New hoverboard to more than 100 new shopkins characters, companies are unveiling their newest characters and play things. U. S. Toy sales grew to more than 19 billion last year. One of the strongest performances in years. Experts hope 2016s product lineup will keep the momentum going. Star wars has helped, with a number of companies benefiting from the franchises source. Legos saw sales surge next year and expect that to carry out in 2016. Of course star wars is another one, the same with superheroes. Theres no doubt the stories are a core part of the industry. Reporter 2016s film roster should continue to film sales. The hopes are very high. A lot of them are on the fantasy reporter playmobile is hoping its National Licensing deal with the National Hockey league will propel it into the u. S. Mass market. We decided to go after it national wide. Were promoting it on television this year. Reporter while some you to makers are launching new lines, others are revamping classic ones. Barbi
That the nypd does not properly track incidents in which force was used and doesnt adequately discipline officers who use Excessive Force. Here today with more on that report and its findings, as well as its recommendations, department of investigation commissioner mark peters and d. O. I. Nypd Inspector General philip eure Inspector General for the nypd. I should add that to correct the title. Thank you both for being with us this afternoon. Thank you. Its good to be here. Now, this report looked at what is 179 cases. Mmhmm. Cases that had already gone to the civilian Complaint Review board. Is that correct . Thats right. What we did, what the Inspector Generals office did, is they polled 179 cases that had already gone through the entire process to look at the life of those cases and to see whether, a, the investigations were properly done and, b, whether, Excessive Force, there was appropriate discipline. Mmhmm. And tell me what your most surprising findings were. I would say that t
She now uses those same skills polished as a hiphop music promoter to get the word out about hiv and aids. Joining us today, maria davis. Hi. Thank you. So nice to meet you. And its very nice to meet you, too. And thank you for coming on this afternoon. Thank you for having me. You know, reading your story, you know, first you get angry, you know, about how you contracted the virus from a man that you loved. Mmhmm. And then you want to stand up and cheer because you really did not let it define your life. Absolutely. Absolutely. Im gonna you were doing something that you really loved the Music Industry. Youve said that it was in your blood. Yes. And then you got this diagnosis that im thinking, at the time, you felt was a death sentence. Yes, it was. I did feel like it was a death sentence, because when i was first diagnosed in 95, i found out through a Life Insurance policy, and i didnt think that i had the virus because then we thought it was a gay white mans and, you know, lo and be
Holiday shopping one day early. This woman was found guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She insists she was firing a warning shot at her husband because he was threatening her. The court of appeals has ruled she should be given a new trial. Real money with ali velshi is next. And from all of us here at al jazeera america, we want to wish you a happy thanksgiving and happy hanukkah. Enjoy the night. Its a fight for your money this Holiday Season with retailers in one corner and shoppers in the other. And one day you might live in space. Plus xbox versus sony, who has more game, and should you get in on the action . Im ali velshi, and this is real money. This is real money. You are the most important part of the show to join our live conversation on twitter for the next half hour. It is no secret that retailers are getting ready to gobble up your shopping dollars this Holiday Season, but they are not the only ones. Charities are also counting on the gift of giving over th
Charities get more than a third of their than a third of their funds in funds in the final part of the final part of the year. The year. The good news, is that americans the good news, is that americans are among the most generous are among the most generous givers in the world. Givers in the world. The median amount americans give the median amount americans give in a year is in a year is estimated to estimated to be be 2,564. 2,564. Donate fors donated donate fors donated 29 billion 29 billion to charity. To charity. That number is way down from that number is way down from prerecession levels. Prerecession levels. This year the this year the chronicle of chronicle of philanthropy forecasts a net philanthropy forecasts a net drop in donations by 1 . Drop in donations by 1 . If thats true, charities need if thats true, charities need to get more creative when it to get more creative when it comes to luring comes to luring your donations. Your donations. So look out for hashtag giving