thank you, mary jo, and diana. the latest in the ben roethlisberger investigation. >>> welcome back to "prime news" on hln. enough is enough is what dawn branchos family is saying. >> where is the patient located? >> they are at shamu stadium and we have one of the trainers in the water with a whale and the whale she is not supposed to be in the water with. we don't know what is going on, but we were told to have beam on standby when they get the person out. >> that is terrible to listen to. it should end there. why should the public see that video? yes, sea w0r8d needs to see it and experts to learn frit, so, there is not that mistake again, but why do you and i need to see this? we don't need to see the death of dawn brancheau on video. the judge agrees granting a temporary injunction to stop the video from being released. the family has a right to privacy and to mourn, and there are a lot of sickos out there to try to send it back to the family to inflict more pain. let's hope it stays under wraps other than sea

prices continue to fall, as diana olick continued to point out. now maybe we would have been much better off just leaving the market alone, and letting it adjust, howard. i guess that's my question. maybe these cash for clunker tax credits have done more harm than good. of. >> i would say that the housing market has become the vietnam of the american financial system. once you commit, it's extremely difficult to withdraw, and we now have as load-bearing supports the federal government providing all the backstops to the housing market, and we're structurally integrating. i would argue that was necessary. until we stepped in about a year ago with the tax credit and the mbs purchases and the other programs, we were in a downward spiral that has stabilized. now, the question is, how sustainable is this effort over the long-term? and you can't put this out for another five years with this kind of federal effort. we need a softer landing. you can't pull these things out now. you can't have them go on forever. i think you need some continued federal supp

diana olick has been following the story. just cut to the nub of it, diana diana. what does it mean? >> reporter: officials say the $75 billion mortgage bailout is not doing enough. it doesn't focus on the three biggest issues in the mortgage market. number one, unemployed borrowers. number two, underwater borrowers. and, three, second liens. that changes today. take a look. a new announcement that the administration is revamping h.a.m.p., the mortgage modification program. it's requiring servicers to consider principal write-down earned over three years in return for cash incentives -- that's right -- from the government. it would also address unemployed borrowers from starting a three-month forebearance program where they could get down on the mortgage even if just by using unemployment benefits and servicers could go to six months if they wish. the big part is the fha's refinance program. we saw a refi program under the bush administration which offered incentives for lenders and investors to write down the principal value in return for fha-backed loans. this is

diana alvear, abc news, chicago. >>> a knew fight between the president and republicans. the decision to fill 15 key government jobs with no approval from congress. this will only aggravate the partisan war fair that the president as promised to end. here's david kerley. >> reporter: tea party activists are mad. the president gave them more to be angry about. using a recess appointment. the president bypassed the senate where some of his nominees have been blocked for months. he put 15 people into key administration job. >> the republican party is going try to slow and block progress on all fronts. >> reporter: republicans are angry about craig becker, a union lawyer. worrying it will make unions -- >> the debate is an angry debate to begin with. >> reporter: with the midterm elections just seventh months way, is he giving up on bipartisan ship snmplts i think thai feeling confident. it signals that ahead there's more clash. >> reporter: a clash indeed. nastiness, spitting, name calling, bricks thrown through windows. fiery rhetoric. >> let's stop the sleazy chicago-style

diana olick joins us from washington. diana?> reporter: that's right, bank of america which you may recall took over 12 million loans from countrywide financial, and is announcing principal writedown program for its most troubled loans. the program is small and targeted for now. but it's a shift from interest rate reduction as a primary modification tool. the government's $75 billion modification program which does not require principal reduction is seeing very lackluster results. so joining us in a first on cnbc interview is chief of foreclosure mitigation at bank of america. first, thanks for joining us. let me ask you, we've been talking about principal reduction now for over a year in the foreclosure crisis. why now, and why only targeted at maybe 45,000 of your borrowers? >> why now? we've been talking about principal reductions for a while. but we've been hearing from our customers in trying to find out why they won't accept more of our loan offers, why they won't complete more of the trial modifications we've started. the

our report from diana olick. >> reporter: in the spring housing market, the number of foreclosure signs is growing, driving prices down further across the nation's neighborhoods. one out of every five home loans in the u.s. is held by bank of america, the nation's largest mortgage company which took on 12 million loans from failed countrywide financial in 2008. as part of that deal, b of a is launching a small test program that gives borrowers back their equity, about $3 billion worth. >> we are starting with this program and going to test it here and hope to expand it in the future. >> reporter: in fact, the program could be the model for a change in the treasury's modification plan. >> we have been talking to treasury. other large services talking to treasury about programs similar to this for quite some time. i think the treasury is close deciding whether they want to go forward with this program. >> reporter: say your home is worth 100,000. under the plan, bank of america will forgive temporarily up to 30% or in this case, $30,000, lowering your monthly payment and hopefully bringin

we begin tonight with diana olick at the white house. >> reporter: good evening, brian. americans have collectively lost more than $5 trillion in home equity. under pressure from borrowers and using big banks as a model, the government announced a plan to get some of it back. it's an acknowledgement that the $75 billion mortgage bailout has fallen short, helping fewer than 200,000 homeowners lower their payments permanently. today, a new approach, expanding the program to target unemployed and underwater borrowers, those who owe more than their homes are worth. >> it's very important we try to do what we can to prevent the preventible foreclosures. >> reporter: the headline, the government will pay lenders to refinance and lower the principal for borrowers who pay on time but are deeply under water. in exchange, the federal housing administration will guarantee losses using t.a.r.p. money. >> it will help the faa, the overall market and the taxpayers overall. >> reporter: the program pays banks to reduce loan balances on second mortgages line home equity lines. >> it wil

. >> reporter: our abiding memory of kensington palace as people mourned the death of princess diana.musicians are shake out the secrets of this 400-year- old palace. >> in this room sleeps a princess. >> reporter: and reinventing it. costume designers were asked to create new dress for each princess who lived here. and here inside the room, dresses they say are the color of time, inspired by brass clockworks. >> oh. >> ooh. >> a cabinet of curiosity. >> oh, look. >> i think we still have a prince charles and lady diana in our house somewhere. ♪ [ music ] >> wow. it's like narnia. it's incredible this room. >> here, the artists have chosen outfits, owned by both princess margaret and princess diana. >> that's a wonderful image of her, of being free and dancing. >> this is queen victoria's room. >> that's why the princess and the pea is a room in which she slept with her mother, until she was over 18 years old. >> oh. that's my idea of a nightmare. >> reporter: plastic soldiers replace lead soldiers in this will royal play room, where would-be kings never lost a battle. >> well, the ma

on diana's behalf, thank you. [applause] >> good evening. my name is eric banks and i had the pleasure of chairing the committee on biography this year. i'm going to read the names of our five finalists. blight bailey "cheever." brad gooch "flannery, a life of her little flannery." benjamin moser "why this world," oxford university press. stanislao pugliese, bitter spring. and martha sandweiss, passing strange, penguin press. and to announce the award this year i will turn the microphone over to stevan. [applause] >> of the nbcc award for biography this year goes to blake believe for "cheever." [applause] writing fiction saved john cheever's life. on the strength of a collection of short stories that he himself considered so wretched that he tried to destroy all copies of it. cheever was mustered out of the 22nd infantry regiment and into writing fiction for the army navy screen magazine. assigned to storm a utah beach on d-day, most of the soldiers he trade with eventually died in combat. cheever's stories including the summer, the 548, the

and existing home sales, diana olick, what's that number look like?> reporter: mark, existing home sales fell 0.6% in february to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.02 million units. no january revisions. sales are up 7% year over year, but that is the third straight month of sales declines. regionally, sales up 2.4% in the northeast, up 2.8% in the midwest, down 1.1% in the south and down 4.7% in the west. the median existing home price in february, $165,100, that's down 1.8% year over year. regionally the biggest price drop 9.8% in the west. but year over year, actually, price increases in the northeast 7.5%. inventories, here is your big story of the day. inventories added 312,000 units to a 3.59 million supply. that is 8.6 month supply. with inventories rising, the realtors are saying we better see that second sales surge soon, or else we're going to see additional downward presser on home prices. distressed sales, 35% of the market. first time buyers, 42%. all cash, 27%. erin? >> cash? >> cash. >> all cash? 27%. all right, we're also playing

a cabinet of curiosities. >> i think we still have prince charles and diana in the house. >> wow, it'sis incredible this room. >> reporter: here the artists have chosen outfits owned by princess margaret and princess diana. herself embellished with feathers. that's a wonderful image of her sort of being free and dancing and being happy. this is queen victoria's room. >> a room in which she slept with her mother until she was over 18 years old. >> reporter: oh, that's my idea of a nightmare. plastic soldiers replaced lead soldiers in this royal playroom where would be-kings never lost a battle. >> we're allowed to play. one, two, three. whee! actually, that's not as much damage as i was hoping for. i am such a princess. my whole family will vouch for me on that. i feel so at home here. there's enough space, i think i might move in. >> is there a rumor this place was haunted. >> reporter: actually, i just spoke as to one of the actors working here and they said that in another room, there is a painting of a mrs. elliott who was a servant and she is apparently rumored to sort of do a ghos

but the second thing, diana, isn't this, in essence, another bank bailout? we hate bank bailouts but if i'm helping the homeowner, aren't i helping the bank? >> you're helping the bank but the other folks around them. the argument could be made in either direction. if you want the argument for other side, if you keep these borrowers in their homes you are saving home valus for everyone in that neighborhood. i may not get that reduction, but if my neighbor goes into foreclosure, i'm losing more on my home. >> does it lower the value of your home? we'll talk about that next time around. that's one of the questions. if you write down the principal for one, what does it do for the other? more on that administration's plan to aid the struggling homeowners. is the prolonging the housing kris sns that's our debate. >>> $80 oil gas prices heating up. we'll look at that first on cnbc. national car rental knows i'm picky. so, at national, i go right past the counter... and you get to choose any car in the aisle. choose any car? you cannot be serious! okay. seriously,

diana has the news on this. this is a big development, isn't it. >> the treasury department as you say reacting to news today that bank of america is starting a principal writedown program for its most troubled borrowers. "their new initiative can reinforce our broader efforts to provide relief to homeowners and is consistent with our own housing policy principles. we will continue to identify new ways to refine and improve these programs and urge other banks to move ahead as well." principal writedown has been a huge debate in the troubled mortgage industry, and sources tell cnbc the treasury is in fact working on a component to its $75 billion mortgage bailout plan. as for the b of a plan, it targets subprime pay option arms and certain two-year hybrid arms. no 30-year fixed there. the loans must have a principal balance of at least 120% of the value of the home and borrowers must be 60-plus days delinquent. and earn forgiveness over five years up to maximum 30% increase. they have more than 1 million delinque

diana olick joins us from washington with more. >> bfa is confirming they will target subprime option arms where the loan is worth more than the value of the home for this program. no 30-year fixed involved. part of the new settlement with the state of massachusetts that b of a will apply. the loans must also meet the criteria for the government's home modification program. now, the loans must have a principal balance of at least 120% of the value of the home and borrowers must be 60 plus days delinquent and it requires borrowers to earn the principal forgiveness over five years up to a maximum 30% decrease in the current balance. president of b of a home loans assures that same time earned principal forgiveness helps homeowners, it also recognizes and addresses the interests of mortgage investors by insuring that forgiveness is tied to the homeowners performance. b of a has over a million delinquent loans on its books but this program will affect very few, only 45,000 for a total of $3 billion in reduced principal. now, the government's modification program does not require prince. r

that is heated to say the least. >> i can only imagine, diana. good job today. >>> two more companies announcing plans to take charges as a result of the health care bill. at&t says it will report a $1 billion non-cash charge which is the largest disclosed so far. and they say they will take a charge in the first quarter, and they say it will reflect changes of how medicare subsidies will be taxed. >>> the commerce department says that gdp increased 5.6% in the fourth quarter and while it is the fastest growth pace in six years, it is .03 lower than the preliminary estimate. as for the first quarter ending next week, economists expect the growth to slow to 2.8% annual rate. and the university of michigan says that the consumer index was unchanged at a readi ining at 7. the current index is because of the economy not rising, and the current index slipped because of concerns about personal finances and the weak labor market. >>> for a closer look at the markets and what is ahead this next week as the first quarter draws to a close, we are joined by

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>> thank you very much, diana magnay.esponse as to too weak, some say he's responded proactively to reports of abuse within the church. this week i talked to cnn's senior vatican analyst john allen and this was his take on the pope's record. >> many people would say the pope has done a relatively good job so far in terms of an aggressive response to this crisis. of course he's the first pope to meet with sex abuse victims which he did first in the united states and then the australia. he's the first to break the public wall of silence about the crisis. all of that, i think, is in the past. today, catholics in ireland, germany and all over the world want something fresh from the pope, a new signal that the vatican and he himself are on top of this. >> a group in ireland says they are disappointed by the letterer. the organization one in four says the pontiff failed to blame the vatican for carrying out, quote, a deliberate policy to protect sex offenders. >>> we are just hours away from the president of the united states h

>> okay, we want to go to diana olick right now who has a very special guest with her, diana, are you there? >> as you know, the administration this morning announced big changes to the home affordable modification and refinance problem is a big part of that. joining me commissioner dave stevens and mr. stevens, commissioner, thanks so much for joining us on this crazy day. >> good to be here. >> risk, we have to start out with risk. you'll get more borrowers through principal and through bigger incentives and what about risk to the already overbloated fha? >> two components to it. first, t.a.r.p. funds available, $14 billion that will be used for second incentives but the majority of it will go to offset the risk associated with these loans so that fha doesn't take on that burden. borrowers will have to qualify for this. this has taken borrowers who want to stay in their homes and r who, because of price declines, they will be able to, potentially, if they qualify and investor agrees to get into a new mortgage that they can afford based on their desire to stay in the home. >> a lot o

diana suctions as mason drives.he family have become unfortunate -- another daughter died of the disease at 13 months old. >> you know what you are prepared for. you know what it is like to bear your child. you know what you want to happen and what you do not want to happen. >> what they do not want to have been has been on the brink of happening for months -- the terrifying prospect of losing a nursing care and their home. an expense they cannot afford on their own. >> it is absurd to assume that she does not need skilled nursing help. with a combination of equipment involved in rescuing her -- >> this is our child. you do not have a choice. keep fighting. you want to give for the best quality of life. >> while they battle to save her, they have also battled insurance companies. the latest? care first blue cross blue shield. even though private nursing was not uncovered needed, they agreed to pay ford, 12 hours a day, seven days a week. that lasted for year. then the bottom fell out. in november, care first alerted

thank you, diana. >>> jay is back where he once ruled the roost. unless you live on another planet you know the story here. a lot is riding on whether or not he can take back late-night television from rival david letterman. julia boorstin is in l.a. with the overnitratings and pretty darn good, julia. >> jay leno had a huge night beating david letterman by 80% in early ratings and attracting far more viewers than before he bid a temporary farewell to the tonight show last may. preliminary local market ratings are out. "the tonight show with jay leno" attracted a 14% share while letterman took 8% and jimmy kimmel drew just 6%. as we await national numbers, broadcasting and cable editor brent grossman projects leno drew 7 million viewers last night compared to 59 million he previously brought in on average at both the 10:00 p.m. and 11:35 p.m. shots. that compared to the 4 million viewers that compared to letterman and just 2.5 million that watched conan when he held "the tonight show" spot. >> 7 million is a big number for the late-night audience.

cnn's diana magnay is joining us live from rome. this was kind of a long letter.hat, i guess, were some of the main theme and messages and who was he directing those to? >> reporter: hi, t.j. you're right, it is a long letter, but for a man who generally speaks in pretty complex theological prose, this was really pretty much straight from the heart. one of the main messages is an apology he says to the victims of abuse and their families, you have suffered grieve ously and am truly sorry. he acknowledges the mistakes made. he acknowledges that people in ireland have lost faith. he says i know some of you find it difficult even to enter the doors of a church after all that has occurred. this is a letter to try to encourage the faithful in ireland to regain their faith and hope. saying he understands what went wrong and is making efforts to clear it up. t.j., if you, as so many victims groups are in ireland, and some of his critics are looking for resignations on the parts of irish bishops, that is certainly not in this letter. >> what else is out there right now. y

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but congress woman diana degait says that she and other pro choice women aren't going to give in to stupak as they did on the original bill. in her words, quote, we're holding firm this time. want to get back to the potential executive order that lipinski spoke about that would potentially come from the president and say what the president already believes is the law. that federal funding can't go tore abortion, but no word yet whether that would be enough for stupak and his group of seven to 12 members. uma. thank you for the update from washington at this hour. >> all right, let's turn our attention to the tea parties declaring it's now code red and the democrats prepare for tomorrow's big vote. they're holding a last stand rally, hoping to make their voices heard right outside the capitol. our molly henneberg is live for us right now so you're in the thick of thing with the tea party. what are they saying? hi, kelly the rally just ended here and now participants are headeded to the offices of members of congress, especially undecideds to try to convince them to vote no against the healt

cnn's diana magna in rome.al apology, what was in the pope's message to victims? >> reporter: hi, abbie. well, i mean, that is long, engs tensive letter. seven and a half sides i have here and there is an apology and heartfelt apology. the words he writes in a very simple, very direct and very personal and said i'm truly sorry. in the name of the church i openly express the shame and remorse that we all feel at the same time i ask you not to lose hope and that is the spirit in which the letter must be read. a letter rather than a directive to bishops to tell them how to act from now on. that is something that the pope says are actually already in place, programs and protocols to make sure that this kind of abuse can't happen. he acknowledge it is mistakes that the church has made in the past, not just in letting this abuse take place but also in failing to report it. and also, interestingly, he calls direct throw those who did abuse to acknowledge their crimes and to stand up before properly constituted tribuna

why, diana? what do we know about motive here? >> a little a bit complicated, actually. but i do my best to sum this up, which is to say the attacker, and bear with me, because we got new details within an hour from our sheriff here, the attacker was trying to reach another girl, a 13-year-old girl, and so he sent a text message to the victim, because the 13-year-old doesn't have her own cell phone, she would borrow a friend's, so he sends a text message to the victim trying to reach the 13-year-old. our victim, josie, she gets the text message. she had disapproved of the relationship between the 15-year-old and the 13-year-old, so she tells him as much in a response text message, then the messages are going back and forth, back and forth, and finally josie says something to the attacker, again in a text message, this is all text messages, in regards to -- and we don't know exactly wt it said, but the attacker had an older brother who had committed suicide. she sends him a text message about that. again, don't know exactly what it said. at that point he was enraged. he g

diana magnay joins us live from rome. message for the perpetrators of the sex abuse scandal. >> reporter: absolutely. he has some very strong words in the letter, he's basically saying to them that they have to acknowledge their crimes and face justice, they have to face properly constituted tribunals, not just before god, but also before civil law and the vatican spokesmen shortly after we were all given this document explained that a bit further. let's listen. >> the pope has also very strong words for the -- for the priests and the religious who have arc buzed the children. he say that they have to respond to god and to the courts and also the justice of the state. >> reporter: and abbie, we know that the pope has been working on this letter since last summer. so really quite a long time. it's interesting, it's written in a very simple, direct personal way, and i'll just give you a sense of the way it's written and what the pope is saying. in the name of the church i openly express the shame and remorse that we all fee

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i'm diana olick live in washington with breaking news.ank of america is changing its game plan for the most at-risk mortgages, writing down principal as a first step instead of a final resort, according to cnbc sources. in a plan to be detailed later today, the nation's largest holder of troubled loans -- remember, they took on 12 million countrywide mortgages -- will target subprime, pay-option, adjustable rate loans and prime two-year a.r.m.s. so no 30-year in the mix. these are part of the 2008 b of a settlement with 40 states and dc. the loans must have a principal balance of at least 120% of the value of the home and they have to be 60 days plus delinquent. the plan requires borrowers to earn the principal forgiveness over five years and up to a maximum 30% decrease in their current principal balance. now, b of a has over a million delinquent loans on its books, but this program will affect a very few, only about 45,000, for a total of $3 billion in reduced principal, but it is, again, the first program that starts with principal red

joining us is diana olick from washington who tells us how this could be a game-changer. >> that is right. it is a principle write-down, but in an interview here on cnbc, the chief of loss mitigation confirmed that the treasury is also looking at the same idea. >> we have been talking to the treasury and other large servicers are talking to treasury about services similar to this for some time and the treasury is deciding whether they want to go for a program like this and you will have to talk to them about whether it happens or not, but it is definitely on the radar screen and they have to do things to improve the acceptance rates and this is something that most people believe could improve the acceptance rates. >> well, it is not confirmed, but we are told that they could make announcement any day now. and it could not have a 30-year fixed here. but the loans have to have a principle balance of 120% of the value of the home and the borrowers must be 60-plus days delinquent and allows the borrower to gain forgiveness over five year years. b and a has over 1 million delinquent loans, and

diana asks this. my daughter was denied health insurance last week due to a pre-existing condition. is there anything we can do before 2014 when many of these conditions kick in with health care reform? >> one of the good news parts of this legislation. really starting within the next 90 days there's going to be a national high-risk pool for everybody. so if you have a pre-existing condition, there will be a health plan available to you that you can't be denied. and starting this year as well, children cannot be denied coverage based on pre-existing conditions as well. so those are both pieces of good news in this legislation. >> this is good news for her. this is part of that mantra where the president said this year, these things are going to happen. this was one of them. dave said i thought the health care premiums would not increase unless you were earning $250,000 or more. now it's $88,000. and is that gross or taxable income? >> well, what the legislation does is raise taxes on families over $250,000 in income. if you are an uninsured family of four, let's say, under $88,000 i

diana, hi. diana is in indiana. how are you? >> caller: i'm doing great. >> what do you think about this? >> caller: i do not want our state's attorney general to fight this. i think it's an important first step that every person in the united states will benefit from. we need to ensure and take care of the health of all of our citizens. and it's really important because the -- while you may be healthy and a young person, there are unintended or unplanned consequences. you can develop an appendicitis. you can develop a hernia. you can get hit by a car. and it would financially destroy you and somebody else is going to end up paying to take care of you. >> are you in the health care field? >> caller: yes, i am. >> what do you do? >> caller: i'm a medical assistant and take care of billing issues. >> what do you think doctors think about this? mainly? >> caller: i think the ama supports it. i think it's split. i think some doctors support it. some doctors don't. the amount of insured people that we have over the past, i'd say, fiv

back to you, mark. >> diana, why would lenders agree to this?reporter: well, because they're getting cash incentives and because foreclosure rates are rising. the lenders are being pressured on all sides to stop foreclosures, and while they're in this program, so far, it's not been working that much. getting these borrowers down to the original numbers that they were supposed to under the old program, they are redefaulting at high rates. >> right. >> and so, they're losing money on this. by writing down principal and having the government play a part in that principal write-down, at least they're hoping to keep more borrowers in their home, keep paying the mortgage rates. it will be a tough sell. it's voluntary for a lot of lenders on a lot of this, but that's what we've been talking about and what bank of america announced earlier this week it would start doing on some of its loans, but it's going to hurt. no question, it's going to cost the banks. >> but the banks have clearly made the judgment they're better off foreclosing than modifying. >>

. >>> i'm diana olick with your cnbc market wrap.jones industrials climbing nearly 44 points. s&p 500 up six points and the nasdaq adding 21 points. >>. >> hospital operators and drug maker like merck and pfizer ending higher now that it's clear the companies will see more customers. health insurers finished mixed. aetna holding onto a slight gain. humana pulling back 1%. looking outside of the health care sector, citigroup on fire adding more than 3.5% on an enthusiastic ratings upgrade. citi is poised to return to its former status as a "money making machine." and household products retailers william sonoma soaring more than 12% after beating expectations. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." the health care debate has been notable for the lies surrounding it as the effort that it took to get it done. there is now a published list of the top facts you should know about health care reform. there's no new benefits for illegal immigrants. the access they have to emer

fox on the other side, our colleague diana degette who has led the women and those of us men who have similar views then than today and somewhere along the line, we are never going to meet here on this issue. we can be as passionate on either side and we are not going to be able to resolve the problem of what happens when a woman is pregnant and makes a choice either under the you just of legality in the roe versus wade permits or if you were to eliminate roe versus wade, it isn't going to stop women from choosing, even though most of us would hope that no one chooses to have an abortion. nobody here is trying to mandate an abortion. i don't believe this legislation does and i believe you all stand corrected. >> mr. hastings? thank you. i wasn't saying that this bill mandated abortions, and i agree with you. i don't think that anybody sanctions women wanting to have abortions or needing to have abortions in their minds. i believe that is the case. i don't question people's motives on that issue, but i do have references that i can give you are and where we this act does provide for fu

i'm diana olick in washington. commercial real estate prices are rising. moody's real all property index measured a 1% increase in january. the third straight month of pos tiff returns. prices have come back just over 6% from the bottom last october but still 40% below the peak in '07. risks to the housing market are tipping to tup side. that according to to marcus andy of moody's economy.com. branks may manage their foreclosure inventories better than expected avoiding a flood of cheap homes on the market. he warns that thereby a double dip in home prices. he's forecasting a total peak to trough drop of 44%. first indications of the spring housing market. tomorrow we get february's existing home sales at 10:00 a.m. check back with the realty check up next at 2:50. until then go to the blog. larry? >> thank you, diane. >>> all right. the auto industry is picking up speed on all fronts as car stocks are surging. it's even giving a boost to the jobs market. we also have new details on alan mulally's compensation from ford. my lord. only cnbc's phil lebeau ca

diana magnay, cnn, rome. >> joining us right now is cnn senior vatican analyst john allen who is alsoior correspondent for the national catholic reporter and independent newspaper not associated with the catholic church. it's so good to have you here, john. just talk to awes little bit about how bad this really is for the pope right now. he is at this sort of crossroads. how you i guess try to figure out how to reconcile calls for transparency with what he may have done in his official capacity. >> well, in a nutshell, i think it's really, really bad. i think the bottom line is that what is at stake here is not so much criticism of the pope's policies, or sort of the vatican's corporate response to the crisis, but really his personal moral authority. i think what a lot of people would say is that the sexual abuse crisis is two props. it's the priest who abused and the bishops who covered up. >> who covered up. >> and the question that is now being asked is can the pope credibly discipline other bishops if his own track record on this issue isn't any better. and he's somehow got to giv

boydon gray co-chairman of the freedom works foundation and a guest of the speaker and diana morelo,onathan solant of bloomberg news also a former president of the national press club and adam brandon vice president of communications for freedom works. [applause] >> our speaker today is someone many republicans would love to have over for tea. dick armey is no stranger to washington. after 18 years in congress during which time he became house majority leader, he now has a second career in the leader of the tea party movement through his group freedom works. when you saw citizens rally against taxes they considered too high last april or packed town hall meetings to protest healthcare or storm congressional offices tomorrow, you are watching dick armey's organizing acumen come to life. some polls show that the grassroots tea party movement has become more popular among conservatives than the republican party itself. even as the organization grows into its identity. dick armey, however, has always known his identity. the ph.d. economist taught at the university of north texas before t

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congressman kagan, you sort of touched on this, but this is coming from diana.ars old and was denied health insurance due to a pre-existing condition. is there anything we can do before 2014? >> absolutely, yes. first of all, immediately this year no child will be discriminated against because of prior illness or pre-existing condition, and for the rest of us by friend 14, there will be no discrimination against any citizen due to pre-existing conditions and simply said if you're a citizen you're going to be in the risk pool. you'll be able to purchase health insurance in a very competitive and openly competitive medical marketplace. >> let me follow up with you one more time, congressman. jeanie wants to know i'm currently retired, and what will happen to the cost of my medicare and supplemental health care coverage up or down? >> there will be no changes to the rules and there will be changes, particularly in medicare part d. many people fell into what we call the doughnut hole which is the gap in coverage and immediately this year there will be $250 to help y

>> cnbc's diana olick, thank you very much. >>> just ahead, did a 13-year-old girl contribute to the alleged text rage beating of 15-year-old josie ratley just because she pointed her out? the family speaks out in an exclusive live interview. >>> but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> just ahead, should you make friends with the paints of your kid's friends and what should you do if you don't like them? >>> are your kids' school lunches about to be dramatically changed? after your local news and weather. >> we will give you live drive times per you can see the outer loop between 95 and 83. we are looking at 80 minutes. 21 minutes on the west -- 18 minutes on the west side. we will give you a live look at some delays. we have the west side of the beltway at liberty road is crawling. 795 down to edmonton ave. in the white marsh area, we're looking at delays southbound. it is slow down to the harbor tunnel. the cloud cover is thickening of but we should stay dry until late this evening. the temperatures started out in the 30's. we are in the mid to upper 40's. we will climb into the 60'

diana degette, democrat from colorado, chief whip for the speaker came out and said this would not standey felt they allowed the ox to be gored with the stupak amendment last fall and they were upset last time. they thought it was a bridge too far. so we're unclear how they are going to resolve the abortion issue here. neil, one thing we might note is they might have the votes and might not have to worry about the pro-life democrats, the stupaks of the world, especially if they are getting people like barron hill and brad elsworth and folks like that to say they are going to vote for the bill. >> neil: part of the concern about overdealing, if you will, chad, with the pro-life crowd is you lose a lot of the pro-choice crowd. so, you seem to be i intimating they could with the newest congressman in the column they could afford to roll the dice maybe. >> it might be. if you think you're within two or three votes, you bring it to the floor. smart majority has a couple of people in their hip pocket. it was interesting last night a number of members saying they were undecided. that's in case

i have diana lumpkin, you've lived here for 18 years, have you ever seen it like this. >> it's never been like this at all. >> someone lived before you for six years. >> she said the highest the river ever got was the beginning of my pool, right there, and nothing like this at all. >> what are you guys up to today, is this hard work? >> this is hard work, we started at 4:00 this morning, sandbags from the public works in warwick. >> that's a story we'd like to hear. >> a lot of people are dealing with what you guys are dealing with. i hope it works out. i hope the sandbags hold. i know a lot of people are sharing this story with the lumpkin family. the rain is expected to keep going throughout today and into tomorrow. it's a tough situation in rhode island and all the way up the northeast. back to you. bill: i tell you what, there's a lot of misery out there, they've got a lot of company. molly line, thank you for that, from rhode island. martha: the conditions, when the weather is like this, they can change in an instant, and we know a lot of you are online, you're looking at the si

diana, washington correspondent for the milwaukee sentinel. andrew snyder associate editor for kiplinger and chairman of the national press club committee skipping over our speaker we have allison fitzgerald investigative report for bloomberg news and a committee member who organized today's event. darren samuelson senior reporter for environment and energy policy. herb jackson of the record of bergen county new jersey and depka of clean skies news. our speaker today is at the center of a lot of interesting issues of today's washington. epa administrator lisa jackson who in december declared greenhouse gas emissions a threat to the public welfare is being criticized by senators and congressmen from both parties and is being sued by at least three states. she's at the center of the debate between those who think the government should require businesses to cut global warming emissions and those who say such a move would harm an already fragile economy. senator jay rockefeller and several fellow democrats are asking her to wait two years before r

strengthening of our decentralized cooperation, especially to the corporation of the french caribbean and diana. ladies and gentlemen, this conference as my friend laura's cancer rightly said, is but a beginning. it's not an end in itself. decisions which we take today will require vigilant political follow-up. this is why we champion the setting up of a transparent system of follow up for donors pledge is an for the haitian government. i thank you. [applause] >> the final co-chair, we will hear from is the first vice president of spain, her excellency marie therese. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i'd like to begin by thanking on behalf of the government of spain and the rotating president of the european union, everyone, for the efforts that the united states and united nations have employed in organizing this concert. as cosponsored we would also like to thank all of you for coming today. i think that there is no better place than this u.n. headquarters to show, once again, that the peoples that make up this small planet, part of humanity, we are all in this together. there's no s

neal roland of automotive roland of automotive news, diana, washington correspondent for the milwaukee journal sentinel, cam, environment reporter for bloomberg news, rod, editor at platts. andrew schneider associate editor for kiplinger washington and chairman of the press club speakers committee. skipping over speaker we have alison fitzgeraldcome investigate of reporter for bloomberg news in the speaker committee member who organized today's event. daren't same jamison senior reporter for environment and energy publishing. herb jackson of the record in new jersey and-- of clean skies news. are speaker today is it's at the is epicenter of a lot of interesting issues that today's washington. epa administrator lisa jackson who in december declared greenhouse gas emissions a threat to the public welfare is being criticized by senators and congressman from both parties and is being sued by at least three states. she is at the center of the debate between those who think the government should require businesses to cut global warming emissions in those who say such a move would harm an r-r

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