with big national builders including the biggest d.r. horton promising quality homes and superior customer service. yet documents show horton has set aside some $400 million in each of the last two years to deal with construction defect claims, calling it the ordinary course of business. >> it's got good black mold in it. shouldn't see that. >> reporter: an abc news investigation conducted with our stations across the country -- >> you're wringing water out of the wood. >> reporter: found case after case of homeowners claiming shoddy construction. >> the water would start here and then travel along the ceiling. >> reporter: but the big well-known builders often slow or refusing to fix the problems. >> what's wrong with your yard? >> reporter: big and small. >> black soot, water damage, a giant crack in the foundation. >> reporter: as wls discovered in chicago. >> we had no choice. no one will fix it. it was our house. we had to just walk away from it. >> reporter: in raleigh, north carolina, wtvd heard from army captain morrow bazan who

deregulation may help builders, but stricter immigration could hurt them. >> we do think builders are too optimistic given the still high cost they have for land and tight labor supply. >> reporter: builder optimism so far hasn't translated into a similar move higher in home construction. the two used to move in tandem, but in thissic. housing recovery, the hope has got enahead of the how. i'm diana olick in washington. >>> facebook takes aim at fake news. the social media company will team up with some media organizations to be third party fact checkers. facebook said it will target the worst of the worst, peddlers of fake news, and hopes it will make it easier for its nearly 2 billion users to spot and report the imposters. shares of facebook rose a fraction. >>> general motors will begin to test its autonomous vehicles on public roads in michigan immediately. ceo mary barra said the automaker will begin to produce the next generation of self-driving cars. early next year gm was up 29 cents at 36.24. >>> waste management is buying back up to $750 million worth of its shares. this re

up seven points to 70 on the builder index. that's the highest level, t the first read since the election and largest gain in 20 years. last december, it was 10 points lower. of the three component, current sales concerns up to 76. expectations nine points to 78 and buyer traffic rose to 53 and that's the first time traffic topped 50, which is the crossover to posztive territory since 2005. the lowest in the at 53 15i. some say this month could an out lier. confidence measures the direction of change, not necessarily the degree and mortgage rates again could throw water on this. one note, this survey used to track housing starts very closely. not anymore. confidence is way up u, but single family home construction is still well below historical norms. more on cnbc.com. >> thanks very much. i believe you're going to stick around to join us in the next part here. despite the big jump in builder sentiment, the homebuilder stocks are falling. homebuilder index, down nearly 1%. let' bring in keith, he's a homebuilder analyst with ke

become a master builder, we are joined by two master builders here. like the lego move yes, everything certainly awesome. joining us now we have meaghan master builder at the lego land discovery center in boston and kid judge aid know n peterson. tell us what it means to be a master builder. >> they have built things for the attraction. they teach the classes for the kids. they talk to the kids about tips and tricks of building with lego bricks. what did you do to win this competition. >> we had a build off competition. there are three rounds of a theme and a time limit and we had to build something to impress the judges and interact with the crowd to get the position. have you always been into legos. >> owe, yeah. it is so interesting. > do you work in engineering. >> i have a bachelor's degree in architecture. > that is my full-time job. > and so what do you have here for us? >> we have a few builds. aiden built this right before our segment here. itself a he it's a fish. the master builders, people competing for the job. do you build these with reg

narrator: for rutenberg, a florida builder, it's a challenge that many have said couldn't be done. what he soon realized-- that even with his pedigree from arguably florida's first family of home builders, the rutenbergs, and 25 years of personal building experience, everything hknew about building a home was about to change. - we thought we were pretty good. we said, "we've got 50 years-- third generation-- a benchmark in florida as high as a home builder can push i" yeah, and we said, "throw it out. take everything you know and start ov." methodology, process, systems, performance-- those words weren't in our vocabulary; now they control everything. [power drill whirring] - if you look at the history of innovation of building envelopes over the last hundred years, it's disgusting. i mean, it's 2x4 walls-- those have been around since, what, the late 1800s. in the '60s or '70s, somebody decided, oh, well, let's start to fill that cavity with blown fiberglass. about the same time, people decided double-pane glass was kind of a good thing to do. the innovation in building envelopes

of home builders monthly index. the street was looking for flat. that is the highest level on this index since the middle of 2005 before the housing crash. it's the first read since the election. and the builders say it's all about trump. quote, a post election bounce as builders are hopeful that president-elect trump will follow through on his pledge to cut burdensome regulations that are harming small businesses and housing affordability. that from nahb chairman ed brady. this survey is weighted towards smaller custom builders, not the big public. the seven-point move is the largest one-month gain in 20 years. last year at this time the index was ten points lower. of the index's three components, current sales conditions increase seven points to 76. sales expectations in the next six months jumped nine points to 78. and buyer traffic rose six points to 53. and that's the first time buyer traffic topped 50, which is the crossover to positive territory. that since october 2005. builder sentiment was the highest in t

we call that...a website builder touchdown. get your free trial of website builder now. it's your tv, take it with you. with directv and at&t, stream live tv anywhere, data-free. join directv today starting at $35/month. no extra monthly fees. ♪ if you've got the time welcome to the high life. ♪ we've got the beer ♪ miller beer ♪ >> a series of high-speed straight-aways interrupted by sharp turns with no shoulders, the via del mare was central to mussolini's dream of connecting rome to the mediterranean. it is today italy's most dangerous road. the via del mare makes an abrupt dead end in the beachfront suburb of ostia. there's a monument here to pasolini, on the spot he was brutally beaten to death by a band of young male hustlers, though many attribute the murder to neo-fascists enraged by his politics. >> hi. >> hey, how are you doing? hi, guys. >> i meet my good friend sara among ostia's post-war housing blocks just off the beach at a place that's new to us both. >> the people here are originally from sardinia. many people in ostia are originally from sardini

we call that...a website builder touchdown. get your free trial of website builder now. >> anthony: high speeds interrupted by sharp turns. it is today, italy's most dangerous road. the front suburbs of osteia. there is a monument here in the spot he was beaten to death. many attribute the murder to neo fascist and enraged by his politics. >> hey, how are you doing? >> all right, guys. >> anthony: i meet my good friend sarah, off the beach at a place that's new to us both. >> people here are from sardinia. >> the french corner is a barisr a bar that knows everyone's name. >> he's a professional boxer. >> he calls himself the little tyson. here, everybody has a nickname. [ speaking foreign language ] [ laughs ] ♪ >> anthony: it maybe described to the jersey shore. the seaside airport grew up of the working class despite moussilini realize that it will be one day rome's front door. [ speaking foreign language ] [ laughs ] >> so tell us about ostia, where are we? [ speaking foreign language ] >> anthony: we believe in these vaca

you starting to hear a lot of builders going down in terms of price point to the builders. we think it might start to get crowded in 2017. i wouldn't necessarily count on the millennials coming in and saving the market. a lot of anticipation that that was going to happen and it didn't happen then i'm not sure it will happen in this upcoming year. >> it could be boring if you guys agreed on everything. good to see you. thank you for joining us. merry christmas. >> 13 minutes to go into the close. dow holding on to a gain. green arrows across the board with s&p up two. >>> up next we are going to take a look abroad with a focus on the dollar and some recommendations on international stocks. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. mary buys a little lamb. one of millions of orders on this company's servers. accessible by thousands of suppliers and employees globally. but with cyber threats on the rise, mary's data could be under attack. with the help of at&t, and security that senses and mitigates cyber threats, their critical data is safer than ever. giving them th

the builder. here's our kelly werthmann. >> we've had problems since the first day we moved in. >> reporter: they ?vidn't expec their dream home would become a nightmare. >> two and a half months in it we had another ??water leak upstairs, we noticed because water was dripping into our kitchen. >> reporter: they contacted ??t builders who discovered shoddy plumbing upstairs. contractors made repairs, but the problem was far from fixed. it ??was making the family sick >> i pulled up the carpet in her bedroom, near where she ?? sleeps next to where the copper pipe was leaking and i found mold on the floor. >> reporter: contractors came an independent mold inspector who confirmed ??mold was still problem. john says the contractor is ignoring ??the issue. >> it's been months and we've given them everything they've the mold is a problem. >> reporter: the health issues have forced them to move into a temporary apartment. at times they even2slept outside in a tent. they want future homeowners to be aware

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and this weekend, get this, the search is on, to find philly's best lego builder. rahel is here with a special guest to tell us all about it, rahel.. >> good morning to you. we are here with megan, a master model builder, i just love to see your facial expressions when i'm speaking to you. >> i do have have a special friend on the set with me made me this lego bow tie his name is aidan peterson a ten year-old and he is something else when it comes to this. so until we figure out is what going on with our camera situation i will lose my candy canes looking tie and swap it out with this lego bow tie. it the has this super cool magnet on the back. >> i don't know maybe you can do both between the red and the blue with the legos. you have a patriotic thing that works well. >>> well, we have megan here. again master model builder from boston and she's here to tell us about a creative competition that will be happening this weekend at plymouth meeting mall. megan, we know it is early. so happy to have you here thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having he. >> what can p

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it has a mold problem that they say is being ignored by the builder. cbs4's kelly werthmann paid a visit there we had problems since the first day we moved in. >> reporter: when john and edie lily bought the home of their dreams in long among, they didn't expect it to be a nightmare. >> we had another water leak builders, meritage homes who discovered shoddy plumbing upstairs near their daughter's bedrooms. contractors made repairs but the problem was far from fixed. it was making the family sick. >> they pulled up the carpet in her bedroom. right near where she sleeps next to the copper pipe and they found mold on the floor. >> reporter: contractors came and did some work, but thelilies say it wasn't enough. so they hired an independent home inspector who confirmed melania ritage home is ignoring the issues. >> it has been months and we have given them everything they ask for. yet, they never seem to admit the mold is a problem. >> reporter: and the problems are not just inside. the health issues have forced the lilies to move into a temporary apartme

as a builder in san francisco, because a beautiful day. we call it heavy fog and we tell our craft workers, work fast. get it done. i name is jeff hoops and i'm in the chairman of-builders based here in san francisco. i'm representing the swinton and web core organization today and am very excited and honored to be part of the ocean wide project team. it's an amazing team that's assemble to build this project. first and foremost, i want to extend my thanks to ocean wide and the chairman lou for their strategic investment here in san francisco. this is one of the largest, in my estimation, and possibly the largest private real estate investment in san francisco in downtown. it's amazing what is happened here. there's also two people i really want to thank for being part of this team and they probably don't want to be recollected i'm going to recognize them so they'll probably get embarrassed but chen will and kevin lee had been here from day one working diligently, hard, and ringing it to the start of construction which doing that in san fr

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it say is being ignored by the builder. cbs4's kelly werthmann paid a visit there we had problems since the first day we moved in. >> reporter: when john and edie lily bought the home of their dreams in long among, they didn't expect it to be a nightmare. >> we had another water leak upstairs. >> reporter: they contacted the builders, meritage homes who discovered shoddy plumbing upstairs near their daughter's bedrooms. it was making the family sick. >> they pulled up the carpet in her bedroom. right near where she sleeps next to the copper pipe and they found mold on the floor. >> reporter: contractors came and did some work, but thelilies say it wasn't enough. so they hired an independent home inspector who confirmed mold is still a problem. melania ritage home is ignoring the issues. >> it has been months and we have given them everything they ask for. yet, they never seem >> reporter: and the problems are not just inside. the health issues have forced the lilies to move into a temporary apartment. at times, they even sl

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they contacted the builder and found shoddy plumbing upstairs. they say the problem wasn't completely fixed and the mold was making them they say it was not enough. they hired an independent inspector who confirmed mold was still a problem. lily says the builder is ignoring the issue. >> it's been months now and we've given them everything they ask for and they never admit mold is a problem. >> the health issues have forced them to move into a temporary apartment. they have even slept outside in a tent at times. the builder says they did two indoor air quality tests and issues and no further action is needed. you can read the builder's entire response on our web site at cbsdenver.com. >>> president-elect donald trump travels to indiana today to announce a deal to keep about a thousand jobs at a carrier air conditioning plant. it's a promise he often made on the campaign trail. >> companies like carrier, simply fire their workers and move their operations to mexico. guess what? not going to be so easy to do any more. >> trump will air conditioning

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we call that...a website builder touchdown. get your free trial of website builder now. >> anthony: morning routine. wake up, feed the chickens, rake the pepper drying in the sun, then it's time to rock the mic, people, and it starts all over again. ♪ ♪ while the party continues up at the longhouse, i've got an appointment. if you were wondering, by the way, if this hurts? two guys hammering away on my sternum with a bamboo club, sharp needles? yes, yes, it hurt a lot. and you could be damn sure if i wasn't on television while it was happening, i'd be whimpering and yelping like a gut shot poodle. >> tattoo artist: there. stand up. >> anthony: all right, good? very happy guys, thank you. happy gawai. all right, let's party. another tattoo is never going to make me younger, or tougher, or more relevant. it won't reconnect me ten years from now with some spiritual crossroads in my life. no. at this point, i think my body is like an old car. another dent ain't going to make a whole lot of difference. at best, it's a reminder t

brian kelly, any move on home builders, lennar? >> it's interesting. you would think with higher rates, you would be probably bad for the home builders, and then last week, we saw that you had home -- housing starts fall below what were estimates and fall below a trend line. so this was an outlier and surprise. so the question you have, going into 2017, to me, the home builders set up similar to how the financials did last year, where this could be a big breakout trade if you have that economic growth that's going to push people into homes and maybe people are saying, hey, you know what, rates are rising and i have to grab that home. >> i had a dinner saturday night and spoke to a friend of mine who runs a rez detention firm and he said this is the first generation of people who think that 5% is an expensive mortgage. >> right. so it's moved a lot. >> right. i think this move, it's a big number as a percentage move of where rates are. but still, we're back to where we were last year. >> so you're not concerned. >> no. i'm not, really. the economy is be

builders is declared guilty without getting a punishment. >> the conviction that stems from a folollowing -- from the following exchange at a rally in 2015. reporter: the judges stopped short of convicting him of hate speech. however far right-wing mp double down in anti-immigrant rhetoric. t the netherlanands have becoma sick country. and i hahave a message for the judges who convicted me. no one trusts you anymore. truth h and liberty are strongnr than you. and so alive. will never be silenced. you will never be able to stop me. reporter: it is not the first time builders has been ill -- has been brought up on charges of hate speech. he plans to appeal a fresh convnviction ahead of dutch elections next year. he's consistently risen in popularity throughout the trial. anchor: the president of ghana is calling for supporters -- awaiting the outcome of the final election. the country's electoral commissioner says on to a technical glitch, the final result won't be known until saturday. there with the details. reporter: and standing a aside e election commission in ghanana whwhere the work

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we call that...a website builder touchdown. get your free trial of website builder now. tom: president-elect trump promised throughout his campaign that he would strengthen our military and repair the veterans department. he said we'll build up our military, we'll make it so big and so strong and so great greal be so powerful that it don't think we'll have to use it. nobody is going to mess with us. that i can tell you. joining me, tom giordano and tammy bruce. is that donald trump's version of peace through strengths. >> yes. this is historically what human beings have to do. you have a black belt not so you have to use it. you have a black belt so no one messes with you. their budget has been taken away. training has been awful. they had an awful commander-in-chief. this is not selfish. this our commitment to remaining the shining city on the hill. the only way to do that is to make sure we focus on our economy and the rest of the world benefits and always has. donald trump is making that clear. it's all the americans he met in this campaign. he understands what made t

we call that...a website builder touchdown. get your free trial of website builder now. tom: in our online poll last week we asked you, has president obama embarrassed himself by abstaining from the u.n. vote condemning israel. 91% of you said yes, he has. joining me is leslie marshall and brad blakeman. what do you make of this abstaining thing? why -- israel says they are going to show trump proof that president obama was behind this whole rest solution business. why didn't they just vote for it instead of abstaining? >> i don't think this is a big surprise at all. i think this administration and other administrations in the past have been pushing for a two-state sotion which the united states is not alone in the world with the idea that you have got to stop the settlements which is a violation of the fourth geneva convention. and in addition to that, i have lived in israel. in 1996 when i'd lived there, it was problematic then and it's worse now. this is problematic. it affects the economy. it certainly puts individuals at risk and it does not get us any closer to pea

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doesn't seem to be a concern for one home builder, lenar. florida based home builder with revenue jumping 15% last week and the number of new orders went up by 9%. helping the lift up other home builders. a section of the market that's doing quite well. a live shot of the electoral college vote that's taking place in in tallahassee, florida, we have been watching it throughout the day, one of the most constitutional events that we have in our country. electors from each of the 50 states gathering to vote in the electoral college, of course, based on the november results, the president-elect donald trump will secure his seat in the oval office today but it hasn't been without some sort of drama and you've had democrats and liberals calling for electorals to change their votes, not to vote for mr. trump. blake berman has been covering it all. we sent blake to harrisburg, pennsylvania. not exactly a warm place to be. fun you, blake, you would think they would sent you to florida. you could have made the case. reince priebus had comments on this

they claim the builders simply ignoring the problem. mold was found growing inside their daughter's bedroom. just two months after they moved in. right now, cbs4's kelly werthmann shows us homeowner's nightmare. >> we have had problems since we first moved in. >> reporter: when john and edie lily bought the home of their dreams in longmont. they didn't expect a nightmare. >> we got a water leak upstairs because water was dripping into the kitchen. >> reporter: they contacted plumbers who found shoddy plumbing. contractors made repairs but the problem was par from fixed. it was making the family sick. right near where she sleeps. next to where the copper pipe was leaking. rain found mold on the floor. >> reporter: contractors came back and did some work. but the lilies say it was not enough. so, they hired an independent mold inspector who confirmed mold was still a problem. john says meritage homes is ignoring the issue. >> it has been months. we gave them everything they asked for. they never seem to admit that the bold is a problem. >

home builders, i think, are a sweet spot. everyone universally sold them. you're going to see a flood. household formation is ticking higher. not near levels where people think it's saturated. i do think that's going to be a knee-jerk higher once people understand they sold out of fear of a rate increase. it's not even close to historicals. >> not a big enough move to affect the housing market. in fact, if we move with the markets priced into the fed for 2017, that's actually bullish for housing. >> and i'm not buying anything. i'll tell you why. there are a lot of people in early january who will wake up and see their 60/40 allocation. >> and a memo of last january will kick in. early last year. not a good time. >> but i think it could. and the biggest issue is, i think the sentiment shift would so fast, this way, you know -- so to me, i think you'll have better opportunities in january and february. >> be short? >> and we have this little segment called "options action," we'll do that in a little bit. and i think options prices, to karen's point, if you'r

we call that...a website builder touchdown. get your free trial of website builder now. ♪ >> the vast majority of this country don't remember the american war days. they don't remember any war. you used to be a tour guide. >> yes. >> how many years? >> 15 years. >> i know you have to bring people over to the museum. the american war museum every time, right? >> yeah. in your lifetime, is it going to be a time when that's not going to have to be a stop? it won't be necessary. no one will remember or should people always remember? >> i think it's good to remember so we don't make the same mistake. some people choose to be angry and hold a grudge, but some people choose to let go and it's called the peace inside themselves. that's up to the person. i think it's good. it's important that we know about history. and to make sure it never happens again. i met a lot of war veterans and surprisingly a lot of them don't have any anger against their old enemies. and that's amazing. that is amazing. i learned so much from them. for vietn

. >> martha stewart is an amazing brand builder and she is maybe unique in history in that regard. her upbringing was very middle class and yet she built this persona of the matriarch, which is the aspiration of an awful lot of american women. >> martha's gift is her ability to inhabit that personality, as if she was born to it and sells it as a brand. >> nobody beats martha stewart at that. >> becoming a brand is a very difficult and time consuming endeavor. you like to say, that's so martha. they would never be able to say that if i hadn't had a magazine or a television program or products in many different retail venues. >> martha stewart living went public in 1999. in one day, the stock doubled in price, making martha a billionaire and one of the 50 richest women in america. >> martha stewart, you can't help but giggle, can you? >> no. >> did it feel any different waking up this morning? >> of course not. we're going to continue to work and continue to build this company. >> the start of martha's media empire is owed to este lauder which is to show and tell. >> the next person

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