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woods both bounced from the first round of the act sen tiewmplet other upsets includes lee west wood and adam scott. >>> time now to reveal this week's high school game of the week. over 12,000 of you voted. on-line and via text. the winner is linganore at rockville. >> i think a shout out to the caps fans. they had a strike, a knock-out in the beginning, lock-out, not winning any games, and the people still come out. >> they love their caps. >> we'll >>> the votes have been counted. tonight our facebook friends got to choose which story they wanted to see. the nine-year-old who wants to run a marathon on every continent, a marriage proposal, or a world war ii veteran working towards his ged. >> he's 86 years old, his name is james grammar. no pun intended. he dropped out in 9th grade because he had to support his family, then he was drafted. he said, i'm going get my ged. he even fell in love with his math tutor. he's hoping to have his degree by the end of the year. >> love and a degree. never too late. >> hey, man. >> a lot of people would go back for the ged if they knew you could find a girlfr

lee. jon: i'm jon scott. california police are working to confirm that. charred human remains found in a mountain cabin of those of accused excop christopher dorner. wanted in the murders of four people, including two california law enforcement officers in a revenge-fueled rampage. the long search reached a dramatic climb action on live television yesterday when a plan believed to be dorner took two possible tajes and stole a car. one of the possible hostages got free and dialed 911. police tracked down the suspect, engaged him in a wild shootout and dorner ultimately barricade himself inside the cabin which eventually went up in flames. los angeles police holding a news conference right now with new details on this standoff. let's listen. >> what transpired in san bernardino is being investigated by the san bernardino county sheriff's department, and so i have no comments on their investigation at this time. i can tell you that the lapd has now moved back into a normal state of police operation. that began late last night, and will continue now, as far a

lee. >> i'm glad its friday. i'm jon scott. there is still no deal in place to avoid the so-called sequester. lawmakers seeking to reach agreement before the deadline next friday. the house is not even in session right now. if no deal is reached $85 billion of automatic spending cuts will kick in. foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is live at the white house for now. wendell. >> reporter: the president phoned house speaker boehner and senate minority leader mcconnell after republicans complained he wasn't talking to them. after phone calls they said the leaders they need to talk to is democratic leaders of the senate and house to get them to help control budge jeff debts i. so, officials linked to what they said the was latest proposal given to speaker boehner which would cut spend about $930 billion and raise $585 billion in revenue from tax changes. press secretary jay carney denies the report that the president is content to let the sequester happen. >> it will harm our national security. and that is a problem. more

dent investment management and scott rand and lee munson from portfolio asset management and stephanie link, cnbc contributor from the street. good to see everybody. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, maria. >> scott, let me kick it off with you. what's behind this move in stocks? >> this year is off to a lot better start. i don't know if you heard the applause in the background when the bell rang. people are happy. we're at 14,000, a touch over. i think the market, myself not to put a damper on things, i think the market is a little ahead of itself. i think it's going to be higher than this at year end, but right now this is a pretty darn good jump from december 3 isst until now. the question is does it keep going. harry dent, where are you on this? >> we've been looking for the market to go higher until mid-year. i'm looking at 1,600 or near on the s&p, 15,000 or near on the dow. i think before you get there though you do get a more substantial pullback before you get a likely top. i mean, right now, things are good. we got over the fiscal cliff. we knew we would rally after t

lee. jon: and i'm jon scott.he snow is already falling, but the brunt of the storm doesn't arrive until later this afternoon or tonight. that's when two storm systems are expected to collide, combining into one monster of a winter nor'easter. snow expecting to blanket pennsylvania up through new england and into maine. the forecast is calling for 1-3 inches at the southern end all the way to 2 or 3 feet up north. weather watchers are warning this one could be one for the record books. shoppers are stocking up on the essentials, and drivers are finding long lines at many gas stations as folks rush to fill up before the worst of the storm hits. >> well, there's several gas stations up the road that are out of gas. >> i actually came to this one because i didn't see a line, and i had noticed the other ones had lines, so it makes sense now. >> we have another vehicle to go and get, and we'll gas that one up and then go home and cuddle in and get to know each other again. jon: if you're flying, thousands of flights ha

lee. jon: i'm jon scott.ouse now seems to be backing away from those dramatic predictions of doom and room in about the immediate effects of the sequester. this after days of dire warnings from a parade of cabinet secretaries telling us about long airport lines, reduced law enforcement and pink slips for teachers. but the strategy to blame congressional republicans for any and all consequences seems to be firmly in place. "the new york times" today saying, quote: white house strategists say they believe that a constant drip of bad news will emerge in congressional districts across the country in the weeks ahead generating negative headlines and, they hope, putting republicans on the defensive for their refusal to raise taxes. and here's white house spokesman jay carney yesterday. >> we remain hopeful that congressional leaders, republicans, will understand the need to come together and support balance. again, the choice that republicans would be making if they don't agree to that is a choice between up to 750

lee. jon: i'm jon scott. the f.b.i. is reportedly investigating now the attacks which happened about two weeks ago. apparently no classified information was compromised but the personal information of several hundred employees was compromised. no clear suspects identified so far but the sophistication of this attack points to a foreign government's involvement, possibly china. china has also been blamed for recent attacks on "the new york times" and the "wall street journal," which is owned by the parent company of fox news. china's ministry of national defense denies the claims. morgan wright ace former adviser to the state department's antiterrorism assistance program, also a cyber security analyst. you hear the energy department and you think maybe not a big deal, i mean they could have gone off the pentagon or something like that. energy handles some of the nation's most sophisticated nuclear labs, doesn't it? >> yeah when you start talking to bombs i'd like to think that they are really concerned. they hold some of

lee. jon: i'm glad it's friday. i'm jon scott. employers adding $157,000 jobs in january continuing the slow pace of job growth we have seen in recent months and years. it didn't make a dent in the unemployment rate. in fact the nation's jobless rate rising in january to 7.9%, clearly not good news. that doesn't seem to be phasing wall street, though. take a look at the dow, up more than 130 points, and approaching 14,000. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wednesday algoler joins us live. >> reporter: as one analyst put it the top line is not so good but the bottom line is really not so bad. the jobless rate ticked up a 10th of a point which is the wrong direction but a reasonable number of jobs were created and when you have the revisions of november and december administration officials say the past three months beat the average monthly job creation of the past two years. private sector employers added 157,000 jobs last month, though 9,000 government jobs were lost. most of the gains in healthcare and retail, thou

i'm melissa lee, with scott wapner and james cramer. carl quintanilla is on assignment and david faber is in palo alto, california, getting ready for his big interview with meg whitman. it looks like a comeback. dow looking at 89 right at the open. look at the picture in europe. this is really being driven by those eco numbers, giving stocks a bounce. despite forecasts that the euro area economy will see back-to-back years of contraction for the first time. of course, now the focus turns to the weekend's italian elections. overnight in asia. shanghai is closing out its worst weekly loss in two years. nikkei managing to close higher. road map this morning starts with the markets. we' results from aig and upgrade for home depot helping stocks today, and hewlett-packard. >> hp is popping pre-market on the back of the earnings. sigh of relief for the investors as the company showed some progress with its turn-around. david will have the exclusive with meg whitman in just a few minutes. >> more signs of consumer trouble. nordstrom gives a we

. >>> finally in north dakota, one school mass scott brings school spirit in a great way. leeeturned to the court in full gear and was presented with the school's first ever lifetime spirit award. >>> moving now to sports. joe paterno's family fights back challenging the penn state report on the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. the paterno family's report headed up by former pennsylvania governor dick thornburg. it says the coach did nothing wrong in the case. louis freed stands by his report. thornburg says the investigation was fundamentally flawed. >> there's no evidence that anybody at mr. paterno's office was asked not to report anything or told to cover up things. as i said, he was the one that reported the 1991 incidents to the authorities. >>> in college basketball number 4 duke trailed boston college who made a comeback in the second half. the blue devils got a 62-61 win making them the only top five team not to lose this week. they may go back to number one as the rankings get crazier as we get close to march madness. in the meantime, number 7 arizona came up

lee. jon: i'm jon scott. the winter storm warnings and advisories are in effect from new mexico to virginia, parts of the central plains bracing for 18 inches of snow. one driver in oklahoma died when his pickup spun out of control and ran into oncoming traffic. fleets of plows and salt spread tkers are getting ready to deal with dangerous road conditions. airlines are canceling hundreds of flights which could cause a travel nightmare at airports all across the country. in some areas the storm is packing heavy rain, hail and dangerous winds. nebraska, one state bracing for some of the heaviest snow. mike tobin is live for us in ohm a ha, what is the situation there righohm aowe ma sha. the equipment is remarkable that they are getting ready. this is called a tow plow. a normal snowplow up here hauling salt. when you get to the back here the tow plow end of it, this giant blade on a trail her come down and this trailer all kicks out to the side and as it goes down the road it really looks like a truck that is

scott. deb fisher. mike lee. johnson. toomey.re instances in the case of toomey going back to 2004 or 2000 specter was chosen by the establishment over toomey. >> he was the incumbent and president bush did support him. look, here is the deal. i supported pat toomey when ran in 2010. i gave him money in september of 2009 because i wanted him to be the u.s. senator. i personally contributed my own money to marco rubio in october of 2009. you mentioned tim scott. he was in a tough primary with a lot of quote establishment republicans. i gave him money my own personal check in 2010. cross roads not involved in primaries but i personally backed him because i liked him a lot. you talk about deb fisher we were the biggest outside group spending in nebraska to make sure that deb fisher won. >> sean: this is important because look, i want to win, karl. and if -- and my fear is that if karl rove is fighting the tea party and conservatives are battling establishment candidates by the way which happened with charlie crist and marco. >> our

lee. jon: and i'm jon scott.oft spoken and relatively calm jodi areas stet to take the -- set to take the stand again today. areas, as you might know, is charged in the brutal stabbing death of her boyfriend back in 2008. yesterday she began telling jurors her side of the story claiming she had to kill travis alexander to save her own life. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4, 2008? >> yes, i did. >> why? >> um, the simple answer is that he attacked me. and i defended myself. jon: adam houseley following this story live from los angeles. more ahead today, huh, adamsome. >> reporter: yeah, jon, a bit of a surprise move when they say they saw her take the stand yesterday. it's kind of a move the defense needed to do. in any case, she took the stand very calmly laying out the details of her life up to this point as she tries to save her life. again, she's charged in that 2008 murder of her boyfriend, travis alexander. she claims she had an abusive childhood, that a boyfriend in high school tried to strangle h

lee. jon: i'm jon scott. we begin with a tragic tend to a troubled country star. investigators say mindy mccready died apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her home arkansas. she rose to the top of the charts with its like "10,000 angels" and "guys do it all the time" before personal problems sidetracked to her career. mccready's boyfriend and the father of her youngest son died one month ago on the same porch where her body was found over the weekend. casey stiegel is live from the dallas bureau. her buy friend also took his own life, casey are the report jon, police are investigating it as a suicide. mindy mccready said this was something she simply could not get over. not longing a on "the today show", said it was one of the hardest things she ever have had to deal with. the 34-year-old music producer her soulmate and caretaker of her two children. mindy mccready's life started spiraling out of control in 2004. the country star had tried taking her own life at least two other times. she had been hospitalized for drug overdoses, in and out of rehab. s

i'm jon scott along with jenna lee. a.b. stoddard is associate editor and a columnist for "the hill." the president railed about congress and this terrible law that was passed without mentioning that it was a white house idea, right? >> right. it is an idea that originated in the white house, but republicans certainly voted for the budget control act in 2011, which included the sequester, because they too thought it could be reversed or undone or replaced. and we're looking 18 months later at -- ten days as you said, not enough time to change these cuts. there is an acceptance in washington in both parties that it's going to go through, and both the white house, which is more recent, but the republican party as well have both said that this sky is going to fall if the sequester goes through. both are come police in it saying that these cuts are draconian and indiscriminate and irresponsible but here we are with both of them unable to come to an agreement. so the hope is that on march 1st they go online and in a few weeks aft

scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. the pope's announcement taking many by surprise.vealed his decision explaining as jon mentioned he can no longer fulfill his duties according to his own opinion because of his failing health. >> translator: in today's world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, no order to govern the bark of st. peter and proclaim the gospel both strength of body and mind are necessary. strength within the last few months deteriorated in me to the extent that i have had to recognize my capacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. jenna: greg palkot is live in london with the latest on this, greg? >> reporter: jenna, it was a big surprise. pope benedict xvi saying he would resign as of february 28th. that is less than eight years into his papacy. according to the vatican today that sets up a conclave of card nals and election for a new pope by mid-march. the vatican is also saying they are hoping at least there will be a new hope by easter sunday, march 31st. the 85-year-old

lee. [applause] >> thank you, good afternoon, everybody. it's my pleasure to be here to join former mayor willie brown, and supervisor scott wiener and davidampos, and the commission of the police department, and friends and staff and friends and family here to witness the promotion of 56 officers of our police department. you know many of you have heard me say in the city that we are the world passage, and rightly so. we are doing things that no other city is doing to lead the way. not just for economic recovery but job creation. showing the way. and our mission bay and biotech, the latest discovers and drugs, the cure of cancer with residents of san francisco working there. we host the biggest and best conventions in the world to bring people together in this great city to do things that collaborate with each other. whether it's business or medicine or research. we have some of the best research and diversity here that are anchoring the discovery. at the same time we host some of the best sports teams in the world. and you know that we are winning the world series and collaborative teamwork that we are doing. or trying to make five more

scott blakeman. musical comedian katie goodman. and comedian and author leeent of clarity" web show can be seen at youtube.com slash moment of clarity show. i love all of your work, you're all very funny and i would say that even if i hadn't done an off-broadway show with you. what is your view of the oscars. >> i'm thrilled we're talking about it. i didn't waste four hours of my life last night. my view, as you said earlier in the segment,age i watching the tony awards? is that the real emotion? it's not the way oscars should be going. what they did not do, you have to celebrate the movies. that didn't happen. the highlight to me was shirley here is this veteran 45 years later after killing it with gold finger, brought down the house. and here is a veteran who knows what she's doing the oscars need to go back to that, embrace the movies celebrate the movies and not do this desperate thing of being edgy for no apparent reason. >> john: let's talk about edgy for no apparenten. >> take away was when my ten-year-old son turned to me and said do all the academy a

talk show host over what color congresswoman sheila jackson lee outfit would be at the state of union just minutes before the speech started scott stockman quoted. i tweeted quote if you call purple in the sheila pool you want and as if his participation in the pool and his tweet weren't sexist enough back when we're not opposed to highly offensive comparison picture of congresswoman lee and grimace the large purple kirk cartoon character from the one donald's commercials so another day another sexist remark coming out of the republican party to help the g.o.p.'s sexes streak stop soon it's really getting theory perry ugly. crazy alert about her lover caught in a real jam in the long and crazy history of the t.s.a. there have been many security slip ups freakouts and epic fail but now the t.s.a. can add a new security blunder to its list going nuts over peanut butter frank cannibal suing the t.s.a. worker and a port authority of new york worker for five million dollars that's one ton of potter after he was arrested for making a joke about the t.s.a. searching a bottle of peanut butter in his luggage at la guardia airport. animal

scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. we're awaiting the identification of those remains believed to be that of christopher dorner. the body was found in the burned out cabin in california's big bear mountains following a firefight with police and a standoff that lasted for several hours. now police say they didn't intentionally set the cabin on fire. all this comes as we're hearing for the first time from the couple who say they were kidnapped by dorner just before that deadly standoff. william la jeunesse is following this story from los angeles. start with the couple of the. they have an incredible story. what are they telling us? >> reporter: jenna, this is another one of those jaw-dropping, i can't believe it revelations in this story. remember we thought this thing began unravel on tuesday for dorner when he was surprised by a cleaning lady and her daughter inside this vacant apartment in big bear? well we found out last night it was actually the owners, a long-time married couple, jim and karen reynolds who on tues

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scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. hard to imagine what was going through the mind of jimmy lee dykes, but we are told tonight he had stored home-made bombs in his underground bunker where he held a five-year-old boy hostage. dykes was killed outside midland city, alabama, late yesterday when an fbi assault team attacked the bunker on dykes' property and rescued the hostage.

scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. and right now oscar pistorius is being held behind bars.police arrived at his home early in south africa where they found his girlfriend's lifeless body. according to reports, she was shot multiple times. the double amputee olympian sobbed during his initial court appearance, and now we hear prosecutors are considering a more serious charge of premeditated murder. joining us on the phone is def van mailly, she covers south africa for the or wall street journal and dow jones news wires, she was in court for today's hearings. tell us a little bit ant the scene in court -- about the scene in court, describe oscar's reaction as well. >> yeah. it was a very packed court. it was full of a lot of journalists, but also several members of his family including his father and brother. and os to car came into the courtroom -- cost car came into the courtroom looking calm and confident, and he stood before the judge, and as the prosecutor announced the charge of murder that would be laid against him, he covered his face, and he broke down in tears. and

scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. hard to imagine what was going through the mind of jimmy lee dykes, but we are told tonight he had stored home-made bombs in his underground bunker where he held a five-year-old boy hostage. dykes was killed outside midland city alabama late yesterday when an f.b.i. assault team attacked the bunker on dykes' property and rescued the hostage. the boy, whose first name is ethan, was taken last tuesday after dykes attacked a school bus in search of hostages and killed the bus driver. our coverage tonight starts with mark strassman in midland city for us. mark? >> reporter: scott, over the course of a week of negotiations, the f.b.i. and dykes developed a routine. he would ask for supplies. they would leave them at the entrance of his underground bunker. the f.b.i.'s hostage rescue team exploited that routine to end the stand-off. this video is our first glimpse of the dykes' property, the scene of the seven-day stand-off. sources tell us when dykes climbed the eight-foot ladder to get supplies yesterday and reached up to open the door, he was off balance and vulnerable. agents believed ethan

scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. crews are sifting through the charred rubble of a popular restaurant in kansas city after a natural gas explosion just blew it apart right before the evening rush. witnesses said the blast sounded like thunder and felt like an earthquake with a force so great it knocked out windows blocks away. flames from the massive four-eye hrarp four-alarm fire soared high into the night sky leaving 14 people injured and left two unaccounted for. one of them was found, is being treated in the hospital. firefighters with cadaver dogs are trying to locate another person, a woman who worked at jj's restaurant. >> we've been in contact with jimmy francey the owner. his first concern was not the restaurant, or the 27 years he's been in business but the people who worked with him in that business for a number of years and their safety. he was out of town and heading back into town when we first talked to him. jenna: mike tobin is live in san cast city missouri with more on this. mike, what is happening

lee dykes who neighbors have described as belligerent. mark strassmann is on the scene with the breaking news tonight. mark? >> reporter: scott, here's what happened in the final minute. two muffled bangs could be heard behind me in the direction of the shelter. an ambulance that had been parked nearby since the start of the standoff raced up the hill. about a minute later, local deputies and f.b.i. agents were patting themselves on the back, then ambulance came back down the hill, this time driving slowly, carrying ethan to a local hospital for testing and observation. the f.b.i.'s steve richardson explains why its hostage rescue team moved in. >> within the past 24 hours negotiations deteriorated and mr. dykes was observed -- was observed holding a gun. at this point, f.b.i. agents fearing the child was in imminent danger entered the bunker and rescued the child. >> reporter: the standoff began last tuesday when dykes allegedly boarded this school bus and demanded hostages. police say when the driver, charles poland, jr., refused, dykes shot and killed him. dykes grabbed five-year-old ethan and kept anymore a 24 square foot

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scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee x the sequester deadline now just days away.resident making a big push to get the nation's governors on his side as the white house for the very first time releases details of how the sequester could impact individual states. wendell goler is live at the white house with the latest developments. wendell, what's the latest from the president many. >> reporter: well, the president continuing to put pressure on congress. republicans say the pressure is taking the place of negotiating with them, though the white house says republicans are making negotiation impossible by ruling out having any new revenue as part of a deal. the governors are concerned that federal savings might shift burdens onto them, but the president aimed to enlist the governors' help in leaning on members of congress, most of whom returned to washington today after taking louisiana week off. last week off. >> while you are in town, i hope that you speak with your congressional delegation and remind them in no uncertain terms exactly what is at stake and exactly