The year, will we hit 24,000 on the dow by christmas . The dow up 41 points at this hour. By the way, more bad p. R. For uber, the new ceo knew about that massive data hack for months before disclosing it. So plenty to go at. If youre at home enjoying that postturkey glow, settle in and buckle up for the next three hours. Varney company is about to begin. Ashley its hard to believe, but black friday may no longer be the hottest shopping day of the year. A new study shows only 35 of consumers plan to do their Holiday Shopping today. Amazingly, thats down 24 from just 2015. Interesting. Lets go to jeff flock. Hes live on chicagos Michigan Avenue. Jeff, i know its a little early, and i was going to say a lot of people out there . I dont see anyone behind you. [laughter] reporter you know, i always look to challenge these surveys because i sometimes think they dont make sense. Well, ive got to tell you, if you look at the magnificent mile right now, ashley, there are not throngs out here,
John kasich mean by this . Mitt romney running for president . Weve been wondering that ourselves. Is it possible someone not in the race today could be the republican nominee in july . And joining me for insight and analysis this morning are david brooks of New York Times. Amy walter of the cook political report. Helene cooper of the New York Times and political reporter Charles Benson from our nbc affiliate in milwaukee. Happening opening day, and welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. And, yes, happy opening day, again. How many times have people said, okay now, donald trump is done. Hes through . And how many times has it turned out to be true . Well, not once. So its with that big flashing yellow light in mind that we point out that never has donald trump had a worse run or the idea of a trump collapse look more possible. Just this week Trumps Campaign manager was arrested and charged with ba
Welcome to news4 this week. Good morning. Im chris lawrence. Were going to show you some of the more interesting local stories making news this week. Among them, d. C. Getting ready to play ball. What changes to expect this baseball season at nationals park. I have ups and downs but i come here and regroup. A new place in Fairfax County where those who have overcome addiction and Mental Health challenges are helping those still struggling. Coming up, one womans dramatic turn around and the right call made by a little girl in Montgomery County who said she remembered what to do in case of an emergency. Crisis in one of the nations largest transportation systems. The state of entire lines m do for extended periods of time. This week we learned the massive shutdown earlier this month may be a sign of things to come and signal more disruptions. Metros general manager was at a sum it with leaders and said the system cant keep going from crisis to crisis. But there are no easy solutions. Met
Painkillers. Federal researchers say the number of people addicted in our area is well above the National Average. According to the u. S. Drug enforcement administration, more than 650 people died from drug overdoses in philadelphia in 2014. About 440 from heroin and painkillers alone. In camden county, the death rate is eight times the National Average from overdoses. In 2014 close to 800 people overdosed in the state. In the past six years close to 2 00,000 people were hospitalized for opioid abuse f. Forred a ilkts it il for addicts its a struggle to stay clean. We have a guest here specializing in implantable treatments for a variety of issues. Tell us about how brayburn is trying a new approach to treating drug addiction. For almost any chronic disease, and addiction, as we know, is a chronic brain disease that needs long term treatment, an implantable you can have inserted and then not have to worry about remembering would be incredibly helpful. I would love to have a liptor impl
Joins us now. Victor, good to have you. You have some new information from police about this . Yes, michaela, john, good morning. Theyve not released the name but we are learning more about this man. Hes described as a 50yearold white man who lives in austin, texas, and it was a really dramatic scene just after 2 20 local time there in texas. Heres how they described this happening. They say the first calls came in at about 2 22 this morning of a man shooting at the new federal courthouse in downtown austin. They say there were also shots fired at the Mexican Consulate building. Also at the Austin Police Department Headquarters which were told has suffered extensive damage. Were expecting to see pictures of that. Also the shooting went on for 10 minutes until, were told, there was an Austin Police sergeant who was securing the horses from the mounted unit who, with one hand was holding on to the reins of the horses and with the other hand fired a single shot in the direction of this su