for indonesia oh will be scrapped. if it comes under more pressure. >> let's go. what about government efforts? will that work? >> it will take time. he's taken steps to boost growth. is reached out to the implemented rules they won't pay banksoon in fact the world said recently the gdp will 5.3%, way off his mark but to be fair it's not just because of domestic affairs and domestic woes but also external factors is that recovers it would help. they told bloomberg just last week it's precisely because of that. >> all right. on sydney right now let's check it out. asian markets trading like this area a bit of one person down in led byia. it really climbs in tokyo. buza rare bright spot. inv

weiss said wiry falling for this but i choked up watching a. but my memories have emerged going domino's and then go into the christmas season. line about 1 mile up. these memories started to overwhelm me and what does that mean? i wanted to write about the jury to. i am not a financial writer says bankruptcy was always coming into view. and wanted to do something that honor that. in not including just the obvious and the fabulous motown sound track of the generation of battle so with the united autoworkers civil-rights with martin luther king coming through detroit in reverend franklin in the labor in the city. with the working class in the middle class and all the contributions with how the whole idea and inspiration started. >> host: you chose the years 1962 through 1964 per tell us why. >> guest: i wanted to honor the city and when it gave america so and motown started in 1959. with fellow that berry gordy got from his siblings and parents and they used to help each other. so that narrowed the up period someone. and i wanted civil rights in

they want president obama to hold a weiss hat -- white house summit on police totality. >> the thing we need to be doing now is saying what is next and what his next is we need to change the corrupt culture that cause this to happen. squad car footage has resulted in almost daily protest. the rest in the manslaughter case of the baltimore cop accused in the death of freddie gray. 12 witnesses were called over three days. gray suffered a spinal cord injury while writing handcuffed and shackled. closing arguments are scheduled for monday. the ap press poll show a majority does not believe donald trump is likable, compassionate, or honest but eight out of 10 call him decisive and competent. his call for blocking muslims is business overseas. huge posters were taken down in to buy and a turkish free developer is rethinking their partnership. bloomberg desk i am mark crumpton. back to you. betty: as stocks had four weekly decline the market is trying to get its footing without the support of the fed which makes the big interest rate next week. also big value investors. you would have thou

. >> and our parents are james brolin and diane weiss are our parents, and they say to come get your junk out of the house, and we are selling the house. i was kind of planning on moving back into the parents house at 43, so i'm upset with that. so we decide to have just one more party in the house. and it is like a big high school house party, but everybody is like 45 years old. >> behaving badly. and you didn't write this script. >> no, our friend paula pell who used to write all of the hits at "saturday night live" when will and sherry were the cheerleaders, and all of the things with justin and jimmy are like omeletville, and all of that, and so she is the funniest person, and this is the first screen play with her name wholly >> and were you able to ad-lib? >> well, we know each other so well, and paula wrote the script which is really funny, and she would sit at the director's monitor, while we were shooting, she would write new jokes on post-it notes. so the director, jason moore, would give us new jokes. >> that is fun. >> yeah. because you have maya rudolph there who knows w

. >> her name is ethel wise weiss. bree joins us live, hi, bree. >> hi, kathryn, they've gun that tribute on harvard street that is as unique as herself, post it notes begun appearing on the window of the tiny cbs network put together a nice story about ethel a couple months ago, in it you saw the vivacious woman, she had trouble remembering names or keeping track of who had paid for their candy, she said the store kept her going. >> she was just this wonderful old lady who really really shared her passion for what she was doing. >> she is wonderful lady in the world, that is just nobody like her. >> i think she will always be here, she will always be apart of us. >> ethel's family tells us they aren't sure yet what will become of her store. kathryn back to you. >> thank you very much, bree. >>> it is 5:25, the aims cloud tavern is closing, the tavern has been a nathaniel hall landmark nor 40 years opening in 1976, the family owns the tavern did not say why they made the decision,. the garden, the bows giving up a coup

what we wanted them but i would say one of the famous that we have been pretty consistent of the f weiss 60 budget in terms of what we're trying to accomplish with this strategy a strategic thought and the amount of our resources and have been consistent where it needs to go but they knew pretty well where we were coming from. so that helped us in terms of the thought process. with those resources that we needed. en to do that charter this is the budget submitted earlier in 2011. but the next line down after it was kind to cut half a trillion dollars out of the plan for secretary gates. and then he rightly suspected and then remember in january 2012 that the deputy secretary with our strategy. and we touchback to where we were we caved in a little lower than that. to have that strategic choice given the new reality of the budget control act so what is that the acceptable risk level. with that area of the line on the top and the other lines on the bottom. ever since we have been telling people for what was covered by the grave risk and. that is from the fis 16 and f-117 budget said. and t

joining me now, cnn military analyst and general mark hurtling and also, cnn contributor michael weiss and editor for the daily beast and co-author of isis inside the army of terror. this is something that had, got most of it. i positive and a tactical battle that's part of the campaign and a lot of words. first step. it shows the forces have come alive again. reglued as we say in the military, retrained and seem to have this support of the central government in baghdad. all of those things are krcriti important to defeat isis in iraq. from that standpoint, it's a positive first step and congratulations to new what seems to be a well-led and better trained iraqi army. >> we've seen those congratulations coming in from the u.s. president, french president and elsewhere. michael, i spent a lot of time in iraq as i know you did going back to the u.s. invasion familiar tactic of isis and predecessor in iraq was to retreat but then keep up the attack, blend into the population and carry out ambushes, assaults, et cetera. knowing that pattern should we assume that something like that is goin

distracted and a pride open a case, t m z says the items stolen were a bracelet worth $100,000, david weiss bracelet for 40 k and rolex watches, 23 k, located in the time warner building and open through december 24th and they will stay open as planned. ben: she sells jewelry? i didn't realize it was other people's jewelry. anna: she will recommend you buy this trench coat as part of your fall accessories and that is what people would say. and kim kardashian and kanye west named their new baby boy, she tweeted the name, st. west was born in los angeles, weighing in at 8 pounds, no word of course they have a 2-year-old daughter named norris, a cutest sibling rivalry. juliet: her ex-boyfriend. of honey bunches and i' see if i packaged it. best cereal in the world right there. if the last 3 letters every coconut has a dream. to come out of its shell. to show all the world its true, inner beauty. and then, in an ironic twist, get covered up by chocolate and almonds. almond joy mounds.

. >> here now with more is jon weiss along with several of his big top performers. good morning, everyone. >> hello everyone. >> can you tell us about your performers and what is going on? >> we have multiple generations of circus performers behind us. how many generations in your family? >> eight. >> eight generations, so keeping the tradition alive. that's what it's about. the majority of the kids -- come this by, guys. >> oh, okay. >> this is called wisley in the circus. he's juggling his daughter with his feet. >> that's his daughter? >> yes. >> oh, my goodness, amazing. >> that's his son over there. >> oh, my goodness. >> it's about keeping the that platform that he's on, his platform was his grandfather's. >> oh, my -- that is -- oh, wow. >> keeping the tradition alive, and what they've been doing for many years in their family. >> that is amazing. >> we got juggling, which you like. >> i can't do that one. >> they do multiple things, his mom is in the show. she does upside-down act where she walks with her feet upside-down. >> oh, my goodness. it's all -- >>

joining me is mark hertling and michael weiss.ten, general hertling, as i understand it you are not sure that any of the candidates passed the commander-in-chief test last night. how so? >> as i said before, i judge the leadership qualities of the candidates in three categories, category, presence, and intellect. and last night i was taking a lot of notes like michael smerconish was and just taking the checks of what they were saying and how they were saying it and addressing various complex issues having to do with national security. i know it's a debate format and they have a limited amount of time to answer it but on both sides of the aisle, so far, they have not shown me they truly understand the issues in this very complex campaign that we're attempting to wage with other people which is going to be a generational fight. >> do you think donald trump had a handle on the nuclear triad and if not is he ready to be commander-in-chief? >> that was particularly the one area i was amused with. you could tell he was stumbling with wh

i want to bring in peter and michael weiss a senior editor at "the daily beast."s it fair to say and feels this way to a lot of americans, it does to me, there is a higher threat level than we've seen or just being prepared in the wake of attacks we've seen? >> maybe a little bit of both. go back to july 4th of this year and recall the u.s. government released a sort of series of alerts and a great deal of concern there might be an attack around july 4th. nothing happened. some were arrested. if you go back in time, typical typically, new york city takes a lot of care and attention to the new years eve festivities for this reason. we've seen a large number of cases in the united states since 2001 , which a fact that speaks for itself and it is a fact that typically around the holidays, there is more concern about a potential attack. >> do you think, michael, this isis model encourages attacks around the holidays or do you think it's based more on a sort of opportunity thing like if you can do it now wherever, whenever, go ahead and do this. >> they would like an a

tom fuentes, michael weiss, general hertling, thank you so much. >>> next, we're talking breaking news. under water, millions of people are affected by cresting flood waters along the mississippi river. we'll have a live update from the emergency zone. and then also bill cosby's attorney will join us. she says that her client is not guilty of criminal sex charges. how is she planning to keep him out of jail? checking out the listing on zillyeah, i like it. this place has a great backyard. i can't believe we're finally doing this. all of this... stacey, benjamin... this is daniel. you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. zillow. >>> we have breaking news. flooding that may be reaching historic levels. the rain-swollen mississippi river cresting right now near st. louis and affecting millions of people. cnn meteorologist jennifer gray is near st. louis. jennifer, give us a sense here, the mississippi river is cresting near where you are, but how much worse could this get? >> well, the big problem is going to be all the towns downstream alon

scott weiss, we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. coming up we'll have the top beauty products of 2015. we've got our guest from f-buzzfeed. you've got a lot of good >> yeah,good morning... i'm mike mccormick. it's 8:27. duke energy is now reporting nearly six- thousand outages across the carolinas. we've heard of only one canceled flight out of gsp. and in asheville.. firefighters say they've gone on eight different water-related rescues. swannanoa river road flooded in asheville.. stranding a famimi in a minivan. they had tclimonto the roof of the minivan. firefighters helped get them to safety. now here's dale. greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be foggy early, showers likely this morning, high of 69. southwest breezes 10 -18. the mountains will be foggy early, showers before noon, high of 66. southwest breezes at 5-9. heavier rain expected overnight through wednesday, another to an inch of accumulation. asheville, hendersonville will drop to 50 overnight, the upstate will drop to 56. highs on wednesday of 61 to 66 in the regi

mark preston and michael weiss, thank you both. >>> stay with us.video that shows how that deadly biker shoot-out started last may in texas. ♪ ♪ iand quit a lot,t but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extended release technology, helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq. ♪ deck the halls with barks from rudy ♪ (rudy barks) well, it's more like "fa la la la la la la la la" but you're in the same vein. say happy holidays with milk-bone! >>> 44 minutes past the hour right now. >>> cnn has stained new surveillance video of the deadly biker brawl last may in waco, texas, nine people were killed and no murder charges have been filed. until now, we have only seen video from inside the restaurant and people watched the mayhem outside and later ducked for cover. this is the first time we see the fight in the parking lot. i want to forewarn you parts of the video are violent and hard to watch. here is nick valencia with the details. >> reporter: it is a vio

scott weiss is a here. we've got winter sports, what kind of injuries? >> everybody is hitting the slopes so be that as it may, skiing-based injuries and, snowboarding-based injuries and people are not taking the proper time to warm up. >> what should we do? >> got to stretch, a little bit before, a little bit after and a ten-minute warmup does a good job and helps prepare the body >> interwither weather, not great. especially here in the east. snow is coming. >> absolutely. >> you'll be removing a lot of snow. >> like me i grab my shovel hand go for it. a good technique to keep your body safe. >> besides sports injuries people do get injured a lot with shoveling, and shoveling -- >> where do you see it? >> and basically shoveling -- people get injured sometimes in the low back and spine. not shoveling properly some of these discs that you see here can actually bulge and touch some of the nerves. >> i fractured my t-12. >> had a little higher. >> in a snowmobiling accident and my back gets terrible. let me take the shovel. >> let me see. >> tell me how i

joining us now is michael weiss, co-author of "isis inside the wall of terror." she knew nothing about her son having anything to do with terrorism. and we've seen it separately with farook's family. he and his wife lived in a house with his mother. how were they able to hide those plots from those closest to them. >> i take wit a little bit of pinch of salt that the families didn't know anything untoward was going on. farook's father had come out and said yes my son was becoming a jihadi. we hear this all the time, pam. these attacks happen. and then it is what a nice sweet boy. he was very quiet and studious and shy. with we had no idea. well actually you probably did have an idea. self radicalization or even immersing yourself in a milieu tending towards that direction is a process that takes years. months and years. it doesn't happen overnight. i'm sure, you know -- i heard in various press conferences that farook and his wife, they stopped attending mosque. so therefore they had sort of given up their religion. no maybe the mosque was deemed too moderate and

let's bring in our terrorism analyst paul cruickshank and security analyst bob baer and michael weissthe "daily beast" and tom fuentes. tom, they are searching this lake in san bernardino and they may be serging for this hard drive from the computer discovered in the killers', the couple's townhouse. if they find the hard drive assuming it's been under water, will they be able to find useful information? >> i think they are confident the technicians can reestablish the search history and other things. it will have to be dried out and take care but usually they can get it. >> we also know the two made efforts that he came out shooting, doesn't this feel like they acted without outside help or had outside help? >> wolf, you know, looking at the search in the lake right now, they are clearly looking for a wider network, whether it wasn't whiting.the attack was - i don't think these people acted alone. they were talking to people. they were recruited a long time ago, possibly in riverside based on the communications and now the fbi is desperate to get into this hard drive and tom is absol

weather weiss you couldn't ask for a better night, we've seen numerous cars here, where there used to be a lighting rivalry, but it doesn't exist any more, we'll talk about that. but right now josh is going to let us know if we have any >> not a lot to talk about now, but there's some milder air on the way. could be mixed precipitation overnight. we'll show you that on future cast in a moment. that was a great light display, by the way. let's take a look at our display of temperatures. these are the highs today. while it wasn't warm, it was certainly above average. look at that average, it's 39 for concord and we did better than that. in fact, the month of december thus far it's the 9th, including today, it a days above average and only one day that was december 1st that was below the average temperature. every other day has been above. even with dropping temperatures we're still above the average temperature right now. lower 30's in northern new hampshire, 30's in parts of the upper valley and the lakes region. southern new hampshire still in the 40's right now. it latest be a milder