they knew that at the bottom there was a small whirlpool. if you go into it correctly, you can get out of it. if you make a mistake, you get stuck in it. that is exactly what happened to kent. >> oh no. >> as you can see in the video, he is now stuck in there. he is paddling away and fighting against this whirlpool. at one point he ends up upside down. is able to right himself. >> you do see there are people there. his friends are trying to help him out. reality is that unless they can get to him, he is on his own. >> they can't jump into this whirlpool. i hope they have throw bags. >> they have to be ready for this kind of thing. i have to believe they are ready to help out. >> you see finally someone is able to get him a safety line. he grabs on to it. even while holding on to the line he ends up upside down again. >> this has to be a thrill for the challenge or things like this. it's all part of kayaking. >> after a very long struggle you see that he does lose the kayak, but is able to get his way over to the side on to the rocks. grabbin

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if also created an odd whirlpool effect as gravity pulled it down. a 20-inch main broke but service since restored. a different section of the same main broke last january. between wynnefield and cardinal is closed for repairs. >>> the rain all but moved out, but there is concern tonight about the moisture on the ground freezing over as temperatures sink down into the 20s. the "action news" big board and meteorologist cecily tynan. cecily, there will be icy spots, no question about that. >> there will be jim. especially the untreated surfaces that are shuttered from the wind likely becoming sheets of ice in the overnight hours. the reason why, showing we did get a lot of rain today. about a half inch in philadelphia, close to an inch along the coast. the last of the showers are beginning to pull away and it should all be clearing the coast by about midnight. temperatures really haven't dropped at all yet. philadelphia, still 38 degrees, the high for the day. allentown 35. millville 37. we're above freezing. the poconos though dropped down to 28 degre

it's a whirlpool of different sides and how can you find a compromise that cleans through that sectarian distrust and growing conflict here and get some kind of government to still hold this country together. that is a hard challenge. >> it sure is. thank you. remember that al qaeda in yemen is taking credit for the massacre at the paris magazine "charlie hebdo." the brothers who executed the attack went to yemen in 2011. i will turn to operative bob behr and security analyst. bob, you look at the turmoil and yemen is so much i think in the front of our minds now because of the attack in france. do you think that this could hurt u.s. surveillance of terrorists? >> as nick was saying the place is a mess. you have to think about the practicalities of yemen and you have to put people out and have a central government. right now i would imagine that the em passy is in a complete lockdown and you wouldn't go out armed or otherwise. with the government having fallen apart, there is no help there. we can do the signature strikes, but the chances of hitting or missing the wrong people are huge.

whirlpool missed every quarter, the last four quarters, stock has been a juggernaut., green mountain, the shorts have launched another attack on it. i'm hanging in there, is there a technical support point, that's big, big, big, in my mind. what do you think about any of those names? >> i think you and i have hit heads on green mountain before. they could stay short, they hammer it, they hammer it. it does create opportunities. >> it's going to be an exciting name and exxon mobil, right? >> we have to see what capex spending we have there. that was jarring news with chevron. hopefully created a bottom in the oil companies. >> technical support points, we talked about them, we're close to them. jobs will have to bail us out. >> the technicals are extremely important. we hit the exact double bottom yesterday. running 1980 on the s&p, if it breaks there, we have a couple percentage points. >> we want you to continue to watch the show every night, but really, really stay tuned next friday. if you live in orlando, florida, check it out. we're doing "making money" live from

another theme here going on for retail stocks overall is check out what's happening with whirlpool on the home improvement side as well. up 35%. another consumer discretionary stock. and then move forward to durable goods. car max another huge name. that is up about 45%. and then finally one of the biggest gainers overall in activist investor story, jeffrey smith at starboard value. up 52%. the consumer development is really going to be a focus. whether or not it stays that way is going to be the -- >> i do like staples here. but you have to understand something. if this office depot merger doesn't go through that goes down in a heart beat. this is all on the merger option. i they can get past but it is a question of who they won't or not. >> the new year will crank up the heat in high profile c suites. which executives are feeling the most pressure. and our call of the day is a skeptical take on what apple thought would be a big hit in 2015. and the results are in. we will reveal the winner of our competition for trader of the year. don't miss it. halftime will be right back. >> we w

>> my name is ben ardist, and i'm the senior category manager for smart homes at whirlpool corporationive kitchen of the future. not only does it have a cooktop that can recognize your cookwear, but it also has a back-splash. you can have your mom up on the screen helping you walk through that favorite pasta recipe. >> my name is scott newburger. i'm the c.e.o. of tagg. tagg g.p.s. is an all-in-one solution to protect your pet. it offers g.p.s. tracking, so if your dog ever escapes from your house, you'll immediately know and be able to bring them back. >> i'm daniel cowan, one of the co-founders of three doodler, the first 3d printing pen. >> my name is mark. i'm with double robotics, and this is our telepresence office robot double. what you do is, you can put this robot in your office and you can drive around as if you were actually there even though you can't make it one day. >> reporter: most of the products here at c.e.s. share one thing in common: they're designed with connectivity in mind for the average consumer. from wearable health trackers, dog trackers, to a stove that giv

we like whirlpool. we know what they do, and we think there's a really nice replacement cycle kicking in as well as the new construction cycle. >> it's done quite well. up 30% over the past we're. you still like it at those levels? >> we still like it. they just made two acquisitions. they show should really help the company grow its earnings over the next couple of years. >> who is in the worst spot? >> probably the home builders. what we're worried about now a little bit, obviously texas. big conversation about oil. a lot of the companies that haven't done that well are those with incremental exposure to texas, and what the builders are saying is they haven't seen any negative moves yet, but i think everyone is just kind of waiting for them to come out and admit that things are going down there. >> yesterday we saw job else claims. they are ticking up in texas. >> i've been to midland. i know midland is not houston, but i've been to midland multiple times, and everybody is taking pay cuts. that's in t

whirlpool also at an all-time high.esson we learned this week especially yesterday earnings matter. i will give you a preview of what we are looking for after today's close. the tech sector is in focus -- facebook and qualcomm. for facebook, revenue is seen increasing 46% from the same time last year. monthly active users might increase to 1.3 billion, more than the population of china. as for qualcomm, people will be looking for commentary on samsung's decision not to use qualcomm chips in the new galaxy s phone and whether that is an indication going forward. three companies have reported earnings so far. let's give you a scorecard. i will head into the terminal. it is hard to see. it allows us to see where things stand. i will verbal it for you -- sales and profits have increased across the board, on average, 3.8%. profits have grown 5.7%, but it is not without its losers. the material sector posting declines in sales and profit. in terms of the surprise -- what does it mean relative to analyst estimates? let's show

and put you there and say if you don't brave next year we are throwing you in the river and the whirlpoolightening. >> look how you turned out. >> another trip into the cold war with tampa kaoefpb. what is super bowl weekend without wings? we don't know. we know the c.e.o. homes you choose her bars over your home. she joins us after the break. ♪ >> this is a serious network. i'm ready. let's get to the headlines. >> we begin athens where the new leader says he won't bring any vices on the creditors. he promised stability. he pent about two hours with the e.u. president. it was his first face-to-face meeting with european officials since his election victory last sunday. they rebounded from historic lows wednesday. boeing will sell aircraft to the tokyo hub worth $2.2 billion. they will buy eight from boeing and seven from airbus. they are said for delivery between fiscal 2015 and 2021. china and u.s. turn up heat on kim jung un trying to build momentum for talks. kim may have himself to blame for the squeeze. he suckggested he would be open to meeting the president of south korea. he will