we tried to get kohl's side of the story by calling its corporate office in wisconsin. they have not responded. we even went to the alameda store. no one from the department store would comment. >> they didn't find anything. they didn't steal anything. and they never said i'm sorry. and i think that that's fair. >> i want an apology and for other african-american girls not to face what we have faced going into kohl's. >> reporter: in alameda, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> now, the attorney is asking for an undisclosed amount of money, an apology and sensitivity training for kohl's workers. >>> san jose is the largest city in the united states without fluoride in it's drinking water. the water district will hold hearings beginning tomorrow. health advocates credit fluoride with improved dental health. more than 70% of the country has floor iuoridated water. it will cost more than $23 million to retrofit the system. but advocates say it will save more than $100 million in dental expenses. >> for every $1 that is spent on prevention, you'll save $38 down the line. so

kohl. i have never heard the vitriol during town hall meetings that i hear towards the epa from everyone from coalminers to ranchers to people who do believe clay bits are changing but believe that the epa's have heavy hand towards regulation of greenhouse gases will put us out of business and suspend those jobs and to countries that do not have environmental regulations that match ours, thereby causing greater pollution elsewhere in the world that will eventually get to us as well. most of us have more confidence in our own country's ability to manage environmental issues with the latest technologies that is capable elsewhere in the world. so i think that we should concentrate in trying to keep jobs and technology in the united states so we can actually be the leader in those areas and export those technologies elsewhere in the world. so please do take careful heed of mr. kohl's remarks. i believe they were right on target. i do have some questions for yot in writing. how many regulatory a

. >> we used to make fun of helmut kohl. now it is angela merkle. the jokes are pretty much the same. >> the doorbell rings. i opened up. the reaper grimm has come to suck. -- to sup. i boldly ask, who are you, pray. i'm father death, i hear him say. on my life, i think you want to see my wife. >> it goes down a storm. the crowd loves this kind of thing. at midnight, the dancers come out with their rock and roll show. the carnival festivities have been underway for 13 hours now, and the night still has a long way to go. >> conab in germany has been our in-depth. thanks for watching. stay with us if you can.

speaking of retail and expansion, kohl's pushed up to its highest price since december. it plans to open nine new stores, renovate 100 others and hire 1,200 people. finally, a big i.p.o. tomorrow with hospital chain h.c.a. selling stock at $30 per share. raising $3.8 billion, it's the biggest private equity backed i.p.o. in u.s. history. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: over the next five years the chinese government wants to raise worker incomes by 8% a year. tonight's street kra teak guest wants to profit from that emerging middle class in china. hilary kramer of editor game changer stocks.com. your newest china idea here is seven days, this is an economy level discount hotel group. and it's a lot cheaper than than it was last night after an 11.6% drop. why are you trying to catch this falling knight? >> it's really not a falling knight. china in general has not performed like the u.s. market. the hotel chains droped with real estate bubble expectations in china, but yet there really aren't very many rooms, 77,000 rooms for over a billion people in china. s

most of the curve of the wee boy from across the year is millions of years old kohls particularly interesting because per unit of the energy generated coal actually may be the cheapest fuel but it also releases the world's purpose to go through as curb at the beginning of the ernest with the development of the steam engine in the late seventy's and early humans began to hide and extract fossil carbon for a layer of crust coal oil natural gas even though the absence of humans over some period it would be uplifted and subject to a rouge and it would return to the atmosphere but those rates are tiny compared to the ability of humans to grow with large machines to deliver a large quantities of this material to the surface of your where it is burned and it will use the generation of energy we have larger quitman that was introduced on surface mines about twenty five years ago here in washington which accounted for the the ability to recover coal seams that heretofore been unmanageable the use of dragons styli all manning scenes that were an economical. and even physically impossible. without the u

achree forecasts too far afield like us kohls why and islands too so that today's forecast results turn out to be you very good and we almost in the air nailed it well where it wasn't any size logical information available to suggest that this huge earthquake was on the cards. yes i think so why wasn't it active i wonder. does it mean say it again i'm just asking it was the only information available do you think beforehand that this sort of earthquake that we saw today the eight point nine that was on the cards and it might happen imminently. well for that for that trend that you meant because last year there has like chile event is about same oh maggie two we actually. expect such a big. subsume from this size so i will say because rare earth to predict so for tonight i mean now as first thing happens and i mean we can. forecast in an hour or so. ok well thanks ever so much for being on the program is appreciated your way there from the u.s. now research center in seattle tonight thank you elise thank you very much russia's far east as we braced for any tsunamis to today with people g

. >> we used to make fun of helmut kohl. now it is angela merkle. the jokes are pretty much the same. >> the doorbell rings. i opened up. the reaper grimm has come to suck. -- to sup. i boldly ask, who are you, pray. i'm father death, i hear him say. on my life, i think you want to see my wife. >> it goes down a storm. the crowd loves this kind of thing. at midnight, the dancers come out with their rock and roll show. the carnival festivities have been underway for 13 hours now, and the night still has a long way to go. >> conable in germany has been our in-depth. thanks for watching. stay with us if you can. >>this week on world business... >>destination inflation, china's need to control the country's breakneck growth >>commodity prices have gone up across the board. we've seen chicken prices gone up probably some 16percent year on year we look at vietnam's dramatic turnaround to become a vibrant modern economy. >>i think the pace of growth in vietnam is quite good, with almost 7.2 percent of gdp growth for over two decades continuously >>and with

kohl talks about people getting upset, and ms. lummis talks at the same thing. people in my part of the world and even further west, you have the east coast where they've paved all the wetlands and eaten all the endangered species and are now trying to impose a set of standards and people are upset so we are just looking for evenhandedness and i trust you to do that. >> thank you, administrator jackson. i'm going to bring this to close. you've been gracious to spend three hours with us this morning and address any concerns as you can tell members of congress have that we hear from our constituents and actually a couple of budget issues as well. and i have a whole list of questions that go from everything i will be submitting for the record again. some of them deal with the budget and others are other issues that the epa deals with. one of the things i do want to sit down with you cannot right now that some time we can all come down to your office is or ought to mind, but i would like to sit down and talk about how you come up with a cost-benefit analysis on the

. >> all right of kohl's -- we'll keep an eye on it. thank you. >>> japan's nuclear reactor is prompting new scrutiny of nuclear power in the united states. the energy secretary is testifying about it on capitol hill. let's go to alison burns about what's happening. >> reporter: tori, steven chu was supposed to be testifying about something else this morning but he's getting bombarded from members of congress who are concerned about the nuclear facilities and nuclear future. there are 104 nuclear reactors in the united states and plans are in the works to build 20 more but now some members of congress want to put the brakes on -- breaks on nuclear power plants, at least until the full extent of the damage in japan is known. second chu says americans should be confident that safety rules are in place at the country's nuclear facilities. >> we clearly consider things like tsunamis and earthquakes and -- >> we've been doing that -- >> we've been doing that all along. >> reporter: now, secretary chu says the obama administration wants nucle

discounters, kohls, t.j. maxx, ross, all did pretty well last mob.ther retail that did not meet expectations, s an francisco-based gap. the same-store sales fell 3% in february, making it one of the biggest losers in the group. gap's name brand stores have struggled the last few quarters and old navy and banana republic stores, which have been carrying the retailer, both posted a drop in sales this month. one retail analyst put this best -- when people have to pay $50 to $75 to fill up their gas tank, it's a big hit to other things. back to you. >> thank you. >>> no bonuses for several bp oil executives. bp announced it is holding back -- holding back the money owed to executives blamed for the gulf oil disaster. that includes tony hayward and former production chief. the current ceo has decided to to forgo his bonus for last year. he was the only executive to get a pay increase after he took the new job. >>> and the s.e.c. is taking a step -- is taking a step against two factors that contributed to the meltdown. the s.e.c. is backing a man to make t

and kohls, they have the rings. >> online, their simply vera rings, regularly $50. today, $14.40. starting now through monday, you can get $5 off any $15 you spend on food. we have a coupon online. and you need a coupon to present. we have a coupon for a free entry. go to the "gma" website and get that. >> and allmenus.com. >> the leading online delivery. for "gma" viewers only, 50% off more than 4,600 restaurants, nationwide. can't beat that. >> no reason to cook this weekend. >> go out. order in. we have you covered on both. >> finally, good kid stuff. i know, once my girls see it, they are going to want it. moo.com has play date cards? >> yeah. check this out. you can use them for whatever you want. special deal for "gma" viewers. buy 100, get 100 free. that's a savings of $50. the cards are amazing. your girls will love them. ali will love them. >> finally, a big dr. seuss day. >> in celebration of the dr. seuss birthday and read across america program, now, through march at walmart, books start at $5. you get them in store or online. online, the shipping is free. >>> when we

. >> and her engagement bauble is $22 at kohl's. >> everyone gets a bauble.is something you can only pull off if you're a princess in waiting, a politician or a politician's wife. but this outfit caused a stampede. it's a luisa spagnoli. we decided to do an h&m red jacket. and instead of a red skirt, we gave her a black pencil skirt. we did the nipping in the waste with a ralph lauren belt. >> is it okay to have a three-quarter sleeve and gloves? >> i'm glad you brought that up. we had sophisticated extras with the gloves. and the clutch from macy's, just $25. >> amazing. a great look. thank you so much. jenna has our final look. kate loves the trench. look how fabulous that looks on her. >> this happened a few weeks ago. already, it's created a fashion frenzy. she was photographed in belfast northern ireland in that burrberry french coat. and we have a fashion frenzy in the office. >> jenna is wearing a trench. and kate wears lots of trench coats. on our model, jenna, in the "lucky" offices, we were all abuzz because this trench is only $180. it has the silh

show off the great leather jacket or in this case a faux leather jacket that you can still get at kohl'sadded this bright, subtly patterned blouse from loft. and again, it's $70. so keeping the price points down. add a little bit of flair with a brightly colored clutch. and then, the flair, wider leg jean. you're going to see a lot of that this season. that is inspired by the '70s trend that we're seeing. but again, it's about exposing that leather jacket, and bringing out. >> it looks so light and fresh. >> exactly. >> don't hide it under those heavy layers anymore. >> it's time to break out, ladies. >> bear it all. >> well, just enough. we don't want you getting arrested. always good to have you with us. always such great tips. for more on these looks logon to our website at earlyshow.cbsnews.com. >>> we will be right back. you're,, [ female announcer ] why watch regular tv when you can experience the next generation of television service? at&t u-verse tv. tv like you've never seen before at a really great price. switch to at&t now to get u-verse tv starting at just $29 a month for six

kohl? give me a break with coal and oil. -- coal?7 was the hottest year on record that we have, only to be surpassed by 2010. i love politicians that tell me there is no global warming problem. i am supposed to believe them when nasa tells me we have a problem. mit says we have a problem. the national academy of sciences. politicians say we do not have a global warming problem. host: let's get an answer to that. and guest: first of all, we're talking about different things entirely. i pointed out a moment ago that i am very much in favor of what i would call and all of the above energy plan. i am in favor of hydro and nuclear, which is the cleanest air type -- clean as energy we can produce. yet there are those from the environmentalist that do not want to do nuclear. there is a mixed bag, but my point is this, and i think this is an important point -- it is silly for us to not ignore the tremendous resources we have with coal and oil and gas. they are going to be part of our energy mix. our technology can clean it up. i remember gro

buy now and you'll get the tail end of the winter luggage but you'll get it at 55% at places like kohl'su do need to buy it. you may as well get good luggage and make it last a couple of years. gardening. i guess i figured why would gardening stuff be inexpensive now because people are starting up again. >> the fact that it's early in the game, they want to get you hooked, if you will. plus if you are a small mom and pop landscaping store, you haven't sold anything since you sold your last christmas tree so you are really chomping at the bit to get people to buy seeds, soil, hoses, the necessities and unless you have a green thumb you'll be back. who knows if you'll make it or not first round. >> winter sports. what doesn't need a pair of skates right now? >> well, i know, but i'll tell you what. at 50% off big ticket items like skates and skis and snowboards which are widely available, you're talking about hundreds of dollars in many cases. so think ahead if you've got kids. plan ahead and buy the next size up. >> the nice part is spring skiing is really popular. i have not had an oppor

helmut kohl was not helical until after he took office.nd that ronald reagan was not ronald reagan until he became president. i accept that. but we at least have to look for people that give us hope. we ought not to stick with people who have demonstrated they cannot. it is too critical. it is too critical. our economy is at a tipping edge. what is going on around the world is seriously in turmoil. this is not easy times we all thought we would have after the soviet union collapsed. remember those days of the -- days of euphoria? the days of superpower conflict are over. happy days are here again. it did not work out. let me talk a little bit about what i think it's going to happen as a sequence of events politically as we move to 2012 and talk about the cast of characters that will come knocking on your doors asking you to support them. you don't live in new hampshire, they will knock on your doors, you will see them on television. 2012 -- the two parties, republican and democrat have tried to make this a little more orderly than that use

kohl at all. the supreme court does not use the term structural error. the supreme court felt there was a violation of due process because this was a situation where the judge was an elected judge and had received donations from one of the parties in the case. the supreme court held that this was a due process violation that infected the whole legal proceeding. it is not an example of a structural error. the supreme court does not even use that term. we are still with the situation where as this court has noted, the structural error analysis has never been used in the civil case. the types of situations where this court and the supreme court have said there is not a structural error goes way beyond this case. this is all discussed in our brief. i think i have covered everything. thank you very much, your honor. >> would you put five minutes, o'clock? >> responding briefly to the first amendment contingence first, the supreme court did not hold that it was improperly applied challenge. it was not that you cannot bring the challenge, it was you can bring t

latourette: ski unanimous consent that two minute moifs five minutes be yielded to and kohled by the ranking member of the subcommittee mr. costello to yield time as he sees fit. the chair: without objection. mr. latourette: let me just make this observation. 17th extension, i believe, of the f.a.a. bill, we haven't had an f.a.a. bill until 2003. this is going to take it to two more years because the president said he won't sign this bill unless this amendment is adopted, the senate declared this a nonstarter. if we want to hear fancy speeches, and for those tuning in around the country, this will be our fourth or fifth anti-union vote that has nothing to do with the aviation system. even on the last amendment, you can't say it costs jobs and increases costs. if you hire the same amount of workers for davis-bacon and hire two times as many workers, it's going to cost the same. it's that kind of circumstance la argument that's leading the circular firing squad. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from illinois. mr. costello: i agree with points made by my friend

kohl. >> thank you, mr. chairman. to thank you gentlemen for your service. mr. secretary, i hope honestly this is the last time you doing this. heaven knows you've given the country a lifetime of service, but under two different presidents you have done the country and repair service in the last couple years teared thank you for all you've done. it's been remarkable. i agreed with a lot of the tough decisions he started to make and no have our disagreements and still you represent median and you new canyon sunday. but i would like for you to talk a little bit about one of the recommendations you are making and the longer-term. i'm very concerned about the long-term reductions and manpower that you see in both the army and marines. as on the armed services committee and we all worked very hard to get those numbers up. i don't want to slip back to a situation particularly where we are using the guard and reserve as much as we used to put them under enormous strain. it was so hard to get those numbers. thank you for your leadership on what they needed to be. it is

kohl. >> thank you, mr. chairman. to thank you gentlemen for your service. mr. secretary, i hope honestly this is the last time you doing this. heaven knows you've given the country a lifetime of service, but under two different presidents you have done the country and repair service in the last couple years teared thank you for all you've done. it's been remarkable. i agreed with a lot of the tough decisions he started to make and no have our disagreements and still you represent median and you new canyon sunday. but i would like for you to talk a little bit about one of the recommendations you are making and the longer-term. i'm very concerned about the long-term reductions and manpower that you see in both the army and marines. as on the armed services committee and we all worked very hard to get those numbers up. i don't want to slip back to a situation particularly where we are using the guard and reserve as much as we used to put them under enormous strain. it was so hard to get those numbers. thank you for your leadership on what they needed to be. it is

they're from simply vera from vera wang at kohl's. th this is easy to play with.week. i love that store. >> now that you've got your party clothes on, we've got a st. patrick's day celebration for the procrastinators out there. >> and the celtic group tops off the day. >> but first these messages. >>> the leprechaun living under the blarney stone, just remember it happens to be march 17. we have the perfect last-minute st. patrick's day party to throw together. >> jean is the founder of jeanbenedict.com and there's lots of food. >> we're not doing the traditional corned beef and cabbage but kind of a take-off on it. >> you have to have corned beef and cabbage and this is kind of a take-off on it. saurkraut pizza. >> that's how you have to get boys to like you. >> spread a quarter cup of dressing. then you do three-quarters of a cup of the sauerkraut. hoed a do you want to put on the corned beef? >> you could do deli corned beef. then a bunch of chhese. bake it at 350, 10 minutes, andd voila. do you want to taste it? there's some over there. >> let me take a bite o

let me kohl a few lines because they think this piece ackerley captured the spirit of chicago and i coll. there is no talk here about -- there is no talk here anymore about being the second city. chicago is not only the city that works but also an exciting city in which all these glittery worlds shine and of quote. chicago has lately become to see itself as a place whose inherent inherent -- and now embrace all sorts of improbable inventions and behavior. there is self-confidence, and upbeat feeling that success breeds success. the story singled out that fashion industry, the food and the music. but it also made a special point about why the tech company happened in chicago and not somewhere else. the story said, why didn't group on startup in silicon valley? for the same reason facebook started at harvard, because those phenomena needed a local population of young people, not a community of cybernerds or venture capitalist. chicago had wide andrew mason needed, people. since i've been mayor with many tartars especially in the business community. they have been the strong part of chicago

from kohl's, $10.99 to $24.99. earrings, bracelet, necklaces.drobe a lift. >> these are just hanging so -- >> obviously go with one accessory. my mom does it all. don't go crazy. >> tackling the kitchen. >> this is a room i don't use much. but this is -- this entire set of silverware is 99 cents each. for a family of four, six pieces you can get all of it including steak knives for $24.99. look at the dessert plates. it says "big mistake." >> xwh is what people say after i cook. >> me, too. everything here is under $25. if you're a tea fan this makes a statement in the kitchen. >> they are great gifts as well. nice gifts to give. >> i'm over wine or cake when you go to a home. this is a great alternative. >> this is for the bathroom. >> right. you can smell it here. i wish we had smell-o-vision. $3.99 to $25. something for everyone. you see the soaps and something to really spruce up the bathroom. that's a room i think a lot of people can relate to. this is just an inexpensive way to do it. >> i love the loofah. a foot scrubber shaped like a foo

adams, lieutenant kohl member, retired, united states marine corps. mr. speaker, before i close, yesterday was congresswoman sue myrick, i went to walter reed hospital to visit the young soldiers and marines who have lost their legs, arms, and two of them that we saw, mr. speaker, have no body arts below their waist. no body parts. and here we are supporting a corrupt leader of a nation that quite frankly will never be a nation, it is a country. it's not a nation. it will never have a national government. why are we wasting $7 billion a month in afghanistan and our young men and women are coming back with broken bodies? mr. speaker, it is time to get out of afghanistan. i close by asking god to please bless our men and women in uniform. i ask god to please bless the families of our men and women in uniform. i ask god in his loving arms to hold the families who gave a child dying for freedom, i ask god to bless the house and senate we will do what's right in the eyes of god. and please bless the president that he will do what's right in the eyes of god. an

this is a tunic from kohl's which hits at that time top of the thigh creating one long flattering line and down. has the jewelled neckline. will totally flattering and very comfortable. >> that's a great trick. i love the waist. it elongates her figure. >> for a lot of plus sized women you need things with the built-in shape. >> let's bring our modells out. ladies, you look great. thank you so much for giving us this look. appreciate it. up next, al convenes his book club for kids. and one more rousing performance from the cast of the new broadway show "priscilla queen of the desert." ♪ yummy, yummy, yummy, i got love in my tummy ♪ ♪ and i feel like... [ female announcer ] kellogg's® wants to make kids happy one tummy at a time. because 9 out of 10 kids don't get the fiber they need, that's why froot loops®, apple jacks® and corn pops have 3 grams of fiber in every yummy bowl. they're the cereals your kids love and the fiber their tummies love... which makes for a whole lotta happy. froot loops®, apple jacks and corn pops®, an oh-so-good source of fiber. kellogg's® makes fiber fun. [ l

you put it in a $35 roasting pan from kohl's. do it either way, wrap it up, put it, put it with a spoon or serving piece. >> that's sweet to put a little extra ribbon, something. it seems to me you would want to cook it? >> you can do it either wi. if somebody is receiving a lot of food, it can serve a family of four, andless have leftovers for sandwiches, you cannot forget, when you're talking about someone who is grieving or recuperating, there are caregivers around and this is enough to serve everybody. >> it makes the house smell great, too. >> right. >> and for new parent, a chicken pot pie. >> it's a one-dish meal, carrots and peas and everything going on. you can speed it up by buying a store-bought pie crust and puff pastry and rotisserie chicken. >> yes, and we love these, these are vonni, containers from vonni, put it in there, zip it up. what new parent isn't going to use this time and time again to bring brownies to school. >> you can just wrap it in foil to save money. >> of course. >> and i love your idea of giving

i was just say to the chairman, and that is why kohl will be king. -- coal will be king. i had a visit by a battery technology guy says he was left out of your office. my concern is that there is already a designed to leave. if someone comes with someone -- designed the least. and something comes -- and someone comes with something new, the one i get a fair hearing impaired can we talk about this? we do not wanted to research, -- to do research, if the new entity comes in, we want to give them fairness. can you define clean? >> we start with traditional public and start >> the pollutants in the clean air act? >> yes, and that includes carbon dioxide. >> that is good. a lot of people will not add that. they will stay clean, but not address the co2 issue. just a message, waxman-markey failed as a national policy to the legislative policy because the public decided not to price carbon. we had that argument yesterday. we have a bill moving through the floor of the house that will start addressing the epa, but we need another approach, and i would say energy security is a bett