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We begin with the big freeze this week, record low temperatures and winter storms have gripped much of the nation. Even parts of the deep south had snowfall for the first time in almost three decades nearly the entire country has been hit by this bitter cold spell. Its had a chilling effect, an its this weeks cover story. This kind of weather, you know, anything can happen. Brutally cold weather has taken hold across the country, hitting more than half the u. S. Population its just frigid. Like its biting in the face just cold. Its no way around it. In illinois, the Chicago River was frozen and even the Mississippi River has chunks of frozen ice new yorks majestic Niagara Falls frozen in time more than 230 million americans are dealing with belowfreezing temperatures this week and its not just in the north in texas, icy ....
Hackers. By now youve heard about the equifax data breach where napes and Social Security numbers of 143 million americans were exposed. Well have more on that in just a minute. First, andrea day on new risks to your atm or credit card. This weeks cover story is card sharks. Atm skimming is over a 2 billion problem globally. Reporter that cash swiped by hightech thieves when you swipe at the atm or gas pump. They use skimmers or card readers to grab the info. But these arent any ordinary skimmers. Things are definitely getting more sophisticated. Reporter if you think you can spot them, think again. The latest gadgets are stashed deep inside. Its unbelievably easy. Reporter security expert chris found this for sale on the dark web. Its as thin as a credit card. And it slides into the slot and down. Its not even detectable. Reporter this one uses blue tooth so criminals just connect to the blue tooth wireless, download all the ca ....
All right, stocks are mostly higher but the major averages were much higher earlier dow up more than 120 points before pulling back despite the fade the dow and s p are on track to break a twoweek losing streak check out the individual movers, big lots taking a hit despite beating earnings estimates and gamestop tanking more than 10 on its profit miss the growing popularity of downloading games continuing to hurt traffic in stores and twitter is lower in a downgrade. Tyler . Michelle, thanks very much. Welcome, everybody to the new crown jewel in downtown atlanta, Mercedes Bens stadium. That was the Playing Field where tomorrow night the Atlanta Falcons the Arizona Cardinals will be facing this magnificent. And it is the most spek tech lar building i have been in ....
No damages to the building. Of course, all morning, meetings with the Operations Team to make sure that things are possible to get going. A lot of issues concerning connectivity, for example, can they get data in and out of the buildings, not just the nyse but the nasdaq, other exchanges as well. The important thing is the systems appear to be working now, the thing we were waiting for. Nasdaq also says they are going to open as usual, bats says they are open as usual. Dont have a statement from direct edge, i assume they are going to be opening as usual. This is looking more like good news. Now, this is coming a little earlier than i had anticipated. Right. Because remember, there are some things they dont control like, for example, the ver ripz system downtown, they dont have. Theres no power downtown. They dont have necessarily control over the phone operation and the data systems that are going in there. They have been testin ....
A fire captain reported finding lifethreatening hazards in the building, and recommending shuttering the place. But instead, the city gave the owner the chance to make repairs. Today an attorney for the Master Tenant said lawsuits could be coming. Hes a dynamic, young 64year old that lost his life. Aurea lewis is one of the directors of Urojas Community services, and shes also one of the people who lost a loved one her brother in mondays san pablo avenue fire. A mediator hired by attorney james cook, who represents urojas, says the place still had uninhabitable conditions when she did a walkthrough just a couple weeks ago. There was water leaking down from the ceiling from the bathroom of the second floor coming down to the first floor. There were exposed wires. Cook has been representing urojas ever since eviction attempts by the buildings owner, keith kim, began in decembe ....