. >> let's bring in brian marshall listening to the conference call. brian, your impressions from the call? are you getting any indication from chambers that this is a turnaround -- paret of the turnaround behind it? >> obviously the quarter was good. i do think this has momentum. clearly the company's back on track. they grew 11% year to year versus the guidance of 7% to 8%. that is off the low comparison from last year. but they raised the dividend 33%. so i think things are moving in the right direction. numbers should be going up. >> in terms of capital spending from telecom companies, we're getting reporting from other companies that they were in fact cutting back. are we getting any indication from cisco management that they are in fact seeing this? >> well, obviously that's a very challenged market. pretty impressed levels. the best place to look is at juniper. we think it's going to bottom within the next six months and start to bottom. 12% in terms of revenues year over year. that's relative to the competition. i would say they had good product

thanks so much. >> thank you. >> brian marshall, mike murphy. you like hewlett packrd. >> i do what joe said, completely different story than dell and you are getting the dividends, which i think if you want to make an investment, the dividend is the differencemaker. >> steve -- >> two aspects of this. one is lexmark which i'm short so you've got the printer space. that's obviously a really troubled one. will be interested to see what hp says about that, which used to be such a huge source of their business. and the other is san disk. we're talking about disc drives and the issues of supply chains with hp, too. >> move on to the financials. the worst performing group of the day, citi trading lower as it faces a potential multimillion dollar write-down from its minority investment in smith barney. morgan stanley has the right to start buying citigroup out of the joint venture this spring. stephen weiss, citi is down almost 3% today. >> i'm not a fan of citi. i don't think it's a particularly well-run bank. and if you go back to what i just said a

brian ross. they are air marshals entrusted with keeping americans safe on planes. their ranks have swelled since 9/11. and now some of them are here to say what they are seeing behind the scenes, as brian ross brings us this story. >> reporter: their job is to keep the skies safe from terrorism. traveling armed and incognito, there are about 4,000 air marshals trained to make split second decisions with mature, professional judgment. >> nobody move! nobody move! >> reporter: but now, former and current air marshals, including these three, who cannot show their faces, tell abc news that the agency is plagued by managerial incompetence and outrageous misconduct that jeopardizes safety. >> i expect my federal law enforcement officers to set the bar. not to act like a bunch of school kid punks running around in a college fraternity. >> reporter: over the last five years, air marshals have been documenting the bad behavior of their bosses. this photo shows a supervisor caught sound asleep on a flight, armed with a loaded gun. >> now all you need to know is if a terrorist

francisco staff who will be here in this building, raise your hands, if you would, as well as marshall lott, brian gadson and julie lawyer who helped make this day possible. if we being give the college track staff a round of applause. and the most important people in this room are college track students. if we could bring up the students and if you could come on over here, that would be great. [applause] these students -- come on up -- as they're coming out, they work day in and day out to pursue their dreams. go all the way across. they defy stereotypes, they inspire with us our dedication. they are living proof that college is not an exception but one day it will be an expectation for all students in this community. students, you are the heroes. as we applaud your work, i also would like to have an opportunity here to have mayor lee, supervisor cohen, everyone that is up here, if you could please come up here, we're going to pause for a picture in a moment. if you can get together. we're going to need more students gathered up in the front. [applause] >> not a sunny day, a joyous day. good morn

brian? >> reporter: bill, there are an estimated 4,000 federal air marshal s and much of how they do their jobkept secret to protect them. but that secrecy has helped to hide what some current and former air marshals tell abc news is outrageous conduct. behavior that sounds more like something from "animal house" than one of the country's most important law enforcement ajen sirs. their job is to make sure this never happens again. traveling armed and undercover, they fit in with all the other passengers until something happens. >> federal air marshal! >> reporter: then, trained to swing into action and make split-second decisions with mature, professional judgment. but a decade after the 9/11 attacks, there are disturbing concerns about the billion-dollar air marshal program. and florida senator bill nelson has demanded a federal investigation of this critically important agency. >> the lives of the traveling public are at stake. >> reporter: current and former air marshals tell abc news that behind the scenes, this air marshal office in orlando and others across the country, there are a strik

brian's complete forecast. -- bob ryan;s complete forecast. >> the u.s. marshal service has ordered a court-martial on bradley manning, accused of leaking classified documents to wikileaks. if convicted he could face life in prison. a court date has not been set. a maryland neighborhood is on alert after an elderly woman was beaten and robbed in her own home. only on 7, pamela brown is in polymer park with reaction from a frightened neighbor who heard the attacks. -- palmer park, where a frightened neighbor who heard the attacks. that the police or alerting them to suspect is on the loose. the police are canvassing this apartment complex on arnold road in suitland. but>> wow. >> talking with residents about what happened wednesday afternoon. >> i'm kind of scared. we are looking to move. >> i heard yelling. it was loud. >> this girl was home when she heard the cry for help next door. >> i was thinking, like, what is she saying? >> the woman was being beaten and robbed. the authorities say a man knocked on the door, pretending to be a neighbor. when she opened the

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brian ross investigates. >> reporter: their job is to keep the skies safe from terrorism. >> federal air marshal! about 4,000 air marshals trained to make split-second decisions with mature, professional judgment. >> nobody move! nobody move! >> reporter: but now former and current air marshals including these three who cannot show their faces tell abc news that the agency is plagued by managerial incompetence and outrageous misconduct that jeopardizes safety. >> i expect my federal law enforcement officers to set the bar. not to act like a bunch of schoolkid punks running around in a college fraternity. >> reporter: over the last five years air marshals have been documenting the bad behavior of their bosses. this photo shows a supervisor caught sound asleep on a flight, armed with a loaded gun. >> now all you need to know is a terrorist gets a hold of that gun, he's got a free gun on the airplane. >> reporter: in the orlando office former air marshal steve theodopolous discovered supervisors had created their own distorted version of "jeopardy." >> it had discriminating remarks. >> reporter: pla