brother is watching in a big, big way, huh? pretty cool. >>> well, it's time for operation chihauhau part 2 i guess. >> san francisco's animal shelter overflowing with three dozen pint-sized canines and right now a dozen dogs are boarding a flight to new york where those pets are in high demand. >> the day they went up for adoption in new york at noon there was a line as of7 a.m. around the block. >> in the wintertime people are already lining up. wonderful dogs and we have too many here in california. >> perfect for new york with those small apartments. animal rescuers say that a rise in backyard breeding of the dogs has resulted in an overpopulation of chihauhaus here in the bay area. >> i'll tell you what, we did some stories in boston on those. >> really? >> when they came n people are thrilled because you can't get the dogs out there. >> i wonder why. >> i guess they are bred out here and eventually start heading to the east coast but that was a neat story. people were -- couldn't be happier. so send them east. >>> 4:46. t

means too big. it is not just too big. it is a good place to start. it really does appear that what is happening with the chairwoman suggestion is a regulatory game of running up the clock. they say nothing. they do nothing. and the bottom line is that she will not able to institute those changes before she steps down during the course of the summer. those plans will not be coming in a manner of six months. it could be a year before anything happens. so what would be an example of dramatic change? how about a strong endorsement from the secretary of the treasury, from the chairman of the federal reserve and others that chairman sheila bair's suggestion will be adopted? perhaps this could help to away at the market's perception that resolution authority is somewhat of a joke. if you look at the language that moody's used at rejecting the idea that dodd-frank would work or somehow and too-big-to-fail, that this resolution of party is going to work, it is striking language. it is not just a passive pro

we do not anticipate big swings in one direction or another. your guess is as good as mine about the future of the economy. we have got some potential revenue issues at the health department. positive and negative. these are always a significant factor on balance. i do not think that we have anything this year that will be close to those levels. but there is a big change, which is that there is in new state metical waiver that has been approved. combined with some significant obligations on programming as we start to phase in and implement federal health reform. again, the state budget is going to be an issue. the realignment is front and center on our minds as redevelopment. we have fred blackwell here to talk through questions about what is going on with that in a moment. of course, savings will go to reduce the deficit. supplementals that will be issued includes spending increases and reductions to increase the deficit next year by equal amounts. we are obviously at a point where we need to be serious about our contingency proposals. absent

coming up a big day for big blue. price gouging a pregnancy drug, and bye-bye greenback. our early morning businesscc1: headlines are straight ahead. today is her big day in court. don't expect any resolution to her problems. >> coming up, controversy in the big east tournament. kevin love stands alone and a hockey goal that will make you dizzy. you're watching "early today." c: >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. the senate has rejected a house budget plan with deep spending cuts as well as a democratic alternative with milder reductions. white house officials say the votes should turn a page and lead to more productive talks to fund the federal government for the rest of the year. >>> illinois has become the 16th state in the country to abolish the death penalty. governor pat quinn signed the landmark legislation into law yesterday and then commuted the sentences of 15 inmates who had been on death row. six other states are currently considering a similar move. >>> the dalai lama says he

i think the big story is the big obama bust. the lack of leadership, the lack -- to prioritize, really to put his thumb and down and be a strong leader, i think is a big story. if you ask me and if you ask anyone else if leadership and experience matters in the oval office, i say, yes, it does. host: story about president obama in "the financial times."

traffic issues are always a big concern for us in the district. aside from that, we also know that there really does need to be more improvements in the muni system. we are served primarily by a few rail lines and bus lines, and much like other districts who have been impacted by different service changes across the years, we have seen, for example, early turn back in our district, and we are working to resolve that issue. for many people, being let out at sunset boulevard is simply not acceptable when you have many more blocks to go before the end of the line. there is definitely big rooms for improvement with transportation in our district. >> what about crime in your district? how do you think the police department is doing, and how do you think the city is doing in general with respect to crime? supervisor chu: i know we have been acting chief at this moment and the police commission is working to try to find an individual who can step in and lead the department. we know there are many things going in the right direction with the police depart

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not a big deal. >> i don't like 669. i love 408. please don't change it. >> reporter: well, that means the phone book will also have on change. businesses will have to change their stationary. you want to give your input? meetings will be held over next three days. the meetings will be held in san jose, los gatos and morgan hill with the first one happening at 2:00 this afternoon at san jose city hall. live in the south bay, janelle wang, "abc 7 news." >>> contra costa county supervisors are taking a big step in helping a $50 million deficit. they voted to eliminate vacation buy backs for non-union managers. they can cash in one-third of their vacation time. but district attorney says the switch would hurt his department. >> so if you average, each one of them took a week off in vacation, now they'll be taking that week off, that is 35 weeks of productivity. that is year and a half -- 75 weeks that a year and a half worth of work that i won't have in my office. >> and it goes to non-union managers. supervisors are negotiating with i

we had big fires break out in 2002. it was the best known because it was 460 some odd acres, the biggest fire in arizona's history. it was two separate fires set by humans and they eventually merged. this is a color enhanced image from space, but just how big the fires how when you look at the landscape. this is one of the 400 houses destroyed. this is the entire map of arizona, and you can see the fire took out a big portion of the high country forests. i just want to talk just a minute about another big effect on our water supply. this is glen canyon dam and any aquatic species in the southwest was in difficult circumstances because of dams like this and all we do to modify the water systems here in the southwest. this is the hump back chub, one of many species in payroll. these two maps show you two different scenarios of what global warm can do to our water supply in terms of precipitation. there's going to be a dramatic decrease in precipitation, and we're talking about 40% less rain of the that's going to translat

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kimberly, i'm assuming it's a pretty big gathering happening right now? >> it is a big gathering. people started arriving about half an hour ago. the ceremony just began moments ago. joining me now is sophie forester, the executive director of the japanese community congress of san jose. you really put this together. how important was it for the community to be involved in this? >> well, it offers an opportunity to bring the people together to share their grief, the suffering, the horror and begin the process of healing i think right now while we're still holding our breaths as to how this disaster is going to continue to work out. this is a place that we as a community can come together, be with one another, and figure out what we can do to help. >> and what are you doing to help? there's a lot. we've already seen donations pouring in. >> yes. tonight is a vigil to keep our community together and we've been working with the community. the consulate of japan to bring funds together for the japanese red cross society and that's the effort that we're pushing for tonight. we're accep

charge is a big. fight . fight fight. crazy alert a woman in california was facing up to five years in prison after she was found guilty of forging doctors' notes to obtain illegal prescriptions back in january when she showed up for sentencing the courthouse yesterday she had a trick up her sleeve she gave the judge a doctor's note asking for a postponement of the sentence because she was ill actually the doctor decided to call the doctor and the judge decided to call a doctor to double check and sure enough the no from the doctor was a forgery as well it's unclear what that is some things will be for the woman with a crafty signature perhaps it will be a lifelong ban on using them it's a. little close to the investigation are saying that the u.s. justice department is considering criminal charges against executives at b.p. for their role in last year's oil disaster in the gulf that killed eleven people those charges could include manslaughter as well as per. injury against former b.p. c.e.o. tony hayward of course b.p.

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this is a big fire we will get these. it's hard for us to get around in a disaster from the streetcars and trolley buses stop, no electricity. we have the above groundwater system. it was invented years ago by our fire chiefs this is what saved the marina the boat pumping the water out put the fires out in the marina. you want to stop, look, listen and think. you size up the situation this is what we do in the fire department. you look at it. is it a little fire. a candle burning. do i get the fire extinguisher. is it a big fire can i put it out. >> it would cover the area the size of a table. anything bigger or high are than your head it's too big for you to put out with an extinguisher. wait until everybody is out. it's best to work in pairs. make sure you are the last one out of the room. do not lock it. avoid smoke and gases. cover your mouth and nose with a towel or sheet or dry cloth. if you have a jacket, if there is a flame on the way out put clothes on or wrap yourself in a blanket the layer of clothing will give

but we are looking for big bricks of sunshine today in a big break from the sunshine. >> mark: new thisning san francisco's cable cars will not be available to traverse this week. will tran is live to shows why they are not rolling out. >> will: it is because they need to do maintenance work. i just got done talking to workers, they said they are working on the electrical line to make sure cables are safe for tourists. they chose this week to do what. they have been here for quite some time. the story line has been shut down and will continue to be shut down until june. if you want to hop onto the cable car one line is working that how wall-tide line. hthe paul-hyde line. >> mark: thank you for the update. >> darya: we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. i shot from our roof. you can see how clear it is. [ ryan ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ ryan ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ so i used mine, to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyo

it's a big one. by a golf cart. [ light laughter ] i'll be driving the golf cart, pulling a bunch of people behind me who will all be sitting in wheelie office chairs. so here we go. going in the hallway here. we should have a bunch of people out there. hey, you guys, how you doing? [ cheers and applause ] very, very good. okay, i'm going to drive this chain of chairs down the hallway, around the corner, and into the studio. you guys ready? [ cheers and applause ] dan, you going to get on? >> i'll ride shotgun with you. >> jimmy: i probably shouldn't go full speed here. all right, here we go. hold on tight, you guys. we're going to go! three, two, one! ♪ >> see you later. bye, cory. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: did i lose anybody? steady, steady. did i lose anybody? >> looking good. >> jimmy: am i going too fast? >> no, we got a nice, steady speed. >> jimmy: i've got to make a wide turn on this. ♪ >> everybody's coming through okay. >> jimmy: feeling good? nobody's falling off? >> look fine. >> jimmy: this i

friday big changes. rain and wind colder and possibility of thunderstorms as a system drops down from the gulf of alaska. there it is. right there. but it's not today. it will be tomorrow. we have the clearing behind that. finally the plume of moisture from the southwest finally got out of here. it's getting pushed south because of the system i'm standing right in front of. there a little system, a little wave in the atmosphere, just a wave zipping by right near fort brag. if we get any moisture in the higher elevations could be a little snow there. our system is lifting northeast right there. but we'll mention some showers especially sonoma county north. 36 santa rosa. 37 fairfield. now concord, buchanan says 40. but i've seen 38 not far away. livermore's also 38. 42 oakland. 40 redwood city. probably 39 towards woodside. and san jose's at 43. one system will just kind of move up like that to the north. the rest of us will have patchy fog, clear skies in the morning and then sunny. clouds developing in

this acts as a big sponge. the water flows through and it gets in a lower formation and then the water level starts to rise and it becomes a reservoir for water. this is dissipated during the more dry months of the year. >> this forms a big long skinny basin and runs into san francisco. it is the coastal bluffs areas that are subject to erosion from the waves and the ground water that comes out and you start to lose this. this is the largest example of failure for a long part of the coast. it has been moving continuously for a long time. >> the ocean was at the same level as we are standing. in 1982, and massive slide occurred further to the north of and one day it moves 5 feet and by the second day it moves 30 feet out. all of that land down below was sitting out here. it was a great deal logic feature of the landslide further to the south. there were houses on top and there was a very steep slope. you can see some debris slides where the sand is slowing. then you drop into a gully or a drainage swell. the top

i can work out a big blowout. it's a big year for you, isn't it? >> yeah.nk you. >> jimmy: you look fantastic. >> you know, you have -- you have a choice -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> -- on how you about things. is the grass half empty or half full? >> jimmy: um hm. >> so i choose to think that i'll get social security. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. that's exactly the thing. >> that's a good choice. >> jimmy: absolutely, yeah. that's the way to do it. >> you have the new record out. you -- just coming off "sex and the city 2," when you were doing beyonce's, "single ladies." >> yeah. >> jimmy: which was phenomenal. that was awesome. >> thank you. >> jimmy: and i know you've got some shot outs last night at madison square garden. lady -- lady gaga was out there. >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: i mean, and she -- and she gave you a couple shout outs. you saw her at the garden last night? >> oh, yeah. she was wonderful. she asked me to come backstage before the show. >> jimmy: yeah. >> which i thought that was phenomenal. so i -- >> jimmy: before she gets into an egg or somethin

big tobacco knew it, and they preyed on me. i'm here to tell you that big tobacco hasn't changed. they continue to profit... by selling kids the same lies... to get them to use... the same deadly products. don't be big tobacco's next victim. >>pam: now just 96 hours after the quake a man is being pulled from the rubble by rescue teams. he is wrapped in this warming a little foil type of garment to try and keep his body warm. this video is coming to us from japan which is one of the areas hard hit. a few hours earlier a 70 year- old woman was rescued. brian joined a team of u.s. surgeon rescuers as they started to hunt for survivors in the town. >>reporter: were in this town which was devastated by years quickens and on a. he sea rescue workers going into that unstable house. these guys are courageous and go to the structures all the time no and they come out any minute. the devastation as paris hard. i wil show you one contrast, up that hill that's what high ground as it could save the people and houses. these people didn't have a chance. on the other side of these buildings is an

and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture because brothers have their hands in just about everything even with a pedia i'll explain what they're up to and why because of their efforts you need to be careful about believing anything you read on the internet plus how can this nation the richest in the world not provide clean drinking water consumer advocate and author erin brockovich joins me for this discussion but first a dramatic turn of events in wisconsin. this is a violation of law this is not just the legal. notice the chairman. it was gaza state senate republicans used what they claim is a loophole in the law to officially cut from state employees nearly all collective bargaining rights the night how this latest move is part of a larger plan to destroy our democracy. you need to know this late last night governor scott walker and republicans in wisconsin proved to the world what we all suspected their union stripping agenda had absolutely nothing to do with the budget it was gutsy we democrats still a wall in public opinion turning against him walker used the nuclear

some 200,000 people a day are expected to watch the big race in 2013.e mayor promises to provide smooth service for everyone heading to the big event. that include people on bikes, buses, cars, and even those on foot. and we got reaction to these plans in san francisco this morning. >> it's going to be a crush. i don't see -- there's an awful lot to do here in just a few years. i don't -- you know, it's gonna be a great effort, big effort on the part of people involved. >> san francisco's massive transportation plan include a new streetcar running the length of san francisco's embarcadero. closures on the northern waterfront and all new muni routes will handle the big crowds. >>> environmentalists are worried about the big yacht race and how it could spell disaster for the san francisco bay. the concern is about an invasive algae that could attack native seaweed. the fear is the algae could spread when ships are move and algae spores could be released as construction on the piers begin. environmentalists are considering using some sort of netting to pro

it looks like it's no big deal., this closer to average, napa, san francisco, one degree cooler sunrise at 7:00. looking over in the east bay valleys, upper 60's with brentwood, livermore and concord warmest day along with pleasanton. low 60s and mid-60s for the east bay shores. mid to upper 60s if the south bay, los gatos and warm spots around 59. mid to upper 50s along the coast. downtown san francisco and even sausalito at 62 with mid to upper 50s at your beaches. mid-60s to upper 60s for the rest of monterey bay. for tonight, not as cool this morning, upper 40s to low 50s and santa rosa and cloverdale may be hanging out in the mid 40s tomorrow morning. two areas of high pressure right now. it's being pushed apart by this warm front, that is going to introduce us to the warmer weather tomorrow. it will bring us a slight chance of a sprinkle today. storm track is moving to the north and continue to do so it it will take all these storms with it but the warm front, slight chance of a sprinkle around the sonoma coun

big pharma big big everything can be you know protected but when it comes to the middle class who protects them. and that's exactly right peter you know we have we have people in employee unions making thirty forty fifty thousand dollars a year their wages essentially if you look at it have not gone up in thirty to forty years the people of the rest of the richest one percent the c.e.o.'s their income is gone a share of the pool has gone from sixty to one to two hundred fifty to one in the last forty years the middle class and the lower classes have no more disposable income left the republican model of saying it's a tax issue will give you a couple hundred dollars back and more. a year in taxes that's not going to affect the lives of middle class americans and middle class americans should be making if if we kept to the sixty to one income model of top one percent to two the average non-supervisory worker you know middle class americans should be making about two to three times what they're making now and that would make a big difference in terms of the disclosable income in the lives of

a lot of the potential jurors are going to be big giants' fans and by inference, big barry bonds fans. >> they say the prosecution and defense will probably look at the facebook and twitter pages to see who they like, what they follow and it's all public domain and it's fair game. jurors will be forbid firemen checking the internet, checking facebook and twitter accounts and forbidden from reading the newspaper or watching tv. >> a mudslide has closed a section of highway 1 near big sur. yesterday evening the slide took out a 40 foot chunk of the two-lane highway dozen miles south of carmel. the cause of the slide is unclear with no signs of seeping water. the highway patrol says the closure will last at least several days if not longer. nobody was injured. >> california regulators say they may fine pg&e one million dollars a day for failing to turn over documents. on tuesday, pg&e issued a report that left out a large number of documents verifying the condition of underground transmission linings. pg&e says they can't find them. puc says they want make sure the aging pipes are runnin

it would be, rick, it would be as big as starbucks. it would be number 241 on the fortune 5 -- list f it were a public company. so what is this extra week five? >> bigger an ebay, than eastman kodak, bigger margin than campbell soup. they can't throw passes like the nfl can. with the weak buyses it is an ability to get to yes. the process is more important. they're not $9 billion apart. they are apart on two regular season games, and how to divide some money off the top and injured reserve and rookie wage scale. those are not insurmountable issues. and because that is such a big public company, symbolically, both sides have some momentum to try to make a deal. >> tom: and presumably they are making progress because they are still at the table. >> yeah. now i personally couldn't talk for a 100 hours and say nothing. even though the mediators claim-- the one thing that is interesting is that nobody has leaked any details about the substance of the talks. so if i'm an investor, if i'm a deal maker, i feel pretty good about that. >> tom:

trading volume remained light: 824 million shares moved on the big board-- 1.8 billion shares traded on the nasdaq. fresh numbers out of japan tonight on how its massive earthquake will impact auto production. the nikkei newspaper reports the nation's manufacturers will cut annual auto production by 5% or about 400,000 units. with the japanese still trying to get their nuclear crisis under control, the united nations says its time to re- assess nuclear safety. specifically, the u.n. secretary general wants to make sure there's an international emergency response plan in place. >> susie: still ahead, investors are taking a fresh look at silicon valley's young entreprenuers. we look at what's driving the resurgence of venture capital funding. >> tom: polls show investors like the job the federal reserve is doing, but the central bank's approval rating is lower than that of the irs. that assumes you know who ben bernanke is. a separate survey finds seven out of ten americans don't know he's the fed chairman. so now that the federal reserve is going to hold regular press conferences, wha

big, big opportunity there. >> suzanne: i've got to ask you about coffee prices. they've clearly been going up. you can't miss it if you go to the grocery store. is starbucks going to have to raise prices? >> well, i think we've maintained relative pricing in our retail stores. we just raised prices in grocery, though. the reason for that is commodity prices and coffee in particular is at record highs. we hope to see a downturn in the price, but thus far it has stayed up there. we maintained our concern over there. and it is going to be a tough road if that continues in 2012. >> suzanne: congratulations on your book? >> thank you very much. >> suzanne: and thank you for joining us. i've been speaking with howard schulz, c.e.o. and founder of starbucks. >> tom: lots more economic data today between consumer confidence and home prices, kind of battling for the soul of the stock market. let's get you update in tonight's "market focus." >> tom: stocks saw buying throughout most of the day, shrugging off the bad housing sales data and government debt downgrades in euro

a big event. >>> cinequest. looking at the north bay, we have a drive heading through the north bay. i have an issue to tell you about, but first we want to check the golden gate bridge that is the focus for a lot of people coming in and out of the north bay. crews were just moving the copes cones out of the way there. just north of novato, southbound 101 at kastania road has reports of a tractor-trailer that went off the road into the ditch. just a couple lanes are open coming south out of the bay. it will be slow heading over to highway 37 over the next half hour. coming out of the north bay near the cartinas and venetian bridges, a smooth drive. no problems as far as the toll plaza. we'll get you a live look out further. 880, highway 24 are an easy drive. and a live look at the toll plaza, there you go with no problems. no puddling, so good stuff. we'll get some rain coming up, so stand by for christina's forecast coming up. >>> tension is high this morning in libya after a six-hour gun battle involving tanks

rough day for the officials at the big east tournament. >>> two teams punched their ticket to the big dance yesterday. in the big sky, northern colorado. the northeast, n.e.c. jamal olasewere had 31 points for long island. the red raiders wearing white, playing at home. taking on two-time defending conference champions robert morris. and it's liu surviving a scare in overtime. but advancing to the ncaa tournament for the first time since 1997, with a three-point win. >>> i'm steve bunin. that does it for this espn news update. >>> tina fey may be a dead-ringer. but the gig goes to actress julianne moore. moore will play sarah palin in

i'm thinking the big shuffle. you just coined it. you said the big shuffle. >> i'll take it.t works. the big shuffle. >> that's what we're going with. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back, everyone. jeff joins us one more time. not severe weather but weather we've got to watch out if you're on the coast, right? >> as we head into the next 48 hours, we'll be following a stronger system for friday that's going to kick up dangerous waves, possibly beach erosion with isolated thunderstorms. we could see a half inch to an inch and wind gusts that could gust 20 to 40 miles per hour. sundays, another stronger storm system. we don't want to forget tomorrow, yes, it is st. patrick's day. just a slight chance of a shower and plenty of sunshine. everyone's going to be able to see what you're wearing very clearly out there. so don't forget the green. >> right. and lock your doors because those mischievous leprechauns like to come in the middle of the night. thanks going to do it for us. thanks for being here, garvin. we'll see you tomorrow. from "outscourced,"

the earth, big, big patch. it doesn't all slip exactly the same amount. some parts slip a little more in the earthquake, some slip a little less is so after the earthquake, there are lots of sort of jostling around on that fault plain. those are smaller earthquakes which can still be pretty big. and those can go on, in this case, for tens of years after the big earthquake. they will drop, they become less and less common with time, but they will go on for a while. >> rose: what are the advances in your field? what are you learning that you didn't know? >> well, probably the single biggest thing we've learned to do is we used to to the be able to measure how fast these plates moved. because they move about as fast as your fingernails grow. we can only measure their motions over millions of years. now what we've learned to do is with gps, with accurate gps we can measure egg motions of less than a tenth of an inch per year. so we're now able to monitor the motions of these plates and we can watch them storing up

big tobacco knew it, and they preyed on me. i'm here to tell you that big tobacco hasn't changed.. by selling kids the same lies... to get them to use... the same deadly products. don't be big tobacco's next victim. >> james: here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. of the day rain in the mix, which added to this morning, it will taper off to a chance of scattered showers today, tomorrow for a great credit, saturday then the rain comes back in in time as the end of your weekend. charlie sheen's troubles continue now he's turning to social media as an outlet. santer and gore brings us up-to-date. >> troubled actor charlie sheen has lost custody of his younger twin sons. this video posted shows authorities removing the boys from his home tuesday night. his estranged wife filed a restraining order against that tv star after claims he was abusive towards her. >> i was told that a restraining order was being delivered but it was something more serious. >> reporter: he plans to fight to regain custody. >> of, max it's your daddy i've never lied to, this is another example of that. i

we had big fires break out in 2002. it was the best known because it was 460 some odd acres, the biggest fire in arizona's history. it was two separate fires set by humans and they eventually merged. this is a color enhanced image from space, but just how big the fires how when you look at the landscape. this is one of the 400 houses destroyed. this is the entire map of arizona, and you can see the fire took out a big portion of the high country forests. i just want to talk just a minute about another big effect on our water supply. this is glen canyon dam and any aquatic species in the southwest was in difficult circumstances because of dams like this and all we do to modify the water systems here in the southwest. this is the hump back chub, one of many species in payroll. these two maps show you two different scenarios of what global warm can do to our water supply in terms of precipitation. there's going to be a dramatic decrease in precipitation, and we're talking about 40% less rain of the that's going to translat

a lot of the potential jurors are going to be big giants fans and by inference big barry bonds fans. >> jury consultants say the prosecution and defense will look at the facebook and twitter pages of potential jurors to see who they like and what they follow. the jurors will be forbidden of checking the internet and prohibited from watching tv and reading newspapers all to prevent them from being influenced in any way. we have the entire jury questionnaire. go to www.abc7.com. >>> meantime, victor conte the man that started the investigation that led to bonds' prosecution is back in the business of advising athletes. he ran the balco lab when they raided the facility in 2003. they found evidence of several performance enhancing drugs and information tying them to several high profile athletes. he was ultimately sentenced to four months in prison and four months home confinement. they say conte is running a legal supplement business. he says he is hoping to help solve the steroid mess. >> a man accused of kidnapping and imprison opening justin duchscherer will be dh jaycee dugard will

but it is a big deal. one of the things i talk a lot about on the campaign, making sure that we do fund our public safety departments. we have to make some tough decisions this year, but to me, one of the biggest priorities is making sure that we have our police and firefighters and sheriffs' offices and their budgets fully funded so that we can ensure that public safety does not lag during these budget times. again, in district 2, i do not think it is talked about as much. we are fortunate that we do not have a lot of homicides. we do not have a lot of those types of serious crimes. but the crimes that to happen to matter to the people in district two. so as a local supervisor, it is incumbent upon me, and i take it very seriously to pay attention and make sure we engage with the police and fire department said they are aware of exactly what is happening, but again, i have to tell you that i think we are very lucky with the police infrastructure we have an firefighter infrastructure we have and the office

a big, big drop in the market already this morning. >> yeah.et's get straight as to jay jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. not a day for the squeamish on wall street. starting in a deep hole off economic news in the u.s. the dow lower by 190 points after the labor department reported that first time weekly jobless claims spiked higher by 26,000 last week to 397,000. that was a much bigger-than- expected increase, although with the four-week average at 392,000 below 400,000 that's still indicating an uptick in hiring. other piece of news not helping is the u.s. trade deficit. in january, it hit a six-month high of up 15% to $46.3 billion, exports out stripping imports from rising oil prices mainly. that was before oil prices skyrocketed in just the past few weeks with all of the unrest in the middle east. couple of other reasons for the market dropping this morning, coming from overseas. china turned in a surprising trade deficit in february of over $7 billion. and that's got some worries that

talk about the big picture on thom hartmann coming up in this half hour get this big banks just paid their taxes all the teaching jobs lost during the recession could be back so could such a simple solution solve. the problems of our country and just when you thought the airport scanners were bad turns out it could have been way worse tell you what else was on homeland security surveillance agenda plus later my daily take on why gas prices are really on the rise and the unrest in libya is only the smallest part of that story. a bank of america in washington d.c. is having a difficult time staying open these days two weeks ago was shut down under the people as part of the u.s. uncut movement demanding corporations pay their fair share of taxes and yesterday a similar movement named make wall street a shot was shutting down the bank of america when hundreds of people arrived to protest bank of america not paid a dime in taxes in two thousand and nine because they used over one hundred off short acts savings to take a look. america . a new report by the national people's action and publ

yesterday, big problems. it's stable now.ooking at 680 and 880 through hayward and fremont, letters for the city, city area, that's looking really nice as well through that portion of 880. oakland colosseum area northbound on the taillights side. the live shot and the earlier saw crews on the side of the road just off to the right. that cleared the area. i told you about the earlier traffic break. all lanes open. no more closures for any lanes heading up into downtown oakland. smooth drive to the bay bridge toll plaza. a live look shows a light volume of traffic off the east shore freeway, smooth drive as well. back to the maps there. back to you. that live shot coming up in a bit. >> we look forward to that. >>> crisis in japan has stock markets in a free fall. scott will join us with that. >> good morning. looks good this morning as far as the dow goes, but shares in apple were crushed on wednesday after leading analysts downgraded. his opinion of the cupertino company. apple fell $15.46 a slayer toha. a 4 1/2 point plunge.

there was a big supreme court ruling today. >>> fighting back. gadhafi's fierce new pushback against his own people. as other dictators fall, how does he survive? >>> whose side are you on in the showdown over unions and collective bargaining? tonight we'll show you what people say in our new poll. >>> the secret lives of animals. did you ever wonder what they're all up to when nobody's watching? now we know. >>> and the surprise appearance today to unveil the next big thing. today to unveil the next big thing. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. they go to the funerals of americans who have been killed in action in iraq and afghanistan and they hold up signs saying things like, "thank god for dead soldiers," "god hates you," and "it's too late to pray," and they do this in the name of religion. of course, what they do is an insult to religion. they are the members of the westboro baptist church in kansas and they are the last thing a grief-stricken parent wants to see, but is what they're do

that is a big one. there was a two-unit building where a tax was built -- a deck was built without a permit to be used as a recreational deck, but on the building plans that were approved by the department of building inspection, there were the -- there was the deck shown. the railings on the plan around the surface of this roof deck -- there was a staircase to get up to this, but there was no -- so we had a problem because the building inspection that was done for the sale of the property by the buyer indicated that, well, this cannot be permitted roof deck. in digging around a little bit more, we found that to be true. this is a two-unit building that the buyer intended to apply for a condominium conversion that some point in the near future. that was a big deal for them. what they found out in their search was they would have to remove what was there or find a way to add a second means of egress. that was a $10,000 problem. >> i think any to chip in your. things have changed about second means of red

tomorrow, temperatures not the big story.s, we'll get into the mid-50s. it's going to be gusty, especially through the morning hours. 56 in fremont. 55 around san jose. along the peninsula, strong gusty winds overnight tonight through probably 11:00 a.m. or noon. then the winds begin to settle down. 57 in oakland tomorrow. and again, the heavy rain could be an issue for the north bay, with some localized flooding for some of our creeks and streams. here's that long-awaited seven-day forecast. and there is a little bit of sunshine possibly towards the end of the week. but this early spring forecast is actually looking a lot more like winter for us. >> we've got to wait until next weekend for the goodooweather. >> patience, patience. >> thank you, nick. california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still g

i want fact, there is a big -- in fact, there ig -- is a big storm coming later in the week. just a few scattered showers in the bay area. several more offshore. >>> today is the first day of spring and it sure came in like a lion, a blustery storm, power outages all over the bay area. let's look at some of the damage. >> you want to salute the death of a 150-year-old oak tree. >> it ripped out a gas line that serviced the house. >> luckily it didn't fall on the house. >> reporter: in san fra,s it was a man -- in san francisco, it was a man made wonder that took a fall. it landed near union square. >> i heard a big crash, went to the window and everybody was like running away across the way and hollering. >> reporter: luckily no one was hurt. also, a tree fell on to a car at lincoln avenue just after midnight with the ground saturated, we could be seeing a locality more tree damage -- a lot more tree damage. >> it's bad because it hasn't slowed down and i would expect to see a low the of -- a lot of trees falling in the next couple of days here. >> reporter: hopefully not to

big fish. he was the leader of the last republican revolution, back in 1994, becoming speaker of the house. you will hear gingrich saying over and over again, managing to lead the congress when it cut taxes and balanced the budget. what i'm told this afternoon he will announce that he's considering a run he's going to call it an explore phase. a formal announcement will come in about a month. for president. but i'm told by people close to gingrich, he is running for president. >> fox says that's enough of a conflict that he has to be suspended. but they haven't suspended the contracts of sarah palin, john bolton, mike huckabee. all potential candidates. why not? >> reporter: executives at fox see what most outside observers see. when it comes to huckabee and palin, there's no indication they are taking steps towards actually creating a campaign to run for president. >> finally, maybe the most official candidate later this afternoon, out of louisiana, the former governor, buddy roemer. used to b

it's a big deal. not just a royal wedding, it's a big decision for him to bring kate to the family. there's obviously a huge amount of pressure from the media, from the public, that kind of thing. he's done the right thing, wait, and he's done that when he feels right and it's a huge step. >> reporter: can you tell me some details of what you'll be saying? >> i haven't written it yet. >> reporter: are you writing some of it here? >> i'm writing a speech. so are a couple of his friends. i will have a few stories, my grandmother will be there, so i'll have to be selective, as one might say. i'll make a speech, like any best man's speech, between the three of us, we'll make sure people know the good times and bad times that he's had. >> reporter: prince charles, your father, i can only imagine, this is very important to him. the very first son getting married? >> yeah. he's had a lot to do with the wedding. he's over the moon, actually. he's very busy. yet he's managed to make time to sort of help kate o

look at the big board.e'll go over that throughout morning. >> all of america's weather in the next half hour on this friday. george? >> thank you, sam. >>> we're going to sneak into real-life x-files now. the british government has released for the first time more than 8,500 pages of secret documents about ufos. decades of sightings, compiled by the ministry of defense. nick watt joins us from london. nick, you've been digging into them. >> reporter: i have, george. this is the biggest release of secret ufo files in intergalactic history. i've been up all night reading most of the 8,500 pages. these are britain's x-files. sinister sightings, trembling testimony, photographs, sketches. >> the official agenda is i've been told on both sides of the atlantic is that gradual disclosure has to be the way. >> reporter: now, we know in the '60s, the '70s, the u.n., the cia, the world, took the alien threat seriously. september 1967, six flying saucers were found across southern england. >> this was taken extremely

this year, it's the big boys. the united nations is learning big isn't always better. the group is taking heat from its own ethics investigators, who say work to improve relationships with big business has flopped. the plan, called "global compact," was rolled out 10 years ago. a new study finds some companies are using the project to boost their own image without actually making the environmental, labor and corruption improvements the u.n. was hoping for. >> tom: the top lawyer for the state of wisconsin wants to begin implementing the new law curbing the collective bargaining power of government employees' unions. today he asked an appeals court to let the law go into effect. it had been blocked by a circuit court. but the wisconsin attorney general says that court had no right to overstep a law passed by the state legislature. >> susie: social security's been around for more than 75 years, but the largest government program is now considered the third rail in american politics. those who touch it risk getting a huge shock. but tonight's commentator has some thoughts

history. >>> and bizarre flaw behind another big recall. how honking the horn is putting some drivers at risk. >>> welcome back to the "early edition." mild temperatures, not quite as sunny, partly cloudy to start, mostly cloudy later, temperatures in the upper 50s to near 70 for some of the warmest spots. your full forecast coming up. >>> thank you. the largest sex discrimination case ever has a hearing before the supreme court today. wal-mart trying end to a class action lawsuit on behalf of more than a million women working for the retailer. the suit claims wal-mart paid those women less than men and gave them fewer promotions. wal-mart says there are too many plaintiffs and too many different job classifications for this to be a class action case. >> you can have a group that's this large litigating as a class action, but what there must be is a common issue, a common issue of law or fact. wal-mart's argument is these hiring decisions are done by the individual stores. there is no common issue. >> the suit began ten years ago with six w