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0 openly game. billie jean king. ice hockey olympian. we re not sending any high profile politicians to the games but are two sending two openly gay athletes. the statement the government wants to make. in a lot of ways a new experience for russia. a proud country at many times in its history has been happy to ignore, defy, thumb its nose at conventions of the rest of the world. that can change a little bit when you invite the planet over for a couple weeks. that does it. rachel will be back here tomorrow night. more of me and up this weekend. starting 8:00 a.m. eastern time. now time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. have a great night. . good thursday morning. right now on first look, massive breach. the u.s. secret service is investigating a major credited a debit card theft from shoppers at target dating back to black friday. patriarch from the hugely duck dynasty show gets yanked following anti-gay comments. stocking soar. new all-time highs for the major indices. plus will dennis rodman ask kim jong-un about assassinating his own uncle? the million dollar picasso for 140 bucks. and penguins on parade just for the holidays. good morning, i m mara schiavocampo. we begin with a major security scare. a black friday security brooep breach at nearly every single one of target s 1800 u.s. stores potentially involving at least 1 million credit and debit cards, all according to the closely watched industry blog. secret service has confirmed that the agency is investigating but target has not yet commented. investigators believe the data was stolen through software installed on machines used to swipe credit cards. american express says it s put fraud controls in place, visa and mastercard have declined to comment. the breach could have extended up until just this past sunday. the star of one of hottest shows around is under fire for anti-gay remarks. bill robertson has been suspended indefinitely from the show after making comments in january s gq magazine. the 67-year-old called homosexuality a sin and compared it to bestiality and promiscuity. he went on to talk about his religion saying, quote, we re bible thumpers who just happen to ob television. he ll have to take a break from the television part as a and e said we are extremely disappointed to have his comments and they in no way reflect the net work s. duck dynasty was the number one nonfiction telecast in cable history. turning to news on your money. stocks soared wednesday with two of the major averages reaching record territory. in one day the dow jones climbed nearly 300 points. it s all thanked to ben bernanke and what he is revealing about the strength of the economy. leaders now say the economy is improving enough to begin to take it off virtual life support. the fed will start rolling back part of its multibillion-dollar stimulus program. but the near record low interest rates will remain low for at least another year which is good news for those looking to buy a home. now to a problem plaguing the white house for months. nsa spying. a white house report is calling for a major overhaul on surveillance tactics. but president obama is under no ob gags obligation to accept the recommendations. danielle leigh has the story. reporter: civil rights groups are celebrating the recommendations. there are 46 in total. and they suggest scaling back on the government s ability to delve into people s lives both here in the u.s. and also abroad. this reported on after leaks by nsa contractor edward snowden calls for sweeping changes to the way the government ensures national security. the advisory panel would end the nsa s ability to store massive telephone records or access them without getting a court order. instead storage would be left up to the phone companies themselves. the report also recommends allows tech companies to reveal publicly what they have been forced to provide. senator patrick leahy says the report proves the nsa went too far. just because we can collect massive amounts of data doesn t mean we should do so. reporter: he s proposed legislation that would curb the agency s powers. security experts agree certain checks and balances need to be restored. that is the deal we ve struck here in the united states, that the intelligence communities have got to tell the congress what they re doing and the congress has to provide a check. reporter: it s up to the president what recommendations to accept. even as we review our efforts and make some changes in how we do things, we will not harm our ability to face those threats. reporter: the white house says national security remains the top priority. president obama is expected to announce his decision about these recommendations sometime next month. thanks so much. turning now to phones on flights. a resounds no to in-flight calls from two major airlines, sdel take and jetblue eye announcements comes as the fcc he reviews its long time ban. both airlines say customers tell them in-flight calls would not enhance their experience, but it would detract from it. southwest airlines also signaled recently they re inclined to keep the ban especially if restrictions are eased. it s ultimately up to the airlines to offer the service. well, the s been 20 years since the whack heard round the world and the thug who orchestrated the tack on nancy kerrigan is giving a rare interview. he claims ex-wife tonya harding knew all about the 1994 attack on nancy kerrigan and he says they decided to do something really stupid and he only regrets ruin renning harding s promising career, not kerry began s. and speaking of sports, let s get to the latest with richard lui. dramatic finishes in the nba. first off, the rivalry, indiana and miami. pacers up by 11, but lebron james gets nasty screaming at mario chaum echaumer chalmers. it worked. flaen chokes miami survives 97-94. next knicks/bucks. overtime. bucks get the rebound. sending it to double overtime. carmelo anthony nailing a three-pointer earning his paycheck. knicks 107-101. more overtime yet. charlotte at toronto, tied. kendall walker hitting it in the final second. charlotte in a squeaker 104-102. it was the helmet in the jaw heard round the world. the nfl fined terrence garvin $25,000 for that play, leading with his helmet when blocking cincinnati punter who was still able to walk off the field. his jaw is broken. vertebrae cracked and season done. garvin is expected to appeal that fine. his team turned over the ball 11 times. he had a dismal 42% game shooting percent and losing 2-8 season record. what does the coach do about that some this. marcus was absolutely awful. that s about as pg rated as i can say it. he was awful. our guards were awful. our three starting guards have one assist and seven turn overs. they must think it s a tax credit. my wife my wife can score more than two buckets on 11 shots. because i know my wife will at least shot fake one time. to me when you ve got a young team, it s a lot like house training a puppy dog. when the dog does something wrong bad dog. i m not going to hit them, i won t swat them, but bad dog. and that was the pg stuff. it s good to be the king. or the pope in this case. the arrest again tine soccer club giving pope francis their championship trophy they earned sunday plus a jersey and goalie glove used to block a shot in the final minute. would love to see the pope on the pits. he is the people s pope. and breaking up office made not any, the red bull skate team turning a chicago high rise into a skate park riding on rails, ramps and desks. really tough work. we ll do that right here on the anchor desk. thanks so much, richard. and now time for a look at the weather. bill karins is here. i m willing to bet 100 bucks right now you ve never been on a skateboard in a skate park. you would lose. i have been on a skateboard because my brother used to skateboard. so i played around with it. all right. i need proof. i need another source on that one. the forecast is going to get warm in the east, messy in the midwest and snowy in the inner mountain west. the wig warmth in tbig warmth i and you ll be watching the snow melting especially on sunday. the cold blast is now being situated up in canada and a little bit withere in the northn plains. look at the temperatures in philadelphia over the next four to five days. all the snow will be long gone by the time they get done with sunday. 73. monday closer to reality and definitely by tuesday. we do have snow out there this morning. salt lake city is not pretty. freezing rain changing to snow. and that snow eventually will go across the northern plains through montana, south dakota tomorrow and into minnesota. but again, it s really the warmth that is crazy out there today. 70 in dallas, 55 in kansas city. and chicago will be a mess. they will be right in the middle of the warmth and cold and they will deal with ice. thanks, bill. well, the nation s most valuable college football programs, do you think you know the top five? plus the worm, we re talking about dennis rodman, he s meeting with kim jong-un. will they talk about the assassination of kim s uncle?