Gerri at them, thank you for coming on the show. Great to see you. So we were talking in the break the numbers are far higher than what i just said. He said Something Like 200 million americans may have been hit in some of these attacks had major american retailers. The credit cards were compromised and contained names, phone numbers and email addresses. Gerri lets go down to some real hardcore advice for people worried, concerned they are unsafe this Holiday Season. What is step number one to make sure will not have some of my identity stolen . Use a credit card, not a debit card. Zero liability, even though some give you zero liability, you get much stronger fraud protection. And remember, you were talking about price protection, you get warranty protection, credit cards are a better bet, a safer bet and you can even get what is called Virtual Credit cards where it switches the number each time you do a transaction, banks can arrange that for you. Gerri great idea be at some they get
Gerri at them, thank you for coming on the show. Great to see you. So we were talking in the break the numbers are far higher than what i just said. He said Something Like 200 million americans may have been hit in some of these attacks had major american retailers. The credit cards were compromised and contained names, phone numbers and email addresses. Gerri lets go down to some real hardcore advice for people worried, concerned they are unsafe this Holiday Season. What is step number one to make sure will not have some of my identity stolen . Use a credit card, not a debit card. Zero liability, even though some give you zero liability, you get much stronger fraud protection. And remember, you were talking about price protection, you get warranty protection, credit cards are a better bet, a safer bet and you can even get what is called Virtual Credit cards where it switches the number each time you do a transaction, banks can arrange that for you. Gerri great idea be at some they get
Jury selection is set to begin in a trial that once again raises questions about floridas controversial stand your ground law. The case centers on the death of a black teen killed by a white man. 17yearold jordan davis was unarmed. And he was shot over loud music. Natasha, this case is drawing comparisons to the death of Trayvon Martin. Interpreter it sure is, but others will say that there are similarities which will be unveiled in the trial. Suspect is 47yearold michael dunn. We learned a lot about it from letters tha that he wrote to relatives from jail. And he lays out his version of events. He said he had never been so scared in his life and he thought that the teenagers would kill him and instead he killed 17yearold jordan davis, and he also said what he thinks about the Media Attention in the case. I guess its news when someone dares not to be a victim. Lucy mcbath often sits in her sons room to be close to him. Interpreter people always said that jordan was my shadow. He cared
Crimea has held a referendum on the session, overwhelming majority in favor of joining russia. Washington says the vote is illegal and has threatened sanctions. Vote, 95. 5 of the ballots are counted. This is quite controversial because it does violate International Law and the ukrainian constitution. , 220 thousandpact Russian Troops on the border. The eu and the u. S. Are threatening sanctions on russia. Crimeas leader will look like today to join russia. Hat may lead to a boycott the wall street journal russia is pulling u. S. Treasury bills out of the u. S. Because of concerns about the sanctions. Three times the record before. This crimea vote, hugely controversial. What is the reaction from the west . Obama telling Vladimir Putin he will never accept this crimean vote, ever. Merkel has been quite vocal about this. Listencain speaking to what he has to say. Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. Nation that is really only dependent upon oil and gas for their economy. E
P. M. Eastern. I want to get everyone caught up on the other top stories we are following. Came up short. Everyone has an excuse, right . It is called the weather. Bad weather affected operating revenue. Warren buffett found a way to keep his Company Taxes taxes low. To stockhe plan shares . Another twist in the search for that missing plane. Filesia said that some were missing from a Flight Simulator found in the pilots home. Major changes in the Federal Reserve today. Their first meeting in eight years without ben bernanke at the helm. Michael mckee is here with me at the beginning of this janet yellen era. This threshold of 6. 5 has been such a key metric tom a but that may change . It may be the first thing she brings to it. This is not her first rodeo. She has been on the fed since 1990 four. This is actually not the first fed meeting she has chaired. February 20 there was an open meeting on dodd frank. The first topic of business is what do you do about the socalled evans rule .