it could be no place else. [ bicycle bell dings ] ♪ [ horn honks ] >> anthony: listen to me. listen to me. there is no other way to see this city, hanoi, than from a motorbike or a scooter. to do otherwise would be to miss it all. [ horns honking ] ♪ >> anthony: it is one of the great pleasures of my life to join the river of people rushing through the streets. ♪ [ horns honking ] ♪ >> anthony: vietnam. it grabs you and doesn't let you go. once you love it, you love it forever. i've been coming here since 2000, the first time i'd been in this part of the world, and it's held a special place in my heart and my imagination since. i keep coming back, i have to. [ bells ding ] vietnam has changed since last time i was here. it's changing every minute. [ horns honk ] but some things, for now, anyway, remain the same. important things, like this stuff. that's going to be good. bún oc. first meal in hanoi, and it's something they do here better than anywhere else. okay, i'm officially in hanoi now. mm. magic. a spicy, wonderful broth with tomatoes and herb and noodles and fre

closing bell, five minutes away. dow 20,000, not going to happen today. i'm happy it didn't happen while i was in the middle east. we have the chance maybe tomorrow, who knows. we'll talk to the 2 billion-dollar man, tim courtney, about that when we come back. ♪ liz: one trading session left in 2016, folks. i want to bring in somebody who made money this year. prudential wealth advisor cio, tim courtney, with us live. if you're in stocks you did pretty well throughout this entire year with a lot of bumps. what happens starting 2017. what are you predicting? >> we think because of odds of u.s. recession are very low, most of the recession indicators are trending towards strength, because we should come through relatively good economically, there is a lot of potentially good policies coming up in terms of tax reform for companies, stocks should do well, although it wouldn't be surprising if we have kind of a typical five to 10% pullback with levels we're seeing in equity market today. potential small pull backs but good overall. liz: but no recession. tha

performers at this year's ceremony included kelly clarkson, marc anthony, and the president got into the act himself leading everyone into a rendition of "jingle bells". >> the president delivered his final christmas message that americans treat one anothers >> i could hear him really singing. >> i heard when they kind of isolated his microphone. it wasn't bad at all. >> he likes to sing. we all do at this time of year. >> no. >> nice. you had to remember that. >> you know. >> al never forgets. what's going on in the weather? >> we have some wind to talk about especially for our friends down in southern california. santa ana setting up, northeasterly winds coming in and these are gusty and dry some downed power lines and trees. because things are so dry we >>> some are speculating about a possible motive emerging in that chilling abduction of a mother in california and why police are not happy about the victim's husband speaking out about the case. but first, this is "today" on [ whispering ] the new iphone's finally here. and you can get it on any network, but why would you? and we

performers at this year's ceremony included kelly clarkson, marc anthony and james taylor. the president got into the act himself leading everyone in a rendition of "jingle bells." ? jingle bells jingle bells ? ? jingle all the way ? >> and the president also delivered his final christmas message that americans treat one another as they would like to be treated. >> yeah, i actually heard one where they isolated his microphone. it wasn't bad. it wasn't bad at all. >> he likes to sing. we all do this time of year. he had to remember that. >> yeah, you know. >> al never forgets. what's going on in the weather? >> we have wind to talk about especially for our friend down in southern california. santa ana setting up. northeasterly winds coming in. these are gusty and dry offshore winds and may cause some downed are so dry, we could be looking at fire growth potential. damaging wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour and wind advisory and high wind warnings and red flag warnings. another thing we're going to be watching and talking about in the next half hour. developing heavy rain