. >>> coffee connoisseurs as well as the coffee industry are getting jittery. prices are going up. prices at are their highest levels in 14 years and you know what that means? it's forcing roasters andlatee and latte makers to raise their prices. >>> it will be a while before a collapsed section of highway 11 back open to traffic. engineers say a two-mile stretch north of big sur will be closed for at least a month. it slid into the ocean wednesday. contractors started to repair the road yesterday. highways 101, and 68 will be used as detours until it's fixed. >>> if you just heard lawrence, you might want to stay off the roads, at least through the overnight hours, right, lawrence? >> the you can see the cars out there right now, but plenty of rain coming down all around the bay area just we have seen some pretty impressive winds now as well. the doppler radar picking up as the frontal system is really moving onshore now into the san josi area, you are getting rain and moderate amounts of rain in spots and even heavier through the santa cruz mountains. we're looking at brunt of sy

jittery nerves, caution and concern is the best way to describe the mood here in tokyo this morning. let's just say this. you talked about the explosion, the third explosion at the nuclear plant in fukushima. add that to the aftershocks that we continue to feel in this region. we felt one last night. there were ten that we felt yesterday, including one that was pretty strong. in fact, i was talking to diane dwyer live when we were going through that. because of that, people here in tokyo are stocking up on food and water. you can go up to some of the grocery stores and we will see empty shelves where food and water once existed. i talked to one of my friends who moved here about a month ago. she is now in nagasaki. please come here. you will be safer here. that's where she is now. i just talked to her several hours ago. she wants to return back to tokyo because this is her home and where she works. now, the mood at the hotel, when we got here last night, there is a sense of calm. they want to make sure that guests here are comfortable and realize what is going on in the sendai area a

maybe you get a tight jaw when you think about this message or a jittery stomach. maybe you feel anger, overwhelm, panic. maybe you just feel stuck. don't resist this. just be aware of it and feel it. now i want you to breathe. as you inhale, i want you to acknowledge that negative statement and its feeling. and as you exhale, release. for instance, as you inhale, acknowledge "i feel inadequate," feeling that sense of hopelessness that might be experienced as a heaviness in your chest. and as you exhale, release that thought and feeling. or inhale in the message "no one loves me," feeling that sense of sadness. and as you exhale, release that thought and feeling. whatever it is for you, whatever your negative conditioning is, inhale and feel, and exhale, release. and as you do this, visualize your breath washing through you, cleansing all thought and feeling from your brain and your physiology. inhale and exhale. excellent. the process that you've just experienced is a cleansing process, cleansing that unwanted negative message from your brain and physiology, clean

>> tom: a jittery day on wall street. stocks suffer their biggest one- day drop since august as global tensions heat up. >> it definitely gives us a moment to pause and reflect and actually take stock of where value really is in the capital markets. >> stock prices dropping 2% today is just an opportunity to pick them up a little cheaper. >> susie: we talk challenges and opportunities in stocks with a market bull and a market bear. you're watching "nightly business report" for thursday, march 10. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening. investors haven't seen a sell- off in stocks like today's since last summer. several worries were pressuring the markets today, violence in saudi arabia and renewed concerns about europe among them, susie. >> susie: tom, adding to the jitters-- worries about china's e

it's been a jittery week and nice to end all the worries about oil prices, problems in the middle east, and other concerns. >> inflation concerns, commodity rallies. we've seen kind of a nervous stock market this week here, susie, but a surprise total five days of trade in terms of the performance. susie, let's go ahead and get everybody updated this tonight's market focus. a volatile week of trading ends on a down note, but all the major indices still squeezed out gains compared to a week ago. the dow industrials put in the best weekly performance among the big three indices, up 0.3% this week. the nasdaq added 0.1%. and the s&p 500 gained just over one point, just enough to register a one-tenth of one percent gain. earlier, we mentioned the rallies today in oil, gold and silver. those price hikes were helped by the continued drop in the u.s. dollar. let's roll out the past 180 sessions of the dollar index. this measures the dollar against a basket of six currencies. this week, the index fell below the february low and with today's drop, it is now only 0.1% away from the low in novemb

futures are actually slightly positive though investors a bit jittery. stocks did get some relief yesterday, all the major u.s. indices did close higher after opec said it's considering raising output to tamp down. u.s. crude is below $105 a barrel, easing back from the 2.5 year high we saw hit on monday. the spike in oil prices is helping push stocks higher in asia. european stocks are mixed. separately the bull market turns two, the s&p has almost doubled when it hit a 12 year low after the financial crisis. the dow is back above 12,000, about 2,000 shy of its all-time high but a two-year high. starbucks marks a milestone unveiling its new logo to coincide with their 40th anniversary celebration. the logo features the sirn character but is green and doesn't feature the name or coffee. the last redesign in 1992. also debuting baked goods called petites and a new cappuccino. back to you. >> especially this early in the morning. thanks so much. supposed to be a pretty nice day, maybe by afternoon we'll have iced coffee. >> yeah, you can enjoy that cocoa c

very jittery nerves. here in tokyo people are trying to go about their business, their daily lives. that's all they can do at this point. >> the people there in tokyo are feeling so battered already by the earthquake, the tsunamis, these constant aftershocks. how are they able to cope now with this nuclear threat on top of everything else? >> reporter: on top of e. else. again they're going about their daily business. they're going about their daily lives. they're trying to comprehend what's going on. it is hitting very close to home as opposed to a lot of the parts of the world because people have friends and family in that area. >> let's talk about this trip you're trying to take to sendai. the roads are in bad condition. there is food in short supply. what is the plan for getting there and what are you hoping to see when you get there? >> reporter: we're looking at different modes of transportation. freg driving, getting a driver and taking a car and battling the a traffic. it will be an eight to ten-hour drive. there is also talk of maybe perhaps even going up in a helicopter to

snow advisory for the san mateo bridge, if you notice and look closely you will see there's some jittery. that is likely because of the winds blowing in that area. there is the advisory for the bay bridge. through san jose, 1 01 a plenty of wind in the south bay. winds at 30 mi. an hour, where his camera was located right here around the a expressway. no delays on the northbound side. >> mark: the rain is coming down here jackie an update? >> reporter: is are reining in our goal light rain, now the heavy stuff is coming down here in downtown. the wind is picking up, they are always concerned about this creek, this level is relatively low right now, the national weather service issued a small stream and creek advisory, i think for right now they are safe, as we continue to see the heavy rain, there will be lots of people that will peek around the corner to make sure the level is not going up too quickly. for now we see the heavy wind and rain starting to blow wind. >> darya: rain from this month the has filled the reservoirs locally and primary. the water has police to from some of the re

now, they just have to convince a jittery public to breathe easy. the air is safe. neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >>> now, i want to bring in our chief health and medical editor dr. richard besser for a kind of reality check. the president reassuring today about the possibility of dangerous radiation here. are you reassured? >> reporter: i am reassured. you know, when i listened to the president, when i talked to people all day throughout government in terms of what's being done to prepare, what they've learned from chernobyl and other events, i'm reassured we're not going to see harmful levels of radiation in this country. that doesn't mean they won't measure any, but harmful levels is very different. >> and you were saying to me, don't take the pill, don't take that potassium iodide pill. >> reporter: no, you don't want to do that. there's side effects. there's dangers to taking that pill. if you have that pill, put it away, know where it is. but don't take that pill. >> and we remember after chernobyl, the particular concern was milk, milk for children. is th

coming a day after the dow's biggest one day drop since august in europe stock markets are also this jittery japanese earthquake that puts you in the dark such trading in the red reinsurers suffering immerse these companies issue back up insurance to private insurers so that the system can cover large losses from disasters shares in swiss re and munich re are down around five percent in the said jeffreys international estimate the insurance payments will be around ten billion dollars most of it coming coming from real estate damage covering. russian stocks so also deploying for a day this is on the back of low world prices which is russia's main revenue the r.t.s. is down one percent of my sex three quarters of a percent second look at some of the stocks. energy stocks of course trading in the red the new coil is that if we can take a look at the figures right now hopefully yeah the new coil is up actually point three percent this is because of a massive drop the previous session was down just a notch back is down one point six percent that's after news that russia is the largest lender is f

too much coffee makes you jittery, so does this question.talking with people heading in to peet's about this possible merger between peet's and starbucks and you see people stop in their tracks. the look is how could it be. that's what online reports are saying. that peet's held talks with starbucks about a possible sale. ceos are not saying much but an analyst says it's not so much about the coffee shops but growing the grocery side. peet's drinkers who take their coffee seriously had this to say. >> that's an interesting thought there. i didn't know it was going to turn into this big mega coffee chain now. interesting to see how that affects the coffee. >> peet's is a bit stronger. i only get about four or five hours of sleep so i need peet's. >> reporter: it's estimated that starbucks could double or triple business for emeryville-based peet's in two to three years and the same online reports don't say exactly how likely a deal is. it's topic number one out here. christie smith, today in the bay. >> thanks a lot. >> one government agency

our best to reassure you to try to suppress your acts of piracy and time and again we will hear the jittery voice of ship's captains full of fear thinking something was going to happen. recalled one night we heard the captain coming across an icy something suspicious. we got on the radio to tell him we're on our way and we will come out which we did and clearly what struck home to me was to hear the apprehension in his voice first off and then to hear the relief in his voice once we arrived on scene to do what we could and there were three skiffs in his vicinity that once we arrived he took off. his appreciation for the fact that there was an naval force doing what we could do to suppress them before we could get on board and take his ship so i found that time and again that reassurance of the legitimate mariner, those who want and need to use the global commerce of the sea to make sure we can transfer cargo to keep the livelihood in place, to keep commerce moving, that legitimate use of this event is important and the reassurance that we can provide by dealing with the problem because ulti

futures are slightly higher though investors are jittery amid the turmoil in the middle east.he major indices closed higher after opec said it's considering raising output to tamp down prices. crude oil is below $105 a barrel just further easing away from the 2.5-year high on monday. the spike in oil prices helping push stocks higher in asia, well it's day two of the trial of hedge fund founder. jury selection began yesterday and is expected to continue today in the trial of the one-time billionaire. he is the key figure in the biggest insider trading case in u.s. history. once the panel is in place opening statements will begin. the trial is expected to last up to two months. prosecutors claim that he made $45 million from confidential information from hedge fund traders and former friends and associates. he could face up to 20 years in prison. he denies wrong doing. >> consumers may see liquid laundry detergent not 18 plastic bottle but a card board container. on friday, plans to roll out a laundry detergent bottle made from 100% recycled card board and newspaper. seventh ge

. >> reporter: good morning from tokyo where there are a lot of jittery nerves here in tokyo.t the hotel earlier. you get a sense that they are nervous, but on the outside, they are trying to remain calm. obviously, they're trying to remain business as usual, that type of atmosphere here in tokyo. want to make sure that the guests are comfortable. just looking around, people out and about, going to work, living their day. this is all they can do at this point. of course, many of them watching the images on television. they're seeing the same images that you and i are watching. and obviously, there's concern. it's hitting close to home, because they have, some of them have family and friends in that region. now, we will be headed to that region some time soon. and we are going to be facing the ultimate challenges that many of the residents and some of the media that are up there right now, the lack of food, the lack of water, and definitely the challenge, the lack of gasoline. it's something we're going to have to face and brace for when we get to that region. we're here in tok

san mateo bridge looks good no problems to the stand or crops that, you'll notice the image is jitteryause the wind is blowing. the golden gate bridge, very light traffic here, 101 through marin county and across the span no problems. three san francisco the james lick freeway, is the wet deck but no problems on the inbound central freeway. it is still very light. >> darya: 5:34 a.m. the latest on japan this morning. japan safety agency has raised the rating of the country's crisis from off for up to 05. that is the scale between 1-7. a level four has local consequences, a level five has wider consequences crews are scrambling to shoot water in and around the power plant's no. 3 reactor. this is the fourth round of this. in an attempt to cool the unit's spent fuel pool. all white vapor was rising after it was doused by water. now let's go to the newsroom. >> reporter: japan engineers conceded bearing the crippled plant in sand and concrete, maybe their last resort. the method of dumping sand and concrete on the plant is the same method they used in trouble in 1986. engineers hope they

industry is due out later on this morning and economists expect the rose an average of 1 percent in jittery tropicana says it will increase prices by 4-8% to deal with the higher costs tied to all of that cold weather that citrus crops have been dealing with. warner brothers is making some of its films available on facebook opening of a whole new revenue source. could this be a net-slicks killerfk /+liflicks killer? nowe is a look at the weather. >> george: >> george: and the traffic department no problems, delays come lot spots, the bridges equal light traffic, no wind advisory. they bridge is very light. and no delays here, little pickup in volume left side of your screen headlights heading back towards hayward from foster city. golden gate still clear, reconfigured for the morning commute for lane southbound. james lick, hardly any traffic here on the inbounds central there no delays where the two freeways merge. no delays getting at of town. the ride on 101 through marin even to sonoma heading south to petaluma light, easy. james? >> james: a more cases have been dropped in the wake of

but there is a lot of jittery ness about what has happened. those concerns tend to tie -- drive up the price of oil and that is what has happened. republicans and democrats have called on the white house to act in different ways. the white -- the president called a press conference on friday to address this issue specifically. basically there was a lot of stay the course policies. host: michael from pennsylvania on the independent line. michael, are you there? i think we lost michael. let's try another caller in pennsylvania, john, are you there? caller: i liked to talk about a fresh way of looking at things going on in the country. maybe the public sector cut their wages and benefits, and maybe that is not the problem. maybe the problem is that the private sector is to love. it is to love. if you go back for years -- it is too low. the private sector starting in the 1980's, their wages and benefits started to stagnate, and in some cases to go backwards. when i was a teamster truck driver, i was making good wages and benefits. i did not care w

even as the world is jittery about nuclear energy, german chancellor angela merkel is shutting down sevento nuclear energy. >> i still think nuclear power is an important part of our overall energy mix, but i think, like everything else, we have to do it in a safe and sensible way. >> that was regina mobley from our affiliate wvec reporting. >>> the u.s. gets about 20% of its electricity from nuclear power plants. >>> tsunami damage on the big island of hawaii is now in the tens of millions and expected to jump even higher. residents are still cleaning up what's left of their homes after friday's powerful wave washed ashore. all along that bay, homes were shoved off their foundations. residents simply cannot believe the damage. >> it's backwards and completely off its foundation. behind my dad's house there's a four-wheeler up in the tree, just to show you how high the water was to take a four-wheeler up in the tree. >> extensive damage. all this glass had been broken out. there was a kayak in the living room. the refrigerator is lying on its back. this house was about two feet deep in wa

inspecting the so-called liberated city were broadcast on national tv by a government anxious to show a jitteryrt. as gunfire echoed closer and closer, the government minders got nervous. then panicky, they herded us on to buses to get back to tripoli in case, they said, of nato air strikes, and the crowd having served its purpose, also loaded up in a hurry and roared away. >> now, another thing we noticed as we drove were endless cues outside gas stations. some people waiting for hours to fill up. it's quite clear that apart from the nato air strikes, the sanctions and the naval blockade are really starting to bite. jeff. >> liz palmer in tripoli. liz, thank you. >>> japan's prime minister says his country is on maximum alert this morning to deal with the nuclear crisis. traces of toxic plutonium were found in soil in five places at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. it is feared radioactive water is leaking from damaged fuel rods, but they say right now the trace levels of plutonium are not a risk to humans. >>> it's coming up on six minutes past the hour. back over to erica, chris, a

now they just have to convince a jittery public to breathe easy. the air is safe.eattle. >>> and britain's prince william is offering his condolences to the people of japan while also honoring the victims of last month's earthquake in new zealand. speaking at a memorial service this morning, the prince told new zealanders that they have a unique insight into what the japanese are facing. >> this community, more than any other in the world, can appreciate the full horror of what is unfolding in japan. our thoughts and prayers are with them, too. >> the prince also said he is in awe of their determination to rebuild. his next stop is australia, to tour the areas ravaged by flooding. >>> and our coverage of the disaster in japan continues on "america this morning" as we follow the nuclear crisis. we'll also have more analysis later on "good morning america." >> busy news friday. a busy week since the -- >> sure was. >> a week ago we were sitting here covering that. >> i know. as the images first came in and we realized the scope of this disaster. >> only intensified s

i'm a little jittery by this time. i go get breakfast. >> we are out of time, folks. see you at noon and hopefully tomorrow at 4:30. >>> good morning. state of emergency. a massive storm system heads up the east coast packing torrential rains and we are tracking the storm andary going live to the flood zone for the very latest. >>> war in wisconsin. democrats cry foul as republicans break a three-week deadlock over the budget battle with a surprise late night vote. >> this is a violation of law! >> we will talk with the democratic leader about what is next after the gop's successful maneuver. >>> and helping hands. after 60 minutes emotional look into the lives of homeless kids, viewers respond with overwhelming offers of help. we're going to look back at the report that touched the hearts of millions and here how the newfound support is helping local officials "early" this thursday morning, march 10th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "the early show" here on a thursday morning. i'm chris wragge. >> i'm erica hill. good to have you with us and, hopefully

but there is a lot of jittery ness about what has happened. those concerns tend to tie -- drive up the price of oil and that is what has happened. republicans and democrats have called on the white house to act in different ways. the white -- the president called a press conference on friday to address this issue specifically. basically there was a lot of stay the course policies. host: michael from pennsylvania on the independent line. michael, are you there? i think we lost michael. let's try another caller in pennsylvania, john, are you there? caller: i liked to talk about a fresh way of looking at things going on in the country. maybe the public sector cut their wages and benefits, and maybe that is not the problem. maybe the problem is that the private sector is to love. it is to love. if you go back for years -- it is too low. the private sector starting in the 1980's, their wages and benefits started to stagnate, and in some cases to go backwards. when i was a teamster truck driver, i was making good wages and benefits. i did not care w

time and again, we would tear the jittery voice of the ship's captain full of fear, thinking that something owing to happen. i recall one night where we heard the captain coming across thing i see something suspicious. we immediately got on the radio to tell them we are on our way. and clearly what came to me was to hear the apprehension and as for his first to admit to hear the relief in his voice once we arrived in and to do what we could. in fact there were three in his vicinity that once we arrived he took off into the night. and his appreciation for the fact there was a naval force there, doing what we could do to try to suppress the facts before they could get on board and take a ship. so i found that time and again, that reassurance of legitimate mariners, those who want to use and need to use the, deceive, to make sure we can transfer cargo to keep our livelihood in place, to keep commerce moving. it's a legitimate use that's important in the reinsurance we provided by dealing with the problem that c. because ultimately other will do what we cannot see, the problem is going to be so

time and again, we would tear the jittery voice of the ship's captain full of fear, thinking that somethings owing to happen. i recall one night where we heard the captain coming across thing i see something suspicious. we immediately got on the radio to tell them we are on our way. and clearly what came to me was to hear the apprehension and as for his first to admit to hear the relief in his voice once we arrived in and to do what we could. in fact there were three in his vicinity that once we arrived he took off into the night. and his appreciation for the fact there was a naval force there, doing what we could do to try to suppress the facts before they could get on board and take a ship. so i found that time and again, that reassurance of legitimate mariners, those who want to use and need to use the, deceive, to make sure we can transfer cargo to keep our livelihood in place, to keep commerce moving. it's a legitimate use that's important in the reinsurance we provided by dealing with the problem that c. because ultimately other will do what we cannot see, the problem is going to be s

and time and again we would hear the jittery voice of the captain full of fear thinking something was going to happen. i recall on one night where we heard the captain coming across saying i see something suspicious. we immediately got on the radio to tell him, we're on our way. we're going to come have a look which we did and clearly what struck home to me was to hear the apprehension in his voice first off and then to hear the relief on his voice once on scene. there were three skiffs in his vicinity once we arrived they took off into the night. and his appreciation for the fact that there was an able force there doing what we could do to try to suppress those acts before they get on board and take his ship. so i found that time and again, that reassurance of the legitimate mariners, those who want to use and need to use the global commons, the sea to make sure that we can transfer cargo to keep our livelihood in place, to keep the commerce moving. it's that legitimate use of the sea that is important and that reassurance that we can provide -- by dealing with the problem at sea, be