bill plante, cbs news washington. >> jeff: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. later on cbs "60 minutes." i'm jeff glor cbs news in new york. scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org and.. the rush to buy >>> freezing temperatures and frost. the bay area can not kick the cold. >>> tonight, we will turn out to be the collest night of the current -- coldest night of the current cold snap. but we still have ways to go. >>> and the rush to buy gun as congress considering drastic measures we're caught in the middle of it.. freeze warnings and frost have bay area natives grabbing warmer >>> good evening. >>> it is the california cold snap. we are caught in the middle of it. freeze warnings and frost have natives grabbing warmer jackets but, not everyone hates the cold. >> reporter:

bill plante tested it out. >> reporter: for washington hotels creating inauguration packages is a standingtry to create these experiences, and this year is no different. >> reporter: it's in that spirit that meredith goldberg of the madison hotel decided to offer her clients something new. this year's package is $47,000. it includes four nights in a presidential suite, a car, a driver, and a social media butler. what's a social media butler? >> it's a dedicated social media pro who's available to help record memories from the inauguration weekend. >> will you really do their tweets for them? >> i will. if they want to tell me what to tweet. >> reporter: victoria divine will do it all, twitter, facebook, instagram. >> afterward you can look back and see your adventures and your family and friends who aren't with you can follow along. >> reporter: so they can be jealous. >> real-time jealousy. >> reporter: in the spirit of a re-time high roller i decided to try it out. this is my tweet. my producer made me do it. here i am sitting at the bar in a hotel pretending i'm the very rich customer w

bill plante is at the white house. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nora, charlie. that's right, president obama promised immigration reform four years ago, but he couldn't deliver. now the white house has an immigration bill ready to go. but they may not need it. that's because of the bipartisan effort by eight senators which pretty much gives the president what he wants. and today in las gas, the president will endorse that senate effort because it has a path to citizenship for those who are here illegally. president obama's speech in las vegas today has been long planned. but when the bipartisan group of senators announced a deal the president could live with on monday, the white house decided to endorse their plan, hoping to speed its passage. >> this is a big deal. this is an important development. this is in keeping with the principles the president has been espousing for a long time. >> reporter: the most recent effort to get a comprehensive immigration plan passed led by president george w. bush failed in 2007. the new plan looks to both sides like good elec

>> bill plante thank you.h us now is the number three republican in the house, congressman kevin mccarthy of california the house majority whip. good morning. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> if you look at the headlines in the paper they all say president obama laid out a strong liberal vision for the second person. did you find the speech to be conciliatory or confrontational? >> i was more hopeful you'd hear more bipartisanship i was hoping we'd have a second term different than the first term. we have big problems in america and normally in divided government we achieve big things. think about when reagan was president, he had democrats in power, they reformed the tax code. bill clinton had newt gingrich and reformed welfare and balanced the budget. we're all in this together. >> it almost seems like the president was sort of saying look, we fought over this in the election and now the election has been decided and that he was elected and he at one point sort of took on those in your party who hav

>> bill plante, thanks. former georgia senator max cleland went on to serve from vietnam to capitol hill with chuck hagel. good morning. >> good morning. >> you say the charge is baseless, the opposition is baseless. where do you think it comes from? >> i don't know where it comes from. i think anybody that gets nominated for such a top position here as secretary of defense is going to be fully scrutinized and that's the role of the senate so the next step in this process is the senate hearing but there's no doubt in my mind that the senate will ultimately confirm chuck hagel for the secretary of defense slot because nobody is going to really seriously consider vetoing this choice of the president in the middle of a war. >> do you think we will have modify 1/2 the positions he's expressed in order to suggest that is he in fact exactly where the president is for example, on iran? >> no. no, i don't think chuck hagel has to modify anything. i think he has to clarify before the senate and before the public exac

bill plante is at the white house for us tonight. >> reporter: as workers put the finishing touches on the presidential reviewing stand in front of the white house, the president and first lady freshened up some bookcases at an elementary school in washington, d.c. >> everyone here, adults to children, understand the importance of giving back. >> the vice president and joe biden joined volunteers packing care boxes for american service members. they were all taking part in the national day of service dedicated to the memory of dr. martin luther king celebrated on monday the same day as the ceremonial inauguration. the president will be officially sworn in tomorrow, the day specified by the constitution. president obama will swear the oath of office with his hand on two bibles, one used by abraham lincoln at his inauguration in 1861, and the other a bible which belonged to dr. king. the first covered in velvet and trimmed with gold was loned to lincoln by supreme court clerk william thomas carroll. a seal inside the cover marks the occasion. in the king bible, king noted the dates of se

major garrett on the president's gun safety plan, nancy cordes on its chances in congress, and bill plante the american hostages were taken this morning at a natural gas plant in algeria. david martin has the late- breaking news. a dangerous virus is spreading among infants in the u.s. dr. jon lapook reports. and annette nance-holts' only son was killed with a gun. >> mothers and fathers who lost their children to violence raise up and say something now. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

bill plante sat down today with the president of the n.r.a., david keene. >> reporter: you're against the ban on these so-called assault weapons because you don't believe that they're used in that many crimes. >> well, they're not. they're not used in very many crimes, and all the statistics show that. anybody who dies from any reason at the hands of a criminal or somebody who is insane-- or in an accident, for that matter-- is a tragedy. nobody is saying it isn't. but what i am saying is, banning these firearms is not going to accomplish very much. >> reporter: what about the ammunition magazines? the white house proposes limiting ammunition magazines to no more than ten rounds. >> you know, that sounds good. they did it last time they had an assault weapons ban. and, you know, in fact, there have been studies of how many cartridges are used in the average violent crime, and it's about three. >> reporter: what the white house is suggesting is that if the high-capacity ammunition magazines had not been available, there wouldn't have been time to kill as many children in connecticut, a

for sunday morning, this is bill plant at the white house. >> osgood: the four-day hostage stand off at an energy complex in the sahara has come to a bloody end. algerian forces stormed the as if yesterday killing all 32 of the militants but at least 23 of the hostages also died. and two dozen bodies discovered this morning have yet to be identified. gun advocates turned out in the state capitals across the country yesterday. thousands of them took part in the "guns across america" rallies aimed at blocking president obama's package of gun control proposals. america's favorite pastime has lost two of its haul of fame greats. stan musial one much baseball's finest hitters who played for the st. louis cardinals for more than 20 years died last night at his missouri home. he was 92. and earlier yesterday we received word that 82-year-old earl weaver, the colorful long-time manager of the baltimore orioles, died while on a caribbean cruise. in pro football, the winners of today's nfl conference championship games go on to play at the super bowl. the san francisco 49'ers face the atlanta

bill plante is at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. the vice president's task force until now has been hearing from people who want more g controls, and yesterday it reached out to gun owners and to the national rifle association, which did not like what it heard. the head of the national rifle association described his group's meeting with vice president biden as disappointing, saying that most of the talk focused on restricting the rights of legal gun owners. >> the vice president made it clear that in terms of firearms they have made up their minds. >> reporter: but that's not the way the vice president sees it, as he told the reporters just before the meeting with sportsmen gun advocates. >> there's no conclusion that i've reached, and with my colleagues, i'm putting together a series of recommendations for the president. >> reporter: he said they want universal background checks and ban high magazine clipse. two proposals that the nra, which represents more than 4 million gun owners, strongly opposes. the bind meetings weren't the

>> bill plante at the white house. k you, bill. >>> while the president's opponents are observing the traditional truths to the inauguration, can president obama hope for a new term. let's talk with debbie wassermann schultz. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> congresswoman, let me ask you. we heard from the republicans on extending the debt ceiling for at least a three-month period. is this any signs of hope in terms of cooperation or more maneuvering? >> i think this unfortunately more a sign that republicans realize it was horribly damaging to them to continue to jeopardize the full faith and credit of the united states. now, it still does that because they are really perpetrating colossal uncertainty by proposing only to extend the debt ceiling increase by three months. i mean in a fragile recovery like the one we have we need to have certainty, we need to pay our bills, and we need to send president obama a clean debt ceiling increase. >> you also will need to have a budget in place in order to come to that

bill plante is at the white house this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning and good morning in the west. the vice president meets in about an hour part of the task force effort to come one gun control recommendations. he meets with advocates, they're pressing the issue hoping they can get new restrictions before the public outrage fades. >> because for anything to get done -- >> reporter: later today vice president joe biden meets with gun safety and victims organizations. thursday he switches gears and meets with gun owner groups including the powerful national rifle association, which claims 4 million members. >> the process is designed to get input and in the vice president's group we'll assess different actions. >> reporter: the goal is for the vice president to report to president obama by the end of the month, while memories are still fresh. >> 20 heartbroken families lost a child in the sandy hook shooting. >> reporter: gun control supporters have become more aggressive. new york mayor michael bloomberg's g

we go now from the national mall to bill plante. . bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. you know inaugural addresses are all about a president's vision and that, of course, is what we expect to hear from president obama today, but we went back and had a look at some previous inaugural addresses, and we found that what presidents say the first time around is much more likely to be remembered than what they say the second time. president john f. kennedy's inaugural address was one for the history books. kennedy's words inspired a generation mired in the cold war, and they're remembered still more than 50 years later. >> ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. >> reporter: franklin delano roosevelt lifted people's spirits too. he used the first of his four inaugural addresses to start the healing of a nation badly broken from the great depression. >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> reporter: more than a generation later when nearly 2 million people crowded onto t

bill plante is with us from the terminal's main floor. ie, gayle, norah. it's morning rush hour at grand central. this magnificent space is filled with people on the move, and it has been just about every day for the last 100 years. a couple of generations ago, this building almost fell to the wrecker's ball but it survived and is now in better shape than ever as it celebrates its centennial. you are welcome here, welcome to new york, welcome to the gateway to new york city. >> reporter: for 100 years grand central terminal has been the hub and heart of new york city. it's one of the largest and busiest spaces in new york. >> they're confusing out there with all the trains. >> we've got a whole bunch of trains. >> it's very big. it was one of the biggest interior spaces in new york. it's one of the large esst raild terminals in new york. >> reporter: he says the terminal not only transformed the city. >> what it did was really bring midtown manhattan to grand central. manhattan was much more of a downtown city then. >> reporter: it also be

bill dwyer busy protecting plants. ch one will tell threw is plenty of cold to go around. >> i've been here 1 years this, is the worst cold snap i've seen here. >> bill dwyer covered up his trees and hibiscus plants. >> this is not covered. it was froze yechblt it works g the stuff in the front looks okay. >> homeless are not okay. sake kret -- sacred heart community services are handing out clothes in the clothes closet. jennifer and her company collected and donated 150 coats for those less fort night this morning it said 29 degrees i thought this is a perfect day to drop these off. makes a huge difference. >> lauren will tell you it does make a difference when you live outside. it doesn't have to drop below freezing for cold to cut right through you. >> i knew that 46 was the magic number. once you're 45, 44/>)jñ and dow, it becomes, wakes you up, constantly. >> and tomorrow night sacred heart will be handing out about 100 backpacks full of toilet tries and a blanket for homeless men and women. the nonprofit says war

bill plante is at the white house where the vice president is leading the push for new gun restrictions. bill, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, gayle, charlie. well, the vice president suggested yesterday that the president could go around congress, use executive orders for some new gun restrictions, but, in fact, there's very lit thal the president can do without lawmaking, but biden did give gun control supporters some hope yesterday that change is coming. >> we here today to deal with a problem that requires our immediate action, urgent action. >> reporter: the vice president was determined, saying the administration will act to reduce gun violence and pointing to the newtown tragedy as a game-changer. >> once in a while there's something that awakens the conscience of the country, and that tragic event did it in a way like nothing i've seen in my career. >> we just came out of what we thought was a very productive and actually inspiring meeting. >> reporter: after the meeting gun control supporters spoke of high expectations at the white house. >> they're looking at e

bill plante, great reporting.nd it's hard to get a budget but through congress without adding something which might be surprised to hear the compromise includes a wide array of tax credit extensions. $430 million for hollywood to encourage tv and film production in the united states. $22 million for puerto rico and the virgin islands for rum and $70 million for nascar to allow certain racetracks to continue to recover their costs. anthony, when people hear that, they're going to be outraged. >> no kidding. but the house decidet not to vote on a relief bill for victims of superstorm sandy. on friday they voted for $60 billion for those in new york and new jersey. the leaders called off the vote because of the fiscal cliff deadline. new york lawmakers are steaming. >> hurricane sandy struck on october 29th. eight, nine weeks ago. it's unprecedented that it should take so long. and yet we are now told that this house is going to adjourn, that even though the senate voted for the aid, we're going to do nothing, it's u

bill plante, great reporting. congress without adding something which you might be surprised to hear the fiscal cliff compromise inclapincludes $430 million for hollywood to penc ouraencoge turagv ane tvd fi andlm p filrodum prctiooducntion in the united states. $222 mi llio$222n million for puerto rico and the $70 million for nascar to allow certain racetracks to continue to recover their costs. >> the house said to not to vote on a relief bill for victims of superstorm sandy. on friday the senate approved $60 billion of aid for new jersey and new york which were devastated by sandy. leaders called off the vote because of the fiscal cliff deadline. new york lawmakers are steaming. >> hurricane sandy struck on october 29th. eight, nine weeks ago. it's unprecedented that it should take so long. and yet we are now told that this house is going to adjourn, that even though the senate pvot ed fvoteor td fohe ar thid, e aiwe'rd, we goe'reing going to do nothing, it's unprecedented. it's disgusting. >> there's no way to

there will be a lot of new faces in this second term of president obama and bill plant, our long long-timent has preview of some of these changes that are coming up. >> scott, you know, there's nothing quite ascertain in washington as staff changes. when a president hits his second term. cabinet members and white house staff aides leave because of exhaustion or because there is a prospect of better jobs in the private sector. of course the highest profile depature from this cab set that of secretary of state hillary rodham clinton. four years of travel, 112 countries and nearly amyl i don't know miles she's ready to leave. nominated to replace her, massachusetts senator john kerry. the chairman of the foreign relations committee who is expected to be easily confirmed by his senate colleagues because he's always gotten along with them. now, we have defense sectly i don't know panetta retiring after decades of public service in congress, white house cabinet , the president has nominated senator, former seven for chuck hagel of nebraskaa vietnam combat veteran now to replace him. but hagel ha

for "cbs this morning" saturday bill plante at the white house. >>> let's take a closer look now at how the president is pressing ahead with his new agenda and how republicans are already reorganizing for the next election. jeff bellamy is with us. nice to have you in the studio with us goochld morning. >> good morning. >> there's a short opportunity for the president and there's a lot on his plate, gun control, climate control, and you have the immigration reforms he's put out there. does he risk losing on all fronts if he takes all of them at once? >> not to mention the economy. >> correct. >> the white house knows that constitutionally they have four years, but in reality they probably have one year. so a priority here is what they're trying to do. and immigration, as bill just sapiece, is going to be the top priority. and they believe they can operate on separate tracks here gun control on one track and climate change on a different track. they want to get something going at the beginning. if they don't do it in the first year, next year the new election season begins. >> this notio

now bill plante says critics say the president is not only no drama but he's no fun and that's hurtingplease have a seat everybody. good morning. >> reporter: the morning of the last meeting came to an unusual ground. debt ceiling, gun control, fiscal cliff. but then a reporter asked about the criticism that the president is too insular, doesn't socialize enough. >> most people who know me know i'm a pretty friendly guy. and i like a good party. >> there's sometimes a disconnect with some people. anybody who gets to know president obama, finds him to be just like a normal and fun. >> reporter: presidential historian and cbs news consultant douglas brinkley says there's a reason the president hasn't connected with congress. >> things have changed in washington. characters like ted kennedy who used to be able to be friends with the opposition are gone. he just hasn't been able to find that special bond like ronald reagan had with tip o'neill on capitol hill. >> reporter: the president reminded reporters on monday he did play a friendly round of golf with house speaker john boehner in 201

he suggested president bill clinton planted branch davidian seeds.e proposed a measure many in congress viewed as bizarre to investigate the famous kinsey report 48 years after its publication. well, mr. stockman is back. all of these years later, stockman can still bring the crazy. the problem is he's now just one of many purveyors. joining me now, dana millbank and his senior partner and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. there is an animal husbandry as pekt. the people vote -- is it just that we've gotten to a situation in this country where primary is all you've got? if there's a wide field in the primary and a nutty guy wins it, he's in or she's in for life. so if stockman wins a primary, will it with a wide field? crazy after all of these years? >> that's exactly what happened. he was this guy, in the past, he was homeless, eating out of trash cans, had a drug arrest, long rap sheet. they didn't really pay attention. he just got elected in the republican revolution. wait a second, and they got rid of him. you know what, you can't do that

the taxpayers of still pay $400,000 in utility bills for the plant that is clearly on life support.ake a car, but we have to keep the lights on. this is what happens when the government takes on a roll it shouldn't. but if government feels the need to and that might to somebody, please give your homework. it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out a company getting an out might not be a good investment of taxpayer dollars. back to make their looking for money and all, is not a sign of successful business. there again to my go using logic with the government. those things to stop makes. and we come back, like where you should be putting your money, and a new report showing positive december numbers for the jobs market. will tomorrow's numbers from the labor department's share the same thing? preview next. ♪ gerri: the jobs market showing improvement in december, despite worries over the fiscal cliff. payroll processor finds the private sector at about 215,000 jobs to majestic for 802,000 added. has something to up offset an uptick in weekly jobless claims which economists say

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plant to meet the new clean air standards would be just too costly. environmental groups are praising the outcome. but georgia power says customer's bills go up because the plant shut down costs. >>> another day and another nightmare for boeing dream liern. for the second day in a row one of the planes suffered a serious malfunction at boston logan airport. this time a jet bound for tokyo spilled gallons of fuel after it was getting ready for takeoff. a plane caught on fire minutes after landing it is believed a battery that powers the plane exploded. no passengers or crew members were hurt in either instance. >> their utah high school banned the sale of sodas. that is not stopping students are getting their cans of coke. thanks to the new business students can walk out side and buy soda outside of the building from the cooler. >> they can sell snickers ice cream in the school but they can't sell soda pop? kids are going to get soda and sugar either way. >> the school is aware of what cameron is doing but can't stop him because he's off campus. >> ingenious. >>> a couple low oil dogs save a missouri boy from freezing in the woods. riley

bills. one would save, maintain and plant new trees, the other would require a permit to destroy or disturbe trees. it would o also authorize the department of transportation to create a tree replacement fund. >>> today could be a historic day for the stock market. the dow is in range of hitting an all-time high today. the previous high mark was 14,164 set in october 2007. the s&p is also close to reaching a milestone. it's close to breaking 1565. also set in october 2007. a short time later, both markets plummeted because of the economic downturn. >>> tomato lovers beware, prices could be on the rise. ebbs perts predict prices could skyrocket to $5 a pound. that's if the trade agreement with mexico expires. the current agreement sets a minimum price for the country tomatoes so american growers can stay competitive. american growers won't be able to compete with mexican growers who can sell the same products at a much lower price. >> i'd like to see a compromise made to where it becomes a fair playing field between the mexican growers and the american growers. >> a decision on whether to cu

>>reporter: bill reacted to the cold snap by covering up his citrus tremendous and hibiscus plant. >> can see this one here had a little dead under there so what was not covered was frozen. it works good. stuff in the front looks okay. so far we are okay. >> homeless are not okay sacred heart community service handing out 2000 pieces of clothing a day at the clothes closet. jennifer and her company ul collected and donated 150 coats for those less fortunate. >> this morning when i got in the car and said 29 greasy thought this is the perfect day to be dropping these off. >>reporter: people generosity does make a difference when you live outside. doesn't have to drop below freezing for the cold to cut right through you. >> i knew that 46 was the magic number. once you are 45, 44, down, it becomes it wakes you up constantly. >> tomorrow morning sacred heart handing out 100 backpack with toil try and blanket to homeless men and women. the non-profit says it is especially in need of warm blanket and coats. fwou like to help we have made it easy just two to our web site 7 new news.com. and

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deal with always did during the obama purse term is spend more borrowed money now the bills are going to come do we planted all these seeds of destruction that are going to germinate in a second term plus we're actually going to have to start paying for obama care and other programs that were launched in his first term but are kicking in a second so there are people who think that this is going to be where obama could really write his legacy because he doesn't have to deal with a bad economy anymore he's going to be trying to fight off this recession which is going to be worse than the one that he inherited now peter we only have about thirty seconds left i do want to point this out that because it sounds like you have a very pessimistic view a gloomy view of what's to come i want to mention though that the stock market has surged more than six percent this year breaking a record that's a good sign and fifteen seconds or less and for all the wall street has a pretty good track record of getting it wrong you know the stock market was rallying right before the bottom dropped out in two thousand and eight so

from one hot button topic to another, house republicans and the push to defund planted parenthood. two billsre in congress. didn't we handle this already? ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] some day, your life will flash before your eyes. ♪ make it worth watching. ♪ the new 2013 lexus ls. an entirely new pursuit. >>> while officially members of congress have been telling us for months that the number one priority is jobs and the economy, the first days of the 2013 congress, two representatives from tennessee seem most focused on planned parenthood. the republican women each reintroduced separate bills to prohibit title x family planning grants to any organization performing boergss. title x family planning is only one for family planning and related health services and it was enacted under nixon. title x programs work with more than 5 million people through 4,500 clinics in the u.s. and especially important in helping low-income families. that's the intent. now a bill to defund planned parenthood stripping it of the financial support is proffered twice. notice guest spot today, laura basset, political

bill hemmer in for shepard smith tonight. two american hostage escape from a gas plant in al entire i can't. that's what a source is telling fox news this evening. militants claimed to be holding seven malcolm jenkins at that -- seven americans at that facility. they raided the bp complex today trying to rescue dozen of foreign hostage. we have been getting conflicting reports about how many survived. secretary of state hillary clinton says that she has been keeping in touch with the algerian prime minister since the crisis first started yesterday. our counter terrorism experts have been in close contact with their algerian counterparts throughout the last days. and we have also in close consultation with partners around the world sharing information. >> the military operation is over and four hostage are dead. two from the u.k., two from the philippines. but the militants claim dozens of hostage are dead. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon tonight. jennifer, let's start first with the americans. what do we know? >> well, bill, the standoff we know is over. and the first bp chartered flig

opportunity, is to go after the 40% of the carbon pollution that comes from our power plants around the country >> bill? >> existing coal-fired power plants, yes, sir. he can use the clean air act. he has the authority that congress passed with a huge bi-partisan majority 40 years ago signed by richard nixon and other presidents. he has that authority to set standards for power plants so that we can reduce that carbon footprint. we can cut our national carbon foot print by 10% by 2020 by going after the pollution coming from these plants. >> so are you saying the president, to do that, he does not need congressional. >> congress has given him that through the clean air act absolutely. >> with the authority he's got, he could put new rules out there for existing power plants. >> that's right. the supreme court has affirmed epa's authority to do that. >> what are the chances they will do it? >> we are hopeful that they will because this is the single greatest source of the carbon solution causing the kay on the. 2012 was the hottest year on record, just wrapped up the hottest decade on record. we saw sto

. >> i can relate to that plant comment so much. thanks bill thanks for watching it. >>> will he or won't he. is lance armstrong finally going to admit to doping? up until now armstrong has adamantly denies uses muscle enhancement. but oprah says lance armstrong has agreed to a tell all interview on her network and look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible. >>> look at that the giant's world series championship trophy has begin its tour. the team brought its new 2012 trophy and 2010 hardware as well to sa

. >> i can relate to that plant comment so much. thanks billhe. is lance armstrong finally going to admit to doping? up until now armstrong has adamantly denies uses muscle enhancement. but oprah says lance armstrong has agreed to a tell all interview on her network and also on oprah.com. >>> mark is coming up next with sports but first the trophy tour that is getting giant fans excited about the world series all over again. >>> look at that the giant's world series championship trophy has begin its tour. the team brought its new 2012 trophy and 2010 hardware as well to san francisco city hall today. the tour will take the trophies around california as well as oregon, arizona and even new york city. it's said to end on opening day april 5th at at&t park. >> always making people happy to see that. >>> mark is here now a little distraction tonight from all the football talk. >> a little battle of the babe, big game basketball style. it's all about stanford in here parts. cal making a little noise like hey, what about us. we're nationally ranked b

. >> a lot of plants are going to be having trouble on those mornings. >> all right. >> thank you, bill >>> california could soon leave the country in an effort to reduce youth homelessness. state senator carol lu and members of the california council on youth relations released a 10 point action plan to help young people who are living on the streets. the plan calls for policy changes like improving educational opportunities and affordable housing programs. >>> coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. a resident fights off an intruder inside his home and the ended death of the intruder. we just spoke to police on what they're saying about the confrontation of two guns and a knife. >>> also it looks like enough is enough. at least when it comes to yosemite visitor why it soon may be a tougher ticket. >>> the gold rush is on. ktvu sports director mark ibanez is next with the 49ers quarterback preparing for his first play off game. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get

the czech has to shut down its own power plants or ask others for help, but it is they who have to foot the bill. >> we have to ask for help because the surplus flows over to us. the problems ought to be solved at the point of origin where they are created. if we have to ask for help, the chip consumers should not have to pay for it. >> germany's neighbors say germany made its decision to phase out nuclear power unilaterally without consulting them, and now they are threatening to cut the power supply. germany is trying to smooth some ruffled feathers. >> we are not taking any chances that our neighbors will suffer any damage. it is understandable if our neighbors are taking action, but we do not think that will be necessary. we have adopted the measures with our great consumption plan, and once they have completed the famous ne line, that will relieve the situation a lot. >> but can germany's neighbors wait that long? farms are going online all the time. even the european wind energy association has been issuing stern warnings of far reaching consequences for all europe. >> it is not just a cze

the czech has to shut down its own power plants or ask others for help, but it is they who have to foot the bill. >> we have to ask for help because the surplus flows over to us. the problems ought to be solved at the point of origin where they are created. if we have to ask for help, the chip consumers should not have to pay for it. >> germany's neighbors say germany made its decision to phase out nuclear power unilaterally without consulting them, and now they are threatening to cut the power supply. germany is trying to smooth some ruffled feathers. >> we are not taking any chances that our neighbors will suffer any damage. it is understandable if our neighbors are taking action, but we do not think that will be necessary. we have adopted the measures with our great consumption plan, and once they have completed the famous ne line, that will relieve the situation a lot. >> but can germany's neighbors wait that long? farms are going online all the time. even the european wind energy association has been issuing stern warnings of far reaching consequences for all europe. >> it is not just a cze