Page 4 - Daniel Halperin News Today

Dubbed cyber week now? groupon has an average discount race of 62%. over the weekend the average spending per person totaled nearly $300, and ill tell you, jenna, if youve opened up your computer, your phone, i know youre seeing it, deals for everybody from vacations to cuff links. on average most people are expected to spend just a little bit more than last year. jenna? jenna: well, thats good news for the economy. at this point, adam, i dont even know whats a good deal because youre flooded wi...

Instance, isis growth, isis spread seems much more present, much more acute than fears about weather changing. now, an interesting dynamic here too though is when it come toss the united states geopolitical position, this climate change event is kind of significant because the countries that are going to be most opposed to any sort of tough deals, one of those countries is russia. of course, the presidents taken a lot of flak from these same republican candidates for not being tough enough on ru...

Federation, an estimated 121 million shoppers plan to go online just today alone. thats actually down from about five million last year. 103 million have already done their buying over the weekend. these sales have actually extended before cyber monday. most people log on on computers, but about 25% will use their mobile devices this year. amazon, the so-called king of online retailers, is hoping to hold onto its cyber crown. theyll have deals including 60-inch tvs, all sorts of things, and new ...

♪ jon: pope francis wrapping up his landmark five-day visit to africa. he ended the trip in the central african republic, a nation suffering through years of religious violence. his holiness said mass for hundreds of thousands of the faithful, pope francis also visited a mosque where he urged forgiveness. the pope also made stops in condition kenya and uganda. jenna: more bargain hunters seem interested in shopping online than waiting on line on this busy retail weekend which all culminates to...

Robert dear will make his first court appearance via video link in just a few hours. will carr has more. >> reporter: robert louis dear set to appear in court in about four hours here in colorado springs. investigators are painting the picture of a loner, a man who they say liked to live off the grid. his neighbors have said he never came across as being overly passionate about talking about religion or abortion. we do know police searched his trailer in park county, colorado, this weekend. that...

But whats next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. jon: a fox extreme weather alert now on a deadly storm in the plains in the midwest dumping snow, sleet and rain making for dangerous travel conditions and sparking flooding concerns in some places. meteorologist maria molina live in the fox extreme weather center with that. >> reporter: hi, jon, good to see you. hello, everybody at home. were tracking in this large area of ...

Protect the kitchen and then alienate another group of employees. >> reporter: but another restaurant in seattle has found success. customer count is up and so is revenue. and here in new york famous restaurant owner danny meyer recently announced he was also getting rid of tipping at 13 of his restaurants. its an experiment many are watching closely, jenna, itll be very interesting to see how it plays out. jenna: it certainly will, abby, thank you. jon: new next hour of "happening now," after f...

Jenna: lawmakers in congress back from thanksgiving break for a final year-end push. theyre facing big budget decisions that could spark a political showdown and even a government shutdown right before christmas. rich edson is live in washington with the details for us now. >> reporter: well, jenna, congress returns with ten legislative days to authorize more than a trillion dollars in government spending. if lawmakers fail, a significant portion of the federal government shuts down. thats just ...

Tipping at this joes crab shack in illinois. menu prices are up about 12%, and employees are earning higher, steadier wages. >> if its successful and people see the benefits of it, it will catch on. >> i think we are seeing the reaction in a way that i think is going to mean less money for some employees. >> reporter: the employment policies institute questions whether employees will benefit but believes unions will. >> its the self-interested decision. i mean, if servers are receiving all of th...

kevin corke is traveling with the president, hes live in paris with more. kevin? >> reporter: no surprise the security process here has been overwhelming, a very, very strong posture as we expected given the number of world leaders that are obviously in attendance at this u.n. climate summit, to say nothing of the fact that as you pointed out a couple of weeks ago, of course, this city was hit by a devastating attack as 130 people died at the hands of professed muslim terrorists. as yo...