if you take medication like beta blocker, force on the arteries is lessened. >> it is not proven betadementia, the cardiologist says it's good news. >> if you're already on a beta blocker, we know they're good against heart disease and maybe help to prevent dementia. >> franklin likes the idea a drug he needs for his heart could also be good for his brain. >> that's an added benefit. i certainly like that. >> there's no dementia in his family, but he says its something everyone worries about when they get older. >> high blood pressure is bad for your heart and brain. the best approach is exercise, keep a healthy weight, cut down on salt, eat plenty of fruits and veggies. if being treated for high blood pressure, ask your doctor if you can use a beta blocker. >>> we have start phones, smart cars, now a smart fork. this tracks how fast you skeet how many bites you take. when eating too fast, the fork lets you know to slow down. the goal is to train people to eat slower. it will be available in april for $99. a smart spoon is in the making. >> i think electric shock may work better. that

beta flies away. but now, out in the open, she is courting alpha with that same old tail twirling and now he mates with her. she has kept two males happy both of whom will help to feed the young when they hatch. dna fingerprinting has now revealed that only about a fifth of the apparently monogamous birds are actually genuinely faithful to one another. molecular genetics combined with long term studies of animals in the wild have challenged our preconceptions about how animals live their lives. and there are also long term studies that have shed light on our own evolution and ancestry. in particular, those by jane goodall, who started her work in 1960 in tanzania on chimps. the 26-year-old jane goodall arrived in africa with no scientific training, and had to patiently follow the chimps for two years before they allowed her to get close to them. in order to identify them, she gave them the sort of names we use for one another -- which got her into a lot of trouble with more conventional scientists, wh

it's a beta, beta. they're taking baby steps here. what this is all about a clear marching path towards google dominance of web search. >> this is a demo video of how graph search works facebook has partnered with bing to show web search results facebook can't find on graph search. now right now graph search is only available in beta today. it's a limited roll out. he said it's only available about hundreds or thousands of people. it will be available to everyone in the coming weeks and months and. as far as what the future holds for graph search. they they hope to make it available on mobile devices in all languages and also to include post in the graph search. reporting live ktvu channel 2 news. >>> this morning san jose state university announced a pilot progress to offers. governor jerry brown was on hand for the announcement two hours ago t. university is partnering with a silicon val can company to provide the courses that will start later this month. the project will begin with just three classes in entry level math. they'll be

you really don't want to take a beta blocker unless you need it.high blood pressure, there's several different medications you can take. you might want to ask your doctor, hey, can we try a beta blocker first. i should note, one study, particularly this dine of study, doesn't necessarily mean these findings are true. doctors would want to do more work before this could say definitively beta blockers help protect against alzheimer's. >> that's good advice indeed. thank you for that report. >>> you're in "the situation room." happening now, my exclusive interview with egypt's controversial new president, making news with an announcement you'll hear first right here in "the situation room." also, president obama picks someone to lead the cia and the pentagon. we're going to hear from a former senate colleague who says chuck hagel is the wrong man to become the next defense secretary. and chances are you've either had it or know someone who does. new information about the flu that's spreading across the united states and beyond. >>> we want to welcome

we talk about beta and the show being "fast money." the fast money has understood the beta trade has been in nokia and also research in motion. but if you're looking for the beta names, take a look at appearing, nokia. >> you could still save to get in with that kind of move we're talking about? >> i think it could get to 5 1/2 without any problem. >> and if it breaks through 5, to pete's point, take a look at the institutional ownership. there's a lot of folks that can't own it sub-5. if they get in here as it trades through 5, institutional ownership goes from about 12% to where it is now to probably 60%, that's where it is in rimm. that could carry it to eight. >> the stock was as dead as a doornail not that long ago. >> yeah itches the chart for something thinking maybe i should get in here is scary,wise, weiss, don't you think? >> i'm not sold on it. significant discounting on the new phones, actually giving away some phone for free, so a lot of cost cutting, 2450e6 sold assets, the balance sheet is still a piece of garbage. i thi

whenever anybody tried lure him into the apple debate, he said beta, beta, beta, get it with rim. now with lenovo saying they would consider this as well as other opportunities, i think this puts the focus on this one. i think it is part of the reason that even though nokia pulled back on their div and the stock traded down to $4, it rebounded about 30 cents as well, i think the space is interesting. >> sell early? >> i still have -- sold yesterday. no chance of a canadian government letting a chinese company buy rim. somebody else may, but that won't happen. >> no chance of u.s. corporations doing business with a hardware/software maker owned by a chinese company. >> coming up on "halftime," shares of apple dropping on a big earnings disappointment. is there a bottom in sight for what is america's most valuable company, but that could change. we'll ask ubs' steve milunovich. will tonight's profit report get investors excited about the stock again? two traders, two opinions, one heated debate is coming up. >>> welcome back. the guys at five were told that the price target on apple

kind of a beta product. we different hear about mobile.t was a little bit less far along, though it is making progress and i think some of the folks thought and we saw that reflected in the share price, but apparently didn't wasn't far enough to help yelp today, either. >> if we are to assume it is going to be completed and this is going to be successful, who will feel the impact the most? we saw it in yelp, was that an overreaction at all? >> one of the things that's interesting about today is seeing the tieup with bing, when the social graph doesn't have the answers you want, which suggests ongoing conversations with microsoft. again, this isn't news, but they see google, google plus as an issue. this is about staying ahead of google. and it's an underscore to the idea that the intent in search, which has made so much money with google with their advertising is exactly what face the book is focused on. the problem, the reason this is a touch lackluster is, they're still focused on it. we don't know that they are real competition yet. the

new research finds that beta blockers, those are prescription drugs used to treat high blood pressurehelp protect the brain against alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. a similar study found beta blockers also slowed down the rate of cognitive decline in aging brains. >>> and with heartfelt apologies to my notre dame alum partner here, it is time, mercifully for sports news. >> here's espn news with the highlights from last night's bcs championship. >> cassidy hubbarth here with your "sportscenter" update. and notre dame looking for its first national title in 24 years. but they would have to take down defending champion alabama. and on the tide's opening drive, eddie lacy, up the middle. 20 yards for the score. lacy rushed for 140 yards on the day. alabama scores on its opening drive. and next crimson tide drive, a.j. mccarron, over the middle to michael williams. two tide drives. they march down the field against the irish's top-scoring "d" in the land. in the second quarter, first play. t.j. yeldon, capping off an 80-yard drive. yeldon, 108 yards and that score. mccarron, dumps

they had taken beta blockers had less brain shrinking than those who didn't. the findings could be important for dementia prevention. >>> let's bring in henry from our comcast sports net newsroom. how the 49ers expect to stop aaron rodgers and the packers. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area. saturday is show time for the 49ers. a win against the green bay packers would land the niners in the nfc championship game. san francisco's top priority is stopping aaron rogers. it's a very tough task. but the 49ers defense is ranked third in the league. and they're ready to rattle the reigning mvp. >> i think he's a little more comfortable in the pocket. he's had a lot more plays. and he's one of the most familiar quarterbacks in the nfl. he definitely has improved from week one. >> aaron rodgers does a great job of disguising things and looking safeties and cornerbacks off. we just have to have our discipline and try to stay on top of those guys and make it as hard as we can for him. >>> over to college football. the guys on the farm could use a couple of tight ends. zac

. >>> new this morning beta breakers is looking for a new sponsor. it is not talking about why it's dropping out. beta breakers organizers say the upcoming may 19th race will go on with or without a replacement sponsor. >>> time now 4:37. the city of san francisco proposing $200 million worth of changes to the way people ride bikes over the next five years. the city wants to build 12 miles of new bike lanes and upgrade 50 miles of existing paths. the transportation agency says the changes are needed since biking has increased by 71%. >> interesting. >>> time now 4:38. it is monday. >> yes, it is. >> take a deep breath. hopefully there won't be that much traffic out there. >> it looks all right so far. newscast, we are looking pretty good if you are driving in most bay area freeways. let's go outside and take a look at what we have on 80 westbound. it's a nice looking drive as you drive out to the mccarthur maze. to the bay bridge toll plaza no major problems there. and also if you are driving in san jose this is a look at downtown. the traffic looks

researchers looked at hundreds of patients with lung cancer and found those taking beta blockers live 22% longer than other patients. doctors believe beta blockers may interfere with the receptors on cells and keep the cancer from spreading. >>> a new study links depression to sweetened drinks especially diet soda. researchers fortunate institutes of health -- for the national institutes of health looked at 270,000 people. those who drank more than 4 cups a day were 30% to develop depression. coffee seems to have the opposite effects being 10% less likely to have depression >>> fresh grocer tony tantillo shows us how to pick out and store grapefruits. >> reporter: well, today's tip of the day is going to be is going to be with pink grapefruit from the indian river valley of florida. but you have to select them and store them right the first time or otherwise, going to be bitter. and that you don't want. when you buy them, you want to make sure that they are heavy for their size like all citrus. the heavier the better. make sure the exterior of the grapefruit has a beautiful color to t

researchers looked at hundreds of patients with lung cancer and found those taking beta blockers livedger than other patients. doctors believe beta blockers may interfere with the receptors on cells and keep that cancer from spreading. >>> osteoarthritis patients with knee pain probably won't get any relief if they are taking vitamin d. researchers looked at 146 people with a common disorder and found vitamin d supplements didn't make a significant difference in pain or loss of cartilage. >>> a new study linking depression to sweetened drinks especially if you drink diet soda. researchers looked at 270,000 people. those who drank more than 4 cups of soda a day were 30% more likely to develop depression. scientists say coffee seems to have the opposite effect. that's a good thing. people who drank 4 cups a day were about 10% less likely to be depressed. >>> time now 4:51. an unlikely combination of civil rights and religion. still ahead, what will soon happen in one of the nation's most prominent churches. >> a self-help guru has fears of his own. how he conquered them in the san franci

news to talk about the capture of up was a beta the reporter asked me if i was a beta had been tortured i said he had and i said that it was torture and that it was official u.s. government policy the very next day the cia filed what's called the crimes reported against me the justice department began investigating me and never stopped investigating me since december two thousand and seven in addition to that i've even been audited by the i.r.s. every single year since i gave that interview so just yeah i mean just the chilling effect kind of punishing you in any sense of the way it's a program of harassment absolutely absolutely and if course you know passing the buck to say it's just a few rogue cia officers it's just like. where they're just like it's institutionalized i mean we know that it was from the top down. you know i just can't help but thinking. of torture you know when obama got elected he said he condemns torture really when you look at the evidence of dr borden in guantanamo bay they continued practice of rendition exploiting torture to different countries solitary confin

i think this book should be called confessions of a beta mail. -- beta male. >> who reacts like this? and this is after the election. before the election absolutely not. in fact any talk was crazy right wing conspiracy. i'm sure greer was the one leading the charge. now you can say there is no repercussions. they can all come out and throw themselves on the sword and report we so wonderful? >> lauren, what does it say about the state of journalism that, a, this is how the press treats the politician and b you are allowed to be a reporter? >> no, we are completely screwed . my point is this, you show me a republican president who can sing a pan tee dropping version of the al greene song. >> who is the dude who sang it in the press conference? >> the older guy. the older guy. andy will know. >> >> pat buchanan. >> no. >> helen thomas. >> andy, you know what i am talking about. >>- q. i are you talking a gurn -- are you talking about a journalist. >> talk. come on. the guy that sang at a press conference. i think it was the bush administration, right? >> lee at water? >>leeiacoca. >> he

this morning comes word beta breakers sponsor is pulling out of the race. will the race go on?l has the latest on this story. bob, good morning. >> reporter: organizers of the beta breakers are going to have to do some running of their own trying to quickly chase down a new backer of this annual foot race that runs here in san francisco. problem is they don't have much time. the race is scheduled for may 19th. the san francisco chronicle reporting that a website that allows you to make your own t-shirts has dropped out as the main sponsor after it could not come to an agreement with the organizers. it was the race's third sponsor in ten years having paid anywhere from 250 to $500,000 each year to attach its name to the huge event in san francisco. by the way, that sponsorship knee never covered the $1 million cost. even if organizers cannot find a new sponsor over the next four months, the race's general manager tells the chronicle that there will be a race regardless. the paper pointing out that the race is put on by a man that is a billionaire. bob redell, "today in the bay."

. >> now is the time for beta. >> big beta big boy. >> all right. a different restaurant. >> all right. portions are much different. >> yeah. >> you have your eye on nsc why? >> i think what you are really finding out here is, is the china story really playing out from our aspect? are we seeing the shipments going across when you talk about coal obviously very heavily weighted toward what they're really moving right now but also merchandise for nsc. i think those will really give us a great temperature or barometer of what is going on in the market. >> our next guest says three factors could trigger a pullback for stocks and his track record on the show suggests you should listen up. mike santoli of yahoo finance has made several winning calls of late and joins us now. mike welcome back. what are the three factors we should be looking for? my guys on the desk are mostly bullish. >> look. i wouldn't argue with them over an extended period. i think the market is reasonably well supported. i'm not saying run for the hills. i think you have a couple thi

exempts events such as the beta breakers. >>> we are starting off with no major problems and let's look at the east shore freeway, traffic looks good as you drive through the mcarthur maze with no major problems. and also this morning's commute the toll plaza is always good. getting up to highway such, it is wide open, let's go to steve. >>> it is cold not doubt about it high pressure will hold its pattern around i think fog will be back here santa rosa 27, fairfield, concord walnut creek knap that novato -- napa novato, it doesn't mean they will not dip into the 30s and i think concord had some and same will happen again today. mostly clear skies and now we are putting in a few 60s. that helps the coast, passive can. although 62 and santa rosa 54. fog sun mild to warm taking it to the weekend coast and bay. >>> it is another spare the air day. that means wood person burning or firing up anything, those caught violating the ban face fines starting at $100. this year they are not giving warnings. >>> coming up, new concerns about levee safety, seven years after the conference. >>> and th

this will be the 102nd beta breakers scheduled for may 19. the general manager of the race tells the "san francisco chronicle" the race will go on with or without a sponsor and as of right new, it sounds like the race does not have a sponsor. >> thank you, new this morning, gun control will be the hot topic at a white house meeting with top law enforcement official whose have dealt firsthand with recent mass shootings. president obama and vice president joe biden will meet with the police chief of newtown, connecticut. the police chief from aurora, colorado, will talk about the 12 people killed in a movie theater shooting in july, part of the discussions the president is using to try to get political support for gun control. >> surprising revelation for president obama that could affect the debate over gun control. in an interview with the "new republic" he said he goes skeet shooting when he is at camp david. his young daughters do not shoot but guests pick up a shotgun and take aim at the clay pigeon as california senator feinstein introduc

the search is in the early phase of development and they are rolling out the beta version today and will ask for feedback and will ask for full implementation the coming months can you go do abc7news.com for updates on this feature. >> katie, thank you. still ahead, new details on what disgraced former cyclist, lance armstrong, told oprah winfrey and the new legal troubles armstrong could face. a plan in the works do rename san francisco international airport after a gay rights pioneer. what a supervisor wants for a >> lance armstrong is coming clean. oprah says she was riveted by parts of the tell all interview and now new troubles for the disgraced cyclist who denied doping until now. we report on that story. >> lance armstrong denied it for years. adamantly. >> i have never doped. >> i have never taken performance enhancing drugs. >> now he is coming clean. >> in an interview with oprah winfrey that will air on her network he confesses to doping. today, winfrey said the interview was difficult. >> he did not come clean in the manner i expected. >> was he contrite? >> she would not say

salicylic acid is a beta hydroxy acid. beta hydroxy acid's tend to be a little bit better for getting down in the oil glands and not the reason we see them a lot of times in acne products or products for oily skin. prescription retin a is also used to treat acne and there's versions anyone can buy. rock and fortebella. over the counter we can find a product very similar to retin a called retinol. and that can accomplish much of the same benefits and it can be a little bit gentler. we don't realize all its other benefits but it can really help us with scars, with wrinkles, with brown spots. doctor bogle says products with retinol increases skin cell priduction. basically taking off the top layer of your skin. for example if you flip over a product and you see retinal in the middle of the list or towards the top you know it's probably a higher concentration. if you see it listed last you know it's probably a lower concentration and it doesn't mean that the product's bad. one of doctor bogle's favorite products contains lacti

should allow a woman to live with the kids simply because they need a mother by their side is the beta book in my opinion. the man woman relationship is built on other for september we're going to put it plainly supposing i allow that woman to be with her kids they will grow up and go their separate ways but i'll have to stay on with that woman the two i need that lost both very many children have grown up without the care of fathers and mothers but they're none the worse for that or. if. you remember sort of children have come to see their mother who left them and their father a long time ago. she's brought along her daughter from her new marriage. do you go to school yes. you've brought up to be quite big. how are you doing yeah. how's life ok laura so quiet what did you want to ask you how are you know we're good. how are you i am ok your ears are frozen i hope one day i said he was all smart boy. some people break up because of a clash of characters with us it was just that our temperaments may have been too much of the match where we were never given to each other. sometimes at ni

we had the beta breakers and break the city in half for the runners and manage the emergency response for that. we had the gollen gate anniversary and remember that off the bridge and the u.s. open and the pride parade. and then we took a brief break in july and in august started with some of our exercising as part of the fleet week activity and i highlight some of those here, so with the america cup's races which we had been planning for starting at the beginning of the year. three successful exercises in preparation for the first week of racing that took place in august and continued in october and as the mayor mentioned october was incredibly busy for us with america's cup and the fleet week activities we had going on, to additional exercises. we had a senior leader seminar and a disaster aid presentation on marina green. other things that took place that the mayor mentioned the bluegrass and castro street parade and a finer and giants game and lead to the playoffs and all happened on the same day so when we go we definitely go big. after those activities we had the annual shake ou

they also had significantly less brain shrinkage than those who had not taken beta blockers.ood pressure is a strong risk factor. >>> we're also now learning how a father's mental health is linked to his child in utero. high stress levels and expectant fathers can let to emotional and behavioral by the time a child reaches the age of 3. age, smoking, or alcohol use, and the mother's mental health. doctors say identifying those problems in the father can help them treat their children from potential problems earlier in life. >> jeff is here with a couple of days' forecast. warmed up by the afternoon but this morning -- like the goodyear tire man. >> and i was going to say when you cite exactly what the temperature is at an exact time of day, what was it? >> 38 degrees at 10:30 in the morning. >> when she does that, it is cold outside, folks. take a look outside at the oakland waterfront right now. it looks chilly from the cam. the old and dense fog and low bay area snow in the forecast in a few minutes. >>> next in sports, two stanford stars deciding to take their tal emts to

these are beta trades and they're working. >> so you would put money to both then?ht. >> what do you think, zach? >> first of all carter and i both clearly got the casual monday memo. i think a lot of -- are you picking the stocks that go up? are you picking the stocks that go up more? while these may be beta trades, i'm more interested in what names are tethered to potent interesting fundamentals. haven't really broken out. i think momentum trades are going to carry you only so far. automobiles in a world that is driven largely by credit rather than organic growth. does not interest me as much as the tech earnings we have coming up this week. >> one thing, of course, there is a currency issue here. and toyota's got a big up in the movement of the yen and general motors does not. that's always a feature for the toyota preference if someone's going to take that view. >> i see. go ahead, zach. >> i mean, i think in general it's not like are those stocks having good wind at their sails, which they do. it's where's the juice in the economy? i think the fact you have so

sit on that committee for a couple of meetings essentially to sort of get a preview, maybe sort of betast it, if you will. and trainings and more outreach summer of this year with a fall rollout implementation. so we will have updates as time goes on. >> is it a place under director's report, item 5, director's announcements. >> director rahaim: let me add my congratulations to president fong and vice president wu. beginning of the year is a good time to look back and look ahead. if i could refer to my written director's report there were a couple of items to bring to your attention that i think are interesting to look at how the department and the commissions are doing right now. the first is that we have now adopted -- you have now adopted and the board has adopted nine neighborhood plans and we have two more coming on the way. and those plans cover about 20% of the area of the city but cover about 80% of what is being built in the city. we now have plans in place that will cover a vast majority of the city where building is happen. if you compare the kind of projects that come to you

the search is in the early phase of development and they are rolling out the beta version today and will ask for feedback and will ask for full implementation the coming months can you go do abc7news.com for updates on this feature. >> katie, thank you. still ahead, new details on what disgraced former cyclist, lance armstrong, told oprah winfrey and the new legal troubles armstrong could face. a plan in the works do rename san francisco international airport after a gay rights pioneer. what a ron: years ago i made a promise to provide the best for my family, in sickness and in health. carol and i needed help figuring out what's covered by medicare and what's not. so we turned to the same folks we've relied on for health insurance all these years. announcer: ron and carol called anthem blue cross and found an affordable medicare supplement insurance plan that pays for many of the costs that original medicare won't. now they have the confidence to keep making memories for years to come. choose from options like plans with deductibles as low as $0 and $0 for coinsurance. plus get protectio

tonight we are beta testing the facebook search tool. scott joins us to walk us through it. >> yesterday, facebook unveiled what it called graph search. a search engine lets you look for and find. different from searching on google or yahoo, this is how you find information from your special network. it as at the top of the facebook page, i was able to ask questions and find people in my network that work at linkdin, that is useful for doing a story on job growth. anybody like radio head? one click away from giving away the extra ticket. and of course, i talk about having my eye on the new tesla, these people, my facebook friends driver one. they can tell me what they think. and where are the bruins out there? you get the picture, facebook will roll it out gradually and the company hopes you can use it if you like things a lot. they are going to be happy and it's going to be catnip to advertisers that can learn more about you. warning, anything that you put on facebook can be seen by a lot of people, but now, it can also pop up in a sear

. >> graph search which is in beta right now and will roll out gradually over the next few months marks a new direction for facebook that has been successful when it comes to social networking but not so much when it comes to search. the company addressed privacy concerns today saying it is making it easier for users to adjust the privacy settings but remember all that stuff on facebook is now searchable. it was not just our tech reporters that were watching the announcement. wall street was watching as well and several bay area stocks move odd the news. starting with facebook, perhaps investors wanted more out of today's announcement. while google saw the stock price go higher. linkedin investors not too worried about the search that facebook can give you, where you can look up and find where your friends are working, but yelp could be in for a rough ride. you can now get information on things from people you know and trust. so we will see how it works in the days and weeks to come. nbc bay area news. >> very interesting, thank you, scott. it's a new way to help get your college dee dw

when mice were given beta blockers to relieve their anxiety, stress did not trigger tumor growth. >>> hundreds of thousands gathered in washington, d.c., to protest the landmark roe versus wade supreme court decision that legalized abortion in f irtrimester. the anniversary of that decision was on tuesday but because of the inauguration organizers moved their rally to today. >>> president obama has named foreign policy aid mcdonough as chief of staff. mr. obama calling mcdonough a trusted adviser who serves with integrity. since the president's arrival in washington as a senator. he now becomes the president's fifth chief of staff. >>> it is one of the fastest and most impressive tech turnarounds we've seen in a while. netflix roaring ahead after some said it was practically irrelevant. we're here with a look inside the company you'll see only on nbc bay area. >> netflix was left for dead last year when it subscription rate hike and its botched attempt to spin off another company left its stock price reeling and users unhappy. but the company went back to work and this week delivered

but ksu, if you want beta in the rails, ksu is your name. >> let's hit pops and drops.here for deutsche bank, down 1%. tim? >> some fear that the banking regulatory in germany is going to split it into two entities. this is a chance to buy it on weakness. >> a pop for regions been s s f? >> good enough to get the stock higher. we're sort of at the top end of the range. but i do think it has another day or two left. >> pop here for research in motion, up a whochi iwhopping 1. pete? >> this name has been on fire, this and nokia, far in front of the apple story. but this is more about the strategic partnerships or stay treejic opportunities in front of research in motion that were alluded to by the ceo that absolutely talked about unlocking some of the value. this stock is going higher. >> pop for ches speak, up 5%. karen? >> one of my favorite management teams of all time. >> right. >> sarcastic. >> what? >> sarcastic. >> yes. nat gas is moving higher. it is cold, cold, cold out there. >> drop here for netflix, down 1%. mike khouw? >> yeah, a lot of scrutiny over their ea