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Then the commission came in and said we are doing manual voting for some areas and going to extend that into today. obviously, that meant put on the table the things the card reader was supposed to stop, fraud and rigging. we are not quite sure what it means, yet. it is an embarrassment for the electoral commissioner. >> christian for us in nearigen. voting will be completed now on tuesday. in guinea, the country declared a 45-day health emergency to help stop the spread of ebola. patients won...

Lawsuits going back and forth on that front. we is a similar breach in t.j. max in 2007 that cost the company $265 million. there are some shoppers already saying they are foregoing their stop at target because they are still worried about any fallout. its the companies hurt by this. the consumers will fare just fine on the other side. >> this is the second largest credit card security breach in history. what is it about our credit card system in this country that makes it vulnerable to this kin...

Data breach involved shoppers who swiped their cards at target stores nationwide between november 27th, the day before thanksgiving, and december 15th. target says online customers were not affected by this. joining me live now, tyler mathison from cnbc. lets talk about this fix here. how are consumers supposed to have confidence in this when you look at the mass number of accounts that could have been compromised? >> this is one of the biggest data breaches weve ever seen, tamron. ranking right...

And child. a new product could change the way we all look at wallets. because the company behind a new electronic wallet claims that it will combine your credit, debit, and gift cards all into one gadget. its called coin. its a&ìñ blue tooth device about the size of credit card. the makers of coin say it will work at any atm or card reader. they say coin holds only 8 different cards at a time. but it syncs to your smart phone where you store unlimited cards and swap them around whenever you fe...

Schools. when i asked the superintendent about this, he told me this, quote, ve have to way budgetary issues as well as where the threats might present themselves. when the threat presented itself here at this elementary school yesterday, here is how the shooter got inside. they have security here. tlp are double doors here to get in. you either have to have a security card for the card reader here or you have to push the button or be visually identified and somebody talks to you. what the shoot...

Explained why he had to cancel his card. credit card fraud is common, and its called identity theft or identity fraud. >> we asked random people if it happened to them and came across christine pelosi, nancy pelosis daughter who also has been a fraud. >> i was using my card in california and somebody was using my card in ohio. >> thieves stole credit card numbers right from a gas station using this, its called a skimmer, a duplicate card reader that can be easily and installed on a gas pump. her...

It goes to show you. >> credit card fraud is very common. and its often -- now called identity theft. or identity fraud. but its, you know, the old fashioned someone steals your credit card. >> reporter: we asked random people if it happened to them and came across christine pelosi. minority leader nancy pelosis daughter who has also been a victim of fraud. >> well at the same time i was using my card in california someone was using my card in ohio. >> reporter: and crooks can be very inventive....

Energy thing. broder wrote last year "the state of the electric car is dismal, the victim of hyped expectations, technological flops, high cost and a hostile political climate." that was something he wrote, not particularly about the tes tesla but then when he drove the tesla he wrote this negative refew. he said "i spent nearly and hour at the milford charging station. a graphic that a companies the article after tesla looked at and pulled some kind of electronic card reader from the card that ...

Musical sounds. we can change the sounds and we get classical music. >> this is great. for a little guy, this is great. >> this is the go say morpher. its a card reader, just like what the kids see on tv. >> ready to go and fight some crime. >> youll see all kinds of cards, legendary rangers coming back this year. youre also going to see a lot of new doll introductions this year. fashion dolls, theyre wonderful. but i have two of my favorites. first, this is pinky cooper. >> oh, look how cute sh...

>> heather: welcome back. a new warning for consumers, about credit card crimes. police seeing a spike in something called card-cloning. when the data is stolen from that magnetic strip on the back of your card through a secret card reader called a skimmer. how do you protect yourself from the growing form of identity theft? lets bring in brenda buttner, senior business correspondent and anchor of bulls and bears. thanks for coming back. >> sure. >> heather: exactly how does it work? cloning. >>...