ktvu's eric rasmussen is live, actually on the road right now. what are conditions like? >> reporter: frank a in the last -- frank, in the last 5 minutes, the rain picked up again. this is a live look at south bound 101. we have been traveling the roads to look at what commuters are dealing with tonight. we are getting a live picture with two live cameras. i am able to keep both hands on the wheel and both eyes on the road as we tell you what we are seeing. chp has been dealing with a number of accidents with the rain storm. been a while since people have been driving in steady rain and we have seen accidents. california highway patrol urging everybody to take it slow out here tonight as they make their drive home. we are going counter commute so we have clear sailing but you may be able to see north bound 101, traffic backed up quite a big. that is what we were stuck in till we turned around. again, you can see my windshield wipers are going. we are expecting more of it as you heard bill martin say. chp urging everybody's to take it easy and be slow. live, eric rasmussen

eric rasmussen is live where protesters just finished pickets. >> they were protesting a special six course fragua dinner that still appears to be going on here. 45 people paid $150 each to gather in a downstairs dining room here and wage a protest of their own. the sound and smell of frogla or enlarged duck river in a pan is hard for some to resist. but animal rights activists hope these images will make customers reconsider. >> i've made inside these farms, i've seen the conditions that exist and it's incredibly

new, ktvu's eric rasmussen is live in downtown oakland with the one distraction all the victims have in common. >> reporter: most of the victims were on the street and talking on their phones when they were robbed. the latest happened here on oak street. this happened in the middle of the day. >> reporter: police say walking and talking on a cell phone might have been the distraction two needed to rob people in downtown oakland and make a quick get away on bicycles. one robbery happened at 5:00 p.m. last tuesday on telegraph avenue. >> be aware of my surroundings. . >> reporter: do you get distracted by the phone? >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> reporter: police say two men on biked robbed people on telephone graph -- telegraph -- >> the suspect rides up on a bike and takes the phone and keeps on riding. >> reporter: in other cases, the criminals stoped long enough to steal wallets and a purse. even in this quiet part of downtown oakland, neighbors said they are being on the look out. >> try not to be, you know, confident, but, you know, you let, you know, people you are aware of your surro

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ktvu's eric rasmussen along a very wet highway 17, where some of the heaviest rain is falling none. >> reporter: the rain has been coming down like this at a good clip. checking with chp, no shortage of wrecks with the wet weather, but at least this area don't appear to be any major accidents tonight and all of this rain is welcome, even in the santa cruz mountains. wet roads and high-speeds, and especially bad mix on highway 17:slow down in the rain. >> reporter: chp officers are getting help from the big board. >> of course, you get the people who drive it everyday and think it's a normal day and they don't slow down a lot of times. a crash does happen. >> reporter: down the road in the small town of felton. >> we need the rain. >> reporter: we heard the same reaction to this latest round of rain, even though the santa cruz mountains picked up 17" last week. >> we really need it. >> reporter: today's storm did bring down some trees into powerlines in sonoma county, knock out electricity to some customers in healdsburg, but with rain totals below normal, it has some from the bay area

. >>> tonight ktvu's eric rasmussen is live at san francisco international airport with what is happening. >> reporter: i took another walk through the terminals and i have to tell you there is still a significant line at unite's international ticket counter. people still complaining about the amount of time it's taking to check-in and the frustration is certainly flowing on twitter. i'm seeing words like "nightmare," and others i simply can't say here on tv. and tonight we did get a chance to talk to some of the people coming home to the bay area. the merger of united and continental airlines has happened in the sky, but some passengers had no idea they would be flying on the day the airline giants turned two computer systems into one. >> only when we got to the airport. they gist said oh, they are doing this merge now and it's all happening today and we haven't quite figured it out. they were in the mel of a 23- hour journey home to the bay area from a business trip in poland when trouble struck in chicago. >> they don't call our names until they are ready to board us. >> only for us to

eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: oakland police have devoted no special resources to the so called 100 blocks that are said to be responsible for more than 90% of oakland's shootings and homicides and the exact location of those blocks is still a mystery. in this rough part of west oakland, tim muni says his family has seen more crime and less police. >> they're stepping their game up. >> reporter: but chalking it up to oakland's new 100 blocks plan may not be the reason. >> 100 blocks is for a term that opk -- opd has been doing for a long time. >> reporter: chief howard jordan saids his department has always concentrated on crime hot spots but is not concentrating on the 100 most violent crimes. mayor quan will not describe if there are 100 blocks or what 100 blocks. >> i'm a big fan of transparency. i'm not sure why the mayor wants to keep the identity of these exact blocks confidential. >> reporter: so far the city has only provided this map highlighting general areas in east and west oakland. chp confirms it is providing assistance in some of those areas but has been in

eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: oakland police have devoted no special resources to the so called 100 blocks that are said to be responsible for more than 90% of oakland's shootings and homicides and the exact location of those blocks is still a mystery. in this rough part of west oakland, tim muni says his family has seen more crime and less police. >> they're stepping their game up. >> reporter: but chalking it up to oakland's new 100 blocks plan may not be the reason. >> 100 blocks is for a term that opk -- opd has been doing for a long time. >> reporter: chief howard jordan saids his department has always concentrated on crime hot spots but is not concentrating on the 100 most violent crimes. mayor quan will not describe if there are 100 blocks or what 100 blocks. >> i'm a big fan of transparency. i'm not sure why the mayor wants to keep the identity of these exact blocks confidential. >> reporter: so far the city has only provided this map highlighting general areas in east and west oakland. chp confirms it is providing assistance in some of those areas but has been in

live, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a mix of rain and snow hit the sierras today. rain was falling, melting the snow that came in earlier today. here is another look at the webcam in truckee. coming up in 10 minutes, we will go to ktvu's ken pritchett who is gathering the latest on the storm. >> the wind and rain means delays san francisco international airport. and the rain caused heavy damage today to a candy store in oakland. coming up, ktvu's paul chambers tells us why this storm could not have happened at a worse time. >>> we have breaking news right now. highway 1 in deafennal's slide is shut down because of a accident. it has a head on collision. both directions of traffic are shut down. we are working to get more information. as we get more information we will bring it to you. >>> neighborhood nanny is at the center of a molestation case. ktvu's maureen naylor is live with why police are saying the investigation is growing tonight. >> reporter: the last 24 hours police say they have been inundated with qualities since announcing the arrest of this nanny. au

eric rasmussen is live where investigators are still on the scene of that shooting, eric. >> reporter: thaw brought out the big flood lights you can see here tonight more than six hours into this case investigators are still working the scene. over by that blue car is where police shot the suspect. we talked to some witnesses who saw it all go downright in front of them. >> i heard, boom, boom, boom, book. >> reporter: this teenager told us he was steps away when police confronted a man in this blue compact car. >> they got the gun out and they said, put your hands up. he didn't listen four or five shot, boom, boom, boom. >> he fired the shots at police? >> yeah, they went to the back of his car and just boom, boom, boom and shot him. and that was it. >> reporter: at least two witnesses told us they saw police chasing the blue car before the shooting erupted. >> i will tell you that the individual that we were, the male subject we were involved with was wanted for a felony. parolee at large for the last five years for possession of stole property. >> reporter: allen cantendo confirmed

eric rasmussen is live where investigators are still on the scene of that shooting, eric. >> reporter: thaw brought out the big flood lights you can see here tonight more than six hours into this case investigators are still working the scene. over by that blue car is where police shot the suspect. we talked to some witnesses who saw it all go downright in front of them. >> i heard, boom, boom, boom, book. >> reporter: this teenager told us he was steps away when police confronted a man in this blue compact car. >> they got the gun out and they said, put your hands up. he didn't listen four or five shot, boom, boom, boom. >> he fired the shots at police? >> yeah, they went to the back of his car and just boom, boom, boom and shot him. and that was it. >> reporter: at least two witnesses told us they saw police chasing the blue car before the shooting erupted. >> i will tell you that the individual that we were, the male subject we were involved with was wanted for a felony. parolee at large for the last five years for possession of stole property. >> reporter: allen cantendo confirmed

eric rasmussen is live where protesters just finished pickets. >> they were protesting a special six course fragua dinner that still appears to be going on here. 45 people paid $150 each to gather in a downstairs dining room here and wage a protest of their own. the sound and smell of frogla or enlarged duck river in a pan is hard for some to resist. but animal rights activists hope these images will make customers reconsider. >> i've made inside these farms, i've seen the conditions that exist and it's incredibly inhumane. >> reporter: dana portman says her investigation revealed ducks being mistreated as recently as last year. >> they have a metal feeding tube shoved down their throat,. >> reporter: chef zimmerman says all of the dinner from tonight's dinner will go toward an effort to help overturn the ban. >> i consider every single person down in that dining room tonight an activist, people that can help spread the word. >> do you have time to talk about the dinner tonight? >> no. >> i don't see any distinction between fragla an slaughters of cattle or pig. >> reporter: tonight

eric rasmussen. >>> the death at cesar chavez left many stunned. the teen was playing basketball in a pe class when he hit his head and suffered a seizure. paramedics brought the teen to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. students are being asked to wear blue tomorrow to honor their classmate. grief counselors will also be on campus. >>> teachers stripped of their pensions, the proposal to punish teachers who maintain an inappropriate resleigh -- relationship with a student. >>> romney held a $1,000 a plate breakfast in stockton. a handful of protesters greeted the attendees this morning. the breakfast was held at the home of spanos. first lady michelle obama is coming to the bay area this weekend and she'll be making two stops. she will be attending a democratic commission. then she will take part in the commissioning of the first coast guard ship. that will be happening on coast guard island. >>> perhaps the most important issue of the health care reform law, ktvu's rita williams tells us, one observer said it was like the rally for the c

ktvu's eric rasmussen is here now with more. >> reporter: the raiders, a's and warriors all expressedome interest in finding new homes. their leases are up in the next 2-6 years. now the city came up with a new team to transform this area and there are people outside city hall who want totry to make it happen. >> reporter: now a new group says it can pull off a triple play for oakland. >> goal is to keep all three teams here in oakland. >> reporter: save oakland sports lobbying the city and county to not give up. the a's are waiting on permission from major league baseball to pursue a stadium in san jose and the warriors exploring moving back to san francisco next to at&t park. a concept that has fans excited. >> oakland has a chance? >> no. >> reporter: on tuesday oakland's community development committee selected a team of developers and consultants to design a new city, one new stadium on the same side where the raiders, a's and warriors are now. >> i like to think of it as coors' field in denver, took an area, focused on it. >> reporter: today the mayor said even teams with one fo

eric rasmussen is live where protesters just finished pickets. >> they were protesting a special six course fragua dinner that still appears to be going on here. 45 people paid $150 each to gather in a downstairs dining room here and wage a protest of their own. the sound and smell of frogla or enlarged duck river in a pan is hard for some to resist. but animal rights activists hope these images will make customers reconsider. >> i've made inside these farms, i've seen the conditions that exist and it's incredibly inhumane. >> reporter: dana portman says her investigation revealed ducks being mistreated as recently as last year. >> they have a metal feeding tube shoved down their throat,. >> reporter: chef zimmerman says all of the dinner from tonight's dinner will go toward an effort to help overturn the ban. >> i consider every single person down in that dining room tonight an activist, people that can help spread the word. >> do you have time to talk about the dinner tonight? >> no. >> i don't see any distinction between fragla an slaughters of cattle or pig. >> reporter: tonight

eric rasmussen is live in antioch tonight with the move to hire more officers and the change in strategy when it comes to fighting crime, eric. >> reporter: frank, antioch police say their goal is to have more officers out here proactivity patrolling hot spots like this one in sicamore. we've been running our own stops and we've seen officers stop by here six or seven times. but they say they are understaffed and they're working to get more officers on patrol as soon as possible. when a car crashed into this fence. >> boom, it was just a horrible sound. >> reporter: neighbor mccarthy was just steps away. >> when i walked down the corner it was just like a horrible accident. >> reporter: no one was hurt but the suspect got away. it's just the latest crime that has many people in antioch demanding action. >> our community is in dire need of getting more police officers on the street. the police department knows it, and the citizens know it. >> reporter: now police chief allen cantando has the green light to hire three new full time officers the department will also bring on up to five part

eric rasmussen is live in antioch tonight with the move to hire more officers and the change in strategy when it comes to fighting crime, eric. >> reporter: frank, antioch police say their goal is to have more officers out here proactivity patrolling hot spots like this one in sicamore. we've been running our own stops and we've seen officers stop by here six or seven times. but they say they are understaffed and they're working to get more officers on patrol as soon as possible. when a car crashed into this fence. >> boom, it was just a horrible sound. >> reporter: neighbor mccarthy was just steps away. >> when i walked down the corner it was just like a horrible accident. >> reporter: no one was hurt but the suspect got away. it's just the latest crime that has many people in antioch demanding action. >> our community is in dire need of getting more police officers on the street. the police department knows it, and the citizens know it. >> reporter: now police chief allen cantando has the green light to hire three new full time officers the department will also bring on up to five part

eric rasmussen. >>> the death at cesar chavez left many stunned. the teen was playing basketball in a pe class when he hit his head and suffered a seizure. paramedics brought the teen to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. students are being asked to wear blue tomorrow to honor their classmate. grief counselors will also be on campus. >>> teachers stripped of their pensions, the proposal to punish teachers who maintain an inappropriate resleigh -- relationship with a student. >>>>> romney held a $1,000 a plate breakfast in stockton. a handful of protesters greeted the attendees this morning. the breakfast was held at the home of spanos. first lady michelle obama is coming to the bay area this weekend and she'll be making two stops. she will be attending a democratic commission. then she will take part in the commissioning of the first coast guard ship. that will be happening on coast guard island. >>> perhaps the most important issue of the health care reform law, ktvu's rita williams tells us, one observer said it was like the rally for the

in oakland, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> she said i can't do this anymore. >> a community shaken by tragedy. why neighbors think a mother shot her son and then herself. >>> it's going to get cold at your house. i'll show you how cold, and we'll also look at some raindrops in the five day. >>> on ♪ wake up! wake up! wake up! wake... no, jack! i gotta get up or i'm gonna miss breakfast. don't worry, i serve breakfast all day. so you can get my new sourdough breakfast melts anytime. choose from ham or bacon with egg and cheese on toasted sourdough. get 2 for just $3.50. i'm bacon surfing! hey, 5th grade teacher. hi brian. this is an awesome dream. woo! i've had better. >>> the newest ipad is almost here. lloyd lacuesta is live in san jose to show you what you get for your money, and what today's unveiling means for the pc industry. >> reporter: i'm at the west hill valley fair shopping center in san jose, let me take you inside to show you the apple related tale of two stores. granted more people may have been lured into the apple store to learn more about the new ipad, but t

in oakland, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> she said i can't do this anymore. >> a community shaken by tragedy. why neighbors think a mother shot her son and then herself. >>> it's going to get cold at your house. i'll show you how cold, and we'll also look at some raindrops in the five day. >>> on the day when the new ipad was announced, the apple store, the microsoft store. are the days of the pc numbered? >>> the newest ipad is almost here. lloyd lacuesta is live in san jose to show you what you get for your money, and what today's unveiling means for the pc industry. >> reporter: i'm at the west hill valley fair shopping center in san jose, let me take you inside to show you the apple related tale of two stores. granted more people may have been lured into the apple store to learn more about the new ipad, but there were more customers than in the microsoft store. >> stores packed from the gils all the way from los gatos to here in the malls. and the pc stores, i don't even see one customer there anymore. >> reporter: a faster processer, and better cameras. apple's ceo cal

and ktvu eric rasmussen is live tonight with more details on the plans, since we first reported on it last week. eric? >> reporter: and like you said, one of the developers told me the plan is to get rid of the coliseum and the arena here, and build three new facilities. but based on new statements coming from the a's today, just holding on to this may be impossible. the a's still want to go to san jose while the raiders could be eyeing a return to los angeles, and the warriors are considering going back to san francisco. yet today, the raiders new lineup considering keeping the teams in town had no shortage of words. >> i think this team, we're about to hit a homerun. and the game is on. >> reporter: the mayor joined city staff, fans and developers just awarded 3.5 million in contracts, to plan a new coliseum city on 750 acres where oakland's teams currently play. >> they're older venue, and don't meet the standards today that are changing as we speak. we'll bring the venues to the area. >> reporter: there are plans for hotels, and new venues. >> if they want to build a good stadium

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. >>> i'm eric rasmussen. >>> and hello again everybody, i'm heather holmes. controversy today on the campus where the islamic leader, louis farrakhan, had a speech. others protested the minister and his message. >> what are you afraid of? what is it that i might say to your students or your slaves. >> reporter: minister louis farrakhan opened the black conference at uc berkeley today, bringing others together. >> what i got out of it, how can he can build the black community back up. >> reporter: the -78year-old urged the 600 students to depend on themselves for jobs, and learn more about black history. he also pushed a controversial book that alleges jews dominated the slave trade. >> and that they controlled the government, you need to be their friend, to me it was so hateful, horrible. >> this is not hate. this is actual facts. >> reporter: outside wheeler hall, a few students passed out these petitions, expressing their anger with the minister's conference here at southern cal. >> i think that students have every right to talk. >> reporter: the minister c

good evening, i'm eric rasmussen, in for ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmesment ma culpa comes from the berkeley police chief. chief michael mehan should have known better than to send an officer to pay an after midnight visit to a newspaper reporter's house, ordering him to change his story. ktvu's jade hernandez is live in berkeley, where she talked with both the chief and that reporter. >> reporter: jade. >> reporter: the reporter involved says the berkeley police chief overstepped his bounds and for the first time in his 23 years as a journalist, oakley felt intimidated. tonight the chief explained his motives. >> you need to know what happened. >> reporter: police chief meehan indicated that at this meeting emotions ran high, discussing the beating death of a berkeley neighbor. >> i have been dealing with this fairly emotional event that we had. >> reporter: afterwards an oakland tribune reporter in the crowd got a knock on the door the a police officer sergeant indicated that the reporter needed to amend his story. the chief disagreed with some of the facts. >> i saw this article

eric rasmussen is here to tell us about that huge jackpot that was up for grabs tonight. >> let's go ahead and take a look at those numbers, they are 46, 23, 38, four, two and the mega ball of 23. of course the jackpot is that record $260 million. but now for the reality check, the odds of winning are just one in 176 million. but that did not stop people from jumping in right until the last minute. >> tonight's mega million number is 23. >> as they drew the winning number for the largest lottery jackpot ever. john molina and his family waited with us in san lorenzo to see if any of their 30 tickets was a winner. >> lost, lost. >> reporter: what do you think? >> next time, man. >> reporter: he was one of the last people to get his lottery ticket before the 7:45 cut off. hundreds waited hours in line to buy their tickets from the east bay store with a history of delivering big winners. there were still many in line when the deadline came and went. >> i've seen this a number of times, 30, 60 times, in 30 seconds everybody is out of here. >> i missed out but it's one of those things that

eric rasmussen is live where a new business is about to hold its grand opening. >> reporter: they are still partying happening tomorrow still going on tonight. walnut creek just surveyed the entire downtown and found that the retail space is down. >> reporter: at urban fitness in oakland. >> 10 seconds guys, 10 seconds. >> we've actually had growth. >> reporter: kenner just expanded his gym into a vacant space next door opening its square footage. >> they're really thriving right now. >> reporter: just down the street, jack london square which is struggling to fill vacant square footage is now announcing an influx of new business from high tech to solar. >> what's happening is the retail space is basically being recycled. >> reporter: san ramon economic development director mike fontes says he can see retail centers have been cut in half thanks in part to big re tailers like home goods. in walnut creek, after an eight year battle to bring in neiman marcus, managers think the timing may be right. >> this store was designed specifically to this community. no two neimas marcus are alike,

eric rasmussen is live where a new business is about to hold its grand opening. >> reporter: they arell partying happening tomorrow still going on tonight. walnut creek just surveyed the entire downtown and found that the retail space is down. >> reporter: at urban fitness in oakland. >> 10 seconds guys, 10 seconds. >> we've actually had growth. >> reporter: kenner just expanded his gym into a vacant space next door opening its square footage. >> they're really thriving right now. >> reporter: just down the street, jack london square which is struggling to fill vacant square footage is now announcing an influx of new business from high tech to solar. >> what's happening is the retail space is basically being recycled. >> reporter: san ramon economic development director mike fontes says he can see retail centers have been cut in half thanks in part to big re tailers like home goods. in walnut creek, after an eight year battle to bring in neiman marcus, managers think the timing may be right. >> this store was designed specifically to this community. no two neimas marcus are alike, and

eric rasmussen is here to tell us about that huge jackpot that was up for grabs tonight. >> let's go ahead and take a look at those numbers, they are 46, 23, 38, four, two and the mega ball of 23. of course the jackpot is that record $260 million. but now for the reality check, the odds of winning are just one in 176 million. but that did not stop people from jumping in right until the last minute. >> tonight's mega million number is 23. >> as they drew the winning number for the largest lottery jackpot ever. john molina and his family waited with us in san lorenzo to see if any of their 30 tickets was a winner. >> lost, lost. >> reporter: what do you think? >> next time, man. >> reporter: he was one of the last people to get his lottery ticket before the 7:45 cut off. hundreds waited hours in line to buy their tickets from the east bay store with a history of delivering big winners. there were still many in line when the deadline came and went. >> i've seen this a number of times, 30, 60 times, in 30 seconds everybody is out of here. >> i missed out but it's one of those things that

eric rasmussen found out why his time out of the harms way could be short lived. >> reporter: it was welcome for 22-year-old jeff hollis. home from a war some have called forgotten. a group of veterans veterans joined his stepfather and brother. >> it's good, feels nice. hoping to get back there though. >> reporter: that's back to afghanistan in this short interview with us he said it twice. >> i'm just glad to do what i can to get back there. >> he wants to get back to after -- afghanistan. >> reporter: how duds that -- how does that make you feel like a dad? >> it's an unfinished war. so i understand but it makes me feel scared that he's over there. >> for the majority of vietnam veterans, this is like changing history. we will not let it happen again. >>> stock market had their biggest losses in three months ago. the dow dropped more than 200 points, the nasdaq fell 40. there are renewed fears that greece could default on its massive loan. >>> san francisco's yerba buena center all set for apple's announcement tomorrow. why apple's stock may not respond favorably. >>> there are ne

eric rasmussen found out why his time out of the harms way could be short lived. >> reporter: it waselcome for 22-year-old jeff hollis. home from a war some have called forgotten. a group of veterans veterans joined his stepfather and brother. >> it's good, feels nice. hoping to get back there though. >> reporter: that's back to afghanistan in this short interview with us he said it twice. >> i'm just glad to do what i can to get back there. >> he wants to get back to after -- afghanistan. >> reporter: how duds that -- how does that make you feel like a dad? >> it's an unfinished war. so i understand but it makes me feel scared that he's over there. >> for the majority of vietnam veterans, this is like changing history. we will not let it happen again. >>> stock market had their biggest losses in three months ago. the dow dropped more than 200 points, the nasdaq fell 40. there are renewed fears that greece could default on its massive loan. >>> san francisco's yerba buena center all set for apple's announcement tomorrow. why apple's stock may not respond favorably. >>> there are new

we also sent eric rasmussen to the area. you know what.m left side of your screen is that -- what frank and i believe could be one of the whales. >> it's hard to tell. >> i would like to think it is. but until i see a fluke or something i'm not going to call it. i think we'll leave news chopper 2 up over. if news chopper 2 sees the whales he will let us know. it'll be quite a sight if we can show them to your. but we've shown them to you several times throughout the week. >> maybe those are just white caps. >> we'll see if we can get lucky and show you some views during the newscast. >> in the meantime. the reason these coast guard officers are getting a heros welcome. >>> and you may have seen this video calling for the worldwide movement to arrest a rebel leader in uganda. tonight the tough questions that are being asked about the message and the motive. >>> new at 6:00, recently the san francisco zoo has lost beloved animals all in their golden years. we're looking into the challenges of maintaining the aging wildlife. >>> and changing

like the rasmussen -- >> bob: no, it would be probably 50, a little over 50% would say it's fair. >> ericu don't think the number is lower than that? >> bob: i don't. you have to remember among the democrats, among democrats, 27% are black or hispanic. i'm assuming -- a number of them will probably say that. there is a group as dana pointed out, it's true. there are elitists in the democratic party, that believe it to be true. most democrats and most on the left love this country, and they think it's good place to be. they want to make it better and fair. >> dana: on monday, we talk about the fox news latino poll that came out and had latinos saying it's the best country, best opportunities and best place to live. they wouldn't want to be anywhere else. >> kimberly: absolutely. >> bob: that is different than saying do you think you have an equal shot? >> kimberly: right. >> greg: a lot of the anti-americanism you see among like when you look at occupy wall street is rebellion against their parents. they're mad at their daddy. they replace daddy with america and they will never be critical

eric holder is taking texas to task for its voter i.d. law. governor perry will respond to that. new polling numbers from scott rasmussent miss that. we'll see you on a friday edition of "america's newsroom" hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. you should know that just one dose of children's advil gives up to eight hours of fever relief. allowing your little one to get back to building a better afternoon. children's advil. relief you can trust. and deposits at the same time. for paying your friend back for lunch from your tablet. for 26 paydays triggered with a single tap. for checking your line, then checking your portfolio. for making atms and branches appear out of thin air. simple to use websites, tools, and apps. for making your financial life a little bit easier. ♪ . >> alisyn: st. patrick's day is tomorrow. we thought we'd bring acclaimed irish tenor ronan tynan back to put us in the spirit with his irish music. off cd out. tell us about it. >> this time we've decided for march, we'll give two cds for the price of one if they go to www.ronantynan.net. there is a good sign steve m