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Usa today contributor regina lewis is here. chances are most people got something that did not quite fit or wasn't their style or was just hideous and they didn't want it at all. how hard or easy is it going to be for them to make a return? >> well, they want to make it easy because it's actually an opportunity, craig, for retailers. they know they can build brand loyalty by handling that transaction fairly effortlessly. don't view it as an interrogati interrogation. they want you in that store. if they handle it well, odds are you're going to use that credit. you're going to say, before i lea...

To be somewhat light here because everyone's still on holiday. we're at record highs for the stock market right now it it's been driven a lot by what's happening, say, on the oil side of the business here. that means consumers are spending a lot more money. and that's why we're here at this mall. if you look at where futures are headed, we are expecting to go higher as well so maybe another record in today's session. that santa claus rally you were talking about it technically starts today, the day after christmas, and goes into the first couple of days in the new year. a huge focus is going t...

We're looking for people who want to stay on mars the rest of their lives. >> reporter: there's one real astronaut to take up the challenge. >> 15, 20 years down the road, maybe my wife and i will sign up together and head to mars. >> reporter: a dream that's starting to come into focus. in 2015, space is the place to watch. ben fogel for msnbc in austria. with the new year comes a new congress and a whole new set of challenges. coming up, i'll talk with congressman john yarmouth about working together on what's ahead. also, with all this talk about north korea and the sony hack, we have an ...

Republicans are going to face is resisting the urge to overreach. i think, you know, what we've seen over the last congress was consistent efforts to repeal the affordable care act or to undermine it. to eliminate environmental protections. to weaken labor unions. if they stay on that agenda, and don't focus on a positive agenda to help middle class america, then i think that's their biggest challenge. because there's a real risk of their doing that. the other thing we're facing, craig, is the next budget year, which starts on september -- on october 1st of 2015, we're stilled to return to wha...

$50,000 per dog. those wounded warriors interested in the program can check out their local petsmart for more information. it's sort of his job to love all mankind. so who better than the pope has advice other than the one you are with on this valentine's day. pope francis gave advice to thousands of young couples. put a ring on it. the pope said couples should not be afraid to get married. when it comes to weddings, don't focus on the parties but the purpose. the next co-host of love lines with "dr. drew," it started as a chri christian holiday. if you're on the east coast and waiting until...