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>> ginger zee and steve osunsami, our thanks to you both tonight. we learned late today that bill and melinda gates are ending their 27-year marriage. gates, cofounder of microsoft. the couple, two of the richest people in the world. as a couple through the bill and melinda gates foundation, they have donated billions to help people around the world. both are a force in the world of philanthropy and giving. here's our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: they are one of the world's richest couples, famous not just for how much money they've made, but how much they've giv...

Nbc news has more on stealing holiday package eggs. >> just in time for the holidays, police are warning porch pirates are on the prowl. but in jersey city, this package planted with a decoy. >> it took three minutes. basically, we put it down and we probably didn't get a mile out of the area until we got a radar transmission from our detector saying the package is on the move. >> police in jersey city planted dummy packages and tracked them. the explosion could ring up $124 billion in november and december is fooling the nationwide problem. an estimated 1 in 12 americans has had a package sto...

>> macy's. >> cooking and just fun. >> so for those shopping tomorrow, adobe says the best deals are on sporting goods. if you're shopping black friday, you'll find the hottest deals on electronics. if you're shopping online, cyber monday is about the toys. the lol surprise doll, the little live pets like this turtle here. this little guy was $20, by the way. what is crazy about this is that if you look at the numbers this month, before the official kick-off to holiday shopping, $32 billion has already been rung up in online sales. expect to add about $3 billion of that tomorrow on thanksgivin...

A 10% tax cut for middle income families. this is no business in addition to the big tax cuts that you've already gotten. >> yes, sounds good, right. i cover the economy every single day here. we have yet to see or hear any plan from republicans on that 10% tax cut for the middle class. but it has been nearly a year since the gop's tax cut went into effect. and i want to take a moment with a hat tip to the "new york times" to remind everyone what it has or has not done. according to jp morgan chase analysts in the first half of 2018 about $270 billion in corporate profits were repatriated to t...

In china. it's revealing economic problems in china. those are two different things. they have serious issues. run-away debt and serious credit. the stocks where they trade peaked in 2015 and it's down 50%. this morning they want to sell us back the waldorf astoria. they are in serious trouble. we need to keep the pressure on. something i'm working on, i want to do a special. the famed support for farmers. i'm asking the american farmer don't be a political tool for they cans who don't care about you because net farm income peaked in 2013. $124 billion. the year before it was $61 billion. it w...