age-related macular degeneration, or amd is the most common vision loss for americans over the age ofarlier on in the disease, straight lines appear wavy, in time your vision goes from this to this. there are two forms of macular degeneration, dry and wet. which is more serious. dame judi has both kinds, one in each eye. for some patients with advanced amd, there's this cutting-edge technique, implanting a tiny telescope into the affected eye. >> it absolutely functions as a telescope, has two wide angles. high-power lenses. >> reporter: after the surgery, he saw his baby granddaughter in a whole new light. >> i could see her face, i knew this was definitely going to work. dame judi is getting treatment to stop her eyesight from getting worse. in fact she has no plans to retire. she's shooting scenes from the new james bond movie. she loves her job and is incredibly lucky to be employed at it. >> and we all want her to keep that. >>> when we come back, the new report about cocaine and the captain of that doomed cruise ship. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to pr

. >> more than 50 genes can help predict whether a person will develop age related amd.were likely to have an overexception of 20 of the genes. amd is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. >>> another study out today may reveal why people are afraid of spiders. there's a study that shows it's partly a matter of perception. a group of people afraid of spiders were asked to look at tarantulas. those who expressed the greatest fear tended to overestimate the side of the spider. >> a meeting of the minds. the republicans are in the bay area this weekend. the questions many have about where the party stands and the presidential candidate who will also be there. >> back here in just 10 minutes with your bay area weekend forecast. >> now to the race for president. one of the four remaining republican candidates will be the key note speaker at the california public convention underway here in the bay area. rob roth is here to tell us a former candidate may also show up as well. rob? >> the convention is getting in to full swing here as republicans throughout californ

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chip companies like intel and amd used to make lots of products at silicon valley. now they mostly outsource manufacturing, relying on innovation for growth. >> so i actually thing growth here in the valley or in the country is actually, i think, going to be in the design engineer side of it. >> reporter: local manufacturing may work for small companies but big companies are increasingly taking their manufacturing and manufacturing jobs elsewhere. which brings us back to aple. the bay area's and the world's most valuable company. tonight at 6:00 why it makes its products overseas and why at least one longtime tech watcher says those jobs are not coming back. >> looking forward to hearing about that. scott, thanks so much. >>> news that facebook is going public, there seems to be an ugly side starting to emerge. prosecutors say a 46-year-old wisconsin woman claimed to own facebook stock and tricked at least four people into buying some shares. she faces 31 felony charges of theft and forgery. authorities say she obtained the documents from a florida company by preten

. >> we basically -- the state amde a mistake. >> hinson will be back in court tomorrow. he will be sentenced next week. >> a teenage girl was abducted and assaulted. we have talked with investigators. >> polic3e had little to go on and they hope the public will help. on january 18, police say a 16- year-old was walking and one of the men in a vehicle yelled something. she ignored him. she was pulled into the back seat and was sexually assaulted. they did not see or hear anything and say the crime is otu of character. >> there is enough traffic where someone would have seen her. >> that is unusual and out of character? >> it is. the girl was not walking home. she was wearing jeans and a coat and gloves. the men dropped her in the same area. >> we are askign the puoblic to contact the police department. >> police agree this is out of character. give the police a call oryou can call crimestopper. >> a man is accused of shooting a man and leaving him for dead. police say he shot norris conley multiple times. detectives claim he is held at central booking. >> two young men an

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. -- i amd stevsteve chenevey. >> i am pamela brown. now we start with lisa baden celebrating the spring weather. >> we will embrace life and dance as if no one were watching. southbound 5 at the beltway police getting where the somebody of hit a utility pole. i will call them back to see if they are on the scene. so stick around. a live picture of 270, stated. looks good in virginia on 66 and 95. now to adam caskey. >> in the belfort furniture weather center on this morning we have action on the radar screen and it's going to be an active day with wind thunderstorms, springlike temperatures and a little muggy air outside. there's light rain northwest of the washington area. upper montgomery county, frederick county, according winchester, panhandle of west virginia and western maryland for the morning. and partly cloudy. 40's to near 50 right now. 72 this afternoon. mid 70's farther south of the metro later on today especially in fredericksburg. and fredericksburg thunderstorms between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and some storms could becom

eliminating the corporate a & t and making the amd credit permanent. 20% cut across the board in marginalax rates. a very big pro growth move. eliminated alternative minimum tax as well this is a very, very big plan for small business, for big business, and for jobs. >> just as an aside. small business, llc, subchapter s, pay the lower tax rate from 35% to 28%? >> that's correct. and that's important. there's a lot of discussion of cutting the corporate tax, and we should and we must. more than half of private sector workers work in non-c corporate businesses. we have to make these changes on the nonbusiness side. president obama is proposing to raise those taxes. >> governor romney said he would limit deductions for upper end earners, which would be limited in return for lower tax rate? >> governor romney said is very important. if you want to cut rates, we have to broaden the base at the same time, otherwise we can't raise the revenue we need. and what the governor intend to do, is to limit deductions and exclusions that people have. home mortgage interest, charitable corporations and o

. >> why are you not as bullish on amd?> again, it's just hard to compete with intel as the bottom line. >> uh-huh. >> i mean, and i'm not an expert on that. we've got a tech expert in our firm. it's just a hard row to hoe. >> okay, thank you so much for joining us today. >> you're very welcome. >> coming up, your next guest is stumped over stumph. >> and rick picks up the hammer. >> smash it. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] now there's a mileage card that offers special perks on united, like a free checked bag, united club passes, and priority boarding. thanks. ♪ okay. what's your secret? ♪ [ male announcer ] the new united mileageplus explorer card. get it and you're in. >>> wells fargo chairman and ceo john stumph was on cnbc earlier today talking housing and economy and the notion of too big to fail. >

amd closed my eyes and i just completely shut down again.ere, my head was to the side, and i opened my eyes and there's a man in the water. >> well, the plan was that i'd be lowered down onto the roof of the car, but because of the rain and the car being slick from all the water on it, they pulled me back up and put me upstream of the car a little bit. >> i remember there was a guy sitting above me all of the sudden, and he's saying something to me, but there's no words, and he's shaking me. i wanted to say something. i wanted to scream. i wanted to be off my car, but i just couldn't move. i was just, i was done. >> it was obvious she was in shock. she wasn't listening to anything i said. she wasn't helping in any way. she was just lying there. >> officer mahlberg manages to secure the harness and they both lift off into the sky. after more than 30 minutes of complete terror, angela's body gives out. >> and as he started to lift me off my car, just the relief, everything just was so much, i passed out. i was out cold. i even saw the aerial f

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amazon, apple, microsoft and amd in the red today, but amd is crossing into the green.s it might buy bankrupt japanese masht lm memory. warren buffett speaking about the markets and his successor. we'll go live to omaha to get the highlights. can dell keep up with the likes of apple and remain successful? luxury carmaker jaguar is embracing its wild sidearmed with a new campaign, a new logo and several new products in the pipeline. jaguar hitting the road on a u.s. tour and they're here today at the stock exchange. we'll talk with phil lee bow. robert griffin iii setting records at the scouting combine. already getting an endorsement deal from adidas. he's with us live to tell us all about it. we'll begin with the buffett exclusive. the oracle of omaha sitting down this morning saying housing is likely to improve in year and high oil prices will not derail the economic recovery. becky joins us live from omaha with highlights of her interview a few hours ago sitting near printing presses of the omaha world herald. >> that's right. we're here at "the omaha world herald" b

it's the first microsoft operating system compatible with low-power microprocessors designed by amd holdings. >>> still to come, guest host allen schwartz, the former bear stearns ceo and current gugenheim executive chairman. and "squawk's" all-star line-up of guests continues. tomorrow we'll be joined by former governors george pataki and ed rendell. and larry bossty, he was the boss before the boss was the boss. and the famed venture capitalist, mark andreson. facebook, on the board of hp. >> you're going to see him somewhere, right? >> i think he'll be beaming in to us. >> "squawk box" will be right back. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. >>> coming up, allen schwartz, first he was the ceo of bear stearns, now he helps run gugenheim partners and today he becomes a "squawk box" guest host. plus house financial services vice chairman, jeb hensarling, he'll help grill fed chairman, ben bernanke. stay tuned for a very