with the efforts of the chinese people's association for friendship with foreign countries and the american national governors association, the mechanism of china-u.s. governors forum will be officially established. this is a pine nearing undertaking to expand bilateral cooperation. i believe with the establishment of this forum there will be more frequent exchanges, closer cooperation, and brighter prospects for the local governments of our two countries. the increasing exchanges and cooperation will enrich and invigorate the china-u.s. cooperative partnership based on mutual respect, benefit, and win-win outcomes. >> i visited the united states many times. in february 2009, i was in wall street and met with many business leaders, most of whom were pessimistic. they told me they had no idea when the economy could get out of the crisis. during the visit this year, i have seen the strong recovery of the u.s. economy. the economic recovery in china and in the united states contributed greatly to the recovery of the world economy. in today's complex and changing world, china and the united states face

the 2009 sundance film festival and earned bratt two prestigious awizards, an award from the national association of latino independent producers and the norman lear award. so for this accomplishment and for which you gave so many of us insight into our common humanity, thank you. [applause] >> our next award is a business award, and we would like to invite supervisor john after loss, who will be -- avalos, who will be presenting the business award tonight. [applause] >> our next honoree is ruben santana. he is the founder and president of rubecon builders, incorporated. founded in 1993 and based in san francisco, rubecon is a leader in health care, pharmaceutical and biomedical construction. they also perform commercial and industrial work in both the public and private sectors. mr. santana and his company are committed to giving back to the community in which they serve. please join us in welcoming mr. ruben santana. [applause] >> our next awardees for business is a son and mother duo, who are extraordinarily well recognized for their achievements with mama art cafe. mr. paulo cabezas opened ma

the national association of realtors says existing home sales rose 2.7% in january but that most of the buyers were investors who could pay cash. the number of first-time buyers shrank to 29% of the market and that's the lowest level in two years. a more healthy level is about 40%. the medium price of a home sold in january was just under $160,000. >>> apple's shareholders have rejected a plan to require company disclosure about a succession plan for ceo steve jobs. they cast their ballots today at the annual shareholders meeting in cupertino. and preliminary voting shows it was turned down. apple said a plan was in place internally but to require its disclosure would compromise trade secret. this morning, one analyst said at this point, steve jobs is important but not indispense in. >> had jobs left a few years ago, i would be worried aboutle but today i think -- i would be worried about apple but but today i think they could survive without steve jobs because everyone's relying on the system itself. >> steve jobs did not say anything about his cancer and his liver transplant until aft

on this day in 1948, the national association for stock car auto racing was incorporated. >>> all day, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. massachusetts senator scott brown sits down for his first live morning interview about his new book and his troubled childhood. and as prince william and kate middleton prepare for their upcoming nuptials, find out how princess diana kept her own wedding dress a secret before her big day. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific monday.

such an important component of education that i would really support efforts to connect the national association. >> there is a great deal of money in those organizations. most of the places we found support for doing local journalism comes from the corporation for public broadcasting or from local foundations. media is one element of it. the means seeking of support -- do you mean seeking out support of student journalists? that might be the way to go. >> looking at your schedule, i of see any district programming at all. i am wondering if you have a few comments, and do we utilize this for advantage in terms of getting information out and having a show that highlights some of the things that we are doing. >> we are certainly an outlet for school district information and inviting people to forums and doing teacher recruitment. we provide space for those announcements. we don't have a dedicated place for information about the school district program like you are talking about. >> i think we should have a slot or the superintendent speaks regularly are we have a place for a teacher or principal t

i serve for 10 years on the board of the national association for civilian oversight of law enforcement. i am here to speak about my experiment -- my experience with the city of san jose and tasered deployment. i'm not here to tell you tasers are bad or should not be used in san francisco. there should be careful guidelines in place for use. i worked with san jose to establish guidelines. when first deployed there, the city relies on tasered training, -- relied on taser training, which was to use them early and often. they have changed recommendations. the guidelines adopted in 2005 were the product of my recommendations as the auditor, were completed about taser guidelines by a representative of the aclu, and they are somewhat abbreviated from the guidelines disseminated for this meeting. the guidelines are an excellent starting place for developing a taser policy. if tasers were to be adopted, i recommend careful monitoring of taser usage by officers and units, as well as department wide. regular reports should be made to the commission and to members of the public. there should also

the monthly survey by the national association of home builders held steady in january at the same level it has been at for four months: 16. a reading over 50 represents more optimism than pessimism. the last time the survey showed that was in the spring of 2006. jeffrey mezger is c.e.o. of k.b. home, which builds and sells homes in ten states and the district of columbia. >> tom: he joins us tonight from the nasdaq. welcome to "nightly business report." nice to see you. >> all right, tom, nice to see you. >> tom: from your perspective, k.b.homes based out in california, selling homes in nevada, florida, and elsewhere, what is your level of optimism or pessimism about 2011. >> i'm definitely a higher rating than what you just shared from the n.a.h.b.. i was smiling as i listened to your comments as we've done some things to change or company and our products that i think have us positioned well in any market or any economic conditions. i'm optmistic. >> tom: and we'll talk about one of those new tactics coming up. are you optmistic we've seen the bottom in housing prices for this cycle n

you have also been very involved in the national association. being a doctor to that many people is a consuming job. why are you going for the larger and national level? guest: if my brother and i had the opportunity to listen to john f. kennedy speak live in new orleans. and that brought the call of service to me. as i progress in my medical career, i realize when you can change policy, you could affect millions of people. i have had a very gratifying career with the patients i have treated over the past 30 years, and you get immediate gratification, but when you can change programs that affect millions and millions of people. lbj never treated a person in his life, but the policies that he enacted, when you think about it, they have affected the lives of millions and millions of people. i think policy is critical in addition to the primary hands on a carrot that we get. host: we are learning more about the community health care centers and how they are making proposed cuts. $1.3 billion for the community health care centers. you can decide whet

and steven wechsler of the national association of real estate investment trusts says he was right. >> real estate provides two important investment features. one is a current return based on the underlying rents, and the other is capital appreciation over time. and what the reit format does-- and what milton paved the way in providing to investors in a stock market-- is the way to access high quality real estate with the professional management, and to do so with regular, dependable, income- based returns through dividends. >> susie: by november 1991, kimco was set up as a reit, and cooper turned to a group of investment banks to underwrite the deal. richard saltzman, then a merrill lynch executive, was in charge. he says, without cooper, the deal would never have happened. >> the concept existed, but it was really untested. and milton became the evangelist, if you will, and the spokesperson for this being the new paradigm, the new model, and arguably a better mousetrap for investors than how, historically, they had invested in real estate. >> susie: it took two weeks, but the kimco

that's the word from the national association of realtors. it said today sales increased 2.7% in january compared with december. meanwhile, prices fell 3.7% compared with last year. the median home price is $158,800. the lowest since april of 2002. >>> it was another down day on wall street as the dow dropped 107 points. the nasdaq lost 33 points. investors reacted to a slow revenue growth report from hewlett-packard and the violence in libya that pushed crude oil prices over $100 a barrel today for the first time in more than two years. >> president obama today condemned the violence in libya. >> the suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and it is unacceptable. so were threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters. >> the president says he is looking at the full range of options to pressure moammar gadhafi to stop attacks. those options include possible sanctions. the president is sending secretary of state, hillary clinton, to geneva on monday for international talks aimed at stopping the violence. >>> according to the state department, th

but there is the national association of children's hospitals that is a lobby group and is providing perspective on the hill and the impact that some of these cuts would have on our children's hospitals. children's hospitals are fairly new. it has only been in the last several decades. for many years we treated them as little adults. the fascinating thing that you learn when you tore our children's hospitals -- when you to work our children's hospitals it is a radically different health care. host: nyc, new york, on our line , go ahead.dencts turn down your television, ok? caller: thank you for having me on. my cousin is a pediatrician in india and she is now and in -- an anesthesiologist. i cannot believe how funding could get cut in a country where health care should be free for everyone. you go to places like europe or canada and you have health care for free. my cousin serves millions and millions of people. i am pretty puzzled why the budget would be cut at all. guest: it is obvious the puzzling since it impacts our future and our children. one of the things i find is almost anyb

for example, this amendment is supported by the airline pilots association and the national association of police organizations. and i ask unanimous consent to introduce letters from those organizations into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. and let me also thank senators kirk, boxer, durbin, casey, menendez, and schumer for their leadership on this issue. let me thank our partners in the house for their work, and let me thank chairman rockefeller and ranking member hutchison for considering this amendment. i hope senators from both sides of the aisle will join me in voting for this amendment that will protect our public safety against this new hazard. i thank you and i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. rockefeller: i ask unanimous consent that i be added as a cosponsor to this amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: mr. president, i have some notes here but the distinguished senator from rhode island has exhausted my brilliant n

when i was vice-chairman of the national governors' association, mark warner, who was then chairman and i worked on getting all the states and governors together on a medicare reform program, and go to the congress and the senate and ask them to approve changes that would save the federal government money and give the governors more flexibility. there were 50 governors in america. 49 signed on. every governor except one have not signed on. rod will give its did not sign on. he was the only one that did not. we thought this ought to be a slam dunk. it is not a political issue. it is not partisan. mark warner and die, one democrat, when republican -- and i, one democrat, one republican, we say we can save you several billion dollars, let us govern our medicaid programs all little bit more. it was the biggest fight i have never been in. mark and i would look to each other and just shake our heads and say "what is wrong with these guys?" they wanted to fight fights we were not even having. it taught me an important lesson. a further you row the vote from the shore, the more likely you are t

concerned, say the economy will grow moderately through 2012 that's according to a survey from the national associationusiness economics. it will be driven by demand from consumers are ready to start spending again jobless numbers are still expected to remain high. >> darya: the latest in wisconsin organizers about they will be back in a protest today. police backed away from threats to close the probing and let the protesters tuesday. the demonstration started two weeks ago in an effort to fight legislation proposed by the republican governor that was stripped of most public employees of their right to collective bargaining. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. less alive looking at the golden gate bridge nice, quiet, always clear. >> darya: 515 a m deputies are on the lookout for a boy who was reported missing and may be considering taking his life. hernandez left thompson and his girlfriend text messages saying he wanted to kill himself. he may be armed with his father is black or over he's described 5 ft. 7, 1 30 lbs., brown hairs, brown eye

the national association of realtors will be releasing their existing home sales for general. also hewlett- packard is down. the company ouissued an outlook for investors. we're not buy too much only down by 9.3%. opening bell will ring at six other day and appear go back with mor630 not sit i guess not thought of the sexes like 2009 when i had that each one and one have one of free coffee every time consuming for at and most expensive the biggest signs [ male announcer ] breakfast for breakfast. breakfast for lunch. breakfast for dinner. with three new breakfast lovers dishes, who needs a break from breakfast? denny's. america's diner is always open. >> welcome back. the police commission is taketaking it welcome comments. right now the mayor is approving of the research of tasters. before they had rejected the taser use and their guidelines. there is a meeting that will go through the different rights today at city hall. >>darya: the work post safety department is working on certain safety issues for different areas. there was a hospital that had some issues that have been un

president of the national association of scholars, and interested in your partly as the president of college. >> thank you. >> there's a component to your book which is a pitch for the continuing importance of generosity and the trust that comes from pretty much without outside things that are undercutting the motives to be generous in this particular philanthropic way. i was wondering if you had something to say about the threat within the philanthropic community and by that, i'm referring back to what goes on in higher education a lot. we've had numerous instances of donors who found their funds misspent or spent in a fashion that they did not intend. there's famous instances of foundations that have subfunded themselves because they are afraid to be captured by the professional fund givers who want to nudge the organizations towards purposes that the founders didn't inten, and there is this broad problem of those both individuals and foundations that want to give finding that the spirit of philanthropy somehow gets corrupted or gets undercut or channeled away from the purposes of

results what do you think we can place more fault with because the executive director of the national association of police organizations so the onus for you know the fact that also we've seen a huge increase in these no knock warrants lies completely with the judges but so do we do we blame judges for being more lenient and allowing more of these warrants or do we blame the police for being excessively violent when they're actually executing them. i think there's blame for everybody i mean the judges i think i think judges have been really really lax in their i mean they're supposed to be sort of guardians of the fourth amendment and you know in some of these cases a member the catherine johnson case in atlanta from a few years ago the judge literally rubber stamps that warrant i mean she had a stamp with her signature made in rubber and that's that's how that warrant was a group so i think judges aren't doing a good enough job sort of you know making sure that there is adequate suspicion use cases especially before issuing a no knock raid that the circumstances there justify going up are actual

this is a historic moment for the national governors association to have 29 new colleagues. congratulations to each and every one of the and welcome to the national governors association. [applause] all of us who are incumbent governors would say to you that it is one of the best jobs in america. we would also say to you that based on the circumstances of our times that it is truly one of the most challenging jobs in america. we have a wonderful group of governors, spouses, former governors, state officials, federal officials, foreign government, dignitaries, corporate partners, members of the media and many others here today. i want to thank all of you for coming. anyone around this table knows that we did not get here without the tremendous support of a spouse, a friend, a family member. gov. heineman, our two spouses are leading them as they go to this meeting over the next three days. he would like to introduce to you are two responses to tell you that today they will make all of us proud as they lead the spouse's delegation to walter reed. there they will participate in

in washington at the national governors' association meeting, the democratic governor criticized republicans in wisconsin. >> it's unfortunate with all the challenges we've come from this recession, that any state would be distracted from job creation and try to settle political scores or sharpen their ideological axe to go after unions. >> is picked up in other states for unions have been strong. an ohio it's similar to wisconsin limited collective bargaining is before the legislature. friday is the deadline, gov. scott walker said of the bill doesn't pass, that aid to local governments will be cut and layoffs are likely. washington, samantha hayes kron 4 news. >>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news at 4:30 p.m. >>pam: were still talking about the weather, the weather map showing the winds and they're pretty strong in certain places >>louisa: stain winds at sfo right now, we're getting stronger gusts with that too and it just seems kind of like scattered showers. a big difference from what we saw earlier. here's a look of your radar. you could see isolated cells workin

this is a historic moment for the national governors association to have 29 new colleagues. congratulations to each and every one of the and welcome to the national governors association. [applause] all of us who are incumbent governors would say to you that it is one of the best jobs in america. we would also say to you that based on the circumstances of our times that it is truly one of the most challenging jobs in america. we have a wonderful group of governors, spouses, former governors, state officials, federal officials, foreign government, dignitaries, corporate partners, members of the media and many others here today. i want to thank all of you for coming. anyone around this table knows that we did not get here without the tremendous support of a spouse, a friend, a family member. gov. heineman, our two spouses are leading them as they go to this meeting over the next three days. he would like to introduce to you are two responses to tell you that today they will make all of us proud as they lead the spouse's delegation to walter reed. there they will participate in

benefits district, concerned about safety and marketing of the area in fill mor, we also have the national association for the advanced set of color people fighting the cause for civil rights here throughout the bay area. we also have the st. john coal train church, which provides some services and activities to help bridge the musical gap for youngsters in the community. >> you have a lot going on here. >> a lot of different programs. we are so happy that now we have the new emerging and fledging culinary program that chef angelo and through the viable work of carmen is axeling in such a way. we hope it will be have a broader diversity student population and that person would get enrolled in the program. there is a class november 15th, so we really want a more diverse, ethnicity to understand there is valuable services that are provided here at west bay, they can get enrolled and get the skills. one thing that is for sure, restaurant business is very thriving in san francisco. you want to have the skills. >> thank you for all that you are doing. you have a positive impact in our community. if you wou

. >> the annual winter meeting of the national governors' association. live coverage throughout the weekend, on c-span. >> sunday, mike huckabee promoting his current book. he shares his thoughts on president obama and responsible -- and his thoughts about the 2012 presidential election. sunday at 6 18:00 p.m.. >> in a few minutes, we will take you to the pentagon for their news conference, announcing the winner of that airborne refueling contract that is set for 5 up 10. we will go there live. doug commodores's comments earlier today, saying the economic recovery is underway. you can see all of this later on this evening in our program on c-span. 2021.'s focus on assuming the continuation of policies, the projected backup will be larger than almost any budget category. the left hand bar shows a revenue and then the deficit. the right hand bar shows spending. this assumes the continuation of the policies i just discussed. under those circumstances, balancing the budget would require an additional cut in spending of about 1/4, an increase in tax revenue of

in washington at the national governors' association meeting verlaine's democratic governor criticized republicans in wisconsin. them up with all with the challenges we have gone through is crazy that any state would be distracted from job creation when we're trying to settle political scores. it is a logical. >> reporter: they are picking up in other states. in ohio a bill similar to wisconsin's collective bargaining is before the state legislature. friday is the deadline for them to balance their budget. scott walker says if the bill does not pass the and the agencies will be cut and layoffs are likely. and cement that for oakland. >>louisa: sheens of the ice on car why there's so wilwindowf a headache than what people in sacramento will up to. the dumping of snow. will this note last? neither. snow is a possibility and cool temperature is worth continuing. you can watch should stick around. here is what we have in terms of snow. in the sense that we have flakes. 300 ft. level. kilroy got down to about 300 ft. as well. then the mind got to 3,000 ft.. we have pictures from skyline bou

that includes the leftist party and the national association for change. so far, not the muslim brotherhood. that could be changing very quickly. what is this opposition coalition doing? they are trying to reach consensus over who can negotiate with president mubarak and how we should do so. we are already beginning to see changes in the movement. they are calling for immediate negotiations with president mubarak's son. they are insisting there will be no negotiations until mubarak departs. they are specifically requesting that mubarak hand over power now and proceed to dissolve the parliament, which is seen as illegitimate. that is what they want. there is another group forming of 10 public figures including a businessman and billionaire and other public figures. they are calling for the dissolution of parliament and for new elections. what does this all mean? how does this resonate with what is actually going on in the streets? the protest by in egypt, with the exception of today, have been by and large peaceful. you are seeing a response to orchestrated

we will have you back sometime. >> the national governors' association. ve coverage throughout the weekend on c-span. this has been a day of wide ranging news and events regarding libya, news that includes the united nations human rights council condemning the regime. the white house readying sanctions against libya. the u.s. closing its embassy in tripoli and evacuatinreds of u.s. citizens and other safely to the island nationf molotov. it is a date that began with a hail of gunfire in tripoli and in because they -- benghazi. protesters came under a hail of bullets today when militiamen opened fire to stop the first significant anti-government marches in days in net capital. shortly thereafter leader speaking from the ramparts of the historic fort in tripoli spoke to a paris supporters in tripoli. our coverage from this morning is courtesy of the aljazeera network. >> the mass lies. this is the great people of libya. you are the fruit of the revolution. you are the ecclesiastic -- enthusiastic fruit of the revolution. ec history and glory in the revolutio

then, from the national governors' association winter meeting, all forum on what state should be doing about cybersecurity, and then a panel on education with education secretary arne duncan. >> secretary of state hillary clinton addresses the united nations human rights council on the u.s. response to the situation in libya. our live coverage from to navy begins at 6:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. and there is a new way to get a concise review of the day's events. it is washington today on c-span radio. we will take you to capitol hill, the white house, anywhere news is happening and talk with the experts, politicians, and the journalist as we put the day's events into perspective. the stories that matter to you the most every weekday by a clot-7:00 p.m. on c-span rated. you can listen and 90.1 fm, and nationwide on xm satellite radio. our goal online at c-span.org. there is an iphone at, and you can download the program every evening as the c-span pot cast. >> former arkansas the governor mike huckabee is the author of a new book entitled "is simple government." c-span had a chance to t

last month the national association of america awarded the award for distinguished college teaching ofn she solved her first rubrics cube in her parents' car. at the time she was only in fifth grade, an achievement that led to many more. >> right there in the car, i screamed! the championship! that's the equivalent to me personally. >> well, that was lee ann melendez reporting and we thank you for sharing the love of math for her students. coming up next, the worst the economy gets, the better their business gets. >> calling his neighbors and family to embarrass him, displace him, humiliate him. [ alarm clock buzzing, indistinct conversations ] [ female announcer ] important events can sneak up on you. oh, i am not ready. can i have a couple weeks? you could be ready. you could lose 5 pounds in 2 weeks when you replace breakfast and lunch with a fru, ain, and yoplait light. betsy bets. you haven't changed a bit. oh...neither have you... sean. well, yeah. [ female announcer ] go to yoplait.com to start your two week tune up. rich, indulgent chocolaty brownies you don't have to open your

is the second time that alameda county has been invited out to deep ski before a national audience -- has been invited out to dc before a national audience to >>> the national automobile's association says more vehicles will be produced each year. >>> the city of walnut creek is deciding whether to ban the use of bounce houses and parks. they are only allowed in designated blacktop areas. they say that they are a liability hazard. a city workers say the forums are free to be ignored and of -- the progress dot process of permits lease time and money. >>> cisco company says they will provide wireless routers to students. about 25 students were without access to home so they donated computers and free internet connections to those students and their families. >>> a weekend of camping paid out for 100 students and their parents. spots were worried this morning on a first-come first serve basis. those who were not awarded were placed on a waiting list and they say the school was in a high demand because they are a small, safe, college prep school. >>> there are no plans to raise student fees this year. >> for the first time in history that these are larger and we are not in appropriatio

host: at the conclusion of this program, we will have live coverage of the national governors' association winter meeting opening news conference with the washington governor who is the chair of the national governors association and the governor of nebraska, the vice chair. our next call comes from erie, pa., on our line for republicans. you are on "washington journal." caller: governor schweitzer, it is nice to hear someone talk some sense. i worked on an electric automobile that featured solar panels in the car, roof, and trunk. it was the wind, elector, solar car. no one was even interested because of the tax money they collect on gasoline. my whole presentation was that you set up energy stations throughout that have wind and solar and then you have an exchange will battery that you can a $5 and exchange the battery and beyond your way. you also have energy units at your house with basically little windmills and solar panels and you would not have to use the great future of the batteries. no one was interested because of the taxes. the governments collect taxes. if you do a electric c

for a waiver of an application that wasn't even developed into a final recommendation by the national association of insurance commissioners. so part of that time delay was we didn't even know what she was asking to waive. but we are working with her and taking a very strong look at it. i understand what you're saying but on the other hand, why can't this be examined very quickly? >> because there's a data requirement as part of the application of the market destabilization and that data requirement was not even available to start until she knew what the rule was. >> okay. and on the other waivers then of the more than 900 for all these other companies and organizations, you had the rule issued and all, you know, that was out there? and so that was able to make that many determinations? >> the 900 waivers deal with one provision of the act which is a $750,000 annual benefit limit. and they had to submit data. most plans have a january 1 start time. so we got the bulk of the applications in the october to december period. and looked at market disruption and rate increases. and those determinations

when are heard tom warner cable mentioned in terms of the recent attacks by the national association of broadcasters that made me remember -- not that i need to defend time warner cable butted jugs my memory. opposed a blog about this. time warner cable has what i think is a very innovative and useful program to further scholarship in terms of addressing broadband policy issues. they have already been through one year and produced some good papers. the leader of that project is actually with us. i want to say that you could look at the free state foundation blog and find information about the application process but it is a worthwhile program and finally before we adjourned. remember we are going to move, when you go out to your left for lunch. i was just trying to remember whether blair was linking commissioner mcdowell. ipod think he is here somewhere but whether it was stalin or lenin -- >> i gave him -- >> thanks to that last panel and amy and we're going to adjourn to lunch. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> after the lunch break, fcc commissioner robert mcdowel

the national governor's association expressed their concerns about the impact of the government shut down in their state operations. >> i have a question about president obama's budget that was released recently. a lot of republicans say this budget is overly timid and it does not lay out a long-term plan. with its continuing resolution in the house, the president is taking a standoffish approach. is it fair to -- say the president is refusing to lead? >> it is unfair. it is not fair to take this holier than thou that during from the republicans in congress. there were too big bush that cuts -- two big which tax cuts. we have big problems. there is no argument. cutting spending needs to be a part of that. that is why the president's budget calls for cuts over a period of time. what the republicans are proposing right now is reckless. it will hurt a fragile economy and throw more people out of work. that is just me -- that is not just me saying that. the fiscal commission specifically warned against deep cuts in 2011. why? because it would put people out of work. goldman sachs -- you

the national association of realtors says sales of previously occupied homes rose slightly last month to a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.36 million. that is up 2.7% from december and 5.3% from january of last year. a real estate analyst says its encouraging that sales are higher than last year, everyone without the stimulous tax incentive that was in place last year. >>> people are spending more on household upkeep. at least at lowes home improvement stores. the lowe's chain announced better than expected earnings today. 3 cents more than analysts expected. it expects first quarter earnings as high as 38 cents a share. >>> stocks fell for the second straight day as investors worried about the situation in libya and its effect on oil prices. a disappointing revenue forecast from palo alto based hewlett-packard and the dow dropped 107 points. the nasdaq finished this day off by 33 points and that's a loss of 1.2%. >>> in new zealand, crews are racing to rescue any survivors from the rubble of this week's earthquake in christchurch, but hope is fading. today, there were moments of triump

the national association of realtors say demand for existing homes increased while prices dropped. tionwide, the median home price in january was just shy of $159,000. that is the lowest level in nine years. >>> the subject of who will succeed's apple's ceo steve jobs came up today at the annual meeting. some shareholders wanted apple to disclose a succession plan but the idea was voted down. it's an issue because jobs is and an indefinite medical leave. he has had cancer and a liver transplant in the past. apple is expected to unveil the newest version of the ipad next wednesday. it sent out invitations today that hinted at a second generation tablet. the speculation is the new ipad will have a bigger screen and be more lightweight. apple has already sold more than $-- 15 million ipads. >>> your personal information available with the click of a mouse. in tonight's special report, how it only takes a name and a little money to learn someone's life story. . >>> an appeals court ruling over who came up with the idea for facebook is expected in the coming weeks. the wimp will voss twi

the national association of realtors say demand for existing homes increased while prices dropped. nationwide, the median home price in january was just shy of $159,000. that is the lowest level in nine years. >>> the subject of who will succeed's apple's ceo steve jobs came up today at the annual meeting. some shareholders wanted apple to disclose a succession plan but the idea was voted down. it's an issue because jobs is and an indefinite medical leave. he has had cancer and a liver transplant in the past. apple is expected to unveil the newest version of the ipad next wednesday. it sent out invitations today that hinted at a second generation tablet. the speculation is the new ipad will have a bigger screen and be more lightweight. apple has already sold more than $-- 15 million ipads. >>> your personal information available with the click of a mouse. in tonight's special report, how it only takes a name and a little money to learn someone's life story. >> an oakland man files a police report for a missing artificial leg. how he says it was stolen. [ music ] >> closed captioning

now that the super bowl is over it's time for the kickoff of another national pastime. health hunting. the national associationuilders forecasting a 20% gain in new homes after a record low in 2010. planning a road trip a report coming out today may show u.s. gas supplies at their highest levels in 21 years. unless there's an outside shock like a claireflare-up in egypt, prices may fall for the summer driving season. >> 5:54. the house will vote today on extending parts of the controversial patriot act. that's the law passed after the 9/11 attacks to help law enforcement sniff out potential terror attacks. three measures, one that makes it easier for federal agents to get business records conduct roving wiretaps and keep tabs on lone wolf terrorists. the provision set to expire the end of the month. >> a critical investigation what caused an random acceleration problem that forced toyota to recall millions of cars trucks and s.u.v.'s will be released today. here's the stunner. investigators are expected to say they can't find a cause. auto safety experts say they found no significant defects to cause a problem

if you look at the national association for change, which mohammed el baradei founded and which most opposition groups participated in, they had a very concrete list of changes that they wanted to see. if you look at the protests, the protests were about, you know, not simply unseating mubarak but an end to injustice, arbitrary detention. they want, you know, obviously some economic justice. but also there are concrete reforms that they want to make to the constitution to trim the powers of the presidency. so that's the broad agenda. the problem is right now that it's not simply who on the opposition side is doing the negotiating. it's who are they going to negotiate with? are they simply going to negotiate with the military? if that's the case will the military somehow try to control this process? >> brown: what do you see to that? who negotiates now? who speaks at this point, to whom? >> you know, i think that the fact that we've seen up to a million people if not morein egypt today, from all walks of life. i think that really speaks to the kind of democracy that egyptians have want

. >>> in about an hour the national association of realtors will release its report on existing home sales. most analysts believe january sales were down from december mostly because of bad weather across much of the country. >>> time now 6:21. a booming business for crab fishermen. last year they exported 4600- tons of crabs to china. that is 20 times as much as the year before. seems the growing chinese middle class has developed a taste for live crabs from the bay area. we're told that's worth almost $2 million for bay area fishermen. >>> zoo workers conduct a unique drill to practice what to do if a tiger escapes. but they did it without getting any animals involved. we have video to show you. >>> also two bay area neighborhoods number one in the whole country for car thefts. where they are and what police say you can do to avoid becoming a victim. >>> good morning. highway 4 heading out to concord looks pretty good so far. but there is some slow traffic here. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. >>> good morning. right now traffic is moving along pretty w