jane, i want to ask you. you wrote this book about mickey mantle, which i've just said i think is one of the big biographies i ever read about a baseball player. it was really a book of great sadness when you-- here's this kid who came up at 19, just like bryce harper did, got hurt his first year up, never really got past that injury. you always have to wonder what would he have been like had he not been hurt that first year? but how do you compare harper and young people today with mickey mantle? >> i went back, bob, and looked at the 1951 september stats for those four guys. and, you know, willy maze was the 1951 ml rookie of the year. he batted .233. he was the not reason the johnson ended up beating the dodgers. mantel, messa-messa. in september. he was sent down in august, because of his elbow and there were questions whether he was enjoying the high life too much. trout had the magnificent year but tanked in september. harper, after the nats lost five games and davey johnson called that team meeting, to

jane, thanks so much. see you later. a fresh batch of key earnings and economic reports could move your money first thing in the morning. keep it here. we're going to talk to three of wall street's best economic analysts and how >>> welcome back. 30 seconds on the clock. our next guests are ready to tell us what they think will move their money. paul, we begin with you. what are you looking at tomorrow? >> we have international markets moving in ranges for the past four weeks. investors continue to wait for decisions on policy about spain, yeas rr and the european banking union. economic data are going to push markets up to the top of the range and down to the bottom of the range. tomorrow we are looking for weak data from japanese machine tool orders and from french and italian industrial production. >> thank you. 30 seconds on the clock. what do you look at tomorrow? >> unemployment got hit last friday. earnings season kicks off today with tough expectations as we had companies lowering guidance. a couple of names we a

he doesn't want to work with jane, so he's transferring to another unit. any idea who's gonna replace hannigan? don't know yet. there's a new class of trainees coming up. maybe we'll get one of them. files are right there if you wanna take a look. like this one. she's cute. one last time-- are you sure you wanna do this? yes, i am. okay. i tried. you did. thank you. shall we go? (clicks switch) here you go. i'm going home. if you need me to explain anything, give me a call. (phone rings) yes? (woman) virgil minelli? yes. who's this? alexa shultz, fbi. we met at the forensics conference in roanoke. director shultz. what a pleasure to hear from you. i understand the cbi has hired a new consultant, a man named patrick jane? yes. i'm surprised you know. i didn't realize you followed our hiring that closely. mr. jane is connected to a case we're interested in. the serial killer known as red john. i'm, um, calling to ask a favor. what's that? i would appreciate updates on the red john case. that waywhen my boss asks me what's going on, i have something to tell h

so, have jane, christian and martha use it while they're working with business clients. mid december do a soft launch, and then in january 2013 do an official launch. while that's happening -- so, with this meeting with the department heads, what we have asked for them is to help -- for them -- the first step that we need from them is to complete a survey of their permits. and, so, in your packet is a permit mapping survey that we are asking the departments to fill out per permit. and this is for the permits that are straight on, an application for a department of public health permit, per se, to open to do a mobile food facility. we have separate surveys for the unique items that are impact fees. there are some regulatory items that businesses do need to do, but they don't require an application or a fee to do it, such as needing to post the no-smoking in front of your business. so, those are some of the regulatory items. there are separate surveys that we're asking departments to capture that data and information and provide it to us. so, those surveys are due at the e

for "our changing planet," i'm jane joyce.learn more about our changing planet, visit us on the web at. . . >> from weekend getaways to extended road trips, california is full of places to explore. and for over 100 years, the auto club has been there to help. our travel agents offer you expertise regarding destination information, trip planning, and reservations either in office, on the phone or online, across the state, throughout the country or around the world. through all life's travels, we are always with you. >> road trip has been made possible by the automobile club of southern california. >> well, hello, everybody. i'm huell howser. here it is, early morning. in fact, it's so early i hadn't even had my morning coffee. we're in kern county near bakersfield, right on the outskirts of the nice little community

i was talking to jane miller earlier.looked like there was a hard time getting rid of the water. the winds are not really that strong, but they are still there. the rainfall totals, for the whole storm, have an history of the storm -- new york city, long island, places like that got the bulk of the surge action but not people of the rain. we are the ones down here -- but not the bulk of the rain. we got 7 inches of rain. we got all the rain and they got all the wind and the title flooding and what not. how much rainfall did we get? just a few places here. tv hill, 5.7 inches, a little more than that at the airport. almost seven in annapolis. inner harbor, 6.8. rosedale, 7.82. 6.825 in cordova. over 8 inches of rain there. garrett county, 26 inches of snow. oakland, 12 inches of snow. never thought i would be talking about rain and snow all in one breath. impressive cloud picture this afternoon. here is the storm spinning around, so we are stuck with it for awhile. it does not look like heavy rain though. gusts of 40. by t

. >> jane king has the bloomberg business report. hi, jane. >> good morning. betemit agree to pay more than $5.5 billion for coventry healthcare -- $7.6 billion in bonuses to the ceo who didn't shop around for the highest offer. coventry and aetna had no comment. it is all about manufacturing today on wall street. a contraction. that is for a fourth straight month. that is not good news. manufacturing makes up tall % of the overall economy. we did have a lower close back on friday -- manufacturing was makes up 12% of the overall economy. crude oil prices are falling from may 1 week high. have you bought a car lately? banks are offering the lower rates and has pushed vehicle sales up 9.5% last month. that is the fastest pace in three years. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> some folks are starting their holiday shopping. the nintendo wii will be a hard to find item. >> it better try to your hand down one now. preorders are on fire. possibly baby diaper shortage. >> thank you, jane. >> 5:23. 50 degrees at the

king with that and hp investors packing it in jane?>> yeah, i was a rough day for hp shareholders yesterday. today things not much better after sinking yesterday, shares this morning up a little this is the broader markets turn higher, still near a 10 year low negativity about the company's turn around plans still out there. meg whitman gave analysts full day presentation and said 2013 prove could woman in weaker than expected. chip maker cutting 1300 positions blaming sluggish demand for pc's and tools used to make them shares of the company so far this morning are down slightly. markets are a little high, quiet, big monthly jobs report tomorrow maybe a quiet dave trade ago -- a yet day of trading ahead. -- facebook out there commemorating getting a billion users. putting out a promotional video shot by academy award winning mexican director featuring peep around the world facebook plans to make versions in 12 languages. check out the video on zuckerberg's feed facebook shares now around $22. still down more than 41% since may ipo lon

i would whip out my dick and jane. see jane run. run, he endured that. he allowed me to read to him. i had no idea in other families the adults read to children. in my house, children read to the adults. imagine the confidence they gave me in my readings. i loved to read out loud. enjoyed it immensely. so i would read dick and jane all the way up to julius caesar. when i came to a word difficult, he would say work with it little sister. he wouldn't jump in and tell me. he would let me work it out so i did. i learned to jump into words. that built my confidence, grandmother and ggrandfather were from the old school. i can remember borrowing $25 from my grandmother. i was taking out my checkbook to pay her. she said no, darling, don't give me a little piece of paper. what did i give you. i said a 20 and a 5. so bring me that. they went to the light company and paid their light bills. they went to the department store and paid whatever. they went there once or twice a week to take care of business. the process of going through things, my grandmother would t

this is patrick jane. hey. how you doing? good. agent van pelt said you were really helpful.hat can i do for you? well, it's quite a setup you have here. yeah, you know, i'm just trying to give these guys a little place to go before they get in too deep. we think huff's death might trigger another war between the overtons and the low-riders. is there a third player in town that might be behind it? well, those... well, actually, we're thinking-- well, i'm--i'm thinking, someone ought to just sit down with these two gangs and have them talk it out. what do you say? that's nuts. low-riders killed sue's husband. overtons killed beltran's little brother. those guys hate each other. they're not sitting down across from each other, ever. this gym is neutral territory, right? so what if we held the meeting here? but they're not talking, so you'd be wasting your time. it's worth a try. if i can arrange it, would you be okay if we held that meeting right here? it'd save a lot of lives. go ahead. thank you. what was that about? we need to get back to the overtons. uh, actually, i'll go

maybe jane kim shouldn't be the only one trying to make the shelter systems better. i feel like the sf hot team is really being ignored in this equation. they will put someone off the streets and put them in a house and put their lives together. they have already cut them once and i would like at least people to start bringing them into the equation. the other thing that i am having a problem with. it just seems that everybody is disconnected from each other. like the san francisco male health association, the sro task force, the local homeless coordinating board and the shelter monitors are not really coming together to deal with this problem. >> thank you very much. i'm sorry, i realized you still have 25 seconds left. so we'll give you a little bit more time. >> i think the other thing, too is that we do need to deal with property and empty and abandoned property. so you have an excessive amount of people who are sleeping on the sidewalks and double-tripled up. you have families who live in something like the size of a bathroom. when we have houses that are empty.

(jane joyce) after centuries of wetland destruction, efforts are underway to preserve and restore theseal ecosystems. (dr. carter johnson) definitely, attitudes about wetlands are changing. a lot of studies have been done that have shown very clearly that the 1993-1995 floods on the mississippi and missouri rivers would have been greatly lessened had fewer wetlands been drained. and i think retaining those basins in their natural form is definitely a value that we should recognize. (jane joyce) once considered wastelands to remove, people are beginning to realize the value of wetlands

they are not. >> listen, jane, jane -- >> today maybe the peak. >> i hate to be the one that says it,keeps going up, gas will keep going up. figure that one out. >> all right. so. >> sorry. >> riddle of the day. >> infantile of me. jane. thank you. >>> let's stay on food. because even though many dining stocks have done well, some restaurants put the others to shame. we are talking stocks. so, what is the single best restaurant stock in our next guest investing world? steven anderson, senior analyst at miller tabak. steven, who is your top pick? >> my top pick right now is domino's pizza, dpz. as you may well new york the company launched its new pan pizza about two weeks ago. it's performing really well, the first two weeks since its launch and had its national media debut last sunday. and we think there's a high incidence of reorders for the new pan pizza, most important product launch for dominos in the last three years, we argue, this is the kind of thing that drives traffic in the fast food segment. >> that's really big statement, right, to say that the pan pizza is the most impo

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jane, what you got cooked up?l, my goodness, i hope we last that long with a what i'm about to talk about. we always hope the candidates say certainly new in these debates but if they say the same old same old, the only solution is a drinking game. here's ours. first, drink whenever you hear the president say the following words of phrases, even when he's quoting his opponent. >> for the middle class. every millionaire and billionaire in the country. >> so that everybody's paying their fair share. >> 47% of the people will vote for the president no matter what. >> obama bid laden. >> so let me be clear. >> let me be clear. let me be clear. >> all right. let me be clear. drink responsibly. next, what should we look for from governor romney? >> entrepreneurship and innovation. >> that includes obama care. >> he said the private sector is doing fine. >> in my heart. >> if you got a business, you didn't build that. >> okay. and if they both say the same word, that's extra. here is the one i'm watching for. >> $1 trill

jane king has the bloomberg business report. good morning, jane. >> the tax man coming for you. 160 million could see bigger tax fees next year. a typical u.s. worker can expect to pay about $1,000 and more next year and it will get deducted from your paycheck. we have stock futures looking higher today. we had a plunge back on friday, a huge decline. microsoft, mcdonald talking about a slowing u.s. and global economy and that hurts their bottom lines. good news for facebook. no evidence the company withheld information from investors. the stock price plunged after their ipo. the stock probe is ongoing. t-mobile warning their merger approved. there was a deal to pay $1.5 million in an effort to compete 18 t, andi and verizon, spreaint. the s3 be available on its website starting today without a contract by samsung. >> millions of dish network customers can now see their zombies and mad men again. >> there has been an agreement reached. details coming up. >> jane, thank you. >> 5:23. 47 degrees at the airport. patterson park was

our jane wells is at lax airport with more on that. it is very curious, jane. what's going on? >> reporter: well, simon, first explain what it is. the secondary cockpit barrier is a folding metal gate which drapes across the aisle to prevent or at least slow a rush on the cockpit if the pilot steps out to use the restroom. it is standard issue on the new boeing 787 but united had the grate removed which has angered the pilots. the gates aren't mandatory under federal rules but why go to the cost of removing a pre-installed piece of safety equipment. it is a weight issue? i'm told it only weighs 10 pounds. pilots like john russell who is also a union rep thinks the newly merged airline wants to standardize the fleet to continental's standards. >> united airplanes are all equipped with this, or just about all the airplanes. none of continental's airplanes are equipped with it. what they would rather do is take all safety features off the united airplanes and any new airplanes, why spend the money. and on the airplanes that didn't have the barrier, they would come up and move the

michael adaro, paula dattish, bruce jesse, jane blotchy, and richard rothman. sorry if i butchered any of those 2345eu78s. forward. everyone will have two minutes. please line up on this side of the room. >> hello. mike adisaro, former past chairman of the liaison committee for the street artists program and i would like to play a small clip. this is from 1972. >> president farrell: sf gtv. we've got it up. >> the only thing we can do -- we're caught as bill has said divn the between the parks department and the board of supervisors and the -- for 30 days, at this time of the year, christmas time, when many of the artists depend on the christmas sales with no legal place to sell detion ig naitd by the board of supervisors we can only advise that the artists go back to the street and sell on the street in a form of protest. i cannot in full conscience certify and take 20 per quarter for people for licenses when they have no place designated where they may function. we are going to act within the law. i worked out -- >> unfortunately with two minutes i have to cu

jane king has the bloomberg business report. hi, jane. >>hi, stan. good morning. american express pay more than $112 million several credit-card violations. customers had to pay off old debt. the settlement involves the consumer protection bureau and utah regulators. amex will refund $85 million to customers. american express neither admitted nor denied accusations in the settlement. a fight between samsung and apple continues. samsung is accusing the iphone 5 of infringing on eight of its patents. futures are a little bit higher. mixed.day we finished ne we did have a strong manufacturing report. american airlines has been dealing with flight delays now checking for lose seats on a bank of its jetliners. some seats became unbolted on two flights. increasing oversight for carriers while flying under bankruptcy. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> there was a report about seasonal hires. macy's is one of those companies. >> yes. retail is the place to be if you're looking for some temp work. also at&t cutting price

jane king has the bloomberg business report. hi, jane. how are you? >> you probably remember 49 states reached a settlement with five of the nation's big mortgage lenders. pie isd's piece of that $1 billion. a report coming out shows 14 states plan to spend the entire allotment of settlement money on housing relief. on wall street, investors waited on corporate report cards from verizon.zo we were higher yesterday but not by much. fedex testing strategies for same-day delivery. web retailers try to match that. the postal service is trying out something similar in san francisco. a number of owners of iphones are complaining the date and time are wrongly displayed. because of the problem is unknown. apple is aware of the time of shifting issue. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> bad news about college kids and for their parents and college debt. deeper debt. what amazon is doing to make parenting easier. >> 5:22. 46 degrees at the airport. what does it take to be one of the most fit men of all time? i'

jane king has the bloomberg business report. tgif, jane.the orioles a shout out. >> ok, go orioles. i have not been watching baseball. more bad news for the social security administration. they are cutting hours to save on over time. offices were shut their doors 30 minutes early starting november 19. it is jobs day on wall street. economists are not too rosy on today's numbers. we are basically running in place. a gain of 100,000 jobs is just enough to absorb the population of new workers. we will see those numbers in about three hours. weekly jobless claims and factory orders came in better than expected. sprint is considering whether to make a counterbid for metro pcs . spring's board -- starbucks has an expansion plan in mind. the plan to add 1,000 -- they plaln to add 1,000 stores. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> starbucks fans having trouble finding it seasonal strength this year. >> the pumpkin spice latte. fans complaining of a possible shortage. buyer beware when paying per thi

jane king has the bloomberg business report. hi, jane. >> hello, stan.news feed on facebook may be full of postings covering last night's presidential debate. if you have a message, you have a chance to bump it up, for a price. you can promote your post for $7. oeing.n for bel the contract is valued at nearly $2 billion. futures are a bit higher so far this morning. there were encouraging reports yesterday on job creation and the services industry. we get the big monthly jobs report tomorrow. demand for luxury rooms rose. a positive forecast for next year. start saving up now or pick your travel date strategically. airfares on average are trending 3% higher compared to last year. the average things giving flight rose by $11. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. >> 5:22. >> how councilmembers feel about restaurants posting their health restaurants posting their health grades ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we

but i don't think that's the real mitt romney. >> jane har nan, you were at the debate what was yourwatching it from the audience? >> first of all we need to call you the iron woman of television. you do more travel and tv than anybody i've ever seen and look gorgeous. >> thank you for that. >> being there was, i think, different from watching it on tv or even listening on the radio. i thought both sides did well and i thought that jim zogby, you should have been impressed with romney's opening something i was looking for from either candidate where he basically said we need a broad vision of what america stands for in the world. we can't just kill bad guys. i know that's something you applaud and he talked about whether he would actually do this and whether it's a change in position is something else, but he did talk about the need for us to show solidarity with muslims around the world against extremism. that is the way we're going to defeat these threats not just against us but them. more muslims have been killed by these people than non-muslims. i thought obama's close was strong

so, i've been approached, supervisor jane kim. and she said, well, with the redistricting, go ahead and talk to supervisor david campos, which i did do. and he was so kind enough to get onto this really quite quickly. so, i urge you to go ahead and approve this recommendation. thank you. >> great, thank you very much. >> i also want to finish up by saying, of course, we're going to be addressing the a-d-a and everything else. [speaker not understood]. thank you. * >> commissioner o'brien. >> just jumping the gun maybe, but if people have a comment to make, go ahead and make it, but i would make a motion to approve this. it seems to me to be a fairly common sense recommendation and provided the a-d-a thing is covered i can't see there being a serious objection to it. so, i'd like to make a motion to approve it as stated. >> do we have any other public comment on this issue? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> the motion

jane wells is live in northridge, california with all the details.evening, jane. >> somebody just drove by joking is this where the free gas is? i don't think there will ever be free gas in california again. the gas here at this arco station is 18 cents higher since we were here nine hours ago. they're going to run out of regular in about 15 minutes. they expect to be out of everything an hour after that. however, more gasoline is starting to come back into the system. exxon mobil tells us its refinery is finally backli onli after a four-day power outage. some stations ran out of fuel, turning 2012 into "that 70s show." drivers remember rationing back during the baembargo era. it's bad timing. >> the expectation that aaa has is over the weekend and heading into early next week, the state average could rival the all-time high, $4.61 in the summer of 2008. >>, oh my, gosh, weir hi're hirn that. some find the timing curious. a lot of talk about the brownouts in the era of enrap. some talk about the markets being manipulated. >> every time election it go

well, joe and jane is asking questions tomorrow night. he pulls that off, he breaks through this one big barrier and the structural shift in the race that we're seeing state by state could continue and give him great advantages. for the president, of course, he's got to repaint mitt romney as that caricature as being out of touch rich guy. we'll see if he can p pull that off. >> nbc's chuck todd. be sure to watch tonight's live coverage of the debate. 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 pacific time on this nbc station. >>> new this morning, major reform coming from cuba. the government is changing travel restrictions. cubans will no longer be forced to require a complicated exit visa. a simple passport and visa to the country they're traveling is all they need. >>> the u.s. supreme court is going to decide whether you need new proof to vote. they're expected to render a decision by june. >>> here's a look at stories making news in virginia. we are going to begin with a vicious beating. new york police officers battered a homeless man for several min

. >> jane king with why and6t -- trying to milk more out of your monthly food budget. >> milk prices may be the latest product about to go up. u.s. milk production headed for biggest contraction in 12 years we can blame the drought that has lead to rising feed costs prompting dairy farmers to slaughter the cows it is more expensive to feed them. shampoo prizes higher. -- sham moo prices higher compared to a year ago. -- flat start to things on wall street alcoa kicking off fresh earnings season after the closing bell. analysts not optimistic. on the defensive slightly. bloomberg index down 2/10 of a percent. ipo success story so far from software maker boosting share price of initial stock offering to $2.26. boosting it by $2 to $26. workday delivers payroll and human resources services clue cloud computing google one of its big clients. brach friday a myth about deals. numbers crunched over six years the best time to buy uggs boots is september or october not on black friday same with popular toys. some appliances did get cheaper closer to christmas cheapest time to buy a watch is i

live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. >> we'll take a tip, any time, thank you. 6:49. >etting reports of a new incident on the bay bridge could affect westbound she will have more in a couple of minutes. >>> you can see we are looking at low clouds the ones causing flight arrival delays of 69 minutes into sfo they clouds aren't as moisture laden as last night. doppler showing how much drier it is now than the light showers we had while were you sleeping. dress for mid to upper 50s in most neighborhoods, 52 in santa rosa, mid 50s monterey bay. shower chance lingers today, tomorrow and even saturday mainly cloudy overnight and summer warmth next week to balance this abnormally cold weather we've had this week today one of the coolest days mid to upper 60s south bay mid 60s peninsula this afternoon upper 50s struggle along the coast chilly there low 60s downtown south san francisco and sausalito mid to upper 60s in your valleys only upper 50s at your beaches in the north bay mid 60s along the east bay shoreline as you head into the east bay valleys upper 60s to a few self r

any way, live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. remember, either way >> we need easier as each year goes on. >> yep. >> me too. >>> action taken to try to bring down record high gas prices. >>> meningitis scare continues to grow. new cases and the california clinics link >>> well we come back. you are looking live at downtown san francisco mostly clear about 55°. a lot of sunshine today mixed with clouds temperatures cooler than average. chance of showers tomorrow and wednesday. >>> 6:45. gas prices continue to climb in california. help may be on the way. the aaa fuel gauge report shows prices in san francisco now average $4.74 per gallon for regular. in oakland and san jose $4.68. a finance any or two higher per gallon -- a penny or two higher per gallon since yesterday. the governor has ordered winter blend gas to start selling earlier and senator feinstein has asked the ftc to investigate the hike. >>> the first nobel prizes of the year were just announced in sweden one has links to the bay area. british researcher and researche

. >> jane king at the new york stock exchange with that. explain jane! >>> good morning.ant stuff about candy, that in a second. 16 of the nation's largest financial services firms warning president obama and congress interest rates could spike significantly if they don't come to agreement on tax and spending and void that so-called fiscal cliff with automatic tax hikes and spending cuts. the letter was signed from heads of top banks. moody's has warned it might downgrade united states debt if an agreement is not reached. we have a slight negative tone on wall street, weekly jobless claims went up more than forecast. a little direction. bloomberg index trading down. halloween sales not looking sweet for candy makers, consumers projected to cutback on amount they spend on treats this year. halloween tops easter, christmas and valentine's day as top holiday for chocolate some pulling back spending. live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. >>> 6:49. >> it is 49ers day here we have ordered up warm temperatures hopefully the 9ers will pack heat too. >>> absolutely.

, joe and jane are asking questions tomorrow night. he pulls that off, breaks through this one barrier, and the structural issue could change and give him an advantage. the president, of course, has to re-paint mitt romney as being the out-of-touch rich guy. we'll see if he can pull it off. >> chuck, thank you, we'll see you in 24 hours and of course have every moment of tomorrow night's debate. here live, gets under way 9:00, 6 on the west coast. >>> and we turn now to the tainted shots from a pharmacy in massachusetts, the numbers have gone up, 15 people died as a result. 214 cases now in the news tonight. the fear, that is, other drugs that were made at the same place could also be a problem, our senior investigator lisa myers has more. >> reporter: brian, today, the government broadened the warning today to include other products made by the pharmacy at the heart of the meningitis outbreak. the new england compounding center. the fda says it is investigating three new cases, one, a possible case of meningitis that may be tied to a

jane wells is live in calabasas for us., jane. >> reporter: you know the kardashians moved to calabasas so i'm just going to blame this on them. earlier we were at a gas station in northridge where it was only $4.42 a gallon -- only. they were lined up. here? not so many cars. we're real lly pressing the mart here. could we see gas reach $6 a gallon? people have been making a run on fuel, some stations shut down due to a lack of supply. seems to be concentrated in southern california mostly. the problems are hidden with refineries just at the same time that in california and only in california we're switching over from a special summer blend of gasoline to a special winter blend of california gasoline, and prices have shot up a record 20 cents in the last 24 hours. >> people are suffering. the unemployment is out. everybody's complaining and they complaining us. they are not complaining the government. >> now, bill, zoom in here. at this particular gas station, the owners have put up signs saying sorry, it's not our fault.

our jane wells is chewing on that question for us from los angeles jane? >> hi, sue, for yum in particular, many analysts expecting the turn around of taco bell to continue but overall in the restaurant industry, as we look at some of the stocks, goldman sachs expects a 3.6% drop in same-store sales for the fast food group. the worst figure in three years. it expects that trend to continue through the fourth quarter, however it sees, "notable upside at panera and yum, saying sales trends remain robust and likely above consensus expectations" though for yum it is cautious on china, half the company's sales come from. this as yum's taco bell in the u.s. has been making a run at chipotle with healthier menu items. david einhorn last week shorted chipotle, but the chain has a large exposure in california and a devoted following. >> chipotle is incredible. all organic. >> better ingredient. >> what change i would make to chipot chipotle? i would get bacon for the burr receipt snows. >> my family and friends eat at chipotle, they got me onto t. >> yes, all that'

well, joe and jane is asking questions tomorrow night. he pulls that off, he breaks through this one big barrier and the structural shift in the race that we're seeing state by state could continue and give him great advantages. for the president, of course, he's got to repaint mitt romney as that caricature as being out of touch rich guy. we'll see if he can pull that off. >> nbc's chuck todd reporting. and be sure to watch our live coverage of tonight's debate. it gets underway at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 pacific time right here on this nbc station. >>> well, new this morning, major reform coming from cuba. the government is easing travel restrictions starting january 13th. cuban also no longer be forced to acquire and present a complicated exit visa. a simple passport and a visa from the country to which they are traveling is all they'll need. >>> well, the u.s. supreme court has agreed to decide whether the state of arizona can demand proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. the law is not in effect this november,

sharon howell, jane evans, and ester adams. >> okay. so comments from the board? commissioner mendoza. >> thank you. so i'm just curious. i know who ester is but sharon howell and jane evans. is there background on either of these two? >> there's the representative, the president of c pac was on her way and be here in two minutes, so she's about the only one that can have the information. >> can we come back to this item. >> yeah. okay. so what i want to do is move on to the next item and come back to this when we have the appropriate person to answer the questions. okay. so let's go to item m, which is what i just said. discussions of other educational issues. superintendent carranza. >> thank you president yee and members of the board. while we call them to come up to prepare for the presentation we are going to show a brief powerpoint so i will ask you to get out of the line of fire if you are by the screen, but way of introduction we are very proud this evening to share with the public and with the board our student achievement results the 2011-2012 school yea