externally. and astronauts are gearing up for another space walk. yesterday, the two americans on the crew successfully pulled out an ammonia pump with a bad valve. jpmorgan chase is now limiting the amount of money you can spend or withdrawal for those customers who used their debit cards at starting stores during the recent security breach. affected debit card customers will be temporarily limited to $300 worth of purchases and $100 in cash withdrawals per day. a source tells cnbc citibank will also impose limits. of course, all this after target says computer hackers stole data from as many as 40 million credit and debit card shoppers from its stores between november 27th and december 15th. joining me now is paul lipman, the ceo at the security firm total defense. paul, welcome. nice to be here. so chase says it s taking this action as a precaution. you re looking at 2 million americans or accounts who will be affected.
down to something they did wrong or just very smart computer hackers. but the bottom line is 40 million bits of information, names, data on credit cards has been taken. they think that this is quite serious. and i think anybody who shopped in target over that period you mentioned needs to be having a good look through their credit card statements to make sure there isn t any inappropriate activity here. it s not the first time. you remember tj max. we have seen these issues before and stores are going to have to take this seriously. we have a bit of news here in europe. s&p, the ratings agency have downgraded the eu s rating. it s been take on to aa plus. maybe it s not going to make much difference to what happens with money raising. the eu not a sovereign. a collection of 28 states, but it s a bit of a slap on the
yemen s defense ministry has killed as many as 23 people. gunmen rammed a car full of explosives. the attack reportedly targeted a hcht which was inside that complex. an nba basketball game last night in mexico city had to be called off after smoke poured into the building. police say the arena had to be evacuated 45 minutes before the game was scheduled to start because of a fire in the generator room. a brutal winter storm carrying snow, ice and sleet is heading east. one minnesota town on the banks of lake superior has already seen three feet of snow. it doesn t look good for a group of whales stranded in shallow water. ten have died in the waters of everglades national park. specialists are trying to move the 41 survivors into deeper water, and if you have not logged into facebook today you might want to check your account. the computer hackers have scooped up the user names and passwords of about 2 million
election? martha: you got to believe, you got to believe people are wondering if that is going to happen republican state for 20 years. tea party candidate who lost. martha: everybody has to be realistic about how people in america are feeling about this. and they aret. this unlike any other political issue i ever covered touches more human beings around this country than anything we ever looked at. we ll see how it works out. steven, monica, always a pleasure to have you both here. bill: martha, you just mentioned it, is the leadership in the senate about to change the rules on so-called nuclear option. we re awaiting that on the floor of the senate. we might get word in 10 minutes. security experts are warning that the crippled website is open to computer hackers around the world. would any of you advise american citizen to use the website with security issues exist. i wouldn t. unanimous no, don t use the website because of security risks? i say security would have to
thank you so much for joining us, we really appreciate it. thank you. time now for the story that you, our viewers, picked to see more of. you picked credit crisis. two romanian computer hackers are in jail for stealing credit card information from more than 150,000 credit and debit card holders here in the u.s. their scheme cost merchants, banks and customers $17 million and went on for two years. those con artists hit more than 800 businesses, with wisubway taking the biggest blow. subway spent more than $5 million searching and making changes to its computers. they were indicted to the u.s. and sentenced by a federal judge in new hampshire. if your favorite story wasn t chosen, don t worry. we re going to post all our stories on fox.com. that s all for me. we re standing by in new york for the rest of today s news,