home builders slipped in february down to the lowest levels in october. this as builders used the president's day weekend for special sales to kick off the historically robust spring selling season. what's standing in the way of more hope for housing? diana olick has our report. >> reporter: the home builders association is blaming the drop in its monthly sentiment survey on this. just as they did last year. frigid cold and snow weighing heavy on the housing market. but gary chandler division president in northern virginia points to cold hard fundamentals. >> the job growth has been sluggish and people just don't seem to have the urgency that they had a year or two ago. and so that's really what we need to see back is the urgency. >> reporter:uroverall, builders' sentiment slipped in february but it's still positive and well above where it was last year. the biggest drop in the survey was the component measuring buyer traffic through model. and that was pretty clear this past saturday at a khov in maryland. one looker in five hours and she didn't want to

this is builders starting to get careful. kb homes ceo said last month the builder had pulled out of a couple of land transactions in the fourth quarter because of "sensitivity there." they claim they are not seeing any pullback yet by consumers within consumer david home kinz sold his houston area home last fall and feels like he timed the market just right. >> according to trulia in the seven large metros where oil relate jobs are at least 2% of the togethers, home prize rose 10.5%ee year over year. that's a lot faster than the 7.7% increase for the 100 largest metros nationwide. plenty more on this on-line. brian. >> all right. thank you very much. >> everywhere you go around houston, you see these new developments. a couple of hundred homes popping up and they are names that our investor viewers know. mkm partners home building analysts. you are not an oil analyst, but how much are you now having to look at oil and the derivative impact of the price fall in modelling your homebuilder numbers? >> we're certainly paying a l

indians long before bridge builders. there were indians indians in manhattan. and having their stories as sam's most recent book are there. but our life is dealing with the tradition and change and the glory of our work is what we do justice to the people we are writing about, honesty done giving full value to the opportunity to write about real life in a real city. >> there was a wonderful quote in the lobby of "the new york times" build on 43rd street from the first member of the sulzberger family to own "the new york times." everyday is a new beginning every morn is the world made a new. and i think that's what jay is talking about. you coming to work every morning and to rediscover the world. as a journalist as reporters, as newspaper people we are blessed with the opportunity of kind of being paid for postgraduate education every day. you just don't know what you're going to discover, what your curiosity is going to lead you to. j. wrote one of the most famous essays ever, interviewing -- jay. trying to interview frank sinatra. he wrote a whole story about

toll brothers is a luxury builder. a kind of customer. they face different dynamics in the macro backdrop? >> the toll brothers had an easier time of it at the higher end. more income that they could get the mortgages. it will really be whether the household creation comes through, whether we really start seeing them hold from renting. whether we will really see the turn. for a lot of questions their fear do mortgage rates need to stay at or below the national 30 or's exceed eight -- or six year rate? >> i think we need to keep low and that will be important now. the recent fear we have had may get people on the sidelines who have not really gotten motivated. they said hey, rates were up and i'm scared and let me lock in rates and by house and season the going on. we see it closely tied to the economy. homebuilders are still well off their 2006 highs. people are looking to rotate into that and look away from factors that have done well in the area that potentially hits off their 2006 highs. the next wave, homebuilders are interested to pl

builder prices are still very high.um new home price was 43% higher than the median existing home price. builders still pushed the president's day open house this is past weekend. the unofficial start to the spring season. not much action though. the one thing that could push more buyers to new homes is a real lack of listings on the existing home side. but, again, builders are still pricing very high and housing starts are still well below demand. we get january starts numbers at 8:30 a.m. eastern tomorrow. now, adding to winter woes and to higher prices interest rates moving higher again. just today in response to the jump in bond yields mortgage rates added an eighth of a point. we're only halfway through february and so far we've seen the biggest monthly rate bounce in six years. more online. reality check.cnbc.com. >> thank you diana olick. let's now bring in brad freelander, co-founder of angel capital. this will be interesting. welcome. we want to talk to you about the dynamics, in yes drum roll please, subprime.

. >> home builders. >> here's the thing. down today half as much of the market, over the past month, the market down 3%. home builders up 3%. relative strength matters. and then the pattern. a well-defined double bottom. you also can draw it this way. but either way, we think this is a big outperformer. absolute and relative in 2015. >> it's down 2% since it started the year. >> in line with the market. what we do like about it is how certain component parts -- for instance, you've got things like lenar unchanged. things like toll up on the year. dr horton. basically the marquee names are acting quite a bit better than the market. we stick with the idea. >> i've gotten beat up. it's definitely not flat on the year. down 25%. i'm still in there. i've actually thought about adding more because it's starting to form a base here. so i do agree with carter. i think you can see some growth in that area going forward, and we still have a lot more green left in the year. >> if you like the home builders and you've been so badly burn

home builder sentiment. >> carl home builder sentiment down 2 points to 55 on the national associationiment index. 50 the line between positive and negative. the positive still but builders blaming all of this rough winter weather on the february drop. we are better than february of last year, when sentiment stood at 46. the builders saying quote, downturn attributeable to the unusually high snow levels across the nation. the different index's components sales conditions down, traffic, down 5 points to 39. sales expectations flat staying in the positive territory at 60. we had a crew out in maryland saturday, five hours, one potential buyer came through that open house. that's your buyer traffic going on in much of the nation due to the harsh weather. remember, last year, though at start of the spring season presidents' day weekend, officially the start of the spring housing season we blamed it on cold weather but it turned out that slowdown went right through to the summer. it was because of higher prices. this year we have price moderation but very low inventory. while you can blame

which is just the thing for the body builder who wants to seem even more creepy than body builders alreadyo. apparently they believe that breast milk builds bigger muscles, which makes no sense. babies drink best mill being ask can barely hold their heads up are. if you think about it it makes sense. we get grossed out by the idea of drinking human breast milk. but drinking breast milk from a cow is perfectly okay, right? although i am glad we make that distinction for meat, yes? where are they getting breast milk from? are infants being shoved aside by body builders? after the body builders drink it does someone have to pick them up and burp them? why do i get the feeling arnold schwarzenegger started this? this is good. i went to -- this guy, these are -- i found on this youtube. a guy went to a soccer match. i believe this happened in turkey. the security guard noticed he was a little pluck bulky around stomach and chest. he had the guy take off his jacket. as you can see he found not just one beer, not just a six-pack of beer. he pulled beer after beer after beer. i like how his friend

look at the itb and 40% of the itb is your top four home builders we're not talking about paint companies. straight up, u.s. home construction stocks, you look at that, etf and see the index is selling at a 15 times forward multiple which is a discount to a lot of areas of the market. so yes, these stocks have been doing well. keep in mind they've sat out the last two years. they are just now breaking the may of 2013 highs that were right before the taper tantrum. they are first going up now. >> the issue with building stocks they don't sell at a p/e. they sell at a price to book, price to book basis not that compelling. funding mortgages are still very, very tough to come by. they're not asset based. they're earnings based. until we see a tick in that -- >> the latest federal reserve survey of loan officers said that standards are easing and credit is becoming more available. >> they've been saying standards have been easing for a while. >> the stocks are speaking. >> the market is deciding that conditions are changing. >> i want to switch the conversation to energy. there's going to be

gain more traffic. >>> not just home builders but home improvement retailers. today, lowe's reported better than expected fourth quarter results driven by homeowners taking on big and not so big renovation projects. shares did fall a fraction after the company expressed concern about rising interest rates, potentially impacting prose home buyers. still, the company does expect existing homeowners to continue to invest in projects anhouses. diana olick now on what's behind the surge in remodelling. >> reporter: rising home give more confidence to invest in their properties. >> as soon as we see the housing market recover, people get confident. not only they tackle the renovations they want to but address the maintenance it needs as well. >> reporter: project large and small small. w more projects more proposals out than ever before. >> reporter: matt is seeing a steady business ahead but smaller growth in less expensive homes. >> i think the reason why we're seeing the increase in the lower end is because people are feeling more confident in the economy, more co

and community builders.they build projects inside their community to bring peace to the area. they create a network amongst themselves to try to keep connectivity and communication going between the villages to avert any sort of conflicts in the future. we started that first. >> i was going to say we're running out of time. let me ask you just a time thought from you. south sudan gets quite a bit of international support but is there anything that you think that south sudan can do itself to help its people in terms of the food crisis? >> i think to continue to encourage the community. i know the food world program is buying food from local farmers to support that and support them in their development is crucial in this area. i think that there is a number of different projects that are under way road improvement which will also help to improve certain things within the country. most importantly you know, we have to look to the most vulnerable the women the children and women the area where they can provide p

last we're builders blamed the harsh winter. the slowdown continued into the summer due to the price jumps. builder prices are still very high with big premiums to existing homes, and that may be why traffic fell dramatically. down five points while sales expectations were flat and current sales were only slightly lower. builders still pushed the president's day open houses though. that is the unofficial start to the spring season. not much action over the weekend, though. again, builders are still pricing very high and housing starts are still well below the current demand. this is going to be a very interesting next few weeks. the real market dynamics fight with the urge to blame it on all this snow. chief economists say sales this month in frigid minneapolis, numbers of home tours and offers have been soaring. it's the price points she says not the temperature that is chilling those home builders. more on-line as always. realty check.cnbc.com. back to you. >> all right, diana. thank you so much. lennar dr horton, and kb home

this as builders start to get careful. kb homes ceo last month said the builder had pulled out of a couple of land transactions in the fourth quarter because of quote, sensitivity there. but they claim they are not seeing any pullback yet by consumers. >> because it hasn't been hit yet doesn't mean it's not going to happen. so i think patience is the buzz word. we're expecting that houston will cool down significantly on the residential side. >> reporter: just for contact, energy has really pushed housing recently. according to trulia in the seven large metros where oil-related jobs are at least 2% of the total, home prices rose 10.5% year over year last year. that's a lot faster than the rest of the nation. now the reverse is in play. for "nightly business report," i'm diana olick in washington. >> for more on the state of housing in houston, head to our web site, nbr.com. >>> powerhouse brands help bolster results. that's where we begin tonight's market focus. like north face and vans matched on both top and bottom lines

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experienced builders from vietnam have been brought up for the construction.mweng believes he can beat any overseas competitors if he can quickly identify domestic needs in laos and turn them into a business. for khamweng, who's long dreamed of making it big in southeast asia, the establishment of the asean economic community is the opportunity he's been waiting for. at a car repair shop the shop owner wants to sell him a used car lift. if cleaned up and polished, it could be sold off for a substantial sum. the man purchased the lift after being told it was made in japan. he wants to sell it whyte while it still works so he can use the money to buy a newer model. but hieo suddenly stops what he's doing. he's noticed a label on the machine. hieo contemplates the deal but eventually decides to call it off. finally hieo and his men return the lift to its original spot, apologize for not buying it, and leave. it's a regular afternoon at the vientane southern terminal for long-distance buses. buses arrive from all parts of vietnam 20 times a day. vietnamese continu

itb is more strictly the builders. karen, what could you saw say?i'd go with the more diversified with the retail, the xhb. i want that other exposure. i don't want only the risk of home building which has unique risks as well as all the risks the other ones have. >> so i would have to go given those two choices i'd have to say xhb and that's because i don't think the itb rally is sustainable. i think there's some soft pockets in real estate and saw with the mortgage applications today, they weren't as great as what people thought they would. i would stay away from that, and i want the diversification like karen. >> if a choice were neither, would that be your choice? >> absolutely. yeah, of course. >> so it's would you rather or neither? >> pete? >> you know, for a trade i like itb. i think in the short term with these low rates, i think these rates actually going up forces people to force their hand a little bit to push them into something. consumer confidence has been very strong for a trade itb, for long term, xhb because of the diversification

home builder sentiment down in february but are builders a good buy right now at least?m out with earnings today. the stock is up, is vegas back? is now a god time to get into the casino stocks? the new faa rules, who wins, who loses, who is safe, and who is in trouble? that's all ahead at the top of the hour. back to scott on the "halftime report." >> thanks so much. want to give you a headline and show you the markets, the markets did move into positive territory and have since moved negative again. the s&p and dow have moved a bit lower. it's a headline from dow jones that greece intends to ask for a bailout extension on wednesday. tomorrow. sort of guys that story drags on. close to a deal, not close to a deal, talks are going well, talks break down, now this headline that greece intends to ask for an extension tomorrow. how closely are we paying attention to what happens in greece? >> we're not. i don't think we are. more people are focused -- >> rightfully so? >> rightfully so. there's a resolution. i think there's a resolution with greece. i don't think greece wan

great for babies and body builders. strange. >> i don't believe that gnc is selling breast milk. >> and if they were i would be scared of them too. who in the world thought of that? that's one i wouldn't recommend, but maybe, who k woman: she wants to be home with her friends. but at this moment she's fighting a brain tumor. announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children. visit stjude.org. no >>> this morning on "world news now," terror bombshell. the jihadist seen and heard in a gruesome isis videotape could be from the u.s. the disturbing new developments. >>> state of emergency, the deadly hazards in the south as snow and ice paralyze a huge part of the country. millions of americans brace for even more snow today and dangerous windchills. >>> hotel heists, valuables locked up by guests in their room stolen in a flash. we're putting hotel safety and security to the test. >>> later in "the skinny," dance partners, the first lady and big bird having a ball. the message behind thi

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the home builders are a top ten position. >> we have covered so much ground.for being here. really appreciate it. >> appreciate it. >> bill miller. much more available on the website, lmminvestments.com. coming up, diana olick giving us an inside look into the late joan rivers' apartment which just listed for $28 million. but first sue herera has a cnbc news update for us. >> here is what's making news. skrelly officials are considering amending the speech of prime minister benjamin netanyahu when he speaks before congress next month. this is so calm the partisan furor it's invoked. bottom, what bottom? citi is making paa big call on oil. ed morris saying it's impossible to call a bottom. with oversupply and the economics of storage, prices could call to between $20 and $30 a barrel. the s.e.c. proposed to provide rules to require public companies to tell investors whether they allow their staff to hedge the value of their corporate stock and options. the rules were mandated by the 2010 dodd/frank act. coming up on "fast money," the ceo of reg uregulu cirque t

the largest and the most expensive yacht builders. >> 100 million we are talking. >> currently closern pounds. you do not get the helicopter. >> we can included for a next her cost -- we can include it for an extra cost. >> he owns a dutch builder. the dots for the planet. they like yards -- there yachts at large. >> we see a trend toward greener yachts. >> for the last few years, the companies which make boats over 90 meters have been pushing green credentials. this one of seven meter yacht is in the construction phase. -- this one of seven meter -- 10 7 meter yacht is in the construction phase but if you will have a hybrid engine. >> if you want in environmentally friendly boat you buy a sailboat. >> is the ceo of another dutch builder. his company was the first to deliver a hybrid super yacht. going green is as much of a sales pitch as an environmental concern. >> is questionable whether it is really saving the environment. but it is cool to drive in total silence. you say captain, can we go to battery power? no sounds whatsoever. you jump off your yacht. >> perhaps green is the ne

peace builders community builders, from the training, computer training and others, they develop projectsinside of their community of which they are able to try bring peace to the area. and then they create a network amongst themselves to try to keep connectivity and communication going between the different villages to avert any sort of conflicts in the future. >> now wreckage from a plane that went missing in chile more than 50 years ago has finally been located. mountaineers came across the remains of a douglas dc 3 the crash happened in the andes mountains. stunned the sporting world at the time and has remained pooh mystery until now. forensic experts said they found flaws in the investigation of the missing 43 students in mexico. identifying the students remains they found dna linked to other people not the missing students. the case has been pending since last september. still ahead on the newshour. >> i'm daniel lack in canada's yukon territory where one of the longest coldest races is taking place. they call it the yukon ultra and i'll be reporting on it. >> welcome back. >> than

called is because the software works via the web. .t is now known as a web app it was an online store builder. it got bought by yahoo!. >> how long did you last at yahoo!? i was basically getting suspended from yahoo!. i barely asked in one year. what were you writing about? >> i wrote about software, then i realize that no one would come and drag me away fight started writing about other things. >> when did you meet? >> we met at a party at paul's house in cambridge, that i almost did not attend. >> how did you come up with the idea for y combinator? >> jessica was very interested. it is hard to find any information. i was fascinated by all the stories. then you give a talk at harvard. >> yes. basically about how to start a start up. i told them they should raise --ey from starting a, can because then they could get advice. that, because i i didn'ts thought -- a know how. i thought, i will do it. i will finally start doing some investing. it was not supposed to grow into this big thing. the best way to start startup that will take over the world is don't even try to start. just try to start

, not one builder stepped away from their commitments, not one. just like la quinta he said oil prices were a clear positive. it's a net positive but clear. some large companies will get hit hard that way the rosetta resources. but there seems to be in liquidity questions. that's what matters. anyway, so much private equity money and so many well-capitalized oil companies i'm thinking about the 21 million shares noble energy shared or the 22 million shares new field aspiration filed that there is plenty of question. they are bad stocks but not bankrupt companies of course the drillings are hurgt. day rates are slashed in some cases the def tends are being slashed with them like the hideous 80% cut that einsco announced. they are still making money and i'm sure smaller community banks will be hurt but larger banks it's prenational bank system and those in the state aren't doing that badly. overall considering the huge decline in oil prices and the sudden decline, we haven't seen much real pain and given the hedges, the stronger than expected balanc

that is thought of by the biggest home builder. she led a conference call earlier this week where it was very clear the company dramatically exceeded the expectations. only one was wondering where it came from there were 3.6 million homes added to the rental stock, 3.6 million homes, under-maintained. as they move out of rental they badly need remodels. she then acknowledged work from a less rigorous source. just kidding about the rigger but believe me i bet they were tickled to be invoked, saying 2015 was the first year since 2005 that the remodel dollars are up. could it be some of that? yes, end quote, makes sense, all the little stuff, the hand tools, the sinks, the lightening are selling, the professional numbers are bigger that is not translating into numbers being built. they delivered a better than expected quarter and deserves to be bought in the wake of today's pullback. the fabulous home builder's big gains came not from a radical step up in the number of new homes being built but from the production of far fewer homes.

. >> he started working as a builder on a construction site, a month ago he got work at the port. a representative came here and said he needed men. several guys got jobs there. i work as a shop assistant. >> reporter: the dorm homes house 53 right now. down from a high of 128. home may be thousands of kilometers away but these days the internet keeps friends and family connected. christina is getting news from friends in murmansk. >> now we can only work half a day. they want to leave but they can't. you need to fet a permit get a permit to leave the city. >> it's cold here, the accommodation is cramped but as the man overseeing their building points out all of that is preferable to what's going on back home. >> translator: the only motivation for them to stay or go is safety. if it's more safe here, they'll say. >> he's now a third grader here at school. it's possible that he will start a family here, ukraine will be a fading memory. rory challands, al jazeera murmansk. >> happened in the town of mugal sarai some police are investigating. >>> two hong kong now where as many as 2

the partnership are the national gay and lesbian association thaig their hosting an lgbt business builder at the auditorium so this is contracting with that with that unless you have questions that concludes my report. >> yes. a question in regards to staffing i know you mentioned that you are yes, we're almost done with the jane position so should have that completed the location. >> process implement by the end of the week i received the list of names for the interview process for the commission secretary so we'll be scheduling and reaching out and scheduling interviews reaching out to the commissioners on the interview panel to start scheduling that >> we'll give you some help. >> all right. >> all right. thank you next item. >> the president report whose that (laughter) i have only one thing i did attend the first meeting in preparation for small business week and little did i know what i was getting administrative review into and . >> i got myself out of it. >> a whole bunch of meetings i'll keep you, you posted terrorist an informative and kind of preliminary orientation and most of

why body builders are turning to new moms to help them get buff. >>> researchers in europe are linking attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders to an increased risk of early death. >> the study followed 2 million people from infancy to death. people with adhd were twice as likely to die early as opposed to those without the disorder. it was the result of accidents or other outside causes. >> the latest fad in body building has nothing to do with exercise drugs, or diet. it has to do with breast milk. and that has health experts raising a red flag. >> some body builders looking to enhance believe breast milk helps muscle growth. health experts warn there's no proven research showing breast milk has any benefit for adults and may have hidden dangers. >> our body's fluid. so it can carery with it disease. any disease the mother has, help hepatitis hepatitis, hiv, aids will be in the milk and also any drugs they take will be in the milk. so it's really just a gigantic game of russian roulette. >> fitness experts say some people are shelling out $20 an ounce to get their dose. >> scien

largest applications for thermal imaging technology today, and it's being used by home inspectors and buildersnagers around the world. liz: well, we just had to rip open a hole in our ceiling of our basement because something's leaking, but we couldn't see what or where, and we were off a bit, so that would have come in quite useful. show us the products. you've brought some along, some of the things you rolled out at the consumer electronics show in january, and how will these be applied? >> sure. i'll show you a couple of products. the first is this product here which is called the flir i, and this was launched last year at the consumer electronics show. you can see there, there's a picture of me thermally, so that's showing color, thermogram coming from the camera right now. but this is a camera that was designed for consumer applications, so it attaches to an iphone, and it gives your iphone thermal imaging capability for those kinds of applications that you mentioned, liz, like home inspections or using it outdoors to find a lost pet or around a camp site. and then it's also just a very i

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it was an online store builder and got bought by yahoo!. and it is yahoo!'s store. >> what was it like working at yahoo!? the guy who was suspended every year. >> i apologize to the people i ever worked for. i barely lasted a year. >> you went on to write. >> yeah. >> and you started building your following. what were you writing about? >> writing about software and i realized that no one would drag me away if i started writing about other things, too. >> what time did you guys meet? >> at a party in paul's house that i almost didn't attend. >> y combinator almost didn't exist. >> scary how close. >> how did you come up with the idea for y combinator? >> jessica was writing a book. >> that was the first book that i read when i moved to silicon valley. >> really? >> your book about founders. >> i never tire of hearing stories about that. i was fascinated by all the stories i heard from these guys. and you did the talk at harvard. >> became how to start a start-up. one of the things i told them was they should raise money from people who had gotten the money f

i realize i'm going to probably need people to build these bikes that are not bike-builders.make jobs that are not a factory so much as a studio. background? >> other than riding bikes and tinkering, no. >> if you hadn't found this job, what were your prospects like? >> it was kind of rough. this has given me a opportunity to make a good living. >> another hero employment project. >> i was on a project, i have a job now can pay my bills and take care of my kids. >> so it sounds like it really changed your life. >> it worked out for the best. >> you can't have a bike without a ride. >> thank you. >> yes, awesome! i can't believe how smooth this bike is! this is really cool! so with what did you think? >> well, if you are not carefully i'm going to-- careful i'm going to steal i.t. when you're not looking. >>> the semester bike runs about $850. and every 50 orders means one more job for someone in greensboro. >> what we'd like to do is use what is here to create a better future. >> how does being involved in this make you feel? >> that part of being able to come back here and s

. >> our research is geared toward identifying workable, practical solutions for builders, insurers,c policy makers. we want to show people how to skip repair, property against offer. >> there has been a lot of political debate about climate change and the link to extreme weathers. insurers often have to foot the bill. where does that leave you? >> we have seen about $356,000,000,000 of insured losses from natural disasters between went to '02 and 2015. we know they are getting more intention. people move to vulnerable areas. >> over the past decades, the prices extreme weatherents for insurers, hurricanes at $2004 billion followed by severe thunderstorms, heat and drought, severe winter weather, wildfires and flash floods. the k069liest in recent u.s. history, 2005's hurricane katrina with $149,000,000,000 in losses. >> this one is unprecedented because it's being steered back toward the u.s. coast. >> in second plates, 2012 super storm sandy that tore through the northeast with a $66 billion price tag. >> sandy and cat a are part after disturbing trend. a recent report based upon u

. >> he got work as a builder. a representative from the company came hear saying that he needed men. i work as a shop assistant. >> the dorm houses 53 ukrainian refugees atet moment down from a peak of 128. since december 1st they've been paying their own way after the russian government shut off financial support. thankfully most have picked up work. home may be thousands of kilometers away but these days the internet keeps friends and family connected. christina will be getting news from luhansk. >> why didn't you leave? >> i didn't get the chance to go. it's because of work. she had a job and a salary. now they can only work half a day. they want to leave but they can't. you need to get a permit to leave the city. >> the winter nights are long here. it's colder, not all the locals are happy with ukrainian refugees taking good jobs and the accommodation is cramped. but as the man overseeing their building points out all of that is preferable to all of that going on back home. >> the only motivation for them to s

the luxury home builder saw more houses at higher prices.nue. announcing a new $18 billion share repurchasing program. and a bit of a mixed quarter for comcast. comcast is raising its annual dividend by 11%. and increasing buyback share by $10 billion. >>> nearly 70% of the northeast oil and gas supplies float up the hudson river and with subdegrees freezing temps, and lots of ice that is an issue. dylan dreyer is aboard the coast guard cutter willow that cuts so the barges can keep sailing. >> we are here on the coast guard cutter willow. that sound you hear is us literally cutting through ice. if we were to keep going north we'd end up in albany. south we'd end up in west point. we are right in the middle of kingston, new york. this is where the river tends to freeze. it is crucial to break up all of this ice which at time can be 13 inches thick because there are barges that use this waterway to transport about 70% of the home heating oil for the northeast. obviously with the winter we're having, that is very very important. i was told by

if the builder wants to build more open space, all ncd's include the 5 feet height bonus for more inviting ground floors, all nct's regulate residential density through existing requirement private bulk private open space dwelling unit mix design guidelines. ncd's on the other hand use strict lot area ratios that do not have other city needs. this is what my district talks about at this community organization meeting. so this is what they care about. this is what they get. nct's put limits on residential units to smaller units to prevent a loss of larger family units and nct's also require 40 percent of new development to have two or more bedrooms again in order to serve a diverse mix of households including households with children. the fillmore divisadero ncd's have the requirement of nct and allow for buildings with ground floors. these ordinances will add decontrolling of density, the regulations on dwelling unit division and family-friendly dwelling unit mix. this has been a long process with the community to establish these districts. we with a tonight get the ncd's in place last yea

the builder was arrested in 2013 for biting the harbor master's finger in an argument. >>> authorities in the east bay are searching for a man who sexual assault an 8-year-old girl at the 99-cent store. ktvu's noelle walker reports it happened with the girl's mother steps away. >> reporter: shoppers flocked to the 99 cents only store for bargains. >> it is cheap. >> reporter: but he says cheap groceries come at a price. >> a whole lot of undesirables. you know, at this location. you know, that be lurking around. >> they are looking for children at are unable to defend themselves. the sheriff's department says on sunday 1:45 p.m. an 8-year-old girl was the victim of a sexual assault inside the 99 cents only store. >> while she was playing in the toy aisle a man approached her and forced his hand down her pants. >> reporter: while the girl was playing with toys. investigators are wondering if this is the first time the suspect has done this. >> this is a -- a well known method that child predators use to target children. >> that is sad. really is. >> reporter: his active three- year-old