ashley lyon, michelle, denise, terry, linda, darren bridges, joanne, mark brian, lorenzo, cizi, karenarolyn, bryce, david feather stone, andy, lisa garcÍa. go ahead. >> thank you. good afternoon. my name is steve wu. i'm representing tenderloin neighborhood development corporation. and we are also a member of the council for community housing organizations. we've taken a position opposed to the legislation primarily because we see t.i.c.s as cannibalizing the existing rental housing stock. our rental housing stock is critical to preserve in maintaining the affordability in san francisco's housing. we believe that, furthermore, that the uncapping the conversion condo conversion cap will further incentivize more t.i.c.s forming from our existing rental housing stock, thus leading to -- exacerbating the affordability problem in san francisco. furthermore, the the fee, we have questions about the fee, for bypassing the conversion lottery. it's set as high as 20,000 but as low as 4,000. this is substantially lower than the in lieu fee that the mayor's office of housing has set forth of con

mark brian. and i am a t.i.c. owner in district 5, i'm a single parent, i've been a resident of san francisco for 22 years. 12 years ago i went together with two other -- or a young families, so that we could buy a home that was affordable in san francisco. we were sold a bill of goods by the real estate agents that we would be able to convert. we initially moved into our home and enjoyed it, waiting to get into the lottery. now it's many, many years later, i've been in the lottery for seven years, our children have grown up and yet i'm here asking to pay the city of san francisco for the right to have -- to be a homeowners here in this fine city. so i'm willing to pay. all i want to do is have the same rights that other homeowners have, to have my -- and i'm doubly held hostage by the collapse of the mortgage industry which has limited options of t.i.c. owners. we're asking what's fair for those in the middle class and who chose to stay here and asking to be set free from this hostage information. isn't that what

more from mark levin. >>brian: have you met your perfect political match? a new fox poll says even in love politics do matter. sorry james carville and mary matalin. "fox & friends" starts right now. [music] ♪ l is for the way you look at me ♪ >>steve: thank you very much wayne newton. 1-800-flowers are providing brian and i finally with some flowers for our special loved ones on this holiday of love. it's wayne newton. look in the corner. >>brian: is that before he hit puberty. >>steve: when he was singing danka shane, he was up there. >>gretchen: fox news alert. you've already ordered flowers for your wife? >>brian: i'm saying in the past. >>gretchen: this is always such a wonderful display for you guys because you can just take these home. >>steve: we're hoping our wives aren't watching right tphoeu because i think that one has my wife's name on it. not yet but it will in there three hours. thank you very much 1-8-00 flowers. don't forget your loved ones. it's valentine's day. >>gretchen: we have an unfortunate story to tell you about. an olympic hero ch

>> reporter: well, brian, chief mark mcgaw came out here with angela alsobrocks, the state's attorneyorges county and they wanted to update the publicspo otinvestigation into the murder of 15-year-old charles walker jr.. they said, basically, that it was progressing quickly and that they were developing suspects. the chief said that this had to do with a robbery over a paver shoes. the chief was circumspect with what he had to tell reporters and didn't get into a lot of details; however, a source close to the investigation is stilling fox 5 tonight that the -- telling fox 5 that the police believe they're going to make one arrest or more within hours tonight. they say

long-time oriole brian rockets says -- roberts says he is finally healthy, after three years of struggle. >> mark baseball spring training is a time for hope. and oriole brian roberts is hopeful that his injury issues are over. sports director mark viviano joins us with the latest on the long-time fan favorite. >> yeah. spring-training optimist includes both hope and healing. the orioles made it without the full services of two of their top players. nick mar cake kiss and brian roberts. both are back and healthy this year. in our spring-training report, the saga has been a three-year saga of injury and frustration. he has played sparingly due to concussions and other injuries. ready to put the physical pain and mental anxiety wish behind as he puts this on a lucrative six-year contract. >> everything is great. it's the fiemptd time in a couple of years that i've been able to come in and be part of the normal go-around with everyone. that's so much of the battle. feeling like part of the team. feeling like one of the guys. >> i definitely feel like i still have a lot to give on the field. i have a

. >> brian: mark martin is the veteran, right? he lives here in town somewhere. let's go see him. >> brian: i saw you looking around before. and clint buyer is the up and coming star and he finished second place. what i'd like to do is i hear about your gen 6. i'd like to sit in it. is that possible? >> yeah. come on over. here is what you do. go in feet first. that makes it easier. both feet first. now grab the crowbar and slide in. >> brian: don't you have to go in with attitude? >> yeah. let's see what you got. >> brian: what's my motivation? >> to kick everybody's butt. >> brian: you heard him! i smiled by mistake. oh, jeez. a little tight. >> yeah. you can do it. >> brian: i'm actually not in the seat. >> i think you can respect and appreciate how tough it is for me to get in. >> he's in! how does it feel? >> brian: like i need a steering wheel. and my coat is stuck on the back. >> okay. we can fix that. >> brian: i just stick this on? >> yeah. >> brian: now i've lost all communication. >> no you haven't. >> brian: joe will ha

brian. how about that? pushing the 60 degrees mark on wednesday and some showers around on thursday. friday, about fright operate and looks like friday and saturday is dry. not a lot of warm weather but, boy, a lot of water coming our way. especially for the evening drive. >> thank you, sue. >>> georgetown hoops earned team and individual honors and scott smith is up next with the news knowledge. >>> and the oscars held their own for a viral video. the kid president received the award for best original screen play and best actress in a leading role, and we don't have time for this and became famous for this reason. >> and the small got me -- i got bronchitis. ain't nobody got time for that. . >>> time for sports. i'm scott smith. the nhl lockout held the season at bay but player contracts as well and with the third of the season in the book, the caps front office is able to revisit the contracts on the to do list and two finalized today. the old rugged blue liner inched a $3.9 million, two-year extension. he has seen an increase in ice time and agreed to a two-year deal. securing him

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mark. where is the real strength? david: brian, thank you for coming in. okay, we have had this for a week where the market can't get a clear indication. individual stocks is a different story with regards to blackberry and whole foods, some are rising, some are falling, but the overall market index. how much longer will we see this? >> well, i think it depends. the big picture, it's just funny to my look at the commentaries coming out -- it has changed over the past 12 months. a great year in 2012, they climbed the wall of worry. things are being looked at a little bit more. the big picture here for us as we look to 2013, it will be an okay year from a economic growth perspective. the individual situations that are here, they are net positive. the fact when you have bad intent that his and the market is flat or higher, it should be viewed as positive. that is overtly positive right now. we are going to have geopolitical tensions in the middle east, north korea, the fact of the matter is that you will have stubborn fat coming out of europe. our viewpoint i

mark, thank you. let's throw it back to brian in the studio. >>> up next an arrest after an explosion at a virginia sub >> plus an olympian accused of killing his girl friend breaks down crying in court.  >>> the man known as the olympic blade runner oscar pistorius broke down in tears today after being charged with killing his girl friend. prosecutors are charging him with premeditated murder. if convicted, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. this story has made history by become -- -- he made history by becoming the first double amputee to compete in the olympics. >>> we are learning more about the murder of a 94-year-old alexandria man. a woman charged with burglarizing elmer roehrs' home last november is very likely to be charged in that murder. the commonwealth attorney said the woman remains held without bond as the investigation continues. >>> coming up next we are visiting one of the most puzzling cold cases in the district. four years after a woman vanished without a trace. >> and it is one of the highest civilian honors in the country, why two local people received medals

one blast and andrew will know if he's hit the jackpot. [ cheering ] >> brian: mark gordon is the presidentry ever. three-part series silver rush airs opposite the oscars. correct? >> correct. something for the male audience. >> brian: you say you own one of the businesses across the street, but this was your passion? >> i grew up watching jacques cousteau. here i am now. >> brian: tell me about this hunt in particular and why you guys were uniquely equipped to find it. >> yeah. we have a tool kit that no one else in the world has, not even the u.s. navy. really sophisticated hardware to find anomalies on the sea floor. this was three miles under water, a mile deeper than the titanic. >> brian: so that moment that we just witnessed, what was that like for you? >> it's amazing. i was aboard when we were doing the reconnaissance dive, some of the footage running. i wasn't there when they picked up the silver. but it's a joy to just see something that's been missing for so long. >> brian: give us the background on the wreck. >> yeah. it was coming from india to the u.k. during world war ii. it

brian schactman, appreciate it. enjoy your super bowl down there. mark simone, i don't know.strange things. this one's not near as bad as other stuff we've been covering. what do you make of this story? >> first of all, this shows you president obama's right. you've got to pay for a lot of contraception out there. then we wouldn't have this story today. why am i the only one -- why am i the only one not bothered by this? >> is he a catholic, marino? >> you know, if these horrible menendez allegations turn out to be true, that's something we need to look at. the anthony weiner case showed a tremendous lack in judgment. this is an athlete. >> if the menendez prostitution turns out he is going to lose his position. i don't think marino will lose his in cbs. but menendez will lose his position. i'm not saying i know but if the allegations are true he's history. >> read a book about babe ruth. he frequented prostitutes. you know, an athlete, the bar is lower. you're not required to behave like a saint if you're an athlete. >> i'll get keith's take on this. will you watch cbs analy

long-time oriole brian roberts says he is finally healthy. >>> mark okay, i need a better pizza.e with only real cheese. and dough that rises naturally. with no chemical leaveners. a pizza with premium meats. and sauce made from only real tomatoes. a pizza my family will love. (announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. >>> looking forward to a season with a couple of veteran players being able to play again. mark is here with the wjz the fan sports report. >> always a process, isn't it? >> getting guys hurt. getting them healthy. spring training optimist includes -- optimism includes hope and healing. without the services of two of their top player the. both-- players. both are back and healthy this year. in our masn on wjz spring training report. the status of brian roberts has really been a three-year saga of injury and frustration. now, he's played sparingly the last 33 seasons-- three seasons. especially tough for roberts to deal with, as he has the longest tenure of any oriole on the team. he's ready to put the pain and ment

brian williams. >>> good evening. late today the stock market crossed over something of a mythic mark of the modern era and the dow jones industrials closed above 14,000 for the first time since 2007. and we all remember what happened back then. the stock market has been on a tear of late, gaining almost 7% so far this year. s&p and nasdaq also up. we started the day by learning

brian williams. >>> good evening. late today the stock market crossed over something of a mythic mark of the modern era and the dow jones industrials closed above 14,000 for the first time since 2007. and we all remember what happened back then. the stock market has been on a tear of late, gaining almost 7% so far this year. s&p and nasdaq also up. we started the day by learning the unemployment rate had inched up to 7.9% again, while the economy actually added 157,000 jobs, not as many as hoped for or expected. nbc's tom costello starts us off in our washington newsroom tonight with what all of this might mean. tom, good evening. >> hi, brian. the good news, anyone with retirement money invested in stocks has made back much of what they lost during the great recession and the wall street selloff, about $8 trillion. a big rally on wall street today, with the dow back over 14,000. a lot has changed since the last time it crossed that mark on october 12th, 2007. within a year, lehman brothers and bear stearns failed. housing prices went off a cliff. the unemployment rate went from 4.7% to 10% before falling back to 7.9% t

make your mark with ink from chase. >> brian: time for news by the numbers. 3.77.ents from yesterday. on long island it's 4.55. but i digress. next, $1.1 million. that's how much the irs wasted on blackberry phones and air cards for their employees. the only problem, those phones weren't used for at least three months. some were never used at all. $3,340. that's how much the pope will get every month when he retires. that's not even for his day-to-day expenses which should still be covered by the vatican. steve, talk about something else >> steve: i will. you're getting sleepy. have you ever woken up if a bad dream and wish there was a way to stop that dream from happening again? turns out there might be a way to transform your nightmare noose sweet dreams. dr. shelby harris is director of behavioral sleep medicine here in the new york city area. joins us live. good morning to you. >> thanks for having me. >> steve: people have nightmares for a variety of reasons. we're not here to analyze the dreams. we're here to fix them, right? >> right. some people find analyz

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we sent it to the fbi we had a little less faith in the fwi after our experience with mark foley and to abc news. briangressive. >> best investigative reporter out there? >> and rhonda schwartz started looking into it as well. we asked if if we could send the information to them and he agreed to e-mail with them. he never would agree to speak with them by phone. abc news had a lot more resources. we figured they could go to the dominican republic and they have former fbi agents who work on staff. i thought they would be able to handle this investigation as well. never spoke to them, as it turns out, either. the story breaks in the daily caller which isn't exactly a rep tut putable news source. >> where did they get the story. >> that's a good question. probably pete williams. involved with prostitutes but the story falls flat largely because hurricane sandy had happened and. so that's sort of the end of it a couple of week ago, all of pete williams e-mails to crue all of his correspondents with us and the f.b.i. appear on a mysterious website and the daily caller at the same time as this website appear

>> brian: yes, i can. let's go to markam of tulane. and the national guard that had to leave.

marked down and collin kaepernick jerseys are all sold out. >> the other talk is who will back up collin kaepernick, i think sal might do it >> wait a minute, you listen to sports radio brian? >>> every now and then. >> well, i am just busting your chops, brian. we look out to the mcarthur maze and we are off to a decent start and traffic is moving well at the bay bridge toll plaza and no major problems getting into the city and no probably lense getten to -- problems getting off to highway 17 ; hey steve, andy reid is now the head coach. >> ms g lost and it was great, it was a very good game. good to watch, but not good result. >>> high clouds on the weekend, a little cooler, next rain will be wednesday, put it down, next wednesday pam, pamela, because she keeps track. we actually had a little rain last night, ukiah, over toward santa rosa, i have not heard anything from clear lake but it has listed out of the -- lifted out of the area, also very mild warm temperatures, yesterday we had low temperatures, 40s to 50s, oakland 52, again that antioch reading, i have not seen 49 or 50, but it just depends, it is a bird some people saddle out there. temperatures are more reflec

giants gm brian sabean in the house, dons hanging tough and dickerson knocks down the three and the game is tied. and dons down four, and markfsen with the reverse and the foul. a one-point game, and too much zags in the end and zags pull away and win funle-61. >>> how about some all-star news? david lee is gearing up for the all-star game on sunday today he sent out this photo out of his all-star swag instagram as the first warrior all-star since latrell sprewell back in 1997. lee is garnering praise from the league's top players including the king himself. >> really, really good player. he doesn't get -- he doesn't really get many calls for him. he goes out and gets you 20 and 10 each and every night, forced it. he's a very impactful player. he's a smart player. he's very smart and, you know, and, you know, i think it's awesome for him to be here. i still believe they should have had two of them. i think steph should have been here as well but, you know, he's going to represent the franchise the best way he can. >> by the way, the all-star game is tomorrow at 5:00. we'll be back at 11:00 tonight from the nba three-point sh

mark with ink from chase. >>> the good, the bad and the ugly starring our own brian kelly.ooking forwards japan for a trade. here's what he said. >> i would actually go over to japan. and look at japan. because they certainly are going to have to print an awful lot of yen. great for the stock market, dxj, a name i've talked about. short yen, long japanese stocks. great trade. >> nice call here, bk. shares of the dxj popped 21% since then. what do you do now? >> i think you take profit. i think it was the end of january said to take profit. so i would probably -- left a little on the table here. i think this trade works for a long period of time. but right now it's pretty extended. >> now into the bad. just last week, bk donned his bear suit, the one that zips up the back for a bank trade. take a listen. >> you know, what's not working, i don't think here, bigger banks. barclays in particular, i would be short. ltro loads being paid back and banks selling off the bond. >> getting a big pop this week on news of a restructuring plan. how do you manage this? >> yeah, hot in the

maker's mark says it's cutting the alcohol content of its famous bourbon because of a supply problem. brianas the story. >> they are adding more water to the whiskey, reducing the alcohol content to 42%. the company say that global demand is at the point where they cannot supply it. with this move, they can make more but their fans upset about it. on twitter, they ranged from the rational, pull back to your core markets, complete your expansion, grow stocks, then export. keep true to your values and traditions. the down right angry -- how to lose a loil customer 101. dumb. one question came up a lot and with the analysts i talked to. why not just raise prices? bill samuels with the brand said, quote, we don't want to price maker's mark out of reach. they didn't want to alienate on price but willing to risk it with alcohol content. a few things to point out here. number one, this is not without precedent. jack daniel's did it in 2004 and jim beam criticized it in an effort to take share back then and number two, in some ways, this shows an increased focus on overseas market, right? in the ma

brian back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> 4:39 is the time right few. the founder of facebook will be the target of a protest today. the party mark zuckerberg is hosting in his home that has some people angry. >>> the reason you may be paying more to take bart soon. >>> westbound san mateo bridge the traffic is moving along pretty well. no problems on the bridge. we'll tell you more straight ahead. >>> good morning. patchy fog. very close to what we had yesterday. >>> new this morning pope benedict made his first public appearance since announcing he is stepping down as leader of the catholic church. the pope received a standing ovation as he entered a pack chapel to celebrate ash wednesday. pope benedict told the faithful he is stepping down for the good of the church. citing his frail health. the church plans to have a new pope in place by easter. the end of lent. >>> the carnival cruise ship triumph is being thoughed back. the cruise line has chartered flights to return everyone top houston once they arrive. in the meantime passengers are complaining of overflowing toilets and hot conditions on board. some are choosing to slee

>> brian: yes, i can. let's go to mark and the tulane marching band, thanks to the cheerleaders of the saints and the dance team of tulane. and the national guard that had to leave. ♪ ♪ bill: a lot of breaking news this morning on a friday. another u.s. embassy is under attack. this time in turkey. reports of a homicide bomber setting off an explosive device, killing himself and at least one other person. this is brand new video showing chaos at the scene. emergency crews responding as they pick through the rubble in the aftermath on the ground there. this is a story we're just working through right now. but there's a lot of news popping. good morning, i'm bill hemmer. we'll get to all of it today. martha: good morning. i'm martha maccallum. the details on this are still fluid. we're getting reports that the blast went off inside the security check point at the entrance to the embassy. bill: amy kellogg watching it all from london now. has there been a claim of responsibility, amy? >> reporter: not yet, bill. the turkish p

mark. this whole area is shut down and police feel comfortable keeping it shut down and letting people be out here celebrating until about midnight. it'sunbelievable. we'll e send it back. >> let's go back to brian kuebler. it was silent there earlier tonight but definitely not now. >> i'm going to try to do a quick interview. i saw you crying when they brought the trophy out. why cry. >> i'm just so proud to be from baltimore. it's like ray lewis has been here for so long he's our only original raven left and to know he has that ring it's amazing and that he ended his career on this day it's just, i can't even imagine what he's feeling right now. ifi were him, i would feel so blessed to know that baltimore as a city and maryland as a state is behind him. >> so how long does this last, a couple of months all night, into tomorrow, into the next day, forever. >> you could hear a pin drop in this place the second half. >> absolutely, we're sitting here biting your nails and then they pull out these amazing plays and it's just like yes and obviously she speaks for all of these ravens fans here. now,everyone wants to tell me on camera now. you're going to see this everywhere you go. thecity is on fir

average say $3.60 a gasoline through march, mark zandi says that will cost consumers an extra $10 billion in the first quarter. larry. >> thanks, sharon. brianwhy don't you like the story? 4% income, the highest in three decades. consumed by gasoline expenses. that that's not nothing. >> americans are used to gas between $3 and $4. and i don't think they change their habits one bit -- >> you grew up -- >> i know, it cost a nickel. but the bottom line is -- >> you walked both ways to school. >> and you made buttner the churn. >> and you played both sides of the football game. >> unless there is a shock to the up side or it breaks you into record, i don't think americans pay attention to it. >> is there a shock coming? that's an interesting question. >> his point is spot on. we're used to that $3 to $4 range. the other piece of this is as a country per capita, our energy use in total per person has gone down. come down significantly. so to talk about the record highs, in the '70s we used much more are energy per person because we're much more efficiently. >> drill, drill, drill. frac, frac, frac. pipeline, pipeline, pipeline. if the mideast bl

mark potter, nbc news, st. petersburg, florida. >> how about that? that's our broadcast on a monday night as we start off a new week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brianilliams. we hope to see you tomorrow evening from washington. we'll be there for our special coverage of the state of the union address, live coverage begins at 9:00, 8:00 central. for now, for all of us, good night from new york. >>> and good evening on this monday. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. federal investigators are cracking down on school bullying. in this case not the bullies but the school district. the feds say the district violated the civil rights of a middle school student. nbc bay area's marianne favro joins us with the details. marianne? >> reporter: raj, the investigation centers around a special needs student who attended one of the three middle schools in the district in 2010. the bullying problem became so serious the family decided to keep the students home. according to the federal report the student and families complained the students were called stupid and slow and were physically in danger. the u.s. department of education office for civil rights

brian? >> reporter: hello, pam, we just got here a few minutes ago and as you can see behind me, still road markingse investigation and san jose police left about 15 minutes ago concluding their 5.5 hour investigation into this deadly hit-and-run as a woman was killed while crossing the street. police say the female victim was krausing the street after 1:00 a.m. when a driver with a dark vehicle struck the woman and the driver did not stop and continued southbound on monterey. in the meantime the woman was taken to monterey hospital and she died an hour after the collision. police have not provided any description or identity of the victim. we have several phone calls coming into san jose police and we have a couple of eyewitnesses and as soon as we get more information on what the car description was and what the driver may have looked like we will definitely pass that along. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> the fbi are now helping in a major homicide investigation. that investigation follows a marathon standoff which ended early this morning. tara moriarty is here and we have new inf

brian williams. >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. in a "today" exclusive, savannah goes one-on-one with former south carolina governor mark sanford. he'll talk about running for office again and making a political comeback after a very public scandal. >>> and a look at new video of newtown shooter adam lanza as a young boy. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm mara schiavocampo. thanks for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. at&t u-verse high speed internet offers more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hotspots than ever. go to our website below to get u-verse high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's all the speed you need all at a great price. our newly expanded advanced digital network gives you more of what you enjoy online. and with at&t, our wireless gateway turns your home into a private wi-fi hotspot that conne

brian flores, fire department divers just completed a very important drill. we'll tell you about it and the collaboration with the coast guard. >>> the rain is gone but still kind of cold out there. mark tamayo will tell us for how long. >> reporter: the chinese new year parade is right around the corner. coming up we'll give you a behind-the-scenes look at what you can expect in this year's parade. ao >>> kansas city authorities recovered a body from the site of a natural gas explosion this morning. but they've not yet confirmed that it is the body of a female employee who went missing after the restaurant exploded. the blast leveled the upscale eatery and wine bar called jjs during happy hour yesterday. at least 14 other people were hurt. police believe a contractor doing underground work may have struck a natural gas line. firefighters were called to the scene earlier because of the gas odor but left without ordering an evacuation. >>> we want to check in and update the breaking news from the top of the hour on that broken gas line in san francisco. newschopper2 is still over the area near 24th and bryant streets. several homes and businesses in the area are still evacuated while p

mark, start with a little bit of news, hoping to raise the federal minimum wage. is that a reality? >> we'll see. any question that you are going to ask me, brian, depends on the republican house voting for anything that the president wants to do and they usually don't go along and i don't think they'll go along with this. he said that 19 states have a higher state minimum wage. he wants to rise it to $90. it's the most proorganized labor thing he has ever said in the first term and now going into the second term. >> we talked about deficit reduction and of course, left out the part about raising taxes. it seems like the president talked about a lot of things that we've heard about, particularly gun control. did you hear anything beyond the minimum wage that may be breaking news here or is it simply trying to lay out his agenda? >> he sort of spaghetti on the wall. hopefully you throw out a lot of proposals and it sticks. since the inauguration and now in this speech, people saying double down on the democratic party agenda or giving liberal or popular speeches. he's much more confident. he's much more assertive. he did talk about manufacturing

mark potter, nbc news, st. petersburg, florida. >> how about that? that's our broadcast on a monday night as we start off a new week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brianwe hope to see you tomorrow evening from washington. we'll be there for our special coverage of the state of the union address, live coverage begins at 9:00, 8:00 central. for now, for all of us, good night from new york.

mark viviano joins us now with more on what has been an optimistic start to the season warmup. >> among the positioned players participated in the first full squad workout today, veteran second baseman brian roberts. he's been an oriole longer than any player on the roster. yet roberts said today, he's healthy and optimistic, he can return to being a full-time contributor this year. in our masn on wjz spring training report, the pitchers have been involved in practice all season long. young starters like brian matusz and zach briton are competing for spots in the starting rotation. and both express excitement they feel as the o's are coming off their first play-off appearance in 15 years. >> whole team pumped up from how well we played last year. and wanting to get there and go further. >> it's great you saw how many guys got down there early. i think the whole team was down there. that shows you the excitement we had. thinking of people we did for last year. >> a year ago, britain's spring training was cut short by a shoulder injury. he said he's now healthy as he competes for a spot this spring. >>> maryland basketball coach, mark turgeon, suspends one ofs this players for the terps' bi

brian flores is with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: good morning. this is where the road markings are, unfortunately, where this 14-year-old girl was killed yesterday a as she tried to cross -- as she tried to cross the street. this happened around 6:45 last night. the girl was trying to cross the street when she was hit by the car. no word on where she was going. but antioch police say the driver as well as several witnesses remain here to help the girl. she was airlifted to a nearby hospital but died a short time later. residents say they hope drivers and pedestrians are aware of the surroundings. >> it's definitely sad and it would be nice for people to learn from it and to slow down and pay attention, stop texting when they are driving put makeup on or read the newspaper. a car is a dangerous thing to be handling and deserves attention and people need to pay attention to avoid these types of incidents. >> reporter: we've seen several cars drive by here. but investigators say neither speed nor alcohol played a role. we do have several calls into antioch police at this moment. b

mark, thanks for getting up. >> not a problem. it's our pleasure to be here. >> brian: bringing your band behind you. of dedication. we ask a lot of these kids, what we really try to do is create great experiences for them so they get everything they can out of the football games, what we do in mardi gras, a lot of time commitment. we offer up scholarships for them to come and participate in the band. >> brian: most of these musicians are getting some type of money. >> most of them are, absolutely. they work really hard to do what we do and represent the university in a great way. >> brian: who would ever choose the tuba knowing it weighs 25 pounds and going to be marching miles upon miles for the next four years? >> there is a certain prestige in playing the tuba, especially on the mardi gras route down here. you get out there, people love it. it's great instrument for the interaction with the crowd and all that. >> brian: we were talking before, this is -- these guys and these ladies, they're part of the team. >> absolutely. this is really a family here at tulane. most of these students are not mus

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mark pets right now in a big way. and that points out to something in the job market and the labor market. >> guys. >> brian, jump in.ooks to be accurate, because there were 804,000 so-called discouraged workers in january. those are people that are basically not looking for work because they just don't think jobs are out there. that number was a drop of 255,000 from january of last year. so, it's year over year, but the number of people that are discouraged and think they can't find a job has decreased significantly year over year, meaning, they may try now to go back into the workforce which would explain the slight uptick in the unemployment rate. >> ezra, that's good news. talk to leigh's point, though, about consumer confidence, what's your take on where consumers are and how that's going to drive the recovery moving forward? >> consumer confidence kind of it's tough to establish, i guess, to use an annoying word, causality, right? consumer confidence will go down if the economy's worse, it will go up. if we get a couple of good jobs reports and people are hiring, consumer confidence goes up. it's not independen