think a lot of people, fed, zeshgs the gscs, congress, are going to have a lot to answer for at the leadup. at the moment of crisis i think you did a really terrific job for the country and i appreciate it very, very much. >> thank you. >> you laid out pretty compellingly the fiscal challenge that we face going forward, and i think that's what we wrestle with on this committee more than almost anything else. and let me pause osit a couple s and get your opinion, if it's appropriate. first, you mentioned spending restraint. that's actually beginning to happen. appropriations committee has actually cut discretionary spending two budget years in a single calendar year. we have an agreement in the budget control act going forward that's going to let out the belt a little but honestly in the context of the federal budget not a lot. we can argue about whether it was good policy or not, but we did tie long-term spending cuts in some fashion to the debt ceiling increase. so there's lots of signs that at least on the discretionary side we're beginning to see some discipline and it's likely to stay

the tea party in the house republicans, and you heard this all over fox news with glen beck in the leadup to 2010, they were actually going after the progressive era. now, if you read the agenda in the new nationalism, none of it's that controversial today. conservatives like the initiative referendum/recall process in some ways. they've used it well to limit the size of government. they use, as sid mentioned, the administrative power of government to do a lot of things they want. the actual social and industrial justice agenda, most people around going to challenge the minimum wage. they're not going to challenge a lot of the social protections that were set up there. so i think obama's quite wisely setting himself up as a defender of the most popular aspects of government against what he sees as a much more radical assault on the progressive air in some ways. so if it's obama protecting a vision of government post-1910 and somebody defending it pre-1910, obama's going to win that fight. and think that's why he set it up this way. as mr. rove outlined in his article today in "the wall st

the panel issued the decision and the ruling says that laws were violated in the leadup of the 2004 decisionush administration to expand logging in the sierra. the judges says it did not take into can cannot the effect on fish and wildlife. it could force the white house to look at future logging policies. >>> trying to stop a war before it even starts. the huge march today in san francisco, and the message a father-in-law face adds to the protesters. >> a little bit later on see how a bay area brewery is bringing back life to a very important part of the beer industry. >>> area string-like weather continues. coming up, neighborhoods that will touch 80 70 degrees and when rain will come back. ao . >>> hundreds rallied against a war that hasn't start. ktvu's alex savidge was with the peace protesters in san francisco as they denounced any mystery military intervention in iran. >> to stop the war on iran before it can happen. several hundred protesters made their way along market street today. >> it seepeds that the columns of war are increasing everyday. >> reporter: simin royanian was born i

in the leadup to 2010, up to eight million, that's money from nonprofits that do not need to disclose so far, though, only 6% of the pie is secret. for profit businesses, gave 17%, some pushed by their ceos. unions stuck their toe in as well. the service employees for instance. part of the 9% begin. super-pacs are giving to friends. 56%, 17 people gave over $1 million and only two of those donations going to democratic interests. these big done for -- as you're talking about, he gave millions to help newt gingrich. he kept rick santorum's campaign alive. the problem, these oversized wallets, critics say, lead to oversized opinions. some big donors could be unleashed now that the president gave the nod to super pacs moneys. if you don't see the checks here u you 50u8 see the ads. 44% of them were paid for by interest groups so far. super-pacs becoming the kryptonite of the democracy. >> about 175,000. he's somebody who has said he's disappointed with what he's seen from the president. you mentioned wall street, there's also a suggestion wall street might hold back from the president be

right now with us because the grammies are tomorrow night and a traditional staple of the pre-grammy leadupa party given by clive davis the music mogul. the gathering still going on with a decidedly obviously different tone. we were talking to someone from u.s. weekly who have a reporter and inside the party. britney spears is there. tom hanks was on the red carpet earlier. we are starting to get some celebrity reaction in. as we get the video turned around we will bring it to you. dr. mark siegel and dr. michael baden play different roles and work two different ends of the spectrum. you are forensic pathologist and you are still in the business of saving lives so you look at things differently but you want to talk now specifically about how celebrities are dealt with in crime scenes because the crime scene investigators out there for several hours now. >> really a death scene because the spokesman for the police said they have no evidence of a crime. it is a death scene being investigated. as casey stegall found, the l.a. police department takes special care with high profile deaths. and o

the panel issued the decision and the ruling says that laws were violated in the leadup of the 2004 decision bit bush administration to expand logging in the sierra. the judges says it did not take into can cannot the effect on fish and wildlife. it could force the white house to look at future logging policies. >>> trying to stop a war before it even starts. the huge march today in san francisco, and the message a father-in-law face adds to the protesters. >> a little bit later on see how a bay area brewery is bringing back life to it's called the munchie mobile. i built it to give people a taste of my newly revamped classics. i've got a 100% beef patty that's seasoned while it cooks. it makes my jumbo jack, ultimate cheeseburger, and sourdough jack better than ever. real tasty. crazy good. insane. this is good. really, really good. juicy as hell (beep). . >>> hundreds rallied against a war that hasn't start. ktvu's alex savidge was with the peace protesters in san francisco as they denounced any mystery military intervention in iran. >> to stop the war on iran before it can happen. several

it is all as you said in the leadup to this, it is all geopolitical. have nigeria, iran, all these places where traders say i need to protect myself moving forward and are bidding the prices up. but there's no demand reason for this. >> hillary, it is hypocritical for the president to be pushing back on republicans for using the same kind of rhetoric he used when he was running for president against bush. >> you know, i looked at that ad. you're right, anderson. it would have been hypocritical if that's what he said. but what he said was that republicans are in cahoots with big oil so to the extent that prices do drop, oil companies don't give consumers the benefit of dropped prices. and that really is because the republicans are being funded by big oil. when you look at a plan like mitt romney's, it's it doesn't oil because his super pack is funded by the koch brothers. >> the reason, hilary that republicans say gasoline prices have risen so far is because they dropped so far. oil went down to $35 a barrel at the beginning of the recession. >> right.

in the leadup to one of the biggest games in that school's history. the orioles start spring training next week. baltimore's baseball team has gone 14 years without a winning season. but they do have a winning streak off the field, in salary arbitration. they haven't lost an arbitration case since 1995. ben mcdonald beat him at the bargaining table with that one. the pitcher was at the bargaining table to argue his case today. he's the first oriole in six years to even go through the process. the right-hander is seeking a salary of $1.2 million for the season. o's have counted with $800,000. bergesen has been with the o's for three seasons. his role shifting from full- time starter to more of a reliever. >>> finally in football. fallout from new england's loss from the super bowl. popular patriots receiver wes welker. drops this pass late in the game. had he caught it, it likely would have changed the complexion of the game. but it was the new york giants who went on to win. a boston online pawn shop has paid his own tribute to welker. by giving away

right now with us because the grammies are tomorrow night and a traditional staple of the pre-grammy leadups a party given by clive davis the music mogul. the gathering still going on with a decidedly obviously different tone. we were talking to someone from u.s. weekly who have a reporter and inside the party. britney spears is there. tom hanks was on the red carpet earlier. we are starting to get some celebrity reaction in. as we get the video turned around we will bring it to you. dr. mark siegel and dr. michael baden play different roles and work two different ends of the spectrum. you are forensic pathologist and you are still in the business of saving lives so you look at things differently but you want to talk now specifically about how celebrities are dealt with in crime scenes because the crime scene investigators out there for several hours now. >> really a death scene because the spokesman for the police said they have no evidence of a crime. it is a death scene being investigated. as casey stegall found, the l.a. police department takes special care with high profile deaths. and

and the leadup to that. and then ca when it comes to big data centers.oving onto big iron, what's the name? cisco. six months ago they were really, really hurting. but they've bounced back as they've grabbed market share back and people realize it's not just a cisco issue in networking, there were some overall issues. f-5 has continued to do well and akamai delivering all that content from various providers trying to stream it. finally, old school is not so uncool anymore. remember seagate, the hard drivemaker? they've dodged the bullet on thailand. continue to get those out there at a good margin. dell performing well these days. and yahoo! with the new ceo and potential of selling those asian assets, not the dog it once was stockwise. sue. >> jon, thanks a million. all right. stocks soaring on the latest jobs report. the dow crossing the closing high of 12,810 reached on april 29th. and it's just points away from the intraday high. so, how should investors play this market right now? let's bring in our power player, barbara. >> nice to see you. >> do y

right, guys, so the president got in trouble for this, the white house got in trouble for this in the leadupalth care law, the vote on it because they had a web site back then that asked americans to report of anything fishy being said. remember this? about the health care then bill, and they had to e-mail in to a white house.gov e-mail address. the e-mails and the names of people who said things that were fishy. that was so controversial, it got taken down. now here we are a couple years later, rich. this isn't the white house, it's the campaign, but is it a different effort? >> well, i have to say on a list of things that the white house or the obama campaign is doing that disturbed me, at least it's an exercise of the first amendment rather than assault on it. if you actually look at the web site, attack watch, this is incredibly lame. what they seem to be doing as far as i can tell is every day or so they post a really grainy, disturbing-looking picture of mitt romney, and if this operates the way they want it to do, you know, things that are said on tv or in op-ed pages will be constant

back in 2010 there were ads released in the leadup to the midterm elections glsh the new halliburton. remember? megyn: but then it went on, henry waxman wanted to subpoena them on what role, if any, they had in the keystone oil pipeline, they said we have no role, why are you looking at this? and austan goolsbee came out and made a statement about their taxes that led to a congressional investigation, and they, there was a question about whether their taxes had been looked into. and now this. it's been a pattern. >> yeah. the full force of the u.s. goth will be brought -- government will be brought down on you if you dare to question and if you have a platform and if you've done well, if you have money, watch out. of that's the message here. and what i'm saying is remember what happened during the health care debate. remember when there was that concern that the insurance companies were going to try to stand up for themselves, and the white house was very clear that we weren't going to tolerate dissent on building the case for obamacare. they shut down a real robust discussion about t

i think on this leadup to the presidents day weekend. we're gonna see traffic become dramatically lighter. if it was snowing i would think we could see a bigger rush out of tahoe. people will take the day off on monday for sure. a lot of people will. as we look at interstate 80 or 880, pardon me, the traffic is continuing to move along very nicely. it's nice and light coming up to the coliseum area and not a major delay here. not a major delay here heading at all heading to northbound or southbound 880. look at the bay bridge toll plaza. does it look empty. a part of it could be that people are just knocking off a day early for the four-day weekend. some people don't want to be near the closure. traditionally we have a lot of slow traffic, we have a fender- bender 880 southbound at 9 and also 880 -- 92 and also 880 and niles. another one near stevenson. a couple of bender bend -- fender-benders in san jose. let's go to steve. >>> a weak, little system came by. it listen mostly sunny. we'll see more of a westerly breeze -- it will be most