. >> once again, my name is maria balle, i live in the tenderloin district. crime comes in many colors and cultures. it's all bad. it need to be stopped. i'm going to stay that narcotic and string operation needs to be done. that comes in all colors and all cultures as well. you also have a problem with people doing food stamp crime. and that comes in all districts. now i'm going to say, as i've said many times to all of you and i'm repeating myself once again, which you know upsets me. there's a lot of crime e tenderloin. all crime must stop. there is a major need for sting operation to stop drugs and prostitution. law enforcement needs to come in with tough, hard action. no more being nice to criminals. all right. it needs to stop. while the rest of the law enforcement also needs to soldier up to stop all crime, make the tenderloin district police get tough on crime. with undercover action, high volume of drugs in some dealers have small amounts on them, they are turning over big money, they reup in the area. i am getting really angry in repeating myself co

maria picks up the ball for the second hour. >>> and it is 4:00 on wall street. do you know where your money is? hi, everybody. welcome back to the close cloe. i'm maria bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. stocks shooting higher today for a fourth session in a row after the federal reserve's latest move to stimulate the economy. the dow closing at the highest level in nearly five years. it's now just 4% from an all-time high. can the rally last into next week an the rest of the year? top strategists weigh in. speaking of all-time highs, apple settling at a new one and nearly hitting $700 a share. as target prices went up this week. that's because the demand for the iphone 5 is so strong the preorders sold out in just one hour. more on that coming up on apple. take a look at how we're finishing the day on wall street today. the dow jones industrial average up 52 points at the close. we did have some sell bounces at the close. nasdaq up 28 points, nearly 1%. and the s&p 500 picks up 5 2/3 points. that's about a third of a percent. the dow continue

. >> reporter: here she is chasing a ball around the yard and here she is as the empress maria of russiae with hot pink nails just a minor embellishment to the portrait of the real princess done in 1857. >> carmella. >> reporter: is she a princess? >> oh, yes, 100% princess. it is a little extreme to have portraits done of them but on the other hand, i don't think it's more than we would do with any other family member. >> reporter: in fact, he has done it for another family member. here's bill's other dog, dash, as a member of the russian military. >> i don't just paint one old-fashioned painting and start picking animals in it. >> reporter: meet the artist valerie leonard. she's not much interested in painting the man of the house as man's best friend. >> it is slightly dog and it is supposed to be funny and people either love it or hate it. >> reporter: it's clear she sees dogs and cats as much more than just pets. >> a dog has one life, one spirit. it deserves as much value as any other creature. >> reporter: she's not alone. her company takes orders from all over the world. each one

ball around the yard. and here she is as the empress maria of russia. nails, with an embellishment of the original portrait. >> i don't paint one painting and start sticking animals in it. >> reporter: meet the artist, valerie leonard. she's not much interested in painting the man of the house as she is man's best friend. it's clear she sees dogs and cats as much more than just pets. >> a dog has one life, one spirit. it deserves as much value as any other creature. >> reporter: she's not alone. her company takes orders from all over the world. each one meticulously painted by hand. and these canine collectibles aren't cheap. a canvas like this one runs about $900. these portraits that resembles the work of the great masters are a work of the 21st century. valerie uses computer design to map them out. the head tilted at the right angle. the paws placed just so. >> people say how do you get the dogs to wear these clothes? >> reporter: they think the dogs are posing for you? >> yes. and animal rights people get upset that i forced the animal into these cl

ball around the yard. here she is the empress maria of russia, complete with hot pink nails, just a minor embellishment tompress done in 1857. >> i don't take one old-fashioned painting and start sticking animals in it. >> reporter: meet valerie leonard, she is not much interested in painting the man of the house as she is man's best friend. it's clear she sees dogs and cats as much more than just pets. >> a dog has one life, one spirit. it deserves as much value as any other creature. >> reporter: she's not alone. her company takes orders from all over the world. each one meticulously painted by hand. the canine collectibles aren't cheap. an oil on canvas like this one runs about $900. these portraits, which resemble the work of the great masters, are truly the work of the 21st century. that's because valerie uses computer design to map them out. the head tilted at just the right angle, paws placed just so. >> so many people say how do you get the dogs to wear these clothes. >> they think the animals are posing for you. >> yes. some people, animal rights people get very upset i forced these animals into

maria. and unbelievable pain on the kids. >> reporter: it's part of a massive comeback effort for the aging action hero. >> meaningful change takes balls>> reporter: this week, he opened the new schwarzenegger institute at usc. >> i know what's coming. >> reporter: he's getting set to release several new action movies. next week, a new memoir, "total recall." >> i went from being the terminator to being the governator. >> reporter: schwarzenegger says she hasn't read the book. >> she knows that it's about my whole life and that i would not write a book and kind of leave out that part and make people feel like, wait a minute, are we just getting a book about his success stories and not talk about his failures? >> reporter: she hasn't said much about his failures, either, beyond pointed remarks like this at her father's funeral. >> perhaps his greatest accomplishment to me was showing my brothers how to treat a wife. >> reporter: schwarzenegger was in the audience that day. apparently he heard her loud and clear. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >>> and when we come back on the broadcast tonight, the extraordinary picture that came i

ball boy at the u.s. open. he's a u.s. army soldier who lost a leg in afghanistan. that's in just a few minutes' time here on "today." that's the news. lester, general ma, maria, back to you. >> thank you. >>> maria larosa is here for the weather. the three of us together look like a mets souvenir. seriously. >> not a bad thing. >> you had to explain, the colors? lester lester's, like, because of the colors. >> if you're not a baseball fan -- >> you're right. how are you? >> i'm great. hopefully you're well. i know a lot of folks still dealing five days after landfall with the remnants of isaac. nashville right now, torrential rainfall coming on through. much of the midwest dealing with the remnants. don't be surprised to see 4, 5, 6 additional inches of rainfall that is actually going to lead to more flooding of streams and creeks and rivers but also flashflooding on the roadways. for today, that will be the main focus from the ohio valley into parts of the midsouth. meanwhile, into the northern plains, another system coming through could touch off some severe weather. looks good across the west. >>> and here's a look at our hour by hour temperature. morning