the city. this group of folks worked together as a team. they are part of the marketing department within the administration division. and what they are being recognized for today is an effort that they had in developing the anti-crime campaign but was up inside our vehicles, and i think on some of the bus shelters, in response to a real safety need we have at the agency, said the being the most important thing for us to be addressing to make sure people feel safer riding or system. -- our system. working with the police department to identify people being robert on board of their smart phones, this group got together to develop a campaign that by all accounts was very successful. we are not only ourselves feeling this was a successful campaign, but this group was recognized by the american public transit association in getting an award. they were first place for public relations awareness or educational campaign for the crime campaign. they have also gotten five awards over the last three years, so their value is recognized not just in san francisco, but across the coun

the stadium. we're excited about it. >> rick: what unique challenges do you have running a team in what is the nfl's smallest market. >> we don't have the resources of some of the other teams that have deep pocketed owners that they can turn to. so for us, the alternative to that is our shareholders and one of the things we've done over the years to offset that advantage or compensate for the disadvantage is we have packer's reservation fund. that's now at 27.5 million and that really is kind of a rain e day fund. >> rick: it is a difficult economy, it is turning around a bit but a tough economy is even more difficult in a relatively small market. what is the packer's business model say about how to survive in a tough economy. >> first of all with our ownership structure, there are some benefits. i think one of the benefits is hat our fans have -- that our fans have a much stronger tie to the team because of the ownership interest that they have in the team. that help us in terms of particularly where we've been able to benefit from it is on our payroll sales. i think last year we led the nfl in terms of our pro sh

nevada like florida that been crippled by the collapse of the housing market. the romney teamt with fretd dee mac. romney made it crystal collar freddie mac was not going to go away. will his ties to freddie mac be ultimately gingrich's achilles heel in nevada as it has to some extent been in florida? >> possibly because you cannot overstate how important the housing collapse is in nevada. nevada and florida are perfect bookends if you want examples of the worst examples of the housing collapse. nevada, he's already had some advertising by the nevada paper. so far he hasn't bought anything. there are a few days left. romney and the super pac had some effective ads running. newt gingrich has to figure out a better answer for what he did for the company other than being a historian. >> right. nobody seems to accept that. >> he was not in the contract. >> of course, absolutely. where will newt's resources come from if he loses tonight by more than ten points? >> first, i just have to point out, i saw an unbelievable stat related to that that 92% of the advertising dollars spent i

the movie tells the story of billy bean and his struggle to keep up with large market teams. the oakland a's are thrilled, tweeting, quote, we're painting the carpet green. "moneyball" nominated for six oscars, congrats. the other nominees for best picture, "war horse," "the artist," the descend dends" the tree of life, "midnight in paris," "the help," "hugo." >> the pollution report that could keep yachts docked. >> he is out of here. the boss heading to boston, we'll tell you all about cody's new contract, just ahead. >>> the final plunge of priceline's william shatner, that's coming up. >>> i'm brian moore live in washington with a. preview of president obama's third state of the union address, coming up. >>> welcome back, everyone. tonight the president taking aim at the third state of the union address. critics say the speech is about the state of his presidency. brian moore live on capitol hill with mor. the white house insists the speech is not about politics but, let's face it, in an election year, that's literally impossible. >> well, john, the president's talking ton

in europe will encourage it to explore the growth potential we are merging markets like russia of the former soviet states and turkey. for the markets now on our team you start with commodities so well as somewhat recovered since we last looked at it still down fourteen cents as australia said it will join europe and radiant oil but this is being offset by rising u.s. stockpiles are. moving on to stocks now in the u.s. markets are mixed still as pending home sales came in with a decline from a nineteen month high the nasdaq is being propelled by apple shares which are gaining six point eight percent this hour after a press of earnings. in europe the picture is pretty negative mostly weighed down by pharmaceutical and telecommunications companies shares of ericsson tumbled more than fourteen percent of one point after the from avoided a sixty five percent profit decline for the fourth quarter banks are also under pressure one of the few upbeat stocks is their holdings it's three point one percent london bored by robust earnings from apple yet again. and this is the closing picture in a rush and it's all pause here with the r.t.s. gating one point th

the wizards continue to be like a stock market team, up and down and incredibly inconsistent. back to texas. the wizards played well in the first half. strike up the band. minutes without a point. the wizards turned the ball over 24 times. 1 03-76. the maryland terrapins played tomorrow at the comcast center. the coaches trying to put a stop their three-game losing streak. stretches, but there of one on one stuff. becoming more of the team. for us to get or we want to be season, we have to become more of the team. my guys understand that. >> let's go over to fairfax. they miss the shot. look at this. 2, 1, bang. they win at the buzzer. tiger woods put another solid performance together at the abu dhabi championship. despite the controversy, he still mesmerizes the masses. a lot of the so-called experts is back.hat tiger he continues to climb the leader board. shot a very strong 59 on the desert course. ranked player in the but tiger is coming on strong. how about this? you never want to be separated from the machine. you kidding me? incredibly, he survives. he gets the gold me

within the next few minutes, a tip led units to silver hill road. the team converges on this market. inside, they busted several people for selling drugs out of the store and running an illegal gamable operation from the back of the store. police say the objective of this operation is the area within the beltway that have the most violent crime. >> we are not just going to go out and patrol. we're going to go out and patrol specific streets, specific neighborhoods. we're going to go knock on door of specific spiel who we know have warrants or that have had violent crimes. we want them to know that we are there. >> last thing we want is repeat of last year. >> reporter: the first 12 days of 2011, there were 13 murders. this year, the police chief decided from january through february 4th, they would be more proactive. >> we're going to assess, as we go along. if we have to change the resources, change our approach, we'll do that. right now, we think we've got the right idea. >> they hope the end result of the idea is a less violent year and a safer prince george's county. >> number o

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the marketing. >> walter noel's bevy of lovely daughters married into families that were well known in those moneyed circles. and the fairfield greenwich sales team, if you will-- the walter noel extended family-- began to market its services far and wide. >> smith: noel's eldest daughter married a colombian investment banker, andrés piedrahita. other sons-in-law marketed sentry in latin america and the middle east. their annual christmas card chronicles their rise. >> the unofficial motto was, "if we act rich, we will become rich." this was about being able to finance a lifestyle that people only... that some people only dream about. they read about these things in w and in town and country, and they wanted that sort of lifestyle. they wanted to be in society. >> walter noel was making an extraordinary amount of money, and all he had to do was market. and there were many people that just looked at what fairfield sentry was doing and said, "hey, this is free money." >> smith: fund managers everywhere wanted in on it-- latin america, asia and europe. and they went to major banks looking for clients, nowhere more than in the world's capital of disc

the interview possible thank you. wealthy british. likely. markets. into the global economy. on our team tonight president obama kicks off his campaign to stay in the white toast using the state of the union address to pledge saving the economy he stressed his successes and promised millions of new jobs but critics say it's a big toe doesn't reflect reality. tens of thousands of egyptians are back on tahrir square the marquee year now since the uprising that toppled president mubarak's thirty year rule but it's frustration along with celebration because of drugging reforms. the world's top whistleblower is to get others to spill the beans on t.v. as julian assange should land his own interview show right here on r t we can leaks founder expose some of the world's darkest secrets in his new series premiere on this channel. now wednesday night sport. thanks for joining us bases for today plenty ahead over the next ten minutes or so including the stories in brief. and then there were four maria sharapova secures the last semifinal berth up the is truly an open. pitch dreamz the lower league

the rest of the team for now. wealthy british style. time. market why not.find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kinds a report on our. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images cold world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are today. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom hartman welcome to the big picture. well the blood still flowing in a body count growing the arab league reportedly wants to carry on monitoring in syria despite being slammed for being totally ineffective. silenced and thrown out iran's english language press t.v. news program gets kicked british airways for falling foul of broadcasting was something the channels clear at censorship. many of faces its worst protest years as crowds clashed wi

twenty three minutes past the hour harry you're watching business and our team emerging market currencies are seeing the best start of the year since the turn of the century the russian ruble along with the mexican peso and the brazilian ryall foreign currencies from the major developments sons of medicine one of five rising risk appetite after the e.u. leaders signed up for a stricter budget discipline on monday's meeting however steam jacobson from south so vhong believes the positive mood will not last long. the central banks continue to print money so much that they're actually running out of paper to printed on if you look at the easy be they have been expanding their balance sheet since july first by thirty eight percent in terms of currency strength and risk appetite has become a game of continuing to for old credit she adds extensively a solvency issue these little bit like pretending that you can treat a patient deal by giving them more fear and they did create a diagnosis of why the patient is sick but of course the patient will improve short term and this is what's going on wit

the sister of don holeman says he was brought to the bay area as mart of a marketing team, -- part ofng team, but he wanted to return home. someone brought him to the san jose bus station, he reportedly got into a confrontation and ran off. leaving behind his belongings and medication. he is described at 6'1", weighing about 145 pounds. >>> fewer californians are getting health insurance from employers compared to this time laste. for those who do get healthcare the price of that coverage has gone up. that's the finding by a nonprofit survey. researchers say premiums for employer health insurance plans have risen 153% since 2002. the portion offering coverage dropped to 63%. >>> tickets to the first san francisco 49ers playoff game in years are still available, but they will cost you. we checked stubhub. they range from $225, all the way up to more than $2,000. the game is set for january 14 at 1:30 p.m. the niners have a bye this week and will have to wait to find out who they play. >>> new allegations against a man accused of being a faith doctor. plus a dramatic jump in >>> new vid

the sister of don holeman says he was brought to the bay area as mart of a marketing team, -- part of marketing team, but he wanted to return home. someone brought him to the san jose bus station, he reportedly got into a confrontation and ran off. leaving behind his belongings and medication. he is described at 6'1", weighing about 145 pounds. >>> fewer californians are getting health insurance from employers compared to this time laste. for those who do get healthcare the price of that coverage has gone up. that's the finding by a nonprofit survey. researchers say premiums for employer health insurance plans have risen 153% since 2002. the portion offering coverage dropped to 63%. >>> tickets to the first san francisco 49ers playoff game in years are still available, but they will cost you. we checked stubhub. they range from $225, all the way up to more than $2,000. the game is set for january 14 at 1:30 p.m. the niners have a bye this week and will have to wait to find out who they play. >>> new allegations against a man accused of being a faith doctor. plus a dramatic jump in the

>>> apparently your spending is boosting the economies and the job market may be looking up. our money teamkeeping an eye on it for you. start with felicia taylor in new york. >> hey, fredricka. the economy picked up steam at the end of 2010. the government said this past week that gdp grew in the fourth quarter at a 2.8% annual rate. helped by rising consumer spending. that's the fastest in more than a year but wall street expected even better. the economy grew a little bit more in each quarter as 2011 progressed but the growth rate for the year was just 1.7%. analysts are expecting gdp to be better than that this year, but still far from robust because of europe's debt crisis. poppy has a look at what's coming up in business news. poppy? >> thanks so much. we're coming to you this week from the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. looking ahead to next week in the united states we'll get the january jobs report. it is the first reading of the new year. 2011 ended on a high note with 200,000 jobs added in december. the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in nearly three years

the company predictable success, and also author of the new book "the synergist," how to lead your team to predictable success. and marketing guru jeffrey hayzlett is the head of the leslet group, a business consulting company and author of the new book "running the gauntlet: essential business lessons to lead, drive change and grow profits." great to see all of you. so, hal, do you find a lot of companies reshoring? do you find that you are giving that advice to a lot of companies you work with? >> well, the world has changed pretty rapidly. wages have risen in china by 20% to 30% a year for awhile and companies are beginning to realize that the advantages of going to china, particularly on products that don't have a large labor content, are going down. so we're starting to see just the beginnings of a wave of companies who are beginning to reshore to the u.s. we don't think this will start in a major way until around 2015, but we're surprised by how many have begun now, companies like faruk systems that make hair dryers or sleek audio that make audio equipment or coleman that makes coolers are now bringing their products

. >> within the next few minutes, a tip led units to silver hill road. the team converges on this market. inside, they busted several people for selling drugs out of the store and running an illegal gambling operation from the back of the store. police say the objective of this operation is the area within the beltway that had the most violent crime. >> you have to be more searchable in our approach. we aren't going to go out and patrol. we are going to knock on doors of specific persons we know either have open warrants or involved in serious violent crime and take it to them and let them know. >> this plan to attack crime is based on what happened at the start of last year. >> last thing we want is a repeat of last year. >> there were 13 murders. this year, the police chief decided from january through february 4, they would be more proactive. >> we are going to assess as we go along and if we have to change the resources, change our approach, we'll do that. right now, we think we have the right idea. >> they hope the end result of the idea is aless violent year and a safer prince geor

it's the rangers and the nationals that are the two most talked about teams with fielder, who is the best free agent on the marketht now. >>> back to the hardwood. pearson and may sun on the home stand. and he is going to finish it up on the other end. nice night for him, 24 points in the game. later in the first half, bennett with the alley-oop, and mason running away with it. and he throws it down. mason all over. and final score, 89-63. mason improves, and they sit atop the acc standings. >> good night for hoops. >> yeah, good night for everything. >> good night to share goo ring ring hello, progresso. it fits! fantastic! ring ring] progresso. they fit! awesome thank you ring, ring [ man ] pro-gresso they fit! okay-y... okay??? you don't understand. i've been eating progresso because there's... 40 flavors 100 calories or less and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> doctors and emergency responders in montgomery county say they are equipped to treat heart attacks faster. they got a demonstration of the system of the e

with overnight gunfire causing a very tense situation in san francisco south of market neighborhood. swat teams race to the scene after getting reports of multiple gunshots coming from a building on ninth street. ktvu tara moriarty joins us now from the scene with information about men who are being detained. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. we are here off of ninth street. we are just off of central freeway where police had to shut down one of the off ramps here. while they search for the gunman. where they were was in that apartment building. that you see right there. they were firing off their guns and jumped a couple of rooftops until they were all the matily found. came down the fire escape of that building. police were able to arrest the two men around 1:00 this morning. that is after two hours of trying to find them. the chp blocked off the freeway and had a helicopter here. but backed off because of the fact shots were still being fired when police arrived. a swat team was here. tactical units and fire department. they quarantined off several blocks. established a perimeter and told p

the world. a lot of nigerians . on our team. wealthy british soil is an expert on the. market why you know. why don't what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger or no holds barred look at the global financial headlines cars report. the week's main news and i'll see for you terror on claims the u.s. in a zero was behind destination on iranian nuclear scientist of the century an effort to block the country's atomic program father to mounting tension between america and the islamic republic. syria's president assad releases the first political prisoners held during ten months of it and rest while international pressure intensifies with the un secretary general calling for violence to end. also facing the euro survival that says nine e.u. countries are dying graded by credit rating agencies standard and poor's over continued international worries that the bloke's huge debt troubles up on from under control. the destination russia's mas probe is proving to his mission of one just trade before settling that has finally plunged into the ocean two months of treats to launch bu

the market. well that's all for me in the business thank you on our team but with that we could always find more financial stories just log on to our website that started out college classes back to watch. when it can uncomfortable question leads to a great accusation towards who is more is enough obviously the president who isn't supposed to hide anything. more it's someone asking him why do you make a secret of it when the powers to be suppress the voice of those who think different culture when you get experiencing very serious problems off of the saakashvili government came to power in two thousand and three if you put it from a book that was when the problems began piling up. interviews were now off limits to our journalists they were often beason up and humiliated in public when the attempt to protect property puts life in real danger the fact we have been deprived of the only means of earning a living and i have gone to the original sit all the papers yes i'll be out there little i used the ownership rights on the basis of companies freedom becomes just a stage prop. the move. to. the be.

the line. >>> they promised to move and they are trying to keep the team here in san francisco. >>> we are looking at the south of market area and there was a robbed medical emerge i, we will let you know what is going on. -- there was a reported medical emergency and we will let you know what is going on. stay tuned for more. . >>> welcome back to ktvu channel 2 news, we want to get back to our top story this morning. a fatal hit-and-run, allie rasmus joins us with what the victim's friend is saying about the late night crash, allie? >> reporter: traffic investigators are on this case trying to find the fatal hit- and-run. it happened at 11:30 last night. the victim was crossing the street next to where a gas station is located and that corner. he was struck by a car while he was in the crosswalk and the car just sped off. >> i could see my friend laying on the ground and i just called for help. >> now the man was rushed to hyland hospital with very serious injuries and he died from those injuries. they don't have a description of the vehicle involved. they don't have any witnesses there is surveillance cameras on the

the store said sprint's changes to its customers and credit models led to fewer new and upgraded subscribers. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: this coming sunday, the two best teams in football will be battling for dominance on the field. off the field, however, another competition has been brewing: sales of beer versus liquor. and you might be surprised to learn which vice has been victorious. suzanne pratt has the story. >> all choices lead you somewhere. bold choices take you where you're supposed to be. >> reporter: thanks to a hip and cool new image, liquor, not beer, has become the choice of many alcohol drinkers. so much so that spirits sales continue to gain ground on their fizzy rival. >> what i've seen lately, actually, the trend is as far as buying spirits, it's more higher end spirits, looking at single- malt scotches, the higher-end rums, and some higher-end vodkas as well. >> reporter: in 2011, spirits accounted for more than a third of the u.s. alcohol market. a decade earlier, spirits had less than 28%. and it's beer, not wine, that's been slipping. spirits trade association c.e.o. peter cressy also credits greater cultural acceptance of hard alco

, forever and -- some are talking about them as investments for the future depending on how well the team does action like the stock market. right now the stock is up. >> better win this weekend. all right. thank you. >> good point. a win would help a lot. >>> now you can get your taxes done while you shop and it's free. >> cash, held hostage. why a traveler had to fight his airline to reclaim the money he lost. we will have that. returns at the s . >>> if you shop at wal-mart you can soon file your taxes at the same time. wal-mart will be offering free tax preparation services in three thousand of its stores. now that's for the 1040ez. the nation's largest retailer will also offer low cost check cashes for refund checks. the tax kiokss will be run by h&r block. >> a vacation too hawaii takes a wrong turn, then a bay area traveler looses his cash. on the consumer watch he knew who had the money but was forced to put up a tough fight to get it back. >> this is my first time in hawaii. >> reporter: in his rush to start his dream vacation kenneth accidentally left something on a seat in the plane, someone found it. >> picked

the market isn't impressed with a seven percent production increase in twenty five. when it comes to of currencies not much of a change the ruble is weaker versus the dollar by around the first team copaxone but services the euro it's up eight copecks whereas the euro is just slightly stronger versus the on the global market. double dip recession in europe is all but a reality the continent's problems were also a drag on the rest of the world international monetary fund now thanks to global growth this year will slow to three point three percent from four percent it was predicted just a few months ago russia is not immune the i.m.f. says the country should focus on targeting inflation to protect itself from external shocks. russia needs to the ruble to be flexible a flexible he said very important component of a successful inflation targeting regime this is the experience from all countries that have made that transition and here russia is moving director actually i think there's a realisation that you cannot target both the action and inflation at the same time so the bank or russia has a lot more flexibility in the ruble since two thousand and it also has defects that when they

the tokyo stock exchange. >>> let's also look at other market figures now. >> that's the latest in business. back to catherine. >> thanks very much. >>> a team of experts from the international atomic agency has gun to review results of the safety tests for two halted nuclear reactors. the team is to inform the government about whether the results and the test methods were appropriate. the ten-member team started a nine-day inspection on monday. the experts are to examine the results of computer simulations for the reactors at the nuclear plant in central japan to determine whether the tests were carried out in line with the international standards. >> and the objective of the mission o'is to review the safety review process for the safety of existing power reactor facilities. >> reporter: the team is to visit the plant on wednesday and thursday to inspect its anti-tsunami measures and verify the government's recent announcement that the tests were appropriate. 90% of japan's nuclear reactors are offline due to concerns that they could be vulnerable to major earthquakes and tsunami. passing the safety checks is a prerequisite for the idled r

the world. blood of nigeria. on our team. wealthy british style sign. passed out on the tires. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our g. . od. and if you. still. want to. welcome back to crossfire i'm going. i'll remind you we're talking about iran and the west. ok mark i want to go back to you in london because right before the break i could just see you were just waiting with baited breath to say something so go here. well first of all i agree with what salaam said about this very dangerous misperceptions and mischaracterizations of islam i really understand what he's saying there but i want to reinforce that mis characterizations of the united states are also wrong and it is the obama administration's policy as it is the negotiating partners to have a deal secret deal with iran and it is iran that back when they last met in istanbul a year ago refused to meet one on one with the united states the united states and its partners had tabled confidence

markets open in the red with energy made is dragging the. market's performance and that's time. international news and comment twenty four hours a day this is our team welcome to the program. well our top story now several detainees in libya have died in recent weeks as a result of torture according to amnesty international human rights groups are. as the crimes were committed by the libyan military and security forces the accusations follow similar claims by french medical aid agency where thousands of gadhafi loyalists remain behind bars now suffering the same atrocities handed out under the late colonel regime. as more. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but in n.t.s.c. run libya the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all these evidence of the continued torture of prisoners say the doctors and now after two inmates died from beatings the international group has stopped its mission in protest. patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical ca

the super bowl indicator. super bowl, of course, this sunday on nbc. and it is an original nfl team wins, then the marketlly up for the year about 80% of the time. of course, there is one big exception to this predictor. in 2008 when the giants stole a perfect season from the pats which was an old afl team, stocks saw their biggest drop since the depression. we all know just how bad things got for the economy. i am just saying, in case you are not sure who to root for on sunday for the sake of the economy, out really hub the pats. >> do you think i can tell who you are for in this matchup? >> i'm just presenting the fangts. 1 facts. when the giants beat the patriots the economy goes into the gutter. >> let's see what happen this time around. thanks for that. something that's interesting to watch for. we will see you later and have a great day. bye-bye. >>> we are cooking italian this morning. chef amy joins us. good morning. >> good morning. >> thanks for joining us. boy, does it smell good. it has been smelling good all morning. it has been kind of stewing here. >> it has been stug which is a secre -- i

the top story yes, sir following for you right now. overnight gunfire in san francisco south of market neighborhood caused a very tense situation. swat teamsed to the scene. after getting reports of several shots being fired from a building on ninth street. no one was hurt. police did detain two possible suspects a couple hours later. >>> new reports coming from iowa. a possible mistake in the vote count from the caucuses there on tuesday. man who says he helped count ballots at one precinct says mitt romney only got two vote there is. not the 22 reported on the iowa republican parties website. mitt rom know was declared the winner of the iowa caucuses. beating rick santorum by eight votes. >>> the opening ceremony for the big maverick surf contest was scheduled for today. last night there was this meeting to talk about changes at this years contest. they include an in town festival plus extra patrols to keep speks traitors off the beach and cliffs. >>> professal surfers excited -- professional suffers excited but beach goers asked to watch out for high waves. >> reporter: good morning, to you pam. be careful if you are heading to the beac