investors went shopping for macy's. the retailer also had some good dividend news-- it's doubling its quarterly payout to 10 cents a share. macy's also posted better-than- expected earnings-- first quarter profits tripled to 30 cents a share, 12 cents higher than estimates, and it raised its profit forecast for the year. well, that sent shares vaulting to a 3.5-year high. macy's surged $2 to $28.36, a gain of nearly 8%, making macy's the best performer in the s&p 500 today. and a lot of talk about cisco systems-- after the bell the stock rose, then pulled back in after-hours trading even though the company reported better- than-expected earnings. looking at the numbers, cisco's earned 42 cents in its fiscal third quarter-- 5 cents more than analyst estimates. revenues rose 5% to $10 billion, in line with expectations. cisco shares surged 4.5% in after hours, but then sold off when cisco c.e.o. john chambers said he expects "weakness" in the current quarter. he also expects job cuts. cisco has been struggling recently an

especially a young woman named macy bookout.f you don't know macy, then you don't watch the new show on mtv that's called "16 and pregnant." macy is america's fastest-raising girl's name. her son's name bentley is also the fastest rising boy's name. topping the list of girls' names now are isabella, sophia, and emma. jacob, ethan, and michael take the top spots for boys. and for the first time since 1955 the name elvis has dropped off the list entirely. >> olivia's number 4 on that list. and i have an isabella and an olivia. >> i was going to say we know two very cute isabellas and olivias. >> i'm not original. >> when i was a kid it was like jeff. there was like ten of us in the classes. so that's finally off the list. >> but you're top of the class. >> thanks. >> what's the game show we're going to play? sizzle or fizzle? >> fizzle. over the weekend. yeah. i don't know. yeah. seven-day forecast. we do have some cooling coming our way with 60s and low to mid 70s. and then by next week tuesday, wednesday, and thursday low to mid

there's so much mislabeling. >> macy takes issue with the wor biodegradable. >> environmentalists sayrything is biodegradable given enough time. that kind of label green washing. >> making your product look green when it really is not green. the consumer believes there's an environmental benefit associated with that product. that's why they label it that way. >> and scott smith says even many utensils certified as compostable by third party testing aren't breaking down under commercial composting conditions. >> i'm not really aware of any composter that wants composted utensils. they need to have a certain thickness for function. >> utensils are certified compostable if they break down within 180 days. but the average commercial composting cycle is less than half that. why the discrepancy? it's about money. >> a composter's goal is to make good quality compost as quickly as they can. that's how they make money. >> what happens to all those utensils that get sent to commercial composters? most get screened out in the beginning of the process and end up going to landfills. just the fake

this morning macy's reports first quarter earnings sored. macy's earned $131 million for the quarter compared to $23 million this time last year. checking in on the numbers macy's stock is up on the news. disney stock one getting hurt though. also reporting attendance down at theme parks. japan hurt that. live look at the big board. dow jones down. >>> the new cars two game allows players to race as different characters from the movie. it will be on store shelves june 21st. >> your buddies at pixar. >> i love them. >>> a very complicated man hunt in the south bay. something unusual is making it tough to find this wanted suspect. >>> major quakes across the globe. the effect they could have on fault lines here in the bay area. >>> good morning, traffic is okay as you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza. we will let you know more about the trip across the bridges coming up. don't stop flying until it's dark again. flying all day, every day. you deserve our best. that's why there's so many flight options. [ webber ] southwest airlines has

today saratoga high, the band members learned they're invited to play at the famous macy's thanksgivingay parade. how about that? in 2012. yes, they will be in uniform for that appearance unlike today's. 2012 may seem like a long way off but the folks at macy's say it takes 18 months to plan each parade. get this, 150 schools applied for the honor and only 11 were chosen, saratoga high among them. >>> next you'll meet a woman whose dreams of a double-double finally came true. ♪ come on, she got it you got it, we got it who's got it ♪ we're all different. that's why there are five new civics. the next-generation civic. only from honda. >>> have you checked the calendar yet? feeling a little spooky tonight? it's friday the 13th. flashlight tours are open tonight at the famous winchester mystery house in san jose. you get spooked out by friday the 13th? >> i think i am today. >> the special one-hour tour of the haunted mansion happens only on friday the 13th, and on halloween. tonight you can tour the 160-room house with nothing but a flashlight to light the way. good luck. >> lots of litt

sales at macy's and jc penney helped department stores see a 9% increase. still ahead, the flash crash one year later. has enough been done to prevent another market free fall? >> susie: as we mentioned earlier, investors are nervous about tomorrow's employment report. here's why. a report today on the job market shows new unemployment claims rose to their highest level in eight months. first time claims jumped by 43,000. that's a key reason why many economists have lowered the expectations for job growth. but as darren gersh reports, many analysts think the weakness won't last. >> reporter: if those plunging oil prices show up here, then economists hope more unemployed people will show up here-- at a new job. so, in a sense, the april employment report that comes out tomorrow is already old news, because economic conditions are changing quickly, says economist mark zandi. >> assuming oil prices are near their peak and we're not going to get gas prices moving much higher from here, i think the economy will find its footing again, and we'll feel much better

everybody likes to ask about cliniq u e if you go into a macies, you'll see the lab white coats and scientifically presented. it is the same set of chemicals packaged with a different marketing program. disturbing some of the women of color are among the most toxic. women are bombarded with light skinned looking models. every product claims to have a whitening benefit. here is an example of one of the ads that you'll see in china, procter and gamble, high end line sk 2, hugely poplar, this product was the cause of near riots in china in 2006 after the government reported it contained, band heavy metal. hundreds of women demanding refunds lined up down the block. here is an example of them busting down the headquarters in shanghai. women do not want toxic bad metals. in their $100 skin cream. unfortunately, the government and procter and gamble was freaked out about this. then it was announceable, just a little bit of toxic metals, don't worry. they put the products back on the shelf and back on the market. china is the no. 1 growth market for procter and gamble. have quotes where she says china is

. >>> we get the take on april's retail sales along with earnings from kohl's, macy's, and nordstrom. friday's positive sentiment had woes of on going debt problems. >>> in a battle for global brand domination, apple has unseated google from the four-year reign at the top according to the report out today. the driver of traffic to on-line news sites safe. according to a study, the search engine provides 35% of the top new web visitors. the median value of salaries, bonuses, and long-term incentive award for the ceos of the major companies surged 11% to $9.3 billion. >>> speaking of big paydays, engineers are competing for a $250,000 prize for the first human powered helicopter. the hand and foot pedaled craft has to hover above the ground for 60 seconds to claim that prize. >>> the red wings creep back, the hawks tie up chicago, and trick shots. >>> plus the lakers bow out and look like sore losers doing it. your "early morning" sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> hot temperatures once again and severe storms. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." you're watc

my rally and this is true is up against the macy's thanksgiving day parade.s right i'm completing with three-story sponge bob, the green valley high school marching band and santa claus. i told jon stewart to book santa but he said cat stevens was close enough. even worse, i'm up against the premiere horseback riding travel show say it with me equitrekking why didn't you say it with me? [laughter] it is by far the best saddled mounted travel show. [laughter] even better than the travel channel's pack mule yachting. [laughter] anyway, obviously i'm going to go to the ceremonies, i just hope i'm not a per ren yell loser like all my children's susan lucci. that would trigger my multiple personality. ♪ i've got to win. >> don't get your hopes up, stephen. if you don't win brenda will leave you for kyle. >> stephen: brenda. >> dun dun. >> stephen: you are going to lose oh, and you're having my baby. baby! why don't you just give up i'm going to win. shut up kyle! i need this daytime win. every year at the primetime emmys i lose to "the daily show". >> that's a pre

. >> today, saratoga high school learned that its band is going march in macy's parade in new york city. only 11 were chosen. saratoga will be the only band from california in that parade. >> not so good news here. this has been the most costly for weather events. the u.s. has been hit with five weather disasters that is costing more than billion dollars each so far in 2011. there were three billion dollars disasters in april alone. tornadoes and storms have pushed up the cost because they have been so severe and hit populated areas. keep in mind we haven't even begun hurricane season. >> we have been expecting spring and summer. >> and we have fall. >> and winter even. >> for the middle of may, as we head outside, it looks like you see the sunshine. this is mount tam and temperatures in the 60s. wind are picking up a bit through the gap around the bay today. small craft advisory and east bay we're looking at more sunshine. that will be the order today. temperatures right around normal. right now we are looking at temperatures warmest. 58 in oakland, 56 in san francisco. pretty gusty wi

yeah. [ laughter ] >> we were at the macy's parade together. >> jimmy: that's what we did.s parade. the roots were there. watch it. watch it, roots. good to see you. you look gorgeous. >> thank you. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. beautiful. you're with your pals as well? >> yes, i have miss missouri, miss new york and miss nebraska and mr. usa and miss usa. >> jimmy: yeah, you're were both here. mr. and mrs. usa. miss usa, everybody! come on! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: thanks for coming to the show. >> i snuck in. >> jimmy: i love that. thank you for coming. >> i put on a short dress. i thought it would work. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. that's how he got in. yeah. [ laughter ] all right, let's play this game. here we go. what is your name? >> rema. >> jimmy: all right. >> fakia. f-a-k-i-a. and i think you might pick on the last name a lot. >> jimmy: fakia sounds real. >> i used to be picked on. >> jimmy: fakia sounds fake. where are you from? >> i'm from new york city, as we speak, but i am originally miss michigan. i went to the university of michigan. go blue! >> j

. >> today, saratoga high school learned that its band is going march in macy's parade in new york city. only 11 were chosen. saratoga will be the only band from california in that parade. >> not so good news here. this has been the most costly for weather events. the u.s. has been hit with five weather disasters that is costing more than billion dollars each so far in 2011. there were three billion dollars disasters in april alone. tornadoes and storms have pushed up the cost because they have been so severe and hit populated areas. keep in mind we haven't even begun hurricane season. >> we have been expecting spring and summer. >> and we have fall. >> and winter even. >> for the middle of may, as we head outside, it looks like you see the sunshine. this is mount tam and temperatures in the 60s. wind are picking up a bit through the gap around the bay today. small craft advisory and east bay we're looking at more sunshine. that will be the order today. temperatures right around normal. right now we are looking at temperatures warmest. 58 in oakland, 56 in san francisco. pretty gusty wi

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if you are downtown in an office building or shopping at macy's, do you run in the middle of the street? no. you stay where you are. how much time do you have? seconds. you have to make a decision within seconds. if you run to the street what will happen? >> get hit by a car. you have windows, glass to fall on you. high rise. if you know where you are, stay there than to go somewhere you don't know what's there. once it's shaking between 30 seconds to a minute and once it's over, things will fall and tip over. give it time to move around. of course, if there is danger coming to you, you want to move. so, picture these buildings. against the wall. will i go behind this wall? lean against it, cover my head? no. the pictures frames. if they come off and hit me on the top of the head, more injuries. be aware of that target. look behind you before you lean against the wall. sometimes wrong place at the wrong time there is no way to get down this way. try to find a [inaudible] place if you can. get next to something that's sturdy that will block up against you. how much time do you have? shor

his business partner at the time was john carlo maci know a shipping agent. he controlled the port in the north of mogadishu march you know had been living in somalia for more than ten years he knew the warlords was an informer for the italian army had won several construction contracts and peddled favors in the influence. it was martino who provided the access to ali mahdi the somali president. he claimed to get presidential authorization to import toxic waste. so was there a network put in place to export toxic waste to somalia and he took sick also there's no matter. here they don't eat and there was no network talk yes i'll do this to send that a lot of that you believe me tell you it was just to make money it was a fraud the question is will take the money upfront and then say sorry i couldn't do anything and keep the material couldn't be shipped or some such exceeds proof it is a sort of scam should be the way it works is i offer to do something for you you pay me to vance to do it but in the end it doesn't work out in the meantime i've made twenty or t

macy's, costco and limited brands all reported better than forecast sales. they were helped in part by a late easter this year. other stores including nordstrom, target and kohl's reported increased sales but not as strong as analysts forecast. they say rising gas prices may be forcing consumers to cut back on spending in some areas. >>> if you're having trouble finding pants with pockets big enough to hold your ipad, help is on the way. there's a blog on the internet that tracks the cargo style pants that can hold an ipad. the blog is also accepting photos of anyone who discovered a new brand with tablet size pockets. the site is called tactical pants blog. we'll get a link up on the channel 2 website if you want to check it out. go to web links at ktvu.com. >>> donald trump announced late this morning that he will not be driving the pace car in an indianapolis 500. his sponsors the car that will run in the race on may 29th. he said it would be inappropriate to do so because he may soon declare his intention to running for president. trump has been the targ

we'll also see quarterly results from cisco systems and macy's. also on the earnings calendar tomorrow-- toyota. we'll find out how much its production capacity was hurt by japan's earthquake and tsunami. looking for your favorite music? well, google it! the online firm is rolling out a new service that will let you store 20,000 songs on its servers. you can play them back on a cell phone, tablet, or computer. the service is called music beta by google, and is by invitation only. for now, it's free. this space is getting crowded-- amazon has a similar cloud-based music service, and reports say apple is planning one as well. meanwhile, sony says its online playstation network is going to stay offline for a few more days. the system was the target of hackers who nabbed the personal data of more than 100 million users. it's been shut down since april 19, when sony realized something was wrong. the company doesn't know exactly when the service will be back up and running again. >> susie: deficit reduction is topic "a" in washington, and one place lawm

we'll also see quarterly results from cisco systems, macy's, toyota and walt disney. monday, china's currency and ways to increase its value take center stage during talks between the u.s. and the asian nation. >> susie: the flooding on the mississippi river is now causing problems for commercial traffic. the coast guard has banned barges from one part of the river in southeast missouri. it's a five-mile stretch near the town of caruthersville, where the waters are so high, they could crest over the floodwalls. the coast guard thinks the barge ban will be in effect for about eight days, depending on the river conditions. >> tom: uncle sam helped more than 36,000 struggling homeowners get their loans under control in march. that's up almost 40% from the month before, but is too little, too late? congress has voted to kill the program that helped them-- the "home affordable modification program" or "hamp." while it has helped out some borrowers, many dropped out before their loans were changed, thanks to the landslide of paperwork involved. >> susie: and finally, findin

>> walmart, best buy, home depot, and i think macy's have all offered publicly any affiliate of amazon who may get fired if this legislation passes -- one of the ways in the sun can avoid this is -- the ways amazon can avoid this is to fire all the affiliates. walmart and best buy have all offered to take those affiliates in. those affiliates can still sell to their customers the same things amazon is selling, through walmart and everyone else. the only difference is sales tax would be collected. commissioner clyde: is that fact that now those affiliates will have to collect sales tax? >> the affiliates will not have to. the companies the represent, whether it is amazon or -- there was a guy who is not connected to amazon. he is running a photography program. he has a photography store in new york who carries something that no one else carries. by him representing them on his website and letting his california customers know about the store's stuff, he is providing this service. what he is actually doing is allowing the new york store to avoid collecting sales tax in the state of calif

the station will be located in the lower level parking deck between blooming dale's and macy's. electric vehicle owners can hook up for no charge while shopping. mall operators hope it will catch on and encourage more drivers to switch to electric cars. >>> as we first reported yesterday morning electric vehicles can soon be charged up for free around san francisco. mayor lee announced to install dozens of locations. some of the installations will begin as early as next month. >>> coming up on 5:00. let's check back in with sal. any problems, sal? >>> nothing yet, pam. right now traffic is moving along pretty well around the bay area. as a matter of fact we're looking at 237. you can see traffic is moving along okay getting out towards 880. also this morning we're looking at the san mateo bridge traffic. that traffic moves well heading out to the high-rise. if you're driving to the bay bridge toll plaza, so far so good heading west. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you, sir. we do have mostly clear skies. a lot of fog out there, but it's only really kind of flirting with the mo

wealthy donors and powerful allies including going back courting to this letter from charles at the june macy participants committed to an unprecedented level of support soon after americans for prosperity announced plans to spend a staggering forty five million dollars on elections they ran ads attacking politicians to supporting the obama agenda. adama tried to hit back kucing at being a corporate front in more than a dozen speeches but if you're a battleground state right now you are being bombarded with negative ads every single day and nobody knows who's paying for these ads they've got these names like americans for prosperity. in a test kinds known as citizens united supreme court which included two judges who had attended sacred. rule that corporations were free to enormously invest as much as they want to the front groups and watch i have a. republican operative seized upon the decision creating new groups and flooding the airwaves with chains of millions of dollars in ads for unknown. on the grassroots side i have paid just that off their buses launching their november is coming cam

today we get trade deficit data and earnings from macy's.he dow gained 75 points to 12,760, the nasdaq adding 28 to 2871. >>> damage from the mississippi river flooding could hit $4 billion. although economists say it's still too early to tell. manufacturing could be hurt if shipping lanes are disrupted. oil prices are rising as flooding threatens 11 southern refineries. casinos located along the mississippi are expected to be closed this weekend, meaning millions in lost tax revenue for states and income for 13,000 workers. so, scott, there are many ripple effects from this disaster. >> all right, thank you very much. >>> state analysts meanwhile want to put the brakes on california's high-speed rail project. the legislative analyst's office recommends a complete overhaul of the plan. recommends asking the federal government to delay the start of construction as well. they want to move that construction starting from a point in the central valley and shift responsibility for the project from the high-speed rail authority to caltrans. their

what i tell town meetings is like you go to macy's and take out your credit card and charge $200 worth of goods and then you go home that night, your husband or your wife and you sit down and say look, we've got too much debt, we need to have a debt limit, put a $100 debt limit on us and then macy's sends you a bill and you send back a letter and say no, i have a debt limit, $100. so you send them a check for $100 and they send back a letter saying hey, no more credit, and guess what, we're suing you. this debt limit extension is for what we have already incurred. this debt limit extension vote is about whether or not we're going to pay our bills. but i will tell you this, we'll see who votes for paying our bills. mr. levin: i yield another 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for another 30 seconds. mr. hoyer: i want to see how many of your folks say yes, we need to pay our bills. america, we need to be a good debtor as well as a good creditor. we'll see how many of your folks vote. i've got just a sneaky suspension -- suspicion it won't be very many if any

celebration in saratoga high school as the school announced the marching band was selected to appear in the macy'sparade next year. it is one of 11 bands chosen out of hundreds that applied. today's announcement is for next year's parade. cupertino's homestead band was selected for this year's event. >> next time you have a situation with b.a.r.t. text message them. they want a tex messaging system to alert b.a.r.t. officials about problems that you might encounter on your ride. the text would be forward to a call center. b.a.r.t. riders that we spoke with seemed to like the idea. >> everybody has a phone these days and everybody has quick acess to it and it is a great idea. >> it is nice to know when the option is there. >> under the proposal on the table. the texting system would start out as a pilot program. if it proves to be possible b.a.r.t. would expand it. >> animal shelter in santa rosa and giving them away this weekend. you can adopt one of these dogings for 25 dollars . the $25 will get you spaying or newturing or shots and a microchip. >> it is a wonderful breed and they are a good dog