numbers and with for example all the news out of l.a. nice raising the margin on trading in london. and then certainty in china potentially raising rates pretty soon so the russian market basically was sold off from the morning peak. rush is resuming oil supply stability for the first time since the beginning of the year the politics finally settled a longstanding disagreement over prices under the merely signed contracts pay an extra forty six dollars per tonne of crude and returns receiving concessions on oil duties from russia that's all we have time for we'll be back in one i was to see that.

l.a. still nice, phoenix looks good, too, vegas and much of california is going to be sunny and the best weather by far in the nation is all experienced here in the desert southwest. the weather pattern will change ever so slightly because we're going to watch that jet stream dipping a little bit here. there's a big what we call a ridge of high pressure that's warm and nice conditions. this next storm system is going to sink down. washington state, you're dry, but later today some moisture is going to creep in especially north of seattle, eventually work its way down to seattle and by tomorrow, it will work its way down a little further. but much of california as i mentioned you're going to stay dry. that's a look at your tucson, maybe you can get away with shorts at 70. 70 degrees in tucson, can you get away with shorts? >> you could absolutely get away with shorts, yeah. bikini top, anything. >> really? now we're talking. >> now getting a little saucy little early in the morning for that. thanks so much. >>> banks buckle, housing slumps further and the world's most expensive apartment. your ea

. >> sharks on the nice l.a., facing the kings for second place in the pacific. also have some outdoor hockey. all that more for you at 11:00. >> john: snow falling down there. up next, a chilly start for the tournament of rose parade this morning. john the sun finally came out for the rose parade after a series of storms battered southern california. hundreds of thousands of spectators lined the streets of pasadena to watch the disploatz -- watch the floats. many braved temperatures in the low 40s overnight. as the parade slowed down, one of the floats broke down so a tow truck pulled the float. you have to improvise. that's it for this edition of abc-7 news at 6:00. thanks for joining us. see you at 11:00. you can also connect 24/7 at captioned by closed captioning services inc. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

l.a. san francisco, you look nice too. th even with sunshine. washington, a light snow is heading your way. we'll update you on thursday's forecast coming up. >> all right, bill. sounds good. >>> early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the worst selling person on magazine covers. now even nor sing the blues about. >>> coming up, a hands-on approach it beat the heat. a wild karim on the ice and a finish to the sugar bowl. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning -- just a few days after some 5,000 black birds fell from the sky in arkansas, another 500 of them have dropped to their death in louisiana. it's unclear if the two cases are related. >>> state officials speculate power line along the highways the birds were found could be involved. >>> venezuela's eccentric president hugo chavez vows to end a diplomatic standoff by suggesting it name bill clinton, sean penn to its latest ambassador. and a tit for tat

. >> it has been so nice the last week in l.a. mean, ever since the golden globes it's been sunny and about 70 to 75. it's been an incredible stretch of weather. another big storm is heading up the east coast, too, so they're going to daily with that as we go throughout the next two days. while in the west all the storms are coming in. the northern portions here up even north of seattle lately. most of the storms have been coming on shore in british columbia. they've been diving down to the deep south, and that's why we've been so nice here in the west. we haven't seen any storms plowing on shore. it's been a while since we picked up snow in the sierra mountains. you remember the beginning of the season with huge amounts of snow, and i guess it's still good. we still have that base. we're still skiing on it. cloudy skies in the northwest. mild, clear skies in much of california, nevada. the storm with rain in washington state has weakened. it's pretty mild. nothing too cold. the coldest spot is medford. a pair of 46 in seattle, an

around the state we're looking as we talked about temperatures very nice, especially around l.a. where it's near 80 just about the entire weekend. tonight fog, low clouds, low to mid to upper 40s. high pressure. three areas dominating the weather pattern over the west coast keeping the jet stream well up to the north. that's why we don't have any rain in the forecast for the next seven days and highs in the low to mid-60s. here's frances. >> technically there is still a fog advisory posted for the bay bridge. with this live shot of the suspension span, you see it's cleared up within the past hour. no problems getting into san francisco. we'll show you the other ends of the bridge from our emeryville camera. so it's clear and delay-free as you make your way eastbound or westbound across the span. we'll check out 101 in millbrae on the peninsula. a few early morning accidents but none ever caused delays. headlights moving northbound heading to sfo but check your flight if you're headed towards sfo. the south bay check out the 101 and 880 interchange. headlights are northbound 101 a

nice and warm. near 60s. los 60s in land and l.a.'s. 68 in dull city and overall temperatures are up. especially in places like nevada where we are handing into the upper 50s. 78 degrees warmer and a lot of purified degrees warmer in fairfield. five degrees warmer in livermore. we're keeping the nice weather going into the weekend. details of for the forecast coming up. we are back and talk about the big changes at google. >> i think it is time. google is a great company. they beat microsoft and ended off microsoft. dr. schmidt came to the company to babysit the young founders and turn the company into a great ipo. he has done as good job. he came from a nobel and before that he came from semite systems. as a computer science degree. he is perfect as far as the past this. they need him to think it said the box. to really go after face book and to go after companies like apple. >> of us is when disabled we see him during that is different. >> more stuff on face book. i micro level. trying to pump face book out or they do things incorrect late like they're just too big of the situation.

san diego is nice. l.a. is beautiful. palm springs is 81 degrees.e numbers. in the northwest, there's light and scattered showers after a heavy weekend and early week of rain there. and it's frigid cold behind this low. and we are live in times square with all of america's weather. george? >> thank you, sam. >>> in this morning's installment of our royal diary series, how plans for prince william and kate middleton's day is shaping up. just in case your invitation to the big fat british wedding really is in the mail, here's nick watt with what you can look forward to. hey, nick. >> reporter: good morning, george. what it is now, 101 days until the wedding. and we figured that's a good time to give you an insider's look at what to expect on the big day. theirs will be the wedding of the century. and behind palace walls, plans are taking shape. dickie arbiter was once press secretary for the queen. >> they plan for nothing to go wrong. it's well-oiled machinery. almost a military operation. >> reporter: the british do this sort of thing pretty well. t

and there is a nice day state wide tomorrow. there is l.a. with a high of 83 degrees.nd here is our accu-weather forecast. there is sunny skies next seven days we'll have fog to contend with that will burn off by mid day. there is pleasant weather ahead. >> 49ers coaching staff starting to take shape now. >> yes. >> and it began there is jim harbau going back to stanford to fill out the coaching staff. greg roman will be the offensive coordinator. vick sango and kent drezknow oversee the defensive line. bryant young headed to florida hired by will mustchamp. last season there is a is the job at san jose state. nick fairly announced he will not return for a senior season. some sm predicting he'll be the number one pick in the draft. he set a school record with 11 and a half sacks this season. he was defensive mvp. nfl playoffs resume tomorrow. steelers host ravens, and nfc, green bay and atlanta. in november packers and former cal star aaron rogers lost in at lant. rogers says they'll be ready for a rematch. >> it's playoffs. there is a possession more important and the

nice. still in the 50s in the pacific northwest. that's good. l.a., just another day in paradise near 830 degrees. near 69.quick look at your as far as the west goes we're lacking of any big storms through the weekend. looks good. we'll bring you the friday forecast coming up. >> thanks so much. >>> also coming up, foreclosures spike, juniper jumps, a cookie on the market. trust me this is a cookie you've never tried. your business headlines are straight ahead. plus, for his next big role has john travolta gotten an offer he can't refuse? >>> coming up -- kevin durant goes off on the tim ber vofls, upset in the aussie open, what was the president doing with a packers jersey? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. the department of homeland security is expected to announce today it will drop the color coded threat alert system put in place following the 9/11 attacks. it is expected to be phased out over the next 90 days. critics felt the sys

nice, you know? >> jimmy: yeah. are you going to go out to l.a. for the globes? be fun. >> oh, no, it's a good party. a lot of drinking goes on. it's very nice. >> jimmy: it is. it's looser, right? is it all just tables? i've never been there. it's my first year going. >> everybody is jammed together. yeah, and everybody is all over each other drunk. [ laughter ] and it's all -- every famous person you've ever seen in your life. it's weird. yeah, it's real interesting. >> jimmy: well, tell everyone about "barney's version." >> well, it's a movie that covers 30 years of a guy's life. it's based on a novel. and it's a fantastic -- it's very funny, covers 30 years of his life. there's a murder mystery in it. he gets married three times. i get laid a lot in this movie. >> jimmy: hey, all right. [ laughter ] >> yeah, about time. >> jimmy: about time. good for you. [ applause ] >> it's a really, really lovely, great movie. >> jimmy: you said the time span is crazy. look at the different looks you have here in the movie. >> oh, yeah, i age 30 years in it. absolutely. lo

l.a. times did finally editorialize something about this story which was was nice you know it's refreshing to see somebody in the mainstream start to care about it in terms of history but you know a lot of people are saying that they're holding him in these conditions acting like he's under suicide watch as if he's a threat although psychologists have said that is not a threat you know that is a method to break him down but do you think if it were to go to trial that the judges would actually accept then whatever his statement by it might be having you know we've seen at least and if you get mo trials where they did not take the testimony of witnesses because they were given you know after enhanced interrogation techniques for you stop them that's a that's a really good one to think that the military and the firm just missing they may find that because of the way they were treated fairly meaning that is just and will not be credible and may not even be accepted by the court as being allowed to eat or jury and he's socially is being tortured and you know that most of the world was going thr

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. >> nice and 68 degrees in southern california, particularly l.a. we'll have all of america's weather next half hour, george? >> that doesn't help us with the storm in the northeast. >> it doesn't. >>> it did not seem to be a good day in court yesterday for dr. conrad murray, the doctor charged with manslaughter in michael jackson's death. a dramatic account of jackson's final moments contradicted murray's contention that he did everything he could to save the singer. ashleigh banfield watched it all in the courtroom. she joins us from los angeles with more. >> reporter: good morning, george. sad details again about the last moments that michael jackson was alive. his bodyguard, breaking down on the stand, describing how he was trying to shield the children from witnessing their father in the throes of death. actually saying, don't worry, kids. we'll take care of this. it will be all right. and it wasn't. moments later, jackson was dead. and the suspicion quickly turned to his doctor, dr. conrad murray, who is now trying to avoid charges of manslaug

>> really nice book ends, raj, think about this shocked usc, l.a., similar scene tonight. tonight, victorious again, go out on top, you know? >> very good, lawrence scott reporting live from the stanford campus. >>> no such thing as a slow week around here, we have another bowl game, not the orange bowl this bowl game in san francisco. boston college already in town practicing at city college. nevada reno arriving in town tonight. this game is sunday night. guess where, at&t park. >> reporter: on the field, getting ready for opening day 2011 but the giants grounds crew isn't exactly doing the same thing. >> try to prepare the field like it is ready for an nfl game. >> reporter: with that comes rearranging, making the necessary adjustments to the park. >> we removed the infield material, backfill that with sand, remove the warning track where the end zones are, fill that with sand and resod everything. >> reporter: foul lines, this time, go on as yard markers. >> not just the turf, dirt and the rest of the field that are undergoing changes. when you take what should be a ba

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nice now. [applause] >> hi. my name is nikki krump- handsted. i know this is a long journey for you. thank you for coming. i came up from l.a. where it's congested and full of smog. it is very awful to be stuck. trying to run off to work. i work at stonestown. if i am running late for work, i cant' get a half-mile away to get to work. i understand the plan to change the congestion. we would love to have the m-line go through. my greatest concern is the mess. i have developed asthma. i never had this until i moved to san francisco. my greatest fear is i will have to be put on a respirator or take severe medication to combat my asthma. i can't imagine if everyone else has this. their concerns have been about the environment. i have been walking through my community. i respresnet -- represent block 30. people call me, do you know what is going on? walking through, i noticed a new bird i have never seen before. i don't know what it is. i think it's called the brown sparrow. it made a nest in my neighbor's porch heading. that bird is considered -- it is -- in one of the military houses, they were going to tear it down. it is a bi

nice afternoon. then snow and rain from yesterday is gone from southern california, southern nevada. today phoenix only 60 and suny. same in san dag toe l.a. right around 60 degrees. cool in the pick northwest. a peek at your wednesday forecast. the storm system going up into british columbia will drag a front towards the pacific northwest. increasing clouds and rain out of it. may mix in with a few snowflakes in areas near portland and definitely the higher elevations. southern california, nevada and arizona, a really nice middle to end of your week here with plent of sunshine and temperatures warping up. >>> if you're watching in seattle, washington, pieces of clothing, robes an blankets from country around the pick rim at the burke museum. that's your pacific events ever the day. lynn. >> thanks, bill. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. she may not have topped 2010's concert sales, but lady gaga was at least cover girl of the year. according to womenswear daily, featuring a gun-toting lady gaga told more than three times the monthly average and was by far the top seller of 2010. lady gaga's cosmo cover

nice warm conditions still in arizona, southern nevada, and much of southern california. these morning lows are not even that low. it's not bad. it's still jacket weather, but 55 in l.a.o start your morning. we're not even that cold up by five either. medford, portland, seattle, everyone is above freezing this morning. that's good. your forecast today, partly cloudy, into the 40s. we'll take it. still beautiful. look at that. l.a. and phoenix, both mid 58. outside mav nav, 38 degrees. we'll call it partly cloudy and dry. is it starting to get obvious how envious i am about the warm, great weather in california. >> unfortunately, here on the east coast, we experience quite a bit, so i don't blame you. >>> well, apple zings, ibm kicks, and boeing slides. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, seems like he has been around forever, but you just can't take him for granted any longer. >>> coming up, more bad karma for lebron and the heat. one tennis player giving new meaning to flying off the handle. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. >> two men are facing federal criminal charges for

nice it's polite. >> i know, yeah. >> jimmy: what do you do with -- what do you do with papa when he's in l.a.?id you take him there? >> well, i thought like -- he didn't want to leave the house, you know? but i thought, the ladies would be -- >> jimmy: he was like, "i flew all this way, the last thing i wanna do -- come on!" >> i know. he -- last year, we took him to "the fantastic mr. fox" and his thing was, "why would i want to see a movie about a damn fox?" >> jimmy: that was nice. [ light laughter ] >> so -- >> jimmy: he's 93 years old, of course! >> yeah, i know, but i thought like women, scantily clad -- you know, dancing around -- >> jimmy: he might have a heart attack. >> i know, but -- >> jimmy: he's 93 years old. >> but what a way to go, right? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, i guess. i didn't think about that. what'd he think? >> he loved and it and -- >> jimmy: yeah, there you go. >> he didn't fall asleep, which is about the highest review he can give, you know? [ laughter ] >> 'cause this has been like 15 years since he didn't immediately fall asleep in a film. and after the movie wa

nice warm, cozy meal. it's actually raining in l.a. we want to heal our body and what better way to do it than chicken soup? here's some quick and easy tips to help you stick to your new year's resolution. chicken soup, get the chicken, boil it. leave the bone in because that's where all the flavor is, but remove the skin. you're going to save 640 calories, 90 grams of fat per chicken. use stuff that heals your body like celery. potatoes have vitamin c. carrots have betaer c carotine. a little bit of chicken bouillon for flavor, some oregano and let it cook. >> how long do you let it cook for? >> i let it cook until the vegetables are tender. i do it about 40 minutes covered. >> so you cook the chicken and the vegetables at the same time? >> absolutely. being a mommy and once again the weather, you get snowed in or something, i like to do double-duty meals. we have this chicken soup that's already ready. >> with chicken, do you, like, shred the chicken? >> i do shred it for my son. i get a little fork and a knife. all right. so then th

nice. thanks so much, lisa. in sports jim harbaugh is not going very far to fill out his coaching staff. the warriors are once again trying to beat l.a time it's the clippers. >> after losing a tough one to the lakers on wednesday, the warriors were trying to bounce back last night against the other l.a. team, the clippers. the only way to slow down rookie ribbon, trip him. former baron davis is playing well. the alley >>. the plus. up by 4. monta had 38 wednesday against the lakers tonight. last night he had 30. this three just beat the shot clock. he makes his presence felt. buried 4-3 the first half. the warriors led by 7 at int mission. second half now, here come the clippers. gordon with the steal and gunk l.a. with the two. tied at 96. misses inside but stays with it. he beats monta for the three. in all the warriors had 14. made two late in the contest. the warriors pull away to win 2 122-112. heading back to stanford. greg roman has been hired as the defensive coordinator. salmon takes over as defensive coordinatedor. defensive tackle bryant young headed to florida. he's coaching the gator's defensive line. last season he hel

nice way to start, elizabeth. thank you. i want to welcome everybody to the first what i hope will be several joint programs between the l.a. public library and the new federal richard nixon presidential library museum. today i have the great honor and privilege not only to introduce a new e-mail pal who likes to e-mail late which is great, but a -- well, perhaps one of this country's, a handful of knowledgeable journalists and observers of our political scene who has been doing it for 40 years. you were a washington correspondent, elizabeth, of the "thrattic monthly" and in 1992 you were a washington correspondent of the new yorker. you have written and the numbers vary depending on what they count as a book, but at least 13 books. you have received many awards, and you have figured prominently on sunday chat programs such as "meet the press" to help us understand the week that was. i think you are the only journalist to have covered both the nixon impeachment hearings and the clinton impreachment hearings. >> that's some honor. >> and therefore, i can't imagine a better person to sit with and have a chat with today given

nice of both of them. there's a lot of good stories in there. ronald reagan who is the one that actually got me interested in politics. because as governor, he would come to the l.a. rams football practice. now here's a politician that knows what's important. then he asked me to be the chairman in 1976. that's what got me involved in politics. it's really because ronald reagan became governor the same year we moved out to california and my father coaching around. whether you are baseball, football, hockey, or nascar fan. >> what washington can learn from the world of sports. book tv with senator allen. if you go to booktv.org you can watch the full event in it's entirety. >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type the author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click search. you can also share anything that you see on booktv.org easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the page and selecting the format. booktv streams live online for 48 hours every week with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> we're here at national press club talking with spencer abraham about his book "ligh

nice idea. i like the donation idea. next question is for you. it comes to us from a viewer in l.atructive criticism to a co-worker? >> this applies no matter where you work doesn't it? >> you have to be careful, and the first thing you want to ask yourself is why do you want to give them feedback? what's the purpose of the feedback you're giving? then you really want it to be very information specific process oriented, like to target what it is that you want to say. if they were a teach ner the classroom and you could see them doing something questionable, you want to help them do it better, you want to give them very specific feedback on that as nonjudgmentally as you can, and with as much compass agos as you can and be prepared to have a discussion about it. do it in person not on-line or text message. really talk to them about your concern, why you want to see them get better, how you want to help them and be open for that kind of dialogue back and forth. >> the tone of voice is probably important too. >> talk as loud as you can, right? >> timing is also really important. you w

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l.a.. and the grapevine is closed because of snow and ice, from about 1,500 ft. up to 4000. that is nasty weather to the south. in the bay area we have niceper 40's 48 oakland, mid-40s in others. in the north bay which had been are cool spot this morning we are starting to see temperatures on the rise. 40 in san rosa, 43 napa. they had been in the '30's for the better part of this morning. this afternoon mid-50s then a bit cooler in the north bay 54 novato, 54 napa. severs his goes well. further south temperatures may be a degree or two warmer than that. 56 is san jose tied cooler in the delta 52 for antioch rightward and folks out there. 70 forecast we will warm up temperatures a degree or two each day hitting a high of 60, except for the fog is brilliant days on top with a lot of sunshine in the afternoon hours. >> we everyones resolution is to drive better because the reason that i'm not a lot of incidents on the roadway. a couple of hot spots we got through but they've been in the clearing's dangerous. no problem around the bay area. if you're headed to the bay bridge westbound 80 no way that the pay gates, those meter lights off traf