Present your business on msnbc. Hi there, everyone. Im j. J. Ramberg and welcome to your business. Small business saturday is fast approaching. The yearly effort to get folks to shop local the saturday after thanksgiving has blossomed into yearlong efforts around the country to get customers to support independent businesses. Here is a great example of how one persons successful startup has boosted the Business Growth of retail shops and eateries all over her small town. This is exactly the kind of winwin business story that other communities can learn from, too. Im cheri and im going to be your guide. Cherimarie poulos has lived in the carlsbad area for more than 30 years and she loves showing tourists and locals the things that make her neighborhood so special. Were going to do a threehour guided walking tour around town. And then were going to do stops at seven different restaurants, and wine tastings. Anybody like wine and food . Lets go. Earlier this year, cheri started carlsbad f
According to a french lawmaker they told police they want to die as martyrs. One final point, the incident in which a policewoman was shot on thursday and the attack on Charlie Hebdo offices on wednesday have now been linked by the french prosecutors office. That means both these standoffs as well as the people involved appear to be somehow connected. The question is how will it end. Joining me now is nbc producer chapman bell who just arrived at the scene of this Kosher Grocery standoff. Chapman, good morning, what can you tell us . Good morning, jose. When i arrived, police shifts getting ready, putting on full riot gear helmets and as well as bulletproof vests, armed with rifles, as well as sidearms. They then loaded into vans and moved closer to the scene. Theyve cordoned off the area. In addition to the heavy Police Presence there are helicopters as well earlier. Theres also a heavy ambulance presence. There are several ambulances. They set up a medical tent as well as it looks li
Theyll do that tomorrow morning when polls open around the Granite State in the first primary of 2016, president ial race. First primary of 2016 president ial race. It is a busy hour ahead here on cnn. Joining me now is paul stein haus hauser, jennifer granholm, and allison piatt, a voter who stole our hearts. My first question is to paul ste ste ste steinhauser. What do you do tomorrow . The polls showed donald trump is leading by double digits. Do you think thats going to change . Do you think his change in tone helped him here in New Hampshire . Lets be honest. Hes been big time in the state for a long time. If he doesnt get it, thats a loss, almost. Is anybody surprised by how much hes winning here because the word is his ground game isnt very big here, yet hes really farah head. The ground game is nothing you can necessarily pick up in the polls, right . It might explain why in iowa some of the polls had him leading and then he didnt meet expectations because he didnt have an oper
They are saying irma could be the strongest storm ever to hit south florida. Irma continues to be a threat that is going to devastate the United States. In either florida or some of the southeastern states. Direct impacts of the storm have yet to be determined because its a very powerful storm, but the nature of the curve and that forecast after 72 hours is going to be the key to the key to seeing who has the worst impacts. Get out of storm surge areas. Flooding watters world come up on shore. Thats the most devastating hazard associated with hurricanes appears to be live in miami beach, phil, it looks like youve already gotten some wins there. We do have some breezes which is pretty typical on the beach itself but all day long today as we move forward toward the weekend, the winds are supposed to strengthen. 650,000 residents of Miamidade County currently under a mandatory evacuation, thats the largest evacuation of people out of Miamidade County in history. If this storm is as bad as
Family. [inaudible] abby Hurricane Irma an hour away now from the eye of the storm making landfall on the west coast now bracing. Hundreds of thousands of the entire mayor. Sustained winds of 130 Miles Per Hour and could reach 15 feet in some areas. Others are forced to stay behind. Team coverage this morning. Pete with Griff Jenkins on the ground right now. Reporter in naples the wind is terrible. Its about 25 come in maybe 30 miles, but it coming and key west which is just minutes away from a direct impact with 130mile per hour winds are near to the west coast. They are hunkered down. Officials here describing it as a worstCase Scenario because you will have high wind combined with storm surge. The mayor telling me the biggest concern is storm surge. The west coast of florida will take the water row. Just behind me to bring it back in. Upwards of 15 feet above ground level search starts hitting here, it is going to absolutely flood everything and you do not want to be there. Thats wh