, you are now a pirate doing acts. [inaudible]. and about how do you crash the law and you go after the privateers read so think about this, what should've been a very enterprise and profitable is now super risky. because now you're a traitor and a pirate by the u.s. government and they will capture and imprison you predict so now this can be daunting so by the end of 1862, the confederacy can't use letters a marketing more or commentary so that's when they will shift to the commerce writings. that is when you have confederate boat that is by an official confederate privateers. and that he was a thing, they take the u.s. votes and merchant vessels of the ships and their captured. so the difference between them as is actually ships with actual confederate sailors printed they need to do this. [inaudible]. and they are pretty successful, around these international waters the confederate leaders actually destroy 284 u.s. merchant ships. in the economic damage going after the ships and various merchant vessels rated and la

a year ago 18% who responded to the survey said they had been ripped off by porch pirates. this year, 30% say they have been victimized. >> you have seen the videos of people ripping off your neighbors as doorbell cams multiply. so did the video of items being stolen. the latest surveys show porch pirates are interested in anything showing up at your front door, including meals and groceries. >> that is something that showed up on the survey. respondents said they had a grocery or meal start -- stolen. >> one-way delivery companies are trying to cut losses is to take photos of the packages at your door and sending you a copy. it is working. maybe not for the reason you think. >> once it is actually in your mailbox or on your front porch, it is considered delivered, so if someone comes and picks up that package off your front porch, the merchant is not legally responsible. the shipper is not possible. it is your responsibility. michael: how are consumers reacting? with anger. the survey finds three quarters of i dust us want to throw the book at porch pirates. >> one result

a traitor and a pirate by the u.s. government and will capture and imprison you. and it can be daunting so by the hand of 1862, they cannot use the letters of mark anymore they cannot use privateering so that's where they're going to shift to the commerce. and commerce writing is where you have a specific better boat manned by the confederate person and in the privateers and they have a kind of a emerging vessel or trader ships. they would capture and. [inaudible]. is actual sanctioned ships with actual confederate and they need to do this because congress they are successful they will travel around international waters and they actually destroy 284 u.s. merchant ships. in the economic damages are out of the city, they submerge the vessels. one of the most famous commerce rater is the shenandoah, this is in your notes pretty it started out as 1160-ton steam cruiser, actually built in chinese tea trade and her name was the same king would she went from scotland it initially in august of 1863 within the confederacy quickly by her and rename her, the senate entered s

but this time of year is a hot time for porch pirates. they're patrolling. just like we officer jesse mitten is with the arlington police department earlier this year. his team arrested this man who investigators say went on a monthslong pardons free across north texas taking what he wanted and dumping what he didn't. the suspect apparently was dumping most of the packages in a ditch or an alley or something like that. some was still in the package if he didn't want it or it might just be the empty box, you know, trying to get rid of that part of the evidence, i guess. >> and this guy isn't alone. according to our brand-new newsnation poll conducted by decision desk hq almost 17% of people told us they had a package stolen another 30% said they knew someone who had risking it all for mystery boxes that often times don't amount to much a pair of boxer briefs and a pair of socks with the popular love. we hopped an officer mittens patrol car. he took us for a ride along. looking for vulnerable house is right there on the front porch. looks like 2 packages, one

that means present patrol, preventing porch pirates from preying on packages with permission from some homeowners. police are planting decoys on several doorsteps, sometimes filled with trackers to catch the crook will be on your right hand side and a couple houses, other times, keeping watch for anything or anyone suspicious guys, don't because theft and burglary is our up this time of year. so they're baiting the bad guys. and with people shopping online , more than ever, this crew is even trailing santa's elves to ensure special deliveries arrive safely. it can be heartache if you have your your property stolen. we can all we can all connect with that. and we probably know someone that's been victimized, so we kind of take a personal motivated to be on the lookout for leeds license plates and sometimes a little luck it really unfortunately, it is a needle in a haystack if i'm being completely honest. we've caught a couple people over the last couple years, but it's also about advertising and deterring criminals interacting and educating neighbors on ways to prevent theft, all while

but we really haven't seen a porch pirate like this guy before. >> it's a pooch pirate. he's a four-legged thief that is trying very hard to just get away quietly. as you can see, there's taken off of the package. this is in lexington, greyhound is more of like a like a golden retriever of ill-gotten goods. as you can see here, he was scared off another dog. probably a guard dog began barking its head off what was in that package. well, this dog he's got he's got pretty good taste. he wanted a leather jacket. yeah. >> and they almost got to love president biden and the first lady made a surprise visit to the national children's hospital and washington, dc young patients showed off lanterns that they had made and decorated one child told the president his wish for christmas was for his cancer to go away. the president shared some photos later on his phone of his new dog. the first family then sat down to read a new frozen version of the classic christmas story the night before christmas. before. >> and apparently this was the very first time a sitting president has visite

but this time of year is a hot time for porch pirates. they're patrolling. just like we officer jesse mitten is with the arlington police department earlier this year. his team arrested this man who investigators say went on a monthslong pardons free across north texas taking what he wanted and dumping what he didn't. the suspect apparently was dumping most of the packages in ditch or an alley or something like that. some was still in the package if he didn't want it or it might just be the empty box, you know, trying to get rid of that part of the evidence, i guess. >> and this guy isn't alone. according to our brand-new newsnation poll conducted by decision desk hq almost 17% of people told us they had a package stolen. another 30% said they knew someone who had risking it all for mystery boxes that often times don't amount to much a pair of boxer briefs and a pair of socks with the popular or not. we hopped an officer mittens patrol car. he took us 4 right along. looking for vulnerable house is right there on the front porch. looks like 2 packages, one st

. >>> porch pirate crackdown. with holiday deliveries ramping up, how police departments around the country are getting aggressive when it comes to protecting your packages. ♪ i feel alive ♪ >>> and jackpot. what happens on "gma" stays on "gma." we're waking up in vegas this morning for an epic "rise & shine" from nevada. ♪ >>> and good morning, america. great to be here with both michael and george. george, watching just the trailer of your conversation with alec baldwin, it's heartbreaking and you've said this is one or the most intense interview you've ever done. >> no question about it. i've known alec for several years and i've never seen him like this. as you can imagine you can see he's crushed but he's also very, very candid. he's fully cooperating with investigators. we covered a lot of ground. we covered every question in the interview and we'll show, of course, the whole thing tonight at 8:00 p.m. on the network. more of that coming up on "gma" as well. >> we are looking forward to that. in the me

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but not all porch pirates may be deterred so easily like this one caught on camera in connecticut. this possum dragging away a delivery heard chomping down on the homeowner's hoop earrings. >> the entertainment value is probably worth the $90. but i wouldn't mind a replacement. >> reporter: and those earrings are still missing. as for ways to avoid becoming a porch pirate, consider shipping them to your office or try to form some sort of barrier on your doorstep to obscure the view of boxes from passers-by. mona, andrew. >> those earrings have been im-possum-able to find. i took that from andrew. thanks, andrea. >>> a holiday scam is leaving some parents seeing red. they bought elf on the shelf kits advised in a facebook neighborhood group assuming it was from a business owner in texas but the kits never came and the seller stopped responding. a woman who sells legit kits donated some kits to families who were duped. >>> okay, coming up, one man's incredible lottery luck. >>> also ahead, how dialing the wrong number led to a surprise chat with tom brady. i've lost count of how many

to fill that room, i said, the 8 rudy felt like you were sat in a victorian pirate. london's produce market like the foreign market. furnish 39 year old calum franklin with plenty of inspiration for the seasonal ingredients. hot. he picks up special items to lend them a touch of elegant. his newfound water is based on a classic british pie combination, chief petty tooth and under the so tight how element is based on a classic type dish grass, an ad buy from us potato. so we've pre cooked that and then the onion, we've caramel eyes and the cheese. we found an incredible montgomery cheddar, which is from some a sat really rich cheese, a nazi bascom b, lay it in between the pie. so in the onion, when pressing down the lid here must be taken not to leave any air between the filling of the do aristo, give rise to unsightly bubbles. he brushes the pies top with a q and feels the edges. and then you can get down to the decorative stage. so what we're doing decoration, very fine detail. one of the things that we found helps with that to make sure the pace she stays code is we've put these ch

a look at how people are fighting back against so-called porch pirates. kpix 5's juliette goodrich with the real-time monitoring to stop these package thieves. >> reporter: what if there were real guards, watching your property in real time? let's say someone was going to come up to your porch and steal a package like we have been seeing over the holidays. now -- >> dropped the package. your image is being recorded and we will notify the police immediately. >> reporter: that is a real guard, and they are alerting the police as we speak. in many cases, that stopped these porch pirates in their tracks. here is a recent encounter. a home in san francisco, all lit up for the holidays, and a package on the porch. i candy to a burglar. >> that was on a busy street in front of a townhome. someone just walked up, tried to slip, steal a package, and right then and there, the guard was able to intervene, them, and they left. >> reporter: he is with deep sentinel security. he says thieves don't take time off, and they are more brazen now than ever. >> you need to pu

we've seen a lot of porch pirates this holiday season. have you seen a pooch? pirate. yeah, that's right. this 4 legged thief is trying very hard to be quiet and get away with taking off of this package. this happening in lexington, kentucky of course it's no greyhound. it's more of like a golden retriever of ill-gotten, goods of course, it was scared off and another dog. probably the guard dog be can parking. >> as for what was in that package. what do you think it was, katherine. i can see the script i can tell you it has good taste. yeah. a leather jacket. thing. wilson's leather or what. whatever be a good leather jacket and the pdog knew and chew on it. a smart one. all right. well, we have a glimpse of real close. but a glimpse of harry and meghan's daughter. little bit. >> this is stealing the spotlight after the couple released there. christmas card a little bit too, was born in june. but this really is the first peak of what she looks like. they've shown nothing. we've also seen her red-headed brother great little mop or red hair. that's 2 year old archie on t

pirates beware. you may be in for a scare. we're along for the ride as police are on present patrol. we'll show you what they're doing to stop thieves from preying on holiday packages. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ but this is also a time when thieves are prowling and looking to steal christmas right now packaged theft is on the rise, especially with people buying online and shipping more gifts. ktvu investigative reporter brooks jarocz joins us now from the newsroom and brooks you have dug into this before on how often it happens and what's being done to try to stop it. police st package theft is a crime of opportunity, a survey by safe wise and independent security system review site found roughly 210 million packages disappeared from porches across america so far this year, and san francisco actually ranked as the second worst metro area for package thefts. tonight we're along for the ride as o

. >>> police in southern california are using a new weapon to fight porch pirates. michelle g lee tagged along with police as they conducted a sting operation to catch him in the act. >> once we get the notification that the package has been moved, we can have officers converge on the location. >> reporter: with two more shopping days before christmas, anaheim police are ramping up their bait package program to catch thieves with stolen valuables. >> they are a victim of male software package that we placed the package at the front door and we wait for the signal to go off. >> reporter: officers in plainclothes riding in an unmarked lack of and deliver the box with a gps tracker. it is sitting in a home near police headquarters where porch pilots pirates have hit twice before. now comes the waiting game. >> this batch we will get the notification that the package has moved and they are able to relate it to officers at what speed at which direction the package is going. >> reporter: once the package is stolen, and alarm sounds on dispatchers computers. notifications

and i met him at the pirates associations meeting in san diego in the late '90s, and he was talking about getting gold. and if then i went up to him and i said thank you for writing the first edition of the waves the beaches and he said i'm not really interested in these modern racks, i'm interested in the ancient history. >> hitting did you ever think you would form a relationship with this guy who wrote such a classic text that informed your early life. >> not at all, we would meet once a week or so and the pirates association and we interacted quite a bit was twice a week and he would give me things to read and sort of like a father to son homework type of thing and after a year or two, handed me a copy of this second edition and said read this and then tell me what it means to you m of this "waves and beache. and so i did it and here we are 20 years laterts because he liky edit and it we had other things, i know his family and i know his every generation of the great-grandchild some really involved in with the family still. and you know, it was sort a father and son experience althoug

. >> the pirates associating meeting is where i met him in san diego in the late '90s and he wasas talking about getting a brother jonathan and after this first edition of "waves and beaches" and he said i'm not really interested in these modern rocks with golden stuff, i like the aging ones in this where the nations history is. >> interesting and did you ever think that you would be forming a relationship with this guy who wrote such a classic text that informed your early life. >> know that all, we used to meet once a week or so after we met at the pirates interactions, we would meet a few times a week and he would give anything to read and it sort of like a father the son homework kind of thing and after a year or two he handed me a copy of the second addition of "waves and beaches" and eason can read this and tell me what it means. and it this book what it means and so i did and that is my edits if you will and here we are 20 years later. >> i was arguing that spinning with him before he passed away. >> a couple of years we interacted pretty well, a lot of things but i know his whole f

kumasi: how about an album by a crew of swedish pirates? ♪ reggie: kumasi: let me tell you what i know. the group released their christmas album, a pirate stole my christmas, the song titles include o cannonball is ring the bells. [laughter] the crew is made up of 19 performers who have been creating music for more than a decade. the album is available as a cd. [laughter] [laughter] reggie: 10 years, who allowed them? who gave them permission? kumasi: why did you laugh at heart it cd? i was -- hard at cd? i was not ready. reggie: abc 7 in partnership is hosting a day of giving for disaster relief. the american red cross is 2021 has been one of the most active years for severe weather in the u.s.. families displaced by disaster spent on average almost 30 days in a shelter. join is to help families and communities affected by these disasters, visit redcr kumasi: here are seven things to know. san jose police are expected to release more information about monday's shooting at the oakridge mall. no one was hurt and no suspect was found. reggi

a family was shocked to see porch pirates. well, more surprised by something else. they found out about the beats that story. >> a kansas city family came home to find porch pirates had already been there and got away with their packages. but as reagan porter explains, these thieves are smaller than most. >> watching packages worth hundreds of dollars to disappear at the hands of porch. pirates is hard enough. that happened to one kansas city, missouri family that lives here. they say, though it was something else caught on camera. >> that caught their eye. the thieves ages. this is video from a blink doorbell camera recorded monday afternoon. not a fully grown grinch but rather young boys, they could be that old stealing from robert still in his wife. >> she was furious obviously because, you know, there are several $100 for the products. they're still says they took a christmas present for his daughter. and this is that the being voice struggling to steal a 40 pound bag of dog food. i don't believe it was, you know, some neighborhood kids just out starting trouble

and so they avoided the pirates and now fingers crossed. as of now everything looks great. solar arrays have unfurled and a express xfrns iconference is ha right now and everybody on the ground says it looks great. >> so we'll see what happens. and so good to see you. we go way back. merry christmas to you, my friend. >> merry christmas. >>> let's get more on this historic launch now. adam frank is an assist astrophysicist and author of a b book, light of the stars. is it overstating things to say that this could change the way we see the universe? >> i don't think so. first of all, merry christmas. and it seems like santa was riding a rocket today. it is not an understatement. you think about hubble space telescope which is the most successful scientific instrument in the history of humanity, how much that changed. it saw alien planets that we had never seen, it showed us black holes. hubble just literally every marvel movie you see that you see with a scene in space, they are using the hubble space telescope image. and james webb will do the same thing but it is 100 times

that means present patrol preventing porch pirates from preying on packages with permission from some homeowners. police are planting decoys on several doorsteps, sometimes filled with trackers to catch the crook will be on your right hand side in a couple houses, other times, keeping watch for anything or anyone suspicious because theft and burglary these are up this time of year. so they're baiting the bad guys. and with people shopping online, more than ever , this crew is even trailing santa's elves to ensure special deliveries arrive safely. it can be heartache if you have your your property stolen. we can all we can all connect with that. and we probably know someone that's been victimized, so we kind of take a personal motivated to be on the lookout for leeds license plates and sometimes a little luck it really unfortunately, it is a needle in a haystack. if i'm being completely honest, we've caught a couple people over the last couple years, but it's also about advertising and deterring criminals interacting and educating neighbors on ways to prevent theft, all while sending a

that means present patrol, preventing porch pirates from preying on packages with permission from some homeowners. police are planting decoys on several doorsteps, sometimes filled with trackers to catch the crook will be on your right hand side and a couple houses, other times, keeping watch for anything or anyone suspicious guys doing because theft and burglary is our up this time of year. so they're baiting the bad guys. and with people shopping online , more than ever, this crew is even trailing santa's elves to ensure special deliveries arrive safely. it can be heartache if you have your your property stolen. we can all we can all connect with that. and we probably know someone that's been victimized, so we kind of take a personal motivated to be on the lookout for leeds license plates and sometimes a little luck it really unfortunately, it is a needle in a haystack if i'm being completely honest. we've caught a couple people over the last couple years, but it's also about advertising and deterring criminals interacting and educating neighbors on ways to prevent theft, all while s

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about early jimmy kimmel steve colbert and it seems like the fox network is embracing this idea between pirates and the rest of you with the award young conservative media and is that something to look forward to seeing more of with younger conservative voices? [applause] it being conservative is cool. it's cool when you are 80 and it's cool when you were 19 because you have the facts on your side. and you are unafraid and that has always been a renegade out -- attitude of this country the risktakers the pioneers the loudmouths, the jokesters. it's pretty important to you. so the people that are willing to put themselves out there and say things that could be controversial and those people have always been a involved in comedy. comedy is where you push that edge and you can't push that edge seriously i mean get her out. so you have to have a platform like fox that's willing to stand by people who take risks because you can't develop that kind of personality if you are canceled or if you have a small platform and they don't see is the box i believe has done a good job of supporting edgier younge

for the purposes she had and he said that when she entered he look at nancy pelosi, he saw a fellow pirate. and i think of your newt gingrich, and i think that phrase as fellow pirate. >> in a few months infrastructure bill with a continued response to covid-19 and with campaign finance reform and with really significant challenges and if you want to understand it, how nancy pelosi develops strategy and tactics and operationalizes it, we should read this book and it will give you the best insight of these very critical times and such a delight to have you susan and join us in education and politics with the congresswoman and chairwoman of the house appropriations committee in may 19, governor bill richardson how to navigate international situations and you can receive more information by going to the institute of politics and i do recommend that you go to ww w. com rated. [inaudible]. and also thank you very much again. >> cspan running out, watch the days biggest political events five or on demand anytime, anywhere on her new mobile video happen cspan now, highlights and c-span radio and

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but have you seen a pooch pirate. yeah, that's that's the dog right there. this four-legged eve trying very hard to quietly, get away with a package. it took off a porch in lexington, kentucky and now the sleet snow greyhound. it's more of like a like a golden retriever. of ill-gotten it was a scared off with another dog. a guard dog began barking there. as for what was in that package. it has expensive taste apparently pretty good taste, right. catherine. it was a leather jacket. yes, trying to get out of that he does have good taste or to chew on cute little dog. >> 6 homes in southern teamed up for a really impressive light display. they were getting ready for this for a year. the residents of one cover city neighborhood almost a block long display. it features 3 d printed lights. it's got to show that runs for about 30 minutes. the houses each have a unique design representing both hanukkah and christmas in new york city. the mayor has announced a scaled back. new year's eve celebration in times square. >> in addition to providing proof of vaccination an

and remember when he was taken by somali pirates. one of them, a guy who is also on this mission as was o neill was on captain phillips mission, was the one who took out the final pirate through a portal window in the lifeboat. and after it was over he obviously had an adrenaline rush but kind of went off by himself because there is a burden in this team to being singled out. among other things that kind of breaks that and there's a certain amount of perpetual jealousy. so o'neill, after he takes out bin laden, that day before he leaves the compound's thinking to himself as is the best day of my life are the worst day of my life? he knows things are probably not ever going to be the same. he became very aware. i think it's one of the reasons in the end he wrote the book was because some of the seals he could tell were looking at him differently because he was the man who killed osama bin laden. >> host: several of the questions have to do with how things are different today. the fight against terrorism, whether for example when presi

so are the thefts with porch pirates, stealing packages after a delivery is made in fact, that's what happened to one sacramento county family home surveillance video captured a woman stealing packages early saturday morning. >> the homeowner says the stolen packages were mostly gifts purchased for children in need as part of a holiday toy drive. >> i think that she should know that one day somebody is going to catch her and what she's doing is really harming people that are in need. >> the sacramento county sheriff's office is investigating the theft saying that they take these crimes seriously. anyone with information or who recognizes that woman is asked to call police force teaming up with a super bowl of caring to help support local food charities. if you'd like to donate, you can use your phone to scan the qr code on your screen or techs and y e donate to 2, 6, 9, 8, 9, you can also visit tackle hunger dot or and select a local charity that you'd like to help. >> cloudy skies rain around the bay area now and a series of storms headed our way. the forecast is next. coming up in s

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that includes porch pirates. sometimes they're grabbing package is almost as soon as they're delivered. that's what happened to one sacramento county family home surveillance video shows a woman stealing packages early saturday morning. the homeowner says most of those gifts were for children. part of a christmas toy drive. >> i think that she should know that one day somebody is going to catch her and what she's doing is really harming people that are in need. >> investigators are asking anyone with information to call the sacramento county sheriff's department. in national news. police in new york looking for thief who disguised himself as a ups delivery man and robbed a family gunpoint there is video of the scene. the suspect and an accomplice entering a bronx apartment building holding a box wearing a homemade have to read ups when a resident answered the door. police say the thief pushed his way in said he had a gun a couple in their 60's were tied up along with their 2 young grandchildren. the thieves made

and he said when he looked at nancy pelosi, he saw a fellow pirate and if you're newt gingrich i think the words fellow pirates are intended as high praise indeed. >> folks, over the next several weeks and months, congress is going to be dealing with an infrastructure bill with continued responses to covid, with campaign finance reform, with many significant challenges. if you want to understand how nancy pelosi develops strategy and tactics and operationally utilizes it, you should read nancy pelosi's. and it's congresswoman delauro, and then bill richardson how to navigate international hostage situations. google cornell institute, and follow the links to madam speaker, nancy pelosi and lessons of po power. ... >> at least six president recorded conversation while in office. here many of those conversations on c-span's podcast presidential recordings. >> the presidency of lyndon johnson. he was about the 1964 civil rights act act, the 1964 presidential campaign, the gulf of tonkin incident, the march on selma and the war in vietnam. not everyone knew they were being recorded. >> cert

he, once again, failed to break the witch's curse. [ laughter ] after the -- [ laughter ] after the "pirates of the caribbean" ride at disneyland malfunctioned on sunday, guests had to wait 90 minutes until employees were able to push their boats to the exit. "we were sitting there for what felt like hours and nothing was happening" said someone watching the movie. [ laughter ] dunkin' -- a very -- a very late zing [ laughter ] pirates of the - those film makers were like "i think we're out of the woods." [ laughter ] been over a decade well, at least they're not going after avatar they are?" [ laughter ] dunkin' donuts announced new flavors this week for their holiday lineup, including a toasted white chocolate signature latte and white mocha hot chocolate. and if you want to see what those drinks look like, check out ben affleck's paparazzi photos next week [ laughter ] finally, the animal rights group, peta, last week, called on major league baseball to stop using the term bullpen for the area where pitchers warm up because it references the place where cattle are kept before slaughter. i

♪ >>> finally tonight, a woman in connecticut lost a package to a porch pirate recently. and she caught the critter red-handed. a possum doing a quick grab of the gold hoop she had been waiting for. no word whether the four-legged bandit plans to regift them. that's "nightline" for this evening. catch our full episodes on hulu. see you right back here same time tomorrow. thanks for the company, america. good night. everyone needs health insurance. covered california is making sure more people can get it. new federal funding of $3 billion is available to help more californians get covered. julie and bob are paying $700 less every month. dee now gets comprehensive coverage with no monthly premium and the navarros are paying under $100 per month. check coveredca.com to see your new lower price. covered california, this way to health insurance. enroll by december 31st. there's never been a better time to switch to xfinity. get the fast and reliable this internet you deservence. for only $19.99 a month for 12 months for an epic deal this holiday season. and score 12 times the

we've seen a lot of porch pirates. this holiday season. but have you seen a porch pirate. this four-legged thief is trying hard to quietly. get away with the package. it took off in a porch in lexington. ken, kentucky now it's no greyhound more like a golden retriever of ill-gotten goods. it was scared off when another dog probably a guard dog began barking. as for what was in the package. leather jackets. now tiktok overtakes google, the social media app is the most popular site in 2021 it beat out last year's top favorite google. according to a new tech report, tiktok even beat out companies it out ranked last year. that includes amazon, apple, facebook, microsoft and netflix. the pandemic has apparently helped. tiktok was closely followed by google in second place and facebook in 3rd, microsoft and apple completed the top 5 spots. still ahead in the next hour on the kron 4 morning news people are rushing to get covid test before gathering with family. why many? >> are having trouble finding them. plus a big rig overturned and shut down a highway in fremont for hours. we

when you're thinking of porch pirates you're probably thinking of thieves who steal packages from doorsteps, but what do you call thieves to steal an entire inflatable decoration set from a front lawn. >> it's really disappointing to have to even talk about something like this during the holidays. >> reporter: it's one of the perks of owning a home with a big yard, can you go all out for the holidays, and that's what they have done for the last ten years with a nutcracker and snoopy fireplace that shines at night. >> so many people are used to coming by here and seeing the decorations. >> reporter: farmer, a member of the public services commission. he had logged off a virtual meeting, when around 1 14k 30 p.m. neighbors saw this. >> they stole my two inflatables. >> reporter: farmer didn't call police. instead, he's extending an olive branch to the thieves. >> i would offer a restorative justice approach, if they decided to return the items and do an apology note, and we can have a discussion about it. >> reporter: after farmer posted the reason for his empty lawn on next door, neighbors p

a gust of wind sense, the inflatable pirates is flying 10 meters or 3 feet into the air. the primary school was celebrate in the last week of class before christmas, holidays on kong has been holding it fast elementary elections since the crackdown on the pro democracy movement by beach in observer. see their turn out could be the lowest since hong kong honda of angle o handled, i should say to china. midi hong kong residence at the saw the vote. us need affair . not democratic. and a news only candidates considered the traffic to china were able to run media position candidates where silenced jewelled or fled their territory. hong kong leader, carrie lamb was one of the 1st class have vote. she denies like he's ations, had government sets both turn out rates. but i do have said very target for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committee. now we had from our correspondent phoebe kong in hong kong. she gave us thi

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