tom ackerman is live in jerusalem. what is being said about this?ell, this - you are hearing the concluding remarks of u.s. vice president joe biden who is describe his personal acquaintance with ariel sharon, as well as the relations with the united states, the importance of u.s. relations with israel, that ariel sharon had placed great importance upon, and also he mentioned the fact that there were profound political differences betweenize ral and the united states. but bomb om line, his statement that america is committing to the security of israel, unquestionably, and also at the same time calling - recalling instances in which what he called the political courage of aerial ariel sharon providing an example of what might be possibility in the middle east. earlier prime minister binyamin netanyahu in his yulo any -- yulolgy made reference to his feelings that the challenge of iran at its nuclear program is the greatest threat, even though he had never made this a single issue. he left office eight years ago when this was not in the headlines or t

tom ackerman, al jazeera tel aviv. >> snow and icy weather conditions have brought many parts of the united states to a complete standstill. the midwest has been hit by some of the lowest temperatures in two decades. northern and central parts of the country, thousands of flights have been disrupted. schools in some places have had to close and people are being warned to stay indoors and before they do so to stock up on supplies. usher kareshi has the latest in a very cold chicago . >> we are looking at temperatures in the minus 10 to minus 15° fahrenheit and it is about minus 40 below. it is brutally cold here with wind chill, chicago public schools have been closed session down, classes closed today because of the temperatures. that's something happening in schools across the midwest because of the cold snap. in illinois, governor says warming centers have been offend up, for people whose heat isn't working. according to noaa, fros frostbis likely. it is very dangerous out here and people are basically being told that if you do not go outside you should not go outside and you shoul

tom ackerman live in tel aviv. let's get a different perspective, from the secretary general of the palestinian national initiative. he joins us live from ramala. thanks for being with united states. how do you think that history will judge ariel sharon? >> of course, there is no gloating in death. probably shareon will be judged in history for many, many of his aimpressions, aggressive attacks that he did against the palestinian people. unfortunately, there is no good memory of what he did to palestinians at all. first of all, several massacres that he organized against the palestinian population starting in the '50s and then subranchafila which he was found guilty by israeli courts, themselves. and that was a horrible massacre that took the lives of thousands of palestinians and he did nothing to stop that mats kerr. of course, he was responsible for the invasion of lebanon several times but especially in the 1982 war, which was very destructive. he was responsible for killing the oslo process in my opinion and t

ackerman says it looks or theedry until you can see it in action. >> it jumps high. up to three feet. looks like a lot of fun. >> it can spin, roll, take pictures with a little camera. >> that looks really well. >> let's talk about the weather forecast. >> very to come visit you. >> that is right. i am. >> this morning didn't feel like june gloom in the area. we do have more forecasted. >> it's about time. let's check out live doppler seven hd. clouds around right now. and clouds are going to san francisco, 52. temperatures cooled in areas down to where you should be. 50 in half moon bay. here is a look from our camera. ground is bear. there is a chance of snow showers tomorrow. better likelihood saturday may see up to five inches of snow. so we're hoping for that. 57 now in santa rosa. 54 degrees in livermore. looking out towards the east bay there a chance of rain saturday. much warmer weather returns next week. so weak system passes through. tomorrow morning we'll look at more drizzle. this morning me we had measurable drizzle around a few locations. this one look

. >> tom ackerman has the story. >> hill-top youths. the outposts are flash points, declared illegal even by the israeli government which tears down the houses. >> this place was destroyed. by the next morning the houses were standing again. we are adding houses and bricking in other families, all with god's help. >> they have been blamed for torching mosques. destroying olive trees. the u.n. reported that last year saw 400 jewish settler attacks, including injuries to 93 people. the defence minister, a champion of government-organised settlements calls these people terrorists. they inflamed the climate. they spoke after a group of set alreadies were intercepted. they were turned over to israeli soldiers, saving them from injury or worse. as the video shows, israeli forces have been seen protecting masked settlers, whilst joining them in assaults on palestine farmers. when it comes to law enforcement and punishment, the justice system has two faces. >> it is a modern liberal, more or less system. >> while jews answer to civilian courts.

dan ackerman is in the toyota green room about. why two may be better than one.0. >>> chicago and other parts of the midwest are dealing with a second wave of snowy weather now. >> the storm system will leave in its wake more than 12 inches of snow around boston parts of connecticut. >> they are all off the russian research vessel now and on the first leg of their journey home. with quite a story to tell. >> the affordable care act suffered yet another in a series of setbacks. this one just before it left the starting gate. >> the marijuana business is booming this morning in colorado. thousands waited in long lines for pot wednesday when sales became legal. >> i couldn't be happier. a huge stepping stone. >> the georgia banker staged his own suicide but the accused con man was arrested after a routine traffic stop. >> i cannot believe he had the nerve to hide out so close to home. >> a wild turkey possibly upset with holiday delivery delays took his frustration out on a u.p.s. driver in minnesota. >> i wonder what that driver had for dinner. >>> i'm norah o'donn

resting place, a modest grave site by his wife in the family farm in the south of israel and tom ackermanjerusalem. >> reporter: fighting between tribes in the libya city left at least 15 people dead. local officials say the death toll of the malitia chief on thursday prompted several days of running battles, and meanwhile the deputy was shot dead on saturday and he was the latest victim in a stream of high profile killings and the representative on the national council which took power after the revolution. fighting between political factions in bangladesh claimed three lives days after the election and three were killed in the latest violence by the university. there were reports of gunshots and explosions during a scuffle between the student wings of the opposition party and the ruling. the victims were all opposition student activists. meanwhile prime minister has been sworn in during a ceremony in the capitol daca and 19 deputies and cabinet minister sworn into office. international observers called for new inclusive polls. now, one area where bangladesh is making progress is in educ

tom ackerman is in jerusalem. >> his coffin will lie in state and available for public viewing three hours from now, on the plaza of the knesset building. we don't know what size the crowds will be. he was an admared figure, mostly for his military exploits. he was a controversial figure when it came to politics. beyond that, there will be six hours of that public viewing to be followed on monday by a memorial service at the knesset, attended by vice president of the united states joe biden, former british prime minister tony blair and several foreign ministers. from there it will be take in an army car in a ceremony, escorted by six israeli generals to his homestead in the negar desert, a place close to his heart. he considered himself a farmer foremost. and to be buried beside his late wife lily. >> thousands of people took to the streets in spain in the northern city. they were marching in support of gaoled members of a basket separatist group eta. the demonstration went ahead despite a court ban on any show of support for the prisoners. >> we want to pave the new times on the bas

tom ackerman in east jerusalem. >> gaza can be bleak. >> photojournalist has plenty of experience capturingalestine struggle. her latest work focuses on the way they cope with reality. you never know when something absurd, ridiculous or amusing or ominous is going to happen. pictures include young female athletes practicing javelin throwing. beside the israely separation wall. the first female surfer in gaza, a woman with a buicka taking a walk in a tonne 'em, a boy catching a quick swim in an israeli park, and the furniture makers beside the wall waiting hopefully for a customer. >> they'd sit on the side of the road by the wall. having tea, smoking, and i would think there's something here, something there. >> tania belongs to a collective of female photographers. >> the goal is to shake up stereotypes. woman. region and men. >> tania looks for unusual moments reflecting the resilience of her subjects k like this man. >> people in general are finding ways of releasing the stress through is it hum jar. her work is never meant to drivialize. there is a political context prevalent. >> she's

answer to that is yes if you remember when -- actually when i first came here in 2004 superintendent ackerman had consolidated a lot of -- i can't remember the name of the hi tech. [inaudible] >> but the goal was to move them and we saved $800,000 a year by doing that and we moved them into cabrillo and since that time there has been an expansion of personnel both in special needs and early learning and that has dictated spaces? the district. a lot of the needs to be in other -- it doesn't work to be all together. they actually need to be i think in locales throughout the city but i think one of the solid goal that parcel to consolidate those all in one place. how all that comes about i don't exactly know but for starters we know there are several hundred people at the budget office and the facility office and in finance that need to go somewhere if soda is unavailable. the mayor's office would like to see eight story there is so i think there is a number of options. >> thank you. i apologize and it was an oversight on my part. i meant for the mayor's office of housing to be here as well. it'

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tom ackerman reports from jerusalem. >> reporter: the crowds came to view sharon's casket were not impressive for "n" size, 25,000, but the figures including foreign ministers and prime minister tony prayer. he said that negotiations with sharon was often difficult but grounded in one objective. >> he did not pursue peace as a dreamer, but did he dream of peace and to end the war. >> reporter: u.s. vice president joe biden said sharon had always been vigilant in protecting the jewish people but was open to compromise for israel's neighbors. >> we'll never know what the element arc of sharon's life had been had he physically be able to pursue his stated goal, but we do know this as prime minister he surprised men. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu and ally who turned adversary took a moment to restate its agenda. >> we'll act in every way possible to prevent iran of acquiring nuclear weapons. >> reporter: recollection of sharon's human side by comrades in arms. one of them described how the then commando officer rescued him from the certain near death in the battlefield. carrying

we will have more with yelp's js jon tower ackerman >> ththe 49ers are in seattle this morning.hey gear up to face the seahawks tomorrow. we're in seattle too. with a live update on tomorrow's matchup. >> plus- a wildfire burning innt contained. why crews are saying they seeing wildfires in january. line >> and flu deaths are on the rise in the bay area-- as the new total of deaths are released this morning. >> good morning. i want to get things started with a look at the forecast. >> this is the view from our mount tam camera. it is a little hazy all sides. it will be another mild to warm day. below freezing and upper '30's along the bay. it is cords a warm-up pretty quickly. 60's and 70's on the board. we will continue to see this throughout the weekend. i will break down your extended forecast coming up. >> the 49ers are in seattle. they are getting ready for tomorrow's n-f-c championship game against the seahawks. it's being called the "battle in seattle." kron four's j-r stone is live in seattle this morning with more, good morning j-r. >> good morning. it is a bit chilly o

tom ackerman, al jazeera, jeurm. >>> immediate release of 5 al jazeera journalists, mohamed fahmy and peter greste are accused of spreading lies harmful ting state security. al jazeera says the allegation he are fabricated. held in separate cells. the others are from our are are affiliates. they have been detained for five months now. ian black joins us. what prompted you to sign this petition? >> like my other colleagues, simply unacceptable journalists going about their jobs in a professional way arrested held without charge and accused under face of competing nonsensically of being a member of a terrorist organization. just flies in the face of the -- of professional standards and behavior and smacks of politicization of being with the media. very unfortunate and not surprising it has created such a strong and unified response from so many of us who work in this part of the world, the middle east. >> from the arrest of journalists to the arrest of political parties reportedly putting up political posters, how do you see the environment developing in egypt? >> it's clearly a very ba

tom ackerman was there. >> an army convoy brought ariel sharon's body to the knesset. a small, steady stream of people paid their last respects. they came from all walks of life, from a cross section. >> he was a here. he had courtroom. he had a great sense of humour. he live minute by minute. he believe in himself. >> despite his warrior imim -- image, he took important steps in peace. >> to go out of gaza. if he was alive israel would be in a better place. god took him too early. >> in another part of jerusalem, near the separation wall that split the city, arab relatives had a negative assessment of the legacy. >> after the wall has been built, it's working on 20%. it should be working five times what it's working now. >> on monday officials will deliver ooul onlyies to ariel sharon, among those attending vice president joe biden, and tony blair, heading the middle eastern negotiation quartet. then ariel sharon will be taken to his resting place, a grave site beside his wife, on the family farm in the south of israel. >> earlier we spoke over the phone to a former s

elliott ackerman was 24-year-old second lieutenant when the marines went into fallujah in 2004. he was awarded the silver star and the purple heart for literally dodging budgets to get his men to safety. >> in the battle, early on, what happened was we were going house to house and filling out things, the insurgents realized when we found there was some in a building, instead of sending marines in to go room to room, tactically that we would surround a building or a home and destroy it, so much as it wasn't worth sending a marine into the front door to get killed when you knew the insurgents were there. they figured out that and adapted to it. so much as they would weight until the first marine walked through the door and then usually one insurgent would be sitting in the far corner with the rif. let and another would be standing inside the door and shoot. as quickly as they could. >> put all of us in a situation where you couldn't surround a building and knock it over. ed to you go room to room to get your buddies out. >> t two things are precious to him, a bracelet from his da

now, tom ackerman joins me from tel aviv. what was the turnout like? seems to be quite large tom and do you think it will have any effect? >> well, there are 50,000 of these migrant workers, surprisingly quite a number of them did turn out today at least on the first day of what they declared to be a general strike. however what needs to be said here is that they all work illegally in israel. the government gives them, release type visas, temporary visas, but specifically says they are not entitled to work. nevertheless you can see cafes, restaurants and cleaning companies all around tel aviv in particular who employ them but they are entitled to know social services and they are also the government under current law allows them to be held in detention for up to a year at a time. so this is what they're asking for. first of all, finding exactly what their asylum status is and many of them are applying for asylum but they say that the government is simply not responding to their requests. the government, its poks is they called them infiltrators, they h

. >> tom ackerman has the story. >> photo journalist tania has plenty of experience capturing palestineuggle. her latest work is how they cope with reality. >> you never know if something absurd, ridiculous or amusing or ominous is going to happen. >> her pictures include young female athletes practicing javelin throwing besides the israeli separation wall. a woman with a buick attacking a walk in a tunnel from gaza to egypt. a boy catching a swim in the park. and these furniture makers beside the wall waiting hopefully for a customer. >> they'd sit on the side of the road, having tea, smoking, and i would think there's something here, there's something there. >> tania belongs to a collective of photographers from iraq, yemeni and jordan. >> we shake up stereotypes pressed upon the region. >> to do that tania looks for unusual melts reflecting the resilience of her subjects, like this man, accompanied by the sheep to break the ramadi fast. >> people are finding ways of releasing stress through humour. she says her work is never meant to trivialize. there is a political complex prevalent

she shows tom ackerman, some of he is latest images. >> her latest work focuses on the way they copeith their reality. even amusing from a black hero standpoint. beside the separation wall, the first in gaza. taking a walk in a dark tunnel for a wedding. a boy catching the quick swim. they would just be sitting out there, having tea, smoking. there's something there, something there. >> tonya belongs to a collective from iraq, yemen, egypt, iran and jordan. have been impressed upon the region, wims as well as men. >> like this man, to break the ram dan fast. >> beam in general, are finding ways of releasing the stress through luemore. >> she says her work is never meant to triflize. >> so there is a million text prevalent throughout the pictures. but it is subtle. >> and she is sensitive to the expectation of her various viewers. >> it is a challenge that keeps her and her sister photographers always looking out for the next special moment to record. we with have been telling you about this powerful storm blanketing the mid atlantic, with snow today by the time it is done, we are tol

>> hi, andrew ackerman with the wall street journal. you said on the regulatory side that you wanted changes to the dodd-frank law, and i was wondering on what specific parts you don't think are workable and what might be changed or what you might push to be changed. >> i think there's a little history here. you had this dodd-frank legislation was written in a hurry and written by people that were mad. and written by people that didn't want to have responsibility for why it happened. and -- and so we have been at this now for almost three years. and we have been -- had made great success in negotiations with the sec and the other agencies. we have had great success in the courts. our real concern now is, you know, more than half of those rules three years into this deal haven't been done. so what we're trying to do is bring common sense to this. to -- we have all the issues on corporate governance, that's one bunch, we're working on those. we've had all the issues on the requirements on the financial institutions, and now we're in a sor

tom ackerman has the story. >> several thousands people gathered peacefully outside tel aviv's city hallthey have come from ara trayous, sudan and other sub-saharan countries. they escaped war and hardship much this man arrived from the darfur region of sudan. >> we have war, genocide, many different problems. we come to protect this country. the israeli government called the 50,000 migrants that crossed the country into egypt infiltrators. the government refuses to grant them refugee status. >> most life in a legal limbo, subject to one year's detention or working under conditional release. few of them entitled to any social services. >> they are prisoners. the biggest thing is to check the asylum records in a fair and transapparent way and give basic human rights. >> many israelis think the government is treating the migrants fairly >> translation: i have nothing against them. we have so many problems of our own. poverty in israel is great. >> a knew generation of migrant children is growing up and educated in israel. the hope to be granted a secure place in a country built by refugees

still here, spencer ackerman is here as well. spencer, i'll start with you.ge when it comes to the revelations about domestic surveillance that have gotten so much attention this year that have caused so much debate, we wouldn't know anything about that if it wasn't for edward snowden. make a strong case there was a valuable service provided by that. at the same time, he released the documents that he released got into international -- secrets about international spying. that had nothing to do with domestic surveillance. some people make the case had no business being out there in public at all. he went to a country, russia, with a horrible record on human rights and free speech and praised the record on human repo records. you think of edward snowden now and the calls for some kind of clemency or some kind of leniency, how do you balance it? >> i think i would be under presumption of inconsistency or lack of candor if i didn't say obviously i support clemency. he was our source. so i can't not. let's get that out of the way. on a personal level, when you loo

tom ackerman al jazeera, east jerusalem. >> now it's time for the sports news with joe. >> she may haveena williams but now she has a top line of players out of the australian open, the champion was against the canada player and this is what you expect from more experienced players as she broke the seven 7 times and the wta newcomer of the world in 2013 and held on to beat her two sets to one to reach the semi finals in her first trip to the australian open. and bashir of china and two time melvin final list beat them 6-2-6-2. and jakovich is struggling for the finals and two down from brinker and failed to reach the semi and beaten by thomas. and lost the first two sets but threatened to come back winning the third. and he held nerve to claim it 6-1-6-4-6-6-2. more news on the website and check out al jazeera/sport. and nicholas is facing a minimum five match ban of performing a racially aggravated gesture and they celebrated a goal with a salute called the canal which is considered by some to be anti-semantic and he denied that was his intention and has until thursday to respond to th

if you compare me to bill ackerman i would feel like wringing your neck. how good does that sound?l: you have a good rapport with him and he was very candid in that interview. >> yes. we broke a lot of news about the apple, when he was doing with apple, his views honorable life, keep the stock and when not selling the stock, long-term investor, the stuff he did with apple including buying more shares in the shareholder letter about some giving cash back to investors and this whole thing with ebay where he told us first reported he is putting pressure on ebay, wants them to change their management. if you notice the journal ripped us off today. one of the few days i have been ripped off by the times and the journal. the journal should have given us credit and didn't on carl icahn's attack on ebay and the times came out and on page 1 to date did not give credit for what we did on june 8th, january 8th about how jamie dimon was going to get despite the settlements and money, jamie dimon is going to get a raise. cheryl: we have a sound bite. maybe we should play that. >> just to remind

. >> all right, michael ackerman on twitter writes, gop never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunityistered nonpartisan. no entitlement voter, me. >> look at the numbers of what's happened in gallup for the year. what they show independents are the highest level. they skyrocketed in the fourth quarter. i don't know if we have those numbers, but it's amazing. >> let's pop them up on the screen. >> this is really what the american people are reacting to. look at this. in the fourth quarter, the first quarter of the year, 37% were independents. look at the fourth quarter. >> 46%. can i ask you a question about that? it doesn't mean they're undecided. it means like this gentleman on twitter who has decided he doesn't want either one of them. that's a decision. >> the political class and political parties in washington are not for them. >> so does that mean those voters are up for grabs? >> yes. we have the vastest chasm, opening here, like the grand canyon for someone to come in, both with real progress and programs and also to stand up against the corruption, phony capitalism, and this

i would argue that some of what bill ackerman did with pershing was not right.ell was done by one of the most narrow boats. -- votes. it is not a ringing endorsement. >> marshall sonenshine, great to see you. thank you for making it in on a snowy friday. we are back in two two minutes with more "in the loop." ♪ >> you are watching "in the loop " live on bloomberg television and streaming on your phone and bloomberg.com. futures are indicating a slightly higher open. yesterday, the first trading day of the year, all three were closing lower. 2013 was a record year for stocks. .he s&p 500 was up 29% we are on the markets again in 30 minutes. the east coast is blanketed by snow. ofis the first winter storm the year and some parts of the country will be covered in one foot and a half. bonnie schneider, a lot of people are coming home from the holidays. what can they expect? >> a lot of trouble from the snow we still see across the area. i want to look at the things you may encounter. we have blowing and drifting snow. blizzard warning toward eastern massachusetts. t

looking at something like this, this is kind of an event, this is an activist shareholder stepping in, ackerman other guys have done similar things and pushed companies to act. that's really the question. will elliott management get juniper off their butts and act on these things. that's the question for going forward for the company, because they are under the gun with the cloud and the competition that's come. that's really one of their problems. if you believe they have solved that and business is going to pick up for them, happy days. buy it. i would say watch january 23rd. the company has said they will get 35 to 37 cents per share. if they miss that, it will fall back down. >> elliott's a giant hedge fund. juniper is not that big of a company. if elliott really digs in, they can push juniper around. they have the ability to buy a lot more stock. guys, thank you. >>> be sure to check out the online edition of talking numbers on yahoo! finance. click on cnbc. there we are. >>> herb is back now with a new red flag on a stock that he says is going to make him sound very wrong for a long time.

wouldn't it be great if ramey joined pershing square, worked for ackerman.ease was good because scott has a relationship with ackman. if scott knows, maybe it's icahn, maybe it's ackman. >> scott has relationships with everybody. >> i know, but given his relationship -- maybe tim ramey is going to work for carl icahn. i'm trying to think who scott would know that would know that. >> i'm just sitting here -- >> whatever it is, it's a damn good tease. it is a good tease. now i'm interested. >> it's a very good reason to stay tuned to cnbc because all will be revealed recently. >> scott should hold that for his show tomorrow. >> that's what he's doing. >> he's not doing ge"the closin bell"? >> scott wapner is not just a fraet face. we're fountain dar days away fr crowning a winner of the stock draft. you are not even close to having a good team like scott wapner. what about keeping your mouth should so people tune in on friday. >> tune in to find out who wins by a ton. i will say this. it's been a good stocks draft. i'm still bitter my personal pick of best buy

sifting through it, but it is no doubt that every trade regulator in the country knows that bill ackerman-- ackman is shorting. >> you have chosen to pick on butin one of your articles, i want to talk about somebody else. sheila bair. 2006 until 2011, you had bank getting quoted in places like politico, saying how angered that they were that she was taking the directorship of a bank called santander. she did write a book in which she had all sorts of things to say about the revolving door and that regulators should not be going to work for banks. >> rather than the right of center. -- the private sector. >> a lifelong ban. she wants a vacation too. >> and you had a lot of the do- gooders who said, "she let us down, and now, we feel victimized." least those who are still living, they were all doing the same thing. shehat does not mean that is not going to do good stuff inside the bank. >> it is among the best capitalized of the spanish banks. and then there are the people at bloomberg -- >> she is not going to be holding an executive position. she is not going to be supervising anybody. sh

bill ackerman coming in, making big moves tom a of course in the stock.d not work out so well or him -- for him. the company has had an incredibly challenging time and has not been able to really .ecover look at all of the changes that have had to be made, rolling back the changes that ron johnson made. the latest one being the commissions coming back. this is a little more dramatic of a move, to close the early three stores. there has been talk all along about jcpenney's real estate. >> in other words, there is some value away from retail. >> if they are closing these stores, what are they doing with the physical stores? there are still some questions about that. >> we have more breaking news -- the house has enough votes to pass a spending bill. >> this is a vote that is not a huge surprise, but an important vote nonetheless. how's passing the last few -- the house passing in the last few moments this omnibus spending bill that funds the government for the next eight and a half months. this is the budget cease-fire we .ave been talking about this is a c

>> hi, andrew ackerman with the wall street journal. you said on the regulatory side that you wanted changes to the dodd-frank law, and i was wondering on what specific parts you don't think are workable and what might be changed or what you might push to be changed. >> i think there's a little history here. you had this dodd-frank legislation was written in a hurry and written by people that were mad. and written by people that didn't want to have responsibility for why it happened. and -- and so we have been at this now for almost three years. and we have been -- had made great success in negotiations with the sec and the other agencies. we have had great success in the courts. our real concern now is, you know, more than half of those rules three years into this deal haven't been done. so what we're trying to do is bring common sense to this. to -- we have all the issues on corporate governance, that's one bunch, we're working on those. we've had all the issues on the requirements on the financial institutions, and now we're in a sor

. >> reporter: meryl ackerman, the general manager of sluggers, says his bar being labeled a 49ers barroup of guys that came in and, you know, sadly enough, the customer's always right, had to be nice to them despite what they were wearing, the 49er colors. but we started to cater to them and they started to breed like rats. two turned into four, four into eight. 20 people are now back there. they just keep coming. >> reporter: meryl says he's expecting as many as 60 49er fans in his car come sunday and he says he's ready for them. >> we'll set them up right in here. this is a good table for them. [ laughter ] >> ouch bram breed like rats! that was bryan may reporting. 49ers head coach jim harbaugh told reporters yesterday he's confident his players are ready for tomorrow's big game. >> i feel like our team's ready, excited to go play this game, prepared to play this game. unless i've drastically misread our team, we're ready to play. >> harbaugh says the team practiced well this week and is not bothered by the fact that they will play their fourth straight road game. but to get more c

ackerman with the wall street journal. changes you wanted some to the dodd frank law on the regulatory side. could you elaborate on what specific parts are not workable in what might be changed? >> i think there is a little history here. legislation was written in a hurry. it was written by people who were mad. it was written by people who did not want to have responsibilities for what happened. forave been act is now almost three years. we made great success in negotiations with the sec and the other agencies. we have had great success in the courts. a real concern is that more than half of those rules have not been done. we are trying to do is bring common sense to this. onhave all of the issues corporate governance. we are working on those. we have it all of the issues on the requirement on the financial institutions, and now we are in a difficult area where we are looking at insurance companies and other investment groups and some of these regulators are being treated like they when they don't do any of the things that