given it a sandy news peg. brian: by the way, speaking of generators, i heard this incredible story. there is looting and all this stuff going on of the do you know how loud generators are? steve: very loud. beth: if you re going to steal one while it s on, what would be a good way to do it? bring a lawn mower, start it up, then disconnect the generator so you continue to hear the sound. but you end up very cold. then you go outside and find a lawn boy sitting where your generator was. that happened in our neighborhood. steve: theft of generator social security big. brian: not while it s on! steve: that s crazy. at night a lot of people come out and that s when the bad guys commute and do that looting thing. everybody in my neighborhood has great big chain links and locks to keep them at their house. sad, sad state of the affairs. i know you don t see a lot about sandy these days. not 24/7 anymore. brian: cause the president solve that had. steve: but the situation is
and uncertain conditions have led to an extreme fire hazard. tough time for the folks out west right now. be careful for all the viewers in that area. also a big headline on this friday morning. how herman cain s wife is reacting to allegations the candidate had an affair that lasted for 13 years. we ll hear from cain and see how gop front-runner now newt gingrich is reacting to his big surge in the polls. what a weekend it will be in the cain household. i just wish i could be a fly on the wall. want you love to hear what the woman has to say. i can t wait. i know what she has to say. he admitted the wife did not know he was financially supporting ginger and did not even know of her did not know they were friends. so this is going to be an ugly weekend, yes. you hate to laugh about it. it is laughable. he made his own bed. hey, hey. later this half-hour we found a good excuse to do a story on fast food french fries. there could be a battle in the works as one big chai
shep? shepard: shannon bream live in washington tonight. thanks. shoppers are buying gift cards in record numbers this holiday season. so reports the national retail federation. the problem is those cards often go to waste. apparently people lose them or forget about them or just don t get around to using them. analysts say that amounts to billions of dollars worth of unused gift cards and really wasted money. but now there is a way for consumers to cash in and it s created an entirely new market. david lee miller is live in wood bridge center mall tonight in a new jersey. david lee, how does this work? well, shepard, as the popularity of gift cards continues to increase, so too do the number of internet businesses that will allow people to buy and sell those cards but at a discount. for example, we took a look at one site called plastic jungle. it will pay an average of about 0 bucks for a $100 big chain gift card and then resale that card for about 90. the ceo says it s all about