the faa approving boeing's plan for a redesigned battery system on those jets. problems with lithium ion batteries grounding all 787s in commercial service since january. prototypes of the redesigned battery system installed in two aircraft will now undergo limited test flights. >> an historic finish to the lskds iditarod dog sled race. just moments ago, the winner crossed the finish line in nome, becoming the oldest winner of the grueling contest. this is his second iditarod. his son, dallas, won last year's event, becoming the race's youngest winnerer. he wins a $50,000 and a new pickup truck. >> and a big smooch from whoever that is. nice way to finish that. congratulations to mitch. with all due respect, what do the dogs get? they do all the hard work. >> they can ride in the back of the truck. >> wow! congratulation congratulations. >>> niners could sign a future hall of famer. details coming up on that, next. >>> plus remember this guy? he wrestled a shark away from an australian beach. now we've learned he's lost his job because of it. we'll tell you why.

the faa approving boeing's plan to redesign the 787 dreamliner's fire-prone batteries, putting the plane maker one step closer to getting its 787 back in the air. the fleet was grounded in january. >>> hostess has agreed to sell its twinkies, ho-hos to apollo global management for $410 million. the buyers hope to have the snacks back on shelves by summer. whew! >>> speaking of sweets, is big sugar about to get a bailout? "the wall street journal" reports the department of agriculture is considering buying 400,000 tons of sugar to stave off a wave of defaults by processors that borrowed $862 million under a government price support program. h&r block saying about 600,000 tax refunds will be delayed due to a form change the company learned about after filing hundreds of thousands of returns. >>> and do you remember this video of a 62-year-old woman -- man, rather, shooing a shark away from australia beachgoers back in january? well, it turns out he and his wife were on sick leave for stress. the couple worked at the same charity in wales, and their bosses saw the viral video, and they're b

other airline news, faa approved boeing's plan to redesign the fire prone lithium ion batteries. the fleet has been grounded world wide since january. following a battery fire on a dream liner parked in boston and then, a smoking battery that led to an emergency landing in japan. regulators say the plan includes flight tests which have to be passed before it can return to service. >> first lady michelle obama is the latest person to have her personal information leaked online. the fbi is investigating a web site claiming to have published financial information of many famous people, and there is a bay area connection in this case. >> tmz.com is reporting the hackers are already using the victim's personal banking information. tmz cites law enforcement sources who say it's possible that crooks have taken cash from celebrity accounts. there are 17 celebrities named on the web site. first lady michelle obama was just added joining attorney general eric holder and fbi director robert mueller liflting his current atras dres on sacramento street in san francisco. we checked with parcel

faa approved boeing plan to redesign the litheum aye on battery on the dream liners.ntire fleet of 55 jets has been grounded worldwide since january. that's when a battery caught fire on dream liner parked in boston and smoking battery forced emergency landing by another plane in japan. federal regulators say boeing plan requires series of test including flight test which must be passed before the 787 can return to service. >> more men are choosing nursing these days and as you might expect they are of earning more than women. according to the census bureau percentage of male nurse tripled from under 3 percent in 1970 to nearly 10% in 2011. on average male nurses earn more than 60,000 plus a year compared to 51,000 for females. now keep in mind much of that is because more men are nurse anesthesia that pay top escape. when they have higher wage and faster promotion in female occupation that's the glass keys laytor affect. interesting. >> golf interillinois is bringing whole new meaning to the phrase hole in 1 check it out. photo. members of mark foursome took down the

faa approving boeing's plan to solve its battery problem.ing now allowed to start testing that fix, and stephanie link, amazing how this stock has held up through the entire thing. it's up today. >> i think a lot of the reason why it's held up and actually rallied is people knew they were going to find some sort of a fix for this battery problem. and the stock really has lagged. up until this year. last year, it was only up about 3% for the year. so you're playing catch-up versus all the other aerospace plays which are up close to their highs. i still think you want to own kind of the supply companies, because there's more leverage there. >> yeah. >> so we're still sticking with united technologies and pcp. >> josh, what's behind the fortress move? what do you see? >> this is fascinating. this stock's built a huge base for the last four years. this morning, goldman came out, said they're getting no credit for the business in the pe business and no credit for the potential for performance fees on the hedge fund they run. so this one looks rea

boeing 787 dreamliner jet. this coming as reports say the faa is close to approving boeing's battery fix. the dreamliner has been grounded for seven weeks and cost an estimated $350 million. laura, back to you. >> thank you. have a great day. >>> 4:47 right now. we check back in with christina loren telling us about a chilly start to the day. are we going to warm up a little bit? >> a little bit. not by much. the rain will come in for the evening commute. quite the contrary from yesterday. this morning you are looking good. winds have dropped off. it's chilly out there. cold enough for black ice to form. watch out for that especially in the north bay where temperatures are just a few degrees above that freezing mark. with he do have showers on the way. they are going to take their time. it looks like we could see a good dusting of snow. all of the way down to 2,000 or 2,500 feet throughout the morning hours. this morning spotty activity especially up in the north bay but overall the bulk of the moisture still sits offshore. this will move in through 10:00, 11:00. let's take it to future c

the faa just approved boeing's plan to fix 787 dreamliners' fire prone batteries. the one that would mysteriously ignite. the company has a plan to test them and make sure nothing happens because that would be a. and that's a big, big hurdle out of the way for boeing because this has been stalled for government examination. so a green light for boeing to get the battery thing fixed and get the dreamliners back online. >> students are ready to ditch the books for the beach. spring break is almost here. exactly where is everyone headed? on this stunningly important business story we want to keep you on top of the develops that matter. travel expert, gabe, with the latest hot spots. it's branched out considerably from when i was in school, where a weekend the cat skills would suffice. >> the popular ones are the beaches. so head for places like south texas, miami, florida, internationally speaking, the caribbean and mexico are actually offering great values. we're on the tail end of peak season on plays like the caribbean. look for islands that offer a lot of lodging

boeing stock out in pre-market after the faa approved a battery redesign plan for the 787.er stage wednesday, the latest reading on february retail sales due to be released before the opening bell. sales are expected to resume 0.5%. >> more and more young people are using a smart bombs as their primary injured at portal. about half of teenagers was smart phones say is their primary internet device. in comparison, just 15 percent of adults said that they will access the internet mostly by cellphone. tax experts say these young mobil servers will continue to influence the way corporations do business and marketers advertise will only continue to evolves, as the wwill the way mobilizes are monitored. >> you will pay nearly $50 million in bonuses to for the internet search company's top executives for their performances last year. documents filed tuesday disclose executive chairman eric schmidt will get the biggest award at $6 million. most of its wealth is tied up in google stock. those of the bank of $3.3 million bonus to a top lawyer. the chief financial officer and the comp

the faa approving the boeing 787 certification plan. cnbc's phil lebeau has the latest on what this may mean for boeing. phil? >> melissa, this is a path for boeing to follow to hopefully get the 787 dreamliner back in service, perhaps four, five, six weeks from now, once they've done some test flights, when they've done more analysis of the tests they're going to run in the subsequent weeks. here's essentially what the faa has set out for boeing. it has approved boeing plan for fixing the dreamliner battery system. that plan calls for redesigning the lithium ion batteries, redesigning the case that holds the battery unit, and also calling for great er checks, if um, so that the crews that work on the dreamliner will be able to better monitor if there are any problems with these lithium ion batteries. there are going to be two dreamliners that will be going up for test flights. and there are specific test criteria that boeing will have to meet before the faa says you know what, we think this fix works, we approve it, all completely acro

>> boeing won approval from the faa to start testing a redesigned battery for the 787 dreamliner. e decision puts them one step closer to getting the troubled airplane back into regular service. in other boeing news, the company is reportedly close to signing a $15 billion deal to sell 170 single aisle 737 planes. shares rising on that news yesterday. look at boeing there up in premarket by three-quarters of 1%. discover financial says it will begin offer home equity loans beginning in the second half of this year. it's the latest move by the company to push further into direct banking. discover acquired tree.com's mortgage business last june and funded more than 2 billion in residential mortgages. the company expects to make fixed rate home equity loans between 25,000 and 100,000 to homeowners looking to consolidate debt. >>> the national consumer league wrote a letter asking for an investigation of herbalife. it may run afoul of pyramid scheme activity. the statement said we believe that a thorough investigation will reveal it to be a pyramid scheme that's harmed millions of cons

lori: the faa has approved boeing's plan here to redesign those batteries on the grounded 787 dreamlinerhich caught fire in january you probably recall. here with more whether this is the end of the dreamliner's nightmare is liz macdonald. emac's bottom line. >> so they're going to be stress testing the battery with test flights, right? what the company wants and according to our sources they want to get the dreamliner back into commercial use by may but whether that is premature remains to be seen because we talked to other analysts and here's the problem. they still aren't 100% confident what they think happened with the batteries catching fire. was it an electrical current surge with the nippon airways plane in tokyo? here is a shot, not very nice to look at. that is the dreamliner's burnt battery. lori: like my toaster. >> looks like a toaster, there you go. this scares people of course therr are safety issues. but again they don't know what the precise cause for the outage or the fire. one was a cell in the battery burning down. now here is what the company is saying quickly. they'r

boeing. the faa approved the plan to redesign the 787 dreamliner's fire prone batteries putting them one steper to getting the 787 back in the air. the fleet was grounded following two batteries that caught fire in january. >>> host yes, sir agreed to sell who who is, twinkies to a parent company of pabst blue ribbon beer for $410 million. they hope to have the snacks back on shelves this summer. speaking of sweets, is big sugaring about to get a bailout in the "wall street journal" reports the department of agriculture is considering buying 400,000 tons of sugaring to stave off a wave of defaults to processors who borrowed $862 million under a government support program. >>> google will pay $7 million to settle a 38-state case over its street view cars collecting data from unsecured wi-fi networks. >>> new research predicts shipments of tablets running google's android system will overtake the ipad for the first time this year regulators are weighing whether to add nearly 1 million saturn auras for brake problems. >>> h & r block says tax refunds will be delayed to a family room change the c

boeing 787 dreamliners. this comes as reports say the faa is close to approving boeing's proposed battery fix.ts could begin as soon as next week. the dreamline hr has been ground for seven weeks costing an estimated $350 million. >>> the time is 5:46. christina loren, our meteorologist here to break it down for us. >> thunderstorms on the way. we only get this opportunity a handful of times each year where they give us a slight risk for severe weather right here in the bay area. today is one of those days and the south bay looks like the most likely opportunity. we'll keep track of that for you all day long. good news if you are getting up, right now we have to deal with rain for your drive yesterday morning. this morning it's mostly dry. it's cold out there. mostly dry across the greater bay area. will not last long. we'll get to future cast in just a moment. 41 to start the day in san jose. 45 in san francisco. winds have dropped off significantly at least for now. they're going to pick right back up as we head throughout the second half of the day and the core of low pressure the most unst

engineers at boeing redesigned the battery, adding insulation to stop problems in any of the eight cells from affecting the others. faa officials approved the plan. faa heads say the tests will show whether improvements work as designed. the boeing ceo says they've passed a milestone toward getting the fleet flying again. >>> the head of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission has offered to help with the clean-up at fukushima daiichi. 4 out of 6 reactors were damaged during the earthquake and tsunami two years ago. three of them melted down. nrc chair allison mcfarlane says they'll have to clear a lot of hurdles before they can clean up the plant. she visited the site in december and expressed her respect for the 2000 workers who are removing debris and spent fuel. >> that was all very impressive. at the same time, there's clearly a huge amount of work that needs to be done there. they've got to you reactors that are damaged. >> mcfarlane has offered to work with her counterparts at japan's nuclear authority. >>> tokyo electric officials have been cleared of accusations they lied about conditions at the fukushima daiichi plant. that's t

. >> in other news the faa has approved a boeing plant to redesign the batteries for is 787 dream linersays it will redesign the battery to minimize the chance of a short circuit. some of the changes include better installation in new this king system. the 787 fleet has been grounded since january after a battery fire on one point. at a smoking battery on another force that emerges in landing. >> the boy scouts of america is considering a change in its policy against allowing openly gay members. now it is sent out a questionnaire that goes beyond a simple yes or no on the subject. among the nine questions, is it acceptable for a gay scout and a straight scout to share a tent on a overnight camping trip?. the survey, set to leaders and parents, include five multiple choice answers ranging from a totally acceptable to totally unacceptable. the board says the decision to allow openly gay members will be made at the group's annual meeting in may. >> it is all the out there similar to yesterday's at this time. i have to tell you today will be a beautiful afternoon. concord at 50 degrees. it

we have breaking news on boeing airline. the faa approved the 787 certification plan. does that mean? it means boeing is able to test the 787. you see the stock moving slightly higher in the ask. at least. they're able to test the 787 battery fixes. he will not allow 77s to back to service until he is satisfied about the planes. randy, while we still have you, is this -- >> you have tin years of r&d coming to fruition. they're able to sell these things for revenue and profit. ten years of development finally coming to fruition. david: are you buying more boeing tomorrow? >> definitely. david: randy, great to see you. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. david: toy company is bringing manufacturing back from china and making toys right here in america. coming up next the ceo joins us next in a first on fox business interview to tell us why this could give him an advantage over the bigger toy players who are manufacturing overseas. liz: that robot is not a toy. it is helping them save money. ♪ >> i'm sandra smith with your fox business brief. a chase spokesperson

boeing. a dow stock. faa approved its battery fix, boeing can start test flights soon.o 83, down at 73, 74, when that battery problem first surfaced. my take is next on paul ryan's attempt to reform the food stamp program. >> it is time when we make money with charles. roll the animation. now you have broadcom. charles: two guys named henry started the company out of a condo, a spare room in a condo, in california. huge company, it survived the whole telecommunications boom, bust, and now they are thriving. last year they grew much better than the whole industry. they are taking market share. they do chips in three different areas, hand, home, and what they call infrastructure. amazing opportunities, all three of them. future opportunities will be 5-g. the car, the television, and of course the global market. love where the stock is right now. it's made a bit of is a move -- bit of a move. got a little bit of resistance. back up to 37, 38, it breaks out. i think it is going to g go from here. i love the fact they are taking market share. stuart: it is wednesday march 13

tell us what the latest is on boeing and getting those grounded dream liners back into the air. >> the faa has approvedhe plan for fixing the battery systems. what will happen next is test flights, more testing. if boeing can meet the requirements set up by the faa, then eventually they could approve the fix. we're looking at perhaps by the end of april, early may, we might see the grounding lifted if these tests go as planned. >> early april -- late april, early may, the possible time line. >> right now it's still fluid. >> thank you very much. >> we're talking cyber crime, cyber terror. whatever it is, whatever you call it, it keeps hitting american internet sites including chase once again today. we're going to talk to a former white house internet security chief to get his take on how this country needs to fight back. law and order online next on power lunch. >> and that sea gull is still sitting there because we are waiting on a decision on whether the body of cardinals at the vatican have decided on a new pope. white smoke means they have. black smoke indicates they have not. we are monitoring it

the faa will only approve the redesign if boeing can pass safety tests. the ground. >>> it's 586 days since the united states lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? the president is wining and dining. we'll give him credit. that will be today's check. 586 is getting awfully high, people. >>> our fourth story "outfront." the accused colorado mass shooter got arraigned. in a twist, lawyers for james holmes say he actually wasn't ready to enter a plea, so a judge did it for him. issued the standard not guilty plea. holmes is accused of gunning down movie goers at the screening of "the dark knight rises" last year. 12 people died in the incident. 58 were wounded. insanity is expected to be a major part of the proceedings. he could have pled insanity and avoid jail. there's a good chance his lawyers could still pursue that. >> reporter: as james holmes walked into the courtroom, marcus weaver was watching his every move. >> according to what i saw and just being in the same room, i feel that he didn't seem out of touch. >> reporter: ther

. >>> reports say the faa is close to approving boeing's battery fix.amliner has been grounded four seven weeks now, costing an estimated $350 million. boeing and dream liner batterymaker gs rossa is seeing shares up today. yuasa up almost 9% on that news. >>> and facebook is holding a press conference today to unveil a apparently a redesigned news feed. in january, the ceo said the new line could include nor videos, more photos and a new edge curving ad. a recent survey found 51% of users have taun a sabbatical. facebook closed down fractionally wednesday by about 0.25%. >> what more can they do to keep people engaged? i don't want to know. >> societe generale says it's in talks with u.s. authorities. according to an annual report reviewed by reuters, the french bank said it would launch an internal audit. shares have covered since earlier losses on the news, but are still in the red today. they're down about 0.3% in paris. >>> straight ahead, wall street doesn't suffer from a post market high hackover. the dow is pushing to another record low. we'll p

boeing once its dream liner jets are flying again. there are reports the faa may cut how long the 787 is allowed to fly on some routes even after a redesigned battery system is approved. losing extended operations would hurt boeing and its airline customers by limiting the fuel saving jet. the dream liner was designed for long flights because it burns less fuel on those trips. >>> getting breaking news from arizona. the body of a 25-year-old campbell man was discovered this morning in an area called thompson bay. 25-year-old man was reported missing tuesday morning. he was last seen in the water without a life jacket. friends say they were taking a picture when he fell off the front of the boat. the group heard a thump and saw blood in the water. investigators say he was in the area for spring break. >>> could san jose's hb pavilion be headed for a name change? the website all things d quotes sources saying hewlett-packard ceo wants out of the naming deal but it could cost the tech company $3.25 million a year. home of the san jose sharks hockey team has borne the name since 2000 2 the current naming contract runs through 2015. >>> a survey lists san francisco as one

boeing once its dream liner jets are flying again. there are reports the faa may cut how long the 787 is allowed to fly on some routes even after a redesigned battery system is approved. losing extended operations would hurt boeing and its airline customers by limiting the fuel saving jet. the dream liner was designed for long flights because it burns less fuel on those trips. >>> getting breaking news from arizona. the body of a 25-year-old campbell man was discovered this morning in an area called thompson bay. 25-year-old man was reported missing tuesday morning. he was last seen in the water without a life jacket. friends say they were taking a picture when he fell off the front of the boat. the group heard a thump and saw blood in the water. investigators say he was in the area for spring break. >>> could san jose's hb pavilion be headed for a name change? the website all things d quotes sources saying hewlett-packard ceo wants out of the naming deal but it could cost the tech company $3.25 million a year. home of the san jose sharks hockey team has borne the name since 2000 2 the current naming contract runs through 2015. >>> a survey lists san francisco as one

issues pertaining to the 787 dreamliner, but the good news we are learning about boeing is the faa is ready and approvingew battery certification during test flights, and bring us one step closer to being back in service once again. i just wanted to quickly show you what niklas is saying, they put it at a buy rating and upped the price target from $85. certainly wan one to watch and better news rather than what they have been doing with this year. dennis: thank you, nicole. digital music boom? sales surpassed sales of cds. about time. is there no hope in music business? jon irwin, you're a brave man. he had been ceo for three years or so at a time music seems free and ad supported everywhere, you're stuck to the pay model. how is it going? >> since we spun out from realnetworks three years ago, we have more than doubled our subscriber base. this is the first time the digital music sales have surpassed physical music sales and this is the time when the technology and the business of rhapsody is ready to expand and explode. dennis: still, you have only 1 million paying customers. it seems like you failed i

boeing is testing jets with a re-designed battery that safeguards against overheating. depending on approval from the faa, the jets could take off within weeks. in japan, aviation officials want further investigation. samsung is introducing more than just a new smartphone. the tech company has named two new co- ceos, bringing its total up to 3 chief excutive officers. with great fanfare last thursday, samsung unvieled its galaxy s- 4, which runs on google's android platform and is meant to do battle against apple with a 5-inch touch screen and technology that allows your eyes to move the screen. but, in the face of a downgrade and the new competition, apple shares rallied $1 friday. it's a busy week for ipos. kicking off the list, nursing facility aviv reit, a company that provides conference calls; west corporation; and on-demand digital ad management firm marin software. some biotechs are also set to launch ipos: enanta pharmaceuticals, tetraphase pharmaceuticals and lifesciences company model "n." it's a no-go for john paulson's move to puerto rico. rumors of a move popped up when paulson, a billionai

. >> in corporate news, boeing has won approval from the faa to start testing a redesigned battery forirplane back into regular service. phil berow has more for us. >> the storr is what we're entering now is a period of several weeks where you see it testing the system for the 787 dream liner and this means when they're manufacturing these planes they'll have to modify not only the design of the battery and awes the container of the battery and the system for monitoring those batteries. faa has approved the 787 certification plan and it will conduct testing and fixes. we'll see a couple of test planes that will be testing out conducting flights and checking out the battery fixes. >> it says the 787's return to commercial service for our customers and passengers. they want the axe surance that the improvement will make this airplane even better and that's what the test remember will do. >> take a look at shares of bow coming is up yesterday and up after hors on wood that the faa had are had a prueded. pulling back, action alley in jab jan, if boeing will meet the letters needed in order

boeing, a source tells me the company is very confident the faa will approve their proposed fix as early then that fix would have to be tested, and the planes recertified to fly passengers. boeing's solution includes a battery redesign that creates better separation between the battery cells to avoid the thermal runaway i talked about. there is stronger battery containment box that will vent smoke better in the event of a overheated battery. since the root cause of the battery short is not known. there is plenty of caution coming out of washington, d.c. in fact transportation secretary ray lahood said the planes would not fly comercially until he is 1,000% sure of their safety. yesterday he told "the wall street journal", quote, i made it very clear that i want a thorough review of the bowing plan. i will can a lot of questions before a final decision is made. boeing has the retrofit kits ready to go and a handful of redesigned batteries so they can start testing immediately when the faa gives the green light. the question becomes how long will it take to recertify the battery under norm

. >>> the faa approving a fix for battery problems that led to two fires and the grounding of boeing 787 dreamliner. the fix includes a redesign to minimize the odds of battery short-circuiting. the dreamliner first needs to pass a series of safety tests before the faa will approve the redesign. until then, the plane will stay grounded. >>> the game of golf is tough enough with all that water and those frustrating bunkers, right? but one golf course in waterloo, illinois, you can add sinkholes to the list of hazards there. take a look. 43-year-old michael mykoff was playing the 14th hole at the golf course on friday when a sinkhole swallowed him up in the middle of a fairway. he fell 18 feet down into a pile of mud and instantly knew that he was in a heap of trouble. that is when his buddies literally jumped in. >> there's just darkness down there, so you know, i was just, i was like, someone get me out of here now and i knew he couldn't get up the ladder by himself, and the longer he stayed down there, the worse it was. so, i felt that somebody had to do it. they put a rope around me

the faa may temporairily restrict the amount of time boeing's 787 dreamliner can be up in the air. the agency is currently in the midst of testing a new battery system for approval. due to boeing's international operations, travel restrictions could present more financial setbacks. the grounded dreamliners have already cost the aircraft-maker around $450 million. general admission tickets to this summer's lollapolooza sold out in a flash. the rock and rap event starts august 2nd. just before tickets went on sale tuesday, lollapalooza promotors tweeted, "if you want a 3-day pass to lolla 2013 you better act fast, we're just saying..." about an hour later the early bird $200 general admission tickets were sold out. vip tickets were still available. trader dan deming of stutland equities says it's a classic case of what happens with a hot commodity. "this is a classic case of high frequency trading. basically what it appears to me to be is you've got a combination of scaplers - the allotment this year was 8 tickets - that seems to be bigger than previous years, you've got people opening multiple browers, you've got some algos out there that i believe are out there

the faa is reportedly poised to approve within days a plan to allow boeing to begin flight tests of the 787 with a battery fix. this is obviously a critical step towards returning the ground at aircraft service. and i don't know if you remember, bob dole talked about some as one of the defense stocks he likes. >> wrp talking about this a couple weeks ago. time warner is announcing plans to spin off its magazine groups. off to reviews that. >> how often do you write it? >> it's every cycle or every other cycle. it's every three weeks. >> i think you should write it every week, don't you have extra time with your baby and everything. >> yeah, a lot of extra time. >> you're like mickenson sometimes, aren't you someone all work and no -- if i gets writer's block, he might come at us with an ax. do you remember that, andrew sn? that scares me. yanl you don't get writer's block. >> it is a scary thing. >> it is. >> i want to see that in your column sometime. when does the column come out? >> monday. >> tuesday. >> oh, you write it monday for tuesday. >> all work and no play jut all the way do

i think boeing reported yesterday they believe they have a solution and they're awaiting faa approvalre very confident, giving the competency of that organization that aircraft will be flying very soon. it is an important aircraft for us as is the 777 and the 747 and the a380 and the a330. we're on pretty much every aircraft in the world with our systems. lori: sorry to interrupt you. one final question. as you know we're down to a handful of legacy carriers. with the domestic economy sluggish at best right now, part of your success right in the last year has been the solid backlog. are you expecting that to taper off at all just for the simple fact there aren't as many airlines out there anymore? >> you know, we're not. in fact there are more airlines globally than there ever have been. and what's drive being the growth in the world, basically the economies and airline travel is structural growth in travel in the developing parts of the world. so asia, pac rim, middle east, africa, latin america, more than hatch our business is international business now. we truly are a global compan

. >> the faa has approved bowen's plan to redesign the better reports troubled 787. boeing chance of a short circuit. they're talking about better insulation and new venting system. the 787 fleet has been grounded since january after a battery fire on one plane and the smoking battery on another. >> nasa now thinks that mars once capable of supporting a very simple life forms. the discovery was made by the mars rover, which arrived on the red play back in august. kron fours charles clifford has more. >> they are using the instruments to drill into march and rocks and analyze the results. >> what they found it so far, nitrogen, hydrogen, phosphorus. >> they also found mineral clay. this in the case in the distant past probably millions of years ago this area was covered in water. >> the water was probably fresh, not too salty or acidic. that means that microbial life could have survived. >> this was an ancient environment with the right elements. minerals indicating a near neutral environment and slightly salty liquid water. >> ha all of the prerequisites to support life. >>

the faa could decrease the permitted flying time of the 787 on some roots even after the redeseened battery system is approved. losing extended operations could hurt boeing and its customers. the dream liner -- including the 777. >>> time now 5:52. new day begins there is a new reason to want to lose weight. it involves money and plain tickets. what one airline plans to do. >>> plus the surprise special guest at a five star hotel. >>> good morning. lo a lot of clouds moving in off -- a lot of clouds moving in off the coast. 50s and 60s and 70s. >>> check this guy. rescue workers had to remove a surprised uninvited guest. this is at a luxury hotel in the san diego area. it's a sea lion pup. wondered right into a five-star hotel in la jolla yesterday, pam. it was lounging. it was dehydrated and malnourished. they are taking it back to sea world to nurse it back to health. >>> the debate over what to do with polk street in san francisco continues this morning. last night there was another community meeting held on what to do when that street is repaved in 2015. the proposals include adding bike lanes and small grassy areas. the critics say that will reduce

the faa could decrease the permitted flying time of the 787 on some roots even after the redeseened battery system is approved. losing extended operations could hurt boeing and its customers. the dream liner -- including the 777. >>> time now 5:52. new day begins there is a new reason to want to lose weight. it involves money and plain tickets. what one airline plans to do. >>> plus the surprise special guest at a five star hotel. >>> good morning. lo a lot of clouds moving in off -- a lot of clouds moving in off the coast. 50s and 60s and 70s. >>> check this guy. rescue workers had to remove a surprised uninvited guest. this is at a luxury hotel in the san diego area. it's a sea lion pup. wondered right into a five-star hotel in la jolla yesterday, pam. it was lounging. it was dehydrated and malnourished. they are taking it back to sea world to nurse it back to health. >>> the debate over what to do with polk street in san francisco continues this morning. last night there was another community meeting held on what to do when that street is repaved in 2015. the proposals include adding bike lanes and small grassy areas. the critics say that will reduce

approve the move to the bay area. the paper says other banks are also looking to add more local branches. >>> boeing ceo asking the faa to let the dream liner fly. he says he's confident the redesigned lithium batteries used by the plane are safe but he would not say how soon he expects the jet to fly passengers again. worldwide the planes were grounded in january. that is costing boeing about $50 million a week. the faa is not saying when it could make a decision to let the planes resume flights. >>> time now is 5:50. coming up it's the most important snow survey of the year. how the bad news will effect one group from the bay area. >>> also the big changes at yosemite after last year's deadly outbreak. >>> good morning. very thick fog coast and bay. most of the high clouds are cleared off. it will be mostly sunny to mild and warm inland. there could be a couple clouds billed later on. >>> the latest snow survey is coming up dry. it found the snow back is 32% of normal for this time of year. the good news is our reservoirs are just below average. it mines a lot of hey water users will be asked to cut back but we are

approve the move to the bay area. the paper says other banks are also looking to add more local branches. >>> boeing ceo asking the faa to let the dream liner fly. he says he's confident the redesigned lithium batteries used by the plane are safe but he would not say how soon he expects the jet to fly passengers again. worldwide the planes were grounded in january. that is costing boeing about $50 million a week. the faa is not saying when it could make a decision to let the planes resume flights. >>> time now is 5:50. coming up it's the most important snow survey of the year. how the bad news will effect one group from the bay area. >>> also the big changes at yosemite after last year's deadly outbreak. >>> good morning. very thick fog coast and bay. most of the high clouds are cleared off. it will be mostly sunny to mild and warm inland. there could be a couple clouds billed later on. >>> the latest snow survey is coming up dry. it found the snow back is 32% of normal for this time of year. the good news is our reservoirs are just below average. it mines a lot of hey water users will be asked to cut back but we are

boeing once the dreamliner jets are flying again. there are reports that the faa may cut how long the 787 is allowed to fly on some routes even after the redesigned battery system is approvedy hurt -- would really hurt boeing. the treatment liner was designed for long flights because it burns less fuel on those trips. >>> the cost of an airline ticket should be based on a passenger's weight according to one another weeken economist. he says that could discourage heavier people from flying. he adds a two-pound reduction in the total weight of a plane carrying results in fuel savings of about $3,000 a year. critics say paying by the pound would be discriminatory. but southwest airlines already requires some overweight -- overweight passengers to buy two seats. what do you do? step on the scale? >> i may never get on a plane. [laughter] >> reporter: you know it as the shark tank or officially as the hp pavilion. hear why the arena may be losing the "hp" when "mornings on 2" continues. >>> breaking news, san francisco at the corner of embarcadero and broadway, there is a garbage truck that hit three pedestrians. all three were taken to san francisco general hospital. one is re

boeing once the dreamliner jets are flying again. there are reports that the faa may cut how long the 787 is allowed to fly on some routes even after the redesigned battery system is approvedations would really hurt -- would really hurt boeing. the treatment liner was designed for long flights because it burns less fuel on those trips. >>> the cost of an airline ticket should be based on a passenger's weight according to one another weeken economist. he says that could discourage heavier people from flying. he adds a two-pound reduction in the total weight of a plane carrying results in fuel savings of about $3,000 a year. critics say paying by the pound would be discriminatory. but southwest airlines already requires some overweight -- overweight passengers to buy two seats. what do you do? step on the scale? >> i may never get on a plane. [laughter] >> reporter: you know it as the shark tank or officially as the hp pavilion. hear why the arena may be losing the "hp" when "mornings on 2" continues. >>> breaking news, san francisco at the corner of embarcadero and broadway, there is a garbage truck that hit three pedestrians. all three were taken to san francisco general h

boeing gave its plan to deliver the risk of battery fires to the faa last month. the faa could approve to hold a forum and a hearing in april on safety issues posed by the batteries. >> we are now continuing our special coverage of today's public memorial from the two santa cruz police officers killed in the line of duty. these are live pictures of all of the police officers lined up out there preparing for it. the 100 car motorcade is escorting family members is just -- just set to begin. the trip to san joe's pavilion is about 33 miles, the procession is expected to go about 30 to 40 miles an hour over highway 17. the chp points out drivers you will not be allowed to pass and you should expect delays. the public memorial is honoring the sergeant and detective. they were both killed in the line of duty. detective baker was getting ready to retire after serving 28 year was the santa cruz police department. detective butler was a ten year veteran who work as a patrol officer and hostage negotiate ear. >> it's 8:46. as we are looking at live pictures, on the screen, we have obviously som

it has approved bog ed boeing's for a certification program to certify the new 787 dreamliner battery. this proposal includes a number of tests that boeing will have to meet before the faathe grounding. there will be more test flights, more testing, and if boeing meets those expectations for the new battery fixes, maria, then we could see the grounding lifted, perhaps over the next several weeks, maybe by mid-to-late april. maria, back to you. >> phil, thanks so much. >>> up next, buy one, get one free. suppose you get a deal like that from a college? are market forces finally impacting the cost of higher education? senior correspondent scott cohn now with the story. over to you, scott. >> maria, in all our reporting on the crushing college debt situation, this is a topic that keeps coming up and keeps making people angry. college tuition rising at many times the rate of inflation. why is it? is it because government's support for higher education is down and the schools have to make up the difference somewhere? or is it because colleges are adding all kinds of fancy amenities to attract students, luxury dorms and rock climbing walls cost money. or is it because student

now say that the faa may shorten the permitted flying time of the aircraft on certain routes when it approves a revamped battery system. here's the problem, this could be a blow to boeing and its customers because the dreamliner was designed as a fuel-saving jet aimed at lowering costs on long-distance transocean journeys. of course, if it can't go as far, that poses a big problem. >>> blackberry posts quarterly results tomorrow, and ahead of that report, though, short interest in the stock has hit record levels, more than doubling over the course of last year. more than 30% of blackberry's free throat is now being currently shorted. the build-up of bearish bets could send the stock price surging if they deliver a positive surprise. blackberry's share price has more than doubled in the last six months. >>> as promised, let's head to cyprus and check in with chief national correspondent, i love that title, michelle caruso-cabrera. michelle? >> reporter: hey there, andrew. thanks very much. four things that you need to know this morning. the government's still, number one, committed to reopening the banks tomorrow morning. two, we are waiting any moment now to hear what

boeing facing a temporary ban on long-distance journeys. the 787 dreamliner was intended to fly. the faa may shorten the permitted flight, once the revamped battery system is approvedutors are examining the bernie madoff fraud case. the government wants to know whether the bank fully alerted authorities about the convicted fraudster. jc penney has resumed raising prices and discounting them on their own brands and the move luring shoppers back to their stores and sales have slumped since the year ron johnson instituted the everyday low-price strategy just last year. >> when we come back, walmart taking on amazon. can the retailing giant's new strategy do the trick? also ahead, carmakers and the battle for the american consumer. live interviews with the auto show from the ceos of merceders benz and volkswagen's u.s. units. futures have a tougher sledding and it's almost 70 points and a lot more "squawk on the street from post 9 when we return. >>> walmart outlining a new strategy to boost the online business. starting this summer it will test having lockers order goods until shoppers peck them up from its stores. it has quick delivery of goods from online retailers

aviation administration has approved a plan for boeing to redesign its troubled 787 dreamliners' lithium ion batteries which had been overheating and causing fires forcing the faa to ground the fleet. >>> a colorado judge has entered a not guilty plea for accused mass shooter james holmes. holmes' attorney said they were not ready to enter a plea for the july 20th shooting rampage at an aurora movie theater that killed 12 people and wounded some 70 others. legal analysts say the lack of a plea from holmes' team could be part of a long-term plan to avoid the death penalty. >>> and as savannah mentioned darryl earlier a $10 million payout for the roman catholic archdiocese in los angeles as the church settles four sexual abuse cases. newly released files show he confessed to cardinal mahony in 1986 he had been molesting two brothers for years. mahony sent baker for psychological treatment but ultimately allowed him to return molested once again. mahony is now at the papal conclave in rome. >>> a long time ago on a planet not so far away there could have been life. the curiosity rover on mars has found evidence of ancient water showing the red planet could once ha