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agencies here where we expect to learn many more details, perhaps even the results of the testing on that corpse. also, there were two other men seen on video with savannah the night she went missing, so perhaps we will learn more about their status this afternoon. dana? >> dana: matt finn, thank you. a look at some other stories as our daily three. the wife of david ortiz said he is recovering after his third surgery linked to his bullet wound. she was not last month at a bar in the dominican republic. second, the homelessness rate in san francisco sky rocketing, jumping 30% since 2017. number three, one of the country's largest teachers union suing the department of education over a federal program that promised a wipe away the remainder of their federal student loan debt if they made regular payments for ten years. the union said more than 1 million teachers applied, but only 1% got their loan forgiveness approved. a philanthropist donating
and so this is a process that the democrats have created and it is entirely now up to us to try to make sure that dr. ford has her side of the story heard as well as judge kavanaugh. and we hope that she will take advantage of that opportunity and we can move forward with this process. in the meantime, we continue to get record economic news. in addition to having 4.2% economic growth in the second quarter of this year, very robust number, we also saw middle income levels reach their highest level ever in 2017. number of job openings, highest level ever. and at 6.94 million job opening. and then also we've seen the small business -- >> so listening to some of the leaders in the republican conference there reiterating just the bit we had gotten a second ago. it sounds like david chalian i'll put this to you, it sounds like again mitch mcconnell again
two best friends and epic night and i predict fun shenanigans. >> i wondered where that was going. >> anderson cooper and andy cohen, you know it. it begins tonight at 8:00. as the world ushers in the new year we are reliving the biggest stories of a hectic 12 months. >> slinging mud at journalists and crying foul about fake news. president trump's complicated relationship with the press continues. >> here is cnn's senior media correspondent brian stelter with his top media story picks of 2017. >> reporter: scoops, falsehoods and few days and firings. and a cultural reckoning. here are the top seven media stories in 2017. number seven. late night in the age of trump. from jimmy kimmel's emotional
what a strong year for u.s. stocks. even though they closed lower yesterday, wall street had its best year since 2013. >> stocks have seen a 25% bump since president trump took office, but you see here, this is the run over the last eight or nine years. cnn's christine romans and richard quest have the top seven money stories of 2017. ♪ >> bitcoin explodes. >> amazon rules. >> ceos revolt. >> and investors cheer. >> here are the top seven money stories in 2017. >> number seven, brick and mortars retail apocalypse. a record 6,700 locations shuttered in 2017, a stunning list of bankruptcies. more than 70,000 retail jobs
if you are invested, you have loved this ride. stocks are pretty close to that 25,000 milestone for the dow. the president takes a lot of credit for the success of the market. stocks have seen quite a bump since the president took office. extending the bump we saw under president obama. the top money stories of the year. >> bitcoin explodes. >> amazon rules. >> investors cheer. >> here are the top seven money stories in 2017. >> number seven, brick and mortars retail apocalypse. a stunning list of bankruptcies. more than 70,000 retail jobs lost. and online sales are soaring.
the president's srelationship with the press, just one of the stories in 2017. brian stelter counts them down. >> firings, a cultural reckoning. here are the top seven media stories in 2017. number seven, late night in the age of trump. from jimmy kimmel's emotional obamacare appeal -- >> if your baby is going to die and it doesn't have to, it shouldn't matter how much money you make. >> to the outcry after ch charlottesville? >> the fact it took the president two days to call out
i use herpecin l.re, it penetrates deep to treat. it soothes, moisturizes, and creates an spf 30 barrier, to protect against flare-ups caused by the sun. herpecin l. president trump's attacks on his own attorney general is just one of the top justice stories of the year. laura jarrett counts us down. >> from tackling violent crime to russian meddling in a presidential election to immigration, civil rights and presidential tweets and everything in between. the attorney general had his hands full this year. here are the top justice related stories in 2017.
meddling in a presidential election to immigration, civil rights, presidential tweets and everything in between. the attorney general has had his hands full this year. here are the top seven justice related stories in 2017. number seven, tough on crime makes a come back. once former alabama senator jeff sessions was sworn in as attorney general, he set out to make his mark on the criminal justice system. >> a new era of justice begins. and it begins right now. >> what a difference a year makes. elections really do have consequences. >> reporter: in may, sessions directed federal prosecutors to pursue the stiffest possible charge in all criminal cases. >> this could severely change the sentencing procedures in the united states. >> reporter: upending an obama era phase. >> we know that drugs and crime go hand in hand. they just do.
it sure was a white christmas in erie, pennsylvania. take a look at that. that is what nearly 60, 6-0, inches of snow looks like. the two-day total is the highest in the entire state of pennsylvania. according to national weather service. 2017 ending with a wintry mess seems fitting for a year filled with extreme weather. >> it was an incredible year of weather extremes. 2017 produced 15 different billion dollar weather disasters in the u.s. here are the top seven weather and climate events of 2017. number seven, every acre of california was in drought. nearly two-thirds of the state was classified exceptional. tens of millions of trees died
2017 produced 15 different billion-dollar weather disasters in the u.s. here are the top seven weather and claimant events of 2017. number seven, every acre of california was in drought and nearly two-thirds of the state was classified exceptional. tens of millions of trees died, creating concern for a major wildfire season ahead. rain and snows returned with a vengeance to california in the fall of 2016 and continued through the spring of this year. by april, governor brown officially declared the drought over. the heavy rain and melting snow was beneficial to most, but some, it became too much of a good thing. in february, the orville dam was in danger as an emergency spillway began to erode. 188,000 residents below the dam were evacuated. in the end, the dam was shored up and the disaster was narrowly avoided. number six, the eclipse of the century. on august 21st, millions of