it was a hiker who found her body floating in the q creek a few miles from anchorage. at first, they didn't know who it was. no id on the body. alaska state troopers finally figured it out from the class ring she was wearing. but karen could not take it in. not bonnie, her model child, her conscientious college freshman, who she knew was going to school that day, not hiking, miles and miles from home, and the university. >> none of it made sense. she didn't drive, so how did she get out there. somebody would have had to be with her. she would not have missed school. she absolutely did not go out there on her own. >> in fact, bonnie's sister heard her get up that morning at 5:00 a.m., set out on her 45 minute walk through the pre-dawn dark to catch the bus to take her to her 7:00 a.m. class at the university. she usually didn't return home 'til about 10:00 p.m., packing most classes into a few days because she had a job at sam's club. >> she was incredibly responsible. >> responsible, and nurturing, toward her younger siblings. in part because their parents, mother kare

it is more than fitting that a federal court house in anchorage bear his name. i support passage of this legislation and urge my colleagues to do the same. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from the district of columbiaize? ms. norton: mr. speaker, i rise in support of s. 1710 and pleased to speak in support of the bill of renaming the united states courthouse at 222 west 7th avenue in anchorage, alaska as the james m. filts gerald united states courthouse. judge james fitzgerald is considered one of the founding fathers of law in the state of alaska and dedicated his life to public service and well respected throughout the community. judge fitzgerald was a world war ii veteran serving in the u.s. army and u.s. marines and awarded the distinguished flying cross and air medal for his military service and honorably discharged in december of 1946. after his military service, judge fitzgerald earned his l.l.b. and b.a. simultaneously and graduated in 1951. soon after gradu

if you are watching us on channel 2 anchorage, alaska with marriage at the international gallery of art. >>> the all-time movie hit titanic set sail again in england. joked she wouldn't watch herself nude in 3-d saying i'll be in the bar. >> not for her. >> former nba star dennis rodman temporarily escaped jail for failure to pay spousal and child support tuesday. says he can't pay his expenses and is "an extremely sick alcoholic." >>> he hasn't played a game yet in new york. i think that may be the size of your head. >>> actress vegan environmentalist alishia silver stone signaled she was someone different when she named her child blue. feeding her child by chewing the food and then feeding it to him. >>> we are in nearby montpelier, vermont a teenager was honored for putting his purs foot forward. the teenager was declared the honor of america's stinkiest sneakers. the boy says the odor is a natural curse. the odor earned him a trip to new york and odor fighting insoles. >> and an open seat next to him on the plane. >>> oolympics enthusiasm has landmarks popping up. sand skull cusculp

and this comes from channel 2 news in anchorage, alaska where a local pageant winner showed her true beauty. she promised to shave her head if she reached $2500. she met her goal and out came the clippers. she's trying to help, took her buzz cut in stride. already the winner of one contest. she's going to keep the bald look when she takes the stage as a contestant in june's ms. alaska contest. she's actually hoping that the kids will see her and say, you know? >> we get it. she's beautiful inside and out. she's perfect. >> exactly. we get it. >> you're better than us, all right? >> well, this is early today. just your first stop of the today today on your nbc station. >> the warmest breeze from superman to penguins, kites of all shapes and sizes created a colorful scene in a small beach town there. 32 teens joined together to tackle the issue of global warming. the event wasn't much of a competition as it was a chance too make a statement. it's a battle of artificial intelligence for competitors in vienna. robot designers from 24 different countries with nearly 300 botts participated

the 25-year-old covered 1,100 miles from anchorage to nome in just over nine days. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 13,177 after zooming up 217 points yesterday. the s&p jumped 24 points. nasdaq spiked 56. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei claimed 151 points, but in hong kong the hang seng lost 31. >>> more signs of financial recovery and confidence gave markets their biggest gains of the year tuesday. a late surge was sparked by jpmorgan chase announcing it will buyback as much as $15 billion worth of stock. after the bell, all but four of 19 major u.s. banks got a clean bill of health from the federal reserve and permission to boost incentives. investors dumped shares of citigroup in late trade after learning the nation's third largest bank was among those that did not pass the fed's stress tests >> economic optimism pushed the nasdaq above 3,000 since the dot com bubble burst in 2000. and adding to optimism a healthy increase in february's retail sales. urban outfitters was the exception,

. >>> the snow is to blame for the collapse of a church in anchorage.he roof of this community church in south anchorage buckled around 6:00. there were people inside the building, fortunately no one was hurt. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- >> it's like i'm trapped within myself. >> he weighs nearly 700 pounds. a bay area man's plea for help becomes an internet sensation. we'll hear his emotional story and tut s >>> this is "today in the bay." >>> there is a story quickly making its way around the internet but reading about it is very different from seeing it. an east bay man who weighs nearly 700 pounds is getting the help, love and tension that he asked for. here's "today in the bay." >> hi, my name is robert. i'm 23 years old. >> reporter: you're looking at a young man's desperate plea for help. robert gibbs of livermore is so obese, he can barely function. yesterday on the eve of his 23rd birthday he posted an emotional call for help on youtube. >> i just figured that before my birthday i could get the video to go viral and

. >> the anchorage, alaska, where the snow is already on the ground. roads are starting to get a little treacherous. inbound traffic, 6:00 a.m. in the morning, taking things a little slow. roads aren't too bad. up ahead, boops. a guy slips off the road in a chevy s 10 pickup truck, hits a pole and look out. he was unable to escape that light pole that was brought down by the truck that hit it. the guy flipped over and was unable to get out. officer dykstra helped the guy get out of the car. >> you could see the light go out. >> just a few more feet or a little bit faster or if the road is slippery, that pole would have landed right on top of the car. >> and there's no way the cop would be able to stop on icy roads. he kind of made a safe landing with his car just driving over the pole with controlled speed. >> and no damage to the police car, believe it or not. >> take a look at this video from auckland, new zealand. there on the right hoond side of your screen, his name is john bellinger. he was out jet skiing in the water when saw this bird strugglin

powered by hundreds of man's best friend kicked things off with a symbolic start to the race in anchorage, but it will be a very real track of more than a thousand miles over the next eight days. >> all right. now for a look at your national and regional weather, we check in with meteorologist bill karins. did you miss me? >> i definitely did. >> and my voice. >> i did. >> this is like bill's dream. lynn can't talk. which camera should i look at. >> all of them. all of them at the same time. good morning, everyone. of course, when we left you on friday we told you about the potential for the tornado outbreak and it came true unfortunately. let me give you an update on where we stand with the outbreak which was mostly friday afternoon, evening, a few saturday in georgia. so far it looks like about 79 tornadoes. this information from dr. greg forbes at the weather channel. he pores over this. he's an expert on this stuff. so far 43 confirms from the national weather service. this number is going to continue to build. there are people that go out there to make sure to get an actual account.

outside of anchorage, outside of alaska, she has kind of reshaped the party, though, whether she's ar not. you're saying to me that a lot of what is going on in the party is because of her influence and her driving the party to the right and how she really set up a persona that you're saying is still very much something that is being dealt with in this present campaign. >> oh, yeah, absolutely. i mean, i think that this party has been transformed. it has essentially become the tea party, but sarah palin, of course, was the forerunner of the tea party. those are very much the same people. so i think there's a lot of other people in the republican party now who feel they can deliver that message with a little more authority and wisdom than sarah palin could. that may be true, but she was the first to really tap into this new wave of conservative anger that really took off after the economic collapse. they probably would have lost that race regardless, but there's no question that john mccain, who was sort of the maverick moderate in the party, will have the lasting legacy of having giv

the real race begins tomorrow 50 miles north of anchorage.here 66 dog teams start a 1,000-mile journey across the alaskan frontier, the race ends eight days later in nome. >> thanks for joining us. captioned by closed captioning services inc.

. >>> this is from channel 2 news in anchorage, alaska, where a local pageant winner showed her true beauty. debbie promised to shave her head if she raised $2,500 to fight childhood cancer. well, she met her goal, so out came the clippers. debbie, with some help from the very kids she's trying to help, took her buzz cut in stride. already the winner of one beauty contest, debbie says she's planning on keeping the bald look when she takes the stage as a contestant in june's miss alaska contest. good for her. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet start. we will put some rain in the forecast for later today and tonight. 37 at the airport. 46 degrees in the city. increasing clouds. later this evening, there could be some light rain showers. not a big deal. a high temperature of 65. we'll come back and check the forecast going into the wee kend. >> a maryland student is arrested. >> a u.s. soldier kills civilians. we have the l

. >> we apologize for it, however, we're returning in a reverse direction and going to anchorage, alaskars lose control -- >> why don't you tell them i didn't do nothing wrong? >> -- when the cabin door closes. every day, more than 1 million travelers around the globe take to the air. these customers have all paid money, waited in lines, lugged bags, and expect a smooth ride into the skies. >> the role of being a customer is one that, you know, you kind of move through the paces and don't have to think much about it, but if you hit a snag and you're particularly frustrated, it may trigger this unbridled rage. you know, all that stuff that's stored up for exactly that right moment. >> the world of air travel can be filled with flight delays, cramped cabins, and nervous fliers. it can make even the most patient among us irritable and out of sorts. this now-famous incident has been viewed more than 6 million times on youtube. taken by an unnamed airline employee, it captures the frustration of a woman in hong kong's airport. in the video, she yells at airline employees in disbelief that her

the annual grueling frozen, nearly 1,000-mile race from anchorage to nome, alaska, the iditarod is over. this year's winner is a 25-year-old alaskan native, youngest winner ever. he's following a family tradition. his dad won in '04, his grandfather competed in the first one and both were back in the race this year. let's not forget to give credit to those very good, indefatigable dogs. >>> up next tonight, making a difference. >>> next at 6:00, silicon veil will taking on chi narks plus we're tracking the storm that's jeking down ff jeff r ranieri has the latest o where it will hit next. where since 2004 volunteers gathered to welcome home soldiers. today marks the last of those incoming flights into dallas and the end of the line for volunteers, some of whom have never missed a single week and never asked for anything in return. they just wanted to make a difference. we get their story tonight from nbc's janet shamlian. >> reporter: pat brown knows dfw airport like an elite frequent flier. for six years, she's come here at least once a week, but she almost never flies. >> they don't d

the two head out to lake hood near anchorage, alaska.resque water runway they visited at least twice a week. >> i chose the spot we were standing, because that's normally where you can get some of the best shots. we were about ten feet off the water, above the canal. there's a little fence that keeps you from going closer, and we were standing right on the fence line. >> on the third day testing out his brand-new video camera, kohler spots a small aircraft on the other side of the lake taxiing across the water. >> so we were jogging up to catch up. we had to get around the trees so we could get a good shot of the plane taking off. >> the single engine prop plane ready for flight begins to build speed. >> everything was normal, started revving up the engine. the plane started taking off, started coming into its turn. it did point at us for a while, but that's normal. >> suddenly, a gust of wind momentarily lifts the plane from the water, knocking it off course. >> the point where the wind gust hit, it actually lifted out of the water, the

he was conversant with the construction industry to some degree and heat was available i anchorage alaska in terms ofs. senator stevens and he met in 1999 in the company of a gentleman whose name was rocky williams who was a veco employee, the name of bill allen's corporation. senator stevens told him that he wanted to do a renovation to the so-called chalet. he wanted allen's assistance in identifying a remodeling contractor who might do the bulk of the work, and he was interested in having bill allen through a couple of his employees assist as might be appropriate in the renovation of the chalet. >> mr. shul can i, i don't want to cut in, but i'm trying to keep peace with the senators to a certain amount of time. i do want you to get to the point where on my basic question, how would the trial have been different if the exculpatory information had been released. >> all right. one principal example, senator, i told you who rocky williams was. rocky williams in effect served as the on-site foreman of the job. the job was performed for the most part by a firm called christianson builders.

. >>> this is from channel 2 news in anchorage, alaska, where a local pageant winner showed her true beauty. debbie promised to shave her head if she raised $2,500 to fight childhood cancer. well, she met her goal, so out came the clippers. debbie, with some help from the very kids she's trying to help, took her buzz cut in stride. already the winner of one beauty contest, debbie says she's planning on keeping the bald look when she takes the stage as a contestant in june's miss alaska contest. good for her. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> 4:28. 50 degrees here in the nation's capital on this 12th day of march. good morning, i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this monday, march 12. we're following a developing story from the university of maryland. a student faces charges for threatening to go on a shooting rampage at the college park campus. police say 19-year-old alexander song from fulton, maryland, made the threats on line saturday. detectives say he wrote, "i will be on a shooting

we are at gop headquarters here in anchorage. they will get the numbers by any means possible.mails, some faxes, some phone calls. if you look over the left shoulder, you will see randy reedrick, the state gop chairman. romney is off to a good start with just 2 1/2 districts in. he has 300 some votes. i know randy has some numbers in his hands right now. step in here if you could please. in alaska they'll receive their votes in all sorts of means. tell me who's reporting. i guess kodiak. >> from the city of kodiak. the island down south. gingrich 36, paul 68, romney 67, santorum 61 and one undecided. >> we have got a very even split here in some ways. i mean, everybody is getting votes tonight. >> everybody got votes. the three leaders are separated by one vote. and gingrich has roughly one-seventh of the vote where the other two have each two-sevenths. >> we are talking about the three leaders in kodiak, not overall in alaska. >> that's right. >> if you were to guess when you'd have the numbers in, when would that be? >> hopefully 10:00 alaskan time, 2:00 a.m. eastern time. we

powered by hundreds of man's best friends kicked things off with a symbolic start to the race in anchorage. it will be a very real trek of more than 1,000 miles the next eight days. all right. now for a look at your national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning to you, bill. the voice is back as well. both of us are here. i'm sure you are thrilled. when lynn can't speak this is like christmas for bill karins. your moment in the spotlight. take it away. >> it was great. good morning, everyone. dealing with the tornados last week. what a week it was. two tornado outbreaks. one the end of february and then the big one. we're still waiting for the official number of tornados. the all time recorded number is 74, the most we ever had in one outbreak. right now the numbers are looking senior like 79. a big log of all of this stuff, combing through all the evidence. right now there's 43 confirmed from the national weather service. if the number is 79 is true, it will be one of the biggest ever. we have had deadlier march outbreaks. all the red triangles are where all the

on sunday the plane was diverted to anchorage because the bathrooms were not working.sat on the tarmac for three hours before they got off the plane. another plane was brought in on monday, but it also had problems. passengers did not get out of alaska until a full 48 hours until after their departure. united will give everyone a refund for their inconvenience. >>> an important bit of health news. one of the most humble drugs in your medicine cabinet may be a cancer killer. according to research, asprin a day kills stomach, lung, prostate and ovarian cancers among others. if you do have cancer it may reduce the chance of it spreading by as much as 50%. the study suggests that it takes years for the asprin benefit to kick in and other studies found no benefit at all. >>> well, technology with three million units already sold, apple's new ipad is hot. but apparently so are the tablets themselves. consumer reports tested the ipad using the thermal imaging, and they found it runs about 12 degrees hotter than the ipad 2. apple says the new ipad is safe and runs within apple

powered by hundreds of man's best friend kicked things off with a symbolic start to the race in anchorage, but it will be a very real track of more than a thousand miles over the next eight days. >> all right. let's wake him up. now for a look at your national and regional weather, we check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. good morning. thanks for joining us. >> we have to rehearse hese things. the big story through the weekend was the tornado outbreak. right now, it appears to be somewhere around 79 total tornadoes. by the way, the largest march tornado outbreak ever had 74. if this number holds true, it will be the biggest, which is incredible, since it was the beginning of march. so far, the national weather service has confirmed 43 of those. what an incredible period and what a long recovery it will be for those areas hit hard. in the northwest, strong cold front blowing through. you already see the rain increasing here. the temperatures will drop along with the snow levels as this cold front drops to the south. this storm system is going to

on sunday the plane was diverted to anchorage because the bathrooms were not working.he tarmac for three hours before they got off the plane. another plane was brought in on monday, but it also had problems. passengers did not get out of alaska until a full 48 hours until after their departure. united will give everyone a refund for their inconvenience. >>> an important bit of health news. one of the most humble drugs in your medicine cabinet may be a cancer killer. according to research, asprin a day kills stomach, lung, prostate and ovarian cancers among others. if you do have cancer it may reduce the chance of it spreading by as much as 50%. the study suggests that it takes years for the asprin benefit to kick in and other studies found no benefit at all. >>> well, technology with three million units already sold, apple's new ipad is hot. but apparently so are the tablets themselves. consumer reports tested the ipad using the thermal imaging, and they found it runs about 12 degrees hotter than the ipad 2. apple says the new ipad is safe and runs within apple's therm

united plight 857 from san francisco was diverted to anchorage because of broken bathrooms. after landing in anchorage, passengers were stuck on the plane for more than five hours before they were eventually allowed to deplane. once off the plane, the 250 passengers were given vouchers for food and shelter. united brought in another plane the next day and passengers boarded but that plane also had problems. passengers took off two days later on the third jet. >>> 67 year old george kohler who vanished during a march 12 cycling trip to death valley national park. the is an plan man was last seen heading for his ten in the muskete strings campground near scty's castle, 180 miles northwest of las vegas. kohler's tent and bicycle were still there the next morning but he was nowhere to be found. crews con to serve for him with the help of dogs and a plane from a nearby air force base. >>> the decision 2012 mitt romney needing a big time victory and guess what. hay has it. romney won 47% of the vote in illinois. for the record outspent rick santorum 7-1 there. exit polls showing s

a united flight from san francisco to shanghai was diverted to anchorage after it was discovered that several lavatories were out of order. that was on sunday. united brought another plane on monday. but they finally boarded a third plane last night. >> imagine the frustration for those folks. man. >> at least they were some place tropical. >> yeah, right. >>> time, now, for weather from across the country. in addition to the strong storms and downpours from the gulf coast to the midwest, look for thick morning fog from new jersey to new england. showers from virginia into the carolinas and florida. and heavy mountain snow in idaho and the cascades. drenching rain from seattle to northern california. >> 44 in portland. 68 in sacramento. 74 in phoenix. mostly 60s from boise to minneapolis. a record 80 in chicago. and 70 in kansas city. miami hitting 83. and 73 in the big apple. >>> all right. coming up after the break, the largest online dating sites teaming up to keep millions of their users safe. >>> plus, is the new ipad really too hat to handle? the experts at "consumer reports" we

in particular, the fbi has worked very, very closely with the anchorage police department in this case that involved bill allen who was the key witness in the case against senator stephens, and mr. allen was, it was alleged he had transported a young native alaska woman across state lines in violation of the man act. it's been widely reported in the media that the case was recommended for federal prosecution but justice higher ups scuttled that. the question i would have to you is, to what extent was the fbi involved in that investigation, and did that investigation indicate any reason that the prosecution should not go forward? this is just really stunned people back in alaska. they cannot understand why the department of justice has dropped this, and i've attempted to get answers all the way up the chain and simply have not been able to get any. do you know of any reason based on that investigation the prosecution should not have gone forward? >> i do not, but that is something we'd have to get back to you on. my expectation -- well i shouldn't say that. i would assume this is part o

but marshal is back home, happy in anchorage. >> he didn't quite make it to nome this year.uckily, dad was able to bring him back. and he's going into retirement to hang out up at the house. get the special treatment. maybe even sleep on the couch a few times. we'll have to see. >> well done, marshal. >>> and do you remember this? ♪ the love boat >> "the love boat" that sailed into so many american living rooms in the 1970s and '80s, it is headed to its final destination tonight. and it is the junk yard. the 30-year-old ship, "the pacific princess" had been in dock in italy for a year. it's been sold to a demolition company for $3.3 million. it will be torn apart at a scrap yard. alas. >>> and coming up, our "person of the week." a woman everyone was talking about this week, reveals a secret. it helped her turn failure into a billion dollars. sometimes life can be, well, a little uncomfortable, but when it's hard or hurts to go to the bathroom, there's dulcolax stool softener. dulcolax stool softener doesn't make you go... it just makes it easier to go. dulcolax stool soften

it is west of anchorage and the place where there was a massive volcanic eruption back in its historyil about five or 10,000 years ago the events were still active we are taking a look at these towering thunderstorm clouds just a sample of the rain that will be coming into the chicago area part of a system that will remain here for the first part of this weekend ... we are looking at temperatures only in the '50s along the lakefront over the next couple of days. this afternoon we have some scattered showers and sunbreaks but another way ofve of rain will hit us this evening there will be fog along the lakefront and 60 degree temperatures inland the coolest reading on sunday will be late in the day it will only make it to 58 degrees monday ... nothing like the 80 degree temperatures we have been seeing over the last several days however we are still at above normal temperatures with this weekend forecast it will just be rainy and feeling cooler for the next two or three days we thank you for joining us today ... we hope you have a great weekend >>we are leaving you with more music from

the annual grueling frozen, nearly 1,000-mile race from anchorage to nome, alaska, the iditarod is over year's winner is a 25-year-old alaskan native, youngest winner ever. he's following a family tradition. his dad won in '04, his grandfather competed in the first one and both were back in the race this year. let's not forget to give credit to those very good, indefatigable dogs. >>> up next tonight, making a difference. need any help? uh, nope. just, uh, checking out my ad. nice. but, you know, with every door direct mail from the postal service, you'll find the customers that matter most: the ones in your neighborhood. print it yourself, or we'll help you find a local partner. and postage is under 15 cents. i wish i would have known that cause i really don't think i chose the best location. it's not so bad. i mean you got a deal... right? [ bird cries ] go online to reach every home, every address, every time with every door direct mail. delicious campbell's soups fill you with vegetable nutrition, farm-grown ingredients, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's -- it's ama

. >>> earlier this week in the "anchorage daily news", senator murkowski wrote this. alaska and america watched the trial of ted stevens play out in the fall of 2008. we watched it unravel ever since. she talked about the troubling tendency over to years of prosecutors to bend, twifrt and break the rules of their case. and in this editorial she brought up the case of brady versus maryland a 1963 case. it's been re-interpreted. it required the disclosure of any evidence to both the prosecution and the defense for a fuel and fair trial. senator murkowski says over the years there's been 97 different brady rules in federal districts across the nation. she points out in this piece that she will introduce legislation to restore what she calls just toys our judicial system. with that back ground tissue coming up today is senator murkowski questioning fbi director robert mueller at this subcommittee hearing. >> this morning the investigative report that details the prosecutorial misconduct in the case against senator ted steven's was released. it was precipitated almost that

>>mark: a united flight from san francisco to shanghai made today de tore in anchorage alaska. it left sfo at 2:00 p.m. on sunday, two hours into the flight the bathrooms broke down and the plane was diverted to alaska. united said another plane on monday afternoon, but that aircraft also have problems in. if passengers finally took off yesterday afternoon on the third boeing 777. united will be fully refunded tickets into the airline is speaking with passengers about additional compensation. six months after this deadly crash that killed 11 and injured dozens more, tickets have gone on sale for this year's reno air show. this was the scene last september when the plane crashed into a crowd of spectators. the crash is still being investigated in the faa still has to approve a waiver to allow the race is to continue. >>darya: a school official has been arrested for having video tapes listed as having sex in his office. >> we did none of the entire situation, how students are able to get into the room and to do that kind of activity to begin with, but then to be filmed by a couns

if anchorage is the new equator, shouldn't we run a couple of sewing machines?ll buy from the -- by the way, the obama approve the nuclear energy, which i'm in favor of. there hasn't been a nuclear program -- >> dana: he wasn't the first to come up with that. >> kimberly: he outsourced it to china any way. >> dana: loan guarantees that people don't like. >> eric: we have to go. coming up, what did the smartest people in politics think about last night's republican primary? you will hear from fox's three wise men. krauthammer, rove, morris, coming up. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] help brazil reduce its overall reliance on foreign imports with the launch of the country's largest petrochemical operation. ♪ when emerson takes up the challenge, "it's never been done before" simply bemes consider it solved. emerson. ♪ a living, breathing intelligence teaching data how to do more for business. [ beeping ] in here, data knows what to do. because the network finds it and tailors it across allhe right points, automating all the right actions... [ beeping ] ...to bring all the r

if anchorage is the new equator, shouldn't we run a couple of sewing machines? buy from the -- by the way, the obama approve the nuclear energy, which i'm in favor of. there hasn't been a nuclear program -- >> dana: he wasn't the first to come up with that. >> kimberly: he outsourced it to china any way. >> dana: loan guarantees that people don't like. >> eric: we have to go. coming up, what did the smartest people in politics think about last night's republican primary? you will hear from fox's three wise men. krauthammer, rove, morris, coming up. >>> thank you, illinois! [ applause ] ♪ ♪ >> dana: i have had that song in my head for days. thinking about the republican primary for months. last night was another step closer to figuring out who the republican nominee will be. we have great contributors at fox. they had commentary last night. take a listen. >> romney, it was a candidate mostly a question of facing reality, sooner or later. >> anybody voting for santorum or gingrich is voting to have the nomination stale until the convention. >> this seems to drag o

that fight from shanghai of this the third year or trip took more than today it days to the lyndon anchorage alaska and seven time on for hours before deciding to stay for the night's another plan also had problems. it has a looking out there? >>> mayes will stick around here another day as a good season jennifer clouds today that the temperatures in some spots near 70 degrees enjoy a change is coming as early as tonight to putting up the door right now mostly clear skies and a couple of patches of fog for the coastline and some clouds near seasonal tenders for today but in a better chance of rain is on the way that will come later tonight and early tomorrow morning the pressure is a flat ridge hearing of the neck system of the coastline of the showers for dairy cow that will slide down for the bay area late tonight and let tomorrow morning otherwise they got a dry and mild day outside some of the british as we head into the afternoon on and off throughout the day along the coastline and a few clouds pass into the rest are skies the overnight will drop through certain to fall apart though ar

sunday the plane was diverted to anchor age because the bathrooms were not -- anchorage because the bathroomsot working. passengers sat on the tarmac for three hours. another plane was brought in monday it also had problems, some of those folks were smiling. passengers didn't get out of alaska until yesterday afternoon, a full 48 hours after their original departure. united says it will give everybody a refund. >> i would have had to be sedated. new retail forecast looks for a big jump in easter sales. bloomberg business report is coming up. >>> mitt romney picks up key win in illinois. he may face up hill battle they getting enough delegates to clinch the nomination. the super help he may be forced to turn to. >> deal that will keep alex schmidt as quarterback of the 49ers. >>> the drug -- the drug we all have in our medicine cabinets that can help reduce the risk o >>> you can see on live doppler most of the rain northwest corner of the stay heading up into oregon where mainly going to stay today maybe a stray shower chico 66 increasing sun and warmer temperatures from sacramento to fresno.