going to the apple country was huge for me. again, i am embarrassed to say, 15 years i had never been once with. this is a lunatic thing my brother is doing with these apples. when i sailed down this huge area of fruit country, imagine after 9/11, apple country at harvest, thousands of acreage, beautiful skies. i got tears. it was like america the beautiful. it was so rural. it was such a different world for me. the first sighting of my brother. he didn't know i was coming was at the packing house. i remember seeing him, millions of apples coming down the flumes. my brother was looking at every single piece of fruit to be sure it was shipped correctly. he was to tender. i was seeing him from a long shot. i thought oh my god, all he needs is a sweater, he'd look just like are mr. rogers. i began to realize i didn't get it. that was the beginning. then i began bombing him with questions about apples and fruit. there was one moment that did change things in my perception, which is we were walking one day, i worked the fields and pa

lives of locals mostly people and also january's attack was some attack at the idea of the apple the country's largest. and maybe believed that the terrorists who have carried out the attacks had been trained abroad and also whose have been financed and rules to carry out those attacks and now would be balanced. with the events happening so close to russia's border that was russia's believes that obviously are on high alert because they suspect that al qaida and allied groups may now be considering which allocating their assets and seeking new targets and what the russian president has been saying that while the west is speculating where highs it might be moving not russia has to do with what is real what is fear and what is not the acts of terrorism carried out of the russian soil different effects without any trouble bring us the latest on these similar ten u.s. attacks that rocked russia's self the seat. of the news colonel gadhafi forces have opened for in the protesters in the libyan capital the last bastion of the embattled leader of these four people have reportedly been killed would be

verizon and apple stores across the country are opening nice and early for you folks. 7 a.m. to handle the expected rush of customers. until now, of course, at&t had been the only exclusive iphone carrier. but there have been a lot of complaints about at&t service as you know. at&t is offering incentives in hopes of keeping customers on tap. it's allowing the iphone to share its internet connection with wi-fi-neighborhood laptops and other devices. next week it will offer credit towards a new at&t device in exchange for old cell phones, as well. >> iphone war is heating up. >> i guess so. that's all good for us, though, especially if you're an at&t customer. >>> 5:08. a bay area business owner opens fire when a man brings his dog into his store. >> my brother told him to move. he didn't move it and he pushed it with his foot and that guy like lost his mind. >> why the shooter's brother says it was bound to happen. >>> i don't know what the hell is happening. but i know what they're doing is wrong. >> he could be the oldest pot smoker in the bay area. why stan the man is now f

a good sporting result will get a chance to perform to the most grand prix featuring apples from thirty five countries will take place of illusion cyrena next weekend promising a lot of glossy performances as well as the best in death luke and the new kids on the block the brush our teeth. that's all this for this bulletin so for me it's go by fire. her. mum. mum. mum. on her. sister street still keeps its secrets the balance time to feel up the soviet finds the key to the life and obsolete. a series of attacks strike the russian republic of congo you know ball-carrier three tourists have been killed on route to a popular tourist school restore a lot of sleater damage that. we can see across the middle east that make a government is selling to repressive regimes that were used with dozens more people dying in anti-government protests sweeping the middle east the u.k. is slammed for selling arms used to kill demonstrators. and cash for convicts former inmates in the u.s. but big business is responsible for the times you having the world's largest prison population. seven am in moscow good to have you w

apple has long lines. freezing temperatures in the country could have played a roll role in the number of customers and they offered preorders last week. until now, as you probably know, at&t has been the exclusive carrier of apple's iphone in the united states. but people have long complained about dropped calls and other problems on at&t. >>> thousands of homeowners across the state are filing for foreclosure help through a new federally funded program. the california housing finance agency launched a $2 billion program to help low and moderate income families struggling to pay their mortgage. calfha says the program will offer homeowners $3,000 in monthly assistance and help homeowners execute short sales. the goal is to help close the tens of thousands of californians. >> more than 1300 foreclosures occurring in california every day for the last 1,000 days. the money that california housing finance agency received from the federal government is like from heaven. >> they still face major challenge. that is getting the mortgage banks onboard. only one major bank committed to the project. >>> a southern ca

in holiday in ski hotels national in the region country club suborning shirt and finest piece of the first paul collins can pinsky switzer told. golden apple boutique hotel. bikini reduction deal between russia and the us finally comes into full within the exact moment with falling to the country's president said moscow and washington. all to exchange full details about the need to also holes in the republic day. the world holds its breath table wants to follow in egypt amounts protests failed to make the embattled president give in to his pupils to leave office since the demonstrations dollars to twelve days ago three hundred people have reportedly been killed. and is the first his prime minister says multiculturalism house failed and one british town things simultaneously around these five families who live on the islam and sons' interactions are. coming up next sports with the injury. thank you for watching the sport at least by the headline. shocking start russia lose the ring singles to underdogs france in the. club for all seeing the gunners throw away a full goalie draw with newcastle as the premier league goal crazy. on the biggest

as for the meeting itself, apple investors are some of the happiest people in the country these days.he stock has been on a tear for years now. shareholders everyone siding with the company when they decided pot to make their plan public. apple stock got an otherwise down day moved higher. the event event where we expect to see the next ipad will be held march 2 rnd. steve jobs by the way as expected a no show today. another local company in the spotlight today, juniper networks. now getting in to the lucrative data center business taking on much larger cisco system. juniper saying it has powered $100 million into the move. like apple, its stock has been on a roll. >>> a big announcement today from ford. they are recalling nearly 150,000 pickup trucks. ford is making the recall in the popular f 150 pickups because of problems with air bags that deploy without warning. the recall covers trucks from the 2005 and 2006 models. no deaths have been reported because of the this this problem, but there have been 77 injuries reported. owners should get notices within the next two week. >>> you

country", i'm tracy sellers. and in case you're curious, almond, plum, citrus, and apple plants tend to have the white petals, whilenectarine, peach, and apricot plants tend to have the pink petals. there you go. ha ha. coming up next, we're going to a one-of-a-kind spa. day of walking arod, it's nice to just relax a little bit. and, if i could speak for them, our four-legged friends would probably agree with me, right? well, as charlotte fadipe shows us, now horses have a place to relax and rehabilitate. >> looking at shor enjoying himself in this pen, it's hard toelieve that this 27-year-old cutting horse was once so ill, he waslmost crippled and his ownersere considering having him put down. but, after some tender loving care at a special rehalitation center in the tiny town of jamestown between sacramento and fresno, shorty is clearly back on his feet again. >> well, we were raised in a ranching background around cattle and horses our entire ves, and it's just something that we love to do naturally. i come from a rodeo background where that's what i did growing up. we'd trel everywhere, and you create a bond wi

apple stores opening early at 7 a.m. this morning to handle the expected rush of customers across the country. until now, at&t had been the exclusive iphone carrier. but not anymore. there have been a lot of complaints though about at&t service. at&t not taking it lightly. it's fighting back offering incentives in hopes of keeping customers. it's allowing the iphone to share its internet connection with wi-fi-enabled laptops and other devices and next week it will start offering credit toward a new at&t device in exchange for old cell phones. >>> california no longer for sale. governor jerry brown dropping the plan to sell buildings. >> it didn't make much sense because it in effect is a gigantic loan with interest payments equal to over 10% every year. >> the state had been in negotiations to settle properties for 2.$3 billion under a proposal by former governor schwarzenegger to help close the budget deficit. the state would have to continue the use of buildings by leasing them from the new owners. >>> price of groceries going up because of the cost of corn and buy-out rumors show twitter wo

country. new york city's ban will cover 1,700 parks and 14 miles of public beaches, plus boardwalks, marinas and pedestrian plazas here in the big appled now, for some ports. the steelers and packers are likely to hold super bowl practices indoors again today. told temperatures in the dallas area yesterday forced both teams inside. as for last night's hoops action, here's max bretos at espn news. >> good morning. now, it's time for your espn news update. another night, another big game in the big east. syracuse visiting uconn. walker facing an orange team that comes in losing four-straight. walker to jeremy lamb. down three. two minutes to go. kris joseph, gets the lay-in and the foul. three-point play. syracuse up seven. under a minute remains. syracuse loses it. jeremy lamb, almost misses the lay-in. but it falls. panic from jim. rick jackson tips it in. syracuse wins on the road by eight. >>> we move to the nba. chris paul and the hornets playing b-ball lately, taking on the thunder. paul, live shot. paul's in a lot of pain. grabbing that left leg. he would leave the game. with a rolled left ankle. he would be back. second quarter,

country is not ready for a democracy. militants in iraq are urging egyptians to join the holy war and establish an islamic state. >>> some new competition for apple's ipad. hp announced its own tablet computer called a touch pad. it's similar to the ipad and will come with a front facing camera wi-fi and 8 hour battery life. no word on the price. >>> apple has begun producing the new ipad according to the "wall street journal." it will be thinner, faster and come with a front facing camera for features like video conferencing. it's expected to be available through both verizon and at&t. but no word yet on when it might hit store shelves. apple is not commenting on that report. >>> well, the snow has barely settled in the nation's midsection. it's already getting hammered one more time with another blizzard. >> they just can't get a break, can they? oklahoma digging out from up to 20" overnight. heavy snow in parts of arkansas, kansas and texas. that storm is expected to move into the deep south later today. >> i just came in from boston. i don't miss that at all. not at all. >> welcome to california. >> it's nice to be home. lawrence, guess it woul

. >>> people in the bay area and across the country already lining up to get their hands on verizon's iphones. >> they are. verizon and apple stores are opening up early at 7 a.m. to handle the expected rush of customers. we have seen lines at stores from san francisco down to san jose. until now, at&t had been the exclusive iphone carrier. but there have been complaints about at&t's service. >> but it's not giving up easily. nope. it's offering a lot of incentives in hopes of keeping customers. it's allowing the iphone to share its internet connection with wi-fi-enabled laptops and other devices. and next week, it's going to start offering credit toward a new at&t device in exchange for your old cell phone. so in about 30 minutes, we are going to have a live report from a busy verizon store in san jose. >>> right now, the time is 60 6:08. a shooting over a pet chihauhau. >> plus a craigslist scandal, a controversial photo a congressman sent to a woman met online. >>> so much for instant absolution. the vatican takes on the new confession app. that's coming up so stay right there. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> chilly around the

country. >> i'm out here trying to save the middle class and save workers. >> reporter: moveon.org -- >> we're here to support workers in wisconsin. >> reporter: -- from boston to los angeles, from the big apple to little rock, arkansas. from wisconsin, a protest that appears to be growing. brian moore, nbc news. >>> this weekend family and friends gather to remember the lives of the two teenagers who drowned in a rafting accident. 17-year-old gavin powell and 16-year-old matthew miller died last weekend when they tried to take a trip down a walnut creek canal in an inflatable raft. a memorial service for powell was held today and one for miller is scheduled for tomorrow. an anonymous donor is now offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who broke into the miller home on thursday. the home was robbed while matt's parents were at the funeral service on what would have been his 17th birthday. >>> coming up next at 5:00, a san jose grocery store closes its doors for good tonight, after 60 years in business. >> i'm like, no, this can't be. >> the remarkable reunion between a father and a daughter, after ten years, made possible thanks to twitter. >>> and antici

developing african countries, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to ken martin and matt adams. sharon chin, cbs 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> today's tip of the day is pink lady apples one of my favorites, although i love all the apples but the pink lady has a wonderful distinct flavor. i'm going to reach up to get one. look how big this display is. it's a combination of gala, fuji and red delicious altogether. when you buy them, dark pink all the way around. a little bit of yellowing and just a little bit of greening is okay. that's very important. free from any shriveling whatsoever and very firm. when you bring them home, like all apples, it's important to store them in the refrigerator even though they will look beautiful in a bowl on the table. in the refrigerator because they have all been in cold storage and they get released in the wintertime and look how beautiful they are. the pink lady apples in the market great in different salad mixes, slice up some apples with some gorgonzola cheese and raisins with wall nuts walnutting and vinaigrette out of hand. i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. and always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. that's good. >>>

he traveled across the country to have dinner with the titan of technology here. among others the head of facebook, apple and other kill. lily live at woodside where the dinner meeting is under way at john dohr home. >> the president motorcade is about to leave which means the dinner lasted about 2 and half hours. about a dozen people were invited to tonight's exclusive gathering. >> 45 minutes later the president motorcade arrived at the woodside home of venture capitalist dohr for dinner and discussion with silicon valley biggest names, apple ceo steve jobs, google ceo schmid and facebook founder and oracle and chambers. stanford professor lives behind the stage and pleased to see the president in his neighborhood. >> good thing for the president to get out into the community that he sevens. and a lot of people in woodside with a lot of influence and the direction of our country and that's a good thing to interact. >>reporter: white house says the purpose of the president visit is to promote innovationçó in green tech and wants to spend billions of dollars on clean energy, education, high speed interne

country, gary. >> that's not accurate, tavis. tavis: that is accurate. >> they manufacture in china. the chinese complain they're adding $4 to the cost of a $300 apple product by manufacturing in china then complain that the u.s. is getting all the benefit, the shareholders, design, development. but our own government has policies which encourages us to ship out. they don't let us hire the best and brightest -- brightest in the world they restrict visas, they make it difficult to sell abroad, apple counts as a deficit, they're selling in europe and china, they can't bring that money back here without it being double taxed. our own government has to change its policies to encourage the money to come back, encourage the jobs here, get rhode island they have litigation society where any businessman that starts a company is threatened with lawsuits all the tile. we can't afford it. we have to prioritize. we have to say, this is a strategy as a nation, just the way businesses have strategies and we've got to focus on what's important. is it the wars? is it the entitlements? or is it the future of our kids? we're the first generation of america to take, t

country. they're turning up everywhere from fancy hotels to retail stores, even movie theaters. >> oh, like that's gross. >> they're disgusting. >> scheevey. >> reporter: bed bugs are the size of applento mattresses and in small crevices, and even, the experts admit, they're difficult to eradicate. >> just because a bed bug doesn't necessarily mean dressers, night tables, closets, walls, couches. they're everywhere. >> reporter: the key is to catch the problem early and wage an all-out war before the bed bugs take over. michael hertzenburg for cbs news, new york. >>> coming up a little bit later on "the early show," live reports from egypt on the mass political protests. we'll hear from former ambassador to the u.n. bill richardson. also help for the high cost of health care. tips on saving money on your medical bills. and a special series continues on what our anchors always wanted to do. today chris wragge gets behind the camera. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks, everyone for watching. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day.

country run on saturday. >>> details about the conversations president obama had during his recent bay area visit have begun to spill out. thursday night in wood side the president toasted silican valley stars from apple, google, oracle and facebook. the president's budget includes billions of the dollars for new r & d spending, those present also talked about education, work visas and taxes. >>> well there is good news tonight for venture capitalism. the venture group saw growth last year after three years of declining investment. venture funds collectively increased their investment by 19% from 2009, the number of deals also grew by 12% from the year before. this is the industry's first year to year growth since 2007. industry insiders said they are in recovery mode but hope the trends continues through this year. >>> jail officials say norman welsh made bond on friday after a judge reduced his bail. welsh's codefendant and friend christopher butler remains behind bars. welsh is accused of stealing and selling drugs. he was the head of the state's central contra costa's narcotics team. >>> two girls were injured yesterday when strong winds carried them away in a bounce house. this is the metal frami

the guests including apple ceo steve jobs, google ceo eric schmidt, oracle's larry ellison, yahoo's carol bartz. all to talk about jobs in hi-tech and green tech. >> as a country if we could figure out a way to build programs and support systems to encourage people to go into engineering and reward them accordingly. then that would be i think an important part of the future. >> and in this day and age when everybody's got a camera, this is the one picture that the white house is releasing, the president talking to mark zuckerberg. didn't have phones at the ready? just kidding. didn't want them so owish at a presidential dinner. republicans not quite so sure. they're saying what this really was last night, what this is going to be later today when the president goes up to portland to meet with the intel president and ceo, that this is nothing more than an early campaign swing of a failed presidency. that's the republican take on all this. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you very much. it's 6:06 now. the first west coast shipyard designed to recycle old vessels from sassoon bay opens its doors in vallejo this morning. set for 10 a.m. at the allied d

country. turning up everywhere from fancy hotels to retail stores and even movie theaters. >> that's gross. >> they are disgusting. >> scary, very scary. >> reporter: bedbugs are the size of appleds they get into mattresses and even the experts admit they are difficult to eradicate. >> just because there are bedbugs it is just in beds, dresses, night stands and tables and couches they are everywhere. >> the key is to catch the problem early and wage an all- out war before the bedbugs take over. this is cbs news, new york. >> all right, everybody. euwww. >> it makes me feel all itchy. >> i don't think we should show that right before dinner do you? >> very high in protein. >> they are. a little crunchy, too, right? >> yuck. >> today we had high temperatures anywhere from 63 degrees in san francisco to 73 in santa rosa. put on the brakes, back up. 70. wow. >> everyone is jealous of that. >> they should have a good reason to be. temperatures 11 degrees above normal. this is the scene throughout much of the bay area. with some pretty decent air quality due to a stiff northeast wind. at times blowing up to 30 miles per hour. now, currently we do have temperatures in the 50s and 60s.

one-third of the country continues to get pounded by this massive winter storm, punxsutawney phil will come out of his burrow for groundhog day and tell us how much winter we have left. >>> apple

country. if there are problems with the specific program and there are that may be bad apples, let's come up with criteria that evaluate the program's effectiveness. it makes sense to halt this rule and use the additional rule to urge the department to go back and put out a rule that will ensure students will have access to educational choice. i urge adoption to the rule and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? polpol i move to strike the -- molepole i move to strike the last word. . mr. polis: this amendment would not only eliminate the ability to have the critical gainful employment regulation, some element of quality control to make sure that after receiving, sometimes very expensive, educations, somebody is actually more employable but also undue -- undo existing transparency that's already published. it would disallow information on student outcomes such as graduation rates and loan default rates. the rb this is such an important matter to congress is this is a critical matte

apple pie and coffee. the immigration officials thought that their name, which was spelled gjelsvik would be too difficult to spell and pronounce for people in this countryo they asked them to change it. and so the two brothers picked the name of the farm where they worked near bergen, norway, which was the thune farm so nikolai gjelsvik was my grandfather. with his new name and country my grandfather set tout build a new life. he learned english, got a job building the railroad across south dakota and when he and his brother had saved up enough money they started a small business. first the merchandising company and nen a hardware store. norway was their homeland but they made america their home. [applause] my grandfather had three sons, including my father. and he instilled in his boys midwestern values that my parents in turn pass along to me and my four siblings. they taught us to live within our means even if it means going without. they taught us to help our neighbor and to serve our community. to work hard and to pull our on weight. they taught us about the importance of family and the value of life. and they -- [applause] and they taught us to ap

countries. a domino effect is playing out in interesting ways. >>> on a lighter note, it is time once again for the big annual toy industry get-together here in the big apple millions of americans. the president has sent his cost-cutting ideas to capitol hill. >> but in the face of a mounting budget deficit, this could be just the beginning of the sacrifices. jake tapper has more from the white house. >> reporter: university of colorado junior derek dash pays tuition with help from the pell grant program for low-income students and he was planning on enrolling in summer classes. >> the credits that we're receiving then are credits that are just as good during the spring or fall. >> reporter: but in his 2012 budget, president obama proposes eliminating pell grants for summer classes as well as charging more for graduate student loans. that would save the budget $89 million over 10 years. bad news for dash. >> if pell grants weren't available to me, i'd probably be taking out student loans right now and be incurring some debt. >> reporter: that cut is one of the tough choices president obama says his budget makes. >> if we're going to walk the walk when it c

apple pie and coffee. the immigration officials thought that their name, which was -- would be too difficult to spell and pronounce for people in this countryed them to change it. so the two brothers picked a name of the farm where they worked in norway which was the food far. so nikolai was my grandfather. with his new name, and his new country, my father set out to build -- my grandfather set out to build a new life. he learned english, got a job, and when he and his brother had saved up enough money they started a small business. first a merchandising company and then a hardware store. norway was the homeland, but they made america their home. [applause] >> my grandfather had three sons including my father. he instilled in his voice midwestern values that my parents in turn pass along to me and my four siblings. they taught us to live with enemies even if if it means going without. it taught us to help our neighbor and to serve our community, to work hard and to pull our own weight. they taught us about the importance of family and the value of life. [applause] >> and they taught us to appreciate our freedom and liberty, gifts that come