Ive hung out in times square because ive done new years eve. I mean just new years eve, though. No, no. We wish you all a happy new year. Well pull out the crystal ball for a look at what 2013 has in store, when it comes to things like politics and the economy. The president , of course, facing a number of challenges in the second term as he tries to fulfill his Campaign Promise to boost the still struggling job market. Well talk about that and much more with chuck todd and jim cramer straight ahead. What well all be watching, wearing and playing with in the months to come. Call me a mind reader. I can tell you one of the top stories of 2013. Of course, its going to be the birth of the duke and duchess of cambridges baby. And coming up, well talk about the preparations under way at Kensington Palace for his or her arrival and what it will mean for the royal family. Probably not going to cover that that much on this show. First lets head to the news desk and check in with andrea canning
The government deciding right now whether streamers like netflix should pay more for Speedy Delivery. This is an Net Neutrality issue in the big deal. So are we. Varney and company about to begin. Stuart we start with big names that are moving, start with the biggest retailer of the mall, walmart, lower profits, slightly lower sales, they blame the weather, stock down 2 . Dickens story at cisco, maybe a sharp slump in business. Maybe it is easing. The market thinks so. Is up 7 . This is a door stopper stock, usually dead flat 24 a share of 7 and a bigger loss at 3d printer maker x 1. Remember phil roosevelt, the barons guy talking about tollfree the sector . Called a glorified playdoh factory . Maybe he was right. Almost all of them are coming down. Check the big board, that is a selloff down 144 points as we speak. Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager david tepper says he is nervous, i think he brought this market down a little. Look at the ten year treasury. That is not right. That is inco
The entire staff is safe and accounted for with no reports of shots fired. We will have the latest as it becomes available and breaking news available on twitter. Breaking news from ohare in chicago. Air traffic is at a standstill. It is one of the business of the airplanes in the nation. There is smoke in a regional radar control facility. Both chicago ohare and chicago midway airports have been put on ground hold. We have seen an occasional plane land or take off so they could be reopening just now but the planes are still lineed up for take off, dozens deep. Well keep you posted on developments. Good morning, i am eric thomas. I am kristen sze. Our big story shaping up to be another hot spare the air day but the mercury will try higher. A picture from our sutro tower camera looking across the bear to marin county and mike nicco has a look at how warm it is with important watches. Good morning from the top of the Broadcast Center where you can feel the heat on the bottom of my legs a
A nice move for that company. Lets stay with tech for the moment. Got to talk about sony, releasing its brand new playstation 4 video game console at midnight last night. You may remember yesterday jack trenton, president and ceo of Sony Entertainment america, joined us live with one of the consoles on the set. Weve been previewing this thing since silicon valley, three days in the valley. So will the new playstation put competitor put pressure on debt to haves like microsoft . Nicole petallides. Reporter no doubt. And i almost feel an expert many this because my family, full of boys, loves it. Electronic arts, gamestop, of course, where you go to buy this stuff, act vision right now unchanged at the moment, Electronic Arts getting beaten down, 6 to the downside. Im telling you, trust me, take two with interactive, virtually flat at the moment. Lets look at sony which got an upgrade yesterday, people have been lining up to buy the playstation 4, certainly going to be on the holiday lis
Novemberments are on twitter abc7newsbayarea. In the Mission District of San Francisco a beer truck driver making a delivery was hit by a motorist who may have had a flat tire. Driver fled the scene. Police are looking for a grow sedan with white stripe. You can see the beer cans on the ground. The condition of the victim is unknown but it is not appearing to be serious. A lost news happening today. Another big story, walmart is responding after a stunning attack inside a San Jose Store of a fouryearold girl. She was attacked by a crowbar by a random woman. Matt has the latest. Walmart is responding and the District Attorney is responding. I have breaking news to report in the last three minutes. I was given the information that the District Attorney is now in the process of filing attempted murder charge with hate crime allegations and assault with a Deadly Weapon charge with another hate crime allegation. This comes from a 20yearold woman attack add fouryearold in the walmart. This c