400,000 home burglaries take place from november to december. but you don't have to be a victim. we've got a security consultant from adt.com and he's joining me live from boston to share certain tips on how to keep all of our homes safe even when we're not there. robert, good to have you with us. this is a really busy time of year for someone like yourself. is it because people let their guards down more during the holidays, or there are people out there that are really looking to take advantage and be more aggressive? >> it's a little bit of both. i would say that definitely the criminal is a little more aggressive this time of the year. you know, like you said, millions of traveling, they're leaving, going to friends and families, they're going, you know, taking their vehicles, they're shopping, their houses are dark and mail might be piling up and newspapers might be pilingup, and the bad guy, you know, they're shopping, just like you and i are shopping, but they are shopping inside of your home, grabbing your gifts, grabbing your plasma tv, grabbing your jeweljewelry, mak
mullen, and this follows up, as he pointed out, secretary gates, general cartwright, and others, who are saying to those who suggest that we might, in fact, have another year -- >> and we've been listening to senator john kerry as well as senator dick lugar, he's the ranking mej of the senate foreign relations committee address what's taken place today now on the senate floor of getting the votes that they needed to close debate on the s.t.a.r.t. treaty and move forward getting that bill passed, possibly tomorrow according to senator kerry. they have a series of amendments they'd like to get to. he's saying they listened to all the advice of the people needed and they'll move forward on this. again, as early as tomorrow. when we had to jump into that we were talking to robert from adt.com, i appreciate you being fluid with me about this. >> sure. >> we talked about the nation's security and we'll get back into our own personal security. we were talking about window film, let's explain to everybody out there some of the tactics that they can take if they are