and directv puts wgn back on the air for millions of directv subscribers just-in-time for cubs openingday disagreement and the four day that black out. from tribune tonight we are pleased extremely pleased to have reached an agreement with directv and return our valuable news and entertainment and sports programming to directv subscribers. direct tv issue a statement saying they're happy to close the deal and put this behind them. extreme weather and global warming what one group thinks the two are connected. innovative ways to support entrepreneurs in chicago by building a whole community but tom skilling says there will not be an opening day warmup on gridley fields but there may be some hope for easter. ♪ ♪ so every year my family throws this great reunion in austin. but this year i can only afford one trip and i've always wanted to learn how to surf. austin's great -- just not for surfing. so i checked out hotwire. and by booking with them, i saved enough to swing both trips. see, hotwire checks the competition's rates every day so they can guarantee their low prices. that's how i

directv has taken its fight with tribune to the fcc.the meantime, five million subscribers will miss out on programming like "american idol" and the first week of major league baseball's first week of the season. julia boorstin has the story. we've seen a number of battles like this in the past between content and owners and distributors. how is this one different? >> well, maria, this one has really escalated. what happened is that directv says that they've reached an agreement in name, an agreement in principle with tribune company and then tribune company renigged on that deal. they are now going to the fcc accusing tribune of not negotiating in good faith. they are saying that the problem is that tribune is in bankruptcy and the management made the deal but then its creditors, hedge funds, and banks are then the ones who said, sorry, that deal is not good enough, we need more money. so this has really escalated and directv is asking the tribune to intervene and make a quick end to this. >> what is the justification for more money? >

directv, dollar store is on that, right?e been talking about a dividend play for a long time. what is holding this market together and why it's going to go higher is because when you start talking about yield, you're talking about comparative versus t-bills. it has 118. you can look at directv. they don't pay a dividend you can let it continue to run. it's going to be earnings. the biggest thing is corporations are nervous about is the tax situation and what health care is going to cost. >> kate, your best idea as we head out here? >> our best ideas are to stay in companies that yield, that have a nice dividend yield as well and also to stay with companies that access scarce global growth. even though people have been very fearful about china and our expectation is that it's behind us. >> that would be great news for u.s. stocks? >> it would be very good news for lots of global equities. >> thank you both. kate, i'll see you on the countdown and neil, we'll see you after the "closing bell" rings as well. >>> dow jones up 198

directv is not carrying programming in local stations across 19 broadcast companies after they failed to reach an agreement over the weekend. an annual report on air draft said last year air travel slightly improved their treatment of passengers, getting them to their destination as scheduled 80% of time. auto sales in the u.s. are expected to show strong numbers when march data is relaced when 13,000 more cars sold compared to march of last year. the march report on unemployment will be released friday with the economists predicting more than 200,000 jobs were added. still they expect the unemployment rate to remain at 8.3%. and jobs are more plenlt full for graduating college seniors this year, up more than 10% according to a national survey of colleges and employers. and the menu from the last luncheon on the titanic was auctioned in england yesterday. it was saved by an american woman who had put it in her handbag. titanic passengers enjoyed such items as chicken a la maryland. chicken and three desserts. the menu sold for $122,000. >>> coming up march madness building into april

directv subscribers in 19 u.s. markets can see tribune broadcasting channels again now that they have worked out a new five-year deal. >>> and an 11-year-old dutch boy created a solution for the eurozone's debt crisis. he won a special mention in economic competition for his idea for a money exchange machine to deal with the debt in greece. the boy said his plan was inspired by pizza because it was easy to divide into pieces. if only it was that easy. >>> well, the marlins play their opener. the heat rally past the thunder and a professional basketball player scores way more than 100 in one game. >>> plus a high school sprinter in hawaii who stumbled with style. your early morning sports headlines. >> it's good. >>> in the weather world all eyes on the southeast with strong thunderstorms. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up this is "early today." and in sports wednesday the cardinals spoiled the marlins' opening of their ballpark. here's nbc's fred r

ernie els, jason dufner, and our aerial coverage is brought to you by directv.n at this t.p.c. louisiana course, rob arnold, the golf course summit and his crew doing a fabulous job getting this course prepared for a star-studded field we had this week at the zurich. ok, so you've got dufner on the green. then you have ernie. didn't hit his greatest greenside bunker shot last go-round but you have to figure he'll give it a better run at it this time. nick: he'll be perfectly comfortable there. and dufner hole it would putt on the second round. there's ernie's lie. that looks fine. peter: and it's questionable who's away. nick: i think it's dufner, don't you? peter: i think it is but i'm not sure that ernie isn't going to make a play first. i think ernie is going to go ahead and come up. he's much further in the bunker this time around. this shot is probably a good 10 %, 20% easier than last time. nick: he has to play this like a normal shot landed 10 feet or 10 -- so short of the flag and get it to release. i like the way ernie plays his bunkers. just kind of ca

including this one it currently not available to directv subscribers the blackout is the result of aontract dispute, the two companies do not reach an agreement over the compensation for airing a television station wgn and other tribune television stations remain available over the air and through subscription services like @ xfinity and dish network chicago is doing pretty well when it comes to ranking the greenest cities in america: organ is number one according to travel and leisure magazine rated 35 metropolitan areas based on everything from cleanliness to public parks brooklyn has 288 parks and a fourth of the city is shaded by trees chicago is ranked as the fifth greenest city in between portland in chicago are savannah georgia minneapolis st. paul and denver from green cities to a potential red state republicans bring their message to the swing state of wisconsin before tuesday's primary also a dangerous rescue in china and it was all caught on tape. an outbreak of gang violence and murders chicagos englewood neighborhood at the center of negative headlines nationwide recentl

. >>> directv subscribers in 19 u.s. markets can see tribune broadcasting channels once again, now that the two companies have worked out a new five-year deal. >>> and finally, an 11-year-old dutch boy created a solution for the eurozone's debt crisis. who knew it was this easy? he won a very special mention in an economic competition for his idea for a money exchange machine to deal with the debt in greece. he says his plan was inspired by pizza because it was easy to divide into pieces. there you go. i hope somebody is listening. >>> well, the marlins play their opener. the heat rally past the thunder and a professional basketball player scores way more than 100 in one game. plus, a high school sprinter in hawaii who knows how to stumble, does it in style. nice move, buddy. your "first look" at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is

directv is not carrying programming in local stations of tribune broadcasting in 19 markets across the country. after they failed to reach an agreement on the weekend. >>> an annual report on air travel says last year, airlines slightly improved their treatment of passengers getting them to their destination as scheduled 80% of the time. >>> auto sales in the u.s. are expected to show strong numbers when march data is released with about 13 million more cars sold compared to march of last year. the march report on unemployment will be released on friday with economists predicting 200,000 jobs were added. still they expect the unemployment rate to remain at 8.3%. >>> jobs are more plentiful for graduating college seniors this year. that's up more than 10% from last year according to a national survey of colleges and employers. >>> and the menu from the last luncheon on the "titanic" was auctioned off in england yesterday. it was saved by an american woman who had put it in her handbag. titanic passengers enjoyed such items as chicken a la maryland. more than a dozen other meat or fish s

finalist received tens and thousands of dollars worth of donations from samsung, microsoft, adobe and directv. >>> a documentary of bob marchly is coming to the big screen. the documentary is simply named marchly. and what's being called a first, marley will be available on facebook the same day as its release this friday. >>> still ahead, listen up, guys, a new study finds every day chores like cooking, cleaning, washing dishes could help ward off old-timers, topper. >> there might be some hope for me. that includes some gardening. we'll show you radar if you're heading up 270, drying out to the south though, we'll come back and tell you what happens for the rest of the week and look ahead to a potentially big storm over the weekend. >>> but up next, dramatic video of a car crashing into customers, wow. at a supermarket. don't forget, we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, you'll have that video when we come back. >>> we now have breaking news in the investigation of the secret service scandal out of columbia. scott pelley has more. >> one secret service member said he would be fired. a

the winners will receive $100,000 of technology from samsung, microsoft, the adobe foundation, and directvhn legend, we can call him d.c.'s own. in town every other week. >> he is always here and says he loves the nation's capital and does a lot for young kids. >> he sure does. >> a real role model there. >> he sings, too. >> he sings and plays the piano. >> after months out of the lime light actress demi moore has emerged. >> the actress made her first appearance since entering rehab in january. the 49-year-old showed up for a tv premiere in beverly hills yesterday. >>> earlier this year you'll recall moore entered a treatment center after splitting with her husband of six years ashton kutcher but the actress appears to be improving. she sent out a tweet on tuesday asking for ideas for a new twitter name. it's currently at mrs. kutcher. yeah. that's got to change. >>> madonna is one of the biggest pop stars in the world, and her work is often very provocative. >> now we've got a different issue to contend with. her daughter apparently her 15-year-old was photographed smoking a cigarette.

it seems directv down there, in venezuela, and colombia, pulled fox news channel for some reason. looking into it. if you watch it from south america, we know you're down there. we'll try to fix that. all right? again, thank you for watching us tonight. i am bill o'reilly. remember the spin stops right here. because we are definitely looking out for you. captioned by closed captioning services, inc

it seems directv down there, in venezuela, and colombia, pulled fox news channel for some reason. looking into it. if you watch it from south america, we know you're down there. we'll try to fix that. all right? usain, thank you for watching

directv has settled a dispute with tribune broadcasting. the terms of the deal were not disclosed.t may be near on an ongoing price fixing with e-books. there are a few notable holdouts among e-book sellers, including apple. the futures are indicated lower, even after that day we saw yesterday. yesterday was the worst day this year for the nasdaq, the second worst day for the dow and s&p. those futures are indicated down lower, about a third of a percent for the dow. >> that price fixing case, did you realize your publisher, penguin and my publisher, penguin, not participating in the settlement. >> would we pick publishers that weren't -- >> never. >> we have higher standard. >> it's a fascinating case that the government would go after the dying book publishing -- >> they're going after apple, too. they're going after the guys killing them at the same time. it's going after the guy horse killing the old book business. >> you understand anti-trust a lot better than i do because of your dad and everything else. sirius xm, can you tell me why they couldn't get together to survive at

. >> first time on directv on the show. been on the radio. >> on current tv. >> did i say -- sorry.w that. i apologize. bad star start. >> we are politically direct. >> i apologize. >> good to see you. lots going on and we will be joined a little bit later in this hour by faz shakir director of think progress and find out the latest going on there. senator you have a lot going on in the capitol today. i want to start out. we are political animals, of course, and there are five republican primaries today. >> uh-huh. >> peter rudy giuliani endorsed mitt romney. >> okay. the nominee. >> that happened a year ago, it would have been over. >> it would have been over. right. we know how much mayor giuliani thinks about governor romney because he has told us himself as recently as december 2011, this is rudy julygiuliani on mit rom ney. >> he changed his position on virtually everything. >> i think it's deeper than just, a, he is kind of staid and saefrlings. i ran against him in '07 and '08. i have never seen a guy -- i have ran a lot of e elections, changing his positions on so make thing

and the contract for satellite tv and tribune tw directv has expired.ing a bit hotter than its predecessor. a consumer report is saying the high temperatures are not cause for concern. take a look at the futures as we speak. we have a little bit of red. dow jones looked like it would open up about 15 points lower right about now. joe? >> our guest host has had one of the most storied careers on wall street. sallie krawcheck, i missed you. you were on a month ago, two months ago. i don't know where i was. >> i missed you. >> i didn't watch the show either. what should i know about what you said last time? >> i don't remember. >> you missed the meaning of life. >> i think we talked about women and money. we talked about andrew's mom. >> you did? >> you said stay long because the first quarter is going to be gang buster. >> i'm sure that's what i said, though it couldn't sound a lot like me. >> is the second quarter going to be okay do you think? >> first of all, my job for years hasn't been to be a research analyst but you should absolutely stay invested

all directv has to do a flip a switch. a question -- >> did you talk to your help like that?e years ago when he spoke at the american solar energy society meeting. old folks as that. old white folks. a lot of academics. he got a standing ovation. everybody talked about him through the whole conference. >> stephanie: he's brilliant. the eye candy aspect was new to me. >> i found a documentary where he introduces us to these work crews he's doing in oakland putting solar on people's homes. and meet his dad who is this sweet middle school principal who's worked with the kids in oakland. very, very touching when he introduces, this is my role model. this is the man who out to me everything i know and oh my god, it is fabulous. carbon nation. everybody get it. show your kids. inspirational film. >> awesome. all right. nick in seattle. >> hi, stephanie. >> i had to google van jones when you said he was so yummy and i agree. totally. so, the other lovely web sites you find when you google him though are -- one of them is called the right perspective. black nationalist and communist.