richard branson outlined his strategy to take on the competition. but first, a look at how the international markets closed today. >>> the first solar sore. the maker of solar panels forecasting 2013 earnings well above wall street estimates. this as the company expands its power plant development business. the stock was halted much of the day and when it opened, it rocketed higher and closed up 45% on more than 12 times the usual volume. >> tech stocks in the spotlight today, microsoft and intel leading the blue chip. no surprise given their link to pcs, but both jumping more than 3% today. intel closing at 21.75. microsoft at $30 a share. both companies report earnings next week. >>> the s&p materials sector, the best performer today as china reported slowing inflation. investors see it as potentially bullish as credit restrictions in china may be allowed to ease and that could translate into higher demand. the index was up more than 1% and components cliffed almost 9% higher. >>> trades in herbal life and sketchers were halted much of the day. th

. >>> branson is closer to being able to launch closer in to space. his company made the first powered flight over the desert, spaceship two, broke the speed of sound on its own rocket power, reaching 56,000 ' feet, several flights planned for the summer. they plan to reach full space flight by the end of this year. people said, branson is not going to do that. >> he did. >>> this man lost $2600 all he had to show for it was a stuffed banana with deadlocks. >> he says he wanted to win an x box at a game called tubs of fun. contestants tossed balls in to a tub, when he practiced, it was easy but something changed when he started playing the ball kept popping out. he kept trying to win back the money by going double or nothing. he dropped $300. he says he went home to get $2300 more, and soon he lost all that as well. >> it's not possible that it wasn't rigged. i happen to become the sucker. >> you think? >> he went back the next day and the man running the booth gave him back $600, he split the banana and the cash. he called police and he says he is co

>>> billionaire, richard branson,'s treem of space travel is one step closer s >>> a monster hurricane with 330-mile-per-hour winds. >>> actress, katherine zeta jones continues her battle. >>> good morning. the nba insists it will be business as usual moving forward despite two words that helped to shatter one of pro sports barriers. washington wizards senator, jason collins, saying, i'm gay. more on the announcement from nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: he was drafted as an inside scoring force. while jason collins is not a star or a starter anymore, the 12-year pro is now something no

. >>> and finally tonight, billionaire richard branson's verging galactic craft made its first rocketwered flight today, moving one step closer to commercial flights into space. spaceship two went nine miles above the earth and into the edge of space. 500 would be space travelers who would pay $200,000 each are waiting for a ride. branson is hoping for the initial flight next year. >>> i'm a big fan of the jersey shore, to go back to mary's story. it was quite a storm, because there were parts of long beach island that were really badly hit and other parts blocks away Ùupá got through unscathed. >> looking at some of those pictures, tyler, it looks like the storm happened yesterday. >> it certainly does. there's a lot of work still to do but they'll get it done. >>> that'll do it for tonight's edition of the "nightly business report." i'm tyler mathisen. >> and i'm susie gharib. have a great evening, everyone. >> "nightly business report" has been brought to you by -- >> thestreet.com. interactive financial multimedia tools for a changing financial world. our guide helps and generates

and richard branson has a way to get you excited, maybe very excited about flying.ot believe it. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ >> pay attention to the company, churn, and make good products. >> and the happy couple is back in court today. >> it's hard to pick who you like the least in this couple. but i have to say that you have got to respect a guy who apparently lowballs his wife and sells the dodgers for $2 billions to some guys from chicago and still owns part of the parking lot. that's impressive. >> and a new seat to seat ordering system fliers can now discretely order a snack or meal and have it delivered to another passenger on board. you like the guy in 6b, you

joining us is sir richard branson, the founder and chairman of virgin group.h, president and ceo of virgin america. guys, thank you very much for coming in. i told you off camera i'm very good you're launching in new york, the airport i fly most frequently fly out of. i tried to fly from anywhere in new york to salt lake city and it's not there yet. when are you going to fly to more places? please. bring it on. >> we will get started with these two routes. we have been in newark a few days now. it's working out great. fares have fall ben by 40% since we have come in the market. we will dip our toe with san francisco and los angeles. >> i did fly virgin america back in february to san francisco. i guess back from san francisco. and i have to say you offer a great product. i don't understand why you can offer that kind of service for less money than what carriers like united and others are doing. >> i think if you're smaller than the big johns, you just have to be the best. virgin as an airline in the airline industry, virgin atlantic started 30 years ago, creat

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branson said the whole thing could not have gone more smoothly.lights, a longer duration of course, branson said it should be ready to take passengers into space later this year. >> that is pretty cool because you hear talk about it, but talk is talk. you see that thing in the air, wow, some day, not so far in the future, this is going to be a reality. >> right. apparently space ship ii you saw hit mach 1.2 yesterday. that's just over 913 miles in case you want to do the math. pretty fast. who knows how much it takes to get into space, but sure they're getting close. >> would you spend money to go to space? something you would want to do? >> you know, no. short answer. i don't know why. just kind of not interested. >> not that it wouldn't be cool. to spend a lot of money. yeah, i agree. >> there's no sight-seeing. >> i'd rather go to hawaii than outer space. >> no sightseeing. no beach in outer space. can't get a tan. >> no pina coladas. >>> coming ip -- coaching football's lingerie league, a football player considers an offer. >> angry moves at t

lest you think it's all success for richard branson.et with another airline mogul and next month, on a flight in asia, he will have to work as a flight attendant, dressed as a female flight attendant. >> oh, to be on that flight. i like the first part of his advice, surround yourself by people who are better than you. which you clearly took. >> that's what i thought of. that's life for me at this table. exactly. >> berman, i'm just teasing. >>> ahead on "starting point," wings, beers, and waitresses with outfits that are barely there. one senator wants to own the term breastaurant. i have never heard that before, and it shocks me i just said it. but we rarely tap its true potential and just let it be itself. flowing freely into clean lakes, clear streams and along more fresh water coast line than any other state in the country. come realize water's true potential. dive in-to the waters of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. the battle of bataan, 1942. [ all ] fort benning, georgia, in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insu

the founder of virgin galactic, sir richard branson is here with us, bill. he will tell us how this will all work and more importantly how much it will set you back if you want to go. ♪ . ♪ [ male announcer ] from the way the bristles move to the way they clean, once you try an oral-b deep sweep power brush, you'll never go back to a regular manual brush. its three cleaning zones with dynamic power bristles reach between teeth with more brush movements to remove up to 100% more plaque than a regular manual brush. and even 76% more plaque than sonicare flexcare in hard to reach areas. oral-b deep sweep 5000 power brush. life opens up when you do. martha: good morning and we have a fox news alert because we're awaiting a news conference to get underway any minute now from the white house. president obama is expected to take questions from the press about 15 minutes away. and boy, there are a lot of questions. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. use of chemical weapons and red line coul

they have a video to announce this and richard branson announces this. let's do this block again. unbelievable. this is why we are on the same hour as "the five." >> i have an important phone call i have to get. >> apparently it is more important than the show. let me take over. coming up, you don't think of leaving me just right now -- >> are you not going to finish your point? >> the point is richard branson or dick sac i would like to call him, he started off as a video, i have been in my compromising position. you are rich. you don't have to be that much of a d-bag anymore. bragging about the women you've got. every rich guy does this. you have all of this. do we have to talk about how awesome you are? when was the last time you were on an airplane? you can't have your family meet you at the gate. >> it happens in movies. >> the great thing is if you are semifamous or famous, a lot of people give you free drinks. we have to go. if you happen to rec cog nice me, i will drink. >> time to take a break, so don't think of leaving me now. i usually drink a vodka soda or beer or red

branson will be on that first flight with his children, along for the ride. >> it's a dream come true. [ applause ] >>> and a two-man crew was on board the spaceship for that test flight on monday. >>> well, check in with eyewitness news at 6:00, for all new stories coming up at 6:00, denise has a review for us. >>> a cartier store, robbed in montgomery county. how the suspect gotac way. >>> and -- >>> coming up, why oysters, they aren't just for eating. that story always eyewitness news -- as eyewitness news continues. >> check if there are. >> stories and all the breaking news. >>> o's get caught off guard, with a tough loss and a bizarre injury. >>> mark has details coming up next. ,,,, (michael) smoking gave me copd ,,,, which makes it harder and harder for me to breathe. i have a tip for you: if your doctor gives you 5 years to live, spend it talking with your grandchildren. explain to 'em that your grandpa's not going to be around anymore to share his wisdom and his love. i haven't figured out how to do that yet. and i'm running out of time. you can quit. >>> orioles fans, get r

branson a pinhead? >> he should not be allowed to ownbe an airline, a.the only way you get lucky if you fly these days is not sitting between two smelly fat guys and your luggage isn't lost. imagine if you're a chick and the guy in row 23 with a blanket over his lap sent you a drink and will follow one a next a few minutes. people want to be left alone. leave me the hell alone and get the damn plane landed safely. >> bill: if you do that the marshals with arrest you. if you send them peanuts. cost $8 to send bret severa pre. >> this only works on a greyhound bus. not a plane, i agree. >> texting from a half-liquored up loser, you turn around and you see anthony weiner behind you. get me out of here. >> bill: all right. now, gutfeld chosen our pal tom brokaw. roll the tape. >> also have to examine the use of drone which the united states is involved in. there are a lot of civilians cis who are innocently killed in a drone attack in pakistan and afghanistan. and in iraq. there an enormous rage against that part of the world, as presumption of the united st

i've got richard, sir richard branson sitting here right next to me.t, i don't want to cut you short, grover, but ask you one last question. >> sure. stuart: do you think that the tax increases in president obama's proposal will see their light of day? do you think? >> they will not be passed. the republican house will not allow any tax increase to pass and we will get spending restraint after we get over the last two years. i apologize for cutting grover norquist short because i've got sir richard branson walking in, surprise, surprise, the man walked in on me. grover, thank you very much indeed. and sir richard welcome to the program. i'd like to ask you a comment on margaret thatcher and i'm going to preface that. you saw people drinking in the streets and celebrating her death. i say that's flat-out disgusting and disgraceful. do you have a comment? >> i would agree with you. i think if anyone dies, whether you disagree with their views or agree with their views, you don't behave in that kind of manner. stuart: you are the very successful man who r

i think there are people like richard branson in the world that embraces self-promotion and they embrace it. harry was the same way. i took a chance with the way that i played him, larger than life. he was an art taking the high road. tavis: widely referred to that as taking a chance? >> he loved p.t. barnum and he loves the department store because it was his theater. he was kind of performing. it is juxtaposed with a very subtle british performances. he ruledto understand, with an iron fist through intimidation. this guy is more like obama. when someone calls him a liar, he is not reactive, he smiles. in public, at least. that is the way that he operates to us. rattle him. he is being and he is a ray of sunshine. he lets all of his doubts and fears, it is written all over him. a risk junky. he loves gambling and his family. there are so many dualities, it is just a feast. i will screw it up. just imagining that to be that successful then or now, there are people that believe that you have to have a cutthroat quality to them. to be that big and that successful in business. interesting t

he, his brothers and one sister have become quite a big act in branson, missouri. to tell us more about it, we have michael via skype right this minute. >> hey, how is it going? >> i realize how dorky this makes me look, but i'm such a huge fan of ironman and all the technical side of performing and entertaining. my goal was, i decided i it was going to be cool to meet robert downey jr. junior, and play for the premiere. i didn't finish i time. i glad it done. i hope to get invited to another premiere, that would be cool. >> how will this work into your architect with the rest of the family, is this going to make an appearance for the heygoods. >> it's not a joke or anything, you know, we do a lot of creative effects and visual things to go along with the show. i kind of made this for munn fun, all the viewing on youtube an everybody dignitary, it's going in a summer show. people can come see it live. it actually works out pretty koochlt i got it back here. i have this program. it controls it all off of my computer. >> oh, wow! >> that is cool. >> michael, be hones

. >> jimmy: we'll go up with branson. >> yeah, let's do it. >> jimmy: he'll only go when it's safe. > ] >> jimmy: let's do a show. >> let's do it. >> jimmy: from outer space. that would be fantastic. >> you do an amazing impression of bowie, by the way. >> jimmy: thank you, my friend. >> it really -- it is. >> jimmy: he's my favorite -- [ cheers and applause ] >> it is sick. and he's got his new album -- >> jimmy: did you get his new record? >> yeah, it's awesome. >> jimmy: oh, it's so good. god, i love bowie. he's just so cool. like, he can talk about -- he can sing anything and -- he can be like, ♪ row, row row your boat in space ♪ [ light laughter ] and just sounds cool. and you go, "oh, man, bowie is the coolest." >> yeah. >> jimmy: i loved your movie, "oblivion." >> thank you. >> jimmy: who directed this? >> joe kosinski. >> jimmy: dude, this gu -- wh -- uh -- wh -- >> his second film. >> jimmy: how do i know -- i don't know him, do i? >> he directed -- his first film was "tron." >> jimmy: oh. okay, well -- >> and this is his second film and the guy is so talented. >> jimmy: he i

. >>> richard branson's dream of space travel for the people is one step closer. >>> plus a monster hurricane with 330-mile-per-hour winds. >>> the one in a million self-baseball portrait. >>> and actress kathericatherin zeta-jones continues with her battle with a mood disorder. >>> "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for tuesday, april 30th. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm richard lui. the nba said it will be business as usual moving forward despite two words monday from one of its veteran players that helped to shatter one of pro sports last barriers. washington wizards center jason collins saying "i'm gay." new reaction this morning but first more on the announcement from nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: he was drafted as an inside scoring force. while jason collins is not a star or a starter any more the 12 year pro is something no active player in a major league team sport has ever been, openly gay. >> there are tens of thousands of people before him. he's the first one to come out while playing and say "i'm gay." >> reporter: collins wrote i want to do the

founder richard branson was thrilled. >> it couldn't have gone more smoothly.lked to the pilots. they were thinking of saying screw everybody we're going into space. >> virgin galactic plans to reach space by the end of the year. already more than 500 space tourists put a deposit down on the $200,000 ticket price. >> why not? it's just 200,000, right? >> i got my ticket. >> ashley morrison in new york. thank you. >>> straight ahead, your tuesday morning weather and in sports, tebow's time is up in the big apple. find out what might be next for the star quarterback. naturals acne cleanser. re's new n® acne medicine from the wintergreen leaf treats breakouts. no parabens or harsh sulfates. for naturally clear skin. [ female announcer ] neutrogena® naturals. find out with venus embrace. every five-bladed stroke gives you 360 degrees of smooth for goddess skin you can feel and feel. ♪ i'm your venus only from venus embrace. nespresso. where there is an espresso to match my every mood. ♪ where just one touch creates the perfect coffee. where every cappuccino and lat

. >> sir richard branson already did. the founder of virgin america airlines is promoting his mile high love connection idea in a not so subtle sales pitch. >> here is my guide to getting lucky 35,000 feet. first, pinpoint the object of your affection. >> pictures provided by virgin america show how it is supposed to work. passengers can use the screen in front of them to find the seat number of a love interest and send him or her a drink. >> it is clever. no one has bought me a drink so i don't know how i feel about it, but i wouldn't object. >> probably not. i wouldn't want somebody to send a drink to me. then you are obligated to talk to that person, and you are stuck in a bus in the sky. >> the virgin america counter looks and sounds like a singles club before you get on the plane. this new gimmick is seen as further evidence of technology running our lives. brian tong is a senior editor with cnet. >> the reality is things have changed and people are more comfortable talking and flirting through an electronic device t

. >>> richard branson says virgin galactic is on track to fly into space later on this year.t took a big step toward -- over the california's mojave desert when the spaceship 2 made its first flight. it clocked in at over 900 miles an hour. more test flights are to come before the real thing. oh, by the way, john, i know you've been asking, the round trip ticket, cool 200 grand. >> 200 grand. >> pocket change for this guy. >> we talked about this earlier. i don't want to go to space too much. give me a beach. a hammock and a pina colada. >>> the guys who hate to deal with laundry, it is the dress shirt with a strong claim. its makers says you can wear it 100 times before washing. even then it just needs a gentle wash, wool and prince makes it. it'll set you back about $100. wouldn't it get a little stink? >> unless the dirt and the filth and stench is falling off that, i doubt it'll work. please don't buy one. >> i'm fine with the traditional laundry. >> i sit next to you every night. >> now i'll have to try one see if i stink. >>> amanda knox is breaking her silence with dia

. >> sir richard branson already did. the founder of virgin america airlines is promoting his mile high love connection idea in a not so subtle sales pitch. >> here is my guide to getting lucky 35,000 feet. first, pinpoint the object of your affection. >> pictures provided by virgin america show how it is supposed to work. passengers can use the screen in front of them to find the seat number of a love interest and send him or her a drink. >> it is clever. no one has bought me a drink so i don't know how i feel about it, but i wouldn't object. >> probably not. i wouldn't want somebody to send a drink to me. then you are obligated to talk to that person, and you are stuck in a bus in the sky. >> the virgin america counter looks and sounds like a singles club before you get on the plane. this new gimmick is seen as further evidence of technology running our lives. brian tong is a senior editor with cnet. >> the reality is things have changed and people are more comfortable talking and flirting through an electronic device t

entrepreneur richard branson and tom barr, a former executive at starbucks, "my bet is that most of it is for marketing and branding to make people aware so they use it." for now, hailo is privately held and seeking millions more in venture capital. with just 200 employees and a former top executive of shazam econometrics behind it, a lot of people think hailo's meter is off and running. hailo is now the world's largest e-hailing network and may be particularly useful to travelers.once the app is downloaded, it may be used to hail cabs anywhere hailo operates. a new electric car is charging up to take on tesla's roadster. the detroit electric car company is reviving an electric car brand that sold in the early 20th century.its two- seater sp:01 is set to go on sale in the u-s in august for 135 thousand dollars.the company plans to roll out more electric vehicles starting next year. it's up to the faa whether boeing's dreamliners are fit to fly. boeing completed a second, two- hour test flight on friday in washington state. once the federal aviation administration reviews the test data,

>>> billionaire, richard branson,'s treem of space travel is one step closer s >>> a monster hurricane with 330-mile-per-hour winds. >>> actress, katherine zeta jones continues her battle. >>> good morning. the nba insists it will be business as usual moving forward despite two words that helped to shatter one of pro sports barriers. washington wizards senator, jason collins, saying, i'm gay. more on the announcement from nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: he was drafted as an inside scoring force. while jason collins is not a star or a starter anymore, the 12-year pro is now something no active player has ever been, openly gay. >> there have been tens of thousands before him. he is the first to come out while playing and saying, i'm gay. >> reporter: he wrote, i want to do the right thing and not hide anymore. i want to take a stand and say, me too. the reaction, hugely positive. from kobe bryant, proud of jason. nba commissioner, david stearns, saluted his leadership mantle and chelsea clinton, his classmate at stanford, cheered him for having the strength and courage to become the firs

they aren inseparable and one day at lunch sully wanted one of branson's snack and thought it was chocolate but it was nutella which is a problem for sully. >> sully has a allergy to all tree nuts and he thought it was chocolate. >> he knew i was like this sort of like that. >> ransom grabbed the jar and read ingredients and saw the third ingredient in there hazelnut. he grabbed a teacher and they helped his friend and got him the medicines he needed thanks to ranson's quick thinking. >>> here's stories we will follow in the week ahead. gabby giffords is coming back towashington, d.c. lobbying to support the gun legislation they will be debating. she will attend the unveiling of a bust of one of the aides who worked with her killed along with five others the day she was shot in 2011. >>> former british prime minister margaret thatcher is being laid to rest on wednesday. and she will receive the burial service with military honors. she was the first and only female prime minimumser for for britain -- minister for britain. >>> the largest fund-raiser is the march for the animals sunday at dru

good luck mr branson thanks for watching and make sure they come back tomorrow to be sure to follow us on facebook at facebook dot com slash prime interest and from all of us here at prime interest have a great night. welcome to. here you can feel it. there are three choices you like first the work you know on the pillow go to live on a miserable way like a slave. for the second is to jump to the wall and catch the american dream. most of them are and lose their loss. illusional i wish mr become a number of an organisation and get inside the drug trade. it was something born never forgot. to pay the. bill to somebody who did it but i paid for what i've done that would never stop paying. for it. coming up on r t today we're joined by a special guest gary johnson the two thousand and twelve presidential candidate for the libertarian party he'll talk to us about the recent militarization of police and foster bill so american foreign policy that and more coming your way. and an f.b.i. fact a bill being drafted by a u.s. task force would punish high tech companies if they refused to comply

. >> sir richard branson the did. the founder of virgin america airlines is promoting his mile high love connection idea in a not so subtle sales pitch. >> here is my guide to getting lucky 35,000 feet. first, pinpoint the object of your affection. >> pictures provided by virgin america show how it is supposed to work. passengers can use the screen in front of them to find the seat number of a love interest and send him or her a drink. >> it is clever. no one has bought me a drink so i don't know how i feelt, about it, but i wouldn't object. >> probably not. i wouldn't want somebody to send a drink to me. then you are obligated to talk to that person, and you are stuck in a bus in the sky. >> the virgin america counter looks and sounds like a singles club before you get on the plane. this new gimmick is seen as further evidence of technology running our lives. brian tong is a senior editor with cnet. >> the reality is things have changed and people are more comfortable talking and flirting through an electronic device

. >> catherine: branson, is one step closer tourists into space.s company virgin galactic made its first powered flight over the mojave desert today. "spaceshiptwo" broke the speed of sound on its own rocket power. reaching an altitude of 56- thousand feet. the rocket-powered portion little more than 10 minutes, and the entire flight took about an hour. virgin galactic plans to reach full space flight by the end of the year. (woman screaming) a florida couple has a whale of a tale to tell. they decided to take a trip to la paz, mexico to celebrate their 20-thand got a chance to get up pod of 20 killer whales. as soon as the couple's boat the wake. >> date it opens, for it are, to 3.>>"spray you" the amazing video was captured on a flip camera. and you can see here.these killer whales just wanted to have fun. the boat for about an hour. dot-com. joins us now with details. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good

in addition, richard branson also loved -- love that guy. he lost a bet.be a practice for r branson. i remember one of the last times he was here, it got a little steamy. he has a certain thing. >> steve: you mean humidity? >> gretchen: he has a certain sex appeal. >> brian: is this money? >> gretchen: nope. it's just his own -- some people just have an aura. >> brian: is it because he has a tv in his headrest. >> gretchen: his airline was rated number one as well. lots to talk about, including margaret thatcher passing way we. first, the headlines and a fox news alert. we just learned nato helicopter has gone down in afghanistan. it went down in a field. a witness says he heard a loud explosion and then saw the helicopter in flames as it plunged to the ground. then more helicopters arrived and american troops sealed off the site. according to nato, there were no reports of enemy activity in the area at the time of the crash. that raises the number of americans killed there to nine. >>> police arresting one of their own. this guy walked out of jail in colo

finally got branson.is week finally. >> marshall sent it to the office and harassed him for months. well done. if you have any ideas which charity, we would love to hear it. >> the printer for some reason has a split in my teeth. i think that's a mistake. that's not a nice caricature, is it? really? you look like a bratz doll. i'm not sure what's going on with carl. he's much, much better looking than that. >> well done. if you have ideas for the charity, let us know. >> up next, best buy's former ceo brad anderson hoping a i jobs creator alliance meeting. we'll speak to him about jobs. jobless claims could be big and move the markets. check out the futures right now. up again but only 10 points. [ male announcer ] here at optionsxpress, our clients really seem to appreciate our powerful, easy-to-use platform. no, thank you. we know you're always looking for the best fill price. and walk limit automatically tries to find it for you. just set your start and end price. and let it do its thing. wow, more fan

. >> british billionaire richard branson is one step closer to being able to launch tourists into space and they will do a test flight over the majae desert. >> the flight didn't involve a trip to space but 500 tourists paid $200,000 or put down deposits for a chance to experience several minutes of weightlessness. virgin gal lastic fulls to reach full space flight bit end of the year. >> raise your hand if you want to go to space. >> not me. >> maybe we can spend people we know there? >> i've got a list. >> yes. >> great day for space travel, huh? >> sunny skies around the bay area. here is live doppler 7 hd. sunny skies, no clouds around. we may see coastal fog during overnight hours. record warmth taking a look at forecast features, windy conditions tomorrow night and red flag warning in affect tomorrow afternoon and overnight into wednesday for the bay area hills. here is our satellite image. it's a dry cold front. it will bring us cooler air, stronger gusty winds adding to that risk of fire, talking about the wind advisory it's in effect for north bay mountains and hills in the bay

. >> reporter: on his virgin airways blog, founder richard branson unveils a new fleet of glass=bottomedliners. forty niner coach jim harbaugh jumped into the spirit of the day by launching his own clothing line, based on his two=piece wardrobe of khaki pants and black fleece top. >> hail to the chief even the white house web site got in the act, with a special announcement from the president. >> reporter: looks like you were expecting someone else. well. april fools on all of >> reporter: some of the other april fool's announcements: skype says it's launching skype from space. and google unveiled an atm app for google wallet that deliver cash i'm vicki liviakis kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: showers continuing. i will have details coming up. [ man ] i got this citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. we'll leave that there. you got a weather balloon, with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. go. ♪ keep on going in this direction. take this bridge over here. there it is! [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. [ laughter ] [ ma

virgin airlines boss sir richard branson introduced a new feature in a video. said the chances of the planning with a plus one or least 50%. >> big plans and the works to expand universal studios hollywood. nbc universal says it will begin construction this summer are 1.6 billion, 25 year expansion of the theme park, office and production facilities. the plans include a building a harry potter think part, hotel and retail outlets. for the los angeles county board of supplies is tinsley agree the plan yesterday. >> will have a forecast of break the time is 442. >> more like june gloom around here. and look at your forecast with erica. good morning. >> you are certainly right we have that coastal fog but it will burn off. we will see clear skies and sunshine and '70s and to the afternoon. >> it looks like jim a bit early. yesterday was warm we broke records over in napa and tied one in santa rosa. >> 80s and low 90s. that is not the case today. we are currently in the upper '40's for san francisco. 49 and oakland. you will automatically notice how much cooler tha

richard branson says he hopes the new system will help travelers get lucky at 35,000 feet. see, i consider getting lucky not sitting next to someone with a tupperware container full of soup. and one more thing, it's thursday night, for our weekly tribtd to the fcc. it is this week in "unnecessary censorship." . >> dad taught me how to be a president. he showed me how to [ bleep ] a man. >> shame on you. [ bleep ] twice shame on me. what's [ bleep ] five times. >> you also have great tips. >> we're going to go and [ bleep ] some girls. ready? >> do your parents approve of hower. >> if you told your mother you were [ bleep ] howard stern, how would she snond. >> what he is the first thing do you do in the morning? >> when i woke up i [ bleep ] crave the cat. >> this report is an inconvenient truth for many out there who oppose [ bleep ] which has given us so much natural gas. >> i hope he continues and stays in school to get a [ bleep ] job. >> we weren't [ bleep ] you. we thought you were dead. >> i guess i left the ghetto -- let me explain to you. the average person don't g

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