next on the panel we have chris hurd and bill peterman. we were talking off camera and it was interesting. i asked you what the odds were that prices were going up and you gave me some historic odds. >> well if you know what they are going to do this year, i want to know before you tell anyone else. but historically we went back 25 or 30 years and before we really knew the growing season and only one out of six years will soybean prices higher august first than they were june first. so that's five out of six years and you don't end up with the horribly bad crop. i try to encourage producers to play the odds, but five out of six, and it's impressing them with the spring opportunity. >> this conversation began because no one knows what the weather will do. it is early planning going to help? and we also talked about what he could do and what we need to watch for? >> well there are several studies about this. we can get it planted early. we have potential increased odds of the 2-bushel over trendy yield. though at the very least we should be

printing is broke uh up and mark hurd had a big in breaking the two up. this is value territory in the extreme sense. i would be curious to ask if he sees a lot of the flow. this is no longer a name that they feel that comfortable holding. it's a broken stock and you have a different player. probably more hedge funds than you see large players at the levels. >> it is. if they are in a hunt for yield as they are looking for, they don't rush into this. they are moving back into the days of old. they don't think the landscape is. >> apple is yielding 1.8%? >> i think the stock is giving one more chance to get it. we saw the big bounce off that and up to 29, i guess. here we are at 23.5 again. good value. you are betting that meg whitman has the pedigree to do it. can you be in it before that value gets lucky? i think you are better off since this is fast money. they are combining the printing business. does this seem like a change to make? that will truly unlock and ahead of the printer division left. he left. what do they have to do? they merged it. big dea

reporting live in memoriville, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> he weighs nearly 700 pounds. now, a bay area man is getting the best birthday gift of all. >> it feels like i'm trapped within myself. >> still ahead here at 11:00, his plea for helpom bn esec internet sensation. one man's emotional story and the outpouring of support he's receiving tonight. >>> and under fire.th the head of california's fish and game faces a new investigation over a controversial photo. >>> and a flag fight here in the bay area. is it disrespectful or freedom of speech? >>> in the weather center. headed up to lake tahoe, there's three to five feet of fresh snow. alpine topping out with the highest totals from our winter weather in past week. down in the bay area, looks great here. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. we'll tell you about the hot [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he tal

cheryl hurd joins us from oakland with the local reaction. >> reporter: raj, a rally is scheduled to take place in about 20 minutes in front of oakland's city hall. only a few people have arrived but more are scheduled to come here in a few minutes. take a look at the video in front of san francisco city hall at noon today. it was a small crowd, one of many protests taking place around the country this weekend and today. the idea of this protest and others is to show support for martin's family and how some people feel the civil rights of young men of color are being violated. i asked one supporter if he felt the martin shooting and subsequent killing was about wearing hoodies and baggy jeans, or if it was about race. >> if the guy said what he did say it was race. and he did judge trayvon because of of a hoodie. that doesn't make me a bad guy or i'm a thief like i'm about to rob someone. that's not what it is. for what he did, it's definitely on some racism. >> reporter: now, more folks are scheduled to arrive here in about 15 minutes. we will be live here at 6:00 to bring you the l

mark hurd said on september 12, 2006, in a news release. he said, "jay keyworth leaves the board with our best wishes and gratitude." here's what i have trouble understanding. everybody says leaks are bad, the leaker is identified, and now there's a settlement with him. >> mm-hmm. go figure. [ laughs ] >> do you understand this? >> well, at that point, i think that the company thought it was in the best interests of hp to get tom off its back, so to speak. >> all rise. >> pattie dunn appeared in a san jose courtroom. she's not just fighting for her reputation. she's also fighting for her life. this has all happened as she battles stage-4 ovarian cancer. you are gonna start a full round of chemotherapy -- severe chemotherapy -- day after tomorrow. >> 8:45 a.m. >> 8:45 a.m. and you're charged with this. it's just all piling on you at once. and you're so strong. >> what's the alternative? >> well, breaking down, getting in the back of a closet and sitting there. i can think of lots of things that other people -- >> well, the golden gate bridge

in vallejo, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> well, to the weather now. rain returns to the bay area and it could start rolling in later on tonight. jeff ranieri is in the nbc bay area weather center with the details for us just in time for the weekend. jeff? >> this makes three weekends in a row where we've had the rain starting at the beginning of the weekend. what you'll see is the warm front starting to roll in. that warm air helped numbers to boost up into the 60s and low 70s but also some sunshine. so enjoy it now because as we head throughout tomorrow we're going to see things shift. the jet stream is riding over northern california. it's going to provide enough uplift that as the developing storm arrives on saturday, it's not only going to drop our temperatures anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees but it will also bring the possibility of widespread rain and also isolated thunderstorms. so here's what you can expect. rain, anywhere from a quarter inch to one inch with the heaviest pockets up into the north bay. as we head to the south, morgan hill, gilr

military has not gained access to the sites where 17 afghan civilians were killed t is creating a hurd until the case involving the soldier robert bales. officials are saying that bales, the suspect, told his roommate he had been out killing in between trips to the village. >>> now where know hamed a mara was buried. the family wanted him buried in algeria but they refused to accept the body. he was buried not far from where the shootings took place. >>> and in london's residents are filling up fast in fear of a strike. the union representing the fuel tank drivers voteed a strike over health and safety standards. the prime minister is encouraging drivers to top off the tanks quickly a strike could cut the flow to the stations. >>> and telling you about this for days. today the trial against amanda knox's parents will be in italy. they are facing libel charges. they are accused of making allegations of mistreatment during the arrest and detention of their daughter. she will likely be called in

limbaugh has not apologized for his comments. >> that was cheryl hurd reporting.lling these ads may be surprising to some. the rush limbaugh sleep train relationship dates back 25 years. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." something for nothing. snackers, we'll tell you where you can get a free pretzel today. >> looks good to me. >>> let's show you what's going on in oakland. clear skies, cold temperatures this morning. by the afternoon, no matter where you are in the area, t-shirt weather. we'll talk about that when we come right back. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. wit

. >> the debate over medical marijuana is being hurd. one of the measures would establish a medical marijuana commission. it would require applications from medical centers wishing to operate in the state and include provisions for monitoring and overseeing the program. those who need it want to use it without the worry of prosecution. >> it's a real risk for me. i have gone through the legal process. >> even if it passes the general assembly, governor martin o'malley said he would veto the bill. >>> lawmakers are discussing an issue that would make it illegal to remotely start your car. the bill up for discussion would exempt drivers who start it with remote starters. a delegate said her promakes -- her proposal makes sense. >>> gas prices seem to be leveling off but don't get too comfortable with that. they will likely go up as we get closer to spring. the average price is $3.75. there are several places around the baltimore region with prices much lower than that. we're working with you. just go to abc2news.com. hover over the traffic

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd where the rally is just beginning. >> reporter: the rally is going on right now. as you can see a number of people are gathering. right now civil rights attorney burris is speaking to the crowd. you may remember he is the attorney for the oscar grant family, the young man killed by a former b.a.r.t. police officer. also, the mayor of oakland just arriv arrived. now there are people from the clergy, civil rights advocates, young men who wear hoodies all the time, and mothers who have sons. i asked one woman why she decided to come to today's rally. >> they deserve a whole lot of support. they deserve justice. they deserve for this man to be incarcerated right now as we speak. that kind of sends a wrong message to the rest of the world like it's okay to kill people of color, it's okay to take on the persona in the way of thinking as any other police officer even though he was a rent-a-cop but he still has the same ideology you see somebody of color and he was automatically suspect. >> at noon today about a dozen or so people gathered in front of san francisco's

you have to keep your head on a sbifl at all times. >> that was cheryl hurd reporting.are looking for a young man in his 20s with very short cropped hair. at the time of the attack the victim says he was wearing a lyle blue shirt and dark blue jeans. >>> eight days now and still no sign of a san bruno man who disappeared while rock climbing on a pacifica beach. 27-year-old joseph mchenry was last seen on march 2nd at his home in san bruno. he told friends he was going rock climbing and camping overnight at a secluded beach. police, sheriff's deputies and the u.s. coast guard have searched the area but have not found him. detectives did find mchenry's car parked in a neighborhood near the sharp park golf course. >> i'm deeply concern. he's a great guy. he loves to go camping and things like that. i know for sure he loves all that outdoors stuff. i just don't know what could have happened to him. >> that friend says he will head to pacifica today to help search for his friend as well. >>> occupy wall street is running out of çcash. a finance report shows that occupy wall

her successor, mark hurd, separated them. then leo apotheker proposed spinning them off. now meg whitman is combining them. it's whitman's first major move since she became c.e.o. six months ago. the strategy might work, but so far investors are not buying it. shares sold off today and are down almost 9% this year, making h.p. the biggest loser in the dow. joining us now to talk more about the outlook for hewlett packard: abhey lamba, senior technology analyst at mizuho securities. >> susie: we've been speaking >> if you look at the services, the organizations. we are seeing structures. tablets are taking more of our dollars, and more wallet share out of pcs. and it has been a service, and in printing there's headwinds. that's where hp needs to ramp business. there's a lot of business where hp needs to dom pete with the competition, and cloud computing and a lot of things are i.t. spending is flowing. >> susie: and some people are suggested that hp get into mobile computering. it doesn't really have anything in that area, but it needs to do so to be relevant. do you agree

cheryl hurd is in walnut creek where that show is minutes away. >> reporter: just moments ago, this line was wrapped all the way around this movie complex. the line is still long. but the doors just opened to the movie theater. the folks here in line are really excited. as you said, they are hungry for "the hunger games." >> we've been here since 4:45 a.m. >> reporter: a.m.? >> yes. and they have been here since 9:00. >> reporter: the excitement is catching fire. >> i read the books and loved them. i heard the movie was coming out. i was like, yes. >> reporter: different. and the most popular movie so far. so popular, apple founder steve wozniak, is in line at a movie theater in campbell for the movie. >> i've never gotten excited for a movie like this since "jurassic park." >> when somebody dies, you want to cry. >> reporter: the movie is a futuristic film, based on a best-selling book by suzanne collins. it centers around a complex 16-year-old, played by jennifer lawrence, who is put in a kill or be killed situation. >> the fate has pitted them against each other. >> reporter: the book

reporting live in richmond, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. we'll continue to follow this story throughout the evening. >> potential conflict of interest in the case against the man accused of killing five people in san francisco last friday. he was in court today but there was a snag. 35-year-old bin tie look is charged with five counts of murder including special circumstances. he was arrested over the weekend following the discovery of five bodies in a home near san francisco city college. in an unusual move today, the public defender personally asked the court to allow his office to represent look. the court raised a possible conflict because the public defender represented look's brother. he believes there is no conflict of interest. >> he is a person who doesn't have resources, who needs the assistance of the public defender's office, he requested our assistance and we intend to provide it. >> the judge delayed arraignment until tomorrow to give time to make the case. >> new details in the search for a missing teenager sierra lamar. the

cheryl hurd is live with more on the lotto mania. cheryl? >> if you performed the ticket in any of those five cities, check your tickets. you could be a winner. social media is all a buzz saying that the mega winner hails from maryland or maybe even kansas city. i talked to lottery officials and they can't confirm it. hundreds or thousands of people lined up here at cavanaugh's liquor hoping to buy the winning ticket here. five minutes to go, the line at cavanaugh's was still out the door. >> winner, winner, chicken dinner. >> long last couple of days. >> you were behind me. >> tensions were high among last minute players. >> i hope i win the lottery. i can help my daughter go to college. i help my family. i lost my job and my house and everything i had. i live with my family. if i win, i will be lucky. >> i could not get here in time. the lines were too long. >> they only gave me $40 worth. it shut down. security is right here. >> if you win? >> where are we going? tell me where we are going. i got you. >> for john molina, losing was no lau

but we begin with cheryl hurd. are people still without power? >> reporter: some are still without power. about 100 people are without power in lafayette. i'll tell you about that later on. but right now, the rain has been here. it's been like this all day long. slick roads, downed power lines and trees. but get used to it. the rain's not going away anytime soon. the rain never let up in the east bay. and according to this shop owner, that was bad for business. >> it was really slow. hopefully we'll get some business tomorrow. >> i was supposed to go walk the reservoir. because of the rain, i stopped in here. and i've in here two hours shopping. i'm helping the local economy. >> reporter: the economy is one thing. local power outages is another. downed power lines kept pg&e workers busy in lafayette. >> we had it most of the day. didn't have it in the morning for two hours. i have two infant child's at the house. it's a pain. get creative. that's good in the world. we need to go back to basics. >> reporter: another humbling situation, soaked gr

live in oakland cheryl hurd nbc bay area news. >>> a rave party banned from cow palace will get new life. some 12,000 people are expected to attend the event the that turned tragic back in 2010 at the cal palace, that's when two people died and eight became sick after taking ecstasy. police arrested dozens of people at the cal palace leading to the ban. promoters say this time they'll be working with police to keep the event safe and they have a new text messaging system to help report any problems. >>> turning now to decision 2012. mitt romney is cashing in tonight right here in the bay area. romney attended a private fund-raiser on the peninsula where tickets sold for as much as $25,000. jean ellie is live in redwood city with more. jean? >> hp ceo meg whitman raised this private fund-raiser. his critics showed up as well. putting on a show for mitt romney supporters. he leaves a private fund-raiser at the hotel sofitel. supporters spent anywhere from 1,000 to $25,000 to hear the republican presidential hopeful speak. some had trouble getting into the event when protesters blocked an e

we caught up with ryan at medstar where he was visiting one of the firefighters hurd in last week's riverdale heights fire -- hurt in last week's riverdale heights fire. the fire at the vacant house seem like any other fire. then all of a sudden gusty winds fueled a flashover. that's a blowtorch of flames. seven firefighters were injured, two critically. >> it's a long hard road and it's not going to be easy. >> reporter: especially for firefighter ethan sorrell who suffered burns to his wearways and kevin o'toole who has 2nd degree burns over 50% of his body. sorrell has been released from the hospital. ryan is chief of the fire department and had advice for his comrades. >> i'm just going to be honest with you and tell you even when you leave here, it's still a long road. >> reporter: ryan said he is still recovering from burn injuries he received from last april's fire on 48th place in northeast d.c. eerily similar also arson, a vicious flashover sent firefighters to the ground crawling for their lives. ryan was hospitalized in critical condition. >> i received second and third degree burn

cheryl hurd joins us in martinez with the details. >> reporter: this lawsuit was filed on monday.aims racial discrimination. and they say it's a move they're not taking lightly. >> i guess i was -- i didn't think that racism really existed in this time and day the way -- >> reporter: tamika has 15 years experience at amtrak. she is speaking out on behalf of ten other employees who are part of a racial discrimination lawsuit against the company. the lawsuit was filed march 5th. it alleges that the plaintiffs that work in the maintenance yard were denied promotions in training. worked the graveyard shift and were forced to work in a hostile environment. >> in some instances, people are hired as new employees and given positions that my clients have been applying for for years. >> reporter: otis has been an employee for amtrak for nine years. he's a former union rep. he claims he's tried for nine years to get off the graveyard schiff. but the suit claims that nonafrican-americans were promoted over him, despite their experience. >> they never give you an interview. before you make it

cheryl hurd joins us and by now the thieves have to know this is not your ordinary van. >> reporter: they should know because there is a seat missing in the front and a wheelchair in the back. no question what this van is used for and there is a young woman who desperately needs it back. >> i busted my butt trying to get a van. trying to get anything i needed in life. i had to bust my butt from the time i had an accident until now. >> now christian rountree needs her van back. she said her brother noticed it was gone early sunday while parked in the driveway in front of her home on grant street in south vallejo. >> i can't get to school. i missed school today and missed the exam. i can't go to therapy. >> she neats therapy after becoming a quadriplegic two years ago. >> i was in a car accident february 13th, 2010 headed to a softball game that i was running late for. >> she miscalculated a turn and flipped her car five times. >> she was by herself. if there was anybody else in the car with her, it's a blessing she made it out alive. with the condition of the car. >> before the accide

cheryl hurd joins us at the lucky spot in mill valley with the story. are not supposed to reveal the spot. >> reporter: i know because everyone will come to this store, right? it's very lucky. two winning tickets from the store yesterday and today a lot of folks were buying. >> $1 can buy you a ticket and a dream. >> i would take a lot of tickets around the world. >> a house in southern france to be near family. >> everyone i talked to said they would give back to the community in a big way, but the odds of winning the super jackpot of small. >> when you look at it, you count the number of possible outcomes. >> winning the mega million jackpot that could surpass $500 million, it's 176 million to 1. the competition is stiff, competing with lotto players in more than 40 states. >> i would take care of my folks and others around me. >> what are can a mega winner buy here in the bay area. if the team was for sale, forbes estimates you can purchase the a's for $307 million and if you want to buy a home, how about 500 of th$500 of them at a mill. in great bay

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is live in va nearby sha to tell us about it. >> the band is flying high, literally, right now, flying to new york city. they will be representing the entire state of california. >> new york 2012. st. patty's day parade. >> reporter: they are 68 strong. lining up at sfo, to fly to the big apple to perform in the st. patrick's day parade. >> it's a big opportunity. i'm excited. for our school to represent and our city. we have such a small town. >> reporter: a small town with a great high school band that sent in a video, an application to win the right to perform. but each band member worked hard to afford the trip that cost about $2,000 each. >> car washes. we have a craft fund-raiser that helps support the band. which frees up individual fund-raisers for this sort of thing. >> reporter: the panthers performed in the rose bowl parade. now, they won the honor to perform in the st. patty's day parade. they're excited and they have a right to be. >> we'll be the only band from california. and the whole nation will be watching us. >> it's our chance to really

. >> reporter: sergeant john hurd of the livermore police department says buying any kind of tickets secondhand from a stranger is risky and scammers are experts at making fake tickets look real. >> anything cap be copied, mon -- can be copied, money, tickets. >> reporter: if you are going to do it, go through a site that offers protection for buyers, like ebay or stubhub. be suspicious if the price is too good. >> if it seems like it's too good to be true, it probably is. >> reporter: it's often impossible to tell if that bar code on the secondhand eticket is valid just by looking at it. buyers usually don't find out four sure until the ticket is scanned at the entrance. remember, if you have a consumer complaint, call us at 1-888-5-helps-u or head to cbssf.com/consumerwatch. >> you would hate to get to disneyland with the kids and disappoint them. >> can you imagine? >> well, you would be paying double and then some. >> then you would have to. exactly. thank you. >>> well, ken bastida is live in mobile5 right now looking for those gray whales seen in the bay. >> did you find a good

we have only sort of hurd it verbally. could you provide us with greater information. the assumptions you are making how that would be handled. because that is actually something fairly new for us. >> we can provide additional information. really there are some questions we will follow up later on. assumption you are making whether the states would have adequate resources to be able to do what they're doing now. for frail, elderly in our nursing homes under medicaid given reductions that are being made in this budge. i yield back. >> let me interject. this is a budget resolution. it is not the final legislation. that's what authorizing committees are in charge. it contains, block grants. the such, like. and it assumes in its assumptions, medicaid money goes to the population. governor can't take it and use it for roads. that level of specificity rests with the commerce committee. so you know in a budget resolution you don't have that level of detail. >> the category between, it's women and children.category. seniors. they can appropriate vied a variety of services. no

reporting live in san francisco, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> we'll be leave blogging and tweeting from tomorrow's apple event. you can follow nbcbayarea.com. and our business and tech reporter, for the behind-the-scenes coverage. >>> more than just bad lipo. a man posing as a plastic surgeon in san francisco's mission district will be charged with a dozen felonies this week, including sexual battery. he did not have a medical license when he opened his low-cost derma clinic in mission. he's been in jail since a woman reported receiving liposuction from him, and was treated for a serious infection. the d.a.'s office uncovered six other victims. felony charges will be filed friday. >>> that specialized van that vanished from christian roundtree's driveway is back. someone spotted the van this morning and called police. it was found three blocks from her home in vallejo. she is a quadriplegic. and without the van, she has no way to get around. >>> painkillers and painful memories from iraq and afghanistan are not a good combination. veterans are at high risk for

that's where cheryl hurd joins us tonight. cheryl? >> reporter: not a lot of cars travel this road. and that may be one reason why this 15-year-old girl was attacked. >> i'm a little startled because the street is usually quiet. >> reporter: that may have been what prompted a young man to rob and try to sexually assault a 15-year-old girl in san ramon. >> it's often times that i run. i don't run into anybody at all. i need to be more careful. >> reporter: the attack happened just before 3:00 friday afternoon, near west side drive and brylin lane. the suspect approached the girl from behind, on a trail. he allegedly pointed a silver handgun at her. and demanded her iphone. >> reporter: police say the victim was pushed to the ground. and the suspect attempted to sexually assault her. a passing car might have brightened the suspect who ran away. those who use the trail in the neighborhood say, they will be on the lookout. >> tomorrow i'm going to be changing my route. it's scary. >> everyone walks around like this nowadays. people see that. and you're distracted. you're not paying atte

another hurd sl the environmental and historic preservation review. while other fema programs must go through these reviews, there isn't the threat of a loss of funds because there is no timetable associated with these programs. while ehp streamlined some of the reviews, there still are major reason why many of the grant projects require an extension. the fy-2012 grant announcement includes improvements to the program by expanding the use of funds for maybe tennance and allowing the limited use of grants for personnel. we are also pleased to see that despite the funding cuts, all ports continue to be eligible. restricting funding to the highest risk ports would leave a soft underbelly of unprotected ports for terrorists to exploit. we appreciate the willingness of dhs to work with the ports on grant issues, positive changes have been made and we hope that these changes will continue. we feel that over the time the pylon of infect of new requirements has had a significant negative impact on the program. for fiscal year 2013 and beyond, we strongly urge

. >> reporter: sergeant john hurd of the livermore police department says buying any kind of tickets secondhand from a stranger is risky and scammers are experts at making fake tickets look real. >> anything cap be copied, mon --can be copied, money, tickets. >> reporter: if you are going to do it, go through a site that offers protection for buyers, like ebay or stubhub. be suspicious if the price is too good. >> if it seems like it's too good to be true, it probably is. >> reporter: it's often impossible to tell if that bar code on the secondhand eticket is valid just by looking at it. buyers usually don't find out four sure until the ticket is scanned at the entrance. remember, if you have a consumer complaint, call us at 1-888-5-helps-u or head to cbssf.com/consumerwatch. >>> it is one of the most widely used chemicals in the world. alarming research that shows even trace amounts can mess with nature. turning males into females. >> cops around the entire united states, yeah. >> and it wasn't made in napa or sonoma. the bay area's newest wine scene. ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, for years now

"today in the bay's" cheryl hurd as more on the lotto main ya.ania. >> reporter: with five minutes to go the line at kavanaugh liquors was still out the door. >> two minutes! >> winner, winner chicken dinner. >> we are all tired. a long last couple of days. >> she was behind me. >> reporter: attendance was high among last-minute lotto players. >> i hope i can win the lottery and help my daughter go to college. and i would help my family. i lost my job, i lost my house, i lost everything i had to be with my family, you know what i mean? if i win, i'll be lucky. >> i could not get here in time. the lines were too long. absolutely too long. >> they only gave me $40 worth and then it shut down. so security is right here. >> reporter: and if you win? >> where are we going? tell me, where are we going? >> i got you. >> reporter: for john molina, losing was no laughing matter. >> sorry. >> you are really sad, aren't you? >> yeah, because i want to win. i don't win anything. >> i had hopes and dreams of being able to put my daughter through private schoo

. >> cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> all right. >>> winter is finally showing up here in northern summer is kicking in across the country. tonight the midwest, south and east are enjoying temperatures above average for march. tomorrow in 90 major cities they are expected the flirt with record temperatures. for what is behind this and what lies ahead, weather channel mike sidel reports. >> it was another beach day in chicago in march. five 80 degree days in a row. 35 above average. >> i have never seen people playing volleyball on the beach in march. >> reporter: in the nation's capital, a few people still on the ice but the rink is closing today due to the balmy temperatures. in its place an earl hi show of cherry blossoms, kicking off the 100 year anniversary with a festival this week. >> it is a surprise that everything is blooming so early. it is beautiful. >> runners across the country were in for a surprise. the athletes from georgia's normally cool marathon competed today in shorts and t-shirts in temperatures heading toward 70. new york's participants were treated to unseas

i think that's a huge hurd toll appeal to the voters in the general election. >> chris: same big picture, liz? where is the race? how close is romney to effectively putting it away? >> i think he is pretty close. the basic big picture really hasn't changed, which is that the states where romney has lost won't go for obama in the general election. he won't lose any of these southern states, even if he loses them now in the primary. that's a fundamental fact. the states that matter are olieo, florida, where romney has won. so that's the bottom line. i do think in the south, romney's final got a chance to beat expectations. he has been hobbled in a way throughout this campaign by being a frontrunner who everybody has assumed will win, but has significant weaknesses. so he has never had a situation where he can go and in and beat expectations and this might be the first time that he can do that. in terms of perception, that would go a long way for him. >> chris: chip, before we are seen as corinating mitt romney, the fact that santorum is running a very strong campaign, did very well in kans

cheryl hurd has a look at what's being done and the one thing, that's after an all new "fashion star.urn things 0 over to brent cannon. >>> the national debate over health care coverage, how far can the government go and what issue will that mean for the presidential election? plus the bay area woman who ran a marathon and won just six weeks after giving birth. she will join us in the studio with tips on staying motivated. an amazing story there. and are there really ties to the bay area? we'll tell you the story and will talk about the hoe it tell, we really have connections. >> we'll see you at 7:00. we'll see you at 11:00 as well. >>> i'm suzanne shaw. legislation has been introduced to kill all plans for high-speed rail. nbc bay area thinks it's premature to pull the plug. the new high-speed rail leadership has just forged new partnerships with regional rail lines. cal train would get a share of bullet train funds to upgrade and electrify existing rail. this would serve all of us in the bay area soon er than the original plan. in 20 years california's population is expected to rea

i think that's a huge hurd toll appeal to the voters in the general election. >> chris: same big picture, liz? where is the race? how close is romney to effectively putting it away? >> i think he is pretty close. the basic big picture really hasn't changed, which is that the states where romney has lost won't go for obama in the general election. he won't lose any of these southern states, even if he loses them now in the primary. that's a fundamental fact. the states that matter are olieo, florida, where romney has won. so that's the bottom line. i do think in the south, romney's final got a chance to beat expectations. he has been hobbled in a way throughout this campaign by being a frontrunner who everybody has assumed will win, but has significant weaknesses. so he has never had a situation where he can go and in and beat expectations and this might be the first time that he can do that. in terms of perception, that would go a long way for him. >> chris: chip, before we are seen as corinating mitt romney, the fact that santorum is running a very strong campaign, did very well in kans

and the second key mentor is keith nightingale who was un-hurd of but he's part of the ranger regiment and he helped to start the joint special operations community concept. before that he had been involved in the iran hostage rescue so their letters show how young david petraeus is thinking about special forces and in that whole community and that not a whole lot of people have interest in albeit sort of academic interests. the third key mentor and the most influential mentor is general jack galvin and he was assigned with general galvin several times but that your correspondence is the richest and for sure they're the closest today. and he not only learned military history and leadership and management but they both had this passion for small wars, low intensity conflict. and so in the book you'll see how galvin influences his thinking about this in particular by inviting him to central america to panama which is where the southern command was headquartered at the time and there's six insurgencies going on and petraeus flies around with galvin and most young officers or anyone who ha

. >> i just got out of my house and i heard five people were hurded in the -- murdered in the house.ally freaks me out. we just moved here. >> it it caught you by surprise? >> yes. >> are you gonna do anything different? >> definitely go home early. yeah, pretty freaked out. >> a lot of people who talked to our news crusade they did not know the -- did not know the news crew say they did not know the victims personally. >>> now we return to the sierra lamar case. here's more. >> reporter: i can tell you in the last 20 minutes or so they actually packed up and left this area. i want to stand out the way so you can see where they are. above this fence in the distance, you can see that home. they were inside that home. that's sierra lamar's mother's home. they were inside there for some time. then i want to pan the camera to the left so you can see that side gate. that, according to neighbors, is a business back behind the house. they were saven -- aveningerring -- scavengering behind there. when they went behind the house, they did what's called a grid search, basically going shoulder

here now to discuss what is at stake in illinois is washington times columnist charlie hoessele hurd. thanks for joining us. >> he cut it short, heading to illinois. is this a sign he's concerned. >> yeah, he's been concerned for weeks now. i think that's also a sign of a very organized campaign. he's run a very organized campaign. he's obviously had problems sort of putting it away the way i think he would like to, but he doesn't -- he's not taking anything for granted, and you know, this thing has gone on so much longer than i think he wanted or many republicans, you know, establishment republicans wanted. so yeah, it's probably very important. it looks like he's doing very well in puerto rico right now, and while he's still ahead in illinois, those numbers look like they're sort of closing a little bit, so he needs to shore that up. >> how important is illinois? >> you know, i think it's important, but there have been so many states where the babbling press in washington said he's got to win this one and he goes and wins it. rick santorum, his only really strategy for going forward

. >> that's the first hurd toll get to. thank you for the preview. >> reporter: you bet. >> conservatives are fighting to convince the justices that it is unconstitutional. a former solicitor general under president raggan says, don't count on it. harvard professor charles freeh is here live. >> good to be with you. >> caller: you are very experienced. you know how this works tomorrow. the pressure that's on. let me give you a couple of arguments from the challengers and you tells how you would shoot those down. first of all that, compelling someone into commerce or telling them they have to buy something is not the same as regulating commerce and you can't go that far? >> well, there are two arguments which show that that's a bad argument both have been made by very conservative federal judges. i think the best is the argument by judge sutton in ohio who said the whole thing about compelling people into commerce, which they are not in, is a red herring, because the thing that's being regulated -- the thing that people are

this is mark hurd and larry ellison. i think chm is just schooling them. it's schooling them. and i think that people have to watch that stock because the last quarter was bad yet the stock has come all of the way back to 30. agree, time of get out oracle. >> fierce rivalry between those two companies. >> yes. >> southwest and united. >> oh, my. you know, gasoline, jet fuel is so high. i thought this made sense, this bank of america downgrade. i don't know why people are still in these stocks. what does it take? don't they realize the costs are up so much and you can't really hedge it in a certain point. i really don't like the airlines at all. >> i see harley, citi group saying some good things. >> yes. we did a piece recently about harley and the momentum, the sales momentum and how is if kind of thing that frankly, do you really need a harley? no. this is discretion spending back. >> discretionary that you need to finance in a large case. >> yes. i think a lot of people used to think this is a market where harley is going to have trouble -- people are g