the company wants to return to sonoma and open a store at the original site on broadway where chuck williamsirst started selling high-end cookware in 1956. the store then moved to san francisco two years later. >>> apple is breaking its usual corporate silence and is voluntarily talking about working conditions in its overseas factories. apple is sending independent auditors in the plant where the devices are assembled. this is after reports of 12 suicides at partner factories in chine nau. apple said it found many cases of underaged workers and excessive work hours in those facilities. >>> we have new information now on that fire in redwood city we told but earlier in the newscast. the fire 90 minutes ago and a trailer park on east bayshore road. the city's public information officer just told us that the fire is now out and two mobile homes and a vehicle were destroyed and two other homes were damaged. one wz went to the hospital with smoke inhalation. there's no word on that person's condition, nor on what caused the fire. >>> tonight at 5:00, it was 25 years ago, and people who wanted to

chuck williams opened his first williams sonoma kitchen goods store in 1956 but moved to san francisco two years later. now the company wants to open a store again on that same site. first the council must consider changing an order that put a hold on chain stores in the historic district. >>> a war lands on the steps of the civic center in san francisco. what these protesters are asking for. >> and the wife of vice president joe biden came to the bay area today. where she went to listen and learn. ; >> some of the biggest names on the internet flexed their muscles today. they're trying to stop two piece of legislation currently pending in congress. wikipedia and a number of other sites went dark for 24 hours. google also blacked out its logo. they're protesting two bills, one in the house one in the senate, aimed at cracking down on copy right infringement and online piers see of music, movies, and tv shows. but the internet giants say the bills will also ham per thefully flow of information -- free flow of information on the internet. >> if something like this passes, it creates a dy

they want to return to sonoma and open a store at the original site on broadway where chuck williams t started selling cook ware in 1956. >> so that is where the name william sonoma came from. >>> this is a holiday martin luther king junior holiday. sal, how are the roads looking? >> dave, you never knew that whole william sonoma thing? >> i didn't know. >> you learn something every day. to tell you today honestly we'll have a light day because of the martin luther king junior holiday. we'll take a look at pictures. even on good days sometimes we have problems the san mateo bridge looks good heading out to the high-rise. no major problems. if something happens things will change. this is a look at 80 north and southbound. and the morning commute looks good on westbound bay bridge. coming up to the mccarthur maze and all the way up into san francisco. at 5:18 let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. good morning, everybody. we have clear skies. cold out there. 20s and 30s. it will be a breezy and blustery day. temperatures will be above average. starting at 24 and 28 fairfield and napa wi

chuck williams opened his first store right here september 15, 1956. and now the company that bears his name, williams-sonoma, is in escrow to buy this building. >> this is from the local paper. >> reporter: john bryant knows the fit of his frame shop is uncertain no matter who buys the building. he thinks williams-sonoma is a good fit. >> why don't you take each case individually at a time? >> reporter: it's not clear what williams-sonoma wants to build here a boutique, museum. but philosophically susan believes city leaders should tread lightly. >> you know, we in sonoma need to be a little bit forward thinking and allow free enterprise in here. >> reporter: the williams- sonoma location is outside the historic district so even if the ordinance were in place the ban wouldn't affect them but they would be most likely asked to fill out a conditional use permit. the other thing is on wednesday, the city council is set to take up the issue of whether or not to temporarily ban all chain stores in the town while they discuss this ordinance. that discussion

company wants to return to sonoma and open is a store at the original site on broadway where chuck williamsst started selling high end cook ware. the store then moved to san francisco two years later. >>> 6:26. to mark the martin luther king junior holiday today a new list is out on the most tolerant cities in the nation. the daily beast website says durham, north carolina is the most tolerant city. honolulu number two. san francisco number three. other bay area cities making the list include san jose ranked at 14 and vallejo ranked at 15. they looked at hate crimes, discrimination laws and diversity of the population. >>> gold was handed out last night and the hollywood season is under way. which film came away with the most golden globes last night? >>> we're live in pinole where firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a house fire. we'll also show you exclusive video shot off of a camera from a firefighters helmet. >>> the city that is considering a plan to expand a red light camera network. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us here on ktvu channel 2 morning news. it's mo

the company wants to return to sonoma and open a store at the original site on broadway where chuck williamstarted selling high-end cookware. >>> last night, the stars hit the red carpet for the 59 annual golden globe award. our reporter joins us live from los angeles to tell us all -- to tell us all about the excitement from the ceremony. good morning, paul. >> reporter: good morning, dave. you know, a lot of the excitement surroundings the -- surrounds the host because he's been so controversy in the past. some people say he was a little tamer. but try telling that to one. --ians. he -- kardashians -- to one of the kardashians. >> reporter: history repeats itself. >> the golden globes are what the oscars are to, like what kim kardhian is to kate middleton. "the descendants" won for best picture. "the arist" was named best comedy or musical." >>> meryl streep will like lib be the -- will likely be the close race for the oscar with michelle williams for "marilyn monroe." >> i'm honored. >> and madonna one for original song masterpiece. on the television side," modern family "won for best fam

chuck, thank you very much. >>> brian williams moderates the republican candidates debate from florida tomorrow night at 9:00, 8:00 central here on nbc. >>> we learned today that one of the most legendary sports figures of the last half century has died. penn state football coach joe paterno whose legacy was forever stained by the scandal that cost him his job. he passed away early this morning after a short battle with lung cancer. and nbc's michelle franzen has reaction on the penn state campus tonight. michelle, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. here outside the stadium, a steady stream of people have been coming to pay tribute all day, laying flowers and candles at the base of joe paterno's statue. this place and the man many say symbolizes the heart and soul of penn state. along with grief throughout the day, there was also a strong showing of pride for this legendary football coach. >> joepa was our father, like everyone. he brought penn state together, really. so it was hard seeing him and terrible this has happened. >> joe has done a tremendous amount for this un

williams. the first night he did not swept through his suit. chuck pagano becomes the fourth ravens defensive coordinator to move from owings mills to a head coaching position, but no one did at quicker than chuck pagano. he spent one season as ravens defensive coordinator. third fewest points. nearly double the sack total from a year ago. the players loved pagano. had an aggressiveness that ravens players respond to. he launches his head coaching upper -- career from the ravens. he takes over a team in indianapolis that won only two games last year. they will probably part ways with peyton manning. coaches they get great young quarterbacks usually prosper in the nfl. if he was the pro bowl this we ek, ray rice set out the game. he has a nerve impediment in his neck. ray lewis [unintelligible] roger goodell went through the locked out without losing any games in negotiating the most lucrative deal in tv history. today, he read some of his awards as this contract was extended through the 2018 season. he began in 2006. he put a strong emphasis on playe

william county schools also two hours late. the d.c. government and d.c. public schools will open on time. let's head to meteorologist chuck bell. >> we have a very cold air mass in place and warm air riding up over the top, which is trying to rain down into the cold air. as a result, we have a chance for some freezing rain and, more importantly, some freezing drizzle as we go through the overnight hours into the predawn hours. just about everywhere is impacted. the only county not affected is st. mary's county. everywhere else is under the freezing rain advisory through 9:00 tomorrow morning. temperatures are very, very cold indeed. 32 now in washington. 30 in manassas. 28 frederick, maryland. 28 in gaithersburg. every number 32 or lower has the potential for some freezing rain and drizzle through the overnight hours. not looking for an ice storm. but we are looking for some slick spots, especially on elevated surfaces. bridges and overpasses, things like that. handrails could be very, very slippery first thing in the morning. milder. all rain by 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. more on the rest of the school week ahead. coming up. b

williams. the debate on nbc airs at 9:00/8:00 central time. we start with fight night. it's got to be called that. chuck todd is the political director for nbc news and our chief white house correspondent. and howard fineman is an msn b c correspondent. newt gingrich is going after mitt romney personally, going after his character, making who this guy is the central issue of his campaign. newt knows this better than anyone. newt will respond. what a night. >> it is. and it strikes me as a little bit of a trap because this is what newt gingrich does. he enjoys the verbal combat. what i am surprised by this romney pivot, the romney pivot is full on, make gingrich completely unacceptable. whatever it takes. what they are not showing anything yet and maybe this is coming. maybe this is coming in a couple of days. how to fix the mitt problem. there is a mitt problem there or he wouldn't be losing to conservatives by a near 2-1 margin in south carolina. he wouldn't be seeing his leads collapse at a moment's notice. because his leads have collapsed. the robo polls are probably overinflating the newt surge but

chuck made it to indy. mark turgeon took aim at duke last night. a light show and emotional pregame ceremony as gary williams court was officially unveiled. his staff will always be felt on the program. 461 wins at maryland and the national championship. gary williams' court forever. a good start for maryland. terps came out of the gate looking good. howard hits the shot. 10. had sean mosley hit the jumper. this is mason plumlee. he had 23. the blue devils win. the night belonged to gary williams. >> this is something special to me. this is a big thrill. i never thought anything like this would be possible. it has been a great ride. juan dixon one record side last night. >> state house republicans take aim at the governor's budget proposal. >> a school that serves the needs of some special students received some special attention from "the ellen degeneres show." >> the world of pets expo >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. how long is the rain

chuck will have more on the president's state of the union address coming up on nightly news with brian williams this evening. you can watch the state of the union address live tonight at 9:00 right here on nbc 4 and on our website, nbcwashington.com. >>> if you're heading downtown tonight, the state of the union could make it difficult for you to get around. starting at 7:00, police will be blocking off every street within a two or three block raid yugs of the capitol. starting at 6:00, just pedestrians with special credentials will be allowed inside the square. >>> a good day for sun bathers down there, boy did we warm up from yesterday? >> yes, it did. and it is interesting because we went from like winter to spring. doug kammerer, you are back from vacation in time for some lovely weather. you missed the gloomy, fog girks icy weather. >> yes, i may have brought the good weather with us. many of us saw stem tours rise into the low 60s across areas to the south. everybody made their way into the 50s. winds out of the south at about 3 miles per hour. take a look at the numbers at this hour. 54

chuck todd and howard fineman, thank you. you can watch the debate tonight at 9:00 eastern with brian williams. the big fight on nbc. coming up, the base is revolting. no one channels the right wing's hatred not just of barack obama better and that's ahead. you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. that is better than today. since 1894, ameriprise financial has been working hard for their clients' futures. never taking a bailout. helping generations achieve dreams. buy homes. put their kids through college. retire how they want to. ameriprise. the strength of america's largest financial planning company. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you, one-to-one. together, for your future. ♪ >>> today the campaign event here in florida, rick santorum was questioned by a woman who preferred to president obama as a muslim. listen to the question and then santorum's answer. >> he is an e vowed muslim. why isn't something being done to get him out of th

chuck and andrea, thanks to all of you. newt gingrich will be among david's guest tomorrow morning on "meet the press" on nbc. >>> as we note, now everything turns to florida. that's where we find brian williams. he's gearing up for that monday night nbc debate we've been telling you about. brian? >> we've been at this for a long time, and you know as well as anyone that kind of overnight into tomorrow morning, the attention and the candidates shift here to florida, the next battleground after the history that was made today. what david just said about mitt romney and the stakes coming into this next debate monday night, and think about the gingrich camp. they're looking at those late deciders and how many of them were influenced by gingrich's performance at the last debate. so those are the stakes. they couldn't be higher. we'll have all four of the gop candidates, tampa, florida, monday night, 9:00/8:00 central across the nbc network. that means on this nbc station. lester, back to you in new york. >> all right, brian. thanks. when nightly news continues, the other big story tonight. the wild turn in the weather. snow and ice from coast to coast and another twist on the way. >>> and later,

chuck and the rest of the nbc news political team will have all the latest developments tonight on nbc nightly news with brian williams right avenues 4 at 6:00. doreen gentzler and aaron gilchrist will be hosting a live web chat starting at 8:00 tonight. >>> if you stepped outside, what a lovely spring day we've had yet again. down in washington and the old dominion trail in fairfax county. there were a lot of people out taking in the lovely spring like weather. >> what do you think of the weather out here today? >> it's fantastic. i hope it stays this way. >> they love it. >> it's a great day, i wanted to -- late january, mid-60s, get outside and enjoy the weather. >> it was so nice to be outside, and our chief meteorologist went out to the front lawn to catch the last of the day's rays. hey, doug. >> i love how we sent our cameras to my home down in herndon, virginia. good afternoon to everyone out there. no matter where you were, everyone got above the 60 degree mark during the day today. we set a record of 66 at the airport. right now, 64 degrees at national airport with plenty of sunshine out here, winds out of t

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chuck. >>> all right. up next, it's the friday political panel. simple question. what happens if romney doesn't win south carolina? >>> and this monday don't miss the next debate. the nbc news republican presidential debate with brian williamsall of your nbc stations. the first broadcast prime time weekday debate in the most important swing state of them all, the state of florida. >>> before we go, white house soup of the day, apparently someone needs a calendar it's roasted fall vegetable. in the winter. when you have tough pain, do you want fast relief? try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first, it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. the best part? it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. test how fast it works for you. love it, or get your money back. than leading regular juice drinks. because less sugar is a better way to fly. ♪ just not literally. capri sun. respect what's in the pouch. [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are in

one but two supreme court justices david souter and william brennan and he worked in congress for them representative now senator and third way chuck schumer on the other jobs out there. the chairman is spearheading the commission's reform to accelerate the deployment of broadband and third way strongly believes this is a vital part of creating jobs and economic opportunity in this country. as we would hear none of the chairman is working with its colleagues on efficient and transparent reforms which is six ackley what we believe needs to happen in agencies like this and we applaud the tireless work to eliminate waste and drive growth. with that is my pleasure to introduce the chairman julius genachowski. [applause] >> thank you. thanks for the introduction and for welcoming me. for the reasons you said, a perfect venue for a talk on smart responsible government. thank you all for coming. i know there's a lot of competition for your attention. you've got the football playoffs, the new hampshire primary or a policy speech once again you chosen the less obvious, the third way. it is a pleasure to be here to talk about the proposal to

william brennan. and he worked in congress for than representative now senator and friend of third way, chuck schumer, among other jobs he appeared to fcc chairman is spearheading that commissions reforms to accelerate the deployment of broadband and third way strongly believes this is a vital part creating jobs and economic opportunity for this country. so the chairman is working with his colleagues on the efficient and transparent reforms, which is exactly what we believe needs to happen in agencies like this, and we applaud his and hers work to eliminate waste and to drive growth. so with that is my pleasure to give you fcc chairman, julius genachowski. [applause] >> well, thank you, matt. thanks for that introduction. thank you for welcoming me to third way, for the reasons you said, a perfect venue for a talk on smart, responsible government. thank you all for coming. i know there's a lot of competition for your attention. you've got the football playoffs, you've got the new hampshire primary, or a wonky policy speech, once again commute chosen the less obvious but wise third way. it is a pleasur

two supreme court justices, david souter and william brennan, and he worked in congress for then-representative, now-senator and friend of third way, chuckschumer, among ore jobs up there -- other jobs up there. the chairman is spearheading that commission's reforms to accelerate deployment of broadband, and third way strongly believes this is a vital part of creating jobs and economic opportunity in this country. and as we'll hear in a moment, the chairman is working with his colleagues on efficient and transparent reforms which is exactly what we believe needs to happen in agencies like this, and we applaud this tireless work to eliminate waste and to drive growth. so with that it's my pleasure to give you the fcc chairman, julius genachowski. [applause] >> well, thank you. matt, thanks for that introduction. thank you for welcoming me to third way. for the reasons you said, a perfect venue for a talk on smart, responsible government. thank you all for coming. i know there's a lot of competition for your attention. you've got the football playoffs, you have got the new hampshire primary or a wonky policy speech. once again, you've chos

chuck called them more articulately than me? >> there is something, the great editor from the midwest, william white, talked about the divine dissatisfactionple. i think even president obama, who has been president three years is dissatisfied what he is was able to do i think there is a yearning for all americans, left and the right, better than we have now, a less cumbersome perhaps government, a freer society, greater economic opportunity for everybody, all the things people care about in this country. i think that earnist dissatisfaction, not always predatorer to, sometimes good old american, we can do better. i don't think mitt romney shares that, nothing in this guy's face, nothing in his background that suggests a yearning. an immigrant's aspiration, full, for a better society. he has got all he wants. his family has all you wants, they gotten their take. when you are hiding your money from the tax collector, sheltering it overseas, so you can have a farther life, you don't identify with the person trying to scrabble along making it in our society, who is a true patriot, left, right or center. why are you hiding your money oversea it