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jim bell is introducing audrey's law following the 2012 death of audrey pott.s to make cases more severe. >>> a former girlfriend of oscar pistorius testified that the double amputee's murder trial. samantha taylor says their relationship ended when he cheated on her with reeva steenkamp. pistorius carried a gun with him at all times when they were dating. >>> number five, fresh off president obama's warning, russia and crimea are taking steps to solidify ties as pro russian parties in crimea are planning for a referendum split from ukraine. the kremlin says putin told obama that russia is unable to ignore requests for protection from russia's leaning. >>> i have some warm weather on the way. your accuweather seven day forecast with a chance of rain in between. i'll tell you when it gets here. >>> and number seven, you're looking at a live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza. we're following your friday morning commute. so far no major hot spots. we will keep you informed. >>> all right. thank you, sue. oakland city council member rebecca kaplan has sent an open

senator jim bell will introduce audrey's law named after audrey pot who committed suicide after she wassexually assaulted by classmates she knew. pictures were captured on cell phone. three boys served 30 to 45 days in juvenile hall for the crime. bell says the proposed law is aimed at deterring bullying and cyber bullying and sexual assault that led up to the suicide. audrey's law would make it easier to charge underage suspects as adults which could include prison time. >> new this morning despite an increase in the unemployment rate more jobs were added last month compared to the previous two. the labor department says that employers added 175,000 jobs last month, up from 129,000 in january, so that means the unemployment rate now 6.7%, that is up from a 5-year low of 6.6%. >> you want to feel like it's 1999? a company with a dotcom in the name will ring the opening bell on the new york stock exchange. let's say good morning to the folks at coupons.com. a live look. there is a party inside that office as we speak. so good morning coupons.com. the company's been around since the last

this morning, her mother joined jim bell and the santa clara county d.a. to reveal audrey's law. the bill already introduced in the state senate is aimed at making it easier for prosecutors to bring adult charges in juvenile cases. >> teens need to be made aware that sexual assault and photographing of these assaults creates an environment where the victim is bullied, and revictimized. >> the boys involved in the case received short sentences, between 30 and 45 days in juvenile detention. if they were tried as adults, they would have spent ten years in prison. >>> traffic came to a dead halt on the eastbound approach it the bay bridge this morning after a man walked up the fifth street on ramp and on to the freeway. highway patrol officers say they were forced to close the freeway after the man became combative and refused to leave the roadway. officers managed to detain the man and drive them off highway 101. >>> happening now, a company in san francisco is celebrating its 15th birthday by helping others. sales force.com throwing a party and everybody is invited. all you need to

jim bell is introducing audrey's law following the 2012 death of audrey pott. she took her own life after three boys shared explicit photos of her when she passed out and was sexually assaulted at a party where drinking was involved. the boys received short sentences between 30 and 45 days in juvenile detention. if they had been tried as adults, they would have spent ten years in prison. >>> authorities may be closer to solving the murders of five women on the peninsula. cases that go back 40 years. the fbi launched a task force to investigate the murders in san mateo county. they suggest the gypsy hill killer killed michelle mitchell in 1979. a woman named kathy woods confessed to mitchell's murder. she was convicted and is serving a life sentence. a law enforcement force says even though dna evidence led to her conviction, they believe she had a male accomplice. detectives who worked on the cases are glad they're being re-examined. >> love it. it's going to be -- if anything's going to solve it, this will. >> members of the task force plan to canvass neighbor

state senator jim bell who represents saratoga will introduce audrey's law named after audrey pot t high school student who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted at a party by three classmates. pictures of the assault were captured on cell phone camera. the boys served 30 to 45 days in juvenile hall for the crime. bell says the proposed law is aimed at deterring bully, cyber bullying and sexual assault that led to the suicide. it would make it easier for prosecutors to charge underage suspects as adults and that could include potential prison time. >> also happening today, the funeral for the 14-year-old martinez girl hit and killed by a train on sunday. jenna betty was walking with a friend near the tracks in the afternoon when the train approached. she dropped her cell phone and was lunging for it on the tracks when the train hit her. tuesday, more than 1,000 people showed up to a memorial. she was remembered as a star soccer player who made friends easily. >> two san jose men face a laundry list of charges accused of robbing so many stores in a short period of time invest

today in saratoga, jim bell introduced a new bill in her name. >> in general, audrey's law creates a new crime for cyber bullying. >> reporter: the proposed legislation would also make it easier for prosecutors to bring adult charges against juvenile suspects who sexually assault victims who are too intoxicated to fight back. >> we feel that unconscious or incapacitated sexual assault victims are not provided with the appropriate protections under the current law. allowing juveniles an opportunity to violate additional victims such as what happened in audrey's case. >> reporter: the proposed bill would also allow public access to court hearings involving crimes like the one committed against audrey. >> the time has come to pull these predatory perpetrators out of the shadows and make the juvenile justice system live up to its promise to protect their victims. >> reporter: while most feel the bill has the right idea, some wonder if it goes too far. >> you still get back to publicizing a minor's name who's accused of a crime, and that can lead to just as much damage on someone who's in

state senator jim bell is introducing audrey's law following the saratoga teen's death in 2012. belle wants to make sentences more severe in bullying cases like her. >>> number 5, presidential phone calls and face-to-face meetings are not helping in the ukraine. putin told obama that russia is unable to ignore requests from russia's ukraine russian leaning south. they're planning for a referendum to split from u krin. >>> and number six, let's check out live doppler 7 hd. see the fog? it's out there. it's mainly along the coast. the rest of us getting off easy. weather wise, it's not raining and dry. high clouds and sunshine. check out the beautiful picture. we'll be in the mid 60s and 70s. >>> and number 7, we are live and at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on. it's relatively light. the ramp is blocked with an accident. chp is on scene and they should have that cleared shortly. >> thank you and thank all of you for joining us. we continue now online, on twitter, facebook and mobile devices. >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic du

jim bell introduced a new bill in her name creating a new crime of cyber bullying. >> i believe that this bill will bring justice for victims, and really update the laws to make it relevant in our 21st century connected society. >> reporter: the proposal would also make it easier for prosecutors to bring adult charges against juvenile suspects. >> under her law, we can filed a adult charges against people who sexual assault heavily intoxicated or mentally disabled victims. we can filed a adult charges who would use social media to humiliate and bully young and vulnerable victims. >> reporter: the bill would allow public access to court proceedings involving crimes like committed against audry. >> we were forced to sit through the juvenile process and witness the protections provided to the perpetrators in this case. basically, their crimes were sealed in secrecy. there was no public conviction. >> reporter: while some legal analysts agree cyber bullying needs to be a crime, they also wonder if audry's law goes too far. >> you're publicizing a minor's name to a crime and that can lead

. >> reporter: in just four hours jim bell as well as the santa claire ram county district attorney andrey's mother will be introducing the new legislation at the saratoga library. this comes months after three high school students boys were punished in juvenile court for photographing and sexually assaulting 15-year-old classmate audrey pott and sharing the text messages. some say the punishment was not harsh enough. audrey's law would make it crime easier to charge an adult court with harsh penalties. it it would make cyber bullying a crime. it would be illegal to post the offensive material online and share it or show it to friends. now audrey killed herself in september of 2012 one week after she drank too much vodka spiked gatorade at a house party. she woke up to find offensive messages written on her body. she later wrote quote my life is ruined. i'm in hell. the whole school knows. my life is over. coming up we will tell you what happened to those students charged in her case. live from saratoga i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is 5:37. four suspected armed robber

senator jim bell introduced the new bill.roposal would make it easier for prosecutors to bring felony adult charges against juvenile suspects and could include prison time. very different from what the family experienced. the three boys in the assault served 30 to 45 days in juvenile hall for their crimes. >>> coming up this morning on "today in the bay" we've got the latest on the missing malaysian airlines flight that went missing. >>> and new accusations coming from the disabled community. >>> and those stories and the rest of the day's news in 30 minutes. >>> we are back on this saturday morning, march 8th, 2014. some of our friends out there on the plaza. looking forward to meeting them in a bit. if you are just waking up this morning, just joining us, we do want to get you caught up on that breaking news. a missing malaysia airlines jet, that plane disappeared from radar about two hours into its flight. we first found out about it last night. since then, there has been no word on the location or the possible location of

state senator jim bell of san jose will introduce the bill today.sure aims to make cyber bullying easier to charge in adult court with harsher personalities. >>> "newsweek" says the 64-year- old japanese-american man out of l.a. county is the creator of bitcoin. the mysterious virtual currency. that man says "newsweek" got it all wrong. >> i have nothing to do with bitcoin. i never worked for the company. i don't know any people there. i never had a contract there or anything like that. and i wasn't even aware of the product. >> the man from temple city told reporters if he admits to being bit coin's creator he would be in trouble. he did say he was an engineer many years ago and is capable of designing the currency. reporters had a hard time getting a hold of knack moto. he led a large group of journalists on a low-speed chase through l.a. before finally speaking to them. "newsweek" says it's standing by its story. hm. >> a mystery. >> crazy. >>> the labor department is just out with some new numbers that will probably drive the market today. jill

senator jim bell will introduce audrey's law named after audrey pott, a student who committed suicideer she was sexually assaulted at a party by three classmates she knew. pictures of the assault were captured on cell phone cameras, the three boys served 30 to 45 days in juvenile hall. bell proposes a law aimed at deterring bullying, cyber bullying and sexual assault that led up to the suicide. audrey's law would make it easier for prosecutors to charge underage suspects as adults so they could send them to prison. >> also happening today, the funeral for the 14-year-old martinez girl hit and killed by a train on sunday, jenna was walking with a friend late in the afternoon when a train approached. she dropped her cell phone and lunging toward the phone when the train hit her. this past tuesday more than 1,000 showed up at a memorial for jenna. she was remembered as a star soccer player who made friends easily. >> let's check your microclimate forecast. we take a live look at san francisco and the bay bridge. talk more about the lights in just a minute. >> first let's take a live look

the new bill authored by jim bell would make it easier for prosecutors to bring felony adult charges against juvenile suspects which could include prison time and also make the charges public. >> we were forced to sit through the juvenile process and witness the great protections provided to the perpetrators in this case. basically their crimes were veiled in secrecy. there was no public conviction. >> the three boys in the assault served 30 to 45 days in juvenile hall for their crimes. >>> to the east bay where a school went on lockdown yesterday afternoon after a student reported a sexual assau assault. it happened at the world academy school near the corner of 28th avenue and foothill boulevard in oakland. a 7-year-old girl told teachers that a stranger came up to her and molested her. the school immediately went into lockdown and called in police. police did search the area but did not find the suspect. >>> and a follow-up this morning to the story of the east bay teacher accused of child molestation. a judge raised his bail to $17 million and the school district is scrambling. p

state senator jim bell. santa clara county district attorney and audrey's mother will unveil the law at 9:30 at the town library. live from saratoga, i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:08. two teenage boys are being investigated in connection with with last month's water bottle attacks. they threw water bottles from a pickup truck and as many as 10 vehicles and two school buses. this happened in and around santa rosa and injured several people. they identified the boys by finding the owner of the pickup truck. neither suspect is cooperating. >>> it is 7:08. a group of senate democrats in sacramento calls for strict new rules to make it illegal for state lawmakers to except free tickets to concerts and sports events. some of the free tickets reported by state lawmakers last year include a performance by a hip hop dance crew at a las vegas casino, disney land and a mixed martial arts fighting event. the senators sponsoring the rule say they are trying to regain the public's trust. the state lawmakers

senator jim bell who represents saratoga will introduce audrey's law this morning aimed at protectinglaw named after audrey pott a high school student who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted at a party by three classmates she knew. the folks at mountain view coupon.com ringing the bell after pricing its ipo. a while since we've seen a company with dotcom in the name. shares priced at 16, trading 88% higher this morning. so dotcom stocks go. let's check in with anthony. >> we're talking about sunshine this weekend. nice across the board. you can see we have lots of 70s on the board. inland valleys, north bay, east bay, the warmest. at the coast though nice san francisco 66 degrees, about 5 above where we should be. a nice weekend. 70 today and tomorrow. a little cooling for sunday but that will leave our inland valleys like the tri-valley and the south bay in the 70s. 60s by sunday for the north bay and san francisco, and rain returns by sunday night and monday. let's check the morning commute. >> good morning. hard to see from here so end up looking at me. this shot wes

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jim is nervous, other people are nervous. "the closing bellple on to see if they're nervous. we'll find out. >> thank you so much for watching "street signs," everybody. "the closing bell" is coming up right now. >>> yes, welcome to "the closing bell." i'm kelly evans here at the new york stock exchange where the dow is up, bill, almost 200 points at this hour. i'm bill griffeth. now, this is the way to break a losing streak. the dow riding five down days in a row last week, but with an hour to go industrial average is up 182 points. now, do we say it's in spite of the crimean referendum or because of the crimean referendum? it's hard to say. it's hard to say

we're a few minutes away from the opening bell. jimning to give a beat-down to a couple of these plush toys over there. >> they're annoying the heck out of me and i got to tell you something, i think i could take them. even at 59. i could give them a beat-down. you, you, oh, yeah, yeah, you look -- oh, yeah, you're fine. >> carl and i are right behind you if there's any trouble. don't you worry. >> go right into that crowd. >> it's a richard sherman that thing. >> it's a kid's nice game. let's talk about sirius satellite. >> while you were away you said a lot of stocks have given up the ghost and this one has been horrendous ever since they walked away. >> ever since liberty said we're no longer to acquire it, right. in fact, we'll sell down a bit -- sell into a buyback that's turned back on that's big and significant. >> yes. i agree with the barclays call. i think enough is enough. the cash flow's great. it's a story based on new cars. it's a well-run company. i wanted the liberty deal because i wanted the liberty stock. it's overdon

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jim is nervous, other people are nervous. "the closing bell" will have a lot of people on to see if they're nervous. we'll find out. >> thank you so much for watching "street signs," everybody. "the closing bell" is coming up right now. >>> yes, welcome to "the closing bell." i'm kelly evans here at the new york stock exchange where the dow is up, bill, almost 200 points at this hour. i'm bill griffeth. now, this is the way to break a losing streak. the dow riding five down days in a row last week, but with an hour to go industrial average is up 182 points. now, do we say it's in spite of the crimean referendum or because of the crimean referendum? it's hard to say. it's hard to say what the bounce back is all about today. >> sure. there's some disturbing nationalistic rhetoric in russia. at the same time, of course, we have a top commentator talking about nuking america and yet there are some who say the russian market is too cheap to pass up. we'll look at that. >> we'll look at the investigators, the russian etf trading under the symbol rsx

bell. so maybe there's a shot here. can i go to patrick in arizona? patrick? >> hello, jim. some time ago, i've purchased alcoa and it dropped. i've been holding on to it to see if it recovered. and now it's starting to recover. should i hold or should i sell? >> it's a funny stock. what happens is that it reports and then it gives up something. and then if you notice since it went down, it comes back. i think many of the markets that alcoa trades in are getting better. i would sell some, maybe a quarter position, get ready to buy it back when there are people who are disappointed who shouldn't be. a transference is occurring. it's all now about value, baby. "mad money" will be right back. >>> coming up, whether or not, tommy hilfiger. will old man winter spoil the shopping this winter season? or will consumers bundle up with its brands? find out tonight when cramer talks to the ceo fresh off earnings. >>> and later, strong pulse? health care legislation was supposed to put many medical stocks in the hospital. but what happened next took wall street investors by surprise. fi

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bell" exchange. heather hughes with us. so it jim lowell. john doyle. warren myers is with me here at the big board. of course, rick santelli is in chicago. warren myers, what about this choppy market action we've seen recently? somebody said yesterday that to them it signifies an uncertain market, a confused market is also how somebody put it. what do you think? >> that's usually an indication of a choppy market. you get two very distinct opinions. because of that, you get a lot of up and down. we've been seeing quite a bit of that. not surprising given the run-up we've had in this marketplace and where we are economically with the u.s. economic data being marginally improved but some of the european issues creating uncertainty. it's not uncommon to have this choppy market. very nonunexpected is the way to put it. >> rick santelli, i'm out here in dayton getting a first-hand look at some of the excess capacity in this country. still, i can't understand why the 30-year bond went below 3.5% today. maybe you can help illustrate what's going on. what does

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bell, you are "in the loop." futures higher this morning. here is what we are working on. jimedes there may be ambiguity in the notion of when qe will end. americans get more time to enroll in obamacare if they started the process but were unable to completed before march 31. update on the missing jet, malaysia has satellite images showing potential objects in the southern indian ocean. the images were taken about three days ago. still uncertain if the objects are from the missing flight 370. another top story we are following, facebook acquiring virtual device maker oculus for a price tag of $2 billion. if you are not a gamer like me and you are not familiar with the company, we got an inside look at the three-dimensional company. rift,m wearing and oculus virtual reality headset. here i am flying into space. icy asteroids and i now see my enemy is am firing a machine gun. the maker of the oculus rift headset is making a promise, virtual reality will finally feel real. >> what is virtual reality were perfect? we could have ever experie -- we could have an experience like the

we are ten minutes away from the opening bell and time for cramer's "mad dash" ahead of the market open. jimu want to start with kb home? >> there was undercurrent going into this quarter that california had cratered for home sales. people always relate california to kb homes. the bears could not have been more wrong. i'm looking at these numbers, people were looking for two cents and they come in at 12 cents. this is inspiring a whole group and the only thing that can shoot it down is janet yellen says, you know, i think mortgages are being given away and we have a housing brother. it was an incredible quarter and it will lift toll and poultry. and it's the one to watch in the first half hour of trading. >> but at the same time mo mortgage applications are down four out of five weeks and housing affordability moved kind in the wrong direction and a couple of numbers lately on the housing front that wasn't all that great. what's the disconnect here? >> well, we do have to listen to what kb homes says beyond that but i think one of the things we've been focused on, take a look at the raw cost

where the opening bell is set to ring in about 2:30. there's a guy on a boflex, jimlike that story, you should like the life fitness line of brunswick, i think it's a much better story. i want to own the stock. >> he's making us look bad. i had a danish this morning. i feel bad. >> why did you do that, man? >> if i knew there was a dude behind us. >> you ought to eat quinoa granola. it's incredible. it has no taste whatsoever but that should not play a role at all. >>> walmart will let buyers trade in video games starting on march 26th. >> can i return the groceries? walmart this is a headline risk story. game stop has just beaten the redheaded stepchild it's become. i think game will come back from this but mostly because you have a series of good games coming up. still, this is the hardware side. we like the software side. have you seen the action in take two. have you seen the action in electronic arts? these have been remarkable performers ap e/a has been really strong. take-two broke through the 20 level. e/a had a little management issue for a while and now it'

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jim cramer. you can learn more at thestreet.com/nbr. >>> citi sinks as the federal reserve rejects the bank's capital plans and shares slide after the closing bell. >>> short-term gain, long-term pain. black rock ceo larry fink tells every ceo in the s&p 500 to think twice before buying back stock and issuing dividends. why and is he right? >>> odd couple? facebook shares tumble after a supplies acquisition of virtual reality headset maker oculus. now

jim cramer. you can learn more at thestreet.com/nbr. >>> citi sinks as the federal reserve rejects the bank's capital plans and shares slide after the closing bell> short-term gain, long-term pain. black rock ceo larry fink tells every ceo in the s&p 500 to think twice before buying back stock and issuing dividends. why and is he right? >>> odd couple? facebook shares tumble after a supplies acquisition of virtual reality headset maker oculus. now

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bell set to ring here. interesting name, tiffany. earlier in month, jimk it to a buy and others following suit. >> goldman goes from conviction to buy. i wanted to buy tiffany more. then i said, maybe the gross margins -- tiffany is a place to hide of the high -- you know, people are worried about coors. herb greenberg, contributor and reality check on the street saying be careful coors. a lot of people angry i reiterate that. he feel there's are things going on that makes it you want to be in tiffany. accessories business has been great, coors, fossil, tiffany. i think tiffany is a buy on the weakness. this is a market that does not take any downgrade likely. a downgrade makes people really scared. >> citi's point was that tiffany's trying to turn themselves into a place where not just the boyfriends go on special occasions but where someone can treat themselves to some silver just on the fly. >> i thought that was a great call. tiffany's been too gift oriented. by the way, whenever you buy anybody a tiffany, think love it. i buy tiffany piggy banks, eve

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where the opening bell is set to ring in less than two minutes time. so, jimme ipos again today. >> right. >> a-10. >> they're opening the market. >> proprietary architecture to improve data applications and networks and do security stuff. a lot of buzzwords that people like the stock will go higher and people will be excited about. >> you got a couple of big crowds because also debuting at the big bord board amber road. >> automates and export processes to simplify the supply chain. supply chain, cloud, data center. in other words, goes higher. >> there's another one tpg specialty lending, the business development company of private equity firm tpg. >> i'm not interested in that at all. doesn't have cloud or security. doesn't have data, what's the point. >> there are the folks up in midtown at the nasdaq, that's where software maker border free and biotech firm bresardis are going -- >> it allows you to reach international customers, you can't beat that, right? >> how about mary barra and general motors this morning not to be confused with george mason other

jim vandehei, thanks. coming up, a look at how today's markets will open. business before the bell is next.lief of the purple pill. and that relief could be in your hand. for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms from acid reflux disease. find out how you can save at purplepill.com. there is risk of bone fracture and low magnesium levels. side effects may include headache, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. if you have persistent diarrhea, contact your doctor right away. other serious stomach conditions may exist. avoid if you take clopidogrel. for many, relief is at hand. ask your doctor about nexium. ♪ >>> welcome back, everybody. 35 after the hour now. "business before the bell." cnbc's sarah eisen joins us. what are you watching so far? >> the resilience of the stock market, thomas, has been absolutely unbelievable. and here we are, every time we go higher here, we're in record high territory. for u.s. stocks. the question is, why? because some of the economic data have been mixed, including soft reports on manufacturing, on retail. and for now, traders are just blaming it on the wea

. ♪ ♪ whoo-hoo ♪ whoo-hoo >>> just minutes before the bell let's get cramer's "mad dash" before the market open. watching walgreens here, jime that want to believe the market can stabilize will take heart on walgreens. they missed the numbers, however, they gave a very optimistic read for next year with the alliance boots deal, stock is looking up. that's very positive because we know if the market's really rolling over, forget next year, they missed the number. i like that. >> comps up four plus and saying the impact of generic drugs will ease later on in the year. >> and it's interesting that perigo goes up and it's the generic drug company. look, i think this is a great company. i think cvs is great and i think rite aid is great. >> csx. >> you mentioned the transports and the transports and the dow didn't confirm. of the ones that didn't confirm in the transports it was csx because of coal. this piece says that coal has bottomed. it's troughed. michael word said the same thing to me when he was on "mad money." this is one cheap rail versus union pacific and norfolk southern. i like it. >> so, you don't think coal is nec