secondly, jim's issue was energy. jim spent time as a chairman of the senate committee on energy and natural resources. indeed, we -- i sit on that committee today. senator craig sat on it before me, senator mcclure before him and senator jordan before jim mcclure. indeed, we can't recall that anyone serving from idaho that we didn't have a person on that committee. indeed, it was the shoop seat that sat on that committee for as long as any of us can remember. as a testament to the larger-than-life persona that jim mcclure had, the following are named after jim mcclure in idaho: in 1995 the college of mines and earth resources at the university of idaho was dedicated as the james a. mcclure hall. in december of 2001, the federal building and united states courthouse in boise, idaho was renamed for jim mcclure. in 2007 the university of idaho renamed the bureau of public affairs research the james a. and louise mcclure center for public policy and research. well, all of this recaps in certainly an inadequate way the ma

i love jim carrey.e u.s. and 80 countries worldwide. ted, would you mind finishing the intro? >> ted: please welcome dr. mehmet oz! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: there you go. dr. oz, my main man. how are you? >> i love the roots. we're from philadelphia. [ cheers ] i'm a philly boy. >> jimmy: you're a philly guy yourself. >> yeah. >> jimmy: now, dr. oz -- will dr. oz eat a cheesesteak? >> no. [ laughter ] i love fat cheesesteaks, but i wouldn't. you know -- i saved your tail again just now. >> jimmy: you did? >> yeah, i defibrillated jim carrey. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you just saved his life? >> i pulled him back from death. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh! this will be the fourth time he's done it. a fifth? >> a pulse of minus 4. >> jimmy: minus 4? i've never heard of that. >> i tell you -- yeah, kudos. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, the guy is amazing. well, you are an amazing doctor. it's always good to have a doctor 50 feet away from my studio. >> oh, i love being next to you. >> jimmy: i feel safe. >> you have

take jim van the executive editor of politico. the real jim has a twitter account.e one, twice as many followers. are you jealous of the fake jim? >> the person is sometimes pretty clever, which i him credit for, but i have a hard enough time living with the real jim for now. >> reporter: the fake one says, tomorrow on politico, slide show. congressional cleavage. the real one? he can take it. >> if you're in washington in politics and journalism, you take yourself too seriously, you're screwed. >> reporter: fake rahm emanuel spoke to us, only if we held his face. i wanted to know what it was like. i started my own fake account. instead of john s per man, there is fake john s berman. who says thing s like this. there's something pathetic about it. but someone actually started a real fake john berman account, which promises to cover the fake sarah palin, the yankees and mundane animals. now i understand where jim is coming from. if you could say one thing to the fake jim, what would i it be? >> i'm john berman, the real one, not the fake one, or even the real fake on

jim cantore in memphis, jim, thanks. >>> the pentagon today awarded a $35 billion contract to build a new generation of air force midair refueling tankers to boeing of washington state. it's the third time the air force has tried to close the contract in a process that's been a major scandal. a top boeing executive and a senior air force officer went to jail over this back in '04. in the end boeing beat out the european-owned airbus which had been awarded the contract in '08, a decision that boeing appealed. >>> when we come back on this busy night, if you're worried that all this unrest is going to cost us more for gas, you have good reason to be. >>> later, we'll show you their first official event together as a couple and what it launched as a result. >>> beyond the violence and the drama we've been watching this people's revolt in the middle east and north africa now, a lot of americans want to know what's this going to cost me where the price of gas is concerned. the oil market was wild today. crude oil hit a high above $103 a barrel, then wound up down at $97 and change. still a

but jim, i know you were watching, weren't you?illy crystal. >>> warmer mid- to upper 40s 50s -- mid- to upper 50s and 60s. more rain midweek. showers through the end of the week as it looks like back to a wet pattern. let's check traffic with elizabeth. >> we are going out towards benicia southbound 680 around lake herman road an accident down the shoulder embankment. -- so the main line of the freeway are okay but there are emergency vehicles on the scene. usual brake lights through antioch out of the altamont pass looks good towards the dublin interchange. back to you. >> thank you. >>> levi's has come up with yet another very provocative ad campaign. >> this one is literally turning heads. it's known as the rear view. it's a hidden camera on the back of some form-fitting jeans. it's the brainchild of a -- [ indiscernible ] >> what really goes on behind women's backs. that camera caught everything from women taking a look at other women to men either sneaking a peek with their girlfriend nearby to other men looking way too long.

. >> jim what's on tap today? >> i think we will continue with more of this unreal weather, more record highs falling today. we are breaking the old record by 10 degrees or more for most locations, as once again we are headed into the upper 70s. low 80s for the hot spots a gorgeous weekend for bay area, mostly clear skies from our vacca cam up on mount vacca, the camera is shaky, gusting northerly winds continuing across the hills, a wind advisory up not making its way to the surface at least nowhere near mountain top levels as we see ocean beach, mostly clear today as is the city, gorgeous weather taking shape let's look at the current temperatures outside, equal to our normal daytime highs, overnight, san francisco 66 degrees, that is almost a record in itself for the daytime as we see those mid- 60s prevailing, throughout the region again we will see upper 60s to mid-70s across the peninsula today, upper 70s. low 80s out across the interior, wind advisory up in the north bay hills and diablo range, santa cruz m

jim has more details on when we can expect more snow, jim it seems to be wrapped up in lower hills at least for now. >> locally the snow down to 2 to 3,000 feet in the bay hills where we see a dusting of snow, mount hamilton, mount diablo. vacca looking at snow. we are looking southeast at the mount vacca cam, 2800 feet, back towards the delta as you can see patchy fog in there s dusting of snow there, on the beach, no snow to speak of but a few more white caps in the surf out there and a bit of has as well. blue sky working its way around the bay after yesterday's big slow soaker. boy, that was a cold one. most of the rain stayed on the bay area, did not make its way into the high country which is why we saw the clearing there. temperature wise, this morning, look at this, mid-to low 30s for most locations patchy fog north bay valleys, freezing fog conditions, santa rosa, napa and some of the colder spots that means you could end up with drizzle, heavy frost, on the road so could be slick when you get fog and freezing temperatures here is that cold air mass, steady, slow soaker into

jim will have the final word on our forecast for your weekend. we'll be right back. >>> 5 minutes before 9:00 this morning. black ice reports on the roadway, all the bad stuff that comes with the cold weather. kristen ayers is in walnut creek to show us how bad it got over there. >> reporter: good morning, ann. people out here were bracing for snowfall. the only thing that fell is the temperature, down to about freezing. this morning we were looking at temperature gauges showing 0 degrees celsius, 32 fahrenheit, officially at the freezing level. that was the only way we could tell it was freezing. when we looked around outside, we saw cars covered with frost, windshields totally coated in that frost. we saw a couple police cars that had been signature out all night, those also frosted over. some drivers told us they weren't prepared, didn't have scrapers. they had to pour water on their windshields and run their defrosters for several minutes this morning until all the frost melted. those who were out this morning had to put on the layers, hats,

right at the water. >> jim, thanks very much. it is 5:10.he san jose city council could decide today on a new police chief. it will be a closed meeting. the city manager is pushing for chris moore to get the job. moore has been acting chief since rob davis retired last fall. the "mercury news" is reporting some of community activists are opposed to moore because of issues involving the immigrant and minority communities. >> meantime, oakland's chief bats is still weighing whether to stay on the job after failing to get the san jose position. yesterday he said he is encouraged by jean quan's plan to rehire 10 of the 80 police officers laid off last year. batts has expressed concern about the resources available to the police department. mayor quan clearly wants him to stay. >> i'm sending him a valentine's gift. [ laughter ] >> that was pretty good. i apologize if i have stepped on anyone's toes as i have made some very tough statements in the last week. >> chief batts says he will make a decision whether he will remain chief by the end of th

let's check in with jim now and find out how we're looking on this tuesday, jim. >> well, a few lingering showers across the region here this morning. more like drizzle showers out there right now. radar showing the returns out across the east bay into the dry valley at this hour. and again, it looks light. it wi

thank you, jim.me of the green on our doppler radar and here's a live look at what it looks like out there. not as wet this morning as it was yesterday. but still some slick surfaces out there. they should have just done the lane change making it four lanes now heading southbound across the golden gate bridge out of marin into san francisco. so so far pretty nice ride really in either direction across the span. we haven't seen any huge accidents so far this morning. in fact, your drive coming out of the altamont pass this a real hotspot yesterday, not the case so far. in the clear, 14-minute drive and looks good all the way through pleasanton. in fact, the drive from westbound 580 is fine into oakland. westbound 92 crossing the san mateo bridge, we don't have any wind advisories. another difference from yesterday. but again, you can see the pavement still a little slick as you cross the span coming out of hayward and heading toward foster city and the peninsula. still about a 13-minute drive time the

a look at traffic with giana. >> thank you jim.n gate problem free, here is a live look at the golden gate, we are seeing extra volume overall speeds moving well, working your way san mateo bridge extra volume here as well. 13, 14 minute ride, hayward to foster city, metering lights are off, clear across the upper deck san francisco, east shore freeway looking good no major delays to report out of the maze. an accident brewing, southbound 680, one car over to the side of the roadway, no lanes blocked, lots of greens, traffic moving well through that portion, 680 south, walnut creek no delays to report looking good. westbound 580, stop and go. seeing brake lights as you work your way around grant line reports of a broken down vehicle, center divide, air way, may cause a visual distraction but overall, just typical stuff as you head through liver more same westbound 4, slow and go antioch pittsburgh a street, where delays start not bad as you work off the antioch bridge. checking oakland, 880, northbound clear through the coliseum, 8

right now here's a traffic check with elizabeth. >> thanks, jim.er 5 is live over san jose showing 101 traffic near the 280/680 connector. everything fine this morning heading towards santa clara. let's go to the east bay now. show you what it looks like on some of our maps. live traffic sensors at the bay bridge they just turned on the metering lights so traffic is stacking up not too bad. looks like the busiest lanes are the fastrak lanes just to the very end of the parking lot slow from the incline to the serve but so far not too bad heading into san francisco. san mateo bridge looks great across span. chp still warning us of a fog advisory on west and eastbound 92 between skyline boulevard and 280. also portions of 280 also dealing with portions of low visittibility this morning between san mateo county and earlier they were mentioning daly city, as well. highway 4 off the antioch bridge traffic looks great but we are starting to see some slow speeds and brake lights towards a street in antioch. back to you. >> thank you. >>> family and friends

jim webb came as a maverick and he is leaving as a maverick. he wrote to the gi bill, he took the matter of incarceration, with the more people incarcerated in the united states than any place and the earth. >> representative chris lee resigned after the website dr. publis -- the website gawker publish pictures of thehim shirtless. >> i have never heard of them before, and he was gone before i got to know him. i don't think any of us here topless on tv -- he added, he could fly it, i guess. >> can i endorse mark onto the w -- on jim webb? remarkable guide. he was a novelist, war hero, a great life outside, secretary of the navy in the reagan administration. a guy who was a real life, extremely creative guy. i think he decided he came here for six years and did what he wanted to do enand he doesn't spent 12 years in any one place. i commend him for what he is done on the way he walked away. >> i think there should be a rule in washington that you stay for your first scandal headlines. you cannot quit that fast. >> three hours. his at situation -

we are just time fill tore day jim. everything is nice and -- filler today jim. everything is nice and clear. remember kcbs radio partners catch them at 7:40 a.m. >>> no heavy lifting today elizabeth. >> no, we got it. >> all good. 5:05 a.m., one of the bay area's biggest transit agencies may be looking for a new boss soon the muni chief could be packing his bags good morning. >> reporter: good morning frank the news couldn't come at a more critical time for muni, currently facing a massive budget short fall over the next two decades, the chief apparently looking to leave budget problems behind the washington post first reported ford is a finalist for the job running metropolitan, washington airport authority in washington dc he should know if the job is his by march 1st. he is known for one of the highest paid city of san francisco employees annual pay upwards of $3,030,000. muni, the baryes -- the bay area's transportation is looking at contract negotiations, facing certain salary cuts muni service has been slashed 10% since last year. it is unclear who would t

how about jim? [laughter] >> a man of the people. [laughter] well, this wonderful book, jim, "freedom at risk," which are remarks and speeches and statements and articles which you've written over the last several years with a very little bit of a disturbing title, though, "freedom at risk." so i guess the first question that, i'm sure, we'd like to have you address is how much freedom is at risk, and what do we do about it? >> that's a tall order, isn't it? i do believe that freedom is at risk if you're talking about the personal autonomy, the exercise of personal responsibility that has been at the root of our country since its founding. i believe that the time is relatively short for us to e reassert with vigor the principles that have safeguarded us in the years past. back in 1976 when i was running for re-election in the senate, it was my misfortune to have as an opponent the formidable daniel patrick moynihan. he won handily. but in our first encounter he told the audience that i was a really fine fellow, but unfortunately, my

it's back to winter we go. >> thank you, jim. >>> it is the super bowl for dog fans. the westminster kennel club show under way tonight in new york. tonight is the grand finale. manuel gallegus shows us the fierce competition in the ring and back stage. >> reporter: it's down to the wire to get standard poodles simon g perfectly puffy and fluffy for his big moment in the ring. >> i'm really sorry, i'm crunched for time and panicking. >> reporter: 2500 dogs are competing at the westminster dog show in new york over the next two days including elvis the bearded collie, prudence the blue pomeranian and fergie the bichon frise. what makes her special? >> she has a beautiful face, real pretty movement, and she loves to do it. [ applause ] >> reporter: this show is the granddaddy of them all, a fierce competition whether you walk on four legs on two. handler greg larson admits he uses the same hairspray as his shih tzu. >> i can't notice you have similar hair color. >> yeah, well. [ laughter ] >> reporter: there are six new breeds in this year's dog show and this is one of

so back to winter we go plan accordingly. >> when you say back to winter jim don't you need northernornia definition of winter >> our definition you don't need a snow shovel. >> okay you just need a sturdy umbrella. >> our winter is their spring. okay. >> think rain. >> thanks jim. >> here is something you don't see too often in the bay area. >> that's right. whales not in captivity but in the wild how nature enthusiasts are getting a rare glimpse of this sight we will give it to you as welcoming up. ,, they were able to get a glimpse of a p the >>> 8:22 a.m. an amazing day on the bay for dozens of tourists they were able to get a glimpse of a pod of orcas near the golden gate bridge. when they first saw the pod, check that out, when they first saw the pod looked like the larger males were on the outside protecting the moms and cavs but shortly after, the pod as a whole moved closer to the boat, they look like they wanted to socialize. they were swimming underneath the tourists got an even better view. >> oakland's mayor considers asking voters again to pay for more police staffing t

jim? >> they are watching him on the screen over my shoulder here, and they erupted into jubilation. there were a few thousand at the square. they have now heard from president mubarak, and that was met with huge joint and eruptions of jubilation, because they have been waiting for this. it is hard to tell. i think they have a huge sense of achievement. it is what they have done in the last eight days that has brought about this tremendous development. >> jim, you have spent many days in the square. do you think this will be enough for the protesters? >> well, it is hard to say. before, earlier in the day, i asked people about the idea of him stay on until election time and then standing down, and most people were against that. the people have had enough. they want a change now. but now that the reality is there, with the political leadership, the american embassy, they are being counseled about allowing mubarak to leave with dignity, allowing him to hang on for a few more months, and that

i'm jim lehrer. violence escalated in libya today as thousands of foreign citizens scrambled to flee by all means of transportation. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the increasingly unstable situation in the north african country. >> lehrer: then, we take a closer look at moammar gadhafi and his 42 years of rule in libya. >> ifill: and we assess what pressure, if any, other nations can bring to stop the regime's deadly crack down. >> lehrer: plus, charles savage of the "new york times" goes through the justice department's decision on no longer defining marriage as only between a man and a woman. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the

. >> thanks, jim. >>> the latest in egypt. tens of thousands of people are in a central square in cairo, the 12th day of anti-government protests. live pictures from the square. the demonstrators say they won't stop their rallies or even negotiate until president mubarek resigns. protest leaders say they met last night with the prime minister ahmed shafiq and they say mubarek must leave the country or at least give up power. president obama here in the u.s. is warning the egyptian government to avoid violence. >> we are sending a strong and unequivocal message, attacks on reporters are unacceptable. attacks on human rights activists are unacceptable. >> administration officials are talking with their egyptian counterparts about a plan for mubarek to step down immediately. that would be followed by the formation of a temporary government headed by the newly- appointed vice president, omar sulaman and secretary of state hillary clinton today said leaders in the middle east should embrace democratic reforms each if there is a ris

thank you, jim. chp just issued a fog advisory saying there are foggy conditions along 280 from daly city down through san mateo county. they say just about 50 feet of visibility through the stretch. now, other than that, quiet across the bay area. no big issues towards the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic nice and light but it is back to work day for a lot of folks today after the long holiday weekend. mount hamilton road still closed at quimby road until 8 a.m. snow and ice still causing some pretty treacherous conditions up there. for folks who may be heading back from the sierra today, no chain requirements right now on interstate 80, highway 50 or highway 88. and my traffic producer gianna is hard at work trying to put that camera shot up but we can tell you that it looks beautiful but chains are not required so you're good to go heading up or down through tahoe. there is a live look at truckee. i knew we would get it. that's a check of weather and traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> today the

thank you jim. 6:09 a.m. on a monday. massachusetts governor scott brown hitting the road to promote his new book talking about how a counsellor at a religious summer camp molested him 40 years ago he spoke on 60 minutes last night recalling his experience says the counsellor touched him inappropriately a number of times. >> he said if you tell anybody i will kill you i will make sure no one believes you that is the biggest thing when people find people like me at that young vulnerable age basically lost, the thing they have over you is they make you believe that no one will believe you. >>> brown says he told no body about the abuse including his own mother. the family that runs that camp sent him an apology. >>> they are fighting for better safety standards on buses. for years they have been asking for more protection workers say they often have to deal with angry people. earlier this month a bullet struck a bus in north richmond flying glass injured a passenger. the union says it will use grievance and arbitration if n

jim vargas, my colleague, is working on this story and will have more on what jim jones, junior has to say about all of this. that's coming up tonight at 5 :00. christen kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> california is ten days away from a crucial deadline in deciding how it will deal with the $26 billion budget gap. governor brown has given legislatures until march 10th to reach a compromise on a special election in june so citizens can vote on whether to extend increases on the sales taxes. brown says otherwise he will need to push massive cuts in state services. last week, brown made a rare appearance before the legislative conference committee and challenged ideas. ideas were offered but none is publicly supported to the measure. >>> this year, administrators, teachers and aides who received pink slips in san francisco may actually be laid off. tomorrow the district will make a decision on when to send out layoff notices to 172 teachers, 139 administrators and 108 aides. if the tax extensions proposed by governor brown are not approved, many of those pink slips could be

back, jim. hold on. we got a little mess going on now. i hear ya. 'kay, lower that thing, 'cause i don't trust it. there you go. one motor out of a car. megan: a dirty job, but i stayed pretty clean. lucky for me, since we have a meeting with the owner of the cutlass this morning to talk about his wish list. well, mr. cook, i gotta tell you-- after talking it over, we're excited about doing this project. first off, let me introduce you to the people. megan. that's the one you go to when i'm not around. go to her. she'll always have an answer. sketch. he does all airbrush work. he does the renderings. talking about renderings, remember, we had lengthy conversations of what you were looking for. we had all kinds of meetings and everything else. we came up with a rendering which i hope is exactly what you're looking for. that is great. that's exactly what i had in mind. okay, well, this is our next step. remember what i told you-- we're a muscle car shop, so we still go for horsepower. we're gonna have to bring it down to the dyno. that's something i d

. >> [inaudible] >> i absolutely agree with the comment and agree with jim's gloss on it. i believe the important thing is that smith would not have denied there was a role for regulation. the question of regulation was one that had to be taken seriously. the interesting evidence of that is smith on the road of banking in the "wealth of nations" i got interested in this. he spent some time on scottish banking and the banking crisis in 1772. it's the end of the boom, a housing crisis. it's really quite ridiculous. the thing is this is -- the question he comes up with in the context of 18th century banking is if credit shops should be allowed to fall. fine, but that is a comment, but the point, i think the point that is worth making is that he regards this question of regulation whether there should be or shouldn't be as a highly serious question, and he does not give a yiewn universal answer to it. his answer is historically defined by the limits of the existing system. we know he took this question seriously because he delayed the completion of the wealth of nation by at l

jim sciutto is in cairo this morning. and he has the latest. jim?hat square last night. really a sense of witnessing history that continues into the morning. and what they're doing now is cleaning up the square. they're ready to end the protests. and a symbolically important scene, as they begin the work of building a new egypt. a real sense of purpose, meeting these people today. and they do have a lot of work to do. very substantive things to do. in an important first step today, a meeting of judges, legal experts, respected egyptians, to begin the process, in effect, of rewriting the constitution here. they have an election to hold. a transition to manage from president mubarak to the military and elections in a few months' time. and really, they're starting from scratch with democracy here. but the city, as well, still buzzing with the celebration at the moment. you probably hear behind me the car horns honking. the streets filled with cars and with people. that buzz and excitement is not going to end anytime soon. >> okay. thanks so much. jim s

thank you, jim. it is 6:10 on your tuesday. >>> lasers are causing hazards in the skies above the bay area. chopper 5 was checking a fire in east palo alto yesterday when a flash of green light appeared from the ground. it appears someone from poplar and ralmar avenue was shining a later pointed at the aircraft. police searched on foot and didn't find anything. pilot say lasers put them and everyone else at risk. >> it's very dangerous. very dangerous, because the light is so intense, that it could blind us. and then i wouldn't be able to fly the aircraft properly or safely. >> a number of laser strikes doubled from 2009 to 2010 and now the bay area is actually tied for third in the nation with 80 incidents just last year. >>> a major boost for the bart extension to san jose as part of the president's new budget plan. the federal transit administration recommends money to run bart from fremont to the berryessa area of san jose. the plan is for 130 million federal dollars this year. that would help pa

is yet again behind the laws it actually is supposed to enforce again right jim jim clark's comment was that. goldman sachs is putting their interests ahead of their clients' interests which again breaks vul law which is about fiduciary responsibility securities act of thirty three and thirty four quite clear on these points and they routinely break the law and the only reason why they're allowed to do so is because the regulatory agency covering this particular aspect of law in america is understaffed so goldman sachs instead of maybe doing something that would help the overall economy of america instead of destroying it the size well this is our opportunity to make some more coin for us by simply abusing the fact that there is no legal entity covering us at this time now of course this comes on the back of goldman sachs becoming a bank holding company as part of the massive bailout which again that doesn't make any sense doesn't walk through that transition that what went down at goldman sachs and why this makes this even more problematic if you could know me this is coming down to so

>> i think. >> i agree with jim. part of what came through in his speech yesterday-- which i listened to, at least large parts of it, in arabic-- is that he believes that the libyan people will rise up with him at the end of the day. they're not going to let the fruits of the revolution dribble away. he really... you could see he really believed that. and yet he did end with those, i thought, very, very convincing case that he was going to fight to the last bullet. i think it will be more attractive to him than going into exile. where we he go? zimbabwe? what would he wear? >> lehrer: (laughs) okay, well, we'll see what happens. thank you both very much. >> ifill: next, the international response to qaddafi's efforts to suppress the libyan revolt. jeffrey brown has that. >> brown: and we explore the options with tom malinowski, washington director of human rights watch, who previously served at the national security council and state department. maurizio molinari, u.s. correspondent for the italian newspaper, "la sta

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jim? am kind of lost in the moment myself after yesterday's record, upper 70s low 80s cooling down this afternoon, still sunny, 10 to 15 degrees cooler than yesterday and that trend will continue through the week as we stay high and dry into the weekend here but by the weekend into early next week we are looking at a major pattern change as rain returns to the picture. giana returns with a traffic update. >> our first accident of the morning, southbound, a wreck involving a vehicle, off the side of the roadway down an embankment traffic not bad as you approach the scene, chp arriving south of there, 24, 680 traffic looking good through that portion. working your way through oakland, surface street problem, international avenue, possible lanes blocked slight delays as you approach the area, things looking good through the oakland area. checking in problem free. not a lot of cars on the roadway yet. northbound clear across the coliseum. elsewhere, south bay commute not a bad choice clear 101

. >> we're grateful, jim. >> we are going to hit the 70s, huh, jim? >> that's where we're headed, high and dry. stationary pattern continues across the west and as sidney was alluding to there, this is the 7th major storm for the eastern half of the country in as many weeks. while we languish under blue skies and warming temperatures. can't beat that. we see the fog clearing throughout the bay area at this hour. that trend will continue. again we do have a high pressure system parked just off the coast. the same pattern that kept us dry through most of january and it looks like it's back for another couple of weeks. plenty of sun this afternoon. winds will be picking up out of an offshore direction and you know what that means. that will clear the skies out even into tomorrow. some gusty winds over the bay area hills and temperatures will be warming here through the week as again we see the fog dissipating rapidly around the bay area here at this hour. we'll expect less fog tomorrow and an earlier clearing as a result of this guy right here. and the o

live, channel 2 action news, jim vargas. >> and ktvu viewers are on watch. we got this picture of the snow in reno this morning just before dawn. and we want to see your pictures. if you have good pictures of rain, hail or snow just e-mail them to photos at ktvu. we may share them on the air. >>> and the california supreme court is stepping back in the legal debate over same sex marriage. today they are looking at a federal measure in front of appeals panel, where prop 8 is being argued. typically, state officials would approve the measure. but last summer, the attorney general and jerry brown both declined to appeal a judge's decision overturning the ban on same sex marriage. >>> and the head of a contra costa county tax force is in jail tonight, accused of dealing drugs. the state department of justice accused norman weilsch, who works for the bureau. he was arrested with chris butler. we have a reporter working the story now and will have more details on the 10:00 news. >>> and an employee from a market in san francisco pleaded not guilty to charges that

>> well, jim, i don't know. i will defer to david when it comes to guys on the plaus ability of republican dan the candidates. the reality of the cpac meeting is that there were 11,000 people there at the hotel, registered for this conference. there were constituency in surgeon of the candidate. there is-- usually it is a candidate, they want to beat barack obama but they don't have anybody. what impressed me the most of all, what they did not discuss, as the world was dominated and riveted on what was going on in egypt, they didn't even address it in their speeches. >> why do you think that is. >> i think it is a lack of self-confidence. a sure footed innocence. they didn't know what they wanted to say. they weren't sure, the only one who was really critical that i saw was rick santorum, the former senator from pennsylvania who basically took the line that has been developed by both sean hannity and glen beck and that was that barack obama by not supporting hosni mubarak in his hour of need, was turning back on

>> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon tonight. jim, thanks. >>> and now we turn to wisconsin, where the state legislature took up a bill that would strip some state worker's labor unions of their collective bargaining rights and then some. but the stand-off on this issue is far from over. nbc's mike taibbi reports tonight from madison. >> a special session -- the senate will come to order. >> reporter: the state senate called its session to order for the first time in a week. with senate democrats hiding out of state and only participating by conference call, governor scott walker's bill to roll back union benefits and rights would not get a vote. >> they're trying to shut down government. i mean, that's literally what they're trying to do. >> reporter: but the protester's still ringing the capital building and jamming its corridors say it's the governor who's trying to shut down organized labor. >> i think he's trying to break the unions, he's taking rights away from other people, and he's hurting the middle class. >> reporter: w

welcome back to the law school, congressman jim cooper. congressman cooper is from tennessee's fifth congressional district. he graduated from this law school in 1980. he received a degree from oxford in politics and economics. in 1982 at the age of 28, he was elected to a version of the district in tennessee that al gore had represented did -- had represented. in 1984 after al gore became vice president, cooper ran for the u.s. senate. 1994 was not a fantastic year for republicans. in tennessee the republicans had

believe, jim axelrod reports so if you find that hard to believe, jim axelrod reports so does madoff. >> reporter: for 26 months, since bernard madoff's multibillion-dollar ponzi scheme unraveled, one of history's great financial villains claimed he acted alone. now he's telling the "new york times" certain banks and hedge funds were complicit in his fraud, calling it willful blindness. they had to know, but the attitude was sort of, "if you're doing something wrong, we don't want to know," madoff said. >> american law treats willful blindness the same as actual knowledge. you can't shut your eyes and avoid having knowledge attributed to you that you would have known had you opened your eyes. >> it stirs up a certain level of anger for me. >> reporter: for george neirenberg, who lost his life savings with madoff, this strengthens his position about the complicity of banks. >> if they had some sort of awareness and had reported it, a lot of people would have been spared a lot of undue hardship in their lives. >> reporter: madoff didn't name specific banks or funds but said he met in pr