i'd like to say hello to my daughters in crestview, florida. i love you and miss you and will see you soon. >> i'm lieutenant colonel john walsh in kabul, afghanistan. i'd like to wish happy holidays to my family back in tampa, florida. my wife susan and the best son in the world, jack. happy holidays, everybody. love you. >>> and good morning. we are talking about some really cold temperatures all through the dakotas. in fact, tonight into tomorrow morning, we have windchill advisories in effect in that area where it could be about 25 to 35 degrees below zero for your windchill. across the east coast, for your christmas eve forecast, looking for temperatures in the 30s and lower 40s. heavier rain will start to move into the southeast. then on christmas day, heavy snow moves into the oklahoma area, also into arkansas. some areas could pick up six inches of snow. so certainly an unusual place to get snow on christmas day. >> absolutely. all right. thanks, dylan. >>> time to look at entertainment news now. notch another big win for the little guy

mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride, go fishing or just lay in the sun. we've got coastline to explore and wildlife to photograph. and there's world class dining with our world famous seafood. so for a great vacation this year, come to the gulf. its all fabulous but i give florida the edge. right after mississippi. you mean alabama. say louisiana or there's no dessert. this invitation is brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. >>> i'm don lemon with a look at your headlines. hillary clinton will spend new year's eve in a new york city hospital with a blood clot. she was admitted sunday after a medical exam. the clot is believ

mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride, go fishing or just lay in the sun. we've got coastline to explore and wildlife to photograph. and there's world class dining with our world famous seafood. so for a great vacation this year, come to the gulf. its all fabulous but i give florida the edge. right after mississippi. you mean alabama. say louisiana or there's no dessert. this invitation is brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. >>> well it's christmas eve and there is always the slight fear of that dreaded gift of fruitcake tomorrow. but when it comes to holiday food as a punch line we have nothing on our friends across the po

a funnel cloud formed over eastern florida. a little scary there. the weather service hasn't confirmed a tornado touched down but the storm left a lot of damage behind. no one was injured. that's a big storm there, lawrence. >> yes! speaking of storms, we might get some interesting stuff coming our way. how about some snow on our local mountaintops? wouldn't that be nice? we have some very interesting very coming in our direction. we have had a great day but that's all about to change as high pressure has started to weaken. the latest satellite image, watch what happens. you can see the cold front come into view so we are going to see more clouds as we sail in toward the afternoon. we have already seen some patchy fog developing over the bay. temperatures much cooler than yesterday. 52 degrees right now in concord. 59 in livermore. 62 degrees in san jose. and 51 in santa rosa. this afternoon more clouds. then a chance of rain developing tonight and snow until the highest mountains likely, a dusting toward tomorrow. but unsettled weather ahead. in fa

go to paul in florida. >> caller: hi, jim, it's paul down here in jupiter, florida. i'm calling today about bgc partners? >> unbelievably bad. unbelievably bad. had the ceo on. what can i tell you? i am not going to be qualitative. i'm just saying the stock has been unbelievably bad. and wow. not much more to say. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round. >> the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade. >>> coming up, waiting for washington to rise above? get your portfolio prepared for whatever happens. call, tweet or e-mail and find your way to the latest edition of "am i diversified?" she also likes to ride her bike. she knows the potential for making or losing money can pop up anytime. that's why she trades with the leader in mobile trading. so she's always ready to take action, no matter how wily... or weird... or wonderfully the market's behaving... which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. it's just common sense. people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced ext

bob in florida, bob? >> caller: hey, big boo-yah to you, cramer. >> right back at ya. >> caller: first thing i want to do is thank you quick for all you do to demystify the market for people. >> that's my goal. thank you. >> caller: i'm guessing i'm not the only senior citizen living on social security that depends on a portfolio of dividend stocks as a supplement. i'd like to get your take on the future of the income stream that took me so long to create. with one stock in particular, windstream. >> i'm worried about windstream. and i read a lot of the analyst reports and they say, listen, you should be worried. when i have everyone telling me to be worried, i'm not someone who whistles past the graveyard. i say ain't worth it. >> sell, sell, sell. >> john in new york, please, john? >> caller: hey, how you doing, jim? i was wondering how you feel about nokia being that they signed on to china mobile. >> everyone's all of a sudden very excited about nokia. it's on a run. i understand a $3 stock can go to

. >> as many as 13 twisters touched down yesterday, like this one in florida. and it came on the heels of the record snowstorm that created a slick mess across the upper midwest. here's tahman bradley. >> reporter: monster storms wreaked havoc in the upper midwest and parts of the south. in the northern plains, residents are digging out after a record snowstorm. >> we just moved to the area a few months ago from southern california. so, it's a bit of a shock. >> reporter: this morning, most of minnesota is buried in white, after the state got its monthly snowfall total in one day. in minneapolis/st. paul cars were a heavy casualty. some were buried. others like these found along emergency routes were towed. >> we were going to move our car in the morning. and it was gone. >> reporter: the snow made driving conditions miserable. state police reported hundreds of car crashes. across wisconsin, plows were out in heavy force. but the season's first snowfall was a welcome sight. >> it's definitely got everybody excited. >> reporter: winter was mild last year in part

the florida national guard contacted that pilot. they say an investigation is now underway and that the pilot was sent on a commercial flight back to florida. the pilot was headed from jacksonville to sioux city. so his jet could get painted. >>> one act of kindness can really make a difference. a secret santa decided to spread some holiday cheer by paying off people's layaway accounts at an arizona wal- mart. santa focused in on the customers trying to pay off the toys. the secret santa ended up paying off layaway bills for 20 wal-mart customers and even workers in the situation were left speechless. >> it's emotional for us too. i mean you know some of the people that i work in layaway when these individuals come to pick up their layaways they're crying. >> as is often the case, the good samaritan santa has asked to remain anonymous. >>> there's a new smell in the air in washington state. >> that smell of marijuana. a new law goes into effect today that allows you to smoke but there are some restrictions, we'll tell you what's goi

florida has led the way. last year florida repealed its 1985 growth management law that required cities regarding boundaries throughout the state. it would be great if california and new england states could do the same. if those states could act, we would no longer have a housing crisis. on the other hand, the obama administration wants to impose land-use rules on all 400 major metropolitan areas in the country. the obama administration has its way, is a crisis will be twice as bad as the last one. host: our phone lines are open with randal o'toole. you can also send us an e-mail or join us on our twitter page or our facebook page. bob is on the republican line from greenville, south carolina. caller: good morning. 35% of the homes in las vegas are leading up to the bible were second homes. that was speculation by individual americans, the individual people. in many cases they were building up the bubble. a device thato wri blows my mind. in california people on home prices would never come down. a certain p

allen west of florida. nobody better epitomizes the tea party than him and because he says so many crazy things he'll give the group a lot of free press. soon to be former congressman joe walsh would be a good replacement for dick army, and last but not least another guy who deserves consideration richard mourdock who said pregnancy from rape is quote something that god intended." coming up, to discuss the problem with the tea party is andy croll. welcome back inside "the war room"," andy. >> what isgood to be back. >> what is behind the departure when he was the face and voice of it. >> dick army was the father figure of freedom works. he is keeping his cards close to the vest about the exact reasons for his de departure. he does not like the direction that freedom works is taking going forward. >> jennifer: really? >> yeah, he does not believe that freedom works is doing what it need to be doing to benefit and growing the conservative movement. he doesn't like where the leadership has taken the group and

four days after the polls closed, the votes from florida finally came in. saturday they cast their electoral votes for president obama and also declared philip phillips the winner of "american idol." they're slow. i'm surprised how slow they are. i know there are a lot of older people in florida, but have you ever played bingo with old people? they're lightning fast. i used to go with my grandmother. i'd have one card i was focused on. she'd play 35 cards, and you'd hear o-75, and she'd be like bop, bop, bop, bop and reach over with her left hand and, pow, right on mine, and i'd sit there in shock. maybe if they introduced a gambling element into voting, it would go faster, but in any case, the election is finally over, and now florida can get back to doing what it does best, which is, what, eating early and driving slowly. mitt romney may have lost florida, but he has a supporter in indiana. eric hartsburg thought it a good idea to have the romney/ryan logo tattooed on his face. he'll feel stupid when he finds out about campaign buttons. looks like the aqu

showers are likely for the east coast of florida. otherwise the south will be dry and warm for the most part. to the northeast will be sunny and dry. the mideast, midwest will be dry, but late-day showers are expected across the central plains. >>> in sports this morning, baseball's most coveted free agent is switching teams and heading for a division rival. los angeles angels signed josh hamilton to a five-year, $125 million contract. hamilton has spent the last five seasons with the texas rangers. in that time he's hit 142 hom r runs and won the american league mvp. some have called hamilton a risky signing. earlier in his career he struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. last year they handed albert pujols a ten-year $240 million deal. >>> cincinnati bengals are pushing to make the playoffs for just the fourth time since 1990. the philadelphia eagles are staggering to the end of the season. nothing seems to be going right for philly this year. one of the bengals' helmets got stuck on a face mask. eagles leading the bengals in t

mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride, go fishing or just lay in the sun. we've got coastline to explore and wildlife to photograph. and there's world class dining with our world famous seafood. so for a great vacation this year, come to the gulf. its all fabulous but i give florida the edge. right after mississippi. you mean alabama. say louisiana or there's no dessert. this invitation is brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. let'for an idea.s - a grand idea called america. the idea that if you work hard, if you have a dream, if you work with your neighbors... you can do most anything. this led to other ideas like liberty an

that's how florida allows for an individual that has no i.t. to compare it to the database to confirm that this is the same signature that we have cleared ten years ago and now we know you are in fact eligible to read this is a whole sort of different model than depending upon the picture i.d. on election day is taking before we put you on the role to confirm you are eligible to be of voter. that should be part of the discussion as well it seems to me. >> with the lawyers committee my question is for the secretary husted on uniformity. a lot of the conversation of last couple years focused on uniformity. and i agree with you on the premise of the uniformity that we disagree on what the definition actually is. the problem that we saw was this drive to the uniformity of the process of the black-and-white. one early vote mailing of the absentee ballots resulted in the young uniformed access and ability to vote for certain voters. we know that in cuyahoga county three-quarters of the early person of votes in 2008 and of what happened in 2012 passed

mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride, go fishing or just lay in the sun. we've got coastline to explore and wildlife to photograph. and there's world class dining with our world famous seafood. so for a great vacation this year, come to the gulf. its all fabulous but i give florida the edge. right after mississippi. you mean alabama. say louisiana or there's no dessert. this invitation is brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. ♪ you make me happy when skies are gray ♪ [ female announcer ] you know exactly what it takes to make them feel better. ♪ you make me happy [ female announcer ] that's why you choose children's ty

joe in florida. a lot of florida callers lately. joe? >> caller: this is joe from florida. how are you doing? >> well, i'm getting ready for the nets season, new players coming. >> caller: we need it bad. >> all right. >> caller: i have a question for you, stj st. jude medical. >> oh, man, they've been crushing that baby, haven't they? >> caller: i can say they said they were going to buy back some stock, 10%. >> yeah, you know what? we're going to take a pass. because unless we have a good fundamental story, we're not going to be encouraged by a buyback. what happens is the story gets worse and we can't just say, oh, well, they've got a buyback. we need fundamentals. that device business i don't really like right now. is it wall street versus washington? they're taking too long to rise above. but there are still ceos who are out there trying to get you live long and prosper. "mad money" will be right back. >>> coming up -- secret garten. >> it's not a game i will play. >> cramer's trying to protect your portfolio from a possible fall. and tonight he's found an under the ra

let's go to jim in florida. jim. >> caller: big boo-yah from sunny brooksville, florida, jim. >> sweet. what's going on there, partner? >> caller: first thanks for what you do for us. >> thank you. thank you. >> caller: i have some real solid stocks that have been about 25%ers for me for the last two, three years. >> okay. >> caller: with this pending fiscal cliff, i look at the market going down. i'm thinking of selling off a bunch of these shares and rebuying them at a lower cost once the bottom hits to increase my share quantity. i'm wondering if you think that would be a good strategy, and one might be good parameters on what to buy on, a drop of 10%, 20%? >> this is important. i'm thinking we could have a small decline. i don't think we're going to have a huge decline at year end. i don't think we'll get a deal done in time. what i want you to do is stay the course. no one ever got hurt taking a profit. and if you're worried about taxes, of course, you take some off right now. but be ready to get back in. i

he's not succeeding in growing jobs and florida is hurting like so many of our states. what governors are focused on are jobs and opportunities, that means, not only creating more jobs and raising incomes for those who have jobs. florida is a great example of a state that needs change in 2014. >> >> good morning, governor. before you get into the 2014 mid-term elections you have a couple of big governor races in new jersey and virginia. obviously in 2009, after president obama's first victory the losses in those two states was a pretty big temp bar ressment to the democratic party. how you thinking of those two races going into next year. chris christie has high approval ratings i don't know if that is going to turn off democrats in running against him. also, what you think of the race in virginia? >> well, you know let's talk about the record here if a second so the viewing audyens knows what is going on here. coming out of the last election there were 11 contested races across the nation for governor. democratic governors won eight of the 11. there were lots of storie

florida authorities claim they know how all the boys died. some killed in a fire, others in a flu epidemic. nothing criminal. but new research shows other bodies could be buried in this area too. and dozens of former students and families say that's proof of a more sinister story hidden in these woods. in the early 1960s, the leaders of the boys reform school had a local boy scout troop clean up the cemetery. they put up 31 crosses. now a team of anthropologists over the last year has been going through all of this area, cleared out the woods, and they're finding the possibility of many more grave shafts which is only leading to the mystery of what happened in marianna. untangling the story may be lost to time. the school closed last year. these ants happened from the 1940s to the 19 excuse. most of the school leaders from then have died. a research project led by university of south florida anthropologist erin kimmerly turned up evidence of additional grave sites. kimmerly says as many as 18 more bodies could be buried here and that the rese

. >>> creo que ahora tenemos una posibilidad real de ganar en la florida, hace una semana una vez que se gana en carolina del sur muchas cosas empiezan a suceder. el mensaje de sÓlido conservadurismo. todo ayuda a consolidar el apoyo en la comunidad hispana y al mismo tiempo estamos logrando apoyo de la gente del tea party con los militares en otras Áreas de la poblaciÓn de la florida. >>> se vio con el expresidente de la cÁmara cuando dice que espera llegar a la nominaciÓn, si llega la nominaciÓn usted estarÍa en su lista corta que le encantarÍa que se unieran a la vice presidencia. >>> eso es realmente un elogio, se lo agradezco. sinceramente estoy enfocado en el trabajo como senador, no debo pensar en otras aspiraciÓnes cuando hay tantos temas importantes que afectan a este paÍs y el estado de la florida. >>> el presidente obama hablÓ que la frontera menos porosa, un millÓn de deportaciones, menos gente entrando ilegalmente por la frontera, pidiÓ el comienzo de una reforma migratoria integral. ¿estÁ dispuesto ayudar en esto?. >>> de acuerdo en que ha habido progreso,

the early voting laws and we know in florida we already have the head of the gop, the florida gop, and former governor crist admitting they did it for partisan gain, for their own party so they could win, but they didn't win. >> j.c., i want you to respond to these provocative comments. since 2011 at least 34 states introduced legislation to require photo identification to vote in, and in all but one case the legislation was introduced by republicans. in some cases there have been legal or federal challenges to the new laws. the purpose of the laws were clear to everyone to make it difficult for typically democratic constituents to vote. listen to what mike turzai said when he found out he was talking about these voters laws. let's listen. >> voter i.d., which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. >> that's pretty clear. only this year bill clinton talked about what he called the blatant voter suppression efforts in florida. let's listen. >> how much will the vote be lessened or reduced by the fact that in florida, except for four counties, the pre-e

let's go to kieran in florida right now. kieran. >> caller: kieran in florida. my tom is con ed. i've been buying if for the live five years. is it time tyke profit or -- >> no, con ed's fine. i'm telling people to buy it. it's like a pro fiscal cliff stock. john. >> caller: john k. in florida. jim, i'd like to say merry christmas to you and yours. >> thank you. same to you. >> caller: my stock is fortress investor group. f.i.g. >> i prefer kkr financial. and i also prefer blackstone. i think they're better bets with better run management doing better things. it's done very well for us. let's go to shane in georgia. shane. >> caller: jim, hi. good to talk with you. semper fi boo-yah. >> yes. thank you for serving boo-yah. how can i help? >> caller: sirius xm radio is my stock. >> i think it's kind of topped out here because i like mel karmazin. and mel karmazin is going to be leaving. so 3 and change is about all i think you're going to get out of sirius. because, well, what can i tell you? i love mel and mel's stepping out. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of th

looks good in florida, 70 today. and some of those storms could be strong in new orleans later this afternoon. >> so we are talking another storm, again, it's minor, i'd say 3 uninches would be a good guess. >>> coming up, a million-dollar t-rex smuggling ring. newtown shooter adam lanza's dna will be studied. >>> plus who are hollywood's most bankable stars? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." scientists plan to study the dna of adam lanza the 20-year-old who shoot and killed 26 people at newtown, connecticut. they hope to find an abnormality that could predict an inclination towards violence. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton will return to work next week after a stomach flu and concussion sidelined her three weeks. she will report on security failures and the september 11th attack in benghazi, libya, that killed four americans. >>> some good news on law enforcement, deaths of police fell 23%. with just four days left until the end of the year, 127 state and local offices as compa

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primera vez en la historia de estados unidos, un hispano encabeza la lista, el joven senador de la florida, marco rubio, lourdes tiene las cifras. >>> el senador republicano marco rubio es el favorito de miembros de su partido para primarias presidenciales, el primer hispano con el nivel de apoyo para el cargo, entre demÓcratas no hay competencia para hillary clinton. que rubio encabece entre republicanos es nietos, su torico y un reflejo de la derrota electoral dice. >>> la realidad que buscan, y dicen si vamos con bush o marco rubio, arrastramos el voto latino de la florida del sur de la naciÓn. >>> ser hispano, no parece ser una desventaja. >>> nos estamos acostumbrando los estadounidenses a saber xvre somos diversos. >>> ambos harÍan historia como el primer hispano o primera mujer en la presidencia, rubio tiene un 18% de apoyo entre los republicanos, y le sigue chris christie. el ex gobernador de florida bush y el ex candidato a la vicepresidencia ryan, el senador rubio estÁ concentrado, y reaccionÓ escuetamente en la oficina, y tambiÉn considerado como compaÑero de boleta, chri

they included one similar to florida's stand-your-ground. another made it easier to carry concealed weapons. there was a resolution opposing the mandated purchase of health insurance. and of course there was one limiting corporate liability. the wisconsin legislature passed a so-called tort reform measure that included parts of eight different alec models. alec was elated, praising walker and the legislature in a press release for their "immediate attention to reforming the state's legal system." but scott walker was also shooting for another big alec prize. >> now some have questioned why we have to reform collective bargaining. >> taking away workers' collective bargaining rights. that had long been an alec goal. a candid video caught him talking about it with one of his financial backers, the billionaire businesswoman, diane hendricks. >> we're going to start in a couple weeks with our budget adjustment bill. the first step is we're going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions. because you just divide and conque

. >>> we looked at viewers in the orlando, florida, and central florida area are okay following a day thatting whoed a lot like this. this was yesterday. this video is from drew kavanaugh traveling south on highway 1 filming lightning. that's definitely there. but as he continues down the road, it's not just lightning. look at this. >> right there. oh, my god. i think it is. oh, my god. it is. hey -- holy cow! >> almost as if the funnel cloud appears right before drew's eyes. he said he saw this dark cloud moving way faster than any other cloud in the sky and he said seeing that funnel cloud form was just surreal. >> a transformer just blew! oh, my goodness. >> of course, there are a ton of other videos from this storm pouring in to youtube. one shooting over the indian river and you can see the size of this funnel cloud. crazy. because the guys in the video say, i thought it would be bigger. >> that's not so big. i thought it would be bigger than that. >> if it turns and comes this way, we better high-tail it downstairs. >> ah, yes. >> they're right. according to our friends, there w

when a florida man won a multimillion-dollar lottery jackpot, he didn't realize he may well have been setting off a bizarre chain of events that would end with his murder. here's abc's linsey davis for our series, "crime and punishment." >> reporter: abraham shakespeare probably thought he was the luckiest man in the world when he won $30 million in the florida lottery in november of 2006. but his luck would change in a horrific way. and now, this woman, doris dee dee moore, is on trial for his murder. moore sobbed in court today, after jurors listened to audio recordings of her allegedly agreeing to a scheme in which another man would take the blame for shakespeare's death. it was the latest bombshell in a scandalous trial. >> there was a person he knew who was willing to take the rap for his disappearance, for what i think reports say is about $50,000. >> reporter: shakespeare went from washing dishes and working garbage trucks in lakeland, florida, a suburb of tampa, to what he thought was the good life. but that quick pick ticket quickly turned his life upside down. >> i really wo

mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride, go fishing or just lay in the sun. we've got coastline to explore and wildlife to photograph. and there's world class dining with our world famous seafood. so for a great vacation this year, come to the gulf. its all fabulous but i give florida the edge. right after mississippi. you mean alabama. say louisiana or there's no dessert. this invitation is brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. >>> back to "hardball." and now to the sideshow. a merry cliffmas from stephen colbert. >> everywhere you go you could see the twinkle in children's eyes because in just a couple weeks the fiscal cliff

all aboard bus 91, april 2012, boca raton, florida. two elderly sisters, one in a wheelchair, are about to get on, when they're attacked from behind. >> and all the sudden you see him real fast grab the purse. >> in a terrifying instant, the women, one is 84, and the other 96, go down. stunned passengers and bystanders race to the rescue. rose cohen, on her way to class, has just boarded. >> the younger sister, when she fell, the wheelchair came down with her. her head was off the edge of the curb, and she's laying on there. >> if you were there, what would you do? call 911? chase the mugger? or tend to the fallen victims. in this case with the bus full of people, it's all of the above. >> the bug driver already had his phone and he's screaming. everyone is running off the bus trying to see what happened. bystanders actually did run after the kid, but of course no one physically got him. >> the purse snatcher gets away in an accomplice's awaiting car. >> everyone is contemplating should we lift her up? they could have broken bones. aft

mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride, go fishing or just lay in the sun. we've got coastline to explore and wildlife to photograph. and there's world class dining with our world famous seafood. so for a great vacation this year, come to the gulf. its all fabulous but i give florida the edge. right after mississippi. you mean alabama. say louisiana or there's no dessert. this invitation is brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. [ traffic passing ] ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke...

i come from a right to work state in florida and we have unions that exist in florida. they do not have as much power in florida but they exist. >>neil: you already know the possibility, or probability that the taxes are going up and that will largely target the well-to-do but there is something else going on next year that will affect, well, everyone. a theme not heard about but no matter where you are in the salary range you are going to get hit. also, joe lieberman on the way out, the man who could be the swing vote for anything and everything that could be done here. why it might be up to gentleman to settle this score. the financial obstacles military families face, we understan at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] .. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>neil: welcome back, everyone, to the capitol. we don't have any kind of imminent deal at 20 days away from the de

they had traveled from oakland to florida for a youth conference and now members with wondering who would steal their luggage, ids and money. cate cauguiran joins us are from the news room. >> the cash they had on hand was for the entire trip. one member told us they were on the way to the bank and dropped did off and they got hungry and decided to stop. the story has a good ending but it was a rough couple of days for the church group. >> the amount of money that you stole, so you stole dreams, you stole those things that we wanted to do. and you had just left not just me, but you have left many people right now without a shelter, without fooded. >> this group of 24 from oakland's group went to south florida for a youth conference. >> we come excited, eager to receive the things that god has for us, and unexpectedly all of this happens. >> reporter: the group was eating at a restaurant near the airport when their van was broken into. they lost $12,000 in cash, luggage and ids. >> we worked hard, our parents and a lot of us worked hard for that money. it was a lot of money that was stolen

mississippi, alabam louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride, go fishing or just lay in the sun. we've got coastline to explore and wildlife to photograph. and there's world class dining with our world famous seafood. so for a great vacation this year, come to the gulf. its all fabulous but i give florida the edge. right after mississippi. you mean alabama. say louisiana or there's no dessert. this invitation is brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. i played a round of golf.id in the last five hours? then i read a book while teaching myself how to play guitar; ran ten miles while knitting myself a sweater; jumped out of a plane. finally, i became a

mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride, go fishing or just lay in the sun. we've got coastline to explore and wildlife to photograph. and there's world class dining with our world famous seafood. so for a great vacation this year, come to the gulf. its all fabulous but i give florida the edge. right after mississippi. you mean alabama. say louisiana or there's no dessert. this invitation is brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. adt can help you turn on a few lights. access cameras from anywhere to help you keep an eye on things. even bring family in from the cold when you're not there. now get the advanced technology of adt st

looks good in florida, 70 today. and some of those storms could be strong in new orleans later this afternoon. >> so we are talking another storm, again, it's minor unless the track changes but i'd say about 3 inches would be a good guess. >> a lot of people like snow. thanks so much, dylan. >>> coming up, a million-dollar t-rex smuggling ring. newtown shooter adam lanza's dna will be studied. and dock workers from maine to texas are threatening a strike. >>> plus who are hollywood's most bankable stars? you're watching "early today." o" >>> welcome back to "early today." scientists plan to study the dna of adam lanza the 20-year-old who shot and killed 26 people at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. on december 14th. they hope to find genetic signs of mutation or abnormality that could predict an inclination towards violence. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton will return to work next week after a stomach flu and concussion sidelined her three weeks. she may testify before congress next month

jim in florida, jim? >> caller: jesse james cramer crazy horse from florida. i just started working the market about two years ago so i'm a newbie. i've made good 20% profits we bay and century link. i'm looking to buy more about a 3 to 1 ratio on ebay. and centurylink. give me your opinion jesse james. >> bingo, you're on, i would do the same. if it ain't broke, don't fix. you've got the right proportion and the right stocks and i bless it. jeff in florida, please, jeff? >> caller: hi, jim. hey, i'm first-time caller, big fan of you and the show. >> thank you. >> caller: and my stock is annaly capital. >> that's a tough one. mike farrell has a great team, but that is hard to own, particularly with the federal reserve keeping rates low. right now i'm on hold. robert in new york. robert? >> caller: in september, sandstone gold was riding around 13, and you were extremely bullish on it. last month you reviewed it and gave it a bearish signal. with it riding near 11.50 now, where do you see it going in the future? >> what happened is my friend and super frenzy ac

. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, arkansas got quite a shock an uninvited guest joined t picnic at a florida park. >>> today we're talking about peaches. it's december and the chilean fruit season has already started. this is the first of the peaches. they're small, expensive. they don't have a lot of sugar to them, but if you want peach right now, they're here. if you wait a couple weeks, they'll get bigger, sweeter and juicier, but if you can't wait, pick them up. let's talk about selection. when you buy them, this is okay. it's got that light yellow color to it with some red which is fine, but try to find the ones that have more red to them and they should be fair film, not too soft this time of year -- fairly firm, not too soft this time of year. when you bring them home, store them in the refrigerator and enjoy them in two or three days. peaches from chile, we're going to do a lot of tips on the chilean fruit coming in the next few weeks. i'm your fresh grocer. always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. >> thanks, tony. >>> family from arkansas got a shock when an uninvited guest joined

governor jeb bush and soon-to-be florida senator. our gaggle from msnbc, chris salizza and political editor, perry bacon. and kevin madden, was a senior advisor for governor romney's campaign. we asked all of you, first of all, hello. happy new year. we asked all of you to pick. i throw my dozen and all of you, i asked you to pick two that you're going to keep. we're not going to do the 2016 confers now, but we'll do it in a few minutes. >> so i'm a littler in day and focused on the downed ballot. so i did pick michael bennett, the colorado senator. he's tasked with, trying to, again, keep a democratic senate majority difficulty of 20 democratic seats. and they asked him two years ago, he said no. >> why pence up there? >> i think he's a guy who spernt time in congress and is now the governor of indiana. he's a guy we under rate. we've seen how particularly republican governors can have a fiscal conservativism. pence is going to force a political agenda. >> jerry brown, really important. california is a super majority so jerry brown

meanwhile in florida still a front pushed through or clear out through the state of florida. we are continuing to see warm temperatures. 79 in tampa. we have lingering rainshowers and snow showers across portions of the northeast. it will quickly exit as we head into later on this morning and clearing things out and seeing the sunshine across the region. >> maria, thank you so much. it is officially called tornadic activity. >> great word. >>> it is time to entertain this. payton is a sipping el woman. she and new york jets wide receiver scotty mcknight called it quits after nearly a year. they growned after pilots detected an odor in the cockpit. something went wrong with the engine shortly after pulling away from the gate. the actress and 200 people got out safely. is jennifer aniston pregnant? the actress made a big effort to cover up her stomach after being caught in beverly hills. they are speculate whying she pulled out of an up coming movie. >> the starting lineup top stories this morning. new epping land patriots may be the team to bette beat in the afc. they started

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>>el sur de la florida pocos cambios, temperaturas 44 atlanta 33 sur de la florida 69 esta noche. alertas al nordeste, bermont new hampshire, nueva york todo esta zona con nieve. lo principal ahora es la lluvia, sobre todo el corredor este, incluyenod nueva york niebla, lluvia que se extiende hasta horas de mañana. temperaturas descenderán mucho más >>fríos en el medio oeste, temperaturas bajo cero. tenemos avisos de ventista, esto significará 2 a 3 pulgadas de nieve en los próximos dias, carreteras estarán instransitables. este lidiando con lluvia y nieve, en los Ángeles y áreas de san francisco. >>muchas gracias, eduardo. nuestra querida antonieta collins llega con la joran van jornada deportiva. el cruz azul esta más que listo para dar la bienvenida al próximo fichaje >>diego reyes juega con portugal a partir de junio del 2013 así lo dio a conocer piojo herrera. >>otro mexicano en la mira de porto es chicharito hernández segun lo publicoi este domingo un diario. >>no es primera vez que se le vincula al porto >>teofilo gutiérrez ya esta en méxico, para concretar f