steve jobs from apple, eric schmidt from google, a zuckerberg from facebook.iety of ideas they want to have a sit down to all about president obama school on research and development, entrepreneurship, pete back to work, and clean energy. getting people--back to work. to get their ideas on how we move forward tonight. that is part of his reason for meeting them tonight. now, they're all walking over to meet with the 30 guests that the ban and fight and to touch base and speak with the president. these 30 gusts--have been invited. a wide friday. some military of these tests, and a wide variety. children, people, adults, and a wide variety of people touching base with the president before th and he leaves >>pam: he is leaving s f o in the morning. and he will be meeting with more high- tech people going to intel? >>reporter: that is correct. they have a manufacturing plant that is currently under construction into a tornadic tomorrow morning, bright and early. he will be torn that and leaving bright and early. he will be leaving that and touring that manufacturi

mark zuckerberg, steven jobs and eric schmidt from google, are all scheduled to be there.veryone is interested in learning how steve jobs is doing now that he's on medical leave. >> technology is one of the segment es has been outperforming everyone else -- segments that's been outperforming everyone else. >> now, this week, president obama released his pie 73 trillion budget proposal for the next fiscal year and technology leaders are said to be critical in gaining support for it. the proposal details strategies to create jobs including federal tax credits for research and development and nearly $00 billion in research funding which should make a lot of technology leaders happy. now, tomorrow morning, the president heads to oregon where he will get a tour from intel's ceo of a semiconductor plant that's currently under construction. most people agree that the president is here to sell the budget. as the analyst tells us he's trying to make it politically and desirable to oppose him. reporting live in the newsroom, i'm pam cook. back to tori. >> and we'll cover the preside

we understand that eric schmidt from google, zuckerberg, steve jobs are just a few people expected toown and talk about this. and less than 12 hours to go to anothe software plant in oregon. and attorney general, pamela harris and the new genermayor ed lee are all here to greet him . with this rainfall it could possibly dry up by the time he lands. pamela? >>pam: dosteve jobs his health is still in question. gave? >> let us role this video. it is interesting. this is the enquirer that has this is not published is coming out in the next couple of days. and this is their picture of the week. and this was taken outside of the stanford cancer center that he is getting cancer treatment. they are showing that he is for a, week. and he-fril-he has been reported asr reafor real his condition is for real his body from is for re weehe is reported as beig weak and frail. with a liver transplant and his medical history, 2009, a medical leave from apple, came back to work. previously, he is also beaten pancreatic cancer. people are concerned. we will know more when this magazine is published. and

this is that the home of venture capitalists, apple steve jobs and eric schmidt of google were also there. >>pam: a live picture from our camera on mount tam, if you'd like to see snow without driving to the sierra here it is. snow flurries at three to 4,000 ft.. a live picture, it's not far from where we are. we will take a break and we will be back. ñ >>pam: the latest on california's budget battle. today the democrats passed a modified budget. when assemblymen said lawmakers are ready to make tough cuts and ask voters to extend the tax hike is to do with the budget deficit. senate democrats are expected to approve the governor's alter the budget is well. meantime, gov. brown directed all state agencies and departments to stop spending taxpayer dollars on free giveaways. the announcement comes after a statewide review revealed that from 2007 to 2010 a total of $7.5 million was spent on freebies. here's some of the items they're talking about. they are used as free giveaways for promotional and marketing purposes. today's ban as part of governor brown's effort to save money and cut $363

the official guest list yet but there are reports they include mark zuckerberg and google's ceo eric schmidt. these are many of the same executives that met with president obama in washington back in december to discuss job creation. this trip will also be focusing on jobs as well as innovation and education. it's not a fund-raising trip like many of his previous visits. has last visit in october included a $30,000 a head political fund-raiser at the home of google's vice president. this is the president's 8th official visit to california. he will spend the night in the bay area and tonight heads to intel's main headquarters outside of portland, oregon. he will discuss the company's educational programs which focuses on science, engineering and math to help americans prepare for well-paying jobs. >> jenelle, thanks a lot. >> did you check your e-mail? your invite may have been left in your e-mail so check it. 6:07 is our time. >> we have an invitation for the storm because the gates are wide open. >> you're all invited. lisa? >> yes. and we're here, thank you. looking at rain and wind encomp

first off eric schmidt were gunna show you that here. he's been with google for 10 years.tle changed chairman when go-go co- founder will take over as ceo. also larry ellison ceo and founder of oracle. besides business he's known for his fire the leadership. the visionary behind apple steve jobs wearing his trademark turtleneck. the dinner was held up a home of john who is a key partner in perkins. other businesses were represented by moderate guests include twitter, not flex, cisco and the wesley group. >>pam: 58 traffic quite slow, the bay bridge toll plaza back up. all lanes except for the carpool lanes are moving quite slowly as they had westbound through the pay gates. our traffic map. shows you the areas in red indicate how far the back stretch as. in fact, it goes all the way on i-82 else a real. all of this complicated by the normal friday back up and the rain. the take a look at the james lick in san francisco. the bottom of your screen traffic headed southbound moving slowly. highway 80 traffic headed toward the lower deck of the bay bridge is at a standstill. .

that guess list hasn't been officially released but they including mark zekkerberg and google ceo eric schmidt>> anti-government protests around the world. new social media is fueling even more revolutions but some are turning deadly. >> and tracking drugs at the lab. the study that raises concerns about some >> a day of rage is brewing acrest the middle east and north africa. tens of thousands of demonstrators are gearing up in libya, yemen and bahrain. these fueled by the new social media. jenelle with the latest. >> cheryl, demonstrators across the middle east have started facebook.com pages and are tweeting away hoping to round up as many people as possible to try and overthrow their government. they've been inspired by the recent revolution in egypt that ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak and like egypt they're met with deadly force. >> government tanks have moved in in parts of bahrain. parts are in lockdown, this after a pre-dawn assault on demonstrators. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at those camping out in the city's central square. they are demanding greater freedom a

apple's ceo steve jobs currently on a medical leave of absence will be there, mark zuckerberg, eric schmidt and jeffrey emmill recently named the head of the white house council on jobs. the president is trying to promote his $3.7 trillion budget he just announced earlier this week. this is the budget that calls for billions more for education, which the president argues will eventually create more jobs. and when you are trying to boost employment who better to meet with than the leaders of silicon valley who know a lot about private sector job growth. >> well, i think he is looking for support. i mean, these tech giants in many ways pushed him into doing the investment in solar energy and in the internet. he is now looking or the for the tech giants to back him up. sfwlr the tech giants are expected to ask the president for help in return with requests like lower corporate taxes and a smoother process for patent approval. the leader of the california republican party is criticizing obama's visit to the bay area calling tonight's meeting a, quote, 2012 re-election campaign photo op. this is

that guess list hasn't been officially released but they including mark zekkerberg and google ceo eric schmidt. >> anti-government protests around the world. new social media is fueling even more revolutions but some are turning deadly. >> and tracking drugs at the lab. the study that raises concerns about some >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> a day of rage is brewing acrest the middle east and north africa. tens of thousands of demonstrators are gearing up in libya, yemen and bahrain. these fueled by the new social media. jenelle with the latest. >> cheryl, demonstrators across the middle east have started facebook.com pages and are tweeting away hoping to round up as many people as possible to try and overthrow their government. they've been inspired by the recent revolution in egypt that ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak and like egypt they're met with deadly force. >> government tanks have moved in in parts of bahrain. parts are in lockdown, this after a pre-dawn assault on demonstrators. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at those camping out in th

guest list is expected to include facebook.com founder mark zuckerberg, apple ceo steve jobs and eric schmidt. >> many of the hi-tech executives that met with the president in washington back in december will focus on the meeting. mr. obama will spend the night here in the bay area before heading to hillsboro, oregon, in the morning to visit intel. >> mayor chuck reid will deliver his state of the city address and the city's budget problems are expected to be a major focus. mayor reid is expected to talk about the $110 million budget short fall facing the city and the possibility it may have to eliminate the jobs of about 1,000 employees. this year's address will be held at the san jose convention center and scheduled to begin around 7:30. >> the california supreme court is wading back into the legal battle over same sex marriage. last august a federal judge declared proposition 8 unconstitutional but it was immediately repealed. they were involved in the original case. the state supreme court has agreed to decide that issue but the court won't hear arguments on it until at least september. >

you know the names, steve jobs, eric schmidt and larry ellison. there's also a candid shot of mr. obama and facebook co-founder mark zuckerberg. he swapped out his usual hoodie for a sport coat. tonight, the only guest, though, breaking the silence is former politician and south bay venture capitalist steve wesley. >> the dinner was a private exchange, as you know. but i think what comes through loud and clear is that this president is 100% focused on creating jobs and winning the battle for the future. and i think everybody in that room and frankly most of the people in the country are impressed with how conversant he is on business issues. >> wesley especially approves of the president's plans to invest in research and development. >>> tonight, we go in depth into a south bay mystery mired with sex, deception and ultimately death. what caused a jesuit priest to lead to his death in downtown seven years ago, or did he really jump? what is another link to a priest, one accused of sexual conduct? our garvin thomas investigates. >> reporter: there is barely a mention of it. in the m

steve jobs, google ceo eric schmidt, facebook.com founder mark zuckerberg. larry ellison. cisco's john chambers, yahoo's carol bartz, discussion how to promote jobs in hi-tech and green tech. >> as a country if we could figure out a way to build programs and support systems to encourage people to go into engineering and reward them accordingly, then that would be i think an important part of the future. >> be great to be a fly on the wall at that dinner and discussion there at the estate in woodside but instead the white house released this picture, the president and mark zuckerberg and others. this is the one picture they released. anyways what they have from that dinner. the president wants to spend billions to promote energy, education. they also have a problem with the president's visit out here yesterday. we're going to have that for you coming up in half an hour. live at san francisco international, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you very much. it's 4:34. contra costa authorities are now looking at past and present cases that a top drug agent helped pro

tech industry leaders, including facebook's mark zuckerberg, apple's steve jobs, and google's eric schmidt. >> he doesn't really care how facebook works or how they're going to design the next iphone. he's here to see how these companies grow in the middle of the worst recession ever. we're having great years. facebook, exploding through the recession. apple exploding through the recession. and many others, google. booming through the recession. >> the president hopes to boost the economy by promoting u.s. leadership in high-tech innovation. >>> now to the turbulent middle east. funerals are being held today in bahrain for protesters killed in a violent police raid yesterday. four anti-government demonstrators died and more than 200 were injured in the predawn attack on protesters camping out in bahrain's capital. cbs radio correspondent toula vlahou is in bahrain and joins us now by phone. good morning, toula. want to get the latest from you on what the situation is there at this hour? >> yes. actually just a little bit outside of the capital of bahrain. i am in front of the main shia mos

eric schmidt should tweet no worries i have all that private info stored on my p.c. at home that's it for tonight's show thanks for tuning in to make sure you come back tomorrow that jilani from think progress will be on the show to discuss the real waste and wisconsin budget woes and the meantime don't forget to become a fan of the launch show on facebook and the always on twitter and if you missed any night's show or any other night you can always catch all the you tube dot com especially a longer show where we post the interviews as well as the shell and its entirety coming up next is the news of the latest headlines from the u.s. i'm bored. my mom or your. culture has the same olympic spirit to me i mean if i see you again it will mean it's the price of oil curse simple oil with the ongoing unrest in the arab world petroleum markets are more than reactive used to global look. at. a chart in here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. wealthy british style. market.

with high-tech executives including mark zuckerberg, apple's steve jobs and the google executive eric schmidt. the white house says the dinner meeting will focus on innovation, job creation and education. >>> california is facing a daunting challenge to cut car emissions by the year 2020. one strategy is by creating transit villages. but as lisa amin gulezian reports, it is not a proven solution. >> this sunnyvale station could become a commuter mecca. they are considering redeveloping the area and creating a transit village right here. >> i think it could be really good. >> the village would have housing, retail and of course transit all within a quarter mile of the station. to night was the first time the public got to weigh in on the idea. senate bill 375 was the inspiration for sunnyvale's transit village. they require the major city to reduce driving emissions by 7% by the year 2020. the public policy institute released its findings tonight about whether the state is on track to meet the deadline. there are transit villages located near village. >> from the transit station near your offi

eric schmidt admitted that his company likes to get real close or right up to the creepy line without actually crossing it well now it seems as if google's gotten even closer to that creepy factor when they started asking kids for their social security numbers get this google or apparently created a contest for children called doodle for google and in order for the kid to enter themselves in the contest the parents had to give their kid's birthday the city of birth and the last four digits of their social security number which really makes me wonder what kind of contest this is now apparently the internet giant was getting away with this until one parent was smart enough to catch on and alerted the federal trade commission about what was being asked of them and here's where it got really interesting one city f.t.c. was notified google apologized stopped requesting that information right away and then released a press statement saying quote to be clear these last four digits were not entered into our records and will be safely discarded and they went on to explain that the city of birt

that really isn't privacy in a lot of what is russia carolus yeah and if you listen to google's eric schmidt he's just going to tell you that you should just change your name in the future you know suck it up because that's how it's going to be but i do also want to look at the way that you know our government has treated certain things when it comes to violations of privacy compared to europe you know especially in terms of google street view in europe a number of countries decided to go after and. well for those trying to prosecute here our government just completely there they just dropped the charges why don't why don't they care a lot of it has to do with culture i think and really going back decades before the internet was ever an issue if you look at america the first amendment is king. has always determined really where american side when it comes to privacy battles in court there have been attempts at creating a right to privacy in the united states but that hasn't really come to the fore and succeeded i mean we were writing about it back in the eight hundred ninety s. you had warre

among 12 vip guests, steve job, mark zuckerberg, larry elerson, and eric schmidt, expected on the peninsula at a private home. the story begins tonight at sfo. bring in nbc's tracy grant who joins us covering mr. obama as he touched down about 10, 15 minutes ago. is that right? >> yes, about 10 minutes ago. punctual as always. president obama showed up here at sfo. as you were saying he met with, gavin newsom, lieutenant-governor newsom, state attorney general, we're waiting for him at the bottom of the steps as he came off the plane with his characteristic jog. he shook a few hands. only stood here on the tarmac for a few minutes before boarding a helicopter, one of the marine helicopters, that is taking him off to this dinner tonight with technology titans, silicone valley. >> he is the commander in chief, and they are the chiefs of the top technology companies in the world. tonight they will all silt down down -- all sit down to talk jobs and innovation. president obama visiting the bay area to have dinner with a long list of technology titans, steve job, chairman ceo of apple, larry ell

google's eric schmidt publicly praised his employee, the marketing manager who has come pral to the revolutionse comments in spain saying, quote, google is very proud. he wants to turn ekipt into the next silicon valley. secretary of state hillary clinton says the united states will fund projects that allow people to use the internet when their governments don't want them to. this is not a huge mousse. the bunding is in the tens of millions or what google makes in an hour. still it's important and second chin on the's major speech about internet policy. >> those who clamp down on internet freedom may be able to hold back their people's yearning for a while but not forever. >> the federal government at the same stim trying to shut down wikileak, if you listen to the things that secretary clinton said. it would appear they want to support -- freedom to publish. >> thanks, scott. a lawsuit filed in california says donors should be paid for giving their bone marrow. the stoot claims that congress should not have included bone marrow in an act that bans the sale of kidneys and other organs. paying

the guests including apple ceo steve jobs, google ceo eric schmidt, oracle's larry ellison, yahoo's carol bartz. all to talk about jobs in hi-tech and green tech. >> as a country if we could figure out a way to build programs and support systems to encourage people to go into engineering and reward them accordingly. then that would be i think an important part of the future. >> and in this day and age when everybody's got a camera, this is the one picture that the white house is releasing, the president talking to mark zuckerberg. didn't have phones at the ready? just kidding. didn't want them so owish at a presidential dinner. republicans not quite so sure. they're saying what this really was last night, what this is going to be later today when the president goes up to portland to meet with the intel president and ceo, that this is nothing more than an early campaign swing of a failed presidency. that's the republican take on all this. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you very much. it's 6:06 now. the first west coast shipyard designed to recycle old vessels from sassoon bay

this is at the home of venture- capital is john door steve jobs and eric schmidt of google were also>>pam: third day of mass protests in madison wisconsin where state workers are pushing back against the bill that would dramatically affect their benefits. >>reporter: a unique battle in the states were collective bargaining began. >> were not to speaking about wisconsin units are schools were speaking about america and if it starts here it would be going to other states. we need to have a voice. >>reporter: 60 in state people. the defended their acts against the criticism. >> the issue is the government's attempt to strip things from the unions. >>reporter: wisconsin is facing a short-term debt budget deficit by june 30th and a $3.6 billion budget deficit over the next two years. republican gov. scott walker said the bill is reasonable and necessary. >> the folks inside have every right to be heard but there's five and a half million people in the state, certainly the taxpayers of this state have every right to be heard. >>reporter: in washington democrats backed the protests. >> i st

steve jobs is currently on a medical leave of absence, mark zuckerberg, eric schmidt, and among others, ge ceo jeffrey emmill as well. the president just announced his budget earlier this week calling for billions more for education, which the president argues will create more jobs. when you are trying to boost employment, who better to meet with than the leaders of silicon valley who know a lot about job growth. >> i think he is looking for support. these tech giants in many ways pushed him into doing the investment in solar energy and in the internet. he is now looking to the tech giants to back him up driving this budget through congress. >> reporter: of course, the ceos are expected to ask the president for help in return, requests like lower corporate taxes and a smoother process for patent approval. the leader of the california republican party is criticizing obama's visit to the bay area telling one newspaper that tonight's meeting with the stars of the business world are, quote, a 2012 re-election campaign photo op. this is a very short trip. the president will be in town for l

steve jobs, eric schmidt, mark zuckerberg larry ellison, john chambers and the list goes on. the discussion was how to promote innovation and jobs. some republicans say it is nothing more than a whole bunch of nothing. >> the president obviously suffered as he called it rubbing in the polls a few months ago. he's regenerating support for a very troubled presidency at this time. >> the president's entourage releasing just this one photo what's going on inside the estate in woodside. mark zuckerberg and the president with and pictures with others. wants to spend billions with clean energy high-speed internet and republicans are not so sure that is the best idea considering the economy right now. 8:35 this morning the president taking off from here at san francisco international on his way up to what is described as the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing plant in the world just outside of portland oregon. that's where the president will be later this morning. live at sfo, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> 5:05. the leaders of the contra costa drug task force and private inv

last night, he dined with an elite group of silicon valley executives, including google's eric schmidt, apple's steve jobs, and facebook's mark zuckerberg, among others. today, he traveled to oregon and met with science students in a program funded by intel, the largest computer chip manufacturer. the company's c.e.o., paul otellini,, was just appointed by the president to his council on jobs and competitiveness. intel is a newshour underwriter. for the obama administration, innovation is a major way to fix the stalled economy. >> if we want to win the future, america has to out-build and out-innovate and out-educate and out-hustle the rest of the world. that's what we've got to do. ( applause ) >> reporter: in his 2012 budget, mr. obama proposed spending billions of dollars on research and development, including tax credits, with a focus on biomedical and clean energy technologies, increasing funding for math and science education, high speed internet, and other programs. and he's turning to silicon valley leaders like russell hancock for their support. >> what we rely on is those bas

now, eric schmidt said he is proud of what he did.rine: in national news, new body scanners in the airport to have traveler's worry about privacy. lawmakers say they're addressing the concern under a new proposal. miss using body scanner amateurs have become a federal crime. a $100,000 fine. airport officials claim the current body scanners cannot store copy or send images. they say each one is delayed when a new passenger comes through. in florida though, 35,000 body scanner images from the courthouse were saved. they were released and eventually posted online. president barack obama presenting the highest american otter to 15 people. if the medal of freedom. you see former president george h. w. bush. my angelo, the poet to an investor jimmy buffett. they also give it to the family tom little. oh, said he looks for to this every year because against honor some of the people's most extraordinary people. stay with us we'll be back after this break. ñ [ male announcer ] hands free driving. cars that park themselves. an unmanned car dri