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Carries huge amounts of gasoline between houston and the east coast, it is expected to be back up and running today. the damage caused by hurricane harvey could be in the billions of dollars. thats with a "b." some big businesses pledged more than $157 million to relief efforts as of this weekend. thats according to the u.s. chamber of commerce. 69 incumbents have donated -- companies have donated $1 million or more so far. want to know some of the biggest donors -- tech billionaire michael de...

Reductions. the company ceo said the difficult decision was driven by, quote, the continued challenges of the retail environment. another corporate leader feeling those challenges is 77-year-old ralph lauren. he is currently witut a ceo. hes part of a $317 million shakeup for his business. hes trying to refocus energy on ecommerce. he sees that as the opportunity. clearly another story that were following today is the latest development in seattle about the fight between workers like uber and ly...

Willing to help out with that. >> president trump expressed how important it is for his administration to fight against organized crime, just as president pena nieto does. for instance, president pena nieto said how important it is to stop illegal weapons to get into mexico. and those are coming from the u.s. and the importance of stopping cash, getting into the hands of the cartels. and how important it is to collaborate on that. so the presidents agree on that and president trump was looking f...

Administration in 30 years without a latino person in the cabinet. he tried on assure the people that some appointments down the line will be a more diverse administration. he said one that will go on record as one of the most diverse. as of now, that remains to be seen. these seats are vacant. >> agency, by agency, as they identify a career person who will run things until the cabinet secretaries are confirmed. you will have people who will be acting secretary of state. acting secretary of the ...

Executive order included leade inhe russian intelligence services which is really a broader statement about their involvement but the individuals themselves in addition to the russian intelligence service were added in as having a particular effect in terms of their role in ecommerce and some related challenges but its hard to know exactly how important they were on the global stage. look, cybersecurity is bigger than just our elections. i would say the bulk of cyber attacks today are about inte...

Will be shut down. one in maryland, another on long island here in new york. this less than a day after the u.s. government leveled sanctions against the fsb, the russian spy agency that seceded the kgb, and giving nearly three dozen diplomats who the u.s. accuses of being intelligence operatives 72 hours to leave the country. the president also imposed sanctions on the russian military intelligence service, gru, four of its high-ranking officers and three companies suspected of supporting it. a...

Cheaper, no tax. >> reporter: that bottom line that counts. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: i want to show you this busy register here and were inside sears where the black friday deals are flowing. weve got a bunch of shoppers here and what were finding this black friday may be one of the biggest black fridays on record and target already seen their ecommerce had a record day and amazon just the last ten hours or so of black friday, they have already sod more products, had m...

>> reporter: now, it has been a record breaking morning this morning. target has had its best years ever in ecommerce and amazon.com is also telling us. the last eight hours of black friday, they are on pace to beat the number of items ordered this time last year. it is all looking up for retailers. can they sustain this to close out this fourth quarter in a way that matters to the bottom line. the mall here, new port center is rolling out every cart they can to get you in the door. >> looks lik...

Dont forget to hashtag it #yourbizselfie. todays elevator pitch has gotten the attention of some hollywood stars. lets see what our panel thinks. tanya yukie is the founder of social media and then we have modelist. it allows you to get your business into ecommerce and specialty shops. >> hi. my name is jeff botner and im the co-founder of brackish. we specialize in bow ties hand crafted with natural feathers. the idea started eight years ago when my co-founder and good friend ben ross came up...

The young people and thats a reflection of the great public infrastructure in the day of ecommerce. it is the young people shopping on the internet more than anyone. >> this is going to cut jobs. thousands of jobs across america. what hope do you hold out quickly that there will be a new majority in congress? >> a some point there will be a new board of governors. were hoping with public pressure to turn it around. stop the changes and the mail sortation, and delivery system so it doesnt get slo...