supply sand demand. supply and demand. all gift cards are hot because we have priced them to make sure that we do. we really inventory that comes into our site flies back out the other side. and there are a number of companies doing business with secondary gift cards so you can shop around, compare prices. but try and do business with a site that will guarantee that they will be responsible if something goes wrong. shep? shepard: what kind of reaction from the retailers? they can t like this. very surprising. the retailers approve. they think this is a great idea. why? well, before stores can show revenue for the sale of a gift card, it must be used actually to purchase a service or some type of a product. the national retail foundation says gift cards sitting in aunt tilly s sock drawer, for example, aren t going to make a difference when it comes to the bottom line. retailers really want
struggling and scrambling to deal with right now, shep. al qaeda has changed its strategy moving away from the big 9/11 style attacks. more to sending out, if you like, freelance operatives, hundreds, if not thousands of extremists told to go out to plot and plan their own attacks and to act when the opportunity arises and when they feel they are ready to do so, rather than awaiting orders from al qaeda leadership. listen now to our own national security analyst k.t. mcfarland. the new wave is individual bombers. couple of people doing small scale stuff. go to the local fertilizer store, get the stuff, make it all yourself. go to the local subway station and blow yourself up. those kind of attacks, shep, are not only difficult to detect, but extremely difficult to defend against. shepard: as it turns out, the latest british arrest appear to be related to that sort of attack. exactly, shep. a dozen men between the age of 17 and 28.
bills. our news correspondent steve centanni is live on fox top story at the bottom of the hour. steve, there is talk now of a possible agreement and vote tomorrow. what do we know? right, shep. it would basically mean coburn backs down. promises not to block the bill after all and a vote goes forward. that test vote to see how much support the bill enjoys could come tomorrow. but earlier coburn explained his opposition, complaining the bill hadn t been through the full committee process. so what we re going to do is pass a bill, maybe, doubtful, and then we are going to have to come back and fix it and waste a whole bunch more money. in fact, there was one senate hearing on the bill and 22 house hearings, shep? shepard: 22 hearings in the house. what are democrats saying about this republican opposition tonight? they have put opponents under intense pressure to give in. bringing out the 9/11 first responders you saw today and aggressively countering every objection the repub
step in. cop on the beat to ensure the vitality of communications networks and empower and protect entrepreneurs and consumers of those networks. the decision does not go into effect immediately shep, it could take a couple of months. shepard: come of the critics are arguing the fcc doesn t have the authority to do this and if you look back many years it doesn t. they are pointing to a more recent federal court decision that came earlier this year which essentially blocked the fcc from acting an an internet regulator and also the legislative branch weighing in. republicans painting this as yet another power grab. here is senate minority leader michigan mcconnell. health care, insurance companies, banks and student loans were l. move forward with what could be the first step in controlling how americans use the internet. there is talk that the new congress, the one coming in early next year may try to block these fcc regulations and with enough votes, lawmakers could do just
indiana and also illinois and here in parts of northeast, even some snow coming up for sunday. shepard: maria molina live in the weather center. winter officially began less than an hour ago. deadly weather is gripping parts of several countries in europe. stranding thousands of travelers for four days and causing trouble beyond major airports and train stations. that s our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. united kingdom. as the cold ice and snow trigger cancellations and delays at busiest airport, many are forced to tough it out. all this one says all can he do is get on with the hard work of providing hay and extra feed for his 300 sheep. [inaudible] shepard: his wife says the weather is hurting her bed and breakfast business. iran. a 6.5 magnitude earthquake striking a remote area in the southeast. early reports indicate it killed