facebook has a gigantic thumbs up symbol at its main entrance. east palo alto giving the hand gesture for stop. >> facebook is expanding into a campus that's right up against east palo alto's borders so east palo alto is likely to feel the effects of that on traffic and housing and other issues that can impact the community. >> since it's in menlo park, the tax base won't help east palo alto that much. >> reporter: facebook has responded to these concerns and to that possible lawsuit saying it hopes that east palo alto will see the enormous benefits to having a good responsible neighbor like facebook. as for that meeting that the east palo alto city council will be having, it's a closed session at 9:00. back to you, frank. >> all right, gil. thank you very much. gil diaz live for us in menlo park. >>> 5:34. elizabeth on vacation. >> she is hibernating over in the east bay. and gianna is doing yeoman's duty with a little bit of traffic. >> i'm going to hibernate next week when she gets back tomorrow. >> good idea. >> south bay now, along 101, north

facebook has thrown the switch on timelines. they are now mandatory. en days, everyone on facebook gets a timeline. unless you make adjustments, everything you ever did or said on facebook will be visible. not a big deal if you're older, but if you started in college, that could be a problem. >>> apple has its shares much higher. 6% higher after that company announced huge profits. billions and billions. $46 billion in the last quarter to be exact 37 that's $511 million every single day or $20 million in change per hour. the second biggest amount of quarterly revenue in american history behind exxon mobile. 37 million iphones sold. 15 million ipads. other ways of thinking about the numbers. apple made more money last quarter than it made in all of 2009. 75% of their income comes from i iphone and ipad. neither of which existed five years ago. apple is now the single largest buyer of chips in the world and sold more ipads than hp did computers. here's my favorite. if you added together the quarterly revenue of microsoft, plus two googles, and three yahoo

community. >> since it's in menlo park the tax base won't be helping east palo alto. >> reporter: facebook has responded to the concerns and to that possible lawsuit saying that it hopes that east palo alto will see the enormous benefits to having a good responsible neighbor like facebook. and the company also has offered to tell its workers to share rides to take mass transit to work, even walk so that traffic congestion could be a minimum here. >> hopefully they can figure it out. gil diaz live in menlo park. thanks. >>> if you are planning on commuting along the bay bridge, brace yourself. it's getting busy. >> sure is. it's that time of the morning. gianna? >> yeah. we get a couple of hotspots out there. the altamont pass, bay bridge and this accident we have been monitoring in san jose. northbound 101 at capitol expressway is over in the center divide. we are still seeing okay speeds but chp may have to run a traffic break to clear it to the right side so that will probably slow you down a bit. the rest of the south bay a bright spot even though we are seeing some extra volume northbound

. >>> east palo alto has problems with facebook's plans to move to menlo park. today city council will decide whether to sue facebook. it would be to lessen the impact of their rapid expansion in the area. >> they spoke of expanding a campus right to east palo alto's borders so east palo alto is likely to feel the effects of that on traffic and housing and other issues that can impact the community. >> the tax base won't be helped in east palo alto that much. >> facebook has 2,000 employees at its menlo park campus and it is expected to grow to more than 6,000 over the next few years. >>> it's looking more like the republican presidential nomination is mitt romney's to lose. but the contenders still in the running are getting more determined to slow him down. drew levinson has a look at the race for the new hampshire primary looming just five days away. >>> reporter: mitt romney hopes new hampshire will give him the landslide victory he couldn't get in iowa. >> talk about a squeaker. talk about a squeaker. do you think we can do a little better here in new hamps

facebook's director of global real estate. his white board doesn't have code on it. it has communityxd planning. . sun ó[microsystems, full occupancy. and you can see the parking lot y& full. and one of our, you know, goals will be we're not adding more parking. >> reporter: but still recruiting more workers. fighting competition. áÑthe globe.g to more parts of >> you know, we've gone from office to office toçó office. and we started small building in palo alto and then a big building in palo alto and then two bigger buildings in palo alto. and we've sort of refined the culture and what it means to be facebook at every single building. >> reporter: all touches to help a growing company remember its startup!u roots, even as it becomes one of the tech world's largest players. scott budman, nbc bayei)qp news. >> we asked scott if mark zuc r zuckerberg was there to give him a private tour. >> and? >> he said maybe tomorrow. >> ohcnñ maybe tomorrow. when he goes back for part two. u close that he got invited. >> yeah. very cool. and free food in the cafeteria. >> they have a nice cafeteria. >> like

i think facebook has been transformed in madison avenue's eyes. mostly small businesses advertising on facebook. i think sheryl sandberg has gotten there, she's had a huge presence in new york, meeting with major brand advertisers and convincing them they must be on facebook. there is a huge opportunity here for brand advertisers and this is where facebook's growth is going to come from. it's going to come from the fortune 500 advertisers who can go on and spread the message to their friends. that's where we're going to see the real facebook growth, from the major advertisers. >> i think that's absolutely true by i would also point out a lot of advertising on facebook is free. so one of the key questions that we're going to need to see them doing is getting people these advertisers to actually pay for those ads. >> so, i mean, is this all going to be very happy clappy? i love the article you wrote about it's going to be the single best venture investment ever. are there any negatives as we move forward through the process are there things you woul

obviously facebook has built on that and has tremendous success.meeting mark zuckerberg. he said he first learned to program by hacking into the aol system. reporter: facebook has 800 million users worldwide, the law stopping occasional investors from shelling out for this offering. >> unless you have a million dollars of net worth or more meaning you're a credited investor and have a preexisting relationship with the firm you cannot buy an ipo. that's the law. reporter: morgan stanley and goldman sachs jockeying for control of this stock sale. any deal could yield a i big bank tens of millions of -- yield a big bank tens of millions of dollars in new business and, of course, fees. >> you can't score with facebook, but you are going to be able to score with the weather. >> don't need to be a millionaire for nice weather. >> a totally public offering of wonderful numbers if you like it warm. who doesn't need a spring satcher in the end of january and -- sampler in the end of january and almost february. don't be surprised it will be chilly overnight

affected is talking about any type of lawsuit. >> reporter: city leaders in east palo alto say so far facebook has been responsive and -- responsive and cooperative and has been listening to their concerns no one from facebook returned our calls for comment. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> san francisco police are in their service teenth hour of a bizarre standoff -- are in their 17 hour in a bizarre standoff. >> reporter: this is a bizarre case. police have managed in the past half hour, 45 minutes to reestablish contact with this man who describes himself as dan but they haven't been able to get him out university -- him out of the bushes. we can show you coit tower, over to the right the apartment complex where this began that is the one that was burglarized last night about 6:00. take a look at a camera shot that can give you an idea how steep this cliff is. the suspect is in the middle, somewhere of all that. the police have not yet coaxed him out. pictures from the roof of the build ago tkros the street. police know where he is because they've used thermal imaging but they haven't seen his fa

affected is talking about any type of lawsuit. >> reporter: city leaders in east palo alto say so far facebook has been responsive and -- responsive and cooperative and has been listening to their concerns no one from facebook returned our calls for comment. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> san francisco police are in their service teenth hour of a bizarre standoff -- are in their 17 hour in a bizarre standoff. >> reporter: this is a bizarre case. police have managed in the past half hour, 45 minutes to reestablish contact with this man who describes himself as dan but they haven't been able to get him out university -- him out of the bushes. we can show you coit tower, over to the right the apartment complex where this began that is the one that was burglarized last night about 6:00. take a look at a camera shot that can give you an idea how steep this cliff is. the suspect is in the middle, somewhere of all that. the police have not yet coaxed him out. pictures from the roof of the build ago tkros the street. police know where he is because they've used thermal imaging but they haven't seen his fa

facebook has more information about people around the world than any government agency could even dream of, and there's nobody that's regulating them. and one of the reasons that this actually even came up was last, early this year, sorry, sony was hacked, um, and 77 million -- sorry, 77 million people's personal information, um, was essentially compromised by hackers. and part of the reason for that was sony had outdated servers, they didn't have the proper security protocols in place, and the reason for that was because there are no rules or regulations that said that they had to. and so there was no slap on the wrist, there was no, no one got in any kind of trouble, um, and sony -- that could essentially happen again with any company. and part of the reason for this is because there's no legislation. and this is a real problem. um, there's this tectonic shift that essentially happened online where people's privacy is not, no longer owned by them. it's essentially a currency that we use to get access to facebook for free or g mail. and i think it's a real problem that we're going to s

, the si ri is a voice activated personal assistant for the new apple iphone 40 s in addition, facebook hast there latest addition to facebook. they've want to try to have the scrapbook of the world! passing 850 million users! and putting a time line for each user. >>vicki: this has to be one incredible day. >> absolutely clear skies. you can see the stars with 50s. looking at midnight. right at 50 degrees off with the wind is on the light side and again of those skies are clear, tomorrow. it is going to be porches, tomorrow with mostly sunny temperatures and mid 60s even in areas getting 270 it is going to be -- gorgeous this will continue for the next couple of days. look for mostly clear skies with the temperatures, mild. >>vicki: 4 everybody out watching the fireworks display. this is the place to be we have the new year's live is the biggest party in town hosted by gary radnich and how catherine heenan. and it starts right now! happy new year. >> announcer: will come, it is our turn will come. we bring you the final countdown well,. it is our turn. welcome. the fireworks extravaganza w

food free. >> google made that famous and just like at google and at facebook, didn't see a cash register. >> thank you. >> scott budman has more than 1,000 facebook friends on his page. thank you, scott. >>> december's burst of hiring has pushed the unemployment late to its lowest level in nearly three years. the addition of about 200,000 jobs last month dropped the jobless rate to 8.5%. unemployment has now dropped for four consecutive months. this month marks the lowest numbers since february 2009 when the jobless rate was 8.9%. >>> coming up in 25 minutes from now, brian williams will take a closer look what this means for the millions of americans still without a job. >>> a bay area ma shoes yea ma behind bars charged with molesting a customer. they're asking for other victims to come forward. this where is the alleged attack took place. 65-year-old tong jau is accused of assaulting a woman while giving her a massage monday. he has worked there five years and before that, gave massages in other bay area cities. >>> the best daredevil surfers in the world are right here in our own backyard. huge waves near half moon ba

that's what facebook has to think about beyond the engineering piece. they have to think about sales and things. that's what investors should also be thinking about, about engagement and how much money is flowing through the facebook platform. >> all right. got it, jon fortt. thanks so much. we'll have much more on the facebook ipo later. and in davos, switzerland, talk of the town, how to some of the debt issue concerning greece. >> i'm in davos, meeting people in panels, all i hear is about the european debt crisis. this is sort of the wild card in terms of being in the investment community. are you worried? >> you know, you have to have a good degree of concern. you know, the structural challenges of a unified monetary system with a nonunified fiscal system in the eurozone has created real tough structural issues for europe. that being said, the political capital that has been spent to build the eurozone is enormous. i think we in the united states shouldn't underestimate the capital that has been spent. also, the european central bank, as everyone ha

while it's true that facebook has at least 60,000 servers it is still possible to bring it down.nonymous needs the help of the people who want to take a stand against the government. >> a post to a twitter account denies planning a facebook takedown saturday. the group has posted its opposition to the anti-piracy legislation on hold now and the bust of file sharing site mega upload.com and its founder. >> one of the best places to land a job might be here in the silicon valley. first let's get a check of the markets. good morning, brian. >> good morning. thank you. futures now in terms of the stock markets are lower after they finished near the flat line monday with the dow snapping a four-day rally. investors continue to keep a close eye on the talks between the greek government and private lenders. japan was up a touch, of course china closed for that chinese new year and europe is lower at this hour. no economic data today but there are a ton of earnings including five dow component action, dupont, johnson & johnson and travelers and verizon and apple reporting results, the fe

facebook has 3.25 diluted shares. that price range between $38 to $40 a share would give you a valuation of between $89.3 billion and $9 billion. i want to call your attention to some key facebook dates here. of course, on sunday, this is january 29th, we have cheryl sandberg, the coo of facebook, speaking on a panel in davos on the 15th of february, the third quarter financial numbers, facebook will be forced to use fourth quarter numbers in their ipo. julia boorstin just reported the full year 2011 fiscal numbers for facebook. her sources told her that they are still working through the q-4 audit. so might take some time to work through some of those q-4 numbers. but they have until the 15th of february to use their q-3 numbers. also, look at may 15th. that's when the company will be required by the s.e.c. to actually put its first-quarter 2012 numbers in there. you can imagine, that audit would also take a long time. it would behoove facebook to actually do its offering before that. we are expecting that will happen

in a world with no cell phone or email directories, facebook has become a way to find lost friends. > to be the case, like, you'd switch jobs, and then maybe you wouldn't keep in touch with all the people that you knew from that old job, just because it was too hard, but one of the things that facebook does is, it makes it really easy to just stay in touch with all these people. >> of course, if someone tries to friend you, you can ignore them, and privacy settings allow you to deny access to your page, say, to your boss or your parents. [telephone rings] >> good afternoon, facebook. how may i help you? >> facebook headquarters in downtown palo alto looks like a dorm room. the 400 employees, who get free food and laundry, show up late, stay late, and party really late. >> ♪ get down >> zuckerberg, who's made the cover of newsweek and is reportedly worth $3 billion, sits at a desk like the other software engineers writing computer code. it's almost like a disney movie: 23-year-old kid takes over a major company. >> right. >> kara swisher, who used to write about silicon valley for the

and facebook has some 3,000 employees. the sec filing could come as early as wednesday and the company as we said could raise as much as $10 billion. that would put the value of facebook at between $75 billion and $100 billion though some analysts wonder if the company is really worth that much. because facebook is a private company, very little is known about its actual revenue and profits. filing with the sec could change that. >> i think they are going to learn about salaries how much people maybe how much is mark zuckerberg and the chief operating officer, what are their salaries? how are the relationships between the companies that do business with facebook? who do you people get paid? how would a company get paid? >> reporter: many people compare facebook with its main rival google. there are two differences that we should point out. google had its ipo six years after it was founded. facebook would be eight years after it was founded in 2004 by mark zuckerberg, if they file. they both make their money from advertising

was injured in a personal injury case, the judge actually used her facebook picture of her smiling to say she can't be that hurt if she has a smiling picture on facebook not even asking if it was before the accident. and people might think, might know enough not to have drunken photos of themselves on facebook and often things are used against you when you wouldn't think about it. a glass of wine at a wedding. 35% of employers say they have turned down job applicants because they have held a glass of wine in their hands. and you have things like, people who are you know the young poor kids who are charged as gang members because they are wearing gang colors. i looked at the launch of angeles police department definition of gangster. i don't think we understand that seemingly inaccurate pictures to us could be problematic. the woman who loses her child in a custody case because she has a picture on facebook. it is not knowingly giving up your privacy. yes it's a twitter, youtube, you are talking a larger population but sometimes it sneaks up on you in terms of how this is used. >> i want to get more of a dialogue going but

this morning, bloomberg reports facebook has called a halt to those trades. why? aps because facebook is getting ready to file the paperwork associated with an ipo. that paperwork will contain what up until now was very private information about facebook business and facebook wants to make sure there are no conflicts of interest. no appearance of insider trading before that filing. >>> in a separate issue, facebook has thrown the switch on time lines. it is now mandatory in seven days, everybody gets a time line. you get a time line. unless you make adjustments, everything you did or said on facebook, ever, will be visible. this is not a big deal if you're older but if you started facebook in college, like a certain nbc bay area producer we know, adjustments may be needed. now this producer -- we'll call her caitlin -- says that she looked back over her time line, she cleaned it up a bit. facebook now a chore, not just a website. you have to maintain it. >> and "caitlin," we're going to collection it out. >> good stuff. >>> let's check in with meteorologist -- actu

facebook has a great model. would i be selling it?e in the world. >> the offering could value the social network between $57 and $100 billion. it could be the biggest ipo since google. >> i think the shares of facebook are going to be highly coveted in the ipo realm and i think there will be worldwide demand for it. >> it would put it in the american tier of american companies. it would make founder mark zuckerberg a very rich man. it is nearly 20 years after aol went public and some think that this ipo could lead to another boom in technology. >> amazing what has happened in the last 20 years. facebook is still having tremendous successfully remember first meeting mark zuckerberg and he said he first learned how to program by hacking into the aol system. >> reporter: the law stopping most occasional investors from shelling out for this offering. >> unless you have a million dollars of net worth or more and have a preexisting relationship with the firm, can you not buy an ipo. that is the law. >> reporter: morgan stanley and goldman s

. >> the first target facebook while it is true facebook has at least 60,000 servers, it is possibleng it down and does not need the help of the people. the people who want to take us down against the government. >> a post to a twitter could denies planning an attack. the group is against anti-piracy legislation put on hold in the congress last week. they are also against fire sharing site mega upload.com and the founder. >>> no warrant, no gps. the supreme court put limits on the group by police agencies. a decision that will impact several high profile cases including a lawsuit. he is an arab american student. if the supreme court found the tracking violated the rights of a cocaine trafficking suspect, it should be clear in his case which is not ab solved any allegation of criminal activity. the defense attorneys will have to prove that the gps information was responsible for the conviction in the bay case. you send your children to school to learn, but what if the people are also bullying them? it's a claim shared by parents at a school district. the districts don't have a tell us

but facebook has no, they don't want to make that.and i can't pressure them to making a making a button to go thing i can do is quit or i can have three friends and maximize my privacy settings and scrub three years worth of data. so i really see nothing wrong with the law or something telling a facebook, you have to give people more control. >> i think this has to be at the heart of the question. is this the market dictating to osha to be more current legislation jurisprudence? any thoughts? do we all need to leave facebook if we're concerned? >> this is often the response of that is if you don't like it, if you like your privacy is being violated, then just quit. in one way i think that is now. and another what i think it's difficult because we have built networks, and it's way people communicate. so if you're not there then you can't communicate. but i do think that as society, this is evolving, and if we find that there are more downsides to being on facebook and there are upsets, benefits, then people will leave. i think that wil

. >>> for countless individuals, facebook has become an integral part of their life. well, now it can be an integral part of their death all thanks to a new app. it's called if i die and you install it on your facebook, record your message telling off your enemies or a fond farewell. then you choose three people in charge of confirming you're dead. and when they confirm that, your message is posted for all to see. so what do you think? >> well, it should be done when i die. it's not a bad idea actually. >> sure. why not. when you're dead, it doesn't matter anyway and it's probably a lot of fun to make the list while you're alive. >> i'm actually not on facebook. >> you're kidding? >> no. i took a break because it's ruining my life. >> and i guess it could ruin your death as well. now we're told that this app was developed by a company based in israel that specializes in time capsule services. i think the first guy had it right. it's not an if situation, it's a when. >> that is creepy. >> i might have to download that. >> here is the flaw. >> we're not going to be your

and facebook has 60 new apps to make it easier to share with your friends everything from what you are listening to and what you are wearing and what you are cooking for dinner. facebook is calling it frictionless sharing but limit who can see what. and those are your tech bites. have a good day. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> check this out. this will be the video of the day. a crow in russia take advantage of a jar lid using it as a sled. the crow slide down the roof twice and crows are presumed to be intelligent and exhibit playful behavior. the playful guys guarded more than 2 million -- be garnered more than 2 million hits on youtube you know the problem with the video? >> what? >> he is not a rain. >> i love it -- raven. >> i love it. needs raven and i love the video. that's the video of the day. satellite and radar not pick up on snow. so you won't sled across the area. mainly clear skies and as we go throughout the day, the clouds will be on the increase. now, the reason why temperatures are so cold out there because we are dealing with clear skies right now. 15 degrees r

the most facebook fans. ron paul has the greatest viral reach. president obama was the facebook favorite with 24 million likes. >> he has had a loyal following. if you look back to -- he was a ready engaged and there are a lot of people that think that he won the vote of the youth because he engaged in social media. >> he also won the most engaging post for his christmas family portrait drawing almost 87,000 likes and there is more good news for candidates, the research center has found facebook users more politic alli involved. >> iowa is the first vote of the primary and some are asking why does it matter? the small state but it developed a big voice in the election. coming up at 5:45 we look at their role in the race to the white house and what a win in that state means for a candidates. >>> murdoch has a twitter account. today officials say an account they verified as belonging to his wife is a fake. news corp the company he controls owns the fox network. >> right now a growing crowd here praying for a 5-year-old where he was shot and killed.

. >> facebook has for a long time offered community policing. that means they don't have warehouses upon warehouses of people checking every single foet that that someone posts to see if there's nudity or something inappropriate. in fact, they ask users to tell them when a photo is offensive. last year they looked through all these people are flagging as offensive, they realized what was going on is people were embarrassed how they looked in pictures and they didn't want their names to be associated with them. >> thereforing they would say this post is offensive. >> yes, me. what it meant was inappropriate or unattractive. you're at a party -- >> i have bad hair in this photo. >> yeah, yeah. >> you don't want your bad photos. >> so facebook made a bit of a change. >> i'm making light of it. maybe you don't want your kids' photo to be online, but facebook went through and actually tried to figure out a way where they could have their members talk to each other. because facebook doesn't have the right to take photos down that aren't offensive beca

but if you're hankeeing for some stock....your portfolio has tt be p to ppr. par. facebooke updating áits statusá to ápuulicá.... and wall street is chomping at the bit.butowsky says: "we don't know the price, we don't know the demand for it but you know what, ffcebook has got a great model, it's very different than others, would i be selling ii? not a chance in the world." the offering could raise as much as 10 billion dollars.... and value the social network between 75 and 100 billion dollars.it could be the biggest i-p-o since google...gilani says: "i think the shares of facebook are going to be highly coveted in the ipo realm and i think dolllr i-p-o would put the internet giant in the top-ttir of american companies...right behind visa, general motors and a---and-t wireless.and it would make founddr mark zuckerbbrg a very rich man. it's nearly 20 years after a-o-l went public...some think this i-p-o could lead to aaother boom in technology. case says: "it's amazing what's happened in the last 20 years and obvioussy facebook has built on that with tremendous success, i r

we know facebook has bigger goals for the future. cebook's expansion plans have nearby businesses friending the company. >> this means more potential for the businesses around here. >> the growth has east palo alto concerned. they're worried about traffic. housing impact and air quality. the city attorney says a lawsuit is one option. >> this is potential litigation. and it is potential, something that not pending. meaning nothing has been filed yet. >> and facebook says it's a responsible neighbor and says we're in close communication with officials and we're confident that we're building a strong relationship. and menlo park says an impact report is part of the process. traffic mitigation is a huge factor. >> they would be required to meet under this eir. >> the company wants 6600 employees but says it would limit the number of vehicles to 2600 and east palo alto officials say any mention of a lawsuit is overblown. >> no one i can say today no, one said that the city, at least our city is planning to sue anyone. this should be handl

while it's true that facebook has at least 60,000 servers it's still possible to bring it down. >> those are the words of a mysterious voice. the nare eighter claims to -- narrater claims to represent part of anonymous. it's believed the attack is tied to the battle over internet rights but it's not clear exactly why facebook is the target. >>> a stream of charred particles from a giant solar storm hits earth today. these were pictures last week when the solar radiation film began. satellites can be damaged and on rare occasions, power lines. but the threat to satellites and power grids appears to be low. this is the largest solar radiation storm since 2005. >>> a new study shows that tokyo has a 70% chance of being hit by a 7.0 or greater in the next seven years. the last major earthquake in tokyo was in 1923. and it killed 140,000 people. >>> 7:15. well, president obama delivers his third state of the union address tonight. as alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, we just found out about a special guest who will be sitting with the first lady tonight. alison? >> repo

then top that off with the facebook filing. and that has created quite a bit of interest. looking back at some of these ipos that have not traded well and trying to adjust the pricing for these ipos relative to facebook. >> as somebody who has analyzed these, are there some ipos that should justly be valued. not along the lines of facebook because it's a unique situation. but that should be levitating higher to go towards the valuation of a facebook? >> yes. i think that many of the ipos has been unfairly punished. they performed poorly overall until we started this year. so we would look at renren. when it became public in april, the range was $9 to $11. i wouldn't be surprised to see it -- when we analyzed it we saw that might be somewhere around $9 could be possible for trading in the stock. and that would get it to a multiple of a fast-growing high margin internet stock. it wouldn't be surprising early on in its evolution to have a trade at 10 to 15 time sales. only in the early stages for a fast-growing, high-margin internet stock. >> thanks so much for phoning in. kat

facebook has been open about expanding by 2017. so this would all happen in the next five years.ast palo alto city council will talk about filing this potential lawsuit at its meeting tomorrow. reporting live in menlo park this morning, i'm marla tellez. jon and laura? >> we'll see how this one pans out. thank you very much. >>> the san francisco zoo has banana sam back, the monkey that went missing. they're not handing out the promised $5,000 report. the zoo was asked by police to hold off on handing out that reward. banana sam was stolen last week. he was found saturday in stern grove by a man who told police he coaxed the squirrel monkey into his backpack. now those claims are being questioned. one expert says that's not typical monkey behavior, not monkey business. police are still investigating. >> the case continues. it is 5:35 right now. we hear that nice weather starting to continue. going to be here for the rest of the week. meteorologist christina loren tells all. >>> and the weekend as well. make those outdoor plans now as we stay dry and unseasonably warm. this mornin

. >> it is true facebook has 60,000 servers and it is possible to bring it town. >> these are the words of a mysterious voice and they plan on representing the anonymous group. they will launch an attack 12:00 a.m. this saturday and it is tied to the battle over internet rights and it is not clear why facebook is the target. >>> at the white house back in november has a court appearance. he was accused of trying to assassinate president barack obama and his family. the attorney for ortega said he plans to enter a not guilty plea for his client. >>> and among other things, he will making a pitch for a second term, allison? >> reporter: dave, we have been watching weeks of these primary republican debates with scathing criticism of president barack obama, tonight he gives his take on the state of the union. here is a photo of the president working with his top speech writer, his main goal to convince americans he is doing a good job, he will push for the housing market and incentives for green energy and gave a preview of the video over the weekend. >> we can go in two directions or we ca

facebook on a hiring tear and now has a headquarters that will fit its growth plan. that growth comes community concern. tonight we take you inside facebook to show you how they're growing and dialing with that controversy. slater's day begins in line waiting with his fellow facebookers to board the shuttle where coffee and ipad in hand he can catch up. >> by the time i go in, i've taken care of a slew of e-mails, read the news, kind of caught up. it's very efficient, very, very easy way to work and commute at the same time. >> reporter: an hour later, he's at work, joining almost 2,000 of his fellow facebook employees at the company's new digs -- a giant complex formerly housing sun microsystems that facebook is gradually making its own, starting with the cafeteria -- >> the best part is the selection. >> reporter: which in silicon valley tradition is also very big. but that's going to come in handy because facebook has big plans to grow and hire. >> i don't think there is a typical day at the office. >> reporter: expanding everything you're seeing here which concer

facebook has more information about people around the world than any government agency could even dream of and there is nobody that is regulating them. one of the reasons this came up is early this year, sony was hacked and 77 million, sorry, 77 million people's personal information was essentially compromised by hackers. part of the reason for that was some -- sony had outdated servers and the reason for that was because there were no rules or regulations has said that they had to. so there was no slap on the wrist, there was no, no one got in any kind of trouble and sony got essentially could happen with any company. part of the reason for this was because there is no legislation and this is a real problem. this is a tectonic shift that happened on line where people's privacy is no longer owned by the currency we use to get access to facebook for free or gmail and i think it's a real problems that we are going to see the effect of over the next few years as more and more people's content and information and personal information is taken at adage of. >> host: but aren't most people nic

what are their salaries, how are the relationships between the companies that do business with facebook. hadoes procter & gamble get paid. >> this is on the cover of your magazine, fortune. was this race between google and facebook. how will that play itself out? >> that's really interesting. google represents the data-driven web. search. the way the web sort of used to work. facebook maintains they're the new, the social web. and that means that previously we've used the web to find things. now, facebook wants to change the web and have it be a place where you engage your friends and your community and you find things through facebook, through social. in other words, instead of just typing in where do i get tires, you ask your friends on facebook where do i get tires. the other thing is a google search doesn't really work in facebook. so it's a whole separate world. which drives the people at google nuts. >> the four-letter word becomes like? >> yes, exactly. it's a new social web. these guys have capitalized on this. of course, there is linkedin and twitter. the other two big social compa

facebook has made these baby billionaires. could it help you make rich, too. >> the best advice, stay on the sidelines. enjoy the headlines. look at it as a historic event and nothing more. >> i remember covering that google ipo, lot of people thought it was overvalued at $84 a share. the big question for facebook, can it monetize or make money? last year it brought anywhere $3 billion in revenue. a big week for the company. >>> let's switch gears now, talk about this murder mystery. in one of america's wealthiest communities. the case everyone is talking about in gross pointe, michigan. the wife, mother, and a successful executive. found strangled in her mercedes. the husband who gave a series of emotional interviews and now, a big twist. muhammad lila is here with the details. >> reporter: authorities have named the husband a person of interest. that's not the same as being named a suspect. to the couple's friends and neighbors, something they thought could never happen in their community. the murder mystery that's shocking

facebook has created a frenzy over the company's plans to go public finally. the paperwork for an initial public stock offering could be filed and it is a deal worth billions and could leave its founder mark zuckerberg with as much as $20 billion. i occupy wall street demonstrators have returned to several states. in new york people to the streets last night in solidarity with those in oakland, california. millions of americans are being hit by record high beef prices. soaring 25% in a few years. if one reason is a drought in the southern plains boosting the number paddle to its lowest level in 50 years. a survival story starring liam neeson in the alaskan wilderness took top honors at the box office this weekend with $20 million in ticket sales. that is america's money. have a great monday. >> >>still cool outside. just wait until tomorrow. it will be in the '60s and you will have what you want. there's no sign of snow in the near future. >> i'm sorry. >> yesterday we got a little. this is stephens city, virginia. thank you and to mary, my facebook friend. yo

facebook and microsoft are really just two examples. this is a campus that hasd two of the most transformational technology companies of each generation. microsoft in the last generation, facebook in this generation. and so nea has had a tradition of backing harvard entrepreneurs from the very start from bob met calf in the 1970s all the way to dan yats. so this is something we've done for a long time. this fund really solidifies that long standing practice. everyone should come check us out at experimentfund.com. >> that's what i was going to ask you. if i'm a student and i have an idea and i attend the university of florida in gainesville, how would i get in touch with you and present my idea to you? >> go to our site and send us an e-mail right away. we have a couple of meetings and phone calls this evening with students from m.i.t. and all over the east coast focused primarily. we are easy to reach and happy to travel as needs be though at the beginning we'll focus in cambridge around harvard and m.i.t. and take it from there. >> patrick, in what areas speci

facebook has been innovating. why are they in a better position than the other guys? ok never stopped updating and they will continue to do so. i don't know what they could do with $10 billion but maybe they will procedure more of their own content. why not give them more to look at if you have people's attention? >>gerri: can i just say a recent survey of facebook users did not know why they were on the site. people are fickle on the web and you don't know what is next. do not do the whole tech i.p.o. boom all over again because we had no idea we were buying stocks. >>guest: this is not part of that boom. i would put this, stand this alone. i know why people don't know what they are doing because they are doing so many different things. it is not one thing, it is everything. >>shepard: i am the only person on earth that doesn't use it. >>guest: come join us. >>shepard: got enough people. this is, do you think schools are running amok? a friend let her friend use her inhaler. what do you think the school did to the kids in 8th grade? that is coming up. and we have been

facebook has 800 million members and has been running checks on the computer system to spot any potential overload problems. if you want to talk about your new years resolution, you can follow us on facebook at the ktvu channel 2 morning news team page. >>> good morning, to you and happy new year. partly cloudy mostly sunny skies. dry, mild, and warm for your new years day. giving you a live look at the city. a little bit of haze out there. we do have a spare the air day. details coming in just one moment. let's take a look at what is happening here and now. we have a south easterly breeze. so that offshore wind continues. we have dry conditions in store today. ridge of high pressure continuing to strengthen for the time being. this is also bringing some of that patchy dense fog from the central valley our way. through the carquinez straight impacted by that. parts of the valley locations thick fog as well. i would like to point this out the winds do make a difference. 44 in napa the winds were blowing in the overnight hours. santa rosa is calm and very cold. mid 40s in areas right around

and not too bad for being founded by a harvard grad in a dorm room in 2004 z because facebook has been private so long there, is a a lot we don't know about the social network. details i'm sure will be emerging sometime next week if this filing indeed comes along. but could faceboork be doing this to keep momentum going? >> the subscribers and aging the pages and addition of new fan pages which once admittedly from a smaller base were growing 20% a month per month, year to year basis now growing low double digits in the latter and second half of 2011. that suggests to me that there has been a diesel raigs in the business. >> elsewhere, apple ceo tim cook reached out to employees and addresses some of the criticism the company has received recently this, is what he wrote. we care about every worker in our supply chain, any suggestion that we don't care is false. and offensive to us and accusations like these are contemporary to our values. apple became the first technology company to join the fair labor association and independent council that will conduct evaluations of factories that

facebook. bill karins has a facebook page. >> about a decade late >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. russell brand may be losing a wife but reports say in doing so he could be gaining millions of dollars. brand told "new york" magazine he and katy perry had no prenup meaning under california law he is entitled to half her earnings which as much as $20 million. >>> a bio pic on the life of elton john is in the works and elton john is lobbying for justin timberlake to take on the lead role. >>> jilted 85-year-old fiancee hugh hefner says he will never marry again. >>> this summer, another royal wedding, aretha franklin announced she's marrying a long-time friend on monday. the 69-year-old joked, no, i am not pregnant. if you were doing a biopic, who would you have play you? >> play me? >> you, bill karins. >> someone very good looking and very funny. >> who? taylor lautner? >> not taylor lautner. no twilight stuff. >>> this comes to us from ksnw in wichita, kansas, where even in the dead of winter america's pastime played a vital role in one couple's wedding

and facebook rolling out a new timeline. we're going to explain why this has so many people very, very concerned. passport? here you go. driver's license. past five years' tax returns. high school report cards. and i'm gonna need to see a receipt for that watch you're wearing. you know, you really should provide us with a checklist of documents we're gonna need up front. who do you think i am? quicken loans? at quicken loans, we provide a checklist of the mortgage documents you'll need up front. it helps keep you in the know every step of the way. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. >>> tonight, u.n. inspectors are in iran to see if the nuclear program is for nuclear weapons or power. but how can the inspectors or anybody in the u.s. military or intelligence services know? it's parking lt of the equation could lead to a dangerous showdown. is the u.s. military even ready though is a fair question because today, we learned the pentagon does not have a bunker buster bomb strong enough to destroy iran's nuclear facilities. they're working on one. i