is west texas instruments. >> it has been the bench part for u.s. prices, almost everything has been pricing off w.t.i. off the past 20 years, but they've had this huge reserve point. and its land locked. it has forced the prices much lower than every other grade out there. you've had a lot of financial players who have also piled into this west texas intermediate problem, but haven't been able to get out because of the surplus in the supply change. you have a lot of oil coming in, and you have this market that is actually trading 15, 20, sometimes $25, where its advertised price should be. >> dan, your sense is real oil prices are well over $100. with that in mind, oil investors have been looking for opportunities. you say avoid oil refiner stocks, lying valaro, to soro, another oil refiner that has been rallying nicely. why do you think the refiners is not the place to be. >> w.t.i. is bases pricing their input costs. but gasoline hasn't been under that restraint. it is delivered to new york harbor. we're paying $3.18, the national average at the

. >> tell us a little about the scandal in west texas state school that caught the public's attention and fuel this issue. >> the scandal broke in the news media in early 2007. it was a sex abuse scandal. as we are sitting here right now the last major figure in that scandal is on trial four years after that scandal to give you an idea how long it has been going on. in this case a couple of administrators in a remote area of west texas were coercing sexual favors from several of them. using their power as administrators. this went on for years and it was basically covered up by higher ups in the state agencies that oversaw that institution and it was finally leaked out and publicized. >> what is a superpredator? >> superpredator was going in the 1990s by a criminologist named john julio. it was originally intended to mean kids who kill without remorse, without conscience and randomly. really captured in the popular movies of the period like natural born killers. in the 1990s there really was a national panic over violent juvenile crime. that word became attached to that panic. the wor

. >> tell us about the scandal at west texas state school that caught the public's attention and sort of fuel to this issue. >> the scandal broke in the news media in early 2007, and it was a sex abuse scandal. that's where sitting here right now, the last major figure in the scandal is on trial, four years after that scandal, just to give you an idea of how long it's really been going on. in this case a couple of administrators at one of the facilities in a remote area of west texas were coercing sexual favors from boy inmates, several of them, and using their powers as administrators. this went on for years, and it was basically covered up by higher ups within the state agency that oversaw that institution. and it was finally leaked out and then publicized. >> what is a super predator? >> super predator is a word that was going in the mid 1990s by a criminologist named john. it was originally intended to mean kids who kill without remorse, without conscious. and sort of randomly. really captured some of the popular movies of the period like national born killers. and in the mid 1990

oil futures were also affected at various times last week west texas intermediate oil futures jumped to $92 in new york, while in london crude futures shot past that $100 mark. for more insight we're joined by a member of the institute of energy, a proprietary think tank in japan. welcome to the program. >> thanks for having me. >> it seems oil markets are reacting to the crisis in egypt. how much further can we expect prices to rise? >> it's not the first time that the oil market has responded to a crisis in the middle east. it's not delivery and transportation of oil from the middle east to the markets. we can see if the markets see there might be destruction of transfer of oil from the middle eeft through the canal and further beyond, then the market would just respond in the way that has been showing for the past few days. >> could it be as bad as 2008? >> i don't think so. even in 2008 there was never a sort of a disruption. it was all about speculation of how much oil demand would arise in asia and other parts of the world. >> here we know that china, japan are big importers of

wet and icy on i-10 and 20 from west texas to louisiana, mississippi and alabama.n i-90, from cleveland to buffalo. and on i-94, across michigan. >> if you are flying today, expect airport delays in los angeles, kansas city, memphis and dallas. >>> after three stints in jail in the past three years, actress lindsay lohan could soon end up back behind bars again. >> lohan heads to court in los angeles today for charges of stealing a pricey necklace. she's already under probation for a dui case that's landed her in jail five times. kabc's rob hayes has more on lohan's legal fight. >> reporter: here's the back story. investigators say lohan tried on a $2,500 necklace at kamofie & company on january 22nd. after she left, workers noticed the necklace was missing and called lapd. detectives obtained a court order to search lohan's home on tuesday. but that warrant was cancethe nen associate dropped the necklace at the pacific station. that wasn't enough to get lohan off the hook. the district attorney's office announced it will charge the 24-year-old actress with one cou

west texas oil contract. here are the past five sessions of trading in brent. continuing to climb. prices almost hit $120 a barrel before backing down today, helping out stocks. now the price difference between these two types of oil, $97 light sweet in new york versus $111 north sea crude, has gotten the attention of the u.s. energy department, calling it unusual in its scope and duration. the price difference continues putting refinery stocks under pressure. in fact, the energy sector was the biggest loser today. tesoro is now down more than 10% of from this high last week. fellow refiner sunoco fell 4%. the market is worried about these refiners seeing oil prices rise faster than pump prices. consumer stocks were rising, helped out by retailer target. shares jumped a nice 3.5% after hitting a seven-month low yesterday. it is plans to double earnings within seven years. it's clearly finding buyers. meantime, archrival walmart continued sinking. this is the past 90 sessions. how about this? since its january high, walmart has fallen 9.5%. a strong quarter at kohl's and its first s

. >>> wildfires sweeping across west texas has destroyed dozens of homes and forced evacuations there. gusty winds continue to fuel the fire overnight. so far the flames have blackened nearly 88,000 acres, destroyed 58 homes there. heavy smoke from one fire north of midland caused bad visibility leading to an accident that killed a 5-year- old girl. >>> a tornado watch lifted after a day of dark and threatening skies over 11 counties. in oakland, these formations are part of a super cell moving through the area -- in oklahoma. they produced gusty winds and hail in oklahoma. residents have to brace for strong west winds which will sweep dust across the state of oklahoma today. >>> and you may not lyrics to that song, it never rains in southern california. right? but yesterday, it snowed. this is a golf course in burbank. it covered in white as you can see. not a huge accumulation but enough to get creative and build a snowman there. >> not too much of that around here. but the sierra got hit. >> they got a couple of feet of snow in the high sierra. burbank the first time they had snow

raymond james raised earnings estimates, thanks to cheaper benchmark west texas crude oil compared toher types, with that helping margins. one more energy note-- chevron texaco today was ordered by a judge in ecuador to pay $8.6 billion to residents over oil pollution. now chevron has promised to appeal. shares gained a little over 1% despite the news. mining and metal stocks helped the basic materials sector continue its rally. this basic materials e.f.t. rose to a new high over the past year. china saw an increase of exports and imports, all fueling hopes it will continue to have a big appetite for global commodities. take a look at a trio here. iron ore producer cliffs natural jumped almost 6%. iron ore is used to make steel. copper and gold miner freeport mcmoran added 5%. copper hit a record high today and titanium metals added 4.5%. m.g.m. continues to be very active, trading almost 50 million shares. the stock fell 3% as revenue fell at most of its las vegas casinos last quarter. seeing a bit of a sell-off here. a couple of deals. the private equity buyout of emergency medical

speaking of oil prices losing four west texas crude is down point three percent bad bots brant crude is up one point three percent more than one hundred one dollars per barrel. in russia prime minister putin has called on the government to speed up work on tax breaks for new fields regions also oil majors to maintain output at the post soviet record of roughly five hundred five million metric tons coming. not just not because asians rose by a third in russia last year although activity still hasn't returned to pre-crisis levels david cranfield a partner at corporate law firm c.m.s. russia says he expects the strong growth to continue in twenty. we're expecting there to be more energy in the market than there has been it's certainly been running at about half capacity since the crash but. no huge increase energy natural resources always are always do come across in the surveys the most active sectors know it's no different this year interesting lee respondents said the transportation would be a big sector this this year. which was a surprise well they're actually when you look at the

well as dropping to around eighty six and a half dollars a barrel is the sixth day of decline for west texas crude gazprom the aft is therefore down two point three percent and this is a worry that the refinery will suffer most of russian anti monopoly watchdog forces fuel prices lower drug maker protagoras than three percent of reporting twenty ten revenue rising nine point one percent and b.c.b.s. down another three and a half percent after falling four point six on tuesday. to levin's two growing plants or child piper has stopped an upcoming initial public offering due to unfavorable market conditions the company had planned to sell around thirty percent of its shares on the my six r.t.s. and london stock exchanges in a bid to raise up to eight hundred twenty eight million dollars and as predicted the i.p.o. would have value become pretty between two and two point seven billion dollars. the ruble is climbed five percent against the dollar over the past three months this is the best before my among twenty five emerging market currencies because it is appreciation is helping keep inflation

are trading in the red however correcting as crude as cooling turn around eighty six dollars for west texas crude outflow of capital is also quite significant from russia the negative factors right now in the market adding to monday's sharp losses that's a day after it suspended a stock buyback michelle the dispute meanwhile weak crude prices are pulling down stocks like rose never you can see they're down two point four percent and the is down heavily almost four percent as i mentioned investors are not sure about the upcoming s.p.o. price and therefore they're ditching the stock. russia's trade surplus grew by a quarter last year to one hundred sixty eight billion dollars as. price of oil and gas boy experts now china overtook the netherlands and germany to become russia's largest trading partner in twenty ten as turnover rose by fifty percent in the get to fifty nine billion dollars. it's been the worst start to the year for precious metals in two decades but analysts say there are still reasons to be bullish union bank of switzerland says industrial demand for silver could be the strong

drag as it will drop to eighty six and a half dollars a barrel is the sixth day of decline for the west texas crude gas from nafta is therefore down around two and a half percent investors are worried that their final will suffer most of the washington of the russian forces fuel prices no draw. it may come down around two point seven percent of the close despite reporting twenty ten revenue rising nine point one percent. this is not been the best of the week for russia and again i think it will turn out to be have indeed one of the worst performing emerging markets story here is be one of the best performer markets so far this year it's easy to profits when you when you when you made some so i think what we're looking at is profit taking having basically been on the forefront for this week. in other news to now been planted child by stopped an upcoming initial public offering due to unfavorable market conditions the company had planned to sell about thirty percent of its shares on the my six r.t.s. and london stock exchange in a bid to raise up to eight hundred twenty eight million dollars an

speaking about oil prices losing four west texas crude they're losing the early against the w.t. eyes down point three percent how brant is up one point three percent and it's over the one hundred and one dollar per barrel mark already. in russia prime minister putin has called on the government to speed up work and tax breaks for new fields when a person is also the oil majors to maintain annual output at the post soviet record level of roughly five hundred five million metric tons in the coming years. china's vast market of rapidly expanding economy has made it an essential destination for global business however john hammond senior partner its corporate law firm c.m.s. russia believes china is overrated compared to some other emerging markets such as russia. we've heard from many of our clients they feel they just have to be there it's such a big market potentially they cannot afford to miss out and so they invested the feedback from many of them however is they find it very difficult to win contracts the front a very difficult to make profit in china whereas when they look at

drag as oil drops to around eighty six and a half dollars a barrel sixth day of the wind through west texas crude gazprom nafta's down two point four percent investors are worried the refinery will suffer most of the russian ultimately washed up forces fuel prices lower drugmaker protagoras down well three point two two point seven percent sorry after reporting twenty ten revenue rising nine point one percent. turnout in these two grueling planted shell pipe has stopped an upcoming initial public offering due to unfavorable market conditions becoming a plan to sell around thirty percent of its shares in the my six r.t.s. and london stock exchange in a bid to raise up to eight hundred twenty million dollars and this predicted the i.p.o. would have valued the company between two and two point seven billion dollars. read i was as a lost twenty one million euros from its involvement with a russian carmaker after last year but that was down to the first half with after returning a profit of five million for the french company in the second half rather adds that it expects along with its alliance

still down point three percent this is as well has started recovering up almost one percent for west texas crude. oil is recovering from its early losses down point one percent bucking the trend of the day was a gazprom is up two percent much stronger than the market and b. is finally rebounding after two sessions of strong losses is now up three quarters of a percent. russian punk band in fact hydraulic machines and systems has raised three hundred sixty million dollars of cutting the price size of its i.p.o. in london initially the planned all for worlds for forty seven million shares but only forty three million were sold and a fifteen percent discount to the original range. china's vast market and rapidly expanding economy has made it an essential destination for global business however john hammond senior partner at corporate law firm c.m.s. russia believes china is overrated compared to some other markets such as russia. we've heard from many of our clients they feel they just they have to be there it's such a big market potentially they cannot afford to miss out and so they invested

barrel it's now so at something like eighty seven the sixth day of declines pretty much for the west texas crude gastronomy up was down two and a half percent at the end of the session investors were worried that the refining would suffer most if the rush to monopoly was forced fuel prices the drug maker project was down around two point seven percent despite reporting twenty percent revenue rising the night but. this is not been the best of the week for russia and again i think it will turn out to be having been one of the worst performing emerging markets story here is to one of the best performing markets so far this year it's profits when you when you when you made some so i think what we're looking at is profit taking having basically been on the forefront for this week. in other news two brewing plant of chell has stopped an upcoming initial public offering due to unfavorable market conditions become very bland to sell around thirty percent of its shares on the my six r.t.s. and london stock exchange in a bid to raise up to eight hundred twenty eight million dollars but and as predic

oil prices are music games when it comes to west texas crude is down twenty cents in the u.s. that's after a report which showed gasoline supply was at its strongest in twenty one years but it's better crude delivery is up brant crude delivery is up more than two dollars that's almost a one hundred and two dollars per barrel. here in russia prime minister putin is called on the government to speed up work on tax breaks from the fields of the putins or the oil majors to maintain annual output at the post soviet record level of roughly five hundred five million metric tons in the coming year. the london stock exchange and cab of the next group which owns the toronto stock exchange autumn in an all share deal and the exchange is said to become the largest platform for trading mining companies and this is at a time of surging commodity prices with a combined six thousand seven hundred listings and will also be the world's largest exchange by a number of companies it's just the latest in a wave of consolidation sweeping with loads exchanges here in russia literally running due to m

here at home, a series of wind-driven dangerous wildfires is sweeping through west texas. the fires destroyed about 88,000 acres from the panhandle to the texas plains. on sunday, the heavy smoke caused an accident that killed a 5-year-old girl. this fire northeast of midland jumped on an interstate and burned two motels before it moved into colorado city. the fires are being driven by wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. more than 50 homes have been destroyed. >> everything was on fire. this house, and then everything, with the wind, everything just went towards our side of the house. >> several small towns were evacuated. fire officials describe the conditions as very severe. >>> the mass sit-in by protesters at the wisconsin state capitol is still on this morning, even though police were there sunday afternoon. thousands of protesters began camping inside the building two weeks ago. they're trying to block budget legislation that would strip most state workers of union bargaining rights. 100 vowed to be arrested rather than leave. police relented on the exit order and le

gusty winds continued to fuel the >>> wildfires sweeping across west texas have scorched almost 90,000 acres and destroyed dozens of homes. gusty winds are fueling the fires overnight. heavy smoke from one fire north of midland caused bad visibility on an interstate leading to an accident that killed a 5-year-old girl. >> in oakland some wild weather caught on tape. >> take a look. these formations known. a supercell moving through the area this weekend. a tornado watching is lifted after a day of dark and threatening skies. the storms not as bass as they look but they did produce some gusty winds and hail. >>> no tornadoes in the bay today. partly cloudy this morning, upper 50s to low 60s today for daytime highs. increasing clouds and light showers in the north bay a glancing blow as this system cross through the pacific northwest. could bring some showers down into sonoma county but better chance of rain for the rest of us shows up tuesday night into wednesday. looks like a good rainmaker for us. up to 50s and 60s across the south and east bay for today. cooler in the north bay, mid-

. >>> wildfires consuming parts of west texas. so far nearly 90,000 acres. a 5-year-old girl was killed when heavy snow cover led to an eight-car -- when heavy smoke led to an eight-car accident. 58 homes were destroyed and gusty winds continue to fuel the fires. >>> the new bay bridge tower getting taller today. crews will start the next phase of the project adding nearly 100 feet to the structure. when it's finished it will be 480 feet high. that's just 45 feet short of the final height. >>> it is height. >>> officials at the airport are going to ban solicitation of money. it will cover inside and outside the terminal following many complaints from travelers about harassment. groups can still use two so- called free speech booths but they cannot ask for any money. the airport commission votes on the plan tomorrow. >>> protestors in wisconsin back in full force today opposing a bill aimed at weakening their unions. last night police backed away from the threats to close the building. demonstrators have now been there for two weeks. they are protesting a mea

wi cke sp rwd yr arho, >>> a raging wild foyer in west texas continues to grow. the fire has burned more than 11,000 acres near lubbock. the flames have forced the entire nearby town the matador to evacuate. high winds are making it difficult to contain the fire. smoke from the fire is being blamed for a 8-car accident that killed a 5-year-old girl. >>> the price tag of new zealand's earthquake could hit $15 billion. new zealand's prime minister announced a $90 million plan to help pay salaries of 50,000 people in christchurch who can't work because of the quake damage. the 6.3 quake killed at least 148 people, undescried or damaged up to one-third of the buildings in the city. >>> time is 8:56. doctors telling parents relax, just chill when it comes to treating your kids who have a temperature. anything under 104, that's not really a fever. the real fever, it's okay to give kids over the counter medicine, but mostly just to make them feel comfortable. most fevers will go away on their own, and if your kids are asleep, skip the medicine. let them sleep. >> san fr

that was a migration from louisiana and texas to california and the entire west coast. and so does migration was not a haphazard unfurling of people searching for better they might land. it was as organized and predictable as the fact that if you go to minnesota you run into a lot of people from scandinavia. now, to find these people i went everywhere i could, everywhere that i could think of where senior citizens who might have left the south would be. i went everywhere i could think of, new york, chicago, los angeles, high-school reunions, quilting clubs, catholic churches, means a retired postal workers, bus charters, transit workers. i went to various estate clubs for all of the seven states. georgia was represented in detroit and cleveland. our individual clubs for of a tiny towns in mississippi represented in chicago. and in los angeles there is a lake charles louisiana club, the monroe, louisiana club. multiple new warrants clubs because it is so big and there are many ways that people, the catholics and baptists, multiple texas clubs, as you can imagine. even in

i go home to people in west texas and when they find out the department of defense cannot be audited, they are stunned. thousands of auditors and 10,000 lawyers is i opening to those of us on this side of the deal. secretary hell and i have had extensive conversations. we have bent over to the pentagon. they are working really hard. they get it. hart is not impossible. as keith alexander says, nothing is impossible for those who do not have to do it. i do not have to do it, but you do. the question is how do you leave a legacy in place that keeps this process moving? it is so systemically and drained into the team that this is important. we need to know where the money is going. the general public should game additional -- should gain additional confidence. had believe that legacy in place to make sure we do not lose ground because you will not be here when 2017 rolls around and it is not done. >> mr. hale and i have talked about this. he has asked for my support in terms of communicating to the rest of the department that this is a high priority. i have provided that support. to answ

with the tight world markets the eia expects the price of west texas intermediate crude oil the key u.s. benchmark to average about $93 per barrel in 2011 this year, $14 per barrel higher than last year's average. and we expect the price to rise to an average of $99 per merrill by the fourth quarter of 2012. however, the forecasts are subject to a great deal of uncertainty. for example, the market value of the futures and options contract which we tracked closely is telling us that there is about the one in three chance the price of oil could be above $110 per barrel of the end of this year to the eia expects the price of regular gasoline to average about $3.70 per gallon this year about 40 cents per gallon higher than last year and $3.21 per gallon in 2012. prices will be how your during the summer driving season and certain regions of the country particularly the west coast. there is also said it contains the prices could diverged substantially from the scholars due to uncertainty in the oil prices. i will now turn to longer-term and energy production from the eia outlook which we upd

with the tight world markets the eia expects the price of west texas intermediate crude oil the key u.s. benchmark to average about $93 per barrel in 2011 this year, $14 per barrel higher than last year's average. and we expect the price to rise to an average of $99 per merrill by the fourth quarter of 2012. however, the forecasts are subject to a great deal of uncertainty. for example, the market value of the futures and options contract which we tracked closely is telling us that there is about the one in three chance the price of oil could be above $110 per barrel of the end of this year to the eia expects the price of regular gasoline to average about $3.70 per gallon this year about 40 cents per gallon higher than last year and $3.21 per gallon in 2012. prices will be how your during the summer driving season and certain regions of the country particularly the west coast. there is also said it contains the prices could diverged substantially from the scholars due to uncertainty in the oil prices. i will now turn to longer-term and energy production from the eia outlook which we upd

and we were in west texas one day. it was a sunday and we were having a terrible time finding voters. finally in desperation we go into this bar and there's an old guy in the corner of the bar. and so jim unadorned goes up to the guy, hi, i'm jim baker, i'm running for attorney general. i believe the two biggest problems we have in america today are ignorance and apathy. what do you think about that? the old guy looked at him and said, don't know and i don't care. obviously the people in this room care and know a lot. again, thank you very much for being here. we at yurk america's foundation, there are a lot of ways to interpret the reagan legacy and a lot of good ways to do it. we like to focus on reagan and the principles that he stood for. in our view ronald reagan was not a successful president because he was a nice guy or because he was the consensus builder or because he told a lot of jokes or he had a sense of humor or whatever. those are important traits of reagan. but i think what really makes ronald reagan st

. >> since your briefing began, west texas crude topped $100 a barrel. is this a matter of watching, or is there anything the u.s. can >> whenever there is unrest in this part of the world there will be reactions in the markets. beyond that, the situation is fluid. i do not want to speculate about where prices will go, or any other potential things in the future, but we are obviously monitoring this carefully, and we are concerned about it, but we are just monitoring it. >> i have a question for you on the decision. what kind of decision are you expecting from congress, and what are you doing to prepare for that? >> i do not want to speculate about how members of congress might react. we have the attorney general statements and there is a notification that explains the course of action that is being taken. beyond that, i would not speculate. >> i have a statement from speaker john boehner's office -- while americans what office -- government to focus on jobs, the press and will have to explain why he is focused on this controversial issue that has proven

has taken an extraordinary that extraordinary journey in texas from a tenant farm in the rolling west texasry and giving back and read terry was no exception. first, 47th governor in texas. texas a&m university, the first aggie in texas history. about time, exactly. and you know he had a great past and the governorship. he was a state legislator and held statewide office and finally became governor. as governor he has done the kinds of things governors would do. i don't know if you remember the story a couple of years ago, but this governor would always -- when he went running. he didn't care for snake's very much but one day one of his daughters labradors, they were jogging and it coyote came about and i think many of they have seen the picture of the coyote laying on the ground after and counting governor perry. that is the kind of work he has done but amazingly under his leadership there has been a great tale went in texas and the great tailwind of the conservative movement. a lot of folks have got elected to the state legislature and to the congress tank as to his leadership and the tai

texas. but for west virginia that's a phenomenal statistic. all of our futures are tied to modern aviation systems. over the last several years we have focused more on the inconveniences of air travel rather than trying to solve the underlying problems that make air travel so challenging. moc americans do not understand how fragile our air transportation system really is. the economic downturn of the last several years masked this fragility because fewer people flew, so there was less pressure on the system of but as our economy recovers, i am afraid that the inherent weakness of our system will loom larger than ever in years to cornlings as we goat a billion passengers a year. the possibility of a meltdown of the air traffic control system may become reality unless we modernize it. and this will create more inconvenience, it will put pass injury safety at very substantial risk. these are not the only troubling signs, as i noted there was no aviation fay fault talents in 2010 but that doesn't take the system is working. over the last few years

much of the state of texas is paralyzed, and the airport won't be much better. as far as the west goes, look at the clouds. they're pushing many, and now they're dropping to the south. a lot of our gorgeous sunshine is gone. especially there in oregon and idaho. some of those clouds are now creeping through northern california and in northern portions of nevada. now, as far as the rain, there's not a lot of it. we had some move on shore last night. a little bit of a break currently, but there's another batch that will come down as we go throughout the morning, so keep the umbrella out from seattle to olympia. eventually some of the rain may move into portland. look at the temperature in phoenix. that arctic blast continues this morning. 32 degrees, and the wind chill is even worse than it. today we'll warm up to 53 there. there's the rain in the ç it u significantly. by sunday it should be near 70. looks like our cold spell is over. speaking of the weekend forecast, coming up, lynn, saturday, sunday. >> love it. bill, thank you. >>> big ben speaks. the outlook on jobs and who is

freezing temps will be on the move further in the texas region from the northern plains. and nice, sunny weather covers the west>>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. anti-government protesters in egypt say they will not back down on the demands that president hosni mubarak leave office immediately. but, the mubarak government warns the protests cannot go on forever. >>> and prosecutors in los angeles say they will file felony grand theft charges against lindsay lohan. police say lohan was being investigated for allegedly stealing a necklace from a jewelry store. >>> today first lady michelle obama marks the first anniversary of her "let's move" campaign. her signature campaign is aimed at ending childhood obesity through exercise and healthier eating. among its past accomplishments, making school lunches healthier, and getting walmart to cut salt and sugar in some of its products. today, mrs. obama will speak to children at a school in the atlanta area. >>> meanwhile, the first lady also had some health news regarding president obama. and it's something everybody can agree on. kendis gibson rep

texas. south and west still looking really nice. the only real trouble spots or cool spots will be the northeast and the northwest where we'll see some rain moving in. we will have a chance for some snow around the great lakes, possibly some lake-effect snow and the southern portion of florida early on this morning. otherwise look at all of that sunshine. it's going to be a little breezy and wind windy, as well, fors a slopes of the rocky, otherwise things looking pretty nice. he >>> here's a look at the weather around the bay area. we're going to see temperatures as we head towards the afternoon, 60s and 70s, but today will be the last of those gorgeous days. lots of 70s out there today. as we head into your seven-day forecast, you can see that things are going to be cooling off tomorrow, turning windy and eventually rainy for valentine's day and much cooler temperatures for the second half of the workweek ahead. >>> that's your hole weather. now here is lester. >>> still to come on "today," he calls himself a sinner, but is he a c

there were towed 5,000 miles through the canal and either over to texas or virginia to be recycled. this is the first westycle ling place they can do that. there are two ships already scheduled to come here again. people hoping there are two with many more to come. live in vallejo claudine wong. >> in india today 18 young men traveling on the rooftop of an over crowded train were killed when they hit a low overhead bridge. police say the men were on their way to apply for job openings. >>> a dire warning from the australian government this morning as a cyclone moves into queensland. the storm is predicted to with the most dangerous in generations. wind gusts of up to 100 miles an hour are expected. tens of thousands of people are evacuating and those that cannot get out in time are being encouraged to go to evacuation centers. >>> flights disrupted by the eruption in japan will begin today. four people have been injured. volcano is part of a row mote mountain range on a southern island. this is its first major eruption in more than 50 years. >>> a minneapolis woman is ascussed of trying to send is a pup -

texas to pittsburgh. snow on i-70, from kansas city to indianapolis. and out west on i-5, from seattle to redding, california. also, a little bit icy on i-80 and 90 in the rockies. >> if you're flying today, expect airport delays in seattle, san francisco, salt lake city, kansas city, chicago, memphis, dallas and new orleans. >>> a stunning turnaround from president obama is now heating up the debate again on same-sex marriage. >> the president, now, says the federal law banning the recognition of gay marriage is unconstitutional. we get more, now, from karen travers. >> reporter: good morning, rob and peggy. well, this announcement by the obama administration could re-ignite some social battles, with the 2012 presidential election looming. it's a stunning change of policy. the obama administration announced that under federal law, same-sex marriages should be treated just like traditional ones. president obama ordered the justice department to stop defending in court the defense of marriage act. that law, which was signed in 1996 by president clinton, defines marr

texas. >> it also means as many as 120 new jobs as ship recycling starts on the west coast. there are 50 ships in that fleet. and so far there are contracts to take apart only two of them at the dry docks. but everyone that will translate into millions of dollars for the local economy. >>> some very important work is being done on one of san francisco's reservoirs. the university reservoir located west of highway 101 and south of interstate 280 is the city's second largest. our ktvu channel 2 camera was able to get this exclusive look at the reservoir and some of the work being done. it looks like a huge parking garage because it's been drained of the 60 million- gallons of water that it would hold under normal circumstances. it survived all the bay area's big earthquakes since 1855. and two years worth of seismic retrofitting work that should help keep that record in tact is just about to finish. >> you're going to be some of the last people to see this because we're not going to empty out every few years. >> in fact, it's been more than 60 years since the north basin of th

this is video from abilene texas, where blizzard conditions are closing roads west of the dallas fortere thunderstorms have also forced the closure of houston's george bush airport. in oklahoma city there's enough snow on the roads to cause a fire truck to get stuck. weather warnings are posted from the rockies all the way to the atlantic coast with heavy snow that's expected to be followed by another round of subzero temperatures. wow! and we have a little fog here and it's bothering us other weary in the northeast from all of that snow. the midwest today oklahoma through chicago and then the northeast. >> go ahead. >> that's all right. >> you got folks in buffalo. >> buffalo hasn't been so bad. it's really been boston and new england but they're going to get hit, too, in st. louis, over a foot of snow. family there too. we've got more sunshine. more fog out there this morning. this is say beautiful shot. you can see the low clouds. increasing winds to mix this out later on this morning. so the dense fog advisory through 10:00 north and east bay valleys. then we'll see windy conditio

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we've been stuck in a very quiet pattern on the west coast, while there's been snow down to texas, andlizzards and just bitterly cold temperatures east of the rockies. that has to change. so a teeter totter effect, that looks like it's coming back towards us in the form of rain. but i think it won't be until monday or tuesday. until then, yes, it's sunny. but no more 70s. we'll now see 50s and 60s. upper 40s, napa cooler towards santa rosa, 42. san jose is at 45 degrees. not as much wind so far at san jose. but windy and cold here. 40 to 50 degrees. by noon, sunny, and breezy on the cool side. 48 to 58. that breeze again is coming out of the north-northwest. a lot of upper 50s, to low to mid-60s. 59 clear lake. 60 fairfield. they've had gusts about 35 miles per hour out of the north. berkely, 62. walnut creek, alamo, caster valley in there. a lot of 63s and 64s. wood side in there. 50, san francisco. much of the coast, also dally city. upper 50s with that northwest wind. tonight, clear and cold. tomorrow sunny, breezy. not as bindy as today. mostly sunny, to partly cloudy as we head in

west coast to recycle the ships. currently it costs $2 million and 500,000 gallons of diesel fuel to get the ships to brownsville, texas. >> it's a hefty carbon footprint when it can be done six miles away. >> reporter: and it might be revitalizing vallejo. they will hire 100 people and have gotten 3,000 applications. >> we need people who can work heavy equipment, grunt labor, up to engineers who can design the cuts. >> reporter: so the disappointment over today's no show was overshadowed by the optimism over what this could mean for the city. >> i cannot overstate how important it is for from my perspective. i think this is the economic engine that has not been beating in vallejo for some time now and this is the symbolic, if you will, but very important step to revitalize this community. >> reporter: it would mean the world to todd biggs who followed in his family's footsteps who worked here years ago. >> i haven't had a good job. i have lots of cool jobs, made money here, no money there, but this is the best job i have ever had. >> reporter: diana juliani is hoping for an office job. you have your application in? >

one can argue that the cost of living in new york is very different from the cost of living in texas or west virginia or tennessee. and we shouldn't be trying to change the norms in an area by artificially inflating the costs. and that's exactly what davis-bacon does. and if we are going to hear the voice of the people who said last november we are tired of business as usual in washington and in congress, we will pass the paul amendment because this is the first step toward efficiency, to say that the projects going forward in this bill will not be subject to davis-bacon. they will be subject to bidding on contracts. bidders do not necessarily win because they have the lowest bid. the person that is doing the contracting has the leeway to take into account quality, the reputation of the builder. so it's not like the lowest bidder gets every bid. it is a process that is orderly. but davis-bacon does inflate the costs. so i think the paul amendment is an excellent one. i think it will show that the people in this senate got the message in november that we don't have to stick with a 1931 law th

so it comes as no surprise to me that officials from kentucky, west virginia, utah, wyoming, texas and others have blasted this proposal as nonsensical and difficult to follow. mr. johnson has the right idea with this amendment, which would prohibit o.s.m. from moving forward with this rule during this fiscal year. i thank the gentleman. mr. johnson: i just want to take this opportunity to remind, the rule was reclarified in a five-year process that ended back in 2008. and now the current administration wants to reopen that rule and redo it completely in just a matter of months with no science, no data to support it and no justification. and i would remind my colleagues that the only reason, the number one reason for passing this amendment is for -- up to 29,000 jobs that is potentially going to save. chirmente time of the the gentleman from ohio has expired. mr. moran: may i inquire how much time i have remaining? the chair: three minutes. mr. moran: at this time, i yield a minute and-a-half to mr. garamendi, who worked -- i yield one minute to mr. garamendi who worked in the interior

west brom on wigan the day fixtures. moving stateside where the team is making up super bowl forty five have arrived in texas ahead of thisweekend's decider pittsburgh kicking on green bay the cowboys stadium in arlington on sunday well the steelers their six time n.f.l. champions but enter the latest edition of american sports biggest match a slight underdog stay if c. champions will be playing in their third super bowl from the past six sun confidence will be high as they seek a seventh lombardi trophy pittsburgh face a squad with the second best offense in the league the steelers themselves the team that top green bay in particular respect. i think the neat part about this is it's two storied franchises. and i think the fans will really enjoy it it's going to be very crazy because all plays go yellow because of both teams so to be fun and this is going to be an execution or going to game the team that executes better is got a better chance to win so we're going to show. and do it with with the not only meets were executed i love green bay i arrived in dallas a little later on monday for what will be their first super b

west brom and wigan. fixtures ok that brings us stateside where the team is making up super bowl forty five have arrived in texas ahead of this weekend's decider pittsburgh taking on green bay at the cowboys stadium in arlington on sunday evening the steelers well their six time n.f.l. champions but enter the latest edition of american sports biggest march slight underdogs the champions will be playing in their third super bowl from the past six . will be high as they seek a seventh trophy pittsburgh finish the season with a twelve in four record are not facing a squad with the second best offense in the league the steelers themselves the team that top green bay in that respect. i think the part about this is it's two storied franchise and. i think the finance will really enjoy it it's going to be to be crazy because all places will be yellow because of both teams so to be fun this is going to be an execution or game the team that executes better is got a better chance to win so we're going to show up. with the not only which were executed. green bay also a little later on monday for what will be their first sup

and the west, israel and the mideast. houston, texas on online for american arabs. caller: good morning. host: where were you born? caller: africa, but he did now. host: what you think is the future for the arab world based on what happened in egypt? caller: first the me tell you a couple of things. i happen to know a lot -- president obama has a lot of leverage abroad. he has been in office for two years, and people do not give them credit because these things took decades. president obama, i actually have a lot of respect in this matter through so give him time. the people there do not view democracy as they see it in the u.s., freedom and speech and all that. democracy there is for jobs and not to get tortured. my concern about egypt now is 82 million people, they have a common enemy called mubarak. now he is gone. now what? there's no water. there's no new jobs. basically my concern is there like someone who drink too much alcohol and woke up. host: to wrap up this analogy can make you have been to the party, you've got the hang over, what kind of lessons you le