. >> money watch's diane king hall joins us live this morning from the new york stock exchange, good morning diane, so little bit of mixed news from walmart with the company announcing raises but then also some information about store closures. so what was was the fine print here? >> that's right. good morning rahel jim. so walmart abruptly closed dozens of its sam's clubs putting thousands of employees out of work, the move came the same day the world's biggest retailer announced it would boost its minimum wage to $11 an hour for us workers beginning in february, and giving a bonus of up to a thousand dollars to hourly employees. so again, mixed bag there jim rahelment. >> speaking of people being out of work in the new year, a lot of people look for new jobs, that can be pretty stressful, based on recent survey what are woe finding diane?

diane roberts reports. diane: hope should not have com easily to rob jones, but the marine corps veteran found courage following surgery to amputate both of his legs abov his hope -- >> survive, recover, live. survive, recover, live is something i came up with in the first week after my injury. diane: jones persevered through over a year of therapy and recovery following his surgeries. testing several prosthetic leg and in the process, became the first double, above-the-knee amputee to bike from maine to raising $126,000 for three non-profits that help wounded veterans and him. >> when you wake up after your injury or your tragedy, you' move on from that. you got feet. diane: his prosthetic legs are a designed specifically for running. but his stamina is his own. starting in london, criss-crossing america, 31 marathons in 31 cities in 31 days. running to raise awa now pushing to rain for those same veterans ch his energy on full throt megoing to come . diane: veterans like louis >> i get it from the other t

i think diane feinstein tried to make it a negotiation. >> she set up a trap and he walked into it. it was complicated for republicans because he took a position that is anathema to where republicans have stood on daca and immigration, and the impact of that was immediate. it was not something that was a delayed response by conservatives. it was immediate realtime. you saw the majority leader come up out of his seat to clarify the record for the president that this is not something that we're going to be negotiating for, this is not what diane meant, and you heard others like, oh, no, that's what she meant. >> we'll get to this later, the president tweeting against diane feinstein on the whole steele dossier. i wanted to play a little bit of the president's expansive remarks that probably set ann coulter's hair on fire. >> this should be a bipartisan bill. this should be a bill of love. truly, it should be a bill of love and we can do that. if we do this properly, daca, you're not so far away from comprehensive immigration reform. if you want to take it that further step, i'll take

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diane, you look incredible. >> thank you. loving the pocket square. >> thank you so much. >>> we begin with this morning with this incredible new year 2018. people around the world have rung it in from australia to zimbabwe. right here in new york city an estimated 1 million revellers packed into times square amid unprecedented security for the coldest new year's eve since 1962, just 9 deges >> and yet even the celebrities came out. it was a star-studded celebration playing out live before an audience of millions across the country right here on abc. mariah carey even joined the party, aimed to redeem herself after last year's performance. all the excitement went down just seconds before that iconic ball drop. >> three, two, one, happy new year! >> and we will have much more on the new year's celebrations around the world coming up a little later in the broadcast. >>> turning now to breaking new details on a new year's eve tragedy, ten americans among the victims of a fiery plane crash in costa rica. >> they were killed along

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. >> money watch's diane king hall joins us live this morning from the new york stock exchange, diane, good morning, so toyota apparently ac sell rating the self- driving vehicle race in a small medium and big option. what are the details, diane? >> oh, yes. good morning, rahel, jim. toyota is jumping into the self-driving car game with a electric concept vehicle. >> the auto maker says it will come in three sizes, small delivery vehicle that can run on sidewalks, a shuttle size car for ride hailing, and bus size version which could be outfitted as a rolling store, restaurant, or even hotel. toyota unveiled the vehicle, global tech conference in las vegas, the auto maker partnering with handful of companies on the vehicles, including, pizza hut, amazon, and uber, toyota plans to test the vehicles in early 2020. rahel? >> i'm not ready, diane, not ready for the future. >> i know, i know, now, the future is now. >> diane, i un ends stand judge is siding with starbucks , how much foam is too much foam? >> i'm in the not too much camp. this lawsuit was thrown out against starbucks over to

diane macedo shows us how it works. diane: a teacher inspiring incredible revolution with his weight loss and lease on life. doug: people come to me and say doug, maybe you can help me with the issue. in 2008 afterted what doug schmidt called a widow maker heart attack at age 49. doug: chest, and then -- diane: he knew he had to put aside his favorite food. doug: i loved my cheese. for dinner, nothing like a good back at with some bruschetta, side of steak, mass potatoes. of winehave a glass come always cookies, cakes, pies, and i would snack on some ice cream before bed. diane: instead, he switched over to a plant-based diet. doug: you are giving up a lifetime of eating habits. it is hard to change those. diane: diets center around plants have become a health food craze. even stores like beyoncÉ and jay-z are region for greens. >> the evidence is overwhelming to you can treated to treat and reverse the disease. diane: it can make a big difference when it comes to improving health. >> diet is probably the single most i

diane: i think it makes as much safer. i would hesitate to write in an -- ride in an elevator that a computer had designed and all , the civil engineers i watched would tell you the same thing. ok? and it is because you have to watch -- i can give you countless examples. i do not study things at the macro level i study things at , the micro level. i spend sitting at the elbow of hours engineers while they are designing. and while they do so, i talked to them. the computer crashes, we have time for a short interview. i asked why did they do this thing? at the automotive firm they had a secret laptop with secret software. they were not supposed to use it anymore. they had it locked in a desk. and the boss did not know about it, because it was restricted in a software programs, that they were so does to use. these are the things i asked them, -- why do you use these technologies? so i think it's a good thing that the legislation was there. civil engineers took safety -- they did not take it as a harness. or something that the

diane, you look incredible. >> thank you. loving the pocket square. >> thank you so much. >>> we begin with this morning with this incredible new year 2018. people around the world have rung it in from australia to zimbabwe. right here in new york city an estimated 1 million revellers packed into times square amid unprecedented security for the coldest new year's eve since 1962, just 9 degrees at midnight. >> and yet even the celebrities came out. it was a star-studded celebration playing out live before an audience of millions across the country right here on abc. mariah carey even joined the party, aiming to redeem herself after last year's performance. all the excitement went down just seconds before that iconic ball drop. >> three, two, one, happy new year! >> and we will have much more on the new year's celebrations around the world coming up a little later in the broadcast. >>> turning now to breaking new details on a new year's eve tragedy, ten americans among the victims of a fiery plane crash in costa rica. >> they w

exchange, good morning, diane. >> reporter: good morning, jim >> so, diane, stocks continue to gain steam. when will the party end? >> oh, man, it is hard to say. i mean, i could never call the direction this market has been going specially lately just ratcheting higher and higher, dow today ultimately all time high. mixed finish for stocks yesterday, dow rallied 140 points, nasdaq almost four. southwest airlines says earnings are soaring. the company reported a quarter ly profit of nearly $1.9 billion, southwest credited the new tax law for the boost and said it expect higher earnings in 2018, as well. jim? >> i'm telling you the market is giving us all whiplash, diane. so i understand that facebook is removing a question that caught some users by surprise. what's this all about? >> reporter: all right, so, facebook has basically decided to minds its own business when it comes to who or what you sleep with. remove -- what i usually sleep with, dot dot dot, from the did you know feature after users complain it was knows i and just plane creepy. many users assume the social unit client wan

diane, you look incredible. >> thank you. loving the pocket square. >> thank you so much. >>> we begin with this morning with this incredible new year 2018. people around the world have rung it in from australia to zimbabwe. right here in new york city an estimated 1 million revellers packed into times square amid unprecedented security for the coldest new year's eve since 1962, just 9 degrees at midnight. >> and yet even the celebrities came out. it was a star-studded celebration playing out live before an audience of millions across the country right here on abc. mariah carey even joined the party, aiming to redeem herself after last year's performance. all the excitement went down just seconds before that iconic ball drop. >> three, two, one, happy new year! >> and we will have much more on the new year's celebrations around the world coming up a little later in the broadcast. >>> turning now to breaking new details on a new year's eve tragedy, ten americans among the victims of a fiery plane crash in costa rica. >> they w

but diane feinstein decided to set this out on her own today. we know of no president or a senator doing something like this in the past seems like she just decided boom, why not? now, one other bit of back story here that may or may not be relevant is that there has been quite a bit of speculation over the last few days senator feinstein might be ticked off at the chairman of that committee chuck grassley. they worked together well over the last year since they have been investigating part of the russia scandal. there has been tensions. apparently, it has been -- there has been speculation on capitol hill senator feinstein was aggravated by something chuck grassley did. last week, without a vote from the committee, and apparently without consultation or notification of any of the democrats including feinstein, last week chuck grassley and another republican senator decided to take a dramatic step of sending the justice department a referral for criminal investigation targeting christopher steele,s -- the form former agent that compiled the russ

laura: diane swonk, thank you so much for joining us. diane: thank you. laura: today steve bannon was on capitol hill behind closed doors meeting with the house intelligence committee. it is the first of three appearances by high-profile witnesses this week, including former trump advisor corey lewandowski and current communications director hope hicks. u.s. media are reporting that mr. bannon has been ordered to testify before a grand jury as part of robert mueller's investigation into russian interference. for more come i spoke with our north america reporter anthony zurcher. steve bannon was subpoenaed by robert mueller, but not the only subpoena he got. anthony: no, it wasn't. he got a subpoena from the congressional hearing from the congressional hearing, the committee, the house judiciary committee, or the intelligence committee, rather, said he needed to answer questions about his time in the white house. originally he refused to talk about that. they issued a subpoena on the spot saying he had to talk about the transition process and his time as a

. >> mine watch's diane king hall joins us from the new york stock exchange, good morning, diane. so after hitting new records on wednesday, wall street did a bit of a about-face yesterday. what were the final numbers? >> good morning, rahel, jim. stocks lost grounds yesterday partly because of worries about a government shutdown. so the dow fell 97 points, the nasdaq shed two-point, and earnings season continued with result from american express. the high end credit card company lost $1.1 billion in it latest quarter marking its first lost in 25 years. like goldman sachs, a.m., blamed recent tax code overhaul for it lost, jim, rahel. >> so diane, frequent-flier, i understand new data on which airline is the best for road warriors, and i think i probably know one of them. let's see what you have to say >> probably, jim, because you travel so well. so for the third year in a row delta airlines has the top frequent flyers program. my husband would agree with this one, too, based on wallet hub annual ranking of the carriers, had a hawaiian airlines best bang for buck for re barred tr

hey, miss diane. diane: hi, steve. steve: girl, you finally got here. diane: i did. i'm so darn excited. steve: i bet. i can tell. how long you been wanting to get on the "feud"? diane: yeah. you know what, now that i'm out here and i've met you, and i think you're all right, that if he passes away and you're divorced, i'm giving you my phone number. yes! [cheers and applause] yes! yes! yes! yep. yep. steve: wow. diane: i don't spend any money. i'm not a spender. steve: you don't spend no money? diane: no, i don't like shopping. steve: girl, call me. diane: i will. [laughter] steve: my wife right now, whoo!

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diane king hall is at new york stock exchange. good morning, diane. >> here on wall street the dow rose again. it was a roller coaster ride for the blue chips lost some ground after president trump said he favored a stronger contradictin treasury secretary steven mnuchin. ultimately the dow jumped 140 points. the s&p 500 edged up 1 point, while nasdaq edged up 4 points. >>> walmart is cutting jobs at its arkansas headquarters earlier this week. they also shut 63 sam club warehouses in order to keys pace with they plan to sell ebooks and audio books. >>> a setback with philip morris on a sell in the united states. it's already sold in more than 30 countries marketed as the rir reduced risk of tobacco product. they want to market it in the u.s. but the fda can still allow the product to be sold in this country. >>> and there's a new colonel sande sanders. ♪ i'm colonel sanders, same as always ♪ >> his wife is due to pitch the kentucky fried chicken. her outfit is a bit different, has a glittery shine and fringe on the back. her

good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. for the first time ever the dow closes above 26,000. the nation'sest stock index rode a broad rally to a record high. nasdaq closed at records as well. tech and companies led the gain. you'll recall the dow hit the 25,000 mark two weeks ago making this the fastest increase. the dow rallied 322 points, the s&p 500 rose 26 points and nasdaq finished the day 24 points higher. goldman had to record more than $4 billion in charges related to the tax law. >>> uber plans to start carrying passengers in autonomous vehicles without human backup drivers sometime next year. volvo xe-90s plan to do the work. googling's autonomous car units and general motors say they're also on the same timeline as uber. >>> apple is taking on a new attack. they're hiring 20,000 workers in this country. the location will be announced later this year. the corporate tax cut will enable apple to bring back cash from outside the u.s. >>> a video game maker nintendo is introducing a new gadget that lets players bring

thank you diane. we have talked to about violence on high school campuses across the new york and new jersey area. check out this video. this is a video of two rival cheerleading squad and a couple of girls seriously hurt. [video] >> bill: wthe attorney of the two young la that were hurt in this. this happened at a brooklyn high school. this is marcel, he represents the two girls in the o that you see. welcome to "chasing news". how are you? >> how are i am good thank you. >> bill: this is incredibly violent. the fact that this happened at a high school. you are talking effectively about kids. what we through the video first.>> this is the brutal gang style attack on two ninth graders lyn high sc that happened to house erent schools and that one building. understand kids will be they may fight sometimes. but you are seeing just a lack of security. of she part of the department of education. these kids are pretty much left to fend for themselves. when the security personnel do manage to how quickly the

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