. >> we will go back to todd shields from bloomberg news. >> thank you. it is an interesting concept. these big transmitters that covers big areas. --is the alternative vision there is the alternative vision. there would be a lot of small wi-fi hotspots that would be able to handle all of this internet traffic. i think that is some of what was behind the report you mentioned earlier. you mentioned nationwide, free service. isanyone could fulfill that another question. --re is a debate going on when you design the options, how much of the airwaves should be dedicated to these free, unlicensed uses? promotextent that you those unlicensed uses, you're not selling it to at&t or t- mobile wow. where are you on that issue? a little bit of unlicensed use or a lot and see what might happen with that? >> we try to offer as much as we can. if broadcasters are giving up six megahertz or reclaim that six megahertz, we should auction that six megahertz. we have plenty of room left over. it is not a zero-sum game. you can have both. your analogy is a good one. >> all r

host: esme deprez is a reporter with bloomberg news. s us from new york city and she writes for both bloomberg and "business week." democrats line -- hi, joe. caller: happy friday, happy easter to everybody. i am a pro-lifer. we don't call ourselves antiabortionists. it is a pro-life movement. i applaud north dakota and the governor 40 is doing. i hope that they are successful in their endeavors to reverse these terrible laws that are killing our unborn children. and again, thank you, and happy good friday and happy easter to everyone. , any thoughts?z caller: i think his views are obviously shared by the lawmakers who passed these laws in north dakota and others who are passing similar laws in other states. north dakota is a real possibility for becoming the first state with no abortion clinic. again, there is just one clinic in the state right now. it is in fargo. if that shuts down, it would be the first with no clinic, which would be a huge symbolic victory for antiabortion advocates. we will see what happens. host: here are the stat

new york mayor michael bloomberg has spent months pushing for limits on large sugary drinks. here's what he had to say: "with high consumpation of full-sugar drinks, you have a much higher obesity rate, and it's much worse in poor neighborhoods." joining us now via skype, michael moss, a reporter with the new york times, and the author of "salt sugar fat: how the food giants got us hooked." michael, is this a minor or a major set-back for the mayor? > > i think for him it is a huge publicity coup on one level, because he has just cranked up the public discussion of this issue. and i have to say that reporting this book, for me, was like a detective story, being inside the soda industry. it is amazing how much effort they put into formulating and marketing their products to make them utterly irresistible. > what is likely to happen next in this instance? > > well, he says he is going to appeal, there will continue to be some court wrangling on this. other cities are looking at this as well, but, again, i think people are really paying attention and looking. look, the food indu

. >>> in other news, the hacker who stole personal information from new york mayor michael bloomberg and news star, diane sawyer, getting time behind bars. and the question remains, will wall street react to all the news from greece. for that, we go live to cnbc headquarters. >> good morning. thank you for that. stock futures are pointing to a higher open on tuesday. the dow and s&p 500 are trying to avoid the first three-day losing streak of the year. concerns about european instability, which weighed on markets monday, don't appear to be consuming interest today. we'll have to watch out for that. and here's another story that we are watching. a computer hacker that broke into about 120,000 apple ipads and stole the personal information of their owners has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. some of the victims were well-known figures including michael bloomberg, abc news anchor, diane sawyer. the hacker claims the motive was to make the internet more secure. but a jury didn't buy it when they found him guilty in november. that's the latest. back to you. >> thank you very much.

[laughter] chris: new yorkers, are we right to be afraid of bloomberg's new prominence on this issue? >> no, not at all. he's been pushing various issues. some of sem them success. he gave a billion to john hopkins. the smoking ban extended the life expectancy of new yorkers. it's measurable over the last decade. it sort of works. what's funny about the sequence you just showed, new yorkers weigh online all the time and we put up with it and we don't like it. we grumble and complain. >> he's not part of the soup guy? >> no, he's not. chris: you've got be against it -- >> i am. i'm against exporting it elsewhere. [laughter] >> i really think it's interesting that he's become the democrats good plutocrat. he is government by the wealthy. he's taking it around the nation. when democrats remember they're supposed to be against this kind of project you're going to see an interesting come to jesus moment. chris: happy easter to you. is there a republican to lead a cars ma to try to beat hillary . chris: welcome back. hillary clinton gives every indication now that she's going to run for pre

graph, who previously spoke to to bloomberg news said he is paying his other student loans but somethingto give. >> i guess i could get another job where i'm working 17, 18 hours a day. >> reporter: the university wouldn't talk about his case, but said generally litigation is a last resort. >> by and large, i think most institutions are trying to work with their students. >> reporter: the problem is that delinquent student loans are growing, passing late credit card payments for the first time. and federal law requires schools to collect and sometimes sue. unlike most forms of debt, you can't get out of a student loan, not even by declaring bankruptcy. but with delinquencies rising, they're getting more aggressive about collecting, including taking their alumni to court. we found cases filed by yale and the university of pennsylvania. a 35% jump from the year before. the university has declined to comment. graph hopes his case starts a dialogue. >> reporter: let's start to talk about why is college so expensive. what are we getting for our money when we put our money into these instituti

for more on all this, i am joined by dawn kopecki of bloomberg news. she's been covering this story for months and was in the hearing today. for someone who is as read in as you are, dawn, did the senate report and the testimony fill in some of the blanks of the j.p. morgan saga. >> absolutely. j.p. morgan came out with their own report a couple months ago and that was like 60 pages. weren't a whole lot of details. today's report shows some pretty damaging evidence about the fact that top executives knew that this portfolio was breaching risk limits, that they tried to gain the risk limits by changing the models used to determine what the limits would be. it shows that diamond had knowledge and was actually trying to withhold information from regulators. it shows a very combative tone with j.p. morgan and its primary regulator. let's quite a bit in the report and in the hearing today that lawyers are going to be looking and shifting through for months and months and maybe even years. >> suarez: and of course someone that's been wanted to be heard from

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according to bloomberg news, the decision is based on next generation technology in airbus aircrafts. yesterday, lion air signed a $24-billion deal with airbus rather than boeing. boeing continues to test its troubled dreamliner batteries with hopes of getting its 787s back in the air. the stock continues to trade shy of a 5- year high. despite still working its way through bankruptcy, american airlines plans to give its departing ceo a $20-million pay-out. a trustee assigned to the bankruptcy has asked the airline to justify the amount. ceo tom horton is leaving as a result of american's merger with u.s. airways group. that merger is expected to be finalized in the third quarter. it's a dark day for solar panel company suntech. one of the largest makers of solar panels in the world defaulted on a $541-million bond payment. the industry continues to hurt under a glut of solar panels. suntech's stock now trades around 64 cents. the mayor of new york is taking on cigarettes as a follow up to his anti-sugar campaign. tomorrow, mayor bloomberg will propose two bills to the city council re

according to bloomberg news, the tech giant has dedicated 100 designers to the vision. the nicknamed i-watch has been rumored for some time, and could yield four times the gross profits of an apple television, also rumored to be in the works. monster beverage is defending itself against a lawsuit that claims the company's caffeinated energy drink caused the death of a 14-year-old girl. anais fournier went into cardiac arrest and died after drinking two 24-ounce cans of monster drinks in a 24-hour period. the company says no blood test was performed on the girl and therefore caffeine toxicity could not be proved. the food and drug administration is investigating deaths linked to energy drinks. flavor-infused foods have come a long way from bar-b-cue chips. it's an $18-to-$20-billion-a- year industry. our cover story shows you one company's attempts to draw in new customers at a fraction of the cost of producing an entirely new product. this popcorn factory in lake forest, illinois, wanted to boost to its chicago sales at least 3% this year, so this mail-order snack food

he's also a columnist for "washington post" and the bloomberg news.el. >> so president obama offered something in negotiations. republican leadership did not tell the rest of republicans in congress that that was true. they apparently don't have google so they can't find out for themselves. he only learn about it after president obama stops talking to the leadership and took a senator guy out to dinner directly to tell him to his face. have you seen this dynamic at work even before last night? >> i would like to tell you i have not. i have seen it a lot. i was in a briefing with a very senior republican member of congress about a week and a half ago, and it was a background briefing so, i can't say who. but this was a genuinely good guy, very informed guy, one of the guys who knows this issue very well. and there was a bunch of reporters in the room. and somebody said to him, would it matter if president obama put chained cpi, which is a way of cutting social security benefits, on the table? and the member of congress said absolutely, that would be a

mayor bloomberg's new war has us all saying, say what? bill griffith, what is coming up on the "closing bell"? >> let me turn down my ipod. the dow may be set to close at another new high today but not everybody is bullish. gloom, boom and doom, mark fasher will defend his prediction after massive sell-off on the horizon. and big hitters joining us, jack well, tells us whether stocks will keep rallying as long as the fed keeps money easing policies in place. and larry fink weighs in on the latest bank stress tests that are coming out after the close tonight. look forward to seeing an all important last hour. marie will join us at the stock exchange. in the meantime, "street signs" is back after this quick break. >>> today's say what goes to new york mayor michael bloomberg. a new campaign on ear bugs. he want to curb hearing loss from listening to loud music. he fought against big sugary drinks, baby formula, trans fats and of course we are all waiting to see what he will say next. >>> in the meantime, let's get back it jane wells with th

and big news out of new york city bad news for mayor michael bloomberg. first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this tuesday senator clair mcclass kill is not happy with a tsa screening she got at the airport yesterday. the missouri democrat took to twitter to complain about a private, aggressive pat-down she got which she called very uncomfortable. she has complained about the tsa in the past. the hill knows she ripped into the agency in a hearing in the senate in 2011 calling what they do love pats. she let them know again yesterday. >> bill: you know, get over it these politicians have complained about being treated like everybody else at the airport. >> exactly. >> bill: ya know. hello! welcome to the crowd. just shut up. >> it is outrageous. everybody gets treated like that every now and then and it is because of rules put into place by politicians. >> bill: don't you know who i am? yeah, get in line! >> add this to ridiculous things celebrities say and look for. actress jennifer love hewitt let everyone know she

you may not have to hide the fact that you are watching ncaa games at work, with a new car recall, bloomberg's is live at the new york stock exchange with that and another rally this morning. jane? >> the market is like the energizer buddy, going and going and going. we will have the numbers in a second but usually help starter is considered a positive at try but the but not a car. subaru is calling 47,000 cars with remote starters because the engines hand tart on their own if you drop the key. the recall is on 2010 and 2013 outbacks and 15 cross vehicles from 2015 saying the carbon monoxide is a risk if it starts in a garage. look at your utility bills if you are trying to save money. comparing what you pay to rent versus buying or comparing cell phone bill do what you pay for a prepaid plan can save you a lot of money. comparison pricing service says 90 percent of people overpay each month for phone, cable, electricity, and gas. an expert recommends trying to renegotiate with the cable company every six months. >> on wall street, we are keeping an cry on the stress tests on the big bangs and

sugary drinks, it is bad for you and i get the impetus behind the attempts to ban large soda by bloomberg in news a good health measure to be sending out. but bloomberg was on letterman last night and he tried to make a joke but the joke was, i'm for cutting down on this stuff but i don't want to ban cheese-its because they're my guilty pleasure. isn't that the point? everybody has a guilty pleasure. whether it is sewed, a cheese-its, this doughnut thing that i got in my has not here. everybody has their guilty pleasure. isn't it overkill? if you want to put the information out there, that's one thing. if you want to ban sodas, that's overkill, isn't it? >> i hear you on that. apply own guilty pleasure is the potato chip. i am unbelievably in love with potato chips. you have to remember, the industry makes a point. a really valid point saying we are not evil empires here intent on making people obese or otherwise ill. the problem is their collective zeal in doing what companies do. which is to sell as much product as possible. and their reliance, and their own dependence on salt, sugar fat to ma

we have a first look at one of bloomberg's new ads that's going up in connecticut on his favorite topiccontrol. >> guns. >> we dropped jesse off in the morning december 14th. he gave me a hug and a kiss, said "i love you, dad, and i love mom, too." >> our daughter grace was 7 years old and she couldn't wait to go to school. she would skip down the driveway. >> my sister loved teaching at sandy hook. every student would say i hope i get miss soto next year. >> don't let the memory of newtown fade without doing something real. >> demand action, now. >> joe and mika get mad because they sound like a broken record saying very little is going to happen on gun control. what's your take? what do you think is doable in the next couple minutes? >> it's looking harder than anyone would have thought. the momentum is fading. that's why mayor bloomberg is spending like this. that's why we'll see the president today also doing an event. his organization for action is teaming up with the mayors against guns to do 100 events around the country today. in fact, for the parents out of that ad are going to

the retailers us chief told executives according to minutes of an officer's meeting obtained by bloomberg news and they also bloomberg calls them previously a paragon of logistics i think they meant to say cancer of retail you know this is the problem you have a monoculture when you have one dominant player that's come in and destroyed all the competition all the mom and pops that got destroyed all the competition that got wiped out because of wal-mart squeezing the suppliers by manipulating markets by manipulating the politicians they end up as a model culture now the monoculture is sick and now when they go down they're going to take the entire huge workforce with them remember it's the biggest employer in america that in the military so even the military that goes in for uncle sam to secure oil or assets and slave labor for wal-mart to pass into the consumer in america is going to go out of business because you got a lot of culture to fail e ill where the kids are retailing they can't possibly survive anymore so thanks again wal-mart slobs so bloomberg speaks to evelyn cruz a department man

. >> host: back to tom shield of bloomberg news for more questions. >> thank you. it's an interesting con cement, you mentioned the big powerful transmitters to cover big blocks in big areas, but there's an al -- alternative vision, use smaller shrubbery to make it work where we have a lot of small wifi hot spots capable of carrying internet traffic, and these days, it's some of what was behind the report you mentioned earlier by nationwide free service, and whether anybody builds a network that thick and extensive is another question. there is the debate going on that you'll get to weigh in on which is when you design the auctions, how much of the air waves should be devoted to the unlicensed uses versus should it be carpet remnants or a bigger chunk? to the extent you devote those unclinessed uses, it's not sold to at&t, verizon, t-mobil, whoever are the competitors. a little bit of unlicensed use or a lot and see what might happen with it? >> guest: i think we have to auction as much as we can. i think if they have broadcasters giving up six megahertz, we should

they told bloomberg news they've been working on a wrist like watch for a while now. e reports apple is also developing one but they have not said so. >>> a new york pain are you positive simulate torr judge has cleared the way for twinkies to return to stores. a $400 million deal was approved. this is the largest of five deals concerning the now divideed up host tess company. they were more than a billion dollars in debt when they shut down in november. >>> tonight we're getting a preview of some of the arguments that will be made before the high court. >>> there are light showers falling throughout the bay tonight. we're showing you where the rain is offshore. i.'s going to get wet around here. i'll show you more back here in 10 minutes. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announce

. >> host: and we'll go back to todd shields of bloomberg news for more questions. >> thanks. on the unlicensed, it's an interesting concept. you mentioned needing big, powerful transmitters across big areas, but, of course, there's an alternative vision which is have a lot of smaller shrubbery, if you will. i'll work on the analogy more later, where we would have a lot of small wi-fi hot spots that would carry people's internet traffic. and i think that's some of what was behind the report you mentioned earlier about nationwide free service. now, whether anybody could build a network that thick and extensive and actually make it you pick bytously useful, i imagine, is another question. but there is a debate going on that you'll get to weigh in on which is when you design the auctions, how much of the airwaves should be devoted to these free, unlicensed uses versus should it be carpet remnant, or should it be a little bigger a chunk? to the extent you devote those to unlicensed uses, thai not selling it off to at&t, verizon, those competitors. where are you? a little bit of un

school and a columnist for bloomberg view and wired dot com she's also a member of mayor michael bloomberg new york city council on technology and innovation in two thousand and five to two thousand and eight she was a board member of the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers and as i can and previously she served as a special assistant to president barack obama for science technology and innovation policy and was the co-leader of the f.c.c. transition team between the bush and obama administrations the policy expert in the field of telecommunications in the internet and her new book is titled captive audience the telecom industry industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age i'm honored to welcome susan crawford from the new york studios susan welcome. a thanks so much for having me thanks for joining us the united states used to lead the world in telecom we you know alexander graham bell i think he was an american but research you know i had the first major telephone system you know first of the telegraph system was here the the internet we invented arpanet to all the stuff

bloomberg news reports the vote was clochls several major investors launched a campaign to oust the board pardon me. >> that happened after a three-year slide in hp stock price. the federal reserve chairman says the u.s. economy strengthened but needs the fed's help to keep interest rates low. the fed agreed to keep a $85 billion plan in place. >> now, wall street glad to hear hear thachl the dow shot up 55 points today up 11% since the first of the year. >> and safeway announced a money saving partnership in place for a couple weeks. you can now use your rewards points to get a discount of up to 20 cents a gallon. >> taking that home would be helpful. >> a local film maker once reserved for multi million dollar movie autos he said it's gear anyone can buy. >>> police on the peninsula zeroed in on two plus busy sections of el camino real today looking for drivers. you can see here how this narrowly missing being hit by cars. motorcycle officers then raced into traffic to stop drivers. >> locations identified with data. they're also identified by citizen complaints or business complaints.

. >>> a new cyber attack targets san francisco bay's wells fargo. we'll check in with bloomberg at the new york stock exchange. jane? >> good morning. if you're a wells fargo customer you may have had problems with the website yesterday. the site experienced an unusually high volume of traffic. now they believe it came from a so-called denial of service cyber attack. however, a spokeswoman tells reuters the vast majority of customers weren't impacted and information remains safe. this is the most recent incident in a series of bank hack attacks which started last fall. let's see how market is doing this morning. hit another record high yesterday. but pulling back today, in fact we're losing about everything we gained in the dow yesterday. and the bloomberg silicon valley index also trading lower. now apple is the stock to watch today citing unidentified industry sources. manufacturers are expected to be producing the itv at nearly full capacity by the end of this year. they describe it as an ultra hd tv with voice and motion control features and internet connectivity. and you kn

a new push by new york mayor bloomberg to promote gun control. >> prince harry is coming to america, the one place >> new york's millionaire mayor bible -- bloomberg is starting an ad campaign to encourage gun control. >> congress is ready to take up new gun control measures. opponents and supporters are gearing up for a fight. >> this is what the survivors want. this is what the public wants. >> it doing in to anyone but slows down law abiding. ought senate will debate a bill to crackdown on gun trafficking and provide additional funding for school safety. what the bill will not include, is a ban on military-style assault weapons. those in favor of stricter gun laws are getting a big lift from new york city mayor bloomberg who has pour $12 million his personal fortune into tv commercials in a dozen state targeting waivering lawmakers. >> i believe in the 2nd amendment and will future for it but with rights come responsibility which is why i support comprehensive background checks. >> the latest washington post/abc news poll show that 90 percent of americans support background checks

there were so many loopholes and mayor bloomberg's new law it basically defeated the purpose of the lawto begin with. the mayor is fighting back vowing to appeal even despite the fact thmany businesss are saying this would really hurt our bottom line. take a listen. >> if you know what you are doing even if it did we are talking lives verses profit. >> line one goes to beverage association to oppose this law. we will wait and see if there is round two. that is the latest manhattan this morning. send it back to you in the studio. >> or head back down to the 711 and get one. >> thanks. the time 47 after the hour. still ahead do you struggle to get out the door after watching fox and friends first we have products that could help you get out the door faster this morning. there he is to see what's happening on fox and friends. >> i can't wait to tell you it's the first time i have been in work. budget mania, the house says take a look at this paul ryan. the senate says we are about to get our budget up. they come together with one big agreement. the offensive continues with the president he

but let's talk about what's really interesting, because you know mayor mike bloomberg here in new yorklot of flak for wanting to go after people's big gulps and the sugary drinks. but americans are losing their taste for the sugary drinks? so mayor bloomberg was ahead of the curve? >> you know, i think he always is a trend setter. certainly he's helped raise awareness, as has michelle obama with her anti-obesity campaigns. and so clearly, this trend goes back eight years, thomas, so directionally, we've been kind of weaning ourselves off of drinks. of course we're replacing it with flavored water, the red bulls of the world, so this is a trend that is going to make the soda manufacturers have to get real creative. that's why you see beyonce signing with pepsi and changing the bottle. that's why you see guys like mark jacobs, which is a fashion designer, doing neat things with diet coke. so they're going to have to get creative or water and red bull are going to eat up market share. >> and we've got coupons becoming a staple of the economy. a lot of people have always relied on coupons.

a new push by new york mayor bloomberg to promote gun control. >> prince harry is coming to america, the one place >> new york's millionaire mayor bible -- bloomberg is starting an ad campaign to encourage gun control. >> congress is ready to take up new gun control measures. opponents and supporters are gearing up for a fight. >> this is what the survivors want. this is what the public wants. >> it doing in to anyone but slows down law abiding. ought senate will debate a bill to crackdown on gun trafficking and provide additional funding for school safety. what the bill will not include, is a ban on military-style assault weapons. those in favor of stricter gun laws are getting a big lift from new york city mayor bloomberg who has pour $12 million his personal fortune into tv commercials in a dozen state targeting waivering lawmakers. >> i believe in the 2nd amendment and will future for it but with rights come responsibility which is why i support comprehensive background checks. >> the latest washington post/abc news poll show that 90 percent of americans suppt background checks bu

we will check with bloomberg's new york stock exchange and jane king. >> firefighters respond to a northberkeley, san jose, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> 6:44. we are continuing to follow developing news from novato with firefighters responding to a late night house fire and found a crime scene. sue thompson is live in novato with the story. >> developments here on scene in the last few minutes, the fire investigator for novato has arrived and also two officers from the novato police department. we understand they will, together, team up on this investigation which is expected to begin in the next few minutes. now, this all happened last night at 11:30 in the evening when novato fire district got a call from a neighborhood that there was smoke coming from an abandoned home. necessity arrive and no one was inside but firefighters found an extensive marijuana operation inside. they are not sure at this point, until the investigation begins, how large the operation is. firefighters did say that the fire started in the basement. how it started will be part of the investigation.

new york city mayor michael bloomberg is committed to making a healthier new york. over ten years he has banned smoking in bars and restaurants, added calorie counts to fast food menus, told chefs the kind of oil they can fry. he's also cut the amount of salt in our bag of chips. i go to jersey to get mine. canceled our big gulp order. now he's turning down the volume on our ipods. yes, the city is developing a hearing loss prevention campaign aimed at young people. it will cost $250,000. it will warn that listening to music at a high volume for an extended period of time will increase hearing loss. researchers at john hopkins say one in five people older than 12 had hearing loss severe enough to hinder communication. >>> a first peek at the, quote, epic conclusion to the hangover movie series. the trailer for "the hangover: part 3" makes its debut online. the film hits theaters on memorial day. for now here are the takes. >> someone needs to burn this place to the ground. >> i like that. >> my name's allen, and i bought a giraffe! my life is great! >> i can see onl

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. >> i am from bloomberg news. before you left your job, you did make a recommendation to the president on the force strength required after 2014. there will be all lot of numbers, former secretary panetta said 20,000 and the white house has said there could even be zero. i wanted to ask what you think is the ideal number and is the zero air realistic option? >> that one's going to be quick to answer. i will take one more. >> could i ask you what you think japan and south korea have done in the post 20 -- in the post 2013 timeframe. >> like to ask about the coalition you are able to command. >> i was asked to look at everything with respect to the zero option. there is still a strategic conversation under way with respect to what the numbers will ultimately be. i believe we all agreed that the outcome of the enduring presence forced should be able to build the capacity of the ministry's and ensure we are able to preserve the upward spiral of the schools sent professional military education institutions. that would

. >> >> mayor michael bloomberg in new york has a new proposal to keep new yorkers healthier he has sented law to the city council to require retailers to keep tobacco products out of sight. the tobacco can only be displayed when an adult is making a purchases or restocking the mayor said this is aimed as curbing youth smoking. >> >> personal computer sales took a sharp drop in the first part of this year. market research said pc shipments have been hit by the growing popularity of tablets and cellphones. the firm is predicting a double digit drop in worldwide pc sales for the first quarter and that could effect shares of intel which produces process ors used in 0% of all proceeds. >> >> the trust tee over casey anthony's case wants to sell her life story to help pay off her debt. including her daughter's death and anthony's high-profile murder trial. the trust tee wants to sell it to the highest bidder. anthony owes almost $800 thousand >> the rover curiosity is having some problems scientists say there is some type of computer error. a similar malfunction stalled curiosity earlier this

bloomberg news reports gm will increase production of the volt green. 20% this year. the she wicadillac elr could al boost profits with its higher sticker price. >>> governor of michigan will soon announce detroit is in a financial emergency and that means the state is one step closer to the state taking over the city's finances. detroit as you well know has fallen on hard times. it's at least $14 billion in debt according to a state report. and residents are simply fleeing. detroit has lost 25% of its population in just a decade. what about crime? last year detroit was one of the deadliest -- had one of the deadliest years in decades with more than 400 people the victim of homicide. cnn's poppy harlow has followed the sad story. she joins us live. >> reporter: this announcement expected in about an hour and a half that michigan's republican governor rick snyder will say that he agrees that detroit is in a financial emergency, its eye critical because i'm told by a source close to the governor that means he will install an emergency manager in detroit.

bloomberg's antics. which stories made our list? find out next on news watch. >> jon: on the panel this week, daily beast columnist kirsten powers, rich grinle spokesman to the last four members ambassador united nations and jim pinkerton, and analyst juan williams, i'm joan scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> we're not going to balance the budget in ten years because if you look at what paul ryan does to balance the budget, it means that you have to voucherize medicare, you have to slash deeply into programs like medicaid. my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. >> jon: so president obama there appearing on abc telling george stephanopoulos that balancing the budget is not his goal and attacking congressman paul ryan for the budget that he proposed. so, jim, to you first. did the media ignore the president's contention that a balanced budget is not really in the realm for him? >> i don't think the media have ever thought of that as a particularly high goal for themselves and yet, as scott loopo, american conservativ

and kansas city. >> warm through out this part of the country. >> thanks a lot. >> new york city mayor michael bloombergeashing a new $12 million campaign to push lawmakers for stricter gun laws. congress is set to debate new legislation on gun control. doug luzader joining us live from washington with more. >> good morning, doug. >> heather, good morning. from the president to the head of the national rifle association to the mayor of new york city the voices for and against gun control are about to get very, very loud. >> tore me gu-- for me guns are for hunting and protecting my family. with rights comes responsibilities. that's why i support comprehensive background checks so criminals and the dangerously mentally ill can't buy guns. that protects my rights. >> tell congress... >> this new ad campaign featuring a gun owner in favor of gun control laws is being paid for by new york mayor michael bloomberg spending 12 million of his own money targeting where members of congress feel the most need. >> 90 percent of the public want something and their representatives vote against that common sense says

. >>> michael bloomberg takes on the nra with a new fight. >>> what sent 200-pound manholes soaring intoir. >>> a number 15 seed reaches the sweet 16 in the ncaa. good morning, everyone. i'm betty nguyen. it may be the first full week of spring but a powerful snowstorm that blanketed the rockies and much of the midwest is headed now east to the mid-atlantic and it could make for a slushy mess of a white from chicago to philly and new york to d.c. the storm dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of missouri while kansas and colorado got upwards of 15 inches. last night driving became treacherous in central indiana. as you can see, interstates near indianapolis became littered with wrecks. nbc's bill karins will have more on what to expect. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >>> first, major financial crisis averted. the island nation of cyprus has struck a $13 billion bank bailout and that is good news for americans and investors worldwide. the last-ditch deal saves the country from a banking collapse which would have forced it to become the first country to abandon the euro and th