not just abercrombie & fitch, wet seal, ann taylor, stage stores all lowered numbers. you can see some have been hit rather notably. sue, back to you. >> thank you, bob. switch on the "power lunch" power surge right now and drill down on the stories driving the day. we begin with the fed. fed chief ben bernanke getting grilled by lawmakers on capitol hill and issuing new warnings about the budget deficit and overall economy. steve liesman has the highlights. >> sue, thanks very much. there was a bit of an exchange from congressman paul ryan, a republican, and the fed chairman, over the long-term goals of the fed higher inflation, get to those in a second. first i want to give you the monetary and deficit headlines. he issued a stern warning on the deficit saying increased possibility of a sudden fiscal crisis from the deficit, he warned interest rates can soar quickly if investors were to lose confidence in the american government. he did say on the economy that it's gradually recovering from a recent deep recession, but the pace of recovery has been frustratingly slow

. >> reporter: last year, tom hanks, anne hathaway, robert downey, junior, youngsters selena gomez and taylorthwest made it quite a night. hollywood brings together sher, madonna. and a stoic daniel craig with seinfeld. the tradition began in 1994 with a very young tom and nicole. and there was anna nicole smith, sharing a conversation with director oliver stone and candacebergin. the next year, oprah and steadman made their first "vanity fair" appearance. matt damon's 1998 dates were with mom and oscar, just like his buddy ben affleck. two years later, ben was with gwynneth, while he was with aniston. >>> also, whitney houston on the set of her final movie. and we have the latest on the death investigation. that and so much more is coming up later on entertainment tonight. >> and that's at 7:30, here on wjz 13. >>> no heart where you'll be this weekend, as long as the weather cooperates, you'll be able to look up in the sky and see a celeste -- celeste ial show. the dazzling encounter will be visible from around the world at twilight. >> oh, boy. >>> well, it's a beautiful afternoon. don't n

lot of protests around the area, there are several planned for california and taylor street this evening. back to you. >> anneive at sfo, thank you. >>> today, state regulators will be at two bay area tech schools that were forced to shut down. the institute of medical education is accused of operating without accreditation. campuses in san jose and oakland, unclear what the closure means for students. but they have spent about $30,000 for tuition. regulators will help answer questions for students today. >>> and a bay bridge shutdown will force thousands of drivers to find some alternate routes this weekend. plan ahead. bart is running trains 24/7 in order to help out. crews will close those westbound lanes tomorrow night. construction is expected to wrap up tuesday morning. >> you're going to find out firsthand because you have to commute in from the east bay. >> we were talking about that. >> it depends on what's the best route. stay home if you can. bart is a good option. think i'm going to be doing the richmond/san rafael bridge to the golden gate. so we're expecting heavier traffic than normal. let's go

. >>> breaking news from anne arundel county, where a crash and rescue are under way. sky team 11 and captain roy taylor over the scene. >> this is chesterfield road and hawkins road, in crownsville, with a single vehicle accident. there was a person trapped inside the vehicle, flipped upside down several times. the medics are still working on the individual. it originally requested the maryland state police to respond, but they will take the victim to the hospital by ground. the road is closed in both directions, the anne arundel county police investigating. otherre's a look at some top stories. a maryland state trooper escaped major injuries after crashing his cruiser during a high-speed chase after midnight in harford county. senior trooper jon sawa was attempting to pull over a suspected drunk driver. during the pursuit, he crashed into a wooden fence. he suffered only minor injuries. this suspect is in police custody. new information concerning the upcoming murder trial of george huguely, accused of killing uva lacrosse player yeardley love in maryland. huguely's defense team got a last-minute hear

. >> with all due respect to governor romney, he's no taylor swift. >> dave: ann romney could help, she's job, and she just has to be who she is, a wonderful attractive, charming woman. she doesn't have to sit there and take positions or answer for what her policies were running against ted kennedy in 94, running for governor of massachusetts in 2002. but, i think she's a huge asset to the campaign because i think that to the degree that people see romney in a two dimensional way, you know, she humanizes him. she softens some of the edges and also, i mean, having been around the two of them, it's a real love affair and i think he's just a better candidate when she's around. >> clayton: you have a big show today. speaking of mitt romney, he'll be on your show of course headed into the big primary on tuesday and plus, governor mitch daniels who is in that conference, says, no, i'm the not running for president. you keep asking me and i'm flattered, but i'm not doing it. >> if we could have one question, rick santorum says that mitt romney is running as an occupier. that's one thing i love t

he understood, he was having a heart attack and bill taylor and i were the cardiologist and he was going to listen. the same thing for ann sinclaire, a major journalist. and a brilliant woman who had been a journalist her whole life. she got it from the beginning. we cannot listen and respond to the media. we need to focus on extricated dominick from the criminal justice system. >> rose: so your judgment of how the media responded to all this is outrageous or understandable. >> it's a little bit of both. i understand the media, i think, better than most lawyers because i've dealt with many high profile cases. they have a job. i think the media is important. i think on balance the media is good for democracy. the difficulty with the media as i see it in dealing with public figures, there's no accountability. you can't sue a newspaper, you can't see a t.v. station, they get it wrong and say okay, but we had a source that was in our view reliable. so the source got it wrong but we acted responsibly as a journalist. you can't fault them because there's an editor saying you have to have this posted by 2:00 p.m. and it's 1:45

ann coulter. three of the four presidential candidates. only three of the four? methinks there is something going on. joining me is goldie taylor goldie taylor project and ed he espino and ed, okay you three, thanks for being here, let's start with you, matt. some people say this is like a whole super process to do king making with the straw poll but now i hear that ron paul, the guy who won the big straw poll at the end of cpac the last two years isn't going to show up, matt? what is this about? >> there is a caucus that ends on saturday in maine and ron paul has a strategy about accumulating delegates, unlikely he will be the nominee, so i don't understand why he's not going, the convention cpac start today, today through saturday, there is a straw poll saturday afternoon he could have come for a little bit. but this is a big thing for governor romney, for senator santorum, and for speaker gingrich, activists, media, largest conference anywhere in the country, so it comes at an important time when you look at what happened the other night in minnesota, colorado and missouri. >> jump in here, ed, i often times wonder whether c