and then his last stop will be lunch at the home of marcia and john goldman. tickets for that event start at $1000. the president will then head to back to the airport, where air force one is scheduled to depart on thursday afternoon. this will be obama's first visit to the bay since winning re-election last fall in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. the powerball lottery is coming to california.and bay area stores are gearing up for the crowds. kron four's alecia reid tells us when you can start playing.and it what it means for one popular store. sales taxes are going up in several cities and counties across the bay area depending on where you shop you will pay an additional - point 5% up to 1 percent more. than you paid yesterday some residents in san mateo county are concerned that the board of supervisors t has not decided exactly what it will do with the extra tax money ".make much sense" later this month, san mateo county supervisors will hold open hearings soliciting public input on the best ways to spend the new sales tax revenue which is esti

at the home of marcia and john goldman. tickets for that event start at 1-thousand dollars. president will return to the nations capital tomorrow afternoon. this just in. a widespread power outage hitting san francisco tonight. this is a viewer picture sent in from the house of prime rib on van ness of diners eating by candlelight. as of right now we're told by p-g and e it started just after 10 p-m and around 6-thousand and 650 customers are affected. this includes the nob hill, chinatown, and polk gulch districts. the cause of the power outage is still under investigation and there is no estimated time of when power will be back on, but on scene. new tonight at 11. for some people. it has already been a brutal allergy season. and, allergists warn, things may get worse before they get better. this family from los altos. visiting the doctors office this afternoon. the parents say. the young girls are outside all the time. and lately, they have had difficulties breathing. their mother is hoping , getting the girls checked out now, may prevent further problems down the road. k

home of marsha and john goldman, a philanthropist. tickets for that event run between $1,000 and $5,000. also expected at the lunch are the attorney general, kamala harris and mike honda. and early this afternoon, the president to head out of town. he'll only have been here for roughly 20 hours. reporting live here in atherton, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >>> new at a times this morning in the sierra lamar murder case. the man accused of kidnapping and killing her was supposed to be back in court today. nbc bay area's arturo santiago joins us live from san jose with why his arraignment has been continued again. good morning, arturo. >> reporter: good morning, marla. it seems the defense is having some technical difficulty in getting some files and information from the district attorney's office. and because of that, they asked for and were granted a little bit more time before their client enters a plea. antolin garcia-torres wasn't in court as his attorneys asked for his hearing to be continued to two weeks from today. he was arre

. >> in front of john goldman's house.a light-hearted coming by the president during today's lunge is getting a lot of buzz. especially on social media. mr. obama praised his long time friend and ally, california attorney general kamala harris. in front of the group of about 250 people, the president described harris as brilliant, dedicated, and tough. he then added, she is, quote, by far the best attorney general in the country. the audience, including miss harris, laughed, but online many questioned why the president even mentioned her looks and they're asking if he would have done the same if the attorney general was a man of not everyone was critical. a male blogger for the "washington post" wrote that the president, quote sporks the god's honest truth and everyone should just lighten up. we reached out to attorney general harris who was not available for comment. >>> today was the day we were supposed to see the first facebook phone. maybe. facebook did roll out something new today. our tech reporter scott budman spen

california attorney general will be at the lunch hosted by john goldman. the president plans to lead the bay area in the early afternoon. he will fly out of sfo on air force one p.m. we'll have live coverage starting at 4:30 in the morning. >> before arriving in the bay area this evening. the president was in colorado talking gun control at the denver police academy. he said there doesn't have to be a conflict between respecting gun rights and passing gun safety laws. >> are there any folks who are out there right now who are gun owners and you've been hearing that someone's taking away your guns, get the facts. we're not proposing a gun registration system. we're proposing background checks for criminals. >> passing universal background checks is not easy for many members of congress on both sides of the aisle. senators are expected to take up new gun laws as early as next week in terms of discussions. >> happening now, live video at connecticut's house floor. it's past 2:00 a.m. on the east coast, and they're still in session debating what could be the c

. >> and next at the home of marshall and john goldman.er cost a thousand dollars that he will return to the nation's capital later this afternoon. >> the president is not affected by this court of king. >> stick with kron 4 we will have the very latest on his every move to the bay area this morning and brought the day right here on kron4.com our web site. >> facebook and twitter will give us the latest period also to into our for the lastest news and traffic comcast 193 digital channel 4.2 24/7 bay area news channel. >> 736. >> the discovery of bad bolts on the bay bridge is raising questions about whether the bridge will be safe for drivers. when bolt broke it created a separation between the pieces. that makes the bolts useless in keeping the bay bridge state during a large earthquake. the director of the state department stress protection male a memo to those in charge of the news span outlining what changes he wants moving forward. to start the contractor must show it is in compliance with the contract. also, do more testing of the bo

and then his last stop will be lunch at the home of marcia and john goldman. tickets for that event start at $1000. the president will then head to back to the airport, where air force one is scheduled to depart on thursday afternoon. this will be obama's first visit to the bay since winning re-election last fall in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. a chilling mystery in texas. the question -- who is killing texas prosecutors? a second law enforcement official has been killed. in a matter of weeks. kron 4's catherine heenan reports. colorado prosecutors say. they are going after the death penalty for james holmes. he is the man charged with killing a dozen people in a movie theatre last july. this is holmes at an earlier hearing -- no cameras were allowed inside court today. the prosecutor says, he talked about the penalty for holmes, with the 60 people who lost relatives in the shooting. and decided that "justice is death". if it happens -- a friend of one of the victims says, he wants to be there. [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's ni

and in his last couple be $1,000 loan to the home of marcy and john goldman before leaving thursday afternoon>> families of the people killed in a shooting rampage at and small oakland university last year are remembering their lost loved ones on the one-year anniversary of the massacre. seven people were killed in the shooting at oikos university on april 2nd of last year with the parties and one goh open fire. investigators say goh and former polps oikos student had planned the shooting after becoming anger with school officials over to wish a dispute. he has pleaded not guilty to the killings. oioos will host to memorial concert, one in oakland next saturday and second in el dorado hills on april 13th remember the victims. >> a man slams his car into a san jose wal-mart. and in the tax customers with a pipe. this happened on sunday. four people were hurt in the mail, including one bit more made to the hospital with serious injuries. here is the man who police say it is to blame. his 31 year-old hammid zaid of seaside. he has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest,

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mister obama will then scoot over to marcia and john goldman's home. cheapest ticket to this fundraiser is one thousand dollars. the president flies out of s-f-o.scheduled departure at 1:40 thursday afternoon. >> pam: right now -- another spring storm is heading into the bay area tonight. this is a live look at the bay bridge. live from our camera on top of mount tamalpais. jaqueline bennet joins us now with when the rain is expected to arrive. >> jacqueline: the rainfall is expected to arrive. clear skies, with the 70's out there today. 74 degrees in san francisco but things are changing. look at our current conditions. the sea breeze is really taking over. we are seeing cloudier conditions. the futurecast pinpointing the rainfall through of the bay area and also moderate for the north bay coast and east bay. by 6:00 a.m., is expected to take over 7:00 hour, fairly widespread rainfall. right in the middle of the commute time. a bit of a break along the coast but still for the delta of. we are going to timing it out on futurecast. >> pam: new at 8 the

and that his last stop for lunch at the hall of garcia and john goldman.kets for that event starts at $1,000. the present returned to the nation's capital later this afternoon. >> mr. obamas or ride the yesterday afternoon and spent the day of fund raisers in san francisco. we're learning that, among other things, the president is telling democratic donors, that he wants california representative nancy pelosi to be the speaker of the house once again. meantime, more than a thousand protested for outside the getty mentioned in san francisco, where one of the fund raisers for help. some of the protesters wanted the president to reject construction of the proposed keystone pipeline would transport oil from canada to the texas gulf coast. >> he needs to see the momentum is building to oppose the pipeline. >> however, advocates of the pipeline contend construction of a pipeline would create jobs, and would be more in a deficienergy-effict than transporting the oil by truck or rail. >> we will have a bit on our web site kron4.com and update on our 24/7 news chan

then at 12:30 he will be at the home of marsha and john goldman.,000. >>> the president boards air force one at 1:40 this afternoon. we do want to give you a traffic update. avoid howard between 4th and 6th. it will be shut down until around 10:00 at least. mission is open but there's only two lanes each direction. unlike howard. and we have seen people begin to trickle out of inter continental. the president may be getting ready to leave. we will keep you posted. you can see there are a bunch of cops here on motorcycles so we're told he is the one escorting the president as he makes his way down for those two fundraisers. live from san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. we'll have more coverage of the bay area visit on ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> police arrested several people involved in a string of unrelated home invasions. just after 2:00 p.m. yesterday, police arrested one man for reportedly stealing electricity. at 3:00 p.m. on the 1700 block of sacramento street, police arrested one man for trespassing. two hours later, police

then at 12:30 he will be at the home of marsha and john goldman.ent boards air force one at 1:40 this afternoon. we do want to give you a traffic update. avoid howard between 4th and 6th. it will be shut down until around 10:00 at least. mission is open but there's only two lanes each direction. unlike howard. and we have seen people begin to trickle out of inter continental. the president may be getting ready to leave. we will keep you posted. you can see there are a bunch of cops here on motorcycles so we're told he is the one escorting the president as he makes his way down for those two fundraisers. live from san francisco ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. we'll have more coverage of the bay area visit on ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> police arrested several people involved in a string of unrelated home invasions. just after 2:00 p.m. yesterday, police arrested one man for reportedly stealing electricity. at 3:00 p.m. on the 1700 block of sacramento street, police arrested one man for trespassing. two hours later police arrested two men for

his last bout will be launched, at the home gulf marcia and john goldman. for this even starts at $1,000. the president will return to the nation's this afternoon. >> stick with kron 4 as we continue to follow the latest on president obama is trip to the bay area. he will be the bay area around 1:40 p.m. and will bring that to you live on our 24/7 channel comcast channel 193. you can also check the updates on our web site. >> the dangerous discovery of bed bolts on this new span of the bay bridge is raising questions about whether or not the bridge will be safer drivers. when bolts broke it, it created a separation between the pieces. that makes the bolts useless in keeping the bay bridge save during a large earthquake. the director of the state department of transportation milk a memo to those in charge of the new span outline what changes he would like for them to make to move for. while caltran believes the bridge will be open as scheduled, that maybe have \ may have to be pushed back after labor day. >> we are learning the identity of the men in the hea

he himself is an outspoken opponent and they had another event at the home of marsha and john goldman. at 140 we will tell you what the president said last night that garnered the most applause. live in san francisco tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> we will have continuing coverage of the bay area throughout our newscasts and on ktvu channel 2 morning news a -- on ktvu channel 2 news at noon and we have another update coming up at 3:00. >>> they are looking into what caused steel bolts to snap on the bay bridge. caltrans has yet to find a cause, choose a permanent fix or identify all the parts supplied of the manufacturer that produced the bad material. the super bowl kicks off in san francisco in just three months and the city's waterfront is about to undergo some changes for the america's cup races. the stadium along the embarcadero will seat 9,000 spectators on 2000 jumbo screens and there will be a series of concerts beginning in late may in the same venue. >>> we want to go back over to sal because unfortunately we have some big things if you are out on the road. >

he himself is an outspoken opponent and they had another event at the home of marsha and john goldman. at 140 we will tell you what the president said last night that garnered the most applause. live in san francisco tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> we will have continuing coverage of the bay area throughout our newscasts and on ktvu channel 2 morning news a -- on ktvu channel 2 news at noon and we have another update coming up at 3:00. >>> they are looking into what caused steel bolts to snap on the bay bridge. caltrans has yet to find a cause, choose a permanent fix or identify all the parts supplied of the manufacturer that produced the bad material. the super bowl kicks off in san francisco in just three months and the city's waterfront is about to undergo some changes for the america's cup races. the stadium along the embarcadero will seat 9,000 spectators on 2000 jumbo screens and there will be a series of concerts beginning in late may in the same venue. >>> we want to go back over to sal because unfortunately we have some big things if you are out on the road. >

and later, the president rolled up here in the house of john goldman, a well-known person in the bay area. the 250 supporters who paid anywhere from a thousand to $21,000 just to get inside. the only time the cameras got a shot of him, the president, when he left the helicopter, marine one, sfo to get on to air force one. they say raising money for the democratic national committee is a well worth it cause and a fight to take back control of the house. >> just making sure that the legislature has -- that he has a congress that is going to be able to help him. >> i think it is important to support the president's efforts to bring back the house to the democratic party. this is a key one of those events. >> reporter: now nearby, the first fundraiser event, this group of a couple dozen protested the keystone pipeline project, which could carry oil from canada to the gulf coast states. these people are worried about the global warming. but they're not the only critics. the fundraising has drawn criticism, specifically his endorsement of a super pac, and accepting corporate donations. one

hosted by john goldman. he is taking off from sfo. he was whisked away yesterday to a cocktail party followed by a $30,000 a plate dinner at the geddy mansion. he spent the night in san francisco. we have a crew on scene this morning. we'll be bringing you a live report coming up in our next half hour. >>> the tsa's plan to allow small knives on planes is not sitting well with men and women that fly the friendly skies. today, the coalition of flight attendant unions will be out at airports across the country, including sfo, asking passengers to join the fight to keep knives out of airplane cabins. earlier this year, they announced they would allow people to carry knives with blades narrower than a half inch and shorter than 2.4 inches on to planes. >> an east bay city looking to get tougher on crimes by using electronic license plate readers. the piedmont city council hearing plans for the new system this week. license plate readers would be installed to record vehicles coming and going. now, that system would also be linked to a hot

this last rob will be a $1,000 lunch at the home of marcia and john goldman before he leaves on thursday afternoon. >> after a long strike the san francisco symphony will begin playing again today. this is after this if the administration a musician's reach an agreement on a new 26 month contract. the musicians will return to the stage today at davies symphony hall for the first of a week-long series a free concert for san francisco's elementary schoolchildren. those of you who had tickets to shows that were canceled because of the strike ended exchange and foreign upcoming concert, and get a refund or you can donate them. >> we will be right back. >> we will be right back. mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! don't stress. we can figure this out. [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a great first impression. call today to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. this is delicious. ♪ [ male announcer ] save the day in an instant. at&t.

and then his last stop will be lunch at the home of marcia and john goldman.event start at 1-thousand dollars. the president will return to the nations capital tomorrow afternoon. rain is on the way in the bay area. it's expected to rain thursday morning. this is a live look from our mount tamalpais camera. you can see clouds. kron4's jacqueline bennet is in the weather center. she has been tracking the coming rain. >> jacqueline: pm, those clouds of the coming in in the last one hour. and otherwise, mostly sunny conditions. if fact it was quite warm with widespread 70's and a number of places. increasing clouds as the storm approaches. it is not expected to roll in until after midnight. the computer model has slowed down. showing dry conditions with a widespread rainfall in some areas of moderate rainfall. and the rainfall will increase in intensity. the same for the 7:00 a.m. our roof time it out, coming up. >> pam: new at six. north bay commuters are about to see some improvements to highway 101. the next phase of the caltrans marin-sonoma narrows widening

john: and goldman and morgan went down. >> that is just a lot of baloney. okay?s is the urn legend that has been repeated over and over because basically the cronies of capitalism have pulled the could a top. george bush was clueless. yet no idea what was going on. john: abandon free-market principles to save the free-market. >> well, that story, almost everything else is said. aig was not a contagious disease. it was not going to cause a huge problem. we can look at tt. the mainstream banks were not going to go into a huge retail bankrupt. the money market funds or not going to collapse and cause economic systems to go down a black hole. and bernanke is totally wrong when he says we're on the verge of depression to a zero. we are not closed. we have done it many times in the history before, and this, as i say, was a wall street couldn't talk that really needs to be understood because, frankly, they're just doing the same day over and over again. john: so why when the republicans seem like they were going to let go against the bailout did the stock market drop 70

he will stop then at the home of john and marshal goldman. department is in the process of taking comments on its latest draft environment impact assessment of the pipeline. the pipeline has to conduct an assessment before making a final decision which is expected in july or august and then president obama will personally weigh in on the final decision. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> out of afghanistan, suicide bombers disguyed as afghan soldiers stormed a courthouse in an attempt to free more than a dozen prisoners. 34 civilians and nine attackers were reported killed in the fighting. the attack happened while 15 taliban prisoners were being transferred to the courthouse for trial. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> north korea has blocked south korean workers from a jointly-oinked industrial park near the border -- jointly- owned industrial park near the border. >>> and israel has launched air strikes in the gaza strip for the first time since a true was reached in november. no one was

he will stop then at the home of john and marshal goldman.tment is in the process of taking comments on its latest draft environment impact assessment of the pipeline. the pipeline has to conduct an assessment before making a final decision which is expected in july or august and then president obama will personally weigh in on the final decision. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> out of afghanistan, suicide bombers disguyed as afghan soldiers stormed a courthouse in an attempt to free more than a dozen prisoners. 34 civilians and nine attackers were reported killed in the fighting. the attack happened while 15 taliban prisoners were being transferred to the courthouse for trial. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> north korea has blocked south korean workers from a jointly-oinked industrial park near the border -- jointly- owned industrial park near the border. >>> and israel has launched air strikes in the gaza strip for the first time since a true was reached in november. no one was hurt

john: and goldman and morgan went down. >> that is just a lot of baloney. okay?s is the urban legend that has been repeated over and over because basically the cronies of capitalism have pulled the could a top. george bush was clueless. yet no idea what was going on. john: abandon free-market principles to save the free-market. >> well, that story, almost everything else is said. aig was not a contagious disease. it was not going to cause a huge problem. we can look at that. the mainstream banks were not going to go into a huge retail bankrupt. the money market funds or not going to collapse and cause economic systems to go down a black hole. and bernanke is totally wrong when he says we're on the verge of depression to a zero. we are not closed. we have done it many times in the history before, and this, as i say, was a wall street couldn't talk that really needs to be understood because, frankly, they're just doing the same day over and over again. john: so why when the republicans seem like they were going to let go against the bailout did the stock market dro

and earnings from johnson&john an and goldman sachs. goldman sachs coming in with earnings ahead of expectations. in yesterday's session, the dow fell 265 points to 14599 and the nads dabbing fell 78 to close at 3,216. at jon mentioned, carnival cruise will reimburse the government for the cost to the passengers on the cruise ship. it left thousands of people stranded. carnival has come under fire from senator jay rockefeller who questioned the company's willingness to pay. he is the chair of the senate commerce committee and he estimates both accidents cost the coast guard and the navy more than $4 million. back to you. >>> thank you very much. we'll check back a little later on. >>> right now, we want to check in with meteorologist, christina loren. >> good morning. >> good morning to you. we had really strong winds yesterday and this morning, it is really chilly out there. you want to make sure you are prepared for the weather elements today. starting with your testimony change, over the past 24 hours, temperatures are running 1 to 1

we're outside of the home of john and marcia goldman. today, there were two fund-raisers for dnc the president attended today. first was a brunch for 40 people, each willing to pay $32,000. the moltor kaid sped through this morning. a smattering held up signs opposing the project that would bring oil from canada to the gulf coast. 300 people paid between a thousand dollars and $32,000 to attend the lunch ai know this is a wealthy community but not all of us are wealthy. and i came in at the lowest level. >> we should skt wealthyest americans to pay a little bit more. >> the g.o.p. put out this video characterizing the visit as a trip to billionaire row. video says the president is being a hypocrite for cozying up to the rich and raising taxes. which brought this response. >> i want them to raise my taxes. very no problem with it. >> jen was joined by jeb williams. >> i think that will raise taxes my taxes. >> we're happy to come to give extra. so that is not a big problem for folks here. >> several attending the lunch told me they wanted

then he will stop at the home the john and marsha goldman. >>> people are opposed to the pipeline andre planning to demonstrate outside of president barack obama's fund racers tonight. -- fundraisers tonight this is video of a similar protest back in 2011. if approved it would carry oil to refineries on the midwest to the gulf coast. they have 53 million people who will join their fight if president barack obama does not back off. they will demonstrate around 530 and protest pore about a half hour and ktvu channel 2 news will of course be there. a congressman who has been a fixture in south bay politics is getting some competition. democrats are throwing his hat into the race for the democrat particular seat in 2014. >>> it retrofit is the buildings and the new law approves upgrades for 20 of the most vulnerable buildings. they are concerned because most of the cost would likely be passed down to tenants which would include increases for tenants and they are trying to avoid that extra cost. >>> the new bridge's rods came from die on which broke after being tightened. the failure of th

then he will stop at the home the john and marsha goldman. >>> people are opposed to the pipeline andre planning to demonstrate outside of president barack obama's fund racers tonight. -- fundraisers tonight this is video of a similar protest back in 2011. if approved it would carry oil to refineries on the midwest to the gulf coast. they have 53 million people who will join their fight if president barack obama does not back off. they will demonstrate around 530 and protest pore about a half hour and ktvu channel 2 news will of course be there. a congressman who has been a fixture in south bay politics is getting some competition. democrats are throwing his hat into the race for the democrat particular seat in 2014. >>> it retrofit is the buildings and the new law approves upgrades for 20 of the most vulnerable buildings. they are concerned because most of the cost would likely be passed down to tenants which would include increases for tenants and they are trying to avoid that extra cost. >>> the new bridge's rods came from die on which broke after being tightened. the failure of th

gold but the pattern that we've seen so far and we reported on the show back when goldman sachs and the pump and drown and john paulson colluded and they attacked greece destroyed the economy and then they put greece's gold up for sale in cyprus these guys that had funds in the government colluded to attack the government and now they have to put up gold to pay off the debts that were imposed on them from these outside marauders and had funds and what i call financial terrorists so in the case of italy sure it's nice idea they don't want to give away their twenty four hundred tons of berlin but this is a currency war they'll stop at nothing if berlin that if italy doesn't give up their gold who knows what berlin what germany. will do to get their hands on their on their gold now let's talk about california for a second year in california what do you make of the huge increases in pension contributions to calipers that menas apologies will now have to pay looks like the pension accounts are now being raided your thoughts wolf right in california of course we've got the same problem that people in greece half and

gold but the pattern that we've seen so far and we reported on the show back when goldman sachs and the pump and drown and john paulson colluded and they attacked greece destroyed the economy and then they put greece's gold up for sale in cyprus these guys that had funds in the government colluded to attack the government and now they have to put up gold to pay off the debts that were imposed on them from these outside marauders and had funds and what i call financial terrorists in the case of italy sure it's nice idea they don't want to give away their twenty four hundred tons of berlin but this is a currency war. stop at nothing if berlin that if italy doesn't give up their gold who knows what berlin what germany. will do to get their hands on their on their gold now let's talk about california for a second you're in california what do you make of the huge increases in pension contributions to cowper's that municipalities will now have to pay looks like the pension accounts are now being raided your thoughts wealth right in california of course we've got the same problem that people in greece half and which

gold but the pattern that we've seen so far and we reported on the show back when goldman sachs and the pump and drown and john paulson colluded and they attacked greece destroyed the economy and then they put greece's gold up for sale in cyprus these guys that had funds in the government colluded to attack the government and now they have to put up gold to pay off the debts that were imposed on them from these outside marauders and had funds and what i call financial terrorists so in the case of italy sure it's nice idea they don't want to give away their twenty four hundred tons of berlin but this is a currency war. stop at nothing if berlin if italy doesn't give up their gold who knows what berlin what germany. will do to get their hands on their on their gold now let's talk about california for a second year in california what do you make of the huge increases in pension contributions to cowper's that mean it's a polities will now have to pay looks like the pension accounts are now being raided your thoughts wolf right in california of course we've got the same problem the people in greece half and which i

goldman stax and morgan stanley. the group may well set the tone for trading. other companies coca-cola, google, johnn and johnson, intel, verizon and ebay report their first quarter earnings and monday is the deadline for millions of americans to file their income taxes for 2012. tuesday march is consumer price index report will be out. the cpi tracks the price change for household goods and services. on wednesday, britain will hold a funeral for former prime minister margaret thatcher. >>> finally today, hang this on the wall. the son of cosmetics founder es stee lauder gave a gift worth a billion dollars to the metropolitan museum of art this week. his collection of 788 works of art including 33 by picasso. it is one of the largest donations in history. it will also impact the met's standing as the foremost chronicle of modern art. they will launch an exhibition from his donation in 2014. thamplts will do it for us for today, thank you for joining me. next week, what's the headline of the future of the news business. how digital consumers could stop the presses. keep it here we are "on the money."

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on c-span, a news conference with secretary of state john kerry and the south korean prime minister. then, former goldman sachs employee on the wall street culture. later, another chance to see is a hutchinson as he delivers the nra report on gun violence in schools, followed by maryland congressman elijah cummings speaking about proposed gun legislation. >> secretary of state john kerry met with the south korean foreign minister today at the state department. they held a news conference to discuss issues including threats from north korea. from the state department ben franklin room, this is half an hour. >> good afternoon. it is a pleasure to welcome the foreign minister here today in washington. it is his first visit here to washington, and my first visit with him as secretary of state. we are both delighted to start off this way. two very close friends, countries that have traveled a very interesting journey together for 60 years now. we celebrate this alliance. for decades, the united states and the republic of south, the republic of korea have worked side-by-side as allied. we have stood up to a wi

goldman. >> they put out a call a week ago. they closed out that position this morning saying, hey, we made our, what, 10% in six days. again, just tkpwhrapsing at some of the headlines. >> johnmarket or not? >> you know, i'm not convinced. there was a perfect storm the last couple weeks. goldman call had a lot to do with it. industrial production and gdp. we have seen 300 stim active actions over the last 18, 20 minutes. bank of japan poised to make the fed blush. looking at all that. and all the geo-political uncertainty, i have to think there's a bid for gold at this levels. i don't know if we can get to 17 or 18. it will take 120 points just to get to the moving day average. >> john, i don't want to get too wonky, but the japanese money typically goes into japanese bonds. >> right. >> now we are starting to see the money for printing go all the around the world. i'm a little surprised that the economic data that was weak overnight isn't more negatively impacting us. how important is that japanese money that's now starting to flood the world? what will do in a do to all boats, if anything. >> it's a huge lift. i thought it was interesting the g20 finally approved what the

goldman positive on all these names. back to you. >> i am hungry. thank you very much. appreciate it. tracy: on deck, oil prices sliding nearly $5 the past few days. former shell president john in on oil's next move. ashley: first let's look how the dollar is moving right now. it is central bank thursday. the euro dropped initially against the dollar. it has strengthed a little bit at 1.2936. pound is up a little bit today. bank of japan, launched an attack on inflation. it brought the yen down as well we'll have all of that and more of a the break. >>nnouncer: you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity and turn your life upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >> you just read my mind. >> announcer: just one little piece of information and they can open bogus accounts, stealing your credit, your money and ruining your reputation. that's why you need lifelock to relentlessly protect what matters most... [beeping...] helping stop crooks before your identity is attacked. and now you can have the most comprehensive identity theft protection available today... lifelock ultimate. so for protection y

goldman sachs and dimen? maybe they talk about repatriation. >> i don't know that they get a willing audience. maybe that dynamic is changing. i'll defer to johnarwood and everybody else in this bureau to tell me about that. >> is greg maffei not the perfect guy to ask about microsoft's foretuntunes? can't he spin a scenario where the stock could go to $40? >> i hope he's willing to entertain the questions. greg usually is. nod are not just talking about sirius and liberty but i'd love to hear what he has to say. he he spent quite a few years at cfo of that company. good guy. >> timely to hear from him certainly. >>> still to come, hedge fund manager bill ackman is sticking with his investment in jcpenney. that's next, a live interview. he's just been named chairman of the xm radio. tomorrow i have an exclusive -- he's a media titan. he lives under the radar to a certain extent. that's kind of an old picture. though john malone still looking very good. shareholder of a lot of companies you probably don't even know that that's the case. we've got that coming up tomorrow. >>> let's take another look at futures as we see the s&p, up a little bit.